Chapter 114: Three-Way Breakthrough, Difficult to Distinguish Between True and False (II)
The enemy broke through and the soldiers were divided into three routes, all of which had Xiao Yi's banner and figure appearing, which one was true and which one was false...... Or are all suspicious soldiers on all three roads, this extremely cunning 'greedy wolf', and another direction to break through?
There are only 60,000 horses on their side, and if they pursue them separately, their forces will be too scattered, and it will be difficult to win.
Kong Ming, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu looked at each other, and no one dared to make a decision easily, first, Xiao Yi was as cunning as a fox and had a strange command style, and his mind was really difficult to guess; The second is that the relationship is too important, and if the decision is wrong, who can bear the responsibility?
This battle is not only to pursue Xiao Yi, but also to compete with the Jiangdong Group, who has greater merit and more results, and who will carve up the nine counties of Jingzhou in the future, who will have more confidence!
However, if the military situation is urgent, if you can't make a decision for a long time, I'm afraid you will miss the opportunity, so the eyes of the three major strategists all fell on Liu Bei, waiting for the lord to make a decision!
Liu Beiwen can't recite poems and write, martial arts can't lead the army to fight, and he doesn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
First, no matter how much failure or grievances you have suffered, you can always quickly adjust your mentality and devote yourself to the hegemony again!
The second is to discern talents, win people's hearts, the world is constantly strife, heroes compete to vote for the master, Liu Bei with a unique personality charm, attracted a large number of talents to follow, and never betrayed.
Third, at the critical moment, it can be a big deal, what is a big deal...... Without Gou An and wealth, it is a decision to stand up and dominate the world; Treat the military generals with favor, and grant heavy power without doubting that it is broken; At the moment of life and death crisis, it is also broken to leave his wife and children and flee for his life!
The word 'decision' seems simple, but it is a necessary character for the superiors, and it is even more important than wisdom, martial arts, and intelligence. If Liu Biao had made a decision, he would have sent troops to attack Xuchang and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, how could he be ruined?
Liu Bei knew in his heart that he had to make a decision immediately, so he stared at the cowhide map, his eyes swam up and down, and finally he bit his back molars and pressed it with a big hand, which was pressing on the position of Huarong Road!
There is no reason, no basis, Liu Bei relied on a kind of intuition to determine that Xiao Yi's breakthrough direction was to go west to Huarong Road, and it was also by this intuition that Liu Bei escaped the pursuit many times and has lived until now!
"All the troops and horses, chasing westward, Huarong Road, ambush on all sides, there are people who capture Xiao Yi alive - a bounty of 10,000 taels, an official promotion of three levels, and the emperor's uncle personally toasts to congratulate!"
"Nuo - ambush on all sides, capture Xiao Yi alive!"
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"Ahh - Sneeze! --Who is talking about me behind my back, I guess there will be no good thing, and this road is really difficult to walk! ”
"Brethren, watch your step, march in order, do not fall into the mud, and when you pass through this swamp, you will have a good rest!"
Since Xiao Yi's debut, he has led the army to fight in all directions, east to the sea, west to quicksand, north to grassland, south and Jingxiang, valleys, rivers, sand, forests...... I've trekked all of them, but all kinds of dangers and obstacles are combined, and there is no swamp under your feet!
Everywhere you look, there is turbid stagnant water, turquoise duckweed, frogs jumping, tadpoles swimming, and swarms of mosquitoes flying back and forth in mid-air, making a huge buzzing sound!
In such a bad environment, the war horses could not walk normally, so the soldiers could only jump off their mounts, holding the spear pole in one hand and using it as a crutch, and holding the reins of the war horse in the other, and walking forward slowly......
Step out, immediately fall into the mud, shallow is over the ankle, deep is no knee, you must use the strength of the milk, in order to pull out the foot, and then take the second step, often the foot comes out, but the boot is stuck in the mud, the soldiers can only walk barefoot!
In addition to the difficulty of the swamp, the danger is also everywhere, there are leeches with the thickness of fingers, sticking to the centaurs to suck blood wildly, there are poisonous snakes swimming around, jumping out at any time to bite a bite, and there are unfathomable quagmires, once the centaurs fall in, they will disappear without a trace!
In the sewage pool along the way, there are a lot of corpses floating, all of them are the soldiers who died to explore the road when the main force of the Cao army retreated westward, because the weather was too hot, the corpses were all swollen, and they also emitted bursts of foul smell, the situation was miserable!
And these rotting corpses have become the most eye-catching road signs, telling the soldiers who are behind that there is a great danger, and they can barely walk there, even if they are so careful, in just two days after entering the swamp, there are still hundreds of soldiers and hundreds of war horses who have died!
"Lao Tzu rode a horse into the world, and a gust of wind drifted by everywhere, so he suffered this kind of sin...... My feet are broken, my legs are swollen, and my waist is about to break! ”
"Everyone, don't scream, take off your robes, shake off the 'pieces' inside, and then hurry up to rest, and continue to rush tomorrow!"
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At dusk, they finally found a mound, which was relatively dry and safe, and the soldiers hurriedly climbed up, and the tent was too late to be built, so they sat directly and wailed, and the Xuanjia Iron Horse, known as the invincible in the world, was exhausted at this time!
The generals didn't dare to rest, and desperately urged the soldiers to take off their robes and check their bodies, only to see their thighs, lower abdomen, and backs...... All of them are attached to leeches, five or six at the least, more than a dozen, and the black is extremely terrifying!
Leeches, commonly known as 'grasshoppers', are about the length of a finger, with a flat spindle-shaped body, a black-brown back, a slightly pointed head, a blunt and rounded tail, and a sucker at each end.
Grasshoppers lurk in the sludge and are difficult to detect with the naked eye, and when they suck blood, they release an anesthetic liquid that makes the human body feel no pain, making them absolutely first-class vampires!
Once bitten by the locust, do not pull forcibly, otherwise the suction cup will break into the skin, and then cause wound infection, which will be fatal in the swamp, the soldiers will sprinkle the refined salt and liquor in the bite, the locust will fall off by itself, step on it, and suddenly blood splashes!
After dealing with the 'bits and pieces', the soldiers looked for clean water, boiled them in an iron pot until they boiled, and then poured them into a large bag of 'marching san', and then drank them slowly while eating fried noodles, and some people sat on the ground and snored halfway through the meal, and they were really tired from marching all the way!
"The brethren persevered, and as soon as they crossed the swamp, they were the rich city of Gangneung, where there was good food, good wine, and beautiful women...... And the big comfortable house! ”
"When we arrive in Jiangling City, the whole army will be repaired for ten days, and the brothers will eat and drink and have fun casually, if anyone can't get out of the swamp, they will save money for this big Sima!"
"Haha! --Don't miss a big deal! ”
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Xiao Yi has a special physique, no poison is inviolable, no leech dares to bite, at this time, regardless of physical exhaustion, the patrol team back and forth, to boost the morale of the soldiers, but deep in his heart, it is extremely tormenting!
In order to get rid of the enemy's pursuit and try to preserve the men and horses as much as possible, he came up with a plan of 'three-way breakthrough': let Huang Zhong and Huang Xu lead 10,000 Xuanjia troops to advance north along the Zhuanshui, cross the Tongbai Mountains, and enter the territory of Nanyang County!
He also asked Dian Wei and Hao Zhao to lead 10,000 Xuanjia troops to the east through Dabie Mountain, enter the territory of Lujiang County, and join the men and horses of the general Zhang Liao, and then turn back to Shouchun City!
Xiao Yi personally led 10,000 horses and walked west on the Huarong Ancient Road, and at the same time for the trapping camp, Jingzhou water army, and student army...... After a few men and horses are broken, block the ensuing pursuers!
In order to further confuse the enemy, Huang Xu and Hao Zhao put on ghost helmets, mounted black horses, and held high the banner of the word 'Xiao'.
Speaking from the heart, the men and horses broke through in three ways, and it was relatively safe to go north and east, because the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was mobile and flexible, and was good at galloping in the wilderness.
To the west, it is the most dangerous, more than 400 miles of muddy swamps, so that the four hooves of the war horses are deeply trapped, and the soldiers can only trek on foot, advancing one or twenty miles a day, making the men and horses tired, and the combat effectiveness is also plummeting!
What's more, this team is responsible for the rear of the palace, and it can't change the route at will, nor can it pass the people in front, and it has to watch out for the chasing soldiers day and night, the action is extremely difficult, and the task is extremely arduous, even if Xiao Yi personally commands, he is not a little sure!
The only thing I hope for now is that Liu Bei and others made a mistake in decision-making, and pursued the past to the north or east, so that the three-way men and horses who broke through the siege could reach their destination safely, and if the enemy killed them to the west, it would be extremely dangerous!
In fact, there is another way, you can get rid of the danger as much as possible, that is, to abandon all the war horses, the soldiers to advance lightly, the speed of the march can be accelerated by half, the war horses gallop on the flat ground, and become a burden in the swamp!
But such an order, Xiao Yi will not give it, and he will not be able to execute it, look at the 'cabbage' around him, get along with him day and night, and be like a brother, even if he gives up hundreds of millions of family fortunes and high-ranking officials, he will not give it up!
The Xuanjia Iron Cavalry galloped vertically and horizontally, and the soldiers and the war horses fought together - bloody battles, life and death, and established a deep relationship.
The procession marched all the way, and in order to speed up the march, money, armor, and blades were ...... Even a lot of food and grass were abandoned, but no one abandoned their mounts, and some soldiers even sacrificed their lives in order to rescue the war horses that were stuck in the quagmire!
You can't change the route of the march, you can't abandon the mission of the palace, and you can't abandon the horse...... All that's left is: resign yourself to fate, life and death!
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