Che Ying said directly without any more nonsense this time: "Yang Lingdao is a young and heroic man. When he was young, he once discussed the art of war with a group of generals in front of the late king of Chu. The generals were speechless, but the marshal said that he,
In essence, he is indeed timid and fearful of things. Saying it is one thing, but not necessarily doing it. Things in the art of war are all finalized, and reality requires realistic judgment. He does not have this ability, and he only talks about military affairs with military books.
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When Lin Haoming heard this, he felt that the Yang Lingdao mentioned by Che Ying was just an armchair strategist, and he was also a timid and fearful armchair strategist. Although Zhao Kuo was also an armchair strategist, he was not afraid of death, and he did die in Changping in the end.
If the opponent is not too powerful and he is just starting out, he may not be a famous general in the future. Lin Haoming also understands Che Ying's previous concerns. What he said so much is actually that Yang Lingdao was talking about military affairs on paper at the beginning, but now that he has been in the army for 20 years, he may not still be able to talk about military affairs on paper.
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"In your opinion, is there any way to treat him as he was before?" Lin Haoming asked.
"If you deal with it according to what I said, just pretend that there is not much progress in twenty years, you can lure the enemy first, but don't lure too much, just let it get closer to Taihe, and then take the initiative to attack. If he is timid, he will naturally choose to enter first.
Taihe." Che Ying said.
"Is this too simple?" Jiang Heng couldn't believe it. After all, although Yang Lingdao had never met him and he hadn't had much contact with Chu State in recent years, he still had a good reputation.
"There is nothing we can do at the moment. It all depends on manpower. We talked about this battle before. The weather is favorable, the right place and the right people. Only the favorable conditions are always on our side. The whipping of Ren Ren and General Zhou is probably not in vain. The rest of the time will depend on the weather.
If Tianming really ran away, I, the governor, would naturally go and plead guilty." Lin Haoming said.
"How can I let Governor Lin shoulder all the responsibilities? As the commander, I naturally have to stop the responsibility. I leave it to you, my uncle, to lure and attack on the water and force Yang Lingdao. Originally, the military affairs should be called military positions, but this is not only related to the military.
It’s also about the Jiang family.”
"Heng'er, don't worry, my uncle will never lose his reputation in the Marshal's Palace." Lu Zong immediately accepted the order.
Jiang Heng nodded and continued to give the order: "Chen Tie, I'll leave it to you to ambush Taihe. You lead your troops and immediately dig up the hill as planned, but don't dig it completely. Wait until the opponent really enters Taihe."
If the river is dug again, can you do it?"
"If I can't do this little thing, I will really be looked down upon." Chen Tie said without forgetting to glance at Zhou Guangyi.
At this time, Jiang Heng once again asked Zhou Guangyi: "General Zhou, how are you doing?"
"The marshal gave the order, it's just a little flesh wound." Zhou Guangyi said nonchalantly.
"In this case, you immediately take your men and horses, cross the water to the west bank overnight, and ambush near the mouth of Anyang Lake and Taihe River, waiting for changes and opportunities."
"It's your order." At this time, Zhou Guangyi also put his clothes back on, and it seemed that the injury was not a problem at all.
"The rest of the troops are waiting along the west bank of the lake with me..."
The heavy rain was as expected, it didn't stop throughout the day, and gradually eased down after nightfall, but such a long period of heavy rain did raise the water level of Anyang Lake a lot.
Yang Lingdao was in the cabin, talking excitedly with several generals who had come over in small boats on how to leave Anyang Lake next.
While planning tomorrow's route, someone suddenly reported that some ships were coming, and the number was unknown, but it didn't look like they were just investigating.
This result made Yang Lingdao a little worried, and he immediately ordered more small boats to be sent out for reconnaissance. As a result, not long after, he heard the sounds of fighting between the reconnaissance boats and the opponent in the distance.
As a result, Yang Lingdao really didn't know what the other party was going to do for a while. Several possibilities and every possible way to defeat the enemy appeared in his mind. However, because he didn't know the actual situation, he felt panic in his heart.
In front of all the subordinates and generals, he looked even more embarrassed. Recalling that he had told his generals earlier that this time he was simply here to show his prestige, but it was still embarrassing to be blocked by the Yue State in Anyang Lake. This time he must not be embarrassed again, so
He simply ordered the army to advance with torches. He did not believe that the Vietnamese navy could withstand his 100,000-strong navy.
After the whole army was dispatched, the Yue Kingdom retreated as expected. He also found that only some small boats came to harass them. He didn't know if he wanted to sneak into the water and sink a few boats in the dark night to harass them, but it didn't matter now, because he would wait until
After the harassment subsided, it was already late at night, and the general decided what to do after dawn.
At this time, Yang Lingdao also felt that it was better not to cause unnecessary problems. Now that the army was relatively close to Taihe, he decided to march directly to Taihe after dawn. Although walking to Taihe was a little further than walking on the other side, the difference was not particularly big based on the current location.
, one day was enough to pass through the Taihe River and enter the main trunk of the Pingjiang River. However, the water was now high. He did not believe that the other party could arrange anything at the mouth of the Taihe River. If there were really any tricks, he would not care about them. He would simply force the crossing when the time came.
Once the decision was made, arrangements were quickly made. While it was still dark, I could rest for two hours to recharge.
After daybreak, the army immediately continued to move, and entering Taihe was smoother than Yang Lingdao imagined. In this way, the Yue State also knew that it could not be trapped, and simply stopped resisting.
When it was almost noon, the heavy rain began to fall again. This made Yang Lingdao feel that God was on his side, and even ordered the army to speed up and wait until they entered the main trunk of Pingjiang before eating.
Back in the cabin, Yang Lingdao himself ordered his attendants to bring some wine and food. He looked at the raindrops hitting the water outside the window and felt particularly comfortable. He was wondering in his mind whether he wanted to compose a poem.
Just as he was thinking about the poem, he suddenly heard a loud noise from ahead: "Boom..." and the ship shook.
"What's going on?" Yang Lingdao immediately rushed out of the cabin and asked. At this moment, he had no longer thought about reciting poems and having fun.
"Commander, we don't know either. We're sending a boat over to find out." The guards rushed over, but they couldn't give an answer.
At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of thunder and drums from both sides, and then I heard thousands of people shouting in unison:
"We have blocked the Chu army's path. Let's kill..."
"We blocked the Chu army and killed..."
Such sounds kept coming, which made Yang Lingdao feel frightened. He completely forgot that under the heavy rain, the river was wide, and even shooting arrows from the water's edge would be difficult to reach the central ship, let alone actually wade into the water to attack the navy from both sides.
But when he heard the report from the front that the Yue army had dug up a hill and blocked the river, he suddenly panicked. Thinking of the attack last night, he was tricked, and almost subconsciously shouted: "The whole army retreats, returns to Anyang