Chapter 114: The Northland (14)

Hearing Cheng Yi's helpless complaint, Yang Qiu snorted and said, "Don't talk about this now, let's find a way to deal with the Huns." ”

His face was a little gloomy, and his voice was even lower, "One-on-one, the Huns are not our opponents, but their troops are several times more than ours, and they are all cavalry ........"

Speaking of this, Yang Qiu shook his head and said, "Unless there is a big one, which defeats them all at once, otherwise, the Huns will always be able to send more reinforcements." The more the enemy fights, the less we fight, and in the end we will still lose. ”

Cheng Yi said disapprenously: "We have a lot of casualties, but the Huns have died more, and now is the time for the war horses to raise fat, when the mare is born, every time the Huns go out, their vitality will be consumed, if they can confront each other for a month or two, they don't need us to fight, they themselves will collapse." ”

"A standoff for a month or two?" Yang Qiu sneered, "Where would they wait so long? At most, ten days and half a month, when the population, money, and food are emptied, they will immediately retreat, and then when the war horses are strong after the autumn, they will come back again. ”

He looked at Cheng Yi and Chen Cheng's faces, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If you can't win by cavalry alone, you must press the whole army and fight them to the death!" ”

Chen Cheng was noncommittal and said to Cheng Yi: "What do you think of Cheng Taishou?" ”

Cheng Yi said: "I have no opinion on the decisive battle, but where should the battlefield be chosen?" What if we go into battle and the Huns avoid fighting? If they retreat, will we chase or not? If we pursue, our infantry will not be able to outrun the cavalry, and we will still use more than half of our strength to fight the Huns. ”

He said a little depressedly: "These Huns belong to rabbits, and they run fast!" ”

Chen Cheng asked, "Yang Taishou, how did you deal with the Huns before?" ”

Yang Qiu said: "They are all on the border after the autumn harvest to prevent the Huns from attacking." At that time, with Lian County as the rear, the cavalry could easily get supplies and repairs, unlike now, the Huns can repair in the city, but we have to stay in the wilderness! ”

Chen Cheng thought for a while and said, "Let's try tomorrow to see if we can lure the Huns over, and then fight them head-on." We can't afford it, and they can't afford it. Besides, their strength was two or three times that of ours, and the Huns had no reason not to fight. ”

He looked at a simple map, pointed to the mountains to the west, and said, "Can you ambush an army in the mountains?" When the two armies are fighting, they will fight from behind, and it will definitely have a miraculous effect! ”

Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu glanced at each other and said, "I think it's okay, let the Yellow Sea under my command take a thousand people to ambush in the mountains on the left flank, and when I find an opportunity, let them kill them." ”

Yang Qiu was suddenly stunned and asked, "But that Huang Hai who married a woman from the Li family?" ”

Cheng Yi said: "It's him, and General Yang also knows?" ”

Yang Qiu's expression was a little unnatural: "The Li family is a strong man in Lingzhou, and there are thousands of people in the trilogy alone, how could I not know?" Hmph, you win over the heroes of the Northland all day long, don't I really know? ”

Cheng Yi said with a smile: "Huang Hai is the general under my command, he and that sweet girl are the right family, and they really love each other, so they became husband and wife, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

That night, Huang Hai took a thousand elite cavalry to take advantage of the night to go to Helan Mountain. After Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu returned to their respective camps, Chen Cheng began to routinely inspect the camp. Behind him, Zhao Yun followed suit with ten personal soldiers.

Zhao Yun's official position is the main book, yes, it is the main book, which is the same as Lu Bu's official position under Ding Yuan's account. But in reality, he also has to work part-time as a pro-soldier captain and lieutenant general. When Lu Fang led the infantry to stay in the camp, if there was anything important, Chen Cheng would let Zhao Yun do it.

Although he is good at bows and arrows, and he also likes to charge into battle with a small number of elites, and is even called a "flying general" by many soldiers, Chen Cheng's style of using soldiers is not the same as that of the flying general Li Guang. General Li Guangwei basically did not manage the officers and soldiers under his command very much, and did not build a strong camp when he camped, but casually stationed in places with abundant water and grass, and distributed rewards to his subordinates, which was very popular among the officers and soldiers.

But Li Guang's record is not remarkable, if you don't use the word very bad, the few times he won martial arts, he basically relied on defensive counterattacks to win, and he didn't win much. Once he attacked with a large army, Li Guang would either lose the battle or get lost. It's just a matter of getting lost, the key is to get lost at critical moments several times in a row, and even being jokingly called Lost Hou by some good guys on the Internet.

Although Chen Cheng is known as the "flying general", he admires the famous general Cheng Buzhi of the same era as General Fei.

If it is said that to become a god-level general with elegant tactics like Huo Quzhi, it requires a talent far beyond ordinary people, then Cheng Buzhi is the pinnacle that ordinary people can achieve by hard work. If Emperor Wu can give the same trust as Wei Qing, Cheng Buzhi's achievements may not be lower than that of Hou Weiqing of Changping.

Ma Yuan once said: I don't know the process, I am still a cautious person, and the so-called carved hooves are not still like birds; Li Guang can't be followed, and he is trapped in the world, and the so-called painting of tigers is not an anti-dog.

Of course, everything has its advantages, and there must be disadvantages. Cheng Buzhi was strict in governing the army, and he was also very cautious in the use of soldiers, and he had never been defeated in his life, but that was because he had the entire Han Empire behind him as support, and equipment, money, food, soldiers and horses could be continuously replenished.

Chen Cheng and the others don't have the confidence to know Cheng now, he walked in the camp, and said to Zhao Yun who was holding a torch beside him: "It's not that I like to be curious and take risks, but every time I am outnumbered, I have to be surprised to win." ”

The torch in Zhao Yun's hand "crackled", and he followed closely behind Chen Cheng, silently listening to the other party's words.

"I know, I'm so nervous right now that I'm talking so much nonsense." Chen Cheng complained quietly: "But I can't help but be nervous." You also know the situation on our side, it is good to say that it is a rabble, there are so many mountains large and small, I wouldn't be surprised if they started fighting on their own. ”

"Dominate the suspicious crowd and fight against several times the enemy," Chen Cheng sighed inaudibly, and said: "If you are not careful, I am afraid that you will lose all the games." ”

"Well, I can only tell you the truth." Chen Cheng looked back at the soldiers who were a little far away behind him, then smiled at Zhao Yun and said, "Let Zilong see it." ”

Zhao Yun said in a low voice: "Even if the battle situation is unfavorable, it is much better than the situation in Liaoxi on the day of Wen Zheng. ”

"One time, another time. At that time, our side was of one heart, and the enemy was divided into two parts: Li Chun's rebels and the Wuhuan people. Now the situation has just turned over, the Huns are united, but we are divided into several forces. Chen Cheng's face was solemn and said: "But even if the situation is difficult, it is necessary to fight the Huns to the end." ”

By this time, they had already inspected the stables, and in the light of the torches, hundreds of horses were gnawing on beans. In order to prevent fights between horses, numerous compartments were made in the stables. The sound of squirming was occasionally mixed with the neighing of some war horses.

Chen Cheng turned his head sideways and asked, "What about those captured Hun horses?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "The good state has been replenished to the various troops, and there are more than a dozen lame legs and back injuries, all of which are kept in the camp behind, and the injured horses, even if they can't be ridden, can still be used as pack horses." ”

"What about the captured and surrendered Huns?"

Zhao Yun said: "The captured Huns were sent to Lingzhou City across the river, and those who surrendered were arranged to work in the camp. ”

Chen Cheng asked again: "How is the morale of our army?" ”

"Because they have won several sorties in a row, the morale of the soldiers is very high."

Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's fine." ”

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the wounded barracks that had been isolated. Strips of cloth boiled in boiling water were dried on the rope outside, and some pulp-washed clothes. Now the weather is very good, the temperature is very high during the day, and if you don't do a good job of treatment, the pass can easily suppurate, and minor injuries will become serious injuries, and serious injuries will directly die.

More than 100 people lived in the barracks, all of whom were wounded and could not move easily. As soon as Chen Cheng walked nearby, someone in Henan Province shouted in a low voice: "Stop! Password! ”

Zhao Yun took a step forward and raised the torch so that people could see Chen Cheng's face clearly. Chen Cheng said in a low voice: "Chicken ribs! ”

In the dark, he answered: "Tasteless!" ”

A team leader walked out of the darkness, saluted Chen Cheng with a fist, and said in a low voice, "I've seen the general." ”

Chen Cheng saw the appearance of the opposite side clearly by the light of the fire, and said, "I remember you, you are Xu Wen, why did you come to the vigil in person?" ”

Xu Wen was the commander of the Xiyuan Army who had delivered the news to Chen Cheng in Luoyang City, and escaped with him on the night when Nangong was breached. After coming to lead him away, Chen Cheng promoted him to be the team leader, responsible for the defense of the wounded barracks and other tedious chores.

Xu Wen said respectfully: "The matter of the vigil is that the five chiefs and I take turns to come, and today it is my turn." ”

Chen Cheng asked: "There are a lot of wounded here, and there will be more tomorrow." You don't have many people on your hands, are you busy? Would you like to arrange for a few more people to come over? ”

Xu Wendao: "The soldiers who were less injured would help us do some things like washing clothes and chopping wood and boiling water. There is no need for additional staffing. ”

Chen Cheng asked again: How are the soldiers who were sent? Has the injury worsened? ”

Xu Wen said in a low voice: "Six of them didn't hold up after being sent back and were already dead." There are also a few people who have been getting hot all the time, and Lang Zhong said that they are evil winds entering their bodies, and they have boiled some herbs for them to drink. ”

Chen Cheng said: "The dead should be buried on the spot, remember to register the register." Is there enough medicine in the army? ”

"The medicine is enough for the time being, but there are only 400 people left, and if the number of wounded is too large, I am afraid that it will not be enough."

"I'll ask Yan Zhong to collect more tomorrow and send them over, well, Lang Zhong will also find a few more."

Chen Cheng said: "Take me to see the most seriously injured." ”

Xu Wen led the group to the depths of the barracks, "General, please be careful, there is a sewage canal here." ”

Chen Cheng raised his foot and collapsed over the ditch.

Coming to the seriously injured area, Xu Wen lifted the curtain and said in a low voice: "This is it." ”

Before the curtain could be lifted, Chen Cheng could already smell a smell mixed with bloody corruption and medicine. As I walked in, the smell became stronger. Several soldiers on the beds were moaning, and when they saw Chen Cheng coming in, they couldn't help but get excited, and they wanted to struggle to stand up when they endured the pain on their bodies.

Chen Cheng hurriedly went up to hold them down, and reproached: "If you are injured, you can lie down, what are you doing when you get up?" ”