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Cross the river along the rope

"Haha, Brother Wang, after the front Xu River, you will reach the Golden Terrace, and after the Golden Terrace, you will reach the territory of Dingzhou, and the Yizhou Army has finally been saved." Zhao Duwei wiped the blood stains on his face and laughed, quite happy for the rest of his life.

Wang Duwei also smiled when he heard this, but said worriedly: "The more you are at this time, the more you can't be careless, then Wang Junkuo is a famous general in the old age, did he let us go so easily?" ”

Zhao Duwei waved his hand indifferently when he heard this, "It's just a few dozen miles away, no matter how powerful he Wang Junkuo is, he can still move tens of thousands of troops to fly in front of us to stop us, Brother Wang is too worried, and there has already been a rumor that Wang Junkuo is greedy, and at this moment, I am afraid that he is searching for the rare treasures of the prince in the Assassin's Mansion."

Zhao Duwei didn't think about it, his unintentional words actually guessed two things correctly, the first Wang Junkuo did "fly" in front of them to intercept them, and the second Wang Junkuo at this moment was really looting Li Xiaochang's inheritance, although Yizhou was in chaos since Li Xiaochang's death, but no one dared to break into the palace to loot, only the palace guard commander and housekeeper loyally protected Li Xiaochang's family and didn't know where to flee with gold and silver.

The Yi County army ran tiredly, and it was almost dawn at this time, and the sixteen or seven thousand troops were exhausted, dragging spears and horizontal knives on the ground one by one.

A general rushed forward, took a leather bag and poured "water" into his mouth, and when he smelled it carefully, the water actually had a strong fruity aroma, it was wine, fruit wine, to be precise, it should be the wine of the Western Regions that Li Xiao often drank.

The general's costume was also a captain, and he also had a thousand people under his hands, and after pouring a sip of wine, he handed the wine bag to Wang Duwei.

"Brother Wang, rest for a while, take a sip, the brothers can't walk

”。 The lieutenant looked quite bold.

"In times of crisis, it's better not to be greedy." Wang Duwei shook his head and did not go to pick up the wine bag, but persuaded him.

"Oh, Brother Wang is not arrogant, this fruit wine is like water, it is very strong, but it is a pity that I didn't take out more." The lieutenant grumbled and muttered.

Seeing this, Wang Duwei had to shake his head secretly, this person is also a general in Yizhou, the two are at the same level, and even the government army in that person's hands is more elite, Wang Duwei can't say anything to him, in case he annoys him, it will be too big.

"Well, there is the Xu River in front, the water of the Xu River is shallow and gentle, it is better to spend the Xu River and rest and eat." Wang Duwei also said to the man in a consultative tone.

The man seemed to only care about wine, not particularly caring, as long as he rested, he waved his hand when he heard it, "Cheng, go to rest on the other side of the Xu River, and I'll go and say to the brothers to cheer up." With that, he returned to his team.

Wang Zhao and the two glanced at each other, and they also saw the happiness in each other's eyes. "Fortunately, the rest of the lieutenants are righteous." Wang Duwei sighed.

Captain Zhao also nodded: "If he blows up the thorn, it will be really troublesome."

Wang Zhao and the others are Wang Wei's henchmen, so the two are very close, and they cooperate with each other seamlessly, and the captain with the wine bag is an old qualification, and Wang Wei is a person who is a block, and the most seniority in the army is seniority.

Seeing that the day was dawning, the army also turned off the torches and lanterns, and stumbled all the way to the Xu River, saying that it was a river, but in fact it was a wide stream, and the deepest part of the water was only between the waist and abdomen, so it was absolutely no problem for an adult to flow through.

Zhao Duwei was about to give the order to cross the river, but Wang Duwei broke through and stopped, "Brother Zhao, this river is more than three zhang wide, and the sky has not yet brightened. In order to be safe, I first crossed the river with a rope and waited on the other bank, while the rest of the soldiers crossed the river along the rope. ”

Luo Zhao listened to the dark river surface in the early morning, everything on the river surface is the same, but it must not be lost, and he also thought so, nodded and said: "Brother Wang is still thoughtful." After that, he said: "A rope is too slow, and I don't have to ask Brother Wang to pull the rope." After that, he pointed to a few soldiers behind him and said, "You guys pull the rope to the other side, tie it under the big tree, and tie it firmly."

Several pro-soldiers took the rope and went over, and after a while, seeing that the rope was firmly broken, Wang Zhao and the others ordered to cross the river.

The army of 16,700 crossed this small river in turn, and when the river water was in the early morning of this late autumn, the river water could be said to be cold to the heart, and the soldiers who were tired were soaked in this water was a shock to their spirits, and they were all sober up a little, and some people even threw their heads into the water to play, and Wang Duwei had to shout when he saw this: "Cross the river quickly, spend it all in a quarter of an hour, and make food and rest on the shore."

When the army heard this, they did not dare to delay, and lined up in a slippery line, and crossed along the rope.

After eating, after counting the people, there were only 15,300 people left in the 20,000 army in Yixian County at the moment.

"On a one-night march, at least more than 1,000 people were left behind." Zhao Duwei said with a bitter face, it is also aggrieved, their 20,000 Yixian army can be regarded as the most elite in the entire Yizhou, and it was personally trained by Captain Yan Changshi Wang.

However, the march alone was a reduction of thousands of men, not killed in battle, but lost, and this kind of non-combat attrition is the most embarrassing.

"After the break, there are only more than 2,000 left of the 5,000 rear army, which means that there should be more than 2,000 left behind on the night march." Another general shook his head when he heard this, and he also spoke up, this person was at least Lao Lu who set fire to the enemy when the wall of fire blocked the enemy.

After a night of turmoil, the 5,000 people didn't know how many were killed and how many were lost, after all, it was really risky to march at night.

Wang Duwei's face was also not very good-looking, and he said angrily: "The city is lost, and the 20,000 army has also lost four or five out of ten.

When Zhao Duwei heard this, he waved his hand and shouted: "What are you talking about, it's not our responsibility to lose the city, our brothers are conscientiously defending the city, but what is that gang of people in the Assassin's Mansion, Lao Tzu can't wait to chop him with a knife." As he spoke, he also stared hatefully at Lu Asi, who was tied up like a dumpling under the tree.

The generals were also resentful when they heard this, and their eyes at Lu Asi were like sharp knives, which frightened Lu Asi and trembled generously.

Wang Duwei hurriedly waved his hand and persuaded: "Don't, whether we can be exonerated or not, but it all depends on him."

The generals also knew that they hoped that His Majesty would take his anger out on this waste at that time, for the sake of bringing out the Yixian army, and not caring about their crime of losing the city.

A few quarters of an hour later, Wang Duwei got up and said straightly: "Let's go, the sooner you arrive in Dingzhou, the sooner you are safe."