I’m The King Chapter 261: :Night Crossing
The spring rain continued, and Zhao Qi, who was in Fangcheng, was in a mood as dark as the weather outside the window. Haikou is almost a joke now.
Crossing the Yishui River, we lost a lot of supplies and supplies that were transported across the river before, and now it is cheaper for the Yan army. If Zhao Guang on the right wing did not block Zhou Yuan's main force's attack, they would not let them take advantage of the situation to catch up He Lai, now that I'm in Fangcheng, I'm afraid I'm already uneasy.
This spring rain and the timely spring flood finally alleviated the current predicament and allowed him to regain his strength. More supplies are being shipped in a steady stream to replenish the shortage of the front line and defend the five cities. This is Zhao Wuji's bottom line, and at the beginning, Zhao Qi's ambition was to teach Yan Guo a lesson.
Now it seems that there is no possibility of implementing it at all. It is impossible for Zhao Guo to give him more soldiers and horses. Compared with Yan Guo, Zhao Guo's bigger enemy comes from the Huns on the northern grasslands. There is the Qin State in the West.
This is a battle that makes Zhao Qi feel a little humiliated.
Zhao Guang retreated to defend Weicheng, Zhao Dong guarded the whole city, these two cities at the top must not be lost. Zhao Guang has 30,000 standing troops of Zhao State under his command, but Zhou Yuan's is facing him The main force of the Yan army, Zhou Yu, had already withdrawn his army after giving him a hard blow, and the one who dealt with the whole city was completely transformed into Jiang Dawei's Yuyang County soldiers, which made Zhao Qi feel a little relieved.
The opponent's striker has already reached the Yishui River, but the main force of Yuyang County has hardly been dispatched. With the thousands of strikers, it is impossible to take down the whole city. The return of Zhao Qi also confirmed Zhao Qi's idea. The other party camped by the Yishui River, looking for boats, cutting down trees, building rafts and repairing bridges. They seemed to be very busy, but there was no soldier. Cross the river.
This is a precious period of time, allowing Zhao Qi to lick the **** wounds well. In this battle, the morale of the army under his command has suffered a great blow. Before the battle, they, like Zhao Qi, really I haven't taken the Yan army seriously yet, although they are not Zhao's standing army, but Zhao Qi's private army.
But the **** facts have knocked out their arrogance, not to mention the standing army of the Yan Kingdom, but a group of miscellaneous soldiers gathered from all directions, and they almost broke their front teeth.
This battle not only made Zhao Dong, but also Zhao Qi remember the general named Gao Yuan.
Zhao Qi has not really taken Gao Yuan into his eyes until now, but at this moment, Zhao Dong, who is guarding the whole city, is very concerned about Gao Yuan. The image left behind is too deep, a character who can condense tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers together, no matter how you look at it, he is also an extremely powerful character, not to mention, during the battle, Zhao Dong almost died Losing his opponent's hand, he didn't take it lightly just because the opponent was facing thousands of miscellaneous soldiers led by Gao Yuan.
The whole city is about 20 miles away from Yishui River. On this 20-mile road, Zhao Dong set up several watchtowers and prepared fast horses. Whenever Gao Yuan did anything, he would know immediately After the defeat of Jing'an, Zhao Jun's strategy has retreated to the bottom line, which is to defend the five cities that Yan State wants.
There will be no reinforcements! This point, Zhao Dong is very clear, the most elite troops of Zhao State are gathered under Zhao Mu at this moment, ready to deal with the attack from Qin State. And the strategic direction of the entire country , is also biased toward the West.
It is enough to defend the five cities. As long as the war is delayed, we can talk.
The continuous spring rains for several days also made Zhao Dong's tense heart stop a little. , they all pay the price, and within a short period of time, the opponent cannot cross the river to fight.
There is such a period of time, enough for him to re-run the whole city and make it stronger.
"General, some changes have been noticed in the city, and the people are a little uneasy." He Dapeng walked over, his riding boots stepping on the spring rain, making a crackling sound.
"Is it the Yanling Guard of the Yan Kingdom making trouble again? If you find one, you will kill one. You will never be soft-hearted. You would rather kill by mistake than let it go!" My heart is restless again, hmph, after returning to Zhao for ten years, these untouchables are really a rock that can't be warmed, if I don't kill a few of them, I really don't know if I will live or die."
"Yes!"
"General, it's raining continuously in spring, and the road is really difficult. Should the cavalry patrol stop temporarily?" He Dapeng walked a few steps, then turned around and looked at Zhao Dong.
"Just stop for two days, the enemy won't be able to fight in this **** weather." Zhao Dong nodded, "Let the horses grow up well, and there will definitely be a big fight in the future."
Unable to fight in this weather is the thinking of the generals of this era. Here in Gaoyuan, there is no such shackles. On the other side of the Yishui River, a storm is brewing in Gaoyuan's big tent.
Gao Yuan sits cross-legged on the sheep felt, the ground is very damp, and the big tent is very simple, if you press the ground in front of you, water will come out, even if you are sitting on the sheep felt , you can also feel the dampness and cold air coming from the ground.
Around Gaoyuan, Naha, infantrymen, Meng Chong, and Xu Yuan sat in a group, and everyone was silent. It was covered up. The tent door was open, and a flash of lightning came down, illuminating the outside as bright as day, but the dense raindrops made everyone's sight only limited to the square garden outside the tent door.
At this time, in the Yan army camp, in all the big tents, the soldiers were all wearing armour, just like their chiefs, sitting silently in the tents, waiting for further orders. Knowing that there is going to be a big action, starting early today, all actions will be completely cancelled, and the soldiers had dinner early, and then stayed in the big tent.
The vast majority of soldiers still have doubts in their hearts. In their past military careers, such weather has never happened before, let alone fighting, even marching. But for Fufeng soldiers, This is nothing, not to mention the rain, even in the snow-covered winter, when the snow reaches their knees, they also go out to fight.
These Fufeng soldiers who had just been promoted to officers told their past stories vividly to their subordinates. I have to pause, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they all talk about these past events so that people's blood boils, and they pour out the passion of a man without a doubt.
There is nothing impossible in this world, only things you dare to do!
Only when we attack in this kind of weather can we exchange for the greatest victory at the smallest cost, because even you can't imagine that we will attack tonight, so the enemy can't even imagine it.
It's just that the road is a little more difficult, but compared to fighting the enemy hard and throwing your head and blood, what is this difficulty?
The doubts of all soldiers were dispelled little by little, and the passion was ignited little by little.
Outside of Gao Yuan's large tent, a person came out of the heavy rain, naked as if he had just been fished out of the water, but his face was full of excitement, it was Yan Haibo.
"County Lieutenant, according to the information obtained from the investigation in the past few days, our advance personnel have successfully killed the opponent's first watchtower, and the other side has just sent a signal, and they are setting off for the second watchtower. We can start!" Yi Haibo stood in front of Gao Yuan, the water on his body kept flowing down, and in an instant, a small puddle formed in front of Gao Yuan.
Gao Yuan stood up, "Brothers, make contributions, and now, we, Dayan, want to regain the five cities lost many years ago, starting from our place today, Zhao Guo has eaten us, and we have to spit it out , If you take ours, you have to return them to us.”
"It's time to make achievements!" Inside the big tent, several generals roared.
"Assembly!" Gao Yuan waved his hand fiercely, Yan Haibo, Naha, Meng Chong, and Xu Yuan turned around and filed out. Gao Yuan turned around and said, "Infantry, I will leave the camp here to you. After we win, Then a signal will be sent back, and you immediately report to Jiang Da on a fast horse, um, and at the same time send a group of fast horses to the general."
"Understood!" Infantry said. "County Lieutenant, be careful, if things go wrong, you must come back."
"Don't worry!" Gao Yuan laughed, "In Gao Yuan's mind, there has never been the word failure!"
Beside the Yishui River, the torrential river hit the embankment, making a loud noise. The formerly docile Yishui River has shown its tyrannical side since the spring flood. In Zhao Jun's view, this has indeed become a natural obstacle for the opponent. On this thunderstorm night, they sleep peacefully with peace of mind.
While the soldiers were sleeping peacefully, the watchtowers were taken down one by one by the Fufeng soldiers, completely losing the role of Zhao Dong in setting them up.
On the Yishui River, huge sheepskin rafts floated on the river surface, tied to the embankment by dozens of ropes and driven deep into the ground among the tree stumps. The river drifts east and west.
Gao Yuan took his two hundred Fufeng elite soldiers and crossed the river as the first batch of attackers. These sheepskin rafts were made by Gao Yuan after seeing Sha Potian Bai Yucheng use them. This is a good thing and is usually released When it is cold, it can be used as a quilt cover. When it meets the river, the lambskin rafts will be blown up one by one, tied together, and covered with a layer of boards, and it can be used as a big raft. It is convenient and quick to use. It is a necessary item for horse bandits to go out to rob and kill the Quartet.
These seemingly huge sheepskin rafts in the river are actually the result of hundreds of small sheepskin rafts tied together. Fufeng may not have many other things, but these animal furs are nothing more than that. In Fufeng County, fur trading and tanning have become a big industry. Making these sheepskin rafts is an easy task for Gao Yuan.
Looking for boats and building bridges are just for Zhao Jun to see.
"Let's go!" Gao Yuan shouted.
The rope was untied, the sheepskin raft trembled, and immediately floated down the river. On the raft, dozens of soldiers sitting on the edge danced their paddles desperately to stabilize the raft. Difficultly row towards the opposite bank.
"Second batch, prepare!" On the embankment, the infantry shouted in a deep voice. (To be continued~IndoMTL.com~