Chapter 179: Seizing the chips
There were no big locust trees on the east bank of Surabaya, so in the end, Chen Yi and Kong Rong had no choice but to hang themselves on the gate of Dazhai.
The Taishan Army captured 3,200 Lu soldiers in this battle, and selected all the officers and soldiers from among them. All the officers above the rank of the generals were executed, and the rest were returned to the countryside. In addition, there were 60 people with martial arts skills. Most of them wanted to continue serving as soldiers to feed themselves. They chose to join the Taishan Army. After all, people like them no longer have any land at home, and they continue to play with swords and swords after leaving the army. Will it be the same wherever they go?
After the troops had eaten their fill on the east bank of Surabaya, they burned the camp and returned to Bingbo County.
On the seventh day of March, the Taishan Army, which had been repairing for half a day, set off. On the eighth day of March, the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry followed the sentinels and guided them through the boundary between Cheng County and Juping County. These two counties are the two counties between Bo County and Lu County. Taishan's army passed through the county and did not cause much commotion in the two counties.
Finally, at 6 o'clock on the 10th day of March, the Taishan Army suddenly arrived at the west bank of Wenshui River after two days of slow march. Bo County was in sight on the other side of Wenshui River.
The two-day march was not easy for the assault cavalry even at normal speed. But no one complained. Compared with victory and continuing to live, suffering has never been a pain point for poor people like Taishan Army.
The Taishan Army found a guide nearby and took a detour from the mouth of the Wenshui River, where the waterway was the smallest and there was a pontoon bridge built, making it an ideal ferry.
When the Taishan Army was flying across the Jin Bridge, the Jibei Kingdom's fleet docked on the Wenshui River had already discovered it. After all, with thousands of horses galloping, it was impossible not to discover it.
Then the fleet issued a warning sound to notify the camp in the distance. Suddenly, the Jibei National Soldiers by the Wenshui River were busy again, looking at the cavalry with the flag of "Chong" warily.
Although the Jibei National Soldiers discovered reinforcements, Zhang Chong no longer cared, because the victory or defeat had already been decided.
Zhang Chong ordered the guards behind him to blow the sound of conch shells. This was a batch of conch shells specially made by Zhang Chong to serve as his troop rally call. Whenever the Taishan Army hears this trumpet sound, they must know that Qu Kuai is coming in person.
Sure enough, when the conch sound rang out east of Wenshui River, the sound of trumpets and drums was soon heard two miles away. This was the response of Ding Sheng, Dian Wei, and Guo Liang.
After that, Zhang Chong walked forward on his horse and looked at the camp of the Jibei soldiers in front.
Zhang Chong has already discovered that the morale of this wave of soldiers is not high. There are not many flags. Traces of the battle can be seen everywhere. There are corpses on the battlefield in the southeast that no one has buried. This will attract countless flies and the stench. soaring.
These are the bodies of the right captain of Jibei Kingdom who died in battle. Three days ago, they were forced to fight a battle with the Taishan Army, but the result was that they were completely wiped out, and no one has taken care of them until now. This is not the east bank of Wenshui River. With the development over time, the bodies of these people have long been eaten by jackals, tigers and leopards.
The battle that day was sad to say the least. After Yi Er and others took hold of Zhang Rong, they really planned to quit. But because of Ding Sheng's arrogance and arrogance, he had no intention of letting them go. These right captains, who were also bandits, could only lead their troops to attack Ding Sheng's troops.
Their intention was to beat these Taishan thieves so hard that they would no longer dare to look down on them and would sit down and talk to them honestly. Moreover, in their hearts, they also wanted to beat Ding Sheng, in order to avenge the Fatty Jin Department who was attacked by Ding Sheng before.
This is indeed the case. Xin Kui Yi Er did not hesitate to lead his troops to attack Ding Sheng's troops and indeed gained the upper hand. Zhao Rong, the general of the Taishan Army who was the leader at that time, was stabbed three times and was seriously injured and dying. But soon, Dian Wei's and Guo Liang's troops came closer, and the three-party encirclement directly trapped You Xiaowei's troops to death.
A few of them knelt down and surrendered, but they were directly chopped down by the furious Ding Sheng. The remaining Jibei soldiers knew there was no way out and fought to their death. In the end, they were all killed by Ding Sheng, but the three troops also suffered heavy losses and were unable to launch an attack.
But what is even worse is the Jibei Kingdom. They are still fully capable of fighting, including Zuo Xiaowei Zhou Feng's three divisions and one thousand soldiers. After the seven-day battle, the troops stationed on the east bank of Wenshui River were recalled to the military camp by the Chinese army camp. In the next three days, Jibei Kingdom did not send out a single soldier.
In fact, in the past three days, the Chinese army in Dazhai of Jibei Kingdom had a great split between the two choices of standing still and waiting for reinforcements or withdrawing troops.
Dai Qi, who chaired the military meeting on behalf of Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei, advocated holding on and waiting for reinforcements. Li Chen, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, also agreed with Dai Qi's view. They believed that Sheqiu still had a thousand old soldiers, and they could recruit two more soldiers from each family. Thousands, when the time comes to go south along the Wen River, we can gather another four thousand troops. With this military strength, victory or defeat is uncertain.
But Zhou Feng, the last powerful faction in the camp, disagreed. He told the two of them very realistically:
"Jibei is a small country with a sparse population. There are no more than 40,000 households in the country and a population of no more than 200,000. The original army of 4,000 was already one for every ten households. If we need to recruit another 3,000, then We really want to wipe out the Jibei Kingdom.”
You must know that those who serve as soldiers must be strong laborers, and the Jibei Kingdom may only have less than 50,000 young adults. In addition, most of the young adults are vassals of wealthy families and will not be recruited. In other words, if this wave Another four thousand people died in Jibei Kingdom, and the death scale of eight thousand people could make the entire countryside of Jibei Kingdom no longer young. And if you want to know that a family's livelihood depends on these young people? If they all die here, their families will not be able to survive.
Although Zhou Feng came from a proud family, he still couldn't bear to have his hometown party be wasted like this. But the more critical factor that made him object was that he felt it was not worth it. Although the reason why Dai Qi and Li Chen continued to fight was not stated clearly, Zhou Feng knew it at a glance. It was simply because they were the direct commanders responsible for the defeat. If they went back like this, it was unclear whether their lives would be saved, but their future was definitely No, it's better to take a gamble now, ask for troops from the rear, and fight again.
This is just like a gambler who loses all his money and never thinks of giving up. Instead, he will borrow money and continue gambling, hoping to make a fortune. Zhou Feng can understand the two people's thoughts, but I'm sorry, he can't accompany them to go gambling crazy. The thousand soldiers under his command are his property. As long as the soldiers are there, the power of the Zhou family will be there. Why take risks with these two.
In the end, neither party could convince the other, and they could only reach a deadlock. Zhou Feng is the most powerful faction in the camp. If he doesn't agree to send troops, then they won't be able to send troops. And Dai Qi was trusted by Chen Gui in the face of danger, and he had great righteousness. He didn't say to withdraw the troops, and Zhou Feng didn't dare to take the troops back.
But the three-day stalemate finally ended with the news of the arrival of Taishan's cavalry.
Dai Qi and Li Chen no longer said anything about standing still and waiting for help. Now that they have reached the point of whether they can survive, they can't even think about making a comeback.
They were all smart people. When they learned that the Taishan army crossed the Wenshui River from the west, they guessed that the Lu army in the west was probably gone. Originally, they planned to send people to contact Lu Guobing, hoping to let them march eastward and directly attack the Fenggao stronghold of the Taishan bandits, but before they sent people, Lu Guobing could not count on them.
There is no other way, so we have to retreat. Fortunately, their fleet is on the Wenshui River. As long as they get on the boat, they will be safe.
So when Zhang Chong sounded the call for troops, the Jibei State Camp was also preparing to retreat. They put Chen Gui, the seriously ill Prime Minister of Jibei, on a chariot and began to organize the retreat.
For this retreat to go smoothly, there is a necessary condition, that is, there must be troops to cut off the rear. Without the rear troops to block the enemy's attack, it would be a dream to retreat in an orderly manner.
But no one wants to do a post-secondary career, because the job is not only dangerous but also demanding. The danger is easy to understand. After all, if you can cut off the rear, you will definitely not have many soldiers left for you. Isn't it dangerous to use weak troops to resist the enemy's numerous troops? But this life is also very challenging. Imagine that when your clothes are gradually safe, you are still in danger on the battlefield. Do you want to run away? Will you be resentful, why should you give others a chance to survive while you stay and die?
Therefore, generally, the troops behind the break are either non-direct lineage who are not favored by the general, or they are strong troops who are good at defending. Moreover, once you have done a break, I'm sorry, all the post-break tasks in the future will be handed over to you. This means that one thing does not bother two masters.
Therefore, when retreating, they had to choose the troops to cut off the rear. All the generals turned their attention to Zhou Feng, because he fully met the conditions for cutting off the rear, and he was not popular despite his strength.
But Zhou Feng also has a strong heart. With so many people staring at him, he can act as if nothing happened and remain motionless, just not expressing his stance. Because he knows that time is on the side of a powerful person like him.
Sure enough, Dai Qi, who couldn't wait the most, took the initiative to propose a draw to decide who would serve as the rear guard. Li Chen and Zhou Feng each took a bamboo stick from his hand, and whoever had the shortest one would be in charge of the rear. Li Chen had no problem, but Zhou Feng couldn't refuse openly, so they decided to make arrangements together.
The final result was no surprise, it was Zhou Feng.
Looking at the short chip in his hand, although Zhou Feng didn't know what trick Dai Qi was playing, he knew that he had been fooled. But to this extent, he could only swallow this hatred and just keep it in his heart.
Zhou Feng had two generals under his command, Liu Yan and Fan Yi. One is his favorite general, and the other is his brother-in-law. In the end, he chose his beloved general as the rear guard, not because he loved his brother-in-law more, but because he understood Fan Yi. If this person's nature were to be cut off, none of them would be able to survive. On the contrary, it was Liu Yan who he could trust the most, so he was right to hand over the post-breakup task to him.
Sometimes things are like this. You are abandoned not necessarily because you are incompetent. On the contrary, it is precisely because you are capable and trustworthy that you are abandoned.
Because those who are capable are called abandoned children, and those who are incapable are called abandoned children.
In this way, the Jibei soldiers opened the camp gate to the west in the direction of Wenshui. The first to leave the camp were five hundred chariot soldiers. They pushed fifty carts and lined up along the Dazhai to the ferry.
Then a general under the banner of "Liu" built fortifications based on these carts, hoping to build a complex road to connect Dazhai directly to Wenshui Ferry.
At the same time, the "Ding", "Dian" and "Guo" tribes from the southeast also meandered over. Under the sun, the armored soldiers were full of morale. It was obvious that the three days of repairs and the arrival of Qu Kui had made them fighting again. Full.
A great war broke out.
(End of chapter)