Chapter 486

Liu Jian's blood gushed and fainted. It's hard to say whether he really lost consciousness. If he disobeyed the military order, it would be nothing if he won, but the troops he led really didn't escape except for the episode. If he was investigated, it wouldn't be unjust to tie up an owl and show it to the public.

It took nearly five days for the 80000 Jin troops to come from the South Bank of the huaishui River to the north bank. Generally speaking, the current Jin soldiers' morale and morale are really high. The reason is that they are informed that their own side has won a great victory and that a friendly army has annihilated a Han army.

Because the truth is only in the hands of a few high-level officials, the soldiers and middle and low-level officers of the Jin army basically believe that their side has won a great victory in a certain place. Some people who have brains and can think dare not open their mouth even if they guess whether the victory is false or not.

A false victory really aroused the confidence of Jin soldiers. Otherwise, 80000 Jin troops should not have crossed the Huaihe River in only five days. Under normal circumstances, even if they are fully prepared, it should take ten days and a half months to cross the river.

Xie Shi asked people to carry Liu Jian, who might be in a coma, down. He stood speechless for a long time before looking at his brother Xie Shang and said, "indeed, only a desperate fight can win. The longer he dragged on, there is no other way but to withdraw to the south bank. Even... If he dragged on, he may not retreat safely."

Since crossing the huaishui River, the Jin army has lost nearly 10000. Liu Jian has changed from a good full weave to an empty shell general Yingyang. According to Liu Jian's account of those episodes, they probably wiped out seven or eight thousand Han troops, which shows that the Jin army with high morale is not unable to compete with the Han army.

Of course, Xie Shi and others couldn't believe that the Han Army had been wiped out seven or eight thousand. They made a discount with a conservative attitude and thought that the Han army would still lose three or four thousand.

After saying that, Xie Shi had no more hesitation. Without waiting for Xie Shang's response, he said with a firmer expression: "block the news of the destruction of Liu Jian's headquarters, announce that Liu Jian's headquarters eliminated seven or eight thousand Han troops, no longer consolidate the camp, try his best to boost the morale of the whole army and go out to war with the Han Army!"

Xie Shang nodded very calmly.

The war was not just in the huaishui area of Bagong mountain. Shouchun and Dangtu had long been fighting each other. The information gathered was that all the attacking Jin troops were frustrated. Dangtu was even attacked by the Han Army, and Shouchun was successfully crossed by the Han army. Shouchun will soon be attacked by the Han Army.

In view of the possible collapse, Xie Shi has sent an expedited horse to Jiankang and asked the Central Committee to send reinforcements, while the troops in the rear are going forward to reinforce Shouchun and Dangtu.

In fact, it doesn't matter what strategy it was before the war. It's just a feasible scheme. The arrangement to achieve what kind of goal should be covered by what will happen as much as possible.

The Jin army is not a plan that has not made a strategy and failed. It can even be said that the worst result has a set of preventive measures. For example, if Xie Shi's Jin army is finished, Chu Li, the abbot, should make sure that the front lines behind Liyang County resist the rushing Han army.

In fact, the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is still very funny. The small imperial court has re drawn the territory Map, such as Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou... Anyway, those states that are not in control, delimit a piece of land in the controlled area, and name it with a range not much larger than a county, and then the place not much larger than a county is called Qingzhou Youzhou... And so on.

Therefore, in the worst plan scheduled by the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, you can see the plan to defend a state and a state everywhere. Once Xie Shi is finished, Chu Li, the abbot of Jiankang, will become the governor of several "states" and command the Jin army to defend the territory of several "states".

After nightfall, Xu Zheng once again received the letter sent by Xie Shi. In the letter, it was agreed that the two armies would set up a battle tomorrow.

"With the credit of the puppet Dynasty, they are very likely to sneak camp tonight!" Tiaoyou stopped with a full smile and waited for the people to follow the music before continuing to say: "in order not to make them look like frightened rabbits, jump twice and retract. Do you want to..."

A burst of roaring laughter broke out. One of the generals in the military tent was laughing and shaking all over. Even Xie an, who was in a very complicated mood, smiled.

Using strategy to assist in the victory or defeat of a war has always been the mainstream of the Chinese battlefield, but strategy is not so important in many cases. The main reason is that any strategy is based on relevant strength.

There were Jin troops who wanted to attack at night that night. They were found before they were close enough to the barracks of the Han army. The dispatched Jin troops were basically destroyed by the prepared Han Army, and only a few fled back.

Another four or five thousand people were thrown in overnight. A series of bad starts filled the hearts of the senior level of the Jin army. Fortunately, the Han Army did not take the initiative to attack, as if it was really waiting for the beginning of hunting.

In order to boost morale, Xie Shi had to keep forging and inform the whole army that the attack on the camp last night had achieved great results. The Han army suffered heavy losses and low morale, which can boost the morale of the soldiers.

In the early morning, Xie Shi, who had not slept all night, summoned the generals and ordered the slaughter of animals for the soldiers to have a good meal. In everyone's shocked expression, he ordered: "I have ordered the navy to evacuate. The battle is invincible. The Navy will not return. After the soldiers have a full meal, they will inform the whole army."

"Learn to burn the boat?" Sun Chuo could feel Xie Shi's determined will and said with a forced smile, "well... Overlord and Huaiyin Marquis were born after death, arousing the soldiers' will to die and win a great victory."

Of course, Huaiyin Hou is Han Xin. His "back water battle" is very famous in military history. It is a war example that countless generals who are not in an advantage want to learn, but not many people can copy it.

Now Xie Shi is much higher than before in temperament. He can no longer see hesitation and hesitation. Some are just firm.

Xie Shi actually understood that the Han Army's repeated static braking was not stupid. On the contrary, the Han Army's static braking made all the conspiracies of the Jin army lose room for fermentation. If they hesitated and waited for the truth to let the soldiers know, the illusory high morale would directly fall to the bottom of the valley, or even collapse without war would happen to the Jin army.

Aware of the seriousness of the matter, Xie Shi really had to fight to the death. Otherwise, even if the whole army retreated safely to the South Bank of the huaishui River, the Jin army who lost confidence in winning, let alone maintaining the previous strong morale, might lose the confidence to garrison defense at the beginning. No matter how good or favorable the defense terrain is, it can't stop the Han army.

The commander-in-chief's will is firm, and no matter how many ideas the following generals have, they also converge. First, the thought of the senior level of the Jin army has been unified. Driven by the generals, the army's desire to fight has become stronger and stronger.

Liu Jian, who lost his troops, found Xie Shi. He asked Xie Shi to allocate some troops under his command and strongly demanded to join the war again.

Xie Shi has no time to investigate Liu Jian's disobedience for the time being. On the contrary, he needs Liu Jian's indomitable belligerent heart. He only makes a little necessary beating to supplement Liu Jian's troops.

"If we win this war, it's easy to say..." Xie Shi explained to sun Chuo's strange face: "if we lose, we will either die or be captured. Some things can only be put down temporarily."

The Han army was civilized in this war of invasion. It was not as cruel as fighting with the Hu people in the Central Plains. For the surrendered Jin army, whether soldiers or officers, they were just in custody. If the Hu people should kill the leader and turn the prisoners of war into cheap slaves. Moreover, every land occupied by the Han army was only to deal with local giants. Although it could not do nothing for ordinary people, there was no place for tea poison.

The darkness before dawn was replaced by the fish white in the East in the dense smoke. The light of the sunrise showered the earth again. Bursts of drums were sounded on both sides of the Han Army and the Jin army.

Before leaving for the battlefield, the officers and men of the Jin army were informed that their water army had withdrawn. Xie Shi ordered to distribute dry food for only three days and burn food and fodder. He kept shouting: "I will go to glory with you if you win, and die together if you lose."

Suddenly, the officers and men of the Jin army are actually quite confused. The withdrawal of the water army means that they lose their way back. Only three days of dry food means that they can't fight for a long time. It's absolutely false not to panic.

"The main general of the Han Army has informed the whole army!" Xie Shi's words will naturally be repeated by some people. He roared: "if the Han Army wins this battle, we will kill all of us, and there will be no one left. After winning, it will go straight to the south of the Yangtze River. For the lives of all kings and the elders of our hometown, our army must win!"

Of course, Xu Zheng didn't inform the whole army of those bastards. Xie Shi's announcement was just to make Jin soldiers work hard.

Xie Shi's means are very bad, but it seems very effective to see the appearance of the Jin army?

At first, the Jin army fell into a long silence. Some "entrusted" arranged in advance took the lead in shouting. Soon, soldiers followed and shouted. For a moment, the whole army shouted for killing.

On the same side of the Han Army, who had just finished breakfast and left the camp, the officers led the soldiers to the place where they should stay to form an array. Amid the busy work, there was a loud cry of killing.

At the top of the hill, they watched their own army and the Han army generals of the Jin army in the distance. They heard the shouts of killing, stopped talking, and looked at the Jin army in the distance with different expressions.

Since the war, in the first stage of the offensive and defensive war, the two armies have actually won or lost each other. It can only be said that the Jin army will be more serious in terms of the loss of personnel. It is difficult to distinguish a clear level in terms of morale, but the Jin Army has never shown the boiling of the whole army before the war.

"No matter what method the enemy commander used, the morale of the Jin army was really pushed to the peak." TIAOYU's expression at the moment was very serious and said, "you can smell the smell of death and life in the voice."

For Xie Shi's tricks before the war, the Han Army General and colonel can only rely on guessing. Seeing the towering smoke column, smart people have guessed some truth, and tiaoyou is one of them.

"There may be some rumors about withdrawing the Navy and burning military grain." Xu Zheng was different from TIAOYU's seriousness. He said in a very relaxed tone: "they want to fight to the death and meet them."

Xie an could not be seen on the top of the mountain. He and many generals left the Chinese army last night. It is difficult to say what others did or where they went. He was ordered to rush to the upper reaches of the huaishui River overnight. The order was that once the main battlefield of the huaishui River started, he would directly attack Zhong Li all the way, and then sweep South all the way.

The Han army ready to fight Xie Shi's main force has always been about 50000. Xu Zheng faithfully withdrew the fleet in the huaishui River and honestly placed his troops 20 miles north of the huaishui river. Even the Han Army attacking Shouchun and Dangtu is not breaking the contract. The Han troops who are about to launch an offensive on the peripheral battlefield are not part of the agreement.

Xu Zheng made up his mind at the beginning. No matter what Xie Shi wanted to do, he looked on coldly. The plot in the peripheral battlefield had not been relaxed at all. The trustworthiness of the Han state had been shown. The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty only focused on the main battlefield and ignored other places. In the end, it could only be said that it was the stupidity of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty again.

Don't forget that the Han army is not just Xu Yuanbu. At the beginning, the Han Army arranged three routes for the southern invasion. Xu Zheng's presence in the huaishui battlefield does not necessarily mean that the Han country regards this as the main battlefield. Huanwen and Xie AI can take the main attack as needed at any time.

For Xu Zheng, the main thing is to ensure the effective progress of the southern invasion. It is not important whether they defeat the Jin army on their side or whether Huan Wen or Xie AI break through the defense of the Jin army. The goal is that the southern invasion Han army can destroy the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

On the battlefield, the drums on both sides did not stop from ringing. First, the Jin army began to push North, and then the Han Army also pushed south. Soon, the two armies stopped three miles apart.

Banners flutter everywhere in the battlefield, and the flag surface sounds with the wind. The soldiers of both sides stand under different banners. They may try very hard to see the faces of the soldiers of different camps opposite, but they are blurred.

Xie Shi, dressed in a gorgeous military uniform, rode out of the crowd by riding a majestic war horse, and slowly moved forward under the protection of the episode of riding a cross war horse.

Xu Zheng, who had stayed at the top of the mountain, also came to the front of the battle. He had expected Xie Shi to make a meeting before the battle, but he didn't expect it to happen. The enemy's commander has the courage to go out in front of the crowd. He can't show his cowardice, or he will give Xie Shi a chance to boost his morale.

The uniformed figures of the two armies moved forward with the necessary security team. There was no sound on the battlefield except the hunting of banners and the neighing of war horses.

Xu Zhengshi and Xie Shi stopped at a distance of about ten steps from each other. They were looking at each other, and their guard forces were full of God to guard against accidents.

Xie Shi looked at Xu Zheng seriously. The expression on his face was more and more firm. He deliberately left his hand behind to send a signal to the back. He himself also suddenly pulled out the bow and arrow on the side of the war horse and shot without saying a word.

Xu Zheng is not blind. He just didn't expect Xie Shi to be so shameless. He almost found something wrong with many accompanying guards while shooting arrows in the Jin army. He also shot with a crossbow

Xie Shi actually kicked the horse's belly after shooting and turning the horse's head. Without looking at the result, he ran his horse wildly. At the same time, he kept shouting "the master of the Han army is dead!", Then there was a roar: "attack, attack, the whole army!"