Han Xiang

Chapter 333 My big knife is hungry and thirsty

Li Dian pointed out that the river is the main stream that flows into Shaopi. It is a north-south Bishui, originating from Bishan in the northern part of Wan County.

Xiahou Dun was confused and asked curiously: "This river is called Bishui, what's wrong?"

"Bi River connects Liu'an, Yan County, and Longshu, and further south is Juchao and Wan County. If this fleet goes up the River, it must be the army of Lujiang River."

Li Dian swiped and pulled with his hand, looking particularly confident.

"Yes." Xiahou Dun nodded in affirmation, and at the same time added: "No wonder this time they used fishing boats to lure the enemy. Sun Quan probably didn't give Lujiang warships."

Qin Yi looked at the two people looking around, and then raised his own question: "What do you mean by the two generals? The hundreds of fishing boats that entered Shaopi should not return to Feishui, and then divert water? But in this way What do you say about the main force of the thief army in the southeast of Shouchun? Could it be the soldiers from Hefei?"

"Probably not." Xiahou Dun came to a conclusion first, and then shook his head to analyze: "I have no grievances or enmity with Long Xiang, he will not risk the rain to destroy my rice fields, and there are more than [-] troops in Hefei, Long Xiang is not afraid of Sun Quan taking advantage of it." And enter?"

Qin Yi frowned and asked: "It's not a day or two since Hefei and Jiangdong secretly communicated with each other. Long Xiang is still afraid that Sun Quan will take advantage of it?"

"Sun Quan's son is so despicable, Long Xiang is a smart person, he won't believe it. Sometimes the betrayal of an ally is fatal. Think about the episode when the eighteen princes begged for Dong, which episode had no selfish intentions." Xiahou Dun's expression suddenly became serious, and then reminded him Qin Yi: "Think about Mancheng's analysis. Even if Long Xiang attacked the Shouchun rice field, where did the hundreds of fishing boats come from? Aren't they planning to go back?"

"Ah this."

Seeing that Qin Yi was at a loss for words, Xia Houdun turned around and asked Li Dian, "Mancheng, just now Captain Qin has a question worth considering, that is, the movement of tens of thousands of rats in the southeast of Shouchun. Their marching direction is very suspicious. They will not return to Jiangdong by boat. Or Lujiang, are you going to Hefei to join Longxiang?"

Li Dian answered calmly: "It is a common tactic used by Jiangdong people to attack the west. As General Xiahou said just now, although Hefei and Jiangdong secretly communicate with each other, they must guard against each other. That army will definitely not borrow from Hefei. If we As expected today, they will definitely find a place to turn west, cross the Fei River west, and then return south to the Lujiang River."

"It makes sense," Xiahou Dun echoed softly, the doubt on his face still not fading: "It's just that the area west of Feishui is wide, I don't know which way these rats will go back to Lujiang."

Li Dian pointed to the map and analyzed: "It's okay to sail along the Bishui River, but the rugged road is not suitable for marching. The plains to the east are easier to travel. If you want to say the shortest route south of Shaopi, it must be in the south around Zipeng Mountain to Shu County. this road."

Xiahou Dun lowered his head and asked, "Are you sure?"

"If it's really Lujiang's soldiers, I'm [-]% sure." Li Dian didn't dare to speak out, leaving room for himself.

"Seventy percent is not a lot." Xia Houdun nodded solemnly, turned around and told Qin Yi: "You tell the scouts to keep an eye on the group of rats, and we will set off now, and rush to Zipeng Mountain to set up an ambush in front of the bandit army, and we will kill them directly." It's their way back, hehe, Sun Quan's children keep destroying my rice, and let them fill their lives with food."

"Wei." Qin Yi took the order and turned around to leave.

Li Dian couldn't stop Xiahou Dun from chasing the enemy, so he could only provide tactical support.

Seeing that Xiahoudun was about to leave, Li Dian couldn't help but continue to remind: "General, victory is never absolute. If the bandits don't follow this path, they must remember not to pursue them deeply."

"Don't worry, I will return with a big victory." Xiahou Dun was full of confidence.

As he planned to march in a hurry, in order to reduce the burden on the soldiers, Xia Houdun ordered to take only three days of rations on the road, preparing to eliminate Chen Lan and eat the opponent's rations.

It was already afternoon when we came out of Shouchun. Xiahou Dun rode southward along Shaopi, and it was already dark when he walked halfway across the lake.

Eight thousand soldiers went into battle with light armor, and they didn't carry any luggage except light armor. Xiahou Dun then ordered to sleep in the open by the lake.

At night, there was a wind blowing on the lake, and the eight thousand Cao soldiers were as cold as homeless wild dogs. In the second half of the night, it began to rain lightly, and the soldiers could only gather together to keep warm. Many people thought of their families at that time.

He was tortured both physically and mentally. Fortunately, Xiahou Dun was strict in governing the army and good at fighting chicken blood. He also received news that Chen Lanxi was crossing Feishui at night, so the morale of his soldiers could still be guaranteed.

Chen Lan crossed the river ten miles south of Xiahoudun, but because it rained that night it was inconvenient to pursue, so Cao Jun was left behind the next day.

Seeing that the prey was right in front of him, Xiahou Dun didn't allow the cooked duck to fly away, so he urged the soldiers to pursue it the next morning, but unfortunately it rained for several hours that day, and the march on the muddy road couldn't keep the distance. Chen Lan in front seemed to be alert, so after chasing for a day, there was still a gap of ten miles.

The next night cleared up, the dark clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, and the moon and stars could be seen when looking up, which indicated that tomorrow would be a sunny day.

Looking at the night sky, Xiahou Dun thought to himself that God seemed to be helping me too, and he was sure that he would be able to catch up on the third day.

Before dawn on the third day, Xiahou Dun assembled his army and marched in the dark. The soldiers ate dry food while walking, and gradually shortened the distance with Chen Lan.

By the time of Chen in the morning, Xiahou Dun could already see the enemy in front of him, and the scattered formation showed that the military discipline was not strict.

Huh, that's it?I won.

Xiahou Dun shouted excitedly: "Boys, shout out loudly with me to make the rats in front of you terrified. Let's try harder to catch up and kill the enemy."

"only."

Following the reconciliation of the generals and schools around him, the eight thousand Cao soldiers suddenly spoke up, and Chen Lan, who was "running for his life" in front of him, seemed to be running around even more panicked.

Qin Yi pointed his gun forward and reminded: "General, Zipeng Mountain is a few miles ahead. If the bandits escape into the mountain, it may be difficult to chase them."

"Then what are you waiting for? Go forward at full speed, before the bandit army enters the mountain, I will definitely bite you."

As Xiahou Dun kept shouting and encouraging, his subordinates ran tirelessly in the wilderness like chicken blood, while the enemies in front showed fatigue.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Zipeng Mountain, Chen Lan made a decisive decision to leave the two battalions behind and buy time for the rest to escape into the mountain.

Xiahou Dun took the lead and rode his horse in front. Suddenly seeing the enemy in front of him stop and line up, he immediately pressed his feet and slowly went up.

When Cao Jun moved forward, Qin Yi saw the enemy in front of the formation very familiarly, as if he had seen it somewhere.

After thinking for a moment, I suddenly remembered.

Qin Yi hastily reminded: "General, this is Yuan Shu's old general Chen Lan. He was originally entrenched in the northern part of Lujiang River. I didn't expect that he was the one who damaged the rice fields. This person has been in secret communication with Sun Quan for a long time. Maybe he acted under Sun Quan's order. .”

"It's all the same, sooner or later I will be the ghost under the sword."

Xiahou Dun said that he lifted the knife and rushed forward immediately, and looked Chen Lan up and down, unexpectedly, the other party was extremely insulting when he opened his mouth.

"What are you staring at? Wrong, you are blind to begin with, isn't that what you are blindly looking at? You blind man chased Chen all the way. Could it be that you are tired of your life?"

"Chen Lan, right? When your head falls to the ground, I hope your mouth is still so hard." Xia Houdun choked back and raised the knife to the horse's head, and said coldly, "My big knife is already hungry and thirsty."

(End of this chapter)