Although the appointment was somewhat sudden, Xu Jing took over quite quickly.
This time the troops were sent out by Li Ying "in person", and the commander was of course himself. However, after losing two battles in a row, he was a little discouraged.
The actual situation is that although he was originally a general who was good at fighting, he had not fought in a war for more than ten years, and he was somewhat unable to adapt.
Yes, since the current emperor came to power, Li Ying has basically never been out in battle. What the emperor fears most about Li Ying is his relationship in the army. Naturally, it is impossible for him to continue to lead troops and accumulate relationships.
So although his connections in the army have remained over the years, he himself has indeed not fought in a war for a long time. As a result, as soon as he came out of the army, he was greeted by two major defeats. He originally thought that he would be able to win a battle once he returned to the army.
Zhan became famous again, but as a result, he was really a little discouraged by the current situation.
Just as Linton appeared, he could only rely on Linton now, so the command was almost given to Linton. Linton obviously didn't know how to lead troops, so the command was actually given to Gang Zhanjiang.
Xu Jing. He is now a vanguard general in name, but in fact he is in charge of the overall planning of the entire army.
To be honest, some of the soldiers here don't want to go out anymore. After all, they have learned how many people are on the opposite side. If they are allowed to take the initiative, isn't it asking them to die?
Now the morale of this group of soldiers is so low that they are about to run away. The reason why they haven't completely escaped is because Linton has appeared here. Of course they all know Linton. Li Ying must say Linton
What's the matter here? Otherwise, how could he convince such a right person to accompany him in the rebellion? This is a matter of beheading, okay?
On the other hand, aren't there tens of thousands of troops on their way here? After all, they are just the vanguard. What if they escape and encounter the troops behind them? Isn't this being treated as a vanguard?
Have the deserters been killed?
It's just that most of the soldiers are thinking about whether they should wait for the troops behind to come over. Now they don't even have food and grass, so why are they taking the initiative?
The person who came forward to organize and persuade these soldiers was Xu Jing, who of course borrowed Linton's name to some extent.
To be honest, Xu Jing actually didn't know what Linton was planning, but he knew that Linton was the being known as the God of War, and that the other party was kind to him. What does it mean to sacrifice one's life? He was prepared to give Linton
Dayton worked hard.
Along the way, Xu Jing here also introduced the actual situation of the battlefield to Linton very seriously.
According to Xu Jing's introduction, Linton knew that the person currently commanding the army on the opposite side was called Wang Men. This was another well-known general and one of the current pillars of the imperial court. He was known as the Pillar of Daning.
This Wang Clan general is naturally good, otherwise with Li Ying's ability, even though he has not been on the battlefield for more than ten years, he would not be easily defeated twice in a row.
According to Xu Jing, the king's general's art of war is all about speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. You see, he just arrived with his soldiers and didn't even take a break. He went straight to fight Li Ying's troops. After defeating Li Ying in the first battle,
, the camp was attacked again night after night, and there was simply no chance to breathe.
Li Yingqian became autistic after just one set of treatments, and she hasn't recovered yet.
Facing such a famous general, Linton and the others had gathered all the unfavorable factors. To be honest, Xu Jing had been talking for a long time, but he himself had not thought of how to make a comeback. In fact, he had been asking Linton what he wanted.
manage.
Linton's expression didn't change much. It seemed that he still had to turn the tide on his own. But just as he was thinking this, a horse suddenly came to report from the front.
"Report, general, the enemy army is found ahead, but they are crossing the river!" the scout said anxiously.
"What?" Everyone looked at the detective in surprise, with shock on their faces. How could this... be possible?
Everyone naturally knows that there is a river ahead.
This river is called Wutao River. It is a relatively large river and is a branch of the Wujiang River, the largest river in Daning. Because the place it passes through was previously called Tao County, it was named Wutao River.
Everyone knows this river because they just escaped from the other side yesterday.
Yes, the location of the previous decisive battle was on the other side of the river. The location where everyone camped and was attacked at night was actually on the other side of the river.
The specific situation is this. At that time, Li Ying's troops advanced all the way, directly towards the imperial capital, and basically did not encounter much hindrance. After all, Li Ying's rebellion was somewhat sudden, which made the emperor a little confused.
However, Li Ying's troops were eventually stopped. It was the natural chasm that stopped him, not his troops. The Wutao River could not be bypassed no matter what.
Li Ying had just planned the route from the beginning, and Li Ying was naturally prepared. So he immediately asked the engineering team to start building the bridge. After taking some time to build a simple pontoon bridge, he led the troops across
Wutao River.
However, in this wasted time, the Imperial Capital took the opportunity to mobilize troops. Didn't the Wang Clan bring a vanguard force of 150,000 to stop them?
Not long after Li Ying crossed the river, he ran into the main force on the plain to the west, resulting in a major defeat.
Just after escaping from the battlefield and setting up camp, he was attacked again at night and the camp was blown up. At that time, Li Ying could only retreat all the way back.
Fortunately, the temporary pontoon bridge built before crossing the river was still there, so Li Ying's troops crossed the river smoothly, and then turned around and burned the pontoon bridge.
The purpose of burning the bridge was naturally to stop the pursuers. Otherwise, if the king's troops were not chasing them and killing them, how could they dare to stop and gather the troops? Isn't this because they knew that the opponent could not catch up, so they stopped with peace of mind.
Waiting for the army behind to join up.
However, what they didn't expect was that the king's army was already crossing the river?
You know, the other party just attacked them at night last night, and now one night has passed, and the other party has already been crossing the river early in the morning? The other party probably needs to build a bridge to cross the river. When will the other party build this bridge?
You can't build a bridge overnight, right? Is the other party too impatient?
It was impossible for them to expect that the Wangmen opposite would be like this so quickly. Everyone took it for granted that the other party was blocked by the Wutao River, which would delay them for at least several days. After all, they had spent a long time building the bridge before.
What about time.
Thinking of this, everyone suddenly seemed to have thought of something and looked at Linton one after another. Yes, just now everyone didn't understand why Linton was suddenly so eager to ask them to send troops now, but now looking at it, could it be said that Linton had expected it?