Chapter 201 Layer-by-layer blocking
Fang La did send someone to Deng Yuanjue, but he did not contact him to attack Liang Shan, but to inform him how fast he ran and how fast he was.
Fang La is running away in confusion at this time. He is now about to cry without tears. The change of the war situation is similar to a trick. He is about to take Lin'an City. More than a dozen powerful mysterious firearms emerged from the imperial army. After several launches, his people and horses were completely disrupted.
And at this time, the imperial army suddenly became strong like a medicine. I really can't figure out that these rubbish armies are defeated in almost every battle against the Jin people. How can they fight against each other when they go to the domestic rebellion?
Fang La, who was escaping, later remembered that the mysterious firearm used by the court was probably the legendary Liangshan's extremely powerful firearm.
I can't help scolding Song Qing in my heart. Is there nothing wrong with you? Obviously, the Song Dynasty can be destroyed at any time, but you still have to pretend to be a filial son and grandson. Is Zhao Huan your relative?
After scolding, Fang La was finally a talented person. After this battle, he understood the reason why Song Qing always refused to rebel, but his territory was getting bigger and bigger.
That is, he always fooled Zhao Huan, and then scooped two pieces of meat on him from time to time.
What's the use of understanding? Now the main thing is to escape back to Sichuan first. While fleeing, he sent someone to inform Deng Yuanjue to retreat and preserve his strength as soon as possible in order to fight again in the future.
It's a pity that Fang La's reminder came too late. Although Song Qing did not take the initiative to attack Deng Yuanjue, he did successfully bite him and dared to go wild in my territory. Isn't it harmful to my Liang Shan's face?
Now Liangshan's camp and Deng Yuanjue's camp are on the Weishui side. Liangshan's army camped on the water because of the support of the water army.
Deng Yuanjue was afraid of being attacked by Liang Shanshui army and Liang Shan's attack with firearms, so he had to stay away from the river bank and camp in an open area with scarce trees.
From the topography, Deng Yuanjue's army was in a condescending position towards Liangshan's army, but Deng Yuanjue soon realized the problem, that is, the water source was cut off.
Long before Liangshan's army arrived, Deng Yuanjue prepared a lot of water in the camp and dug several wells in order to prepare Liangshan's firearms, but for 40,000 horses, that water was really a drop in the bucket.
This battle cannot be fought and must be withdrawn as soon as possible. Although Deng Yuanjue hated Song Qing, he did not lose his mind because of this. He was responsible for his more than 40,000 brothers who came out of Sichuan with him.
At this time, in the camp opposite, Song Qing, Li Zhu, Fang Han and others were also discussing how to eliminate Deng Yuanjue.
Now everyone has an idea, that is, procrastination. The right time, place and people are all on Liangshan's side, so there is no need to fight with Deng Yuanjue. In time, Deng Yuanjue's people will collapse without fighting.
Song Qing actually agrees with everyone's idea. He is just thinking about this matter from the perspective of Deng Yuanjue.
Deng Yuanjue is not like Tian Hu. He should know that in the current situation, it is not suitable to be so deadlocked with his men and horses. It is his eager to disengage as soon as possible, but he doesn't know that his men and horses are mainly cavalry, and it is so easy to run?
With this topic, Song Qing asked everyone to discuss it and say what they think.
Li Zhu now roughly figured out Song Qing's character, so he was also very open-hearted. He pondered for a moment and said first, "I think it's time to send troops to cut off their retreat. At the same time, if the enemy wants to break through the siege, our army should only not stick to it. I assert that within half a month, the enemy will defeat themselves without fighting."
Fang Han also said, "We should strengthen the detection of the enemy battalion, and I also agreed to besiege them. In addition, our artillery will also arrive in the near future, and we will be the only one to attack them."
The ideas of the two people can be combined. The infantry still has a long way from here, so I can't point it out for the time being. In addition, there are only 35,000 people in the battalion, including 10,000 sailors. How to divide the troops? Even if it is divided, I'm afraid it can't stop Deng Yuanjue.
Thinking of this, Song Qing couldn't help standing up and looking at Deng Yuanjue's camp, meditating in his heart, Master Yuanjue, what will you do?
Under the dim candlelight of the Chinese army tent, Deng Yuanjue looked at the three beloved generals in front of him with a heavy face. Chen Guan, Chen Yi and Chen Tai brothers.
"Brothers, it's all up to you whether you can successfully return to Sichuan"
Deng Yuanjue solemnly held his fist.
The three brothers knelt on one knee and Chen Guan said, "Don't say much. The lives of our brothers are saved by the national master. If we can successfully get out this time, my brother is willing to follow the national teacher and ask the national teacher to go on the road at ease."
Deng Yuanjue bowed and saluted the three brothers. If he didn't say a word, his eyes turned a little red.
In this battle, 10,000 horses will be attacked by the three brothers to attack Liangshan camp at night, attracting Liangshan people, and then he will withdraw the remaining 30,000 horses at night.
The tens of thousands of people of the Chen brothers went to attack the camp of more than 30,000 Liangshan soldiers, which was no different from suicide, so their expressions were so heavy.
I have to say that these generals under Fang La are much better than Tian Hu or Wang Qing, and they have sincere feelings for each other, especially the Chen brothers who were saved by Deng Yuanjue.
In order to cover Deng Yuanjue, the Chen brothers are ready to sacrifice.
Liang Shan's scouts have not relaxed the monitoring of Deng Yuanjue's camp, so 10,000 horses of the Chen brothers here have just left the camp, and Liang Shan has received the news. However, in order to confuse the enemy, the camp did not light all the lights, but quietly gathered people and horses to give up the Chinese military camp, and the people and horses secretly turned around. To both sides.
Song Qing, who received the news, pedaled the warship of the navy under the escort of the guards. You can observe the situation on the battlefield here, which is also very safe.
Intuition told Song Qing that Deng Yuanjue was about to break out. I have to say that he chose a very good time. In the middle of the night, his cavalry could not chase him at all. Moreover, in view of Deng Yuanjue's previous preparations for his cavalry, obviously he would also set a trap to deal with the cavalry on the way to retreat, so now he can only watch him escape. Let's go. We can't chase until the sky is bright.
The consequences of more than 10,000 Deng Yuanjue's army, who sacrificed their lives and died, plunged into the Liangshan army to dig traps for them. The consequences can be imagined. But it was also the life-and-death struggle of the Chen brothers that won valuable escape time for Deng Yuanjue.
In the middle of the night, the Chen brothers exchanged the casualties of more than 5,000 soldiers in Liangshan at the cost of the loss of the whole army.
Song Qing couldn't help but be furious when he got the news. Except when he played against Jin Bing, he had never suffered such a big loss. He immediately ordered to kill Deng Yuanjue, but he soon calmed down.
Since Deng Yuanjue can give up 10,000 men, how can he no longer set up an ambush on the way to escape? If you catch up with it, you will definitely suffer losses.
But it's really unwilling to let Deng Yuanjue run away like this. Song Qing pondered for a moment and ordered someone to bring the map.
Returning from Jingzhaofu to Sichuan, Zhongnan Mountain is the only way, and the mountain road there is rugged, obviously not suitable for cavalry galloping. Deng Yuanjue is likely to ambush there.
And hundreds of miles south from Zhongnan Mountain is Fenghuang Mountain, which is also the only way for Deng Yuanjue to return to Sichuan.
When Song Qing saw this, he quickly ordered Zhu Wu, Yanqing, Li Kui and others who had arrived in Huazhou. They should not come to Beijing Zhaofu again and led 30,000 infantry to go directly south and set up an ambush in Fenghuang Mountain.
At the same time, Hua Rong was ordered to lead 10,000 cavalry to slowly follow Deng Yuanjue's men and horses, not to chase and kill, and not to follow too close too close, as long as Deng Yuanjue has a pursuer.
After arranging the pursuit of soldiers, Song Qing ordered the burying of the 10,000 troops led by the Chen brothers and treat the survivors well. Although the two armies are hostile, the fighting spirit of these Chuanzhong brothers is admirable.
After burying these soldiers, Song Qing ordered people to set up monuments for the deceased in this cemetery to recite their heroic and fearless spirit.
Many people don't quite understand Song Qing's behavior. Only Song Qing himself knows that whether in his previous life or this life, he respects Sichuan Jun from the bottom of his heart.
Song Qing did not know this move, but won the gratitude of the soldiers in Sichuan.
People's lives in troubled times are like grass. Does anyone really care about the lives of these soldiers?
Deng Yuanjue walked all the way in panic and dared to take a breath after going deep into Zhongnan Mountain. He heard the report that the Liangshan cavalry had followed, and he also thought about ambush this man and horse, but he was not fooled at all, but stayed far behind.
Deng Yuanjue understood that this is Song Qing's inability to chase and kill himself, so he is supervising himself to leave his territory! Thinking about this, I couldn't help but put down a little bit. However, for safety reasons, he still dared not walk too fast to avoid being chased by Liangshan cavalry.
All the way into the Jinzhou boundary, Deng Yuanjue's heart was put down. In front of him is Phoenix Mountain, and passing Phoenix Mountain is equivalent to stepping into Sichuan with one foot.
At this time, the Liangshan cavalry who followed seemed to know that they had completed the task and were getting farther and farther away from them.
The nervousness and fatigue all the way, coupled with the feeling of going home, made Deng Yuanjue and his men relax and set up camp at the foot of Phoenix Mountain in the evening.
Whether it is the patrol soldiers or the sent scouts, they have relaxed their vigilance.
But I didn't know that there were countless pairs of wolf-like eyes staring at them in the depths of the dense forest.
Zhu Wu and others received Song Qing's order and did not dare to delay. They quickly left a few soldiers to guard the heavy load, and the rest of them arrived at the scheduled ambush two days ago.
At midnight, a rocket suddenly flew into mid-air from the forest, and then countless rockets shot into Deng Yuanjue's camp from all directions. In a blink of an eye, the whole camp fell into a sea of fire.
Deng Yuanjue was woken up from his dream by his men. When he heard the shouts of killing in all directions, he couldn't help spitting out blood. He was cautious all the way, but he still followed Song Qing's words. What else do you have to do to see the Holy Duke?
In a hurry, he wanted to draw his knife and killed himself, but was stopped by his men. However, let him wake up and keep the green mountains there. He is not afraid of firewood. Song Qing, let's wait and see.
After gathering some of his men, Deng Yuanjue took advantage of the chaos to escape into Fenghuang Mountain and once again escaped Liang Shan's pursuit of him.