2. Surprise attack against surprise attack
Zhi Hui avoided going to the inner room.
"Under the section, there is definite news from the side of the clerical machine Yisi, the Lingyunzha official army has been killed and wounded, a total of about 5,000, and Wu Shaocheng said that he won 10,000, all of which were blowing conch. And there are as many as 300 heads in Huaixi that have been cut off by the officials and soldiers. ”
"That means that the Huaixi Army is afraid that there are two or three thousand dead in the war."
"Wu Shaocheng is so bluffing, but it shows that Caizhou is exhausted, as long as he beats him a few more times, the thieves will definitely not be supported." Li Yu is very confident.
Gao Yue stroked his beard and agreed, but he talked to Li Yu about the fact that the soldiers of Yangzhou were still on the way here, and the Huaishui and Yingshui were frozen, and the ships were difficult to travel.
"At this time, there is no need for a general attack, as long as a group of elite troops is sent to cross the Huaishui into Yingzhou, disrupt and attack Wu Shaocheng's flanks, and choose the opportunity to recover Shenqiu, Nanton and other places, Wu Shaocheng will be in chaos, and the main force of Huaixi will also be bound to Yuncheng and unable to move. At that time, the spring will be opened, the Huaishui will be born, and the boat can carry the troops under the festival, and it will reach the city of Yun, unimpeded, and the Cai thief will be captured. ”
"Then how about I send a general and grant him 5,000 foot cavalry to attack Yingzhou?"
"Five thousand people, for surprise attacks, it is too much and too bloated for joint battles, and it is obviously inferior to Huaixi Cai and many thieves. According to the boy's opinion, it is most suitable for Wu Shaocheng to send 2,000 strong soldiers to deceive me, and if I ignore it, it will be convenient for me to turn him upside down, if Wu Shaocheng urges the army to attack, it is convenient for me to avoid the real and attack the false, so that he will be exhausted and further deplete the human and financial resources of Huaixi. ”
"That's very good. No, not only Yingzhou, but also to fight Gwangju in the west, let your brother Li Xian and Zhou Ziping command, and use the three thousand officials of Shouzhou! Gao Yue then said, now it's time for you rising stars to make a contribution.
Li Yu understood that this was Gao Yue letting go of them and letting them take the initiative, and he was eager to try, like a tiger cub who had just come out of the cage, and took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "Go to Yingzhou, the kid hopes to be attached." ”
Gao Yue thought about it, and then said: "I think the second general is the soldier and the horse, and you are the military envoy, how about it?" ”
"Thank you!" Li Yu was overjoyed.
The next day, Gao Yue summoned Su Pu and Xu Si.
In fact, in the blood of the Dingwu Army, there are many Huaixi elements, after Gao Yue's Baicao Army defeated Li Xilie, it had received many Huaixi troops and generals, Xu Si, Tang Jingyan, Sun Bingqian was among them, and then Su Pu joined in the current Dingwu Army, Xu Si has been in command of the mule army camp, and Su Pu commanded the five battalions of Feishan and the Che Gong soldiers.
Using a general from Huaixi to deal with the rebels in Huaixi, Gao Yue felt that it was very suitable.
Of the 2,000 soldiers, 800 were Xu Si's mule soldiers, and the rest also had two battalions of Dingwu foot soldiers and one battalion of chariot drivers.
"It's your turn to take charge of the people this time." Gao Yue said to Xu Si.
In the past, Xu Si and the Dingwu mule soldiers had fought battles, and most of them were the role of beating the side drum, but this time they played the main force, and Xu Si couldn't help but burst into tears.
Three days later, Gao Yue suddenly went to the northeast of Shouchun, that is, the stone city on the edge of the lower Caihuai water, a big parade of horses, and then mobilized the troops to use various tools to dig ice, tug boats, and carry bamboo ropes, it seems that on both sides of the stone city, set up a huge pontoon bridge, and then let the whole army pass through here, attack Yingzhou.
At this time, Yu Boliang, the general of Huaixi who had captured Ruyin City, was very nervous, "I want to ask for help from Yuncheng before the construction of Gaoyue's big pontoon bridge." ”
Under the cover of "camouflage smoke", Xu Si's 2,000 soldiers and horses quietly crossed An Fengjin by the Huaishui from the northwest of Shouchun City, lightly appropriated the Jingting Gate here, and captured more than 40 Cai soldiers, "General Su can lead the foot soldiers, guns, bluff, lightly drive directly to Ruyin City, pick Yu Boliang to fight Xu soldiers and horses to lead the mule army, disguised as Wu Shaocheng reinforcements, from the flank surprise attack, so it can be done!" In the Jingting Gate, Li Yu, a member of the military staff, held Songming in one hand and drew a map with one finger.
The wind blew again, the snowflakes flew, and the chariot bearers of a battalion, wearing a felt hat with pressed ears, wearing chest armor and wrist armor, carrying a paper tube for the divine thunder medicine, and a string of cloth bags, which contained all wheat rice, carried a wooden bracket and a snake head on their shoulders, and the mouth of the gun was covered with thatch, and lined up in several long lines, stepping on the snow on the ground, followed by two battalions of foot soldiers, boring palladium, spears, and long knives, serving as support.
Xu Si led 800 mule soldiers, who walked in parallel several miles away, and the hoof prints of the mules made long traces on the snow, but they were covered by the denser and denser snow.
Along the way, they saw the people of Yingzhou who were taking refuge in the wilderness, and without saying their true identities, they directly said that we were the soldiers and horses of Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi, who came from Xincai and wanted to go to Ruyin City for reinforcements.
As soon as the common people saw the tall mules in Xu Si's team and the iconic four slender mule legs, they believed everything.
In Ruyin City, Yu Boliang was anxiously asking people to constantly inquire about the intelligence of the Huainan official army in Zhushi City, and on the other hand, he was still waiting for the news of Wu Shaocheng's reinforcements in Yuncheng.
In fact, at this time, his envoy had already run to the bottom of Yuncheng.
Here, Wu Shaocheng and a large group of Huaixi generals were forming a group, looking at the map, and discussing fiercely with each other.
Because Wu Shaocheng's son-in-law Dong Chongzhen put forward a bold plan:
The main force of our Huaining army came out of Lingyunzha and continued to oppress Quhuan and Liu Chang, while I myself led 2,000 strong soldiers to make a detour through Xiangcheng, through Ruzhou, and directly attack Luoyang, the eastern capital, from the direction of Yique and Luhun!
Luoyang is where the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty is located, as long as Luoyang is captured, the Tang army on this line of Xuzhou is afraid that the whole line will collapse, and even if there is the supervision of Prime Minister Du Huangsheng, it will not be able to be saved.
In other words, Gao Yue sent 2,000 strong soldiers to make a surprise attack to disrupt the flank of Huaixi, Yingzhou.
And Dong Chongzhen, the young general of Huaixi, also needs 2,000 strange soldiers, he plays bigger, and wants to directly penetrate Ruzhou and slaughter the eastern capital.
Surprise attack against surprise attack.
Regarding Dong Chongzhen's surprise attack plan, Li Yuanping's head was hot, and he also echoed it.
Because his previous plan to rely on the Battle of Lingyunzha to force the imperial court to compromise went bankrupt again.
As a gambler, even if there is only one chip left, he will enthusiastically and without hesitation to bet it out, and it is the gambler's patent to go from bankruptcy to bankruptcy.
Wu Shaocheng hesitated a little, so he set his eyes on his closest brother Wu Shaoyang.
And Wu Shaoyang also agreed with his son-in-law's plan.
"The rise and fall of Huaixi, just strike at it here, with a small broad, if you don't make a dangerous move, you will just sit back and wait for death."
So Wu Shaocheng finally made up his mind to attack Luoyang.
At this time, Wu Shaoyang added that the soldiers and horses attacking this time must be the elite of the elite, such as the tooth soldiers under the festival, and then I am willing to defend my brother to the death in Yuncheng.
Wu Shaocheng entrusted 2,000 tooth soldiers to his son-in-law Dong Chongqing.
In the tent with a blazing bonfire, in the face of the envoy sent by Yu Boliang, Wu Shaocheng was very dissatisfied: "If Gao Yue crosses the Huaishui to attack Yingzhou, it happens to fall into my trap, Yu Boliang, with thousands of soldiers and horses, you can contain Gao Yue's tens of thousands of divisions, so that they are not allowed to join the battle in Yuncheng. Can be withdrawn. ”