Chapter 69: Dragons Have No Leader

(Ask for a red ticket, don't waste it if you have a red ticket, and thank the brother who begged for money!) )

Chen Hansan used the pretext that Tancheng was surrounded by the enemy, and asked to borrow a road from Xuzhou to Huaiyang to be stationed on standby, and he was allowed.

On the 26th, Chen Hansan led his troops westward, crossed Surabaya from the joint boat pontoon bridge erected on the south side of Damiaogang, and traveled through the southern suburbs of Xuzhou and the foot of Phoenix Mountain. Liu An'er never prevented Chen Hansan from changing, Nian Huaisi could be in such a situation, Chen Hansan made great contributions, and the generals went out of the city to greet him, and he was attacked and killed at the northern foot of Phoenix Mountain.

Chen Hansan took advantage of the chaos to seize Xuzhou and recaptured the Yunlong Mountain camp, and the soldiers and horses of the exiled army in Xuzhou were defeated.

On the same day, Yue Lengqiu pulled the camp north, led the main force of the Changhuai army to the north along the east bank of Nansi Lake, and attacked Tengzhou.

The camp of Qinglonggang of the exile army stretches for more than ten miles, covering like a cloud curtain, on the northwest plain, the war has not ended, the people who have left their hometowns have not returned, the fields are uncultivated, and the grass is far away, and the growth is flourishing.

The sound of galloping horses' hooves was like a muffled rolling thunder from the sky, and soon more than a dozen horses appeared in the field of vision of the peripheral scouts, and the knights on horseback were all blood-stained robes, and while galloping wildly, they wailed bitterly: "Chen Hansan's dog thief voted for officers and soldiers, An Shuai died, and the Xuzhou camp broke ......"

There was a big uproar in the Qinglonggang Wandering Army Camp, Liu An'er died, and the Qinglonggang Wandering Army was also leaderless for a while.

Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lanlong's subordinates accounted for less than one-third of the Qinglonggang Displaced People's Army. Liu An'er is here, and all the generals can accept Liu Miaozhen's moderation; Liu An'er died, the generals were flustered, and Liu Miaozhen was difficult to suppress.

There are those who say that they will take Suining to prevent the officers and soldiers from attacking the traitor Chen Hansan, there are those who will counterattack Xuzhou and kill Chen Hansan to avenge An Shuai, there are those who will cross the Bianshui West to withdraw from Haosi and then plan for the future, and there are those who will go around Suyu and then plan for the long run......

If Sui Ning can easily take it, how could he let Yue Lengqiu withdraw from Xuzhou and retreat to the east of the Surabaya River?

Xuzhou was taken away by Chen Hansan, the grain and grass here are not complete, and there is no material for attacking the city and building a wall, how to recapture Xuzhou from Chen Hansan's hands when 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses are pulled out of the city of Xuzhou?

Suyu is narrow, and Suining is sealed on the Huaisi Corner, and the grain and grass have almost been exhausted, and eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses have rushed to Suyu, but it is just to close the door and beat the dogs for the officers and soldiers.

Crossing the Bianshui and retreating westward, the summer and autumn Bianshui is mighty and mighty four or five miles wide, eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses, and there are no boats, how can we cross it?

Each has its own opinions, each has its own plans; The 80,000 or 90,000 exile troops in the northwest of Suining and the more than 10,000 exile troops in Suyu suddenly fell into an unprecedented desperate situation.

The most critical thing at the moment of the Huaisi Liumin Army is that the dragons are leaderless, and the highly respected Yang died in the battle of Hezhong Mansion all year ago, and the generals loyal to Liu An'er, Sun Zhuang, Wu Shiyi and others are not in Suining.

Ma Lantou wanted to push Liu Miaozhen as the leader, but some people were not convinced, and led more than 10,000 people to leave the west alone, wanting to cross the Bianshui, but the 2,000 cavalry that came from Chen Hansan's attack in Taoyuan, sixty miles away, took advantage of the chaos to defeat them.

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Surabaya is vast, Liu Tingzhou went down by boat, 27 to Suining, before the corner of the day to board the boat to see Lin Binding. At this time, Suining's generals and officials also gathered on the Jinhai stopped on the bank of the Surabaya River to discuss matters.

This is the handwritten letter of Governor Yue, who led his troops north to Tengzhou and Jining. Chen Hansan has been appointed as an envoy to Xuzhou, sitting in Xuzhou, and the north and south of the bandits cannot take care of each other. I hope that the system will enable the Jiangdong Left Army to stick to the large number of Liukou of Suining and Suyu, and wait for the army to encircle and annihilate the ......" Liu Tingzhou handed over Yue Lengqiu's handwriting.

Lin Lian took Yue Lengqiu's handwritten letter, spread it out and read it, invited Liu Tingzhou to sit down, and said, "I know what Yue Governor means......

Although Lin Jian officially took office as the envoy of the Huaidong system, there is still no conclusion on the affairs of the Huaidong system and envoy, such as the opening of the government, the establishment of governance, the establishment of the army, the number of soldiers, the supervision of the army, the grain and straw, the ordnance, and the camp, and the so-called Huaidong system and envoy is still an empty title for the time being; Liu Tingzhou is still the prefect of Huai'an, and Yue Lengqiu asked him to come over, probably with the meaning of supervising the army and supervising the war.

Lin Jian led the Jiangdong Left Army as the Jinghai Metropolitan Envoy, although the territory was small, but it belonged to the township army, and there was no direct relationship with the Jianghuai Governor's Office; Now he is the envoy of Huaidong, but he is under the jurisdiction of the Jianghuai Governor's Office. The territory will be larger, but after all, it is not as good as operating Chongzhou, which can be regarded as having advantages and disadvantages.

Zhang Yan was also present, and he bowed to Liu Tingzhou, and secretly said that the Huaidong system was under the jurisdiction of the Jianghuai Governor's Mansion in name, but presumably Yue Lengqiu didn't have the luxury of commanding the demon fox of Lin Bin, right?

Lin Jian handed Yue Lengqiu's handwritten letter to Qin Chengzu, Gu Siyuan and others who were sitting in front of the case to circulate it, and asked Liu Tingzhou to speak in front of the sand table in the middle of the cabin: "The bandits have eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses in the northwest of Suining, and I only have more than 10,000 weak brigades in my hands, so it is really difficult to say whether I can leave them in Suining." But Governor Yue has an order, I can't help but do my best. I immediately sent the boat division to the north, landed from Shuanggouji, and made a posture of flanking the bandits in Qinglonggang, and waited for Yue Du to lead a large army to attack them......"

Surabaya passes through the northern border of Suining, turns a big bend in the northeast direction, and the actual flow direction in Suining is from west to east. Lin Lian's so-called boat division went north to Shuanggouji, which was actually westward and cut off the road for the Qingshangang bandits to go north to Xuzhou, but on the other hand, it was also to choke the road for Chen Hansan to lead his troops south.

Liu Tingzhou is quite knowledgeable about military affairs, not so easy to fool, knowing that Chen Hansan has a lot of scruples about Lin Bin, Lin Tie sent troops into Shuanggou Ji, Chen Hansan will not dare to lead his troops into Suining, but Lin Tie is so arranged, Liu Tingzhou is not easy to say.

Lin Jian peeped at Liu Tingzhou, Chen Hansan had a grudge against him for breaking his family and losing his family, but it was not clear what he thought of Chen Hansan's change in his heart.

At this time, the scout boarded the ship and reported: "Sun Zhuang will lead his troops north from Suyu after dawn today, and come to Suining, about 6,000 people, about 30 miles away from Suining!" ”

"This fierce tiger is not slow," Lin Jian frowned and sighed.

Qin Chengzu was on the sand table, pulled out two small blue flags from Suyu and planted them in the southeast of Suining.

Zhou Pu rubbed his hands and said: "In other rogue generals, most of them will only close their doors and wait and see the situation. He is going to meet Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou, and then go north to avenge Liu An'er! ”

"Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou may not agree to immediately go north to take revenge." Zhao Qinmin said, Xuzhou City has been taken away by Chen Hansan, how can the exile army easily recapture Xuzhou City in a hurry, kill Chen Hansan, and avenge Liu An'er, Sun Gongzi's blood is surging, Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou must have calm people, otherwise the exile army in Qinglonggang last night will wave their troops north.

"It's also possible to come to fight Suining!" Gu Siyuan said.

Yang Pu didn't say anything, and there was no shortage of brave generals under Lin Lian's command.

"Wu Shiyi is in Tengzhou, whether he can stop the northward advance of the Changhuai army, it is still doubtful, the prestige of Ma Lantou and Sun Gongzi is not enough to deter the exile army south of Xuzhou, and the only way to push Liu Miaozhen out," Qin Chengzu analyzed, "However, last night, a wandering army fled west alone, and Chen Hansan's cavalry division that advanced south to Taoyuan was defeated." It can be seen from here that once Liu An'er died, Liu Miaozhen was not enough to inherit her brother's prestige...... Sun Gongzi is a fierce tiger, and he does not have many soldiers and horses under his command, but he has a high reputation in the exile army. Sun Pole is not enough to jump out of the head, but let him join Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou, and he will also push Liu Miaozhen as the leader, which is likely to make the bandits south of Xuzhou temporarily gather under Liu Miaozhen......"

"That is, we want to send troops to intercept and prevent Sun Gongzi from joining forces with Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou!" Lin Jian lightly twisted the beard of his chin and said, but his brows were frowning, staring at the terrain around Suining on the sand table, considering the suitable combat terrain, pointing to a white line in the southeast of Suining City, and asking Qin Chengzu, "Is it good to fight here?" ”

"There are ditches and slopes to follow, and the infantry soldiers are arrayed to intercept and the light cavalry to assault." Qin Chengzu said.

"Then fight here!" Lin Jian made up his mind and ordered, "Ning Zechen and Zhou Pu, the two of you immediately lead Feng to leave the camp and set out with four hundred light horsemen to Yaojiagou, and you should be able to battle in front of the ditch before Sun Gongzi arrives." The tiger of Sun Gongzi is in a hurry to move north, and it is rare to have a chance to attack it unprepared...... Ao Canghai, you lead the Changshan battalion, the Duhuai army and two hundred heavy cavalry, follow me to the west, and intercept the exile army that may attack from Qingshan Gang to help Sun Zhuang's army! ”

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Sun Zhuang led his troops north at dawn, full of resentment, hating to fly to Xuzhou with wings and tear Chen Hansan's dog thief to pieces. He also held a grudge against the officers and soldiers, and heard that the Jiangdong Left Army had crossed Yaojiagou in front, and Sun Zhuang was full of thoughts about stabbing the officers and soldiers in front of him, venting the pain in his heart first, and then joining forces with Ma Lantou and Liu Miaozhen to attack Xuzhou.

Zhang Gou persuaded him to shrink the formation and make a little rectification in order to prepare for a strong enemy, Sun Zhuang scolded with his head: "Day, the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, and the chicken/bar fights hard wins, shrink you bird!" "Changed the white-pole horse lance under his armpit, drove the horse first, and led the 6,000 troops who had not rested from the Suyu rapid march to the Jiangdong Left Army in Yaojiagou in a hurry......

Zhou Pu led the armored light cavalry directly across the water through Yaojiagou, more than 400 light cavalry gathered behind a low hill called Meiqiu, Zhou Pu and his deputy galloped up to Meiqiu to watch the enemy's situation.

Sun Zhuang led his troops to kill, and brought up the flying dust like a long scroll of the Yellow Dragon from afar, and he couldn't see the face clearly, but looking at the battle flag, the dozens of horsemen in the front should be led by Sun Zhuang himself.

Zhou Pu said to his deputy: "When Kou Chong comes, you can lead your troops to cut in from the flank, how to fight, you don't need me to teach you......" He abandoned the cavalry, took two escort horses, and rode his horse to gallop towards the Fengli camp that was hastily lined up in front of Meiqiu.

Ning Zechen was puzzled, and was about to ask Zhou Pu why he didn't personally lead the cavalry and ran here to mix, but he saw Zhou Pu dismounting, untied the fine scale armor on his body, and called a short soldier with a similar stature to him, forcing him to remove the gray-brown leather armor on his body and put it on himself.

"This reckless man not only didn't stay in the formation, but spread his feet and rushed towards this side, playing the strategy of killing the generals and routing the army," Zhou Pu said to the puzzled Ning Zechen, "You erect the flagpole higher, and then break forward, lure him to kill, I will be by your side, work together to capture him, count your credit!" ”

Ning Zechen couldn't cry or laugh. Sun Zhuang is going to rush over and fight hard, according to his nature, he will lay down three or five layers of oblique wings to fight against each other and carry out intensive defense. As long as you strengthen your position, block Sun Zhuang's three-board axe-style assault, wait for his strength to be exhausted, and then fight a counterattack with the cavalry, a big victory can be captured, who would have thought that Zhou Pu would fight to capture Sun Zhuang alive?

Sun Zhuang led his troops suddenly, and he could not see the situation behind Meiqiu, but there were also spies who reported that there were cavalry from the Jiangdong Left Army crossing Yaojiagou. Looking at the situation of the Jiangdong Left Army's infantry in front of the Meiqiu, the battle flag of the main general is quite in the front, which is in line with his thoughts of cutting the general and capturing the flag. As long as the two armies were mixed together and went to Qinglonggang, Sun Zhuang no longer thought about the problem that the flanks would be impacted by the cavalry of the Jiangdong Left Army.

Sun Zhuang roared, waved his knife and pointed at the battle flag of the main general of the Jiangdong Left Army, and rushed forward with his subordinates, like an arrow from the string.

Sun Zhuang's dozens of horsemen on the left and right were all elite cronies brought out from Hongzepu's army, and they were accustomed to rampage with Sun Zhuang's assault, and they were not afraid of death and regarded death as home. Stepping off the war horse without armor, the arrows fell one after another, some horses changed horses, no one continued to rush forward with armor, and ignored the two or three arrows in the body.

Sun Zhuang stepped off the war horse and was killed by an arrow, but a general gave the horse to him. Connected with the car formation, he vigorously made Ma Shuo pick up a shield car at the moment, broke a gap, and rushed in, looking at Ning Zechen, who was wearing bright scale armor under the main general's battle flag, and shouted: "Xiao'er, the pole master is here to take your life today!" It's kind of heads-up! ”

Ning Zechen slowly retreated from the battle flag wrapped in the left and right hugs, luring Sun Zhuang to go deeper.

The main general is very careful in advancing and retreating in the array, and when fighting, the war drums cannot be chaotic, the battle flag cannot fall, and the rapid retreat cannot be unreasonable. As soon as the main general retreats, there will be a hole in the heart of the formation, and if the enemy soldiers take advantage of the situation to break in and chase the main general to kill, the entire formation is not far from collapse; Ordinary generals will mistakenly think that the main general will flee first, and naturally they will not have fighting spirit.

However, Ning Zechen retreated slowly, and the war drums were not chaotic, but Sun Zhuang thought that there was a chance to capture the flag and defeat him in one fell swoop, and his blood rushed to the sky, and he didn't realize the trap at this time. Thinking that Sun Zhuang is brave and brave, he also has the experience of breaking through the formation alone, even if he knows that there are traps waiting for him in front, under the current situation, he will break through......

Sun Zhuang's eyes were only staring at Ning Zechen, and the horse rushed forward, and only four horsemen on the left and right rushed in, and three or five small soldiers burst from the left flank, and the former held a knife and a shield.

Seeing this little soldier raise his shield, Sun Zhuang sneered, and shook the horse lance, he shook it until the bullet strength of the horse lance head could break the stone grinding plate, so he didn't believe that a little soldier could save his life by relying on a broken shield.

The shield was broken but not dead, from behind the broken shield suddenly stretched out a hand, grabbed the head of the horse lance and pulled it, surging vigorously, Sun Zhuang didn't have time to let go, the whole person leaned upside down, he supported the ground with his left hand, and wanted to support back on the horse's back, but there was a huge fist facing the door......