Chapter 285: The First Battle of Xu County

As night falls, night falls over Xu County.

This county town located at the corner of the Huai River is quiet in the night and silent. The whole city is like a huge grave, without any vitality. A few days ago, County Magistrate Xu issued a mission to migrate and emptied the entire city.

Xu County is not a big city.

In fact, since the land is at the turning point of the Huai River, it will be troubled by floods every flood season.

Those who were capable tried every means to move out of Xu County. Among them, there were five or six hundred families who moved to Lou Cang.

With Ying Zhuang being transferred away, the building warehouse was established.

The situation in Xu County has improved a little. Mrs. Kan asked Liu Kan to invest and dig some canals in Xu County to alleviate the flood. At the same time, due to the stability of the Huai-Han grain channel, the population of Xu County has gradually increased after turmoil.

Especially after Liu Kan became the chief lieutenant of Sishui, he also strengthened the rectification of Xu County.

Many refugees were placed in Xu County. Although they were not as good as Lou Cang, they had a stable life. However, even so, when Xiangqiang took over Xu County, the entire county town had only more than 6,300 households, and the total population had just exceeded 30,000.

Guangling fell and Dongyang was in trouble.

The chaos in the Huai and Han areas directly triggered turmoil in Xu County.

People with a way fled to Xu County and moved to the relatively calm Donghai County. Although a county magistrate had just died there, both the rebels and the Qin army were temporarily unable to control it. As a result, this desolate Donghai County turned into a paradise.

Of course, there are still many people who have no way or ability.

Some people secretly fled Xu County and went to Huaihan to join the Chu army; the other people were favored by Liu Kan and decided to stay.

All these people were sent to Lou Cang by Xiangqiang, and there were about seven or eight thousand people.

Although most of them are elderly women and babies, Liu Kan still showed an extremely welcoming attitude and accepted them all.

At this time, Xu County had actually become an empty city.

Just after the hour of Hai, a noise and riot sound came from afar.

The torches made of Liangzi Oil Pine were lined up into a long dragon, and they rushed from the Huai River. The central army had a bright and bright ring, and the word "Dragon" was written on it. The word "Dragon" was written in Chu script, with a big ring, and the word "Dragon" also opened its teeth and claws, revealing its hideousness.

"General, Xu County has become an empty city!"

A snoop came to the big flag, and a general with a helmet and armor was in front of him. "I have investigated the whole county town, and now there is no one."

"Damn Qin Gou, he's still one step late after all."

The general under the big banner is nearly eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, which promotes greatness.

He held a bronze spear weighing more than 60 pounds in his palm, and sat on the horse, looking regretful. He held the reins with one hand, and Chen Sheng asked, "Are you sure that there are no Qin dogs ambushing around this?"

"General, the humble ones have investigated. There are no Qin dogs ambushing around Xu County.

The major general was extremely brave and unparalleled in the world. He went out of the river and had no defeat... I think Qin Gou was scared, so how could he dare to stay and die? With humbleness, we directly killed Lou Cang and killed all the Qin Gou. I heard that Lou Cang has many..."

Before he finished speaking, the general whipped the scout with a whip.

"How dare you talk nonsense? Mr. Chen said that you need to make steady progress and never make progress. Ge Ying in the past is a lesson from the past."

The whip seemed to be whipping very heavily, but in fact, it didn't use much force.

The scout still grinned his teeth in a pretentious manner, and then whispered: "That scholar named Chen is powerless and has not established any achievements. What qualifications are there to point fingers and even besides the general? He is humble and does not accept the general and cannot bear the wronged."

"Okay, don't say more... We will station in Xu County tonight and take the army to cross the Huai River tomorrow, so we will go to Lou Cang."

"Abide by the order!"

This general is Xiang Ji's family general, Long Qi.

To be honest, this dispatch was going well. But since Chen Ying defected to Xiang Ji, Long Qi was a little unhappy.

In Long Qi's opinion, Chen Ying was just a scholar and had no right to point fingers in front of him. But I don't know what happened, but Xiang Ji showed great respect to Mr. Chen Ying. He often asked Chen Ying for advice, which made Long Qi and others feel a little uncomfortable.

However, Long will never blame the documents.

So I kept this tone in my heart.

From Dongyang County, Long Qie fought non-stop and conquered the Huaishui Ferry 200 miles a day. When he was about to make a concerted effort and cross the river to continue moving forward, Chen Ying suggested to Xiang Ji that he should make steady progress. Although the building and warehouse were small, it was not comparable to Guangling and other places.

It is best to wait until the entire army crosses the river and then attack together to put enough pressure on the building and warehouse.

Chen Ying knew Lou Cang, so he suggested this.

But Long Qi believes that this book is not enough to produce things and has more than enough to make trouble. It is really hateful to increase the ambition of others and destroy the power of one's own family.

But the military orders are like mountains, and even the dragon dares not disobey.

So he ordered the vanguard army to stay in Xu County that night. He led his troops to inspect the county town and found that the county town was really clean. The Ku Mansion was empty and there was nothing left, and even those houses were left behind. Moreover, more than 70% of the houses were destroyed and collapsed. It can be seen that the collapsed houses were caused by man, and it was obviously done by the Qin people.

Qin Gouzi is so cruel that he didn't leave anything, and he didn't even leave a residence.

The city walls of Xu County are also dilapidated, and many places have collapsed. This makes Long Qi see it and hate it even more.

After a round of inspections, Long Qi returned to the tent.

After taking a look at the ruins, I felt even more frustrated...

He ordered the soldiers to prepare the drinks. He drank the wine alone for a while, and then did not take off his armor and poured his clothes on the bed, and fell asleep.

The Chu army, who had been marching for a day, were also tired.

After burying the pot and making rice, all the patrol soldiers also rested.

The town of Xu County gradually calmed down. Occasionally, there was a sound of tricks, and there was no other movement in the entire county.

At this time, outside Xu County, on the banks of the Huaishui River.

Guan Ying urged him to immediately rushed to the embankment, put on a canopy in his hand, and looked towards Xu County in the distance.

Li Bi Luo Jia and the others stood quietly behind him. They also knew Guan Ying, who had worked together in Yongzhengyuan.

Now, these two men serve as cavalry generals among the Loucang Cavalry, each leading 200 Loucang Cavalry.

"Old Guan, it's almost time to do it."

Guan Ying shook her head, "Wait a little longer... Chu Jun should have fallen asleep, but he was still awake. Now that he is taking action, I am afraid that he will not be able to achieve his full efforts.

Wait for another hour, after the ugly time, the Chu army should have died of sleep. At that time, the effect will be better.

However, I now have another idea... This is the vanguard of the Chu army. If it can be wiped out completely, it will definitely be a big blow to the Chu army. I just found out that when the Chu army crossed the river, it said that when the Chu army crossed the river, it had built more than 30 floating bridges on the Huai River. It must have been for the main force of the Chu army to cross the river... I would like to ask the two brothers to lead their troops to raid the floating bridge on the Huai River when I was in action.

In this way, the Chu army's retreat can be cut off, and the Chu army's main force can be delayed, so that the king and the Hou can prepare more fully."

When Li Biluo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but look at each other, nodded repeatedly and said, "Old Guan, this idea is good, just as you said."

"However, the two brothers should remember and must not stay for a long time.

After the floating bridge is destroyed, it needs to be withdrawn immediately... The Chu army cut off its retreat and will definitely retreat to the intersection of Sishui and Huai Rivers.

There is a plain where two brothers can lie in ambush. But before dawn, you must evacuate the battlefield and meet with me."

When he was in Yongzhengyuan, Guan Ying was still a reckless boy.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, the reckless boy of the past could already judge the situation and use strategies. Li Biluojia sighed in his heart that Lou Cang is really hidden and hiding. Although there are not many soldiers now, there is really a lot of room for development.

The two intervened to salute, urging the horse to lead the cavalry in the headquarters and quickly left.

Time passed by little by little.

Guan Ying looked at the water level of Huai River and nodded with satisfaction.

This is exactly the turning point of the Huai River. The river surface is very narrow and the water is also very turbulent. In addition, the ice and snow melt, it is the spring flood season of the Huai River. The water is very large and very fierce. As early as three days ago, Guan Ying secretly sent someone to build a dam here to store water, and then he handed over it with Xiangqiang. Even Xiangqiang, even Guan Ying had no idea that Guan Ying had buried a huge trap on the Huai River.

Guan Ying kept in mind that before setting off, Liu Kan held his hand and gave him the advice.

"Old Guan, you and I have known each other for ten years. In these ten years, our brothers have been through life and death together and have experienced many things. If anyone I believe most in Lou Cang City, I will have no other candidates. Your task this time is very heavy, so I am even more worried."

"June, I..."

"Old Guan, listen to me. You are rough and sometimes very impulsive. Over the years, I have been very happy to study General Qin Kai's cavalry warfare techniques. I will not say anything else. After reading military books for many years, you should know that this is a general, with wisdom, trust, benevolence, courage and strictness. These five things need to be kept in mind. Among the five things, wisdom is the first... Calmness gives birth to concentration, concentration gives birth to wisdom. Please remember it."

Guan Ying looked at the river where the water level was rising and said softly: "Brother Kan, don't worry, Guan Ying will never let you down."

"General, the ugly time has passed, can you do it?"

Guan Ying nodded, raised her hand and shouted, "Tell me the order to break the dam and release the water!"

Boom, a sound like the sky collapsed and the place echoed in the night sky.

In Xu County, Long Qi suddenly woke up from his sleep, stood up, held his sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "What's the sound? What's the sound?"

The personal soldiers didn't know what happened to this sudden noise.

Long Qi rushed out of the tent, turned over and stepped onto the war horse, rushed to the broken city like lightning, and looked into the distance.

On the horizon, a white line appeared.

In the night, the white lines were getting closer and closer, and the sound of galloping horses roaring. The rumbling was deafening, and gradually approached.

Long Qi lived in Kuaiji for a while and also watched the Qiantang River Tide.

Seeing this, I left and reacted...

He was frightened and shouted loudly: "Run, run quickly... The Huai River breaks the dam, it's the Huai River breaking the dam!"

Before he finished speaking, Long Qi turned his horse's head and rushed down from the city tower. He didn't care about his soldiers, so he urged the horse to whip and rushed towards the city gate on the other side. While running, Long Qi also shouted loudly: "My sons, run with me, the Huai River breaks the dam!"
To be continued...