The Grandmaster Strategist - Chapter 180

[Chapter 11 Beacon Fire Yangzhou Road]

The Huaidong general Luo Mou sent the captain Sun Ding to lead an army of 5,000 troops to assist Sikou. Sun Ding’s army arrived, and Sikou was already trapped. At that time, the main force of Yong’s army had not yet arrived. What was captured, Sun Ding was besieged, and all his soldiers begged to surrender.

– “Zizhi Tongjian Yongji III”

In the Chuzhou camp, Luo Louzhen sat in the tent with a frown. It took him all morning to barely complete the preparations for the Chuzhou camp. This made him even more worried. How to face the enemy in such a situation? In three or five days, I can prepare myself, but I don’t know when Yong Jun will arrive. It is best that Shang Xiang and General Lu are unfounded worries.

But if you think about it carefully, Huaidong is an important place. The Yong army attacked Huainan, either by taking Huaixi Shouchun or Huaidong Yangzhou. If they want to take Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Sizhou, and Guangling are the places that the Yong army must seize. If Yong Jun intends to take Huaidong, he will definitely bear the brunt.

Luo Louzhen glanced at Huang Canjun and asked impatiently, “How is it, has the messenger sent to Sizhou and Guangling come back?”

Huang Canjun said with an uneasy expression: “I haven’t come back yet, but the distance between the two places is quite far, so I come back and forth, and I have to come back at night.”

Luo Louzhen said angrily: “It’s all waste. General Lu’s messenger can rush from Jiangxia to Chuzhou within a few days. Sizhou and Guangling, which are just a short distance away, will take so much time, and Sun Ding. , I asked him to go to Sikou to take over the defense, why didn’t he send a messenger back to report the situation for so long.”

Seeing that he was full of anger, Huang Canjun said nervously, “Perhaps the military is busy, and there will be news in the afternoon.”

Luo Lou calmed down in his heart and said, “Go ahead and let Vice-General Zhou and other generals not slack off. If Chuzhou fails, my life will not be saved, so don’t think about it better.”

Huang Canjun shuddered and said, “General, do you want to inform the governor of Chuzhou, there are still 5,000 defenders there. Although the combat strength is not strong, it is good to take precautions.”

Luo Louzhen frowned. He didn’t get along with the governor of Chuzhou, but it was because the governor was a child of the Southern Chu family, and his foundation was still shallow, so he didn’t want to offend him, but at this moment he also knew the reason why his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and he established himself in the southwest of Chuzhou. Camp, if Yong Jun comes to attack, and he can’t defend the big camp, he can only retreat to Chuzhou to defend the city. : “Send someone to inform Gu Yuanyong and tell him to close the city immediately to wait for the enemy army.” Huang Canjun hurriedly agreed, Luo Louzhen and Gu Yuanyong were at odds, mainly because the sergeant of the Chuzhou camp was in Chuzhou acted erratically and Luo Louzhen was not very restrained, but because Luo Louzhen was too big in the background, Gu Yuanyong had no choice but to try to please him. Although Luo Louzhen was not very appreciative, Huang Canjun and others People are also a lot of glamorous, and naturally have a good impression of Gu Yuanyong, so Huang Canjun will find a way to notify the military situation in Chuzhou in time.

Huang Canjun had just left when his guards came in to report: “General Qi, Sun Xiaowei’s guards are back.”

Luo Louzhen was overjoyed and said, “Let him in quickly.”

Not long after, two sergeants came in. The man in front Luo Lou really recognized was Sun Fang, a member of Sun Ding’s clan, and now he was the leader of Sun Ding’s personal soldiers. He dared to raise his head, obviously because of fear in his heart. Luo Louzhen only said that the man was also a soldier of Sun Ding, so he ignored it and asked Sun Fang: “Xiaowei Sun has already arrived at Sikou. How is the situation? Yong Jun may have any news.”

Sun Fang looked a little nervous, and said: “General Qi, the captain of the colonel has asked me to report. There is no news from the Yong army, but the captain of the colony has already sent scouts along the river to check the military situation. If there is any news, it will definitely be reported to the camp. .”

Luo Lou was really relieved, looked at the person beside Sun Fang and said, “Who is this person, and why did you bring him into the tent?”

Sun Fang was a little panicked and said: “He is one of the best experts in our battalion. The Colonel Commander was worried that the Yong Jun scouts had sneaked into Huaisi, so he ordered him to come with his subordinates.”

Luo Louzhen smiled and said: “It should be so, Sun Xiaowei is really careful, what’s your name?

Since Sun Ding has said that your kung fu is good, you must be a warrior out of a thousand miles, how timid you are like a bitch, come here, reward him with a bottle of wine, don’t be so nervous, this general is not a murderer.

”

The sergeant seemed to be relieved when he heard the words, and his body relaxed a lot. He raised his head, took the wine cup with both hands, and stepped forward: “Thank you, General, for the wine.” After that, he drank it all.

Luo Louzhen looked carefully and saw that the sergeant looked twenty-eight or nine years old, with a sharp and angular face, handsome and valiant, with a calm and indifferent expression. .

Luo Lou was really shocked. Such an attitude is nothing but General Lu Can. If he had seen this person before, how could he not have the slightest impression? Soldiers of the battalion, who are you?” As he shouted, his personal soldiers swarmed in outside the tent, protecting Luo Louzhen inside.

Luo Lou really wanted to have Sun Fang and the sergeant taken down. At this moment, there was a commotion outside the tent, and the sound became louder and louder. A scout covered in blood stumbled in, fell to the ground, and said hoarsely: ” General, it’s not good, the Yong army has captured Sikou, and the vanguard has already come to the camp.” Luo Louzhen raised his head, his expression was full of despair, he looked at Sun Fang and the sergeant fiercely, and said angrily: “You two must be spies of the Yong Army, come here, kill them for me.”

Sun Fang was already so frightened that he lost his mind, but the sergeant’s expression remained unchanged, and he smiled lightly, and said, “General Luo, Pei Yun, the military envoy to Huainan, is here to greet the general.” Everyone in the tent felt a bang in their ears. How is it possible, General Yong Jun, how could Pei Yun, who controls the 150,000-strong army in Xuzhou, appear here.

Even Sun Fang, who brought Pei Yun in with him, was fighting with his teeth. After he was captured and surrendered, he was ordered to bring this man into the Chuzhou camp. He always thought that this man was a master of the white-clothed camp, but how could he know that it was Pei Yun himself? After all, Pei Yun is already thirty-five or six years old. No wonder he looks so young, and it is no wonder that no one can think of the identity of this sergeant.

At this moment, Pei Yun’s life experience appeared in everyone’s mind. He was a Shaolin master with profound martial arts skills.

Just when everyone’s hearts were shaken, Pei Yun swayed and rushed towards Luo Louzhen. Luo Louzhen also had fierce thoughts. If this person was captured alive, then Yong Jun might be in chaos. At that time, Huaidong would be safe and he would be safe. The credit is not small.

He said sternly: “Don’t let the arrows go, let me capture this person.” He did not allow his subordinates to let go of the arrows, because he was worried that if he killed Pei Yun, angered the Yong army, and ravaged all over Huaidong, his guilt was not small. It may even bury his own direct army.

Just before his words fell, there were screams in the tent, and the dozens of personal guards who rushed up rolled into one place. In the blink of an eye, he had broken through the guards and reached Luo Louzhen.

Luo Louzhen drew his sword and stabbed it. The sound of the sword was loud and thunderous. If an ordinary person would have to avoid it, Pei Yun greeted him with his palms. He was so shocked that he took a step back. At this time, Pei Yun struck again with a palm. This palm was as strong as Mount Tai, and Luo Louzhen was forced to take a step back.

The palm wind was turbulent, and the strong wind roared in the big tent. Pei Yun just slowly and calmly pressed towards Luo Louzhen step by step. A set of ordinary Shaolin fists used in his hands was majestic.

Those personal guards couldn’t even intervene, let alone besiege Pei Yun.

Luo Louzhen’s swordsmanship was originally quite outstanding, but he was addicted to alcohol and his internal strength was greatly affected. Seeing Pei Yun approaching step by step, he couldn’t even fight back with a sword. Arrow was worried that he would be implicated, and he had no power to speak out. At this moment, although there were 30,000 troops in the Chuzhou camp, Luo Louzhen felt that he was only alone.

“Bang”, Luo Louzhen’s back slammed into the back wall of the tent. At this time, a sergeant of the battalion had already rushed to the gate of the tent. Huang Canjun sternly said, “Shoot him, don’t hurt the general.”

Luo Lou was really overjoyed, with a ferocious smile on his face. As long as he resisted a few more moves, he could turn defeat into victory. He didn’t believe that flesh and blood could resist the accumulation of bows and arrows. You can escape from the camp, and Huang Shenjun must have arranged a response later.

At this moment, Luo Louzhen saw a trace of ridicule on Pei Yun’s indifferent face, and his heart turned, Luo Louzhen suddenly slashed at Pei Yun with his sword. The sword qi was destructive, and a glimmer of admiration flashed in Pei Yun’s eyes. He drew his sword out of the scabbard and went up to meet it.

At this moment, a long knife broke through the wall, just piercing Luo Louzhen’s body, blood splashed, Luo Louzhen let out an earth-shattering cry, Pei Yun had already been slashed with a knife, and Luo Louzhen’s head flew. rise.

Huang Canjun’s voice had a weeping tone, and he shouted: “Fill the arrows immediately.”

Those sergeants were already frightened when they saw the tragic death of the general. When they heard Huang Shenjun’s order, they all subconsciously drew their bows and released arrows, but their minds were confused. Fang was still caught by Chiyu, and he was shot and killed by several arrows.

Pei Yun then kicked Luo Louzhen’s body away, held his head, and swung away with a knife. The tent was divided, and a Nanchu sergeant with a long knife was exposed in the gap. The ground was full of corpses, which was arranged by Huang Canjun. Pick up the sergeant.

Pei Yun broke out, and the second round of arrows chased after him.

But the sergeant turned Changhong into a sword and blocked all the arrows. By the time the third round of arrows was fired, Pei Yun and the sergeant had already rushed out more than ten feet and submerged into the Nanchu military camp.

From the camp came the loud shouts of the two: “Luo Louzhen is dead, Luo Louzhen is dead.”

There was chaos in the battalion. I don’t know how many people ran in a panic, screaming, and there were also shouts and scoldings from the generals who tried their best to restrain their subordinates.

At this moment, the horns of the four wilds sounded, the drums were bursting, and the Nanchu army shouted loudly: “It’s not good, the Yong army is here.” There was the sound of galloping horses and thousands of troops beside him, and the ground shook. Shows that it is a cavalry.

Huang Canjun looked back and saw that at the Yuanmen, the Yongjun iron cavalry wearing blue and black armor poured into the Chuzhou camp like a tide. They were all three-foot-two-inch long embroidered spring knives that needed to be held in both hands. With a single slash, they could cut people into two pieces. They clashed left and right in the camp, and they were invincible.

How can they resist such an army? Almost all the soldiers of Southern Chu have such thoughts in their hearts. Some people start to give their lives to escape from other camp gates. Huang Shenjun was one of them who organized a counter-offensive. He had already discovered that the Yong army that came here was actually not many, probably only a few thousand people, so he began to order the sergeants to counterattack. Lieutenant General Li, who should have taken up this responsibility. As early as the moment he saw Yong Jun entering the camp, he had already fled from behind with more than a hundred guards.

The resistance of the Southern Chu army began to have an effect. After all, the 30,000-strong army did not collapse so easily. In any case, the Huaidong army was originally an elite division. Although Luo Louzhen has killed them all these years, they have come to the point of life and death. , can still fight.

Yong Jun’s offensive began to be contained, and he could no longer attack freely.

At this moment, Pei Yun, who had disappeared in the chaotic army, appeared. At this time, he had changed his clothes and was wearing black clothes and black armor. The black cloak behind him was screeching in the autumn wind, and he followed behind him. More than ten guards, these people are all ordinary blue and black armor, but they are all wearing white cloaks, and there is no sign of identity on the armor. This is the sign of Pei Yun’s white-clothed camp. It was Du Lingfeng who secretly captured Sikou.

These people walked peacefully in the chaotic army and walked towards the central army tent.

Huang Canjun is commanding the Chu army to counterattack in front of the camp. Although he is a civil servant, he is usually very timid, but after all, he has some military talents. As long as the leaderless Chu army has a leader, he can barely fight against the Yong army, which is far less numerous than theirs. .

He saw Pei Yun walking slowly in the chaotic army with his personal guards, and he was shocked. If this person was killed here, I was afraid that there would be no chance to defend the camp. He repeatedly ordered to stop Pei Yun and these people.

However, the people around Pei Yun are very powerful. They don’t need Pei Yun to do anything. They have already opened a bloody path. In front of them, the Nanchu army began to collapse and began to flee, and Huang Canjun could not let them continue. Obey.

Pei Yun walked to the central army tent like this. He didn’t look at Huang Shenjun, who was pale and was guarded by the sergeant. go.

The sergeants in charge of guarding the handsome flag gave their lives to resist, but under the sword of the white battalion beside Pei Yun, their resistance became a trivial struggle.

When he walked under the big box, Pei Yun shouted loudly, slashed with his knife, a splendid light flashed, and the flagpole of the big box was cut off. It finally broke down completely.

Some of them had the guts to leave the camp, and some simply dropped their guns and knelt on the ground, completely giving up their resistance.

The flags and flags of the Chuzhou camp fell down and were in a state of disrepair. Apart from the 30,000 soldiers who escaped and died in battle, half of them were captured.

Looking at the collapsed camp across the board, Huang Canjun was stunned. For a long time, he pulled out his sword and wanted to wipe it on his neck, but his hands and feet trembled, and he didn’t dare to attack.

Before he could summon up his courage, a personal guard beside Pei Yun had already rode over and hit him on the back with a knife, knocking him to the ground.

So far, the overall situation of the Chuzhou camp has been decided.

Looking at the Nanchu sergeant who gave up his weapons and surrendered under the coercion of the Yong army, Du Lingfeng laughed loudly: “Uncle, why is the Nanchu army so sparse, if their combat strength is the same, I am afraid it will not take half a year, we can destroy it Lost Nan Chu.”

Pei Yun glanced at him lightly, and said: “Luo Lou is really incompetent, he only knows how to use money and beauty to win over his generals, but he doesn’t know how to organize the army, the Southern Chu Huaidong army is not strong, if you see Lu The army under Can’s command knows that there are also heroes and heroes in Nanchu, if you are so underestimated by the enemy, I will not dare to let you be the vanguard.”

Du Lingfeng stretched out his tongue and said, “Yes, my subordinates know their mistakes and never dare to underestimate the enemy. General, please don’t leave me behind.”

Pei Yun smiled lightly, ignored him, and said to another white-clothed warrior, a middle-aged man with a clear appearance: “Weiping, you bring five hundred people here to guard the prisoners, and I will immediately raid Chuzhou.”

Wei Ping said worriedly: “General, you are the main general of an army, you should not take the lead and go into the camp alone to kill Luo Lou. It can be said that the general’s martial arts are better than those of us, but the surprise attack on Chuzhou is very important, please think twice. , If there is something wrong with the general, how can we explain it to the generals of the three armies.”

Pei Yun said with a smile: “Don’t worry, after taking Chuzhou, I don’t think I have the chance to take risks. Zhang Wenxiu will lead the army to attack Sizhou, and we can attack Guangling together. When Yangzhou is captured, we will have to fight with Lu. Can fight, where will I still have a chance to shoot.”

Du Lingfeng heard the words and asked, “Uncle Shi, will Lu Can come to rescue Huaidong?”

Pei Yun nodded and said, “If Yangzhou falls into my hands, our army will be able to send troops across Guazhou and threaten Jingkou on the other side. If we do not take Jingkou and go up the river to Yanziji, we will threaten Jianye, so Lu Can is We must not allow us to show off our power in Huaidong. Although Shang Weijun is arrogant, he will let go at a critical moment. Although it will take some time, we must first clear the remnants of the Nanchu army. No matter how fast we are, we want to attack Yangzhou. , it will take a month, and by then Lu Can must have been waiting in the Yangtze River. UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com ”

Du Lingfeng said, “If that’s the case, why don’t we attack Yangzhou without stopping, so that Lu Can doesn’t have time to rush over?”

Pei Yun smiled lightly and said, “This battle is imperative, there is no possibility of evasion, so don’t ask more.” Du Lingfeng looked blank, but he didn’t dare to ask any more.

At this time, Wei Ping said: “General, there are more than 10,000 prisoners here. Where does our army have the spare power to take care of them, please tell me how to deal with them?”

Pei Yundao: “The killing of prisoners is ominous, not to mention that these southern Chu troops have lost their will, and they are not harmful. You can confine them in the camp. If there is any change, you can get out. After another hour, He Ying will arrive and take Chuzhou. Just hand over the camp to him, and you can send 20,000 troops to Chuzhou to meet me.” After saying that, Pei Yun walked outside, and the vanguard battalion that came with him to attack the Chuzhou camp was already lined up, waiting for him ‘s arrival

When the time came, the main infantry of the Yong army, led by a middle-aged general, finally arrived at the Chuzhou camp. The scene he saw made him stunned. More than 10,000 southern Chu troops were sitting quietly in the camp, and only five hundred Yong troops were patrolling back and forth. repression.

After seeing Wei Ping, the middle-aged general He Ying immediately ordered a 30,000-strong army to take over the Chuzhou camp, while Wei Ping rode away to Chuzhou with 20,000 paces.

Two hours after the fall of the Chuzhou camp, the Sizhou camp was violently attacked by 50,000 Yong troops. Since Luo Louzhen’s messenger was intercepted by the Baiyi camp on the way, the Sizhou camp was unprepared. Military affairs, until the early morning of the second day, the Sizhou camp fell.

Afterwards, Zhang Wenxiu led the army to attack Sizhou. The county governor of Sizhou was cowardly and did not dare to face the battle. Kaicheng surrendered, and Chuzhou had changed hands last night. So far, only one of the southern Chu Huaidong defenders was left in the Guangling camp, and Dayong broke the battle of Chu. The prelude was finally officially opened. The famous capital of Huaizuo, the best place in Zhuxi, and the boundless Yangzhou Road were all battle clouds and beacon fires, and the iron cavalry smashed the beautiful dream of Gou An in Nanchu.

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