Chapter 146 Both of them don't want to face the front
"It's really ridiculous. I thought he was some kind of great talent, but I didn't expect that he just thought of such a method."
In the Liangzhou camp, some people were teasing him from below.
"Emperor Pavilion said that he is an all-rounder. I also expected him to come up with some clever tricks. I didn't expect that in the end he would still have to fight a frontal battlefield..."
Several generals were drinking in private, whispering, their voices full of disdain.
"If armor is made of sand and stone, how can it withstand..."
"According to the pace of the Beiliang Army, they will be able to reach the city tomorrow. Do you just rely on these equipment to go out and fight?"
"..."
In the main camp, after seeing Kang Jia, the generals also had different attitudes.
"I received a message from the scouts along the way that the Northern Liang Army in Suzhou has left the city in large numbers and is running towards Liangzhou." Wei Ran's deputy general reported.
"Young Master, if Luo Yang doesn't fall for the trick tomorrow, we will have no choice but to go head-to-head or be unable to retreat..."
Wei Ran said: "Although Gang Jia has good defense, it is too heavy and is not conducive to long-term combat."
"General Wei, the young master's arrangement certainly has his deep intentions, and nothing will happen to him." Lu Xin showed trust.
But more than anything, it's a bit of a flattery.
Wei Ran was different from him. As the commander-in-chief of the Liangzhou Battalion, he would be the most responsible person in the event of a defeat, so he would naturally feel more uneasy.
Fang Juedao: "I didn't originally plan to have a fight with Luo Yang, but if he insists on fighting, Gang Jia can come in handy."
"I asked you to paint the black tree paint on Kang Jia. How did it go?"
"It's almost done, but time is limited. We only have 3,000 black armor. Our war horses are not heavy cavalry and cannot withstand long-term battles with high loads." Lin Bei also said, thinking it would be better to remind him.
I used to think that the young master must have some ingenious plan to decide the outcome in a single battle.
But now it seems that the young master is not preparing seriously at all, and he doesn't seem to care much about the outcome of this battle.
Because he was not personally present to supervise everything, so he could rest assured that the people below him would do it.
"Three thousand black armors, that's enough..."
Fang Jue asked again: "Where is the war horse? I asked you to dye the horse's mane black, have you done it well?"
"That's almost it..." Wei Ran had no idea what the young master wanted to do.
"That's enough... Arrange three thousand black armor soldiers to station outside the south city tonight. When the Beiliang army comes from the west gate tomorrow, ask them to go all out from the south gate to the west gate."
"Ah? Why not directly to the west of the city?" Everyone was puzzled.
Fang Jue shook his head: "In this battle, even if I planned it and Gang Jia took it by surprise, we still have to pay the price."
"If that fellow Luo Yang is interested, then drive him out of seclusion. If you really want to fight..."
Having said this, Fang Jue glanced at the piano case he was leaning against in the corner.
There is one box like this for each of the hundreds of people who are escorting the camp.
In the past few days, whether it was firing cement or pouring the armor, Fang Jue was not at the scene because he went to supervise and do more important things.
Fang Jue doesn't want to expose the magical weapon of the musket for the time being. Exposing it too early will make the world wary.
When the Musket Bureau develops steadily, comes out with a large number of firearms, and directly wipes out the world, that will be the ideal state.
Therefore, the generals guessed correctly. Fang Jue did not want to have a fight with Luo Yang at first.
He will definitely win, but he doesn't want to sacrifice too much.
"Young Master?"
Seeing that Fang Jue had not finished speaking, everyone still wanted to know what was going on.
Fang Jue said, "Don't underestimate Luo Yang. If he really appears outside the west city gate tomorrow, the north and south gates may also be attacked by him."
"Just follow the plan?" Wei Ran understood.
"If he sees that this is a trap, he must know that we have heavy troops in the west city, and then he may attack other places." Lin Bei nodded slowly.
This kind of omission is often ignored by the design party.
"If a snow falcon or homing pigeon is found in the city but does not land next to He An, it means that Luo Yang has other informants in the city... shoot them all." Fang Jue said.
"Don't worry, Young Master, we have always been concerned about these things."
With preparation, the snow falcon that landed on He An's shoulder that day had a chance of being shot down.
"Then let's go back and prepare..."
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Fang Jue slept all afternoon.
After dark, I got up and had dinner, then woke up and waited in the camp.
Dianyi was puzzled: "Master, why do you have to go to bed so early? If you don't sleep at night, how can you have the energy to fight tomorrow morning?"
While he was stretching his muscles, Fang Jue smiled and looked towards the west city gate not far away.
"Luo Yang must know that this is a trap, and he will definitely come...but it's not certain whether he will come at dawn tomorrow."
Noriichi: "Master, what you are saying is that the Beiliang Army may attack at night?"
"Then generals, are you prepared?"
Fang Jueqing sighed: "They just follow my words, give me some face, and appear not smart enough in front of me... Do you really think they are so stupid that they need me, a layman, to remind them of everything?"
"Ah?" Dian Yi was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "It turns out that not only are civil servants full of tricks, but military generals are also hard to do."
The hardest thing is not doing things, but being a human being.
As long as the world is ruled by humans, those who know how to behave will be more likely to be promoted than those who only work seriously.
What kind of injustice is it to pretend to be a fool for a few days when you can win the favor of a young master in the capital and a celebrity in front of the emperor?
How many people want to pretend to be this grandson, but they don’t have the means yet.
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At night, Fang Jie is not the only one who is awake.
In the general's camp, Wei Ran and Lin Bei each sent the generals from Liangzhou Camp and Yulin Army to them one by one to give instructions.
"Old rules, each department will take turns to keep vigil tonight, and scouts will also be sent out, with signal fireworks as the order."
"Be careful, don't be careless, and beware of Naluo Yang's dark night attack on the camp."
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Zi Shi.
In the west of Liangzhou, light snow fell, but it was enough to cover up the hoof prints of horses galloping all the way.
Ten thousand Qingqi have already gathered here.
"The coach has a great idea. He arranged for most of the troops to be hidden between Suzhou and Liangzhou, so that the Suzhou troops could go out of the city to put on a show... but in fact we have already arrived in Liangzhou!"
"Haha, I'm afraid those idiots in Liangzhou thought we would have to arrive early tomorrow morning at the earliest."
"Commander, we attack Liangzhou at night, we are sure to win."
Luo Yang waved his hand and signaled.
"Stop." Immediately a messenger shouted.
Everyone followed Luo Yang's gaze and looked in the direction of Liangzhou. In the hazy mist, they could already see the outline of the city wall.
If you rush over, you can rush to the city gate in less than half a moment.
"We came out for plunder this time, and we didn't bring any large siege equipment. Attacking the city gate by force is not the best option."
Luo Yang said: "Scatter the scouts out and hunt down the scouts in Liangzhou Camp so that they have no chance to release the signal."
"I'll go!" Luo Hao accepted the order voluntarily. He didn't get any advantage last time.
"We will go around all night, and wait until early tomorrow morning when the people from the Suzhou Division will ask them to confront the West Gate."
Boye asked: "The commander-in-chief means to attack other city gates, such as the east?"
The east city gate is the most detour from Suzhou. If a surprise attack is easily discovered by scouts, there will be nothing to accomplish.
Going to the East City Gate at this time, Boye didn't think it was a clever idea.
Luo Yang laughed loudly: "Haha... Young Master Daxia is a genius appointed by Emperor Zun Pavilion. I don't want to have a head-on confrontation with him. Winning or losing won't be of much benefit to me."
"I never mind taking any person on the Emperor's Pavilion list as a priority."
"I want to look like I've been fooled, or that I've fallen into his trap, so that the other party thinks I've fallen into his trap..."
"I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought that I would go straight to the east to take Lizhou and turn to the land of Qilu!"
As soon as Luo Yang finished speaking, all the generals were shocked.
"Handsome and wise!"
Luo Yang smiled, reined in his horse, and took the lead in leading the people towards Ganzhou.
To go to Lizhou, you need to go around the front of Ganzhou and march overnight to get there in one day.
Luo Yang secretly smiled in his heart, looking forward to what the prodigy's expression would be when he reacts tomorrow.
The remaining Suzhou Division was enough to contain the Ganzhou Battalion and the Yulin Army, preventing them from rushing to the rescue of Lizhou quickly.
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There was no movement all night.
Later in the night, Wei Ran came to Fang Jue's camp in person.
It was a bit surprising to see Fang Jue look like he was ready to go to the battlefield at any time.
"What's wrong?" Fang Jue asked.
"Some of our scouts failed to send back safety signals on time. They should have been eliminated... It seems that the Beiliang Army is coming."
In order to prevent the scouts from being assassinated and unable to know the enemy's information, Fang Jue equipped the scouts with a variety of signal flares.
Green represents safety and there is no trouble; red represents enemy attack; yellow flares indicate that there is an abnormal situation, but a large number of enemy troops have not been found yet.
Every watch day, a green flare must be sent back. This is a requirement for the scouts.
However, several teams of scouts failed to send back green flares on time.
It means someone killed him.
"We didn't even have a chance to release the signal bomb. It must have been done by the masters of the Beiliang Army."
"In which areas did something happen to the scouts?" Fang Jue asked.
Wei Ran said: "This is also what puzzles the general. The scouts who were attacked were responsible for the peripheral areas."
With that said, he walked to the wall map and pointed at a few points.
"It's this area..."
Wei Ran's finger drew a line starting in the west of Liangzhou, going around to the west, south and finally to the east.
"The Liangzhou Army wants to go to the East Gate?" Fang Jue was naturally suspicious.
As he said that, Fang Jue followed the trend and continued to row eastward on this trajectory...