In the early morning, everyone in the camp was busy nervously, the soldiers were full of food and drink, feeding the horses, putting on the saddles, and the prepared soldiers and generals were carefully wiping their swords and guns, checking the bows and crossbows and armor.

The accompanying ministers and clerks were also making preparations before the war, and everyone did not forget to put a piece of armor on their bodies, which may not be able to prevent swords and spears from slashing and stabbing directly, but the defense against arrows is still very high, and with this layer of armor, the chance of injury must be reduced by at least half.

Zhao Junsheng put on his battle armor with the help of the imperial guards, and Dongfang Chen next to him stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, the battlefield is dangerous, if there is a mistake, it is not a pity for the ministers to die, it will cause turmoil in the world, and the country will be shaken, and the ministers suggest that Your Majesty stay in the camp and take command!" ”

Yang Lie also stood up and said: "The minister thinks that the words of the national teacher are reasonable, and please think twice!" ”

The armor had been put on, the ties were also tightened, Zhao Junsheng took the helmet and put it in his hand, looked at Dongfang Chen, Yang Lie and the others and asked, "You let me stay in the camp to command, how many soldiers and horses do you plan to leave behind to protect my safety?" Thousand? Two thousand, three thousand, or five thousand? If there are too few soldiers and horses left, there will be fewer soldiers and horses that can be used for battle! To be honest, I don't trust the 4,000 troops very much, Nie Feihu's infantry was taken away by Yang Dayan with a thousand people, and only 2,000 people remain, these 2,000 people have to keep an eye on the defenders in the city, but also guard against the 4,000 troops against the water, the pressure is very high! ”

The ministers who accompanied them had nothing to say.

Zhao Junsheng continued: "The security of me leading troops to battle is actually much higher than staying here, if I stay here, I still need a large number of soldiers and horses to escort it, which is a waste of troops!" This matter is settled, Nie Feihu! ”

Nie Feihu stood up and clenched his fists: "The end will be!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "I will give you another 3,000 cavalry, these 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry are at your disposal, not only to guard against the 4,000 surrendering troops, but also to contain the 3,000 defenders in the city, your task is still not light!" ”

Nie Feihu clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister has 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry in his hands, if he still can't afford to give the city to 3,000 defenders and 4,000 surrendered troops, the minister is really incompetent, if something happens, the minister will come to see him!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "What do I want your head for?" What I want is that when I lead my troops to fight with Liu Song's army, there will be no problems in the rear! ”

"Obey the order!"

At this time, a sentry ran in and reported: "Report - 11,000 people of Liu Song's army have crossed Longquan Mountain and are coming here, forty miles away from here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "How many cavalry does this 11,000 Liu Song army have?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are a total of 2,000 cavalry, and their cavalry and war horses are all Sichuan horses, short in stature and short in legs!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Explore again!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng's eyes instantly became fierce: "Order the soldiers to assemble and line up, ready to meet the enemy!" ”

"No!" Yang Lie clenched his fists and agreed, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Some ministers wanted to remind Zhao Junsheng that the enemy army was still forty miles away from here, so was it too early to set off to meet the enemy at this time? Why not just relax and work? But after thinking about it, he still didn't say it after all, Zhao Junsheng is a battle-hardened emperor after all, and he must have his own ideas.

Two moments later, only Nie Feihu and 2,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and a few ministers and some scribes remained in the camp to be responsible for the handling of official documents, the allocation of grain and grass, and liaison.

Zhao Junsheng and Yang Lie led six thousand cavalry in the direction of Longquan Mountain at a normal marching speed.

At this time, the sun had just shown the horizon, and the temperature had not yet risen, so it was relatively easy for the soldiers to walk at a normal marching speed on horseback.

Wang Luoshui, the squire of the military department, walked to Yang Lie at the front of the team and asked, "General Yang, why did Your Majesty order the army to meet the enemy so early, and wait until Liu Songjun got closer before sending troops?" So you can wait for work! This officer doesn't understand military affairs, and he still hopes that the general will teach him a lesson or two? ”

Yang Lie turned his head to look at Wang Luoshui, and said with a smile: "The reason is very simple, after all, we are building a walled city with our backs, there is a threat from the defenders in the city in the rear, and there are enemy troops in front of us. Therefore, the choice of the location of this battlefield is very important, not too close to the enemy city, otherwise once there is an accident in the rear, the front will not have time to react and deploy. Keep a distance from the enemy city, and even if something happens in the rear, the front master will have enough time to adjust and deploy when he receives the news in time! ”

"This is actually the same as the principle of being attacked by the enemy on the belly and back, if our army is attacked in the north of the belly at the same time or one after another, the army will definitely be disheartened and unable to resist! But if one of these two enemy forces is still far away from our army, then we can completely break through each of the two enemy forces, defeat one of them as quickly as possible, and then turn around and attack the other way! ”

Wang Luoshui nodded thoughtfully after listening, "Understood!" It seems that it is really not enough to just read a few military books to fight on this march, and you have to personally lead the troops to fight in order to accumulate experience."

The military quality of a general can be seen from the process of leading troops to lead troops and marching troops in peacetime, and there are many details that need to be paid attention to, and it is often because of these details that the combat capability and combat performance of an army are determined.

On the tower of Chengdu City, Liu Yu, the assassin Liu Yu, Liu Daoxi, the Taishou of Zitong, and the generals of the state government, such as the main officer, the chief officer, the other driver, the captain, and the general, looked at the smoke and dust raised in the camp of the cadres in the distance and couldn't help but think about what the cadres were doing.

The lord Bo said to Liu Yu: "Envoy, could it be that the reinforcements of our army have arrived, and the cadres are sending troops to meet them?" ”

Liu Yu said: "I don't rule out this possibility, according to the time, the two reinforcements of Li Dan and Zhitan should almost arrive, but we have not contacted these two armies now, I don't know what their specific position is, if we can know their location at this time, maybe we can help them!" ”

Liu Daoxi arched his hand and said: "Make your words reasonable, if you know the battle position of the cadre army and the reinforcements, after the two sides fight, our army will kill the soldiers and horses in the city again, and come to a front and back attack, the cadre army will be defeated!" ”

Don't drive said in a hopeful tone: "I hope that the two generals Li Shan and Zhi Tan will not be stupid to engage in a head-on encounter with the cadre army, if they pat their heads and directly fight with the cadre army, this is not reinforcements, it is to send food to the cadre army, and the cadre army is to surround the point to send reinforcements, no matter how many people we come, they can eat them one by one!" If you want to fight, you have to wait until you get close to the city, and it's best to let us see it, so that we can meet the inside and outside in time! ”

Liu Yu frowned and said, "This official has always had a bad feeling, we can think of this, can't the general of the cadre army think of this?" ”

Several other officials and generals nodded in unison, yes, don't take the generals of the cadre army for fools.

Liu Daoxi said to Liu Yu: "Envoy, in the opinion of the lower officials, we should still send someone out of the city to investigate, otherwise our eyes will be black, and we won't be able to help Li Dan and Zhitan!" ”

Liu Yu thought for a while, and instructed a soldier next to him: "You go and shoot a few elite soldiers to go out of the city to investigate!" ”

"Yes, Envoy!"

It was broad daylight, and from time to time there were cadre army ranger sentry outside the city, and several groups of outpost sentry were sent out of the city in succession, and it was not long before they were intercepted by the cadre army ranger post, and none of them were spared.

This scene was clearly seen by Liu Yu and others on the city tower.

"This is over, we can't contact the reinforcements outside the city at all, if we can't contact them, how can we cooperate with the outside?" Liu Daoxi said in frustration.

The lord next to him comforted: "Envoys, lords, I want to say that we don't have to worry too much, as long as Li Shan and Zhitan are not too stupid, they shouldn't act rashly!" It's daylight, and our scouts can't leave the city, so it looks like they'll have to wait until night! ”

The officials could only think about it.

Zhao Junsheng and Yang Lie planned very well, and with the 6,000 cavalry in their hands, it seemed that the strength of the 2,000 cavalry and 9,000 infantry of the Liu Song army was a little weak, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the cadre army could completely beat the Liu Song army.

"Newspaper—" A sentry came galloping in.

Yang Lie reined in his war horse and stopped, and the sentry panted and reported: "General Qiyu, Liu Song's army has stopped on a high ground fifteen miles in front of our army, and is arranging troops, obviously discovering the movement of our army!" ”

Yang Lie frowned after hearing this, and he ordered a herald beside him: "Go and tell Your Majesty the news, and say that the ministers are waiting for Your Majesty's will!" ”

"No!"

After the herald agreed, he galloped to the middle of the team, and after a while, he came to Zhao Junsheng and explained the situation.

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin after listening, "This Li Dan and Zhitan still have two brushes, it seems that their reconnaissance and spying ability is not bad, and they actually penetrated the blockade of our army's secret post to detect the situation of our army!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and said to the herald: "Go and tell the detective sentry and let them continue to investigate, monitor Liu Songjun's every move, and report the slightest abnormality!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng said to Dongfang Chen and Yang Lie: "What do you think our army should do now? ”

Dongfang Chen didn't say anything, Yang Lie clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to find out the true situation of Liu Songjun and make corresponding countermeasures, you should still go to the field to check it out!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded when he heard this: "I have this intention!" Yang Lie, you personally take people to see how Liu Songjun arranged his troops and what the surrounding terrain was, and I allowed you to act with the camera! ”

"Command!" Yang Lie clenched his fists and agreed, and ordered two thousand cavalry to kill in the direction where Liu Songjun's army was.

Two thousand cavalry is not much, but it is not less, for the generals who are good at commanding the cavalry, the two thousand cavalry are handy to command, very mobile and flexible, and for the generals who are not good at commanding the cavalry, the two thousand cavalry is a huge number, not only can not play the mobility of the cavalry, but also appear extremely clumsy.

Yang Lie is a general who is good at commanding cavalry, he can be said to be a general trained by the Daqian court, not from a family of generals, it can be said that without the training of the Daqian court and the military academy, he would not have today's achievements and military talents.

His loyalty to Zhao Junsheng and Daqian was undoubted, and under his command, 2,000 cavalry commanded him like an arm, and in less than half an hour, he took these 2,000 cavalry to the vicinity of the high ground where Liu Song's army was arranged.

Yang Lie and his 2,000 cavalry stopped at a distance of more than three miles on the high ground where Liu Song's army was located, if the two armies were on the same level, Yang Lie could not see the general situation of Liu Song's army, but at this time, Liu Song's army set up a military formation on a high ground, with infantry as the middle army and cavalry as the two wings.

Yang Lie saw more clearly, although Liu Songjun's arrangement was still in progress, but it was nearing the end, he had no chance, even if he had the opportunity, he was at a low level at this time, and he was formally at a disadvantage, and it was not advisable to charge the cavalry from a low place to a high place, which was to attack the enemy's length with his own shortcomings.

"General, Liu Songjun's military formation has been formed, and we have lost the opportunity to strike first!" A thousand-commander said to Yang Lie.

Yang Lie observed the deployment of Liu Songjun's military formation for a while, and then observed the surrounding terrain, and couldn't help frowning: "This Liu Songjun's leading general is quite strategic, choosing such a position to set up the formation, no matter which direction we attack, it will be very disadvantageous for us to attack from any direction!" ”

Another commander smiled and said: "General, don't underestimate the leading general of the Liu Song Army, the last general heard that the leading general of the Liu Song Army along the way is the grandson of the famous general of the Southern Dynasty to Yanzhi, but he was born in a family of generals, and he has been rendering since he was a child, even if it is a straw bale, he should have learned some fur, not to mention that Dao Tan is not a straw bale!" ”

Yang Lie turned his head and looked at the commander, "Let's leave some virtue, I haven't offended you, and it's not his fault that he was born in a family of generals, how can he say that he is also a famous general, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha!" Besides, respecting the enemy is also respecting ourselves, we all eat this bowl of rice, if you yourself look down on this bowl of rice, how can you let others look down on your bowl of rice? ”

The commander of the thousand was ashamed, bowed his head and hugged his fists and said, "The last general has been taught!" ”

Yang Lie waved his hand and ordered a personal soldier next to him: "Draw the surrounding terrain and the formation of Liu Songjun's military formation!" ”

"No!"

Just when Yang Lie was observing the military formation of Liu Song Army and the surrounding terrain, on the high ground three miles ahead, Liu Song Army led the generals to Tan and Li Dan, who were also riding on horseback at this time to observe the cavalry of the cadre army three miles away.

Standing on this high ground, Tan and Li Dan could clearly see the situation of the cavalry of the Qianjun.

After observing for a while, Li Shan said to Totan: "About 2,000 cavalry, to the general, how do you want to fight?" ”

He pondered for a while and said: "According to the report of the outpost, the cadre army has dispatched about 6,000 cavalry, and now there are only 2,000 cavalry, that is, there are still 4,000 cavalry rushing over, or scattered around. ”

Li Shan took a deep breath, "If it's not good to fight, you have to fight, you and I have already arrived here, so we must not withdraw again, not to mention whether we can explain to the court and Liu Tingshi afterwards, just say that these cadres and cavalry are afraid and will not easily let us evacuate calmly!" ”

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