Chapter 322 Li Jiapo Cannon fodder fills the river

The battlefield on the north bank of Wo Water is called Lijiapo.

On August 19th, the turbulent situation a few days ago suddenly became quiet. The cavalry on both sides repeatedly retreated, and there was no blood of fighting. Both sides held the reins and maintained the greatest restraint. Although the sky was very bright and could not even see a trace of clouds, it always made people feel like a black cloud was covering the city. The solidified air seemed to fill the chest. There seemed to be a faint smell of fishy smell in the air, which was the smell of death.

, The Grim Reaper's sickle has begun to wield, and countless lives will be harvested like wheat in the next few days. Although the soldiers on both sides are usually confused, they also feel the so-called tension at this moment. The toilets in the camp have now begun to line up. Hundreds of thousands of troops confronted each other on both sides, both sides maintained an abnormal silence, and neither willing to say a word or take a breath.

It seemed as if I felt this depressing atmosphere. The always clear vortex water began to become turbid, and the guards arranged around began to frequently contact the opponent's outposts. Countless pursuit battles broke out, but before the real battle broke out, the pursuers restrainedly chose to retreat. The war was approaching, and what was needed most was to keep the information open and let themselves fall into a fight without any intention, which would only cause unnecessary danger to the army. For these experienced soldiers, although the first achievement is important, victory is the most important.

As black clouds sway the city, the collision of two monsters is inevitable. Even the slowest farmers have stopped moving their property and can still escape before the army arrives. If both sides are about to catch fire, they will still go to flee. It will turn into a small wave in the wave of collision between the army.

On the north bank of Wo Shui, Jiaozhou Camp has set up camps and is quietly waiting for the collision to arrive. The camp site that Li Meng chose is the only area around which can be suitable for large-scale wars and the only place where large-scale battles are possible. The Sanwang Temple, the only village in the lower reaches of Taikang County on Wo Shui. Although it is a deserted village, it also means that only this place is suitable for people to live in, and there is a bridge that can barely pass through. There are many soldiers and horses. We must go along the river and the official road. Li Meng just waits for them at this key point.

Lijiapo on the south bank of the Wo Water, a small village that has been ruined for many years, less than forty miles away from the Sanwang Temple. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai set up camp here, and explored horses and entered and exited the village like a messenger. They brought various military information, ranging from the movements of a large army of ten thousand people. As small as there were several fences, taking away the notes that commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to dance. Although it was dilapidated here, the focus of the entire China gathered here.

In the ancestral hall at the east entrance of the village, several tables were temporarily placed, covered with messy maps, and young and capable officers kept coming in and out. Several middle-aged people were screaming at the top of their lungs, and kept writing ghost painting talismans on the map that only they knew. Hum, ghost painting talismans, which cannot be called text at all, because most of them are illiterate, and writing them is just symbols that are convenient for their memory.

At the entrance of the ancestral hall, there were several bonfires, hanging a marching pot, and burning hot water. Two middle-aged men in their thirties and unshaven beards squatted beside the bonfire and chatted softly. One person was wearing an old arrow suit, wearing a thick felt cloak with four or five patches. The other one was wearing a high-quality big red satin battle robe. The boots under his feet were also high-quality official court boots. No matter how you look at these two people who don’t match, they squatted like the most common old farmers in northern Shaanxi. It seemed like this was the hot-burning kang in my hometown. This harsh environment seemed to affect the mood at all.

The old man scooped out a spoonful of hot water from the pot with a spoon and poured it into the bowl of the man in the opposite side. A broken pottery bowl with three sips missing. The tea in it was black and the leaves were thick and thick, and it looked like the broken leaves of three or five cents. The man in the man in the garment was not particular. He picked it up and drank it. After a smear of mouth, he wiped off the tea foam on his beard and said, "Damn it, I, Lao Luo, have also drunk a few taels of silver and a tael of rain and dragons, and he can't taste it. Why is it similar to those of these big brothers? Old Li, tell me, how can those great masters be like this?"

The old man turned out to be Li Zicheng, the king of Investiture, who was a few provinces. He burst into laughter and scooped up the water himself and replied: "We are all poor and have a low life. We can't afford that good thing, but you have enjoyed a blessing. The eight generations of ancestors have added up, and there are not as many concubines as you have slept with."

When he talked about this dirty joke, Lao Luoluo became excited and bragged. Last time he broke the palace and slept with the prefectural lady, how white and that rich wife was so soft. However, after nagging, he also complained that Li Zicheng did not leave him a few princess daughters when he broke Luoyang, so that Lao Luo could taste the taste of the royal daughter, the golden branches and leaves.

Just as these two biggest thief chiefs who were messing with the Central Plains were still drinking tea and chatting, a middle-aged man rushed out of the ancestral hall and came to them.

"King of Chuang, King Cao, something happened, then Li Meng..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked him to stop. However, he slowly finished drinking the tea, stood up staggeringly, and said slowly:

"Fangliang, the commander of the army, you must have your own cunning attitude. If you have any problems, don't be so whispered. If you are so anxious, don't be in a hurry. If you save so much time, the enemy's soldiers will not be able to fight. You can breathe and explain it clearly, what can you spend more."

Luo Rucai also spoke next to him: "Liu Fangliang, you are so scared that I am choking. Even if the gods are falling, he will not fall down for a while. Even if he falls down, I will be tall and I will be the first to push you. You kid are so anxious."

The man was stunned for a moment, then bent down to report it carefully. Who would have thought that Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai couldn't sit still after he was halfway through, so Luo Rucai jumped up and smashed the bowl directly to the ground, but splashed Li Zicheng's scum all over.

Li Zicheng was also anxious to stand up. After being splashed, he put the bowl on his back and slowly stood up, grasped Liu Fangliang's wrist and said, "Fangliang, let's go in and discuss. You go and summon the generals and discuss the military."

Half an hour later, the main hall of the ancestral hall was filled with people. The smallest people gathered here were commanding thousands of people. At this moment, they were all silently staring at the map on the table. Just now, Liu Fangliang had already told the new military situation in detail. Everyone was old military affairs. This kind of thing was a layman watching the excitement. The military situation that Liu Fangliang mentioned was actually very crude, but the master could not hide it. From this point of view, everyone saw the urgent situation.

I originally thought that there were only Chen Liu's 20,000 mixed soldiers in front of me - the Jiaozhou Camp's garrison, and the dust and smoke were not enough, and the soldiers and horses were not too much. The Shun Army greatly underestimated the forces in front of me - most of them were unreliable local tyrants. Such ragged soldiers stayed around the city and could still defend the territory. They were afraid that he would go out to fight on the field, let alone quickly interspersed dozens of miles to wait for the opportunity here on the north bank of the Wohe River. Who would have thought that the news came from the death-making news was that Li Meng personally commanded the 20,000 army had arrived. He suddenly came forward to the only place where the army could be launched, and seized the favorable terrain.

If the Chuang Army had learned the news earlier, and used light troops to advance quickly, cross the Wohe River quickly, occupy the key points, then they could easily unfold the army, attract Li Meng's landlord forces in the front, and then divide the troops from the flanks. But the Chuang Army was to support the elderly and carry the young. There were too many jars and jars. The new troops also had to advance with different quality, so they had to advance with caution. The Chuang Army's caution delayed them too much time. When the current front arrived at the south bank of Woshui, they suddenly discovered that if they were walking from the east of Jiaozhou camp, it would be too close to the border of Nanzhili.

The brigade of officers and soldiers stationed there is not a danger in the flanks and the water system is relatively complex, so the brigades will inevitably be delayed when crossing through the flanks; if they go from the west, Chen Yongfu and Yang Wenyue's troops in Kaifeng City are still quite powerful. If they go anywhere, the flanks are unsafe, and there is danger of being attacked by Kaifeng City and Zhecheng. Once they detour, Li Meng can rely on the river to resist on the front, and on both wings, he is in a complete internal combat situation and can easily use convenient roads to attack the tired detached troops.

No matter how they go around, the distance is a bit far away, and there is still the danger of being attacked. The current rebel army has formed a short time ago, and it may not be able to easily divide the troops into command. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai thought about it and discussed it repeatedly, but they could only go down the vortex water in Taikang County and face to face with the official army.

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit depressing. No one expected that Li Mengdi's movements were so fast that within a few days, he actually mobilized the army so quickly from Shandong to Guide, and occupied the battlefield with such a fast march. Now, it is equivalent to the Shun Army, which has not yet been deployed, will face the head-on in the marching state! No matter how many soldiers there are, they must be deployed, and the more soldiers there are, the more troubles it is. I originally thought that although Shandong's troops were some elite, there were not many, but who knew that the army was mobilized so quickly. It is important to know that if this kind of army runs without dispersion or chaos, it must be an elite army. Now the initiative has been lost, and the two leaders in the army need to make a decision.

A young man couldn't stand the dull atmosphere in the hall and stood up and said loudly: "Father, Uncle Luo, we are now leading hundreds of thousands of troops out. Then Li Meng is only 30,000 to 40,000 troops. Shandong troops have never had any battle formations. Although the firearms are a little sharper, we may not be able to let them shoot. The child was happy to ask for his orders, lead a soldier, cross the river from the upstream, and copy their side. The water of the Wohe River is not as shallow as the waist. The father and Uncle Luo are slapped in front and are not a problem to slap them in one fell swoop."

The young man who talked to him was Li Shuangxi, Li Guo, an adopted son of Li Zicheng, who was a newcomer in the army. However, since he led the team, the rebel army was invincible. He never thought that only tens of thousands of people would have any obstacles to the army.

At this time, he heard a cold snorkeling from the ancestral hall. It turned out that Hao Yaoqi came back and forth from the frontier. He just heard Li Shuangxi's words outside the door. He had never liked these young people, and he had suffered a great loss in Li Meng's hands, so he naturally wanted to express his feelings.

He has a very high status. Even if Li Shuangxi is the adopted son of the King of Chuang, there is no need to be afraid. He did not talk to these people and sat down directly. He talked about the military situation on the front line with Li Zicheng and Cao Cao.

At the beginning of the military discussion, Li Zicheng's eyebrows were a little frowned. Now, after hearing what Hao Yaoqi said, they became more and more twisted. Cao Cao kept tapping the table with his fingers. A vague voice came from his mouth: Li Jiapo, Li Jiapo...

After the military negotiations, the rebel army still advanced, but the marching sequence was constantly changing. With the Three Kings Temple as the axis, the troops kept leaving the official road and spreading to the two wings, and the subsequent troops continued to replenish, while the elite soldiers of the old camp began to move closer to the official road. The army had given up the marching queue and moved into combat state. However, if they were deployed in advance in this way, a large number of troops had to advance in the field, and the marching speed was getting slower and slower.

The vanguard of the rebellion army was Hao Yaoqi, and more than 40,000 people led by Tian Jianxiu. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai followed him with a large army. They started to move south along the river from Taikang County, and they could see cavalry running back and forth on the other side of the river. It was obviously the officers and soldiers' exploration horses. The situation was clear at this time, but they were too lazy to care about these exploration horses.

Anyway, the two sides started a war in a dignified manner, and Li Meng had already set a decisive battle, and Shunjun also had to respond. Judging from the movements of the officers and soldiers, there was no way to intercept or ambush in advance. It seemed that they were raising their energy and waiting for the war to start head-on.

Tian Jianxiu, the general of the Investigation Army, is very old. Although he looks listless when discussing matters, he is usually depressed, but he follows the Investigation King Zongheng for several years and climbs out of the dead. When the war comes, his condition is much more alert. However, he is quite self-aware and knows that he is planning and leading troops to fight. He is really far worse than Hao Yaoqi, and everything is mainly based on Hao Yaoqi.

But Hao Yaoqi's condition was quite strange when he was about to fight. It turned out that when the King of Chuang was alone with his subordinates, Hao Yaoqi was still extremely brave and confident.

The only soldiers that the generals of the rebel army could make them fear were the Qin army led by the Governor Sun Chuanting and the Governor Hong Chengchou. Although these border soldiers in Shaanxi were not much better than other officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they were expensive because of the many battles over the years. The officers and soldiers who eased the treasons and quelled the rebellion were different. The border soldiers in Shaanxi fought against the Mongolian Tatars in the west and trained a very elite army.

The several defeats of the rebel army were all the contributions of these Shaanxi border soldiers, and Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou paid some food and wages, which also had a certain degree of cohesion.

But later, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou were transferred to the capital to guard the Qin army, and the Qin army also followed. The Shaanxi veterans who stayed in Shaanxi immediately collapsed and scattered. When Fu Zonglong entered Shaanxi to collect the border troops, he gathered again. However, when Fu Zonglong gathered the Qin army, Fu Zonglong could not provide food and salary to support him, and his morale was gone. When he fought with the rebel army, the entire camp immediately disappeared and the collapse of the entire camp.

The death of Fu Zonglong had no effect, but most of the scattered Shaanxi border soldiers were gathered up by the rioters. In the camp, relying on the accumulation of reserves of officials and gentry's palaces, the veterans of the backbone could still have a full meal. Li Zicheng and his generals naturally knew the value of these Shaanxi border soldiers.

Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's troops were also surrounded by the collapsed border soldiers of Shaanxi and Shanxi. After the two armies merged, the generals who broke into the camp all had great confidence. The most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty was already in his own hands. It was no longer a goal to rush to Henan, and the world was just in front of him.

With such strength in hand, the city alliance decided on that day naturally does not need to be abide by now. The Shandong soldiers and horses looked a little powerful, so it would be better to take this opportunity to swallow it in one breath. Wouldn't that be a great thing?

Starting from approaching the opponent's position, Tian Jianxiu's arrangement is worse than letting the cavalry wader and advance quickly along the shallow water and shore on the north shore, and when he reaches the position, he goes to the shore to attack. This is much better than wading and attacking, allowing the opponent to set up a defense and launch an attack.

But Hao Yaoqi denied this idea. He searched within ten miles of the river bank and moved forward slowly. Even if he reached this shore, he had to camp at a certain range from the shore and chose the way out in advance.

Tian Jianxiu had heard of the power of Shandong soldiers and horses, but he did not think too much about the other party. Seeing Hao Yaoqi laying out positions behind him, he did not miss every detail. The defense of the soldiers and horses was already a bit abnormal.

Tian Jianxiu is two years older than Hao Yaoqi, but Hao Yaoqi's courage and ruthlessness are beyond his reach. However, today's performance made Tian Jianxiu a little angry. He was not a general on the other side, so why be careful to be like this?

He simply ignored Hao Yaoqi, who was still arranging defense there, and led a dozen personal soldiers to the position by the river to look around.

Because of the large army's water intake and the large number of people and horses in the upstream, the vortex water has changed from clear to yellow and turbid. Although the army on the opposite side has arrived four days earlier than their homes, there is no fortification arrangement on the south bank and in the water. Don't underestimate the water intake and drinking of hundreds of thousands of people in the upstream. The runoff of the vortex water in the Lijiapo area is quite small, and some small stones have been exposed.

He led more than a dozen personal soldiers to observe here. He was cautious, but when he saw that there was no movement on the opposite side, only a few cavalrymen walked around the river and then turned back.

Seeing the arrangements on the opposite side, Tian Jianxiu cursed in his heart. It was indeed a difficult terrain. The area where field battles on the other side were occupied by the official army. If the camp attacked, it would have to wade through the water. After crossing this river, it would not be able to maintain normal speed and formation. At that time, the opponent could wait for the effort and strike head-on.

If it weren't for the dense and strangeness of the other party's fortifications, Tian Jianxiu wouldn't feel that there was a slope opposite no matter what. The vortex water was almost 100 steps wide. Apart from a hundred steps, there were Shandong soldiers and horses starting to have about twenty steps to get ashore.

It is indeed strange. It should have been digging trenches and setting up a one-meter-high sheep and horse wall. However, Shandong soldiers and horses only use inverted triangular wooden fences, almost as tall as wooden frames.

This simple wooden fence is placed in a row, with a certain spacing. Except for the first column, there are passages in the middle of the rest. You can see four earth platforms piled up at the fifth column. Cannons are placed on the earth platform. You can see soldiers walking with spears behind the wooden fence. There are almost a dozen wooden fences, all the way to the top, and analyze according to the location of the banner. The camp should be at a further back.

Seeing the wooden fences and spears, Tian Jianxiu could almost think of his soldiers rushing through the Wo-shui and reaching the inverted triangular wooden fence. He wanted to climb or move away. The officers and soldiers inside stabbed them with spears, and countless soldiers fell in front of them, let alone the dozen rows of wooden fences.

However, Tian Jianxiu also felt relieved and encountered the enemy. He was not afraid of the enemy defending. He was afraid of the enemy attacking. The attack methods were diverse. He had to deal with each other according to the moves, and the opponent defended and attacked by himself, so he could play many tricks. Anyway, the opponent could only be passively beaten.

Moreover, the offensive and defensive posture is also a reaction to the courage of the army. The key to defeating defeat by "fighting, courage is also the courage of the soldiers, but the courage of the soldiers. They arrived for a few days first, but they were always on the north bank of the Woi River, and there were no fortifications set up on the south bank.

This shows that the soldiers and horses in Shandong do not have the courage to fight at all, and only want to stop their attack. Such timidity and cowardice seem to be not as terrible as Hao Yaoqi said.

When Tian Jianxiu saw this, he looked back at Hao Yaoqi who was still busy, and felt that the old Hao Di's aura had been almost gone by the sudden improvement of life. Why are the soldiers and horses on the opposite side afraid of being like this? It seems that he can move forward while breaking through the camp.

"Zhang Shitou, ask some brothers to walk through the river to see if there is any problem. Be careful not to be beaten by the other party!"

One of his personal soldiers heard the order beside him and agreed loudly. Since they were the personal soldiers of the general of the rebel army, they were all very brave. Zhang Shitou carefully wades to the water and walks towards the opposite side.

The reaction of the Shandong position over there was still lifeless. A few cavalrymen went to the shore and looked around without any action. The rebel soldiers who had crossed the river were already on guard, but when they saw the movements of these cavalrymen, their courage immediately grew gradually.

These rebel soldiers, especially these backbone, had no scruples in their hearts. When they saw the opponent shrinking so much, they immediately started to clamor and laugh.

Tian Jianxiu stared at the feet of their wad soldiers. Although they were careful to see that they were leaving, they did not have any bumps. The deepest part of the vortex water was just around the knees. The cavalry opposite did not move, and the officials and military fortifications behind did not react.

The dozen or so personal soldiers walked four or five steps away from the north shore. Even if the cavalrymen on the shore picked up a stone, they could hit him.

Zhang Shitou and others dared not move forward any more. The distance between the four or five steps ahead could be roughly distinguished. There was indeed no fortification of the horse.

There are already a few more people standing on Tian Jianxiu on the south bank, one of which is Hao Yaoqi. He looked at the layers of fortifications opposite, and his face was gloomy as if it was going to rain. However, the person who was heading at Tian Jianxiu was the one Chen Erhu who was missing to break into the army.

"There is nothing in the river that hurts people and horses. Erhu, those hundreds of people and horses were just crossing the river at that time. Are you trouble?"

Hearing Tian Jianxiu's question, the general said in a solemn voice:

"The river is not deep and the bottom is quite flat. It was very convenient to go back and forth, but it was already four or five days. I don't know what changes have happened."

The stone group stopped when they saw it was ready, jumped in the water and ran back. From this perspective, there was indeed no arrangement in the water. Tian Jianxiu's mouth was already smiling. Such shallow river water had no effect on the cavalry and infantry, which was equivalent to a flat ground with a distance of hundreds of steps between the two sides.

"The officers and soldiers are so arranged. It means to lead us to attack. We must be cautious and don't be fooled by these officials!"

Hao Yaoqi said in a muffled voice, Tian Jianxiu frowned slightly, Hao Yaoqi's insight and ruthlessness. This past impression has been much weakened in his heart, but what Hao Yaoqi said makes sense. The official army's camp is very layered and complete. If it is a tough attack, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.

But will such an opponent without fighting spirit have extra thoughts to do such a situation? You should know that in the battle with Hao Yaoqi, it is said that the Shandong soldiers have been suppressing Hao Yaoqi's attack, so why did they shrink back today? After thinking for a long time, they could only think of the hundreds of thousands of troops that the other party was afraid of breaking into the camp.

The number gap is too obvious. The opponent dares not attack and can only defend it based on the battalion.

Hao Yaoqi was discouraged, making the dominance of these tens of thousands of vanguards obviously controlled by Tian Jianxiu. Tian Jianxiu looked at the terrain on both sides of the official camp opposite, and it was indeed not suitable for crossing the river to fight. The battlefield was firmly grasped by the opponent.

During the period of observation, Chen Erhu, who had not made any noise, said coldly:

"We have many soldiers who have broken into the country, so we are not afraid of death."

Hearing his words, Tian Jianxiu and Hao Yaoqi looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. The military force that could be called the core is almost tens of thousands, Shaanxi border soldiers, old brothers, and the backbone of each unit. The rest are cannon fodder with strong momentum.

Following the camp, there is indeed a bite of food for these cannon fodders. But since they are called cannon fodders, these people are consumables. When they started their business, the camp was indeed a poor rebel organization in order to seek survival. Everyone is brother and share life and death.

But over the years of life and death, people have been dying and new blood has been constantly joining in. Today, the Li and Luo coalition forces are a military group. They are indeed an organization that gathers refugees and leads everyone to seek survival, but everything is for the fundamental purpose of this military group.

Tian Jianxiu and Hao Yaoqi were loyal people who killed their wife Xiao and Li Zicheng in Yufu Mountain that day. Such cold-blooded and cold-hearted people naturally would not have any pity.

On August 22nd, the army that broke into the camp arrived opposite Lijiapo in the morning. The generals of Jiaozhou camp and Li Meng were watching the arrangements on the top of the slope.

The rebel army would never fire without charging. This was a dead order for the firearm soldiers below. Seeing the horses on the other side of the river stop, they also saw the rebel soldiers who laughed and provoked the rebel soldiers across the river. However, except for a few cavalrymen who were pretending to behave, the Jiaozhou Camp had always been tolerant and unresponsive.

"It's really a big furious waiting. The coach, we can't beat these thieves. Why should we endure it so much? Why not fight each one..."

Chen Liu was rushing and attacking like this, but he couldn't stand such a harsh tug at all. He knew the intention of doing this, but he still felt breathless. Li Meng held the Qianli Mile Mile and looked at the scene opposite him. He couldn't see clearly even when he reached a certain distance. He only knew that the other party's camping site was far from the river bank.

He answered while watching:

"This time the thief came so carefully and took every step. If this striker was beaten up, you would hurt him. With the tempers of Li Chuang and Cao Cao, we would soon retract. We can move in Henan, namely Guide Mansion and the Yellow River. If he ran somewhere else, how could he teach him a lesson."

Li Meng let out a sigh and said to Chen Liu with a smile:
To be continued...