sweeping the world

Chapter 486 Han general, eat my arrow!
Liu Jian spurted blood and passed out, but it's hard to say whether he really lost consciousness or not.It would be fine if he disobeyed the military order and won, but none of the troops under his command escaped except for the trilogy.

It took nearly five days for the [-] Jin army to come from the south bank of the Huai River to the north bank. Generally speaking, the current soldiers of the Jin army are really high in terms of morale and morale. The reason is that they were informed that they had won a battle. Great victory, a friendly army wiped out a certain Han army or something.

Because the truth is only in the hands of a very small number of high-level officials, the soldiers of the Jin army and the middle and low-level officers basically believe that their side will win a big victory somewhere.Even if some thinking people guessed that the victory was fake or something, they didn't dare to open their mouths to expose it.

A false victory really aroused the confidence of the soldiers of the Jin army. Otherwise, the [-] Jin army should not have completed the crossing of the Huai River in only five days. It should take ten days and half a month.

Xie Shi ordered Liu Jian, who was probably unconscious, to be carried down, and he stood there speechless for a long time before looking at Congxie Xie Shang, and said, "Indeed, the only way to win is to fight to the death, and the longer the delay, there is no other way but to retreat to the south bank. Even... if it drags on, it may not be possible to retreat safely."

Since crossing the Huai River, the Jin army has lost nearly [-] troops, and Liu Jian has changed from a well-managed general to an empty shell of General Ying Yang.According to Liu Jian's account of those parts, they probably wiped out seven or eight thousand Han troops, which shows that the Jin army with high morale is not unable to compete with the Han army.

Of course, Xie Shi and the others couldn't believe that the Han army had been wiped out by seven or eight thousand. They made a discount with a conservative attitude, thinking that the Han army would still lose three or four thousand.

After saying those words, Xie Shi didn't hesitate anymore, and before Xie Shang could respond, he said with a firmer expression: "Block the news of the demise of Liu Jian's troops, and announce that Liu Jian's troops have wiped out seven The [-] Han troops will no longer consolidate their camps, but try their best to boost the morale of the whole army, and come out to fight the Han army!"

Xie Shang nodded very calmly.

The war is not limited to the Huai River area of ​​Bagong Mountain. Shouchun and Dangtu have been fighting for a long time. The information gathered is that all the attacking Jin troops were frustrated, and Dangtu was even counterattacked by the Han army to the city. Shouchun was successfully crossed by the Han army through the Feishui River, and soon he will be approached by the army.

In view of the possible collapse, Xie Shi has already dispatched an urgent horse to Jiankang, asking the central government to dispatch reinforcements, and the troops in the rear are going forward to reinforce Shouchun and Dangtu.

In fact, any strategy before the war is irrelevant, it is just a feasible plan, and the arrangement made to achieve what kind of goal will cover as much as possible what will happen.

It's not that the Jin army has made plans that failed to succeed. It can even be said that there are precautionary measures for the worst outcome.For example, if Xie Shi's Jin army is finished, the head of the state, Chu Po, should make sure that the Liyang County and other fronts behind resist the rushing Han army.

In fact, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is quite funny now. The small imperial court redraws the territory map, such as Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou... Anyway, those states that are not under their control will be designated as a piece of land in the controlled area. Name the range not much larger than a county, and then the places that are not much larger than a county are called Qingzhou, Youzhou... and so on.

So, in the worst plan planned by the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, you can see the plan to defend a certain state and a certain state everywhere. The governor of several "states" led the Jin army to defend the territory of several "states".

After night fell, Xu Zheng once again received a letter of war sent by someone from Xie Shi, in which it was agreed that the two armies would form a battle tomorrow.

"With the credit of the puppet dynasty, it is very likely that they will come to steal the camp tonight!" Tiao You paused with a full smile, and waited for everyone to join in the fun before continuing: "In order not to make them look like frightened Rabbit, after a couple of jumps, retract, do you want to..."

A burst of laughter erupted just like that, one by one the generals in the military camp laughed so hard that their whole bodies trembled, even Xie An, who was in a complicated mood, smiled.

The use of strategies to assist the victory or defeat of a war has always been the mainstream of the Chinese battlefield, but many times strategies do not appear to be that important. The main reason is that any strategy is based on relevant strength.

There were indeed Jin troops who wanted to come to attack at night, but they were discovered before they were close enough to the camp of the Han army. The sent Jin troops were basically wiped out by the Han troops who had been prepared for a long time, and only a few fled back.

Another 5000 people were thrown in overnight, and a series of unfavorable departures filled the hearts of the senior Jin army with shadows. Fortunately, the Han army did not take the initiative to attack, as if they were really waiting for the start of the hunt.

In order to boost morale, Xie Shi could only continue to make lies, reporting to the whole army that the attack on the camp last night had achieved great results, the Han army had suffered heavy losses and morale was low, and one point of boosting the morale of the soldiers was considered one point.

In the early hours of the morning, Xie Shi, who hadn't slept all night, summoned all the generals and ordered the slaughter of animals so that the soldiers could have a good meal. In the astonished expressions of everyone, he ordered: "I have ordered the navy to evacuate, and the navy will not return if this battle is defeated. , Waiting for the soldiers to have a full meal, the whole army will be notified."

"Learn from the past?" Sun Chuo could feel Xie Shi's determined will, and said with a forced smile: "That's okay..., both the Overlord and the Marquis of Huaiyin were born after they were put to death. win."

The Marquis of Huaiyin is of course Han Xin. His "Last Stand" is very famous in military history, and it is a battle example that countless generals who are not in the upper hand want to learn, but not many people can copy it.

The current Xie Shi is much higher in temperament than before, and he no longer sees hesitation and hesitation, but only a wave of determination.

Xie Shi actually understood that it was not stupid for the Han army to use static braking repeatedly. On the contrary, the Han army’s static braking made all the plots of the Jin army lose room for fermentation. If they hesitated and waited for things to happen The truth let the soldiers know that the illusory high morale will fall directly to the bottom, or even collapse without a fight will happen to the Jin army.

The enlightened Xie Shi knew the seriousness of the matter, and he really had no choice but to fight to the death, or even if the whole army retreated safely to the south bank of the Huai River, the Jin army, which lost confidence in winning, would not maintain the previous high morale. Maybe even the confidence to garrison defense at the beginning will be lost. If it is really like that, no matter how good and favorable the defensive terrain is, it will not be able to stop the Han army.

The commander's will was firm, and the generals below him restrained their thoughts no matter how many ideas they had. First, the thoughts of the top leaders of the Jin army were unified. As a result, driven by the generals, the army's desire to fight became stronger and stronger.

Liu Jian, who had lost his troops, found Xie Shi. He asked Xie Shi to allocate some troops to his command, and strongly demanded to join the war again.

Xie Shi didn't have the time to investigate Liu Jian's disobedience. On the contrary, he needed the indomitable Liu Jian's militant heart. He only needed a little beating to supplement Liu Jian's troops.

"If we win this battle, everything will be easy..." Xie Shi faced Sun Chuo's weird look and explained, "If we lose, we will either die on the battlefield or be captured. Some things can only be put aside temporarily."

The performance of the Han army in this invasion was fairly civilized, and it was not as brutal as fighting the Hu people in the Central Plains. For the Jin army who surrendered, whether it was a soldier or an officer, they were only guarded. If the Hu people should kill the leader and general Prisoners of war become lowly slaves.What's more, every time the Han army occupied a piece of land, they only dealt with local tyrants. Although they couldn't do harm to ordinary people, there was no place for tea poisoning.

The darkness before dawn was replaced by the oriental fish white in the dense cooking smoke, the light of the rising sun showered the earth again, and the sound of drums was sounded on both sides of the Han army and the Jin army.

Before setting off to the battlefield, the soldiers of the Jin army were notified that their navy had withdrawn. Xie Shi even ordered to distribute dry food for three days and then burn the food and fodder. Fight and die together."

With such a sudden appearance, the soldiers of the Jin army were actually rather confused. The retreat of the navy meant that they lost their retreat, and only three days of dry food meant that they could not fight for a long time. It is definitely a lie to not panic.

"The general of the Han army has informed the entire army!" Xie Shi's words will naturally be repeated, and he roared: "The Han army will kill us all if they win this battle, and there will be absolutely no one left. After victory, they will go straight to the Yangtze River and beyond. South. For the lives of the princes, for the elders of the hometown, our army must win!"

Of course Xu Zheng didn't announce those damn words to the whole army, and Xie Shi's announcement was just to make the soldiers of the Jin army work hard.

Xie Shi's method is very bad, but judging by the appearance of the Jin army, it seems to be very effective?

The Jin army first fell into a long silence, and some pre-arranged "Tuo" took the lead in shouting, and soon some soldiers followed in shouting, and in a moment the whole army was shouting to kill.

It was also on the side of the Han army who had just finished breakfast and left the camp. The officers led the soldiers to their positions to line up.

The generals of the Han army who were on the hill watching their own army and the Jin army in the distance stopped talking when they heard the shouts of killing, and looked at the Jin army in the distance with different expressions.

Since the battle, the two armies in the first phase of the offensive and defensive battle have actually won and lost each other. It can only be said that the Jin army will appear more serious in terms of casualties. It is difficult to distinguish a clear level in terms of morale, but the Jin army has always been There was no time when the whole army was boiling before the battle.

"No matter what method the enemy commander uses, the morale of the Jin army has really been pushed to the peak." Tiao You said with a serious expression at this moment, "You can smell the smell of fighting to survive in the shouts."

As for what kind of tricks Xie Shi did before the battle, the generals of the Han army can only rely on guesses. Seeing the smoke column soaring to the sky, some smart people have roughly guessed some truths, and Tiao You is one of them.

"Withdraw the navy, burn the army rations, and there may be some rumors." Unlike Tiao You's serious face, Xu Zheng said in a very relaxed tone: "They want to fight to the death, and satisfying them is .”

Xie An was nowhere to be seen from the top of the hill. He and many generals left the Chinese Army last night. It is hard to say what the others were doing or where they were going. He was ordered to go to the upper reaches of the Huai River overnight. When the main battlefield started, he directly attacked Zhongli this way, and then swept all the way south.

The Han army preparing to fight Xie Shi's main force has always been about [-]. Xu Zheng kept his promise to withdraw the Huaishui fleet, and honestly placed the troops at a place [-] miles north of Huaishui. Shouchun and Dangtu's Han soldiers approaching the city is not considered a breach of contract.The Han army that is about to launch an offensive on the outer battlefield is not part of the agreement.

Xu Zheng made up his mind from the very beginning, no matter what Xie Shi wanted to do, he just watched with cold eyes, and the plots that should be carried out on the outer battlefield did not relax at all. And ignoring other places, in the final analysis can only be said to be the stupidity shown again by the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Don't forget that the Han army is not limited to Xu Zheng's headquarters. In the beginning, the Han army's southward invasion was arranged three ways. Xu Zheng's body in the Huaishui battlefield does not necessarily mean that Han regards this side as the main battlefield. Xie Aina can take on the main force of the main attack at any time as needed.

For Xu Zheng, the most important thing is to ensure the effective progress of the southern invasion. Whether they defeated the Jin army and went in, or whether Huan Wen or Xie Ai broke through the Jin army's defense and went in, the process is not important. The southern invasion of the Han army can wipe out the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. is the goal.

On the battlefield, the sound of the drums on both sides has not stopped since the beating. First, the Jin army began to advance northward, followed by the Han army also advancing southward. Soon the two armies came to a standstill three miles apart.

Banners are fluttering on the battlefields everywhere, and the flags flutter with the wind. The soldiers of the two sides stand under different banners. They may try very hard to see the faces of the soldiers of different camps on the opposite side, but they look blurry.

Xie Shi, who was dressed in a gorgeous military uniform, rode out on a majestic war horse, and was protected by five hundred other horses riding forward slowly.

Xu Zheng, who was staying on the top of the mountain, also came to the front of the battle. He had expected that Xie Shi would have a pre-battle meeting, but he didn't expect it to happen.The enemy's coach has the guts to stand out in front of the crowd, he can't show his cowardly side, otherwise it will be another chance to boost Xie Shi's morale in vain.

The commanders of the two armies marched forward with the necessary guards, and there was no other sound on the battlefield except the fluttering of banners and the neighing of war horses.

Xu Zheng and Xie Shi stopped each other at a distance of about ten steps. They were both looking at each other, and their respective guards were on full alert to prevent accidents.

Xie Shi looked at Xu Zheng very seriously. The expression on his face became more and more resolute. The hand that was deliberately left behind was sending some signal to the back. He himself also very suddenly pulled out the bow and arrow on the side of the horse without saying a word. Just shoot.

Xu Zheng is not blind, he just didn't expect Xie Shi to be so shameless, he and many accompanying guards discovered something was wrong almost at the same time when the Jin army was shooting arrows...

In fact, Xie Shi turned his horse's head after shooting and then kicked the horse's belly wildly. Without looking at the result, he rode his horse and galloped wildly, while repeatedly shouting "The general of the Han army is dead!" , Attack, the whole army strikes!"

(End of this chapter)