Song Dynasty

Chapter 40 Light Riding
Wang Shen hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Don't be anxious, king of heaven, listen to me. This year, there has been no rain in Huaixi for nearly a year, and the drought is severe everywhere. The water of the Huaihe River is only up to the calves of war horses, and pawns can easily cross the river. This is also the reason why Li Yu's former army hit Pingyuan Town so easily a few days ago. The water of Hongze comes from the Huaihe River, the big river is dry, and Hongze Lake is also dry. The lake overflows directly to the edge of Pingyuan Town. But now, Heavenly King, go out and have a look, there is a deserted beach in front of you, where is there any water?"

Li Cheng said "huh": "That's right, but I forgot that Hongze has shrunk to the point where I can't see it. However, the lake used to be full of water, so no one knows what's going on inside. If you cross the lake and copy to Li Cheng Yu's rear, who knows what will be encountered along the way, how can someone feel at ease to send a partisan to take this risk?"

Wang Shen didn't answer this question directly, but instead asked: "Heavenly King is the only general with cavalry in the Jianghuai army except Uncle Liu Ping. I think the scouts have been scattered in the past few days. I want to ask, can you detect Li? Where is Yu now?"

Li Cheng moved the point of the knife to a place: "I have already figured it out. Li Yu's Chinese army is in the area of ​​Anhe, traveling ten miles a day. The situation is urgent. A certain man has limited resources, and it is too late to investigate the situation in the lake. He knows where to go." .”

"Anhe, um, you came really fast!" Wang Shen suddenly picked up a pen from the case and drew a few irregular small circles on Hongze Lake. After thinking for a while, he drew an arrow in the small circle, pointing to Anhe. : "Heavenly King's surprise soldiers can go straight to the old camp of Li Yuzhong's army along this marching route, and they can march if there is no water on this road."

"You are?" Li Cheng's eyes widened.

"As a general, one should know the astronomy at the top and the topography of the mountains and rivers at the bottom. A military leader, whenever he goes to a place, the first thing he needs to do is to survey the terrain, the more detailed the better, he should also have a topographic map of the battlefield in his heart. These circles are areas with water, which is what I found out from the natives in Pingyuan Town in the past few days."

"Really?"

"Naturally, my subordinates promise." Wang Shen nodded.

In fact, what he said just now was just speculation.

In later generations, he also came into contact with a lot of geographical data on ancient battlefields. As a military history buff, maps must be read.Surrounding Hongze Lake are big cities such as Suzhou, Suqian, Huai'an, and Xuyi, which are the core areas of the Central Plains.What the ancients said, "competing in the Central Plains and competing in the Central Plains" refers to the Huaiyang area.

As far as Wang Shen knows, the average water depth of Hongze Lake is three to five meters, and it was originally a group of small shallow lakes.On weekdays, it forms a large swamp. This year, the drought is severe, and the water level recedes quickly. These small lakes should all be exposed, and the lakes are connected by land.

The small circles that Wang Shen drew in the lake just now are those small lakes in his memory.

Of course, there is another problem here.There must be a big difference between ancient geography and modern geography. In addition, he doesn't know where the water level of Hongze Lake has receded now, and whether there is a road for pedestrians in the middle.However, it should be so.

Based on his inquiries, he can infer that the drought in the Jianghuai region is very serious this year, and the drought in southern China in the second decade of the 21st century is nothing compared to the present.

Even then, in modern times, the major lakes in the south have dried up.For example, the water area of ​​Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake, is only one-tenth of what it used to be, and it is covered with weeds, turning into a sea of ​​grass.

That being the case, Hongze Lake, which is also a shallow lake like Poyang Lake, is supposed to be the same.

That's nothing to worry about either.

Wang Shen can be sure of this.

Li Cheng realized that this was a major opportunity, and Huo Yisheng stood up, and the cloak on his body fell to the ground: "Haha, haha, I didn't think of this. Surprise and surprise, your method is very clever!"

Wang Shen smiled and said: "Heavenly King, I am the commander of the Huai army's rear army's heavy battalion. I am in charge of communication in your camp. We are at odds with Li Yuhan's bandits. If the bandits come, I won't be able to escape. Also ask the king to trust me."

"Haha, of course I believe you. Dao Si, you said that well. For a general, you should know astronomy and geography, and pay attention to articles." After finishing speaking, he put away his laughter and clapped his hands: "Come on, Raise account!"

"Tong Tong Tong" drum sounded fiercely at dusk.

A large flock of flying birds soared in the evening light, blending into the twilight.

Li Jian stood in the lobby, calculating with his fingers.

When the third finger was raised, all the officers above the head of the entire army had arrived.

The festival hall was full of mighty and majestic soldiers, their armor shining, but silent, only the sound of heavy breathing.

Everyone already knew that Li Tianwang had been recruited and decided to fight Li Yu. Today's promotion was presumably to issue a military order, and an unprecedented battle was about to start.

Li Cheng retracted his fingers and clenched his fists: "Everyone already knows that a certain person has returned to the Great Song Dynasty's big capture and killing envoy, and received the order of the little Liu Taiwei general to conquer Li Yu in Jinan. In fact, no matter whether a certain person is Being recruited, this battle must be fought."

"Sizhou is only a big place. First, I had more than 1 people, and then Li Yu's 10 people arrived, and Liu Guangshi's [-] main force also ran over. Hehe, it's really crowded!"

"For example, this area is a pond that is about to dry up. There is less water and more fish. If you have a mouthful of food, others will have less. If we want to survive, we have to forcefully squeeze other fish out, or bite directly Death. As long as you dare to come to my Sizhou, whoever you are, you are a certain enemy."

Hearing what he said, Wang Shen suddenly realized why he had readily agreed to fight Li Yu in front of Liu Guangshi.In the final analysis, Li Chengcheng is a warlord and needs the square inch of Sizhou to raise soldiers.Now that so many troops came in, it was not something he could tolerate when the battle broke out.Liu Guangshi can't do it, and neither can Li Yu.

Snobbery makes people fight, and things in the world cannot escape the word profit after all.

Li Cheng showed his snow-white teeth and made a biting movement: "Look, everyone."

Standing in front of the map, the knife in Li Cheng's hand moved along the line drawn by Wang Shen: "A certain general sent a light cavalry to surprise Li Yu's army along this route, and stabbed him hard in the heart."

"Now, Li Yuzhong's army has arrived at Anhe, and the battlefield is chosen here."

After finishing speaking, he turned the knife around and threw it out with a "swoosh", stabbing right at An He's position.

Almost half of the blade was submerged in the blue brick floor, and a few sparks flew up.

"Chen Lanruo obeys, I will order you to lead a certain three hundred white cavalry to rush forward, and within two days you must arrive at Anhe, and take the head of Li Yu's son, so that you can pickle it, and I will send it to Taiwei Liu to pass it on to the Huaixi army. Showing off a certain martial arts."

A general came out.

Hearing this female voice with a slight metallic tremolo, Wang Shen, who was standing aside, shuddered, and quickly looked closely, only to find that this person was the female general with a long lance and double sabers that he had fought against that day.

This woman is quite tall, about 1.7 meters and looks like [-]. She stands out among a kind of generals.She has a slender waist and beautiful facial features. Apart from her flat chest, she is simply a supermodel for future generations.The straight nose bridge, the deep big eyes, have a rather neutral beauty, just one glance makes one's heart beat wildly.

However, she seems to have embroidered tattoos.There are red, green and green patterns spreading from her chest to her neck. If you look carefully, is it a dragon or a jiao?
Song people like tattoos, and the most famous ones are Jiuwenlong Shijin and the prodigal Yanqing who are covered in flowers and embroidery. Of course, these two are characters in novels.The most famous tattoo in real history is Guo Wei, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Guo Wei has tattoos all over his body, and there are two sparrows embroidered on his neck, so he is called Guo Que'er.

In addition, Yue Fei also tattooed the four characters "serving the country with loyalty" on his back, which shows the customs of the Song people.

This female general is about 24 five, which is the most beautiful time for a girl.Biansheng was covered in beautiful clothes and fierce eyes, she was like a rose with thorns. It turned out that her name was Chen Lanruo.

The word Lanruo comes from the Buddhist scriptures, which means the forest where monks practice, and also refers to the monastery. It sounds very good!

It's just that this female general is not a kind person at first glance, but she has nothing to do with the Buddhists who are compassionate and compassionate.

Female general: "Yes, adoptive father, my daughter takes orders."

At this time, Wang Shen was taken aback. It turned out that Chen Lanruo was Li Cheng's adoptive daughter, no wonder she was so fierce, and her martial arts seemed to be very good.

At this moment, Li Cheng shouted again: "Wang Shen obeys orders."

Including the female general, everyone's eyes fell on Wang Shen's face.

Wang Shenzhang Er King Kong couldn't figure it out, he pointed at himself in astonishment: "Heavenly King calling me?"

Li Cheng nodded: "Wang Shen, the strategy of crossing the arid lake and raiding Li Yuzhong's old camp was in your hands. You are the master, and we are the guests. You are the only one who knows the way among all the people here. I trouble you to be the village guide and lead the way for General Chen Lanruo. "

The tone cannot be questioned.

Wang Shen has seen too much iron and blood these days, and he just wants to quickly hand over his errand and take Anniang and his brother to leave the place of the Four Wars.Now that he was originally sent to Li Cheng's army, he thought he was just a guest, staying for a while, and leaving after the battle was over.But he didn't want to, but now he was sent by Li Cheng to lead the way.

In front of so many people, since Li Cheng had already given the order, there was no way he could shirk it.People under the eaves had to bow their heads.

Wang Shen was in great pain, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Yes, Heavenly King."

"Very good." Li Cheng shouted: "Every army should also get ready. Li Yu's main force is coming soon. No matter how General Chen Lanruo and Wang Shen are fighting, we will also prepare to attack. Soldiers, in order It's time for us to get in touch with Li Yu. I want to teach that Rogue Mountain King from Jinan what a real war is."

As he said that, he threw out an order arrow, and issued orders one after another like flowing water, and the whole Pingyuan town was enveloped in the atmosphere before the war.

(End of this chapter)