Chapter 2 Zhan Yi (Six Parts) It was not until late in the morning that Marshal Luo Cheng learned the news that pioneer officer Shen Jiong had been captured alive by his opponents. This news was not discovered by his scouts themselves, but by several released ghosts. The state prisoner was entrusted by the Boling Army to bring him
"General Li, surnamed Li, said that he would keep General Shen as a guest in his camp for a few days. When all the guests in Youzhou go home, he would send General Shen back with the other brothers!" The team that had been released was stealing. After looking at the expression on Luo Cheng's face, he carefully sent a message to the enemy.
The armor on his body was mostly damaged, and the bright red blood had penetrated into the linen that bound the wounds. No matter from any angle, this man did not look like a coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death. However, the voice of this man spoke with great fear. I met a legendary ghost last night and had all the bile sucked away by him.
"How did General Shen use his troops? Why didn't he notice that he was surrounded by enemy troops? Didn't he send any scouts? How could it be like this!" Luo Cheng tried his best to suppress the rising anger and whispered a series of questions.
"Shen, General Shen has sent a scout!" Team Zheng was frightened and aggrieved. As the new generation of Youzhou, they are not as battle-hardened as the older generation, so they cannot compare with their predecessors in terms of experience and courage. " Twenty scouts were sent in each of the three directions, but the terrain of the valley was very strange, like a big open mouth..."
"Then, all the scouts were killed, right? Then you jumped into other people's mouths!" Luo Cheng's face tightened, and thick blue veins jumped on his forehead, sending twenty men in three directions. The two scouts had no hierarchy and no intention of responding to each other. Vanguard Shen Jiong simply regarded the harassment battle as a game!
But he couldn't accuse Shen Jiong of underestimating the enemy. Before the bad news came, didn't he himself think that the enemy army was exhausted? The failure was not caused by accidental factors, but because the Eastern Route Army as a whole underestimated the enemy, right? , terrain, and key terrain. The Boling Army once suppressed bandits in Hejian last year, and its familiarity with the terrain of this county is much stronger than that of Youzhou. The reason why Li Zhongjian chose to station in Hulu Valley was to set a trap.
'It's a pity that I foolishly jumped into the pit!' Regret, anger, humiliation, all kinds of feelings were competing in Luo Cheng's heart, making him want to immediately send his troops out to fight to the death with Li. 'I won't be fooled by him. He must want to set a trap for me again!' Reason told him not to be impulsive, even if his eyes were burned red, even if his heart was bleeding.
"Not all of them were killed. When the scouts gave the warning, the enemy troops had already pounced on them!" The team leader's subsequent report verified that Luo Cheng's inference was correct. The Boling Army made full use of the terrain in the Hulu Valley area and the cover of night, and the main camp Located at the mouth of the valley, the soldiers sneaked along the mountain ridge to the outside of the valley. Shen Jiong, who had the mentality of teasing the enemy, had already fallen into the enemy's encirclement before he could get close to the target.
"The Boling Army has a very strong fighting capacity, and they cooperate very well with each other, especially their archers, who can shoot even in the dark!" I felt it was necessary to give the coach some reminders, and the team who came back to deliver the letter reported the truth, " The brothers were stunned as soon as they came up, and then they were separated into pieces. Their cavalry is also very powerful..."
"That's enough!" Before he could finish speaking, Qin Ji, who joined the army, sternly scolded the defeated generals for always making excuses for themselves. The more they boast about the enemy's combat power, the more they can use it to cover up their own incompetence. "Brothers are just caught off guard. If the formation And in the final battle, I don’t believe the enemy can still be so brave!”
The captain lowered his head helplessly, not wanting to cause any more trouble for himself. He is the defeated general, and no matter what he says, he will never win the respect of others. "But the enemy is indeed very powerful!" he thought in less than half an hour. He couldn't help but feel chilled by the fact that all two thousand brothers were wiped out in a matter of seconds. Unless the old commander's fierce cavalry came, the Youzhou army was no match for them! But he didn't dare to say this now. No one will believe it
"Where's General Shen? He surrendered obediently?" Looking at the dejected look on his face, Luo Cheng sighed softly, and then asked
He also agreed with the opinion of the marching commander Shi Qinji, that is: the main reason for Shen Jiong's defeat was that he underestimated the enemy. In the next battle, everyone must learn this lesson, face the enemy squarely, and no longer give the opponent opportunities to take advantage of.
"General Shen led the brothers to break out, but they met Li Zhongjian! Then he was knocked off the horse by the opponent, and then everyone was captured!" The team member was hoarse and wanted to plunge his head into the ground. Shen Jiong didn't even meet him. If you hold on, you will be captured alive by the other side. If the commander-in-chief hadn't been defeated so neatly, the morale of the brothers would not have plummeted. This is another fact that needs to be passed over briefly. Not only because Shen Xianfeng lost so cowardly, but also because it involves You Xianfeng. The faces of many people in the top ranks of the state army
"How many brothers were captured and how many died in the battle?" Luo Cheng continued to ask as softly as possible. After all, this was the first time he was on his own. He couldn't ignore the life and death of his subordinates. Two thousand people were only one-fifth of his subordinates. First, the brothers scattered in other places have not arrived yet, and the garrison in Shucheng has been reduced from 10,000 to 8,000. The enemy general is simply a vicious wolf. If he doesn't speak, he will tear off a bloody piece.
"The subordinates of other teams did not know that nearly a third of their team was killed on the spot, and the rest were lightly injured and seriously injured. The Boling Army did not wait until all the lightly wounded were contained, but the seriously injured were given a happy life on the spot! There are probably more than 20 people like my subordinates who only suffered flesh injuries!" The leader's eye circles slowly turned red and he answered with a choked voice.
He does not hate the enemy's cruelty. Instead of watching those seriously injured brothers wailing and struggling, waiting to die in pain, it is better to draw their swords and send them away. If his side wins, he will also advocate doing so. This is war, his grandma's war. , everyone is no longer human, no longer has conscience, and does not know mercy!
"Okay, you go down and rest! Someone, send him to the doctor, re-bandage his wound, and use good medicine!" Luo Cheng knew that he couldn't ask for any more useful information, so he waved his hand and ordered The leader of the team is going down for treatment. He still needs to listen to the results of the doctor's injury test to determine whether what the messenger said is all the truth. Injuries on the battlefield are not exactly the same as deliberately fake injuries. An experienced doctor can tell the difference at a glance. Come to the truth
"Thank you, Major General!" The captain bowed to Luo Cheng, and then limped out of the central army with the support of two personal guards of the general's palace. When he came to the door, he seemed to remember something again, and turned around, He reminded loudly: "Commander, there are many light armored cavalry in the enemy army, and they are very skilled in bow and horse..."
"I understand! You have a good rest!" Luo Cheng interrupted the other party with a smile, "After the injury is healed, I will be promoted to the brigade commander and come to the Chinese Army to respond!"
"Thank you for the promotion, Marshal!" Captain Zheng knew that Luo Cheng had misunderstood what he meant. He blushed deeply and after expressing his awkward gratitude, he stumbled away.
The situation has become very clear. Li Zhongjian came out of desperation. Now the enemy and we are competing for speed to see whether the main force of the Youzhou Army will conquer Yixian first or the main force of the Boling Army will conquer Shucheng first. While waiting for the doctor's reply, Marshal Luo Cheng slowly
He came to the conclusion that he must hold off Li Xu to buy enough time for the main force led by his father. The best way to delay time was to hold on. As long as the Youzhou Army stayed behind closed doors, Li Zhongjian would not be able to fly even if he had wings.
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"Don't let that guy talk nonsense everywhere!" Marching Commander Shi Qinji was very dissatisfied with the defeated general's exaggeration of the enemy's combat effectiveness and reminded Luo Cheng in a low voice.
"Send all returnees to Caihao Camp for rest. No one is allowed to go out or walk around without my order!" Luo Cheng nodded and responded.
In the sunlight, his face looked sharp and angular, with an indescribable fortitude right next to his resolute forehead. A few strands of restless hair were curled, and glistening beads of sweat hung all over the ends of his hair.
"We can abandon Lucheng and Pingshu to lock down the overall situation with one point!" Ying Yanglang wiped the hot sweat from Liu Dexin's forehead and suggested in a low voice that his idea was similar to Luo Cheng's, which was to shrink all the troops to the main camp and give up.
As long as Shucheng cannot be captured in other areas that have just been taken over by the Youzhou Army, Li Xu will not have the courage to continue attacking northward, and the overall plan of the Youzhou Army will not be affected.
"The top priority is to remind the brothers who have come back from afar to pay attention to their safety. The man named Li has gone crazy. He marches in a hurry during the day and dares to carry out sneak attacks at night without treating his brothers as human beings!" Cui Huaisheng, the scout commander, was still frightened and suggested that Luo Cheng go to the other two groups.
Paoze, who rushed back to support, warned Li Xu that since he dared to continue fighting, he might dare to set up an ambush halfway and eat the other two troops from Youzhou. Anyway, the Six Counties of Boling would die sooner or later, and the bite he took before death would often cause harm.
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"Immediately send out scouts to deliver the message and send more waves to avoid being discovered by the other party and silenced!" Luo Cheng was startled by Cui Huaisheng's idea, and immediately tried to make up for it. Counting time, the brothers who were scattered in Lucheng and Hepingshu were returning today.
If Li Xu did not hesitate to injure both sides on the road, these two troops would just be pulled by him to support him before death.
"Yes!" Cui Huaisheng agreed. After turning around and leaving the tent for a moment, the army doctor also sent news, proving that the injuries on Caihao's body were not forged by the enemy and Qin Ji. Liu Dexin and others discussed it again, and Luo
We have roughly determined our strategy for attacking the enemy.
"Pass my general order and close the four gates! No one is allowed to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy. Before the brothers have completely retreated and returned, no matter what changes occur outside or how provocative the enemy forces are, they will be ignored!"
