Liu Ran looked back suddenly and heard a vague sound. He stopped and waited for a moment, then saw the sudden fire on Pan Gang from the end of the endless reeds.
"Cai Bal'er and the others are taking action!" A subordinate said excitedly: "So many people are taking action at the same time to discipline the Mongolians!"
Liu Ran hummed and quickened his pace.
Although the number of people rioting on Pan Gang was large, they were no match for the Mongols. Yesterday afternoon, in the face of a riot in a prisoner camp, the Mongolian army mobilized three hundred-man troops to suppress it, and it only took half an hour.
This proves that the Mongols' vigilance and their ability to mobilize their speed are still there.
Yesterday afternoon's riot also reminded the Mongols that they must deal with these captives gathered together as soon as possible. Therefore, the massacre was imminent, and the people preparing for the massacre had already sharpened their knives. Cai Baler and others took action from all over the place.
The Mongolian cavalry assembled to suppress must be more numerous and faster.
If Liu Ran's arrangement stopped there, Cai Baler and others would only end up dead.
Liu Ran himself really had no other arrangements. After all, he was just an auxiliary officer, and his headquarters did not have many manpower, and they had been exhausted in the previous battles and retreats. But he was very sure that the war potential of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not comparable to that of the Jin Kingdom.
.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was a dynasty founded by warriors and focused on industry and commerce. The foundation of the dynasty was not only the hard-working farmers, but also a large number of craftsmen, miners, boat people, car handlers and other people engaged in various walks of life. These people
The difference from farmers is that they are not only generally strong, but also very organized and accustomed to observing discipline. Only in this way can they cooperate with each other and gain a foothold in the industry. What's more, there are many retired soldiers as their leaders or
backbone.
After being caught off guard for the past ten days, people in many places should have reacted. Once they have calmed down, they will naturally gather around the leader and form a group, no longer just cattle and horses to be slaughtered.
The group of people crossed the hills with stacked sand moraine and walked for another three to five miles. The night wind gradually filled the air with water vapor. But it was not the water vapor stirred up by the surging river, but the water that had accumulated in low-lying areas for a long time, and then continued for decades.
For hundreds of years, it has been filled with all kinds of dirty and weird smells
As the group walked, their calves sank into the mud pond from time to time, and there was not only mud or ice debris under their feet. Sometimes they would trip over rotten wood, sometimes get entangled in sticky water plants, and sometimes they would step on them.
It's both soft and stiff, like a corpse.
This is a common swamp area on the south bank of the Yellow River.
The Yellow River burst its banks a hundred years ago, and then diverted Si into the Huaihe River. This mess became even more unbearable in the hands of the Jin Kingdom. During the Dading period when the Jin Kingdom was at its peak, the Yellow River burst six times, causing harm to dozens of state capitals and millions of people.
During the Zhang Zong Dynasty, the Capital Water Supervisor Cheng Tianju proposed to use the old road of Liangshan Luo, and successively built rivers on the four sides to divert the water flow to reduce the flow of water.
This plan was approved by Prime Minister Xu Zhiguo, who immediately went out to the town and province to control the floods. However, during the construction, the Yellow River burst again. The courtiers criticized Xu Zhiguo for this. It was beyond human power to clean up the situation, so they had to restore the eastward flow of the Yellow River.
.The matter was not completed, but the previous investment had reached more than 8.7 million, and the money spent was five times more than the military investment in northern Xinjiang during the same period. Emperor Sejong's accumulated wealth was completely consumed.
From this point of view, it is not wrong to say that the rise of Genghis Khan benefited from the flooding of the river.
Since the river is so difficult to control, even the areas around Kaifeng in the heart of the Central Plains have suffered greatly. The forks of the Yellow River that follow Fengqiu, Chenqiao Town, Pangang, Qixian, and then pass through Suizhou all the way east are the most difficult to control in the world.
It is also one of the most terrifying seasonal rivers. Whenever the water rises, countless turbid currents meander through the land, washing away all traces left by humans, forming various lakes. When the water recedes in autumn,
, the lake turned into a muddy and dangerous swamp or sandy land.
The place where Liu Ran and others were at this time was the old Suishui River that was washed away by the forks of the Yellow River. The Suishui River was named in history because of the conflict between Chu and Han when Xiang Yu led his army to rescue Pengcheng and defeated the Han army.
, and pursued to the lower reaches of the Suishui River, forcing more than 100,000 Han troops to enter the Suishui River. But now the old route of the Suishui River can only be traced in a series of lakes and sandy beaches.
It is late winter now. Although the swamp is not completely frozen, the water surface is freezing to the bone. After walking for a long time, I can still see endless reeds and wormwood in front of me, faintly visible in the middle of the night, making a terrifying rustling sound in the wind.
.
A person behind Liu Ran was walking hard and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Judge, will we have help here?"
"perhaps."
"Maybe?" Several people raised their voices and asked.
These are all the subordinates who have gathered around Liu Ran in the past few days. At this time, the fighting spirit and loyalty are commendable, but after all, they are not familiar with Liu Ran, so it is a bit of a surprise.
In fact, this is not surprising. Although the art of war keeps saying that it requires calculation, in fact, it is actually implemented. The battlefield is ever-changing and difficult to predict. In this complex situation, you can only act based on estimates. What's more, Liu Ran has been in a panic for the past few days.
, where do you have time to communicate everywhere?
He just ran with the tenacity he had from the army, and because of his understanding of his colleagues, he was convinced that since he was still fighting, his colleagues must also be persisting. In this remote place in front of him, those who continued to persist would probably target...
…When they noticed the chaos in Pan Gang, they would inevitably notice their group rushing on the road late at night.
Sure enough, when Liu Ran and others left, someone suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Stop! Who is it?"
The sound came from the depths of the swamp, and it was so dark that it was difficult to see where it came from. Several soldiers immediately increased their vigilance, holding their knives in a defensive posture.
"People from Pan Gang." Liu Ran took a few steps forward and replied.
"Come from Pan Gang?" The reeds deep in the swamp shook violently a few times, and the man sneered and asked: "Did the prisoners in Pan Gang start to make a fuss, couldn't resist the Mongols, and started to escape?"
"No." Liu Ran shook his head: "The prisoners in Pan Gang are all good men. They are determined to die this time. How can they fight the Mongols to the death? They will not escape easily."
"Then you guys..."
Liu Ranjie said: "I am here to tell you that the Mongols will mobilize at least four or five hundred-man teams from Qixian and Chenliu to suppress the riots. Among them, at least two hundred-man teams will be sent to save time.
March along the old Suishui Road in the early morning. If you are brave enough, eat them!"
"Eating two centurions?"
The voice in the shadow was silent for a moment.
"The Mongols are certainly fierce, but there is always a limit to how fast they can run and fly. It is impossible to grow wings and fly. There are so many roads to be blocked, so many cities to be monitored, and so many villages and towns are like fish and meat waiting to be plundered.
, where can they gather together at once? Two centurions, without successors, can fight!"
Liu Ran added: "Eating these two centurions does not seem to be helpful to the overall situation. But this is the beginning of us taking back the initiative and mobilizing the Mongols. The Mongols who besieged Guide Mansion are missing two centurions, and they have another centurion."
If we need to divide our troops to guard against Suishui, the pressure on Guide Mansion will inevitably be relieved. The Xuanwu Army Jiedu Commander Guo Alin who is stationed in Guide has enough troops, and he is very good at using troops. He will not just try to defend the city... he will not let it go.
Take this opportunity! As long as Guide Mansion takes action, Bozhou, Suzhou and other places to the east can breathe a sigh of relief, and even Xuzhou's military strength can..."
The person in the shadow suddenly laughed.
Liu Ran was a little unhappy and asked in dismay, "Why are you laughing?"
"Excellent at using soldiers? Haha, Lao Liu, you think highly of me."
Liu Ran was taken aback and was about to ask again. The reeds in front of him were pushed aside layer by layer, and a general in light armor stood up. Could it be that he was Guo Zhongyuan's right-hand man, controlling the Xuanwu Army Festival in the largest military town on Nanjing Road?
Du Shi Guo Alin?
Seeing that Liu Ran was stunned for a moment, Guo Alin smiled again: "Don't worry, I didn't escape from Guide Mansion. There are enough people left in Guide Mansion, so I won't lose them! There are 800 elite soldiers here, and I planned to rush to Kaifeng
There is something happening nearby, but I never thought that I am not the only one who has the courage. Hehe, if I can fight here first..."
Before Guo Alin could finish speaking, Liu Ran waded through the muddy water and strode forward, giving him a fierce hug common in the grassland.
