Chapter 296: Iniquity
This is a contest from many places, and the entire battlefield has a radius of more than 300 miles, during which there are more than two troops moving and fighting, so the smooth flow of information has become particularly crucial.
Ranger hunting occurs in every war, and hunting between a few or dozens of horsemen may seem inconsequential, but it is an unimaginable harvest to hunt down an enemy herald at a time.
Xiang Liang led the army in Lujiang County, and Lu Zhe led the army in Huizhang County.
Lu Zhe knew the importance of hunting and killing the enemy's heralds, and the cavalry in the army was basically sprinkled out to pay attention to various roads, although there may not be any gains for a long time, but if they succeed once, they will definitely have unimaginable gains.
Today, Lu Zhejun's rangers finally ushered in a good thing to intercept Xiang Liang's communication fast horse, and when Lu Zhe got the warrant for Xiang Liang from hunting, he saw a kind of wooden slip with a secret language.
Before the Ming Dynasty, there has not been much development in the military secret language of China, and the secret language has always been used for thousands of years, and its secret language must be related to Yin Fu.
The full name of the Yin Fu is the Emperor Yin Fu Sutra, which is a method of secret communication in ancient times. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of instruction that is split in the form of secret words, and Lu Zhe has studied the secret language of the Yin Fu, and when he got the secret language wooden slip issued by Xiang Liang with the "Yin Fu", he only needed to take the Yin Fu Sutra and compare it to immediately guess eight or nine.
"Surabaya-gun? Huiji County? ”
Apparently, the intercepted information was only part of a large order reading that referred to troop movement routes in Surabaya and Huiji counties.
Anyone who is a commander-in-chief always likes to plan the route of the troops under his command, and some coercive commanders will dictate how far the army should go and where to station each day.
Lü Zhe took out a map of the mountains and rivers to make an overall observation, and the Chu troops of Surabaya County and Huiji County were ordered by Xiang Liang to gather their troops twenty miles east of Danyang in five days.
Although only a fragment of the Chu army's instructions were obtained, Xiang Liang's intentions could be guessed from the location of the Chu army's rendezvous, and the Chu army clearly wanted to pull out Lu Zhe's stronghold in Huizhang County, and then form an encirclement step by step. Blocked Lü Zhe's 80,000 troops in Huizhang County and then annihilated.
"Just what I want." Lu Zheneng intercepted this order too timely, he was thinking about how to find out the route of the Chu army in Surabaya County, but he didn't think that he didn't need to look for it at all, Xiang Liang sent the information to the door himself. He measured his fingers on the map, but in his heart he was guessing the authenticity of the information, in fact, he was thinking about whether this information was deliberately "sent" by Xiang Liang.
It is estimated that Lu Zhe has thought about it a lot, and now there is basically no such thing as intelligence warfare? However, it doesn't matter if it's false information or not, Lu Zhe originally wanted to block the Chu army in Surabaya County heading south, and judging from the marching route planned by the Chu army, it was the area where Gongwei and Su Lie were going to ambush.
"Maybe. Should I strengthen Xiang Liang's faith and let him worry about enclosing me in the constitution? Lu Zhe thought of it, he decided to write down a few false orders, and then deliberately let the Chu army intercept it, misleading Xiang Liang into the trap set up step by step.
Lu Zhe had already led his army into Huizhang County for ten days, and during this time, he and Xiang Liang were consciously maintaining a "safe" distance, if they wanted to get close to each other, they would inevitably be discovered by the other side, and this war situation seemed a little bit like a separation.
There is one thing that Lu Zhe doesn't think much about, Xiang Liang obviously thinks that Huizhang County has been broken. Simply take Zhangjun as the established battlefield, and that's what it looks like anyway, isn't it?
Originally, Hou Luzhe, who had taken Qianxian County, should have led the army to move again, and entered the boundary of Lujiang County to prepare for a detour. But now it is clear that this is not possible. He should follow Xiang Liang's train of thought, pull the troops back to the vicinity of Danyang, and lure the Chu army over one step closer. If the timing is accurate, he will eat the Chu army in Surabaya County heading south. He might be able to gnaw off Xiang Liang's headquarters that caught up from behind?
"The commander and Su Lie have quickened their pace, taking advantage of the time difference in information delay......" Lu Zhe was refining his plan, and he felt that this time the combat deployment would be implemented. The Chu army will no longer pose a threat for a long time to come, and he should have time to deal with Bai Yue's imminent move.
Of the 80,000 troops who went deep into the Huizhang, only 60,000 were around Lü Zhe, and the remaining 20,000, 10,000 were in Danyang, and the other 10,000 were scattered and plundered. With a plan, Lu Zhe sent a fast horse to inform the scattered troops to assemble in Danyang, and the 60,000 troops around him also began to pack up the camp, without wasting a little time to start moving.
It was difficult to hide his whereabouts when there were thousands of people, and Lu Zhe did not plan to hide his march, so the 60,000 army set off with a swagger and a very mighty departure with the plundered mouths and supplies.
Xiang Liang, who was far away under Fanyang City, learned that Lu Zhe's troops had been reopened from Qianxian two days later, and they concluded that Lu Zhe had led his army to Danyang after repeated confirmation.
Knowing this information, Xiang Lianghu was suspicious, he didn't know where Qianxian was, and felt that Lu Zhe should have been directly inserted from Qianxian County into his own back, how did he lead the army north? He asked the troops gathered in Surabaya County and Huiji County to meet to cut off Lu Zhe's retreat, and now Lu Zhe led his army north, wouldn't they collide together?
Xiang Liang was very surprised by Lu Zhe's series of actions, and thought about it for a long time without thinking about Lu Zhe's military methods, but since Lu Zhe went north, he could only lead the army to chase him, otherwise the 80,000 troops gathered by Surabaya County and Huiji County would probably be in danger!
Ji Bu has been waiting for the follow-up 50,000 reinforcements, from Yan Bi leaving Fanyang to now, Xiang Liang's hundreds of thousands of troops have been neither leaving nor attacking the city under Fanyang City, and Peng Xinze's 50,000 reinforcements have not been able to rely on it at all.
"General, Xiang Liang is cleaning up the camp."
"Huh? Tidy up the camp? ”
Huan Chu also rushed over from behind, and they confirmed that Xiang Liang was indeed cleaning up the camp, and a unit of the Chu army had already left as the vanguard first, and the Chu army behind was rectifying, and it was estimated that they would leave when the camp was cleaned up.
Ji Bu was shocked, he felt that Xiang Liang ignored them in Fanyang, and he was too blind to see no one. But...... There are only more than 20,000 troops in Fanyang City, and the number of wounded soldiers among the 20,000 people accounts for forty percent, so it seems that they can really only watch the Chu army calmly pull out the camp and leave?
"Where are the Lord's 50,000 follow-up troops?" Huan Chu asked more eagerly, Lu Zhe was looting the guild chapter, Xiang Liang retaliated and did more than one more in Lujiang County, at least Lu Zhe only plundered and did not kill on a large scale, and Xiang Liang not only robbed things but also slaughtered Qianshou, how could he be righteous and angry? I can't wait to kill all those Chu troops who have done all the bad things!
Ji Bu looked at Huan Chu's almost distorted face, and said helplessly: "In recent days, Xiang Liang has been sending rangers to blockade him, and the information he got before was in Peng Xinze, and he didn't know where it should be after losing contact. ”
The two went to the east gate together, and before they got close, they heard Chu Bing shouting something, but they were insulting Huan Chu and Ji Bu, and the eighteenth generation of their ancestors all scolded them......
Standing on the city tower, when they looked down, they saw that there were less than 3,000 Chu soldiers cursing, and the Chu army was still cleaning up the camp farther away.
"Xiang Liang is really not a son of man!" Huan Chu originally hated Xiang Liang's tea poison in Lujiang County, but now he heard the Chu soldiers scolding him very badly, and he was so angry that he couldn't wait to lead the army out and break the three thousand Chu soldiers who were scolding to pieces.
"Duke Huan, Xiang Liang is provoking us and wants us to get out of the city." Ji Bu couldn't figure out why Xiang Liang did this, he was about to withdraw his troops and come to such a stubble, obviously with ulterior motives.
"Huh!" Huan Chu's eyes narrowed, "General Ji, this is contempt for us and others, and unscrupulously thinks that we will only shrink back, which is undermining the morale of our army."
Of course Ji Bu understands, but Xiang Liang seems a little redundant to do this, right?
Huan Chu's eyes narrowed into a slit: "Xiang Liang is afraid that we will harass us after the pull-out." ”
Ji Bu drew inferences: "In this way, Huan Gong will go or will Bu go?" ”
"I'll go!" Huan Chu gritted his teeth, and his hands were clenched into fists.
Obviously, it is impossible to get out of the city now, and it is necessary to wait for the Chu army to drive farther, and then use a small force of nimble troops to constantly harass on the side, if it can burn the baggage troops of the Chu army, it will be even better.
There is one thing that Ji Bu and Huan Chu did not say, Xiang Liang was still angry before withdrawing his troops, and they led their troops to follow behind the Chu army, and they were likely to encounter an ambush by the Chu army. But the two of them knew but didn't say it, obviously they had made up their minds. Huan Chu himself was going again, and Ji Bu could only give a small hint.
The troops around the Chu army who went out of the city could not be too much, and Huan Chu gathered the soldiers with good endurance of the whole army, and Ji Bu naturally fully cooperated, and more than 2,000 people were picked out with such a challenge.
Waiting for the temporary correction of the re-establishment, the Chu army over there has been open for about half an hour.
After bidding farewell to Huan Chu, Ji Bu also immediately sent a fast horse to contact the 50,000 troops who had lost contact before, and he now only had more than 10,000 people in his hands, and he couldn't let go of anything with such a small number of troops, let alone hold back the footsteps of Xiang Liang's army.
In addition, Ji Bu did not forget to write down the current situation of Lujiang County, in triplicate, one of which was to be given to Lu Zhe, and two were sent to Nanjun.
Lujiang County was both looted and slaughtered by the Chu army, it can be said that it is really like hell on earth, Lu Zhe wants to master Lujiang County, he must be prepared for the current situation, and it is not the first time that their side has dealt with this situation, and they have the corresponding experience to deal with it.
To tell the truth, Xiang Liang's ravages against Lujiang County did Lu Zhe a great favor, after all, as long as Lu Zhe carried out a period of comfort and material inclination, then the head of Lujiang County would definitely be grateful to Lu Zhe.
It seems that the capital of Guizhou in Lujiang County is the Chu people, and it is the Chu people who are hurt by Xiang Liang's so-called actions in Lujiang County. And obviously, Lu Zhe will definitely take advantage of it! (To be continued......)