Chapter 106: Offensive and Defensive Changes
Despite the defeat of Yan Xing's subordinates, when he begged to see Ma Yue in despair, Ma Yue only calmly said that he knew this information. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and he didn't plan to anger Yan Xing, who lost the battle, because of the situation that this big strategic mistake led to the enemy.
But his heart was not comfortable, he had no way to crack the declining battle situation, and the sergeants who were sticking to the Ji County Formation were waiting for this, and the news of Yan Xing's rout made him have no intention of sleeping, and he couldn't come up with any strange plans to attack the enemy army by sitting in front of the sheepskin Tu for half the night.
He was not discouraged.
This is his Ma Yue's life, looking back on the past, how can there be a step of ease from the day he stepped out of Zhangshan? Always with the heroic spirit of showing the heroes to restrain their hands, they hit walls everywhere. But when did he not stand up again after being defeated by reality?
Every time he gets up, he will be stronger than before he falls. He had always believed that only injuries could make the limbs of a tree trunk harder, and he was no different.
So he was never afraid of failure, he was just afraid of losing his faith.
When he was a child, the lights of thousands of homes in Ji County had long been extinguished, and Ma Yue had a ring knife inserted in his waist, a guqin on his back, and led the horse to walk on the ancient streets. Fortunately, the magistrate of Ji County is a wonderful person who knows etiquette and music, and there is still a pair of guqin in the office, and Ma Yue still feels that it is a little unserious to put a qin in the place of discussion, but now he needs to let himself sit in the city and have something to do to pass the time, which is useful.
The sergeant patrolling the city saw that it was Ma Yue and greeted him respectfully, and Ma Yue responded with a smile, and the night light illuminated his snow-white teeth. These simple men fought for him at the cost of their lives, which made him feel honored and heavy on his shoulders.
Sitting on the tower of the South Gate with his hands caressing the strings, his mind was very delicate. He had already figured out how to deal with the worst-case scenario, and the strategy of killing the enemy by 800 and losing 1,000 was buried in his heart and never informed the generals, and he knew that once this backhand was known by everyone, the army's spirit would be dispersed. So now he sits on the tower and plays the harp, but his mind drifts into the distance. He's waiting for the worst.
Yan Xing was defeated, and if Xu Huang was also defeated, and Peng Tuo's trip to cut off food was also frustrated, the war in the south could be abandoned. With 3,000 troops in his hands, he could still fight with the troops who imagined Han Sui left to ambush him. The worst outcome is nothing more than the defeat on the southern front and the same setback of Han Sui in the west of Ma Teng, which is the worst outcome.
The worst, the worst, is just that he lost the three cities in the south of Hanyang and then handed over the four cities west of Longxian to Han Sui, and since then he has been in a state of collapse.
Ma Yue thought about it and lost half of the territory in his hand, he was ready for such a plan, and he also had such energy. He's not afraid!
If he decided to retreat, he would personally lead his soldiers and horses south to attack the granary under Song Jian's Zhutu Mountain, and then lead Song Jian's soldiers and horses to the north to force him to fight with Han Sui's soldiers and horses...... It's just that in this way, the three thousand sergeants who followed him will be more than lucky.
Therefore, he has to wait, he has to sit on this city gate tower as if waiting for the south to be defeated. If he can only order the hard-won land to be handed over to others, then when the worst news comes, he must see it with his own eyes!
He didn't expect that he didn't wait for the worst news, but waited for the embarrassed and tired Tanma to carry the secret report.
In the early hours of the morning, Ma Yue leaned on the pillar of the city tower and was awakened by the subtle sound of horses' hooves outside the city in his sleep, and looked down at the wall, and the horse with tattered clothes and armor held the token in his hand and shouted loudly under the city to open the city gate, Ma Yue hurriedly notified the city gate guards to open the door and directly greet it on the city tower.
The little horseman couldn't have imagined that he would directly meet the envoy who ruled Liangzhou once he delivered good news, and immediately knelt on the ground and said: "Report to the envoy, Peng Qu... The military marquis robbed two military rations in Wudu County to escort them, and later met the Heshou pseudo-Situ who fled to Wudu County from Caohan, and learned that the Heshou Army Caohan Wangcheng was broken by the captain surnamed Pang under the command of Han Sui, and the soldiers had pointed directly at the road. Peng Junhou has now been transferred to Wudu Dao, and his subordinates have been specially ordered to report it. ”
"Good, good, good!" Ma Yue heard such good news and swept away the depression in his heart, said three good words in a row, looked around the city gate tower left and right, but there was no general school to share the joy, despite this, he still could not hide his joy, helped the horse to get up and said: "Come on, take this strong man down to eat, feed the horse good forage, and after resting, go and tell Peng Tuo that he has done a good job this time, and he has done a great job!" ”
But seeing that the cavalry was led by the sergeant but did not leave, but said with joy on his face: "Report to the envoy, when the subordinates came down through Zhu Tushan, they met Captain Xu's soldiers and horses, and Captain Xu attacked the Heshou camp in the evening and caused chaos and burned half of the camp at the head of the river...... From Shanbei to the Heshou battalion, it can be broken in one battle! ”
Ma Yue patted the horse on the shoulder, walked down the city tower quickly, and walked quickly to the city before saying to the defenders at the head of the city: "Send that qin to the governance office!" ”
Before the words fell, the person had already turned over and went straight to the office.
Peng Tuo and Xu Huang brought too many surprises to Ma Yue, and even the Pang De department sent by Han Sui left some kindness in Ma Yue's heart. This battle came well, it came too well.
The galloping horse rushed to the office, and Ma Yue immediately said to the entourage guarding the door: "Gather the generals." Go to the camp to find the probe horse sent by Peng Tuo, send someone to find Xu Huang Peng Tuo, and let him collect the troops and come back, Song Jian doesn't have to fight anymore, by the way, remember to let Gongming leave the news that the city of Caohan was broken by Pang De to Song Jian, it is best to use arrows. ”
Not long after, the piano that first fell in the city gate tower was sent by the soldiers, and Ma Yue immediately sat in the hall and played.
After a while, all the generals hurried to the office with sleepy faces, one by one, like a big enemy, for fear that something would happen to the battle situation, only Jiang Xu smiled, Ma Yue ended the song, and asked, "Brother Jiang, what are you laughing at?" ”
"The subordinates don't know, but they just hear some joy from the sound of the envoy Junqin." Jiang Xu arched his hand and said, "Maybe the battle situation has changed?" ”
As soon as they heard that the battle situation had changed, all the generals cheered up and looked at Ma Yue in a daze, Ma Yue clapped his hands and smiled: "Not bad!" The battle situation has indeed changed, although Yanming lost for a while, but took this opportunity Xu Gongming 500 horses to step on the first camp of the river, the south gate into the west gate, the north gate into the east gate, killing the enemy needless to say, a fire burned half of the camp at the head of the river, is this kind of thing enough to make us happy? ”
Hearing this, almost everyone was a little happy, but Guan Yu said with some concerns: "If it's just like this, the lord shouldn't be so excited, at this time, he should quickly march to break through Song Jiancai, and there will be many dreams at night." ”
"Yes, if that's the case, we should already be on the way to attack." Ma Yue smiled confidently: "Peng Tuo reported that he cut off Song Jian's grain channel, intercepted two batches of military rations, and brought me back a big news!" Han Sui not only took advantage of the attack with Song Jianxiang to march into Hanyang, but he also sent Pang De's troops to attack Heguan, and now he has captured several counties in Longxi, including the city of Caohan Wangcheng. I have ordered Xu Huang and Peng Tuo to return to Ji County, and we will not fight with Song Jian. ”
"But make the king ......" Gan Ning arched his hand and said: "If Longxi is lost, the rest of Song Jian's troops are unable to advance north, and they will definitely go east to Wudu County to join its reinforcements, and your subordinates will ask you to set up an ambush in the dangerous place where it must pass, and you will be able to defeat its main force, and if you take your subordinates as the vanguard, Song Jian will capture it for you!" ”
Gan Ning was right, which made Ma Yue very excited, but he finally shook his head.
"What Xingba said is reasonable, this is my opportunity, if I can have more than a thousand more soldiers and horses in my hands, I will definitely take Xingba as a general." Ma Yue said with some regret: "But now I only have 3,000 remnants, and Song Jian is no longer able to advance north, so he should return to Hanyang as soon as possible to fight Han Sui......"
Before Ma Yue's words were finished, Jiang Xu suddenly stood up in the banquet as if he had made up his mind, and said excitedly: "Envoy, the Jiang clan still has more than 1,000 soldiers, and although they are not as diligent in training as the elite of the Han army, they once obtained 200 crossbows by chance...... If you need it, you can use it all! ”
The battle situation has begun to become clear, and at this time, the more than 1,000 soldiers of the Jiang clan are still a relief for Ma Yue. For Jiang Xu, this sentence is equivalent to putting Jiang, one of the four surnames of Hanyang, on the chariot of Liangzhou Mumayue for him to drive.
This is too important for a clan.
Ma Yue was stunned, and suddenly he didn't know what to say. At this time, he did not cheat, he knew very well how hard Jiang Xu had worked to maintain his rule in Liangzhou. He moved to the opposite side of Jiang Xu and said, "Brother Jiang, I don't thank you for my great kindness, these more than 1,000 clan guards can be regarded as borrowing troops from the Jiang family. ”
After that, Ma Yue turned his head to Gan Ning and said, "Xingba, in this case, you and Brother Jiang will go to Jiang's dock to lead the troops to Wudu Dao, gather Xu Huang and Peng's troops to set up an ambush, and attack Song Jian." Don't try to capture them alive, if you have the opportunity to kill them on the spot. Wudu County is bound to be in chaos! After the war, the soldiers and horses still need to be returned to the Jiang family, by the way, Brother Jiang, there is a reluctant request, I hope my brother will agree. ”
Saying that, Ma Yue said to Jiang Xu: "I hope that my brother can send ten hand crossbows and a certain after the war, and go back to let the craftsmen in Sichuan disassemble and try to see if they can make it." ”
For such a request, Jiang Xuzi agreed not to mention it.
With Jiang's 200 crossbows, Ma Yue was not afraid that Gan Ning would not be able to defeat the Song Jiansuo Department who was in turmoil. The next thing to worry about is only Han Sui's deployment in Hanyang.
"Ah Ruo, send your subordinates to Xianqin and Wangxiang counties to find out if Han Sui's soldiers and horses can be deployed." Ma Yue gave the order: "Yun Chang will rectify the soldiers and horses at noon today, let's go home!" ”
The generals agreed, and the whole office was full of excitement.
Ma Yue's heart was not as happy as it was on his face, he thought that the situation in Hanyang County might be worse than he thought, this battle has been fought for more than three months, and the grain and grass in Longxian County have not been delivered for a long time, there must be something wrong. What's more, counting the days, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses should go to the right to support the wind, very close to Liangzhou. The news of Xianping County in the north has not yet been delivered...... There was a faint uneasiness in his heart.
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