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- Chapter 2186: Chase and win
Lin Shihong pinned all his hopes on Li Qiang, but unfortunately he finally received an urgent report from Li Qiang "requesting an immediate retreat."
The enthusiasm that filled my heart was completely shattered.
"God's will!"
Lin Shihong is still a hero after all. Even though he is only a small figure among the heroes, he can still afford it. So he immediately issued an order to retreat. All his previous ambitions and pride could not withstand the threat of collapse.
In the past two days, the Chu army has been ready to retreat.
Lin Shihong not only asked the ministries to pack their bags, but also organized a plunder of Huaining City.
The morale of the three armies is low. If you want to boost the morale of the troops, the quickest and most effective way, besides fighting a hearty and victorious battle, is to carry out plunder.
Otherwise, many armies in ancient times would have had the buff "the city will be broken without sealing the sword for three days".
For two days, the Chu army was divided into dozens of groups and carried out robbery from house to house.
Everything from treasure to food was swept away. As for the abuses and atrocities involved, they are countless.
Even during this process, Huang Weilie commanded the army, highlighted the inner city several times, and launched attacks on the chaotic Chu army. However, Lin Shihong had been on guard against this move and placed more troops outside the two gates of the inner city. The Sui army did not take advantage.
After the plunder, the Chu army began to retreat with hundreds of ships' worth of goods under escort.
The remaining ships of the Chu army were all piled with treasures.
Although Lin Shihong knew that carrying so much supplies would greatly delay the march. But after this robbery, the enthusiasm and morale of the three armies improved a lot, and he did not dare to order them to be discarded and hurt the morale of the troops again.
In order to prevent the Sui army from following behind, Lin Shihong personally led his elite troops to break off the rear.
When the army left Huaining City, Lin Shihong wanted to burn the outer city of Huaining City, but Wang Rong dissuaded him.
Wang Rong said: "If we return south today, we will come back tomorrow. If we burn Huaining City to the ground, and when we go north again tomorrow, we will fear that all the people in Huainan will become bandits."
Wang Rong was worried about arousing public anger.
Lin Shihong thought about it and felt that it made some sense, so he agreed to Wang Rong's suggestion.
¡°In fact, Wang Rong was not worried about arousing public anger and making it difficult for him to make a comeback. He knew very well that if he retreated today, he might no longer be able to occupy Huainan. The reason why he did not let Lin Shihong massacre the city was because he felt that doing so was meaningless except to vent his anger.
And by doing this, it may be to leave a way out for yourself.
If Huaining is burned today, if the Sui army attacks Yuzhang, can they be spared?
Tens of thousands of Chu troops slowly withdrew from Huaining City and headed south.
In this battle, more than 80,000 Chu troops arrived at Huaining City. They lost nearly 40,000 troops before and after, leaving only more than 40,000 troops under their command. They suffered nearly half casualties and were severely damaged.
And more importantly, the strategy of "taking all of Jiangnan and dividing the Central Plains across the Huaihe River" that Lin Shihong had high hopes for was completely bankrupt.
Soon after the Chu army left the city, the defenders who had been in the inner city finally came out.
These days, the officers and soldiers of the Sui army were almost exhausted. Especially when the Chu army looted, burned and killed Huaining city, the officers and soldiers of the three armies were filled with indignation and asked for war.
Huang Weilie was also in torment. When he decided to retreat into the inner city, although he thought that the people in the outer city would be harmed by the Chu army, he did not expect Lin Shihong to be so ruthless.
At this time, the Chu army was no longer considered bandits. The army carried out organized plunder, but Lin Shihong was able to do it.
Huang Weilie was also itching his teeth with hatred, wishing he could go out and fight. At this time bx*wx*.co Zhang Si
But Huang Weilie also knew very well that if he went to war and was defeated, the inner city would also be lost.
Huang Mingyuan once told his sons, "No matter whether the decision you make is right or wrong, the most important thing to avoid is hesitation and repetition. If the matter can be remedied, make it up as soon as possible and do your best. If it cannot, do it without hesitation." If you keep going, you won¡¯t look back even if you hit the south wall.¡±
Huang Weilie knew that he had made a big mistake and could not make up for it. The only thing he could do now was to defeat the Chu army and avenge the people of Huaining.
Out of the inner city, Huang Weilie ordered Wang Xiongdan to seize the city walls respectively. Du Fuwei suppressed the chaos in the city, while Li Suien organized order and restored people's livelihood.
At this time, the other generals asked for orders to pursue them.
Even some soldiers from Tong'an County asked Ying to fight. These Tong'an County soldiers are all locals. Seeing their hometown being harmed by the Chu army, how can they not hate each other?
Huang Weilie thought about it again and again, but did not agree. Instead, he ordered all ministries to be on standby, while the scouts continued to track news about the Chu army.
At this time in ChuLin Shihong, who was behind the army, was preparing for an ambush, but after waiting for most of the day, no enemy was pursuing him. He expected that the Sui army would not dare to pursue them, so he rushed to the front with his elite troops to clear the way, and ordered the three armies to advance at full speed. 强牺 bxwx.co 读牺
As soon as this speed increased, the men and horses became a little confused, and they couldn't care about their formation.
Huang Weilie waited in the city for most of the day. Seeing that it was Shenshi and it would be dark in less than two hours, Huang Weilie suddenly issued an order, ordering Kan Leng to lead all the cavalry in the army to pursue south.
Kan Leng was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to question and immediately led his troops to attack.
At this time, Du Fuwei was a little confused and asked: "Erlangjun, the Chu army has been gone for most of the day. Isn't it too late to pursue them at this time?"
Huang Weilie said with a smile: "Brother, do you know that in the past, when Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu were discussing war, they would chase first and lose, and then chase and win."
¡°Du Fuwei never went to school, so of course he didn¡¯t know anything about Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu.
Huang Weilie also knew it well and continued: "When Cao Cao attacked Wancheng and retreated, Zhang Xiu led his army to pursue him. Zhang Xiu's counselor Jia Xu tried to dissuade him, but Zhang Xiu refused to listen and finally returned in defeat. At this time, Jia Xu asked him to They pursued again and indeed defeated Cao Cao. When Zhang Xiu asked why, Jia Xu said, "Although the general is good at using troops, he is no match for Cao Cao. Even if Cao Cao's army is defeated, he will have the strength to defend the rear to prevent pursuing troops; although our troops are sharp, we cannot defeat him." : Therefore, we know that we will be defeated. If you are in a hurry to retreat, you must have something to do with it. After defeating my pursuing army, you will quickly drive back with a light chariot and no longer be prepared. I will take advantage of its unpreparedness and pursue it even more: so you can win. '
This is also the case today.
Lin Shihong is suspicious and cautious. He retreated suddenly today. In order to prevent our army from pursuing him, he must have laid a heavy ambush in the rear. But he is so urgent, which also means that something is happening behind him, so the ambush cannot last long, so he will speed up his advance. If our army pursues first, we will encounter a strong Chu army. Our army is small in number and if we rush forward to pursue, we will inevitably encounter an ambush. But now that we are pursuing them, the enemy troops are retreating and are not in formation. They will definitely be defeated with one blow. "
When Du Fuwei heard this, he was greatly impressed.
As Huang Weilie expected, hundreds of Kan Leng's cavalry pursued them all the way, and it was almost dark when they caught up with the Chu army.
These hundreds of cavalry, like tigers descending from the mountain, broke through two Chu army formations, beheaded more than a thousand people, killed countless others, and caused the Chu army's rear army to collapse. Zhida z.com Zhixiao
Lin Shihong returned to the front army and heard that the rear army was being pursued and suffered heavy casualties. He hurriedly led his troops to support the rear army. However, when he arrived, the Sui army had long since disappeared.
Lin Shihong looked at the messy battlefield and could only sigh to himself
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