Chapter 118: Turning Point (1)

After that, the battle went into garbage time. After Chen Cheng defeated the second wave of attacks of the Huns, he quickly returned to the defense and put on a posture of "you will come to fight me if you have a kind". The Huns really had a kind and launched a third attack. However, their third attack was weaker than the second, and after firing at a distance for a while, and after paying more than 100 casualties, the Huns withdrew.

After paying the price of more than 2,000 people, the central Yang Qiu army contained the offensive of the Huns, and then also invested cavalry to counterattack and repelled the Huns. Chen Cheng and Yang Qiu used similar tactics, and the results were similar. Only Cheng Yi on the left flank, after seducing the Huns to the south, blew the drums and trumpets, let the cavalry of the Yellow Sea kill from the flank, and annihilated three or four thousand Hun cavalry, which can be described as a great victory.

But when he retreated, Yang Qiu's left flank was exposed, which made Yang Qiu's battle line waver, and almost caused uncontrollable consequences. After the war, Yang Qiu was furious and had another big quarrel with Cheng Yi. Chen Cheng mediated for a long time, and asked Cheng Yi to divide some of the prisoners of war and the capture to Yang Qiu, so that the matter could be regarded as fooling.

Yang Qiu said angrily: "Hmph, for the sake of Chen Yuanjun's face, I will spare you this time." ”

Cheng Yi ignored him, but said to Chen Cheng: "Envoy, today our department has annihilated more than 3,700 Huns, this is the list of meritorious soldiers, please take a look." ”

Chen Cheng took the bamboo slips, and his first achievement was to travel twenty miles quickly, leading his troops to cut off the Yellow Sea behind the Huns, and there was a long list of names behind him. He looked at it casually, then returned it to Cheng Yi, and said, "The promotion that should be promoted, the reward that should be rewarded, Cheng Taishou is his own master." You also know my current situation, I don't have any money for you, so I can only rely on Cheng Tai to guard myself. ”

Cheng Yi glanced at Yang Qiu, and said with a smile: "The envoy is the lord of Liangzhou, and Wuwei County is also under the rule of the envoy, and it is also a matter of the right thing to make the envoy." ”

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "Cheng is too guarded." ”

Cheng Yi said again: "Today's battle, although the Huns are numerous, their combat effectiveness is not as good as our army. However, there are too many of them, and even if they have a small victory today, they will not be able to reverse the trend of the enemy's strength and weakness. If you want to defeat the Huns, you still have to surprise the soldiers! ”

Chen Cheng pondered for a while and asked, "Do you still have to ambush soldiers and horses in Helan Mountain?" ”

Cheng Yi shook his head and said: "The matter of ambushing troops in the mountains can no longer be repeated, the Huns have defense, and the ambush will be useless, but will disperse our already small forces." If you are accidentally blocked in Helan Mountain by the Huns, it will be even worse. ”

Chen Cheng asked, "Then the plan will be released?" ”

Cheng Yi said: "I heard that the envoy was in front of the two armies today, galloped on horseback, and shot hundreds of Huns, but is there such a thing?" ”

Yang Qiu had also heard about it, but he had always been very suspicious. He has not never seen false rumors and exaggerations in the army. To shoot a hundred people, draw the bow at least 300 times. He admitted that Chen Cheng's martial arts were very strong, but shooting a hundred people? He shook his head secretly, and said in his heart: Even if you say that the crow is white, it is more credible than this.

Hearing Cheng Yi's question, Chen Cheng smiled: "Although it is not hit, it is not far away." ”

You're not entirely right, but it's not much different.

Yang Qiu was stunned, could he really shoot a hundred Huns? This..... This....... That's as big as a couple of pilots!

Cheng Yi stroked his palms and laughed, and said: "Make Jun Shen shoot, and sure enough, there is no match in the world." ”

Yang Qiu couldn't help but say, "He said that he shot a hundred people, so you believe it?" I also said that I killed 200 Huns today. ”

Cheng Yi squinted at Yang Qiu and smiled without saying a word. Chen Cheng said slowly: "I hate lying the most in my life, and today on the battle array, I did shoot more than 100 Huns." ”

When he spoke, his expression was serious and serious, and when Yang Qiu saw it, he could only say that I believed it.

Cheng Yi smiled: "I already know the martial arts of the envoy, but I don't know if the envoy dares to gamble a big one?" ”

"How to bet?"

Cheng Yi said: "This place is still too open, which is beneficial to the Huns with more cavalry." It is better for us to retreat seventy miles, where the terrain is very narrow, between the Helan Mountains on the left and the Yellow River on the right, only four or five miles wide, and at least a third of them are tidal flats that cannot be passed by cavalry. If you can lure the Huns there, and then plug the opening......"

He made a gesture of clasping his hands together and said, "You can eat the Huns locked up inside." ”

Yang Qiu sneered, "You are very familiar with the terrain of the Northland. ”

Cheng Yi smiled: "Each other, isn't Yang Taishou also familiar with the roads around Yuanwei?" ”

Yang Qiu snorted and stopped talking. He also felt that if this plan could be successful, it would definitely destroy many Huns. The problem is that the Huns are not necessarily deceived by such tricks.

Chen Cheng thought for a while and asked, "Seventy miles back, isn't that near Fuping?" ”

Cheng Yi said: "Yes, the place I chose is across the river from Fuping City." ”

"Although I don't think the Huns will be fooled, they can try. Otherwise, let the people withdraw first tonight, and the infantry will also withdraw to the large camp behind. Chen Cheng said: "We will only use cavalry to fight tomorrow, and then feign defeat and flee to the south." In the end, someone needs to plug the opening, and if there are more people blocking the mouth, the Huns will find it, if there is less and not enough, and it will be attacked from both sides, it is not easy to do........."

As he spoke, Chen Cheng saw the smile on Cheng Yi's face, and immediately came to his senses, he pointed to his nose and said, "You mean, then I will lead someone to plug the mouth?" ”

Cheng Yi said with a smile: "With this intention, if it weren't for the envoy, others wouldn't be able to take on such a big responsibility." ”

Chen Cheng walked back and forth in the big tent for a few steps, and asked left and right, "Where is the map?" ”

The soldiers hurriedly came over to unfold the map, Chen Cheng used his finger to draw a few times on the simple map, and said: "This is somewhat similar to the Battle of Changping in the past, but the Huns are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, they will not watch us block the opening, this matter is too difficult." Does Cheng Taishou have any other plans? ”

Cheng Yi said: "Outside of this, there is only one way to fight with the Huns like today." ”

Chen Cheng asked Yang Qiu again, "Yang Taishou has been in the north for a long time, can he have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Yang Qiu shook his head and said, "Here is the mountain on the left and the river on the right, so I can't use any strategy." ”

Why didn't Chen Cheng know this truth? He just asked casually, lest Yang Qiu feel left out.

He stared at the map for a long time, and said, "On the left is the mountain, on the right is the river.........."

Fragments of the battle scenes during the day flashed quickly in his mind, and then the events of the last few days also flashed in his mind, countless scenes turned around like a marquee, and he had a vague wonderful idea in his mind, but for a while he couldn't think too clearly.

Looking at his deep brows, Yang Qiu said: "Let me say, Cheng Yi's strategy is too unreliable, don't stop the Huns at that time, but be blocked by the Huns, and we can't run away, then we will all be caught by the Huns and sent to Linrong as slaves." ”

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "I have good water quality, it's a big deal to jump into the Yellow River and escape for my life." But you're miserable, I'm afraid you'll be cut off by those bones and made into a wine vessel. ”

Yang Qiu said angrily; "You can jump into the river, won't I?"

Cheng Yi said with a smile: "But you are not as good at water as me, and you are not good at jumping into the river." ”

Chen Cheng suddenly raised his head and said to Yang Qiu, "What did you just say?" ”

Yang Qiu was stunned for a moment and said, "I said that I would also jump into the river....... Bah, bah, I won't jump into the river, only Chengyi's guy will be beaten to jump into the river to escape. ”

Chen Cheng waved his hand and said, "That's not what I asked, where did you just say that we would be captured by the Huns?" ”

"Linrong, I tortured a few captured Xiongnu captives, and they said that the Xiongnu would send the captured Han and Qiang people to Linrong."

Chen Cheng turned his head to look at the map, his finger moved north along the Yellow River, and then nodded to the west of Shuofang County, "This is it, very close to the Yellow River, and it can even be said that it is on the edge of the Yellow River." ”

Yang Qiu said casually: "Yes, last year Qiangqu was killed by his subordinates, and then the Marquis of Xubu Gudu became the new Xiongnu Shan Yu, and Qiangqu's son Yu Fuluo was afraid of being killed, so he took people out of the Xiongnu court. The Marquis of Subu also left Meiji and set up the royal court in Linrong. ”

Chen Cheng looked at Linrong's position, and his eyes couldn't help but light up. This time, he grabbed the flash of inspiration in his mind, turned around suddenly, and said with a glow in his eyes: "The army of the Huns is here to confront us, if we send a partial division to take the opportunity to attack Linrong, what do you say?" ”

Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu looked at each other and said together: "That's impossible!" ”

Chen Cheng asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”

Yang Qiu said: "Linrong is five or six hundred miles away from here, if you pass from the west bank of the Yellow River, you will definitely be discovered by the Huns along the way, if you pass from the east, there is a desert of more than 100 miles, there may be very few Huns in it, but after leaving the desert, you may encounter the Huns at any time." Before you reach Linrong, the army of the Huns has already surrounded you. ”

"Why go land? Can't we go there by boat? ”

"By boat?" Yang Qiu was stunned for a moment, this was a question he had thought about before, "Take a boat....... The current is so fast, and we don't have that many boats! ”

Chen Cheng: "I only need to bring sixty boats and load a thousand people!" ”

Cheng Yi shook his head again and again, and said, "A thousand people are going to attack Linrong City?" Thinking too much, how is this possible? Even if you don't capsize on the Yellow River, this is not enough for people to look at, and if one is not good, the whole army will be wiped out. ”

Yang Qiu agreed: "What Cheng Taishou said makes sense, a thousand people can't even make a splash. Today, more than 2,000 of my men have been killed or wounded, and the Huns are fierce and brave in battle, so that you must not be in danger. ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "When the champion Hou attacked the desert for the first time, he only brought eight hundred horsemen, and he hit Dragon City, killing and capturing countless Xiongnu noble leaders, and I brought two hundred more people than him, what he can do, can't I do it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu both showed surprised and thoughtful expressions on their faces. Yang Qiu lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said: "It's too dangerous to take a boat, if you really want to surprise Linrong, it is better to lead the cavalry through the desert and take the land route to rush over!" ”

Chen Cheng looked at Yang Qiu in surprise, the latter hesitated for a while, and the expression on his face became resolute, and he said in a deep voice: "I am still somewhat familiar with the geography of Luochuan and Shuofang County, and I am willing to lead the way!" ”