The Empire and the Rong people have been at war for many times, and generally speaking, they have lost more and won less, with few victories.
The reason for this is that the imperial army is afraid of the Rong, and generally avoids direct combat with the Rong tribe, choosing to hold on to the city.
In this way, the initiative was handed over to the Rong tribe, and they had no food and grass to support them, and no reinforcements to help them. They just nested in their turtle shells, waiting for the Rong tribe to come and fight.
It is said that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. The Rong people have been fighting for many years and have accumulated some experience in attacking cities. Under this situation, few cities in the empire can withstand the strong attack of the Rong people.
Li Xingzai would not make the same mistakes made by the northern princes again. This time, he would not easily hand over the initiative to the enemy.
The Rong army was stationed outside Luofeng City, but only surrounded the west and north sides. The east and south sides were still in the hands of Li Xingzai, who still controlled the passage from Yangzhou to Luofeng City.
With this, food, grass and reinforcements can continuously arrive at Luofeng City. Nohara Huo will not conquer Luofeng City overnight.
Cutting off the grain road from Luofengcheng to Yangzhou has become Yeyuan Huo's top priority.
The grain and grass transported from the south of the Yangtze River were first stored in Liuping Lake, then transferred by Liuping Lake and sent to Luofengcheng.
In the middle of the night, Rong general Nu Lei Mu led a group of soldiers to ambush on both sides of the official road. Not long after, a sound of copper bells suddenly appeared in front of him. Nu Lei Mu immediately cheered up and softly said two words: " coming."
At this moment, I don’t know how many hands were holding weapons tightly.
As soon as the sound landed, a group of people appeared on the road not far ahead.
"This is just the enemy's vanguard. The grain transport team is still behind, so don't alert the enemy."
The Rong people were lying in ambush in the dense forest. They held their breath and watched the patrol team passing through the ambush.
The patrol team and the grain transport team were separated by about five miles. After a while, a mule team appeared on the official road.
Seeing that the opponent had entered the ambush circle, Nu Lei Mu roared and led his soldiers to charge out.
Hua Mulan was in charge of this grain transport team. When the enemy came out from the ground, she didn't panic at all. She held the spear in her hand, said "kill" in her mouth, and rushed towards the enemy.
In the dark night, the two sides started fighting. When the battle reached this point, food and grass were naturally the top priority. Li Xingzai would not be unprepared for the Rong tribe's actions.
Sending Hua Mulan to personally escort the grain showed that he attached great importance to this matter. He even expected that the Rong tribe would take action. In Li Xingzai's mind, transporting grain was a small matter at the moment, but killing the enemy was a big deal.
Hua Mulan has been preparing for this battle for a long time, and she also needs an opportunity to make meritorious deeds to prove the value of her existence.
In this fight, both sides hardly got any benefits. Hua Mulan failed to save the food team and was burned by the Rong tribe. However, the Rong tribe's Dajiang Nu Lei Eye died in the hands of Hua Mulan. Hua Mulan fought back and gained money for her own side. Return to a game.
However, what happened here is just an insignificant thing among all the things that happened tonight.
Nohara Huo personally led an army to make a surprise attack on Liuping Lake, aiming to destroy Li Xingzai's grain storage area in one fell swoop. If this battle can be successful, Luofeng City can be encircled.
Food and grass could not be delivered, and reinforcements could not arrive. Li Xingzai had to stay in Luofeng City, and there was only one ending waiting for him.
Song Youqu was responsible for the affairs here and stationed heavy troops here in advance.
When the Nohara fire came, Song Youqu formed a formation to hold on, and at the same time notified Li Xingzai and asked him to send people to support him.
The Rong tribe does not have access to water warfare, and Liuping Lake is located in a location with many water sources. The cavalry that the Rong tribe is good at is restricted. The two sides can only engage in hand-to-hand combat face to face. For a time, corpses littered the fields and blood flowed into rivers.
Song Youqu held his position and blocked the Rong tribe's strong attacks one after another. In the end, he paid a great sacrifice, but he defended the position of Liuping Lake. In the end, before reinforcements arrived, Nohara Huo saw that he could not do his job and chose to retreat temporarily.
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In this battle, although Nohara Huo failed to break through the Liuping Lake position, he also caused heavy casualties to the Jiangnan Army. At least, he proved that he was capable of threatening Li Xingzai's vital points.
At the same time, Li Xingzai also launched his action.
The big ship entered the sea and led an elite army into the hinterland of the Central Plains by sea to attack the Rong tribe behind their backs.
This mission is extremely important, so Ma Chao is responsible for it.
At night, the sea wind roared on the shore, and the big ship had already entered the sea. In order to prevent the wind from leaking, only three thousand people were moved into the sea.
Li Xingzai took a deep breath and said: "This battle is of great importance and there is no room for failure. When the battle is completed, I will celebrate General Ma's victory in Chang'an."
Ma Chao knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."
Li Xingzai was burdened with shame and humiliation, and he wanted to do something wholeheartedly. Ma Chao couldn't bear the humiliation. He had great abilities, but he still didn't get a chance to display them. He wanted to find an opportunity to give some color to the Rong clan and regain the lost face.
He led three thousand people into the hinterland of the Rong tribe, with no backup and no food and grass. Everyone knew that this was a battle with no return. It was nothing more than fighting as hard as possible to kill as many enemies as possible.
Ma Mengqi received no feedback on his mission in a short period of time, and it was almost impossible to get any feedback. The food, grass, and logistics needed to be solved by Ma Mengqi himself.
The war has not yet started, and it is just a small-scale friction. It is nothing more than giving each other cold knives to prepare for the war.
During the period when the war was lulling, Li Xingzai and Nohara Hui received letters from each other almost at the same time.
Although the letters come from different people, they express the same meaning: peace talks.
Nohara Hui's letter was handed to Li Xingzai. The letter said that if everyone fights back and forth, the only people who suffer are the common people in the world. Why don't the two families put down their weapons and fight across the river.
Looking at the letter in front of him, Li Xingzai had a headache because it was almost exactly the same as the letter he sent.
Since the war started, the two sides have contacted each other several times. Large-scale battles have not yet begun, but small-scale conflicts have occurred from time to time.
The two sides have also fought each other, and they have fought head-on.
But why is the opponent's fighting style so familiar?
Just as despicable, just as cunning. When he can sap, he will never fight head-on. He will play tricks and stumble behind his back. He attaches great importance to intelligence and is good at sneak attacks...
Now Li Xingzai feels like he is looking in the mirror. The other party's shameless style is very similar to his own youthful charm. The Rong people are not those who value their promises and abandon their lives. They are warlike and never play tricks when they can fight for their lives.
Why now, the Rong clan has become so cunning in fighting?
"Nohara Fire..."
Li Xingzai muttered these three words in his mouth. Until now, he has never met Nohara Hui face to face. However, this name seems very familiar and strange to him.
Feeling confused and unable to get an answer, Li Xingzai immediately began to reply to Nohara Huo to discuss peace talks.