Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 750
The layout of the slave army was adjusted, and the Huainan army soon noticed it.

Although the current Huainan army has a slight advantage in terms of the overall war trend, the rescue of Runan is indeed imminent.Therefore, in the last few days, although the navy was besieged around Rukou and could not go further north, there would be small-scale light boats to test and attack every day. After receiving it, the news of Wang Shi's army arriving here should also be passed on to calm people's hearts.

All in all, Taobao's various responses to the Huainan navy are well-versed in the art of war. The waterway of Rushui is slightly farther away from Shouchun than Yingshui. Yingkou is slightly worse.

When the water rises in midsummer, due to the backflow of the Huai River, the navigation conditions of the Rukou section are still good.But more than ten miles away, the Ru River began to diverge, and there were many villagers who fled here built slopes privately to divert water for irrigation and reclamation. In addition, the river course has not been repaired all year round, and water occasionally overflows outside, so there is a lot of water along the river basin. Large expanses of tidal flats and swamps.

Based on such geographical conditions, the Peach Leopard Army dug many criss-cross ditches here. These ditches were no more than ten feet wide and several feet deep. The diversion of the flow caused a larger tidal flat along the coast.Moreover, to set up fortifications around the shoals, and to probe into the river where the current is not too fast, as a sniper, in addition to deploying a large number of soldiers, there is also a lot of firewood. If the boat is blocked and slows down, most of them will die body in flames.

The Huainan army has been stuck here for the past few days, and it's not like they are doing nothing. Starting from Rukou, they organize civilian boats to salvage sand and sand in the deep and wide waterway to the north.But summer and Japan are not a good time to repair waterways, and it is difficult to invest large-scale manpower in the current confrontation between the two armies.Therefore, the effect of doing so is minimal, and it is more to demonstrate the Huainan Army's attitude of neither arrogance nor impetuosity, and steady progress.

Moreover, this time the Huainan army boats and boats have assembled, and they are making a big move in the western region, which is also to show the attitude that they must save the people in Runan.In this way, it will undoubtedly increase the weight of the bait of Xuanhu in the minds of the slave soldiers.The slave army does not have an advantage in the waterway, and it is difficult to intercept the Huainan army on the Huai River. If the Taobao wants to collect the intention to contain the Huainan navy, of course it needs to keep the bait.

If he smashed the Xuanhu land first, then it would be meaningless for the Huainan army to get entangled in Runan, and naturally they would retreat and hold their defenses for a long time.This is undoubtedly the worst outcome for the slave army.If Xu Tui, the army, had been able to create a state where a strong enemy was pressing down on the situation, but Shi Huying's defeat made this plan lose the deterrent effect it should have.

In the early morning, several Chima fast boats from Rukou Shuiying sailed north into Rushui, each carrying more than ten soldiers and soldiers for routine exploration.Seven or eight miles out of Shuiying, the river channel becomes wider, but except for a small section of extremely narrow deep water in the middle, there are large shallow water flats on both sides, making it difficult to drive at all.

At this time, on both sides of the river, people who were enslaved by the army began to appear sporadically, either carrying baskets to transport soil to fill the river, or using simple tools to salvage fish and shrimp for military use.The slave army had no sympathy for these people. Most of the laborers were soaked in water day and night, and festering had even begun to appear from the waist down. Many people died directly in the river, and the corpses were not picked up, floating on the surface of the river. Gradually eaten away by fish and shrimp.

Seeing the appearance of the Huainan army boats at this time, the people who could not bear the mistreatment shouted for help and swam towards the center of the river with all their strength.There were similar situations in the past few days. These fleeing people were often shot and killed in the river by the slave soldiers who supervised the work on the shore as soon as they showed signs of fleeing.

But today the situation is different. The slave soldiers did not respond in a timely manner, or there were not many slave soldiers overseeing the work at all.Although the swimming speed of those laborers was not considered fast, a few of them successfully swam to the deep water area in the middle of the river, but they were weak and gradually submerged under the water surface.On the shore, there were only a dozen or so slave soldiers running around and shouting, but they didn't go into the water, they just threatened them with words.

Chima Qingzhou has its own mission to investigate the enemy's situation, but after all, it can't bear to see the people drowning in the river, so it separates two boats to turn around to rescue the laborers who are about to be submerged by the river.When they approached, the strength of the servants' struggle had gradually weakened, and their bodies were also washed away by the undercurrent of the river.

When the person was salvaged, his abdomen was swollen and his breathing was weak, he lay on the side of the boat, and the river water flowed out from the corner of his mouth.Two of them became more and more breathless, but the rest failed to wake up after all. Only the corpse soaked in the mud of the river lay on the deck, seeming to accuse the cruelty of the world.

Seeing that someone escaped successfully, the remaining servants saw a glimmer of hope and poured into the river one after another, without exception, there were hundreds of people nearby.Seeing this, the slave soldiers on the shore roared furiously, but they didn't dare to go into the water to stop them. As for the camp of the slave army farther away, no more soldiers poured out.

This place is not too far from the Rukou Shuiying camp, and the Chima Qingzhou responsible for spying on the enemy's situation could hardly rescue all the people, so a fast return communication ship was separated.As for the rest, they scattered in all directions to salvage those suffering people who were already exhausted and about to drown.

The water camp responded in a timely manner, and soon a private boat sailed out to pick up the hundreds of people who had escaped successfully. Most of them were already weak in consciousness and were quickly sent to the camp for treatment.There are still a few who are reasonably sensible, and after a little food and clothing, they talk about the movements of the slave army intermittently.

Lu Yong and Xu Mao in the battalion also received a report that the slave army had shown signs of retreating, so Dang even guessed that the attack on the Xuanhu Land should be intensified.So they sent more red horse light boats out to spy, and at the same time began to dispatch soldiers, and soon organized a thousand-man team, divided into seven or eight warships, led by Mo Zhong, who had been promoted to the owner, Start to drive further north of Rushui.

Although Taobao weakened the blockade of the Rushui section of the waterway due to the consideration of the overall battle situation, but in order to avoid doing too much, they did not withdraw all the soldiers.A part is still left along the way to protect the many earth dams, wooden fences and other obstacles set up before.

Mo Zhong and more than a thousand sailors rushed from Rushui to the north. They also encountered many obstacles along the way, but they were not very tough. In some places, there were only some simple wooden fences erected, without even basic guards. Those wooden fences were also smashed straight away by the boats, and the driftwood fragments were all swept away by the current, which is not the same as the previous blocking force.

After rushing along this way, after another ten miles of water, they were already more than 20 miles away from Rukou Shuiying, before Mo Zhong and the others encountered some powerful obstacles.The Rushui river channel is tightened at this place, and there is a diversion near the bank to connect Shenshui.The slave army has built several earth-rock dams here, and when the dragon is about to close, there is only a narrow stream less than three feet wide in the middle, which cannot pass through the big ships.

There are several arrow towers on the left and right sides of the dam, and at the same time, there are thick beams across the river, and there are still thousands of slave soldiers on the left and right waiting for the enemy here.As soon as the warships of the Huainan Army approached, the slave soldiers on the arrow tower on the embankment began to shoot condescendingly, and the arrows soon covered the waters within ten meters to the left, and the empty arrows caused a wave of excitement splashes.

The speed of the warship that was rushing forward suddenly slowed down, and the soldiers on the warship all held up their shields for protection, and the arrows that slanted forward contained a lot of power and chiseled at the shield surface, and the force of the shot was pressed by the wooden shield. The waves are transmitted to the soldiers, and then passed to the boats carrying the soldiers. The momentum of the warships is thus offset, and large water patterns originate from the draft of the warships, rippling violently along the water surface.

Once a slight victory is obtained in a water battle, the advantage obtained is much greater than that in a land battle.The slave soldiers stood on the ground, and the arrow tower towered high, condescendingly shooting down.The Huainan army had to be distracted to ride the waves, and it was difficult to line up troops on the river, so after a little trial, they didn't want to fight, and turned back immediately.Of course, if you really want to attack by force, it is not without tactics, such as soldiers swimming across to attack, or directly rushing into the embankment.

At this time, Taobao was standing in the camp on the high hill not far from the embankment, watching the battle. Seeing that the Huainan army retreated after a little testing, he couldn't help frowning.The Huainan army's boats and boats are aggressive and approaching. Before that, Taobao mistakenly thought that they were going to start a decisive battle with him.But after the contact between the two sides, it was discovered that the Huainan Army's style of play was completely not seeking merit, but seeking to be correct. They would rather park their boats at Rukou and delay entering, and would not launch an attack when they did not have an advantage. It was really conservative. To the extreme.

If this is the usual style of fighting of the Huainan army, then it is conceivable that King Zhongshan's defeat in Yingkou was entirely his own fault, and he pushed the soldiers up to give the Huainan army a chance to fight.

After contacting these few days, Tao Leopard also deeply felt that the real tactics of the Huainan Army are completely different from the stance shown. The stance is extremely unrestrained, but in terms of specific tactics, it is more than conservative, and has been avoiding anything. Tough battles.Such an opponent is undoubtedly extremely difficult. Although thanks to Taobao's thorough preparations, the disadvantage of the terrain in Runan's area has been turned into an advantage, but the Huainan Army is simply not in the game, making him completely unable to attack.

In fact, this type of style of play is extremely demoralizing, but the Huainan army has achieved a great victory before, so there is no need to worry about morale at all, but the Jiehu army needs to be worried.

"Get out of the embankment..."

After pondering for a long time, Taobao still had no choice but to order.The current situation is that although he won in the tactical arrangement, he lost in the strategic arrangement.Assuming that he came south in this battle to confront the Huainan Army's long-term Linhuai, then his arrangements are undoubtedly correct, but the facts are not the case.In this way, the various arrangements he made became obstacles to prevent the enemy from entering the trap.Even he has little experience in such an unimaginable battle.

(End of this chapter)