Great Han Empire

Chapter 79 Yanzhao Fengyun
Looking at the light rainy night, Li Hong called out to the scouts: "Investigate again."

Then he turned his head and shouted to the horn soldiers: "Order the troops, be careful and advance at full speed."

Lu Pofeng's troops followed the hundreds of Xianbei soldiers who had evacuated from Zhuolu in the middle of the night.They really didn't understand why the enemy suddenly abandoned Zhuolu City and ran towards Lu County as if they were dying.He and Huzi divided into two armies. He led the soldiers of the Bailu tribe in front, and Huzi led the cavalry of the Han army to support them in the back to prevent being ambushed by the enemy.

In the middle of the night, he received a report from the scouts and learned that there was an army marching in the direction parallel to him. He was taken aback and hurriedly led the troops away from the road and proceeded carefully.

At dawn, the two troops found each other almost at the same time. They turned out to be their own people, and it was a false alarm.

When Lu Pofeng saw Li Hong with his face covered in black mud, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Commander, have the enemies of Zhuolu retreated?" Li Hong asked loudly while urging his horse to gallop.

"Yes, the enemy suddenly abandoned the city and fled. Although we don't know the reason, we still chased them down. My lord, why did you appear here? Has the enemy's situation changed?"

"We turned defeat into victory. Damn it, it's a miracle, do you believe it?" Li Hong shouted excitedly.

Lu Pofeng felt ecstasy in his heart, he lashed the horse's whip, tried to catch up with Li Hong, and almost roared, "What's going on? What happened?"

"The mouth of the sand broke its embankment. The flood rushed down and wiped out all the enemy's supplies."

Lu Pofeng's eyes widened, and he could hardly believe his ears.

"The embankment of the sand mouth is broken...?"

Suddenly he growled: "Did you send someone to dig it?"

Li Hong looked into his angry eyes, as if he was going to eat people, he was startled, and instinctively shook his head again and again.

"We spent more than ten years working on that embankment, invested a lot of property, and finally repaired it. It is absolutely no problem to resist ordinary floods. How could it fall? It has only rained for less than two days. How big will it be?" How could the mountain torrents be overwhelmed?"

Li Hong felt guilty, and was stunned by his yelling, he didn't dare to make a sound, and just ran with his head down.

Lu Pofeng and his father, two generations of father and son led the tribe and the people near the Sanggan River. With the support of the local government, after all kinds of hardships and tribulations, they finally built a solid embankment in Shakou.There is their sweat and hope.I didn't expect it to turn into a bubble before it was used for a few years.The collapse of the levee seemed to stimulate Lu Pofeng far more than defeating the enemy.

Lu Pofeng yelled twice, and immediately felt his gaffe.But the joy in his heart has been washed away by the collapse of the levee.He was heartbroken, disappointed, even a little depressed.

But the soldiers, no matter they were Karasuma people or Han people, were all frantically beating their mounts in the dawn rain, shouting with all their strength over and over again, celebrating the sudden and incredible victory.

Lu Pofeng saw Heng Ji.

"Did the breach of the Shakou embankment be a good thing for you?" Lu Pofeng looked at him fiercely, gnashing his teeth.

Heng Ji nodded in embarrassment.

"Marshal, calm down. The Xianbei people have occupied our homeland. If we don't drive them away, how will we live? The dam is broken and we can repair it, but the homeland is gone. Where are we going? Is it in the mountains?"

Lu Pofeng cried out in pain: "In order to build that dam, hundreds of people in the clan have died over the past ten years, even my father died on the dam, you..."

Heng Ji looked around at the cheering crowd and shouted loudly: "Commander, didn't we also die hundreds of people when we fled from Sanggan River into Taihang Mountain? Don't be angry, we should take all the hatred from the Tuoba people." Get it back. Tuoba Feng failed, we can return to Sanggan River immediately, aren't you happy?"

Lu Pofeng let out a long sigh.He couldn't be happy, although he knew that breaking the embankment was a helpless move, and defeating the Xianbei people was more important than anything else, but he just couldn't bear to part with that embankment.He has feelings for it.

"Where is Lu Huanyang?" Lu Pofeng asked, and then he came to his senses: "He took people to Shakoudi?"

Heng Ji had a wry smile on his face.

"He also came up with the idea, right? This brat, I peeled his skin later."

He had nowhere to vent, so he lashed his horse a few times, turned around and roared:

"Hurry up. Go to Lu County and kill all the Xianbei people."

Lu Huanyang sneezed more than a dozen times in a row.

He and more than 300 soldiers hid on the hill near Shakou, shivering from the wind and rain.

In front is the endless water, a vast expanse of whiteness.The sound of huge water flow from the gap can be faintly heard.

"Xiaoshuai, the flood will subside in two or three days, right?" A centurion sitting next to Lu Huanyang asked lazily.

"If it doesn't continue to rain today, it's probably about the same. I hope the Xianbei people can leave us something." Lu Huanyang said with a smile.

The centurion couldn't help being happy.

"Dream. There is such a large amount of water, a big drop in the terrain, and a turbulent current. What else can be left behind? Cattle or sheep?"

"However, the embankment is broken, and it will take a lot of effort to repair it this year."

Lu Huanyang immediately put on a bitter face.

"Do you think the commander-in-chief will ask me to settle accounts for this matter?"

"Of course. You wait to be whipped." The centurion smiled gloatingly.

Tuoba Feng was sitting alone in the large tent enjoying a sumptuous breakfast.

Suddenly, Tuoba Hui rushed in covered in rain.

Tuoba Feng's face immediately darkened.He didn't like being disturbed when he was eating, and he didn't like his subordinates breaking into his big tent without warning.He looked at Tuoba Hui coldly, waiting for him to speak.

"The sand mouth has burst." Tuoba Hui almost shouted in panic.

Tuoba Feng was expressionless, staring at Tuoba Hui with a stern expression, slowly swallowed the beef in his mouth, and reached for several golden bowls containing mare's milk.

"Tuobatao sent people to send news that the Sanggan River flooded yesterday, and the sand mouth burst its embankment, and the flood flooded down. Our cattle, sheep, horse grass, and luggage were all washed away by the flood outside Xialuo City. More than 3000 soldiers , more than 1000 grooms and handymen, there is no trace, and it is estimated that they were also swept away by the flood, and their survival is slim."

The muscles on Tuoba Feng's face twitched nervously a few times.As if he didn't hear it, he drank the mare's milk in one gulp, and then slowly put down the bowl in his hand.

"My lord, let's withdraw our troops immediately. There are still three days of rations left in the army, which is just enough for us to retreat to the vicinity of Guangning. Chi fears that the army's morale will be chaotic, and it will collapse without a fight."

Tuoba Feng stood up suddenly, roared angrily, grabbed the wooden table with both hands, and smashed it hard to the ground. With a sound of "click", the wooden table broke from the middle, and the wooden plates and golden bowls on the table flew into the air, and fell to the four corners of the big tent, and the food was scattered all over the floor.Still puzzled, Tuoba Feng kicked the broken wooden table with all his might.Two pieces of wood flew out, hit the strong cowhide tent, and fell to the ground.

Tuoba Hui seemed to be very familiar with Tuoba Feng's temper, and stood silently by the side, allowing him to vent his inner anger.

"How did it become like this?" Tuoba Feng shouted angrily.

"How's the water situation in the lower reaches of the Sanggan River?" Tuoba Feng calmed down a little, then turned his head and asked.

"According to reports from the scouts, the water level has soared, and there is no way to ford across the river. If they stay in Zhuolu, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Pan County's troops to retreat unscathed."

Tuoba Feng yelled again in anger.

A heavy rain, just because of a heavy rain, a powerful army fell into such a disastrous situation.

The cattle and sheep enough to feed the soldiers and horses for more than half a month were gone, and the weapons and supplies were gone. The troops transporting the supplies were washed away by the water. A total of more than 5000 troops who stayed in Zhuolu Pan County and drove over from Sanggan City in Daijun were wiped out. Trapped on the west bank of the Sanggan River, they are in danger of running out of food and being surrounded at any time.

The easy victory was snatched away by a sudden rainstorm.

Tuoba Feng bent down to pick up the golden bowl on the ground, and sighed.

In the morning, Li Hong led an army of five thousand to the bank of the Sanggan River in Lu County.

Without waiting for a rest, the troops immediately formed a charge array, ready to attack the enemies by the river at any time.

Tuoba Tao used the embankment of the Sanggan River, backed by the Sanggan River, to form a semicircular defensive position.Several cowhide boats on the river shuttle back and forth between the two banks, and a small boat can only transport two people at a time.These small boats were originally used by the scout team to carry out their missions, but now they are used as escape tools, which is better than nothing.

Li Hong drove his horse to a place beyond the range of the enemy's long arrows, and carefully observed the formation of the Xianbei people.Then he took Lei Zi and a few guards and ran back to his front, and used the horn to summon the officers of the various ministries.

When Lu Pofeng saw that Li Hong was calm, confident, and very experienced in dispatching troops, he secretly admired him.Although I have been the leader of the Bailu tribe for four or five years, when it comes to leading troops to fight, I am far behind this legendary figure in northern Xinjiang in terms of number and scale.Lu Pofeng knew that he had participated in several battles involving tens of thousands of people, including the Jutun War, the Lulongsai War, and the recent Yuyang War.Participating in a battle of this scale can help a fighter accumulate rich combat experience and quickly improve his combat literacy and psychological quality.War service and war fighting are different.Soldiers who have experienced combat service will understand campaigns and battles far better than those who have only participated in ordinary combat.

Generally speaking, generals look forward to participating in such a large-scale battle if they have time, so as to improve their military command ability, but many people rarely encounter it once in their entire lives.However, Li Hong experienced it three times in a short period of time, which is really enviable.

"Will it still rain tomorrow?" Li Hong asked with a smile after several military officers and the Bailu tribe's Hengji and the two thousand commanders rushed over.

The dark clouds in the sky are gradually dissipating. Although there is no sun, it will not rain again.

Everyone roared with laughter.The laughter immediately dispelled the tension that was pressing on everyone's hearts.

"It probably won't rain tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The water level of the Sanggan River should drop rapidly in two or three days. If we want to eat Tuoba Tao, it must be in these two days." Lu Pofeng said loudly.

"Tuobatao has been in the army for decades, and he is used to fighting. Today, with his back against the Sanggan River, he set up such a semi-circular defensive formation. He must have defended it until the river fell and waded away. Under the strong attack , our army must have suffered heavy casualties." Yushi said slowly.

"Master Jun Hou said so, do you have some clever plan?" Lu Pofeng asked immediately.He knew that in the face of a group of desperate enemies, a strong attack would definitely cause huge losses.He also didn't want too many casualties among his subordinates.

Yushi shook his head and looked at Li Hong.

"Tuoba Tao densely arrayed spearmen on the outermost side to deal with the impact of our army. On both sides of the semicircle are archers to help the spearmen defend. Inside the circle are iron cavalry waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. This The formation like an iron barrel is the most difficult to attack, especially they don't need to guard the back, they only need to concentrate on dealing with the front."

"If our army attacks by force, I'm afraid they won't die, but we will all die already." Li Hong said with a relaxed smile.

Everyone's faces were solemn, and they looked at Li Hong in puzzlement.Judging by his appearance, it seems that he has stopped fighting.

"We won't fight anymore." Li Hong said as expected.

Everyone was in an uproar.Although the loss of the troops may be greater after the fight, it is too unreasonable not to fight with a large group of enemies in front of them.

"My lord..." Lu Pofeng shouted very angrily.

Li Hong smiled and signaled everyone not to shout.

"Our army has been running back and forth in the rain for days, and is very tired. It is indeed not suitable for combat. Moreover, we are light-packed, do not have enough rations, do not have enough arrows, do not have an advantage in numbers, and do not have the ability to fight tough battles. So this First World War, we will not fight.

"Tuoba Tao's troops have been staying in the city for a long time, and they only started their activities yesterday afternoon. Their physical strength is better than ours, their rations are better than ours, and they occupy a favorable terrain. Moreover, their soldiers know that this battle is a matter of life and death. Their fighting spirit It's booming again."

"On balance, it's better not to fight. If you really want to fight, once the enemy is overturned, it will make the world laugh."

"My lord, do you have another clever plan to wipe out the enemy?" Li Song asked.

Li Hong shook his head.

"All the enemy's supplies have been washed away by the flood. After receiving the news, the main force must withdraw from Juyang as quickly as possible. Tuoba Tao's troops were trapped here because they could not cross the river. There is a big river in front of them. There will be pursuers later, the foreign aid will be cut off, and the food and grass will be exhausted. Under such circumstances, their morale will inevitably be low. But they still have one hope, that is, after two or three days, the water level of the Sanggan River will drop, and they can take the opportunity to escape."

"If we want to annihilate them all, we only need to completely cut off their hope."

"How?" Yan Wuwei asked immediately.

"Can you think about it?" Li Hong said with a smile, "Think about it, what is the best way?"

"It's definitely impossible to expect rain in the old days." Yan Wuwei said hesitantly, "It would be great if there is one of our troops on the other side."

"Fearless is right. The best way is to let our troops appear on the other side, completely cutting off the enemy's idea of ​​fleeing across the river."

"The enemy can't cross the river, how can we cross the river?" Huzi said dejectedly.

"Master Zheng is not here, could it be that Lord asked him to move reinforcements to Juyang?" Wu Zhao suddenly asked loudly.

"Yes. Wu Junhou has thought of a solution. As long as Tuoba Feng receives the news of the loss of supplies, he will retreat in the shortest possible time without any delay. At this time, time is more important than life. They will follow suit. There will be no more enemies under Juyang City later today. As long as the defenders of Juyang City dispatch 1000 people to march here overnight, Tuoba Tao and his [-] soldiers will have no choice but to surrender .”

Li Hong clapped his hands together, smiled at Lu Pofeng and said, "Can you feel at ease now, Commander?"

"Xianbei people are fierce, what if they must break through?" Lu Pofeng asked immediately.

"If we have 1 people, do you think Tuoba Tao will forcefully break through?" Li Hong asked.

"1 people?" Lu Pofeng was surprised, "Do you still have reinforcements?"

Li Hongda laughed.

(End of this chapter)