Chapter Eighty-Six: Wei Jin's Confidence
The system of city outline is the main form of urban planning and construction in ancient China, in which the inner city is called "city" and the outer city is called "outline".
The outer city of the eastern capital is wide in the south and narrow in the north, slightly close to square. There are 8 gates in Waiguo City, and there are no gates on the west wall. There are 3 gates on the south wall, from east to west are Changxia Gate, Jianguo Gate, and White Tiger Gate. There are 3 gates on the east wall, from south to north for Yongtong Gate, Jianyang Gate and Shangchun Gate. There are 2 gates on the north wall, Xining Gate in the east and Hui'an Gate in the west. And Shangchun Gate is an important gate in the outer city of the Eastern Capital!
At this time, 300,000 Wei troops were arrayed with lances and gathered outside the Shangchun Gate. If you interview General Vano Tsuna, who is on duty at Shangchun Gate, he will definitely shout without hesitation: "Mother, the thief army outside the city is dense and endless, like an ant army attacking!" β
Today's Wei army's offensive is basically a tentative attack, Li Mi's headquarters elite - Pushan Gongying, at this time is standing in the distance to watch the battle, most of the participants in the attack are the bandit army of the owners of various large and small villages, the purpose is mainly to clear the infrastructure and fortifications outside the city, and at the same time to see how the city defense of the eastern capital is doing!
At this time, Hao Xiaode, who had just been replaced as a cottage leader, retreated happily with his brothers, Hao Xiaode rushed in the direction of the Chinese army, wiped the slag stained with some blood, and said with a smile: "Hehe, this job is too easy!" Not cool enough, not cool enough! Hey! β
When he arrived at the Chinese army, Hao Xiaode laughed and rushed to Li Mi, who was standing under the king's flag, and said: "King Wei, our family has finished all the work, and the spoils and prisoners are still according to the old rules... β
Hearing this, Li Mi's eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, and he turned to smile and said: "Of course, according to the old rules, the prisoners are confiscated, and everything is yours!" β
"Okay! Let's thank King Wei for the brothers! After speaking, Hao Xiaode hugged his fists and left, he was still thinking about what had just been seized! Things are not held in his own hands, and his heart is always not so steady.
Pei Renji's expression was still as serious as ever, he turned his head to Li Mi, frowned, and said, "King Wei, from this point of view, the defenders of the Eastern Capital have given up the defense of the periphery, and the army has basically retreated back to the city. Just now, several leaders such as Jiyang Fang Xianbo, Changping Li Shicai, and Zhang Qian of Qiaojun all led their troops to attack the city, but they were beaten back before they could get close to the city wall! In this way, it is not easy to attack this eastern capital! β
Li Mi hooked his mouth and said, "If it was so easy to break, my eldest brother Yang Xuangan and I would not have broken under this eastern capital back then!" β
"Report! ~β
While the two were talking, a Xiao will gallop from a distance, this person is eight feet tall, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his majestic posture with exquisite fine armor is really majestic! He is holding a stainless steel lance, hanging two heavy hammers on his horse, and his crotch is a thousand miles of horses in the Western Regions, looking at it squarely, it is Pei Renji's eldest son, known as Pei Xingyan, who is known as "ten thousand enemies"!
Seeing that Pei Xingyan, who had gone to reconnoitre, came back, Li Mi's eyes lit up and asked, "But is there a situation?" β
Pei Xingyan nodded excitedly, the two tiger eyes were shining, and said, "The Eastern Capital Army has come out, and it is from the Jianguomen!" β
Pei Renji hurriedly asked, "How many are there?" Who will the Lord be? β
Pei Xingyan replied: "Tens of thousands! Erected two flags, one duan, one Wei! β
Pei Renji said: "Duan is definitely Duan's grandmother, this person is timid and cowardly, not a general's talent, so don't worry!" But who is this Wei? β
Li Mi said confidently: "The children of the Jingzhao Wei clan who are qualified to command tens of thousands of troops in the Eastern Capital are only Wei Xiaokuan's two youngest sons, Wei Jin and Wei Ji, and I think it must be one of the two of them!" β
Pei Renji asked: "These two brothers are both good at military strategy, not generals, how does King Wei plan to deal with the enemy?" β
Li Mi smiled faintly: "Show the enemy to be weak!" β
On the other side, Wei Jin and Duan Da had already taken all the 70,000 Eastern Capital troops out of Jianguomen and were lining up outside the city.
Wei Jin was excitedly going back and forth in the army as an encouragement, while Duan Da stood silently under the banner of the general, he looked at this well-equipped but negligent recruit from the Eastern Capital, and he was worried, worried that this patchwork army Duan was not the opponent of Li Mi's elite in a hundred battles!
After Wei Jin's speech, Duan Da asked: "Lord Wei, the military order has only been issued not long ago, Wang Shichong, Dugu Wudu, Liu Xie, Liu Xu and others are still in the army at this time, should we wait for them to come before marching?" β
Wei Jin replied: "No, at this time, Li Mi already knows that our army is out of the city, but if we don't go to battle, it will definitely make him suspicious." It's better to take advantage of the current morale is still good, attack a wave first, and when the Wei army and our army are deadlocked, Wang Shichong's reinforcements have also arrived, and when the time comes, we will be able to defeat Li Mi from three sides! β
Duan Da sneered: "Lord Wei wouldn't be naΓ―ve enough to think that the new army that we had just trained could withstand the attack of Li Mi's elite in a hundred battles, right!?" β
Wei Jin sneered: "The Art of War: A soldier is a bear, and a nest of bears will be born." What's more, the new army has been in existence for more than half a year, and many people have even participated in the battle against the Wei army, so the basic battle formation change and formation can be completed. In addition, our Eastern Capital Army is well-equipped, and I have read military books since I was a child, and I have personally participated in many foreign battles of our dynasty, so not to mention defeating Li Mi, at least I will not be defeated like General Duan! β
Duan Da was repeatedly ridiculed by Wei Jin, annoyed and angry, drew his sword and scolded angrily: "You! Wezin! You have insulted me repeatedly, I really thought that I Duan was afraid that you would not succeed! β
"Lord Wei, General Duan, rest your anger, stop your anger!"
Seeing that the war had not yet started, the two main generals were about to fight, Duan Da's son-in-law Zhang Zhi and the generals hurriedly pulled away from the two to appease.
Seeing this, Wei Jin sighed and said, "General Duan, the reason why Wei repeatedly provoked you is actually to stimulate the general's blood and energy!" In the current situation, as ministers, we should do our best to do the king's business! This time out of the city to face the battle, it is not Wei's greed, but it is really to boost the momentum of our army! In this battle, Wei did not seek success, but begged to kill and injure the enemy to boost the morale of our Sui army, that's all! If the general is unwilling to help me, the general can lead his troops back to the city, and Wei will raise troops to fight against me! β
Hearing this, Duan Da pondered Wei Jin's words carefully, and calculated, if he returned to the city at this time, people would look down on him, and he would definitely blame King Yue, so it was better to join forces with Wei Jin, even if the battle situation was not good, my Duan someone's horse was still quite fast!
Thinking of this, Duan Da hugged his fists and said: "In this way, Ben will be willing to help the adult!" β
Seeing this, Wei Jin said happily: "Good! Then I will lead 40,000 troops, drive Li Mi's main formation, and General Duan will lead 30,000 troops to support our army, okay!? β
Hearing that he should be the answer, Duan Da's face immediately radiated, and he smiled: "Listen to it!" Ben Jiang is a rough man, Lord Wei should have been honest with me a long time ago! β