Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 508
An earthen wall has been built on the north bank of Fenshui, and Jiangzhou soldiers are stationed behind the earthen wall.

Not far away, there are continuous camps, with many flags and banners, and wandering horses.

On the south bank, the Hezhong Army was slowly dispatching.

A sergeant held a large shield in front, covering hundreds of other people from rushing forward.

In the previous few days of fighting, the Hezhong Army nailed a thick wooden stake in a shallow water in the center of Fenshui, and connected it to the south bank with an iron chain.

At this time, hundreds of people were carrying sandbags and throwing them beside the chains.

Every time a section is filled, there are sergeants cheering loudly.Others are more motivated, and their subordinates are more powerful.

This is Liu Xun's plan, and he learned the old skill of Ma Suihuan (huán) in water warfare.

Moreover, relying on the large number of soldiers, he went downstream to find a place to build a pontoon bridge to distract the Jiangzhou defenders.

Wang Ke was so convinced by this that he gave up directing himself and obeyed Liu Xun's advice.

However, this also made Tao Jianzhao, Zhang Hanyu and other senior generals dissatisfied.They couldn't ask for a foreign assassin, and they were very unhappy at first, but now that they were overwhelmed by Liu Xun, an outsider, they were even more annoyed, and they were almost passive and sabotage.

To put it bluntly, Wang Ke's prestige is still not enough.If Wang Chongrong were here, would anyone dare to do this?

Arrows continued to fly from the other side of the river, and the soldiers who filled the river were killed or injured from time to time.

"Damn it, don't fill it up, this is driving me to death!" Someone threw a soil bag on the ground and shouted angrily.

"Brothers, don't fill it up, there are old parents at home, who will take care of them if they die in the river?" Someone echoed.

"The brothers and grandchildren of the royal family are killing each other, so what does it matter to me?"

"What about staying behind? Is there no reward for filling the river? Where is the reward?"

"Reward money! Reward money!"

"Swoosh!" An arrow flew out, shooting the person who screamed the most to the ground.

Liu Xun galloped forward, brandishing his saber, and a head full of disbelief flew up.

Behind him, hundreds of Jinyang sergeants fired their bows one after another. The sergeants who had just begun to mutiny suffered heavy casualties, and almost none of them stood still.

There was silence on the battlefield.

Even the archers on the north bank of the river stopped and looked at the south bank inexplicably.

"Those who don't follow orders will end up like this!" Liu Xun dismounted, raised his head, and said.

These arrogant soldiers, he has long been angry.

The Jinyang sergeants are also domineering, but they don't have so much shit when they go into battle, and they are all very honest.

How did He Zhongjun become like this?It seems that there have been signs of this since Wang Chongrong's death, but Wang Chongying didn't care about it. After his death, he finally couldn't clean up and evolved into the current bird.

Wang Ke is not the owner after all.If the king of Longxi County is here, who would dare to make trouble?
"Continue filling the river!" Liu Xun ordered: "Hang these heads on the gate to warn the troops."

The Jinyang sergeant obeyed the order, drew out his sword and axe, and chopped off the heads one by one.

The sergeant in the river in the distance was silent and there was no movement.

Anger flashed across Liu Xun's face, and just as he was about to say something, someone suddenly shouted, "You're staying behind!"

Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, Wang Ke cautiously came to the river.Looking at the blood all over the ground and the random piles of heads, his face turned pale, and after a long time, he said, "Today, the sergeant filling the river will be given two coins."

The personal soldiers rode out and announced orders to various ministries.

After a long time, someone finally moved.

They carried earth bags, stepped on the almost filled river section, waded forward, and threw the earth bags beside the iron chains.

Not every place has to be filled, as long as it is enough for people to cross the river.

There were dense arrows coming from the opposite side, and they were aimed at Wang Ke's side.

"Go back!" Wang Ke turned his horse's head and planned to avoid it.

Liu Xun stepped forward quickly, grabbed Wang Ke's horse's bridle, and said, "Please stay here and stand here. I heard that Shao Shude attacked Xingfeng, and the soldiers failed to attack repeatedly. He rode forward on his horse and said, "Stand here Sitting here waiting for the soldiers to break the enemy', there was an arrow falling beside the horse, but he laughed and said, 'the bandit army sent me arrows', the soldiers were worried about the safety of the commander, everyone worked bravely, and finally conquered the strong city. The last general please stay Follow Shao Shude's story and inspire the morale of the army."

Wang Ke hesitated.

Another wave of dense arrows flew from the opposite side, landing on the armor, the grass, and the banner.

"Stay here and go!" General Pei Ling snatched the bridle from Liu Xun, and remonstrated bitterly, "A son of a thousand pieces of gold doesn't sit in the court. Arrows fly all over the place, and disasters happen every day. Don't you love yourself when you stay?"

After finishing speaking, he greeted the crowd to surround Wang Ke and went back.They went in such a hurry that even the flag was rolled up.

Liu Xun was furious, and just wanted Jin soldiers to stop Wang Ke, but finally gave up, feeling lost and speechless.

Wang Ke was given a good chance, but he didn't grasp it.

The prestige of a coach is often accumulated by small things.

The Shao thief on the opposite side of the river shot and killed the enemy soldiers from a long distance in Zhelu's army city, suppressed the army chaos in Daibei, and attacked and killed He Gongya, the general of Jieao Yamen in Jinyang, and was well-known on the ground in Hedong.Later, they discussed Huangchao, broke Tuoba Sigong, collected Helong, flattened Yuan...

Every amazing thing you do will be sung by the sergeants, deepening your prestige little by little, and finally unshakable.

Wherever you go, all the generals bow their heads, not daring to have second thoughts.

Every order you give, the sergeants will obey unconditionally and do it with all their heart.

Even the foreign troops who surrendered will be intimidated by the accumulated power, put away their arrogance and domineering thoughts, and secretly endure and dormant.

Wang Ke, after all, is not Shao Shude's kind of hero who came from the bottom, he doesn't have the guts.

How can there be no reason for the armies to despise them?
……

Shao Shude arrived at the north bank under the escort of [-] cavalry soldiers from the Iron Forest Army.

All the 2000 guards got off their horses and knelt down to the ground.

Shao Shude held the reins of his horse, looked at the sergeant in the river who was filling the river, and said: "In the past, Lieutenant Ma Tai used this method to attack Tian Yue. Wang Ke only got the shape, but not the essence. The way to use soldiers is to In fact, Ma Taiwei also sent people to build pontoon bridges upstream and downstream. The guards and soldiers are all my brothers, why stay here? Run out quickly and cruise along the river."

"Obey!" Meng Zhixiang and Murong Fu bowed.

After all, he got on his horse and carried the banner, and the two thousand riders were divided into several divisions, and patrolled everywhere.

"Uncle!" Wang Yao immediately rushed to see Shao Shude when he heard that Shao Shude had come to Fenshui in person.

Wang Yao dismounted to salute, Shao Shude just sat on the horse and nodded slightly.

Xu Hao, the military envoy of the Tielin Army, followed behind, his eyes lingering on Wang Yao's soldiers, as if they were real.

"Uncle, my nephew wants to choose warriors to go out tonight and destroy the chains of bandits." Wang Yao said in a questioning tone.

"Does my nephew plan to defend? Do he plan to fight?" Shao Shude asked.

Wang Yao hesitated for a while, and finally said harshly: "Fight! If you don't fight, you will be captured sooner or later. Fighting may not necessarily kill you, why not fight?"

"If there is a war, Wang Ke will fill the river for me, saving the effort of building a pontoon bridge, so why bother?" Shao Shude asked.

Wang Yao was taken aback, and subconsciously said: "My nephew is not as smart as my uncle, I admire you."

"The Tielin army will arrive tomorrow, if the bandits come, they will fight with them, why be afraid?" Shao Shude said with a smile: "There are hundreds of thousands of bandits, I will stop at [-], how easy it is to break them?"

"The bandits are easy to deal with, so kill him." Xu Hao said loudly.

"Kill his head!" The soldiers of the Tielin Army all knew this catchphrase and shouted one after another.

"Kill his head!" Shao Shude laughed, and with his horse's belly clamped, three thousand cavalry galloped along the river, with banners and banners everywhere, and their power was astonishing.

The iron cavalry army had already crossed the river, and when they found out that there were no Jin soldiers in the direction of Xizhou, Shao Shude decisively led his army westward, and the time for a decisive battle was ripe.

The Jiangzhou sergeants in the fortress were also inquiring for news, and their morale was greatly boosted when they learned that the Tielin Army had come to help them.

The shadow of a famous tree, the king of Lingwu County has such a large territory, could it be that someone else gave it to him?

Tens of thousands of infantry from the Iron Forest Army arrived at the battlefield in the afternoon of the second day.

Wang Yao withdrew the [-] Tutuan villagers from Jiangzhou, and vacated the camp for the Tielin Army infantry.As for the barracks of the [-] cavalry troops, they were built in a hurry.

Wang Yao is still a good soldier, and the camps are all set up on high places, most likely because they are afraid of being flooded.

On the banks of Fenshui with lush vegetation, there is a small piece of woods missing...

On May [-]th, the Hezhong Army held up their large shields and bravely filled the river, almost half of which had been completed.

"Tear down the earthen wall and clear the land by the river." Shao Shude boarded the watchtower in the camp and looked across to the other side.

"Uncle?" Wang Yao was surprised.

"Cang!" A soldier of the Shao family drew his knife out of its sheath and glared at Wang Yao.

"This is a military order, Wang Shijun hastened to go!" Ten General Zheng Yong stepped forward and reminded.

A thin layer of sweat oozes from Wang Yao's back, and she hurriedly went down to the watchtower to deliver the order.

The Jiangzhou sergeants quickly received this puzzling order. I was asked to build a wall on the river bank before, but now I am tearing it down. Isn't this busy?
But the military order was like a mountain, and they still carried it out.With a shovel and a pickaxe, he worked hard to push the thick earth wall down and fill it into the ditch next to it.

The Hezhong Army on the Fenshui River is also inexplicable.But this is not a bad thing. The earthen wall stands there, and there is a trench in front of it. It is quite troublesome to attack.The enemy army seemed to be bewitched, and they took the initiative to tear down the earthen walls and fill up the trenches.

"All the troops return to the camp." Shao Shude continued to order.

Wang Yao has become numb and obeyed the orders one by one.

The Jiangzhou generals are also numb, and the governor didn't object, so let's talk fart!
"Xu Hao!"

"The end is here!"

"Lead the cavalry out tonight and find a place to station yourself."

"As ordered!"

"Wang Yao!"

"Nephew—the end is here!"

"The thieves can fill the north bank tonight. If they don't come to attack at night, they will come tomorrow. You choose an army and go to battle tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Shao Shude beckoned again to let Wang Yao come over.

Wang Yao approached and was a little surprised after hearing it.But this strategy was correct, and it was a military order, so he didn't dare to disobey it, and replied loudly: "The last general obeys."

"Xia Sanmu!"

"The last general is here!" Xia Sanmu, known as the "Monk General", stepped forward and responded.

"In the Iron Forest Army, you have the most outstanding military exploits. Let the sergeants rest well tonight, even if the sky falls, you don't need to worry about it. Make sure you have enough strength tomorrow to kill the bandits."

"As ordered!"

"The military order has been terminated, all the generals have dispersed, everyone keeps their duties and waits for the enemy to fight." Shao Shude said: "Wang Ke wants to fight, so uncle will give him this opportunity."

At midnight that day, the sergeants in the river were so exhausted that they finally piled the earth bags to the north bank.

At that time, the river overflowed, and some soldiers in the river waded across the river, moving forward with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)