Song Emperor Jiangshan

Xiao Shan was flustered for a while, he folded his arms, and easily wrapped Zhao Yuan in his arms, and when he wanted to kiss the other's earlobe, he heard Zhao Yuan say lightly: "It's getting late, go to sleep! We have to hurry tomorrow. "

Xiao Shan was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do, so he covered it up in a panic: "There are mosquitoes in the back... I'll catch them..."

Zhao Yuan hummed in a low voice, and said: "I'm tired." After saying that, he pulled away Xiao Shan's arm, got under the quilt by himself, and turned his back to him.

Xiao Shan sat where he was, without moving, and kept saying to himself: Stop here!Don't cross the line! All harm but no benefit!

After saying hundreds of words "Don't cross the boundary", my mood gradually calmed down, and I fell asleep with my back facing Zhao Yuan.

He could feel that Zhao Yuan was not asleep, because he could hear the other party's breathing was a little irregular.

But Xiao Shan didn't speak any more, didn't move a bit, just maintained this posture, and fell asleep.

Zhao Yuan set off early the next morning, and to Xiao Shan's great surprise, he actually took Li Huchen away.Li Huchen was a little reluctant at first, because he would not be able to fight with Xiao Shan.But this was Zhao Yuan's first order, there was no reason not to obey, even though he was reluctant, he still followed.

Xiao Shan rectified the army and put forward his own goal - to arrive outside Xuanzhou city tonight.

Xiao Shan's original subordinates were fine, and did not respond too much to this request, but the newly recruited captives and defeated soldiers showed incredible expressions.Originally Xiaoshan had ten horses, but fifty were captured from the captives. Although they were all poor horses that could not be used in battle, it was not a problem for camels to run.

Adding up all the horses, there are nearly 500 soldiers and less than 50 horses, an average of ten people per horse.Xiao Shan formed a group of 400 vanguard troops, and used his direct line troops, each with a horse and thirty arrows, to go ahead and keep a distance of about ten miles from the follow-up troops. Outposts and catches.The remaining [-] people plus ten horses followed closely behind for follow-up support.

At the beginning, everyone was able to keep up, but after an hour, there was a gradual difference.The captives were still able to keep up, but the rout began to walk slowly.Xiao Shan ordered the strong soldiers to help those soldiers with their weapons and keep the team from getting separated.

Two hours later, I took a simple rest, ate some dry food, and drank some water. The vanguard team changed a group of people. Originally, the horses should be changed, but because of the small number, I had to give up the idea of ​​​​changing horses.

During these two hours, he had traveled fifty miles, and he was so tired that he was out of breath.Fortunately, there are not many enemy checkpoints. Basically, there are only five or six people in one place, so it is very convenient to pack them up.The troops at the front were able to deal with it, and five secret sentries were dealt with within fifty miles, and they were also successfully prevented from reporting back.

After a short break at noon, it will be completely different in the afternoon.

The captured captives and rout soldiers were basically dragging and running. The Xiaoshan Headquarters also had some difficulty. They could still talk while trotting in the morning, but now they couldn’t. The autumn was already very cool, but everyone took off their clothes One layer, placed on horseback.

The ten horses traveling with the main force no longer carried people, but only carried quiver, weapons, and clothes.

Xiao Shan also walked, and when he arrived, he also struggled to get there. He traveled ninety miles a day, which was the speed of the Red Army when they were fleeing for their lives.It's not running for life now, there is no one chasing after him, and the speed can't be that fast.

Although Xiao Shan tried his best to urge him, but when it was dark, he still hadn't reached the expected goal, and only traveled [-] miles.

Xiao Shan's physical strength is strong, and he can still walk back and forth, but the soldiers under him can't do it anymore.

Xiao Shan had no choice but to order him to rest on the spot for half an hour.

There are still more than ten miles away from Xuanzhou City. In Xiao Shan's plan, he will give the surrounding thieves a surprise attack as soon as he arrives.But seeing this situation now, they will only be beaten passively when they arrive, and it is impossible to engage in any fighting.

Xiao Shan secretly regretted that the Red Army could still fight a battle after marching 120 miles a day and night, which was actually related to the innovation of its weapons.

In the era of hot weapons, this kind of assault did not consume as much energy as in the era of cold weapons.After all, when an enemy lies down on the spot and shoots, it doesn’t take too much effort to move his arms. Fighting a small battle on the way can be regarded as a way to rest compared to a rapid march.Although this way sounds so awkward.

But in the era of cold weapons, even drawing a bow and shooting an arrow requires a lot of energy, let alone fighting in hand-to-hand combat.

Looking at the soldiers lying all over the ground, Xiao Shan realized even more how unfavorable long-range raids are to the army in the era of cold weapons.

But now that he is very close to the enemy, this kind of rest is obviously very dangerous.Xiao Shan had no choice but to let a few soldiers with proud physical strength in the army carry out the task of guarding the periphery, and immediately warn the police when they see any situation.Even if this is the case, Xiao Shan also doubts that in this situation, even if the enemy is in front of him, whether these soldiers can jump up and fight, it is estimated that they are more likely to lie on the ground and wait for others to fight.

An hour later, according to the position of the moon, Xiao Shan judged that it was about eleven o'clock in the evening.

Starting at this time, plus traveling ten miles, arrived at Xuanzhou City at about three or four o'clock in the middle of the night.The last ten miles cannot be walked too fast, otherwise the physical strength will be exhausted on the way.

At three or four o'clock in the middle of the night, it is not possible to make a surprise attack like this. It is necessary to find the weak link of the enemy in time. The detection of secret sentries and spies will take a certain amount of time. Retracement, just in time for dawn.Maybe if you are lucky, you don't need to retrace.

Xiao Shan thought so in his heart, but after half an hour, someone sent out to scout horses and reported back: three miles away, there is an outpost arranged by the enemy, a total of 30 people are stationed, it is a relatively large stronghold.

Xiao Shan thought to himself that his luck was better than he imagined.At the same time, he secretly marveled in his heart that the enemy's think tank was so thoughtful.Place the stronghold far away, as long as there is a battle, Xuanzhou City will definitely be notified in time.Losing [-] people, it is also cost-effective to be able to get information in time.

Xiao Shan reckoned that the enemy never expected that he would come so soon, so this stronghold should be more vigilant after three or four days, now in the middle of the night, it is the best time for him to sneak attack.

Xiao Shan is not satisfied with this, he still has time, he wants to create the illusion that more troops are coming to attack, so that the enemy can't understand the situation and dare not go out of the city to attack at will.So it's not enough to scout a stronghold closely.

Another two rested and energetic soldiers were replaced, and they went to investigate nearby. After half an hour, they got another news. Sure enough, there were three such strongholds not far away, three in Xuanzhou City. different direction.No one stationed more than 50 people.

Xiao Shan's lieutenant general woke up at this moment. Hearing the news, he was overjoyed and immediately suggested: "It's just a matter of time to divide the troops into three groups and attack together!"

Xiao Shan shook his head: "The action must be fast and the power must be fierce. Dividing troops in the dark is not a good strategy. Since the distance is not far, then take it in one fell swoop and try not to disturb the surrounding strongholds."

The lieutenant general and Xiao Shan didn't have any disputes, and when they disagreed, it often proved that Xiao Shan was right.It's not that the lieutenant general's point of view is wrong, because in many cases, whatever you do is right, but most of the time Xiao Shan's attitude is firmer, so he executes more times according to his method.Then correspondingly, his correct rate is high.If the correct rate is high, the ideas he puts forward will be easier to implement, which is a virtuous circle.

With 500 people in Xiaoshan, taking down a stronghold of 30 people is a piece of cake. After the rest of the 500 people, they marched according to the prior arrangement. First, they sent the captured captives to lie that they had something important to report back. Not even 10 minutes. The 30 enemy troops were taken prisoner while they were asleep.

After capturing these captives, they immediately learned how these strongholds transmit security messages to each other and how to communicate with the city of Xuanzhou.

The other two strongholds had already been captured before dawn.

After reporting safety information to Xuanzhou City and other places, Xiaoshan's headquarters obtained hot water, food, and a short rest at these strongholds, and replenished some equipment.

At dawn, Xiao Shan left some rout soldiers to guard these strongholds, and led his men to continue marching.

It is obviously stupid to leave captives to guard the stronghold, and it is not appropriate to leave one's own direct descendants, because these people are very good at fighting.Correspondingly, routs are much more reliable, you don’t have to worry about them reporting to thieves, and it’s much easier to defend strongholds than to fight in the wild—there are some simple fortifications you can rely on, so they won’t collapse at the first touch like an attack in the wild.

At dawn, Xiao Shan set off with his troops. Although he left some people to guard the captured strongholds, the number increased again. In addition to the captured prisoners, there were 100 more people than before.

The treatment of captives is also very simple. Kill the leader, and the remaining young people will do simple ideological work first, telling them that the monster will die. If you commit crimes and make meritorious service, if you perform well, you can join the imperial army, receive a salary, and have a lifelong iron rice bowl.This has largely attracted those captives to work for him. As for whether it can be honored, it will be a matter of the future. Anyway, it is better to pay the soldiers now!

When Xiao Shan distributed the money at night, he sighed in his heart. It cannot be said that Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng did not make any contribution. At least the current money, supplies and arrow feathers are all left by them. Without these things, It is also impossible to take prisoners so easily.

After disposing of the captives, Xiao Shan mixed them into his direct subordinates, and his direct subordinates, who were still the standard bearers yesterday, became the captains of a team of ten today. The rapid promotion also stimulated these people. people's fighting spirit.

Xiao Shan didn't intend to attack Xuanzhou County, after all, the county is protected by a city wall, if the opponent is well guarded, even if tens of thousands of people come to attack, it may not be able to take it in a month or two, let alone with only a few people like him?

His idea is to clean up a circle around the periphery, when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we advance, and when the enemy is tired, we attack.Sweep away the autumn wind, get some loot, and persist for three to five days. If Zhao Yuan arrives, say otherwise, if he doesn't arrive, he can be regarded as having completed the task and can turn over the task and withdraw.

On the same day, he led his troops to start a small-scale attack on the outer strongholds with a force ten times that of the enemy's. The harvest was abundant and the number of prisoners increased by another hundred.

Two days later, Xiao Shan had 600 men under his command, only half of them were his own, and the other half were prisoners.

This ratio between the enemy and the enemy is already quite dangerous, Xiao Shan dare not increase the number of prisoners, if there is no other way, he can only choose to kill some of them.Because it was in the outskirts of Xuanzhou, he didn't dare to send him home with travel expenses—it was too dangerous, and it was too easy to expose his secrets.

Just as Xiao Shan was cleaning the surroundings according to his own ideas, Wang Bupo also made a movement.

Wang Bupo sat firmly in the city of Xuanzhou, the governor had been killed by him a long time ago, and he proclaimed himself Emperor Shuntian, and Xuanzhou Mansion was tentatively designated as the imperial palace by him.

But when faced with Xiao Shan's strategy, he was very flustered at first, thinking that most of them were attacking, but after being instructed by his white-faced military adviser, he dubiously judged that there were actually not many people in Xiao Shan.

However, there were not many officers and soldiers, which made Wang Bupo very angry and a headache. His Xuanzhou City had already received leaflets from officers and soldiers from time to time.

Fortunately, most of the people in the city were illiterate, and when they saw the leaflets, they only took them as ghost symbols, and didn't have much reaction.Otherwise, Wang Bupo was really worried that Xiao Qiang would be troubled.

After Xiao Shan ordered people to accidentally shoot flyers into the city, he immediately felt that he had done something stupid - there is a point in writing propaganda, people can't understand what you wrote at all, and the majority of illiterate people are really annoying. Headache.No wonder the ancients made up more nursery rhymes and sang them during wars, which also has its social basis!

Xiao Shan has learned a good lesson and stopped doing these useless efforts. He just ordered people to build fortifications outside those strongholds, and surrounded Xuanzhou City.

Wang Bupo is a middle-aged fat man, and now he is very angry, and he is scolding his military adviser through the curtain: "Since you came, I have treated you well with delicious food and drinks, and I have never treated you badly. Why are you cheating me so much?"

There was no sound behind the curtain, and Wang Bupo continued to complain: "It's useless for you to say that you want to mobilize all the horses and let the officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress them disperse on their own!"

The curtain moved slightly, and a note came from inside, with a line of words written on it.

Wang Bupo couldn't read, so he had to let a literate soldier beside him read.

"A total of more than a thousand officers and soldiers came here, but now only one-third of them have come. It is already a great achievement! If it weren't for the previous arrangement, there are now more than a thousand officers and soldiers, and the city would have been destroyed long ago!"

Wang Bupo also lost his mind, and just said: "Then what should we do now? The officers and soldiers of the court are very bad, and they are clearing out my secret posts everywhere, and the outside strongholds are almost wiped out. Xuanzhou will become an isolated city! Grandma's, If I knew this earlier, I wouldn't be the emperor!"

A laugh came from behind the curtain, which seemed to be mocking.

Wang Bupo was furious, and before he could swear, another note came from behind the curtain: "Make a trap to attract an attack. All the soldiers and horses in the city will be mobilized. We are outnumbered and they will perish."

Wang Bupo snorted, and after a while, he asked cautiously: "Then, do you want to invite the heavenly soldiers and generals?"

There was no movement behind the curtain, as if he didn't want to talk about this issue anymore.Wang Bupo didn't dare to press too hard, so he had to summon a few "generals" under his command: "In the early morning of this morning, please kill those officers and soldiers who are invulnerable to swords and spears, and the gods of Fushui!"

Xiao Shan strictly abided by the principle of concentrating superior forces. Wang Bupo's outlying stronghold was the last one left. The battle preparations started at noon and were expected to end in half an hour.After eating this last stronghold, Xuanzhou City was completely surrounded.When the time comes to fight or withdraw, the initiative is in your own hands.

But when they were about to set off, the captive told Xiao Shan something that surprised him: Wang Tianshi hadn't used his ultimate weapon yet, as long as he did it, the soldiers would be invulnerable, and as long as he scattered the water talisman, everyone's fighting power would increase by one. times, like a god possessed.