Chapter 22: Provocation before the battle.
Finally, the old general's armies from all walks of life have surrounded the Chu army camp. From a distance, the construction of the Chu army's battalion is extremely orderly, both in terms of distance and distance, and in the division of each battalion. I couldn't find the slightest mistake, and the fortifications on the periphery were also done in an orderly manner, so that the old general, who had been marching for many years, couldn't help nodding secretly, and then said to Zhan who was following him: "Ziming, look, how is this barracks arranged?"
Because now that the army has surrounded them, the old general is not in a hurry, but has the kung fu to call this opportunity to educate the younger generations.
When Zhan Ziming heard it, he didn't know that this was his grandfather testing himself, and then he observed it carefully for a while, thought about it a little, and said: "This barracks is very well built, and the layout is also very comprehensive. ”
The veteran general nodded with satisfaction and then smiled: "Very good, you didn't despise the other party because they were enemies, but were able to analyze them objectively, and it was rare to remember this calmness alone." As a general, you must look farther, and you can't get carried away because of the petty profits in front of you and the hatred of the enemy party, you must know that one wrong decision of yours may make tens of thousands, or even millions of soldiers and civilians, doomed!"
Hearing this, Zhan Ziming bowed and saluted, and said, "Yes, grandpa, I will definitely remember it."
"Okay, okay, seeing you like this now, your father can also look at it if he knows it. After the old general finished speaking, his eyes were also a little moist, and Zhan Ziming's expression couldn't help but darken a little, the two of them were sad for a while, and they came to their senses, after all, it has been a long time, and now is not the time to be sad.
At this moment, the Malay newspaper said: "Report to the general, the siege has been completed, and now all the generals are waiting for your order to attack." “
The veteran general nodded, and let him go down first, and then thought about it again and said, "Don't worry, anyway, we have surrounded them now, so it's better to wait now." Wait for him to come out and negotiate with us, so that it will be more beneficial for us."
Then, he ordered his subordinates to pass the order, but what the old general never expected was that he waited for half a day, and during this time, the Chu army did not react at all, don't say anything out of the camp to answer. Because so many soldiers are waiting here, I'm afraid that if we wait a little longer, the morale of the army will be gone, so I won't talk nonsense. Command someone to go and call for a surrender, and call out the guy who is in charge of their side.
The people below agreed, and went, and after a while, a big man rode a horse to three hundred meters in front of the Chu military camp. This person was the vanguard officer of the Song army, named Huo Meng, and he was a good hand at charging into battle. I saw him come to the front of the Chu army camp, and he opened his throat and shouted loudly: "Listen, the people inside, I am the vanguard general of the Song Kingdom, and now you have no way to escape." The veteran generals have a heart of love for talents, if you are willing to come out obediently and surrender, not only will you have a way out. And it can be reused, and it will be no problem to be promoted to the rank of knight in the future!"
It's a bit ironic, Feng Xiaotian also said something similar to this when he recruited Li Zhenyuan some time ago. But after waiting for a while, there was still no one, and it was embarrassing for Zi Fei to be so loud at this moment. It stands to reason that he has such a loud voice, even if it is a person eight hundred meters away, he should be able to hear it, but this Chu army, as if he didn't hear it, completely ignored him, he has been marching for many years, and he has never encountered this situation. He was so angry that he wanted to lead his troops to kill him on the spot, but without the order of the old general, he didn't dare. He could only run back on horseback in a puffed up, give his order to the old general, and then ask for orders to attack.
The old general was also frowning at this time, and he didn't know what the Chu army was doing, so he got up and planned to go in person, and everyone was also a little annoyed, after all, it was really rude for the two armies to not give face to each other's generals in front of the formation.
The old general wore a set of pitch-black armor and rode a war horse, slowly walked towards the Chu army camp, also stopped three hundred meters away, and said loudly with his aura: "King Chang'an, you have no way to retreat, as long as you come out and surrender, I can swear in the name of my ancestors to absolutely guarantee your safety! If you swear to resist to the death, then death will be your only end." “
After saying this, Chu Jun still did not react. This made the old general, who always thought that he was well-educated, angry. The generals under his command were even more scolding, and they all asked for battle, and they wanted to attack it, and dismantle that impudent boy.
After thinking about it, the old general shook his head helplessly, and said: Since that kid is looking for death, then you can go, remember to capture alive as much as possible, so as to plan for future negotiations. ”
The following promised to see the wind and fire led his subordinates, rushed up, everything was carried out in order, open the bow and shoot arrows, first attack from a distance.
But a strange scene appeared, no matter how many arrows were missed, the people inside did not react, and not even a scream was made, which made the old general and others very puzzled, and it was clear that the figures inside flashed. How could this be the case, but now, it's useless to think about anything. Isn't there anything boring to go in and see?
Everyone roared and began a crazy attack, when the generals entered it in a hurry, but they were stupid on the spot, it turned out that there were still the figures of the Chu army in this camp? There were only empty camps left, but from the outside, it was a flickering figure, lively and extraordinary, such a strange scene, immediately scared everyone half to death, and said that we should not see the ghost in broad daylight, right?
The old general saw that after everyone entered, there was no sound of fighting, and he was also very puzzled, and then he rushed towards the Chu army camp. Transfiguration, hence the name, is to transform the aura into the form of a beast, or a weapon, to attack the opponent. Compared to the third layer, the aura is released, I don't know how much smarter, the people of the third layer can only push the aura out like an air flow, and the fourth layer is much more condensed, and the attack power is also much greater. Then I saw this scene, and everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and they didn't know what to do, and they didn't know what the situation was.
Some superstitious soldiers, mistakenly believing that this was a situation where ghosts came out to wander, knelt down and kowtowed, begging for forgiveness from ghosts. There was a second, and then almost all the soldiers knelt. Even some officers were a little afraid of this, and they all began to look at the old general, and the old general was also confused at this time.
Because this was the first time he had seen this situation, he didn't know what was going on, but seeing the reaction of his soldiers, the old general was also very angry, and ordered everyone to get up, and then the generals went to carry out the order. The veteran general took everyone to inspect it carefully, but they didn't find anything, and seeing this situation, everyone obviously didn't dare to stay here longer, so they ordered to return to the city. And sent a large number of spies to find the whereabouts of the Chu army, after all, 300,000 people is not a small number, how can it be said that there is no none?
When everyone returned to the Shenmen Fortress with a mind full of questions, they found traces of the march of the army at a distance of 50 miles from the Shenmen Fortress, which made the old general feel shocked and secretly said, "It's not good!" At present, the defense of the Shenmen Fortress is empty. If the enemy captures the Shenmen Fortress, he will become a lost dog! At that time, the Song State will have a great time, and everyone in the world will laugh at the Song State for its incompetence, and with nearly three times more troops than the Chu army, it can still lose, and it will also lose the steel city of the Shenmen Fortress. In the future, Song Guo will not want to have a good reputation on the mainland.
ridiculed to the second, the key is that the Shenmen Fortress is directly related to the safety of the Song Kingdom, if it is gone, the Song people will not be able to sleep well. Be on the lookout all day. Worried about when the Chu army would attack, thinking of this, the old general was even more anxious, hurriedly urged to step off the war horse, and quickly ran towards the Shenmen Fortress, and prayed in his heart that the Shenmen Fortress was still there, and everything was his own heart.
The generals below him naturally also saw these traces, so they didn't say a word of nonsense, and they also hurried towards the Shenmen Fortress, and the more they walked forward, the deeper the uneasy feeling of everyone became, until there was still a thousand meters to reach the Shenmen Fortress, everyone's hearts were cold, because they saw a big hole in the gate of the Shenmen Fortress that was three people high. The width is also about three meters, enough for soldiers to enter on horseback, and now everyone is stupid, because the gate is still good when they leave, but they have only been walking for less than a day, and the gate is broken, which makes everyone "chuckle" in their hearts. Then he stopped at a place five hundred meters away from the city gate, and the veteran soldier was the first to lose his breath, because if the fortress was lost, he would become a sinner of the Ten Ages, so he shouted: "The city guard can hurry out of the city to meet him!." “
At the same time, the psychology is also praying, the Chu army has not yet been captured, and he still has a chance, but unfortunately it backfired, Feng Xiaotian and others stood proudly on the city tower, and said generously: "War veteran general, don't shout, just the thousands of soldiers you left behind can't hold this fortress, it has changed hands now."
"Fart!", after the old general was furious, he scolded: "The Shenmen fortress of my Song Kingdom can be said to be a fortress that can be opened by one man, even if it is invincible in numbers, but it can still be done by relying on the defense organs of this city to block you in two days, how can you break through it so quickly! It is difficult to say that you have planted spies in the city, but even if there are one or two spies, it will not let the fortress fall so quickly?"
At this time, Feng Xiaotian responded: "Old general, don't guess, even if there is, do you think we can tell you?"
"Damn, you damn bastard," the veteran general said angrily. But the current situation has reached a critical time, do you lead your subordinates to capture the Shenmen Fortress and recapture the city, or find another city to settle down first, and then think of a way?
Just as he hesitated, his generals couldn't sit still, and Huo Meng jumped out directly and stepped forward to ask for battle. He swore to recapture the fortress! It turned out that he wanted to rush through the gap at the city gate, and if he could take the city gate, then maybe he could take the fortress back.
Not to mention that even the veteran general of the war also moved this thought, and after thinking about it for a while, he ordered Huo Meng to lead 300,000 soldiers. Due to the topography, the Shenmen Fortress did not control the moat, and seeing the big gap, it seemed that it was not difficult to take it, but out of caution, he did not let the fire rush set off immediately, but sent a scout horse to investigate the surroundings first, and be careful that there was an ambush around to surround him. Moreover, if a surprise soldier is killed from the side in the middle of the battle, at that time, our army will attack the city and the enemy army on the side will attack him, and he and the others will suffer heavy losses. With such an idea. So he began to find a way to stall for time.
Riding a horse to a distance of 100 meters from the Shenmen fortress, he looked at this young man with outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament.
The veteran general, deliberately saying the name so long, is also to buy a little more time for his subordinates who are responsible for the investigation, and at the same time, he is also holding it. The young man has an unstable heart and is prone to pride and complacency, and wants him to relax his vigilance. In order to achieve his own goals, because in his opinion, this kid is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he can achieve such an achievement, even if he can calm down, he can't help but get carried away. And even if he thinks about it, if he has this kind of achievement when he is fifteen or sixteen years old, I am afraid that the little tail can be cocked to the sky, and he will be cautious there, but he never thought about it, Feng Xiaotian was not interested in this at all, but just had a cold face, and said flatly: It is in the bottom,"
Then he put on a nervous and vigilant look, the old general, at first, was stunned, and said in his heart How can this kid have such a good psychological quality, could it be that his own army has played a role in determining, but he was not discouraged, and began to compliment again: "General, if you are really a young hero, you will use soldiers like a god at a young age, and the future is limitless."
Speaking of this, he thought that he and he would inevitably have a fight, why not call this opportunity to boost the morale of the party, and his compliments obviously did nothing for this kid because this kid didn't say excited from beginning to end, and he didn't even show a smile. Then you might as well provoke his anger, maybe he will take the initiative to go out of the city and fight with himself on the spur of the moment, if this is the case, then he can fight back in one fell swoop. The immediate crisis can also be solved. Then he smiled and said: "It's better for you to surrender to us, you can rest assured, our country will not treat you badly, and our princesses are all as beautiful as flowers, if you are willing to come, you can choose, the generals behind you will also be rewarded, as for Chu State, we will send troops to help you in the future." Wouldn't it be beautiful to let you become the king of the Chu country, and from now on our two countries will always be in an alliance!
Sure enough, when Song Jun heard this, he immediately swept away the decadence just now, thinking that the veteran general had the certainty of victory. That's why he said the words of recruitment, and for a while, the morale of the Song army, from the tears just now because of the loss of the Shenmen fortress, turned into full of hope, as if victory was just around the corner, coupled with the prestige of the old general, the hearts of the soldiers were more firm, and on the other hand, the Chu army was angry, and scolded the old guy for being shameless, obviously he was already a big defeat, and he had to say the words of solicitation so shamelessly, which really made people angry.
Even those who have a temper have to ask Zhan to go out of the city and beat up that old guy, but Feng Xiaotian didn't care, he just said indifferently: "Old General Zhan, are you joking with me? You are already a lost dog, can you still brazenly say such things, do you want to laugh off our big teeth? Or do you say that your son is dead? So this blow makes you stupid, so that you start daydreaming."
And while saying that he gave the people below a look and let them agree, the group of subordinates immediately understood, so they began to ridicule: "Yes, yes, old man, you shouldn't be stupid......, right?
One of them said with a broken mouth: "I see, it's not a sad stupidity, but a happy stupidity." Eighty percent of those five sons are not his own sons, and they are good to die, otherwise how could he shake hands and make peace with those murderers?"
"That's it, that's it, the poor old thing has become a living king, and he still has to come out to sell his life, and the new king still doesn't want to see him. Hahaha...........