Chapter 771: The Sound of Drums and Horns (43)
At the head of Ningyuan City, the eagle flag of Donghu is flying high, slightly lower than the eagle flag is a three-headed bird military flag, which is the military flag of the original Wusu Department, this military flag stands here, which means that Ningyuan is stationed in the Donghu army dominated by the Wusu Suotan Department, and outside the city, among the company camps for more than ten miles, it is a Dayan military flag fluttering, and it seems that the people who don't know it look like the Dayan army is stationed under the city and is preparing to attack Ningyuan, but in fact, these two armies are now out-and-out allies.
This Yan army is composed of tens of thousands of Yan troops captured by the Donghu people, the big war of that year, finally 50,000 Yan troops became the prisoners of the Donghu people, in the following years, the Donghu people returned some of the senior generals and a small number of soldiers to the Yan country, in Tengger and other places, and was robbed of more than 10,000 people by the Eastern Army, and finally there were still more than 30,000 people who remained in Donghu, after the Yan State signed an alliance treaty with Donghu, the prisoners of war of more than 30,000 people were sent to the camp in Kumamoto from all over the country, and worked hard for several years, The bodies of these prisoners of war have been greatly destroyed, and only about 20,000 of them can still become soldiers, and the remaining more than 10,000 will never be able to set foot on the battlefield again.
But Kumamoto did not give up on these people, the reason why he did not leave back then was to have the idea of breathing with these soldiers and sharing the fate, under his insistence, these soldiers whose health had been destroyed were incorporated into the logistics battalion and took on some logistics work, in Kumamoto's view, if he did not accept them, their final destination could only be to die of exhaustion.
The weapons of the Yan Kingdom were continuously transported along the sea route, but Kumamoto knew very well that what could reach his hands was only a part of it, but now the 20,000 troops were no longer bare-handed, at least each of them had a rudimentary armor and weapon. After more than a month of recuperation. The 20,000 soldiers who can still become warriors have improved their bodies greatly, although they are not as good as they were in their prime. But it's always been six or seven.
Joining forces with the Donghu people to attack the Eastern Army, in Kumamoto's opinion. This is a very absurd and helpless thing, the king's life covered with the seal of King Yan will not be fake, this can only show one thing, Gao Yuan, who attacked the Donghu people with him back then, and finally killed from the quiet area of Ningyuan, is now powerful enough to threaten the two countries of Donghu and Dayan.
But no matter what, the tens of thousands of Yan soldiers who were able to do hard labor in Donghu were able to dig out of the suffering. Kumamoto was already satisfied, but as for what to do next, he really hadn't thought about it.
Although he has formed an army, the Donghu people have not relaxed their vigilance, in the city, Ususotan has brought 15,000 elite cavalry, in the quiet area, Alundai also commanded 10,000 iron cavalry, his own army, was sandwiched between their two armies. The slightest change is the end of broken bones. What's worse is that these nearly 30,000 people are supplied with food every day. He was stuck in the hands of Ususotan and supplied one day at a time, and on the evening of the first day, he went to collect the next day's grain.
If you don't have enough food, even if you want to do something, it's impossible.
Thinking of this, Kumamoto couldn't help but smile bitterly, has he become a dog raised by the Donghu people because he is a general of Dayan's expedition to the west? But anyway. The army in his hands still needs to be well trained. They can recover a point of combat power, and they will be on the battlefield in the future. I have a little hope of saving my life. That's the only thing Kumamoto can do right now.
Now what worries Kumamoto the most is the morale of the soldiers, these soldiers have suffered a lot in Donghu, and they hate the Donghu people in their hearts, but now the situation has changed, they have become the friends of the Donghu people, and they want to join forces with the Donghu people to attack the Zhengdong Army, which is also the Yan army, where can these soldiers figure it out?
How did he explain to the soldiers that the Eastern Army had betrayed the Yan State and become a rebel army? Did you take them to King Qin on the order of King Yan?
I'm afraid the soldiers won't pay attention to this explanation, in their hearts, the Donghu people are the enemy, they have had enough of the suffering of the Donghu people, and what they want in their hearts is revenge, whether the Eastern Army betrayed the Yan State, they won't care, what they care about is that the Eastern Army is still fighting with the Donghu people, and the Eastern Army is beating their enemies.
Can an army without morale go into battle and become an army that defeats the enemy? No, not at all, Kumamoto is even worried about whether they will defect.
Less than a hundred miles away from Ning, where he was stationed, is Tengger, the newly built base of the Eastern Army, where the guard is actually a tooth general Chen Bin under his former command, this little tooth general who was only able to lead less than a thousand people under his command, and now he has been alone in the Eastern Army, with nearly 10,000 troops under his command, and another general, Luo Weiran, has a higher status than Chen Bin in the Eastern Army. The reason why the Eastern Army was able to win a great victory was inseparable from these two people, and the two were also promoted because of this battle, which made Kumamoto proud and a little impressive.
The two generals who were once unpopular under their own hands have now made great achievements in the war with Donghu, and the generals they valued back then either returned to Yan or betrayed Yan one by one, and most of them have now become ghosts under the sword of the Eastern Army.
Is it because you don't know anyone? Kumamoto naturally doesn't think so, the promotion system of the Yan Army is not something he can say, the army he commands is the standing army of the Yan Army, and the intertwined relationship between them is something he can shake.
Do you want to fight against your old subordinates?
"Uncle." A general opened the curtain and shouted as he looked at Kumamoto.
"Chi Xuan, no matter whether you are close or close in the army, just talk about the top and bottom, let others hear it, what kind of system will it become." Kumamoto stared at each other and scolded.
"Yes, uncle, oh no, general." Xiong Chixuan exclaimed.
Looking at the other party's disapproving attitude at all, Kumamoto sighed, wanted to scold a few more words, but couldn't scold, and Lin Cheng fought a battle, the Xiong family suffered heavy casualties, and now there is only this nephew Xiong Chixuan who is still with him.
"Tell me, what's the matter? It's for the sake of grain, it's useless for you to look for me, one day a day, it's just enough to fill your stomach, you want more. But no. Kumamoto said: "You are my nephew, and everyone else is staring at you, if you give it more." Wouldn't anyone else have an opinion? ”
"I'm not here for the food!" Xiong Chixuan pulled a chair and sat on it. "Uncle, I'm feeling breathless, do we really want to join forces with the Donghu people?"
"What if not?" Kumamoto looked at him and suddenly became alert, "What do you want to say?" ”
"Uncle, I don't know about other people's troops, but the thousands of people I brought with me heard about it. But there were many complaints, if I hadn't taken very strict precautions, I was afraid that the soldiers under my command would have escaped. In other units, there are deserters every day, and the officers above are left to their own devices. Xiong Chixuan complained.
"Confused, they did this to harm those soldiers." Kumamoto roared angrily: "Are there still few people who have been captured by the Donghu cavalry these days, and they have all been pulled to the front of the camp to confirm their heads, don't you think it's too unworthy to die like this?" ”
"Aren't there still a lot of people who have escaped?" Xiong Chixuan said: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope." Everyone will always escape, and the Eastern Army is a hundred miles away, these soldiers. Most of them are running in that direction, uncle, how do we fight this battle? I'm afraid that as soon as we see the flag of the Eastern Army, our troops will all run over and defect! ”
Kumamoto was silent.
Xiong Chixuan suddenly walked to his side and said in a low voice: "Uncle, don't you have any other ideas?" ”
Kumamoto raised his head and glanced at Xiong Chixuan, "What do you want to say?" ”
"Uncle. There's one thing I've been hiding from you. Now I feel compelled to tell you about it, even if you cut off my head for it. I'm going to stop throwing up. Xiong Chixuan gritted his teeth and said.
"What's the? If there's a fart, let it go! Kumamoto instinctively felt that something was wrong.
"Uncle, in fact, when he was still with Lin. I was approached by people from the Eastern Army, I met their people, and I agreed to join them. Xiong Chixuan said word by word.
Kumamoto Huo Ran raised his head and glared at Xiong Chixuan, "You, you are so bold." ”
"Uncle, you may not know it, the Eastern Army launched a surprise attack on Tianhe County in July, besieged Jicheng, and the Yan army suffered heavy losses, otherwise why did the Donghu people suddenly rush to Hetao to transfer a large number of troops, because they know very well that this time the Eastern Army is completely afraid of Jicheng, and then the Eastern Army will free up its hands, and it will inevitably increase a large number of troops to Hetao and other places, and the general attack on Donghu will also begin, they now want to take advantage of the fact that the reinforcements of the Eastern Army have not yet arrived, and take the lead in attacking, not only Wususotan, Alundai, Thorpe personally led 10,000 palace guards and had also arrived in Yulin. Xiong Chixuan said.
"You, how do you know?" Kumamoto said in a trembling voice.
"Of course, it's because the envoy of the Eastern Army has found me, so I know these things, the Donghu people are about to end, and now the large army of the Eastern Army is gathered in Tengger, and the battle is about to begin, and, uncle, Agu Huaien in Panshan has also been reversed, when Thorpe cleaned the Agu Department, he left Agu Wynn, hehe, Agu Wynn was forced to kill his Lao Tzu and so many relatives, how could he not hold a grudge in his heart, and now he finally found an opportunity to find Thorpe for revenge."
Kumamoto gasped, "Agu Huaien is also from Donghu, how could he help the Eastern Army, and what benefits did Gao Yuan give him?" ”
"Then I don't know, I only know that as soon as we start here, Agu will defect, and the Helan Xiong Department of the Eastern Army will pass Guò Liaoning Wei, and go straight to Helin, if I guess right, when the time comes, there will definitely be Ye Zhong in Liaoxi." Donghu people, it's over, do we still have to accompany them to death? ”
"What do you want to do?"
"Uncle, of course, wait until the right time to deal a fatal blow to the Donghu people." Xiong Chixuan clenched his fists and swung down hard.
Kumamoto gritted his teeth and thought about half of the salary, and sighed: "Do you know that this army of 20,000 people is not my army to conquer the west back then, it has complex components and different people's hearts, how can it achieve unified orders?" There is also the problem of food, one day and one receipt, if we rebel at that time, where will the food come from? ”
"One day a day, it's not impossible, in the past half a month, I have accumulated ten days of military rations in the army." Xiong Chixuan gritted his teeth and said: "I only go down half of the daily food, and half of it is saved, the soldiers are a little hungry, but they can still hold on." ”
"As for what you said about the different orders and complicated elements of the army, the envoy of the Eastern Army brought a person, and I think this problem can be solved."
"Who?"
"Zhou Taiwei Zhou Yuan." Xiong Chixuan said proudly.
"Captain Zhou?" Kumamoto was suddenly shocked, "Captain Zhou, he?" ”
"Captain Zhou has also joined the Eastern Army, and his family has joined the Eastern Army." Xiong Chixuan said: "As soon as this old man comes, you say, who else in our army will disobey the order?" ”
Kumamoto took a deep breath, "Even Captain Zhou also joined the Eastern Army, Dayan, is it true that the number of qi has been exhausted?" ”
"Uncle, don't forget, Gao Yuan Gao Du Du is also a Yan person. Hmph, it's just a matter of which chair to sit on, Yan Ren, or Yan Ren. Thinking about the current Qin State, the Ying family back then was just a small retainer, but now when it comes to the Qin State, who doesn't say a word, they are the bosses of the world? Maybe Gao Du Du can take us to have a good battle with the Qin people and fight for the overlord of the world! (To be continued)
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