Chapter 830: Flooding Jinyang
If Jieli Khan were living now, he would definitely exclaim loudly, "What the hell is this"? He never imagined that hundreds of thousands of powerful Turkic cavalry, in the sudden explosion, like frightened birds, would escape from his camp in such a disarray, thinking of the mountains of grain and grass in the camp, as well as from all over the way; The plundered money, Han slaves, and many beauties are now in the hands of Li Xin, and he can't wait to turn around and kill them all immediately and recapture them all.
"Khan, as long as you arrive in Dingxiang, it's not too late to come back with the whole army." Qi Qi He Li said loudly.
"Yes, Khan, Li Xin will only use tricks, and he is no match for our Turkic iron cavalry, as long as the Khan reorganizes his troops and horses, we will soon be able to avenge today's revenge." It was Yi Nan who spoke, his army was fine, it was in the rear camp, and the losses were relatively small, but the property seized was a lot of losses, plus the shame that Li Xin had added to him over the years, he felt as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake.
"What about the Tuli army?" Jieli Khan suddenly thought of something and said to the two generals beside him.
"The second khan led the army to resist in the back." Qi Qi He Li's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly said: "Because his army is stationed in the left camp, he has not had time to notify him when he retreats, so he should be the last to go." He Li said with some shame.
"That's a lot more reassuring." After hearing this, Jieli Khan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This time it was careless, we were not fully prepared for the situation that Li Ji said. When we return to Dingxiang, we will reorganize the army and then kill it back. ”
Although Jieli Khan said this, he knew that it would be a few days before the soldiers were shocked by the loud explosion and wanted to recover. It also takes some time.
"Drive! Evacuate! At this time, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and Jieli Khan turned to look, only to see countless soldiers rushing over on his back, the most striking was the Tuli Khan in front, his expression was flustered, and the armor on his body was crooked.
"Tuli, is Li Xin catching up?" Jieli Khan couldn't help but shout.
"Boom!" There was a loud bang in the distance.
"Let's go." Jieli Khan's face changed, where did he dare to stay, and urged the war horse again. Rushing towards Dingxiang, the Turkic soldiers behind him did not react at all, they could only follow behind Da Xu, running desperately. Behind him was the sound of shouting and killing, and Li Xin had already led the army to catch up. Poor Jieli Khan wished he had four legs so that he could run faster.
The battle did not end until the next morning, when Li Xin collected his troops and returned to the camp, and in the main camp, Wei Chigong and Ling Jing also defeated You Junda's attack. Hold the camp.
"Your Majesty, in this army, we have killed 10,000 Turks and captured more than 23,000. Many of the enemy had fled, killing 1,000 puppet Zhao soldiers, capturing more than 2,000, and General Wei Chi seriously wounded You Junda. In addition, our army defeated the Turks and obtained countless gold, silver, and jewelry. As for the specific amount, it is being cleaned up, and the grain and grass are about 10,000 stones. There are more than 1,000 cattle and sheep, about 5,000 war horses, and many people. Ling Jing said later, his voice lowered. The faces of the generals in the big tent gradually lost their smiles.
"The dead and wounded soldiers are well settled, and as for the people, let them go home! Those who are willing to join our army can also let them transport food and grass, as for those women, those who are willing to go back can go back, if they are unwilling, they can join the nurses in the army, if they fancy which soldier of our army, both parties agree, they can also form a family and extend the next generation for our army. Li Xin thought for a while and said.
In fact, those who entered the army as nurses were all women who suffered in the war, although in this era, the atmosphere was relatively open, but after most women lost their virginity, they couldn't hold their heads up in front of the world, so they simply joined Li Xin's army and became a military nurse, not only to get a chance to survive, but also to win the respect of others, and maybe also to gain a marriage. This time is the same, these women who were insulted by the Turks can also join Li Xin's army, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune.
"Yes." Ling Jing and the others also sighed, during the war years, it was these women who were the most unlucky.
"The Turks have retreated for the time being, and in a short period of time, I am afraid it will not have any impact on us, but their main force is still there, and in just a few days, they will be able to come to Jinyang again and pose a threat to our army." Li Xin Zhengrong said: "So the pressure we are facing is still relatively large, and we will end the battle of Jinyang as soon as possible." ”
"How is Your Majesty going to be?" Ling Jing asked with some concern.
"Water." Li Xin's face was gloomy, and he said to everyone: "Taiyuan is just a corner of the place, we can't affect the unity of the world because of a Jinyang, plus around Jinyang, the Jin Canal passes through the middle, Jinshui and Fenshui are on the left and right, just suitable for flooding Jinyang, three generals and soldiers, 20,000 guards the battalion, all the cavalry are dispatched, patrolling the left and right, with 10,000 people as a battalion, monitoring the direction of Jinyang and Dingxiang, and the rest of the infantry began to bet on Sanshui and preparing to flood Jinyang. Li Xin said with a gloomy face.
"Flooded Jinyang." In the big tent, everyone's complexion changed, since ancient times, water and fire are ruthless, this is the case at any time, Li Xin decided to take a flooding strategy for Jinyang, which means that the people in Jinyang City will face the fate of being drowned. Jinyang is a big city in the north, and Li Yuan once established the capital here. There are hundreds of thousands of people here, and all of them may all drown in a flood.
"Yes." The generals responded one after another.
Li Xin did this, there was no way to do it, the Turks were eyeing the side, Li Jike was a character who would not surrender to death, he would rather die in battle than submit to Li Xin, Li Xin wanted to solve Jinyang in the shortest possible time, but he just took this kind of measure.
In Jinyang City, Li Ji took You Junda's defeated soldiers in, his face was not good-looking, not to mention his own losses, the Turks still fled, although they were in Dingxiang, but in the end it was not as fast and fast as coming down in Taiyuan City.
What's more, the Turks returned to Dingxiang, which meant that they wanted to use the Turks to deal with Li Xin, and their plan to bring down Li Xin would fail, and they would even let the Turks sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, using themselves to consume Li Xin's soldiers and horses.
"General, the enemy outside the city is moving." He was discussing the future with You Junda, when a personal soldier came outside to report, the two glanced at each other, did not dare to slack off, and hurried to check the actions of Li Xin's army.
"What do they want to do?" You Junda stood at the head of the city, looking at the soldiers in the distance, countless cavalry rushed back and forth, almost a stone's throw away from the city, any offensive means on the city head had no effect, he could only see some soldiers carrying sacks on their backs, and some soldiers were running back and forth with tools. You Junda couldn't hide the horror in his heart, and couldn't help asking.
"Flooded Jinyang." Li Ji quickly thought of this, and said coldly: "Li Xin is crazy, he actually thought of this plan, and gave hundreds of thousands of people in Jinyang to Jinyang for burial, and the people who lost the world also said that he was a Ming Jun and loved the people like a son, and when he saw it today, it was nothing more than that, and his heart was vicious, I am afraid that even Shang Xuan and Yang Guang could not compare to this person." ”
"So what do we do now?" You Junda said with some worry: "There are Jinshui and Fenshui around Jinyang, and there are Jin canals passing through the city, although the enemy will not cut off the water flow and cut off the water source in the city, but it is still possible to flood Jinyang." ”
"Rest assured, there is enough grain and grass in the city, and the foundation stone of Taiyuan is solid, it is almost impossible to flood Jinyang, when the water comes, everyone forgets to walk on a high place, and wants to be able to support it for a period of time." Li Ji thought about it, but still said: "Li Xin's move is obviously to attack Jinyang in a very short period of time, and, you see, the surrounding cavalry is dispatched just to prevent us from sabotaging Li Xin's conspiracy, and once we send troops, we will be attacked head-on by Li Xin." So we can't move, wait for Li Xin to make a move. Don't forget, there is also a Turk next to us, we are not in a hurry, the Turks will definitely be in a hurry. ”
"Shall we just look at it?" You Junda was a little unwilling in his heart, the enemy was outside, ready to open the floodgates at any time to release water, flooding Taiyuan, and he didn't do anything here, You Junda was naturally unwilling.
"He's forcing us to fight! General, do you think our soldiers and horses are Li Xin's opponents? Li Ji said quietly.
Li Xin's flooding of Taiyuan is certainly a strategy, but more importantly, Li Ji thinks that Li Xin is forcing himself to come out for a decisive battle, but does he dare to come out for a decisive battle?
You Junda's face was stunned for a moment, and he quickly understood the truth of this, and shook his head, last night he was against Wei Chigong, and he was killed by Wei Chigong and fled, if he faced Li Xin, who was even more powerful, I am afraid that even his life would be difficult to protect.
"Let the soldiers help the people in the city to store grain and grass, and transport it to higher ground, Jinyang City is relatively large, even if the water of the three rivers rushes, it will definitely calm down within a few days." Li Ji thought for a while and said to You Junda: "The most important thing for us is grain and grass, and there must be no problems with grain and grass." Otherwise, even if we hadn't drowned, we would have starved to death because of food. ”
"Don't worry, the general will let people do it immediately." You Junda hurriedly said.
"Tell the Turks! Let the Turks take action, now Li Xin's infantry is intercepting the river, although there are a lot of cavalry, but they are not as good as the Turks, so they can only let the Turks take action. Li Ji also thinks that it is not a good way to sit back and wait for death, in addition to the arrangements in Jinyang City, it is more important to solve the problem from the source.
"That's all there is to it." You Junda sighed helplessly. (To be continued.) )