Chapter 489 Storm (29)

Compared with the Battle of Lishan, although the battle was fought in the rain, and the plum rain in the south was obviously more continuous than the rain in the north, in fact, because the south had corresponding drainage capabilities, this meant that although the battle was fought in the rain, it was not

There is no feeling like wallowing in the mud. Local actions on the battlefield are at least visible and roughly controllable.

Instead, there is actually chaos at the strategic level, obstruction of strategic vision and struggles in action. It can be said that this time the strategic level has fallen into a quagmire.

However, this strategic mud den situation was actually one-sided. The army crossed the river through the ice bridge and successfully got out of this situation, but the Forbidden Army was still in the mud den.

As early as Zhang Xing led three more battalions to Fanweizi, He Xi immediately asked for help from behind. He knew that Sima Deke and Sima Jinda were behind him. Moreover, at that time, his words were very fierce and blunt.

If he didn't come to rescue him, he would surrender the thief directly!

"Listen to General He's nonsense. Unless he is captured, he will never surrender." On an earthen rampart outside Zhangweizi, accompanied by the sound of rain and a little noise in the distance, Yuan Li was scoffing. "He.

He entered Guanlong as a young man as a descendant. After decades of hard work, he finally climbed to the position of minister and general and became the backbone of Guanlong. If he was surrendered, it didn't matter if he had to choose. The key was that he had to go back to his youth in Hebei.

The hardship of being inferior to others...how can you endure this?”

"That's the truth." Sima Deke said with a smile. "General He will definitely hold on for the sake of the overall interests of the Forbidden Army... But the key now is that General Cui (Hong Sheng)'s forward still has seven or eight miles to go, and we are waiting for him

Together, or go directly to support?”

At this time, there were quite a few generals of the Forbidden Army gathered, but no one answered after hearing the words. Instead, they all looked at Sima Jinda who was standing aside. This made Zuo Pushe Sima Deke helpless for a while, he could only continue to laugh, but he couldn't.

He looked at Sima Jinda.

Without him, judging from the situation, the gang obviously brought unexpected reinforcements (Sanjia Erzhai and suspected subordinates of Li Ding, Hebei) and showed unexpected combat power (Sanbai Qijing prepared generals), so everyone

There is indeed some fear of war; and in terms of the power structure, when the Sima brothers are bossing around, everyone instinctively supports Sima Deke in confrontation, but this is essentially for the sake of their respective military power and political independence. It really does not mean that they have to fight with the strong foundation.

Sima, the top noble family in Guanlong, is against him. As for Sima Deke now taking the initiative, everyone is uneasy.

To put it bluntly, this Sima is not that Sima, do you deserve the surname Sima?

When Sima Jinda saw that everyone was coming to see him, he felt a little helpless and could only say: "If you are in a dilemma, just let Zuopushe make the decision. The most taboo at this time is to divide the troops and be hesitant."

This was correct nonsense. Everyone nodded helplessly and could only look back at Smadek.

"Let's make it clear." Sima Deke saw that Sima Jinda's attitude remained the same, and he became even more excited. "If we wait here, one is to wait for reinforcements, the other is to prevent the enemy from being alerted, and the third is to consume more with less. How can we use it to make it more clear?"

The general and Yutian will wear down the thieves; and if support is provided at this time, it is possible to defeat the thieves' center in one fell swoop, promote an early victory in the overall situation, and get rid of the impact of the raid launched by the thieves."

Everyone looked at each other, only forcing Yuan Li to say seriously: "Zuopushe, the advantages are advantages and the disadvantages are disadvantages? What are the disadvantages of the two choices?"

"The advantage of the first is the disadvantage of the second, and the advantage of the second is the disadvantage of the first." Sima Deke said with a proud smile, as if he was confident.

Everyone still looked at each other, as if there were some words that were hard to say.

Even Sima Jinda felt a little regretful at this time. Because he was overthinking, it was right to take the initiative to give up the talents, and it was right to unify the command. However, after being handed over to Sima Deke, he really did not expect that this guy would become so ambitious.

It's like... it's like the poor suddenly get rich, the poor suddenly become rich, and they start to lose control of themselves.

In this situation, do we only care about winning and not losing?

"Does Zuo Pushe only care about victory and not defeat?" Seeing that Sima Deke was too arrogant, and Sima Jinda seemed to have lost his ambition, Yuan Lizheng had no choice but to step into this role. "Stay here.

Waiting for reinforcements, General He just won't surrender, but what if he is defeated directly? According to You Pushe, Zhang Thief has three hundred Qijing masters with him, and he is very powerful. If he forms a formation and attacks, it will be bad.

The situation is normal. But if we go forward now, the result is to lure the enemy, and the thieves have more large troops ambushing them, so what?"

"If we follow your calculations, should we abandon General He and General Niu and retreat directly? Or follow Prime Minister Sima's example and find a city to guard, waiting for General Sima to come from the east capital to rescue us?" Sima Deke stood in the rain.

He smiled and said, "You only have victory and defeat in your mind, don't you think about gains and losses?"

The generals suddenly paused.

It was Yuan Li who hurriedly handed over his hand: "Please Zuopushe for advice."

"There is nothing to advise." Sima Deke waved his hand. "Everyone has his own ambitions, and I can't tell you what the pros and cons are. I can only tell you one thing... General Yuan, you said that the thieves may have an ambush, so let me ask you.

The thief has been prepared for a long time, and indeed has reinforcements. Now he is attacking with all his strength. But from the battle on the riverside yesterday afternoon to this moment, how many camps can he cross the west of the river in one day and one night?"

Not only Yuan Lizheng, but also the other generals seemed to have some understanding.

And Sima Deke continued to sneer: "If you ask me, let's not care about Sanjia, Erzhai or Wu'an Li Ding. We only say how many battalions they can bring over? How many battalions are exposed now? Where are they? They were beaten by us.

How many battalions were defeated and crippled? How many battalions were scattered far to the south and could not come over in time? Do you really not care about the strength of the troops, the weather, the enemy or ourselves, these things?"

After saying that, Sima Zuopushe held his waist knife and turned to look at the northeast where the battle was supposed to be going on. He seemed to be disdainful of such a simple matter as debating with the generals, and he seemed to be unsuited to this kind of confrontation situation where he was alone in front of the crowd.

After the generals thought for a moment, they were obviously no longer nervous as before, but still did not take the initiative to speak. They just looked at Yuan Lizheng, forcing this person who was theoretically directly subordinate to Smadek to make the first move.

Yuan Li was so cunning, but he still went to see Sima Jinda.

In desperation, Sima Youpushe spoke again: "Indeed, and if you are so concerned, it is better to go there as soon as possible, because the later you go, the more support they may have."

In essence, he agreed with Smadek.

"What You Pushe said is absolutely true." Sima Deke immediately nodded and continued to persuade others seriously. "Actually, it is the master of the three hundred strange scriptures. Have you ever thought about it, does it mean that the thief already knows about him?

If you don't have time to cross so many soldiers, why not just gather the elites from the remaining battalions and bring them over first?"

Everyone was stunned again, and then suddenly realized.

Even after Sima Jinda was stunned for a moment, he actually felt that it made sense. How else could he explain it?

"Is there a possibility..." Now that the matter has been discussed, the two servants seem to have agreed on the idea of ​​sending troops. At this time, Yuan Lizheng confidently pretended to be an opposition. "The thief is really angry.

With the Grand Formation and the Grandmaster in charge, they directly froze the river and sent fifty battalions over together? During the Second Expedition that day, someone did this, causing countless supplies to cross the Dongyi River, making it easier for General He to deliver

Then will the late emperor raise the city?"

"This is a theory, but it's not really possible." Sima Deke said with a smile. "But if that's the case, we have nothing to argue with. We can just leave the two generals He Xiniu and the nine thousand Forbidden Army soldiers and run away.

...But again, the situation is unclear now, who will make the decision to abandon them? And if not, then we have to think about when to take action."

Yuan Lizheng immediately nodded and smiled. He was just role-playing. He didn't believe what he just said.

However, Sima Jinda thought about it seriously, and then slowly shook his head: "Probably not. As soon as the thieves met, they sent those three hundred horses to charge at me. They are all just Qijing, and their true energy is the most unstable. If they formed a formation last night,

After sealing the river, we must have been sluggish by then. How could we dare to release them and charge directly at the army? Even if the three hundred cavalry did not form their own formation when they charged at me, it was just that the leading general wanted to make a sneak attack, not that he did not have the confidence to form another formation."

"Isn't this appropriate?!" Smadek waved his hand. "Actually, I know why you are worried. The original intention is that we were attacked and it took less than a day from the beginning to the present, and the people gathered here

They are all soldiers and horses at the rear. Most of them only received the news last night and lacked intelligence from the front... But everyone, as I said before, we are being raided now. It is clear that the intelligence before the raid is that our combat power is superior.

After being raided, various battlefields also went back and forth. Do we really have to flee without fighting? Do we really have to abandon our friendly forces and leave?"

In fact, He Xi is related to Sima Jinda's failure to successfully deploy the reconnaissance net, but He Xi was deliberately blocked from view by the army. Sima Jinda was defeated in a battle, and the army even sent two soldiers to pursue the defeated soldiers and press them here. This is another reason.

It's the same thing.

"This is exactly the truth." Sima Jinda also took a deep breath and cheered up. "If we leave now, not only will we abandon the nine thousand people of General He and General Niu, General Yu will also be abandoned by us.

Abandoned! There are also Generals Zhang Qianda and General Li Anyuan. We have already asked them to come over. If there is a deviation in the route and the thieves see us running away, but after defeating General He and others, they turn around and bite General Zhang. What should we do?

how?"

"The general understands what the two servants mean." Yuan Lizheng also became serious. "But if this is the case, there is only one thing left."

"Tell me."

"Xiong Bonan didn't show up, but Zhang Thief's flag is serious. Doesn't it mean that he is also a master? How to deal with it?" Yuan Lizheng became more and more serious.

"That was the previous statement. The latest statement I got is that this person is not a master. The reason why he can confront the British Duke is because he has the Fulong Seal and the Shocking Dragon Sword in his hand." Sima Deke immediately replied. "If it is used

Fulong Seal, we will benefit instead!"

Yuan Li was silent and only looked at Sima Jinda, who immediately nodded.

So far, the surrounding Forbidden Army generals had no objections and only urged the two servants to take charge. Sima Jinda once again stated that he wanted Sima Deke to take charge of the matter.

Smadek is not polite either.

However, after thinking for a while, he chose a different plan than before: "Everyone, since everyone is still worried, we won't wait for General Cui and set off immediately. Anyway, it won't be long. Let's save General He first and try again.

Let’s push back the traitor army in a face-to-face battle and gain the initiative.”

This time, the generals agreed with a bang.

After a while, at least 15,000 troops, including the remnants of Sima Jinda, launched directly, regardless of the obstruction and delay of the two battalions of thieves on the left front, leaving Zhang Weizi and heading east to Fan Weizi.

The troops had just started. Suddenly, several high-level generals in the team, led by Sima Deke and Sima Jinda, were all startled. They each raised their heads from their horses, passed through the rain line, and looked to the east in shock.

There, behind the clouds, a huge purple curtain seemed to flash past.

Everyone knows what this means - the gang's master has arrived at the Fanweizi battlefield and entered the battle.

Moreover, this grandmaster was not mentioned in the seemingly clear-cut discussion just now, or it could be said that this important enemy combat force has been vaguely denied to appear on the battlefield.

"Speed ​​up and move forward!" Sima Deke was silent for a moment, then immediately continued to urge the horses, and at the same time loudly informed his guards. "Tell all the ministries to speed up and move forward!"

When the generals heard this, they knew that Smadek wanted to "keep moving forward", but they had nothing to say. After all, the army had already started, and if it stopped temporarily, it would inevitably cause chaos.

Besides, the bandit army is strong in front, so we should rush to support them.

At this time, it is the so-called time for the coach to make a decision on the spur of the moment.

Just as the Forbidden Army brigade was marching eastwards, somewhere northwest of Fanweizi, as the huge purple curtain in the sky swept downwards, accompanied by the obvious sound of tearing plates, cloth, and howling wind, the entire position

They fell into chaos, and then there were screams, wails, curses, and cries... all mixed together.

The troops that were charging to the east, south, and north of Fan Weizi burst into even louder cheers.
To be continued...