21 | Battle of Zhongjiang (2)

For those Zhongzhou soldiers who experienced the Battle of Weishui, in their memories, there is a black fog that covers the stars and the moon and a fire that burns the sky and the earth.

Three years ago, Pu Jia joined the Zhongzhou Army as a dead soldier in the state pastor's mansion, and participated in Zhongzhou's campaign to eradicate the Di people in the south four times.

It is precisely because of Pu Jia's almost life-fighting tactics that he has the title of "immortal killing god" in the Zhongzhou Army.

It's just that Pu Jia's military rank is still low, and most of his military exploits have been led by his superiors, so his reputation is only spread in the Zhongzhou Army. Otherwise, with his record of winning ten battles with the Di people, although he is not as good as Qin Hanmu, the god of war general in Jiangzhou, he can also leave a great reputation in Kyushu, China.

Dozens of days ago, the scout flying pigeons in Jiangzhou sent a message saying that the Jiangzhou brigade was heading in the direction of Weishui.

Zhongzhou Mu hurriedly dispatched troops and sent the main force of the Zhongzhou Army to the north bank of Weishui.

The mobilization of the army was already restricted by the transportation of grain and grass, so Pu Jia took the initiative to ask for help, led a cavalry team, traveled lightly, and traveled all night, and finally arrived at Linjiang City before the Jiangzhou army reached the south bank of Weishui.

At Pu Jia's suggestion, the defenders of Linjiang City adopted his suggestion and used the method of doubtful soldiers to buy time for the main force of the Zhongzhou Army.

Sure enough, everything was as Pu Jia expected, and the Jiangzhou army set up camp on the south bank of Weishui and did not attack.

However, what Pu Jia did not expect was that until the Zhongzhou army built fortifications, the other side of the bank was still immovable, and the wind and waves were calm.

Qin Muhan's move was that Pu Jia couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he could only rack his brains every day to deduce the possible battle situation.

If he knew that when he was deducing the battle situation day and night, Qin Hanmu accompanied Shangguan Miao to drink tea and chant poetry day and night, he might be so angry that he jumped on the spot and burst a few foul words.

If he knew that Qin Hanmu did this because he didn't want the innocent people of Zhongzhou to be involved in the war for no reason, then he would definitely take back the few foul words on the spot, and add a little admiration to his heart.

On this day, Pu Jia was deducing the battle situation in the camp tent as before, and the sudden sound of war drums lifted his spirits.

Pu Jia came to the front of the formation, and the south bank of Weishui, which had been silent for many days, finally moved.

Across the water, the officers and men of the various battalions of the Jiangzhou Army lined up and waited, and dozens of wooden warships sailed out of Weishui Bay, lined up in a row, and anchored on the shore.

The general of the Zhongzhou Army stood on a high platform built of earth and wood, overlooking every move on the other side.

The adjutant general beside him suddenly noticed Pu Jia under the high platform, and said something in the general's ear, the general of Zhongzhou nodded, and the deputy general pulled his throat and shouted to Pu Jia: "General Pu Jia, the general wants to see you." ”

As soon as Pu Jia climbed down the wooden ladder to the high platform, he heard the general speak: "You are the one who has won ten battles on the battlefield in the south?" ”

"Back to the general, it is the last general." Pu Jia Road.

"Your performance, Vice General Cheng told General Ben, it's very good, it's a material that can be made." The general squinted and smiled.

"The Great General is falsely praised." Pu Jia Road.

"Vice General Cheng just told me that you are deducing the tactics of this battle in the camp tent every day." The general touched his chin, looked at Pu Jia's expression, and continued, "Today, those rats in Jiangzhou are finally preparing to cross the river, according to General Pu's eyes, how are they going to fight this battle?" ”

Pu Jia pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "The last general really doesn't know how Qin Hanmu will lay out, if it were me, I'm afraid there is only one way to go." ”

The general laughed dryly a few times and said, "This general thinks so too. ”

"It's just ......," Pu Jia wanted to say and stopped.

"Isn't General Pu worried about something?" The general encouraged.

"What the general said is extremely true, the last general is indeed worried about one thing." Pu Jia Road.

"General Pu, but it doesn't hurt to say it." The Great General said.

"Admiral has been thinking of a reason." Pu Jia Road.

"Why?"

"That's right, Qin Hanmu's reason for not attacking for a long time." Pu Jia paused and continued, "And the reason why he chose to attack today. ”

The general was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "I thought it was something." ”

He waved his hand and continued: "Why should General Pu worry about this, as long as we can deduce the next tactics of Jiangzhou, wait for work, and be invincible when we see the moves." ”

Seeing that Pu Jia didn't reply, the general was not annoyed, but just patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "General Pu, this general ordered you to lead five hundred soldiers, stay in the rear, and guard the grain road." ”

Pu Jia and Vice General Cheng were stunned at the same time, and after a while, Vice General Cheng looked at the general, his mouth opened and closed, and he didn't say a word after all.

Pu Jia didn't say much, and after receiving the military order, she climbed down the ladder.

"General, he doesn't understand the rules and speaks without measure, but he is indeed a fierce general." Vice Admiral Cheng spoke.

The general laughed softly: "Could it be that Vice Admiral Cheng thinks that General Ben asked him to guard the grain road because he didn't agree with my point of view and deliberately made things difficult for him?" ”

"The last general will not dare." Vice General Cheng hurriedly said.

The general of Zhongzhou put his hand on his eyes, covering the sun in its prime, and looked at the other side of Weishui again.

"Actually, I also have a faint premonition in my heart that this battle will be extraordinary." The general said slowly, "Let Pu Jia stay in the rear, in a sense, it can be regarded as leaving a back road for all of us." ”

"Or, in other words, to leave the last glimmer of hope for Zhongzhou to turn defeat into victory."

"General, how can you be defeated if you haven't started a war yet?" Cheng Shen said.

The general only chuckled a few times, and then said no more.

For a whole day, the Zhongzhou army was under the supervision of the general, and the battalions of the Jiangzhou army, which were separated by a river, also boarded the warships one after another.

The sunset swept away the last rays of afterglow, and the stars and moonlight fell on the Weishui. The night wind is startled, rippling and shining, with the wind for thousands of miles.

Dozens of wooden armored warships came in waves, and the Zhongzhou army mobilized four bow battalions to step forward and draw bows and arrows. Under the moonlight, tens of thousands of arrows shimmered with a cold glow.

At the moment before the ten thousand arrows were fired, the black mist that covered the stars and the moon suddenly swept along the water surface, and everyone only felt that there were countless ghosts in front of them who were rushing over with their teeth and claws, so they hurriedly used their hands to block, and the bows and arrows in their hands also came out of the string at that moment, but because they lost their accuracy, most of the arrows fell on the surface of Weishui, and then submerged under the water.

The ghosts continued for half an hour before they gradually dispersed, and the defenders had already rolled horizontally and vertically, where was there still a defensive formation.