Chapter 693 Zhu Shuai said that there will be heavy rain in the second half of the night
ps: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
The fire was lit. Thick black smoke arose, blown by the wind, like rolling dark clouds, pressing towards the Jiazhou Army.
Fan Zhao's expression suddenly changed. How could it be possible? Half of the reeds were still green, and the rain had just stopped the day before yesterday. There were puddles in the reed marshes, and boats could be punted in many places. How could the Song army set fire to it?
But the facts are facts and cannot be changed. If you want to explain? Is it true that the figures of the Song Army that were looming in the reed swamp were fake?
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
The Jiazhou Army chasing behind the Song Army was completely annihilated in the billowing black smoke. Their coughs were loud and their eyes were filled with tears in the black smoke. Let alone chasing the enemy at this time, they
He threw away his sword and gun.
At the end of the reed marsh, five thousand cavalry were lined up in order, followed by eight thousand infantry.
Zhu Biao had calculated the direction of the wind today. Under such heavy pressure on the Baoxian-Shuiyi front line, he allocated more than half of his combat power to the battle of Changgang. The purpose was to defeat the coalition forces behind him in one fell swoop.
The threat. At least give them a hard slap so that neither the Jiazhou Army nor the Sizhou Army can recover for ten days and a half.
Looking at it now, Zhu Biao’s plan was completed smoothly.
Two quarters of an hour later, the fire in the reed marsh weakened. Even though the Song army had poured a large amount of vegetable oil on the reeds before, after all, nearly half of the reeds in the reed marsh at this time were still green. They were not inherently suitable for burning.
, when the yellow reeds and rapeseed oil are exhausted, the fire will weaken and it will be irreversible by human power.
Dou Bing and Feng Enjiang stood in front of the cavalry formation. When the firelight dimmed, they raised their swords and guns. The appearance of the five thousand cavalrymen who were originally in a simple formation immediately changed. Each one was condensed in spirit and willed, and the cavalry formation was like a pile of scattered sand.
Turned into an indestructible piece of steel.
"The whole army is ready to attack!"
Clatter, clatter, the sound of intensive horse hooves, five thousand war horses, the continuous sound of horse hooves can be clearly felt by people within ten miles. "Kill--" The eight thousand elite infantrymen also launched a shaking movement.
With shouts, they followed the strolling cavalry and rushed towards the Jiazhou Army.
Even Zhang Nan led the three to four thousand defeated soldiers who had walked through the thick smoke and were disgraced, followed behind the infantry, and charged towards the Jiazhou Army with great momentum.
The good guy was chased for more than ten miles at a stretch. If he didn't kill him now, he would be in a panic.
The road was completely gray, and within a hundred steps of the thick smoke, the fallen bodies of the Jiazhou Army were discovered one after another.
Some people in the Song army were puzzled. The fire clearly did not reach the Jiazhou army, so why did people die? Could it be that smoke can also kill people?
But at this stall, Dou Bing and Feng Enjiang would not stop their horses to inspect the corpses. The two commanded the cavalry to gradually increase their horse speed. As expected, they were less than a mile away. By this time, the thick smoke had almost
After they dispersed, their vision was almost restored, and the half-dead appearance of the Jiazhou Army appeared in front of the cavalry.
"Kill -" Dou Bing raised his sword high.
"Kill -" Feng Enjiang raised the spear in his hand.
The soldiers of the Jiazhou Army, whose throats were so dry that they were burning and painful, and whose eyes were so red and swollen that they could hardly open them, faced the charging Song Army cavalry. They fell to the ground like dead pigs one by one, or squatted down on the road.
Most of them did not have a weapon in their hands, and nine out of ten of them were empty-handed. So why should they resist and resist the cavalry charge? Surrendering honestly is the wisest choice.
The dazzling sabers and sharp lances easily harvested lives one after another. When the five thousand cavalry galloped past, the eight thousand infantrymen and Zhang Nan who came after them saw only countless kneeling men.
The Jiazhou Army begged for surrender.
The Jiazhou Army, which had fallen into complete chaos, had completely lost the ability to counterattack. The resistance of individual soldiers was more subconscious or based on human survival instincts. But the five thousand cavalry who opened the way for the Song Army
The effect of the resistance of a few people in front of us is simply negligible.
It was like using a 100-pound mountain ax to cut tofu, crushing it completely without any resistance. Dou Bing and Feng Enjiang's five thousand cavalry quickly reached the middle of the Jiazhou Army.
It was here that they felt the existence of resistance.
Different from the nine empty-handed soldiers among the ten soldiers in front, although the Jiazhou soldiers who escaped here can still see bare-handed people everywhere, at least half of the ten soldiers have weapons, and there are also some long spears and broadswords.
's long soldiers.
The real test of the Song Army's assault force has come.
Dou Bing tightly grasped the sword in his hand. Zhu Biao had told him when he sent out troops before the war, move forward, move forward, and move forward again. The task of the cavalry is not to seek great results, but to be like a sharp arrow that goes forward bravely.
, penetrating all the enemy's defenses and organizations. Not giving the Jiazhou Army any chance to breathe, leaving the entire pursuing army in panic and confusion.
What Zhu Biao said was indeed true. It had only been a while since the thick smoke dissipated, but the Jiazhou Army had already reacted. If he really waited until he had finished taking care of the surrendered troops before rushing over, this section would
The Jiazhou army may have already formed a military formation.
Chopping down, slashing horizontally, lifting up, sweeping forward, every blow will stir up a bloody wind, every step will lead to a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the only thing that remains unchanged is moving forward.
The disorganized Jiazhou Army could not stop the charge of five thousand cavalry. If we used a hundred-jin heavy ax to cut tofu before, now we are really cutting mud with a sword that can cut iron like mud.
Fan Zhao had already escaped, and led the remaining soldiers to encounter the 20,000 Sizhou Army who were following up. It was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and he asked the Sizhou Army to come forward immediately for rescue.
But the leader of the Sizhou Army was not a loser, and he would not risk his own life to fill the hole. Not only did he stop advancing, he immediately ordered his soldiers to spread out their troops and just raised the general's flag high.
It was only used as a message to attract the defeated troops of Jiazhou.
Therefore, when the five thousand cavalry came to the front in Fan Zhao's desperate eyes, the officers and soldiers of the Sizhou Army breathed a sigh of relief. If he had not deployed the array on the spot just now, but plunged into the rebellious army to consolidate Jiazhou
Army, the five thousand cavalrymen in front of me must have taught myself a bloody lesson.
"What a pity." Dou Bing looked at the complete military formation in front of him, but in the end he did not give the order to attack. He was not Zhu Biao. He was really unsure and had no confidence, so he led 5,000 cavalry to break through the formation of 20,000 infantry.
Therefore, this battle has come to an end. With five thousand cavalry watching from the side, the Sizhou Army was able to protect itself, but it was unable to rescue the collapsed Jiazhou Army. When the eight thousand cavalry and Zhang Nan's troops arrived,
, the Sizhou Army was extremely nervous, and now they felt that even self-protection was in danger.
Therefore, when the Song army disappeared westward on the horizon with nearly 20,000 prisoners, the entire Sizhou army was relieved and all breathed a sigh of relief. Even though Fan Zhao kept yelling, no one mentioned half of the pursuers.
The word 'chasing'.
The 20,000 Sizhou troops quickly returned to Changgang County. Fan Zhao led two to three thousand defeated soldiers and was still gathering the defeated soldiers outside. However, even after dark, only 2,000 people were gathered. The total number of troops barely exceeded 5,000.
.In the middle of the night, I returned to our army’s stronghold outside the north gate of Changgang County in despair.
When the 50,000-strong army left Jiazhou, they pursued Song Ni for two months, but achieved nothing. Instead, they suffered a huge defeat. Fan Zhao felt an indescribable frustration in his heart. On the third day after the war,
The Jiazhou Army, with a total strength of less than 10,000 men, retreated 200 miles under the leadership of Fan Zhao, directly from the Changgang front line to Fengle in the southernmost part of Liyang County.
Liyang Prefect Bi Yuanzhen sent someone urgently to ask for the reason. Fan Zhaoli ignored him and pushed him out of the military tent. Is there any other reason? He has suffered too much loss and can no longer withstand the situation in front. He needs to make corrections. This is the biggest and clearest thing.
reason.
Fan Zhao left without saying goodbye, which made Xiahou Muyan feel very unhappy. On the day of the defeat, he went to the camp in person to apologize to Fan Zhao as soon as he led his troops back to the camp. But it was obvious that the Jiazhou Army and Si
The gap between the state army and the state army has been deeply carved. The two armies are no longer as close as one family regardless of each other. Even if they are both sending news to the court, the crack in the heart has appeared and can no longer be healed.
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There is no remnant of Fan Zhao's Jiazhou Army in Changgang. Although the Sizhou Army still has about 40,000 people, it is obvious that they can no longer put pressure on the Song Army in Baoxian County in the short term. Although this number is not small, it is not among the Song Army.
However, the morale of the Sizhou army was extremely low.
The defeat that day, whether it was due to Pingpin's surprise the first night or the hanging sheep beating drums, the Song army had them all in their hands. The subsequent defeat of the Jiazhou army was a complete set of arrangements.
The Jiazhou Army jumped down.
Everything was impossible for the Sizhou Army not to be discouraged. And the sudden departure of the Jiazhou Army dealt a heavy blow to the already low morale of the Sizhou Army.
The 20,000 Sizhou Army who experienced that battle that day accounted for almost half of the existing combat strength of the Sizhou Army. However, with half of the combat strength of the Sizhou Army, they could only watch the Song Army chasing ducks and chickens.
After arresting the Jiazhou Army, he remained motionless. After the joy of escaping from the tiger's mouth, the psychological shock and pressure that followed were great.
The Jiazhou Army's withdrawal now makes it clear that it no longer trusts the Sizhou Army. This is like a new additive that puts pressure in the hearts of those 20,000 people and creates a violent chemical reaction in an instant - he is abandoned.
Fellow coward.
Of course, time is the best healer for the soul. As time goes by, the Sizhou Army will gradually gather up its fighting spirit and morale. However, in a short period of time, even if Xiahou Muyan has 100 points of charm, there is no way he can make Sizhou better.
The state army 'knows its shame and then becomes brave'!
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Shuiyi Town.
An army of 400,000 troops pressed in from the northwest and southwest. The pressure on the Song army during this period was extremely high.
But Zhu Biao did not think of any way to alleviate this pressure, nor did he personally lead the small boat division from fifty miles south of the Binshui River mouth to fifty miles north of the Binshui River mouth. Because for the powerful imperial army, Binshui
It is also easy to cross the river hundreds of miles from the north to the south of Shuihe mouth.
The small Binshui River and the small Canglan River are really not sustainable.
Therefore, Zhu Biao did not waste any time and allowed the imperial court's 200,000 troops and Huizhou's more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses to gather around Qianjiang City.
With Zhang Bangyan as a big "career", Zhu Biao knew the situation of the soldiers and horses on the court's side very well. After traveling thousands of miles, the soldiers were exhausted. Without a few days of rest and recuperation, the combat strength would not be restored to its optimal level.
After Cui Gonglai met with Wuwei General Shen Yiyi, he basically regarded the Song army as a turtle in the urn. Both of them felt that it would be better to wait for the soldiers to fully recover their mental and physical strength before raising troops. They raised their troops to cross the river and wiped out Zhu Biao's troops in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Zhu Biao knew that although he was under great pressure in the past few days, there was no actual danger.
"It will rain tomorrow. Heavy rain."
The sun in the sky is so fierce that it makes the city bricks hot to the touch. Soldiers in full armor must be rotated every two quarters of an hour. Hundreds of cauldrons are boiling water in the town. The boiling water with salt and cane sugar is cold.
Although the aftertaste tastes a bit weird, it can very well replenish the lost salt in the soldiers' bodies. Although the soldiers and the generals didn't know why Zhu Biao did what he did, Zhu Biao gave the order and they listened.
After all, there was a flood in the Binshui River and annihilated the five counties. Zhu Biao did not dare to let the soldiers drink raw water at this time. If the army caught an epidemic at this juncture, it would be God's will to kill him.
Well. This was strictly ordered before Zhu Biao led his army to Huizhou. Everyone should drink boiled water.
King Song looked at Zhu Biao's face in surprise, then raised his head to look at the sun above his head, wondering if Zhu Biao had fainted from the heat. It's a sunny day, will it rain tomorrow? Or heavy rain?
"Your Majesty, don't believe me? Let's wait and see." Zhu Biao laughed and said nothing more, but his strong confidence penetrated the 'ears' of everyone around him like invisible words.
How could Zhu Biao not be confident? In order to cope with the complicated and dangerous situation in front of him, he directly added his precious points to the celestial phenomenon, spending as much as fifty points at once. And if it hadn't been for him when he entered the Central Plains,
He got a thick stack of astronomy and geography books from the book collection of the Song Dynasty Palace. Among them, there were even many sacred and humane books left by Lingxiao Palace. Of course, they were all copies, which gave him two majors in geography and astronomy.
There has been good progress in all aspects. It may cost another ten precious points to refill the celestial phenomena.
With the full celestial phenomenon, Zhu Biao is now like a cutting-edge weather satellite, able to predict tomorrow's weather changes as best as possible, and more accurately predict the weather changes in the day after tomorrow. In this way, until the seventh day
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"Your Majesty, it is said that famous generals in ancient times knew astronomy from above and geography from below. Commander Zhu has made great achievements in battle, and there is no need to give too much away just to talk about his achievements. If he can really judge by looking at the sky, then his future achievements will definitely not be that of a single famous general.
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After returning to his residence, the melons and fruits from the cold well were immediately brought to the King of Song for relief from the heat. However, the King of Song, who was sweating profusely, obviously did not care about this, and a counselor next to him said in a wise voice.
"Yes. Astronomy and geography are very false. The lonely king has lived for thirty years. Whether in the capital or in Kaizhou, he has met countless generals, and no one can explain these two points clearly.
There are a few people in the Navy who know how to look at the sky, but they are all old farmers. When the ship sails out and goes to another place, they will be blinded immediately.
If Zhu Biao really has this ability, he will be a genius in the world, and there is no limit to it!"
The King of Song knew that the King of Tang was a man of talent and magnanimity. If Zhu Biao could really serve under the King of Tang, he would be successful in the future, and the Duke's Mansion above Wuhou would have a new crown prince.
It is also said that it is impossible to build a building. "It's a pity, it's a pity..."
The King of Song lamented twice that his fourth brother had sent him such a talented person, but he failed to seize the opportunity. Otherwise, how wonderful it would be to still be having fun in the Qinchaan Palace right now!
"Come here, look for the Book of Gods and Humanity in the book box. I want the authentic copy. Send it to Zhu Shuai——"
The King of Song thought of one of Zhu Biao's preferences and said without hesitation. Anyway, he only had a few five authentic books in his hand, and they were all casual books related to miscellaneous studies. It would not be a pity to give them away.
Two flowers bloomed, each representing one branch. After the King of Song returned, Zhu Biao also transferred to the main tent of the Chinese army. He ordered Yin Dakai, the commander of the boat division, to be summoned. Zhu Biao gave such instructions and gave Yin Dakai a clear and clear message.
Schematic diagram.
Yin Dakai looked at Zhu Biao in disbelief, completely stunned. He couldn't understand why Zhu Biao, a wise and wise man, would suddenly come up with such a bad move?
Serial boat? Isn’t this seeking death?
How wide is the Canglan River? Go a little further to the middle of the river, and you will be within the striking range of the thunderbolt cart and bed crossbow on the other side.
Thunderbolts don't just throw rocks, they can also throw fireballs, or to be more precise - flints.
Wrap hemp rope and coarse cloth around the stone, pour it with fire oil, and it will become a fireball with strong arson ability.
As for the chain boat, there is no need for more. If ten or eight of them roll on the boat, if the wind picks up, everything will definitely be destroyed.
"It's absolutely forbidden to wish the commander-in-chief. There are many thunderbolt chariots and long-range crossbows on the other side. Our army's boats and ships are connected together. If they are attacked by fire, they will be destroyed in one day."
"Hahaha, what if it's a day of heavy rain? How can there be a fire attack?"
"You don't need to say anything, just do as you are told. I will be useful in two days."
Yin Dakai didn't know what to say, "No!" He accepted the order and turned around to leave. In two days, more than half of the large and medium-sized civilian ships were connected with iron rings and chains. This was not a small task that could be completed lightly.
He needs to hurry up and do it immediately!
That night, there were still stars and moon in the night sky above his head. King Song went to sleep with a touch of disappointment. When he didn't see Lincheng Chou, a strong wind suddenly blew up from the sky, and then dark clouds covered the moon, stars, and then beans.
The big raindrops came down like a swipe.
On the water and on the shore, all the soldiers and scouts of the Song Army who were on duty at night were stunned. Oh my god, is it really raining?
They were informed at night that those who were on duty in the middle of the night must wear a poncho or a raincoat. When they heard this order, they were dizzy. Why? The moon and stars were shining so beautifully outside, why?
It looked like it was going to rain. But the order I got was - Zhu Shuai said it would rain heavily in the middle of the night!
"Zhu Shuai is really a god." Zhang Bangyan looked at the pouring rain in Zhou Jun's water village opposite Shuiyi Town. He was shocked, excited, and trembling all over.
