Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Clever Plan to Retreat from the Enemy
In fact, there is no need for Xu Deshan to say, these professional soldiers also have their own ways to deal with the robbery of the camp, digging a ditch or something is too large, and the effect is not very obvious, so these people dug countless kneeless pits around the camp overnight, and after synthesizing Xu Deshan's suggestion, they also buried nails and iron drills in the ditch, covered them with cotton cloth, sprinkled dry soil, and left no traces, and then prepared bows and arrows and steel knives, did not take off their armor, did not sleep in tents, and hid in the dark waiting for the rebels to come and attack.
People cherish their lives the most, and in the face of death, what kind of sleep do they have, one by one, their eyes are bigger than cats, and they are waiting for the rebels to come to the door and give them a big gift.
The first half of the night was peaceful, so normal, Xu Deshan said that the rebels came in the second half of the night, and the soldiers waited, but the more they waited for the more they were less energetic, the more they waited, the more sleepy they became, and when it came to the fourth watch, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the rebels saw even a shadow, and the soldiers scolded the street in their hearts, who came up with this bad idea, and they didn't sleep all night.
The generals of the battalions were also very helpless, seeing that the soldiers were in a mood, they had to ask Ming Ho, saying that it was dawn now, could they ask the soldiers to go back and rest for a while, and wait for dawn to continue on the road.
Ming Ho is very entangled, but the voice of the soldier is the public opinion, he is a good official who is benevolent and loves the people, and he can't turn a blind eye to the voice of the people, so Ming Ho was vague and was about to agree, at this time, Xu Deshan came out again, vetoed the general's proposal, and still said "Since you all want to rest at this time, the rebels can't expect it?" You have been waiting for most of the night, why is it still so short, you go back and tell the brothers, if it is, it means that the Lord said, if the rebels do not come tonight, Lord Ming will reward everyone, and one will be counted as one, and each person will have a penny. ”
Sure enough, money can be a ghost grinding, one or two silver, this is, it's not a small amount, there is enough to fill the family with something, you can go to the restaurant to eat and drink casually, and the single person can also go to Fireworks Willow Lane to find loneliness, the only unhappy person is Ming Ho, why do you Xu Deshan spend the money for me, of course, the money per person is only 7,000 yuan, which is nothing in the huge military spending, but no matter how you spend it, it is not such a flower.
Maybe God has mercy on Myeongho, maybe it's the rebel's bad luck, and the news of the reward has not yet spread throughout the barracks when a scream is heard from the west side of the camp.
This scream was so piercing in the silent barracks that all the daimyo soldiers forgot what the reward was, but held the weapons in their hands tightly. In the shadows on the west side of the barracks, the soldiers could see the scream, a black figure clutching his feet and falling to the ground, and behind him, in the boundless night, countless black shadows were shaking.
Camp Robbery! Sure enough, it's a robbery! The rebels are coming!
The rebel general was very angry that his subordinate stepped on the trap, and he shouted out very spinelessly, but he now has no time to blame this subordinate, when he came out, the sect leader, who was already the king of Dongping County, personally told himself that Maitreya Buddhism rose and fell, and he attacked tonight, gave himself three thousand elites, and attacked on the west side, if he could defeat the Daimyo's army in one fell swoop, then he could be called the emperor, if he failed tonight, then his rebels would be cut by a thousand knives, and Ling Chi would be executed.
Therefore, when the whereabouts were exposed, there was nothing to hesitate, the general shouted loudly, jumped up, and led the two thousand elite soldiers behind him to rush towards the center of the camp.
I have to say that the general is very heroic, and when he knows that he is exposed, he still wants to take the enemy by surprise and defeat the enemy with one blow, but he obviously doesn't know how the Daimyo's army cherishes his life and does the defense work steadfastly.
If you don't run and walk slowly, the trap set by the Daimyo's army is not very powerful, but as soon as you run, where can you still take care of your feet, and before you run out two or three steps away, the general feels that his feet are empty, and then the soles of his feet hurt, and the soles of his feet are pierced by the iron drill, and they don't pass the pit in his knees, and he twists his feet all of a sudden, and before the generals can shout out carefully, they see that the soldiers who have surpassed themselves and rushed forward have fallen to the ground and can't get up.
The generals knew in their hearts that this was a trap set by the Daimyo's army here, but no matter how big the trap was, it couldn't stop their own progress, and now it was still dark, and it was impossible to tell who was who under such a sky, and the generals fell, no one cared at all, they rushed forward the same, ran past their comrades who were injured and fell to the ground, and they were not afraid of death.
I don't know if this fine style handed down from the border army inspired the rebels or harmed the rebels, as the rebels rushed in, the more soldiers fell, and even if they could rush into the camp, they were greeted by a rain of arrows, if they were lucky enough to break through this line of defense, there were five hundred elites led by Wei Huang behind.
It can be said that this wave of offensive of the two thousand rebels did not pose any threat to the Daimyo's army at all, the battle only lasted for half an hour, and the rebel troops lost more than half, and the rest was just stubborn resistance, and they couldn't turn up any wind and waves, especially the rebels chose to attack at dawn, at this time, although people's spirits were sleepy, but after the sky was bright, the rebels' figures were undoubtedly exposed, and the Daimyo's army could watch their struggling bodies and begin to name them one by one with bows and arrows.
The faces of the Daimyo's army began to be filled with happy smiles, you see how wise and wise you are, you have long known that the rebels are coming to attack, and you have prepared early, look, you have not hurt a single hair on your side, and the rebels are about to be wiped out.
However, if the war is really only so simple, it will be fine, when all the attention of the Daimyo's army is on the west side, and these rebels are cleared, I don't know when, the eastern camp tent began to catch fire, and then countless rebels rushed over and rushed directly into the formation of the Xiang army.
This sudden change caught anyone off guard, including Ming Ho and Xu Deshan, who were sitting in the camp, both of them changed their faces at the same time, shouting badly, knowing that they had fallen into the enemy's plan to attack the west, the rebels attacking in the west were just bait, and the rebels attacking in the east were the main force.
Ming Ho suddenly looked like ashes, such as mourning, as the commander-in-chief, made such a big mistake, has put the whole army to the most dangerous situation, a huge sense of fear surrounded Ming Ho, the shortcomings of the literati as the commander of the first army were suddenly revealed, Ming Ho did not go to the battlefield, did not see life and death, how can he not be afraid of death, looking at Ming Ho, where is still the usual high-ranking general look, stunned, no longer silent.
Ming Ho's first thought now is to run, there are guards by his side, and fast horses, as long as he gets out of the camp, he can ride away, escape his life under the protection of the guards, and return to the Daimyo's Mansion, but after that, he failed miserably, and he abandoned the crowd and fled, even if he could escape his life, he would be pointed out by the thousand husbands in the future, and he would never be able to raise his head again.
What's more, as the commander-in-chief, sitting in the big battalion, the soldiers still have a backbone, and there is also the hope of turning defeat into victory, and if he escapes, not to mention the defeat of the battle, the 7,000 children who followed him on the expedition will also be buried here, and they will never return to the Daimyo's Mansion, as a saint's son, Ming Ho will never allow himself to do this kind of thing.
The first thing Ming Ho thought of at this time was Xu Deshan, this kid has a lot of ideas, what can he do to save the situation in front of him without him, Ming Ho looked around, wanted to find Xu Deshan's figure, but found that he didn't know when, Xu Deshan had quietly slipped out of the big tent and ran away, Ming Ho couldn't help but get angry again, scolded Xu Deshan for deserting, and then thought about it again, and was relieved, in the face of this situation, he was all too hungry and wanted to escape, not to mention that Xu Deshan was still a child, even if he was smart, He's a kid too.
Thinking like this, Ming Ho felt even more confused, and his generals came to report the battle situation, and Ming Ho only nodded or shook his head mechanically, until a personal guard hugged Ming Ho and said, "My lord, the rebels are about to be killed at the door of the big tent, and if you don't leave, you really can't go." ”
Ming Ho heard this sentence, or only heard that sentence, Ming Ho suddenly stood up like crazy, pushed away the guards, pulled out his sword, slashed on the table with a sword, and shouted, "What to run, pass my military order, those who escape from the battle, kill without mercy, I Ming Ho should live and die with all the soldiers!" ”
The soldiers in the big camp looked at the angry Ming Ho and were dumbfounded, especially those civil officials who had already prepared, their hands trembled, and they didn't know what to do.
At this time, suddenly outside the camp tent, there was a sound of nursery rhymes, this nursery rhyme sound is crisp and ear-catching, the melody is beautiful, and it is an extremely beautiful tune wherever it is placed, but it is incompatible with the sound of the battlefield fighting, but it is particularly attractive to people's attention.
Ming Ho and everyone can naturally hear it, this is Xu Deshan's voice, Ming Ho doesn't know what Xu Deshan is doing, when is it, Xu Deshan is still in the mood to sing here, if he sings, sing some passionate and generous, morale-boosting songs, but to sing this nursery rhyme, it is simply unreasonable.
Ming Ho picked up his sword and was about to go to Xu Deshan to ask what was going on, but as soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by two guards, and he didn't let Ming Ho go out, Ming Ho was even more angry, and said, "I'm the boss or are you the boss, and you won't let me go out?" I'm not going into battle to die, I'm going to find Xu Deshan, a bear child. ”
The two relatives said, "My lord, it was Xu Langjun's order, he said that as long as this song comes together, no one, especially adults, is allowed to go to the east of the camp, he said that he has a plan, he can retreat the enemy soldiers." ”
Myeongho wondered, "What is his plan?" ”
"Xu Langjun didn't say it, he just said that there is only this plan to try it at the moment, and there is no other way." ”
Myeongho said, "Is he sure of success?" ”
Qin Wei said: "Xu Langjun said that he is 50% sure. ”
Myeongho said, "What if it doesn't work out? ”
Qin Wei said, "Xu Langjun said that it's okay, we can die together." ”
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Ming Ho really couldn't guess what Xu Deshan was going to do, and he couldn't go out to see what was going on, so he could only go back and forth in the big tent, and with him, there were many generals trapped in the camp.
In fact, it's not just Ming Ho who doesn't understand what Xu Deshan is doing, even if he sees Xu Deshan's rebels with his own eyes, he doesn't know what Xu Deshan is doing, just in an open space not far from the Chinese army camp, Xu Deshan is sitting on the ground, in
I picked up a few rocks on the ground and played with them while singing songs.
Of course, if the rebels didn't notice Xu Deshan, they would just cut Xu Deshan with a knife, but Xu Deshan's song was so good, these rebels living on the border had never heard of it, they had never seen it, so they unconsciously stopped to find out where the song came from, and after crossing the last line of defense, the rebels saw Xu Deshan.
It is said to be weird, but in fact, it is not only Xu Deshan who is weird, because Xu Deshan is not far away, which is the big tent of the Chinese army in Ming Ho, it stands to reason that the more you go here, the stronger the resistance you encounter, but there is no one here, and there is no soldier from the Daimyo Mansion, and wherever the rebels look, they can only see a child, and a few stones in their hands.
Such a strange scene, anyone has to stop and take a few more looks, there must be a demon when something goes wrong, the rebels killed, subconsciously felt that something was wrong, so they stopped, and looked at what Xu Deshan was doing from a distance, in a moment, the rebels gathered more and more, and watched Xu Deshan together across a not spacious open space.
This time the rebel sneak attack, it was the idea of the privy envoy Bu Ji who had just been canonized by Wang Ze, and it was also Bu Ji who personally led the team, this thousand people, it was the elite of the elite selected by the Xuanyi Army of the Qianning Army, seeing that their strategy was successful, the bait troops in the west entangled all the main forces of the Daimyo's army, and they could not get out, and they barely encountered any decent resistance along the way, and they were about to arrive at the big tent of the Chinese army, but they found that the soldiers in front of them suddenly did not leave, and stopped to look at something, Bu Ji was furious and scolded a few times, separate the crowd, come to the front, and see what is going on.
Bu Ji saw Xu Deshan, and he was also a little confused, why is it quiet here, and there is a child playing here, like this, how to look at it, it seems that he doesn't take his thousand elites in his eyes at all.
What is the situation, Bu Ji is known as Wang Ze's right-hand man, he has been in the Xuanyi Army for many years, and he can't think of what the Daimyo Mansion Army is going to do for a while, but no matter what they are going to do, seeing that the big tent of the Chinese army is in front of them, as long as he rushes into the big tent and kills the commander of the Daimyo's Mansion Army, then the victory is on his side, as for that child, he sings well, and when he retreats, he catches it, and it is not bad to give it to the king of Dongping County as a male pet.
Bu Ji thought that he was about to lead the team forward, but at this time, Xu Deshan suddenly stopped playing with stones, raised his head, glanced at Bu Ji with deep meaning, and then turned around and actually got into the big tent of the Chinese army.
The eyes of people are really wonderful, don't look at them are all a pair of eyes, but when you look at people, you can convey thousands of meanings, and you can't tell the meaning clearly, and Xu Deshan's eyes are like this, and Bu Ji, who had a resolute attitude, suddenly hesitated.
The Daimyo's Mansion Army, it would not have seen through their own strategy to attack the west, and ambushed countless ambushes around the big tent of the Chinese army, or dug traps, and just waited for them to rush over, they ambushed all over the place, and captured their own people, like the more than 1,000 people who were caught by the Daimyo's Mansion Army before, and there was no one who died.
As soon as this idea appeared, it kept circling in Buji's mind, lingering, but reason told him that there were so many people in the Daimyo's army, and most of them were in the west, and they couldn't get over for a while, where could they have any ambushes, and what kind of traps could they make in one night.
However, instead of being afraid of being ambushed, Bu Ji couldn't forget Xu Deshan's eyes, which were deeply imprinted in Bu Ji's heart, so that no matter what Bu Ji did, he would think of Xu Deshan's eyes, and then hesitate and couldn't leave or right.
However, time does not wait for Buji to think clearly before making a decision, although it is said that the bait in the west can drag the Daimyo's army, but those who are ambushed by the army, how can they block the elite of the Daimyo's army, listen to the sound of the battle in the west, you can know the intensity of the battle in the west, and when the bait in the west is almost dead, and when the Daimyo's army can't be dragged down, the Daimyo's army turns around and rushes east, and his own thousand people, but it's the same as the bait, and he can't go back to Beizhou City.
And he has another choice, that is, to storm the camp head-on, waiting for him in it, either heaven or hell, if it is heaven, he will return victoriously, if it is hell, his own thousand people will die without a place to be buried.
Two choices, placed in front of Bu Ji, every time Bu Ji decided to choose one of them, Xu Deshan's eyes would appear in Bu Ji's heart, making Bu Ji hesitate and hesitate again.
The morale of the soldiers, one blow, then the decline, and the third exhaustion, Bu Ji hesitated here, the soldier had to wait, although it was only a moment's effort, the morale that the soldiers had accumulated before was long gone, whispering, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, a shocking noise was heard behind the camp, and then there was a loud shout from the tents on the left and right, and a rain of arrows was fired at the rebels.
Buji's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted, "Oops, we are in ambush, retreat, retreat!" ”
Looking at the rebels again, the morale has been exhausted, and with Buji's words, there is a goal, and they turned around one by one, leaving the big tent of the Chinese army in the capital of the Daimyo's Mansion alone.