Chapter 88: Bloody Battle of Du Yang (17)
After making a plan with Zhao Xun, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) went back to his tent, and it was almost dawn, and he wanted to rest quickly.
As soon as he entered the tent, he was startled, and he saw a pair of big eyes blinking at him twice with spiritual light:
"Why haven't you slept yet?"
"Brother Wei, I thought you were ......"
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Xiao rushed over, with a smile of surprise and joy on his face.
"Silly boy, Brother Wei said that if he can come back, he will definitely be able to come back."
"Uh-huh."
Xiao nodded, wearing the hair of an ordinary soldier, and he couldn't tell that it would be a woman.
Lying on his own bunk, Xiao also got into the cover, Bailiyan still moved, and wrapped a separate cover, Xiao was still stubborn next to him.
Shortly after dawn, Zhao Xun saw Ding Yanghou:
"Marquis of Qi Ding Yang, the Jin Army's Central Army has now been ascertained, and the Han Hezhong Army is located in the city."
At this time, Ding Yanghou's eyes flashed with an invincible gaze, as if he was expecting things like a god, and Zhao Xun was just an afterthought:
"General Zhao, Ben Hou can remember that General Zhao said a few days ago that Han Hezhong's army was set up outside the city, why did he change his words today."
"Back to Ding Yanghou, this is a careful investigation, and this general will give orders truthfully."
"Okay......" Ding Yanghou's "good" was full of meaning, and then changed the conversation and said: "Ben Hou heard that two nights ago, Wei Xian fled back to General Zhao, but there is such a thing." β
Zhao Xun's heart tightened, could it be that Ding Yanghou still wanted to pursue it. Quickly took a sense of proportion, Zhao Xun said carefully:
"It's true, I don't know what Ding Yang Hou means."
"There are only more than 200 people under General Yao Sheng's command, and Wei Xian is one of them, but I don't know why Wei Xian is unscathed, the general knows."
Hearing this, Zhao Xun's face sank uncontrollably, and he said:
"General Zhang, at the moment of the great enemy, if General Zhang wants to pursue this matter, the general can only say that he does not know."
"Well, Ben Hou will not pursue this matter. Now that the location of the Jin army has been discovered, General Zhao thinks that our army should attack the city. β
"General Zhang's plan to attack the cave would have thought that he could capture the city, presumably Han He is probably unable to defend himself, if he succeeds in capturing Han He in one fell swoop, or killing him, the Jin army will be in chaos."
"Oh, General Zhao thinks the same?"
Ding Yang Hou Yue's face floated, his eyes looked left and right on Zhao Xun's face, Zhao Xun took this look, and only saw Zhang Jun's joy. Then he said:
"That's the case, if you attack the Jin army's camp in the city at night, and then attack and disturb the Jin army outside the city, the Jin army will ignore it, and then Han He will be captured and killed by our army again, and the Jin army will definitely be able to collapse overnight."
"Okay, just do what General Zhao wants."
Hearing this, Zhao Xun's heart sank, and he was expected by Wei Xian. Ding Yang Hou will definitely transfer the matter of the acupuncture attack to his head, once the acupoint attack fails, the responsibility is his Zhao Xun's, if it succeeds, the credit is his Ding Yang Hou's.
Zhao Xun didn't ask any more, even if he asked, Ding Yanghou still prevaricated himself with ambiguous words.
After a short time, the Chinese officer ordered all armies and battalions to rush to the Chinese military tent to discuss the siege.
At noon, Bai Liyan woke up, the sky was already bright, Xiao Shou was on the side, chewing a light cake in his hand, and there was a light cake in the bowl on the ground, and a piece of roasted horse meat was placed on top of the light cake.
"Xiao, what time is it?"
"I don't know, but I just finished eating, and Brother Wei's meal was personally delivered by General Yao Sheng."
"Yes."
Bai Liyan looked down at the light cake and horse meat in the bowl again. At present, the army has irregular meals, and it is difficult to know what time to start. At this time, there was a sound of bowels in his abdomen, and he suddenly felt a little hungry, so he picked up the piece of meat in the bowl and broke two petals with his hand:
"Eat." He handed half of it to Xiao.
"This was given by General Yao Sheng, and Xiao didn't dare to eat it."
Xiao Er weakly refused, but her eyes were looking at the horse meat greedily. Bai Liyan pushed the horse meat to her and said:
"Eat, half of Brother Wei's is enough."
Xiao took the horse meat, put the light cake in his hand into his arms, and devoured the meat.
Bailiyan nibbled on the cake, her throat was thirsty, and she picked up the water bladder and took a sip.
When Xiao finished eating the horse meat, but was still chewing in her mouth, she said while chewing:
"Brother Wei, General Yao Sheng said that when the eldest brother wakes up, let us go to the wounded camp."
"Yes."
Bai Liyan groaned, feeling frustrated and remorseful.
Yao Sheng's battalion was exhausted, and there were only more than 200 people who survived, and he went to the wounded camp, apparently to avoid the war.
Continuing to nibble on the light cake, Xiao continued:
"Brother Wei, we don't have to die anymore."
She was still very naΓ―ve when she asked, Bai Liyan smiled bitterly and muttered:
"Perhaps."
Bailiyan knows that the victory or defeat is also within these three to four days, if you can capture Xichang in one fell swoop, this decisive battle will be over, as long as you resist the counterattack of the Jin army, the original Xian army attacked, the Jin army defended the situation, homeopathic reversal into the Jin army attacking the Xian army defense, I think it will be a big problem for the Xian army at that time.
But Bai Liyan was still worried about the underground karst cave east of Duyang City, and she didn't know how far Han He's plan had developed. For the sake of insurance, Ding Yang Hou should be allowed to retreat, but even if he knows the ins and outs, it is obviously impossible for him to take the initiative to retreat, especially to catch the son of Gong Chang, Ding Yang Hou has to sit back and wait for the Jin army to counterattack wildly, he will kill and injure the Jin army in a big way.
After eating, Bai Liyan and the others went to the injured camp, and Yao Sheng was already waiting in the injured camp.
Almost all of his more than 3,000 men were killed in battle, and he was now an empty general, with no one to drive him or a mission to send him, and he could only crouch in the wounded camp to take care of his brothers.
"Wei Xian, you're here."
"I've seen the general."
"Excuse me. It's ......"
Yao Sheng glanced at Xiao, who was timidly burying his head and hunching his back, for fear that his identity would be recognized. But fortunately, she doesn't grow fast, plus she is malnourished, and she still has poached eggs on her chest.
At this time, Baili Yan said:
"General Hui, she is Xiao, on the fifteenth of this year, she was saved during the siege of the city that day, and I am with her."
"Alas......" Yao Sheng sighed, his complexion was not good, and his words were very pessimistic: "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." β
"Generals don't have to be like this, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, if you lose this battle, you can get it back in the next battle, and there is no certainty at all."
"I hope so. I transferred you to the wounded camp, which is also what General Zhao meant. You know how to heal, and Ben will have all his subordinates here, and you will take care of them for Ben Haosheng. β
"No, I am determined to live up to the general's trust."
Yao Sheng gave a few more instructions, and then left directly, and his face was not very good when he left.
When he came to the wounded camp, the wounded soldier he saved two days ago was changing his wounds, Xiao was a little timid, pulling Bai Liyan's arm, and his hands couldn't stop shaking.
"They're miserable."
"Yes, people are fleshy, how can there be a warrior who is driven by immortality."
On that day of the siege of the city, Xiao was shocked and unconscious, and he didn't see many scenes after he was lifted out after dark, and today he saw the severed arm and stump in broad daylight, and his ears were full of the moans of the wounded, and this kind of sensory impact was far more shocking than the bloody sensory impact seen in the horror.
After walking around the camp, I found a few familiar ones, one of which was my top boss, centurion Chang Zhan, who survived with good hands and feet, which is really a miracle.
Jiang Zhan was hit by two arrows in the stomach and one in the back, and the arrow on his back was a bit dangerous, probably because he had injured his lungs, he had a little difficulty breathing, and he was having a fever.
In addition to Jiang Zhan, he also saw Ma Ping, a child with him, he was only sixteen, one leg was gone, his left leg was no longer below the knee, he was having a high fever and was still in a coma.
A 16-year-old child who lost his leg may be able to get a decent amount of insurance compensation if he gets into a car accident in the 21st century. But now, he can't get anything. After the end of the war, he was a crippled soldier like him, and he would eventually be cleared out of the army, dying of disease and starvation, and finally resigned himself to fate.
Xiao looked at Ma Ping's disappeared leg and couldn't help shedding tears, when a voice came from behind:
"Who is this?"
The tone was quite dissatisfied, Bai Liyan looked back, this person still knew:
"Liu Langzhong."
"It's you Wei Xian, how are you dressed as a soldier."
"Alas...... It's a long story, he was sent to the army by the Marquis of Dingyang, and the one lying down was in the next army. β
Liu Langzhong looked down at Ma Ping on the bed, and couldn't help but shake his head:
"Alas...... It's a pity that his brother heard that he died three years ago, and now that his leg is gone, he may still be alive. β
Baili Yan was stunned:
"Liu Langzhong, isn't this conscription one out of two, why does the whole country have to forcibly conscript."
"This is something that I and other ordinary people can decide. Not to mention two dings to draw one, many of the people lying here have basically died in their families. If it continues like this, I'm afraid that no one in Xianguo will be vaccinated. β
It is a general rule for the nations to draw two pieces for conscription, and if there are two brothers in the family, one of them will be drawn, and those who have not been conscripted shall not be re-conscripted if they have not had children under the age of 30. The aim is to multiply the population without shrinking the population.
But now the phenomenon of arresting Ding in Xianguo is widespread, and even the father, eldest brother, and second brother in the family have all been killed, and the last only son has to be pulled to the front line to fight.
Not long after the words fell, Liu Langzhong fed Ma Ping a decoction, and asked a few questions from time to time:
"Wei Xian, what are you doing in the wounded camp."
"General Zhao Xun asked me to come here to help."
"yes, that's great. I'm afraid it's a vicious battle, and there won't be enough manpower. It's just in time, you can help me, an old man. β
Liu Langzhong was the soldier Langzhong who moved to Yin Yangcheng with Zhao Xun's army last year, and when the Jin army attacked the city and cholera broke out, he had a lot of intersections, but he didn't expect him to come to the Duyang battlefield.
At present, there are not many wounded soldiers in the wounded battalion, and most of them are the men and horses of the two battalions that attacked the city three days ago, and those who were snatched back are basically seriously injured. More than half of the limbs were amputated, and those that were not amputated were either bladed injuries, blunt injuries and burns.
At this time, Yao Sheng had returned to Zhao Xun's camp, and Zhao Xun was discussing with Zhong Heng about attacking the city and stealing the camp, and Yao Sheng entered the account and handed over the order:
"See General Zhao." Yao Sheng saluted.
"General Yao Sheng is exempt, can Wei Xian settle down properly."
"Settled."
Yao Sheng's face was not good-looking at this time, and Zhao Xun also saw it, he said:
"General Ben is discussing with General Zhong Heng about the siege of the city, and you came just in time."
"Siege!" Yao Sheng's scalp was numb, and when he heard about the siege, he thought of his brother who died tragically in his battalion, so he said: "General Zhao, the Marquis of Ding Yang still wants to attack the city!" His tone was visibly resistant.
"Yes, but it's not."
"What do you say?"
"Marquis Ding Yang decided to attack Duyang City three days later, and the army attacked the city at the same time to cooperate with the attack on the cave, and then attacked inside and outside. However, the Jin army will inevitably attack our army's siege army in large numbers in the southeast and northeast outside the city, so the general will ask for an order to attack the Jin army's northeast camp outside the city. β
Hearing this, Yao Sheng's heart tightened, but seeing Zhao Xun's normal face, he couldn't help but think that he had a good plan, and he asked again:
"Could it be that General Zhao already has a good strategy to break the enemy?"
"Well, come with me" Zhao Xun affirmed, spreading out a topographical sketch from the table and saying: "Three days later, the city will be attacked at night, and the Marquis of Ding Yang intends to take Duyang City, but after discussing with Wei Xian, he believes that Han He is afraid that he has already prepared, and Duyang City will definitely be difficult to capture." β
Without waiting for Zhao Xun to finish speaking, Yao Sheng said:
"Since you can't capture Duyang City, wouldn't you let the soldiers die in vain?"
"Therefore, Wei Xian designed, in the name of attacking the city, to carry out a sneak attack and capture the third son of the Jin Kingdom, Ji Chang."
"What, kidnapped!"
Zhong Heng and Yao Sheng were both taken aback in unison. Zhong Heng asked:
"General Zhao, the Jin army is set up in the city, how to go to the city to capture it."
At this time, Zhao Xun said:
"The Chinese army in the city is a pseudo-battalion, and the Chinese army is still outside the city."
"How so?" Yao Sheng asked.
"According to Wei Xian's report from the camp the day before yesterday, the flagpole of the handsome flag in the city of the Jin army was half a zhang shorter, which was deliberately done by Han He, that is, to make our army unable to peep from outside the city with a high tower, which was a plan to cover up, and the purpose was to lure the Marquis of Ding Yang to attack the city. Therefore, Wei Xian concluded that the Jin army was set outside the city. β
Zhao Xun revealed all the plans designed by Bailiyan last night, Zhong Heng and Yao Sheng couldn't help but be surprised, Yao Sheng said:
"General, under this dark night, how can Wei Xian find out Ji Chang among thousands of troops, isn't it child's play."
Yao Sheng questioned, and Zhao Xun said with certainty:
"Wei Xian has a plan to distinguish Chang, but he refuses to say it, and he will only reveal it on the day of the siege."
At this time, Yao Sheng and Zhong Heng each glanced at each other, and their hearts were still inexplicably mysterious.