My country is dead again [Rebirth]

From June to July, during a month, the two armies did not experience a major battle in the northeast of Hengchuan. Both sides seemed to be fighting tepidly. Among them, there were victories and casualties, but after several times of capturing, abandoning, and capturing the city, the army still took the two northeast states without any risk, and pushed the battle line steadily to the eastern hinterland of Hengchuan.

With the arrival of Hengchuan's summer rainy season, the two armies have really fallen into an anxious and protracted battle. They have been facing each other in Qizhou for more than half a month.

Xu Zishen was surprised at first that Dayu's army wasn't crazy at all this time. They obviously had sufficient supplies, but they missed the previous two adventures of taking a slanted sword, and changed to seeking victory while maintaining stability.After several confrontations, he realized that a young man who looked like a genius was not really so magical. As the saying goes, a clever woman can't cook without rice. The quality of the troops brought by Dayu this time was far inferior to the previous two. He just wanted to take risks It doesn't have the strength it should have.But he also felt that the person on the other side might be accumulating a lot, and a real bloody battle was coming soon.

Shen Ci, who was outside Qizhou City, was quite surprised that Xu Zishen would fight so meekly this time. It was really not like his usual fighting style. After observation, he realized that Xu Zishen could not keep up with the food and grass, and the internal situation in Pingdu It's not as simple as they thought.

After Xu Zishen conquered Jiangnan in March this year, Yu Pingdu proclaimed himself emperor, the country name was Zhao, and the year name was Jinghe. Half of the current officials in Dazhao were those who stayed in Pingdu and surrendered to Xu Zishen, and half were from Jiangbei, where Xu Zishen prospered. When Xu Zishen raised his army, several major families in Jiangbei contributed a lot, and they can be called the founding heroes of the country.

Just like Dayu, wherever there are factions, there will be struggles. The court in Pingdu was not very stable at the beginning. The old officials in Pingdu and the Jiangbei family have always been at odds. It is said that the quarrel is much more fierce than when the cabinet and Xie Ruzhuo quarreled. In fact, the six parts were even divided up by two factions, which made each other trip up.

Therefore, Xu Zishen was not worried about being the emperor, and it could even be said to be very worrying.

Xu Zishen was born in a declining family, and joined the army when he was a teenager. Most of the bandits and bandits that appeared from time to time in Huizong Dynasty were all wiped out by Xu Zishen. When Qi Junmao didn't go to Haimen, Haimen once The city was in danger of being destroyed, because Xu Zishen led his army to rush out of the capital thousands of miles to help, defeating the Qiang people.Everyone admits that Xu Zishen is a rare general in the world, but in many people's minds, he is always a warrior, not a politician.

Facing the factional disputes in Pingdu, Xu Zishen's solution was to not listen, not to see, not to know, to let them quarrel, and to let them go. In his mind, the only thing in his mind was to conquer the Quartet.

In the end, of course, he had to bear the consequences of being dragged down by the court. The two sides had to quarrel for half a month when the Ministry of Finance allocated money, and for another half a month when transporting grain and grass.

It was already a month after the grain and grass were finally delivered to their emperor.

Therefore, Xu Zishen had to slow down this time. In the first half of the year, they fought Jiangnan and Shuzhong, and the food and grass consumption was already very large. Now that the autumn harvest has not yet been harvested, their Dazhao is indeed a bit weak.

But like Xu Zishen, Shen Ci was always concerned, feeling that the other party was trying to hide his strength and bide his time. I am afraid that he is gathering strength in the past two days, and there will be an unavoidable battle.

It was sunny in Qizhou for several days, and then it started to rain again. Today is the third rainy day. Shen Ci accompanied Yue Tingchuan and personally directed the soldiers to fill up the low-lying places in the camp with flat stones, so as to prevent the accumulated water from overflowing and cover the surrounding area. The road became more muddy and difficult to walk.

The soldiers didn't have umbrellas, and they didn't have the nerve to do so, they were all drenched, Shen Ci said: "Fortunately, it's in Hengchuan, a little further south, with continuous rain, it's difficult to store grain and grass, and most of them will be moldy. "

"This area is all plains, and there are few rivers, lakes, mountains and forests. It's good luck, otherwise the weather will be terrible." Yue Tingchuan's eyes were a little blue. He was the first general and led [-] troops. The pressure was really great. , I haven’t rested for half a month, and my face is a little pale after being exposed to the rain, “But Pingyuan is too difficult to fight, I don’t know how long the stalemate will last.”

Seeing that it was almost done here, Shen Ci ordered the soldiers to go back to rest, dragged Yue Tingchuan back to the camp, and said calmly as he walked, "It's only a few days, Xu Zishen will move."

Yue Tingchuan opened the curtain, took off his wet light armor and robe, called his own soldiers to fetch hot water, pressed his eyebrows and said, "In the two previous encounters, Xu Zishen's attacks were very fierce. It should be his advantage, right? There is a small river to the west, the terrain is lower, and there are hills on both sides. After two days of rain, the river must be about to burst its banks. It seems that no one will go there, but I always feel that Safety."

Shen Ci didn't feel cold on his body, but felt uncomfortable with wet clothes. He leaned on the table and nodded and said: "The general's worry is not unreasonable. The river is too small. Even if the embankment bursts, it will come in handy. Xu Zishen He has never been afraid of a frontal attack, but at the same time, he often does flank raids. There are no other places nearby that are suitable for raids, so he can only choose there."

"Are you going?" Yue Tingchuan asked concisely.

"Ambush?" Shen Ci said, "Okay, give me two thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry is enough, and the rest is yours."

To the west is their food and supply camp. Although they have set up a defense line, they are still afraid that Xu Zishen will come from there. Their purpose is not to fight Xu Zishen, but to use ambushes to counter the surprise attack and stop Xu Zishen's troops.

"Don't worry too much, general, it's nothing. Our soldiers and horses are not bad, but they haven't been on the battlefield much." Shen Ci comforted, "Xu Zishen's hands are not all veteran soldiers, there are also many recruits. "

Yue Tingchuan shook his head, couldn't hide his worry, and sighed: "You have seen it for more than a month. In fact, there was no thrilling battle. Compared with our previous two times, it was all small troubles. And you Seeing that Xu Zishen didn't send out the most powerful Jiangbei army, he was obviously waiting for a big battle in the near future. Xu Zishen saw that we lacked the strong soldiers that we had before, and this time he wanted to wear us down slowly. We, when his Jiangbei army launches a fierce attack, the people on our side will be bluffed, what he wants is this sense of deterrence, which will damage our morale."

"Then don't let him succeed." Seeing that Yue Tingchuan was about to take a bath, Shen Ci was about to go out, "You are the general, and boosting morale is what you must do."

Yue Tingchuan said wearily, "Got it", Shen Ci didn't stay any longer, bowed and left.

It rained intermittently for another five days. As they expected, Xu Zishen left the city on the morning of the sixth day and took the initiative to attack.

According to what Shen Ci said earlier, he brought two thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry and waited early by the small river in the west. They did not dare to block the river, fearing that the river would flood the surrounding farmland. They dredged the river in the past few days to lower the water level After moving some, some simple wooden bridges were improvised with thick logs to facilitate the passage of infantry.

Sure enough, they guessed right, Xu Zishen sent 9000 people to the west to make a surprise attack.

Shen Ci had already prepared for this. The infantry met the enemy first on the east bank, while the cavalry lay in ambush on the other side of the river.When the opponent's cavalry rushed forward, their infantry stopped the cavalry at the front with a mace and stopped the front cavalry, destroying the first wave of offensive. When the army behind reached the river, Shen Ci deliberately let a group of them cross the river to feed Give the cavalry in ambush on the other side, and stop another group to continue the melee.

After the ambush on the opposite bank was successful, the cavalry returned to help the infantry, blocking the raiding army on both sides of the river and unable to escape.

Shen Ci dealt with it very easily in the west. At noon, the group didn't want to fight any more and retreated voluntarily, but Shen Ci didn't leave, and stayed here with the 4000 people as usual.

Xu Zishen's troops came again in the afternoon, but they didn't expect that they hadn't left yet, they were willing to be here in the wind and rain. The two sides fought again, but the opponent still couldn't take a few steps forward, and returned angrily.

Shen Ci and the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, and when they heard that Yue Tingchuan had withdrawn their troops, they rode straight back to the camp.

There were a lot of wounded soldiers in the camp. Shen Ci knew that today's battle might not be very good, so he rushed into Yue Tingchuan's tent quickly, and saw blood splattered all over his face and wounded on his left arm. Frowning without saying a word, he was letting the military doctor deal with the wound.

With outsiders around, Shen Ci didn't say much, but simply asked about today's situation, and his heart sank.

Today's battle can't be said to be a crushing defeat, but it can be said to be a disgrace.

Just as he had guessed before, Xu Zishen finally changed his normal attitude today and started to attack fiercely. According to Yue Tingchuan, Xu Zishen was attacking desperately.

Xu Zishen put all the Jiangbei Army, which was the best at fighting, in the front army. This group of people was like desperadoes, and they acted like bandits.

Most of their people have never seen this kind of scene, and they were immediately frightened and stupid, and they dare not advance or retreat. From a distance, their whole army of Dayu is moving back bit by bit, like a river beach at high tide , was ruthlessly eaten away by the tide.

This kind of situation is fighting for morale, but they dare not even enter, so what is morale?

At the end of the day, the siege battle was turned into a retreat battle, and it was unheard of to say it.

"Xu Zishen knows that our people have never been on the battlefield, so he deliberately uses this to frighten and scare." Shen Ci frowned, "At this time, we must not confuse ourselves, let alone retreat, as long as we block the most fierce offensive, the reduction will be The opponent's morale."

Yue Tingchuan wiped off the messy blood on his face, gritted his teeth, and said, "Do you think I don't know? But what's the use? The instinct to fear death is there at that moment. If you're afraid, you're afraid. No matter how much you want them to understand It doesn't help if the other party is really not that scary."

Shen Ci also fell silent. Under normal circumstances, the general takes the lead, and charging into the battle is the best way to boost morale. Anyone who thinks they don't want to die should go.

It is indeed the most difficult thing to boost morale at this time, it will not help, and it may backfire if you are not careful.

Looking at Yue Tingchuan's gloomy expression, Shen Ci remembered that this person had never suffered such a big blow since he was a child. Although he fought hard in Xuanyi Mansion last year, he could handle it well with proper defense. He has never taken on such a heavy responsibility, nor has he suffered any defeats. Shen Ci was a little afraid that he would cry.

"General, are you okay?" Shen Ci put on a face younger than him, but his tone was gentle like an elder, "It's no big deal, we have defeated Xu Zishen twice, which shows that he is not invincible Shinhwa, on the battlefield, it is impossible to win all the time, what about you... just be careful."

It was so difficult to coax Xie Ruzhuo, Shen Ci was even more difficult to coax others, he felt embarrassed even after finishing the difficult speech, scratched his hair and didn't know what else to say.

Yue Tingchuan laughed and said, "Am I so vulnerable in your eyes? I'm fine, very fine."

Shen Ci breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the sons of the family are not all so fragile, nodded and said: "That's good."

They formed an alliance with King Yan in the previous life, and they have never encountered such a thing. Shen Ci said silently, "Have you thought about what to do tomorrow?"

"What else can I do? I have to fight." Yue Tingchuan sighed, "I will try my best."

There should be a surprise attack on the west side tomorrow, so Shen Ci didn't say that he should go with him. Besides, Yue Tingchuan is the general, and he must give the general a chance to solve it by himself. It's not good for him to intervene rashly.

The author has something to say: Xiao Xie: Daily question, did General Shen remember to write to me today?

Mother who read the script in advance: No.

Xiao Shen: (The user you dialed has turned off the phone)

Every time I write about the battlefield scene, I feel emotional, why make things difficult for a girl like me who only knows how to fall in love (light a cigarette)