Chapter 90: What the hell is this formation?
The secret weapon is, of course, the oil discovered during the construction of Angeup.
That thing was produced quite a lot, and after being made into a fierce fire oil tank, a large warehouse was piled up in Anyi.
Moreover, after Pang Jianchu's improvement, the catapult is more light and powerful, and with the power of the fierce fire oil tank, not to mention that Changchuan only has 10,000 defenders, even if it is 350,000, it can be attacked.
Chen Ziqian was still very confident in this, and wrote a military order overnight, ordering someone to send him to Yong'an as soon as possible.
After solving the problem of Chang Chuan's obstruction, it will be much easier to deal with Zeng Yuanqi, but the more troublesome thing is how to withdraw Le Jinghui's 40,000 horses.
There is really no clue about this problem at present, after all, if Le Jinghui wants to withdraw, he must tear his face with Zeng Yuanqi, so that Zeng Yuanqi will completely lose the strength to occupy Pingyong, which is equivalent to forcing Zeng Yuanqi to jump over the wall and fish to die.
And once the battle starts, both sides will inevitably have their own losses, and in the end it will only be cheaper for Jing Ce Nian, who is firmly sitting in the Diaoyutai.
This step must be cautious, and now that Zeng Yuanqi has not found out that Le Jinghui has a problem, he can slow it down first.
And Le Jinghui also said before that he would be able to take Guanxian County within five days, and then he would have a city defense to defend in Guanxian County, and it would not be too late to tear his face with Zeng Yuanqi.
To be honest, Zeng Yuanqi is really no different from the meat on the chopping board now, the more he struggles and flutters, the faster he will die.
Chen Ziqian really doesn't believe it, in this case, Zeng Yuanqi will have the possibility of turning the tables against the wind.
In the tent, he discussed with Gan Youzhi until the second half of the night, and after sorting out all the problems of the department, Chen Ziqian went to rest.
I have to say that leading troops to fight is really tiring, no matter how big or small, you have to pay attention to all aspects, and if you are not careful, you may collapse completely.
After a brief three-hour rest, there were all sorts of things to deal with after dawn.
Compared to Chen Ziqian, it is already very easy, Gan Youzhi is really tired as a military advisor, everything has to be screened first, and finally the important reports are picked out, which is quite a huge workload.
From the weight of the grain and grass to the physical condition of the battalion sergeants, and to the enemy's movements and formulate a series of coping strategies, this errand is really impossible for ordinary people to do.
At the same time, Lin Xiaodao was not idle, as the main general in command of 20,000 soldiers and horses, how to gather these 20,000 horses in a short period of time is a problem that Lin Xiaodao urgently needs to solve.
Fortunately, Cao Peng, who served as a soldier in Cangzhou, has enough experience in commanding troops, otherwise he suddenly really doesn't know how to start.
Moreover, the soldiers and horses in each county are all under the command of the county lieutenant, and in a short period of time, I dare not say how strong the combat effectiveness of these 20,000 people will be, at least it can be done by twisting them into a rope.
Lin Xiaodao did not deliberately dismantle the county soldiers, but according to the original deployment of 2,000 people, he delegated power to his subordinates, and he promoted the county lieutenants of each department to Sima of other departments, and there were two governors under him, each of whom was in charge of 1,000 people, and 100 people were set up as centurions, and so on.
Lin Xiaodao doesn't have to worry too much, as long as he manages the three of the various armies, Sima and Duya, he can easily control the whole army.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to such an arrangement, the advantage is that it is convenient for overall control, and the disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to link up, and it is difficult to carry out cooperative operations between the arms.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, it is quite good to be able to do this, at least when the two armies face each other, there is no problem with unified scheduling.
In addition to these 20,000 horses, the 5,000 troops in Hemen County were also led by Lin Xiaodao, but Lin Xiaodao only changed the system and did not rush to rectify the Hemen County soldiers, and the effect of these 5,000 people being specially used to defend the city was better.
At present, he is temporarily stationed in Hemen, and the primary task is to defend the city, and it is best not to move the 5,000 county soldiers, so as not to increase the workload.
In general, everything went very smoothly, Lin Xiaodao in order to receive a few capable lieutenants, and took advantage of the situation to continue the martial arts competition that was not held yesterday, and the barracks was lively on this day.
And while the wind and water were smooth on this side, Le Jinghui on the other side seemed a little uneasy outside Guanxian County.
After the fraud two days ago, he asked Zeng Yuanqi to allocate grain and got a reply, but Zeng Yuanqi was so coercive that he actually sent him 10,000 stone grain and grass, and also sent a prison army of thousands of people to supervise the army and let him lead his troops to attack the city.
These are planned in the first place, but they are not a big problem, and they are implemented according to the pre-planned plan.
Yesterday, he did listen to Zhou Zhuoyun's words, and personally led 20,000 horses to attack Guanxian, but he lost more than 1,000 horses for the sake of realism, and finally withdrew to the camp in disgrace.
Zhou Zhuoyun was quite dissatisfied with this, and even sent a war report back to Zeng Yuanqi to complain, saying that Le Jinghui and the former army generals were tired and lazy.
In eight simple words, the morale of the former army was vividly expressed, if this matter was to be changed to normal times, Zeng Yuanqi would definitely be furious, but yesterday Chen Ziqian led the troops to bomb the camp, and there was such a big thing, Zeng Yuanqi was still in the mood to care about these, and replied with an order, directly asking Le Jinghui to lead the troops to withdraw.
In the big tent, looking at the withdrawal order sent by Zeng Yuanqi, Le Jinghui looked embarrassed with a straight face.
Zhou Zhuoyun, the overseer, was watching from the tent, and he thought that Le Jinghui, who received the order to withdraw the army, would be very happy, but he didn't expect it to be this crying and sad expression.
"It's hard." Le Jinghui got up and paced back and forth with his hands on his back.
Zhou Zhuoyun was puzzled: "What does General Le mean by this, the lord's letter clearly shows that the rebellious Chen Ziqian gathered soldiers and horses from ten counties to rebel, and Pingyong is now suffering from internal and external troubles and it is inconvenient to continue to use troops against Guanxian County, so let the general withdraw his troops as soon as possible and go back to defend Pingyong, why are you still not happy?" ”
"It's not that I'm not happy, but Guanxian sees that it's at my fingertips, so it's a pity to abandon it like this, and sacrifice my more than 1,000 brothers in vain." Le Jinghui shook his head and said.
He didn't dare to tear his face with Zeng Yuanqi now, he still had to continue to pretend.
Although Chen Ziqian assured him that his family would be fine, it was better to be safe, and he would have enough time to rescue his family after he won Guanxian.
When Zhou Zhuoyun heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes: "General Le, are you joking?" Yesterday, the soldiers who lost the first battle and didn't even attack the city tower, so it's still at your fingertips? ”
"The prison army doesn't know that the reason why the attack on Guanxian County has been defeated in successive battles is not because Le is slack, but deliberately." Le Jinghui explained the intentions before and after, and showed that using this withdrawal opportunity was enough to lure the defender Zhao Lijie out of the city for a decisive battle.
Zhou Zhuoyun's eyes straightened when he heard this strategy of showing weakness to strength, and at the same time, he blushed because he misunderstood Le Jinghui, and respectfully hugged his fists and apologized: "Zhou is short-sighted, he failed to see the general's good intentions, and he also reported to the general, which is really a crime that deserves death." ”
"Those who don't know are not to blame, the prison army does not need to blame themselves, and this matter is also mishandled by Le, and it is my fault that I failed to report it in time." Le Jinghui put on a tolerant attitude, and greatly brushed his favor in front of Zhou Zhuoyun.
Zhou Zhuoyun said: "It makes sense for the general not to say it, so as to increase the credibility of this plan, but now that the lord has indeed ordered the general to withdraw his troops, what should I do about this?" ”
"I'm also worried about this, since the prison army has already known about this strategy of using troops, I wonder if you can help me take Guanxian first, and then explain it to the lord afterwards?" Le Jinghui calculated Zhou Zhuoyun step by step, after all, there are 1,000 people in the prison army, and if so many people want to make trouble, it is still quite troublesome on his side.
Zhou Zhuoyun immediately lifted his spirits when he heard this, this is a great opportunity for meritorious service: "Thanks to General Le's trust, Zhou is willing to serve." ”
"Okay, immediately pass on my general order, order Chen Tong to lead 5,000 men and horses to ambush on the left flank of Guanxian County, Xue Feizhang to lead 3,000 men and horses to ambush on the right flank of Guanxian County, and the rest of the people immediately pull out the camp, first withdraw the siege equipment, slowly withdraw the army, and be sure to lure the defenders out of the city." Le Jinghui pushed the boat smoothly and immediately began the final counteroffensive plan.
And at the same time that Le Jinghui was about to counterattack, the city of Hemen County was already tense.
Han Sheng led his troops and horses to the city, and set up a strange formation to beat drums and shout there.
On the city tower, Chen Ziqian looked confused, although he didn't have any unique opinions on the arrangement of troops, but after seeing the epic Three Kingdoms masterpieces, some formations could still understand some doorways.
It's just that Han Sheng's formation, after watching it for a long time, he was a little confused.
What the hell is this lined up?
"Is there anyone who understands the formation, who can tell Lao Tzu what kind of formation this is?" Chen Zi humbly asked, although the county orders behind him were all old fritters, but the individual attributes were not bad, such as Bai Changxing, who came out of the Imperial Capital Tai Academy, and his ability may not be great, but he always has knowledge.