Chapter 39: There is no turning back
"Bang Bang Bang~"
Clusters of cold arrows tore through the snow curtain and fell from the sky, falling without warning as if they had appeared out of thin air, striking the dense shield array, making a muffled sound.
The high sound of war drums and horns provided the enemy with its own position, but the flying snow curtain became the enemy's best cover color, even if the two sides had entered the other party's range, and the other party did not take the initiative to make a sound as loud as Ye Zhao's side, it was difficult to lock the correct position of the other party.
"Lord, don't you fight back?" Ji Ling stood beside Ye Zhao, although the shield array set up in advance blocked most of the opponent's arrow clusters, there were still people who were injured or killed directly by stray arrows, but Ye Zhao looked at the arrow clusters that kept falling in front of him with an indifferent face, or were bounced up by the shield, or directly pierced on the shield.
Ye Zhao didn't answer, just shook his head, at this moment, his eyes were indifferent, even colder than this cold winter.
After a while, the cluster of arrows that broke through the sky seemed to be weaker, and Ye Zhao suddenly looked at the quartermaster beside him and said, "Remember, in the north, there are two thousand archers, and the rest are unknown!" ”
The quartermaster didn't ask much, and directly spread out a roll of bamboo paper and recorded it according to Ye Zhao's words.
“?” Although Ji Ling was also familiar with military books, he was a little dazed for a while, and he didn't understand what Ye Zhao was going to do.
Ye Zhao didn't pay attention to it, and continued to wander away with Ji Ling and the others.
Walking down in a circle, Ye Zhao also instructed the quartermaster to record it three times, and Ji Ling gradually saw some doorways on the side.
"There are 2,000 archers in the north, 3,000 archers in the east and west directions, or there is an error, but it will not be too big, and there is no ambush in the south!" Ye Zhao is like a highly calculated machine at the moment, without any phenotype.
According to the current Han army, the enemy army invested 8,000 archers, if the archers account for 30%, the number of troops and horses dispatched by the enemy this time should be between 27,000 and 30,000." Ye Zhao looked in the direction of due north: "Although the offensive in the north is fierce, it is a bluff, and there are slightly more troops in the east and west. ”
Although he understood what Ye Zhao was doing, Ji Ling felt that his mind was a little confused at the moment, in this world, someone could judge the number of enemy troops just by the cluster of arrows shot by the other party before seeing the enemy army at all!? Is this still human?
Wuqiu Yishang, who was standing beside Ye Zhao, was facing the real battlefield for the first time, his brain was a little confused, and he said almost subconsciously: "In this case, our army is invincible, why don't you escort Your Majesty to break through to the south?" ”
Ye Zhao glanced at Wu Qiu Yi, ignored him, and looked ahead and said, "Defend the camp!" Passed on our military order, before the enemy army appeared, the archers were not allowed to release an arrow. ”
"Why is that?" Wu Qiu Yi was anxious like ants on a hot pot, and at this moment, he didn't care about the difference in the identities of the two sides, and said loudly.
"You are a family of generals, haven't you heard of the law of encircling three ques? If I am the chief general of the enemy's army, I will definitely ambush heavy troops in the south, and when our army has the slightest intention of retreating, I will immediately pounce on it and attack with the other three lines, and our army will have no danger to defend at that time, and will be besieged by several times the enemy of our army in the field battle. Ji Ling glanced at Wu Qiu Yi with disdain and said in a rough voice.
"You ......" Wu Qiu Yi was shocked when he heard this, and then he calmed down, but being preached like this by a person who had no official position made him feel completely faceless, and he wanted to say something, but Ye Zhao glanced back, only to feel a tightness in his chest, and he couldn't say half a word when he reached his mouth.
"Lord, are you just waiting like this?" Ji Ling looked at Ye Zhao with some expectation.
Although he recognized Ye Zhao as the master, Ji Ling was also a military general who was familiar with the art of war after all, there was a way to be the first and the second, Ji Ling asked himself if he was not weaker than others, for Ye Zhao's exaggerated meritorious achievements, Ji Ling had always had some doubts, thousands of people broke the 200,000 Yellow Turban Army, which sounded like a myth.
However, tonight, seeing Ye Zhao show his ability for the first time, Ji Ling was completely convinced, this kind of accurate calculation in the battlefield and making the most correct choice in a very short time, this ability, Ji Ling thought that he couldn't do it, at least not before he heard the enemy's situation clearly.
Of course, the premise is that Ye Zhao is not pretending to be forced here, but really estimating the distribution of the enemy and the approximate strength.
At this time, Ye Zhao obviously would not have that casual pretence, and Ji Ling had also been on the battlefield after all, although he could not estimate the approximate number of the enemy army through the enemy's arrow cluster like Ye Zhao did, but after Ye Zhao said these words, he looked carefully and found that it was as Ye Zhao said.
The enemy army in the north seemed ferocious, but in just a moment, the offensive was a little sluggish, obviously bluffing, on the other hand, in the east and west, although the offensive was not strong, it was endless, and it was obvious that there was still room for strength.
This was gradually seen after Ye Zhao pointed out, Ji Ling thought to himself that if he was the commander at this time, although he would not directly fall into the trap of the other party like Wu Qiu Yi, he was afraid that he would also carry out targeted counterattacks, especially the misjudgment in the north, which would make his own scheduling mistakes, and then I am afraid that he would be attacked by the enemy in the east and west.
It was Ye Zhao's performance that made Ji Ling full of confidence in Ye Zhao.
"This thief is not like a thief, the war is quite orderly, you can't move lightly, you should brake quietly." Ye Zhao shook his head, although he had prepared in advance, but unfortunately what the situation in Jizhou was, he didn't know yet, not to mention that the emperor was still here, even if the emperor was not there, with the information he knew so far, Ye Zhao would never move lightly.
"Ren Hongchang see Wei Wei!" Ren Hongchang rode his horse to Ye Zhao's side and bowed.
"Is Your Majesty safe?" Ye Zhao looked at Ren Hongchang and said.
"The eunuch Yang Qian attempted to assassinate him, but he was killed, and His Majesty is now protected by the Beigong Guard." Ren Hongchang bowed and said.
"It's a good job, Your Majesty's safety is pinned on you." Ye Zhao nodded and said.
"Your Majesty wants to see the guard!" Ren Hongchang arched his hand.
"You come to supervise the battle, remember what we just said, there is no trace of the enemy, you must not send an arrow indiscriminately, defend according to the camp, if there is anything else, immediately send someone to spread the word!" Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Ji Ling and said in a deep voice.
"Me?" Ji Ling was stunned when he heard this, excited and worried: "There are no generals in the subordinates......"
Ye Zhao looked at Ji Ling, and after being silent for a long time, he took out the tiger talisman from his waist and handed it to Ji Lingdao: "This thing is temporarily kept by you, before I come back, guard the camp, Dian Wei and Guan Hai will help you!" ”
"Whoa!" Ji Ling excitedly took the tiger talisman from Ye Zhao's hand, put it away preciously, and sent Ye Zhao to take Ren Hongchang to Liu Hong's Chinese army camp.
……
It is located three hundred paces away from the outside of the camp.
Wang Fen walked back and forth a little restlessly, and beside him, Xu You, Zhou Jing, and several other representatives of the Hao clan in Jizhou who responded to Wang Fen's call gathered together to watch the battle situation ahead.
So far, there has been no counterattack by the enemy, which makes Wang Fen even more anxious.
"Ziyuan, has Ye Zhao seen through your plan?" Wang Fen suddenly looked at Xu Youdao.
"He is a world-famous general, both civil and military, and it is not unusual to see through it." Xu You said with a smile: "But seeing through it is not able to break it, as long as the Son of Heaven does not leave, then Ye Zhao is ten times better than me in his chest, and he can only be trapped here by us." ”
"But it's been an hour, and the other party hasn't fought back as you expected!" Wang Fen frowned.
"Wen Zu rest assured, our army has summoned Jizhou Haoqiang this time, and the strength is far superior to him, even if he does not move, such an attack will pass overnight, and the soldiers will be tired, and then our army will gather the main force to attack, then Ye Zhao is no matter how powerful it is, in this case, there is no chance of winning." Xu You said confidently: "When I was in Luoyang, I heard how Ye Zhao was good, since I met him today, I would like to meet him for a while to see how he breaks the game?" ”
"This matter is not child's play, at most three days, if the heavy snow stops, the rest of the counties have not seen the Son of Heaven for a long time, they will definitely send troops to find it, and then the soldiers and horses from all directions will come, and our life and death will be small, I am afraid that the accumulation of nine clans!" Wang Fen suddenly regretted a little, Xu You was full of confidence when he said that everything was in his calculations, but at the beginning, he had already broken away from Xu You's calculations.
Thinking about it, Ye Zhao's southern expedition to the north is almost invincible, Xu Yu is just a scribe, and he may be good at talking on paper, but if he really commands the army to fight, how can he compare with a famous battlefield general like Ye Zhao.
"Three days?" Xu You looked at the snowflakes that kept falling in the sky, generally this kind of heavy snow does not fall for a long time, conservatively estimated that the next day, that is to say, he has four days at most, after a moment of silence, Xu You sneered: "Three days is enough." ”
Xu You looked at Wang Fen, and his eyes gradually became cold: "Wenzu, there is no turning back when you open the bow, since the matter has reached this point, you and I have no way back, only to kill the Son of Heaven, you and I will set up a new king, and I will have a bright future, otherwise if the Son of Heaven runs away this time, I am afraid that you and I will die without a place to be buried!" ”
"Alas~" Wang Fen suddenly felt that this action, the promise was a little hasty, although Yuan Shao promised to fund him, but it was only in terms of grain and grass, and he always refused to stand up and take the lead, this is a matter of abolition, and it involves the murder of the king, but he took the lead by a Jizhou assassin history, before he only felt a lot of blood, willing to sacrifice his life for the country, but at this moment calmed down, Wang Fen thought that this is not only about his head, the nine clans will be implicated, after all, this matter, if it is said, it is a great crime of treason and murder, Although Yuyang Zhang Chun was jubilant, in terms of nature, it was not as serious as him.
It's just that now, as Xu You said, there is no turning back when he opens the bow, and from the moment he accepted Xu You's suggestion and decided to do it, he has no turning back.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Fen looked at Xu You and said, "Since this is the case, the military power will be fully handed over to Ziyuan's command!" ”
"Good!"