Sweep the World

Chapter 440: : If you want to kill, kill the elite

? The Yellow River is not called the Yellow River now, she has multiple names, such as the mother river or the big river.

  

   The water of the Yellow River is not turbid. It should be said that the water in her river looks very clear, providing people drinking and agricultural irrigation on the side of the river.

  

There have been many records about the Yellow River, usually focusing on the record of changing lanes, the five years of King Zhou Ding (602 BC), the three years of Yuanguang (132 BC) of Emperor Xiaowu of the Western Han Dynasty, and the three years of the founding of Wang Mang. (AD 11), the Yellow River diversion several times were seriously recorded, and any diversion of the Yellow River caused the court at that time to face a huge crisis.

  

Now in this clear river, with Jijin as the starting point, there are innumerable corpses floating on the surface of the downstream river. Some sections of the river even have river grass and some broken wood branches on the surface. The corpses were hooked too much, causing too many corpses to accumulate in the river section, and the floating corpses were truly able to dry up the river.

  

   Of course, the dense corpses floating on the surface of the river are on the surface of the water, and the water is still flowing at deeper locations. It is consistent with the argument that the floating corpses cause the river to stop the flow, which is an exaggerated description.

  

The corpses floating downstream in Jijin stretched out very far, but as time went by, the floating corpses floated farther. It is conceivable that if there are floating corpses that are not stopped by anything, or float on the beach, or they are caught by the water. It is caught in the riverbed and trapped in the soil, or it can definitely float into the Bohai Sea.

  

   Shijie Zhao Jun, who was defending the south bank of Jijin, collapsed. Ma Qiu couldn't handle it and chose to abandon everything. The reason why he would do this is very simple. He thinks that Shihu will never let him go this time. If he doesn't run away, he still has to wait for the skin to be cramped before being cooked and eaten?

  

   The fact that Ma Qiu has completely lost his square inch will not have any effect on the situation of the battle. A completely useless master runs away, and it is a good thing to replace it with someone who can do something to take over the command.

  

  The first person who took over the command was Jia Jian. In fact, he pretended not to notice that Ma Qiu was able to escape. After Ma Qiu ran away, he urgently summoned the generals at all levels in the army to make it clear who the commander was from now on.

  

   A bunch of chaotic generals, when they saw someone coming out to take the trouble, they immediately accepted it in the kind of undesirable mentality. Anyway, Jia Jian asked them to do what they did.

  

As a result, the chaotic Shijie Zhao Jun miraculously restored some organizational power. They deliberately let go of the channels for the rout and flee, organized troops to build defense lines and deploy defenses, and they were carried by the army of the Jie people. In the face of the Han army trying to break through behind the defeated army, the Han army was actually blocked back.

  

The real situation is that the number of Han troops trying to break through is only 1,000. They changed their outfits specially under the leadership of a military officer named Cheng Shuo. Many people were squeezed into the water. Among the group of panic-faced soldiers, their murderous disguise soldiers were too obvious. The Jie archers who were discovered in time also covered the soldiers indiscriminately. After all the people on the bridge were in chaos, they were squeezing and pushing, and they could only pull back as best as they could.

  

   From the collapse of the Shijie Zhao army on the south bank of Jijin to the confrontation between the Han army and the Shijie Zhao army on the north bank again, the whole process lasted two days.

  

   There are too many things and some things are not easy to deal with right away, so that Cheng Shuo is kneeling in front of Ran Min.

  

   The one thousand Han army attempted to break through was not an order from Shangfeng, but Cheng Shuo saw the opportunity to carry it out with his headquarters. The matter was not done. One thousand people lost more than four hundred people. Of course, he was to be held accountable.

  

  According to Ran Min's original intention, he really didn't think Cheng Shuo had done anything wrong. The problem is that the Han army has its own discipline. If Cheng Shuo succeeds in doing it, of course he has merit, isn't it impossible to do it?

  

   "According to the military law..." Ran Min took the slip and read it, looked up at Cheng Shuo who was kneeling on the ground, smiled and said, "Do you know what kind of treatment you will face?"

  

   Cheng Shuo knew what punishment he was facing, so he should "yes" very calmly, as if he would completely accept any punishment. There was only one thing he felt depressed. If they succeeded in breaking through and gaining a firm foothold on the South Bank, it would be a certain thing to obtain the title. How could they be promoted to the rank of captain.

  

   Ran Min looked at Li Tan who was accompanying him, as if he was talking gossiping: "It seems that something similar happened before, but it was just a success?"

  

"There is such a thing." Li Tan knew what Ran Min meant. He actually knew who Cheng Shuo was. After watching Cheng Shuo who was magnanimous and ready to accept punishment for a short time, he said to Ran Min, "You are the main general. A final judgment will be given depending on the circumstances."

  

   Ran Min was waiting for this sentence. With the support of the deputy general, Chang Shi also said that he could deal with it lightly, so he could make up his mind. The situation of the war progressed much faster than imagined. He was still in a happy mood, deliberately making a joke, and asked: "The heaviest punishment is execution. Do you think you should be executed?"

  

   Chengshuo swallowed, and chose to smile awkwardly without saying a word.

  

   "Delete to the head of the village." Ran Min waved his hand, indicating that Cheng Shuo could get out. He looked at Li Tan, then at Changshi Zhang Shi, who seemed to regard himself as a decoration, deliberately made a distressed expression, and said, "Now that the South Bank of Jijin has been taken, the king specially came to order. Let us take a break. What is the situation?"

  

Zhang Shi was the one who used to be a dark probe in Xiang Country for a long time. Before he was a lieutenant as one of the nine princes. After Liu Yan's personal campaign, the lieutenant had nothing to do and was sent to Ranmin to be the long history of the march. Maybe It's for experience, or it may be for gilding.

  

In fact, it is clear, whether it is Liu Yan or everyone knows who Ran Min is. In the military, Ran Min does not like to have inferior gesticulations, and Ran Min's military abilities are more trustworthy. Zhang Shi came over to watch Changshi. The responsibility is far more than making suggestions.

  

   Now it’s time for Zhang Shi to speak. He said: "The scale of the war with Shijie is huge, and the movement of our army has been delayed. We have to wait for other troops to arrive."

  

   This is the interaction between the global and the local. To put it bluntly, the war has developed to a certain scale, and some parts can be abandoned, but in some important places, one person should persist in the battle. No matter what actions are taken, they are all controlled to achieve a full victory.

  

Ran Min guessed this. They became the pawns that attracted Shihu’s attention. What the center wanted was to make breakthroughs from other positions. In order to achieve their goals, not only did they have to rest on their way, but Huanwen had to continue to struggle along the way. Zhong insisted, maybe Li Kuang knew that he would be trapped or be surrounded along the way.

  

"Big Han has recently explored a lot of land, and the number of Zhao Jun who has been eliminated is also quite large. It seems that the situation is advantageous, but..." Li Tan took a special look at Zhang Shi, and saw that Zhang Shi continued to show that he did not exist. Appearance, he pondered for a while before he continued: "Generally speaking, the war against Shijie still hasn't made much progress, and there is even a tendency to sink into a quagmire?"

  

"Hmm." Ran Min really regarded Zhang Shi as non-existent. He didn't hesitate to speak, and said: "You shouldn't listen to those civilian officials. If the attack on Yecheng or Xiangguo had been launched that time, it would have been long ago. A big breakthrough has been made."

  

Li Tan definitely did not dare to take that incident, changed the subject, and said, "Now Xie Lang will lead a group of 50,000 to march to Jijun, Xu Zhonglang will command 80,000 troops in Zhu'a County, and the king will personally lead his army to Qinting. (Dongping County). It seems that if you don't move, it should be a full offensive against Shijie?"

  

The Han State has more and more troops along the Yellow River. Only Ran Min has 170,000 troops. With the arrival of the new army in the rear, the troops in the remaining positions will definitely exceed 300,000. Wan's forces are fully deployed.

  

A map covering the Yellow River was quickly laid on the ground of the big tent. Ran Min took the lead to take off his boots and stepped on it, and walked to the location of Puyang County. While pointing, he said, "Stone Tiger has only more troops than our army. No less, there are more than 300,000 people on the north bank of Jijin, and no matter if there are troops approaching here in other places."

  

   It's something obvious! Here, Ran Min defeated the Shijie Zhao Jun on the south bank of Jijin, forcing Shijie Zhao Jun to shrink to the north bank. Jijin was only forty miles away from Chaoge, and the Shijie Zhao Jun who evacuated to the north bank of the Yellow River besides staying on the coast of Jijin Besides, isn't it pressing on Huan Wen's head?

  

Therefore, Li Tan is both envious and worried about Huan Wen. They are trapped in the surrounded Huan Wen's subordinates. Either they become a nail and stay in place, or they are a lone boat on the sea that may be overturned by a huge wave at any time. It's a great feat. If you lose it, you will die.

  

The importance of Huanwen’s subordinate has increased again and again. With the bankruptcy of the plan to encircle Shihu’s main force, the army in Chaoge attracted too many enemy troops, and Shihu wanted to retreat to Yecheng or Xiang. Nails that must be pulled out before the country.

  

   The center of the Han nation is currently focusing on the deployment of the main force of the Han army around Huanwen, which can firmly attract Shijie and Zhao. The original protagonist position of the Han army along Ran Min can be said to have been robbed.

  

In the following three days, Ran Min and others just assumed that they would attack and seize the bridge at any time and did not launch an actual offensive. In contrast, Shijie Zhao Jun desperately built fortifications on the other side of the river. It seemed that Ran Min was anxious. It was also extremely annoying, until the news that Xu Zheng led the army to cross Hebei Province arrived, it made Ran Min swear directly.

  

"Follow it, we are close to 200,000 troops and become a decoration here?" All of Ran Min's good mood went with the wind, and he was almost stern: "It was up to us to create the situation, and the result was that others easily Come out to pick peaches!"

  

Li Tan was deeply impressed, and was also upset that the great merits would be taken away, but he was at least sensible, and persuaded: "Our merits are indispensable. Since the king has allowed the attack, we should first discuss how to attack. Right?"

  

"Nothing to discuss." Ran Min didn't want to say much when he was furious. He just said: "The armored infantry will advance first, and the crossbow troops will then go up and shoot out a river beach where you can stand. The cavalry's back should be behind. thing."

  

Li Tan was speechless. The rest of the pontoon bridges had been completely destroyed. In recent days, they only ensured that the three bridges were not destroyed or blocked, but the fleet failed to reach the place where they could cross the river. The army can only rely on thicker-skinned troops to forcibly create a channel.

  

   The order was given, and the war drums rang.

  

   Amidst the drums of "Boom-boom -", the Han army camp marched out of the infantry, with heavy infantry leading the way. Among them were the tower shield soldiers, followed by the archers and crossbowmen.

  

   Li Tu, who succeeded Jia Jian, started his own action when he heard the drums played by the Han army.

  

The number of Shijie Zhao Jun on the north bank of Jijin has increased to 200,000, and the soldiers of the Jie family has 70,000. The rest is still a collection of miscellaneous brands. It is worth mentioning that Shihu let Li Tu take. Three thousand dragon guards came, one thousand heavy cavalry and two thousand heavy infantry.

  

The previous time when Ma Qiu commanded the battle, Shi Jie Zhao’s morale collapsed to the bottom. Li Tu did not choose to let those miscellaneous cards go first. In order to boost morale, he directly let the two thousand Longteng guards’ heavy infantry on the field from the beginning. Give back five thousand archers.

  

On the three stone bridges, there are still traces of the big collapse, which are dark black blood stains that have been exposed to the sun. Even around the bridge piers, there are some swelling floating corpses floating, and the air is full of the stench of corpses. .

  

  The movement of the heavy infantry in action was very loud, which caused the heavy footsteps on both sides of the Yellow River bounded by bridges to echo in the sound of war drums and horns.

  

  Ran Min led the formation of 10,000 heavy infantry soldiers, of which only two thousand were epees~www.wuxiamtl.com~ and the rest were selected and trained from tall and strong soldiers.

  

   The heavily armored infantry of the two armies soon appeared in the visible distance of each other.

  

  The heavy infantry in the front line of the Han army is covered with scale armor on the outside, chain armor and leather armor on the inside, and there are two layers of silk underwear under the robe. Their helmets and visors were put down, only a pair of eyes were exposed, a tower shield in their left hand, and a long-handled Pak knife in their right hand. In addition, the heavy infantry without a shield, they carried a three-pointed two-edged sword that looked very thick and heavy. This weapon was called a Modao in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is necessary to have heavy swordsmen who are purely carrying a thick broadsword, but they are arranged in positions on the two wings.

  

The armored heavy infantry on Shijie Zhao Jun’s side looks like a very traditional tie armor, that is, the kind of leather or cloth armor inlaid with iron plates. You can see a layer of iron rings at the neckline. It can be guessed that there is also a layer of chain mail inside the Zhajia, and what else is left can only be guessed. The weapons looked like heavy weapons, mostly maces or flail...that is, a wooden handle connected to a spiked sphere with an iron chain.

  

Ran Min saw Shijie from the rear that Zhao Jun let the Longteng Guardian heavy infantry on the field from the beginning, but after a moment of surprise, he was happy: "There are such elites as the Longteng Guardian here? Killing them is more worthy of slaughtering the miscellaneous soldiers. It's a lot!"

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