Chapter 121: Cannon Fodder
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Seeing that the thief army on the opposite side suddenly launched, and the whole team pushed towards them like a mountain, Niu Tai was suddenly shocked.
When he led his troops over, he only thought about how to arrange the next step, thinking that the other party wanted to wait for him to lead the army to kill the general, so after stopping and marching, he did not arrange the formation in time to prepare for defense, but he didn't think that this thief army did not give him time to consider and arrange at all.
And Niu Tai is not a very stupid person, otherwise it would be impossible to climb to the position of guerrilla in the army, and he can now see that under such a situation, the imperial court has begun to gradually pay attention to their generals, and the status of the generals has risen a lot compared to before. After all, the emperor wants to sit firmly in the world, and now he has to rely on them as generals, so Niu Tai is well versed in preserving his strength when he is about to fight.
He fixed his eyes on the thief army advancing head-on, obviously to strike first, to catch him off guard, and then look at the opponent's lineup, it is even more like a mountain to advance, even on the way, the opponent's big array is not chaotic at all, such a clean military appearance, it is really the only one he has seen in his life, this side makes him even more panicked, just look at the opponent's formation, this thief army will not be easy to deal with.
And he just led his troops to arrive here, before he had time to arrange the troops, the thief army rushed over, if he suddenly fought, he would definitely suffer a big loss, if he lost all his subordinates, then after going back, this head would not have to think about it again, so his first reaction was to keep the strength of his subordinates first, and let those Xiangyong organized by the Zezhou side first top it in front.
Therefore, he immediately ordered the officers and troops to retreat and let Xiang Yong face the enemy in the front line, which was called to buy time for his main force.
As soon as he gave the order, the officers and soldiers under him immediately retreated in a hurry, but the people among the villagers were in an uproar, and immediately scolded, no one is blind, everyone can see that the gang of thieves on the other side is not easy to provoke, not only did their officers and soldiers not go up to resist them first, but let them let these villagers come forward to resist, where does this matter make sense? As a result, many villagers immediately scolded and expressed their unwillingness to go to the front to die.
As soon as he heard that Niu Tai wanted to let Xiang Yong go to the front, he didn't do it, and immediately looked for Niu Tai's theory.
Niu Tai saw that many people on Xiang Yong's side seemed to want to resist the order, and immediately shouted: "Shao Inspection, this is in front of the two armies, the reason why I am doing this is to buy time, as for you to act according to the order!" It's better for you to go down quickly and urge the villagers to line up! Hugh will disobey the military order before the battle! Otherwise, Lord Wang is also here, I know you, but my sword doesn't know you!
If anyone dares to disobey me, don't blame me for being ruthless in military law! Someone's coming! Order the sword and axe hand to come forward to supervise the formation, and whoever dares to disrespect the order and escape without permission will be killed immediately! ”
The face of this inspector surnamed Shao is all blue, but at this moment, his surname Niu has the final say, how can he disobey his order with a small inspection! If he doesn't follow the order, as long as this battle is lost, this surnamed Niu will put the blame on him, and with his small inspection, even if he has nine heads, it is not enough for the court to cut off! Seeing that Niu Tai had made up his mind, he didn't dare to say anything more, and saw several Niu Tai's personal soldiers looking at him with fierce eyes, and their hands were pressed on the handle of the knife on his waist, as if as long as he dared to say no word again, he would come up and chop him.
This Shao Inspector had to grit his teeth and retreat, scolding while walking, beckoning his villagers to the front, while passing Niu Tai's words unchanged, and then a team of more than 200 officers and soldiers blocked behind them, and pulled out their swords one by one, driving these villagers to the front line to defend against the enemy.
There were a few thorns among the villagers, and they scolded and refused to move forward, but the gang of overseers didn't talk nonsense with them, and pounced on them and cut them to the ground, and the blades cut them into pieces on the spot.
This time the village warriors were scared, and they didn't dare to scold and disobey, so they had to be driven by Niu Tai's supervision team to line up in front of the two armies, waiting to meet the approaching Xingtian army, Niu Tai quickly arranged for his subordinates to line up two hundred steps behind Xiang Yong, ready to meet the thief army, but considering that Xiang Yong's combat effectiveness is not strong, he may be scattered by the thief army in a face, so he was generous and sent a few cannons brought with him to the front of the formation, in order to support Xiang Yong, It is also a little bit of the heart of the village brave, at least it can let them hold on for a while longer, and it will become a thief army to consume.
Niu Tai's wishful thinking can be said to be quite good, he saw at a glance the extraordinaryness of this thief army, knowing that he met a strong enemy today, if he arranged his men in front, with the posture of the thief army rushing over, he felt that if the other party kept the formation not chaotic, it would be difficult for him to lead his troops to block them, once he couldn't stop the attack of this thief army, then don't expect Xiang Yong to help him hold it in the back, and then the whole army would be defeated.
So he will arrange to let Xiang Yong step forward for a while, and he will put the main force behind Xiang Yong, which has a lot of benefits, one is to use the Xiang Yong in Zezhou to consume the thief army, and the other is to use the main officers and soldiers under his command as a supervising team to force the Xiang soldiers to fight, and then he hopes that after the Xiang soldiers fight with this thief army, it is best to have a melee between the two, as long as the thief army is in a mess, even if the Xiang Yong is defeated, then he will also have the opportunity to lead the troops to win in the chaos, so in his eyes, The Xiangyong of Zezhou is actually the cannon fodder of the officers and soldiers under his command, a kind of thing that can be consumed, and he will not be responsible for it if he dies.
The Wang Jian Jun couldn't see Niu Tai's painstaking arrangement, and he was only nervous at this moment, so he hurriedly asked Niu Tai why he had to arrange it like this, how could he stop such a fierce thief army with only Xiang Yong.
Niu Tai hurriedly explained to this Wang Jian Jun the reason why he arranged it this way, Wang Eunuch did not understand the military, after listening to it, he felt reasonable, so he nodded again and again, and then ran to the back to stay, he also knew that at this time he was pointing fingers again and there was only harm and no benefit, and the rest of the things would be handed over to this Niu Tai to manage.