It is not a good thing to change the order at night, but the way to general is to change the strategy according to the actual situation. Cheng Zhijie led the army to withdraw to Yuncheng. Even if Wei Chigong did not stop him, his troops would not be able to safely pass through the Yuncheng defense area. He let go even if he knew that he could not do anything.
Give up and think of another way. If Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't take action tonight, then wait in Zhongtiao Mountain. As long as they don't attack, it will be fine for a few days. The countermeasure has been used, and it will take time to ferment.
Things will always have an outcome.
Luo Yu was afraid that Cheng Yaojin had deliberately retreated. He would ambush or stay on the road, waiting for something to happen here before he came back.
Three special operations team members were ordered to follow them to determine whether they had really returned to Yuncheng.
The reason why Cheng Yaojin's withdrawal would be a precursor for Zhu Yuanzhang to take action is because Luo Yu knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was an ambitious man. Perhaps Dou Jiande also knew that this time the coalition made Qin Qiong the chief general and him as the deputy general, which would make Zhu Yuanzhang somewhat dissatisfied.
, seizing power will happen sooner or later. Dou Jiande also transferred Cheng Yaojin and led an army of 60,000 to supervise Zhu Yuanzhang and shock him.
What happened at the dinner table tonight made Cheng Yaojin feel powerless. Why did Dou Jiande send him out when he knew Zhu Yuanzhang was not easy to deal with? Wouldn't it be easier to stay in Fenyang and watch or kill him directly? So is Qin Qiong.
A straight man who doesn’t like to socialize at all, he didn’t even talk to Zhu
Yuan Zhang said, I don’t know what An is thinking about having such a person under Li Mi. If he doesn’t retreat, he will take action later. Will he help or not? Who will he help? It may also affect Chi Yu. Since
If you don’t know what to do, just stay out of sight and out of mind, and just leave.
Dou Jiande was thinking of a way to drive away tigers and wolves. He didn't want to damage his image, but he could also kill people with a knife. But what he didn't expect was that Zhu Yuanzhang was not a wolf or a tiger, but a four-clawed dragon that was more powerful than tigers and wolves. As long as he gave him
If there is a chance, he will turn into a dragon and ascend to heaven. My lord, how can you, a woman with kindness, achieve great things?
After Yuchi Gong wrote the letter, he hung up the seal and hung the sign, and left the military camp alone. He wanted to go home, so he hid his small backpack, excused himself to inspect the west gate of Jiezhou, and walked towards Longju. He wanted to go north along the Yellow River.
The journey from Luliang Mountain to Shuozhou, my hometown, is about 800 miles.
Yuchi Gong can be a soldier in addition to blacksmithing. Shuozhou is the Sui Dynasty's frontier position against the Turks and Mongolia. Years of war have created a place where everyone is martial and tough. After returning to his hometown, he will resume his old career.
Deserting was disgraceful, but Yuchi Gong was quick to find a solution. He had no intention of joining the army again, so this military experience was not that important. He acted as soon as he thought about it and moved forward without hesitation.
At around 12:00 that night, Luo Yu received a report from the special forces team, saying that Zhu Yuanzhang from King Yu's side was leading an army to attack the camp. However, Qin Qiong seemed to have been prepared for it, retreating while fighting, and used the terrain to block Zhu Yuanzhang's 35,000 troops.
attack, I don’t know what the situation is now.
After receiving the report, he went to Li Xiuning's place and saw that she hadn't rested yet and was reading a map by the light of a torch. Luo Yu felt distressed, but he also knew that she had to sleep at this time: "General, King Yu has changed, we can
Let’s set off…”
Li Xiuning nodded and said: "Send the order, the cavalry in the front, the baggage in the middle, the infantry in the rear, the whole army sets off!"
After giving the order, the knights who had been well prepared rode their horses in an orderly manner outside Zhongtiao Mountain under the leadership of the school captain; the baggage battalion had already loaded supplies onto flatbed carriages and followed the cavalry; the infantry was arranged in a row of five.
Each group of forty people formed a long square formation and set off down the mountain closely following the baggage camp.
For a moment, a huge fire dragon was moving forward quickly. Li Xiuning and Luo Yu rode in the middle of the army, followed by more than a dozen special operations team members.
It was only fifteen miles from the station to the town of King Yu. The infantry marched quickly in just one stick of incense, and the cavalry was faster. So when Luo Yu arrived at Miaoqian Town, the former army had already sent a written battle report: "Two of the two towns in King Yu's town
Where the army fought, there were corpses everywhere, and the camps on both sides were burning with fire. There was still some food and grass left in Qin Qiong's army. The terrain ahead changed, and there was a fear of an ambush. Li's army ordered the search and advance."
Give the letter to Li Xiuning and wait for her to decide whether to follow Zhu Yuanzhang closely. The strategic mission of sending troops this time is to break out of the encirclement to the north. The most convenient way is to follow Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels all the way north, bypassing Wenxi and other important military towns, and passing through Hongdong.
Pingyao and then directly to Taiyuan, so as to completely escape the encirclement.
According to Luo Yu's assumption, Zhu Yuanzhang would not throw himself into a trap in the direction of Linfen. Intelligence showed that he was very strict in running the army and had a way of deceiving people. If the time came, he would lie about being ordered by Dou Jiande to capture Changzhi and steal Li Mi's retreat.
, there is a high probability that these more than 30,000 soldiers and horses will be used by him. After obtaining Changzhi, he will establish and expand his own power and compete with the heroes. This is his ultimate goal.
No matter where Zhu Yuanzhang turned east, his destination should be Changzhi. Without reinforcements, he would not turn around and send 35,000 troops and horses to fight the 80,000 Youwu Army, so he could only go north.
In terms of terrain, except for the Wenxi area where Dou Jiande was able to ambush troops, other places could only go through Zhu Yuanzhang's troops before engaging Youwu's army in close combat.
Luo Yu sent fifteen special forces members to Wenxi to collect intelligence and report back at any time if they found the situation. According to the current marching speed, the most dangerous Wenxi section could be reached at dawn. He hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would not transfer to Daoyuan County here.
Li Xiuning rode over and said to Luo Yu: "I don't know where Ding Yanping's soldiers and horses in the direction of Jincheng are at this time. If he gets the news, ambush soldiers at Wenxi Mountain Pass, and then flanks Zhu Yuanzhang, our army will be in danger."
Luo Yu was not worried, but he had forgotten about the 20,000 people. Ding Yanping had arrived in Yuan County the day before yesterday, and it was only 120 miles away from Wenxi Pass. If he really got the news, he would not go to Xia County.
, but waited for work and ambushed the troops at Wenxi Mountain Pass and let Zhu Yuan go.
Zhang's soldiers and horses attacked the most vulnerable supply camp. The consequences can be imagined. The front army and the rear army were unable to return reinforcements due to terrain reasons. The Youwu Army was cut off in the middle. How could Zhu Yuanzhang let go of such a good opportunity? He would definitely give up.
Chase Qin Qiong and turn the horse's head...
Luo Yu broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of this. Ding Yanping was also a famous general. Although his name was not as good as that of the later Tiance Five Tigers, he was not a person who wasted his fame. He would definitely seize such a good opportunity.
Thanks to Li Xiuning's carefulness, he fixed the loopholes in Luo Yu's ideas. He calmed down and said to Li Xiuning: "Fortunately, the general reminded me that I will check for the gaps and fill them up. Zhang Yang, you and two team members will rush there."
The former army sent an order for Xue Li to lead a commando and two thousand cavalry to the Wenxi Mountain Pass. If there was an enemy, attack if they could, and retreat if they couldn't. Yue Yun was asked to lead five thousand cavalry to meet Xue Li, and the other troops would
Rest!”
Zhang Yang took the order and asked two special forces members to fight and gallop away. After a tea break, the military order to rest was passed back. Except for the soldiers standing guard and patrolling, everyone else sat on the ground, but still maintained their formation.
The sound of horse hoofbeats came from the front army, which meant that Xue Li had already set off. After a while, Yue Yun also set off with his army.
The Wenxi area is a plain, of course in terms of the terrain of the entire Shanxi Province. The remaining mountains of Zhongtiao Mountain extend out a tentacle. The Wenxi Mountain Pass is on this tentacle. The two official roads from east to west and south meet here, just like in Da Da
A large cross was carved on the ground. The mountains were not high, and it was beyond human reach to climb up. This large cross was surrounded by four peaks, looking down at everything that came and went like four giant golden steels.
Taking the middle of the cross as the point, you can go more than ten miles to the north to get out of the remaining veins. Five miles to the south should be where the cavalry is now. The so-called terrain changes of the former army probably mean that they are entering the mountains.
If Luo Yu were Ding Yanping and had ambushes all around, he only had to block the official road towards Wenxi and Yuan County. These twenty miles would be the grave of Youwu Army. The official road was not wide in the first place.
Difficult. According to Ding Yanping's idea, after all the Youwu Army has entered the Yumai, a partial division of 500 cavalry will be sent from the direction of King Yu to guard the entrance. The Youwu Army will be unable to escape.
The current situation did not allow for hesitation. It was not safe to stay outside the mountain pass. He had to wait for a reply from Xue Li. Luo Yu drew a marching map in his mind and found that if he wanted to go north, besides passing Wenxi Mountain Pass,
There is no closer way. It is possible to take a detour outside Wenxi City, but it is impractical. Wenxi County, as the important food and grass town of Dou Army, must be heavily garrisoned, and if you are bitten, you will not be able to escape for a while.
The most important thing in military breakout is speed. The cavalry can come and go like the wind, and the infantry can also travel hundreds of miles a day, but the baggage can't. It's not that they don't want to go fast, but they can't go fast. With hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass,
Plus various supplies, it’s good to be able to barely keep up.
, the purpose of placing the infantry in the rear was to protect the safety of the baggage camp, but now it seems that it has become the biggest weakness of the Youwu Army. They want to imitate Taizu's "Four Crossings" miracle, but there are no rivers here, and the pursuers come
, cannot form an effective obstacle, and will still be surrounded.
At dawn, the darkness became even worse, and the missing moon had already submerged into the horizon. Before the first glimmer of light came, shouts of death came from the rear team, but no sound of horse hooves was heard. It seemed that the incoming troops were infantry.
The alert sergeant did not give a warning. It seemed that something had happened. They were two special forces members. They had special fireworks on them. After being lit, they would fly into the sky and illuminate the surroundings as bright as day. Even they did not notice the enemy behind them.
Perhaps he was killed silently. It seems that the enemy must have been ambushing behind him.
After the baptism of several wars, the special operations team members have long been reborn. They have completed the tasks assigned to them, but not a single person has been injured. They have been trained at such a high cost. Naturally, they cannot be pawns. The enemy's rear is their battlefield, and they are also on the right.
The military force did not engage in close combat with the enemy. Now that they lost two members at once, Luo Yu prayed in his heart, hoping that they could turn the danger into good.
The rear army did not panic. The torch was shining, and the squad leader moved his spear. The rectangular square formation was activated. The official road was not wide. Five people standing side by side and the gap left for wielding the spear were already at the edge. Although the two sides were not wide.
It is high, but there are rugged rocks that make it impossible to stand, so there is no need to worry about ambushes on both sides.
No news came back from Xue Li and Yue Yun. Luo Yu sent three more team members to investigate. The rear team was attacked, indicating that Li Xiuning's worries came true. Thirty thousand infantry were arranged in a team of forty people, reaching seventy
There were as many as five of them, plus various reserved gaps, and they were stretched into a three-mile-long snake formation on the official road. Due to the terrain, the enemy could not hit the head or hit, and could only bite the tail.
A team member came from the rear team on horseback. Using the light of the square team's torch, he passed quickly by the side of the square team. Luo Yu stepped forward to meet him. He wanted to know what happened to the rear team.
Before the team member dismounted, Luo Yu asked: "How is the rear army?" The team member dismounted and saluted: "Report to the instructor, the enemy is just waving flags and shouting, not attacking. Our army has organized a defensive formation." Listen to the team members.
After saying this, Luo Yu breathed a sigh of relief. It must have been that the enemy wanted to create chaos in the rear army, and then took advantage of the chaos to rush in, and then forced the entire Youwu Army to enter the mountain pass in front. When he saw that the rear army was not in chaos, he changed his strategy and did not launch a strong attack.
If this is Ding Yanping's army, then we have to reconsider this new opponent. The road ahead is long, and we don't know how many such dangers we have to go through.
Since the rear team had nothing to do, they just had to wait for news from the front army. Luo Yu said: "Liu Xin, go back immediately and tell Pei Yuanqing that there must be no chaos no matter what. Use square formations to block the enemy's attack. As long as you can hold on until dawn
, is victory!”
Liu Xin promised loudly and flew to Pei Yuanqing to convey the killing order. Li Xiuning came over and saw that Luo Yu was a little impatient, so he said softly: "It doesn't matter, as long as we can quickly pass through these twenty miles, the road ahead will be smooth.
Instead of being impatient, it is better to think about the way out."
Luo Yu made another mistake and forgot about Ding Yanping, which led to the current predicament. He was hesitant to move forward or retreat. He would be lying if he said he was not impatient. After listening to Li Xiuning's words, he calmed down. Since this is the case, he can only sink the boat.
, go forward bravely, and want to eat my Youwujun in one bite, but I don’t even look at your teeth!
Luo Yu nodded towards Li Xiuning, indicating that he had made up his mind. Regardless of whether there was an ambush in front of him or not, rushing forward was the only way to escape. Otherwise, more enemy troops would be around after dawn. Li Xiuning issued a new order.
: The cavalry attacked and advanced. The baggage battalion gave up all supplies. Each man only carried ten kilograms of grain and two cowhide bags of water. The rest was burned. Three squares were left in the rear to block the enemy, and the rest followed at full speed.
The order was given and the whole army immediately carried it out. For a time, the official road was lit with flames. Hundreds of carts of grain and grass were placed on the roadside and set on fire. The air was filled with the burnt aroma of the grain. The wheat in the bag was roasted by the fire, "cracking."
"It turned into the shape of popcorn and splashed away. Everyone's heart was bleeding when they saw it. The burning of food and grass was supposed to provide light for the rear team, but the price of this torch was a bit high, 200,000 dan.
The cavalry has begun to take action. Due to the sudden rise of the mountain, the mountain pass can only accommodate three horses abreast. It can be done in a short time for more than 20,000 horses to cross the mountain pass. There is no other way but to wait.
Xue Li took the lead to arrive at the intersection of official roads. Thirty miles to the left is Wenxi County, and one hundred and twenty miles to the right is Yuanxian County. In front is a thin line of terrain. If an ambush is to be carried out, this area is the easiest. Wenxi and
Yuan County sent troops at the same time to cut off the Youwu army from the middle. The cavalry returned to the valley in front, and the infantry was in the sky behind. It was only a matter of time before they were completely wiped out.
Xue Li did not dare to repay rashly, so he had to first send two hundred cavalry, one on the left and one on the right, to search for the enemy in the direction of Wenxi and Yuan County. At this moment, Yue Yun came riding on horseback. After the two of them had finished greeting, Xue Li explained the situation.
, Yue Yun also agreed with Xue Li's approach.
The two hundred cavalry searched for ten miles along the official road, but found no trace of the enemy, so they had to go back and report the situation. Further forward in the direction of Wenxi was the county seat.
Xue Li breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly sent the special forces team to report to the Chinese army. As soon as they arrived halfway, they met the team members sent by Luo Yu. After asking about the situation, the five of them rode back together and finally arrived.
At the mountain pass, I saw that the cavalry had begun to enter the mountain. The four cavalrymen turned around and led the way, leaving one cavalry behind to report back to the instructor.
The sky has finally dawned in the east. The morning sun rises in the blink of an eye. The golden sunshine covers the earth. Li Xiuning's armor seems to be covered with a layer of golden light, which is hard to see clearly. Luo Yu feels that he must get such armor in the future.
, riding on the horse and shining the whole army.
Since there are no soldiers in front, we should enter the mountain at full speed and pass through this dangerous area as quickly as possible to avoid long nights and nightmares. Leave a special operations team member behind and ask him to wait for the entire army to blow up the entrance and cut off the enemy's pursuit.
.
Four horses were changed to two horses abreast, and after entering the mountain, they advanced at full speed. The infantry led by Pei Yuanqing in the rear also received the same order. When Luo Yu and Li Xiuning rode their horses to Xue Li, there was a muffled sound behind them, and then
The ground shook for a moment and then returned to calm. The entrance must have been blown down.
Xue Li saluted and said: "General, the official roads on the left and right have been searched for ten miles, and no trace of the enemy has been found. My subordinates have ordered two thousand cavalry to search and march forward." Li Xiuning said: "While it is dawn now, the whole army will follow closely.
Pass through the valley at full speed, and the front troops will move forward with caution after leaving the valley, and report immediately if there is any situation."
Xue Li accepted the promise, mounted his horse and galloped forward. Luo Yu called over four special forces members and asked them to work in pairs to hold a gunpowder bomb to blow up the official roads of Yuanxian and Wenxi at appropriate locations.
Prevent the pursuit of troops from both places.
The team members took the order, and Luo Yu said: "Be careful. The sound just now should have alerted the enemy, and maybe they are chasing you now. If you encounter the enemy, don't be a hero. As long as you can blow up the mountain, it is victory. Remember, I want you to come back alive."
!" After saying that, he turned around
Looking behind me, I saw that the two team members who were on guard outside the mountain had not come back yet. They might have been dead. I felt sad. Although they had not gotten along for a long time, they were my students after all. They sacrificed their lives for the country when they were in their twenties. There was no fanfare, only
No body is seen after death.
The faces of the four team members were resolute, but the corners of their eyes were wet. Their feelings were different from Luo Yu's. Over the past few months, from supporting each other during training to caring for each other on the battlefield, people who have not joined the army cannot understand that.
A kind of comradeship.
Luo Yu waved his hand, and the four of them no longer delayed, mounted their horses, turned to the left and right official roads under the gaze of the morning sun, and disappeared, leaving only the sound of horse hooves echoing in their ears.
With the arrival of the infantry phalanx, Luo Yu and Li Xiuning rode forward. After entering the valley, Luo Yu realized that this was not a mountain road, but an ancient quarrying road. The mountains on both sides were mined and devastated.
One cave, one in the west. On the left, there are a few unknown small bowl-shaped trees growing on the high mountain top. On the right, there are more mines. The mountain is as flat as a knife. The top of the mountain is bare, not even a weed can be seen.
After walking for five or six miles, there were two muffled sounds behind me. The ground shook for a while and then gradually calmed down. It must have been that two or four team members blew up the official roads on the left and right, blocking the pursuing troops from both places.
road.
The road became wider and wider as they walked, until they came to a large semicircular stone field. Luo Yu didn't know why this place was called Falling Stone Valley. The end of this stone field could not be seen at a glance. The traces of quarrying continued forward, and there were three or five ambushes inside.
Thousands should be no problem.
The reason why it is said to be semicircular is because about ten feet of blue-gray stones on the top remain there, forming a semicircular shape, while the lower part has long been mined, and gravel falls from time to time.
The vibration caused more rocks of different sizes to pour down and fall to the ground, making a non-stop sound. Fortunately, there was no one underneath, otherwise they would have been smashed to death.
Luo Yu had no intention of admiring the scenery here. He was still five miles away from the exit. He had eaten something since yesterday afternoon and had not eaten anything yet. Coupled with his long-term tense nerves, Luo Yu felt that his physical strength was reaching the limit. He took it from the infantry.
They brought some cold steamed buns over. They also brought dry food. They took the opportunity to eat dry food during their break last night, so they were full of energy and moved forward quickly with the logistics battalion.
I finished eating the horse in three or two mouthfuls and drank some water before I felt better. It was not because I was doing something special, but because I was afraid that the blood food would be low and I would fall off the horse. If there was no food in my stomach, my head would not be clear, so I slowed down a little at this time.
, may be doomed, the road ahead is long, and there are still many hurdles to overcome.
From the quarry to the exit, the road is very wide and the speed is naturally much faster. Strictly speaking, it cannot be called the exit. But when you get here, the mountain sinks and the loess is exposed. Five miles ahead is Dongguan Town.
There was no sign of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, and the intelligence from the cavalry showed that they had never been here. Luo Yu was wondering, did he lead his troops back to hear the news? It was unlikely, unless he really had orders from Dou Jiande to annihilate the army led by Qin Qiong.
Only with 5,000 troops and horses dared to return to Wenxi, he replenished his supplies and then went north to Linfen to deliver orders.
The most likely possibility is that Qin Qiong led the remaining soldiers to Yuanxian County, and Zhu Yuanzhang also pursued in the direction of Yuanxian County. Under the darkness last night, our army found no trace.
It had always been Luo Yu's idea for Zhu Yuanzhang to go north, because this was the fastest way to reach Changzhi. But if Zhu Yuanzhang's destination was not Changzhi, but Jincheng, the whole reasoning was wrong, and it was really a mistake of a thousand miles.
Jincheng originally had 30,000 troops, but Zhao Kuangyin surrounded and fought for half a month. There must have been casualties, and 20,000 troops were transferred to Ding Yanping. At this time, the troops were insufficient. It is entirely possible that Zhu Yuanzhang chose Jincheng to attack instead of Changzhi in the middle.
Alas, I once again acted smart and was fooled by the ancients. I really don’t know how Li Shimin defeated so many powerful enemies in later generations. This battle is really not something ordinary people can fight. No wonder Li Shimin is called the God of Military in later generations.
Regardless of Zhu Yuanzhang, the situation now has become much more complicated. There is no pioneer in front, so he can only rush forward on his own. It is impossible to retreat. He just hopes that Li Yuan can receive a letter from Li Xiuning asking for help and send troops south to contain Dou Jiande.
, or come to assist and allow the Youwu Army to move north smoothly.
Suddenly the sound of marching drums came from the front. Li Xiuning hurriedly put down the steamed buns in his hand, looked at Luo Yu, and said excitedly: "This is the marching rhythm of our Sui army. Could it be that my father has heard the news and sent troops to meet me?"
Luo Yu shook his head, stretched out his hand to stop the excited Li Xiuning, climbed on his horse, and rode towards the front army.