Chapter 517: Destroying Zhu Cang (1)

Who is Zhu Cang, he can live until now, it is not because of the strength of his martial arts, but because of his cunning, Li Xin led the army to the south, Zhu Cang, who was originally entrenched near Dengzhou, suddenly knew that something was wrong, and quickly led the army to move towards Henan.

Although he had an army of 200,000, the army in Li Xin's hands was only 60,000 or 70,000, but Zhu Cang did not dare to fight against Li Xin, so he ran away very simply. It's just that what he doesn't know is that although he escaped, for Li Xin, people like Zhu Cang are damned people.

"Prime Minister, after Zhu Cang heard the news of the Prime Minister's arrival, he will definitely run away, and the direction of his escape should be Henan, from Dengzhou to the east, across the Tang River, Biyang, Guochunshui and other places, completely distancing himself from the Prime Minister." The map in front of Ma Zhou is marked with many flags, clearly recording some of the surrounding situations, including Zhu Cang's, Wang Shichong's, and Xiao Mill's, the army is entrenched on the left and right, the dogs and teeth are intertwined, and they are intricate.

"Although Zhu Cang has 200,000 soldiers and horses, most of his soldiers and horses are composed of bandits and rangers, and the military discipline is unbearable, but it is just a group of rabble, we are still very easy to deal with such people, the key is how to easily destroy them." Li Xin said indifferently: "Qianqiu, what ambush places are there in these places?" ”

"How is the Biyang River?" Shen Qianqiu said: "At this time, the Biyang River is a flood season, if Zhu Cang takes the Biyang River, the flood will destroy them." ”

"Don't underestimate Zhu Cang, he often crisscrosses the Jianghuai River, he must know the situation in Dengzhou, if he is Biyang River, he is definitely not what he is now." Liang Shuo shook his head and said: "Zhu Cang is fierce and cruel, if he only relies on Biyang River, his subordinates think it is not enough. ”

"Yes, although Zhu Cang is a cruel person, the more cruel he is. The more treacherous. Li Xin also nodded and said: "We intercept the Biyang River, he has been in this place for a long time, he must know that the Biyang River is a flood period at this time, and there will be a sudden lack of water, there must be fraud, so he will definitely abandon the Biyang River, look at the territory of Biyang, Funiu Mountain, Dabie Mountain crisscross, the two mountains meet in the territory of Biyang, once Zhu Cang finds that there is a problem with the Biyang River." It will definitely abandon Biyang, the upstream is the social flag, very close to Nanyang, it must not dare to go, so that it will be from the downstream of Biyang, the big river, go Maoji, cross the bamboo ditch, the bamboo ditch is a good place. ”

"The prime minister is going to deal with him in Zhugou?" Liang Shuo nodded and said, "The bamboo ditch is mountainous. If Zhu Cang leads the army and hides in the mountains, it is really difficult to find. ”

"Our cavalry attacked from behind, drove him away, and drove him to the Biyang River first. If Zhu Cang can't find it, we will destroy him in Biyang River, and if he detects it, we will eliminate him in Zhugou. Although the road is a bit far, Zhu Cang, who has an army of 200,000, can be regarded as a small force! If it's extinguished, it's extinguished, and it's no big deal. Li Xin said casually. If it weren't for Zhu Cang, he was too vicious. Li Xin didn't care about such a figure, and if he killed Zhu Cang, he could at least get some popular support, which was why Li Xin attacked Zhu Cang.

"Pei Yuanqing, lead 20,000 cavalry, set out from Nanyang, chase Zhu Cang, if he stops, retreat, if he escapes, then attack him. The enemy advances and I retreat, and when the enemy retreats, I chase them, and they must be killed in embarrassment and exhaustion. Drive them towards Songjiachang on the Biyang River first, where the water flow is stable, and Zhu Cang may cross the river from there. ”

"Yes." Pei Yuanqing hurriedly said, this time to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, the cavalry did not prepare much, there were only 20,000 cavalry in total, Pei Yuanqing attacked Zhu Cang, it is okay to use 20,000 cavalry.

"Duan Zhihao, leading the army of three thousand, there is a dam in the Song family, allowing you to sign the people, you have to be careful, you can't let Zhu Cang get the news easily." Li Xin said to Duan Zhihao. Duan Decao's three sons also followed Li Xin south to fight the world this time, Duan Decao is already old, even if it is because of Li Xin's grace, I am afraid that a county prince is the sky, and he can't support everything in the Duan family, the three brothers of the Duan family are young and strong, and they took the opportunity to lead the south to make meritorious contributions.

"Guo Xiaoke stayed in Nanyang, and the rest of the generals followed the king to Zhugou to make an ambush." Li Xinhu's eyes swept over, and all the generals puffed up their chests, don't look at Zhu Cang's 200,000 soldiers and horses, but everyone didn't take Zhu Cang to heart.

"Ma Zhou, Liang Shuo, you also send troops with this king." Li Xin said to Ma Zhou and Liang Shuo.

The two of them were stunned, glanced at each other, and showed a hint of horror on their faces, Li Xin's soldiers were like antelopes hanging horns, tens of thousands of troops didn't know where the other party would attack next, and this time it was the same, the army attacked Xiao Miao, no one thought that Li Xin would suddenly attack Zhu Cang, so where would the next soldier point? It's Xiao Mill, or Du Fuwei of JAC, or even Wang Shichong. I'm afraid that at this time, the three of them are all on guard against Li Xin's army, and suddenly they are killed.

Zhu Cang is very depressed now, he originally heard that Li Xin led the army to attack Jiangnan, so he thought about how to avoid all this, he was originally entrenched in Dengzhou, and did not hesitate to lead the army to flee to Henan, compared to Li Xin, he would rather bully Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses are chaotic, plus Zhu Cang's soldiers are extremely fierce and irritable, and when attacking the city, it is often a fatal attack, once the city is broken, burning, killing and looting, all kinds of evil, which is extremely effective in motivating morale. But Zhu Cang knew that although his army was powerful, it was not the opponent of Li Xin's army, and he knew each other very well.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Xin actually attacked himself. This made him extremely angry, and the army had no choice but to speed up and move in the direction of Henan. When the army had just left Dengzhou fifty miles, news came that the cavalry behind them was killed.

"Li Xin is hateful, I don't want to deal with him, I didn't expect him to send troops here, how do you think I am easy to bully?" On the official road from Dengzhou to the Tang River, Zhu Cang and his civil and military generals gathered together, and Zhu Cang said viciously in iron armor.

In fact, there are many generals around him, that is, civil officials, at most one or two down-and-out scholars, some are unscrupulous villains, some are forced to join Zhu Cang's team, and the others are military generals. Zhu Cang, this guy, called himself Emperor Chu in Champion County, changed his name to Changda, led the army to capture Dengzhou, and killed Dengzhou Assassin Shi Lu Zizang and County Cheng Ma Yuangui. It's just that this guy is brutal by nature, and even if he is the emperor, no one will come to assist. At that time, the Sui Dynasty's writings Zuolang Lu Congdian, Yan Zhitui's son Tongshi Sheren Yan Shuchu, all lived in Nanyang Dengzhou because of the demotion of officials. Zhu Cang invited him to be his guest, and later Zhu Cang lacked food, so he ate the whole family of the two of them. Such a person has a very bad reputation in Shilin, who will come to assist him?

"Brother Huang, what are you afraid of, Li Xin is only 60,000 horses, we have 200,000 people and horses, and one person can drown them with a mouthful of foam." It is Zhu Cang's younger brother Zhu Tian who speaks, with a strong figure, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a pair of copper bell eyes that make people shudder, Zhu Cang eats human flesh, but Zhu Tian likes to fish, every time he conquers the city, but the beautiful girl can't escape Zhu Tian's clutches, this person is strong in martial arts, and is Zhu Cang's right-hand man.

"Can't say that, Li Xin can occupy Guanzhong, even Li Yuan is not his opponent, Wang Shichong bowed his head to the minister, although it is 60,000 soldiers and horses, the number is far below us, but the combat effectiveness is very strong, you don't know the situation in Nanyang, at the beginning, when I occupied Dengzhou, I thought about attacking Nanyang, but when I looked at the defense of Nanyang City, I knew that Guo Xiaoke was definitely not comparable to Ma Yuangui and Lu Zizang, and the soldiers and horses under Li Xin's command were not Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses that could resist. Li Xin's army of 60,000 can be regarded as 100,000, or even more. Zhu Cang is ferocious, can live until now, can still be called the emperor, with 200,000 troops is not an ordinary person, he whispered to his younger brother: "More importantly, he has cavalry, although we have a lot of water networks in the south of the Yangtze River, but the cavalry in this place, still has a strong attack power, once our soldiers and horses meet the cavalry, I am afraid they will suffer a rout, coupled with Li Xin's attack, it will be even more unlucky, we can only hide far away, Li Xin's main target is Xiao Milling, we hide far away, give Deng Zhou to him, I don't think he's going to attack us. ”

"Brother Huang thinks that Li Xin will let us go, but we don't interfere with his well water! Although Nanyang has made up his mind, he didn't attack! Zhu Tian said dissatisfiedly: "Is this guy really full and has nothing to do?" What power does it expend on us? ”

"Wait and see, see if Li Xin's soldiers and horses are following us, it's really not good, it's a big deal to fight with them." Zhu Cang said viciously. He is not easy to mess with, but he doesn't want to be taken advantage of by others because of fighting with Li Xin, although he has lived very freely over the years, but he has also offended a lot of people, if it weren't for the fact that the surrounding cities still have 200,000 horses, they would have been killed a long time ago. Li Xinbing is strong and strong, and he fights with him, and I don't know how many of the 200,000 troops there are! If you can hide, you can hide, if you really can't dodge, then simply lose both, and then flee to other places, Xiao Miao, Wang Shichong and even Li Yuan can do.

"Your Majesty, the leader is Pei Yuanqing, who has already been killed, and it is only a hundred miles away from us. Cavalry, a lot of cavalry! Several war horses galloped in the distance, and the cavalry led by them had ruddy faces and strong bodies, which was very rare in Zhu Cang's army, Zhu Cang was not stingy with these soldiers, eating the best, and using the best, the war horses in the army themselves were very few, but for the sentinels, they also used the best war horses.

"It seems that Li Xin really won't let us go. Grandma's, I'm fighting with you. Zhu Cang stood up violently, his face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly. (To be continued......)