Chapter 714: March 4

When Lu Runxing heard this, his eyebrows stood slightly and said in a deep voice: "Oh? Let's say Captain Li is coming!"

With a burst of sound, Li Yimin stepped forward, and dozens of eyes suddenly gathered on him. He saw that the very finely polished mountain armor on his body was covered with dried blood. Under the flames of the hatchback, he could clearly see that there was obvious deformation on his right shoulder and left rib plates. It was a sign of being hit, but the torso under the iron armor was still straight, like a spear.

Li Yimin stopped when he was seven or eight steps away from Lu Runxing, bowed and said aloud: "Last general, Li Yimin, the former cavalry commander, paid a visit to the general manager!"

Lu Runxing's eyes swept over Li Yimin, who was covered in signs, and a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. He then said in a deep voice: "Prince Li asked him to get up, and I heard the front supervisor say that you have been rushing to the battlefield and killing generals today. I have received a lot of rewards for my great Wu army, and I will reward you for your mistakes, so I am invincible to the world. Say! What do you want?"

Li Yimin raised his head, looked directly at Lu Runxing, his eyes full of unconcealed fame and fame, and said in a deep voice: "What the general wishes in his life is to achieve the achievements of all generations, and to be famous in Lingyan Pavilion. If the general manager wants to reward the general, he dares to ask for the next battle and let the general be the pioneer."

"Okay, what a Li Wanshi! Why don't you change it to Li Wanshi!" Lu Runxing praised. He reached out to help Li Yimin, who was named by the ***, and shouted: "Come on, take my iron armor!" In a blink of an eye, the attendant took a pair of iron armor from the back wing. The armor was different from the ordinary lock curtains, Mingguang armor, and Shanwen armor. The armor was not made of steel wire and armor. The whole set of armor was like a whole, and the smooth metal surface emitted a silver-white light under the light. Lu Runxing pointed to the armor and smiled at Li Yimin, "This armor was just made from the inner court army workshop. I heard that it was only seven or eight sets. After returning from Shouzhou, my mother specially gave it to him. I saw that the armor was broken several places, and it was similar to a certain figure, so I gave it to the emperor. Next time I was in the battle, there was a barrier!"

When Li Yimin heard that it was given by the Queen of Wu, he was about to refuse, but Lu Runxing cut it off and smiled and said, "Duwei Li, don't refuse. I am now the commander of the army, and I don't need to fight with a knife. I have never worn this set of armor once after I followed me. It's useless for my mother's efforts. It would be useless to give you some help. My mother would definitely be very happy when she knew it!" Speaking of this, Lu Runxing did not wait for the other party to shirk responsibility, and asked the attendant to change the armor for Li Yimin. After half a cup of tea, Li Yimin had already changed the new armor. It was indeed very suitable. While everyone was admiring, Lu Runxing suddenly drew his sword back and slashed Li Yimin on his left shoulder with one knife. There was only a sound. Li Yimin was still standing there safely, but there was a knife mark several inches long on the shoulder pad of the new armor.

"Good armor!"

"It's true!"

A burst of amazement suddenly broke out in the tent, and everyone's eyes that looked at Li Yimin suddenly became more envious. It would be fine if this guy was favored by His Highness. With such a pair of armor on the battlefield, he would have a life more than anything else. Li Yimin made a few moves under the urging of Lu Runxing. As expected, he raised his hands and feet very relaxed, not as clumsy as everyone imagined. All the generals in the tent were insiders. Seeing this, everyone was ecstatic, and the eyes that looked at Lu Runxing had a little more pleasing.

Lu Runxing saw it and smiled bitterly: "Don't look at me. This is also a trial-made one in the inner court military workshop. The craftsmanship is extremely cumbersome. There may not be one of the ten sets that can be used. I heard that it will take a few years to make a large-scale manufacturing!"

Although the generals were a little frustrated when they heard this, they thought that if only a few years later, if such elite armor was manufactured on a large scale, the combat power in the army would be doubled. Not to mention advancing Jingxiang, even if they were in a state of affairs, their future was naturally unlimited. Thinking of this, the generals couldn't help but be happy.

Li Yimin had just taken off his armor and hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, and kowtowed repeatedly, "The general manager is so generous, I will really be unable to repay you!"

This bloody battle next to the Manshui River not only allowed the Wu army to defeat the Liang army's blockade and cross the Manshui River, but also had an unexpected result, that is, it unified the thoughts within the Liang army. Although Yi Rong was defeated in this battle with the Wu army, and under the pursuit of the Wu cavalry, he was almost spared only, but from the perspective of command, no major mistakes were made in terms of fighter jets, battlefield choices, and tactics. The only reason that could explain the failure was that the Wu army, especially the new army's combat power has far exceeded the Liang army's combat power in the Jingxiang area. Then, facing such a powerful enemy army, it would be a very unwise choice to engage in field battles in front.

So after crossing the Manshui River, the Wu army quickly felt the response of the Liang army's strategy: the outposts of the Wu army's vanguard encountered the Liang army's vanguard cavalry and the number of outposts that occurred in the Liang army's vanguard cavalry had decreased sharply. In most cases, the Liang army's response to the Wu army's vanguard cavalry was quickly avoided. The Liang army did not sit firmly on the defense of the rivers and cities that were located on the Wu army's offensive route. They just burned the grain and pastures that were not too late to harvest in the villages and fields on both sides of the Wu army's vanguard route as much as possible, forcing the Wu army to send more teams to collect food on a longer route, or transport more food from Jiangling by land. Moreover, the attacks on the grain collection team and logistics team have also increased. Obviously, the Liang army has changed its strategy to an indirect route to attack the other party's supply line.

However, all this did not slow down much of the Wu army's advance. On the second day of the Battle of the Man River, the Wu army's vanguard had already crossed the Changqu. By night, the Yicheng County was already in the hands of the Wu army. It was only 120 miles away from Xiangcheng. There were no geographical barriers between the two places. Light cavalry could reach it in one day. Moreover, there were Han Rivers between the two, and they could be transported by boats and ships. It could be said that they could breathe militarily. However, at this time, the Wu army's advance suddenly stopped.

The Yicheng County Government, like most of the county governments at that time, was basically just a rammed earth exterior wall and a simple house with a civil structure. Only the last few houses used as warehouses and the residence of the county magistrate had external brick walls, which were more solid and tidy. The shogunate, the general manager of the Northwest Wu Army's recruitment camp, was established here, and Lu Runxing himself lived in the tiled house called "Sanshengxuan", which was once the residence of the county magistrate.

"Our army won consecutive victories, and the army had already advanced to Xiangzhou, just like using a steel knife to break a rotten bamboo. Only one section was left, but the general manager stopped here. Wouldn't it be a waste of morale and consume food and money?" A man's voice came from the Sanshengxuan, and his tone was quite impatient. The guards in the yard heard it, but they didn't even dare to turn their faces.

In the room, Lu Runxing was wearing a purple brocade robe and a relaxed smile on his face. He said to Lu Hongkai: "Twenty-sanlang, although our army has arrived in Yicheng, one day, Zhongxiang has not arrived and the Han River has not been opened, so I cannot go north with all my might. Moreover, Liang bandits occupy Xiang and Fan cities, cross the Han River and build boat bridges, and respond across the river. I have no naval army, so I cannot capture Xiangcheng. Now I occupy Yicheng and collect the valleys of the four realms. When the navy commanded by the governor of Zhou arrives, the water and land are carried out, Xiangzhou

It was just my bag!" It turned out that Lu Runxing divided his troops into two groups this time, one was led by himself, set out from Jiangling, and went out of Jingmen County, Le Township, crossed the Manshui River, Changqu, captured Yicheng, and advanced to Xiangzhou; the other was led by Zhou Anguo, the navy commander, and set out from Xiakou, went up against the Han River, passed through Mianyang, Anlu, Zhongxiang and other places to reach Yicheng and met with Lu Runxing, and worked together to attack Xiangzhou, but the Wu army advanced on land.

Zhan Shi. In order to save time, the Wu army did not capture Fangzhou, Suizhou and other prefectures and counties located upstream of the Man River, and rushed to Xiangzhou all the way. In this way, before the Han River was opened, the land supply line of the Wu army was threatened by the Liang army who were left in the back prefectures and counties at any time, and it was very fragile. Now the autumn harvest has just been completed, and the village has enough food for requisition, so there is no need to worry about food and fodder. Moreover, the Liang army is already in the Han River.

A boat bridge was built on the top to connect Xiangzhou City and Fan City on both sides of the Han River, which can support and respond to each other. Without a navy, the Wu army would not be able to capture Xiangzhou in a short time. If the war was delayed, in winter, they would be the mortal enemy of military strategy. Lu Runxing would rather spend precious time than wait for Zhou Anguo to open up the Han River route and meet the army because of this concern.

After hearing this, Lu Hongkai hesitated and insisted: "Since the general manager is concerned that the Han River has not been opened, it is not a solution to wait here. It is better to let me lead a side teacher, sweep the Bingfangzhou, and leave my worries!"

"No!" Lu Runxing shook his head, got up and walked to the map hanging on the wall, stretched out his finger and pressed on the small dot marking Xiangzhou, "Xiangzhou is adjacent to the Han River, and guarded the mouth of Fangcheng. It is the heart of Jingzhou. If Liang's reinforcements want to enter Jingzhou from the Central Plains, they must first go to Xiangzhou. Now, compared with the forces of both sides, I am strong but the other is weak, so I should take their hearts and force the enemy to fight to the decisive battle. Just take this place, the situation will be very different. The boat troops led by the governor of Zhou have just cast the sky-shaking cannon, so I can definitely take Zhongxiang, and wait with peace of mind!"

While the two were talking, a guard outside reported that the navy had arrived urgently. Lu Runxing was overjoyed when he heard this. He patted his thigh and smiled, "Come in quickly, you must have taken Zhongxiang. As long as the waterway is open, our army will be free of worries."

While Lu Runxing was just delighted, a messenger with a dusty face had already come into the house and bowed, "The little man has an urgent letter from the governor Zhou here!" When he said this, the messenger took out a bamboo tube from his arms and presented it with his hands. Lu Hongkai hurriedly took it and submitted it to the master. Lu Runxing took the bamboo tube, skillfully checked the marks, opened the mouth of the tube, took out a silk book from it, and opened it and laughed loudly: "It was indeed not as expected. Zhong Xiang was taken down by our army two days ago. The navy was going up the river and could arrive in Yicheng the day after tomorrow." Seeing this, Lu Runxing handed the letter to Lu Hongkai beside him and smiled: "Come on, you are willing to see it too. The governor Zhou also said that the heaven-shaking cannon was extremely powerful and Zhong Xiang was extremely effective in the battle. This time, he attacked Xiangzhou, and he would definitely make great contributions!"
Chapter completed!