Chapter 533: Fate's Miss
Being able to lead the army from Luliang to the plain in a week, if it is usual, it can even be completed in one day, but after the map becomes a hundred times, it is necessary to complete the operation of attacking the city and grabbing the land along the way, and it takes seven days to complete the operation of the limit and wisdom - Yu Zhuyong and Li Hao are divided into two teams, and choose the influential city to carry out a surprise attack, so that the deserters can spread the news of the arrival of the ancient Mongolian people, and finally converge in the west of the plain.
Since it is a two-pronged process, it is logical to achieve such a result, but it can also be called a great feat.
However, by the time they reached the plain, they were exhausted, and the roads were not all cities that could be controlled by just a few dozen people, and in the end only half of the men and horses left when they attacked LΓΌliang, they could only rest temporarily.
However, the next day, on the morning of April 12, when they launched an attack on Pingyuan City, they finally encountered the first iron plate since entering the Great Song Dynasty.
What is surprising is that the people who defend the city in the plain are not famous generals or heroic elites, before they were able to succeed, except for Lu Liang is carelessness, the other cities were because they sent reinforcements to the north. And the defenders of the plains chose to defend cautiously because of their limited ability, and even Yu Zhuyong could not shake the city with enchantments when the number of people did not exceed 10,000.
"We give up here. β
As a famous general in the Sixteen Kingdoms of Gumeng, he quickly made the decision to give up after attacking continuously for a day and a night, he did have better means, but it should not be used at this time, and the strong attack, he estimated that it would take a week to take the plain at the earliest, so it was too much to drag the rhythm.
In fact, this wasted day has already affected their future plans, after all, they have come to fight for territory in their own country, not for the overall victory - this is not disloyalty to the Gumeng, but the latter is undoubtedly the result, and the rest is to see how much profit they can make from it.
However, because of interests, the two must be separated here, and after continuing to advance eastward, there is a possibility of being attacked by forcibly bypassing, and they have no idea of trying. Now the cities of the Great Song Dynasty to the south are forced by their Gumeng to attack so quickly and choose to hold on, and before they organize a counteroffensive force, they must really eat the north.
If you want to grab land, it is naturally impossible to continue to cooperate.
"Which way is Marshal Zhu going to go?" Li Hao smiled, "How about the east, the land is fertile, even if the map is magnified a hundred times, it is obvious, not bad." β
The reason why the earth has to be re-explored after it has expanded a hundred times is because there are many special terrains and weather conditions that have been mutated, but there is still a difference in the basic value of how to change. For example, if there is a snow field in the plain area, no matter how bad it is, it will only be a "forest sea snow field" full of cedar trees and pines, but if the desert area mutates into a snow field, it will not find a little green under the snowdrift.
Of course, the more complicated changes are not limited to these, but they came all the way, and quickly judged the real situation of the land with the experience of the wars between the vassal states in the ancient Mongolian countries in the past.
It's just that Li Hao's seemingly humble move obviously harbors evil intentions, they stop on the plain, and the place east of the plain will become an unstable factor, and no matter how good the land is, what is the point.
"Okay, I'll go east. β
But Yi Zhuyong agreed almost immediately, and Li Hao, who was full of suspicion, only understood after leaving for a while.
The east is certainly difficult to defend, but there is no need to hurry, he chose the west, which means that he has to be one step slower, and the north may be broken by his compatriots at that time!
It's a pity that this is his own proposal, Li Hao can only grit his teeth and swallow the bitterness into his stomach, and hurry back.
However, the focus of Yu Zhuyong's thinking was not this, but the main force of the northern army in the west, if the ancient Mongolian army in the west would not be able to take it for a while, they would be outflanked by a small number of soldiers...... At first, Yu Zhuyong was worried that Li Hao would choose the east, and he didn't want him to be smart.
"Such a monarch, but that's it. β
It is true that Yu Zhu Yong can make such an excellent judgment because he has higher intelligence, but in essence, it has a lot to do with Li Hao's character.
Xia was also a rising state that rose to prominence through the annexation of Turkic territories, and Li Hao, who led the rise of Xia, was known for his brutality, but upon closer inspection, Zhu Yong felt that he was more appropriately described as an opportunist who was not bound by morals. And this characteristic is destined for him to plot against others all the time, but the common problem of the ancient Mongolian people is that they are poor in knowledge, and in the case of differences in the information they have, Li Hao's personality traits can easily make him ignore some details, which leads to himself who suffers in the end - it was because he was eager to let Yu Zhuyong take the risk just now that he showed his short-sighted side.
"This is also a common problem of our ancient Mongolian people......"
Yu Zhu couldn't help but think of the study of southern culture that the lord of Wei had always advocated, and then had to admit that it was correct in some special circumstances.
"But after all, the world speaks with its fists. β
Let the soldiers rest for a while, and Yu Zhuyong immediately led his troops north.
Judging from what happened later, Li Hao and Yu Zhuyong's choice of things allowed someone to get the opportunity and space for development to a certain extent.
And that, in the end, changed the direction of everything.
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The name Ah Tu is not literate at all, in fact, Ah Tu didn't plan to have much culture, with his magical talent, he was simply sent to a second-rate academy, and then graduated with the fourth-order high-level magic power, enlisted in the army, and became a member of the elite in the army.
Maybe it can't be compared to those five great heroes who are six or seven orders at every turn, but this is the level of ordinary students in the five majors, and in his own academy, it is already quite a good level.
Of course, when he joined the army, there were no five major ones, and the three kingdoms were not unified, as for asking him if the reason for joining the army was to end this troubled era and achieve the great cause of unification or something, I'm sorry, Ah Tu may have flashed this idea in his mind, but it was more of a simple idea of getting ahead.
Moreover, after entering the army, it is easy to develop the habit of obeying orders is the duty, especially in the Yue family's army.
The Northern Expedition was successful, and the Yuejia army inflicted a severe blow on the Northern Tang army on the Eastern Front, and Atu was lucky to survive and enter Yue Jianghong's direct troops.
The second Northern Expedition was also good, although it was dangerous and there were not many victories, but they won the key victories, and he also survived again and became the elite of the Yue family.
But more importantly, watching the people of the former Northern Tang Dynasty cheer for their former enemies, Ah Tu had a sense of glory for the first time to fight against foreign enemies for China, and then they came to Heluo with the Yue family, and gradually gave birth to a sense of responsibility to serve in the army to protect their fathers and fellow villagers.
"Everything I do is to fight for the Great Song. β
You only need to obey orders, you only need to do things under the leadership of Lord Yue, and you can do all this well.
That's why Ah Tu was able to fight back after the defeat, because he was fighting for the Great Song Dynasty, fighting for the Great Song Emperor - it should have been.
The emperor was defeated, the commander was imprisoned, and they were pointed out by thousands of men for fighting bravely, and became the match army that they had ridiculed and spurned before.
Ah Tu didn't understand, didn't understand why things were the way they were, but he could only fight, and he could only obey orders to fight.
The only way to regain what they have lost is through fighting.
"Rest assured, we will be able to turn over, and we will not be sinners forever. General Niu Gao said so, and the compatriots also swept away the gloom and became a little more confident in the future, and Ah Tu was naturally no exception, even if he was very dissatisfied with the sinner's statement.
But it doesn't matter, as long as there is a chance, as long as you can fight.
He also wanted to enter the city again to the cheers of the people!
"The Gumeng people are here!"
Hearing the news, they were shamefully excited, but no matter how shameful it was, they were ready to take the lead in giving their lives, and they didn't feel ashamed of what they had exchanged for their lives.
Even Ah Tu said to the juniors in the army:
"If I die, you will receive that glory in my place. β
However, even if the armies in the north suffered setbacks, they still stayed in Yunzhou and did not move.
It's their new boss who is too cowardly to even get the chance to play.
"No one wants to take over our criminal army, it is because of Master Chen that we got this opportunity, everyone must understand......"
Others don't know, at least Ah Tu knows gratitude, and he also knows that they actually came here, but they lack an opportunity.
But how long will they have to wait? Looking at the remnants of the soldiers who fled back to Yunzhou scattered every day, Ah Tu had doubts, but he and most of his colleagues could only wait, obediently waiting.
"Actually, you're not going to give us a chance, are you?" said someone.
There was no way to refute it, but they could only wait, always prepared for the crisis of the situation, and when the enemy attacked, they could rush out and kill the enemy as soon as possible, and drive those grandsons back to the north.
Finally, they waited, and even if it wasn't the task they wanted, it still made them excited.
"There are reports that there are traces of the Gumeng people in the rear, and I want you to take your troops to investigate the situation. β
Of course, this is official, but in reality there are remnants of soldiers from the south who report that the city near Taiyuan has been captured by the enemy.
However, due to the blockage of communication, Pharmacist Li couldn't distinguish the authenticity of the information, so he had to plan for the worst, and at the moment, only Chen Duyun's troops could be deployed, so-
"At the very least, we must ensure that the retreat from Shanxi is unimpeded. β
No matter how the terrain of the North China Plain changes, it is easier to walk than Shanxi, and according to the previous combat methods of the ancient Mongolians, it is expected that they will definitely go south from that side, so it is meaningless for them to continue to stick to the Yunzhou area. Retreating from Shanxi was not the quickest way to retreat, but he was confident that he would be able to repel his pursuers in those special terrains.
Maintaining the battle line north of the Yellow River is the bottom line set from the beginning!
Chen Duyun was also in the know, and immediately received the order to leave Yunzhou and head south.
Of course, Li Hao, the lord of the Xia Kingdom, was also rushing to this side, and their encounter-
"So...... Whoa!"
Considering the safety of 10,000 people, Chen Duyun calculated it for a long time, and directly spit out a large mouthful of blood, because the influence of the objects involved was so huge that the treatment of Xinlan could not suppress the onset of side effects.
Butβ
"My lord, are you alright?" Niu Gao and other generals rushed up.
"It's fine. Chen Duyun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, smiled slightly, and was full of confidence, "Let's go!"
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Someone once said that self-confidence is the beginning of success.
But in the case of the person concerned, it is too difficult to distinguish between self-confidence and conceit.