Chapter 438

The Yellow River is not called the Yellow River now. She has many names, such as mother river or big river.

The water of the Yellow River is not muddy now. It should be said that its river looks very clear and provides drinking and agricultural irrigation for people along the whole river.

There are many records about the Yellow River, usually focusing on the change of course. In the fifth year of King Ding of Zhou (602 BC), the third year of Yuanguang of emperor Xiaowu of the Western Han Dynasty (132 BC) and the third year of the founding of the people's Republic of China (11 AD), several changes of the Yellow River were seriously recorded. Any change of the Yellow River made the imperial court face a great crisis at that time.

Now in this clear river, Jijin is taken as the starting point, and countless corpses float on the downstream river surface. In some river sections, even because there are river grass and some broken wood branches on the water surface, too many corpses are hooked, resulting in too many corpses piled up in the river section. The exaggeration is that floating corpses cut off the river.

Of course, the bodies floating on the river are dense, that is, on the surface of the water, and the water is still flowing at a deeper position. It is an exaggerated description to say that the floating bodies cut off the river, which is consistent with the saying that the floating bodies cut off the river.

The corpses floating downstream of Jijin extend very far. The more time goes by, the farther the floating corpses float. It can be imagined that if there are floating corpses that are not stopped by anything, or float on the beach, they are either trapped by the soil in the river bed, or they can definitely float to the Bohai Sea.

Shijie Zhao Jun, who defended the South Bank of Jijin, collapsed. Ma Qiu couldn't deal with it at all and chose to abandon everything and run away. The reason why he would do this is very simple. He thinks that this time the stone tiger will never let go of himself. If he doesn't run, do he have to wait to be skinned and cramped before being cooked and eaten?

Ma Qiu, who completely lost his square inch, didn't run, which would have no impact on the war situation. A completely useless master ran away and replaced him with someone who can do something. It's a good thing to take over the command.

The person who took over the command was Jia Jian. In fact, he pretended not to find it before Ma Qiu could escape. As soon as Ma Qiu ran away, he urgently summoned generals and schools at all levels in the army to make it clear who the commander is from now on.

A group of confused generals immediately accepted when they saw someone coming out to carry the pot. Anyway, Jia Jian asked them to do whatever they wanted.

In this way, the chaotic Shijie Zhao army miraculously restored some organizational strength. They deliberately opened the channel for the fleeing of the defeated soldiers, organized troops to build a defense line and deploy defense, which was pushed up by the army of the Jie people. Facing the Han Army mixed behind the defeated soldiers to try to break through, they actually blocked the Han army back.

The truth is that the number of Han troops trying to break through is only 1000. Led by a marquis named Cheng Shuo, they deliberately changed their clothes and got on the bridge in the enemy's rout. They have not reached the North Bank of the bridge yet. Many people have been squeezed into the water. Among a group of panicked rout soldiers, their murderous soldiers in disguise are also too obvious, The archers of the Jie people who were found in time carried out indiscriminate coverage together with the defeated soldiers. After everyone on the bridge was in chaos, they crowded all over the ground and had to try their best to withdraw back.

The whole process lasted two days from the collapse of Shijie Zhao army on the South Bank of Jijin to the confrontation between Han Army and Shijie Zhao army on the north bank.

There are too many things to deal with at the first time, so that ran min kneels down in front of Cheng Shuo now.

The one thousand Han Army's attempt to break through was not an order from Shangfeng, but Cheng Shuo took the opportunity to carry out it with his headquarters. It was not done, and a thousand people lost more than 400 people. Of course, he should be held accountable.

According to ran min's original intention, he really didn't think Cheng Shuo had done anything wrong. If he could make the decision, he still wanted to give praise. The problem is that the Han Army has its own discipline. If Cheng Shuo is successful, he will certainly be meritorious, but he has not been successful?

"According to the military law..." ran min finished reading the paper, looked up at Cheng Shuo kneeling on the ground, smiled and said, "do you know what kind of disposal you will face?"

Cheng Shuo knew what punishment he was facing and calmly answered "yes", looking like he fully accepted whatever punishment he was facing. He felt only one thing depressed. If they succeeded in breaking through and gaining a firm foothold on the south bank, it would be a certain thing to win the title, and the official position should be promoted to the rank of captain.

Ran min looked at the Li Tan who was accompanying him and seemed to be chatting: "it seems that something similar has happened before, but it has been successful?"

"There is such a thing." Li Tan knew what ran min meant. In fact, he knew who Cheng Shuo was. After watching Cheng Shuo, who was magnanimous and ready to accept punishment, he said to ran min, "you are the master general and can give a final judgment according to the circumstances."

Ran min is waiting for this sentence. With the support of the deputy general, Chang Shi also said that he can deal with it lightly, and he can make up his mind. The development of the war situation was much faster than expected. He was still in a happy mood and deliberately teased Cheng Shuo. He asked: "the heaviest punishment is execution. Do you think you should be executed?"

Cheng Shuo swallowed a mouthful of water and chose to smile awkwardly without saying a word.

"Demote to the village head and keep it." Ran min waved and motioned that Cheng Shuo could go away. He looked at Li Tan and Chang Shi Zhang Shi, who seemed to regard himself as a decoration, deliberately made a distressed expression and said, "now the South Bank of Jijin is taken, but the king specially ordered us to rest. What's the situation?"

Zhang Shi was the one who had stayed in Xiangguo for a long time as a spy leader. Before, he was a lieutenant of one of the nine Qing Dynasties. After Liu Yan personally enlisted, the lieutenant had nothing to do. He was sent to ran min to be a military commander, either for experience or gold plating.

In fact, no matter Liu Yan or anyone knows who ran min is. In the military, ran min, as the chief general, doesn't like to have subordinates pointing fingers, and ran min's military ability is also more trustworthy. Zhang Shi's responsibility as a long-term monitor is far more than giving advice.

Now it's time for Zhang Shi to speak. He said, "the war with Shijie is huge, and the mobilization of our army is delayed. We need to wait for other troops to arrive."

This is the global and local interaction. To put it bluntly, when the war develops to a certain scale, some parts can be abandoned, but in some important places, it should be adhered to by one person. No matter what actions are taken, they are regulated to achieve comprehensive victory.

Ran min guessed that this was the case. They became pawns to attract Shi Hu's attention all the way. What the center wanted was to make breakthroughs from other positions. In order to achieve their goals, not only did they have to rest all the way, but Huanwen had to continue to persist in difficulties all the way. Maybe Li Kuang knew whether he would be trapped or surrounded all the way.

"The Han Dynasty has recently expanded a lot of soil and destroyed a lot of Zhao troops. It seems that the situation is favorable, but..." Li Tan specially glanced at Zhang Shi, saw that Zhang Shi continued to look like he didn't exist, pondered a little, and then said: "generally speaking, the war on Shijie still hasn't made much progress, and even some are in the mire?"

"Well." Ran min really regarded Zhang Shi as nonexistent, spoke without scruples, and said, "you shouldn't listen to those civil servants. If you launched a long-range attack on Yecheng or Xiangguo, you would have made a big breakthrough."

Li Tan absolutely did not dare to take that turn. He changed the subject and said, "now Xie Lang will lead the five Wanxiang Jijun to March, Xu Zhonglang will unify 80000 troops in zhu'a County, and the king himself led the army to Qinting (Dongping county). It seems that if you don't move, it should be an all-round attack on the stone tablet?"

Han's troops along the Yellow River are more and more. There are 170000 troops on ran min's side alone. With the arrival of the new army in the rear, the troops in other positions will definitely add up to more than 300000, that is, nearly 500000 troops will be deployed in an all-round way.

A map covering the Yellow River was soon spread on the ground of the big tent. Ran min took the lead in taking off his boots and stepped on it. He walked to the position of Puyang County. While pointing out, he said: "the strength of stone tiger is only more than our army. There are more than 300000 people on the North Bank of Jijin alone, and there are troops moving closer to this side in other places."

It's obvious! Ran min here defeated the Shijie Zhao army on the South Bank of Jijin, forcing the Shijie Zhao army to shrink to the north bank. Jijin is only forty miles away from the Chaoge. In addition to guarding the Bank of Jijin, the Shijie Zhao army retreating to the North Bank of the Yellow River is not pressed on the head of Huanwen office?

Therefore, Li Tan is both envious and worried about Huan Wen. They either become a nail and stay in place, or they are a lonely boat on the sea that may be overturned by huge waves at any time. It is a great achievement to keep it. If they lose it, they will die.

The importance of Huanwen's headquarters has increased again and again. With the bankruptcy of the encirclement plan for the main force of Shi Hu, the army located in Chaoge has attracted too many enemy troops, and it is a nail that Shi Hu must pull out before he wants to retreat to Yecheng or Xiang.

At present, the center of the Han Dynasty is around Huan Wen's headquarters, which can firmly attract the main force of Shijie Zhao army. Ran min's original leading role of the Han Army along the way can be said to have been robbed.

In the following three days, ran min and others just assumed the posture of attacking and seizing the bridge at any time, and did not launch an actual offensive. In contrast, Zhao Jun in Shijie desperately built Fortifications on the other side of the river. It was seen that ran min was both anxious and extremely upset. Until the news that Xu Zheng led the army to Hebei arrived, ran min directly scolded.

"Come and go, our nearly 200000 troops will become furnishings here?" All ran min's good moods went with the wind. He was almost iron green. "We started the game. As a result, others came out easily to pick peaches!"

Li Tan felt deeply and was also annoyed. The great merit was about to be taken away, but he was at least rational and advised: "the merit is indispensable to us. Since the king has allowed to launch an attack, we'd better discuss how to attack first?"

"There's nothing to discuss." When ran min was angry, he didn't want to talk much at all. He directly said: "the armed infantry advance first, the bow and crossbow troops then go up, and shoot a river beach that can stand on its feet. Behind it should be the cavalry."

Li Tan was speechless. The rest of the floating bridges had been completely destroyed. In recent days, they just ensured that the three bridges would not be damaged or blocked, but the fleet could not reach the place where it could cross the river. Really, they had to rely on the thicker troops to make a passage.

The order was given and the war drums sounded.

Amid the sound of "roaring - roaring -" drums, the Han Army camp marched out of the infantry, led by heavy infantry, including the figure of Tower Shield soldiers, followed by bow soldiers and crossbow soldiers.

Li Tu, who succeeded Jia Jian, started his own action when he heard the war drum from the Han army.

Shijie Zhao's army on the North Bank of Jijin has increased to 200000. There are 70000 soldiers of the Jie people's own family, and the rest are still miscellaneous brands. It is worth mentioning that Shi Hu asked Li Tu to bring 3000 dragon guards, including 1000 heavy cavalry and 2000 heavy infantry.

The last time Ma Qiu commanded the battle, the morale of Zhao Jun in Shijie collapsed to the bottom of the valley. Li Tu didn't choose to let those miscellaneous players go first. In order to boost morale, he directly let the equipped heavy infantry of 2000 dragon guards come on from the beginning and equipped with 5000 Archers.

The three stone bridges also left traces of the great collapse. It was blood turned into dark black by the sun exposure. Even some swollen floating corpses floated around the pier, and the air was full of the stench of corpses.

There was a great movement of heavily armed infantry, resulting in heavy footsteps echoing in the sound of war drums and horns on both sides of the Yellow River bounded by bridges.

There were 10000 heavy infantry under the system led by ran min, of which only 2000 were heavy swordsmen. The rest were selected and trained from tall and strong soldiers.

The heavily armed infantry of the two armies soon appeared at a mutual visual distance.

The heavy infantry in front of the Han army were covered with scale armor on the outer layer, lock armor and leather armor on the inside, and two layers of silk underwear under the war robe. Their helmets and visors were put down, but their eyes showed. They carried a tower shield in their left hand and a long handled Park knife in their right hand. In addition, there were no heavy infantry with shields. They were carrying a very heavy three pointed two-edged sword, which was called Mo Dao in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is necessary to have heavy swordsmen who are purely carrying a thick and broad sword, but they are arranged on both wings.

The heavy infantry on Zhao Jun's side of Shijie is very traditional armor, that is, armor with leather or cloth inlaid with iron sheets. You can see a layer of armor composed of iron rings at the collar. You can guess that there is also a layer of lock armor in the armor. What else can only be guessed. The weapons look like heavy weapons, mostly maces or flail... That is, a wooden handle is connected with an iron chain to a sphere with spikes.

Ran min saw Shijie in the rear. At the beginning, Zhao Jun let the heavy infantry of the Dragon Guard play. After being stunned, he was happy: "it was the elite of the Dragon Guard who were present? Killing them is more credit than killing the miscellaneous soldiers!"