Episode 195: On the Deployment of Soldiers
Wei Yan scolded the battle under the city, and Zhang Ren asked for battle in the city, but Jia Long hesitated, Wu Lan was defeated and captured, although he successfully shocked many Yizhou officials and generals, so that Jia Long got the absolute right to speak, but it was inevitable that the morale of the Yizhou officials and soldiers fell a lot.
The confrontation between the two armies, the first priority, and the decline in morale are definitely not a good thing for the Yizhou officers and soldiers, if it were not for the absolute right to speak in the shortest possible time, Jia Long would not have made such a decision, but since the goal has been achieved, Jia Long is naturally unwilling to continue to reduce the morale of the officials and soldiers of Yizhou.
Therefore, if there is no certainty of victory, no matter what, he will not easily agree to let Zhang Ren go out of the city to fight!
"General!" Seeing that Jia Long was reluctant to speak, Zhang Ren hurriedly shouted, and several Yizhou officers and generals next to him were also red-eyed, with a surging face of enthusiasm.
Among them, a young general named Leng Bao said bluntly: "General, our troops are not inferior to the Taiping thieves, and there is no shortage of generals, why does the general not allow us to go out to meet the enemy, such an act does not damage our own prestige?" ”
"Humph! What a majesty, is it as majestic as Wu Lan? Is it majestic to be captured by the enemy in one round? Jia Long waved his hand impatiently, and shouted in a deep voice: "I know that you are unwilling, but when facing the enemy, you can't win a hundred battles by relying on a bloody blood, Li Yan, the city gate will be guarded by you, without my order, no one is allowed to go out of the city to meet the enemy without permission, and those who violate military law will be dealt with!" ”
With his experience, it is not difficult to see that by capturing Wu Lan alive and capturing the 5,000 men and horses under his command, the Taiping army has completed today's war goal. Since it makes people scold, it also means that in a short time, they will not attack, and instead of listening to people here to listen to abuse, he thinks it is better to go back to the city and sleep well. If you have enough spirits, you can cope with the big war in the future.
"General! The general ......." Zhang Ren and the others shouted behind them, but Jia Long had made up his mind, and he didn't look back, they could only be stunned in disappointment. Although they were still unwilling, but Jia Long's military order had been issued, and they had no choice but to give up, and most of them simply went down to the city, but they didn't dare to leave the city gate too far, so they found a quiet place to rest near the city gate. lest you sulk in vain by listening to the loud shouts and curses that come from outside the city one after another!
In this way, for a whole day, no matter how the Taiping army scolded the battle, forced by Jia Long's military order, no general of the Yizhou official army dared to disobey, after all, they all saw Wu Lan's fate before. Although, Wu Lan is self-seeking. But Jia Long really didn't rescue at all, let them see the domineering decision of this commander, and once the military order came out, they were never allowed to have the slightest objection.
As Jia Long expected, Xiao Lan really had no intention of directly attacking with his army, although the Yizhou official army had 5,000 fewer soldiers and horses. But he still occupies a geographical advantage and attacks rashly, even though Xiao Lan has the certainty of defeating Jia Long, but he has to pay a lot of casualties, unless. He is willing to wield power beyond the limit.
Fighting for domination of the world is to make the most fundamental transformation of his heart, since he has come to this point, he definitely doesn't want to give up halfway, not to mention, now he has the absolute upper hand, there is no reason to deny his own strength, and he can't take the city.
That night, Xiao Lan was promoted to gather generals again, this time, in addition to the corresponding Taiping army generals, there was one more person, and it was Wu Lan, the general of the Yizhou official army who was captured by Wei Yansheng during the day today.
From a majestic general, he was defeated and became a prisoner, Wu Lan was naturally full of emotion, although he blamed himself for his carelessness and inadequateness, but he also hated Jia Long even more for ignoring the righteousness of his colleagues, seeing that all the 5,000 men and horses under his command were captured, he even refused to send troops to rescue, so under Xun You's persuasion, he turned to the Taiping army.
"Lord, the last general has recently been attached, and I am willing to present the defense map of the city to show my loyalty!" Since he was determined to surrender, Wu Lan had nothing to hide, even if he presented all the defensive formations of Yucheng.
Although Wei Yan, Gan Ning and others looked down on him, seeing him doing this, they knew that he was sincerely attached, and he was quite kind to him.
Xun You carefully looked at the defense map of Luocheng handed in by Wu Lan, couldn't help but nodded, and said to Xiao Lan: "Lord, General Wu Lan is indeed full of sincerity, this is indeed the deployment formation map of Luocheng, and the content is very detailed, and there is a remote road that can be directly inserted into the enemy's interior. ”
"Oh?" Xiao Lan smiled in surprise: "Does Mr. Fei want me to send an army to march from this path, go straight to the rear of the city, attack back and forth, and break through the city?" ”
"Exactly." Xun You said with a smile: "However, this matter must be kept secret, the lord still needs to deal with it, I have already predicted that the Yizhou officials and soldiers will definitely come to steal the camp tonight!" ”
Xiao Lan didn't answer, but asked, "If the enemy army had already expected it, would we have expected them to come to steal the camp in advance?" ”
"This ......." Xun You was stunned when he heard this, and after half a sound, he said with a little admiration: "The lord is cautious, I was careless." ”
Xiao Lan smiled: "It's not that Mr. is careless, but that Mr. is clumsy." ”
Xun You's eyes flashed with a different color, and then he said with a little embarrassment: "The lord said that he laughed, he was working for the lord below, and he would never give up, how dare he have the slightest intention of hiding his clumsiness." ”
"Whether there is clumsiness or not, Ben Shuai has his own conclusion in his heart." Xiao Lan said indifferently: "Besides, Ben Shuai has never had extravagant hopes, everyone is 100% loyal to Ben Shuai, as long as you are willing to contribute, Yizhou matter, Ben Shuai will leave after defeating Jia Long's department, Mr. Wang assists Wen Chang, this morning for Ben Shuai to take the entire territory of Yizhou, solve the foreign troubles of the Southern Barbarians, so that Ben Shuai can go north with peace of mind, dominate the world, and end this troubled and chaotic world." ”
Taking a deep breath, Xun You immediately responded in a deep voice: "The lord has an order, how dare he disobey it at all, he must assist General Wei Yan with his heart and pacify Yizhou as soon as possible!" ”
Wei Yan also said: "The last general will definitely not live up to the expectations of the lord!" ”
"Huh?" Shen Sheng nodded, Xiao Lan immediately waved his hand and ordered, and said in his mouth: "Pass my general order, tonight General Wei Yan will lay a trap in the big tent of the Chinese army, and wait for the Yizhou officials and troops to enter the urn to attack, in addition, General Gan Ning is ambushed on the left road, once there is a second road of Yizhou officials and troops attacking, you will lead the troops to intercept and kill, Dian Wei will lead the troops to ambush the right road, once the third road officials and troops are coming, you will come forward to intercept and kill." ”
"The third way?" Dian Wei couldn't help but say loudly: "Are the Yizhou officials and soldiers so smart? If there were no officers and soldiers of the Third Way, wouldn't my old man have been blind all night? ”
Xiao Lan hadn't spoken yet, and Xun You next to him couldn't help but shout and scolded: "Evil general, what you said is bad, it makes sense for the lord to let you do the third way ambush, the third way to steal the camp of the officers and soldiers is not convenient, but what if there is really a third way of officers and soldiers?" If I hadn't prepared for the military first, would I have to suffer a heavy blow? ”
"This ......." Dian Wei hesitated for a while, and after half a sound, he scratched his head, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "According to what Mr. said, my third-way ambush seems to be quite important, then I will take the order, my lord rest assured, as long as the official army has a third-way official army to steal the camp, my old man will definitely kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" ”
"Good." Xiao Lan immediately smiled and said: "There is evil to take charge of the third road ambush, this commander is very relieved, okay, this commander gives you a permission, if the official army does not have the third way of the official army, when they break through and retreat, you are allowed to lead the troops to raid and chase the enemy army, how about it?" ”
"Thank you, my lord!" After saying this, Dian Wei immediately accepted the military order with a smile.
Xun You suddenly said: "Lord, since you want to meet the enemy generals at night tonight, why don't you invite General Wu Lan to accompany you, they are all Yizhou generals, I believe that if you meet tonight, you will have something to say." ”
Xiao Lan was slightly stunned, and when he understood Xun You's layout, he immediately looked at Wu Lan and said, "General Wu, what do you think of this discussion?" ”
Wu Lan hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and responded: "The lord has an order, how dare the last general not obey, when the time comes, I will definitely do my best to persuade the lord to surrender to the generals of Yizhou." ”
Xiao Lan immediately laughed and said: "Okay, let's have a good life tonight with the general of Yizhou, and see how many of the generals in Yizhou dare to break into the big tent of the Chinese army of Ben Shuai?!" (To be continued......)