After arriving in Yingzhou, Liu Ling did not go to the military tent to meet the generals who were already gearing up to convince him. Instead, he led a thousand black unicorn troops and went straight to the school grounds. He told Liu Mao that the king would order troops at the school grounds and burned an incense stick.
Anyone who fails to arrive will be dealt with by military law regardless of their rank.
By the time Liu Mao notified his generals to assemble in the school grounds, Liu Ling was already sitting comfortably on the chair at the general station and sipping tea. Logically speaking, the school grounds were a serious place, and he had never seen the prince behave so casually in the school grounds.
, everyone’s anxiety became even more intense.
Thousands of black unicorn troops did not dismount at all. They formed a square formation on the side of the school ground like cut tofu cubes, with sharp edges and corners.
Dugu Ruizhi stood behind Liu Ling, looking coldly at the Yingzhou soldiers and generals who hurried over, expressionless. He was like a stone statue. In the eyes of everyone, he was so cold and unapproachable, but in his
In his eyes, there are only a few people worth looking at. As a general of the emperor's personal army, he basically has no chance to leave Taiyuan Mansion. Now that he has seen the famous Fuyuan Army in the local area, he does not even bother to look down upon it.
Show it.
"The general will finally meet the prince"
Dozens of generals performed military salutes at the general station. Liu Ling nodded with a smile and said: "I came to Yingzhou this time to inspect the results of the recruit training. Because I had to rush to Yuzhou, I went directly to Yingzhou.
I asked Marquis Hu Ting to inform everyone to meet at the school ground. When I was in Taiyuan Prefecture, I heard that the recruit training in Yingzhou was the most effective. Today I will test it, generals, if I give you half an hour to train all the soldiers.
Have all the new recruits gathered?"
A general said: "Your Majesty, you are joking. If you can't assemble them in half an hour, how can we fight in the future? Your Majesty, please wait for a while. If the recruits cannot be rallied within one stick of incense, your Majesty only needs to chop off the head of the last general with one knife."
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Liu Ling knew this man. He was an old subordinate of his when he was training in Yuzhou. The famous general Lei Ao, judging from the style of the armor, he was now a rank-4 general.
"Lei Ao? Your head is too big and I don't have room to put it, so I'll just press it on your neck. If the recruits can't be gathered within a stick of incense, I don't mind spanking your butt into four parts.
"
Lei Ao chuckled and said, "I'm afraid the prince will be disappointed. I can't stand this kind of fight, Old Lei."
Liu Ling smiled and waved his hand. He knew this Lei Ao well. Six years ago, in such an unfavorable battle situation when facing the Great Zhou Dynasty, this man led a hundred and ten personal guards to charge directly at Sun Xuandao's central army.
It bought time for the army to assemble. When he was rescued, he had dozens of feather arrows stuck in his body. Due to the hardness of his armor and his rough skin and thick flesh, he was injured after half a year.
I just walked around from the Palace of Hell and came back.
Liu Ling sat on a chair and sipped tea at leisure. He ordered the officer on duty to light a stick of incense. He took a sip of the hot tea and leaned back on the chair with his eyes closed to relax. Without looking at the noise on the school ground, Liu Ling estimated that the incense was pleasant.
After the burn was gone, he slowly opened his eyes.
After taking a closer look, the 20,000 new troops on the campus below have basically been assembled. Looking towards the entrance of the campus, there are still many recruits hurriedly arriving. Although Lei Ao did not brag about the time, the new troops
The formation they were standing in was completely different from the black unicorn.
The phalanx stood in a mess, looking more like a large piece of tofu that had been smashed into pieces. However, Liu Ling did not feel that the discipline of the recruits was poor. After all, they were a group of ordinary people who had only put down their hoes and picked up their swords for less than a year.
.Normally, those generals are mostly taught in enemy-killing techniques, and no one would train them too much in maneuvers. After all, there are not many generals in Yingzhou who know formations and strategies, basically.
They are all like Lei Ao, he will charge wherever you ask him to lead his troops. If you ask him to set up a large formation, he will just spread his hands and say sorry.
When the recruits were almost assembled, Liu Ling asked Liu Maodao, who was standing next to him: "How many recruits are there in this batch?"
Liu Maodao: "Intermittently, a total of 23,106 people have been recruited since last year. Except for a few who are unwell, basically all of them are here."
Liu Ling hummed and asked again: "How good is the training? Can we use it if we drag them to the battlefield now?"
Liu Mao answered honestly: "It can be used, but it is still inferior to Taiyuan compared to the veterans brought back from Yuzhou. If the veterans are dispersed among the new recruits on the battlefield, they should be able to compete with the general army."
The soldiers of Zhou Dynasty fought hard. But the general will tell the truth. They are now more than able to protect themselves, and it is still difficult to win."
Liu Ling asked again: "If we pit 20,000 recruits against veterans, how many veterans do you think you can use to defeat 20,000 recruits?"
Liu Mao thought about it seriously and said: "Five thousand people are about the same. If there are eight thousand people, the general will be able to win completely."
Liu Ling grunted and said, "Well, let's make a bet. If you Yingzhou soldiers 20,000 new troops, and I defeat them with 500 soldiers, you can do as I say how to arrange the new troops, okay?"
Liu Mao was stunned and looked at the generals standing under the general stand, hesitating. Liu Ling smiled and said: "You don't have to rush to express your position. You can go down and discuss it with them. If you all agree, we can't let you say it anymore."
I use 500 veterans to bully 20,000 new troops. If they think it's unfair, I can only lead 300 people against them."
Liu Maoxin said that the prince is too trusting. Not to mention that the new recruits have been trained for seven or eight months. Even if there are more than 20,000 civilians without weapons and no fighting ability, if they rush forward, they can drown 500 people like a flood.
Not to mention 300 people, even if they are the fine armored knights of the Black Kirin Army, what can they do? If more than 20,000 people fight against 300 people, those 300 Black Kirin Army can be exhausted to death even if they don’t fight back!
He hugged Liu Ling and resigned and went to discuss with his generals. When the Anxi generals under his command heard that the prince actually wanted to use 500 soldiers to defeat the 20,000 new Yingzhou soldiers, they all felt that the prince was bragging.
Lei Ao glanced back at Liu Ling who was enjoying the tea, and asked Liu Mao in a low voice: "Master Hou, are you sure that the prince really meant five hundred people against twenty thousand people?"
Liu Mao nodded and said, "Can I still hear it wrong?"
One of the generals asked: "Could it be that the prince is deceiving?"
Liu Mao glared at him and said: "Trick? I will give you a thousand soldiers. There is no terrain to borrow on this campus. Are you trying to trick me?"
The general blushed and said: "Since there is no deceit, we accept the challenge. Even if the prince wins every battle, the general will not believe that he can defeat more than 20,000 of us with only 500 soldiers."
Lei Ao said: "You know nothing! When I followed the prince, I never saw him fight a battle that he was not sure of! Whether it was defeating a large number with a small number or relying on the strong to bully the weak, the prince has always been very confident in his use of troops."
"Why can't I think of any confidence in challenging 20,000 soldiers with 500 soldiers? Even if more than 20,000 people are new soldiers, one mouthful of foam from one person is enough to drown those 500 people."
Liu Maodao: "So you are not the prince!"
The general murmured: "If I were the prince, why would we bother to prevent the imperial court from reducing its troops?"
Lei Ao pulled him aside and said to Liu Mao: "I think the prince is trying to give us a blow. He is trying to scare us. Do you see how the prince behaves? He seems to be very confident, but actually
I'm just beating the drum in my heart, hoping that if we mess up our position, the prince will be able to defeat the enemy without a fight."
Liu Mao's eyes lit up. He looked back at Liu Ling and found that although the prince was sitting very securely, his eyes drifted this way from time to time, obviously paying attention to them. He praised: "Okay, Lao Lei!
I didn’t expect you to be a capable general with both rough and fine skills!”
Lei Ao was praised by Liu Mao and said somewhat arrogantly: "Didn't the prince say that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle? Based on my understanding of the prince, I think the prince's bet this time is not at all about the more than 20,000 recruits on the school field.
The stake is on those of us who lead the troops! If my prediction is correct, the prince should be putting pressure on us. He wants us to rebel without a fight and finally surrender."
Liu Mao nodded and said: "Well, Lao Lei's analysis is good. It is true that the prince does not fight a battle that is uncertain, but this time the prince's confidence does not come from the cavalry of the five hundred black unicorn army, but from his understanding of us.
The prince knows us well and knows that we must have some concerns about the prince's use of troops, so he repeatedly overwhelms us with his momentum. First he said five hundred soldiers, and then he said if we were afraid, he would bring three hundred soldiers. This is actually
It’s a blow to our morale!”
Lei Ao shouted excitedly: "Hey! The prince is really insidious!"
After saying that, he quickly covered his mouth, and when he looked back, he happened to see Liu Ling's eyes drifting towards him like knives. Lei Ao shrank his neck in fear, and dove into the crowd.
Liu Maodao: "Since this is the case, we must not lose our spirit when facing the prince. The prince said that he would challenge us with 20,000 recruits with five hundred soldiers. If we don't dare to agree, wouldn't we be fulfilling the prince's wish? In this case, we will
Agree happily, and then we can be more generous and let the prince bring the thousand black unicorn cavalry, and we can each lead our own troops, and only use ten thousand to fight the enemy."
Lei Ao came out and said, "No, no, what if we lose?"
Liu Mao gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's not be afraid of embarrassment. Twenty thousand to five hundred, we'll take it!"
Lei Ao said: "I am a pioneer!"
Liu Mao nodded and then asked everyone to gather together and discuss the strategy of the battle in a low voice. Everyone felt that if the prince wanted to win, he must rely on the unparalleled impact of the Black Kirin Army to attack the Chinese army. As long as he killed the leader
The general of the army, and then took advantage of the chaos after the new soldiers lost their command, and used the prince's usual tactics of rolling back the bead curtain to drive the new soldiers away to ensure victory!
After some discussion, everyone came up with a corresponding strategy. The Chinese army dug a big trap and waited for the prince to get into it. After feeling that everything was safe, Liu Mao returned to the general station and said to Liu Ling: "Your Majesty, we have discussed it.
alright"
"war?"
Liu Ling asked with squinted eyes.
"war!"
Liu Mao was categorical.
Liu Ling laughed loudly and said: "This is like my old subordinate. He hesitated and lost his momentum before fighting. It's not good. Are there any rules? I want to hear it."
Liu Mao explained: "There are no rules, just do what the prince says. The prince will use 500 troops to fight against the 20,000 new troops of Yingzhou soldiers. If the prince wins, the new army will be handed over to the prince, and the generals will have no complaints.
.If the general waits for luck and wins, the prince..."
Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "The new recruits are here to stay for you!" (To be continued)
