Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 434 Seeing through the truth
Compared with most of the soldiers who were immersed in the joy of victory, Huang Zhong only recovered after being excited for a moment, looked at the water surface, but showed some distressed eyes.

Fortunately, his chief general is an archer, so the [-] vanguards had nearly [-] arrow clusters, but after this battle alone, more than half of them were consumed.
Huang Zhong suddenly called out: "Guo Lu!"

"General?"

"The ability to encircle and annihilate the enemy this time is mainly due to the power of bows and arrows." Staring at the corpses floating on the river, Huang Zhong ordered: "Our army is inexperienced in water warfare, and bows and arrows are indispensable in the future. Order the whole army to mobilize , Quickly grab these arrows!"

"Ah!" Guo Lu's eyes lit up: "Yes, the general is more thoughtful, we really want to get back the arrows quickly, and get as much as we can."

Because most of them came from grassroots backgrounds, and Wang Zheng originally belonged to the type of people who can live a life, under his orders, in the past, after the heavenly army fought on the flat ground, cleaning the battlefield would not only arrange the armor, weapons, and horses of the enemy and us, but even All the arrows must be retracted, but this time fighting on the river is the first time to win a water battle, most people have never thought about this.

When Guo Lu went to deliver the order, the school captains and Du Bos of the nearby ships also got on board one after another, and someone saluted and reported: "General Huang, although there are not many casualties in this fight, , but four or five ships were severely damaged, how should we deal with the aftermath?"

How can this fix the aftermath?

Huang Zhong also had a headache, turned around and asked, "What's your opinion?"

Someone asked: "Why don't the soldiers on the broken ship be dispersed to other ships first?"

"No!"

Huang Zhong shook his head when he heard this, and said: "The victory of this battle has greatly boosted the morale of our army. If these wounded soldiers are scattered among the ships, wouldn't it be easy to lose this hard-won vigor?"

In Huang Zhong's view, what the Celestial Army currently lacks most is not only the experience in water warfare, but also the confidence in water warfare. No matter what kind of war, there is never a real victory. The more you kill the enemy, the more you kill the enemy must be your own loss. bigger.

Of course, in the eyes of a general, a monarch, or even unrelated people, they sometimes only need to look at the outcome of a war, and only consider the casualties of both the enemy and the enemy, whether the captured figures are worthwhile, and whether they have made money.

But those ordinary soldiers who really build the war will face the losses that are ignored by others, and even they value this most.

Because the Paoze who died today may be his fellow countrymen, relatives and friends, and it will remind him that maybe the person who will be the "lost" in the next battle is himself?
The disappointment in the first half of his life made Huang Zhong spend most of his time leading the soldiers instead of commanding the battle. He can understand the feelings of the soldiers. Similarly, because he is a natural general, Huang Zhong has noticed the soldiers of the Heavenly Army since he set off. Now the biggest weakness is always thinking about how to reverse this.

Now that Tian fulfilled his wish and sent this battle, he would naturally think about making the most of this positive influence.

Hearing this, all the generals nodded one after another, and someone asked: "If we don't disperse, what should we do?"

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "How far are we from Chengde?"

The river course that the Tianjun is currently traveling, after Shouchun and before reaching Hefei, Chengde County is the largest city passing by.

The generals whispered to each other for a while, and someone replied: "If we keep to the original speed, we must be able to reach this place at noon."

"Empty a ship for the wounded soldiers," Huang Zhong said, waving his hand, "The soldiers on this ship will be assigned to other ships first, and it will not be appropriate to requisition the local ships when Chengde is completed. It’s not too far away, it’s okay to arrange some people to go overland.”

It can only be like this, the generals nodded.

After collecting for a while, there were not many arrows on the river. Just as Huang Zhong was about to order to start sailing again, Guo Lu looked at the wrecked boat and said, "General, let's take back those brothers who died in battle."

Hearing this, a trace of hesitation flashed across Huang Zhong's face.

The Han people pay attention to entering the soil for safety, and logically speaking, they should do so. It’s just that after this encounter, their marching speed has been different from the plan. After all, the king’s government arranged for them to go first because they were worried about time. If it drags on for too long, Linhu City will not be able to hold on. Considering this, Huang Zhong is naturally struggling.

However, when Huang Zhong also set his sights on several ships, he saw dozens of corpses lying on the deck of each ship in disorder. At this time, the deck was already level with the water surface. Most of them were soaked in blood mixed with river water, and they were in a miserable state. After a long silence, they still nodded.

"Okay." He said slowly: "However, these broken boats have entered the water very deep, and I'm afraid they can't bear it any longer. You are divided into three groups, with ten people in each group to recover the bodies of the brothers who died in battle."

"Here!"

Naturally, it is impossible to put hundreds of corpses on the ship, so they can only choose a place to dock. The whole fleet stopped, and then they were gradually transported to the shore in batches. It was busy again, and the night was getting darker. The half-circle moon has risen to the mid-heaven, and all will be transported.

Since the delay was so long, Huang Zhong also thought about it step by step, and then personally led a group of generals ashore, and even dug a hole with his own hands to bury the corpses. When they set off again, it was already dawn.

Standing at the bow of the boat, nibbling dry food and looking up at Lang Lang Qingkong, it was only at this moment that Huang Zhong felt a burst of distress.

In fact, this is not only his first water battle in the true sense, but also the first time he has commanded so many troops to fight. Even though he was well-read in military books in the first half of his life, he was only too shallow on paper. For Huang Zhong, The short order of the night seems to be more exhausting than charging into battle.

And not just exhaustion.

The sudden appearance of the enemy made Huang Zhong have a lot of doubts. Since Sun Cejun is ambushing here, it shows that the other side has learned of the arrival of the Xuzhou Army in advance, and they know their marching route this time!

But how did the other party know?

The current position of our army is even more than [-] miles away from Hefei City, and it has not entered the territory of Lujiang?

The doubts are even more than this. Thinking of this, Huang Zhong raised his head and looked around. Naturally, water warfare and land warfare are very different, but there are some things in common, such as the open water surface of this section of the river. In other words, it's not a suitable place to set up an ambush at all!
It can be said that as long as their soldiers and horses do not enter the opponent's ambush circle from the beginning, they can advance or retreat, and they can calmly form formations. Without the advantages of terrain, it can be said that it has been in a losing position from the very beginning.

The more he thought about it, the more weird he felt. Huang Zhong asked people to use semaphore to inform several other generals to come to discuss together, and at the same time reminded Guo Lu to pay attention to his surroundings. You will also know, so if it is really an ambush, it is absolutely impossible to have only 2000 people.

After all the generals arrived, Huang Zhong raised his doubts. For a while, everyone looked solemn, and some couldn't help but ask, "How did Sun Cejun know about our army in advance?"

"It must be that Yuan Shu has leaked the news, or."

Speaking of this, Huang Zhong paused, but kept silent.

Naturally, he still had a guess in his mind. When Feng Gao was attacked by Yuan Tan's army last time, it was said that the lord suspected that there was something wrong in Xiapi City. It is said that Mi Fang's Benming Division was also assigned to investigate, but no results have been announced yet. Naturally, he didn't want to say more at this time, so as not to shake the morale of the army.

"No matter what, I have sent a small team back the same way to inform the lord." Huang Zhong said: "The lord has made his own decision. Right now, we only need to think about how to reach Linhu as soon as possible, and don't worry about anything else."

The generals said yes again and again, and were about to continue discussing why Sun Cejun set up an ambush here, but suddenly there was a commotion outside.

Huang Zhong frowned slightly, and led the generals out of the cabin, only to see that many soldiers had gathered at the bow of the ship, and he didn't know what he saw.

"What happened?" Huang Zhong asked loudly while striding forward.

At this time, Guo Lu and other soldiers were also crowded among the soldiers. Hearing Huang Zhong's voice, he turned his head and pointed out: "General, do you see that there are suddenly a few more slopes in front of you, which seems to be building an embankment?"

Looking at Guo Lu's fingertips, Huang Zhong's eyes froze immediately, showing surprise.

However, on both sides of the river not far ahead, there are two river embankments made of stones and mud stretching from the bank to the center of the river. There is no hindrance to sailing in the air of ten feet, but the earth color is very new, and it looks like it has been newly built recently.

Nowadays, in the age of war and chaos, even large tracts of fertile land have been turned into wasteland. No matter how the government or the people have the heart to do water conservancy work, Huang Zhong immediately realized that the embankment was probably built by Sun Cejun!
It's just that they haven't hit Jiujiang yet. What's the purpose of this?
The next moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "So that's how it is!"

Huang Zhong fully understood.

It turned out that from the very beginning, the enemy's goal was not their vanguard, but the entire heavenly army from Xuzhou across the water!
The river they are in can be said to be the only way from Shouchun to Hefei, and most of the river section is extremely open, with a width of more than two miles, but only the front section is relatively narrow, not even enough. One mile, if Sun Cejun built two river embankments here in advance, and then set up camp on these embankments, what would happen?
The Celestial Army is not good at water warfare. The only advantage is that it will not suffer from boarding and long-range battles. If Sun Cejun builds the embankment, it will be equivalent to forming an iron gate. Maybe they can't make it airtight. There will definitely be a gap of several tens of feet, but it is enough to offset the number advantage of the Heavenly Army. Because of this width, if the fleet wants to cross the river embankment, it will not only face the enemy's long-range attack in turn, but also only two or three times. Ships pass through the level in parallel, so that the enemy has completely grasped the advantages of the terrain!

Even 2000 people can completely stop the troops led by Wang Zheng. Even if Huang Zhong's vanguard is excluded, most of the other 2000 people behind are second-tier soldiers from the Tianzhu Camp and the First Heavenly Army. It is useless on the water!

If another ambush is sent to block their retreat, it is even possible to wipe them out!

However, for such a large project to be used by a team of 5000 horses, it is actually a bit of a big deal, but people like Huang Zhong who know the combat power of the Tianzhu Camp think that although this plan takes a long time, it is precisely aimed at the Heavenly Army!

And it is said that Sun Ce stayed in Kaiyang for a long time as an envoy, and went to and from the military camp frequently. He is a young general himself, and he is a man of knowledge. I am afraid that he also knows a lot about the combat power of the Heavenly Army. ?

If so, it is very reasonable for him to use this strategy!

That's right!It must be so!
At this time Huang Zhong felt even more grateful.
If it weren't for Wang Zheng, the coach of the three armies, he was worried that Linhu wouldn't last long
If it wasn't for Chen Jiao's suggestion to send a vanguard along the way.
According to the original plan, it would take a few days for Wang Zheng's army loaded with luggage, equipment and soldiers to arrive here!
At that time, the enemy's fortification will probably be completed!
At that time, there are only two choices before Wang Zheng and Tianjun
Either bite the bullet and go through the barrier, or you can only retreat first, or change the river or go by land.
If it is the former, with the bravery of the Celestial Army, if they forcefully break through the barrier on the river, even if they can break through, they will definitely be injured. Even if they get to Linhu City, how much combat power will they have?

And if it is the latter, the time spent will only increase exponentially. Linhu can't last until that day!

Even according to Huang Zhong's thinking, if he were Sun Ce, he would probably prefer Wang Zheng to choose the former one. After all, for an enemy who has an enmity with Wang Zheng, compared to a mere Linhu City, if he can defeat the Tianzhu camp , Is it a happy event more worthy of celebration?
After thinking through all this, another doubt in Huang Zhong's mind was also solved, which made him feel better.

It's very simple, if Sun Cejun really set up an ambush against their vanguard, then it can't be Yuan Shu's leak, it can only be a problem in his own house!

Because this was originally decided by Wang Zheng in the military discussion before his departure!

Huang Zhong even suspected that someone on the fleet they set off from was Sun Cejun's internal agent!

Now that the enemy's tricks have been figured out, it proves that Yuan Shu's side is more likely to have problems.

Thinking of this, Huang Zhong looked back at the corpses of the enemy soldiers floating on the river behind him, his brows were slowly furrowed, forming a Sichuan character, and said with emotion: "Hey, the little overlord Sun Ce, he is a character!"

"How long will it take to reach Hefei?" He turned his head and asked the generals behind him.

"General, although there was a delay in the middle, I heard from some old Xuzhou sailors that the current wind direction is very smooth. If there is no accident, we can arrive tomorrow evening!"

"Great kindness." Huang Zhong nodded: "That means there are still more than a dozen hours at most."

"Give me an order to expand the number of patrol boats from four to 12. Four people will be divided into three groups, and each boat will be separated by half a mile. If there is any abnormality, please report immediately!"

Everyone immediately understood that this was because Huang Zhong was worried that there would be a second ambush behind Sun Cejun, so he immediately agreed.

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