Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 749
Because there were too many people gathered around the camp, Mao Bao had to take a boat and enter the camp from the waterway.When he arrived at this time, the situation was about to get out of control.However, he defended here during this period of time, and fought fiercely with the Hulu many times, which can be regarded as a little prestige among the people.

Seeing Mao Bao appearing here, the village chiefs didn't dare to offend them too much, and hurriedly restrained the words and actions of the people nearby.After the villagers at the front restrained a little, those people further back also became a little timid for a while, and they all restrained.

"Hearing that Master Wang is about to abandon the people, the villagers are terrified and terrified, and they speak a little aggressively. They are all afraid of being harmed by the slaves. They hope that Marquis Mao will not be guilty. The slaves besieged the villagers here, and did not give them a way to live. Wang As for how the master should deal with it, I hope that Maohou can speak up a little bit to comfort the frightened people."

The middle-aged and elderly villagers took a step forward and asked Mao Bao anxiously.

Mao Bao's face was not very good-looking, but at this moment the people's panic had reached an extreme point, and he needed to be careful in dealing with it. After pondering for a while, he did not directly answer the question of the old man from the village, but jumped up to a high place in front of the camp and looked down. In the crowd, he raised his voice and said: "What do you want from the living people? Toil during the day, eat and sleep at night, and have a thin soup and short brown, which is enough to continue life. Why can't I get my humble wish? Why can't my life be continued? Harm the people The thieves, thieves, wolves, tortured and killed the villagers, forced the people to leave their homes, and abandoned their ancestors, it is a great harm to the world, it destroys humanity, and destroys the way of life of the people!"

When Mao Bao said these words, they just said the heartache of these people, and the fear was slightly relieved for a while, and the grief spread in their hearts, and many people couldn't help sobbing.

"The slaves came to the south in large numbers. The ruins of Runan are not the land that must be guarded. The Marquis of Huainan deeply sympathizes with the suffering of the people. He is afraid that he will not be able to live on his own. He forced the king's division to come here as a refuge and save their lives under the sword of slaves. Today, the living people can still survive. Gathering here is all the Huainan army's blood and blood! Slaves, beasts, people fall into their hands, can they survive? If the king's master has the heart to abandon the crowd, there is no need to divide his troops to station here before. Such rumors are all false. The theory of slaves killing demons, if Master Wang doesn't care about the lives of the people and wants to abandon them lightly, why should he risk his life to save people before!"

Following Mao Bao's shouting, the noise in the crowd gradually subsided, and the panic subsided somewhat.Although Mao Bao's words are not loud, they are all human nature, so they are more convincing.If the Huainan army really disregarded human life, then there was no need to fight fiercely to save people before.What a stupid way to save first and then abandon it.Previously, panic and panic had buried her rationality, but now she has been slightly coached, and she gradually feels at ease again.

Seeing this, Mao Bao heaved a sigh of relief, jumped down from a height, and prepared to invite those village chiefs to discuss the retreat.Now everyone knows it, and there is no need to hide it, and the support army in the town is about to arrive, and these township and clan leaders need to restrain and organize the people to evacuate as soon as possible.

However, as soon as Mao Bao jumped off the ground, another ear-piercing voice rang out from the crowd: "No matter how many words you say, they are all deceitful! Huainan sent troops only to block the villagers here and make them a fence of flesh and blood! Otherwise, why would the slave army Don't attack Huainan, but attack here by force? The villagers only have one life left, and there are no treasures that the slaves must take! These soldiers are using the lives of the villagers to kill the enemy's spirit, otherwise, why would the food be shorter? The people who are destined to perish, why bother? Full meal..."

The crowd that had calmed down became agitated again as the sound sounded.It's just that the turmoil hadn't completely spread, Mao Bao had already shouted, "Back off", and rushed directly into the crowd.

In the direction he rushed, the people retreated hastily, and those who moved a little slower were knocked to the ground directly.When he rushed to the front, those ferocious people who incited the sentiments of the people hadn't shut up yet. Seeing this scene, their expressions changed drastically. Before they could turn their voices, Mao Bao had already raised his sword and killed several people in a row!

At this time, the commotion was still spreading, and Mao Bao had already carried several bloody heads in his hands, rushed out of the crowd again and jumped back to the high ground where he stood before, and put the few bloody heads on top of his head, and laughed wildly: "Morning Knowing that slaves and thieves are hiding traitors in the people, they have fought hard before and had no time to examine them carefully. Today, they finally cleared up the traitors, and the villagers no longer have to worry about humanoid jackals lurking nearby! The army of the king's division will arrive at Rukou, and then return to Huainan after killing slaves and saving the people. Suffering will be far away, and there will be a way to survive In sight, but the slave is afraid of people's safety, so he has to send. There may still be hidden traitors among the people, who want to harm the public in order to defeat them, and anyone who goes out in the open can be executed, so it can be counted as military merit, and Huainan will be granted land based on merit!"

The bloody scene had already made people shudder, but Mao Bao's call afterwards gave people endless hope.The mood was ups and downs for a while, and the only thing I could remember was to grant the land based on merit.No matter when and where, for Xiaomin, the fields are the lifelines.

"Although the strong aid is coming here, the slaves are afraid that people will be saved. There are still hard battles in the near future. If you can survive the last hardship, you can enjoy a healthy life for decades! To resist the enemy and kill the slaves, you have your own master to take care of it, and the people live on their own. Self-safety, if there is self-chaos, harming others and yourself! Today, the law is in place for the people, whoever steals food, speaks falsely, and kills, all the three prohibitions, all offenders will be killed! Honest words, helping the dangerous, and respecting the sages, all these three good things, Save all defenders!"

When Mao Bao said this, he threw the heads in his hand to the ground, and said loudly: "Mao is here today, and I swear to the life of the villagers, and the reinforcements will come to save the villagers. If the villagers don't save them all , Mao will never die!"

"Mahou benevolent..."

When the villagers heard Mao Bao's oath, their mood was calm for a while, and then they felt ashamed and grateful, and they all bowed their heads and shouted their respects.The township clan leaders who had done nothing before all came forward to help appease the public, so the atmosphere that the civil uprising was about to collapse quickly dissipated, and the people gradually retreated to their simple lodgings.

After appeasing these panicked villagers, Mao Bao ordered people to set up his own flag and guard of honor here, and then called the leaders of the village clan to discuss the specific matters of the retreat in the future.The arrival of the rescue boats does not mean complete safety. The more people are eager to board the boats at such a critical moment, the more likely the situation will get out of control.

At that time, the defenders will still be busy resisting the enemy, and will not be able to devote too much energy to maintaining order. Therefore, if they want to evacuate in an orderly manner, they must rely on the organizational strength of these township leaders.Mao Bao previously agreed to respect the virtuous, and whether virtuous or not virtuous is a vague concept. For the villagers, they must obey the arrangements of these village chiefs and not cause chaos.This is also the only option that can quickly form order under the current circumstances.

In the next few days, the situation in the Xuanhu land was exactly as Mao Bao said, the slave army's offensive became more and more fierce, and even rushed in several times.But with the previous agreement, although the people are still flustered, as long as they see the guard of honor of the Mao Bao flag standing in front of the camp, they can still maintain a little stability, anxiously hoping for salvation.

In fact, the Huainan waterway army had already arrived at Rukou, but the waterway going north from Rukou was severely damaged by the Taobao army, and the navigation conditions were extremely poor. It was difficult for slightly larger boats to leave the Huai River and go deep north.The Taobao's army was mainly concentrated on both sides of this section of the waterway, and the Jiahe sniper did not give the Huainan army a chance to break through and join forces in the north.

Lu Yong and Xu Mao were in charge of evacuating Runan this time, and they also organized small warships to carry out several assaults.However, because the water channel became shallow and there were too many forked tributaries, the slave army divided up the river bank, or set up obstacles with earth and rocks, or threw hooks to drag the warships to the shore, and then swarmed up. Kill and seize the ship!After several small-scale attempts, not only failed to break through the slave army's blockade, but lost more than a dozen small warships.

Although the Huainan Army's water battle was strong, Tao Bao did not approach the Huai River to fight the Huainan Army. Facing such a difficult opponent, Lu Yong and Xu Mao also felt a headache.Fortunately, there was news that the situation was stable in the place of Xuanhu, but it was not optimistic. They were exhausted from resisting the attack of the slave army, and they were unable to attack to cope with the penetration of the navy.

And after a few days of blocking and confrontation, Tao Bao also gradually realized the intention of the Huainan army. This time the boat and boat going west was not mainly to fight him, but to meet the refugees in Runan.Such an intention really made Taobao a little incomprehensible. In his opinion, those small people are consumables for war.

But this did not prevent him from making use of it. On the one hand, he tightly guarded this section of the waterway to prevent the two armies from joining forces;It is best to abandon the ship and land for battle, and he can also take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

But the Huainan Army was determined not to disembark, and the other branch of the Huainan Army in Runan, which was originally used by Taobao as a bait, broke out when Taobao no longer stayed strong, which surprised him a lot. The fighting strength frequently repelled his offensive.Judging from its combat strength, even if the Taobao had not spared any effort to attack directly, it might not be able to easily break through.

The battle in Runan is entangled here. Although the Huainan Army has the advantage in water warfare, under the hard work of Taobao, it turns the disadvantage into an advantage. While besieging Xuanhu, while blocking Rukou, the command is determined, They played with great vigor.

But Taobao was able to do a job with ease here, but Shihu couldn't bear it anymore, because Taobao's defense here was so good that it directly blocked the Huainan waterway army on the Huai River and it was difficult to transfer to Rushui.But this also means that the Huainan Army can leave the battle and return at any time.The water distance between Ruying and Ying is extremely close, and the fast boat's voyage is even less than an hour. In such a short period of time, it is not enough for Shi Hu's army to cross the Huai River on a large scale.

And if they continue to fight a war of attrition, Runan may not be able to support it first, but the loss of Huainan Army is only a far away.But if Shihu doesn't advance bravely here, whether it can be maintained or not is another matter. The consumption of war potential such as food and grass is an extremely serious problem just because the army is stuck here.

If it drags on, the food and grass will be consumed too much, and it will be impossible for the middle school to have a second batch of replacements for a while, and the army will collapse without a fight. At that time, no matter how beautiful the Taobao fights, it will have no effect on the big battle.At the very least, this time the Southern Expedition to the Middle Road will not have any success. Even if all the people in Runan are wiped out, it will not be enough to make up for Shihu's loss in Yingkou.

Therefore, when Shihu repeatedly sent envoys to urge Taobao, Taobao also had to adjust his tactics, loosen the siege of the Rukou River, and strengthen the attack on the land of hanging Hu, in order to lure the Huainan navy into Rushui. On the one hand, it will buy enough time for Shihu to cross over, on the other hand, if the battle goes well, it may also severely damage the Huainan navy here.

(End of this chapter)