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Chapter 209 Give you a chance, you are useless

"The fleet of the third brother was annihilated by the sudden appearance of the officer's navy? What's going on! Didn't it mean that the officer's army was still blocked by the second in Baling! Last night, I received a military message from the second, saying that Shen Shuren was at least It will take three more days before I can visit Baling in person! Where are the officers and sailors from here!"

Knowing that his own supply line and troop fleet on Dongting Lake had suffered heavy losses in a unilateral massacre, Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a long time, and finally shouted these questions almost in a roaring tone.

Feng Shuangli, the general who was in charge of helping him contact the scouts and sort out the military situation, was also battered.

But he can only bite the bullet and report the poor sources of information he knows as clearly as possible to the King in detail.

"My lord, now it seems that we should have fallen into Shen Shuren's plan to slow down our troops! It is impossible to find out exactly who is in charge of these navy divisions, but according to the reports of the defeated soldiers, there are about [-] sharp fast boats and nearly [-] troops in the army. .

In terms of the number of people, these people are nothing, but the key is that their warships are sharp, and they have more firearms and Flang machines. Our army's small boats are therefore invincible.

The losses have not been counted yet, but at least five to six thousand people were wiped out directly on the lake.The rest of the fleeing and abandoning ships were hard to estimate for a while, but fortunately the three generals should be safe. According to the defeated soldiers who fled back, the three generals were either in Changde at that time, or they had just set sail.

The three generals are extremely witty. After learning that the former army has been intercepted, even if they are still on the lake, they will definitely find a way to escape back to Changde. Is it better to end it?
Our army is now at least divided into two parts, and the head and the tail cannot be seen from each other. If the officers and soldiers find out what is true and what is wrong, and choose one of them to concentrate their forces to attack each other, I am afraid it will be very dangerous. "

After all, Feng Shuangli was a senior general who was able to become one of the five military commanders in Zhang Xianzhong's army in history. Even if he didn't study much, he had fought with Zhang Xianzhong for nearly 15 years, and he had a very keen sense of the battlefield.

He is still very clear about those basic taboos in the art of war.So after sorting out the information just now, he was able to point out the key contradiction at once: Zhang Xianzhong's army has now been temporarily divided.

Feng Shuangli said that it was divided into two parts to save face.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu are now fighting each other, and they have been divided into three parts.

Zhang Xianzhong was in Changsha, Li Dingguo was in Yueyang, and Liu Wenxiu was in Changde. The three parties happened to be in the shape of a character, forming a military presence around Dongting Lake.One is on the west bank, one is on the northeast corner, and one is on the southeast corner.

Of course, this division is not unsolvable.For at any rate it was possible to gather troops by marching directly around the shore without crossing the lake.

It’s just that the journey around the lake is definitely much longer than crossing the lake. Changde, Yueyang, and Changsha are at least 300 miles away from each other by land. It takes three days for infantry to march on two legs without luggage. If you march normally, it will be five days.

In the case of a strong enemy appearing and at least stronger than any of the three parts of the thief, three to five days is absolutely fatal, and part of it may be swallowed by the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Xianzhong had to be a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and immediately made a decision to let the three parts of the army consider how to dispatch, maneuver, and assemble, and they couldn't stay where they were anyway.

Zhang Xianzhong was pacing back and forth in the lobby of Prince Ji's mansion with glaring eyes, fidgeting with some spoiled animals in his hands.

In the end, he finally made up his mind, and the strength in his hands tightened naturally, and he killed a Persian cat raised by Ji Wang's family, and ordered:
"That's it. Let the second child look for an opportunity to retreat slowly, at least come to Hunan to join forces with my army first. Let the third child stay in Changde, bluff as a suspicious soldier, and help us divert the attention of the officers and soldiers.

However, let the third child be smarter, if the main force of the army really rushes towards him, he can fight as much as he can, and defend Wuling County and consume the army.

If you feel that you are invincible, you will abandon the newly captured soldiers in Changde and other newly attached troops, and only take the brothers from the old battalion in Henan, Shaanxi, and flee back to Shizhouwei, and try to return to the state to join forces with Wang'er.

As long as you retreat to a dangerous place, burn and kill everything along the way, and clear the fields with solid walls, it will not be so easy for the officers and soldiers to catch up and fight decisively.Shen Shuren wanted to enter the mountains, and the trouble of transporting food alone was enough for him to ponder for ten days and half a month. Soldiers and horses suitable for a decisive battle in Dongting Lake may not be suitable for traveling in mountains. "

After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. At this point, the balance of his inner trust in Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo finally completely fell to Sun Kewang's side.

It was Sun Kewang who advised him to be cautious before the battle!The news that "Shen Shuren's main force was transferred to the Henan station by Yang Sichang" may be fraudulent, and it may be Shen Shuren's showing weakness to lure the enemy.Now all this has really come true!

But Li Dingguo asked him to take the initiative to attack as soon as possible, saying that he could no longer catch the limited number of enemies such as Guizhou and Badong, and that the people would be killed sooner or later, and they would lose their hearts.

As a result, he fell into the pit now!If I knew this would happen, the hearts of the people in one or two state capitals are nothing!You should kill more people and eat more meat!Continue to boil for a while and wait and see!

That's not to mention, Li Dingguo blocked the mouth of Dongting Lake in Baling, and this task was too poorly completed!Not only was it not blocked, but false news was sent back!
Originally, even if it wasn't blocked, at least he reported a letter of approval, so that he could let Liu Wenxiu give an early warning and stop transporting troops across the lake, so that he wouldn't suffer losses in today's battle.

Disappointed again and again, coupled with the old account of Ai Nengqi's murder last year, under the superposition of three bad influences, Zhang Xianzhong finally decided to go back and deprive Li Dingguo of his status, and no longer give him the same level as Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu. military power.

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After all, the navy of the official army only has 6000 people, so after a lot of arrogant slaughter on the surface of Dongting Lake, it can only stop here for the time being.

To let Shen Lian and Li Yu directly land in Linxiang County, go upstream along the Xiangjiang River, and fight a land battle with Zhang Xianzhong's main force, it would not dare to borrow their courage.

In the evening of that day, at most, the officers and soldiers went to the mouth of the Xiangjiang River near Linxiang County, killed all the boats on the lake that could be seen, and then retreated back to continue searching for the remnants of the enemy in the direction of Changde.

For the next few days, all they could do was continue to patrol the Dongting Lake, cut off the possibility of Zhang Xianzhong's army restoring waterway traffic, and see if there was any stunned young man who was not afraid of death coming out to die again.

If not, it would be difficult for Shen Lian and others to form effective support for the frontal land battle battlefield.

And the focus of the battlefield is also revisiting the land battlefield in the direction of Baling, Yuezhou, and the north entrance of Dongting Lake——

Liu Wenxiu hid in Changde, put on the defensive, and restrained the officers and sailors. There was absolutely no danger. If the main force of the officers and soldiers really turned around and attacked Liu Wenxiu first, he would just run away.

Taking a step back, Liu Wenxiu’s existence, even if he does nothing, still restrains 6000 officers and soldiers—because the officers and soldiers must keep an eye on Liu Wenxiu at all times. The remaining ships will be gathered to continue smuggling to Changsha.

Liu Wenxiu's value in the follow-up period of this battle is roughly equivalent to that of the German Navy during World War I. As an "existing fleet", although it does not leave the port, it can contain the enemy's troops to block him.

But Zhang Xianzhong's main force is in the south, and Shen Shuren can't reach it for the time being, it is hundreds of miles away, so the one who can fight right now is Li Dingguo.

Shen Shuren learned the news of Shen Lian and Li Yu's sneak attack and breaking the fight, a little later than Zhang Xianzhong - because the sentry boat on the lake must be slower than the fast horse messenger on land.

The speed advantage of the waterway only exists in large-scale marches with heavy loads.In terms of information transmission, it is always faster and slower than the land route.

Therefore, after Li Dingguo received the bad news from Zhang Xianzhong, it was several hours later that Shen Shuren in the Chenglingji camp to the north of him knew the same news.

At this moment, the two sides basically have their cards on each other's next move—Shen Shuren knows that Li Dingguo will definitely not spend any more time in Baling. There is no point in guarding the mouth of the lake any longer.

The navy soldiers of the officers and soldiers will definitely not consume their supplies very quickly. It is estimated that they will not be able to finish the food brought with them in ten days and a half months.Therefore, it is impossible to expect to "cut off the food roads of the officials, army and navy, and let them collapse on their own" by long-term blockade of the lake mouth.

If the main force of the tens of thousands of officers and troops disregarded the grain road and directly crossed Baling by boat, then Li Dingguo might have better consider cutting off the grain road.Now there are too few officers and troops infiltrating the enemy's rear, and the transport capacity ratio is not at that level at all.

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Li Dingguo received Zhang Xianzhong's order in the afternoon of June [-]th.

When he first received the order, he was still a little surprised, but then he quickly understood his dangerous situation - he was out of touch with the soldiers and horses of his father, king and third brother, and he was the only one who had to face the main force of the army. The presence.If the withdrawal is late and the officers and soldiers bite him to death, I'm afraid it will be bad luck.

Therefore, there is no time to think about how to withdraw the troops in order to "retreat without chaos" and "pretend not to retreat if you want to retreat". The most important thing is to leave as soon as possible.

Li Dingguo didn't hesitate too long, just sighed for a while, and then called Bai Wenxuan and Pan Shirong to announce his plan.

"The number of officers and soldiers on the opposite side is probably no longer inferior to our army. Moreover, if the navy of the officers and soldiers succeeds in sneak attacking, the morale of the officers and soldiers will definitely increase, and it will be even more detrimental to our army if we continue to fight.

Although we also have boats, it is no longer possible to retreat by water, we can only walk.Tonight, at the first shift, we will prepare meals and provide additional meals for the soldiers, and at the second shift, we will set off, ready to walk at night.

Pan Shirong, you leave some new appendages that you can give up, stay behind the rear camp, and pretend that we haven't left tonight.I will leave you with a thousand cavalry. Once the official army makes a tentative attack tonight or tomorrow morning, and you can't resist it, you can use the cavalry to abandon the army and flee first to catch up with the main force. "

After Li Dingguo ordered, Pan Shirong heard that he could still bring some cavalry, so even if he performed the post-break mission, he would have a chance to escape, so he agreed and prepared not to mention it.

Bai Wenxuan at the side thought for a while, and added another suggestion: "Second General, the last general thinks that it is better to let the main force take the boat tonight, and it will be difficult for the officers and soldiers to stop them in the dark.

And now that the troop carrier fleet of the three generals has just been intercepted and destroyed, maybe our place is dark?Let's assign some new affiliated troops and civilians who can be given up, and let them serve as oarsmen and row the boat overnight.In this way, the main force can sleep a few more times, and when it is almost dawn, they will abandon the ship and land on the shore, and retreat on foot.

In this way, even if we encounter officers and soldiers searching at night, we can avoid being charged and killed. If we really find that the officers and soldiers have a large number of patrol boats on the lake, we will have time to abandon the boat and rush to the beach—at worst, we will leave the shore from the beginning Go closer to the boat, not more than two miles away. "

After hearing this, Li Dingguo felt that what Bai Wenxuan said was also reasonable, so he adopted these two details in a timely manner.

Li Dingguo's camp was preparing, but the officers and soldiers did not intend to let them stop.

He originally planned to leave after dark, but before it was dark, Zuo Zixiong came to bombard Li Dingguo's camp with a firearm battalion and Hongyi cannons.

Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry battalion is also neatly dressed and lined up on both sides. It can be seen that the firepower of the army is ready to transform into a full-scale attack at any time.Seeing this battle, Li Dingguo knew that Shen Shuren must have also received the news that the navy of the army had successfully attacked Liu Wenxiu.

"I don't know how many people can leave after today." Li Dingguo felt a chill in his heart.

(End of this chapter)