Chapter 698: A Fire Burns Out!!
Bai Jing drove straight in, all the way north like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, he was really full of ambition for a while, coupled with the sycophants of the strategists around him, and gradually he began to flutter!
Bai Jingzhong is a dual personality, on the one hand, he is timid and cautious, on the other hand, he is radical and ambitious, starting from his troops, all the way into the land, more than 100,000 people and horses swept the land, basically invincible, so he has determined that Lu Zheng is the end of the strong crossbow and cannot fight.
On this day, the Lingnan army pointed directly at the city of Langzhou, which is located in the north of Huguang, and it happens that this area is also a granary, but occasionally you can see undulating hills.
It is really autumn, the green gauze tent outside the city is extraordinarily eye-catching, go north from the pipeline, you have to walk through a place where the muntjac crosses, behind this place is the hills, there is a canyon in front, the canyon is more than ten zhang high, through the canyon, the front is the green gauze tent.
Bai Jingzhong passed through the canyon, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, Langzhou City could be seen in the distance, he laughed and said to Yang Jie: "Mr. Yang, that Lu Zheng is also a person who knows soldiers, if he really has the ability to fight with me, this place is definitely a first-class place to use soldiers!"
The muntjac crosses the river and the water is wide, and there is still a danger to the official road here, but in such a place, there are no soldiers to guard it, which really makes the soldiers laugh! ”
Yang Jie laughed and said, "The lord is reasonable, it's not that he doesn't know, but he can't!" According to the news from the scouts, many cities in front of them have no soldiers to defend, for no other reason, Lu Zheng wants to use the region to exchange time!
In Lu Zheng's mind, every time we occupy a city, we must go out to settle the people, and then we have to leave troops to garrison, so that he will give up more than a dozen cities to us, and the lord will need to take out tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to occupy these cities, which will inevitably weaken the army.
And he concentrated the superior forces of the Nanfu Army in Jiangning, Yangzhou and Jinling, waiting for work, and fighting a decisive battle with the lord, I have to say, Lu Zheng's idea is still very good, but he can expect that the lord has already seen through his tricks? ”
"Haha!" Bai Jingzhong laughed, his mood was extremely happy, and said, "If that's the case, you can really restrain me." After all, the Central Plains is vast, although we have more than 100,000 elite soldiers, but we occupy these important places separately, and then go out to calm the people and appease the Quartet, it takes time, and Jinling can have a chance to breathe.
But now that I have seen through his schemes, how can I let him do it? Now we take Langzhou, spend the night in Langzhou, and then continue to go north and smash Huanglong! Ha ha! ”
Bai respectfully said this, and immediately it was surging like a tide of sycophants, most of these sycophants were generals and strategists in the Lingnan army, and most of these strategists were local experts in Lingnan. Look at their sharp-beaked monkey gills, dark skin, and short stature, if they go to the Central Plains on weekdays, they are very discriminated against!
They followed Bai Jingzhong to kill all sides in the Central Plains this time, which undoubtedly made their vanity get great satisfaction, and they thought from the bottom of their bones that the Nanfu army in Jiangnan had collapsed and was vulnerable, so it was from the bottom of their hearts!
The power of the sycophants from the bottom of his heart was naturally unusual, and Bai Jingzhong immediately ordered the army to speed up and go straight to Langzhou.
Similarly, the official road of Langzhou City is lined with green yarn tents, the sorghum has just fallen ears, and the straw is still in the field.
Bai Jingzhong let the army move forward at full speed, and many soldiers simply shuttled through the green gauze tent, posing to form a situation of encirclement and go to Langzhou.
I have to say that judging from the sky, it is almost dusk now, and it is the mind of most of the soldiers and generals to speed up the march and enter Langzhou City to rest before dark.
I don't know who shouted: "Oh, no, it seems that someone is on fire!" At this shout, some generals had their hairs standing up, and the policeman immediately urgently reported his respect, saying:
"Lord Wang, the weather here is dry and dry, and there are green gauze tents all around, what if there is a fire, or the enemy attacks with fire? Some of the soldiers just now noticed that there seemed to be a fire shining! ”
Bai Jingzhong raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Look at the city in front, we are only ten miles away from the city, and the city is at your fingertips. Ha ha! ”
Yang Jie said: "You only know how to set fires, but at this time, you look at the direction of the wind, at this time the north wind is blowing, we go north from the south, can they burn us?" ”
When Yang Jie said this, the other strategists laughed, and the generals who came to report were flushed with red faces, and retreated, Bai Jingda waved his hand and continued to command the army under his command to move forward.
Gradually, the sky became darker and darker, and the city in front of it was getting closer and closer, and the vanguard army had almost reached the bottom of the city, and at this moment, suddenly smoke rose behind him!
Thick smoke billowed out, and then the sky appeared red, and then the north wind hung up, and the rolling heat wave swept towards Bai Jingzhong's army, Bai Jingzhong was drinking and having fun with all the strategists on the foot, and suddenly saw the smoke behind him, and he couldn't help but be shocked for a while.
"Report, lord, it's not good, it's not good! The enemy attacked with fire and set fire to the green gauze tent from behind us, and we are now being copied from the back road! ”
Bai Jingzhong's face sank, and he said, "What are you panicking about?" Keep moving forward and rush forward!! ”
Bai Jingzhong stepped down from the step, put on his armor and mounted his horse, holding his weapon and leading the soldiers to attack Langzhou City, and at this time his speed was very fast, and the speed of the fire was even faster.
The north wind blows, and the fire of the green gauze tent can sweep hundreds of zhang away in an instant, and thick smoke is generated in the distance, and the heat wave rolls over at an incredible speed, how can the flesh and blood face such a sea of fire? The Lingnan army mutinied in an instant, and one by one they spread their feet and ran forward, dodging and fleeing for their lives, and those who had no time to hide were drowned in the sea of fire, and the Lingnan army fell into extreme terror and panic.
Bai Jingzhong gritted his teeth, desperately beat his horse and rushed forward, the generals around him surrounded him, and killed together under Langzhou City, above Langzhou City, suddenly a lot of camphor oil, tung oil, and boiling oil fell from the sky, and then threw down the torch, and the green gauze tent not far from the city wall was also quickly ignited!
The Lingnan army, which originally wanted to attack the city, only saw that there was a sea of fire on all sides, where did they dare to attack easily, and their morale collapsed for a while, and they scattered and fled for their lives!
The green gauze tent is burning, the whole world is alive, there are not many people who are burned to death, the key is the smoke billowing out, many people are caught off guard and are caught in the smoke, and they are soon choked by the smoke, and it doesn't take much effort to choke to death!
Bai Jingzhong was originally complacent, but suddenly encountered such an impact, his dual personality fell to the other side, there was no hope for the siege of Langzhou City, and it was getting late, so he could only run to the north of Langzhou City? But the north is also a green gauze tent, where can he run to a safe place?
Fortunately, the cavalry under his command also had horses, and the main general fled for his life, and these cavalry naturally had to flee for their lives, and they fled one after another, regardless of the war.
More than 100,000 horses, a big chaos, fleeing for their lives in all directions, the Lingnan Army has not experienced such a scene, in fact, the fire in the green gauze tent comes fiercely, and it goes quickly, but wherever the fire has burned, there will only be a piece of black ash left, and there will be no safety again, if you are really a smart person, you only need to hide in the place where the fire has burned, and you can quickly get rid of the crisis.
Or how can someone say that you can go around the place where the fire has burned? The reason is very simple, because the wind direction is constantly changing, and the fire is completely following the wind, as long as you see the wind direction clearly, it is easy to find the demarcation point where the fire burns, and then collapse against the wind direction to cross the demarcation point, you can escape the nightmare of being chased by the fire.
It's just that at such a tense moment, where would the Lingnan Army think of this? Even if a few smart people are lucky enough to find this trick, it does not represent the mainstream. What's more, the Lingnan Army has more than 100,000 horses, so it will be chaotic if you run for your life blindly.
Once they were in chaos, Lu Zheng's cavalry galloped across the burned black earth, and when they saw living creatures, they became life harvesting machines!
The appearance of the Lingnan Army is very easy to recognize, in the dark night, as long as you see a dark shadow, a code is spoken, the other party can't understand it, you can be sure that the other party is the Lingnan Army!
Lu Zheng asked Su Zhi to lead 5,000 cavalry to open the middle gate and rush out, following the direction of the fire from afar, this chaotic rush, killing countless people, poor 100,000 Lingnan troops arrived in Langzhou City with 100,000 pigs to be slaughtered.
Su Zhi was defeated in Hengzhou, and she always felt aggrieved and uncomfortable! The news of that defeat spread to the capital and Jinling, and the court caused a lot of criticism, and the Su family even suffered tremendous pressure because of it.
After a night of killing, Su Zhi was covered in blood, and when he led the cavalry back, he counted dozens of enemies Yue Mou killed, and the soldiers around him also claimed that they had killed a lot of people, three people, five people, and more than a dozen people! In this way, tens of thousands of Lingnan troops were killed last night!
Coupled with the fire burned to death, trampled to death in the process of being chased by the fire, the Lingnan Army is known as an army of more than 100,000 people, and at least half of the casualties are killed!
Bai Jingzhong fled more than 100 miles north to find a safe place with the help of his subordinates, and then he regrouped his men, and only collected more than 10,000 people on the first day.
On the second day, the third day, there were only more than 50,000 people. The group of people who are re-examining themselves are exhausted, many of them are injured, Bai Jingzhong's horse mouth under the crotch is foaming, almost dying, in this case, the previous ambitions of the Lingnan Army have all come to naught, Bai Jingzhong now only wants to go back!
However, it is easy for Bai Jingzhong to come in, but it is very difficult to go back, and every city on the official road has become a new fortress. However, Lu Zheng arranged soldiers in the city from behind, and there were not many of them, but it was too difficult to attack the city when Bai respected the morale!
More importantly, Lu Zheng's elite cavalry harassed all the way from Langzhou, especially in the gorge of Muzidu, where Bai respected and pointed out the rivers and mountains, saying that if he used troops, he would set up an ambush in Muzidu anyway, so that the enemy would pay a huge price.
And Lu Zheng did not disappoint him, and specially set up an ambush in Muzidu, so that Bai Jingzhong lost at least 5,000 men and horses into the river. Bai Jingzhong escaped from Muntjac Crossing, continued to flee south, encountered an ambush in Lingzhou, and lost thousands of men and horses, just like this all the way to the city, he lost his armor, and when he arrived at the city of Hengzhou, he looked around, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses left.
Bai Jingzhong saw the soldiers like the lost dogs around him, and couldn't help but cry "wow", he said: "I regret that I shouldn't easily listen to Sun Chongwen's bewitchment, and rashly send troops to Jiangnan, after this defeat, Lingnan is dangerous!" ”
Bai respected this cry, and the group of strategists around him panicked, and at the critical moment, Yang Jie stepped up and said: "Lord, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood, although the lord failed this time, but Lu Zhengxiao'er didn't want to kill them all." In fact, a careful analysis of the situation in the DPRK and China, the current situation is not difficult to understand, Lu Zheng is powerful in Jiangnan, and has already aroused a lot of jealousy. ”
As soon as Yang Jie said this, Bai Jing stopped crying, his eyes fell on Yang Jie, and his lips moved to stop talking. From Lingnan all the way to the north, Bai Jingzhong was originally very calm and cautious, but the key was that Yang Jie behaved radically everywhere, letting him seize the day, no matter what, he had to go north quickly and smash Huanglong.
In the end, Bai respected Huanglong and did not succeed, but he lost his armor and abandoned his armor, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses died in Jiangnan, his heart was really dripping blood. But can Bai Jingzhong blame Yang Jie at this time? As a strategist, they gave him advice, but they didn't let him follow his plan! The strategist conspires, and the decision-maker still respects himself in vain, if he turns his face with Yang Jie because of this incident, won't he chill the hearts of the world's talents from now on?
With a long sigh, Bai said respectfully: "Mr. Yang, if we are not so eager for quick success after capturing Hengzhou, and we will consolidate every city we attack, at this time we have more than a dozen cities, a million people, and more than 100,000 troops, which is enough to compete with the Jiangnan Division, why bother to fall into the current situation?" ”
Yang Jie was slightly stunned for a moment, an embarrassed look appeared on his face, and after a long time, he said: "Lord, this is all my responsibility, I should have tried hard to persuade you not to rush forward, but now that the matter has come to this, I can only think about it in the long run!" Fortunately, after we return to Lingnan, we still have a chance to make a comeback!
At present, the first thing we have to consider is how to control the situation in Lingnan, and we must clear out those powerful lords who dare to oppose the lord one by one, and then go north! ”
Bai Jingzhong's face changed, and his mood was even more uncomfortable. Yang Jie's words spoke to his heart, indeed, although he was the king of Lingnan, he was respectful, but it was not only the Bai family who was a powerful family.
There are toasts all over Lingnan, and there are also many local powerful lords, who used to submit to Bai Jingzhong, because Bai Jingzhong has the most powerful power in his hands. But now that Bai Jingzhong has lost his troops in Jiangnan, he has led tens of thousands of horses back in disgrace, can Lingnan still be as peaceful as before? Obviously, things are full of uncertainties right now!
Jiangnan suffered a fiasco, and the disaster did not go alone, and the situation in Lingnan changed subtly as a result. Bai Jingzhong's mood was really bad, and his intestines were as uncomfortable as ashes! He said: "This time I came to Jiangnan, and I lost my troops, but I also saw the demeanor of Lu Zheng, the first genius of my Dakang!" This son's talent is really the best in the world, and the future prosperity will depend on this person, if this person is blessed, or this can make the world unified again......"