Chapter 132: Expedition 2
Three days later, Ren Huan couldn't wait to lead the newly reorganized Dingmin Army on the journey. The accompanying personnel included Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Golden Eagle Army, and as for his deputy Li Xiao, considering that Fuzhou had just formed a city defense force of 50,000 people, and Li Xiao was delicate and good at training, so Ren Huan specially transferred him to Fuzhou as the commander; Li Tangshan, the commander of the Tiger Roaring Army, still rode his fierce tiger horse, and under the deterrence of Wuyi Mountain, the surrounding cavalry did not dare to approach him for a square foot; Blue Tiger, the commander of the Blue Wolf Army, and his deputy, were specially equipped with his Blue Wolf; There are also Mei Juan, the commander of the Wind Dance Army, etc.
The Qin army, which was under Ren Huan's control, was gradually on the right track. Although He Fu's military talent is mediocre, he is quite talented in politics. He had been an official in Jianzhou for many years, and after the chaos, what Jianzhou needed most was to recuperate. After receiving the appointment of Ren Huan, he quickly got to work. And Wei He of Fuxian, who was later called the iron-masked monster who never had a smile, brought his excellent organizational skills and coordination skills into full play here. Under his slick means, Fuxian soon improved. Lin Taiyue, the county governor of Hanxing County, took office only yesterday. General Ren Huan is right, a smart person like him naturally knows how to choose. Facing the menacing Blue Tiger, Lin Taiyue wisely chose to obey. He knew that Blue Tiger was not like those polite officials who had come to invite him out of the mountain before, and if he really dared to refuse, that rude man would really have a good chance of smashing himself into meat sauce. Therefore, although a hundred people were unwilling, he still came to Hanxing County, accompanied by not only his family, but also his students. However, he also had a strong interest in the future general Ren Huan who dared to instruct the Blue Tiger to invite him.
"Tangshan, which county do you think we should capture first?" On horseback, Ren Huan still said with some hesitation.
Li Tangshan smiled and said: "Hasn't General Ren already decided, first pull out the nail of Jixian Qiuming, then attack Tieying in the south, and finally encircle and suppress the Shaozhu coalition army entrenched in Nanping County." ”
Ren Huan frowned and said, "Tangshan, you said that when we capture Nanping County, will the other two counties send troops to rescue?" ”
"The Iron Eagle guard general Huan Shutian has no opinion, our army is besieging Nanping County, and he will definitely not lead the army to help. Although Shaowu in Jian'an County is extremely intelligent, the two have always been at odds, and after winning a trick, they will be more cautious, so their subordinates think that even if they send troops to help, there will not be too many soldiers. We also happened to come to a fence point to help. Li Tangshan said with a smile.
Listening to his words, the gloom on Ren Huan's face did not decrease much, but became a little more intense. Wu Rui was puzzled, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is General Ren still worried about?" ”
Ren Huan frowned and said: "There is no such person, although we haven't had a head-to-head confrontation, but the person who was able to leave the soldiers and flee when he saw that the limelight was wrong in that situation that night is not ordinary people is not an ordinary person." With his intellect, he will not fail to see through our various strategies. I thought he would definitely come to help, but his relationship with Shen Jie has always been discordant, and I don't know how many people will come back in addition to his fifteen thousand cavalry. ”
Wu Rui said puzzledly: "The Great Qin sergeant has hundreds of thousands of troops, even if he and Shen Jie come to the city, we have the ability to swallow them in one bite, why is General Ren worried?" ”
Ren Huan didn't answer, while Li Tangshan took over the topic and said: "What General Ren is worried about is the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides. Although there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Great Qin, the army was short-lived, and the army had not yet formed an effective combat effectiveness. In the first two battles, we took the initiative and used sneak attacks. In such a situation, the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the army is also not clear. And now standing in an objective and fair environment, the same number of Great Qin sergeants could not compete with the opponent's battle-hardened elite troops. What's more, the elite heavy cavalry of the Minyue Kingdom is unparalleled in the world, and we are very doubtful that our soldiers will be able to withstand the frontal breakthrough of the other party. ”
"Qi Yu is the general, ten miles ahead, I found traces of the activities of a large army." Just then, a scout stepped forward to report.
Ren Huan's heart was shocked, could it be that the enemy army struck first and took the lead in ambushing himself here? So he hurriedly asked: "How many people are there, and what kind of army is it?" ”
General Zhao Tuo estimated that the number should be between 8,000 and 10,000. Looking at their signs, they are not Baiyue's army, but a bit like the regular army of our empire. The scout replied loudly.
"Imperial Army?" Ren Huan was shocked again, at that time, the Southern Expeditionary Army was defeated, and the direct army of the Ganyue tribe took the lead in going south, and the Imperial Southern Expeditionary Army was either defeated or captured, how could there still be an army left here?
"Let's talk about it first." Ren Huan waved his hand, and then came to the front of the team with a group of retinues.
As a result of this accident, the marching procession also stopped. When Ren Huan arrived at the front army, he saw Zhao Tuo confronting a handsome man about a hundred paces apart.
Leaping forward, Ren Huan said loudly: "Ren Huan, the deputy commander, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" ”
"Spirit Tiger Army, Yan Le." The handsome man replied loudly.
"Hasn't the Jinghu Army all withdrawn south to Guilin, why is Your Excellency still staying here?" Ren Huan said curiously. It's just that I have doubts in my heart, since the Ganyue tribe has a tacit understanding with Minyue, it shouldn't be publicized that an army stays behind enemy lines. And the person in front of him doesn't seem to be lying, what the hell is going on?
Li Tangshan stepped forward to see that it was his old enemy, and scolded: "This is not the Japanese, General Rigangshan, what are you doing in Minyue?" You dare to pretend to be your master's name, you are so bold! ”
When Rigangshan saw that it was Li Tangshan, he knew that he couldn't pretend to be able to do it, and said, "Aren't we the troops of the empire?" ”
Li Tangshan thought about it, Rigangshan, Zhao Gao and others were Japanese, and his troops still belonged to the Great Qin Empire. So he nodded to Ren Huan: "Their troops are also considered imperial troops, but this person's character is not very good!" I don't know what he wants to do, anyway, there won't be anything good, General Ren should be careful with him! ”
The old general Ren Huan saw at a glance that Gangshan was not a good commodity this day, but he couldn't offend Zhao Gao, the biggest official in the dynasty, so he had to let Zhao Tuo let them go.
Instead, Rigangshan turned around and walked in the direction of Fuzhou City, and Li Tangshan saw similar reports in some materials: There is a legend that the ancestors of the Japanese people are the Minyue people, is there any kind of collusion between them now?