Chapter Seventy-Eight: Straight to Rongcheng
Thousands of miles from the cold city,
At this time in the northwest, the million-strong army was ready to go, and Chen Xiucheng had also recovered and gone into battle.
The confrontation between the two sides is already about to fight to the death.
The cold wind was bleak, Zhang Weiwen was wearing a thick fox fur coat, the snow was still blowing outside, the blue-gray sky was low, and he couldn't breathe under the heavy armor. The horses under the crotch did slowly follow the large army.
"Tautology, don't be nervous, this battle will definitely be won." Zhang Chengwen on the side sat calmly on the horse, not at all tired from a night of marching.
"Thank you, uncle, I know." Zhang Weiwen tightened the reins of his horse and followed the sergeant in front closely, but he still couldn't hide the fatigue in his eyes, after all, after a night of marching in this cold environment, ordinary people had really reached the limit.
At this time, they had already arrived at the cantonment site.
After the simple tent was set up, His Majesty the Emperor announced that he would see a group of ministers, of course, there was also Zhang Weiwen, but Zhang Weiwen was usually a courtier most of the time, responsible for making the emperor happy or something, and he was only listening to the specific military aspects.
At this time, the atmosphere in the account seemed to be a little tense, and several generals seemed to have a lot of disagreements about the next tactic, and Chen Xiucheng was slow to express his opinion, but Zhang Chengwen and a veteran general in the army were discussing the feasibility of several methods.
Zhang Weiwen sighed, and said secretly in his heart, I don't know what this emperor asked him to come here for? Is it listening to other people's quarrels?
Zhang Weiwen listened carefully to the argument between the two again, in fact, the focus of the question was whether a river that had just frozen could be used as the most strategic defense point.
Now that they are marching on the grassland, it is already unfavorable to their own side, and most of the enemies are fierce horsemen, so they urgently need a strategic buffer area.
The river was the most suitable, but the enemy was in the rear of the large army, and there was no time to wait for the army to pass and place the explosives, so the generals were debating whether this plan could be carried out.
Zhang Weiwen suddenly had a subtle feeling, he looked at the emperor who was now wearing armor, and the emperor also looked at Zhang Weiwen with a confused face, and then smiled slightly, and said, "At this time, tautology has the most right to speak." ”
Zhang Weiwen chuckled in his heart, and turned to look at the generals with a teachable face.
"Then I'll talk about my own opinion." Zhang Weiwen came to the center of the big tent from Xiao Transparent, pointed to the exquisitely shaped sand table and said, "These military tactics, you are all experts, the lower officials dare not show off here, what I want to say is this about the technical feasibility of river surface blasting, of course, whether it is feasible or not, it is not up to me to say, but also need specific measurement and calculation." ”
"What do you mean?" General Huang asked.
"That is, first shoot an advance force to go to the other side of the river, and then install explosives, cross the river within the time determined by the calculation, and after the whole army crosses the river, the ice surface of the river can be blown up."
Everyone's faces changed for a while, and at this time, Chen Xiucheng said, "The words of the tautology reminded me of another plan. Everyone was stunned, this Chen Xiucheng smiled slightly, and suddenly the room was full of light, Zhang Weiwen couldn't help but sigh, this person is handsome, it is beneficial, just listening to them is a kind of enjoyment.
"Rongcheng, which is more than ten miles away, if you draw out a part of the elite troops and go to capture Rongcheng, the rear troops will contain the enemy's main force, and then take Rongcheng in one fell swoop, the war will be a foregone conclusion.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Chengwen glanced at the emperor, and the emperor said, "It is worthy of my Generalissimo Chen, this plan is very good, but there is a key question, tautology, can what you just said be realized?" Zhang Weiwen said solemnly
"Wechen must do his best."
At this time, Zhang Chengwen said: "The most important thing in this plan is to grasp the time, and the tautology must be kept in mind." Zhang Weiwen said respectfully, "Yes, my lord." ”
The Emperor said, "This is how the matter is decided, but now there is a more crucial question, who will lead this elite force. ”
For a while, no one answered, and it was no wonder that the lone army went deep into the enemy, and if anyone succeeded, it was fine, and if they failed, it was a lifeless errand.
"Minister, willing to go." Chen Xiucheng said, at this time, the emperor was stunned, and said angrily, "Nonsense, there is an army commander who is the most pioneering." ”
"The last general is willing to lead the troops." Huang Shaoan stood up, his handsome and extraordinary young face exuded a vigorous vitality, Zhang Weiwen couldn't help but sigh, if he was ten years younger, he would definitely do the same.
"Young people are good," the emperor seemed to have an expression similar to relief on his face, and he patted Huang Shao'an on the shoulder and said, "In this case, this character who will go straight to Rongcheng will be handed over to you." After that, for some reason, the emperor looked at Zhang Weiwen again, and said to Huang Shao'an, "You have to protect the tautology, if he dies, this Great Zhou Dynasty will be one less pillar." ”
Zhang Weiwen was embarrassed, and couldn't help asking, "I'm going to go straight to Rongcheng too?" I saw the generals laughing, and General Huang even said, "Tautology, you kid is really funny." The tragic aura that you have cultivated with great difficulty has been destroyed by you. ”
Zhang Weiwen was even more embarrassed, and secretly said in his heart, blame me.
Jinling Dongzhang, Qinghe Temple.
Cheng was thinking about how to reply to his husband, and this letter written by Weiwen to his family was really full of laughter, looking at the mother and daughter and laughing.
But Cheng also knew in his heart that it would be so easy to fight, so he thought about writing a letter to his husband, but Cheng had just learned how to read, and it took a long time to write a sentence.
"Madam, the messenger from Cixi Courtyard said that Miss should take a walk with you in the courtyard." Cheng put down the brush and ordered someone to call Jinyu, who was still lying on the bed.
Jinyu got up from the bed and still had a little resentment in her heart, but she still had to have the etiquette that should be there, so she put on new clothes, followed Cheng to Cixi Courtyard with a jasper-shaped head, at this time the two lifted the curtain and went in, and saw Mrs. Xue sitting in front of the old lady, Mrs. Wang was normal, but this Xue family turned out to be a gorgeous dress from before, and she was dressed very beautifully and elegantly, and the whole person looked gentle and indifferent.
"Jinyu, your third uncle is waiting for you in the outer hall, the world-famous Mr. Eryan Yanyi heard that you are talented and intelligent, and wants to teach you the way of chess, this is a blessing from your three lives."
Jinyu was stunned for a moment, could it be because the game with Brother Su had a profound impact on him, so he wanted to take her as an apprentice?
"Let's go."