Power and Empire Chapter 1634: The Battle of the Sona River (3)
"Your Majesty, the river water doesn't seem right this afternoon! It feels a little bit less than in the morning!"
Saron walked from outside wearing this black general armor, and his riding boots covered with mud and sand by the river rubbed against the red carpet at the entrance of the military tent, trying to scrape off the mud on it. The phantom slammed heavily on him, and a document rolled off under his feet
"Asshole, that's a hand-woven goose down carpet." A fat man's slightly angry voice came from the military tent. "If I remember correctly, this is the third goose down carpet that has been stained by you. I came here three times in the morning. , It’s always like this every time. Do you know the value of these carpets? The value of each piece is more than one thousand gold, and I will keep it in your military expenses this time!"
"Don’t, Your Majesty, you know I’m the poorest among the other regiments. I will deduct three thousand gold at once. That's a reward for a squadron!" Hearing that the carpet was worth a thousand gold, Saron was shocked. He removed his boots and looked at the red carpet on which he was wading on the dirt. Dulu said, "No, your majesty, I remember that such carpets are not military equipment used to lay tents. Each piece is worth less than ten. It’s just a silver coin! Does your majesty use different from others? Can’t tell!"
"It’s in my military tent, it’s worth a thousand dollars." The fat man looked at the carpet he had just changed into a mud blanket at the feet of the prodigal son of Salong, and he snorted heavily with dissatisfaction. "If If you have any comments, you can speak up!"
"Declare upwards? How could that be possible!" Salong subconsciously stuck out her tongue, joking, isn't your superior is Your Majesty Falcon! Let yourself say that this kind of rascal style is indeed worthy of your Majesty Falcon.
"Since there is no opinion, what are you still standing there and looking at!" The fat man dropped the pen in his hand, rolled up the map on the table, rolled his eyes at Saron with a miserable look, and said, "Not yet Bring me the documents on the ground! That is the report you asked for an increase in military spending. If you don’t want it, I don’t care. You can polish your shoes. This is free for you! Don’t think I don’t know who you are looking for to write it. , This kind of eloquent and debating style can have more than one choice! If you haven’t seen it for a while, you have grown up. The military and political leaders in the Northwest have a good relationship with each other!"
"Don't, don't be like this, Your Majesty! Didn't I follow your orders and learn more about government affairs" Salong hurriedly defended, picking up the report on the ground regardless of manners, Pidianpidian Walked over and put his respectful hands on the fat man’s table
The two guards standing at the door of the tent raised their heads in unison. The affection of the monograph is like enjoying the beautiful moonlight with a lover in broad daylight. No matter how prestigious the commanders of the five legions are, stomping outside can make the empire. The military shuddered, but in front of the Falcon’s Majesty, it was like a mouse and a cat. They didn’t even dare to breathe.
"Let's talk, what you found so excited! It's like being beaten up!"
The fat man easily pressed down the report, his eyes flashed across Salon’s face, and slowly said, “The Gallic army has arrived at the Sona River for two days. The first troops to arrive are 70,000, and then 110,000. People’s main force, in addition to a fierce attack upstream on the first day, the opponent launched several tentative attacks against Heyan on the second day, but they did not make any progress. On the contrary, they lost more than 3,000 people. They are now the first. For three days, the other party did not move for the entire morning, so he should have other ideas!"
" It’s okay, I just feel that the water on the river is no longer anxious! "Saron’s face flashed in a daze, and he said indifferently." I looked up the upper and middle reaches, and it was strange to say. The flow of the upper reaches of the river does not change much, but as the river becomes wider and wider, the water flows into the relatively wide middle reaches of the river. The river water has already fallen a lot, and the depth is obviously insufficient. In the past, it was difficult to swim in the area, and now it can be reluctant to ride a horse. In the past, "
"You mean, the river water has decreased for some reason?" The fat man's expression became serious, and he suddenly stood up and interrupted Salon's report.
" Yes, that's probably what it means! "Saron was taken aback by this fat man's move. I don't know why it caused such a strong reaction from His Majesty Falcon, but he nodded for sure." Although it seemed a little weird , But it does feel like this. I haven’t felt it when I set off in the morning, but when I return in the afternoon, I can obviously feel something is wrong!"
" Interesting! Nothing is impossible in this world. The other party did not swim downstream, obviously he had his own plan! I am also guessing, but now the answer is obvious. "The fat man has a deep gaze and seems to have thought of something. I touched my chin." It seems that we have encountered a very thoughtful opponent. The river water cannot change so much in a few days, unless the opponent cut off the tributary to reduce the river water infusion, so that the subsequent army can walk. Forced!"
"No way, how could this be possible!" Salon blinked with an unbelievable look on his face. The water volume of a river with abundant water flow can be reduced to a depth of walking and swimming within a few days. It’s hard to believe,
"Don’t forget, it’s the dry season of the Sona River!" The fat man spread out the map of the Sona River on the table and clicked on the map with his finger. The middle section of the main stream of the Sona River drags out four tributaries in the south of the map. During the dry season, most of the water flow of the Sona River comes from the tributaries, but there are not many main streams."
"If these tributaries are cut off, I can say that the water flow will be reduced by half in a few days, and the other party clearly sees this too"
Fatty’s finger clicked fiercely in the lower part of the map. "If the entire Sona River is likened to a wooden board under pressure, the flat belt downstream is undoubtedly the weakest part of the board! The middle stream is already there. The river becomes smooth, and it becomes smoother when it reaches the lower reaches,
" As long as the water flow is reduced to a certain level, all the river shallows in the downstream rivers will surface. The opponent should be waiting for this. At that time, the opponent only needs to use the advantage of the infantry group to forcefully cross the river along the river shallows. ,
"Although our army has deployed 40,000 troops downstream, it is a 5-mile-long river, and the average 40,000 people spread on the river is not much, but the other side has 180,000 troops, under full attack. , As long as the timing is grasped, we can completely defeat the bó weakness in the downstream by relying on superior forces in a short time before our main reinforcements arrive in the middle reaches!"
"Then what shall we do?"
Saron took a breath of air when he heard it. After all the battles, he has seen countless opponents of the empire. This time he was a little dizzy. Probably only His Majesty Falcon would make such an unthinkable. And yet The judgment that is closest to the truth, if it is oneself, it is estimated that when the entire downstream collapses, it is impossible to figure out how the other party did it!
" In fact, it’s not that difficult! He cuts off the tributary, then we go upstream and cut off the mainstream! "Fatty smiles "He wants to cross the river, we will help him!"
" What? Cut off the mainstream! Help the enemy cross the river? What kind of mess is this? "Saron has a one-eyed wide open like a copper bell. She wondered if she had heard it wrong, and hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, are you sure Is it to cut off the main stream? Doesn't this make the river completely lose its flow?"
" You’re right, cutting off the mainstream is to make the flow of the river smoother! Let the downstream shallows be exposed in advance. "The fat man nodded, and pressed his five fingers on the river map on the desktop, the corner of his mouth Wei Qiao, showing strong confidence, said
" In this battle of the Sona River, we will fight against the river, and the opponent is going northward. Strategically speaking, the defending party seems to have the advantage of the river, but in fact, in order to defend this period for 50 miles On the river surface, we have 230,000 people empty, but we must divide our forces to guard,
" Lost the strategic initiative, but the opponent is able to move flexibly, concentrate strength, choose a location, and grasp our weakness at any time to launch a full blow. I don’t know the time of the opponent’s main attack or the location of the attack. This kind of uncertainty is the biggest trouble in our defense. The other party will attack upstream as soon as they come. It should also be to confuse us. Now, the opponent jumped into the pit. The location of the attack can be clearly downstream. As for time, Just look at when the alluvial shallows are exposed downstream!"
" So that's the case, the subordinates will take people to the upstream! "Saron showed a daze, and was about to turn around, when a rumbling sound passed over the tent,
"Is this?" The fat man's expression flashed in a daze, he walked quickly to the door of the tent, raised his head and looked at the sky above his head. The clear sky didn't know when it was covered with dark clouds. It was a dull thunder just now. At the other end of the river, an inky sky appears to be a sign of a heavy rain.
"Salong, take more people to make the barrage as firm as possible." A mysterious sneer appeared at the corner of the fat man's mouth, and he exhorted Salong, "Hope is a rain that can destroy everything!"
"Your Majesty, I don't understand!" Salon was confused. He didn't know why His Majesty Falcon would say so,
"Just execute the order!" The fat man was unwilling to explain anything, waved his hand, and said grimly, "Within five days, if you can't stop the water upstream before receiving the order, no matter what What is the result, you don’t need to be the commander of the army anymore!"
"Yes!" Salong shuddered, a joke to be a joke, but he could feel that His Majesty's words were true!
In the middle of the night, light rain fluttered into heavy rain sweeping the entire area. The large raindrops were blown by the wind, sweeping like a naughty child
"Rumble" thunder rang in the middle of the low clouds, the ears of the people below the tremor hummed graciously, and the dazzling blue electric light pierced the black night sky like a flurry, illuminating the Stanley Spencer station A lonely figure beside a section of the river downstream of Sona,
in front of him, the jī current circulates, and the current rushes into an uproar. The river that has just dried up has begun to show a momentum of rising water, and the just outcropping shoal in the river is once again submerged by the jī current
Because I did not expect heavy rain, the dams blocking several tributaries were rushed away, and more than a dozen soldiers were swept away by the jī current, and their lives are unknown.
"My lord, the current is too fast to force a ride on the shallows!"
An officer jumped into the river water with a rope tied to his body, trying to follow the position of the shallows, but was swayed by the jī current, and his body hit a piece of emerging rock hard. If it weren’t tied to the rope, He was washed away long ago, and the soldiers are violently pulling him up
"This rain, it's not time to come!"
Stanley Spencer raised his head angrily, looking at the white raindrops flying above his head, his eyebrows were condensed into a word "chuan", his melancholy gaze looked at the swelling river like a flame. The hands clenched into a fist are slightly whitish due to excessive force
It’s a dry season. The practice of intercepting tributaries and reducing water flow makes it difficult to avoid the eyes of discerning people for a long time. You could have crossed the river tonight, but the sudden heavy rain made all the plans chaotic and had to be postponed. , The danger is rapidly expanding,
Once the change in the water flow is noticed by the opponent, his ingenious layout will become a dead end that will cause the army to suffer heavy losses.
And the number of Northwestern troops this time was beyond his expectation.
The fifty-mile-long river is actually stationed by heavy troops. Several attempts have ended in failure. I thought that the northwest is a pile of scattered sand. As long as the northwest coast is defeated, the overall situation can be settled, but I did not expect the northwest to be so united.
" His Majesty the Emperor underestimated the Northwest!"
Stanley Spencer sighed secretly, the Gallic army advancing the momentum of the raid, and it has been contained so far. The northwest army held by Yihe is now like a strong gate, completely blocking the direction of the army’s advancement.
" My lord, according to my experience, the rain is too late, so it should go too quickly!" A middle-aged general Gaul looked up at the sky and said beside him, "It’s better for us to slow down, the night It is not conducive to forcibly crossing the river. The soaring river water also increases the difficulty of crossing the river.
According to the scout's report, the opponent has strengthened its troops and built a strong fortification on the river bank. The sky is so dark, we can't see anything at all, if we just ran into it like this. The troops crossing the river will only fall into crisis! "
" Sisenu, I also want to take a moment, but time is waiting for no one!"
Stanley Spencer sighed and looked at the general. This man was his partner for many years. He said with an ugly face. "The Southwest side has promised to provide logistics for ten days. If you can’t attack during this time, Entering Dahaicheng, the army will be in a disadvantaged position. The battle of this conquest has become a joke that embarrassed His Majesty. The 180,000 Gallic army can't take a Northwest! How can we still be at the Emperor's Imperial Conference? Talk about being able to open up territory and expand territory for the emperor, and suppress the rebellion!"
"This..."
The general Gaul’s face was dim, and people are not as good as the sky. Who would have thought that this rain would come at such an untimely time. If it hadn’t been for this rain, at this time tomorrow, the army would have swept across the northwestern army on the opposite side. The cavalry was ordered to fly to Imperial Kyoto with victory,
"Order the Third Army to cut off the tributary to increase its strength. Regardless of the loss, the tributary river must be blocked after the heavy rain." Stanley Spencer gave the order behind him with a grim face. "As long as the rain slows, tomorrow night, We will take a forced crossing!"
" My lord, if we do this, our troops will lose a lot! "Scenu has a look of embarrassment on his face
"Since it is a war, losses are inevitable!"
Seli Spencer looked up resolutely and looked deeply at the light on the opposite Northwest Military Camp." I believe the other party would never have thought that we would attack on a rainy night. In this offensive and defensive battle, we and the Northwest The chances of life and death are on the line!"
Unexpectedly, the rainstorm comes quickly and goes quickly,
When the sun appeared from behind the dark clouds the next day, the faces surprised both sides, the time has been pushed to the noon of the fourth day of the battle, the river is rarely clear, there is no muddy and rolling sand after the rain, there are already people It’s strange that the torrential rain last night did not cause the river surface to surge.
The Duke of Denia found the fat man himself, and expressed concern about this abnormal situation. According to the Duke’s analysis, this seems to be a sign that the heavens are unfavorable to the northwest. Please pay more attention to the Vicia Falcon, and the fat man’s face looked dissatisfied. The Gaul army cut off the tributary, and Salon cut off the main stream. It is **** if there is water. He sent away the Duke of Denia, and the fat man walked downstream. The tumbling currents of the past are no longer visible, only the gentle currents. Sparkling on the surface of the river, the green algae can be clearly seen, and the bottom is clearly visible!
"Your Majesty, last night we noticed that there seemed to be movement on the other side!"
is responsible for the defense here is Yaglins~IndoMTL.com~ The general who suffered heavy damage to the Rude people in the Battle of Yinqueshan has been recognized as a defense expert, and the fat man gave him this important section of the river. , Is to value his ability to calm down in all kinds of situations. As a general, he is unstable, so how can his soldiers have the heart to win! He was also awestruck at the sight in front of him. Although he found nothing unusual, the crystal clear river itself was a scene
"Is there a lot of movement?"
Fatty stopped, stood on the riverside and tilted his head. He looked towards the river surface. Under a rock protruding from the river surface, a shallow reef more than ten meters long could be vaguely seen. He didn’t know that, last night, Opposite him, Stanley Spencer used to stare at the river in the same way, but the river was not clear at that time, but the river was billowing.
"It's not very big, it seems to be a floating object in the jī stream! But I don't know why, I always feel something will happen soon." Jaglins's tone was uncertain. The rain poured down last night, even if it was him. I don’t think that the other side will cross the river under such circumstances, just relying solely on intuition
" Indeed, you are right! It may be tonight!" The fat man said half-jokingly, taking his gaze back from the surface of the river, so many people have noticed the abnormality, it is impossible for the opposite person to hurry up and be clear The river surface proves that the opponent intercepted the tributary very successfully. The next step should be to cross the river! (To be continued) [This text is provided by the Qihang Update Team@麗豆湯吧小说] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for a recommendation and a monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. )