Chapter 567 Burning River

Wu Yuehou's full-scale flowering tactics stunned the commanders of the coalition forces. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The so-called coalition army is the joint operation of the armies of various countries, but the real coalition army is actually only this part of the territory of Wuwei State, not including several Xia armies.

Why is this so?

The reason is very simple, it is impossible for the coalition command to really command the armies of various countries, and people are not at ease to hand over the elite army to you to command.

The coalition army in the territory of Wuwei is a coalition army composed of small elite troops sent by the allies, which is more than 100,000 people, most of whom are the army of Wuwei State.

Their main task was to protect the coalition command.

The large-scale armies produced by various countries are commanded by the commanders of the countries where they are located, but they are dispatched by the headquarters of the coalition forces, and to be precise, the headquarters of the coalition forces plays a coordinating role.

Don't underestimate this coordination effect, in fact, it plays a great effect.

In the case of the unity of the coalition forces, the headquarters of the coalition forces looks at the overall situation and is the general hub of the anti-Qin resistance.

Wu Yuehou's all-round flowering tactics made the coalition command also look at a loss.

Although Zhang Xian reported some information and expected such a situation, it did not attract their attention, and Long Xinfang also said that he tried his best to remind him, but not one person in this command department had the final say, so this kind of thing really happened, and most people were like being knocked with a stick;

The king of Wuwei was in a hurry first, he was not completely dizzy, and hurriedly asked Long Xinfang for advice.

"How can there be any good countermeasures, press on the whole line, and take advantage of their unstable foothold to meet the head-on attack. ”

In a general word, to give orders to the commanders of the Allied fronts, it is one word; Oh! are two words!!!

On the south bank of the Chen River, there were many strands of people and horses in different costumes, including those in Wuwei State, some of whom were part of the coalition army, but most of them were armed by the people of Wuwei, and many of them spontaneously organized to resist Qin and defend the country.

On the more than 300-mile front, more than half of it is in the territory of Wuwei State, and this side is the main direction of the Qin army's attack, in the Chen River, there are all Qin troops, some hold a log of wood, some drift, there are many pontoon bridges, boats, etc., the narrowest three miles or so, the fastest five or six miles wide on the river, can be described as very lively.

Wu Yuehou this move is in full bloom, it is indeed wonderful, such a long riverbank, the coalition army cannot have defenders everywhere, as long as there are a few places where the Qin army has gained a firm foothold, gradually stabilized, and has a foothold, the follow-up Qin army will continue to join in.

In this way, the crossing of the river is considered a success.

Of course, the losses must be very large, but the Qin army is just a large number of people, half of them died, and there are nearly a million people, and this is not something that the coalition army can fight against.

Wu Yuehou originally didn't want to use this way, but now he was forced to a dead end, as long as he took the territory north of the Li River, after gaining a firm foothold, he waved his army to attack Suli and Sushan, not to mention all of them, and took half of them, he could also explain to Emperor Qin, and he also had the initiative in negotiating to save the Marquis of Jinyang.

Qin Zhong's way was to bury the secret weapon to capture the Suli Kingdom.

If Qin Min succeeds in capturing Wuling City all the way, Wu Yuehou will order the 300,000 people in Li Chaoyang to support and keep Wuling City at all costs, and if this is the case, this battle of the Southern Expedition will continue.

However, Wu Yuehou did not have much hope, he hoped that Qin Min could successfully cross the river and capture Qinyang City.

From the time Wu Yuehou ordered to cross the river, less than an hour later, floating corpses appeared on the Chen River, and the river also changed color.

Wu Yuehou did not rush to cross the river, but stood on a high ground on the bank of the river and observed.

He has more than 30 pontoon bridges here, and more than a dozen upstream, which are prepared for Qin Pingchuan, less than 50 pontoon bridges to cross more than 100,000 horses, but the shadow of Xia Jun has not been found on the opposite side.

This made Wu Yuehou a little distraught, he was afraid that he would not be able to see the enemy army that he could not touch during the big war, if the two armies fought together, it would depend on their respective strengths, such an enemy was not terrible.

"Fire! Master Hou, look upstream. ”

Although the staff division beside him did not cultivate and his eyesight was poor, he could still see the flames rushing to the sky in the thick smoke.

Wu Yuehou's face changed, his prediction came true, the Xia State Water Army really began to burn the river.

"Cursed butcher, don't fall into the hands of Ben Hou, or you will regret coming to this world. ”

Wu Yuehou gritted his teeth, he hated the butcher Zhang Yu to death.

Zhang Yu was not only ruthless, but also very strategic, he got the information sent by Zhang Xian and Zhang Xian's speculation about the situation, he pondered for a while, and then sent a hundred small boats loaded with fire oil, from a canal leading to Qinyang City in the upper reaches of the Chen River, and made a detour to a place called Wolf Tail Beach downstream of Yuqian Pass to hide.

They were ordered that if the Qin army really started to cross the river, they would first put half of the fire oil into the canal, which was the outlet of the artificially dug water channel, so that the fire oil would slowly flow into the Chen River, so that the thin oil stains would not attract the attention of the Qin army, and when more than half of the Qin army entered the Chen River, they would also throw the other half into it, and then set it on fire.

The oil is poured in first, and it will slowly attach to the floating objects in the water.

Therefore, the various floating objects on the Qin army and the various floats used to cross the river were more or less hung with oil slicks, and even the pontoon bridges downstream were also stained a lot, but these did not attract the attention of the Qin army, after all, they were few.

After throwing in the fire oil to attract the attention of the 1 Qin army, but it was too late, the navy ignited it, these are terrible, the line of fire burned downstream with the flow of the river, first of all, these floating Qin troops who were trying to swim to the opposite bank, the tragic scene made the angry Xia army change their faces.

And the Qin army, who had already climbed to the south bank, looked back and saw the scene of Pao Ze struggling and wailing miserably in the water and fire, and was stunned.

The coalition swords that rushed up didn't react.

Immediately, the fire ignited the grass and trees on both sides of the river, and the Qin army and the coalition army fighting on the south bank saw the fire burning, how could they still have the courage to fight, and turned around and ran.

The fire burned to the dozens of pontoon bridges in Wuyuehou, it was already the beginning of the Mao period, and the Chinese army had passed more than 200,000 horses, which was the result of Wuyuehou finding that there was a fire burning and giving a death order.

After Wu Yuehou stepped on the pontoon bridge, he handed over the more than 200,000 people who had no way to follow the past to the commander of Zhenxi Hou, who had just arrived.

Zhenxi Hou learned that Kancheng and Yucheng were attacked, and the grain and grass materials were destroyed, so he quickly raised grain and grass materials and prepared to transport them to the front line, but after all, the Huadian City where he was located was too far away from the Chen River, and if he wanted to transport the grain and grass materials, it would take more than half a month at the earliest, but he was worried about Wu Yuehou, so he asked people to transport materials as soon as possible and set off, he only took two personal guards, and he did not hesitate to spend his vitality, and only spent two days and one night to drive more than a thousand miles, and finally saw Wu Yuehou safe and sound, but the three of them almost collapsed.

"Fourth brother, this Jiangbei matter will be handed over to you, there are still 300,000 horses in Chaoyang in the west, and Qin Min also has more than 200,000 horses in the west, the task I gave him is to act with the camera, one is to cross the river to capture Qinyang City, and the other is to go west to capture Wuling City, and the remaining more than 200,000 horses seem to be unpassable. ”

Wu Yuehou glanced at the pontoon bridge that had already burned.

"I'm going to be more auspicious, but I have to go, the most promising thing now is Lu Kai's road downstream, as well as Qin Zhong's 50,000 horses, fourth brother, you see which way there is hope, just send them to support which way." ”

"Take care. ”

After Wu Yuehou finished explaining, he resolutely stepped into the pontoon bridge that was burning with a raging fire.

There were tens of thousands of Qin troops on the pontoon bridge, and they braved the fire and crowded desperately to run to the opposite bank, but there were too many people, and they were almost blocked, and not long after Wu Yuehou stepped on the pontoon bridge, less than 50 pontoon bridges arranged for dozens of miles, including Qin Pingchuan, collapsed one after another.

Wu Yuehou prepared for several months, only the Chinese army protected the materials for the complete construction of pontoon bridges, built less than 50 pontoon bridges, and distributed more than a dozen to Qin Pingchuan, but was burned by Zhang Yu with a fire, and there were more than 100,000 Qin soldiers and soldiers buried with them.

And that's not counting the uncountable people who burned upstream.

Wuyue Houzhong's army of 700,000 horses, in addition to the more than 200,000 people who failed to survive, the 50,000 people taken by Qin Zhong, and the men and horses who arrived on the south bank, the last unification is less than 300,000.

After all, Wu Yuehou's cultivation is very high, although he desperately ran to the south bank, but he was also very miserable, the big holes in his battle robe were burned, his beard and eyebrows were gone, but fortunately, he was protected by a helmet and his hair was not burned.

Hearing the report, less than 300,000 horses had just crossed over, and Wu Yue's heart sank.

"Master Hou, there should be a lot of people from the upstream and downstream Gao Ge and Qi Feng. ”

Gao Ge and Qi Feng were two fierce generals under Wu Yuehou, each of whom led 200,000 people to protect the two wings of the Chinese army, so Wu Yuehou ordered to find a way to cross the river nearby, and they did not take the pontoon bridge built by the Chinese army.

I'm afraid that there won't be many people left in the upper reaches of the Gao Pavilion, and they will first encounter the Xia State Water Army burning the river.

As for Qi Feng downstream, he may be better.

According to the plan, Qin Pingchuan, the general of Anxi, led 400,000 people to kill Qinyang City, but now in addition to the Chinese army, there are less than 300,000 people, he is less than 100,000, and the upper Gaoge has not yet reported, I don't know how many people are left, and it is difficult for the Western Route Army to gather 100,000 people.

The situation of the Eastern Route Army is unclear now, and the Middle Route Army of Wu Yuehou is afraid that it will be difficult to reach 300,000.

Wu Yuehou tried to calm himself down.

"General Anxi, I will replenish 100,000 men for you, continue to attack and advance to the west as planned, gather the people of the high pavilion on the way, and do your best. ”

Wu Yuehou patted Qin Pingchuan on the shoulder and said helplessly.

Qin Pingchuan led 200,000 people to cross the river on the pontoon bridge of the Chinese army, because he was assigned to the pontoon bridge upstream, but he was the first to encounter the burning river, so he suffered the greatest loss, and he didn't even come over half of it, and Wu Yuehou gathered 100,000 people for him, which was already very good.

After Qin Pingchuan left, Wu Yuehou's Chinese army was left with 2.67 million horses.

"Send someone to contact Qi Feng and ask them to kill towards Kanding City, and I will bring someone to arrive later. ”

I don't know how many of Qi Feng's 200,000 people can come over, but downstream, there should be more left、、、、、、、、、、、、