Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 665
In this battle, even though they had been extremely careful and tried to avoid direct combat with the opponent, they still lost hundreds of people.Peng Biao's mood is really not good, and he feels that the opponent is really a difficult opponent in the field. If he really fights directly, even if all his troops are on top, he may not be able to win.

This battle also made Peng Biao give up the idea of ​​gathering troops and attacking Liang Jun instead. Traveling has already made him helpless, and Jiancheng is really even more difficult to start.Instead of running far away, it is better to make up our minds to concentrate our troops on the front line of Huainan, and fight with the opponent to slow down their marching speed.

Moreover, judging from the opponent's arrangement later on, they did not disperse the people, but carried them along with them. It can be seen that the opponent's general is not a person with a firm heart. Get bigger.

Although Peng Biao also understands that his tactics of driving civilians to death are really hurtful, even in their current state of Zhao, if they are passed back to the rear, they may be used as an excuse to attack him.But right now, he can't take care of that much. The opponent is not an opponent that can be defeated head-on. If he can't keep Shouchun before the reinforcements arrive, he will undoubtedly suffer even greater censure.

So after leading the army back, Peng Biao didn't even try to defend Huliang Garrison. Instead, he directly led the army and retreated, joining the troops on the back road, and repeating the previous action of gathering the people.

The situation around Huliang Garrison also spread and became known, so for a while those docks in Huainan either spontaneously gathered to defend against danger, or simply abandoned their homes and fled to the mountains in pieces.

This also brought great trouble to Peng Biao, knowing that what he did this time can be described as drinking poison to quench his thirst, and he was in a mess.Regardless of the outcome of this victory, if Huainan is to be governed stably in the future, there must be strong troops stationed here, otherwise there will be repeated rebellions and no peace.

From this point of view, if Peng Biao can't win this battle, his future is really worrying, he will lose his land and his people, and the Lord's rule of virtue for several years, at least in this land of Yuzhou, will be greatly reduced .Therefore, he needs to have a great achievement in order to protect him from being liquidated afterwards.

In the previous battle, Peng Biao had a better understanding of the temperament of the enemy general Shen Zhezi, or his kindness, but it was limited.Simply driving the people into battle will not cause any impact on the opponent, and because of the chaos of those people, it will cause a lot of trouble to their own troops.

So in the future, Peng Biao no longer deliberately gathered people to charge the battle, but transferred the main force to the south, wantonly smashed the dock wall in the territory, and created a large number of refugees to attack the south.No matter what the outcome of this battle is, it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in Huainan in the future, so it doesn't matter how dilapidated the situation in Huainan will be in the future, he just wants to do his best to create a chance of winning.

However, Peng Biao soon tasted the consequences of such a raging place.

In the land of Huainan, there are not many strange and dangerous places to defend.The terrain of the Jianghuai hills has gradually stabilized, and there are occasional shallow slopes and muddy ponds, which are not dangerous places for humans and animals.But if you really want to choose a place to garrison, you don't have no choice. Luodu, which is located in the south of Huainan, is a good choice.

The location of Luodu is a barren mountain in the remaining veins of Jiangjunling, and it is also a watershed between Feishui and Luojian among the many waters in Huainan.And Luodu is a short waterway that runs through mountains and connects two rivers.

When the water is high in summer, this place can be used as a waterway connecting the two rivers, but when the water is dry in winter, there is no convenience for navigation here, because the two rivers flow here, but it becomes a horizontal ditch separating the north and the south.In the early years, when Zuyue had a bad relationship with the Jiangdong court, he built a fortification here and stationed troops here to prepare for the south.

Peng Biao looked around and finally chose Luodu's location as the main battlefield for the confrontation with the Yuzhou army. On the one hand, he sent people to dig deep in Luodu, which was in the dry season, and demolished several stone bridges on Shuidu. On the other hand, he continued to mobilize troops. Gather at the garrison north of the waterway.

So far, more than [-] people have been assembled here, of which only [-] people are from Peng Biao's own lineage, and the rest are from Shouchun's local troops.

Most of these people were the generals of Zuyue's troops in the past, and they may not be credible, but they were consistent with Peng Biao's intentions in resisting the northward advance of the Yuzhou army.After all, if they hadn't betrayed the ancestral agreement in the early years, Shouchun would not have been broken by Zhao Guo so easily.Once the Jiangdong court regained Shouchun, no matter whether they were held accountable for taking over the city and surrendering to the enemy, or following the ancestral covenant for rebellion in the early years, it would be impossible to let them go easily!
Because too many troops were invested here, the number of Peng Biao's tribe in Shouchun City was less than 2000.This is already an extremely dangerous number, but now Peng Biao has to do so, he can only hope in his heart that the reinforcements will come early, or that he will defeat his opponent here.

There are many people around, and they are driven southward in large numbers.Peng Biao also sent a large number of rangers to cruise south of Luodu, one to spy on the military situation, and the other to drive away the people.

The speed of the Yuzhou army going north is getting slower and slower, which is a good sign for Peng Biao. Every time they come north, the logistical pressure will increase.Even if the army is strong, but with so many refugees taking refuge, food and grass must be in short supply.Therefore, the rangers who went south were also charged with the task of waiting for an opportunity to harass the opponent's grain road.

Further south of Luodu, it can be described as a human tragedy. A large number of people were expelled into the wilderness. There were corpses lying everywhere in the wilderness.

Perhaps they also understood that their side was in a bad situation, and when the Jiehu cavalrymen drove away the people, their methods and attitudes became even more tyrannical.They didn't even allow the people to stop for a long time. Once they found that the team was stagnant, they rushed forward to chase and kill them.

In the bitter cold wind, a group of more than [-] refugees on the gentle slope was slowly heading south. They seemed to be a whole clan, each of them was disheveled and their clothes were dirty and torn.Some strong men carried old people on their backs, or held children in their arms. Their thin chests heaved violently, and a large stream of white air was emitted from their mouths. The whole team moved forward with difficulty.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded from behind, which was like a reminder to the people in the team.As the sound of the horse's hooves got closer, all the old and the weak in the team trembled, and many women and children lowered their heads and cried.But the strong man tried to speed up his pace, his pace was already staggering and precarious.

However, how can the legs be as fast as the four hooves? Soon, seven or eight knights of Jiehu riding in leather robes appeared behind them. These slave soldiers were just wandering aimlessly in the wild, but after seeing this After a group of refugees, a cruel light shone in their eyes.

One by one, the horses chased up from the back, brandishing their whips and leaning over to beat those who fell behind, while uttering curses in nonsense or Chinese, as well as cruel laughter.

"Anu hurry up!"

One person at the back of the line was supporting the old woman, while the other hand was holding the young child and ran wildly, but the child stumbled and fell.Just at this moment, a slave rushed up on his horse, and the horse's foot happened to step on the back of the struggling child. The child suddenly let out a scream that was not like a human voice, and then scalding blood oozed from the edge of his mouth. .

"My son..."

Seeing this situation, a woman next to her had hot tears welling up in her eyes, she turned over and threw herself at the child whose convulsions had stopped.However, when the slave soldiers on the horse saw this scene, they immediately drew out a long knife and swiped it, causing the woman to close down and die immediately.

"what……"

Hearing the sound, the strong man in front turned his head to look, his eyes were already cracked, and he let out a tragic roar, and then suddenly pushed the old woman forward with both hands, knelt down on the ground and cried out mournfully: "My son is not filial. , I can no longer follow my mother to go south!"

After saying that, he rolled on the ground, grabbed the gravel from the ground, and was about to throw his hands at the slave soldiers who had already rushed forward on horseback, and suddenly an arrow flew diagonally, directly across his throat!This person had a ferocious expression, and he still dived a few steps in the midst of a huge shock. When the slave soldier swung his knife and slashed at him, he clasped the back of the knife with his arms together, and then fell heavily to the ground!
The slave soldiers didn't expect that this person exploded with such force when he was about to die. He was pulled over and almost fell off the horse for a while. He twisted his body and was about to stabilize his figure when suddenly the back of his head was hit by a heavy object and fell off the horse.It turned out that the old woman jumped forward and knocked him down with her body!
"Damn old slave!"

The slave soldier cursed, loosened the handle of the knife that was still piercing deep inside the body of the corpse, and then grabbed the old woman's hair and hooked it around her throat with five fingers suddenly retracted. His cloudy eyes stared straight at the slave soldiers.

Even though he was killing people like hemp, the slave soldiers still felt chills when they saw the terrifying sight, they hurriedly turned over and were about to mount their horses again, but there was a gust of wind behind him, a rock hit his forehead, hot blood gushed out instantly, blocking his vision .At the same time, hurried footsteps sounded, a puff of hot air came from the ear, and then there was severe pain, and the entire ear was torn off by sharp teeth!

Five or six people from the side turned around and rushed forward, one by one with flesh and blood, the slave soldier was quickly thrown to the ground, although his hands and feet were struggling violently, there were screams everywhere around him. The pain instantly turned into a bloody man, and the wailing stopped abruptly!

"Stop it, you untouchables don't want to live anymore!"

Seeing this, the slave soldiers at the side were shocked, and swung their knives to go forward to save his companion, but the head of the horse he was riding on was directly hugged by the head of the horse, and he would not let go.After a short pause, someone from the side screamed and rushed forward, blocking the blade with his hand and biting people with his teeth!
More than [-] refugees finally broke out in a desperate situation, all of them died, and they would rather die than let these slave soldiers who ravaged the countryside run rampant again!Each with flesh and blood, hard to shake the iron hooves of slave soldiers.

The slave soldiers were besieged by this, and they were dragged off their horses desperately. They fought and wrestled for more than a quarter of an hour. All eight slave soldiers died on the spot. All of them died without whole bodies. !
Similar scenes are by no means isolated cases, they have been staged repeatedly in this cold winter wilderness, and the killers are always killed!With the sudden increase in the casualties of the rangers dispatched, and the Yuzhou army cavalry also rushing to meet the refugees, Peng Biao didn't dare to send a small group of rangers south for a while!

Three days later, the main force of the Yuzhou army finally appeared on the south bank of Luodu. As soon as it appeared, the chariot formation was arranged along the dry Shuidu, as if they were going to stay here for a long time.

They confronted each other for two days, but the other party did not make a strong attack. Peng Biao couldn't help feeling suspicious. While he blocked the northward passage of the Yuzhou Army, the southward passage was also blocked.On the third day, when they climbed up to peek at the camp, they suddenly found that there were no cavalry in the opponent's army!

After pondering for a while, Peng Biao's expression changed drastically, and he immediately sent his cavalry to go eastward along Luojian, and within a short time he got the news that several garrison passages in the northeast of Luojian were attacked last night, and now they have been captured by the Yuzhou Army. Take it down.In other words, both the east and south outlets of Peng Biao's headquarters were blocked, while the west was frozen Feishui, and there was no crossing at all!
"Shouchun..."

As soon as he understood his situation, Peng Biao's face changed immediately. Once Shouchun fell, the position he chose to snipe his opponent northward would become a desperate place surrounded on all sides!

At this time, he realized that the reason why the opponent moved slowly was probably not just a simple burden, but more likely to attract his main force to the south and create an opportunity for other troops to surprise Shouchun!

However, if the opponent dares to do this, isn't he afraid that the reinforcements from the back of the middle school will arrive in time, and then capture Shouchun back, and by the way, he will attack with himself in two directions, wipe out the opponent's other troops, and break this seemingly hopeless siege at the same time ?
　Chapter 2. . .Yesterday, it was agreed that there would be another update. I am really sorry. I will see if I can catch up with another update. . .

　　
　
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