Chapter 163: Heavy Rain
Just do what Geng Bingwen said.
Many people in Xi'an have not yet reacted. Geng Bingwen had already abandoned the city of Xi'an and headed southeast with the tens of thousands of elites he could take away.
There is a reason why Geng Bingwen was able to do it so neatly. The biggest reason was that Geng Bingwen gave up many foreign armies and the local army in Guanzhong. After all, Shaanxi was also an important source of troops for the Southern Army. When it was in its heyday, Shaanxi , Shaanxi Dusi also has dozens of guard posts and hundreds of thousands of troops.
Now, Geng Bingwen has given up all.
Even if he doesn't give up.
The foundation of these armies is in Guanzhong, and their families are in Guanzhong. The lower the people are, the less likely they will abandon their hometown and go to other places in the south because of some emperor. Not to mention, now it seems that the possibility of Nanjing's victory is not high.
If there was a foreign invasion southward, naturally many people would follow the southern army, but isn't that right?
To put it bluntly, the military discipline of the Northern Army is better than that of the Southern Army.
Moreover, Geng Bingwen also had his own news channels, and many generals were already shaken. It's just because of Geng Bingwen's prestige and kindness. He didn't dare to rebel, but Geng Bingwen also knew that in troubled times, all kindness was empty.
Now that he can get together and part ways easily, these people owe him a favor.
If these people are forced to withdraw together, let alone whether so many people can withdraw in front of the enemy. If you just talk about some people and have other ideas in mind, that would be a big problem.
Therefore, Geng Bingwen could only leave Xi'an city quietly with his trusted elite.
Seemingly successful. But in fact, every time Geng Bingwen retreated, his army was greatly reduced.
There were originally hundreds of thousands of troops, but now there are only tens of thousands.
Geng Bingwen himself even tried to hold on for a breath, not riding a horse in order to boost morale. Walk with the soldiers and tell them that everything will be fine when they arrive at Lantian.
However, suddenly, a drop of rain hit Geng Bingwen's face. Geng Bingwen was stunned for a moment, and his whole body seemed to be frozen. He looked at the sky blankly, and saw wind and clouds surging in the sky, and there seemed to be a black line coming from the south. It seems like thousands of horses galloping.
A heavy rain is coming.
No, Geng Bingwen felt that this was not a heavy rain. Because he knows very well that in the first half of this year, it does not mean that there is no rain, but overall there is not much rain. It could even be called a drought. This year's wheat harvest is not good, that's why.
I don’t know whether Geng Bingwen is lucky or unlucky.
Many people have a feeling that rain is constant throughout the year. Except for those years that are destined to be severe droughts or floods, in other years, if it does not rain for a long time, then it will rain heavily. It seems to replenish all the water that was lacking before.
Now, this is probably how Geng Bingwen meets.
Geng Bingwen felt his throat surge, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, which was immediately washed away by countless rainwater.
These days, most roads known as official roads are no better than the dirt roads in rural areas in later generations. Once it rains, it turns into mud, making it difficult to walk alone. Not to mention there was so much baggage to transport.
It was a nightmare.
This is why Chen Sheng and Wu Guang couldn't leave in Daze Township when it rained heavily.
Now Geng Bingwen tried every means to deduct a few days from Qu Neng's encirclement. Now I encountered this heavy rain. Wouldn't it cost Geng Bingwen his life? All his previous actions were useless.
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At this moment, Qu Neng rode into Xi'an City.
It was on the afternoon of the second day after Geng Bingwen left Xi'an that Qu Neng discovered that Xi'an was empty. Only then did the soldiers guarding Xi'an City realize that they had been abandoned by Geng Bingwen. Then people were sent to find Qu Neng.
Qu Neng then brought people to accept it.
Qu Neng also had mixed feelings about winning the empty city of Xi'an.
On the one hand, whatever? The capture of the city of Xi'an was all due to Qu Neng. And Geng Bingwen left
At that time, there was no sabotage, although some important supplies were taken away. However, many supplies that were not too important were left in Xi'an.
This saved the Northern Army a lot of trouble.
Even the bureaucracy at all levels in Xi'an is intact.
As long as a governor is sent over, the entire city of Xi'an can be put into operation.
This saved Qu Neng a lot of things. Qu Neng was quite happy.
But on the other hand, Geng Bingwen played a trick on Qu Neng again. Although it is said that Geng Bingwen and Qu Neng are from the same generation of fathers. Being fooled by this veteran is not an unacceptable thing. But it's always uncomfortable.
Especially Qu can calculate time.
If we pursue him now, we probably won't be able to catch up.
At this moment, Qu Neng suddenly felt wet on his face. After a while, a gust of wind brought down the rain, and Qu Neng was drowned.
But Qu Neng was not angry, but laughed.
Qu Neng said: "Marquis Changxing, it seems God doesn't like you either."
Without saying a word, Qu Neng ordered all the cavalry to be recruited to follow him in pursuit.
Although there will be many problems if we attack in heavy rain. The most obvious problem is typhoid fever.
It is easy for people to catch a cold in a heavy rain, not to mention that some cavalrymen have to run wildly in the heavy rain. When they are cold and hot, they are more likely to get sick. Even though He Xi worked hard to strengthen the construction of military medicine, Tai Hospital was established since the Nanjing period. Thanks to the efforts of Doctor Dai and his disciples, military doctors are also quite advanced.
But many things cannot be changed. That is, there are still few high-level doctors relative to the absolute number of people. Not an ordinary amount. Whether such a large-scale military operation is successful or not, a large number of soldiers will become sick, and it can easily turn into a plague.
Many times, epidemics occur in the military. That's what happened.
However, Qu Neng decided to do this after weighing the pros and cons.
A man who controls a tiger in one day will suffer troubles for several lifetimes.
Geng Bingwen's ability is only that of a general, but his ability in defensive warfare is too strong. In addition, the bonus of firearms to defense is too great. It can be said that in terms of defense alone, even Fu Youde may not be better than Geng Bingwen.
Qu Neng has suffered enough from this. He didn't want to eat it again. Read the book
Qu Neng also knew very well that under the current situation, it was inevitable for Nanjing to retreat in the Central Plains. But it does not necessarily mean that Beijing will definitely be able to win Nanjing. Once Geng Bingwen clings to certain key positions, it will be disgusting.
After all, in the age of firearms, the terrain for defense can also be relaxed a lot. Now Geng Bingwen's retreat will either use absolute strength to consume Geng Bingwen's strength bit by bit, or there will be changes in the rear, forcing Geng Bingwen to retreat.
It was never said that Geng Bingwen's defense would be easily broken.
In Qu Neng's view, even if Geng Bingwen's tens of thousands of elites were not involved, Geng Bingwen himself would be enough to take the risk.
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Staggering on the carriage, Geng Bingwen opened his eyes in a daze.
He listened to the sounds outside.
In the heavy rain, the Confederate army was still moving forward hard. There are different sounds from heavy rain hitting the car, the land, the rain, and even people. In addition, there were countless people shouting at their footsteps.
Many vehicles were stuck in the mud, and countless people shouted slogans and pushed the vehicles out.
But a car that has just been launched can easily fall into the next mud pit. So back and forth.
This is also the reason why many people leave land transportation within a year or two. This is also the reason why land transportation losses are so great.
This situation is still a minor one, although in most cases like this, the transport personnel will take shelter from the rain and stay in place for a period of time, even a month or two. But now, they don't have time at all.
Geng Bingwen wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and couldn't speak.
His body was always holding on, but this time he was so angry and anxious that he fainted. At the moment I just feel
My mouth was dry, and my whole body felt like it was being placed on a red iron plate and being roasted.
Teppanyaki.
However, Geng Bingwen woke up, gritted his teeth, and forcibly restrained all the discomforts in his body, because he knew that now was not his time to rest. He is the backbone of the entire army, and he must come forward to let more soldiers see that he is here.
