The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 484 Emergency Action

A Sui army composed of [-] elite soldiers marched quickly among the Hongnong hills in the twilight. Judging from their marching route, they were undoubtedly advancing towards the Lu family.

This area is boundless, undulating hills and dense forests. Villages are scattered on the edge of the hills. However, due to the years of wars in the Central Plains, the situation is not good. The same is true, causing the remaining houses to be empty.Luo Shixin didn't even meet a commoner asking for directions, so he was so anxious that he just wanted to scold his mother.

As the commander of this mobile force, Yang Tong also gave Luo Shixin the right to self-determination before the battle, without interfering with it. These days, Luo Shixin has been lurking in the mountains, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Lu family's Tang army, but the heavy rain has killed him Missed countless opportunities to defeat the enemy.

Just an hour ago, Yang Tong sent a thrilling message to Luo Shixin through Daqing, saying that Li Shimin was very likely to flood the Xiong'er camp, and ordered him to conquer Lu's order at all costs, and then went downstream , look for the dams that may exist, if the Tang army has just built them, they will be destroyed immediately; if the dams have been completed, and the water potential is enough to cause harm, then they will stick to the dams and buy precious time for the Xionger Sui army downstream to evacuate... If nothing exists, Then control the section of Luoshui from 'Lushi-Changyuan', and cut off Li Shimin's way to go west and south.

Rao Shixin is bold, but when he saw the urgent letter, he was also frightened into a cold sweat. He has been in the army for many years, and he learned all kinds of knowledge under the persecution of Yang Tong. Consequences of camp?

If Li Shimin really had this plan and succeeded, not only the Xiong'er camp would suffer, but the entire army of [-] soldiers would be wiped out. The downstream Xiong'er, Yiyang, and Xingtai counties would become a swamp country, and even Luoyang further below would be ruined.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, has a very notable feature, that is the well-known 'five waters surround Luocheng'.The location of Luoyang is the place where the five rivers converge, and the five rivers are divided into countless tributaries, and the big and small rivers criss-cross each other.Before the war, the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty led by Yang Guang were aware of the seriousness of the problem, and every year they mobilized civilian husbands to dredge the embankment. After Wang Shichong took control of Luoyang, he focused on military campaigns, whether it was manpower, material or financial resources, or personal ones. The energy is not enough for him to pay attention to these things. He has never done such a thing as embankment dredging.

And these days it has been raining continuously, and all the rivers have skyrocketed. With the current water potential and dikes, if the flood that has accumulated in the upper reaches for many days rushes down like this, the city of Luoyang is in danger of being washed away.

Luoyang, as the center of the Southern Expedition of the Great Sui Dynasty, will once again become the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty. Now it is full of materials transferred from the north. Except for Pei Xingyan in the direction of Qingzhou and Xue Wanjun in the direction of Guanzhong, the materials from other battlefields are transferred here. If Luoyang Destruction, the terrible consequences are self-evident.

It was precisely because Luo Shixin knew the serious consequences that even after an hour, his back was still breaking out in cold sweat.But as the leader of an army, he cannot, dare not, and will not show this anxiety to the outside world, and bears this heavy pressure silently by himself.

At this time, the army had reached the border of the Lu family, and was rushing towards the county town thirty miles away. After the Tang army withdrew from Luoyang, Changyuan County became the front line, and the Lu family naturally became the logistics center of the Tang army, hoarding a large amount of food, grass and military supplies. , usually through the convenience of Luoshui, it transports various materials to the Changyuan Tang army, and its strategic position is very important.

Since the Tang army did not have large ships, the low transportation capacity was not enough to supply the Changyuan army, and the county town was three or four miles away from Luoshui, so the Tang army built hundreds of warehouses on the south bank of Luoshui, and piled them up. Countless food supplies, and [-] troops stationed here.Based on this, Luo Shixin concluded that even if Li Shimin built embankments, he could only do so downstream of the warehouses. Otherwise, if the flood flooded, the Tang army's logistics center would be the first to bear the brunt.With no certainty that Yang Shanhui was in the middle of the game, if Li Shimin broke the embankment upstream of the warehouse, it would be tantamount to digging his own grave.But Luo Shixin did not dare to be careless, and sent a large number of spies to check upstream.In Luo Shixin's view, the puppet Tang Dynasty is like a gambler who has lost everything. As long as there is a chance to defeat Yang Shanhui and destroy the great plan of the Sui Dynasty's Southern Expedition, let alone the food and grass of an army, it is worthwhile to exchange the more than [-] troops. If Luo Shixin and Li Shimin were to change places, he would do the same.

Also, during the expedition to Goguryeo, Fang Xuanling unexpectedly built the embankment [-] miles away from Zhuhan City, so as to easily avoid the enemy's bright and dark sentries, and finally burst the embankment and annihilated the troops of Ulji Wendeok and Yuan Taejo in the water. Here, it was the existence of this battle example that made Luo Shixin cautious again and again, and made many deployments that ordinary people could not understand.

"General!"

Li Zhengbao, the deputy general, came galloping on his horse, and walked alongside Luo Shixin, and asked a little worriedly, "Is there a change somewhere in the battlefield?"

Li Zhengbao had long realized that the situation was unusual, but Luo Shixin didn't say anything, so he couldn't get involved.But it's not working now, and I vaguely feel that things are big.

"Don't you know?" Luo Shixin asked with a frown.

"This... the great general has never said so, of course the last general doesn't know." Li Zhengbao was sweating profusely, knowing that his guess was right, and there must be a surprising change somewhere.Otherwise, a general who is good at accepting advice will not give orders to fight arbitrarily, and a bold general will not lose his mind to this point.

"The war has indeed changed, but it's not elsewhere, but our Hongnong battlefield..." Luo Shixin quickly explained the cause and effect.

"I thought that the Holy Majesty asked us to take down the Lu family at all costs because we lost patience with the unresolved war, but the truth turned out to be like this!" After listening to Luo Shixin's statement, Li Zhengbao looked shocked, thinking of the consequences of flooding Luoyang, Li Zhengbao was in a hurry.

"Speaking of which, you have more dealings with Li Shimin than I do." Li Zhengbao once served under Liang Shidu's command and had many confrontations with Li Shimin. Luo Shixin wanted to hear his opinion.

Li Zhengbao said without hesitation: "The King of Jin faction headed by Li Shimin fought with us in the Sui Dynasty many times, and was defeated repeatedly, so the world felt that he was a very incompetent general and a teacher who was often defeated. Quite terrifying people, Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji, Yu Zhining, Tang Jian and others under his command are also quite scary. The reason why they have been defeated repeatedly is not that they are not good, but that there are some things that they cannot help themselves."

Luo Shixin nodded. The system of the puppet Tang's pen commanding the gun is not a secret. Li Zhengbao said that it is true that Jin Wang faction can't help it. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Then do you think the Holy Majesty's worry will happen?"

"I think they want it, and they're even working on it." Li Zhengding gave the answer without any surprises. He thought for a while, and then continued: "Even if they didn't think about the plan of flooding, the terrible consequences, It also prevents us from taking chances, otherwise, we will be eternal sinners of the Sui Dynasty."

"Your thinking coincides with mine! We dare not and dare not place our trust in the enemy because of the fearful consequences." Luo Shixin took a deep breath and said, "I think a fierce battle is inevitable."

Li Zhengbao nodded, quickly entered his role, and solemnly suggested: "We also know that the Tang army in Lushi County is only 1, and there are [-] in the warehouse. Our department has an absolute advantage in terms of strength. The key is our army's long-distance The general is worried that after completing this task, our army will suffer too many casualties. The general's intention is to temporarily let the Tang army in the county town go, concentrate superior forces to attack the warehouse, and annihilate the army with thunder. [-] defenders, the Tang army stationed in the county sees changes in the storage area, and must come out of the city to rescue them, and we will give them another ambush, what does the general think?"

"This method is good, let's do it this way." Luo Shixin knew that the main task of this trip was to destroy the dams that might exist, but if Li Shimin had this plan, he would definitely send heavy troops to guard him. This would be a fierce battle that cannot be defeated. If you don't annihilate the Tang army in Lu's county and warehouses in advance, your side will be attacked from front to back, and your chances of winning will be lower. This is why Yang Tong asked him to take the lead in attacking Lu's.

Li Zhengbao saw that Luo Shixin had adopted his opinion, and continued: "Now we are less than [-] miles away from the important storage area, and the general will suggest that the army stop advancing immediately and rest for two hours."

"The order is passed on, the whole army stops advancing and rests on the spot for two hours."

No matter how anxious and uneasy Luo Shixin was, he also knew the reason why the general should not send hungry soldiers, so he could only follow Li Zhengbao's opinion against his will and order to rest.

The two continued to discuss for a while, but found that there was really no shortcut, so they gradually calmed down and prepared to fight a tough battle where blood flowed into rivers and corpses littered the field, but just when the two of them made up their minds, Things suddenly took a major turn.

(End of this chapter)