Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight split troops to attack
On the plain between Roucheng and Sichuan City, there are dense clouds.
The wilderness is stained with blood.
On the gentle slope very close to the final battlefield, more than a thousand elite soldiers surrounded the flag with the character "Li". Three thousand cavalry approached and surrounded outside. Only the leading officer wearing a cavalry captain's armor walked through the soldiers' camp and walked in. Inside.
He walked all the way to the top of the gentle slope, and saw a middle-aged man wearing the armor of General Li Jun standing alone at the top of the gentle slope. The beard on the man's face was a bit long, and it was obvious that he had just started to grow his beard. The commander did not look around, but stood solemnly and looked at the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield in the distance, moving like ants, but it was Ganliang General Li Mu who should have been staying at Ganshuiguan or Liangcang City at this moment!
The cavalry captain opened his visor with a click, revealing an unattractive face, especially his small eyes, which looked ordinary. He was Shen Jun, the nephew of the Shen Cheng family who had left the city with Luochuan!
Shen Jun strode up to Li Mu and said with a military salute, "My subordinate Shen Jun is here to see you, General Pi!"
Hearing this, Li Mu turned around and smiled at Shen Jun, "There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be so polite. Come on." He walked up to Shen Jun and pulled him down the gentle slope, and let him sit in a large tent that had been set up. Next, he went to draw on the map in the middle of the big tent, "In the previous battle, we accidentally gained some advantages through mental arithmetic, but the leader of the Sichuan City army was not a mediocre person. He cut off his tail to survive at the last moment. If we are not decisive, it will be impossible for us to completely cripple that large army in the wild."
Li Mu looked back at Shen Jun who was sitting upright and listening. He smiled and then turned around and continued pointing at the map to explain, "The army just retreated eastward, but it may not have actually retreated all the way back to Sichuan City. The purpose of Guangjun's large-scale invasion is to capture Rouge." If the defeated army pretends to return to Sichuan City but actually goes west to join the Guangjun army to siege the city, then the situation in Roucheng will be even worse. Therefore, we must let them be honest. Return to Sichuan City, and at the same time..."
He looked at Shen Jun and suppressed his smile and said, "We still have to rush to Roucheng's aid!"
Shen Jun, who listened carefully, began to ponder. With their army's configuration and strength of both infantry and cavalry and the power of victory, they pursued a newly defeated army that was now weaker than their own and drove it back. Sichuan City is not difficult, but it is not easy to rush to Roucheng while doing this as Li Mu said. He raised his head and looked at Li Mu and asked, "What General Pi means is that you personally lead the headquarters." The army is chasing this Sichuan army, and I and three thousand cavalry are rushing to support Roucheng?"
Li Mu shook his head, then pointed at Shen Jun and said solemnly, "On the contrary, you and the three thousand cavalry will pursue this Sichuan army yourself, while I and my army will rush to the aid of Roucheng!"
Shen Jun opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "Pi...General Pi, are you asking me to lead this 3,000-strong cavalry recruit to chase down the Sichuan elites who still number around 10,000 people?" !”
"Where are the new cavalry recruits and Sichuan elites?" Li Mu said with a smile, "You are leading three thousand invincible Lijun Qingqi. They were the absolute ace in the defeat of Nanyi in Yicheng under the leadership of the prefect, and you were defeated by them. Those driving back to Sichuan City are just a defeated army of less than ten thousand people from Guangjun!"
Shen Jun was stunned for a moment, but then he stood up and performed a military salute and solemnly said, "Shen Jun obeys the military order of General Pi!"
Li Mu stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down, then he took a chair and sat in front of Shen Jun and said, "Shen Jun, at this time, the situation in Anling is, to be honest, extremely bad." He looked serious and kind. Shen Jun also sat upright on the chair with his back straight, "Liu Feixu's troops on the western front are actually threatening Roucheng, Chunyang and Nancheng. Our guest, Mr. Su, has been in Lutou City for many days. He has not yet made any achievements, which shows that Liu Feixu is determined to wait and see until the end. Once Rou City is lost, Liu Feixu will immediately send troops with all his strength to capture one of the other two cities and give it to the Yun family of Guang County. Even if Roucheng is saved by submitting a petition, there is still no guarantee that Liu Feixu will not turn to Guangjun and stab Roucheng in the back."
"On the other hand, even if Liu Feixu is not considered as a variable, the situation in Roucheng alone is extremely pessimistic. I originally thought that once Guang County comes to Roucheng from the west, there is a high probability that Roucheng will be the first choice. I had a back-up plan, so I led my troops northward to the area between Roucheng and Sichuan without waiting for orders from the Licheng Military Affairs Office. But just yesterday, I received news from the Anbu that a corner of the Roucheng wall was broken, and we were plunged into a bloody battle. ...!" Li Mu saw Shen Jun's expression changed drastically and couldn't help but comfort him, "General Chen and the elite of his headquarters are naturally unparalleled in bravery. If the gap in strength is not huge enough, they can naturally protect Rou City in a short time. Lost, but after a long time, it is difficult to tell. At this moment, Roucheng is in urgent need of reinforcements, and in the entire Anling, we are the only ones who can still maneuver outside and are closest to Roucheng. Therefore, I must lead the army as soon as possible. To Roucheng, and you must make the defeated Sichuan army return to Sichuan..."
Hearing this, Shen Jun stood up and slammed his right fist on his left chest and said, "General Pi, don't worry, Shen Jun will be shattered into pieces to let the defeated Sichuan army return to Sichuan city!!"
Li Mu, however, frowned and just sat on the chair without getting up, staring at Shen Jun until the latter's hair stood on end and his scalp went numb.
"Pi...General Pi..." Shen Jun froze on the spot. After a long time, he suddenly remembered that he had said something that the person in front of him disliked hearing the most, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. "Shen Jun...Shen Jun must think carefully before making any move and does not dare to use troops rashly..."
Li Mu then stood up, pressed hard on Shen Jun's shoulders with both hands, but still frowned and stared into his eyes and said, "Shen Jun, you are a captain, not a young boy who just joined the army. When you You didn't want to follow your uncle to Zhengcang but followed me, why? Not to be broken into pieces and wrapped in horse leather, nor to die generously with three thousand cavalry wearing fine armor and riding good horses, but because of you Use your wisdom to lead those soldiers who trust you to win the battle! Let everyone know that you can win the battle just by relying on yourself and your own soldiers!"
He pushed Shen Jun onto the seat and shook it vigorously, "Listen to me!"
Only then did Shen Jun come back to his senses, sit upright with a serious face again, and nodded vigorously.
Li Mu said in a deep voice, "Just now the cavalry charged into the formation and won a battle. The cavalry separated from the enemy's formation without revealing much. Even though Lijun's light cavalry and everyone in black armor have long been famous in Southwest Hanzhou, the enemy general also I would never dare to easily assert that you are not Lijun Qingqi, not to mention that they have no idea whether my army is still chasing after me. As long as your pursuit is fierce enough and the contact is short enough, it will be enough to scare the defeated army. Don't dare to turn back easily on the next road to the east." He pointed hard at several points on the map. "These places are the most likely garrison areas for the enemy to retreat eastward. Once they really garrison here, you Then you can lead the cavalry to launch a surprise attack from these directions. During the day, you will roam through the rain of arrows, and at night, you will use rockets to attack the enemy. Once there is a fight, you will not hesitate to shoot half of the arrows at once. In this way, the enemy will be afraid of being entangled by you. If they are overtaken and annihilated by our army, they will have to flee all the way east back to Sichuan City!"
"Of course..." Li Mu looked back at Shen Jun solemnly, "These are just the best-case scenarios, and the worst-case scenario is that the Sichuan Army General sees through our plan and counterattacks to bite you. Then ..."
He walked back to Shen Jun and put a big hand on his shoulder again, his eyes as wide as a tiger's, "The enemy general's attempt to survive by cutting off his tail just now was the best lesson I could ever teach you... ...!!!”