"Xingwu, is Lu Jiu really okay?" Li Dan asked Xingwu, who came to change Lu Jiu's dressing. This young monk came to chase the green shirt team after discussing with his master, but he met the auxiliary soldiers who were retreating.
Fortunately, Song Jiuyi recognized him and took him with him. The little monk was still frightened when he talked about this. If he were one or two hours later, he might miss everyone!
His arrival made Li Dan very happy. There were not many sacrifices in the team, but there were many injured.
After Xingwu arrived, he immediately solved the problem of lack of doctors, because he was one of the few "personal disciples" who had learned Li Dan's "silk suture method" and preoperative disinfection.
He first carefully examined Lu Jiu's wound, then wiped it with alcohol, and finally applied homemade ointment before bandaging him. Hearing Li Dan's question, he answered seriously:
"The wound on the waist is shallow, and the medical team accompanying the team treated it promptly and properly. You won't need to apply any more medicine in two days. But you have to be careful on the legs.
I think Master Jiu can’t hang up his armor recently, otherwise all his previous achievements will be ruined as soon as it wears out. You don’t want to walk with a cane your whole life, do you? "
Lu Jiu immediately shook his fat head like a Lantern Festival in a basket, and Xing Wu smiled: "Then be more honest. At least this leg can't be armored, and you can't run or jump hard to prevent the wound from opening!"
This Lu Jiu sneaked out from the injured team of the auxiliary soldiers. Xingwu chased him to change his dressing, which was also a kind of complaint. Li Dan already understood this.
After he finished his work, he came to Li Dan and put his hands together. "Are you done? Sit down." Li Dan said.
"How dare the young monk sit with the lord?"
"Tsk, why haven't I seen you for a few months now?"
Xing Wu sat down with a smile and said, "Sir, our medicines are limited."
"I know. Especially alcohol, the more you use it, the less you use it!" Li Dan frowned: "Give it to the seriously injured first. For minor injuries like Ah Jiu, just use it once a day."
"Yes!" Xingwu bowed and asked again: "How many more days do we have to stay here? If we have time, maybe the monk will go to the opposite mountain to collect some herbs?"
Li Dan stretched his head to look at the continuous rain in the sky, and shook his head: "It's too dangerous, so we should be patient for a while. It's not whether we want to leave now, but the rain is too heavy."
The roads were flooded and muddy, making it difficult for cars and horses to move. Of course, it would be difficult to pursue the troops, as they were also stuck in the mountains and unable to move. And I guess their dry food is limited and their situation is not as good as ours. "
This is already the third day after the division of troops. Li Dan successfully took advantage of the rain to divide the team into two. Later, a hundred people from the first company crossed the path north to meet the prince's carriage.
But he didn't know that at the fork in the road, Long Hui couldn't be sure where the main force of the Qingshirt team had gone, so he sent hundreds of cavalry to chase north.
The cavalry finally caught up with the convoy at Huangchaoling. As a result, Pei Tianhu and the guard troops fought and fled, losing one-third of the soldiers. By the time Zhou Tu responded to them, more than half of the casualties were already there.
Long Hui led the main force of the cavalry in hot pursuit of Li Dan, and the second company of the rearguard encountered several assaults. Although he repeatedly repelled the enemy, Long Hui bit hard and refused to let go.
Later, the continuous heavy rain stopped him and he had to stop. Li Dan learned through reconnaissance that this guy was camping two miles behind, and he had no intention of quitting as soon as he saw the opportunity.
"Hmph, this Long Hui, if he doesn't want to leave so much, then I want to keep him!" Li Dan sneered.
"Why, Sir, you already have a good idea?" Xing Wu asked.
"Not yet, but I have sent people to explore the road ahead to see if we can find a good place to beat him!" Li Dan smiled: "The weather is not beautiful, otherwise we would lay mines. It's a pity that it's raining like this. Firearms are inconvenient to use.”
"Amitabha!" Xingwu couldn't bear it.
Li Dan smiled and said: "Xingwu, have you seen Senior Brother Gao this morning?"
"The young monk is busy and there is no time yet."
"Then go and meet him. It's been a long time since you two have seen each other."
Xingwu is a smart man. Looking at Li Dan's smile and listening to his tone, he knew that he had deep meaning, so he bowed and came out to find Gao Hanzi.
The battalion headquarters was right next to him. The tall man was sitting on the horse and frowning in thought. Several staff officers in front of him were arguing in low voices.
Seeing Xing Wu come over, Gao Hanzi smiled and waved to him.
"Senior brother, what are you worried about?" Since Gao Hanzi was also a monk, Xingwu was much more casual in front of him. He sat next to him and took off his satchel and asked.
"We are discussing how to beat the pursuers behind us." The tall man patted his little head wrapped in a t-shirt: "You have no time today, how can you come to my place?"
Xingwu frowned: "My lord asked me to come and see you, but I didn't know that you, like him, are thinking about how to kill people."
Gao Hanzi was startled for a moment, and immediately understood Li Dan's intention, and said with a smile: "Xingwu, you are off track."
"Senior brother, what do you say?"
"I'm not happy to see you?"
"It's because of hurting people's lives."
Gao Hanzi nodded: "Are the people you are talking about the people of this village?"
"No." Xing Wu raised his head and suddenly understood what his problem was.
"Xing Wu has a kind heart, but being kind to others and being kind to thieves are two different things. Killing demons and slaying demons is a great mercy and a great merit to save the common people. Why should you be unhappy about it?" Gao Hanzi sat upright, Look at Xing Wu with a smile.
Xingwu immediately stood up, put his hands together and saluted: "Xingwu understands, I would like to accept the teachings of my senior brother."
Gao Hanzi nodded, pointed at the staff and said, "What everyone is discussing now is nothing more than how to complete this task with the smallest sacrifice. This is also a kind of compassion for ourselves, others, and those thieves who do bad things."
"Senior brother uses thunderbolts to show the bodhisattva's heart."
"Ha, I don't want to be a Bodhisattva. But if the mission can be completed with fewer casualties, I will still be happy. After all, everyone is precious and every life is not cheap."
Gao Hanzi paused for a moment: "This is something I didn't know when I was sitting next to the green lantern Buddha statue. Now I can gradually realize it after experiencing it. Sir Alex always said to people, 'Studying things will lead to knowledge'. I think this may also be my 'investigating things' 'A way?"
Seeing Xingwu lowering his head in thought, he stood up gently, walked to the staff, and asked softly: "How is it?"
"Thanks to Yingzheng, we have discussed two locations:
One is more than a mile down from here, where Lushan Mountain and Dagang Mountain under Huangniling Mountain sandwich Lianxi River. The road is narrow and has a steep slope, and the terrain cannot allow them to use it.
The wide part is only a hundred and fifty paces, and the narrow part is only twenty paces. It is a dangerous place for the cavalry.
The other one is Huang Nixuan, which is a three-way intersection. As long as we control the three highlands, the surrounded enemies will not be able to break out! But this place is slightly wider than the Lushan side, and the enemy will have more room for movement. "
"What's your opinion?"
"We are leaning towards Lushan. It is easy to set up an ambush here. Once the enemy is stuck, they will not be able to get through, and they will only be able to trap the beasts and fight."
"The trapped beast still fights? That's a good point!" Gao Hanzi looked at the map carefully and suddenly pointed and asked: "Why is there a road behind this?"
"Yes, but they are relatively narrow."
"But there is still a way." Gao Hanzi frowned: "In this way, I have to put my team to block at various intersections. Once an intersection is breached, the enemy will slip out."
He shook his head: "How can this work! We don't have enough troops to disperse to various intersections." He stretched out his fist and opened it again:
“We don’t have twice as many troops to fight them, so we have to keep all the teams close together.
If it is opened like this, it will be easily broken by the opponents, and then either they will turn defeat into victory, or they will escape calmly in the end. In short, the Sir Alex's idea of annihilation or heavy damage cannot be realized.
Only by beating him until he is weak, rolls back to his den to lick his wounds, or even beats him to death can we finally get rid of this mad dog Long Hui! "
He walked around twice and suddenly found that Xing Wu in his seat had quietly left at some point. A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he turned around and decided: "Let's just stay in Huangnixun!"
“But there for them….”
"I know, it doesn't matter, it won't be much wider!" Gao Hanzi walked back to the map:
“But here our people can echo each other on the three hills and are very close to each other, making it easy to command.
On the Lushan side, it was really like an outstretched hand. If the enemy penetrated a certain passage, I couldn't see it at all on Lushan. Even if the team on the big hill could see it, it would be blocked by the stream. Can't get through.
Therefore, I decided to choose the ambush location in Huangnixuan! "
After making the decision, he handed over the subsequent arrangements to his staff and came to Li Dan himself to report the reasons for his decision. Li Dan completely handed over the decision-making and commanding power of this battle to Gao Hanzi in order to exercise his abilities through this battle.
Li Danzheng, who had served as a deputy battalion-level commander in his previous life, was trying his best to teach. He hoped that among Gao Hanzi, Sun She, and Yang Yi, generals capable of independently commanding a thousand-man force would emerge.
As a member of the royal family, Zhao Jingzi did not have the natural conditions to lead troops. Although he learned quickly, he was destined to only play the role of chief of staff.
As for Gu Da and Liu Hongsheng, they either have limited cultural level or lack of structure or strategy. I am afraid they will have to take their time to cultivate them.
"Judging from our dealings with Long Hui in the past few days, this person is indeed a difficult character. No wonder Lou Zi trusted him and gave him the title of General of the Zuo Army." Li Dan said:
"So you must pay attention to him when making plans. You must not be scornful just because his troops are slightly smaller than ours. Even if we are surrounded, the opponent is still cavalry. How can we swallow this bull? Something to think about.
After all, our army has fewer opportunities to fight big and hard battles, and more opportunities to use tricks and tricks. I heard that some of the soldiers were bragging that they would place antlers around a few cavalrymen and then gradually shrink the encirclement and stab them to death with random shots.
Such a statement should make the governors pay attention. This is pride, and we don’t have any good achievements to be proud of! But Long Hui has been fighting head-on with the army for three years. His cavalry must be selected elites, so don't be careless! "
"Understood. When I return from my humble post, I will give the order and let the governor arrange a lecture."
Li Dan nodded: "Pride is necessary for good soldiers, but it must be controlled. Excessive pride is arrogance! I think our team must really go head-to-head with the masters several times, so that the remaining people will have the real confidence to be proud. Instead of just talking big words out of ambition!”
When the rain eased, the auxiliary troops and the command company evacuated first. On the one hand, they need to arrange an ambush location, and on the other hand, they need to find a suitable place to place supplies.
The second company and the reconnaissance team in the front always maintained mutual surveillance and confrontation with the enemy. During this period, there were several small encounters.
The most interesting thing is that one time he captured a man alive. When Li Dan ran to interrogate him, as soon as he saw this man, the surrounding area was cleared, leaving only the tall man present.
It turned out that the man was a soldier of Lou Shiming. When Li Dan and Lou Shiming met privately, he came with him twice.
Li Dan asked him why he was here, and the man replied that he was left by Ertian Wangrang, and then He Pan told Long Hui's strength, morale and other conditions. Li Dan was surprised to know that the enemy had separated a group and chased north.
Fortunately, he sent someone to respond. He almost broke out in a cold sweat, and then quickly sent a small team to find the whereabouts of the convoy.
From this soldier, Li Dan learned about Lou Shiming's position and dislike of Long Hui. He also learned that Long Hui's troops did not carry much dry food and had suffered losses due to heavy rain. Long Hui was eager to launch an attack as soon as the rain stopped.
He sent someone to send the soldier away quietly, and then made a decision with Gao Hanzi to use this impatience to teach Long Hui a lesson.
Li Dan felt that the decision to choose Huangnixuan as the location was feasible. This place is just as Gao Hanzi said: "Three hills are gathered together, not far from each other."
There was another reason why Li Dan didn't consider placing it at Lushan. Since it was unfavorable for cavalry there, veterans like Long Hui would definitely be on guard when passing through.
Although he could take advantage of the terrain, he did not achieve the effect of an attack.
So when he listened to Gao Hanzi's report, he said that it would be better to give up this risk. When the opponent found out that the Qingshirt team was not deployed here, they would be surprised and happy, and therefore felt contempt for the Qingshirt team.
Then it was a smooth downhill road into the flat area in front of Xing, where they naturally relaxed their vigilance, and then came to Huangni Xing and were annihilated by the Qingshirt team.
This amplifies the effect of surprise, and with the conditions for attack, it can make up for the lack of combat effectiveness and experience when facing the enemy to the greatest extent.
Long Hui is really anxious! He brought seven days' rations with him when he came out, because the order given to him was to cut off the retreat route of Li Dan's troops, and no one expected to continue the pursuit over mountains and ridges.
After Lou Shiming received his brother, he took the people away. When everyone saw that Long Hui didn't want to go back, they knew that he had a new plan.
But no one dared to say anything. This general had a bad temper, so everyone chose to shut up without exception.
Unexpectedly, the road behind was not only difficult to walk, but also the continuous heavy rain trapped both the opponent and myself. They had no choice but to save on dry food. These people were extremely annoyed by being soaked in the rain. They complained constantly and their morale dropped significantly.
In this situation, Long Hui sincerely prayed to Lord Dragon: Please stop, even if it’s only for one day!
Although he is powerful, he is also afraid of making the public angry. He has no place to live in and no business behind him. If the team disperses in a hurry, he will be conspicuous. What will he say to the eldest son when he goes back?
Fortunately, God seemed to hear his prayers. In the early morning of the next day after he ordered the rations to be halved, the soldiers woke him up excitedly from his sleep: "General, the rain seems to be coming." Stop it, come out and take a look!"
Long Hui got up from the bed, opened the tent and took a look outside. Although everything was still wet, the scattered raindrops seemed to have announced that there was no end to this rain.
He was overjoyed and hurriedly tied his belt and asked, "What time is it?"
"Go back to the general, it seems like it's past its ugly time!"
"Tell the brothers to get up, eat dry food, and prepare their horses! Eat the full portion of dry food, no more!"
"Then...what should we do on the way back?"
"Wouldn't it be better to find a few rich households or Zhuangzi to rob them? Don't worry about so many people and kill all the Qingshirts! And I'm sure that Li Dan's bastard must have food in his hands. Anyone who doesn't want to go hungry should do it for me! "Long Hui waved his fist excitedly.
However, he did not get dizzy with excitement and was still very cautious in doing things. After all, he was a man who had been in a lot of battles. While the team was preparing, Long Hui first sent scouts to check the Green Shirt team's station to see what was going on on the other side.
Unexpectedly, at Yinshi, the scouts ran back in a panic and said, "The general is not good, the Qingshirt team has escaped!"
"What?" Long Hui was furious: "Damn it! The rain just stopped, how did they escape? There are thousands of people, how come there is no movement at all? You are talking nonsense!"
"Really, really general, the little ones have touched, touched, touched into their camp to see. The torches have not been extinguished, and the horse dung on the ground is still warm. It should not have been more than half an hour."
"This little bastard of a thief!" Long Hui was really anxious now. If he couldn't catch Li Dan, wouldn't he make everyone laugh? Everyone will say that they are incompetent behind their backs! He immediately took his men on horseback to check it out in person, and the result was indeed what the scout said.
All the bamboo fences outside were left, but the tents and other tents inside had been removed, leaving horse hooves and ruts all over the ground.
"Chase! We can't let this little thief run away like this, I can't swallow this breath!" Long Hui stood in front of a wooden stake in the center of the camp. There was a split piece of wood hanging on it, and a few words were burned on it: "General Long, walk slowly, don't send me away!"
Soon, a large group of horses came along the mountain road, and Long Hui joined them. Regardless of the muddy and slippery ground, the horses trotted and chased them all the way.
However, when he arrived in front of Lu Mountain, he still felt guilty when he saw the mountain shape and asked the team to stop and rest. The scouts went forward to investigate and continued to move forward after seeing that nothing happened.
After landing on the ground, Long Hui laughed loudly and said to the people around him: "That little thief is young and ignorant after all. If I were to command, if I put two hundred archers on the deer mountain, it would be enough to stop our army for an hour!"
"The little thief is just a naughty guy. How can he be as powerful as a general? He's smart enough to imitate the ancients and leave a wooden sign. When he's caught, we'll make him a twenty-pound weight and hang it around his neck to see if he's proud of it!" Everyone flattered him! road.
After walking a mile, I saw the tail of the Qing Shi team's convoy walking in the distance, then turned behind Huang Nixun.
Long Hui was overjoyed: "The thieves are two miles away, boys and men, work harder, we finally caught his tail!" After saying that, he urged the whole team to speed up and pounce on the enemy when the morning light rises. fall.
As soon as they entered Huangnixuan, they saw the people in front of them were in chaos, shouting and fleeing in all directions. Everyone was so happy when they saw the bulging sacks in the car, they must be food!
There was no need to urge at all, and everyone already rushed forward with strange screams. The whole valley was soon filled with cavalry, and the horses trampled into the harvested rice fields, causing countless splashes of water.
Suddenly, sirens blared all over the surrounding mountains, and many figures in green clothes emerged from the mountains. Even the civilians took out swords, guns and shields from the water, and in a blink of an eye, they formed a small formation of five people.
Long Hui was startled when he saw it, and shouted: "No, you've fallen into a trap, retreat quickly! Back up!" Kabuto turned his horse's head and saw that the way in had been blocked by several four-horse carriages.
Looking back, I found that the wheelbarrows and carriages that had been pushed over or abandoned on the road or in the paddy fields had become barriers. The small formation of five people relied on the vehicles and circled with their own cavalry. The cavalry lost speed in the face of obstacles and quickly became targets.
"Hey, this little thief has good tricks and strategies!" Long Hui was frightened and frightened, and ordered his subordinates: "Rush forward, rush out, or we will all be ruined!"
As he said that, he turned his horse and led the way forward. At this time, he thought that as long as he rushed out to survive, Li Dan, the Green Shirt Army, and the food were not important anymore.
Seeing the general like this, the cavalry behind him had no choice but to follow suit. They didn't know if they could rush out, but they just blindly felt that following Long Hui was the right thing to do.
Some people died, but not completely...
