Five hundred riders appeared on the grassland in the early morning like lightning.
"How long has it been since Zhangyu County was attacked?"
Yang Xuan reined in his horse and asked.
Nan He, who was beside him, caressed the neck of the war horse and said: "It was already afternoon when the enemy troops arrived on the first day, so it was not easy to attack the city. The messenger from Zhang Yu County arrived in Taiping County a few days later, and our army came with light cavalry, that is,
A little more than one day, so Zhangyu County has been attacked for two days."
"Two days." Yang Xuan thought for a while, "Two thousand people are guarding it. If Du Hui directs it well, I think there should be no problem."
Nan He said: "At this moment, our army has circled behind the enemy's army. Mr. Lang, I request your order to lead the army to attack the enemy's army."
Five hundred cavalry attacked an enemy army of more than 10,000 men. The risk was so high that it made people desperate.
But Nan He looked calm, as if he was going on a trip.
The same is true for those five hundred riders.
Our Taiping Army finally looks like a powerful force!
Yang Xuan said happily: "Why do you want to raid?"
Nan He was startled, "Is it... harassment?"
"Or if you launch a surprise attack at the moment the enemy breaks the city, if the enemy is relaxed, they may be defeated in one blow." The old thief took out his military book and prepared to look for the record of this military strategy.
Nan He praised: "The old thief has made great progress."
The old thief chuckled.
Wang Laoer stared, "Old thieves are wearing fancy clothes lately. Woohoo..."
The old thief covered Wang Laoer's mouth and said with a smile: "This kid likes to talk nonsense lately."
"No raids for now."
Yang Xuan said: "Call the messenger."
Zheng Wu is here.
"Yang Ming Mansion, I would like to be a pioneer."
He is willing to die at the front.
Yang Xuan asked: "Are you sure for the last time that the enemy army is coming on a light horse?"
"Yes." Zheng Wu thought about it for a moment, "The scouts said that the enemy troops were overwhelming and moving very fast."
"Coming with light cavalry, the enemy cannot carry a large amount of food and grass. Now that the grass is abundant, the horses can still have something to eat, but what can people eat? Are they also going to eat green grass?" Yang Xuan said with a smile.
Nan He was startled, "A raid on the grain road?"
Yang Xuan nodded, "Food is the most important thing for people, so we must attack the food road."
The old thief took out his charcoal pen and listened while recording, paying full attention.
"The enemy will have many people guarding the food road." The old thief raised a question.
"That's why it's called a raid!"
Nan He's ability is no problem, but Yang Xuan is constantly growing. The art of war and various knowledge of that world are constantly nourishing him, making his attitude towards things and the means of handling affairs more and more 'biased'
Is the speed a little too fast? The corners of Yang Xuan's mouth raised slightly.
"Five hundred cavalry are going to attack more than ten thousand enemy troops with high morale. There is no doubt that they will become their meal." Yang Xuan pointed to the front, "We need to attack their morale from another place to make them panic and guess."
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The old thief asked: "What's this plan?"
Encircle Wei and rescue Zhao... Yang Xuan said: "If you attack the enemy, you will save it."
There is no such thing as Wei and Zhao in this world. The powerful Chen State has enveloped this land for many years. It was not until the end of the dynasty that all kinds of grass appeared.
"The scouts will immediately inquire about the enemy's grain transport team."
"Zheng Wu." Yang Xuan looked at Zheng Wu with a resolute look on his face, "Be careful when you take the people with you. Take a look at the current battle situation in Zhang Yu County."
"Others," Yang Xuan said, "get off your horse and rest. You should eat, drink, or take a nap."
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At this moment, the town of Zhangyu County is in dilapidated condition.
Smoke rose from the enemy's camp, and the Kibo people could be seen lazily strolling outside the camp, peeing and defecating, regardless of the rules of digging holes when setting up camp.
There were also people peeing in the direction of the city head, laughing particularly unscrupulously.
In just two days, Du Hui's cheeks lost a lot of weight, his eyes were sunken, and his hair was a little messy.
He coughed dryly, smoothed his hair in the morning breeze, and asked, "How many people are left?"
Xie Ru's arm was injured, which was a souvenir left by an enemy soldier at noon yesterday.
"One thousand and three."
"Among these 1,300 people, there are many injured, right?"
"yes."
Two thousand men were reduced to 700. If it were not for defending the city, this ratio would make the soldiers collapse.
Du Hui looked around. The soldiers looked tired, but still showed no fear.
"Where are the reinforcements?"
A sergeant turned around and looked in the direction of Lin'an.
"It's too late." An old pawn sat on the ground and looked at the city blankly, "Even if Lin'an comes on a light horse, it's too late. The Jibo Department... is crazy!"
The sergeant said: "They have been living peacefully in the past few years. At most they came to plunder, but this time they want to attack the city. Are they planning to capture Chenzhou?"
The old pawn shook his head and chuckled, "Unless the three major departments join forces, we can't fight against Chenzhou."
The sergeant was puzzled, "Then why don't we kill them one by one?"
This kid can't become a general... The old soldier laughed and said: "Behind the three major ministries is Tanzhou, and He Lianchun is watching! If the three major ministries are not appropriate, Tanzhou will naturally take action."
After Xie Ru listened to these arguments, he would have scolded him with a straight face in the past, but now he looked helplessly at the enemy camp and said softly: "Mingfu, if Taiping County comes to help, it is time to approach Zhang Yu now
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"What is he here for?" Du Hui said coldly: "Taiping can mobilize only two thousand and five men. He has been dissatisfied with me for a long time. How can he take risks for me?"
Maybe the Yang Ming Mansion can ignore the past grudges... Xie Ru smiled bitterly, "Our only hope is him."
"No hope."
Ever since he discovered the enemy, Du Hui had occasionally had hope in his heart, hoping to see reinforcements appear on the right.
But whether it was the past grudges or the strength of the enemy's army, it was too difficult for him to know this.
He glanced to his left.
Over there is Xuanzhou.
If Xuanzhou Qingqi comes, there is still hope for this battle.
But this all depends on how long Zhang Yu can resist.
"The enemy troops are out."
someone shouted.
Du Hui took a deep breath.
"alert!"
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Zheng Wu is back.
He said excitedly: "Zhangyu County is still there, and now the Jibo Department is attacking."
Although Du Hui is a bit gloomy and acerbic, he has good abilities... Yang Xuan's heart moved slightly, and then his thoughts dissipated, "How is the battle going?"
"Very dangerous."
Yang Xuan could imagine.
"How about the base attack?"
“Very stable.”
Are you taking your time?
Yang Xuan nodded, "Waiting for news from the scouts."
Zheng Wu was scratching his skin, so Nan He glanced at Yang Xuan, who had his eyes closed, frowned and said, "Be quiet."
Yang Xuan is resting.
In my ears, Suzaku was whispering.
"There are many ways of war, but they all rely on adaptability. Xiao Xuanzi, if it doesn't work, just give up. What about Du Hui? Let him be gray. As for the brothers who are jealous of each other, he is also considered your brother?"
Zhuque's mouth was full of nonsense, and he misinterpreted the meaning of that sentence so much that Yang Xuan couldn't help but laugh.
Zhangyu County cannot be lost!
Once it is lost, the Taiping left wing will lose support. If Chenzhou is like a net, once Zhangyu County is lost, the net will have a big hole. Once the enemy breaks through, they can attack Xuanzhou to the right and attack Xuanzhou to the left.
Raid Taiping, drive straight into Lin'an.
As a general, the overall situation must be your first priority!
A general who does not have an overall view will not achieve much.
Nan He sat next to him and whispered: "Zheng Wu is exaggerating a bit."
"I know."
"But the fighting was very fierce. There are not many defenders in the city. Mr. Lang, if the enemy army goes crazy, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive for a day."
"Um!"
Yang Xuan was also quite anxious, but he kept his face calm.
Why does the superior person always have the same expression, almost paralyzed?
Yang Xuan understood clearly at this moment.
The superior person maintains the same expression, like a paralyzed face, which has two benefits: first, it prevents others from peeking into your true emotions, and makes it impossible for others to judge your views on certain personnel and affairs from an emotional point of view; second,
, no matter how difficult it is, facial paralysis can enhance the confidence of his subordinates.
The enemy has 100,000 troops and we only have 5,000. We are going to be doomed!
Why!
Lang Jun seemed very calm.
You see, Lang Jun is still as pale as usual.
There are many benefits to having a paralyzed face. Suzaku once said that a man with a paralyzed face is a kind of cool, and women like men who pretend to be cool.
Underwear?
If Nan He wasn't around, Yang Xuan was going to tease Suzaku.
Waiting is boring and anxious.
I don't know how long it took, but in a daze, Yang Xuan heard the sound of horse hooves.
"Lao Er and the others are back." Nan He stood up and went to greet them.
Yang Xuan also followed.
After just one glance, his face turned black.
Wang Laoer carried a bunch of heads and lifted them up happily, "Mr. Lang, look!"
Damn!
Yang Xuan covered his forehead. The old thief came over and said with a wry smile: "I can't stop you."
"Mr. Lang, I'm not looking for money from you, I'm looking for your envoy."
At least this kid knew that the good news would not go to outsiders, and Yang Xuan couldn't help but feel very relieved.
"Human heads will stink, so throw them away." The old thief advised.
Wang Laoer almost jumped three feet high, "No, it can be stored for a long time if it is salted. I asked Yi Niang about the salting method before I came out."
The old thief showed no expression even when faced with corpses and rotten meat. At this moment, his throat was still brimming with pain and he wanted to vomit.
If Yi Niang knew that the method of curing meat learned by Wang Laoer and her was for curing human heads, her family would no longer want to eat cured meat.
"Second brother, we don't have much salt with us this time." Nan He was also a little disgusted.
"I brought it." Wang Laoer pointed to a bag on his horse and said proudly: "I specially brought half a bag of salt."
He looked at Yang Xuan with eyes begging for praise.
"You are such a clever little kid!" Yang Xuan said weakly.
The old thief got down to business, "The enemy's grain team is right behind, six or seven miles away."
"number."
"More than three hundred grain carts, accompanied by six hundred cavalry."
Yang Xuan looked at the sun, it was almost noon.
"Did you ever slip through the trap when you surrounded enemy scouts?" Nan He asked as usual.
The old thief shook his head, "No."
"With more than 300 grain carts, 600 cavalry, and Lang Jun, even a surprise attack will be difficult to annihilate the enemy in one battle." Nan He looked solemn, "Once the troops break up to report the news, the enemy will speed up the attack on Zhang Yucheng."
"The enemy army has at least one to two days of food and grass in the army at the moment. Zhangyu County...according to my opinion, it cannot survive today." Nan He felt that Yang Xuan's strategy was too optimistic, "In other words, even if our army successfully intercepts
The enemy's food route, they can still break Zhang Yu City and seize supplies in the city."
Unless Du Hui ordered everyone to burn all the food and grass before the city was destroyed.
However, this will only allow the enemy to plunder food from the people. The final result will be that the enemy is full and the people starve to death.
This is the cruelty of war.
Yang Xuan asked: "What car?"
"Ox cart."
The oxcart is slow.
Yang Xuan nodded, "Let the brothers eat dry food and then stand by."
Dry food is very dry.
Yang Xuan took a bite of the dry biscuit. His teeth were like cutting machines in a scroll. He chewed the dry biscuit neatly and swallowed it with a raised neck.
Comfortable!
The old thief is very particular about eating: he bites slowly, bites off a corner of the pancake, then drinks a sip of water, slowly waits for the dry pancake to soak and become soft, and then chews slowly.
"The old thief is very particular about people!" Nan He complimented casually.
The old thief nodded reservedly.
Wang Laoer ate heartily, with food in his mouth, and said vaguely: "The old thief's teeth are about to fall out."
You are such a bitch!
The old thief was so angry that he wanted to beat him up.
In a flash, he said in a sinister tone: "Yiniang taught you not to talk with food in your mouth. I will tell Yi Niang later."
Wang Laoer immediately carefully apologized, "I'll look out for you later."
Nan He was surprised, "What kind of wind are you talking about?"
Just as Wang Laoer was about to speak, the old thief pinched him hard.
"Ouch!"
Amid the screams, a group of people laughed and ate their lunch.
Then he fled to both sides of the road that the grain truck must pass through.
The grain carts stretched out, and the accompanying cavalry looked around lazily.
The general leading the team and the people around him said dissatisfiedly: "This battle is fought for the people of Bei Liao, but the emperor is as stingy as ever, not giving up a dime. We send out troops by ourselves, and we also bring our own food and grass, what a fool."
The people around him laughed and said: "The Khan was also angry, but after someone persuaded him, the Khan turned from anger to joy. I happened to hear it."
"What did you say?" The general flicked his riding crop.
People around him said: "Although we are contributing to the Northern Liao Dynasty, there is a lot of wealth in Zhangyu County. Then take away all those people, think about it, the men will be slaves, and the women will be distributed to those who have merit. Tsk tsk, the Tang Dynasty."
Woman! Thin skin and tender flesh."
This topic immediately went off the rails.
But the general already understood.
"Yes, after we capture Zhang Yu County, everything in the city will belong to us. If He Lianchun dares to blackmail us again, he will be the enemy of the three major ministries."
After thinking about this, the general became impatient and said, "Urge them to hurry up and arrive earlier. Maybe we can follow them and attack the city. At least we'll grab some."
"Hey! Who is that in front? It's a woman!"
The person next to me pointed forward, eyes bright, "Look, it's a woman from the Tang Dynasty."
Everyone also saw three women coming slowly on horseback. They probably noticed them and then turned around in panic.
"They must be women outside Zhangyu County. When they heard the army was attacking the city, they wanted to run and catch them!"
The cavalry guards were all in a commotion and started chasing after him.
"Come back!" the general cursed, "leave some manpower at least."
The three women fled in panic, scattering the entire cavalry guard array.
The people around me laughed and said, "Brothers are bored too. This place is very close to the camp, so it's no problem."
"If this were not the case, I would definitely kill anyone who dares to chase after him randomly!"
The general smiled.
Then a smile froze on his face.
Cavalry appeared on both sides in front.
"There are hundreds of people, whose troops are they?"
"It's Tang Jun!"
"alert!"
But the formation has broken up.
The Tang Army cavalry on both sides were like two rows of brushes, sweeping across the enemy's flanks.
With just one charge, the scattered enemy troops were completely in chaos.
Yang Xuan shouted: "Quickly, defeat them!"
After the second impact, there were no more swarms of enemy troops.
The three women rode back, and the leader complained: "Mr. Lang, I, Jia Ren, am a man after all. I am ashamed to death of pretending to be a woman."
The old thief's dissatisfaction was ignored by Yang Xuan.
He glanced at the convoy and saw that the drivers had already run away.
"Bring the cart over."
"Lang Jun, shouldn't you burn it on fire?"
Nan He asked in surprise.
Burning is definitely necessary, but the method is different from the way you think. No, it is a world of difference... Yang Xuan looked at the direction of the enemy and asked: