Chapter 69: The Siege of Suzhou (2)

At this time, on the avenue, an army of 3,000 people was marching towards Changshu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Suhu is ripe, the world is full! This sentence is really not a lie! Yang Wu rode his horse, looked at the rice fields on both sides of the road, and couldn't help sighing.

The current Suzhou has not yet been developed by the Song Dynasty and the Ming and Qing dynasties, and although it is not as good as later generations, it has shown amazing potential. Even after the baptism of Sun Ru's rebellion and the destruction of the war between Zhejiang and Huainan that lasted for several years, agriculture here is still very developed.

A gust of wind blew, and the yellow and clear ears of grain in the rice field rose and fell in the breeze, like rolling golden waves, making Yang Wu indulge in it.

"If you lay down this place and send another capable official to develop it, this place will be enough to become the granary of Huainan in the future!" He thought to himself.

At this time, Fan Sicong on the side asked with a puzzled expression, "Childe, we obviously have 7,000 people, why did Gongzi let General Qin stay in Guojia Village and only bring our 3,000 people to attack Changshu?" ”

Yang Wu said with a smile, "Changshu is the front line of the two Zhejiang provinces to resist my Huainan, not only has 3,000 defenders, but also has complete equipment to defend the city, and there is enough money and food. If our army were to attack the city, it would not only take too long, but also suffer heavy casualties. If we bring 7,000 men to attack, the Changshu defenders may abandon the city and leave, but it is more likely that they will stay behind to defend the city, and then our army will have to forcibly attack the city; But if our army is only 3,000 people, and it is me, a hairy boy, who is leading the troops, what do you think will be the choice of the defenders? ”

Fan Sicong's eyes lit up, "The subordinates feel that the defenders will definitely despise Childe, and they will definitely go out of the city to fight Childe when the time comes, and even find a way to ambush Childe; This will give our army the opportunity to defeat the enemy in the field, without the need to siege the city. ”

"Yes, that's it. Therefore, from now on, it is necessary to send more scouts to prevent the enemy from sneaking up. ”

"Yes, the subordinates will pay attention."

After a while, the front army came to report that there was a small forest in front, and there were scouts who went in and did not come out.

"The whole army stopped advancing, reorganized its formation, and prepared for battle!" When Yang Wu heard this, he felt that something was wrong, it should be that the enemy army had set up an ambush there.

With his order, Zhu Siqing and the three of them quickly went to reorganize their armies for battle, while Yang Wu took the guards to observe.

"Well, there are birds in the sky above this forest that dare not nest, it should be that there is a large group of soldiers in the forest who ambushed them and disturbed them."

"Hmph, I really want to go out of the city to ambush our army! But how could I give you a chance? ”

He turned to look at the terrain around him, and saw that in front of the woods was a clearing that was a suitable battlefield for a head-on engagement. Immediately, the three subordinates were arranged in a zigzag pattern, Chen Fan and Fan Sicong led the two in front, and Zhu Siqing in the back. and let the horses and guards protect him.

However, until the troops were lined up, there were still no enemy troops coming out of the forest. This made Yang Wu feel very puzzled, "Strange, the enemy should know that it was discovered when he saw the reaction of our army, but now there is still no movement, could it be that I misjudged that there was no ambush in the forest?" ”

After thinking about it, he felt that his judgment should be right, and immediately ordered Fan Sicong, "Send archers to shoot rockets into the forest, I don't believe they won't come out!" ”

Fan Sicong nodded, and was about to go to make arrangements, when a large number of enemy troops suddenly came out of the forest, and the whole team came out under the leadership of the officers. Yang Wu saw at a glance that there were thousands of people, and there were indeed ambush soldiers.

"Damn, I didn't expect this Yang Wu to be so cautious although he was young, and he kept scouting along the way, and he couldn't find a chance to sneak attack at all."

On the other side, Wang Liangcai looked depressed.

He thought that the other party was young and inexperienced, and arrogant, and would definitely not send many scouts, so he immediately decided to lead his troops out of the city and set up an ambush on the other party's inevitable path. Unexpectedly, the other party stopped some distance from the woods where the ambush was located, and then reorganized the formation and prepared for battle, without giving him the slightest chance.

Seeing this situation, Wang Liangcai naturally knew that he had been discovered, and at this time, the two armies were too close, even if he retreated and returned to the city, he might be caught up by the enemy halfway, and it would probably be a rout if he was unprepared. In that case, first repel the enemy army head-on, and then slowly withdraw the army.

After hesitating for a moment, he still felt that although the other party had a little more troops than himself, he was waiting for work, and the other party might not be able to help him, so he still decided to lead the army to line up.

"Since you can't raid, let's fight head-on! Ben may not be able to beat you! ”

This is the first time that Yang Wu has been in battle, and it is impossible to say that he is not nervous. He took a deep breath and carefully looked at the enemy array, only to see that the opponent was lined up with his back against the woods, and the number was about two thousand people in four battalions.

"According to the intelligence, the other side has a total of 3,000 defenders." Yang Wu muttered to himself, "Where are the remaining thousand people?" Do you stay in the city and defend the city, or continue to lie in ambush in the woods? Well, if it were me, at least five hundred people would be left to defend the city, so that the enemy army should still have five hundred people in ambush in the woods? ”

He didn't know that the other party had 500 people transporting money and grain to Suzhou, and there were no ambushes in the woods at this time.

"Three thousand on our side, two thousand on the other side. In terms of troops, our army has the advantage; However, in order to prevent the other side from having reinforcements, our army must also leave at least one battalion. Therefore, there are only 2,500 people who can be put into the battlefield, which can only be regarded as a slight advantage. ”

After judging the situation, Yang Wu rode his horse and began to inspect the military formation, "Brothers, the enemy troops on the opposite side are smaller than us, and their equipment is not as good as ours, and as for morale, it is far inferior to ours. You see, the fear on their faces is so strong, they're afraid of us. Let's not be polite, let's kill the past together, and make contributions at this time! ”

The soldiers all responded loudly, and the cry shook the sky, "I am willing to fight for the general!" ”

Yang Wu nodded, he believed that his soldiers had been trained for more than two months and were enough to defeat the enemy army on the opposite side head-on.

"Fan Yu, you lead the scouts to go around the woods to have a look, in case there are still enemy reinforcements there!"

"Yes, Childe!"

"Cheng Xun, you take the guards to be responsible for enforcing the military law, and if someone escapes, no matter who it is, there will be no forgiveness!" Although he was relieved that he had been training for so long, Yang Wu still decided to let Cheng Xun take charge of military discipline.

"Yes, Childe!" Cheng Xun replied with his fists clenched.

"Alright, let's attack now!" Yang Wu nodded, turned around and ordered Zhu Siqing and the others.

His tactics were simple, he asked Zhu Siqing to leave one battalion as a reserve, and four of the remaining five battalions advanced frontally, and one battalion outflanked from the flank.

After all, the opponent has only four battalions in number, and his own number is superior, and only four battalions on the front are enough. However, there is a possibility of accidents in the war, not to mention that the enemy army may still have ambushes, so Yang Wu left a battalion just in case.

Regarding Yang Wu's arrangement, Zhu Siqing and the three of them have no opinion. They were only battalion commanders before, and they also had no experience in commanding large armies in battle, but at this time, seeing that Yang Wu was adopting a conservative method, they immediately followed his orders.

"Forward!"

Their orders were quickly delivered, and in an instant, a contingent of 2,500 men lined up in five battalions. Everyone was solemn and solemn, slowly moving forward, and the movements and teams were in unison, which were the results of these two months of training.

Looking at this solemn and orderly army, Yang Wu was secretly happy, "This is the army I want to see."

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