Xia Pi started to be in chaos since the fifth day of the fifth month.

The soldiers were busy and worked hard to load supplies on the ship. After a closer look, they found that most of them were weapons, food, wealth, gold and silverware and other things.

Don’t say that the martial artists are hard to give up their wealth. In fact, if you don’t let them bring these things, you can blow up the camp on the spot.

In addition, there are many elderly, weak, women and children boarding the ship.

The Huai Army has been controlling Xia Pi for several years. There are many soldiers who have moved here, as well as officials and military academy families, who also have to run away with the army.

As a result, more than a hundred ships of all sizes were stuffed, and the Xia Pi defenders could only walk on foot.

On the morning of the sixth day of the lunar month, Qin Shiqiu, the garrison of Xia Pi, personally led 4,000 people across the river and arrived at the west bank of Sishui. They knew that there were Xia soldiers on the east bank, so they deliberately avoided them and were safer.

In the evening of that day, Zhou Ben, the navy's army envoy, ordered that the materials that could not be moved be gathered and burned down.

Zhou Ben is from Suzhou and is a descendant of Zhou Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms. In his early years, he was a general under the command of Zhao Yi, the governor of Chizhou. When he was defeated, Zhou Ben surrendered to Yang Xingmi and became a general in the Huainan army. Because he was very brave and proficient in water warfare, he made a decision.

Many military achievements have been promoted all the way, and now they are the capital of the Huainan Military Prefecture.

There were more than 7,000 naval and land soldiers in Xia Pi, all under his command, including more than 4,000 infantry and 3,000 sailors, all from Chi and Xuanzhou.

To be honest, Zhou Ben never thought of abandoning Xia Pi and fleeing in a hurry one day. Because this city is too easy to defend, surrounded by water, and with the cooperation of the navy, it is almost impossible to be broken. Even if the enemy digs the embankment and fills the water.

It's useless. At most, it's just a matter of wading into a water battle. If it really doesn't work, you can still take a boat to retreat. What can you do?

But the way out is cut off is another matter.

A scout came to report that a group of Xia thieves attacked Suqian County and occupied more than a thousand Xuzhou soldiers guarding the city for only one day, and then took off their military uniforms and dispersed to the village. The county magistrate and county magistrate were also idiots, and were recruiting and recruiting.

The Tutuan Township Man was killed during the process, and the matter ended in vain, resulting in insufficient troops in the city and was easily seized by the Xia people.

In fact, Zhou Ben knew that the Xia people’s target was not the Suqian city at all, but the wharf outside the city.

They just wanted to control the berth of this ship and cut off the river channel at the same time. Attacking the city was just a task, but they didn't expect it to be completed easily.

Zhou Ben was frustrated and decided to run away on the spot. Of course, he could not use the term escape directly. He led the boat army south to attack Suqian.

The news has been sent to Linhuai, Qingkou and Xuzhou respectively. Zhou Ben felt that it was very interesting.

These wastes! Zhou Ben spat, boarded the ship, and ordered the boat to sail overnight.

From Xia Pi to Suqian, the boat was very fast, and it took about two days to arrive. But because I was carrying four thousand infantrymen, it was not so easy.

It was not until the tenth day of May that they finally saw the slightly dilapidated Suqian city wall and the busy Master who was busy by the dock.

At this time, a drizzle started in the sky, which seemed to indicate that the plum rain season between the Yangtze and Huaihe River officially began.

Zhou Ben's face looked a little ugly, and the pontoon bridge had been built.

At the same time, he was a little lucky. Fortunately, he made a quick decision and did not delay too long. Otherwise, if he waited for a few more days, he would probably have to make a lot of trouble if he had a cable for you.

"General Qin, if you don't destroy the floating bridge built by the thieves, it will be difficult for you and I to return to Huainan." Zhou Ben pointed to the bridge across the banks of Si Shui and said, "I can only fight today."

Qin Shiqiu said with emotion: "What Zhou Du said is very much. In this battle, there will be advancement but no retreat!"

After saying that, he got off the boat building and went to reorganize the department.

*******

On the east bank of Sishui, Wang Jingyu, the capital of the Yi army, noticed this large fleet of ships, with hundreds of ships of all sizes. It was only a partial army, which was amazing.

The Huai Army's fleet did not lay down the anchor, but continued to rush forward and rushed straight to the floating bridge - the anchor was of course a stone, not an iron anchor, because it was too fertile and could not be widely opened, and it could be used on some major ships. It's time to use it.

The boat took advantage of the water and hit the floating bridge with a "boom". There were a few left-behind soldiers on the floating bridge, and at this time they were all shaking and unable to stand firmly.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!" A dense rain of arrows fell on the deck.

The soldiers of the Huai Army were condescending to the top and took advantage of the Xia soldiers rolling all over the ground to kill.

At the same time, a large group of sailors and soldiers jumped off the deck and rushed to the pontoon bridge to fight.

"Kill the thief!" A large group of soldiers rushed over with thick and wide wooden shields on the east bank of the floating bridge.

This is a warrior who joined the army.

In the hurry, they had no time to build a floating bridge and strengthen it. As for other things, such as iron chains, cannon cars, and shield cars that defended crossbow arrows, they had no time to prepare and had to take it on.

One side was anxious to escape, while the other side tried desperately to stop it. The two sides started a fierce battle on the pontoon bridge.

The Huai Army has a tactic of adding fuel to the oil. The number of people came down at one time. Before the foothold was stable, they were killed by the long spear and short swords of the Yi Cong Army. The arrows on the boats of the Huai Army were very dense, and even if they were shielded, they were lethal. It is still not to be underestimated. The iron armor cannot stop the close-range shooting of heavy armor-breaking arrows. The soldiers of Yi Chengjun kept screaming and falling into the water, dyeing a piece of river water red.

Zhou Ben looked at it from a distance, feeling a little anxious.

What does the Xia people mean? He carried the condescending arrows on the unobstructed floating bridge, and there was great casualties and meaninglessness. He didn't even have to send sailors off the boat. He just had to let them shoot arrows and fire crossbows. It would take more time to eliminate all these Xia soldiers - even if they are the best-selling soldiers in the world, they are still flesh and blood. Standing in front of the huge warship, they will be torn to pieces.

Neat shouts of killing sounded on the west bank of the river.

Zhou Ben looked at it in a blink of an eye and found that Qin Shiqiu was impatient. He left a thousand people to guard the baggage vehicles, led three thousand soldiers to kill more than a hundred soldiers from Yi's army on the west bank of the floating bridge, and prepared to come and help.

It’s good! With their help, we can clear the Xia soldiers on the pontoon bridge faster, and we can also tear down the pontoon bridge faster, and seize the road and flee south.

"Woo--"

"Woo--"

One after another, the sound of horns sounded, followed by the dull sound of horse hooves and the painful neighing of horses.

Zhou Ben was shocked and looked at the sound, but saw a large group of cavalry turning out from behind the woods to the west.

Their queues were scattered very wide, as if because of the slippery rain, soldiers and horses kept falling to the ground, and they had to do so. But the speed had slowly increased, and the spear in their hands was slowly lowered, The target was directly aimed at the three thousand soldiers of the Qiu team of the Qin army.

"Damn it! What a cunning thief!" Zhou Ben was furious and kicked the deputy general who was still stupid and said, "Let the second commander pull the anchor up, come up with me, don't save arrows, right? Shoot on the shore.”

But it's too late.

The surging wave of cavalry rushed to the shore in the blink of an eye. The Qin army's Qiumen was cut into two sections, then three sections and four sections...

The silver spear easily pierced the body of the Huai soldiers, and the flying arrows fell into the crowd, creating great chaos.

The Huai Army collapsed on the spot.

The sergeant who had lost his mind rushed onto the pontoon bridge, crowded together, and people kept falling into the water.

Someone was so anxious that he waded into the river, ignoring the water, regardless of whether he was wearing iron armor.

Some people knelt on the ground and begged for surrender, but in the chaos, no one noticed what they were saying, and were directly submerged in the bush of war horses.

The floating bridge was crowded with people. They dared not rush to the east bank because there were a large group of Xia soldiers on the opposite side, but they dared not turn around. They could only cry on the floating bridge, asking the navy to save their lives.

The cavalry of the Silver Spear Army put away their light spears, took out their bows and shot them.

The drizzle affected the power of the bow and arrow, but at such a close distance, it still caused great panic, and more Huai soldiers fell into Sishui.

"Chela--" As the crowd swayed violently, the pontoon bridge that had been damaged by the collision of the ship could not bear the weight and was disconnected from the middle.

"Puo! Puo!" The surging river water broke the floating bridge, and the Huai soldiers planted into the river like dumplings. They disappeared after only a while.

The cries on the river surface became even more intense.

The ship shook violently and floated down the river.

Zhou Ben reacted, his face extremely difficult to see.

He did not expect that the pontoon bridge would break in this way - at the cost of four thousand unjust souls.

There were also sobs on the boat, which were the soldiers' families crying.

The father, brother, and brother died so miserably before their eyes, most of the corpses were gone, which greatly impacted their hearts.

"Oh!" Zhou Ben closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at it again.

The ship went downstream and hurriedly, with no time to save the life still fluttering in the water.

This battle was defeated so badly!

*******

Qin Shiqiu's head was sent over.

Under the rain shelter, Shao Shude took it with one hand, looked carefully, and asked, "How about the thief army?"

"The thief general Qin Shiqiu led 4,000 infantry troops, and has been defeated. He has beheaded more than 800 levels and captured 1,600 people. The rest of them fell into the water, and they have no idea of ​​their life or death." Li Yixian reported.

Shao Shude nodded, then looked up at the sky, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.

Since the war, the two armies of Silver Spear and Feixiong have fought everywhere and achieved great results.

In one battle with Xuchengxi, he killed the thief general Chen Hanbin, and captured more than 3,300 people in front and behind.

In the Second World War, Linhuaibei, severely damaged the thief-sie governor Zhang Jian, and captured two thousand of them.

After three battles in the southeast of Hong County, the three thousand soldiers of the bandit general Feng Jingzhang were wiped out, and two thousand remaining soldiers in Hong County were requested to surrender.

During the four battles in Suqian West, the four thousand bandits were almost wiped out, and the bandit general Qin Shiqiu died in the chaos.

Using the high mobility of the cavalry, he was elusive and killed more, and waited for work with less. Within a month, he had killed two thieves and more than 14,000 prisoners.

These four battles are almost the pinnacle of Shao Shude's understanding of cavalry combat.

Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, fight if you can, and retreat if you can't, repeatedly harass and mobilize the enemy. In mobile warfare, use high mobility to create local advantages, fight less with more, attack the weak with strong, and annihilate the enemy's vitality.

To put it bluntly, these military principles are very simple and not profound. However, if they do not have the military experience bonus of years of war and do not have the strong troops that are built to enforce the orders, they will not be so easy to implement them in detail.

Shao Shude remembered that twenty years ago, he was still learning from Song Le, Zhang Yanqiu, and Zhuge Shuang to learn from the scriptures. He summarized and liked to fight in an array when encountering enemies, fought in a stupid battle, used more troops, and had more supplies to suppress people.

Now twenty years have passed, he has his own understanding of marching and conquests and tactical routines he is used to.

This is how human progress comes about.
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