Chapter 535: The lives of soldiers are a chess game
On Bagong Mountain, Sima Daozi's brows gradually knitted together. Although in order to maintain the dignity of the prince, he did not sweat profusely, walk around and sigh like other civil servants and generals, but his frown and
The ice cubes he kept stuffing into his mouth clearly showed his current anxious mood.
Finally, Sima Daozi couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing the Qin army's boulder bombardment, the Jin soldiers running from the bridge kept falling into the water. Many of the soldiers running behind turned around and started running back, and the bridge also
They started to huddle together, and he said bitterly: "Why did Liu Laozhi fight? Now these soldiers don't dare to cross the bridge, and he can't suppress them?"
Sima Daozi's eyes still fell on Xie Yan, who was standing next to him, and said coldly: "General Xie, you are a famous general and a veteran. You are the one I trust most in the military now. Tell me about it."
, can you take down the Qin army on the opposite side today?"
Xie Yan's eyes were shining, and his face was red with a serious expression. He pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I will see that the situation today is not good!"
Sima Daozi stood up all of a sudden and said in a voiceless voice: "What, the situation is not good? What do you mean? Is it possible that my army of 100,000 people can't even do anything to the Qin army on the opposite side?"
Xie Yan shook his head, pointed to the Feishui in front of him, and said: "Your Majesty, please look at this Feishui, which is more than two hundred steps wide. Now the water flow has begun to become faster again. There is ice floating in the river, but the surface of the river cannot freeze. This
It is really God's unfavorable situation for our army. In this climate, it is very difficult for the soldiers to cross the river. The Qin army only needs to hold on to the river and shoot with bows and arrows, and it will be difficult for our army to gain a foothold on the other side."
He pointed to the three pontoon bridges again: "The most terrible thing is these three pontoon bridges. They were bombarded by the Qin army's trebuchets like this. The left pontoon bridge was broken. After finally being connected, it was broken immediately. Today was actually lucky.
Yes, the two pontoon bridges in the middle and on the right have never been broken, but they are too unstable. When our soldiers were running on them, they were pushed into the river by the waves in the water. In this kind of weather, wearing iron armor would sink immediately.
When they drowned in the water, it wasn't because the soldiers didn't try their best, it was because the conditions were too difficult."
Sima Daozi gritted his teeth: "Do you believe it? Do you believe that this small Feishui River can stop my army of one hundred thousand people! This Feishui River is not the Yangtze River. There are only one hundred thousand athletes who can carry a sandbag and throw it into the Feishui River."
It’s not too difficult to block it, right?”
Wang Guobao and Diao Kui said quickly: "Your Majesty Shengming!"
But Xie Yan's brows were still frowning tightly: "Your Majesty, this will take time. In the land of Huainan, spring has not yet begun, and the soil is still frozen. Not to mention digging and filling the river, even when setting up camp and going to the village.
It is difficult to erect this wooden fence, and it is difficult for the soldiers to sleep on the frozen soil at night. The number of soldiers who freeze to death these days in each battalion adds up to hundreds every day, which is not realistic."
The corners of Sima Daozi's mouth raised slightly: "Is there nothing we can do?"
Xie Yan smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Today we can at least see that the pontoon bridge strategy is feasible. We only need to build more pontoon bridges, thirty or forty of them, and set them up in all directions of Feishui River."
, the Qin army can only focus on one thing and lose the other!"
Xie Xuan's expression relaxed a little and nodded: "What General Xie said is very consistent, but..." He frowned, looked forward, and said, "Our army died in battle today.
There seem to be one or two thousand soldiers on the other side. There are still hundreds of soldiers on the east side, waiting for rescue. Do we have to watch them die?"
Xie Yan shook his head: "Your Majesty, the vanguard of our army was ambushed by the Qin people. I didn't expect that their arrows were so many and so fast. Now that the three to four hundred remnants of our army are left on the east bank, it is impossible for them to
Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. It is best to withdraw the troops now. The vanguard of Liu Lao's troops has lost its vigor. The soldiers are afraid of the enemy and their morale is low. It will be difficult to gain anything if they continue to fight. It is not worth paying for three or four hundred.
People will sacrifice thousands or even tens of thousands of lives in vain."
Sima Daozi's face darkened: "What did General Xie say? To exonerate Liu Laozhi? Huh! Although Gu has never directly commanded a war before, he is at least familiar with military books and the principle of courage in generals.
Gu still knew. He, Liu Laozhi, was a former army general. He did not bravely charge into the battle, but commanded his soldiers to cross the bridge and die. Who would be willing to charge forward? Gu didn't believe it. What if Liu Laozhi personally led the charge?
, will not be able to cross this 200-step pontoon bridge!"
Xie Yan's lips curled up and he said: "What the prince said is very true, even the most powerful general can't do it!" But he was secretly proud in his heart: Liu Laozhi, aren't you a barbarian who is very capable? Don't you want to steal this pioneer? Take it.
Go and grab your life! Even I don’t dare to be this vanguard general, but you should be at peace with yourself, okay, I’ll let you never come back!
Sima Daozi made up his mind and said in a deep voice to Wang Guobao on the side: "Wang Shangshu, give the order quickly and send the messenger to tell Liu Laozhi that I will be watching him from behind. If he doesn't lead the charge himself,
, come and see me! Also, send an order to Xie Xuan, asking him to supervise the battle well, and not to retreat without Gu's will!"
Liu Laozhi was by the Feishui River, beating his drum anxiously, watching three more rounds of charges, but each charge was shallower than the last. The first time he managed to cross half of the bridge, and the second time only eight.
Ten steps later, and the third time only more than fifty steps later, two big waves came and rushed more than a hundred soldiers into the water. The remaining soldiers retreated without waiting for orders. He was in the river.
Bian even beheaded the two captains who took the lead in escaping, but to no avail.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and Liu Laozhi looked back, only to see a messenger in golden armor, riding a handsome white horse, with four small flags on his back. He saw that he was a sergeant from the imperial camp, so he quickly threw it down
He picked up the drumsticks, straightened his military uniform, and stepped forward, only to hear the ordering soldier shout loudly: "Your Majesty has an order. General Yingyang Liu Laozhi obeys the order. I will be watching you from behind. If you don't lead it yourself,
The team is charging, come and see us!"
Liu Laozhi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "General, I will obey the order!"
He turned around, and the three commanders of the army beside him, Zhuge Kan, Sun Wuzhong and Gao Su, all came over. Liu Laozhi looked at the three of them, and saw sadness on their faces. It was obvious that
I was also very dissatisfied with Sima Daozi's approach of not caring about the life and death of the soldiers. Instead of comforting them, he forced them to rush to their death.
Liu Laozhi sighed: "It's hard to disobey orders. Three generals, let's prepare. Each army will select two thousand elite warriors. General Sun, General Gao, I, and I will attack separately. General Zhuge will lead the army to respond!"
The three of them clasped their fists and saluted in unison: "I will obey the general's orders!"