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 was wearing this black general armor walking from outside, 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 the mud off. A ghost hit him heavily, 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 the same 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 in one go. 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 account. It’s worth a thousand dollars." The fat man watched as the carpet he had just replaced turned into a mud blanket at the feet of the prodigal son of Salon, and he snorted heavily with dissatisfaction." If you have any comments, you can speak up!"
"Declare to the top? How could that be possible!" Salong subconsciously stuck out his 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 objection, what are you still standing there and watching!" The fat man dropped the pen in his hand, rolled up the map on the table, and rolled his eyes at the sad expression of Saron. He said, "Don't bring me the documents on the ground! That's your report requesting 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 you. Who wrote it? Who else can this kind of eloquent and debating style 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 do this, Your Majesty! Didn't I follow your Majesty's order and learn more about government affairs," Salong explained in a flustered manner. Picking up the report on the ground regardless of demeanor, he 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 emperor. **The world shook, but in front of the Falcon’s Majesty, it looked like a mouse and a cat, not even daring to breathe.
"Say, you are so excited about what you found! It's like being beaten up!"
The fat man simply pressed the report down. His eyes flashed across Salon's face, and he slowly said, "The Gaul army has arrived at the Sona River for two days. The first army arrived was 70,000, and then the main force of 110,000. Except for the first day's Assaulted upstream, the opponent launched several tentative attacks against the riverside on the second day, but no progress was made. On the contrary, more than 3,000 people were lost. It is now the third day and the opponent hasn’t moved all morning. I have other ideas!"
"It's nothing. I just feel that the water on the river is not as anxious as before! "Saron's face flashed suddenly, and he said indifferently." I searched 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 has already dropped a lot, and the depth is obviously insufficient. In the past, it was difficult to swim in the area, and now it is possible to ride a horse. Barely past"'
"You mean, the river water has decreased for some reason?" Fatty's face became solemn and suddenly stood up, interrupting Salon's report
"Yes, probably that's what it means! "Saron was startled 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 I did feel this way. I didn’t feel it when I set off in the morning, but when I returned in the afternoon, I could obviously feel something was 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, how could this be possible!" Salon blinked, with an unbelievable look on his face. It was really impressive to let a river with abundant water flow down to a depth where you can swim on foot within a few days. Unbelievable,
"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. "You can see from the map that this thing is flowing. 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"
The fat man’s finger clicked fiercely in the lower part of the map. "If the entire Sona River is likened to a plank under pressure, the gentle belt downstream is undoubtedly the weakest part of the plank! The middle stream has changed. The river has to be gentle, and it will become smoother when it reaches the lower reaches,
"As long as the water flow is reduced to a certain level, all the river shoals in the downstream rivers, large and small, 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 shoals. ,
"Although our army has deployed 40,000 troops downstream, it is a 5-mile-long river surface, and 40,000 people are spreading on average, but not much, but the other side has 180,000 troops, under full attack. As long as the time is grasped, we can completely defeat the weak point of the downstream by relying on superior forces in a short period of time before our main reinforcements arrive in the middle reaches!"
"Then what shall we do?"
Saron gasped. The imperial warriors who have experienced numerous battles and have seen countless opponents are also a little dizzy this time. Probably only His Majesty Falcon can make such an unbelievable judgment that is closest to the truth. If it is oneself, it is estimated that it will wait until downstream. The whole line collapsed, and I couldn't figure out how the other party did it!
"Actually, it's not difficult! If he cuts off the tributary, then we will go upstream and cut off the mainstream! "Fatty smiled "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's one-eyed one is like a copper bell. I was shocked to think that I had heard it wrong, and he hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, are you sure you want to cut off the main stream? Didn't this completely lose the flow of the river?"
"You are right, cutting off the main stream 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
"This time the Battle of the Sona River. We fight against the river, and the opponent is going northward to pull the city. From a strategic point of view, the defending party seems to have the advantage of the river. But in fact, in order to defend this period of 50 miles On the river surface, we have 230,000 people empty, but we must divide our forces to defend.
"Lost the strategic initiative, the opponent is able to move flexibly and concentrate his strength. Choose a location and seize our weakness at any time to launch a full blow. I don’t know the time when the opponent launched the main attack, and I don’t know the location of the attack. Uncertainty is the biggest trouble in our defense. The opponent attacked upstream as soon as he came. It should also be to confuse us. Now it’s okay. The opponent jumped into the pit. The location of the attack can be clearly downstream. As for time, as long as See when alluvial shoals are exposed downstream!"
"So that's the case, the subordinates will take people upstream!"Saron showed a daze, and was about to turn around, when a rumbling sound passed over the tent,
"This is?" The fat man's face flashed with sorrow, and he walked quickly to the door of the tent, raised his head and looked at the sky above his head. The clear sky did not know when it was covered with dark clouds. It was a dull thunder just now. On the other end of the river, an inky sky seems to be a sign of a heavy rain.
"Salong, bring more people to make the barrage as strong as possible" The fat man showed a mysterious sneer at the corner of his mouth, and exhorted Salong, "Hope is a torrential 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 didn't want to explain any more, 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, joking, but he could feel that His Majesty's words were true!
In the middle of the night, light rain fluttered and turned into heavy rain sweeping the entire area. The large raindrops were blown by the wind, sweeping like a naughty child
The "rumbling" thunder rang in the middle of the low clouds, and the ears of the people below the tremors 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 rapids hovered, and the currents rushed into an uproar. The rivers that had just dried up had begun to show a momentum of rising water, and the outcropping shoals in the river were once again submerged by the rapids
Because I did not expect to encounter heavy rain, the dams blocking several tributaries were rushed away, and a dozen soldiers were swept away by the rapids, and their lives are unknown.
"My lord, the current is too rushing to make it through the shallows at all!"
An officer jumped into the river with a rope tied to his body and tried to walk along the shallows, but he was swayed by the rapids, and his body hit a piece of emerging rock hard. If it wasn't for the rope, it would be early He was washed away, and the soldiers were violently pulling him up
"This rain, it's not time to come!"
Stanley Spencer raised his head angrily, looked at the white raindrops flying above his head, his eyebrows were tightly condensed into a word "chuan", God's melancholy gaze looked at the skyrocketing like a flame. On the river surface, the hand clenched into a fist caused the joints to whitish slightly because of excessive force
It is the dry season. It is difficult to avoid the eyes of discerning people for a long time by intercepting the tributaries and reducing the water flow. You could have crossed the river tonight, but the sudden heavy rain made all the plans chaotic. It had to be postponed, and the danger expanded rapidly,
Once the change in water flow is noticed by the opponent, his clever layout will become a dead end that will cause heavy losses to the army.
Moreover, the number of Northwestern troops this time was beyond his expectations.
The fifty-mile-long river is actually stationed by heavy soldiers, and several attempts have ended in failure. I thought that the Northwest is a dish of loose sand, as long as the northwest coast is defeated, the overall situation can be determined, but I didn’t 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 now been contained. The northwest army held by Yihe is now like a fortified 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 Gaul general looked up at the sky. Beside him, he said, "It's better for us to slow down, the night is not conducive to forcing the river to cross. The skyrocketing river also increases the difficulty of crossing the river,
According to the scout's report, the opponent has strengthened its troops and built strong fortifications on the banks of the river. The sky is so dark, we can't see anything clearly, if we just bump into it like this. The troops crossing the river will only fall into crisis! "
"Scenu. I want to take a moment too, but time is waiting for no one!"
Stanley Spencer sighed and looked at the general. This person was his partner for many years. He said with an ugly face, "The Southwest side has promised to provide logistics for ten days. If it is not possible within this time Invading Dahaicheng, the army will be in a disadvantaged position. This conquest became 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 expand territory for the emperor, and to suppress rebellion!"
"This..."
The general Gaul’s face was dim, and he was not as good as the sky. Who would have thought that this rain would come at such an untimely time. Without this rain, at this time tomorrow, the army would have swept across the northwestern army on the opposite side. Let the messenger cavalry fly to the imperial Kyoto with good news,
"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 sighed behind him and sent the order to the soldiers." As long as the rain slows down, tomorrow night , We will take a forced crossing!"
"My lord, if we do this, our troops will lose a lot!" Sisenu showed difficulty on his face
"Since it is a war, losses are inevitable!"
Seli Spencer raised his head resolutely and looked deeply at the light on the northwestern army camp on the opposite side." 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 Opportunities in the Northwest are on the line of life and death!"
Unexpectedly, the torrential rain came quickly and went quickly,
When the sun on the second day showed surprise faces from behind the dark clouds, the time had been pushed to the noon on the fourth day of the battle. The river was rarely clear, and there was no muddy and billowing sand after a rainstorm. There were 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 seemed dissatisfied. The Gallic 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 torrents of the past are no longer visible, only the gentle water is flowing. The surface of the river was shimmering, and the green algae could be clearly seen, and the bottom was clearly visible!
"Your Majesty, last night we noticed that there seemed to be movement on the opposite side!"
The one responsible for the defense here is Yaglins~IndoMTL.com~ The general who suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yinqueshan has been recognized as an expert in defense, 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?"
The fat man stopped and stood on the riverside with his head tilted. 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. Last night, he was there. Opposite him, Stanley Spencer once stared at the river in the same way, but at that time the river was not clear, but torrential.
"It's not very big, it seems to be a floating object in the rapids! But I don't know why, I always feel something will happen soon." Jaglins's tone was not sure. The rain poured down last night, even if it was him. I think that the other side will cross the river under such circumstances, just relying entirely on intuition
"Indeed, you're right! It may be tonight!" The fat man said half-jokingly, taking his gaze back from the river, so many people have noticed the abnormality. It is impossible for the other 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! . )