Maya Mountain Pass, inside the Chinese military tent.
Zhang Lu looked sad and sighed.
Su Lu sat behind Shuai An and glanced at Zhang Lu.
"Old Zhang, you can't do this. If you don't know, you think our left army will be wiped out soon."
Su Lu held an ancient book in his hand, reading it and talking at the same time.
Zhang Lu sighed, stood up, walked around the handsome tent a few times, lay down on the handsome tent, and asked Su Lu.
"Master Hou, do you think nothing will happen if Li Kun, Su Ping and the others go to wipe out Yunling Village this time?"
"Something will definitely happen."
Su Lu put down the ancient book in his hand and spoke.
"Yunling Village is located in the middle of the Yunduan Mountains. It is more than 900 meters high. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although there is Chen Si, there is little hope of deceiving the village gate.
I estimate that they will be spotted at the gate of the village, and dozens of people will be killed in this battle."
Zhang Lu took a deep breath after hearing this, the sadness on his face disappeared, and he looked excited.
"There were only a few dozen people. It scared me to death. I thought we would have to lose hundreds of people. Then our left army would have fewer and fewer people."
Zhang Lu walked around the camp excitedly. Finally, he lay down in front of Su Lu and looked at Su Lu expectantly.
"Master Marquis, you said that we are asking for troops from Xingying, can you approve it?"
"Can't approve it."
Su Lu picked up another ancient book and read it. The ancient books were unreliable. There were many books on the art of war, but none on military formations.
Zhang Lu looked disappointed when he heard this, and sat down beside him dejectedly, his face filled with sadness again:
"If we continue to fight like this, our left army will have fewer and fewer people. In the end, we will not even have 3,000 people. How should we fight future battles?"
Su Lu waved his hand indifferently: "What are you afraid of? As long as I am here, even two thousand people can hold back tens of thousands of troops in Tule."
"Report"
Lao He, the scout brigade commander, strode into the camp.
Zhang Lu asked Lao He angrily: "Lao He, how are you doing to find out how many troops Tule has in Beizheng? Do we have any hope of capturing it?"
Lao He had a wry smile on his face: "Beizheng originally only had a thousand Thule soldiers and horses. The 7,000 Thule soldiers and horses led by Hassul arrived in Beizheng and went straight into the city without leaving. Yesterday morning, another two thousand Thule soldiers and horses came from
Entering the city from the west, it is roughly estimated that there are no less than 10,000 Thule soldiers and horses accumulated in Beizheng City."
Zhang Lu looked confused: "Damn it, they are still increasing their troops. How can we fight? We can't fight on the left side at all!"
Lao He and Zhang Lu looked at Su Lu together. Tule continued to send more troops to Zheng in the north. Not only did they transfer troops from the northern front, they also transferred a lot of troops from Yuci and Xitunling. If this continues,
Beizheng will only become more and more difficult to defeat.
Su Lu nodded: "There is really no way to fight. Before our troops break through eight thousand, there is no way to fight."
There was a loud noise outside the camp, with people and horses neighing.
"It's Li Kun and the others who are back."
Zhang Lu ducked out of the camp.
Su Lu also left the camp, and Lao He and a group of guards also followed him out.
Inside the camp, there was a chaos of people and horses.
Li Kun and Su Ping just got off their horses and were talking about today's results. Yunling Village was indeed difficult to capture. Unexpectedly, Chen Si sneaked in next to the big boss and found an opportunity. After Chen Si killed the big boss, the bandits
An avalanche of surrender.
"There are no casualties among the brothers, only one brat who didn't see the road clearly and fell and injured his ankle?"
Zhang Lu looked at the military judge in disbelief, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Li Kun called over Chen Si who was greeting the prisoners, patted him on the shoulder and praised him.
"Thanks to the Fourth Brothers Chen, Old Sun Tou was exposed at the gate of the village and was discovered by the bandit leader who was guarding the gate. Seeing that the war was about to break out, Little Si chopped off the leader, Zhuanshan Leopard, and started shouting while holding the head.
"
"A group of bandits threw away their swords and guns one after another and surrendered to us. They took over Yunling Village without even using a sword or a shot."
"Look at those prisoners. There are 800 bandits in Yunling Village, and we brought them back to others."
Zhang Lu looked at the young men and women among the old, weak, women and children, and excitedly praised Chen Si: "Okay, Xiao Si, you are the first to break the Yunling Village. The military judge has already remembered it. Chen Si
With outstanding service, he was promoted to team leader. By the way, Lao Lu, his merits are enough to be promoted to deputy lieutenant in the army, right?"
The military judge held a booklet in his hand and unfolded it for Zhang Lu to read: "It's not even close. This time there is only first-level beheading, which is close."
Su Lu decided: "That's enough. Taking down a bandit's stronghold without a single blow is enough."
"Come here, separate the young and strong from the old, weak, women and children. Separate those who have blood on their hands from those who have not."
Zhang Lu was a little confused: "Master Hou, why are we separated? Aren't we going to be sent to the camp?"
Su Lu glanced at the camp with high morale, "We need heads to ask for credit. We can't just send some old, weak, women and children, but leave the bandits with clean hands and the little leaders with blood on their hands and have their heads chopped off and sent to the camp.
Go and ask for credit."
"There are still these young, old, weak, women and children. If they dare to become bandits, then they should be reformed through labor and build a village here before we move the camp."
The surrounding guards all looked confused: "Village?"
"Burn bricks and build a house."
Su Lu gave instructions and glanced at Zhang Lu:
"Prepare the merit report document and write down the merits in a big way. Although there are only first-level beheadings on the battlefield, it is of great significance. It is almost a bloodless death. Please give Xiaosi the title of Rongxiao Lieutenant, and the rest of the people will also be awarded the first-level.
We don’t have to say whether we’ll give him a camp or not.”
"Su Ping and Li Kun, take Chen Si with you and continue to raid the surrounding bandit villages. The focus is on those who collude with the Thule people. Take out these strongholds first."
"The compensation for the dead brothers is still limited to this."
Li Kun and Su Ping clasped their fists in front of their chests and turned around to gather their troops.
Zhang Lu called the military judge, discussed and wrote the official document. After showing it to Su Lu, he used the seal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Route Army, added the heads of some bandits who had just been beheaded, and sent it to the camp.
Inside the Beiyang camp.
Lin Tong was presiding over the military meeting in the Chinese army's large tent. The tent was filled with generals in scarlet robes and lieutenants in green robes.
Li Qing sat in the main seat, closing his eyes and relaxing.
"This is a report of victory from the Left Route Army. They wiped out a bandit village that had ties to Thule, beheaded several people, and captured Yunling Village almost without a single blow."
Lin Tong handed the booklet in his hand to He Geng and continued:
"This matter still needs to be discussed. As soon as Lord Su lost the battle, he thought of using this method to boost morale. It was a good mistake, but this method is not advisable. If the bandits have anything to deal with, they still have to deal with Thule
People beat."
Zhang Gu laughed happily from below:
"It's easy for General Lin to say it. There are tens of thousands of Thule soldiers gathered in Beizheng County, and the number is still increasing. Go and attack Beizheng County and show me! There are almost no Thule soldiers here in Yanzhou.
Well, you, General Lin, are still suppressing the Central Army and refusing to send troops. What is your intention?"
Lin Tong ignored Zhang Gu and continued: "The left route army's Jiawei camp was wiped out. The camp is preparing to go to the three provinces. What do you think, generals?"
He Geng opened his squinted eyes slightly and said in a hoarse voice:
"Don't worry, the Left Route Army is stationed at Maya Mountain Pass, which is a great deterrent to Thule. More and more Thule troops are converging on the left route, and the threat to the Center Route Army and the Right Route Army is getting smaller and smaller."
"Once the war begins, without half of the Thule troops, the center and right can directly hit the Yumen line. When the time comes to discuss the merits, Su Houye's outstanding merits should be regarded as the first merit. At that time, it will not be reported to the three provinces.
Night."
Lin Tong nodded after hearing this and was about to start the next military discussion.
Li Qing suddenly spoke: "Su Lu told me before he left that he had found General Xiao, but there was a Thule spy at the top of the camp, so General Xiao did not show up."
As Li Qing spoke, he glanced at the generals and captains present and looked at the door of the camp.
