Chapter 72: The Battle (Part II)
Time back to the early morning of August 18, I got the news that the bandit army that occupied Jianyang was about to attack the camp of the Shuyang army, and the generals in the camp and the Linghuang De of Shuyang, including the Lingluyuan of Jianyang and the clan leaders of the old clan of Jianyang, all came to the military tent of Lin Yuyan, the sixth son of the emperor, early.
When Ling Huang De heard Lin Yuyan's order, he also exclaimed: "Your Highness wants Huang to fight the front battle?" Cannot! Your Highness! Huang is just a civilian official, and he has never been involved in military affairs, I'm afraid it is...... I'm afraid it will delay the fighter! ”
Lin Yuyan, who was sitting on the main seat, just took a sip of tea, looking light-hearted.
Xiang Ying, the commander of the capital of Shuyang, has been friends with Huangde of Shuyang Ling for many years, and he never expected to hear this order, so he stood up and asked for his life: "The last general is willing to go to fight the front battle, and the Shuyang Ling is a civilian official, I am afraid it will be difficult to command the current Shuyang army!" ”
"Who said I was going to hand it over to him to the Shuyang Army?" Putting down the teacup, Lin Yuyan replied lightly.
Xiang Ying asked, "Then His Highness plans to send that force to the Shuyang Order?" ”
Lin Yuyan said: "Isn't there still two thousand young men under the Yang Order, and the Yang Commander has negotiated with these young men more during this time, is there still a situation where the command is not moving?" ”
Hearing this, Shuyang Ling even thought that he had offended His Royal Highness the prince during this time, and actually only gave his own 2,000 young men to fight against the menacing bandits, isn't it obvious that he wants to send himself to death?
Shuyang Ling thought about it, maybe he had too deep contact with the Haoqiang clan in Shuyang some time ago, and even asked His Highness to send troops to guard the territory in Jianyang for the Haoqiang clan in Shuyang.
But now that there are so many people here, it is impossible to confess this matter to His Highness, otherwise it would expose the character of His Highness, and His Highness will not put away this order!
Everyone in the field didn't know why His Royal Highness the prince wanted to make such an arrangement, especially some clan leaders of the old clan in the tent, sneered at this, this highness didn't know if he wouldn't use soldiers to fight, he was so confused, in this case, the Luoyang army could not recover the land of Thornyang, so the previous "The court will take back the property of the old clan of Thornyang" is not self-defeating.
"What? Is it a little difficult for Huaiyang? ”
Lin Yuyan looked at the change of expression in the Yang Ling, and also asked lightly.
What is the word "embarrassment"?
Seeing that the Shuyang Ling wanted to speak and stopped, Lin Yuyan was not in a hurry, but ordered the orders of the other soldiers: "Xiang Ying, the commander of the Shuyang Commander, and the deputy captain Yu Yan led the Shuyang army to retreat three miles and stationed in a scattered state, and the Shuishui Yi led the Shushui Yi from the right bank of the Yushui to the right bank of the Shushui for several miles and stationed in a roundabout way......"
"This ...... It's clearly messing around! Xiang Ying didn't hide it in his heart, but he didn't dare to have the slightest movement on his face, he knew that this time the Shuyang Ping bandits were the main force of the Shuyang army, and the cooperation of the Shushui Yi fight, now the two most effective main forces were arranged outside the battlefield, such a way of fighting is unheard of, counting on those young and strong people under the command of Shuyang to defeat the bandit army?
I'm afraid it's delusional, there are no more bandits, and there are more than 1,000 defenders in the small Chang'an Ju, plus the original Shuishui bandits, these are not weak forces, as for the young Zhuang to be deployed by the Shuyang Order, they were eliminated from the original campaign for the Shuyang sergeants, and they have not undergone any military training over the years, and the things they have been busy with during this time are to dig pits in the back of the barracks, add water or something, and count on these young men to defeat the bandit army, to be honest, it is better to count on the guards of the old clan of Jianyang to resist, Defeat the bandits!
It's a pity that Xiang Ying can't say this.
However, the Duwei of Shuyang, Yi Ji, wanted to take this risk: "Your Highness's move is a little inappropriate!" ”
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Yuyan asked rhetorically.
Yi Ji said directly: "The bandit army is coercing the people, the number is the majority, there are 4,000 people in the attack on my Shuyang army this time, and there are only 2,000 young people under the command of the Luoyang Order, or the young and strong who have not experienced training, I am afraid it is difficult to resist the bandit army!" ”
"Since you can't resist, how about the old clan of Thorn Yang?"
Hearing this, the old clan leaders who were sitting quietly in the tent suddenly turned pale, and they didn't expect that the sixth son of the emperor would pull them into the water.
But at this time, how can it not?
Huaiyang Ling Huang De is also more and more sure in his heart that His Royal Highness the prince is "communiqué personal vendetta"!
However, as the commander of Shuyang, the old clan of Jianyang has not said no, how can he say it?
Seeing the big tent, Lin Yuyan gradually quieted down, and also stood up and said: "This battle is not allowed to be defeated!" Violators, chop! ”
Everyone looked at each other, and they all noticed the inappropriateness in Lin Yuyan's words, and Jing Yi on the side also reminded: "Your Highness, you are wrong, it is Xu Sheng who is not allowed to lose......
Jing Yi reminded very quietly, also to save the face of His Royal Highness, but the camp tent is so big, where can it be hidden from everyone's ears.
"Milky kid ......" The old clan leader of Youjian Yang thought so in his heart, and his face also showed a sneer.
But Lin Yuyan repeated a sentence with a serious face: "This son is not wrong, in this battle, you may lose but not win!" ”
Everyone looked at the sixth prince of the emperor with puzzled eyes......
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The battlefield of the battle between the two sides is the initiative of the Huayang side, Lin Yuyan set it in the open land in front of the barracks, this kind of battle that abandons the geographical advantage has always been a taboo for soldiers, but this time the sixth son of the emperor knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the tiger mountains.
Standing in front of the barracks, Huang De has never been so nervous, although His Royal Highness the sixth son of the emperor said that this battle "may be defeated but not won", but the two sides are fighting, you are defeated, but you lose your life, if you want not to lose your life, then you have to run, in case you can't run these bandits, or a dead word written on your body.
The sympathetic Thorn Yang Ling Luyuan also rushed over from the rear of the barracks, greeted Huang De, and then said: "Captain Xiang Ying has already retreated with the Shuishui Army......
"Hmm......" Yang Ling Huang De smiled a little bitterly and nodded.
Compared with the two thousand young people on the side of the Thorn Yang Order, although there are only more than a thousand young people on the side of the old clan of Thorn Yang, but the front is the city defenders of Thorn Yang, and the more than 200 people led by Yu Yan, the commander of Thorn Yang, are in the list.
The order of Shuyang still has to determine the tactics before the battle: "I understand what His Highness means, if you can't fight, you will retreat, your old clan of Jianyang will retreat to the hill to the west, and build a bamboo bridge between the mountains and streams, and after the old clan of Jianyang is over, the bridge can be broken, so that these bandits will not be able to catch up with you!" ”
Thorn Yang Ling nodded his head: "I have already ordered to go down...... It's just, Brother Huang, be sure to take care! ”
The meaning of these words is already very obvious, the direction of the retreat of the young Zhuang of Shuyang is the position where the Shuyang army is now stationed after the military camp, but the Shuyang army is three miles away from here, if these three miles of road can't run down, it will be a dead word, which is also the reason why the Thorn Yang Ling Lu Yuan instructed the Yang Ling Huang De.
"No contact with enemy forces!" This is the consensus reached by the two city commanders.
Looking at the young men behind him who were holding farm tools such as rakes and wooden pestles, Shuyang Ling also shook his head, compared to the old clan in Jianyang, there is still a decent weapon in the hands of the bad people, but these young people in Huaiyang, where is there a look like they are going to the battlefield!
Yu Yan, the commander of Jianyang, is the only general who understands military affairs in the military camp at present, after arranging the position of the young and strong defenders, he came to the side of the two city commanders on the platform, when he saw the sad faces of the two city commanders, he also said in the heart of the martial artist: "The two city commanders don't have to worry, Yu has already arranged it, when the bandits are nearly a hundred steps, all the young men are thrown to the farm tools in their hands and the enemy army in turn, and then quickly retreat, behind the city defenders of Jianyang!" ”
"So very good, so very good......" Hearing Yu Yan, the Commander of Thorn Yang, say this, Yu Yang Ling Huang De's face was slightly relieved, and he muttered back.
After a while, there was movement in the direction of Thorn Yang in the north, and when you could look over, you could see the bandit army like a locust rushing towards this side, and the Captain of Thorn Yang led the defenders of Thorn Yang City and the people who knew how to fight at the front, ready to meet the bandit army.
On a hill not far from here, the field of vision is extremely broad, and now Lin Yuyan, the sixth son of the emperor of the Huaiyang Army, is standing here, with only a dozen sect guards around him, and under the cover of tall trees and dense grass, it is very secretive.
Not far away, you can already see the battle of the bandits, and like the information that has been transmitted, Lin Yuyan can see that these bandits are the front army, the rear of the middle army's march mode, this mode undoubtedly gives full play to the maximum strength of the bandit army, and the steps of the march are also extremely orderly, not chaotic.
"It seems that Ge Bao, the former captain of the bandit army, is indeed a talented general who has seen ...... eye-catching" Seeing the appearance of this bandit army, Lin Yuyan also said the same, because he saw a little shadow of the regular army from this bandit army, which is also what Lin Yuyan deeply admired. It is enough to prove that the commander of this bandit army is indeed a talent.
Lin Yuyan admired, but also a pity, such a general, but Wu Guo can not use it, this gang is a bandit army grown up by the water bandits, how can it not be forced by Wu Guo, after all, no one wants to be born a "bandit"!
Lin Yuyan's mind was interrupted by the sound of gongs and drums of the bandits, and he saw that the bandit army, under the instructions of the gongs and drums, quickly launched an attack on the Qingzhuang and the old clan of Jianyang outside the barracks, but it was obviously an overwhelming trend.
Lin Yuyan stood on the hill and seemed to see two groups of ants fighting, but it was obvious that the ants on his side were defeated, and they kept fleeing backwards, so that the bandit army had not yet reached the gate of the barracks, and thousands of people had withdrawn to the back door of the barracks.
Yu Yan, the commander of Jianyang, led hundreds of people, occupied the gate of the barracks, and used the horses to block the horses, burning hay inside, blocking the bandits, and buying time for the retreating people and horses.
However, soon, the bandit army broke through the gate of the barracks, and Yu Yan withdrew with the last group of people in the direction of the hill to the west of the barracks.
I thought it was a bloody battlefield but it ended inexplicably, and it was only half a pillar of incense before and after, and the bandit leader was stunned to find that there were no other casualties except for the soldiers who were unfortunately recruited because of those who were abandoned.
Immediately, more than 4,000 bandits rushed into the original camp of the Shuyang army.
Lin Yuyan, who was watching the battlefield from a distance on the hill, stood up slowly, not at all annoyed by the rout of the Luoyang side, but looked at the slightly chaotic military camp at this time with a little expectation.
"Next, it's the main thing......"