Fu Song

Chapter 555
The oars of the boats swished into the water, stirring up a piece of water, which shone brightly under the bright moonlight. The moon was like a silver plate, and the breeze was blowing on the face. .Not one, but slices.

On the boat, the soldiers holding weapons leaned against each other, sleeping soundly.

On the water of the rushing Yellow River, hundreds of troop carriers, carrying thousands of soldiers and ordnance supplies, are rapidly approaching their target.

On the shore, a cavalry team of [-] men echoed them.

These teams were sent by Xiao Cheng, under the command of Gao Yingxiang to rescue Xie Hong and Liu Jun's troops.

This army consisted of three different groups of troops. Wei Wu led [-] soldiers from Guangnan West Road, Gao Yingxiang led [-] soldiers from Yunnan Road, and the cavalry on the shore came from Guizhou Road Tianying Army. Led by Yue Teng.

This is a test of Gao Yingxiang's command ability.

Fortunately, Yue Teng said something, Wei Wu is really a veteran.

"I don't like Xie Hong and Liu Jun!" In the cabin, Wei Wu said bluntly: "These two guys are typically holding the lives of the people in Bozhou and Suzhou to pave the way for their future prosperity and wealth." what!"

Gao Yingxiang didn't make a sound.

He has a different background from Wei Wu.

Wei Wu was born at the bottom of the ranks, and he worked step by step from a young soldier. During this period, he was disabled. If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet Xiao Cheng, his final outcome would have been miserable.

Although he is successful and famous now, his thinking has long been solidified.

For people like Xie Hong, he frowned.

Gao Yingxiang is different.

He even admired these two guys.

Such a decision cannot be made by ordinary people.

From the very beginning when Xie Hong and Gao Jun decided to send troops, they were soberly aware that they would inevitably encounter Liu Yu's crazy counterattack. If they were half-hearted, they would definitely die without a place to die.

Therefore, their speculation this time completely cost their lives.

All the available supplies, ordnance, food and salaries of the army are now concentrated in Xuzhou, and even their families have all moved to Xuzhou.

To put it nicely, it is to live and die with Xuzhou, and to guard this throat for the Song Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, it is because the current Suzhou and Bozhou are just two eggs with empty shells. With just one tap, the yolk and egg white will flow all over the place, so it is better to transport all the family to Xuzhou. After all, there are heavy soldiers there. Gathering together is safer.

And the development of the matter was just as they expected. Liu Yu heard that Xuzhou was lost, so he didn't even return to Jinan, and led the army from outside Tokyo to Xuzhou.

Xie Hong and Liu Jun, who had been on guard against this for a long time, were naturally not afraid, they fought well with Liu Yu, attacking and defending.

Liu Yu couldn't take Xuzhou down, so he spread an evil fire on Bozhou and Suzhou. The army broke into these two places, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of crimes, and the local people suffered a great disaster.

These two places are located in the Huaihe River Basin, and they have always been rich and prosperous places. After being tossed by Liu Yu, they almost turned into a hell on earth, with a lot of casualties.

Liu Yu's original intention was to lure Xie Hong and Liu Jun to separate their troops to rescue each other. In this way, he could wipe out his opponents in the wild without having to attack the heavily defended Xuzhou City.

However, Xie and Liu have made up their minds a long time ago. No matter what tricks you and Liu Yu have, I have one way to deal with it, that is, I will never leave the city.

In the end, Liu Yu, who was so ashamed and furious, even ordered the graves of Xie Hong and Liu Jun to be dug up to vent his anger, and even made people drag the coffins from these graves to the city of Xuzhou, in order to hit the morale of these two guys. But I don't want Xie Hong and Liu Jun to cry in front of thousands of people after crying in the city. Its cramps peeled off.

Hitting the morale of others will not work, but it will increase the morale of the other party, while your own morale will drop sharply.

After all, such a thing as digging people's ancestral graves is a very immoral thing in the eyes of people regardless of the enemy or us.

The battle of Xuzhou came to a stalemate. Liu Yu's army continued to harass and loot Bozhou and Suzhou, and even had a tendency to expand outward, while Xie and Liu still defended Xuzhou.

If there is no foreign aid, even if Xuzhou can defend for a year or so, it will definitely be lost.

There are no soldiers to help outside, and no city to defend inside.

And Xie Hong and Liu Jun gambled that Xiao Erlang, who was far away in Jiangling Mansion, could see Xuzhou's role in half of the south of the Yangtze River. As long as the reinforcements arrive, their credit for capturing Xuzhou and destroying their family and defending the city is enough to make them famous and profitable in the new dynasty. receive.

And this is the reason why Wei Wu dislikes them very much.

Because these two guys are essentially thinking about their own glory and wealth.

But the price is the blood and lives of countless people.

Gao Yingxiang's view is just the opposite.

"Futai doesn't just want us to save Xie Hong and Liu Jun!" He looked at Wei Wu and said, "General Wei, Futai asked us to come to stabilize the entire Jianghuai situation."

"How to say?" Wei Wu frowned.

"So General Wei wants to enter Bozhou, Suzhou, defeat the puppet Qi army there, and solve the battle plan of the people in the two places, which is absolutely impossible." Gao Yingxiang smiled and said: "The purpose of Liu Yu's doing this is to thank you. After Hong Liujun came out and fought with him, there must be the main force of the puppet Qi near these two places."

"It just happened to destroy them with one blow." Wei Wu said disapprovingly.

"Never underestimate the enemy's combat power!" Gao Yingxiang said solemnly: "Even if we defeat the opponent head-on, with our strength, it will be difficult to completely wipe out the opponent. In the end, it will be just a stalemate. In our future, No good."

"Then let them burn, kill and loot these two places?"

"If you want to destroy them, you must first make them crazy, or let them go crazy for a while!" Gao Yingxiang said with a slight smile: "General Wei, if you want to complete the strategic concept of Futai and stabilize the Huaihe River Basin, what else can we do except Xuzhou?" In addition to this central point, we have to win two places."

"Xiapi, Dangshan!" Wei Wu stared at the map on the table.

"That's right, my first goal is Xiapi!" Gao Yingxiang said: "We can't hide our troops from our opponents, but the speed of our march is beyond their imagination. Next, I am going to abandon the ship and go ashore , because on the water, our goal is basically clear at a glance."

"Plug first so that the opponent can't figure out our purpose, and then go down at high speed!" Wei Wu immediately understood Gao Yingxiang's meaning.

"That's right! Our army can march eighty miles in a hurry with enough weapons and food. They would never have dreamed of this!" Gao Yingxiang said: "The defenders of Xiapi are now going to encircle Xuzhou Now, once we appear here, the opponents will panic. They didn't take Xuzhou. If they lose Xiapi again, they will really be unable to stand in this area. Therefore, Liu Yu's main force will definitely concentrate on Xiapi. "

"It's a good idea!" Wei Wu said while rubbing his chin.

"In Bozhou and Suzhou, they choose the battlefield, but the battlefield is in Xiapi, so we choose the battlefield!" Gao Yingxiang smiled and said: "General Wei, look, this old course of the Yellow River is quite suitable for Yue Teng's Tianying Army to charge. Man can give full play to their combat effectiveness under such terrain."

"The puppet Qi's cavalry are good!" Wei Wu laughed.

"In my opinion, the Tianying Army is the sharpest cavalry in the world!" Gao Yingxiang said: "Here, we defeated Liu Yu's main force in one fell swoop. You said Liu Yu lost this battle, where would he run? "

"Needless to say, naturally he ran to his lair!"

"That's right. Next time we attack Dangshan, it will be easy." Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "Then there is Dangshan in the west, Xuzhou in the middle, and Xiapi in the east. This line of defense in the Huaihe River Basin has initially taken shape. It is basically The situation on the Eastern Front has been stabilized, even if the Liao people come in person, there is nothing I can do. What to do in the future depends on the new emperor's enthronement, and what to do after the new dynasty is established."

Wei Wu had nothing to say.

Gao Yingxiang's strategy and tactics are beyond reproach.

He also understands that this is the best way.

"After this battle is over, the defense line you mentioned is formed, and the eastern front is considered stable. Will the two guys, Xie Hong and Liu Jun, be promoted?" Wei Wu asked unwillingly.

Gao Yingxiang laughed: "Of course, this matter was planned and implemented by them alone, and we are just adding the last touch to this wonderful picture designed by them. Brother Wei, if Xuzhou Liu Yu holds the line of Liao, Dangshan, and Xiapi. When the Liao people have finished their own affairs and stabilized the situation, and then turn their eyes to us, then this is their breakthrough. We don’t know how many people will die. Hold this line! Moreover, it may not be possible to hold it. So the credit of these two people is indeed great. Just watch, when the time comes, the position of these two people will definitely be above us."

"So many people died!" Wei Wu muttered.

"In this world, where there are no dead people, and where there are fewer dead people, on the contrary, their approach may be the least dead people. They do have selfish intentions, but compared to the overall situation, no matter who they are, they have to stretch The one with the last thumb is Futai, and I have to thank them!" Gao Yingxiang said: "The middle line Xiangyang and the east line Jianghuai are all in our hands, leaving only the Qinling Mountains on the west line. It is too difficult to break in from here, and even if it is this opening, they will not leave it to Futai."

Wei Wu nodded and said: "This is what Erlang said, first form a confrontation between the North and the South, and then ask the Northern Expedition to recover the homeland."

"Yes!" Gao Yingxiang said.

"I'm here to lure the enemy!" Wei Wudao: "General Gao, it's not that I look down on the Yunnan soldiers. In terms of movement and mobile marching, I'm afraid the soldiers I lead are stronger."

Gao Yingxiang laughed, "I wish you, no, please, I was worried that I couldn't invite you before! You came out of Futai. I have seen the soldiers you trained. It is the same as other soldiers on Guangnan West Road. It's completely different, but it's the same way as Xiao Futai's soldiers."

Wei Wu shook his head and said: "General Gao, you are wrong about one thing. You are the boss and I am a subordinate. I may be dissatisfied with your orders and have my own opinions, but when I execute them, I will definitely not have the slightest bit of dissatisfaction." Hesitation. This is my most basic quality as a soldier."

Gao Yingxiang was startled, clasped his fists and said, "General Wei, I was wrong!"

The two looked at each other, but both laughed.

"The two of us may not be friends, but we will definitely be the best partners on the battlefield." Gao Yingxiang stretched out his hand.

Wei Wu drew his hands behind his back and said, "Why can't we be friends?"

Gao Yingxiang laughed: "Okay, if you want to say that, then let's try to be friends and see if it works. Do you think it's okay? After all, we've only known each other for a while! By the way, I've always been curious, you feet..."

"Want to see?"

"kind of!"

Wei Wu lifted his trousers with a smile, revealing those iron feet.

"Now our smelting process is getting better and better, so the quality of these feet is getting better and better."

Gao Yingxiang looked at those feet, stretched out his fingers and flicked them, and the sound was soft.

This is more than just a pair of feet!
It's just a pair of weapons.

At dawn, when the fleet docked, Wei Wu led a part of his troops towards Suzhou, while Gao Yingxiang led the main force still along Surabaya, all the way towards Xiapi.

It is not so difficult for an army of [-] people to pretend to be an army of tens of thousands of people.

Departing from Guishan Town, Wei Wu's troops first arrived at Wuhe, and then went straight to Si County. Looking at the road, they were heading directly towards Fuli, the governor of Suzhou.

The scouts wandered around, and they would not let go of any pseudo-Qi scouts who were too close, while those who were farther away and couldn't see clearly and could only make guesses were intentionally let go.

The vague information was exactly what Gao Yingxiang wanted to give Liu Yu.

As Gao Yingxiang hoped, Liu Yu believed that Wei Wu's army was the main force to assist Xuzhou, and began to mobilize the main force from Bozhou and Suzhou, preparing to defeat the support army first.

However, just when Liu Yu felt that everything was ready and he only owed the east wind, the main force of the enemy in his imagination arrived at Jing'an Town, just a short distance away from Fuli, but suddenly made a big turn and turned around. then go.

And the direction to go is Xiapi.

Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly away, Liu Yu naturally refused to let it go, and immediately led the army to chase after it.

But what made the puppet Qi army dumbfounded was that the army in front of them could really run.

After chasing after them for several days, I still can only see the smoke and dust of their departure from a distance.

But at this time, a bad news came from Xiapi.

An enemy of tens of thousands of people suddenly appeared in the direction of Xiapi.

But at this time, the army that had been hanging them not far away suddenly rushed towards the direction of Xiapi as if it had been beaten with chicken blood. After a day, Liu Yu's troops could no longer see their presence. shadow.

It wasn't until this time that Liu Yu suddenly realized that he had been fooled.

The target of the opponent was Xiapi from the very beginning, but what was in front of him was just a decoy.

Xuzhou has been lost, and Xiapi can no longer afford to lose it.

Tens of thousands of puppet Qi troops rushed frantically from Bozhou and Suzhou towards Xiapi.

(End of this chapter)