Chapter 3: Fuyao (Part 1) After gaining the support of several veterans, Luo Yi began to arrange the return of the army. The first priority at the moment is not to compete with the enemy for a while, but to ensure that the Boling army does not cross the Sanggan River and break into
After all the troops on the eastern front in Youzhou's lair were wiped out, the other side had firmly grasped the initiative in the battle. Now the Youzhou army not only had to get in front of Li Xu's advance north and block his only path, but they also had to be on guard against Lu Qin catching up from Yixian at any time.
, stab everyone in the back again
In order to retreat more calmly, Luo Yi arranged the camp breakout time in the middle of the night. During the free time when the soldiers split up to make preparations, he summoned several veteran generals and Qin Ji who had returned from the defeat to his camp.
Account, start from the beginning and inquire about the specific process of the Battle of Hejian. "Tell me the details of the battle and tell me everything you know! How did Cheng'er lose? Didn't you say this afternoon that he didn't make any major mistakes?
Huh?" Looking at Chang Shi Qin Ji who was full of anxiety, Luo Yi ordered as kindly as possible.
"At the beginning, we always thought that our opponent was Zhao Ziming..." Qin Ji thought for a while and started hesitantly. Would this make the commander feel that he was shirking responsibility? He was a little scared, and his heart beat like a small drum.
non-stop
"Oh! You keep talking, there is no need to save face for me!" Luo Yi sighed, his temper suddenly became extremely soft. Whether he wanted to or not, he had to admit that Youzhou's military was not strategically prepared. From the beginning, everyone
He firmly believed that Li Xu had been killed, so he did not send any veterans to guard the entire Eastern Front. When Li Xu adopted the strategy of avoiding reality and focusing on fiction, the weak links of the entire battlefield were immediately caught.
"After Li Thief crossed the Hutuo River, he marched for more than sixty miles on the first day and reached Hulugu Valley, which was less than thirty miles away from Shucheng. After discussing with everyone, he decided to send..." Qin
Ji looked at his clan brother's expression, then at the two old generals Liu Yifang and Fan Hengda, and said hesitantly.
"Map!" Luo Yi waved his hand at his cronies and ordered
Several civilian staff quickly pulled out the one about Hejian County from a large number of maps, and put it in front of Luo Yi. The map specially for the Sui army was very detailed, but Hulu Valley still only used
There are two earthworm-like curves and three text representations, and it is impossible to clearly see its specific shape.
"That place is said to be in the shape of a trumpet, getting narrower as you go inward!" Seeing Luo Yi and others frowning, Qin Ji quickly told what he knew about the situation, "At that time, Thief Li was on the hillside a little further inside the valley entrance.
Set up camp close to the mountain stream at the bottom of the valley!" He took off his girdle and folded it into two wings of the valley. "The young marshal and everyone thought that Li was exhausted from afar, so they sent General Shen Jiong with two thousand soldiers and horses.
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"Nonsense!" Fan Zhongmou snorted coldly, interrupting Qin Ji's statement unceremoniously, "The opponent is a general who has been fighting hard for six years. Will he not beware of your little tricks? Underestimating the enemy's carelessness, underestimating the enemy's carelessness, will definitely lead to death!"
Speaking of the word "death", his eye circles started to turn red again. He had been fighting for half his life and was used to bloodshed. When it was the turn of one's relatives to lose their lives, no one could remain calm.
"We're not going to rob the camp, we're just going to harass! We were very careful if the Major General wanted to disturb Li's sleep. We even immediately sent people to Pingshu and Lucheng to deliver orders to the two defenders to move closer to Shucheng as soon as possible!
"Qin Ji did not think that Luo Chenghe himself failed because of pride, and raised his voice to argue that the real situation at that time was that everyone paid full attention to the news of the arrival of the man named Li. In his memory, he had never seen the young man.
General Luo Cheng is so careful about any opponent
"I do pay attention to it, but I still have the luck of becoming famous in one battle!" Liu Yifang sighed, saying bluntly that if he were in Luo Cheng's position at that time, he would definitely not seek to win, but to maintain an unbeatable stalemate. But his age has already Nearly half a hundred, and Luo Cheng is just a weak boy
The age and experience of the two parties are different, resulting in different coping strategies. When encountering opponents who are stronger than themselves, veterans such as Liu Yifang and Fan Zhongmou will not seek complete victory, but seek to be undefeated first, while the young and energetic young people will try their best to defeat them. Opponent, here to prove your ability
Therefore, Luo Cheng's reaction cannot be miscalculated at all. It was just luck. It was luck that allowed him to encounter an opponent that even a veteran general who had been famous for many years might not be willing to encounter without any preparation. It was luck that hurt him. His pride made him dare not look back after his defeat!
"We..." Qin Ji's face became hot due to the training, and he looked at Luo Yi with fear, waiting for the other party's instructions.
"Forget it, let him continue talking!" Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, also sighed and ordered in a low voice, "Shen Jiong must have been wiped out. With this kind of terrain," he pointed to the board on the table. It's easy to get in, but if someone blocks it from behind, it will become a stuffy pot, no matter how hard it is, it will be cooked to pieces."
"Commander Mingjian! The last general, the last general, etc. have already tried their best!" Qin Ji lowered his head in embarrassment and responded with a voice like a gnat.
"Forget it, keep talking!" Luo Yi sighed again and repeated the order.
"Yes!" Qin Ji agreed in a low voice, "The next day, news came from outside that Shen Jiong was captured. The enemy took the opportunity to attack the city, and the Major General closed the door and refused to fight!"
"We should go out of the city to give it a try. Even if we lose, we can calmly return to the city!" Qin Yong slammed the table with hatred. "Even if Shen Jiong brought more than two thousand ducks, they would have to catch them for half the night and rush to the city." , just when you’re exhausted!”
"Brother Qin, don't be angry. In fact, even if you and I were here, hearing that all the troops in the night attack would be completely wiped out, my confidence would definitely be affected. I no longer think about whether the other party is bluffing!" Liu Yifang shook his head gently to dissuade him.
"Alas!" Qin Yong sighed, with regret on his face. There was no need to listen to the rest of the battle. Just through the first two contacts, the gap between General Youzhou and General Boling had been completely exposed. They were definitely no match for Li Zhongjian. , even if he was extra cautious, the outcome would not be much different. Luo Yi wanted to know the detailed process of the war. He just hoped that while the Youzhou Army on the East Road would be defeated, it would also cause great losses to the Boling Army. That way , after withdrawing from Yixian County, the Huben cavalry still had the opportunity to make a surprise attack on Li Xu's troops. However, the most likely result of the Battle of Hejian was that the Youzhou soldiers and horses were completely wiped out, and the Boling soldiers and horses only suffered superficial injuries!
"Everyone felt that they needed to be cautious, so they did not lead the troops out of the city to fight and lit up smoke at the top of the city so that the brothers who had retreated could be alert in time and not be taken advantage of by the man named Li. As a result, Pingshu and the defenders of Lucheng But he didn't get back in time!" Qin Ji's face became redder and redder, with blood almost seeping out from under his skin. He and Luo Cheng also saw the enemy's bluff, but when they saw it, the enemy was already there. The city was repaired all day and night
"This is a psychological battle!" Luo Yi sighed, thinking that if he and Li Xu changed places, while crossing the Hutuo River, he would definitely send Qingqi back to the vicinity of Shucheng and capture the messengers in the city one by one. This would not only be effective It prevents Youzhou troops scattered in three places from gathering at Luo Cheng's location, and can also create panic for the defenders in three places at the same time.
But he didn't want to interrupt Qin Ji's narration anymore. He just wanted to listen to the entire battle calmly. "Cheng'er did not make any mistakes. His only shortcoming was that he had too few opportunities to stand alone." Thinking of how meticulous he was to his son,
Care, Luo Yi secretly regretted that if he, as a father, had been more conscientious and thought more far-sighted, he should have put his son on the grassland two years ago and let him follow the infantry generals to circle with the Turkic wolf cavalry under the wings of the eagle.
The young eagle is the safest, but if it leaves the sight of its parents, it may fall from the air.
"Early the next morning, the enemy troops feinted twice and then moved north. The major general was afraid that the brothers who came to rescue would be blocked halfway, so he had to lead his troops out of the city to meet the general and lead three thousand soldiers to hold on in the city.
I thought the major general would be able to come back soon, but more than two hours later, the enemy troops tightly surrounded Shucheng!" Qin Ji lowered his head, his voice still filled with panic. He was very reluctant to recall that battle.
For all the soldiers who stayed in Shucheng, it was a nightmare. The enemy was attacking from all sides, and not only did they have no reinforcements, but they also had no news about their coach.
"It was just dark when a group of reinforcements rushed into the battlefield from behind the enemy troops with torches under the east city wall. General Cui, who had pushed them back on the defensive side of the city wall, had not slept for two days and one night. He was so exhausted that he could not think of arguing.
Knowing the identity of the other party, I ordered someone to open the city gate!"
After opening the city gate, everything was over. The enemies who had been killed by the "reinforcements" all got up from the ground, followed the "reinforcements" and rushed into Shucheng. They cut down every general and killed them instantly.
The entire county was captured. Cui Huaisheng was captured, Lu Shengshen died in battle, and Zhao Quanzhong committed suicide. When the enemy general held Luo Cheng's flag and walked to the west city watchtower, Qin Ji had no choice.
"So, you haven't seen the young commander escape from danger with your own eyes?" Liu Yifang asked in a low voice with some reluctance and expectation.
"The man surnamed Li and his generals all proved that the young marshal did not die in the battle. After the young marshal was defeated by them, he first wanted to return to Shucheng, but found that Shucheng was besieged and had to go south again!" Qin Ji thought for a while.
, responded "I believe that the person named Li will not lie to others. There is no need for him to lie to me!"
"There is really no need for him to lie to you!" Luo Yi gritted his teeth with hatred. "This is the cleverness of Li Zhongjian. He deliberately let Cheng'er go south so that he could be delivered to Dou Jiande. Then I went south to find trouble with Dou Jiande. He just happened to
Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!"
"Both General Liu and General Fan died in battle. The surnamed Li collected their bodies and buried them on the hillside outside Shucheng with the rites of a general!" Dare not look at Fan, the disappointed eyes of the two old generals Liu,
Qin Ji added in a low voice
This is an unexpected answer. After mid-level officers like Liu Dexin and Fan Zhongmou die in battle, their heads can be passed around. On the one hand, this can damage the morale of the Youzhou Army, and on the other hand, it can increase the strength of the Boling Army.
prestige
Respect your enemies, even if you hate them to the bone. This is the ambition of famous generals in ancient times. Li Xu's doing this fully proves that he is an aboveboard person. Of course, this does not rule out the possibility of gaining fame and reputation, but at least this will not
Let the hatred between the Youzhou and Boling families become deeper
"General, let's make peace with Li Thief!" Liu Yifang looked at Fan Hengda, who was holding back the same sadness as himself, with red eyes, and mentioned again the suggestion he had made in front of everyone in the afternoon.
"Luo knows what you two are thinking!" Luo Yi sighed, pushing away the map of Hejian and placing the map of Zhuojun in front of everyone. "Ziyi, Hengda, what you two did for Youzhou today?"
Luo will never forget everything, but the initiative in the current war situation is no longer in our hands. Even if we make peace, we don't have many chips in our hands to exchange with Li Xu!"
He pointed to the hundreds of miles of plains surrounded by Laishui, Sanggan River and Juma River. "This area is our gateway to the south of Youzhou. It took a lot of effort to capture it. If there is peace, Li Xu will definitely take it."
He wants to go back and return Gu'an, Zhuoxian and Liangxiang. Next time we go south, we can only go around the east of Lushui and not return these places to him. The surname Li has already gained the upper hand. How can we cede the land and ask for peace!
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"If we fight another battle, we may not be able to regain the situation!" Liu Yifang pondered for a moment and analyzed in a low voice, "After the news of the defeat on the Eastern Front spreads, it will definitely cause a huge blow to our morale and we will turn around to attack Li
Xu, the back road has been sold to Lu Qin. If we divide our troops into two groups to fight, apart from you, the commander-in-chief, I will not know who is Li’s opponent in the end!"
"Ziyi, don't you dare to fight with Li Xu?" Luo Yi was moved and stared straight at the face of his beloved general.
"It's not that I don't dare, it's that I can't bear this important task! The general is in chaos right now. Even if the situation is stable, he may not be able to deal with the man named Li." Liu Ziyi nodded and looked at the commander calmly. "If the general wants to
After the end of the army, the general is able to withstand Lu Qin and Liu Hongji. You personally lead the Tiger Cavalry to fight Li Xu. The general may be able to hold on for a while, but if he lures Dou Jiande to Youzhou again, will we still have a chance to stand up?
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"Indeed, Li Xu only needs to cut off one or two pieces of Hejian's fat meat and throw it to Dou Jiande, which is enough to make him tempted!" Fan Zhongmou's words made people's hearts drop.
Now is the best time for other forces to intervene in the war, and any force joining will help the Boling Army, which has a natural advantage in "morality" and temporarily has the upper hand in terms of military strength. This is not because of Li Xu's wide connections.
It’s because it’s human nature to pay the minimum price and gain the maximum benefit.
"Bizhi also believes that we should negotiate peace with the Boling Army!" Elder Shi Qinyong, who had been listening most of the time, walked to the map and whispered in agreement with Liu and Fan's opinions, "But Bizhi does not think that we have no chips in our hands.
Compared with Li Xu, he has never had any ambition!"
"It's not that there is no ambition, it's that people without strength will only show their ambition when their strength reaches a certain level!" Luo Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He considers himself not an ambitious person, but there was a moment when the Central Plains was like an egg that had been peeled...
"He should know that he does not have the strength to swallow Youzhou alive, otherwise he would not let the young general go south!" Qin Yong shook his head and denied Luo Yi's pessimistic view.
Dou Jiande is causing trouble with Youzhou, and if he has the strength to annex Youzhou, he will naturally not be willing to have more people come to share the pie. As for Dou Jiande, this person may not be willing to make a bitter feud with us.
If you treat each other politely, at least the young general will not make mistakes on his own territory!"
"Really?" Luo Yi frowned and asked. This might be the most gratifying thing he heard all day, although it was a bit wishful thinking.
"It should be so humble. I have seen a stool with only three legs, but it is as stable as a four-legged one. For the whole of Hebei, our Youzhou is one leg, Boling is the second, and Dou Jiande is the third. Any one is too
If we are stronger, it will break the balance of the situation. Previously, Dou Jiande helped Li Xu deal with us because we are the strongest. Now the strength of the weak has reversed. We are afraid that Dou Jiande will enter Youzhou. Dou Jiande may not be afraid that Li Xu will turn around after he breaks through Youzhou.
Attack him! As long as our Youzhou envoys can reach a settlement with Dou Jiande first, Li Xu will naturally not dare to push him too far!" Qin Yong said more and more smoothly, and in the blink of an eye, the relationship between the three parties had been wary of each other and contained each other.
Analyze clearly
"I didn't expect that I, Luo Yi, had been fighting for half my life, and in the end I had to ask a group of thieves for help!" Luo Yi sighed loudly, his voice sounding extremely lonely.
"General, if you want to accomplish extraordinary things, you must endure extraordinary humiliation!" Liu Yifang advised sternly.
"What do you think I have in my hand that Dou Jiande would like?" Although he was reluctant, Luo Yi had to bow to reality.
"Famous title! And land!" Qin Yong quickly gave the answer. "Dou Jiande urgently needs to get rid of his identity as a bandit. You recommended him to be in charge of Hejian as the general manager of Youzhou. He must be very happy to accept it! As for the land in Hejian, he can
No matter how much we grab, those guys won’t support us anyway!”
