Chapter 5 The Beginning of the War
Zhao Meng and Li Mu in Shangdang City are carefully thinking about the response to the Qin army after coming, although the Zhao army has set up three fortresses outside Shangdang City, each city garrison 10,000 people, in addition to the 50,000 people who hold in the city, the rest of the men and horses are also distributed around Shangdang County, so that any place is attacked, the rest of the troops can also be rescued as quickly as possible, and when the Qin army besieges Shangdang City, the troops scattered on all sides can also be quickly assembled, and the enemy army can be attacked inside and outside, It can be said that this method is still very useful.
"General Li Mu, a veteran for many years, and a brave general who followed my Great Zhao Zhaowu King to the north to conquer the barbarians, so this time I have to trouble the old general a lot."
It was Zhao Meng, the marshal of the Great Zhao Capital, who spoke, this was the first time he led so many men and horses out on an expedition, and hundreds of thousands of horses seemed to be a number in the book, but when he really stood in front of these soldiers, he knew what it was to cover the sky.
Zhao Meng was born in the Northern Zhao royal family, he likes to read military books freely, and he is familiar with the art of war, and a few days ago he went to Southern Chu, judged the situation, and pulled the Son of Heaven back to Zhao for Zhao State, and for a time he became famous in Zhao State.
But there are still a lot of veterans who are a little worried about him, Zhao Meng only went out with the king three years ago to fight against the barbarians, and only led five thousand men and horses to accompany him, and even the shadow of the barbarians has not been seen, although he has done a very good job in this mission, but after all, he is a young general, the king will deliver hundreds of thousands of troops to him, and all the ministers have some opinions, and look at this Zhao Meng, there is also a bit of a taste of rhetoric on paper, and he is even more distrustful, but fortunately, the old general Li Mu went out with the army, it should be better.
When General Li Mu heard him say so modestly, he didn't have a trace of good impression of Zhao Meng, "This young man is very modest. ”
"Obedience"
Li Mu bowed his hand slightly.
At this moment, the voice of the horse came from outside the door: "Report! Nansai City beheaded Gu Gukou and found a large number of Qin troops! ”
Zhao Meng and Li Mu straightened up and glanced at each other, "It's really fast!" The two strode out.
Zhao Meng and Li Mu stood on top of the city, looked at it for thousands of miles, and sure enough, there was dust in the distance, obviously this Qin army had already passed the Commander Valley.
Zhao Meng straightened his body, supported the sword on his waist, and said in a serious voice.
"General Li Mu, now you are the marshal of my Da Zhao Deputy Capital, please lead the troops to Nansai City, and the soldiers in the army will be at your disposal!"
Li Mu had been waiting for this moment for a long time, for a veteran who had fought all his life, what could he be more excited about than this beacon fire.
"The last general commands!"
At this time, he also changed his identity, and from now on, he was Zhao Meng's deputy general and the deputy marshal of this army.
After saying that, he hurriedly went down the city tower, ordered the personal guards of the headquarters, and quickly went to Nansai City.
At this time, Zhao Meng's hands trembled slightly, and he finally had a chance to wash away his reputation for talking on paper and boasting.
"Command the city of North and the city of Xi, and hold the city defense. No orders can be made! ”
A scout horse hurried away.
"Order, the remaining troops and horses urgently gather under the Shangdang City, waiting for the order! This order is urgent, and those who get the order will be executed quickly, and those who delay the military aircraft will be killed! ”
"Order, this battle is the key battle of my Great Zhao, if defeated, the land of my Great Zhao Hebei is in danger, so all the troops and horses must fight to the death, and we must not insult the prestige of King Zhaowu!" If there is a delay in the military aircraft, it will not be spared! ”
A few words were murderous, at this time he was no longer the lobbyist who sent Nanchu, but a marshal of hundreds of thousands of troops!
And at this time, Yingwu is much more depressed, the king is really, it's just a matter of naming me the general of the Eastern Expedition, and adding an extra counselor of military affairs, that guy stabbed such a big basket and killed my 5,000 sergeants, even if he didn't punish him, he was actually promoted and became a palace supervisor in Chang'an, who in Daqin doesn't know that the Chang'an palace supervisor is basically the prime minister, is it possible to let this guy stand on my head and and pee in the future?
"General, are you all ready?"
When I really thought about it, I heard Zhao Yi's voice, and I was really depressed.
"You don't have to worry about this, as the commander of this Eastern Crusade, I know how to arrange it."
Yingwu said angrily: "I don't know what advice the adults have here?" ”
Zhao Yi didn't get angry when he heard him say this, aren't all the soldiers of Great Qin like this?
"Hehe, the king named me the supervisor of the Chang'an Palace and the counselor of military affairs, so there are some things I still have to know."
Yingwu frowned, this kid is giving me a horse.
"Don't be careful, my lord, I have sent 10,000 vanguard troops, and the follow-up 50,000 horses, it is estimated that this will be out of the Commander Valley!"
He said that the commander Gu was particularly serious, and looked at Zhao Yi playfully.
Zhao Yi's face turned red all of a sudden.
"A few days ago, it was a matter of the lower officials, which led to the initial defeat of our army, and here, I ask the general for guilt! Please also ask the general to give me a chance to make amends. ”
After speaking, he made a deep bow to Yingwu.
Yingwu didn't expect him to come to such a hand, if he was aggressive, he would seem a little confused, after all, this piece of the picture is already a storage minister, and maybe he will have to look at his face in the future.
"Your Excellency is serious."
As he spoke, he stepped forward to help Zhao Yi up.
"I hope we will cooperate sincerely to fight Beizhao together."
"Okay, everything is up to the general."
Zhao Yi's face finally had joy, "I don't know what tasks the general needs to do, and it is incumbent on him to do it." ”
"Hmm..."What can we do to break him apart now?"
"In this way, our army's logistics still lacks a transshipment envoy to manage the transportation of military rations, do you want to give in first."
See what you say this time.
"Okay, I'll leave immediately, the front line is about General Lao."
After speaking, he made a deep bow and hurriedly went out.
"This guy..."
Where did Yingwu think that this was Zhao Yi's dream job, although he was not on the front line and could not transfer troops, but he could control the life and death of the army, and when the battle situation was stalemate, everyone had to come to him!
Yingwu couldn't think of so much, but he just felt that without this counselor in military affairs, he could finally let go of his hands and feet!
Yingwu didn't think much about him, "Herald!" ”
He straightened his clothes and took his sword on his shoulder. "This order! All units of the army, according to the original plan, set off immediately, and those who delay the military aircraft will be immediately killed! ”
Now except for the 20,000 people stationed on the border on the border and Zhao Yi's logistics army did not set off, more than 200,000 horses and horses are like a beast ready to attack, slowly moving forward.
Shangdang County, Nansai City.
"General, the army of the Qin State seems to have stopped, and there is news from Shangdang City that the old general Li Mu has already led the army to support, I think we should be fine here for the time being."
It is said that the deputy general of Nansai City who is alive is Li Yuan, who is Li Mu's nephew, who has followed Li Mu's old general to fight against the barbarians many times, and is known for his military merits, but because of alcoholism and bad things, he was demoted to the halberd Lang, and the Great Qin army attacked, and was transferred to Nansai City as a deputy general.
The defender of Nansai City will be Li Tong, the first general under Li Mu, who is skilled in arching and horses, cautious, and cares for soldiers and has the style of a general, so Li Mu transferred him to Nansai City as the main general.
"Li Yuan, that's true, but there's nothing wrong with being careful."
The two of them often go on expeditions together under Li Mu, and they have an excellent relationship, so they talk a lot more casually.
"In this way, tonight you lead a hundred people from the cavalry battalion as scouts, take a look. And General Li will arrive at this time tomorrow, I am afraid that the Qin army will suddenly attack the city. ”
Li Yuan also grinned and said, "General Li orders, I just obey orders." ”
"You guy, after eating, let's order all the people to go."
Li Tong hammered Li Yuan's chest and said with a smile.
Li Yuan pretended to be in pain, which made Li Tong couldn't help laughing.
"Be careful, when the fight is over, I'll invite you to drink!"
"Okay, Brother Li, take care, I'll go first." After speaking, he quickly covered his mouth, and said "gone" when he was fighting, which was somewhat unlucky.
Li Tong didn't say anything more and motioned for him to go. The two arched their hands to each other, and Li Yuan strode down the tower.
"The first team of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is out! Have you finished eating? After eating, set off with Lao Tzu! ”
Li Yuan's loud voice can be heard from afar. The people in the city, including Li Tong, couldn't help laughing, "This guy." Li Tong smiled and shook his head.
After a while, Li Yuan took a hundred cavalry battalion soldiers out of the city.
"General, where are we going?"
A soldier asked.
"Where to go? Does this need to be asked? The Qin army garrison is in the south of the city, you can see it clearly, there is nothing to see, go to the north of the city. ”
After speaking, he took a step forward and galloped away.
A hundred people watched the general go first, not to be outdone, and followed closely behind Li Yuan.
What they didn't know was that although the Qin army was stationed in the south of the city, their follow-up troops were lightly armed, and 50,000 horses and horses went straight to the south of the city.
"Slow down, don't let the enemy find out!"
The commander of the Qin army, Gongsun Fu, ordered.
They walked extremely carefully along the way, and they were all shuttling through the mountains, and they had previously encountered a few farmers who went up the mountain to chop firewood, and Gongsun Fu did not hesitate to behead them, and when they passed through a village, they killed the entire village collectively, for fear of revealing their whereabouts, and now their whereabouts have not been discovered by the Northern Zhao army.
And they didn't know that Li Yuan was also galloping towards them with a hundred cavalry battalions.
At this time, Li Yuan was at the place.
"Did you find anything?"
Li Yuan asked angrily.
"Back to the general's words, I didn't find it, but..."
"But what!?"
"We have a brother who hasn't come back yet."
"What! Why didn't you say it sooner, how long has it been! ”
Hearing that a brother did not come back, Li Yuan's heart suddenly became nervous, the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can people not be nervous.
"It's been an hour."
"Where is he gone!"
The sergeant from the cavalry battalion pointed forward, "Back to the general, over there!" ”
"Everyone, get on the horse and move forward!"
Everyone immediately galloped forward.
As for the sergeant, he had already been discovered by Gongsun's scout army, and he himself had already been shot. Gongsun lost knowing that their whereabouts were about to be exposed.
"Gongsun ride, order a thousand people to move quickly with me, and the rest will follow quickly!"
Gongsun Qi is the military title personally given by King Zhaoxiang of Great Qin, because it comes from the Gongsun family and is brave in battle, it was awarded this title.
"Yes!"
Gongsun Yi also moved in the direction of Li Yuan at an extremely fast speed, but Li Yuan was a hundred, and he had a thousand.