The sudden heavy rain did not significantly affect Qiu Liju and Taodun, because when the uncle and nephew came to the Daling River, they saw the red and white corpses of Wuhuan cavalry and dozens of soldiers all over the ground.
After Qianxin arrived with reinforcements from the Han army, they collapsed on the spot.
Qiu Liju on the east bank of the river had no time to cross the river and could only stand by the river muttering. However, Taodun on the west bank of the river, in panic and resentment, immediately issued an order to attack in order to break through the Han army's obstruction.
They went to look for Gongsun Xun. But after searching all night, they were extremely exhausted and the Wuhuan cavalry, which had no structure at all, could not organize an offensive in the increasingly heavy rain, let alone Wei Yue's self-reliance.
There were reinforcements behind him, so he chose to fight while retreating.
The patter of spring rain is something that everyone usually praises, because it represents everything that is vibrant in the coming summer. But as the cavalry behind him kept reporting that it was difficult to move forward, the cavalry in front of him kept complaining because
The ground was so slippery that men and horses fell to the ground, causing non-combat casualties... In the end, even Wei Yue began to curse the sudden heavy rain!
Due to the rain, Han Dang, who was originally only half a day behind schedule, waited until the evening of that day, and then reluctantly led 5,000 cavalry to the crossing where Gongsun Xun was, and set up camp here overnight. Correspondingly, he became even more frustrated and frustrated.
The embarrassed Taodun finally chose to stop fighting under Qiu Liju's successive orders and retreated to the riverside crossing to set up camp.
This action seems to indicate that one's side still has a strength advantage. If the rain stops tomorrow, it is not possible to use more strikes and fewer strikes to win another victory before the Han army's backup arrives. In fact, on the morning of the next day, Qiu Liju
The whole army also crossed the river.
However, on this day, the rain may be heavy or light, but it still continued continuously. The ground was soaked, whether it was the Wuhuan people who had barely gathered the main force, the Han army who had built a stronghold and stood there waiting for reinforcements, or even the local miscellaneous people who survived.
The tribes were all at their wits' end...looking at the sky and sighing.
"This is a good thing!" Unexpectedly, Xi Zhong became re-energized because of the rain. "As a result, the Wuhuan cavalry lost their mobility. Gao Suqing's troops on the other side of the river, Tian Yu and others, and other scattered soldiers and horses
Although it will be hard this time, I can finally escape!"
Han Dang also agreed, but he was speaking from a military perspective: "It is indeed a good thing. The Daling River is between Liucheng and Guanzicheng. Wuhuan people have difficulty in supplying like us, but our logistics is better than theirs."
It must be sufficient and able to withstand the wear and tear, so if it rains, Qiu Liju and Taodun will not be able to hold on at all, and they may have to retreat immediately, and the monarch will be completely safe."
What the actor said is absolutely correct.
With the rain and the large number of local miscellaneous guides previously sent, more and more scattered troops of the Han army successfully turned back. Although there were some casualties, the main elites such as Tian Yu and Gao Shun were finally able to escape. Even a careful calculation,
The Han army actually had a lot more people here - Gongsun Xun's oath by the river frightened some Zahu tribes. God knows if those Zahu tribesmen who had followed the Wuhuan people before saw that the situation was not good, and actually ran here one after another.
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Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously... and he couldn't take it seriously, because many of these people had broken bones and connected tendons, just like the twelve tribes of Qi Fen, they had both sides, maybe
There are still people in the Fen family who are following Ke Bineng and even Yan Rou at this time, but because of the benchmarking achievements of Black Otter King, do you want to pursue those people's problems? Moreover, this is not the time to be serious, Wuhuan
The main force is still there.
What Han Dang said is also good.
The rain continued intermittently for another day. When Lou Zibo arrived from the rear with great difficulty, Taodun and Qiu Liju finally chose to withdraw their troops in almost despair.
Like Mohu Zang, before packing up the military camp and leaving, Qiu Liju wrote an extremely sincere and humble letter, begging for forgiveness. Gongsun Xun's reaction was the same. He tore the letter into pieces at his feet in public...
What a joke? At this point, if Gongsun Xun cannot completely defeat the Wuhuan people, or even clean up the entire western Liaoning, how can he pay for the shame he suffered in Hedong'an?
"This is a bad thing!" At noon that day, he learned that the Wuhuan people had begun to cross the river to withdraw their troops in large numbers. Inside the military tent, as a group of mid-level officers and bearded men left, Lou Gui lowered his head and looked at the people who had been beaten by Xi.
The rain soaked the ground, but he put his hands behind his hands and gave a completely different opinion than Han Dang and Xi Zhong. "In my opinion, this rain is a huge bad thing..."
"What did Mr. Zibo say?" Tian Yu, who had just returned from escorting Gongsun Xun's White Horse Banner with hundreds of volunteers, was curious for a moment.
"I came from Guanzicheng, and the rain was so continuous along the way. It can be seen that this rain is probably very involved." Lou Gui turned around and twisted his beard and sighed. "The terrain in western Liaoning is complicated, with many hills and rivers, and hundreds of rivers.
There is no supply place, so it is difficult to attack. Now the rain has soaked the ground, making it difficult for riding and riding. I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to march in the short term... Think about it, the terrain in Chengde is so dangerous, and the weather is like this, how to attack? Liucheng more
Simply put, not to mention how to transport grain and grass, just say that there is the Daling River more than ten miles in front of us, which stretches for hundreds of miles and covers Liucheng. If there is heavy rain and the water level of the Daling River surges and cuts off the road, how can we go to Liucheng?
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Everyone in the tent, from Han Dang and Xi Zhong, to Gao Shun, Tian Yu who had just returned, and Zhao Yun who had joined Baima Yicong as a team leader for the first time, all fell silent for an instant. In other words, they were originally because
This time they were frustrated and fell silent, but there was no doubt that after Lou Zibo said these words, they couldn't say anything they wanted to say.
There was complete silence in the entire Chinese military tent, except for the pattering of rain on the tent overhead.
Sitting in front of the brazier with his clothes on, Xi Zhong hesitated to speak, but this time he finally remained silent.
Of course, having said that, we cannot ignore some of the objective reasons why Xi Zhong and Gongsun Xun chose military adventures just because they have made mistakes before... In fact, even if Xi Zhong does not need to emphasize and analyze, there are some things that everyone knows well, so
This situation does not mean military failure, but it probably means that Gongsun Xun will waste his time here.
It takes more than ten days to walk hundreds of miles back and forth. We also have to consider military confrontations, battlefield casualties, and post-war disposal... God knows if looking back, the world has been turned upside down? Moreover, the food and grass accumulated over the years of farming are...
Is it possible for Gongsun Xun to still be in such a bad place?
Moreover, even if you don't consider whether you can turn around and ask He Jin for the Jizhou Mu, but just consider the situation in Youzhou, prolonging the war will only allow Liu Yu and Zhao Bao to gain greater political and military prestige——
These two people are nothing but white wolves, and every point they make is worth it.
Of course, this reason cannot be explained now, because this is a military meeting. Just before the military meeting, Gongsun Xun had already formally issued a self-examination in public, asking everyone to use military as the basis and abandon ideas other than military - it is not that politics cannot be discussed
In fact, if there were no political reasons, there would be no war at all. Rather, political reasons should not be allowed to interfere with the formulation of specific military actions.
Besides, when Lou Zibo pointed to the rain in the sky and reminded everyone, what can you do if you have no political reasons?
At this time, besides withdrawing troops back to Guanzicheng or even Lulongsai and waiting for dawn, is there any other military action option?
In an almost frozen atmosphere, Gongsun Xun suddenly stood up, then walked around behind Lou Gui in everyone's eyes, came to the military tent door, looked up at the water line slipping at the tent door... for a full moment
The clock didn't even move.
"Uncle Zi." Gongsun Xun suddenly turned around and said in a strange tone. "I thought this rain was a good thing."
Lou Gui, who was waiting quietly beside him, was startled for a moment, and then he raised his hands and asked: "Please give me your advice."
"What if we cross the river now?" Gongsun Xun's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was serious and serious. "It's not right to cross the river at this time. What if we cross the river tomorrow? Will we not be able to cross?"
Lou Gui hesitated to speak, but still tried his best to answer: "Of course we can cross the river tomorrow. The water in the tributaries has not yet come down, and the Wuhuan people are crossing, so we can naturally follow behind... But Junhou, if you cross the river tomorrow
Later, the water level rose sharply, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back! What if the Wuhuan people find out?"
"I'm not crossing the river to fight in the field, but I'm going to go to Liucheng in the rain after crossing the river." Gongsun Xun said seriously. "And after crossing the river, you can wait for a day and then go to Liucheng."
Lou Gui pursed his lips and said nothing, but turned over and thought carefully.
"What should I do with the baggage?" Lou Zibo suddenly turned around and asked. "How can we transport it in such weather? I was already in a state of disarray when I came here."
"There is no need for vehicles, civilians." Gongsun Xun replied quickly with an expressionless face. "All the wounded and weak will be left in the camp. The entire army will select 15,000 strong and strong men. They will only carry bread, clean water, armor, weapons, and war horses."
In order to pack the horses, we followed the opponent at a distance, and the whole army headed towards Liucheng."
"Jun Hou, I know what you mean. You are trying to catch me by surprise. If you can catch me by surprise, if you can escape from behind and enter Liucheng, you can easily win." Tian Yu couldn't help but stand up and admonish. "But.
If this is the case, I am afraid that all our war horses will be useless! Our cavalry will also be useless! There will also be many people who will get sick and leave the team due to hard work in the rain."
"With such weather, is there any use for the Wuhuan people's cavalry? If they walk the same route in the rain, will the Wuhuan people with worse supplies get less sick?" Gongsun Xun asked sternly. "As for the horses, they are all
Abolish... If you can exchange the life of a horse for a human life, why not? You just say that this behavior has military loopholes. There is no need to talk about these losses other than human lives... Will reinforcements suddenly appear at Liucheng?
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"No!" Lou Gui responded in a deep voice. "The water level of the Daling River is about to rise. Not to mention whether Ke Bi Neng has the courage, even if he did, there would be no time to help Liucheng!"
"Then if we can really attack from behind, will we be unable to capture Liucheng?" Gongsun Xun turned around and came to the tent, sat down slowly, and then continued to ask questions.
"If we can follow to Liucheng, how can we be defeated?" Gao Shun immediately responded. "The people they relied on were just bows and horses to ride suddenly. Now it's raining heavily, the horses can't be used, and the bows are jerky. When we get to Liucheng, our army doesn't need long soldiers.
, holding only the ring-headed sword, carrying armor and climbing on the rope, you can defeat them in a single fight. Not to mention, in such a situation, you might be able to surprise yourself and succeed in a direct surprise attack."
"Is it possible that there will be an ambush on the other side?" Gongsun Xun looked around the account and asked again. "Just like before, they used their own Wuhuan cavalry to set up an ambush between the Daling River and Xiaoling River."
"No!" Han Dang suddenly responded. "Not to mention Uncle Zi's arrival, our army is not weak and we are not afraid of an ambush at all... Let me just tell you one thing. When I was young, I traveled to western Liaoning with the Amway to sell horses.
There are many contacts with the Wuhuan people. The most precious thing for these leaders and tent leaders is their war horses, which are the foundation for their survival. In such weather, as Gao Sima said, the cavalry is almost incompetent in combat, and their bows and arrows will be jerky.
, If you insist on fighting, you will win, but you will lose your horses in vain. Even if Qiu Liju has this courage, the leaders of his ministries will never agree. If the leaders of his ministries agree, ordinary Wuhuan cavalry will rebel!"
"That's what the prince means." Lou Zibo suddenly sighed. "We are willing to lose tens of thousands of troops and horses, and are willing to give up the advantage of cavalry, but the Wuhuan people are reluctant... So we are going to use these tens of thousands of troops and horses to quickly pacify Liaoxi.
Lord, you are right, if the loss of troops and horses is not considered, this rain is a good thing... Crossing the river at this time is a must-win situation for the military!"
The people in the tent were all astonished... This kind of counter-intuitive military action obviously went beyond people's conventional thinking, but they could not refute it.
"Then prepare immediately and tell the whole army, as well as those bastards, that we will also withdraw... But early tomorrow morning, we will go straight to the Daling River and cross the river to Liucheng." Gongsun Xun saw that everyone was no longer there.
The rebuttal was indeed immediate, but in the middle of the sentence, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Yun, who was standing silently in the tent. "Zilong can follow me in Yinzhong, and I will borrow your money for this battle."
Be brave, remove Qiu Liju, Tadun, and clean up western Liaoning!"
Zhao Yun bowed and promised.
At the same time, by the Daling River, the spring rain, which was actually not that heavy, was still pouring. Qiu Liju, Tadun, and Lou Ban were not riding horses. They were just standing on the hillside where Gongsun Xun had stood before, looking at Tiansheng.
Sigh. At the ford below them, a large number of Wuhuan cavalry were struggling to cross the river.
Faced with such a situation in the sky and in the river, no matter how poor Lou is, the real heads of Wuhuan in Liaoxi, namely Qiu Liju and Taodun, the uncle and nephew, have mixed feelings at this time... Especially Taodun, who has been
Feeling frustrated that he did not arrive in time to block Gongsun Xun, he had no idea whether the small but continuous rain was a good thing or a bad thing.
It's a bad thing, naturally, because the arrival of this rain directly killed the Wuhuan people's last hope of capturing Gongsun Xun; it's a good thing, naturally, because the rain has no intention of stopping, and the slowly accumulating precipitation will
This forced the Han army to give up military operations, thus giving the Wuhuan people a chance to breathe.
"Don't think about it." Qiu Liju looked tired at this time, but he seemed to have seen through his nephew's thoughts. "This rain is a good thing. Since General Wei escaped across the river and there are reinforcements behind him, is there any chance of this happening?"
Even if it rains, we won't be able to catch him. Instead, the rain will continue. In two days, the water levels of the Daling River and the Liao River will rise. We can use the geographical advantage to make temporary repairs...and then if we can send surprise troops to Liaodong to support Su Puyan
, capture Zhao Bao, who is less powerful... maybe there is still room for maneuver."
Tadun was silent for a moment. If he couldn't catch Gongsun Xun, could he definitely catch Zhao Bao?
However, is there any other way at this time? Why didn't you just go to Guangyang to find General Wei and join the whole family when you encountered difficulties? Why did you feel that you could succeed after General Wei left? Uncle Mingming
It is said that the Han people themselves are going to be in chaos. General Wei wants to fight for better things in the south and will not look back to them. How did it end up like this?
What is it like in the south?
Who are the Wuhuan people?
"There's not enough food, cloth, pottery... there's not enough of anything." After thinking wildly for a while, Taton, who was dressed like a Han nobleman, suddenly turned his head in the rain and said, revealing his stubble. "In order to set up an ambush for this time.
, we emptied our wealth, and too many horses died in a single attack... Sir, we..."
"I know." Qiu Liju frowned and shook his head and sighed. "Before, a Han army fought against the river downstream and killed many of us. And those miscreants, seeing that the situation was not good, fled one after another.
, even our own tribe is complaining, some even think that they go on expeditions too frequently, and want to return to the tribe... But Tadun, now that things have come to a point, just take care of the present.
It is better to watch your own people, let them take good care of the war horses, and return to Liucheng to rest for a while before deciding whether to go back to each tribe to repair, and you are not allowed to leave the team without permission."
After saying that, Qiu Liju walked straight down the slippery hillside with Lou Ban's support.
After all, he was his biological uncle who raised him. Looking at his back, Tadun finally swallowed the words he originally wanted to ask - is the so-called Wuhuan, with only 20,000 to 30,000 troops, really qualified to be independent in this world?
The rain is still neither urgent nor slow, and it is definitely not related to the heavy rain, but after a night of rain, the water level of the Daling River has begun to rise significantly. This is not a direct effect of the rain overnight, but the passage of rain in the previous two days.
Countless tributaries converge into the Daling River, and in the next few days, because the ground water content has been saturated, the water level will continue to rise linearly, eventually making the originally easy crossing of the river extremely dangerous.
In fact, on the morning of the second day after the Wuhuan army turned around and left, the Han army encountered dozens of non-combat casualties when crossing the river. This pair gathered the power of five counties, brought tens of thousands of troops and horses, and more
It was simply unimaginable for the Han army to cross the river in an orderly manner.
Obviously the water level only changed from below the waist to above the waist, so why did people die?
But Gongsun Xun knew that this was inevitable for a large-scale army march, and that this was an inevitable casualty after expanding the base.
Not only crossing the river, in the next few days, many people will die of illness on the road due to simple water diversion problems, there will be warriors who will die in an almost comical way because of the slippery road, and thousands of soldiers and horses are destined to be killed.
After this battle, he completely lost his qualifications as a war horse...
But it's all worth it because it prevents more casualties!
"Is there really no danger this time?" As the one who stayed behind, Xi Zhong, who was soaked all over, saw Gongsun Xun and his main force slowly disappearing on the hillside on the other side. He could no longer bear it and caught him on the spot by the river.
Lou Gui looked at Lou Gui's sleeves and asked seriously, "Didn't the prince act in a hurry because he was impatient?"
"Zhicai, don't be afraid of being bitten by a snake for ten years." Lou Gui, who was also wet all over, couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "In my opinion, this rain is not just a good thing, it is simply a gift.
, it can be called a sign of destiny! Things in Liaoxi have been decided today!"
The opera hero was in despair, but still looked at the river and couldn't imagine... How come he had such an end when he ventured forward before, but now he crossed the river under even worse circumstances and it was a sign of destiny?
"Aren't you going back to the camp to play cards?" Lou Gui walked a few steps and found that Xi Zhong had not followed, but he had no choice but to turn around and ask.
——————I am the dividing line between destiny and destiny————
"The Taizu of this dynasty tried to conquer Wuhuan, but encountered misfortune and had to cross the Daling River with great difficulty. Thanks to Zhao Yun's bravery, he defeated the thieves in front of him. He was about to leave. Suddenly he heard that Wuhuan's Tuton had led more than ten thousand cavalry. He secretly sighed that he had no destiny.
A few days later, it rained heavily and the ground was slippery and muddy. The Wuhuan cavalry could not move forward, so they escaped. After traveling for more than ten miles, they saw Lou Gui leading more than 10,000 troops and horses to safety. After Gui heard what happened, he pointed to the sky and said:
'This man is endowed with a bright talent, and his destiny is a sign, and he can be defeated again.'" - "Shilin Miscellaneous Notes". Recorded by Yan. Anonymous
PS: Special thanks to the new alliance leader Qili Gu for his collection of books...the twenty-second alliance leader...why do I say Qi Qi?
