Chapter 254: Ambush and Mid-Ambush (1)
General Sun is very smart, he must carry out Bi Shiduo's orders, but he also has to think about the lives of himself and his 10,000 brothers, so the ambush location he chose is beyond anyone's imagination, it is only more than a mile away from the edge of Shuibo, that is, the place where the vanguard of the Iron and Blood Army has just entered Shuibo.
General Sun knew very well that when the Iron Blood Army first entered Shuibo, he would be very careful, after all, he was not familiar with this piece of water, so the marching speed would slow down, at this time, he led his brothers to attack, and there were not many Iron Blood Army sergeants who entered Shuibo, and it was impossible to organize a large-scale attack, so as to ensure the success of his sneak attack.
As for the success, the next step is to retreat, from the position, set up an ambush in this place, it is conducive to retreat, although it is said that there are still more than five miles away from the place where the water is left, but these five miles and more than five miles are precisely the key to the retreat, the iron-blooded army is in the water park, can not march quickly, he and his brothers can evacuate as fast as possible, one fast and one slow, the time won is enough for him and his brothers to withdraw.
The Sun Shen generals who should consider all of them have been taken into account.
On the one hand, large-scale battles will not occur, and on the other hand, large armies can be calmly withdrawn.
Sun Shen will be satisfied with his arrangement.
When the army enters the water pool, it is not possible to ride horses, otherwise the horses will fall into the mud, which is a very troublesome thing, so the war horses must wait at the end of the water pool, since the Iron Blood Army has just entered the water pool, it will start to attack, then it is not necessary for all 10,000 soldiers to participate in the attack, so the formation can not be expanded, there are 5,000 soldiers involved in the attack, more than enough, the rest of the 5,000 soldiers are waiting at the end of the water pool, ready for everything. After the attacking sergeants withdrew, everyone immediately evacuated in the direction of Yangzhou City, and rushed back to Yangzhou City day and night.
General Sun also thought of ambushing as many scouts as possible along the way, but this key idea was finally abandoned by him, after all, the army is not based on sneak attacks, but mainly on retreat, and when the time comes, the team will retreat as quickly as possible, and it is too late to care about the scouts deployed around. It is even more impossible for the army to wait for the scouts to delay time, so if you think about it, there is no need to wait for them along the way, after all, the speed of the Predator Army cannot be so fast.
General Sun Shen was most relieved that the iron-blooded army was not familiar with the roads around Shuibo, and it was impossible for him to be familiar with the roads in Yangzhou, but it was a pity that he forgot one of the most important things, that is, the captives of Haozhou and Luzhou were also aware of the roads in Yangzhou.
After all, General Sun is not an outstanding general. In addition, when I was in this ambush, I was not in a very good mood, and all I thought about was how to successfully withdraw to Yangzhou City.
The most nervous is Zhu Wen, looking at it from the map. Except for the road of Shuibo, there is no road leading to Guanshanwa, but Li Rupei's request is clear, the army must arrive at Guanshanwa in advance. Setting up an ambush in Guanshan Cave cannot be violated, otherwise all the deployment will be in vain.
Zhu Wen found a few Luzhou sergeants who had joined the Iron Army. Asked if there was another road leading to Guanshanwa, but did not get an answer, at this time, he began to get agitated, if he could not find the road in the fastest time, and when General Sun Sen led the army to escape, then he would not be able to complete the task.
Just when they were anxious, Li Rupei and Xie Yuxin came to the barracks.
Seeing Li Rupei coming, Zhu Wen hurriedly stepped forward to salute, with an anxious look on his face.
Li Rupei looked at Zhu Wen and slowly spoke.
"General Zhu, haven't you found another way yet?"
"The subordinates are ashamed, they have the trust of the commander, and they have not yet found another way."
At this time, Xie Yuxin raised his hand, and a sergeant stood up from behind.
Zhu Wen saw this sergeant and understood everything, at this time, he couldn't wait to go up the mountain immediately, grab this sergeant and ask for the way, as long as he found another way, no matter what difficulties he overcame, he would lead the army through.
"The little ones know a road that can bypass Shuibo, but this road is very difficult to walk, and it is a road that those salt dealers have opened up in order to avoid the pursuit of the government."
Zhu Wen patted his head in annoyance, why didn't he think of this, many of the officers under Huang Chao's command used to be salt dealers, including Huang Chao himself, who was also born as a salt dealer, and the salt dealer was a trick to pin his head to the waistband of his trousers, once it was discovered by the government, it would be a fierce fight, either killed by the officials and soldiers, or he would find a way to escape. From Shuibo to Guanshanwa, this is a main road, the government will definitely set up a card in such a place to intercept the salt dealers, in order to survive, the salt dealers will definitely have to find another road, such a road is very secret, ordinary people will not know.
Li Rupei thought of this, and must have found someone who had worked as a salt dealer among the soldiers who surrendered, and asked about another way.
Zhu Wen blushed and clenched his fists at Li Rupei again.
"Dashuai, his subordinates are stupid, and he didn't expect the salt dealers to find a hidden way."
"Don't talk about this, I'm afraid this road is not so easy to follow, you lead the army to set off early, so the sergeant is your guide, after the success of this ambush, the second sergeant will be promoted to the rank of captain, and he will conquer under your command."
The sergeant's eyes instantly burst out with light, when he was captured, all the sergeants admired the bravery of the iron-blooded army, although they were defeated, they were convinced, looking at the combat effectiveness of others, it was not at all comparable to them, and they couldn't imagine that they could find another way to Guanshanwa this time, and they would be directly promoted to captain.
After Li Rupei and Xie Yuxin left, Zhu Wen immediately pulled the sergeant down to the side of the map, and under the sergeant's reminder, he basically marked out this secret truth.
This road is more than ten miles away from Shuibo, and it is a road carved out of a hill, and such a road is nothing to a well-trained iron-blooded soldier.
Zhu Wen also had a heart, and was afraid that the sergeant would lie, so in the process of the sergeant's narration, he clearly told the sergeant that if the battle could be won, then the sergeant must be a captain, and if he lied, then all the sergeant's family members would be buried with him in the future, and even if the iron-blooded army chased him to the ends of the earth, he would kill all his family.
The sergeant naturally knew that it was powerful, and swore that this path definitely existed.
Zhu Wen did not waste any more time, and led the army to set off immediately, counting him as the first to start the operation.
Zhao Laibao's mood is not high, and he is really a little aggrieved to accept such a task, but the task must be completed, and Li Rupei specially emphasized that the military regulations of the Iron and Blood Army are also very clear.
A large number of officers were summoned.
Zhao Laibao arranged the task of the battle in a few words, and there was an unusual silence in the tent, and after Zhao Laibao arranged the task, no one spoke for a while.
After a long moment, an officer spoke.
"General Zhao, what the brothers think of is to fight bravely to kill the enemy, no one thinks of retreating, this is an insult to the brothers, what is so great about this place in Shuibo, the brothers can also fight here, so that the enemy has no return."
The other officers were ready to speak.
Zhao Laibao opened his mouth angrily.
"Don't say it, this is a military order, you think it's so simple to start a fight in Shuibo, okay, go back and prepare, and set off in an hour, you all remember that you must complete the task."
No one wants to leave, and everyone can't figure out why they don't fight in Shuibo, can it be said that the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army will be afraid.
Zhao Laibao looked at the crowd and was about to give another order, when the tent door was opened.
Li Rupei, who was full of seriousness, came in.
Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Rupei.
Li Rupei glared at Zhao Laibao and walked to the front of the map.
"I just heard that someone is preparing to fight in Shuibo, if you can't have a good reason, you won't be reconciled, and now I'll let you know why you can't start a fight in Shuibo."
Xie Yuxin quickly came in with a few sergeants and two scouts.
"Tell me what the situation is in the water."
One of the sergeants looked at the people inside the tent and spoke with some restraint.
"The water park is six miles in radius, it is full of large and small lakes, on the surface it seems that these are lakes, in fact, many places are silt and swamps, a little careless, after falling in, you can't escape, unless someone pulls you, otherwise you will quickly fall into the silt, a few years ago, Yangzhou and Chuzhou government specially sent people, thinking to find out the situation of the water park, but after the loss of many people, still not able to figure it out."
After the sergeant finished speaking, one of the scouts spoke.
"The terrain of Shuibo is indeed very complicated, there is only one road that can be walked, if you are not familiar with the terrain of Shuibo, you must be very careful after entering, always staring at the road on the ground, all the reflective places, are not able to walk, the blizzard a few days ago, make the road of Shuibo more difficult to walk, it can be said that a little careless, the army may fall into it, difficult to get out."
After hearing these words, everyone was silent, they could fight on land, but when they met the swamp, no one could do anything, if they fell into the swamp, they would only die, in this case, thinking of fighting in Shuibo would be tantamount to looking for death.
"You all know the situation, who else said that the fight will be fought in Shuibo, and if anyone has the ability to lead the army to fight in Shuibo, he will let whoever command this battle."
No one spoke, and no one dared to speak.
"If there is no one to commit, then proceed according to the predetermined deployment."
After throwing off this sentence, Li Rupei left. (To be continued......)