Great Han Empire

Chapter 78 Yanzhao Fengyun
"It's also possible that they will turn to Pan County at Chengting?"

Heng Ji considered for a while and said.

"How far are we from Chengting?" Li Hong asked.

"About thirty miles."

Lu Huanyang, Yushi, several military officers, and the head of the village came after hearing the news.After listening to the introduction of Scout Karasuma and Hengji, Yushi suddenly said: "My lord, we can ambush them in Chengting."

"No matter what the Xianbei people plan to do, they have less than 1000 people, and they will definitely go to Chengting. This is a good opportunity."

Li Hong laughed: "What are we going to do?"

Everyone was silent, with regretful expressions on their faces.

"We are going to attack the enemy's supplies, and we are going to hit them seven inches. If we are greedy for a moment and wiped out this enemy, our whereabouts will be exposed immediately, and how can we complete the next task? Don't lose the big because of small things. "

"Order the troops to leave immediately. Hengji, immediately send more scouts to Chengting to monitor the enemy's movements."

A flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, instantly illuminating the entire mountain.Then the thunder exploded from a distance, and the rumbling sound was deafening from far to near.

"It's going to rain. Let's go." Li Hongda shouted.

In the morning, the heavy rain finally hit.It rained hard and densely, as if the sky was falling, endlessly.The mountains in the distance are hidden in the thick mist, looming.The lush trees on both sides of the mountain road seemed to be nourished by the dew, and suddenly became more fresh and beautiful.The rich fragrance is permeated in the water mist, floating in the air with the wind, refreshing.The grass on the ground has quietly changed into a tender green fresh skin, like a creamy jade dew, which makes people fascinated and can't bear to touch it.

Li Hong let the rain hit his face and body.He was like a child, jumping and jumping in the pouring rain, as if he had won a treasure, yelling, and he didn't look like a military commander at all.

He stopped from time to time, pulling Lei Zi and a few guards to look at the charming scenery around him, cheering happily from time to time.He greedily breathed in the fresh air, feeling as if he had turned into air, and became one with the rain, mist, and heaven and earth in front of him, and he was intoxicated.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, gradually becoming a torrential trend, and the huge sound gradually became a roaring sound.The drops of water were so big and fierce that it was painful to hit the face.The rainwater merged into countless streams and jumped between the mountains.

"My lord..." Heng Ji shouted three times in a row.

Li Hong turned his head and said excitedly: "How is it? Where are the enemies in Sanggan City?"

"They headed towards Pan County."

"Haha..." Li Hong laughed, "Just as Xiaoshuai Hengji expected, the enemy turned around at Chengting. Why do you look nervous? What's the matter?"

Heng Ji wiped the water off his face vigorously, opened his eyes wide and shouted again: "My lord, such a heavy rain will definitely cause mountain torrents. By then, the Sanggan River will surge, and it will be dangerous for us to cross the river."

Li Hong was taken aback.He looked up and squinted at the overcast sky.The sky was covered with dark clouds, thick and hazy.

"How far are we from the Sanggan River?"

"About forty miles."

At this time, Lu Huanyang also rushed to drive the horse.He also meant to speed up the march, take shortcuts, and strive to cross the river at noon.

"How long do you think it will rain?" Li Hong asked.

The two shook their heads blankly.

"The rainy season in the north is usually between July and August. The rain is heavy, but the rainy season is short. It is rare to see such heavy rain in May." Hengji said.

"Order the troops to speed up and arrive at Sanggan River at noon." Li Hong ordered loudly.

Tuoba Tao pushed away the guards in front of him, and leaned down from the tower to look down.

In the heavy rain, Lu Pofeng's army lined up under the city, and the low horn horns tore through the rain curtain and rang out everywhere, suppressing the sound of the huge rain.At the forefront of the line, ten Xianbei prisoners knelt down.

Today, this is the fourth time that people from the Bailu tribe have demonstrated in front of the battle and beheaded the Xianbei captives.

With the blaring of horns soaring into the sky, the executioner's broadsword slashed down, a head fell to the ground, and blood spurted out.The maroon blood immediately merged into the rainwater and overflowed everywhere.Karasuma's excited shouts soared into the sky.

"Hao Shuai, let's rush out and kill the bastard Lu Pofeng." The young handsome Tuoba Raccoon was so angry that the veins on his forehead throbbed violently, and his black face was flushed red.He was ordered to return to Zhuolu with 1000 people yesterday, thinking that he would not be able to get the victory of attacking Juyang, and he was so angry that he had nowhere to go.

Tuoba Tao frowned tightly, with a gloomy and thin face, silent.

Lu Pofeng's behavior was totally unreasonable, which made him feel that there must be a conspiracy in it.The Xianbei people dispatched more than 1 troops to seize the city and pull out the stronghold all the way, sweeping across the entire western part of Shanggu County.Under such circumstances, regardless of the Han government, the army or the people, they all fled after hearing the news.Although Lu Pofeng's Bailu tribe had 3000 troops, they could not shake the Xianbei army at all. Knowing that he was invincible, he took the whole tribe and fled into the Taihang Mountains.Under such circumstances, he suddenly went down the mountain again, and joined forces with a small number of Han troops to stroke the tiger's beard. He either went crazy or was playing a conspiracy.

Although Tuoba Feng led the main force to cross the Sanggan River to attack Juyang, and there were only two or three thousand troops left in the Zhuolu area, it was not too difficult to deal with the Lupofeng tribe with almost the same number of people.Even if Lu Pofeng couldn't be wiped out, it was more than enough to beat him and drive him into Taihang Mountain.So Tuoba Tao thinks that Lu Pofeng must be trying to lure him out of the city and ambush him somewhere.He strictly ordered his men not to go out of the city to fight.

He thought that the supplies from the rear would be transported to Xialuo tomorrow, and his troops would form a defensive formation in Pan County, Zhuolu, and Lu County by the Sanggan River to protect all the supplies and send them to Juyang safely.Nothing is more important than this matter, which concerns the lives of more than 1 people.

"Hao Shuai, Lu Pofeng killed our brother for the fourth time today. Give me 1000 troops, and I will bring his head back to you."

"If you don't attack again, the brothers in the city will make trouble."

"Hao Shuai, I can't help it anymore, I want to take someone out."

Behind Tuoba Tao surrounded more than a dozen generals, big and small, each of them was filled with righteous indignation, so angry that the roar almost deafened Tuoba Tao's ears.

There was another burst of horn horns and cheers from below the city, and one didn't need to look to know that a human head had fallen to the ground again.

The scolding and roaring on the city tower rang out, and countless long arrows whizzed away.Although I can't shoot, it can be regarded as venting my anger.

"Hao Shuai... Hao Shuai..." The shouts became one piece.

Tuoba Tao suddenly turned around with a murderous look on his face.The subordinates immediately shut up and eagerly awaited his order.

Tuoba Tao's sharp eyes swept across the faces of each general, and said word by word:

"Whoever dares to fight will be killed without mercy!"

The crowd suddenly lost their temper.

Tuoba Feng's troops rushed to the city of Juyang despite the pouring rain.

Surrounded by a group of generals, Titus stood in his central army tent, looking at the Xianbei people in the distance camping in a hurry.

"My lord still has the foresight. We arrived yesterday and just escaped the rain. Otherwise, we would be in the same embarrassment as the Xianbei people." One of Tituo's subordinates looked at the Xianbei soldiers who were busy in the heavy rain, and said happily.

Tito smiled smugly.Tituo was not tall, but very handsome, with a round face covered with a thick beard, and the distribution of facial features could hardly be seen.Only those eyes, half-closed and half-closed, always reveal a trace of weirdness, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"Tuoba Feng dawdled in Zhuolu, fighting in a small town for eight days. He wanted to harm me, hmph..." Tituo sneered, "Being dishonest, always calculating others, sooner or later you will suffer."

"Tun Jie, go to Tuoba Feng's camp immediately and ask him for food and horse grass."

Tito pointed to a well-mannered middle-aged man and said.

Trent froze for a moment, then said hesitantly: "According to the information we have received, Tuoba Feng only has five days of rations left. According to the weather, whether his follow-up supplies can be delivered as scheduled will be a problem. Go ask now He wants cattle and sheep, isn't it..."

"According to the agreement with him in advance, after the troops arrived in Juyang, he would provide all the supplies. Tuoba Feng was too calculating. He didn't want to provide us with food and horse grass after Juyang. So he delayed in Zhuolu. The decisive battle has been postponed to Juyang until now. Well, now he only has five days of food left, and the follow-up supplies will not arrive until six or seven days later. Naturally, there will be no cattle and sheep for us to eat, and the reason is still This shameless villain. If we all believed in him, wouldn't we be defeated without a fight now." Titus said with a smile.

"You go to ask for cows and sheep, but of course he doesn't have any. You should humiliate him for me, and then tell him that Karasuma people have nothing to eat, so they have to kill horses. The horses have to be paid back. Also, Karasuma people are hungry If you don't have the strength to fight, you won't go to the battlefield."

A burst of laughter immediately erupted in the big tent.

Li Hong looked at the turbulent river, and heard the thunderous roar of the river, feeling anxious.

When the rain is big and small, it still keeps falling.

The soldiers of the Bailu tribe were more familiar with the terrain of the Sanggan River than Li Hong imagined.They walked quickly through the mountains and forests at the fastest speed, and finally arrived at the river before noon.However, the river has risen, and they missed the best time to wade across the river.

The soldiers gathered by the river, looking at the water and sighing.

Soon, the river began to surge.In the evening, the flash flood finally broke out.Its earth-shattering, devastating momentum is jaw-dropping.

At this moment, news came from the hidden pile of scouts secretly arranged by Lu Pofeng along the banks of the Qiushui River.This group of people was left by Lu Pofeng when he withdrew from the Sanggan River, and they have been providing Lu Pofeng with the latest information.

A supply convoy of Xianbei people was found in Jianguantun, eighty miles away from Xialuo City.The convoy is huge, with tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, escorted by more than 2000 soldiers.If you add the grooms and handymen of the convoy, there are three to 4000 people.

What luck.As soon as the troops arrived at the Sanggan River, news of the enemy's supplies came, as if God was helping them in the dark.Everyone is very excited.Li Hong immediately convened everyone to discuss how to deal with it.As a result, they were at a loss, and they couldn't find a way to eliminate half of the team.Everyone had nothing to do, and the enthusiasm that filled them suddenly cooled down.

Because of the flash floods, the troops couldn't find a suitable place to cross the river for a while.Even if you cross the river, the enemy's troops are more numerous than your own, so encirclement and annihilation will naturally fail.There is no dangerous terrain along the way from Jianguantun to Xialuo, and there is no place to ambush.

Li Hong asked everyone to call the junior officers to discuss again, and walked to the river by himself, silently watching the rushing river, thinking about his thoughts.

"grown ups……"

Lu Huanyang was afraid that something might happen to him, so he and Lei Zi followed.

"Last year, I was in Guibuling Mountain. I was chased hard by Tuoba Jian. In the end, I fell off the cliff with him and fell into the Rushui River. At that time, there was also a flash flood, and the water level of the Rushui River soared. I almost drowned Fortunately, I caught a big tree floating in the river, and I managed to save my life."

"Good luck, my lord." Lu Huanyang said with a smile, "Sanggan River is much narrower than Rushui River, and the current is turbulent. It flies all the way, from here to the east, meets at Huangchen and Qiushui, and then County, it suddenly turned a big bend to the south and went straight to Guangyang County. If my lord falls from here, I'm afraid we won't be able to find you until Lu County."

Li Hong and Lei Zi laughed out loud.

"Is there no river bend along the way? It's too far to go to Lu County, and I would have died a long time ago."

"There is a steep bend here, and there is another one twenty miles down. That place is in the upper reaches of Pan County. In the past, whenever it was rainy season, there would be a breach there, so the local people called it Shakou. When we Bailu tribe moved to Here, there are floods every year. Once the dam breaks, the torrential flood will flow down for hundreds of miles, until it reaches the Qiushui River, almost submerging the entire Xialuo County. Every year, many people die in floods. Life was difficult. Later, under the leadership of several prefects in Shanggu County, the local people built and strengthened the embankment every year, and the repairs stopped and stopped. It has been more than ten years, and it has not yet been fully completed."

"The flood like today, will Shakou burst its embankment?" Li Hong asked.

"If it rains like this for two days, if it doesn't break, the dam will probably collapse." Lu Huanyang said with a wry smile, "However, it doesn't matter if it breaks. This year, everyone fled to Zhuolu to avoid disaster. In the area, a large part of them fled into the mountains with us. Even if they drowned, they also drowned the Xianbei people."

Lu Huanyang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he screamed wildly: "Yes, we can dig the sand mouth and drown the Xianbei people."

Li Hong was stunned for a moment.

The next day, it was raining heavily, and it didn't seem to stop at all.

In the morning, outside Zhuolu City, 3000 people from Lu Pofeng had nothing to do, and started a horse race in the heavy rain.

At noon, in Xialuo City on the north bank of the Sangqian River, a thousand Xianbei soldiers rushed out of the city and went to Kanzigang, [-] miles away from the county seat, to meet the supply convoy from Jianguantun.

In the afternoon, in Panxian City on the south bank of the Sanggan River, [-] Xianbei soldiers left the city to the east, galloped all the way along the Sanggan River, and rushed to the ferry on the other side of Xialuo City to guard.

Almost at the same time, in Zhuolu City, more than 100 miles away from the south bank of the Sanggan River, the Xianbei people suddenly opened the north gate, and 1000 soldiers, led by Tuoba Tao, walked out of Zhuolu City boldly.Lu Pofeng, who was racing horses at the south gate, was frightened, and hurriedly fled with his troops.When Tuoba Tao received the news, he smiled lightly and didn't care.Immediately, he ordered Tuoba raccoon to rush to Luxian Ferry with [-] troops from the headquarters, and led [-] cavalry to head towards Sanggan River in a calm manner.

In the late afternoon, the supply convoy, escorted by [-] cavalrymen, approached Xialuo City mightily.

In the evening, the rain gradually diminished and gradually stopped.

At this moment, there was an earth-shattering loud noise from the direction of Shakou.

Tuoba Tao suddenly heard the news that the sand mouth broke the embankment, his chest felt as if he had been hit hard, he was dizzy for a while, he could hardly breathe, and almost fell off his horse.

"Handsome..." The guards paled in shock, and hurriedly helped him off the horse.

Tuoba Tao managed to stabilize his mind, pointed at the messenger, and said in a trembling voice:

"Immediately rush to Pan County, Zhuolu City, order all troops to abandon all supplies, and set off overnight to Lu County."

"Hurry up to Juyang and tell your lord that the sand mouth has burst and all the supplies of our army will be lost."

"We rushed to Lu County immediately, preparing to cross the river and retreat."

In the middle of the night, light rain began to fall, as if someone was crying, resentful and sad.

Li Hong's troops followed closely behind the Xianbei soldiers who had retreated from Pan County, and quickly pursued them.

The horses galloped wildly on the muddy road, splashing black mud all over the sky, and the sound of thunderous hooves resounded through the dark night sky.The knights on horseback were covered in mud one by one, melting into the night like ghosts.

"My lord, there is a large group of cavalry on the right side of the army."

A scout suddenly emerged from the night and yelled loudly at Li Hong.

(End of this chapter)