Chapter 30 Turn to Shanghai blaspence 2
On the way to the march the next day, I couldn't help thinking:
The current situation is completely different from the past few months. Sun En's change is that he has seen that Huiji County is really difficult to shake, and he doesn't want to pester in the south anymore. He dispersed his troops and used part of Liu Lao's army to contain his army in Huiji; he used part of his troops to contain his other reinforcements in the southeast of Taihu Lake; he took his army to attack north with all his strength, leading the navy along the river and went straight to Jingkou and Jiankang.
The change of the Beifu Army is that it can no longer only focus on war achievements and take trophies, because the war is about to burn to their homes. Today, they have a higher fighting goal than profit: to protect their families.
And I, an ordinary officer in the Beifu Army, have no right to protect my family, and I have a higher goal than ordinary soldiers: defending the country.
If the skin does not exist, Mao will not be attached; if the country does not prosper, how can the family survive?
My ambition increases day by day as I get older, but it dissipates day by day in Sun Wuyi's army. My miraculous life outside Wujun City seemed to have lit a fire for my unburned ambition; and Sun En, who repeatedly defeated in Huiji County, seemed to have helped the fire.
Years of poverty have made me feel poor and happy. After being a nobleman, what he hopes for is not ordinary glory and wealth, but the pride of chasing the Central Plains like his ancestors. Although I don't have the qualifications to compete with deer, I hope to assist the Ming Lord to compete with deer. However, I'm afraid it's rare for Fang to be called such a wise master today.
Among the heroes, Liu prison is the one I admire more. This general, who comes from a poor family and ranks high, has a very similar experience to me. His bravery and wisdom can benefit his followers a lot.
However, Liu Jaozhi was suppressed by fame and desire. He has repeatedly been involved in political strife and can't extricate himself. Although his position has been promoted and his real power has increased again and again, his foundation has been weakened again and again. What weakens his foundation is precisely the position and real power he pursues.
Although the Beifu Army led by Liu Laozhi is the strongest army in the empire, he has become the target of public criticism. Since it is impossible for him to hand over his military power, he has to follow the orders of the court to go on an expedition on all sides. Although it was not what Liulao wanted to ask for Sun En, he had no choice but to do it.
The battle with Sun En has greatly damaged the vitality of Beifu. What about after asking for Sun En? Liu Laozhi's military power will either be weakened in the process of fighting for power, or he will still be forced to go to other sides. In short, he will be exhausted. In the end, it is a good end to die as a county's internal history like Xie Xuan.
Liu prison is like Xie Xuan, who is also a good general; Liu prison is not like Xie Xuan, because he relies too much on his army, but he does not build a foothold in the court. Therefore, if Liu Laozhi does not seek change, he can only become a general sitting on the tired egg, not a person living in the court. Of course, in terms of seniority, he is still thousands of miles away from the phase.
Marched until night. Although I had not seen the thief army, I knew that it was not far from Ludu. For fear that the soldiers would be too tired, they chose a place close to the waterway to camp.
After a night's rest, the next day, the whole army headed for Shanghai.
After we marched for an hour, we heard the sound of fighting in front of us. I rushed to check with more than a dozen people. Bao Sizhi's army was killed by a group of thieves. There are not many thieves, only two or three hundred. After half of the casualties, the rest fled.
I saw that Bao Sizhi wanted to go forward to pursue him, so I quickly called a horse-riding soldier to chase him back.
Bao Sizhi, who returned, was extremely happy, and his face showed an excited flush.
Bao Sizhi said, "Liu Sima, there is only a small group of thieves in the way. I killed him."
"Not bad. How about the enemy ahead?
"There are also a large number of thieves in front of them, about 1,200 or 300 people. Two or three miles further, you can see it. Why don't you wait for me to kill them?
"Not busy for the time being. The scouts who went out to inquire about the enemy have not yet returned. Let's wait until the enemy is found out."
"Sima, we have just explored it. Those more than a thousand people are just alone. Although the army of the thief army is not far away, if our army raids, the thief army will not have time to save them at all.
"At present, I don't know the situation of Lulu, and I don't know how many soldiers of our army are there. If Ludu still has our defenders, we need to cooperate with the defenders to defend the fortress; if Ludu has fallen, then our army should be cautious and focus on mobile warfare to avoid falling into a positional battle or being surrounded by the enemy. In the case of unknown military situation, we must not act rashly.
Bao Sizhi disagrees: "But if you can fight morale as a reinforcement, it is also an encouragement to the blasphemous defenders. Even if there is no garrison in Shanghai, we suddenly won, making the enemy passive, and it is more difficult to know where our reinforcements come from and how many people there are. Just now, the small stock is only one or two hundred people, which is not enough to intimidate the enemy. If more than a thousand people are annihilated, they can fight a battle and show their prestige.
No matter what I say, Bao Sizhi won't listen. In the end, Bao Sizhi was so angry that he led his army to kill him.
When I had no choice, I had to send Kau En with 200 people to escort Bao Sizhi. The rest of the people flared many suspects in a nearby forest.
Bao Sizhi is indeed a new calf and is not afraid of tigers. After the two armies fought against each other, Bao Sizhi rushed out as soon as the drum sounded. The thief soldiers also came up with a whistle.
I stood in front of the army and observed the battle between the two armies. Bao Sizhi just said that there were only about 1,000 thieves, but now I see far more than a thousand thieves. Although Bao Sizhi's soldiers are brave, they are few after all. Even 200 people from Klan were killed. For a while, the two armies fell into a stalemate, and it was difficult to win or lose.
I was afraid that the striker would lose, so I quickly let the officer fly the flag and order the suspects to act.
The suspects in the forest really worried the thief soldiers. They did not dare to fight, avoided the sharpness of Bao Jun and fought in the direction of the army.
I asked the officer to reconvene the troops.
Kun retired with the soldiers. But he didn't expect that Bao Sizhi saw that the enemy had retreated and thought that the thief soldiers were vulnerable, so he led the army to chase the thief soldiers in violation of the order.
I was immediately furious: This Bao Sizhi is really outrageous! Where does this look like a general who is an example for soldiers?
I called out, "Li Mi!"
"The end!"
"Go and bring back Bao Sizhi!"
Li Mi was stunned and then replied, "Yes!"
Li Mi took a deep breath, used his magic stunt, and disappeared in a short time.
Before Bao Sizhi and others returned, they saw a large area of dust just opposite the escaped thief soldiers. This is a clear signal that a large number of thieves are running. It seems that a large army of thieves were indeed transferred to meet the enemy. I was afraid that Bao Si would be at fault. Without waiting for Li Mi to return, I quickly led the army to support.
But it's still late. By the time I arrived with my army, the 1,000 people of Bao Sizhi had completely submerged into the thief's army. Before long, the dust in the distance that made my heart palpitate quickly enveloped me.
The situation is very bad!
This is different from the situation of few enemies outside Juzhang and Haiyan City. At that time, our side was in control of morale. With a heavy blow, the thief soldiers would flee one after another. Now our strikers are trapped in the battle and can't hold each other. But a large band of thieves came, like a tide.
I led the army to raid several times. After all, the number of people was too small to tear open the gap of the thief army. On the contrary, the thief army surrounded us more and more. If it continues, I'm afraid that even hundreds of us will be trapped in the thieves and annihilated. I made a hash decision and ordered the soldiers to form a formation to attack back. Fortunately, there are not many thieves behind us. After dispersing the hundreds of thieves, they retreated quickly.