Han Shizu

Chapter 695 The Battle of Liyang
Dawn breaks, but it is not accompanied by rooster crowing, and the faint light is still soft, but Cenhe Village is lonely and chilling.Originally, this was a village with more than [-] households, and the scale was not small, but with the advent of the war, the original peace and harmony were destroyed to pieces.

Half of the people fled before the Chu army came north, and the rest were slaughtered directly, and their money, food, goods, and livestock were searched clean.Under Zhou Xingfeng's deliberate indulgence, the army under his command became more and more bandit.

The Chu army sent to guard Cenhe Village, more than [-] people, is weak in combat power, and it is even more mob.That's why, when Li Yun led his army to the south and saw the enemy camp that was not even firmly established along the village, he almost couldn't hold back and ordered an attack directly.

However, he slightly suppressed the desire to attack, and ordered the whole army to rest on the spot. They did not build a large camp, but just set up camp and stayed through the night, eyeing the Chu army in Cenhe Village.

At the same time, in order to prevent him from escaping and retreating, Li Yun also dispersed the three hundred horsemen he begged from Shi Yanchao for surveillance.Practice has proved that in order to fight this battle, Li Yun is well prepared.

When the Han army was approaching, the general guarding the Cen River decisively sent people south to ask for reinforcements, but he couldn't get away. Three exits were blocked, and several waves of messengers were strangled.

General Chu, who was leading the army, was also a person who knew the danger. Taking advantage of the darkness, he directly led the army, trying to escape to Liyang under the cover of night.However, Li Jun had expected it, and prepared [-] soldiers who had rested in advance, and when he noticed his abnormal movement, he immediately blocked him with a wave of blows.

The combat effectiveness of this wave of Chu army was far from that of the Han army led by Li Yun. If it was not estimated that it would be inconvenient to fight at night, he would have entered the village that night and killed him.

Of course, after procrastinating all night, with more rest and more preparations, after dawn, the Chu army of Cenhe was declared destroyed.

When the sun climbed up, the war drums beat, and the sound of killing shook the village, under Li Yun's command, within an hour, Cenhe Village was captured, including the elimination of the remnants of the enemy.

Although, this was an extremely low-intensity offensive and defensive battle. After the Han army broke into the simple earth and stone village with weak resistance, it accepted the surrender of the Chu army as an organization.Because the villagers were basically slaughtered, these Chu soldiers didn't even have a chance to fish in troubled waters, and they didn't even have to hide, so they were eliminated one by one.

When I walked on the dilapidated dirt road between the villages under the guard of the soldiers, the temperature was just getting hot.Although the actual results are not brilliant, but for Li Yun, they are still very happy.At least in the military newspaper, it can be written with confidence that three thousand enemies will be wiped out.This time going south, he, General Li, has the credit for guaranteeing the bottom line.

"General, I saw last night that these bandit troops are totally vulnerable! According to the preliminary count, 32 of our troops were killed and 97 were wounded, and all of them were wiped out here!" A military academy walked beside Li Yun and asked him Reporting, with a look of dissatisfaction: "If the bandit army is so unbearable, according to the general, we can wipe out Hunan alone!"

"It's a small victory, just defeating this weak and weak soldier, so you are so arrogant?" Li Yun scolded him with a straight face, not because he was modest, but because he was not satisfied in his heart.

"The general taught me a lesson!" Being scolded, the officer didn't care, and admitted his mistake as a bachelor, with a bit of contempt on his smiling expression: "It's just that these bandits are too poor, have almost no property, and their armor is in dilapidated condition. , and the grain can only be found for less than a hundred stones."

For the military officers, they wanted to have both military exploits and gains, but obviously, the gains in Cenhe Village were too shabby for people to look directly at.

"According to the situation! I'm afraid this group of prisoners will have to consume our food!" the officer muttered.

Li Yun heard it, but he was taken aback, and couldn't help but said: "In other words, it won't be long before the bandit army here will run out of food!"

"Of course!" The officer nodded affirmatively, and said, "Even if you save less than a hundred shi of rice grain, more than 3000 people can't last for a few days! Before our army arrived, they had sent several hundred troops The team went to the surrounding villages and forests to look for food, but they probably didn’t dare to come back, they either broke up and fled, or became thieves!”

Hearing what he said, Li Yun showed a smile, and said: "This is good news. The bandit army here is short of food, and the enemy army in Liyang is probably not much better. Murong Du is still very handsome. Seeing the vital points of the rebel army, it is no wonder that he would propose such a strategy of using troops. Lack of food and fodder, what do these rebel troops use to fight? They dare to take the initiative to attack northward, they are really desperate and desperate!"

"General, let's go south quickly! This battle is too easy, and the brothers haven't started their hands and feet yet." Seeing this, the officer immediately became enthusiastic.

"Send an order to let the captives dig a hole outside the village!" Li Yun ordered.

"The general wants to kill these prisoners who are in the way?" the officer asked cleverly.

"The old man still wants this head!" Seeing that he was smart, Li Yun glared at him and said, "Bury all the corpses in the village, and add fertilizer to the land here. Summer is coming. If these corpses are not taken care of, It’s not good to have a disease!”

"Also, kill all the bandit army who surrendered, more than a hundred generals! Then drive the surrendered army south!" After thinking for a while, Li Yun added: "Forget it, keep two hundred soldiers and a group of captives, and take care of them here. , the rest of the troops, take a short rest and head south immediately!"

"I think that with the arrival of Shi Yanchao's troops, the situation of the bandit army in Liyang must be in bad shape. The old man will have to take a share of the pot!" Li Yun was excited.

"Yes! The last general will make arrangements!"

During the conversation between the two, they never mentioned the villagers who were massacred in the Cen River, nor did they pay attention to the small troops of the Chu army who were scattered looking for food. During the war, for these Qiubas, the lives of the people were nothing Human life, especially "Chu people".

After some busy preparations, the Han army reorganized under the leadership of Li Yun, drove more than 2000 soldiers, and marched southward to Liyang City with great fanfare.However, the [-]-mile journey was not in a hurry, and it took three hours to reach Liyang around midnight.

With the arrival of Li Yun's army, the three Han armies added up, in terms of military strength, there is no such a big gap with Yang Shifan's army. As for the morale, morale, and combat power of the army, it is even more difficult to compare the two.In view of this, Yang Shifan had no choice but to constrict the entire army in the camp, strengthen the fortress, and pretend to be on guard.

As for Li Yun, Shi Yanchao, and Pan Mei, they met outside Liyang City. According to traffic information, they knew that Yang Shifan's army was at the end of its rope, and its entire army collapsed within three or two days.

The three conspired, and Pan Mei suggested that when the deterrence is outside, do not attack when you are trapped, and sit back and watch it collapse, you can deal with this enemy army at the lowest cost.After reaching a consensus, Li and Shi's two armies camped together outside, rested and waited for the time. Shi Yanchao continued to send cavalry to monitor along the Lishui River to prevent his Fushui from escaping south.Pan Mei returns to the city and prepares for an attack in the city.

However, after Pan Mei left, Li Yun became cautious, and went to Shi Yanchao and said directly: "We are veterans in the battlefield, how can we listen to that junior Pan Mei!"

Paying attention to the strange color on Li Yun's old face, Shi Yanchao frowned slightly, and said, "What do you mean, General, do you want to act on your own? Just now, the three of us have made an appointment!"

Li Yun shook his head, and said confidently: "I don't mean that! Pan Mei's analysis is still very reasonable, but if the 4000 more than [-] enemy troops are surrendered directly, without fighting, the military exploits are not real! "

"The old man is in Cenhe Village, and he has already contributed to breaking the army. It seems that General Shi has not made any achievements in fighting when he comes to the south this time." Li Yun seemed to be thinking about Shi Yanchao.

In fact, at the military ranks of Li Yun and Shi Yanchao, the imperial court has always considered their functions comprehensively when discussing meritorious service, not just fighting.It's just that Li Shi and Li Shi couldn't hold back their killing intent.

Shi Yanchao thought about it for a while, and then asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Once the bandit army can't hold on, before it collapses and surrenders, we immediately launch an attack, kill them, and then take prisoners. If we can defeat them quickly, the same credit, it's better for the two of us to take it than three people Go!" Li Yun said with a smile.

The two quickly reached a consensus.

Pan Mei predicted that the Chu army could last for three to five days, but the deterioration of the situation far exceeded his imagination, and there were still worries of civil strife.After the Han army came south, Qin Zaixiong, the leader of the Yao people, did not obey orders.

That night, in the Chu camp, there were soldiers who came out of the stronghold and wanted to surrender. Yang Shifan ordered to kill them. True and false.

The next day, the fugitives doubled.

The next day, Li Yun and Shi Yanchao jointly launched a surprise attack on the Chu camp, defeated them in one battle, and won the battle of Liyang.

　The recent chapters are not satisfactory, and the next chapter has a different perspective. I really want to mention it in one stroke: Master Han goes south, and Jinghu will be settled in a month or so.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)