Chapter 355: Yue Fei's Calculations
The sergeants on duty glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to deceive Yue Fei, and replied bluntly: "General Hui, under the heavy rain, our army's torches and bonfires were all extinguished, and the enemy army took advantage of this opportunity to approach our camp. ”
They didn't deceive Yue Fei at this point, just now they stood on the camp wall, and then lightning looked over, only to see that the field of vision was full of dense heads, if there were only a small number of soldiers and horses, it would be impossible to make such a big noise, those soldiers and horses must have at least three thousand people up, as for how many, then they can't be sure.
There were at least 3,000 soldiers and horses, so the enemy army was attacking in a big way!
Han Xuan and the three of them would definitely not dare to lead the army out of the city before they found out the situation, so it seems that Liu Pan must have known about his army's capture of Guiyang County, and the dog jumped under the wall in a hurry and came to attack his camp at night!
But how many soldiers and horses will Liu Pan lead to come? How long can your front battalion of soldiers and horses withstand the enemy?
When Yue Fei and Wei Yan's troops arrived at Linxiang City, there were still 35,000 soldiers and horses in the whole army!
When Yue Fei's army set up camp, it was divided into five camps, the front, rear, left and right battalions were all small battalions, and there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses in each battalion, while the large army battalion under Yue Fei's department was stationed with 15,000 soldiers and horses, of which 5,000 iron cavalry were all stationed in the large camp of the army.
Before resting tonight, Yue Fei had already guessed that Liu Pan's Jingzhou army might come to rob the camp at night, after all, now that the overall situation has been decided, after Liu Pan learned the news that the three counties of Guiyang were about to be lost, if he still wanted to turn the tables, he would only have to venture to rob the camp all the way!
Anyway, if it was him who stood in Liu Pan's position at this time, he would definitely come to rob the camp regardless of victory or defeat, if he tried, he might still have a chance, if he didn't try, he would have no chance at all!
After Yue Fei guessed that Liu Pan might lead the army to rob the camp, he made the two preparations just mentioned, lighting a bonfire around the camp to prevent the enemy from approaching at night, and the soldiers of the whole army did not take off their armor and pillows at night, but in addition to these two preparations, he also prepared a third thing, that is, to arrange an ambush!
Yue Fei didn't forget that Liu Pan's soldiers and horses still had 10,000 sailors, at this time, Han Xuan and the three of them had not yet determined the news of the three counties of Guiyang, and their thoughts had not been fully revealed, Yue Fei had no way to lead the army under his command to contain Liu Pan's soldiers and horses nearby, so that Liu Pan's soldiers and horses could leave at any time on the sailor warship!
You must know that Liu Pan's troops and horses have 30,000 troops, and these 30,000 soldiers and horses already have the ability to change the occupation of one side, if these 30,000 soldiers and horses suddenly appear in other places, it is very likely to cause the defeat of other battles!
For example, Liu Pan's soldiers and horses suddenly appeared outside the public security city or outside the Jingling city, which was not a good thing for Yuan Yao's army.
If it was before, Liu Pan would not dare to invite Yi to lead the army to leave, if he did this, it would be equivalent to directly sending the four counties of Jingnan to Yuan Yao, but now that the overall situation of the four counties of Jingnan has been decided, Liu Pan does not lead the army to leave, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out, and if he leads the army to leave, it is possible to change the situation of the war, such a choice question will naturally be made by anyone.
However, in such a situation, Yue Fei naturally didn't want Liu Pan's army to leave, after all, let's not talk about the rest of the battlefield, just talk about Liu Pan and the 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, this is also a great achievement, Yue Fei naturally doesn't want to miss this piece of fat!
In this era, it was not uncommon for the whole army to divide into two groups of soldiers and horses to rob the camp, and Yue Fei also expected that Liu Pan might do this.
Therefore, although Yue Fei seemed to increase the bonfire, and let the soldiers not take off their armor at night, as if increasing the defense of the large battalion, but in secret, he did weaken the defense of the surrounding four battalions, and he directly transferred 2,000 soldiers and horses from each of the surrounding four battalions to form a partial division of 8,000 soldiers and horses and handed it to Wei Yan, so that he led this large army to ambush outside the camp.
His idea of doing this was to let the first soldiers and horses who came to rob the camp fall into a fierce battle, but they had the ability to break Yue Fei's army camp at any time, so that Liu Pan mistakenly thought that Yue Fei had just made these precautions, and let him have the confidence to be pressed by the whole army, after catching Liu Pan's whole army, Yue Fei led the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army battalion to press, Wei Yan led the ambush soldiers to kill, and then cooperated with the soldiers and horses of the surrounding small battalions to surround and kill Liu Pan's army near his own camp in one fell swoop!
I have to say that Liu Pan and Yue Fei both have very good plans, but now it suddenly rains heavily, which not only gives them both opportunities, but also causes them some trouble, and now the competition is their ability to adapt to changes!
Yue Fei hesitated for a moment, and did not directly lead the army into the camp of the front army, but ordered: "Quickly send someone to inform General Wei that the previous method of calling arrows for trumpets is invalid, so that after he hears the sound of war drums, he will lead the army to kill!" ”
"No, my subordinates are here to inform General Wei!" The two guards rushed out of their horses and galloped straight towards the place where Wei Yan ambushed the soldiers.
"Hurry up and investigate the situation in the front camp, find out how many soldiers and horses the enemy is coming, and it is best to capture a few prisoners for questioning!"
"No, I'll find out about it right away!" Another guard came out on horseback and went straight in the direction of the front camp.
"Immediately go and give an order to Captain Wang, ordering him to block the enemy's attack, not to let the enemy kill the Chinese army's camp, and let him support him for a while, and after I gather my troops and horses, I will send troops to rescue!"
"No, I'll go to the order immediately!" Another team of guards came out of the horse and went straight to the direction of the front camp to beat the horse.
"Order the officers and men of each battalion to assemble and prepare for battle, without my order, no one is allowed to send troops without permission, but only to guard the camp, and after hearing the sound of war drums, then lead the army to kill the enemy!"
"No, I'll go to the order immediately!" Dozens of guards were divided into several teams and rushed straight to the Chinese army camp and the other three camps.
After the order was completed, Yue Fei began to wait, although he also knew that it was a little difficult to hold back more than 3,000 enemy troops with 3,000 attacked soldiers and horses, but he believed that the soldiers and horses under his command, these 3,000 soldiers had not taken off their armor before, and the weapons were at hand, as long as they were given a period of time to adapt and let them regroup, they would definitely be able to support it!
The enemy army failed to break through the front battalion, it must not be the main force of Liu Pan's army, and at this time, only by sacrificing the soldiers of the front battalion can Liu Pan be baited!