Chapter 418: Zuo Liangyu goes to battle
After Zuo Liangyu drove out of the city with 20,000 horses, according to Lin Yi's order, Minmin Muttle took his 5,000 camel team to ambush at the city gate.
These 5,000 men and horses have 1,000 camels, that is, 1,000 camel cannons, and these 5,000 soldiers are in the service of these thousand camels. Compared with Zuo Liangyu's division to lure the enemy, this is the second echelon, and it is also a killer weapon to deal with the elephant army.
Zu Keyong and Dongsheng with the standard battalion and the invincible battalion of the soldiers are also assembled in the city to standby, they attack as the third echelon, in order to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu's luring enemy division and camel artillery team, Gao Guiying and Song Xiance, Li Yan are still responsible for the city defense with more than 100,000 horses, Lin Yi with the guards battalion and the women's battalion will go to the head of the city to watch the battle.
The weather on this day of Lin Yi's selection was also good, the sky was clear, and the visibility was very high, this was the first time in more than half a year that the Ming army took the initiative to open the city to attack, and the previous defeat had always been a passive defensive state. A few days ago, Sun Kewang was defeated, and the morale of the Ming army is now high, including the 20,000 horses of Zuo Liangzhu, who are also full of confidence in victory.
Especially those high-level generals and leaders knew that Lin Yi was going to break the elephant army today, and they were full of anticipation while rejoicing, but there were also non-commanders who were worried.
This is mainly Gao Guiying and Li Yan's original troops, including Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, etc., because these hundreds of thousands of horses have been repeatedly defeated by this elephant army, and they have some worries about the strength of this army, and they have lingering palpitations, and they have a lot of discussions in private for a while.
"Can these camels outdo elephants? You see, the cannon on their bodies is not big, and this elephant army is not even afraid of the red-coated cannon. ”
"Who knows? I hope that the Prison Master will be safe. ”
"If it happens, the city will be difficult to protect this time, if the camel artillery team is not defeated, these elephant armies will definitely enter the city, so can it be repaid?"
"Well, how good would it be to have these camel armies ambushed outside the city? Even if they don't succeed, these war elephants won't be able to enter the city, isn't it too risky for adults to plan like this now? ”
"Adults have been through a hundred battles and are far-sighted, these should be considered, right?"
"I hope so......
These generals have everything in their hearts, and there are still people who talk about it in private.
Previously, Sun Kewang's men and horses retreated fifteen miles, and now Sun Kewang's company camp is less than thirty miles away from the city, which just leaves enough place to fight outside the city, Zuo Liangyu rushed out of the moat for more than ten miles with his men and horses, ordered the team to stop, and then lined up in battle formation, waiting here.
The Ming army opened the city for the first time and went to war, which was something that had not happened for several months, and someone had already reported it to Sun Kewang.
In the past few days, Sun Kewang's morale was low, because that night they fell into Lin Yi's trap, thinking that the city mutinied, they had a chance, the Ming army has been holding the city without fighting, they were in a hurry, they wanted to take advantage of this loophole, as a result, the 100,000 army tossed all night and did not sleep, but lost more than 30,000 horses, killed a few generals, and returned without attack. From Sun Kewang to Mu Tianbo, the high-ranking people in the army and the pawns in the army, they were all depressed.
The generals didn't dare to say anything on the surface, but they knew in their hearts that this was caused by Sun Kewang's improper use of troops, and he was really incompetent and tired of thousands of troops!
Later, they learned that the mutiny of the Ming army in the city was true, and the scale of this mutiny was quite large, involving two battalions of 30,000 horses, and the soldiers were divided into two roads and two watches, and suddenly launched a fierce attack on Lin Yi's camp with lightning speed. But it was suppressed like lightning, and one of the rebel leaders of the two battalions was killed on the spot, two were taken prisoner, and one was at large, and was later captured and crushed.
This shows that Junsun Kewang had no problem with the use of troops that time, but in any case, he still lost that battle, and he was defeated so badly. What method did the surnamed Lin use to quell this rebellion so quickly, leaving them with no chance? And not only did it not affect the city defense at all, the city fire force was even stronger, and they lined up to wait for them, such a short time, such a quick response, it is said that only two battalions of thousands of Ming troops in the city were used to quell the rebels, how did they do it?
From Sun Kewang, to Mu Tianbo, to the Burmese general Wen Ke, they all felt incredible.
In the next few days, they rested their troops and horses, and did not come to the outside of the city to call for battle, but discussed how to fight the next battle? Everything would be fine if the Ming army went out of the city to start a war, but what if they didn't go out of the city? There is no hope of attacking the city, and it is not a way to consume it like this, how much does it take for an army of one or two hundred thousand to consume in a day? If the city really refuses to leave the city, and just waste time with them like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before they have to retreat without a fight.
While they were deliberating, someone came to report it......
When Sun Kewang and the others heard this, they stood up with a breath, as if they were sleeping, someone stuffed a pillow, and the problem was solved, especially Wenke's reaction was the strongest, this Burmese general seemed to be a dead wood in spring, but it could be regarded as useful, no need to discuss it anymore, they dared to go out of the city to fight, it was really beyond their strength, they brought about their own destruction, and let them pay back the last account!
Sun Kewang also couldn't hold back his excitement, and asked the reporter again, there were many soldiers and horses, and who were the main generals leading the troops.
"The leader of the Hui Da is Zuo Liangyu's men, about 20,000 or so."
"Oh?" Sun Kewang's eyes rolled, and now he didn't dare to be too arrogant, because Lin Yi made him suffer a defeat as soon as he arrived in Chengdu, he had a long memory, and knew that this was really a difficult opponent, what did the 20,000 horses in front of him mean?
At this time, Wen Ke was impatient, brushed this aside, and said with disdain on his face: "Great Commander, it doesn't matter if he is Zuo Liangyu or Right Liangyu, there are only 20,000 horses, and I can't stand my war elephant from sneezing twice." This battle is handed over to the last general! ”
said that he couldn't wait, and walked out.
"Commander and slow." Sun Kewang stopped him, and Wen Ke's eyes immediately widened, so what do you mean are stopping me? Sun Kewang smiled kindly at him, "As the so-called general presses the rear formation, the battle of the great commander seems to be the reliance of Sun and Mu Wangye, how can it be moved lightly?" The elite of the Ming army is all in the city. ”
At this time, Mu Tianbo also said, "The Great Commander is reasonable, how can the surname Zuo be worthy of fighting with the Great Commander?" ”
As soon as Sun Kewang and Mu Tianbo said this, the expression on Wen Ke's face became better, so he had to come back and sit down.
Sun Kewang looked at Mu Tianbo, "What is the prince's opinion?" ”
Mu Tianbo said: "The surname Zuo is brave and good at fighting, but it's a pity that he is old, this time Lin Yi is strong and strong, there are more people and horses in the city than ours, and there is no trick to send a veteran out of the horse?" ”
"The prince is very worried, and the commander of this is also thinking about this matter, and the cunning of the surname Lin has to be guarded against," Sun Kewangru said, looking at Yan Ximing, a wise man who had been sitting next to him and kept silent, this prince has always been like this, it may be a subtlety that is too much to say, as long as no one asks, he will never say a word, especially on this occasion, his eyes are closed, as if he is asleep.
Now that Sun Kewang asked him again, Yan Ximing opened his eyes and smiled indifferently with Yousu, "Great Commander, Lord Mu, where are you afraid of him?" The Great Commander and Mu Wang Ye are brave, and with the help of the war elephants of the Great Commander Wenke, as long as the battlefield is set up outside the city, our army will never make a mistake. ”
"It's hahaha...... "Sun Kewang, Mu Tianbo and Wen Ke are all happy, who doesn't like to listen to flattery?"
"But sir, is this battle in front of you exactly like Hugh? It can be asserted that the one surnamed Lin hid the elite division in the city. ”
"Well, that's also easy to do, you all know about Tian Ji horse racing? Since he pulls out a medium horse, we can't let the best of the best horses go into battle, take one step at a time, and then make plans. ”
"Sir, it's a brilliant plan!" Sun Kewang slapped the table, "Wang Dingguo, Long Zaitian? ”
"The last general!" These two generals spoke in unison and saluted Sun Kewang.
"The commander of this great command ordered Er to lead 20,000 horses to fight against Zuo Liangyu, and only won but not defeated. The Grand Commander and Mu Wang Ye then went out of the camp to watch the battle for the Grand Commander. ”
"No." The second general agreed to order his troops.
Sun Kewang ordered Ma Yuanli, a general who had not recovered from his wounds, and Wu Bikui, a general of Yunnan Tusi, to hold the camp with 30,000 horses to prevent the Ming army from secretly crossing Chencang to attack.
Soon Sun Kewang's camp gate was wide open, 150,000 horses and horses were divided into two out of the camp, rushing towards the Ming army, Wang Dingguo and Long Zaitian's 20,000 horses rushed to the front, a few hundred meters away from Zuo Liangyu's men and horses stopped, archers and muskets pressed the position, and the two sides set up the battlefield.
Subsequently, Sun Kewang and Mu Tianbo took 130,000 horses including the think tank Yan Ximing, the general Ainengqi, and Sha Dingzhou, including Wenke's elephant army, and also drove out of the camp, less than ten miles away from their camp, and three miles away from the front, and stopped the team.
Sun Kewang, Mu Tianbo with a wise man, this time to fight a good battle with the Ming army outside the city.