In the blink of an eye, the sky and the earth had plunged into darkness.
Countless torches were extinguished by the rain, and the city suddenly became dark. Yu Jin hurriedly raised his eyes and saw that the enemies in the distance were treated similarly, and all the fires in the camp were extinguished at the same time.
As the officers shouted orders, the soldiers reacted and re-selected the cornices one by one to light them. However, in the wind and rain, the light was very weak, undulating, and seemed to be extinguished at any time. Cloaks and raincloths were pulled up one after another.
, was draped over the cannon, and the generals either raised umbrellas or held up their cloaks to prevent them from getting wet.
Yu Jin also dismissed the soldiers who came forward and held up his own umbrella.
The so-called effectiveness of what goes up and what follows.
Let’s not talk about private matters, at least in public. In today’s army, no matter who they are, they all learn from the king’s government. Apart from their duties, they rarely treat the soldiers as domestic slaves and order them around.
Even if they are soldiers.
Although the army must have hierarchy and hierarchy, everyone in the army must first be proud of being a soldier.
What matters here is the details, and with these details, unknowingly, the soldiers of the Heavenly Army have begun to get used to being respected by others and enjoy it.
The rain kept falling and became heavier.
In a short time, a deep layer of water accumulated on the city tower. Along the drainage channel, water poured down. Looking from top to bottom, it seemed as if there was a layer of small waterfalls hanging on the city wall.
The night wind continued to howl, and the chill was overwhelming, but everyone's faces were filled with joy. They only hoped that the rain would continue to fall, and it would be best to rain until the day when General Tiangong came with his army to support Kaiyang.
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But Yu Jin opened his eyes. This rain, no, it was "Heavenly Wine"! But the thoughts he had thrown away before suddenly came back to him and he suddenly said: "Such a good opportunity, don't miss it!"
"The enemy came at night and wanted to make a surprise attack, but was blocked by the weather." Yu Jin looked at the dark dome with a sneer on his face: "It's disrespectful to come and not go back. Since they can't attack me, I'm not prepared.
But I want to catch him by surprise!"
After saying that, he looked around at everyone, and his eyes finally fell on a young general, and said: "Gu Jian, you are the leader of the military. Are you willing to lead your troops out of the city to test the enemy's capabilities and show off the power of our army?"
When the young man heard the words, he marched out of the queue with a majestic look on his face: "Killing thieves and achieving meritorious service is what you want!"
"Good!" Yu Jin nodded and praised: "With such an ambition, Zhang Rao's regard for you and his cultivation are not in vain!"
"Then take my generals and gather them quickly. I will give you three hundred cavalry. After a cup of tea, we will leave the city to attack."
"Here!"
After Gu Jian turned around and strode away, Yu Jin thought about it for a while, fearing that the young man was too young and mighty and didn't know the meaning of his move, so he reminded him: "This trip is not about killing many enemies, it is mainly about testing.
Don’t be too eager to fight and advance rashly.”
"Major Yu, don't worry, I understand the importance."
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Before Wang Zheng left, he did not leave any cavalry for Yu Jin. He asked Gu Jian to lead the three hundred cavalry, which he selected and formed from Kaiyang's surrendered soldiers, civilians, and newly recruited soldiers.
Soon after, without any sound, the city gate opened wide, the drawbridge slowly lowered, and a group of cavalry came out of the city, from a small number to a large number, and filed out.
This scene boosted the morale of the soldiers on the city wall. In Yu Jin's astonishment, they spontaneously banged their weapons and shouted loudly to cheer for the cavalry. When they gathered in one place, for a moment they overpowered the sound of wind and rain.
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"Chase the enemy!" Gu Jian led the cavalry and galloped along the city wall for a while. He also raised his gun and sword and shouted in response.
Suddenly turning around, facing the wind and breaking through the night, like a surging river, it rolled towards the enemy's position.
"Silence!" Yu Jin felt helpless and quickly ordered, fearing that too much noise would alert the enemy.
At this time, one of the scout horses sent out finally came into the city and reported back: "Major, I'm watching from a distance. The flags are densely covered. At a rough glance, there are probably nearly ten thousand people."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, were there so many people?
At this time, the Kaiyang garrison only numbered more than three thousand.
Although it is said in the art of war that siege a city requires ten times the number of troops to have a solid chance of victory, on the one hand Kaiyang is not a fortified city, and on the other hand, most of these 3,000 people are new soldiers.
Yu Jin had a calm look on his face and said in a deep voice: "What is the color of the enemy's armor? Do you know where he came from? What are you doing now?"
"The clothes and armor are green. I don't know who they are. They are setting up trenches and setting up defense camps at this time."
Green armor...
After searching through his memory, Yu Jin still couldn't figure out who this person was.
But what is certain is that it will basically not be Tao Qian and Kong Rong.
Since Emperor Gao killed the White Snake, the Han Dynasty was the son of the Red Emperor and the Liu family was in charge. Especially after Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty officially recognized the Han Dynasty as the virtue of fire, the color red has always been admired. And because the Han Dynasty followed the Qin system, it became the favor of civil servants.
Black, the general is still red.
Tao Qian, Kong Rong, and today's various princes basically followed the usual practice of wearing red military uniforms.
As far as Yu Jin knows, among the current forces, only Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are wearing black.
Of course, in the original history of the Three Kingdoms, when the two men fell out and Cao Cao took advantage of the emperor to order the princes, the Wei army began to fall into disgrace.
When Liu Bei later established the Shu Han Dynasty, he still used the Han Dynasty clothing color, which was still red.
From this point of view alone, Cao Cao's "I wish to be a minister of the Han Dynasty all my life" is more like an annotation for the sentence "If fate is mine, I will be King Wen of Zhou".
Because from his command of the army, we can see that the so-called Han ministers are full of empty talk.
And his disobedience may have been there for a long time.
The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.
Since Zou Yan proposed the "Five Virtues Theory of Ending and Beginning" during the Warring States Period, it has had far-reaching influence and is closely linked to the "imperial power granted by heaven".
Before the Han Dynasty, the principle of restraint was basically used to determine the legitimacy of the country and political power.
To put it bluntly, I can destroy you and replace you because it is my destiny and I have restrained you innately.
For example, if the Yellow Emperor belongs to Tude, even if he dies, he will have to control the dragon Bintian. Please note that it is a yellow dragon.
So when Dayu established the Zhou Dynasty, he claimed to have acquired Mu De.
Later, Shang belonged to the virtue of metal, Zhou belonged to the virtue of fire, and Qin belonged to the virtue of water. They were all based on mutual restraint.
But by the time of the Han Dynasty, or in other words starting from Wang Mang, everything was in chaos.
Liu Bang's idea was novel and he was not prepared to recognize the Qin Dynasty at all, so he decided not to play with each other, but to directly calculate from the fire virtue of the Zhou Dynasty, and inherit the water virtue.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that he wanted to give Zheng Ge some face, and thought it would be better to admit it.
Ancestor, we just return the virtue of water to the old Zhao family.
But Liu Xiaozhu also added: Let’s take Tude and Keya is the same!
Unfortunately, Wang Mang showed up later and felt that the Liu family was quite boring.
Burning bridges across rivers? Why did you brag about being a son of the Red Emperor during the rebellion, but then refuse to admit it when you become emperor?
It is both a water virtue and a earth virtue. Just throw the fire virtue aside. Is it so disgusting to you?
I just want to give the fire virtue to your Liu family!
But after all, Wang Mang conquered the world through usurpation, and he didn't have much confidence in his heart, so he couldn't shamelessly say that I defeated you.
Since he sealed the Western Han Dynasty as Fire Virtue, he believed that he was inheriting and continuing it, so he designated the new dynasty as Tu De according to the five elements' mutual generation, fire producing earth.
Then Liu Xiu is also a talent.
After the restoration of the Han Dynasty, he refused to listen to the two ancestors and actually recognized Wang Mang's seal.
Since then, the Han Dynasty has officially regarded Huode as Zhengshuo.
From this moment on, the succession of dynasties in the following dynasties became the principle of mutual growth.
All the schools in the Three Kingdoms, including Wei and Wu, believed that they were inherited from the Han Dynasty, and that fire gave birth to earth, so they all recognized the virtues of earth.
The Kingdom of Shu said that I am the orthodox inheritor, passing on the fire from generation to generation, but I am still the fire virtue!
Later, when Sima usurped the Wei Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty also followed the principle of gold born in the soil. The Wei State is soil, so I will be the gold virtue.
Later, the fire virtues of the Sui Dynasty and the earth virtues of the Tang Dynasty were all like this.
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were in complete chaos. In the end, Song Dynasty also considered itself Huode, but I don’t know how he calculated it.
The foreigners didn't do this at first and were very sincere. For example, the Wanyan family thought that our country's name was gold, so naturally it was gold and virtue, and they didn't play any kind of symbiotic relationship.
As a result, after the Battle of Jingkang, when the Jin people saw the opportunity to unify the world and aspire to dominate the Central Plains, they immediately shouted loudly and thought they were Tude.
So don't always make excuses about Zhao Jiumei's "minister", Renjin was indirectly the son of the iron-blooded Song Dynasty.
It was not until the Ming Dynasty that things changed again.
Maybe it's because Zhu Chongba's character is too tough. After all, he is a fierce man who would change his name to "Zhu Yuanzhang".
Lao Zhu couldn't bear to be the son of a foreign race and didn't want to play with each other anymore, so Meng Yuan was a gold virtue, and Gang Ming naturally became a fire virtue to restrain him.
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Yu Jin pondered and ordered the knights to explore again to make sure to get the exact number.
Seeing the rain getting heavier and heavier, the people around me were a little worried: "It's raining suddenly. I wonder if our cavalry will be in trouble?"
"Although the heavy rain is not good for the cavalry, the enemy is still in the dark." Yu Jin said slowly: "It rained not long ago and the road is not slippery. If you go back quickly, it should be no big deal." After a pause, he said again,
"What's more, the rain and wind are strong, but it can cover up the sound, and Li Gujian and others take the opportunity to cross the formation."
Before he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning split through the rainy night, distant mountains and fields, and disappeared in a flash. The enemy's torch was extinguished and the location could not be seen.
In the dim light, only the cavalrymen with ancient swords could be seen, galloping to the end of the line of sight.
Through the rain curtain, Yu Jin stared closely.
Although it was raining, and even though these three hundred men were not as good as General Tiangong's Tianzhu camp, he still had confidence in his troops and horses. The rain would not affect it too much, and an hour or two was enough to make a tentative charge back!
The rain poured down like it was pouring from the sky, and the cloak couldn't cover it. The wind helped the rain, and it swept across the face. Along the gaps in the armor, the rainwater flowed into the armor, soaking the clothes, and the strong wind was unbearable.
I feel like shivering.
The soldiers running on the city wall would slip to the ground from time to time, causing a splash of water. The soldiers following had no time to help them, so they walked around and continued to fly against the wind and rain to arrange defensive equipment.
Under the command of Yu Jin, the soldiers were divided into two groups, one group braved the rain to defend the city, and the other group temporarily went to rest in war tents, temporary awnings, and requisitioned houses near the city wall.
The horses exchanged weapons with each other until the east gradually became brighter and the fish belly came out white.
The ancient sword is back.
The news he brought was that the enemy was well prepared and relied on the camp to hold on. He charged twice in a row without any gaps.
"But I also killed a dozen thieves and snatched some armor and weapons."
"well done."
Under heavy rain and with few cavalry, it was not easy to do this.
Yu Jin nodded: "Can you see the exact number of enemy troops?"
"I charged twice and chose two different locations. According to my observation, the enemy in the main camp is still around 5,000. There are four or five other camps nearby, and they are basically around 1,000."
Gu Jian thought for a while and added: "There seem to be many new soldiers among them."
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin immediately looked sideways, his eyes burning.
"You said there are new soldiers in the enemy army?"