Chapter 1: The General of the Defeated Army
General Liu was furious. "Take down Lin Shenjun!" His beard was cocked up.
This is not to blame General Liu, everyone will be angry. 3,000 people besieged 800 people, but the opponent only relied on the camp fence more than a zhang high to resist it, fought for 20 days, killed and wounded more than 500 people, but failed to take it! Is there still such an incompetent general in the world?
He sent one-third of his troops to General Lin Shen in the hope that General Lin would fight a quick battle and take this stronghold, at least it would be a credit. It's good now, his own side confronts five thousand enemy troops, that is no way, the opponent refuses to defend by the river, although he himself has two thousand more numbers than the opponent, but how can Nanhe Tianwei break through this advantage? Even if he pressed the whole army, he couldn't do it. The question is if 3,000 people can't win a battle against 800 people on flat ground, can this still be justified?
The war between the Han Empire and the Jin Empire has entered its third year, and it is undeniable that the Jin Empire has a large population, vast land, brave soldiers, and controls many vassal states. But luckily, the Emperor of the Jin Empire, Wan Yan Liang, actually lost his mind and started a war against the distant Kingdom of France. God knows what he thinks. But whatever he thought, it was a great boon for the Han Empire. The enemy, who was ten times larger, was now almost the same as the Han Empire in terms of troops, and the rest of the troops were transferred to the front line against Frans. If the rivers and mountains cannot be recovered at such a great time, it is really impossible to explain to the people of the world and future generations.
So the emperor personally ordered the whole country to mobilize and launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Jin Empire!
The 10,000 horses commanded by General Liu were the third team of 50,000 troops on the left route, the left, the center and the right three armies, and the 200,000 horses on the middle road were the main attack, and the left and right 50,000 horses were in response. General Liu was born in a family of generals, and he has always wanted to make meritorious contributions, and this time he had the opportunity to unify the army all the way to fight the enemy before the other four routes, hoping to make meritorious contributions first.
As a result, the other 40,000 troops were blocked by the river, and it was heard that even the middle route army could not break through the Nanhe natural danger. General Liu didn't expect that he would definitely be able to break through the Nanhe, but so far, none of the three army has won a small victory along the way, as long as he can take this small stronghold that the eight hundred enemy troops refuse to defend, he can be the first to report the good news to the emperor!
As a result, this damn Lin Shen general is so incompetent!
He sighed and sat there with a sad expression.
It's not that he doesn't know that his soldiers and horses are neither strong nor strong, and their military discipline is lax. Because most of these military horses were temporarily recruited, and some of them were captured by force, they went to the battlefield without having the opportunity to train after becoming an army, and it was precisely because of this that he sent 3,000 troops to attack the opponent's stronghold of 800 men.
The 800 men should have withdrawn to the north bank of the South River as planned, but their leader, the commander of the Thousand Commanders, wanted to plunder on the south bank for a few more days, so the whole Jin army retreated to the north bank of the South River, and brought all the ships to the north bank of the South River. As a result, 200 of the 1,000-strong team were lucky enough to return to the north bank, while the other 800 had to resist on the south bank with Zamuhe.
Speaking of which, God really gave General Liu a chance to make a name for himself. If you look at it from the map, the entire Nanhe, the north bank is the Jin army, the south bank is the Han army, only this stronghold stands alone in the Han army defense line on the south bank. Starting from the whole battle situation, the Jin army would never force a breakthrough to the south bank for the sake of 800 people, let alone risk sending a ship to pick them up, and the situation of these 800 people was completely desperate.
General Liu's 7,000 men confronted the enemy's 5,000 men, at least to ensure that the Linhe defense line would not be lost, and if he sent another 3,000 men to attack this stronghold, he should be the only general who could report the good news before the battle of crossing the river was launched. Now, not only is there no good news, but the trouble is even greater. Because if this stronghold can't be taken, it may become a bridgehead for the Jin army's counterattack!
He didn't dare to increase his troops to this stronghold, because the Jin army had a large number of ships in his hands, and if the other party suddenly crossed the river to counterattack, he must have enough troops to deal with it, so these 7,000 people could not move around. But now this stronghold must be taken as soon as possible, otherwise the Jin army is afraid that it will really cross the river here and use the power of this stronghold to completely defeat the Han army's offensive. In that case, General Liu doesn't have to worry about the battle situation, as long as he cares about whether he can enter the ancestral grave after being beheaded.
So, who will command the attack? He had three generals, one of whom was recruited by the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army, Dingyuan General Wu An, to report the military situation, although the Jin army did not have the idea of attacking this stronghold for a while, but General Wu had already discovered this problem, and he had to send someone to report. The other couldn't move and wanted to help him defend against the main front, and the third, which had just been taken. Who else can command these 3,000 men now?
"Uncle Liu, I'll try!" A slightly immature voice sounded.
General Liu smiled bitterly. Here, there is only one person who calls him Liu Anbang Uncle Liu, and that is Wei Qing, the son of his friend Wei Zhenguo. Wei Zhenguo is an official and upright, offended the magnates of the imperial court, and was dismissed and returned home in the prime of life, Wei Qing just turned eighteen years old this year, and likes to study military affairs on weekdays. General Liu was also real, not only brought Wei Qing with him, but also gave him the title of Shi Chang. If theoretically speaking, the chief can command twenty people, but Wei Qing is just a trainee chief, and he just runs around with General Liu every day. Now, he actually took the initiative to ask for help. Not to mention Wei Qing's ability, let a trainee commander command an army of 3,000 people, do you think it's okay?
The military system of the Han Empire, five people set up a military commander, twenty people set up a chief, 100 people set up a centurion, 500 people set up a small capital commander, 1,000 people set up a large capital commander, 3,000 people set up a general, 5,000 people set up a tooth general, 10,000 people set up a permanent general, Chang General naturally has a variety of fame, including Dingyuan, Fenwei, hussar general, general, the most senior of the general is the general who protects the country, and then the marshal is the big and small. General Liu is at the level of General Chang, and now if he asks Wei Qing to command these 3,000 people to fight, it will be as ridiculous as letting General Lin command him, General Dingyuan, General Wu An, General Chang's superior.
Before he could speak, a reprimand had already sounded beside him: "Presumptuous! The yellow-haired child also dares to participate in military affairs indiscriminately! ”
General Liu's eyebrows furrowed. He wouldn't say anything if anyone reprimanded Wei Qing like this, but now this person is really not qualified to reprimand Wei Qing. This person's surname is Gu, his name is Weidong, and he holds the position of a general, second only to General Liu in this 10,000-person team. The problem is that this tooth general is really useless. Before setting out on the expedition, Gu Yajiang's biggest battle was to command more than 20 family members and seven or eight family members of another noble son to fight, but he did not command the Gu family before the family had the upper hand, and after commanding, he was actually beaten by the opponent. He had never even ridden a horse or held a weapon, and he had been one of the four evil youths in the capital before he set out for the battle.
If you talk about talent, this evil young man is not even qualified to be a small soldier, but whether he is qualified or not does not look at ability, but looks at the background. His father is Gu Huairen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, do you dare to say that he is unqualified? Gu Shangshu saw that the victory rate this time was extremely high, and it would be an equal score at worst, so he planned to let Gu Weidong take the opportunity to gild and promote him vigorously in the future, so he directly appointed his son as a tooth general and placed it under Liu Anbang.
Liu Anbang was helpless. The military department Shangshu put his son under you, that is the trust of you, and he is not at ease with someone else's Shangshu, he has to watch his right-hand man Zhang Ya be idle at home, but turn a person who is nothing into his subordinate.
Fortunately, Gu Weidong is also interesting, he knows that he doesn't know anything about the war, so he simply doesn't care about anything every day, just walks with the army, sits there every day when the meeting is held, and gets up and leaves after the meeting. Gu Shangshu told him before he set out on the expedition that he should not lead his troops to fight, and there was no need to win, because the battle merits were completely up to him, but if he lost the battle, he would be in trouble. So Gu Weidong goes to bed early and gets up late every day, walks birds and teases dogs, except for not being able to visit brothels, other lives are as usual.
If it was someone else, Gu Weidong would not dare to speak out, but a yellow-haired boy with such a low status and status dared to ask for orders to lead the army, and he himself was now twenty-seven or eighteen, and he was not even as good as a yellow-haired boy, which made him a little stimulated, and he scolded him at the moment.
Wei Qing looked at the tooth general coldly. He knows this person's bottom carefully, this Gu Ya general is always sleepy, and sometimes he refuses to get up when he is marching, so he has no choice but to make a special bed for him, once he marches, he will carry him, there have already been complaints in the army, and Liu Anbang is also very dissatisfied, but because of his tough backstage, he dares to be angry and dare not speak.
But others are afraid, Wei Qing is not afraid, who is he? It's just a trainee, at most, let him become a minion, how many levels can he be demoted? So he replied coldly: "General Gu, if you have ambitions, you are not old, the things in the army are only the best, and we are not admitted to the Jinshi, we must first pass the examination before we can take the exam." The situation is critical, but there is a glimmer of hope that can turn the situation around. ”
Gu Weidong was furious, he didn't expect a little soldier to dare to contradict him in public, although he knew the special relationship between Wei Qing and Liu Anbang, but this relationship was a fart in his eyes Gu Weidong, what kind of relationship could compare to the relationship between him and his father, the secretary of the military department?
"Someone!" Gu Weidong shouted, "Take him down!" There was silence on both sides, and no one answered.
Gu Weidong's face turned red, he looked at the guards on the edge of the tent, and was about to have a seizure, General Liu coughed: "General Gu, now I am still in the unified army, the Chinese army tent, if I am here, others are not allowed to issue orders, the military law of this dynasty has been practiced for a hundred years, General Gu should not disobey without authorization." ”