Chapter 53 The fire burns the water village

In the spring of the third year of Guanghe, in March, Xiao Ying was still talking nonsense with the barbarians, and Liu Bei's army stayed in Deyang for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info He finally knew why Xiao Ying insisted on recruiting An. There are too many traitors and they are scattered. You have broken up and defeated the large army of thieves, and the small ones have come again. The barbarians were originally scattered, all of them were gathered and roared, the big ones were thousands, the small ones were hundreds, the near ones ran away, and the far ones came again, at this time the news was blocked, and the cycle began again and again, making Liu Bei is exhausted. Unless you can kill all the barbarians with all your heart, the only way to solve the problem is to talk about rebellion. Only in this way can it be done once and for all.

Liu Bei was tired of staying in the barracks and wanted to go back to Luoyang. But now that the war has begun, it's hard to say when it will end. He also wanted to lead his troops to defeat the barbarians. But you can't fight in bad weather such as heavy snow, heavy rain, and flash floods, right? Even if the Han army can endure hardships and adapt, the barbarians have returned to the deep mountains and old forests in this climate. How can you fight if you can't find your opponent? The logistics are not in place, and the sergeants are not in good condition...... In all kinds of situations, fighting a war is really not just a matter of fighting.

There is no imaginary destruction and sweeping everything, Liu Bei is very big. Only then did he realize that Zhao'an was really a good way to solve the rebellion once and for all. Otherwise, they will fight back and forth, not to mention the consumption of military funds, money and food, and they will also beat the places to a dilapidated state, which is really more than worth the loss. The most important thing is that Liu Bei, his wife and Lu Zhi have set their marriage this year, and he, the prospective groom, will not go back, how can he set the date?

It's not that Xiao Ying doesn't want to speed up the progress. He couldn't help it. There are too many barbarian leaders, and they don't have a unified opinion within themselves, arguing every day, slapping the table and scolding their mothers, and fighting with their fists. Xiao Ying is also the first two big. Not long after, it was the New Year, and the barbarians celebrated the Spring Festival very grandly, and invited Xiao Ying to the village as a first-class guest. Drinking wine in a big bowl every day, eating meat in large pieces, and offering twenty-eight years of beautiful and moving barbarian maiden bed, I can't refuse if I want to. When Xiao Ying was "forced" to enjoy it, the New Year was over. And then it went on again.

What are you arguing about? On the one hand, he had to retire from the army, continue to come back to farm, hunt and fish, and live an honest life. Anyway, Xiao Daguan also said that if the Son of Heaven does not hold them accountable for their previous crimes, they will definitely not have to return the things they snatched. On the one hand, I am addicted to grabbing, I used to farm and hunt at home, and I had to be oppressed by the government for this income a year, but now I rebel and come out to rob, it is easy and happy. Now that they have blood on their hands, will Emperor Lao'er spare them if he puts down his sword and loosens his bow and arrows? Besides, I heard that there was also a lot of trouble in the west and north, where did the emperor have the time to clean them up? As long as the imperial court does not send a large army to come, they are not afraid, haven't you seen that these useless soldiers in Bajun have been defeated by us? Grab a few years first, and then talk about a few comfortable days, when the time comes, the imperial army will really come, and it will not be too late to descend!

It's just that at this time, the big boss doesn't have a particularly strong binding force on the small boss below, and people don't necessarily listen to you, the big boss. So so many large and small barbarian tribes, to Xiao Ying family to talk, bitter heart, serious words, liver and lungs, easy to say, finally with Xiao Zhongcheng's efforts, the traitors withdrew, willing to surrender even more than half of the troops to the tribal territory, engaged in production and development, leaving only some people here to deal with the so-called "barbarian oath", saying that they still advance and retreat with everyone. Those who would rather die than surrender and have luck in their hearts will no longer besiege Jiangzhou, withdraw the large troops to the upper reaches of the Dianjiang River, and sweep back and forth near the upper reaches of the Dianjiang River.

When the time came to April, Ban Yu was undecided, and Jiang Xiaman rebelled again. The emperor was very unhappy when he heard this, and felt that the world was not so peaceful, either here or there, could it be that I was really a faint king? So he ordered to reprimand Xiao Ying and Liu Bei and let them do things a little more inconveniently.

Liu Bei saw the holy decree and didn't think so, what should he do. Do you think that fighting a war is about two groups of people cutting each other? There are many, many, many joints in between, okay? Liu Bei secretly despised the emperor in his heart, but he didn't think about it, he himself thought the same way before.

On this day, as soon as Liu Bei finished writing his family letter and letters to Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and others, a messenger came to report, and it turned out that Xiao Ying sent a letter. Xiao Ying didn't bother to delay, so he asked Liu Bei to pick a day to go down to the river, so that he could fight a battle, so as to promote talks and peace. If you don't give the barbarians a little color, they don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has. Otherwise, I will be arguing all day long, and I don't know how long it will be delayed.

Liu Bei read Xiao Ming's letter, pondered for a while, and then ordered the left and right drums to gather, and after the drums were completed, all the generals gathered. Liu Bei said: "The army has been in Deyang for a long time, and the nearby barbarians dare not come again. I was ordered by Xiao Zhongcheng to raise the army south in the near future and sweep away the stubbornness. The congregation will listen to orders. ”

"Zhang Jue, you led the 2,000 people to stay in Deyang, the camp did not change, and the banner did not change. Guarding the rear for us and escorting grain and grass. ”

"Yan Yan, you are still the vanguard of our army, immediately go to collect ships, prepare grain and grass, and prepare to go south to the Dianjiang River. The rest of the generals, with me leading the army, will march in turn, and there will be no mistake! ”

The generals were ordered. On the second day, with the sound of the horn, Liu Bei led a group of generals south to the Dianjiang River, and Zhang Ju and Deyang Lingxiang were sent to the ferry.

Dianjiang, the place where the three waters converge, was the capital of Pakistan in ancient times. It has always been an important place for soldiers. Later generations changed its name to Hechuan. Maybe Dianjiang and Hechuan everyone has no impression, but when it comes to Diaoyu City, everyone may know that in history, the Southern Song Dynasty insisted on resisting Mongolia in Hechuan Diaoyu City for 36 years, and resisted the Mongolian soldiers with the power of a city. It can be seen how important Dianjiang is a strategic location.

It's just a well-known important place, so casually let the barbarians surround it, and also occupy the water village outside the city. When Liu Bei learned the news earlier, he was half angry. The three waters of the Dianjiang River converge, the west is Fushui, the middle is Hanshui, and the east is diving (Qujiang). In the collection of three waters, there is a sandbar, and the water village stands here. It can be said that on the three waters, as long as there is a slight change, the water village can be known immediately. According to this vital point, the upper can block the river to break the enemy, and the lower can go down the river to attack the city (Jiangzhou), which is really a natural danger on the water.

Fortunately, Liu Bei has made all preparations. The army went down the river, and when it was about to reach the Dianjiang River, the water village was already far away. At this time, the drums were already beating loudly in the water village, and it seemed that the Han army had been discovered from upstream. After many days of comfort, the Han army suddenly appeared, which made the barbarians scramble for a while, but fortunately, they were deep and watery, and their hands and feet were quick. After a period of chaos, they drove boats out to meet the enemy. When Liu Bei saw the boat in front of him, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, a group of pigs, how could the boat be lost if the water village was lost, I don't know how to burn the boat? You know, barbarians generally come and go to the river, bamboo rafts and canoes, where is there such a standard building boat?

Liu Bei saw the barbarians in front of him to attack in the boat, so he waved his hand, so countless small boats with two sharp ends connected to one piece of iron chain went down the water, and the boat did not know what was piled up, and the draft was very light, so the speed was extremely fast, and after a while, it was about to collide with the barbarians. In an instant, the boat in front of it was ignited and crackled.

It turned out that Liu Bei had asked Liu Ke to lead a team of people out and wander around Ba County to find out the news. The barbarians didn't understand this, and the defense was not strict, and it didn't take long for Liu Ke to find out clearly, the location of the garrison, the location of the water village, the situation of the defense personnel, etc., were all clear. So Liu Bei went on this expedition and requisitioned a lot of flammable things such as fire oil and saltpeter. Since the water village is blocking the road, then it will be burned. The Battle of Chibi thought I was watching it in vain?

The barbarian attacked, just as he wanted, there was an iron chain on the boat, and after the collision, the iron chain was entangled. Just right to start a fire. At this time, the fire was soaring into the sky, and gradually burned to the barbarian ships, and the barbarians were shocked and shouted back and forth. When the fire broke out on the ship, they didn't know what to do, some jumped with knives and shouted, some took water to extinguish the fire, and some jumped into the water to escape, but none of them thought about meeting the enemy. At this time, Liu Bei's boat has arrived, the fire is getting wider, he does not order people to move forward, only let the archers shoot the rockets in the direction of the water village, the archers are weak, so let others shoot, after a round of rocket rain covered, the water village finally burst into flames.

Liu Bei and the generals couldn't help laughing when they heard the angry scolding and shouting in the water village. The water village is about to go, how can the barbarian foot pawn be done?

It burned for a while, and almost all of the water village was burned to ashes, and Liu Bei led the crowd to approach the Dianjiang River. At the head of Dianjiang City, the county commander was watching the monstrous fire with a group of officials, and the county commander said: "But the king has arrived?" ”

A young man in a strong suit next to him gave a salute and said, "Back to the county order, it is my brother who has arrived!" "That person is Liu Ke, since he was sent out by Liu Bei, he has been active in the vicinity of the rebels to inquire about the news, knowing that Liu Bei was going down the Dianjiang River, he also came to Dianjiang City with his companions.

The county commander twisted his beard and said: "It is worthy of Liu Xuande, as soon as the army arrives, the barbarian water village will become ashes, so I will go to one of the two evils of Dianjiang City." ”

The barbarians on the shore saw the Han army's sailors appear, and burned their own water village clean, anxious and angry, but there was no way. They only have some small bamboo rafts on their side, and how dare they go and hit the stones with eggs. No matter how honest a barbarian is, he will not do anything to send him to death.

I had to row a small raft and cruise along the shore, and when I saw a clansman, I rescued one. When the fire was extinguished, a layer of black ash floated on the water, and as far as the eye could see, I could see scorched wood and corpses floating and sinking in the water. Indescribably bleak and miserable.

The barbarians stood on the shore for a long time, and when they saw that there was no living tribesman, they could not help but kneel down and weep loudly. Liu Bei's fire, I don't know how many young people were buried under the water, and there were no bones left, so he made the food in the mouth of the fish and turtle.

How could a barbarian ever experience such a tragedy? Since their rebellion, no one dares to resist, so they can't stand up for a lifetime, just thinking that the Han court is just like this, and there is no way to deal with them. It was because they burned, killed, looted, plundered, and finally dared to besiege the great city of Hanting, and tried to attack. Until today, I don't know that it is not that Han Ting can't do anything about them, but that Han Ting didn't take it seriously before. Once the court admits the truth, they have only one way to surrender, otherwise, the clansmen on the river today will be their fate.

It can be said that Liu Bei set fire and completely woke up the barbarians.

Thank you for the reward from Brother ,,,,,, a passer-by in the rivers and lakes.