Chapter 82: Wind and Frost (1)(2/3)
Sure enough, before he was about to dismount, he came to inform him first: "Chief, there is an enemy army about twenty miles north, with nearly four or five thousand people!"
"North, cultivate martial arts?" Han Erlang was stunned for a moment.
"It's not Xiuwu. They are camping on the east and west official roads just north of us." They are about to dismount and continue to report.
"Xingwu is in the northeast... Are you planning to cultivatewu?" Han Erlang thought for a while and seemed to come to a conclusion.
"It should be, but maybe it was for us."
"Come on us?"
"Not...it means crossing the river from the Qinshui River, and then wrapping up the east side of Xinwen from here, so that Xinwen people have nowhere to escape."
"That's right." Han Erlang nodded. "Then where do you think they came from?"
"The whistleblower came first and saw the person. I haven't found the traces yet... but either came from the west or the north."
"Indeed, this doesn't matter." Han Erlang thought for a while and continued to ask. "Is it sure that there is only this army in the north?"
"It can only be confirmed that there are no reinforcements on the south side of this army, and it is hard to say that the situation of practicing martial arts in the east is difficult to say."
"We can find them, and they can also find us, right?" Han Erlang still asked, but his figure had already turned to one side, and the whistle cavalry fell behind him.
It turned out that at this time, many of Han Erlang's confidants had gathered around him, including documents, military officers, team generals, and prepared generals. As for the previous discussions with the present, they all knew that this was not because Han Erlang really didn't understand military affairs. In fact, his main general has always had a keen sense of smell on the battlefield. He just used this form to review military information, and was also thinking about it himself, which belonged to Han Erlang's personal habit.
"It must be." The army officers below also spoke. "Even if they didn't find us, we have to follow them to find us..."
"Yes." Han Erlang nodded and continued to ask. "According to the plan, will Feng Duanfeng be in charge of the camp to cultivate martial arts?"
"Captain Feng takes the lead, and King Wang Fubei and the other two battalions will also follow."
"Is it here now?"
"It's hard to say, we are not going along the way with them, and we are too fast."
"Yes." Han Erlang nodded again and then looked around. "I think the most complete solution is to give up camping and take the initiative to attack... What do you think?"
Even though the confidants around him had already included the attack as an option for thinking, everyone was still a little panicked when they heard the main general express their opinions so simply.
There is no problem in tactical matters. Although there is a gap in numbers, the attack is a night attack at this time, and the opponent has been marching all day and has no rest. Moreover, there is enough support for more than ten miles behind him, and there may be support on the flanks.
but……
"I thought about it. Judging from the military orders we undertake and the current military situation, there are only two things. Either we set up a camp here to defend it or take the initiative to fight." Han Erlang explained seriously to the backbone of the camp. "But what are we doing here? Since we are vanguards to fight, why should we stop and wait for others to fight? The army is fighting, and everyone is shrinking. How can we expect to compete for the world?!"
Everyone was ashamed.
But Wang Laowu still reminded: "It's not impossible to fight, I'm afraid that Leader Liu will think that we will seize the merits... We'll probably be the first battle!"
"How can we care about these things for the country and help us?" Han Erlang responded without hesitation. "We learn from the chief's rules, who else has anything to say?"
At this moment, everyone had no worries and agreed. Then the military order was issued, and the confidants immediately dispersed to prepare. The messenger also contacted and informed the battalions behind him. The whistle cavalry also started quickly, regardless of their fatigue, and then went to investigate the military situation.
Han Erlang is also preparing to return to his own team.
However, at this moment, he noticed the recruits from the eighth team in the battalion. These people were obviously attracted by the whistle cavalry before and did not disperse. At this time, he received the order directly, and was obviously excited and nervous... After thinking about it, the battalion general walked over again.
"Do you know what are the tricks to be a recruit when you go to the camp tonight?" Han Erlang asked with a smile, holding the sword around his waist.
The new recruits looked at each other, but they were not afraid of having just started chatting. One of them came to ask with courage: "What's the trick?"
"Actually, it's just one word." Han Erlang held the knife with one hand and raised a finger with the other, and the smiley expression on his face remained unchanged. "Do you know what it is?"
Everyone was talking nonsense, some were puzzled, and some wanted to guess.
The next moment, Han Erlang's expression suddenly changed, his blade was half exposed, and his true energy surged out. He shouted on the spot, like thunder: "Kill!"
Many of the new recruits were shocked and fell down, so they could only watch the two camp generals who were completely different from each other leaving.
However, Wang Laowu, who had not walked away, was a little confused for a moment... He didn't understand why Han Erlang wanted to scare these young people. This was a charity battle. It was right to be scared and motivate morale. However, this guy's actions inevitably reminded him of when he was a thief and an official army together. At that time, Han Erlang's word was not "kill"... but "escape".
If it weren't for the word "escape", how could you go from a thief to an official, and from an official to an army?
But it seems that it is not right. It seems that since he was an official, it is not as simple as "escape", and when he became a military officer, it is not as "killing" at the beginning. However, it is really difficult for Wang Laowu to understand the context in a short period of time.
In this way, after thinking for a while, he had no idea, he went back to execute the military order early - his team was recognized as the "first team" in Han Erlang's camp, and he was the "first team general". He would rush to the front after fighting later.
The sky became dimmed, and the camp used up dry food, prepared torches, and threw down the excess baggage... They didn't have much baggage, because they were all marching inside by noon today... and then they headed north under the already visible starlight.
During the march, only the front patrol patrol and the team were ignited, and the team was all under the command. Fortunately, the road was wide on the plain. Han Erlang quickly added orders to allow the front troops to spread the team, further reducing the possibility of getting lost.
At the same time, Liu Heibai, who had used the advantage of cavalry mobility, got what he wanted and saw the enemy in the wilderness for more than ten miles west of Wencheng, and then fell into silence.
Nothing else, what appeared in front of him was a camp that could not be seen at first sight. A specific number of braziers were fixed in an orderly and neatly manner. These braziers were connected into one piece, as dense as stars... Not to mention, in the sky deep in the farthest camp, like a building, there were lines arranged horizontally and vertically, with more than ten black, white and gold chess pieces arranged in the middle.
The backbone of the army should not be too familiar with this thing, and at that time, there were only three chess pieces.
"Where is that..." On the hill, Liu Heifeng forced himself to put away his extra emotions and pointed at the place to ask.
"Old Wen City..." Xiahou Ningyuan spoke a word with difficulty.
"Three Wencheng?" Cao Chen didn't react for a moment.
"Yes, from west to east, old Wencheng, Wencheng, and new Wencheng." Liu Heizhu said with a horse. "We have passed two, and the front is the old Wencheng."
"Why haven't I seen it on the map?" Cao Chen was still a little uneasy. "Is it so confused that I can't understand the military analysis?"
"It's not your fault." Xiahou Ningyuan explained. "The old Wen City was demolished before... I just talked about that direction. Emperor Ying set up the Central Army camp there."
Cao Chen nodded, but immediately realized the problem: "He spread the main force of the central army to the east of Heyang?"
"Yes." Liu Hei-chung narrowed his eyes and said, "He is waiting for our army to shake him!"
Cao Chen fell into silence like the other two, and then broke the silence the first: "Will you still fight?"
"Stop it!" Liu Heifeng was speechless. "No one knows whether this dog emperor can set up the formation immediately. If someone rushes over and finds out clearly, who will be the one who can make dumplings directly?"
"Then today... we didn't call Xinwen, and we didn't call Wencheng... should we take a break?" Cao Chen was weak.
"Let's go north." Liu Heifeng was also a little powerless. "I really didn't expect him to put the main force here... I had to go north, and I had to find a shallow to cross Qinshui to rest."
Cao Chen was a little puzzled.
"Xiao Ji River." Xiahou Ningyuan pointed to the far end and said. "This river is not big, but it is always a trouble before winter... It only has a stone mountain at the narrowest part of Qinshui."
"Two rivers, no, three rivers." Cao Chen turned his head and looked at the golden dike of the river south, and woke up. "A piece of a fifty-mile long and wide triangle, the dog emperor is so cunning... If we want to attack him, we have to cross Qinshui... Then the troops will be too dense."
Liu Heifeng's face turned worse because he found that the independent battlefield he was looking forward to did not exist at all, and his cavalry battalion would likely become a tactical responsibility in this war without taking on strategic tasks.
There is no way, the terrain is too narrow.
At that time, in this triangle, there will be soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, iron against iron, and blood against blood.
There is no room for maneuver.
After personally verifying this, even though Liu Hei-gun was so arrogant that he seemed to have to grit his teeth and leave in the dark with his troops, preparing to find a safe place to spend the night.
However, if this is the case, how about Liu Heibao?
"Since we are here, we must say hello and tell the people of Guanxi that our army has arrived, otherwise wouldn't it be a joke?" Liu Heiju ordered. "We three battalions, leave three teams of cavalry for me. You will take the main force away. When you leave, I will rush in and set fire!"
Xiahou Ningyuan wanted to persuade him.
Liu Hei-gun waved his hand directly: "I know that I am just a military supervisor here, so I have to see with my own eyes how the Kansai people are."
The other two people couldn't say anything, so they just acted according to their words.
Just when Liu Heiju gave up large-scale combat and changed to armed reconnaissance, the battle broke out.
In the plains more than ten miles of the north bank of Qinshui, Han Erlang's battalion bumped into the British army that was also attacking at night! Neither side was stage frightened!
At the beginning, there were only scattered whistle riders meeting, followed by dozens of people and dozens of people tempted and fought. Soon, Han Erlang realized what was going on. Under his command, everyone spit out the copper coins in their mouths and shouted to kill in the fields where the crops were harvested!
"Wang Laowu!" Before Han Erlang went into battle, he suddenly turned around and grabbed the arm of the most trusted team leader. "This is a chaotic battle at night, and there is no result. Don't rush around! Go around, do you understand?! Go around from the side, use what you are best at, and go around from the east to their camp. No matter whether there are still people inside or how many people, set fire, set a fire, and put it from the east, and you can decide the outcome here!"
Wang Laowu was in a daze. He didn't know why he could decide the outcome by setting a fire, but it didn't delay him from following the order, and then turned around and left.
As soon as Wang Laowu left, Han Erlang drew his sword and shouted in the wilderness of Hebei: "Kill!!"
Then jump to the front line.
On the other side, in Xinwen City, there seemed to be a shout of killing in the wind, but Hu Yan knew that it was an illusion. The reason for this was that he saw with his own eyes that Jia Runshi Camp, who was originally planning to besiege him, gave up the siege and went directly north.
Apparently, someone called for their support.
Time is still far away from the third day, and the city has begun to pack up. Hu Yan is obviously hesitating now. Since the army outside has already fought with the soldiers in Guanxi, should we take the opportunity to escape?
However, Hu Yan is not an unexpected person, especially since the city has begun to implement the plan, which is even more so.
However, the city had not been cleaned up yet, and another battalion of soldiers came to the camp that the gangs were rushing to build outside the city.
With the fire at the top of the city, Hu Yan discovered something in a daze, that is, the newly arrived battalion actually under the strange and familiar banner of "Kan". After noticing the nearly unified spearman style of this battalion and hearing the slightly familiar accent below, he quickly fell into some kind of almost panic memories.
Kan Ling looked at the city head and turned to ask the person left by Jia Runshi: "The city guard is called Hu Yan?"
"right."
"From Jing'antai, he was the commander of Huaiyin?"
"I don't know this."
"Ask..." Kan Ling pointed to the city.
The man did not dare to neglect, so he immediately went to the city and gave a reply after a moment: "The man in the city suddenly ignored it."
To be continued...