Daming kill

Chapter 125
The fire on the river burned all night.

In the early morning, Li Ping rode east to find a high place and crossed the trees to check carefully.

Through the smoky sky, I can see that the huge fleet that once covered the river with clouds and the sun without end has completely disappeared, leaving only debris and wrecks all over the river.

The fleet that Zuo Liangyu used to escape and resist the enemy was over.

Li Ping didn't speak for a long time, his heart was very heavy and his mind was very confused.

Ma Yong, Duan Qiang, Hu Zhongshan and the stupid Liu Qiang who were beside him also didn't speak. Even now, they are still dumbfounded and can't believe the scene in front of them at all.

"Let's go back and discuss the retreat plan first, and then discuss the battle plan. How to retreat, we should think about it first. Let's discuss it together, but the retreat arrangement cannot be spread, so let's control it among us!" Li Ping suddenly turned his head and said to everyone, and then Turn around and leave.

As long as the fleet is there, Li Zicheng may not dare to take the risk of crossing the river near Xiangyang, and the possibility of a siege is the greatest.But now without the fleet, there is nothing to say.

Watching Li Ping ride his horse away, Liu Qiang, a big fool, hastily chased after him.

Duan Qiang looked away helplessly from the river, and said to Ma Yong and Hu Zhongshan, "What? Don't you fight? Should we still guard here?"

Ma Yong, who was about to fight horses, paused when he heard the words, looked at Duan Qiang sadly and said: "I'm afraid we still have to fight, otherwise we can't go. But Xiangyang should not be able to defend, it depends on when Zuo Zongbing plans to fight." If we withdraw, we are afraid that we will be surrounded like the main force of Zhuxian Town's brigade."

"That's right! What's more, we have so much wealth now, it's really troublesome if we don't take care of it!" Hu Zhongshan also looked regretful.

However, Hu Zhongshan seems to be more optimistic about the situation, maybe it is a superstitious self-confidence, maybe it is a superstition about the current strength.

Seeing that Duan Qiang still didn't quite understand, Ma Yong said kindly: "Old Duan, let's go first, I will explain it to you when I have time." After speaking, he rode his horse to chase Li Ping.

At this time, at another high place in the woods along the river to the east, Lieutenant General Hui Dengxiang was also sitting on a stone and looking at the river in the distance.

He came earlier, and he didn't speak for a long time.

At this time, a soldier rode over and reported to Prime Minister Huideng that the sound of horseshoes just now belonged to Guerrilla Li Ping and his subordinates, and they had already notified each other for confirmation.

Hui Deng didn't turn his head back, but said lightly: "Got it."

Although he knew that the enemy was still far away, the horrific fire last night made this veteran soldier have to be cautious.

Prime Minister Huideng couldn't confirm who set the fire, let alone whether the scouts and spies who broke into the army had boldly crossed the river.

Li Zicheng must not be underestimated.

Seeing that the general was like this, a confidant behind Prime Minister Hui Deng had nothing to say: "I heard that the horse's hoofbeats were quite hasty just now. Could it be that Li Ping is afraid? The young man just can't hold his breath. It's also because he was promoted too quickly. It's nothing." Experience. I guess he still can't understand that Yangpitan has already borne the brunt of it! If there is a fight in a few days, we will have to help, as long as he doesn't do anything wrong."

Hearing this, Huideng turned his head and frowned and said to the confidantes behind him: "Don't lie! Although Li Guerrilla has few soldiers, he is the one who needs support the least in the shallows near the left. gone."

Seeing how puzzled the subordinates were, Prime Minister Hui Deng was already upset, but now he was a little angry. He continued:

"How many times have I told you that you have to listen and see for yourself, and see the big from the small, and you must not rely on hearing and prejudice to judge things. Are you blind when you watched Li Guerrilla's army marching and camping from a distance yesterday? So the rules, Neat and well-disciplined army! When have you seen it?

Don't underestimate Li Guerrilla just because he was only a soldier a year ago.You know, he is a fellow of Qi Wuyi and Grandpa Qi, and his family background before the calamity is considered to be very good. He has not only studied books but also studied military art. Do you really think that he is just lucky to be able to have what he is today?It was exchanged by others with their ability, so why not accept it!Are you really old and handsome? "

After finishing speaking, Prime Minister Hui Deng turned back to look at Jiang Mian again, with a more serious expression.

"So it is!"

"That's what the general taught you."

"I didn't expect Li Guerzilla to have such a story. It's really amazing."

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"General, the thieves are going south this time. They have a lot of troops, and they are a victorious army. We have few soldiers, and this time the boat was burned. Can we still fight this battle? Those who can't defend the shoals..." one A very inappropriate question popped up amidst the praises.

However, this untimely question was not finished, because Prime Minister Whedon suddenly turned his head again and stared fiercely at the "smart" confidant.

The subordinate was startled, and immediately realized that he had spoken too much, and swallowed back the words that followed.After being with his master for a long time, he can still understand the master's expression and language.

For a while, the scene was completely silent.

But Prime Minister Hui Deng just stared at the subordinate with a gloomy expression for a while, but finally said nothing, then turned back to look at Jiang Mian again.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Ping to know Whedon's comments to Li Ping.Just like Li Ping was completely unaware that in the history of his time and space, the 5000 soldiers and horses of Prime Minister Hui Deng originally guarded the sheepskin beach.

The history of this time and space, because of the arrival of Li Ping and others, has produced more and more inflection points, and the butterfly effect is getting stronger and stronger.

In the morning, Li Ping, Duan Qiang, Ma Yong, and Hu Zhongshan jointly studied several retreat plans.Then, Li Ping led the staff to formulate a tactical plan for the defense of Yangpitan.

Originally, Li Ping was not supposed to do these tasks. The staff office should draw up combat plans for various situations according to requirements, and then Li Ping would review them, and then report them to officers above the company for familiarization.

But in the first war, the staff office did not have such capabilities, so Li Ping had no choice but to lead them to do it.

Doing such a plan has always been a chore and a waste of brain cells.Because there cannot be only one set of combat plans, it must include all possible plans.

For example: what should the enemy attack directly by wading through the water, what should the enemy attack with boats as the main attack, what should the enemy attack continuously regardless of casualties, what should the enemy do if the submarine team crosses the river from the left wing and attack from the right wing? , What should I do if the enemy brigade breaks through from elsewhere and directly attacks my flank, and so on.

All these must be considered, and there must be specific response plans, which must be formulated in advance and notified to commanders at all levels.Otherwise, if you think about everything now, you will easily become blind and lose your speed.

Fortunately, this is just a simple beachhead defense plan. It is not complicated, even very simple. Many things do not need to be specified in detail. After all, most illiterate generals in ancient times fought battles as well as generals who had not received professional training. it is good.

So only at noon, the battle plan had basically taken shape.

This afternoon, He Zhuzi came back from Xiangyang City with the military support promised by Zuo's father and son.

This time, he brought dozens of loads (about a hundred catties each) of grain, a small amount of meat and poultry, about 100 bird guns, a lot of gunpowder and lead, and even brought back two tiger crouching guns and two Menfraun cannon.

Li Ping specially explained the gun before He Zhuzi left. He just wanted to try it, and he didn't have any hope, but he didn't expect it to come. It seems that Zuo Liangyu is serious about the war.

But it is also possible that the fire last night made Zuo Liangyu more generous, otherwise why didn't he shoot him earlier.

Although these four guns are a bit small, they are guns anyway.

However, although there are guns, there are no people who know how to use them.I asked all over the battalion, not to mention these two kinds of cannons. No one in Li Ping's battalion had even used cannons.

In desperation, Li Ping had no choice but to ask He Zhuzi to go back to the person in charge of military supplies, so that he could borrow some money and ask him to borrow a few gunners to teach him.

Another day later, when Li Ping was inspecting the combat preparations of various troops, Zhao Jin came in a hurry, and he brought some important information to Li Ping.

The army of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai is coming westward from Tang County (now Tanghe County, Henan Province, not Tang County, Hebei Province, only 100 kilometers away from Xiangyang), numbering 40.According to the Tan Ma Bao, there may be around 40, not a bragging.

In addition, the Peasant Army also sent a large number of scouts out, vigorously spreading the slogan of "don't kill a person, don't grab a grain of rice, and don't levy for three years".Now, everyone in Xiangfan City knows that people's hearts are fluctuating, and the incidents of defying the government and the orders of the officers and soldiers have increased sharply.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's movements were not heard. Zhang Xianzhong did not seem to join forces with Li Zicheng, which confirmed Li Ping's earlier judgment.

Regarding the burning of Zuo Liangyu's fleet the night before yesterday, according to Zhao Jin's preliminary understanding: it should not be a fire, nor is it like a bandit army spies destroying it. It may just be a fire set by dissatisfied people to vent their anger.

The person who set the fire was not caught, and there is no way to investigate.

Because there were too many ships, too many people were requisitioned, and the management was chaotic, no one could tell who was in charge of the ship where the fire started and who was around.

Anyway, I only know that the fire started from the shore, and at night, the boats were crowded together, and the fire became uncontrollable in an instant.Then the fire burned extremely fast by the wind, so not a few boats were snatched out, and they were basically burned out.

Early this morning, some cronies of the Zuo family began to mobilize on a large scale to snatch the merchant ships at the merchant ship gathering place in the east (the place was not burned), and no matter who the ship was, they first robbed it.Zhao Jin also got the mission, and he, Shi Ming and others participated in the boat grabbing.

At noon, all the snatched boats were gathered at the wharf in Fancheng, and various materials and even a large number of women began to be continuously carried up in the city.Because of this, Zhao Jincai was free when loading the goods, so he hurried here to tell Li Ping about the urgent situation.

As for the preparations for this battle, according to Zhao Jin's knowledge, the left army's defensive posture is quite inactive and inactive. army.

However, the defensive circle in Jiangnan is too small. The entire 20 people are basically huddled around the two cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang.Once the enemy attacks from a distance, there will be big trouble.

In addition, many of the generals of the Zuo Army really believed that Li Ping was allowed to guard Yangpitan to kill his spirit, but there are many versions of the temporary change of generals, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

Li Ping also gave some feedback to Zhao Jin, but he didn't have any big information, it was just about his one-third of an acre of land.

He briefly talked about the topographical characteristics of the entire sheepskin beach, and focused on the water depth. The deepest part is only about 1 meters deep, and most of the waters are even less than half a meter deep.For those who want to cross the river without a boat, the condition of Yangpitan is far better than that of the surrounding shallows.

If Zuo Liangyu didn't run ahead of time, it would be very difficult for him, Li Ping, to fight the peasant army. Therefore, guarding the sheep's skin beach is really not a good job, but quite dangerous.

Fortunately, the water is cold in winter, and it is not so easy for the peasant army to wade across the river. If it is summer, it will be really troublesome.

When it came to the end, both of them concluded depressingly: the generals have no fighting spirit, the army has no fighting spirit, and they fight more with less, and the people's hearts are all lost.

Then Li Ping was watched by Prime Minister Hui Deng's troops behind him, which made it difficult for Li Ping to make big moves.

However, now Li Ping also wanted to test the strength of the peasant army and himself with the advantage of the location. After surveying the terrain, he still felt that there was a possibility of a war, and it should not be a problem for at least a few days.

If Li Zicheng's large troops go upstream to attack, with so many troops, it is impossible to be silent, and it cannot be completed in a short time, and it should be enough for Li Ping to run away.

Therefore, Li Ping decided to wait and see.

Regarding Li Ping's situation, Zhao Jin has no better idea now, and can only repeatedly tell Li Ping not to hold on, and if the situation is no longer feasible, he should retreat decisively, even if he escapes alone.

When parting, the two embraced tightly and said "treasure" to each other heavily.

(End of this chapter)