Chapter 178 Lonely Army
Li Ruoshui and Li Gang met Chen Xun and happened to have dinner that day.
Sun Zheng happened to come back from outside the city to report on his work. He had led the cavalry battalion to invade the Jin army in the north of the city for three consecutive days. This time he came back to rest.
Chen Xun simply invited the three of them to have a "work meal" together.
On the dining table, Sun Zheng had the fastest meal, and he had already eaten his fill in less than a quarter of an hour. Then he held a bowl of tea and watched the other three continue.
Li Gang and the other two were considered gentlemen, and they ate slowly, but they finished eating in front of Chen Xun. Then the three of them watched Chen Xun continue to eat voraciously, and they stopped talking after eating three or four servings.
"Governor, every time I eat with you, I feel like I can eat a big bowl!" Sun Zheng smiled.
A personal guard came up to clean up the end of the table and gave the four people another tea.
"When the war is over, I will invite you all to drink, and we will have a good meal at that time." After replying to Sun Zheng's words, Chen Xun faced the two Lis: "There is currently a shortage of supplies in the city, so I can only entertain you for some simple meals. Now the war is urgent, so I can't drink. I'll wait for you this time. Let's remember first, and I'll make up for you later."
"Where is it, this is already very good. I dare to serve so many dishes during festivals." Li Ruoshui waved his hand and smiled modestly, thinking that as the Minister of Personnel before, someone would have invited him to a big meal every now and then.
In fact, although this dinner lacks exquisiteness, it is not bad in terms of richness and quantity. It has chicken, duck, fish and meat, four meat, four vegetables and eight potted dishes, and rice is full. Ordinary rich families will definitely not dare to eat this way.
Since Chen Xun became rich in this life, he was still very willing to spend money on himself. He was not extravagant, but he was not harsh.
Next, Chen Xun did not continue chatting with Li Gang, but asked Sun Zheng first: "You are going to assist in the battle this time, how do you feel about Fengqiu's current situation?"
This is a test question. Sun Zheng put down the tea bowl in his hand and began to answer seriously:
"When I returned today, the Jin army had not broken the city. But in my opinion, the royal army could no longer hold on. The Jin army continued to attack fiercely, regardless of spending money. Fengqiu was a small city after all, and the city walls had been smashed several times. I guess the royal army was at the end of its strength."
"You and Ke Lei's estimate are similar. Now most of Fengqiu is supported by our people. If Ke Lei had not transported 20,000 Xuzhou soldiers to Lai Qingyun, they would have been captured by the Jin army now." Chen Xun did not treat Li Gang and Li Ruoshui as outsiders at all, and continued to talk about the battle situation on the front line: "A lot of soldiers of the King's Army tried every means to cross the river and escape, and were arrested by Ke Lei. It would be difficult to deal with these deserters now."
These deserters are not essentially from the Chen family army. The Chen family army has no right to deal with them. Just arresting them is considered to be overpowering.
The generals of the King's Army in the city were sarcastic and did not say what to do. Instead, they asked Ke Lei to raise those people.
If this continues, it is estimated that other soldiers of the royal army will follow suit and will cross the river and escape, and then be caught by Ke Lei and eat for nothing.
"This is really difficult. If it is released, it is equivalent to acquiesce to the retreat of the King of Residents. If it is killed, it is overrepresenting and offending the King of Residents." Sun Zheng also frowned when he heard this. These pig teammates are really ungrateful.
After hearing this, Li Gang and Li Ruoshui realized that they were working together to fight against the Jin army with all their might.
This was the case in Kaifeng before, and now it is the case in Fengqiu.
The King's Army in the five northern cities and the Zhang family army in Zhang Shuye were completely attacked.
"It's not a solution to continue to waste this way. I'm now considering whether to let the Jin army cross the river first, otherwise the fighting spirit of those soldiers will become lower and lower, and our lives and injuries will become greater and greater." Chen Xun rubbed his eyebrows with his hands, and he felt a headache.
If the Song Ting's army was placed within the Chen family, it would probably not be possible for anyone to survive.
A vague meal!
"You can't let the Jin army cross the river, otherwise you will let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles." Li Gang, who has been rarely speaking since entering the door, interrupted.
"This is a bit too much. Even if the Jin army crossed the Yellow River fork, there was still the Yellow River to the north, with the ability of our Chen family naval army, it would be impossible for the Jin army to cross the Yellow River safely." Sun Zheng retorted.
This is the information gap. So far, Li Gang's understanding of the Chen family army is still very limited, and he does not know that the Chen family army has invincible water power.
The Yellow River fork is too narrow, and a floating bridge can be set up to force the crossing, which limits the performance of the navy. If it were the Yellow River, they would only use ferries, and the navy would be able to exert all combat power.
"In addition to this, there is a more important point." Li Gang did not ask how powerful the Chen family's naval army was, but changed his mind: "If the Jin army crossed the Yellow River fork and showed a firm intention to retreat, it would be difficult for the royal army from the west, south and east to chase the river."
Everyone understood that the difficulty here was not simple.
"I didn't expect this." Chen Xun nodded in agreement. In fact, the king-supervised army in three directions dared to come to Kaifeng because they saw that the Jin army planned to retreat, otherwise they would not dare to rush forward.
In Li Gang's view, with the Jin army in Kaifeng, the royal army and the Chen family army, there is a prerequisite for sharing the same hatred of the enemy. Without the Jin army, Kaifeng's current state of unparalleled state will inevitably reappear the development context of the heroes' challenge to Dong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Comparing Kaifeng now and Luoyang at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
If the Jin army was Dong Zhuo, the royal army would be like the eighteen princes, while Chen Xun would be like Cao Cao.
The only difference is that the Jin army has no emperor in their hands. Chen Xun is really willing to resist the Jin Dynasty, but he will not chase after him alone like Cao Cao.
Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang, and the heroes stationed their troops but failed to drive them away. The Jin army abandoned Kaifeng, and these royal soldiers would definitely make the same choice.
"That won't let our Chen family army stand alone in Fengqiu. With the Jin army's lifeless fighting style, we will definitely not last long." Sun Zheng put forward his own opinion: "If you leave, you will leave. On the contrary, compared with the Jin army, I think these royal soldiers are better to fight. At that time, we will withdraw Fengqiu's troops back to Kaifeng to defend, and we will definitely be able to defend."
The Jin army has lost its horses, the second has no source of supplies, and the third has no way out. It has become an angry mad dog. The dog is anxious to jump over the wall, and the rabbit is anxious to bite people. Facing the Jin army, which has already burned its boats, the Chen family army is under great pressure.
Chapter completed!