Chapter 32 The Battle
On the fifth shift of the next day, Jing Ran and Daniel Zhang set out first, because most of the infantry they led were slower, while Gongsun Yu led a thousand cavalry directly around the flank of the Northern Chu army.
Jing Ran served as the commander of the cavalry army in this battle.
This is a very dangerous thing, it is not like infantry, even if it loses, at least it can be wrapped in its own general to save his life, but cavalry combat is a real life-and-death fight, especially when cavalry attacks and hedges.
Attacking the infantry, the enemy will not be stupid enough to wait for your horse's hooves to step on his head, and will definitely block his own attack with long-range strikes. Usually at this time, the commander of the cavalry army who rushes to the front will suffer heavy casualties. When the cavalry hedges, it is basically looking at the sky, and in the real moment of life and death, a hedge is only a few short breaths, and once the horse falls, it will not have a chance to stand up.
Now Jing Ran leads the cavalry army alone, and this is the head of the general, hanging on the belt. How could Daniel Zhang not be nervous, so he looked for Jing Ran several times to try to make him change his mind, but all failed. Daniel Zhang, who had no choice, could only accept it helplessly, and now he could only pray that the heroic spirit of Emperor Mingguang could be revealed.
Jing Ran and Daniel Zhang's troops marched mightily towards the barracks where the Northern Chu Army was stationed, and they didn't find any scouts of the Northern Chu Army along the way, which made Jing Ran feel very strange.
He asked Daniel Zhang suspiciously: "Why are the scouts of Northern Chu?" I remember that our Chu army was fighting, and the most important thing was the news of the scouts, why did it take most of the day and not a single scout was seen? β
Daniel Zhang also felt strange, he was a serious Northern Chu Army Xiao Cavalry Guard, and he also knew how much attention was paid to scouts in the Northern Chu Army.
"Yes, king, let's go again, let's go to the camp of Northern Chu, and when the time comes, there will be no need to fight."
While the two were wondering, the scout they had sent out returned, and in a hurry, and in a hurry. Jing Ran Daniel Zhang knew that things had changed at a glance.
"What's wrong!"
The scout said, "Back to the king, general." I...... We scouted the army and saw that there were a large number of Northern Chu troops against ...... Crossed the defense line of the Marquis of Jinyang and went directly to the camp of our army! β
Jing Ran was shocked: "That big camp! "Jing Ran and Gongsun lost a total of two armies, a total of two large camps, and one of them is the place where the new army is stationed.
The scout said, "Your Majesty, yes...... It's the New Army Battalion! β
Jing Ran's brain was mixed up, and he was directly blinded.
What a Northern Chu army, go directly to the new army camp, the current new army camp only has 5,000 recruits, and the soldiers have no heart to fight, the enemy only needs one charge to completely defeat!
"Could it be that the army I finally assembled is over?"
Jing Ran thought.
At this time, Daniel Zhang stepped forward and said: "Great King, the top priority is to use the fast cavalry to go to the new army camp before Northern Chu and inform them, otherwise, the new army camp will definitely disperse!" β
Jing Ran listened to Daniel Zhang's words and began to calculate, he thought for a while and ordered:
"Daniel Zhang, you lead the infantry, follow the route said by the scout, copy in the rear, cut off the rear road of this Northern Chu army, I will ride to the camp now, and you will send someone to inform General Gongsun and ask him to quickly return to the division to join our army!"
Daniel Zhang: "Yes!" β
After speaking, Jing Ran led a thousand cavalry and hurried to the camp.
And at this time, the big camp already knew that a large army suddenly appeared in front of him, Li Ren thought of it for the first time, nine times out of ten Jiang Yue let go, his own camp is good, but there are five or six passes between the big camp of the Northern Chu army, if it wasn't for Jiang Yue's release, how could the Northern Chu army of so many people touch here silently? If it weren't for the temporary formation of a scout by himself, God knows when the Northern Chu army would be discovered by himself.
The Northern Chu army camp is here, but Suzhou is very leisurely, and his own letter made Jiang Yue, who had a headache in Jingyu, open his eyes and close his eyes to let himself enter.
"Hehe, in the end, it's better to be power."
Suzhou looked at the big seal of Jinyang Taishou in his hand, which Jingyu had prepared a long time ago, after destroying Jingran, he would destroy Jinyang and take Jinyang directly, Suzhou would be Jinyang Taishou, and as for the Jinyang Marquis who risked the world's disapproval, he was beheaded on the spot!
Didn't Jiang Yue know the fate of letting Beichu go to fight Jing Ran, of course he knew, but Suzhou gave him a condition that he couldn't refuse, that is, after destroying Jing Ran, let him lead Jinyang alone, and all things such as Jinyang officials were appointed, and everything such as finance and taxation would be handled by himself, and he would be the de facto lord of Jinyang! This temptation is much more real than the name of Jinyang Hou, who has provoked the whole world to attack. Although he is also the lord of Jinyang who owns Jinyang now, but after all, there is no big force to support him, now it's okay, Jingyu has already spoken, and all he has to do is to pretend not to see it when the Northern Chu army bypasses the defense line.
Li Ren didn't know Jiang Yue's naΓ―ve idea, if he knew, he would have to scold Jiang Yue for being stupid. What kind of person is Jingyu, the ambition of the wolf, the killing of the king and the seizure of the throne, how can such a person allow the side of the couch and a clown like Jiang Yue to jump around?
In fact, Li Ren had already given Jiang Yue advice, and the current situation was Jing Ran, Jiang Yue and the two were in absolute weakness, and Jing Yu, if it wasn't for Nanchu's containment, Jinyang would have been pacified in one fell swoop. For today's plan, there is only two weak cooperation and a strong attack, although it will not give Jingyu and Northern Chu a fatal blow, but it can completely delay the strategic pace of Northern Chu, give Jinyang and Jiang Yue time to survive and plan.
But now Jiang Yue is good, and it is very stupid to unite with the powerful Northern Chu to kill Jing Ran. In case Northern Chu annihilated Jing Ran in one fell swoop, would the 30,000 Northern Chu troops still leave Jinyang? Don't even think about it!
But it was such a simple question, but Jiang Yue, as the lord of Jinyang, could never see it. Li Ren once thought that this Jiang Yue had green smoke rising from the ancestral tomb to get the treasure land of Jinyang.
"Has the messenger returned?"
Li Ren stood at the gate of the camp and asked his subordinates eagerly.
After he knew that the Northern Chu army was going straight to the camp, he had already sent three waves of men and horses to report to Jing Ran, but so far, no one has returned. It is clear that they have been surrounded, and now even the news has been blocked.
"Now I have to pray that the king can find out and come to the rescue as soon as possible."
Li Ren looked at this group of soldiers who had no will to fight, and couldn't help but think of his wife and daughter, and his future:
Is my life going to end here because of this group of people? No, that's not what I want.
Li Ren actually knew that the 5,000 new troops under his command alone would definitely not be able to stop the Northern Chu army, but there was no way but to make a fuss about defense. I was ruthless at the moment.
Li Rendao: "If you pass the order, you can't go to war unless you have an order, and those who violate the order will ...... Kill! β
"Pass the order, this battle only needs to be defended, and there is no need to fight, so in the camp, the Northern Chu army will not give full play to the advantage of having more people for a while."
The order was passed down one by one, and at first, the new army was not very convinced of the literati who stayed in the camp, and most of them were cold-eyed, but when the order was passed down, Li Ren directly held a knife and slashed three sergeants who wanted to escape, which immediately shocked the disheartened army.
It turns out that literati can also kill!
"In this battle, one person retreats, beheading the captain, ten people retreating, and all of them are beheaded below a hundred lengths! The whole army retreats, and I deserve to die in battle, but before I die in battle, I will definitely drag you officers to die together! β
At this time, Li Ren suddenly seemed to be a different person, not at all like a powerless literati, but thinking of a general who was old in the army.
Looking at the big knife that was still dripping blood in his hand, all the officers hurriedly agreed.
"Go for a suit of armor, I'm going to be with the soldiers!"
"Yes!"
As he spoke, a set of armor that had already been prepared was already on Li Ren's body, and he held a big knife and walked directly towards the gate of the camp, without the slightest panic of the approaching enemy army, which made many soldiers settle down.
Suzhou in the Northern Chu military camp enjoyed the fun of leading the troops alone this time, because the last time he fought with Southern Chu, due to Jing Nuo's greed for merit, he almost buried all the hundreds of thousands of elites of Northern Chu in Southern Chu, and it was after that battle that Jing Yu directly killed Jing Nuo, who was like a parent, in front of the three armies, and he Suzhou, because of his meritorious advice, jumped from a staff officer in the army to the commander of the 30,000 troops in the north, this feeling is for a person like him who is addicted to power and can't extricate himself. It was a treat.
Except that the food in the barracks is too unpalatable and life is too boring, there seems to be nothing lacking.
"All over, the scouts are coming."
Suzhou, who was enjoying rights in the big tent of the Chinese army, was interrupted by the halberd outside the door.
"What's wrong?"
Suzhou sat upright, and handed over the halberd Lang to the account and replied.
"If you go back to the capital, our people have already replied, and most of the enemy army has arrived in the empty camp."
Suzhou Daxi: "Haha, okay, in this way, most of the enemy's capable army has gone to the empty camp, let's directly fight his vital force, and when he comes to his senses, we have already entered Jinyang!" Anything else. β
The halberd said: "There is another thing, that is, a cavalry of the enemy army suddenly appeared thirty miles behind our army. β
Suzhou: "Huh? Where did the cavalry come from? β
This is actually a time difference, when the scouts in Suzhou saw Jing Ran's army, they sent the news back, but basically at the same time, Jing Ran also found out that he was tired, and directly led the cavalry to the rear of the Suzhou army.
Suzhou frowned: "How many people are there, can the person who leads the troops see clearly?" β
"Back in the capital, our scouts have already contacted them, and there are about a thousand of them, and the leader of the troops is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old doll."
Suzhou: 'Fifteen or sixteen-year-old dolls? Could it be ......'
Suzhou waved his hand and asked the halberd to come out, but suddenly someone stopped him: "You go and call the cavalry commander!" β
"Yes!"
After a while, a man about thirty years old and like an iron tower arrived outside the big tent:
"The last general, Wei Yuan, see Dutong."
Suzhou hurriedly invited Wei Yuan into the big tent.
Suzhou: "General, that person is here." β
Wei Yuan was shocked: "He actually came?" β
Suzhou and Wei Yuan fell into contemplation at the same time, this person was too difficult, and Xirong's men did not die; His 1,000 cavalry was directly annihilated by him, too difficult and too capable of living!
This person is Jing Ran.
Suzhou's face is a little ugly, because this person is still the king after all, and a courtier goes to fight with the king, which is a rebellion! The soldiers they brought with them were already quite contradictory to themselves because of the food problem, although they did not say that they did not respect the orders of the generals for the sake of this king. But I will always find a way to make myself very good at doing things, and now I am plotting rebellion, and I don't know what it will become. So now he can only take some other means, and this Wei Yuan is that means.
Wei Yuan was originally a general under Jing Nuo, when Jing Yu was about to kill Jing Nuo, in order to uproot his foundation, he killed and directly uprooted Jing Nuo's power, and this Wei Yuan was one of the people who was going to be killed, but North Suzhou was saved.
However, thinking of this incident, Suzhou has always felt that it is an excuse for Jingyu to be afraid of Jingnuo's power and want to get rid of it quickly. Otherwise, just dispose of one Jingnuo, how could it be possible to kill so many people......
Suzhou shook his head: Guessing the Lord's mind, it is taboo at this time......
Don't think about it anymore now.
"Wei Yuan, do you know how to do it?"
Suzhou looked at Wei Yuan, and the murderous aura in his eyes made the man who was galloping across the field of the tower furious.
"The Last Will Know ......"
"It's good to know, remember this matter without making a big fuss, let others know, go ahead."
After finishing speaking, he didn't look at Wei Yuan again, Wei Yuan received the order, and came out of the big tent tremblingly, not to mention how unlucky he was:
"Hehe, that man's life ......"