Final Chapter. 119. The cunning of the Jianghu people
The big tent of the fourth team of the sixth battalion of the vanguard army is located in the north direction of the wall, which is the outermost "defense line". But it wasn't until more than a dozen murderous and bloodied Tianyou soldiers rushed into the camp tent with knives that the captain Zhao Youde was awakened by the cold wind poured into the tent.
He watched this group of enemy troops descend from the sky, and after entering the tent, he raised a sword full of blood without saying a word, and went straight to the brothers who were still sleeping and chopped them indiscriminately. After only a few breaths, the tent, which was not very spacious, was completely filled with a rich fishy sweetness; And Zhao Youde, who was stunned, was also completely recalled by the warm blood splashed on his face......
But before he could decide whether to fight to the death or beg for mercy on his knees; The Heavenly Blessing Army, which had already freed up his hands, was chopped into a puddle of meat sauce in an instant.
Wei Da, the vanguard general of the Qin army, was "hiding" in the tent at this time. He was originally a 20-year veteran, and he was the main force among the three major armies of Qin - Feng Yijun was born, from this point alone, Wei Da's full name is the four words of the root red miaozheng, which is the descendant of the Qin King Zhou Changfeng, and the iron rod of the iron rod.
However, he is not a battlefield general with outstanding achievements, let alone a qualified vanguard general, who needs everything and bravely crowns the three armies. Even in the nearly 20 years spent in Feng Yijun, he also served as the chief grain supervisor in charge of logistics, and he has always been good at careful calculation, and he is cautious and cautious enough, at least in his 20 years of experience, he has never made any mistakes, and has won the trust of Zhou Changfeng, the king of Qin.
At least in the past 20 years, the weak Northern Yan Army, first defeated in Youbei, and then defeated in Mobei, and those Nankang militia who carried knives during the war and sold goods on weekdays, fought back and forth, which can be called the number one soft persimmon in the Huayu Continent, which has long been known to everyone. Since the opponent is the vulnerable Northern Yan Army, if it were not for Zhou Changfeng's favor, this vanguard general, who is the easiest to be rewarded for meritorious service, would never have been able to take the position of Wei Da, the chief grain supervisor.
The reason why Zhou Changfeng uses people like this is not only because Veda does have something extraordinary; A more important reason is that he doesn't want to completely break the backbone of the Zhou family of the Heavenly Family!
His Royal Highness King Qin is also the Zhou family, and he is still the bloodline of the emperor's eldest son, and he worships the same ancestor as Emperor Tianyou. It is precisely because of this relationship that he plans to ascend the throne and sit in the palace, and there is no need to embark on the difficult road of changing the dynasty.
With this in mind, the reason he chose for this Northern Expedition was that "he couldn't bear the Son of Heaven being deceived and held hostage by two traitors". Therefore, from top to bottom, the Qin army was all black flag and black armor "Ancient Qin King System", shouting the slogan "Qing Jun's side, eliminating traitors" and "King Qin of Beijing".
As for why Emperor Tianyou announced to the world and regarded the Qin army as a rebellion against the Northern Yan Kingdom? Obviously, this is the ironclad evidence of the two treacherous ministers who deceived the Holy Hearing and controlled the court!
As for the black-armored Qin army that one day, the king of Qinqin in Beijing really entered Yanjing City, occupied the Zijin Palace, and eliminated the two parties of Cai and Wang and their wings in one fell swoop, how should he deal with himself?
It's not that hard at all! As the saying goes, if there is no faint monarch in the country, there will be no ministers, since Zhou Yuanqing, who is in the line of your three princes, is stupid and incompetent, it should be the turn of the eldest son of the emperor to take charge again!
Therefore, the candidates for the Qin Army's Northern Expedition and the vanguard generals this time cannot fall on the horsemen who only know how to move forward and fight bravely! Because Zhou Changfeng, who claimed to be the king of Qin, had long regarded every grass, tree, soldier and people of the Northern Yan Dynasty as his own bag. He wants to clear the world with the posture of a holy lord and benevolent monarch, and reign over the world.
Since you can't point a brave man as a pioneer general, then it is very suitable to put Veda, who has been doing "fine work" for 20 years, in this position! At least he won't kill and discredit his face for no reason; They will not make the mistake of being greedy for merit, and from a tactical point of view, they can also avoid risks.
However, just as Zhou Changfeng misunderstood his ally, he also misthought of Veda Qiren. It can be said that the main reason why the war situation has developed so far is that Weida, who was born as a chief grain supervisor, came up with a "shift system" that he thought was safe.
The reason why he arranged more than 10,000 vanguard troops to be on duty at night; The main purpose is to speed up the construction progress of the camp and protect the grain and grass baggage that is one step ahead. In this way, the defense capability is naturally as stable as an iron pass, which is enough to make the 200,000 Northern Yan troops fearful; But the soldiers of the vanguard army were exhausted by the heavy burden, coupled with Jia Laoliu's jar of tonic wine called "adding fuel to the fire", which consumed the last trace of energy!
More than 10,000 warriors who fall asleep in their respective tents will definitely die faster than more than 10,000 pigs who can walk and run!
I think that in the past 20 years, the reason why Veda is willing to commit himself to the position of chief grain supervisor is to get free time to study the method of using troops diligently; And his biggest dream has always been to get a chance to gallop on the battlefield and make contributions.
If you don't fly for 20 years, you will soar to the sky; If you don't sing for 20 years, the song will be amazing!
Perhaps due to his occupational illness, Veda regarded the speed of construction of the camp and the safety of the grain and grass as the foundation of victory; Naturally, it ignores the physical and mental limits of soldiers, as well as the difference between man and dead things.
After 20 years of talking on paper, after all, it can't swallow a big defeat in person; It's a pity that Veda, who has grown, is afraid that he will not have the opportunity to show his ambitions; And the more than 10,000 elite veterans of Feng Yijun were also buried by the self-righteous Wei Da, and they died very much.
The sound of the fighting outside the tent was getting weaker and weaker, and Veda finally accepted the result with a wry smile. Whether it is the time wasted on himself for 20 years; is still the kindness of Zhou Changfeng and Chen Ziling, he has to make a decent final explanation.
Veda, who was sitting in the handsome tent, finally moved! He drew a dagger, waved his hand to cut off the bun on the top of his head, and carefully pressed it under the golden seal of the vanguard general; Then he removed the lion's helmet from the rack, gently blew away the dust that was not there, and draped it squarely over the gold seal......
Veda, who had a thin curtain lifted and his face covered with his hair, and was clad in dark red armor, finally stepped out of the last barrier, exposing himself completely to this chaotic battlefield!
The scenery outside the tent came into view, except for the 800 "black cavalry infantry" wearing iron armor, all of them were Beiyan military uniforms that could not be seen at a glance, and there was no half of black cloth. Veda pulled out a wry smile, walked to the side of the black rider Niu Zhao, and whispered:
"When the battle begins, you wait for the black horsemen to be armoured and can quickly break through to the west; If the war horse and ordnance are lost, they can be replaced, but your elite cavalry needs ten years of training. Looking at the overall situation, I can be brave and fight to the death; You can't! ”
Speaking of this, he patted Niu Zhao's shoulder armor, and without waiting for a response, he stepped forward and shouted:
"Where is the enemy? Talk to you before the battle! ”
Abandon Wen from the martial Zhang Dianchen, carrying a bright ghost-headed broadsword, walked out of the sandwich road that separated the two sides:
"Lao Tzu has nothing to say to you, if you want to fight, you will come up and fight, and if you don't fight, you will kneel and surrender!"
If you promise in public that you can let my 800 brothers live, then someone else is willing to "sacrifice his own head." ”
"Fool me for a fool? That's 800 Black Cavalry! I'm afraid only Chen Ziling's head is barely enough to change! Brothers, listen carefully to me! Looking at those Qin soldiers in black armor, the heads of each of them were worth a hundred taels of silver! And the black iron armor is also expensive; Whoever catches the armor will be disposed of! ”
Listening to Zhang Diancheng shouting out a hundred taels of silver, the surrounding Beiyan soldiers were all taken aback
"The head of the house is one hundred taels, and these more than 800 people are enough to count...... Forehead...... But a lot of silver, can you take it out? ”
"This general, can what your old man said count? Isn't it a part of the listener? ”
"The pawns are all one hundred taels, and the general with his cloak is not worth a thousand taels?"
For a while, there were different opinions, and the more than 800 elite black horsemen who were besieged by the regiments were regarded as nothing by the defeated Northern Yan army, as if they had become cattle and horses raised in the pen by livestock dealers, and let people point fingers and ask about their worth; Many people have even inquired about the value of this kind of black iron armor with simple shape and excellent texture on the market......
And Zhang Dianchen clapped his hands to suppress the noise, ignoring the pale-faced enemy army, and patted his chest to protect everyone:
"Everyone, you heard me clearly! What I just said definitely counts! Whether it is the Hedong garrison or the Heavenly Blessing Army, everyone will have a share! If 80,000 taels of silver is too much, do you think I, Zhang Dianchen, are not worthy of opening this mouth, and don't there be four princes to cover it? I'm not afraid of running out of money! ”
As soon as these words came out, the crowd once again resounded with the sound of discussion; Some people are calculating the housing and land prices of their hometowns, and some people are calculating the foreign debt holes they have poked out; There are also people who are calculating the cost of soup and medicine for their father, mother, brother and sister, and some people are still inquiring about how much silver they have prepared to marry a daughter-in-law when they return to their hometowns......
In the eyes of everyone, this group of well-equipped and outstanding martial arts black cavalry has become a silver ingot that can walk and move, and it has also become a ladder for them to live a rich life! However, the eager and greedy gaze completely angered the black cavalry sergeant who had lost his war horse and the "bare-pole veteran" Veda!
Not to mention the hostile relationship between the two armies, a single set of black knight armor has already cost more than one hundred and twenty taels of silver alone! Putting his head together is not only worthless, but also dragging twenty taels of silver back to the armor!
Niu Zhao, who gradually lost his mind, also completely gave up the idea of leading the army to break through, picked up his sword and went straight to Zhang Dianchen, who was "illiterate"!
"It's all counted, the total number of enemies is only seven or eight hundred, whoever grabs it is whoever! The water is overflowing, and the ligature is slippery (the enemy is killed, and the fellow rivers and lakes hurry away)! ”
The Northern Yan soldiers, who were already impatient, rushed forward in the middle of the battle circle with a "hula"; But those Lu Dong Xiangma, who understood the "Spring Festival", silently withdrew to the periphery of the crowd......