On the east side of a hill east of Yongjin City, many soldiers gathered here.
At this time, at the pass of the mountain, a large number of soldiers were sitting on the ground with dejected faces, while others were just lying on the ground to rest. A group of soldiers had incomplete armor, and most of them did not even have weapons. Obviously, this was
A broken army.
Yes, this defeated army is the Yongjin City army that was just defeated by the Tianfeng Kingdom troops led by Linton. Most of the soldiers escaped from the battlefield to the east, so of course they all looked like this.
The state of abandonment.
The reason why they gathered at this pass was mainly because of the terrain.
There is a small mountain ridge here running north to south. This is the only entrance and exit with flat terrain. It is also where the official road is located. You can reach Yongjin City all the way from here to the west.
Although this place sounds good, it is actually not an easy-to-defend or difficult-to-attack location, and there are no passes set up here. The main reason is that the mountains on both sides are actually not very high, and it is actually easy to climb over them casually.
You can get past it. Setting up checkpoints here not only does not play a defensive role, but it is even possible for enemies to rush up to the ridge next to them and occupy the high ground to defeat the lower ones.
However, the reason why these defeated soldiers did not choose to climb mountains, but chose to take a very obvious pass, was mainly because... they really couldn't climb anymore.
The soldiers who were sent out at noon yesterday marched all night without rest. They just rested for a while in the morning, and the camp was immediately attacked and then exploded. They finally escaped with a lot of piss. When they came here, they were really
They are so exhausted. No matter how high the mountain next to them is, they can't climb it.
In this situation, General Ma Jun, who had just retreated from the east, also thought so.
Ma Jun, formerly known as Tian Jun, is the adopted son of Ma Yixiong, the lord of Yongjin City. Because he is brave and good at fighting, he is trusted by Ma Yixiong and is adopted as his adopted son. He is also sent to assist his adopted brother, who is also Ma Yixiong's son.
The eldest son Ma Tianyong.
Ma Jun naturally followed Ma Tianyong for this expedition. Unexpectedly, they suffered such a defeat in their own territory before they even arrived at Tianfeng Kingdom.
The situation at that time was that no matter how brave and skilled Ma Jun was, he could not save anything. So he led his own bodyguards and charged all the way, and finally fought his way out after paying a huge price.
He fled all the way to the west, and when he came to this area, he encountered a large number of his own troops who had also escaped, and most of them were concentrated near here. He understood the reason as soon as he thought about it, so he thought about it,
It's still too late now, so gather the troops on the spot.
Ma Jun naturally wants to gather troops and fight back. After all, he has not waited for Ma Tianyong until now, and he doesn't know what happened to his sworn brother.
Although they were defeated by the opponent's troops before, Ma Jun's military formation was rich in experience and he could tell that the opponent's troops attacking them were not actually very many. At this moment, the opponent should still be clearing the battlefield and gathering prisoners, but the opponent only had a few people to do this.
These jobs definitely take a long time.
And as long as he regroups his troops here, it is still possible to gather the broken troops immediately. If he passes this pass, there will be a vast plain behind, and he doesn't know where these broken troops will go. If he wants to gather them, he can
It's really difficult.
So he directly raised the Taoist flag and began to gather the remnants of the army. At this time, the group of defeated soldiers who had just escaped were all in trouble. They were all frightened now, and to be honest, their courage had been given away by the opponent.
The fight was over. Of course, they no longer wanted to fight anymore and just wanted to escape home.
But it happened that I met Ma Jun here. The opponent was gathering troops here. If you were caught right away, you could still be a deserter in front of him, but you would be directly dealt with by military law.
There was really no choice but to stay and form the team again. So a group of soldiers quickly gathered, and within a short time, more than 10,000 troops had been gathered.
Although a large number of people gathered, the situation of the troops at this time was obviously quite bad.
First of all, the organization of the army has been completely broken up. The original 55,000-strong army now only has more than 10,000 left. A large number of organizations are either lacking soldiers, generals, or captains, so they have to be reorganized.
On the other hand, these soldiers were so exhausted that they had not rested at all. They had just run away desperately after being attacked, and now they could never get up or move as long as they sat down.
Most of the soldiers had fallen to the ground at this time, and the reorganization work was naturally even more impossible.
Ma Jun was really worried about this situation, but these soldiers were really exhausted. Even if he forced them to whip and urge them, it would not be of any use to scare the monkeys. If they can't get up, they just can't get up.
Not to mention that it rained all night, and just when Ma Jun was gathering his troops and was exhausted, many soldiers lying on the ground suddenly woke up. It was not that they had rested enough, but that at this time
The ground suddenly began to shake.
Most of the veterans on the battlefield immediately knew what the vibration was. It was the cavalry coming. Everyone subconsciously looked to the east, and sure enough, a troop appeared on the other side of the horizon. The cavalry troop that appeared at this time did not need to
If you talk more, you will know where it comes from.
"How... how is it possible?" Of course Ma Jun also knew that the troops that attacked them before were coming, but how could they come so fast? Doesn't the opponent need to prepare? Doesn't it need to rest? Doesn't need to be dealt with?
Captive?
It's a pity that Ma Jun couldn't imagine how willful the commander of the army on the opposite side was. Linton waved his hand and said, "What preparations? No need; rest? No need; prisoners? No need."
With a wave of his hand, everyone followed me to watch me show off. The army marched directly towards Yongjin City and killed them. Linton did not take the baggage, food, grass and equipment left all over the place. Release all the prisoners on the spot and run away on your own.
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Originally, such a situation was obviously unlikely to happen. There is no way to win a war without asking for anything. But Linton can be so willful. He is not really fighting for the interests of the Tianfeng Kingdom. What are the supplies and captives?
use.
And because the generals below now blindly worship Linton, Linton's behavior in their eyes implies the art of war, such as the importance of soldiers, speed as fast as the wind, aggression as fire, movement as thunder and so on.
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But when he saw the army of more than 10,000 people gathered on the opposite side, this blind worship reached its peak again. The prince-in-law really had a clever plan.