Daxian.
It started to rain continuously from the sky.
The knights galloped back and forth, chasing the deserters recklessly.
The ground was shaking and there were corpses everywhere.
General Fan Yi is riding a war horse and holding a horse spear. His armor is covered with scars and has been deformed.
His face was covered with blood, and he was looking around in shock.
In all directions, there were enemy cavalry, chasing and killing the soldiers under their command. The soldiers surrounded Fan Yi, aiming their spears outside.
Fan Yi didn't understand why this happened.
He was ordered to defeat the Qi army gathered here. These rabble had already been emboldened and fled in all directions. It was not worth bothering with.
Huang Fazhu gave him 5,000 infantry and cavalry, of which there were only more than 400 cavalry.
When he confidently attacked the enemy's camp, the enemy's camp was suddenly opened and a large number of cavalry rushed out.
This feeling is like forcing a rabbit into a burrow, then reaching out and grabbing a lion.
Fan Yi had no idea what was going on.
He remembered that he ordered to attack the city, and the next moment, the enemy's cavalry launched a charge.
Fan Yi had never received such a heavy fist, and he had never seen such a fierce cavalry. His more than four hundred cavalry were nothing compared to the enemy's cavalry, and they were gone in one fight.
Then they launched a fierce attack in the direction of the Chinese army. The leader, like a demon, rushed left and right, invincible. He hit Fan Yi directly in front of him, forcing Fan Yi to turn around and run away.
Fan Yi is good at fighting, but force is his weakness.
The Southern soldiers had never seen such a charge. In just a moment, their formation was completely torn apart by this cavalry. These veterans resisted for a long time. After all the officers were killed or injured, they finally collapsed and began to flee in all directions.
Once the cavalry is fighting, once they start to flee, it is no different than surrendering to death. Everyone runs and flees in all directions, only to be caught up and killed by the cavalry.
Fan Yi was stunned. In a daze, he realized that there were not many of his thousands of people left.
Qi people have such an army??
With such an army, why not use it early?
Why was it defeated so quickly before, and why is it only coming out now?
Fan Yi has countless questions in his mind.
But he felt that he couldn't get the answer.
The fierce general in the distance had completed several rounds, and after completely tearing apart his own defense line, he slowly came in front of him again.
Liu Taozi stared at the general in the distance.
The general was also young, and his eyes were full of confusion. It seemed that he had never experienced being charged in the face by cavalry.
He raised the horse in his hand and said, "Surrender without killing!"
Fan Yi suddenly woke up and looked at the soldiers on the left and right.
These soldiers were very frightened and kept retreating, not daring to get close.
Fan Yi drew his sword.
"It's my fault to ruin the army, how can I survive?!"
"ah!!!"
"Pfft~~"
Fan Yi let out a long roar, the sword in his hand flashed past, blood spurted out from his neck, and he immediately fell heavily from his horse.
The soldiers surrounded him, holding his body and wailing incessantly.
Liu Taozi frowned and put down the horse.
He looked at the soldiers and whispered: "You guys, go and return his body to Huang Fashi."
The Qi army is cleaning the battlefield, and the cavalry is doing repairs.
Outside the camp, Qi General Sun Honglue, who had just been defeated by Huang Fasu several times, was standing next to Liu Taozi, bowing his head.
Changsun Honglue came from Daoxingtai in Yangzhou as a vanguard to attack Huang Fasu, hoping to drive him back.
Unfortunately, he was not Huang Fashu's opponent. The two sides fought in Liyang. Huang Fashu defeated his army head-on, killing him and completely collapsing. The city could not be saved, and he almost got himself trapped.
Fortunately, Changsun Honglue ran fast enough. He escaped to Daxian and planned to run to Nanqiaozhou to see if he could make appropriate supplements.
But he never expected that the general would appear here!!
When he learned about Fan Yi's attack, he was trembling with fear.
This Fan Yi was the one who defeated him head-on. With Fan Yi as the vanguard, Huang Fazhu easily dismembered his formation, leaving his army unable to respond from front to back, and ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat.
But Liu Taozi suddenly appeared in the rear with his troops, which made Changsun Honglue so excited that he wanted to cry.
Remembering that he had slandered the general when he was in Xingtai, Changsun Honglue wanted to slap himself in the face.
What a fucking national thief, this is clearly our number one general in Daqi!!
He looked fiercely into the distance, "It's a pity that Fan Yi is a thief. The general should cut off his head and spread it to the three armies to boost morale!!"
Liu Taozi shook her head, "That's not necessary."
Liu Taozi is not a soft-hearted person. When facing the enemy, he will not begrudge beheading, just like Yang Zhong back then.
However, if there is no need to boost morale, then he will not easily humiliate the enemy's corpse.
When we were in Lingzhou, the army experienced a lot of casualties and urgently needed to boost morale. Yang Zhong's head could excite the whole army.
The current Mandrill Camp obviously does not need to use such methods to boost morale.
The morale of the Mandrill Battalion was already full when they first attacked Chang'an!!!
Changsun Honglue hurriedly smiled and said: "General Renyi!!"
Shi Wansui, who was standing behind Liu Taozi, glared at him with disdain and said: "When General Wang followed my grandfather and left Daoxingtai in Yangzhou, you were the one who said, 'Rebellion against generals and traitors of the country and collusion between traitors is not worth mentioning'? Why don't you see that person today?"
How about being so tough?"
Changsun Honglue's expression changed drastically.
He looked at Liu Taozi in horror and hurriedly explained: "General!! These are all rumors! I was instigated by villains in the beginning, and this sentence was rumored by others."
He just assumed that Liu Taozi and others didn't know about it, but he didn't expect that it would be exposed like this.
Liu Taozi didn't care much about these things. He looked at Changsun Honglue and said, "Don't stay here. Lead the troops to evacuate quickly."
"Huang Fazhu's army will arrive soon, and you are no match for him."
"What about the general?"
"If the two of us join forces, we may not be afraid of Huang Fasi. I am willing to be the vanguard for the general."
"No need, just lead the troops back."
"You go to meet Lu Qian and the others and give them a message, telling them not to send troops. Deploy all the troops in Hefei. No matter what Huang Fazhu does, don't attack. What Huang Fazhu hopes most now is that they can take the initiative to attack."
"As long as you can station in Hefei together and Huang Fazhu cannot be easily captured, then the war will be successful."
Changsun Honglue immediately lowered his head, "Wei!!"
Liu Taozi quickly led the knights away from here, and Shi Wansui followed behind him, never leaving.
When leaving Guangzhou, Zu Jue made him swear that he would protect the general's safety at all costs and never let anything happen to him.
Wang Lin was currently counting the results of the battle from a distance. When she saw Liu Taozi coming, she hurriedly mounted her horse.
Wang Lin was brought by Liu Taozi. Wang Lin had been in Lianghuai for many years and was very familiar with both her own people and those Chen people. This was the best guide and the guarantee for Liu Taozi to lead the cavalry around.
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A special treasure for people from the Chen Kingdom.
With such a living map and a know-it-all, Liu Taozi has the confidence to continue dealing with the enemy.
"Thanks to the prince, Fan Yi was defeated again this time. Huang Fazhu cannot easily capture Hefei."
Wang Lin stared at Liu Taozi fiercely.
He has never seen anyone who can use cavalry to such an extent. Is this a truly famous general?
He followed Liu Taozi to the south. Along the way, whether it was controlling the marching speed, judging the time of arrival, analyzing the enemy's status, predicting casualties, or even the timing of the attack, this man did almost everything.
Reached full score.
In the past, Wang Lin had led an army of 100,000 people, and she had once stood up to the emperor and become a prince like Liu Taozi.
Therefore, although he defected to Liu Taozi, he still had some arrogance in his heart.
He felt that his original defeat was just because the wind suddenly changed against him. In terms of fighting, he may not be weaker than Liu Taozi.
But after experiencing the war this time, Wang Lin instantly understood the difference between the two.
Not to mention anything else, just saying that leading the cavalry in battle, there is at least three yellow dharma between me and him!
Shi Wansui coughed a few times. Wang Lin realized that she had lost her composure and hurriedly lowered her head.
"It's because my lord is like a god with his troops."
"With three big wins in a row, I think the situation will change dramatically."
Liu Taozi turned around, motioned for everyone to follow him, and began to slowly leave here at a slower speed. The direction they were heading was east.
Liu Taozi rode on the black wind and said seriously: "Xu, Huang, and Wu generals are all powerful enemies. Although they burned Wu Mingche's food and grass, killed their generals, and annihilated more than ten thousand people, they did not
It hurts them fundamentally.”
"Wu Mingche was too close to Jiankang, and the southerners had no shortage of food and grass. He reduced his army and stationed himself in Jiangpu. If the food and grass had not arrived, he would not go out easily and would not give us any chance to attack."
"When Huang Fazhu learns that his general has been killed, he will definitely act steadily, pay attention to our actions at all times, and will not give us a chance easily."
Wang Lin thought thoughtfully, "It seems that the only way to defeat the enemy is to go west to join Lou Rui, defeat the weaker Xu Du first, and then go south to face the second general?"
The reason why Wang Lin was unsure was because they were heading east now.
Obviously, Liu Taozi's ideas were somewhat different from his.
But in Wang Lin's view, facing such a powerful enemy, there is only one solution at the moment, which is to have more cavalry.
The armies in various places in the south are useless. Even if they can raise one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, they will only die for the Chen people.
Just like Zhang Sun Honglue just now, he led 50,000 troops and came to fight the enemy. In the end, only more than 10,000 people were killed and fled in all directions.
These county soldiers cannot be regarded as human beings at all. The only ones with fighting ability in the south are the thousands of elites under Lou Rui's command.
These are the troops that Lou Rui brought out from Yecheng, and they are very capable of fighting.
If we can join them, the number of troops can reach tens of thousands, and there is no need to worry too much about combat effectiveness. If we fight several generals separately, Wang Lin feels that there is still hope of victory.
Liu Taozi said calmly: "If we had come to join him at the beginning, we might have been able to do it, but now that we have been exposed, it is impossible for the enemy not to be on guard. They will never allow us to join Lou Rui."
"The roads along the way will be blocked by Huang Fazhu and Xu Du. If we want to bypass Hefei, the enemy will have time to unite. By then, we will have more than 10,000 people. Facing an army of more than 100,000, how can we
war?"
Wang Lin was stunned and began to think deeply.
What Liu Taozi said was very reasonable, and he couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while.
"General, this is what we are doing"
Liu Taozi looked into the distance, "The strength of cavalry lies first in its speed."
He looked at the sky and asked, "How many days has it been raining?"
Wang Lin trembled, "It's been four or five days."
"Wu Mingche's army was stationed at Jiangpukou, which was known as Guabu in the past."
"When General Wang came out, this was the path he took, right?"
"General, you mean Chushui?"
"Chu River goes all the way east, passes through Qin County, goes south and enters the river."
"The terrain of Guabu is very low, with one side backed by mountains, one side by the river, and one side by the Chushui River."
Hearing this, Wang Lin instantly understood what Liu Taozi meant. He suddenly became excited and rubbed his hands, "Yes! Yes! It is the rainy season again. If we can flood the city with Chushui, Wu Mingche
Even if there are tens of thousands of troops, what can we do?!"
"The general is wise!!"
"When did the General think of this?!"
"When I first heard you tell me how to get here, I thought that this place could be flooded."
Wang Lin took a deep breath, clenched her fists several times, and looked at Liu Taozi with increasingly complicated eyes.
Does this turn out to be a famous general?
Liu Taozi looked at Wang Lin, "Your Majesty, I have never fought in the south, and I don't understand the matter of diversion. Wu Mingche has been in the south for a long time. I'm afraid he will be alert. I wonder if you can help me complete this matter.
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Wang Lin laughed heartily, "My Lord trusts me so much, how can I not obey him?"
He immediately said: "It is impossible to destroy the dike. Wu Mingche will definitely send people to guard it, blocking the downstream and making the water flow back. The downstream is too close to Wu Mingche."
"So we can only use the third method, build a dam upstream, build it bit by bit, accumulate water sources upstream, and then destroy it violently, so that the Chu water can flood the enemy's camp!!"
"It all depends on the prince."
Wang Lin accepted the order and immediately took the lead as a guide. He had driven on the Chu River countless times. No one knew better than him where the most suitable place to build a dam was.
They continued to march for another ten miles and reached a place where the water flowed the fastest. Wang Lin asked everyone to stop. Then, he asked the soldiers to cut down trees around them, take soil to make mud, and carry out simple embankment work.
This thing sounds simple to say, but is actually extremely complicated to do.
There are many things to calculate, such as how to avoid being washed away by the accumulated water flow, how to gradually build it up, and how to completely cut off the water in a short time so that people downstream can easily find it, and how to leave a guide that can be quickly demolished, etc.
wait.
Wang Lin was naked from the waist up, showing off her strong muscles.
He lowered his head and rolled up his lower clothes, and walked into the water with the wood in his arms. The soldiers were pounding the wood into the water and driving it in. Wang Lin was calculating something while walking, and kept mumbling in her mouth.
The elder Wang Lin could not see any signs of time at this moment. He was more enthusiastic than the soldiers. He walked around, sometimes entering the water, and then suddenly coming ashore.
Several military officials were always holding papers and pens, and kept recording after Wang Lin's dictation.
Wang Lin went to higher ground several times to check the water situation in the distance.
From the beginning to the end, Liu Taozi has been by his side. When Wang Lin does something well, Liu Taozi will humbly ask him for advice.
Of course, Wang Lin had nothing to hide. The former prince no longer held it, and directly mingled with the 'Beihu' in the Mandrill Camp. "My lord, this wooden stake is the most effective. Usually,
It is one pile in twelve steps, and then it is calculated based on the water flow, and it gradually increases. The main thing is to look at the water. Different water has different requirements. When I was in the south."
Wang Lin talked eloquently, and Liu Taozi listened very carefully.
"This water flow has rules and can even be judged by the fish in the water, just like this Chushui, my lord, look at it"
Everyone was busy, Wang Lin was talking and working, and Liu Taozi was no exception. She also followed Wang Lin's example, took off her shirt, and started to follow the soldiers to repair the dam.
Did it all night.
Everyone rested here.
The stars in the sky are exceptionally bright, brighter than ever before.
Wang Lin was sitting in front of the bonfire, roasting her body, disheveled.
Looking at the flames in front of her, Wang Lin couldn't help but shiver again.
Liu Taozi and Shi Wansui sat opposite and to his left respectively.
"The prince seems to be afraid of fire?"
Shi Wansui suddenly asked.
Wang Lin pursed her lips and her eyes gradually turned sad. Liu Taozi shook her head at Shi Wansui, who quickly lowered his head and said, "I'm the one talking too much."
"No problem."
"Back then, I led an army of 100,000 to fight against the Chen people. At that time, all my troops were elite soldiers and strong generals. I defeated powerful enemies several times in a row. I had eight large ships under my command alone!"
A smile appeared on Wang Lin's face.
"The Chen people at that time were so frightened that they ran away when they heard my name and did not dare to fight with me."
"Hou Andu, Zhou Wenyu, Xu Du, Wu Mingche, and Huang Fazhu are all defeated by me."
"I once lined up a hundred thousand troops on the water and told my subordinates, who was Wen Taizhen back then?"
"I remember it was a southwesterly wind"
"At night, a strong northeasterly wind suddenly blew. All my ships were destroyed and stranded on the beach, unable to return."
"I had no choice but to retreat. Then I attacked again. I remember it was a southwesterly wind. I thought I had divine help and attacked with all my strength. Who would have thought that the enemy appeared behind me and attacked with fire, burning my own ship."
"The soldiers are no longer willing to follow me."
"I'm like a lost dog, I fled to Qi."
The wind suddenly blew, and Wang Lin looked blankly at the sky again.
Chapter completed!