Chapter 4: Strategies to Defend Against the Enemy
Although the two teams are called strong teams, according to Lin Feng's understanding, whether it is the dragon cavalry guard or the tiger and leopard battalion, the neat force is not strong, and in the era of cold weapons, the enemy is absolutely unable to stop the equal Zhao Guohu Ben army, and it is also no match for the Xuanjia soldiers of the Chu State.
In the final analysis, there was a problem with the military system adopted by the Great Yan army, and the Gaozu of the Yan State mutinied to steal the world, so he did not fully trust the generals, and the two teams were led by Wenchen on weekdays, and the emperor sent the leading generals to defend against the enemy during the war.
In this way, it is indeed guaranteed that the generals will not be able to support their own troops, and there is no need to worry about the occurrence of civil strife in Yan, after all, no matter what, the military power is in the hands of the emperor.
But it also buried hidden dangers, resulting in soldiers not knowing generals and generals not knowing soldiers.
When the two sides need to run in for a long time before the war, over time, the once strong Yan State, the land continues to fall, the generals are becoming weaker and weaker, and the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty of later generations have no intention, and they have always been in a passive position of being beaten in foreign wars.
Under Lin Feng's gaze, the generals in the court were indifferent, looking like they had nothing to do with themselves.
Lin Feng was not surprised, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the country raised this group of guys on weekdays, eating and drinking well, just waiting to charge into battle and defend the country when the country was in danger. Now, in the court, no one has come forward.
Lin Feng secretly wrote down the appearance of the other party, today the foreign enemy invaded, do not care about the other party, wait to solve the external trouble, and then come back to settle the account.
Just when Lin Feng was annoyed, a young man broke in outside, who was in a good spirit.
The man who came was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a handsome face that had never faded from childishness, wearing black iron armor and holding a spear.
There was a few perseverance and courage in his childish face, and after walking into the Jinluan Palace, he bowed to Lin Feng, and said sonorously: "Brother Huang, the younger brother has ordered 200 families to stand by, just wait for the imperial brother's order, the younger brother will set off at any time, if the imperial brother surrenders without a fight, and gives away the Lin family, even if the younger brother is shrouded in horse leather, he will shed the last drop of blood for the Great Yan River." ”
The people who came were very domineering, and their actions and determination to defend Yan were admirable. Compared with the military generals in the court, it is much greater.
Seeing the appearance of the person who came, Lin Feng knew that the person who came was called Lin Xiao, who was the younger brother of the predecessor and the only relative, and was named the Marquis of Yong'an.
However, the predecessor did things absurdly and uninhibitedly, and relied on the emperor's status to suppress Lin Xiao everywhere, depriving him of all royal offerings, not to mention, and not allowing Lin Xiao to go to court on weekdays, but the two brothers whose blood is thicker than water and land are incompatible.
However, this Lin Feng is not the other Lin Feng, he has enough brains, not to mention whether the two are brothers, just because when Dayan was in danger, Lin Xiao disregarded his personal life and death, and stood up to fight the enemy, Lin Xiao was trustworthy, which made him look at him strangely.
Moreover, Lin Feng has a military career of several years, and he likes Lin Xiao's daring and indomitable character.
As the saying goes, since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, no matter whether Lin Xiao is a hero or not, his momentum of not being greedy for life and afraid of death is enough to throw all the generals in the court to the edge of the sky.
At this moment, a military general stood up and pointed at Lin Xiao and said: "Hou Ye is loyal to the country, and his courage in leading troops to battle is commendable, which is really admired by the old ministers, but Hou Ye is still young after all, and he must not know that the combat effectiveness of the Rong cavalry is no less than that of the Huns and Donghu, the overlords of the grassland, and the terrain around Tumu Fort is flat, and there is a natural advantage over the cavalry. The minister thought that the Rong people went south mostly to grab food, if the Hou Ye led people to escort the grain and grass to the north, he took the initiative to cut the land to show weakness, and when the Rong cavalry retreated, Dayan would still have a chance to live. ”
Seeing that some people were greedy for life and afraid of death, and refused to lead troops to battle, Lin Feng didn't expect that above the Great Yan Dynasty, there were people who acted as lobbyists for the Rong clan without any scruples, which made Lin Feng not annoyed, and he couldn't wait to kill the other party immediately.
Drinking cold and bitter tea, Lin Feng finally realized why Prince Yue said back then, civil officials are not greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of the pain when they die, I am afraid that when the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Southern Song Dynasty was established, the situation of the court was similar to that of Dayan, and a group of gutless rats were raised.
But at this moment, something unbelievable happened, Lin Xiao actually pulled out the sword on his body in public, slaughtered the previous spineless general with a sword, tore off the black robe to wipe the blood drops on the sword, and shouted: "What is the use of raising you who are greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”
Immediately, he glanced at Lin Feng and the ministers, and the sword was inserted into the marble floor, and he said loudly: "Today's matter, who dares to disturb the morale of the army before the war, deliberately increase the morale of others, and destroy his own prestige, I, Lin Xiao, will not be spared!" ”
Lin Xiao's move really shocked the courtiers, and even Lin Feng felt shocked, but after all, he was not what it used to be, and he was only shocked, and there was no pressure.
Besides, what the military general said was very sarcastic about Lin Xiao, and killing him was unexpected and reasonable.
Ignoring everyone's actions, he shifted his sharp gaze to Zhao Shide, and asked directly: "Zhao Qing, what suggestions do you have now, just say it!" ”
Zhao Shide coughed lightly twice, his face was flushed, and he said indignantly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Guo is treacherous, and the vertical son cannot conspire with it, so why not the Jin State." Nowadays, countries are constantly in turmoil, and if they want to protect themselves, they must strengthen their armies, strengthen their countries and enrich their people. If we want to resolve the current crisis, we must unite our efforts to defend against foreign enemies! ”
Lin Feng nodded, and agreed with Zhao Shide's suggestion, this is a bloody and ambitious man, if there are more Zhao Shide and others in the court, I am afraid it will not cause today's disaster.
After clearing his throat, Lin Feng stood up, looked directly at Lin Xiao and said loudly: "Brother Huang, today you killed the minister in the court, and it stands to reason that you need to be punished according to law." However, remembering that you are still young and loyal to the country, I will not punish you for your crimes for the time being. But there is one thing that you can't accomplish today, and you are willing to do it? ”
"Brother is here, please speak up." Lin Xiao was still childish, but he looked like he was half-kneeling on the ground, with a calm attitude and listening to the holy words.
"Now that the country is in trouble, I must drive the imperial conquest in person, and I will order you to supervise the country and assist you, and Zhao Shide will assist from the side."
Considering that he is on the head, no matter how critical the situation is, Lin Fengjue must take the lead in person this time, otherwise the troops will be overwhelmed, and the front-line army will be disheartened, even if Liu Xuanyuan is a famous general, I am afraid that he will not be able to turn things around.
After all, in his previous life, he was a hot-blooded man, throwing his head and spilling blood for the country, going through too many bullets and bullets, shedding too much blood and fire, and never giving him a succumb.
According to his character of preferring to live standing rather than kneeling, he will never be allowed to cross for only two days, and before he has time to enjoy the blessings of Qiren, he will become the king of the dead country, never, it is not his style to give in.
"Brother Huang, this is absolutely not possible, as the king of a country, your safety is related to the national body." Lin Xiao was taken aback and hurriedly stopped.
He knew that Lin Feng's martial arts were good, and a few months ago, he even accidentally stumbled into the hands of the Jin State to recover his homeland, but marching to fight was not child's play, and the Rong clan was not an idle person, Lin Feng was mediocre and immoral, how could he lead the troops to fight.
"Your Majesty, you can't drive the expedition in person, the old minister is old, but it's okay to gallop on horseback, and the old minister is willing to send troops instead of the emperor." At this time, another person staggered in outside, but it was an old man in his fifties.
Hearing the voice, Lin Feng was a little embarrassed, it was actually Liu Xuanyuan and Liu Qiqi's father, Liu Chengfeng, the squire of the military department. The old man ran in panting and knelt in the center of the hall.
Lin Feng didn't ask why the other party was late, but said, "An Heng, give Lord Liu a cup of tea." ”
Old man Liu has a good character, and his son is fighting for the country on the front line, although his daughter Liu Qiqi beat him, but because he provoked the other party first, he should not snub the old man.
Liu Chengfeng sat down, drank another sip of tea, kicked his breath, and continued to stop Lin Feng from driving in person, saying that the emperor is the body of ten thousand gold, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, etc., that is, he did not agree with Lin Feng's personal expedition.
All the ministers, including Lin Xiao and Zhao Shide, also blocked it one after another, and Lin Xiao even proposed that he lead the troops to the expedition to share the emperor's worries.
Glancing at the gallant people in the audience, Lin Feng did not change his mind. An emperor has to say that it is a kind of sadness to do this.
But he swore that if he could return victoriously this expedition, he would definitely eliminate the moths on the Qing Dynasty and create a bright sky.
"Brother Huang, if you go on the expedition in person, your brother must accompany you to protect the safety of your brother." He didn't like Lin Feng, if it weren't for the sake of Dayan Sheji, he would have secretly cleared Lin Feng, but this time Lin Feng's determination to drive the expedition in person really made him admire, and he couldn't help but have a little good impression of Lin Feng.
Lin Feng thought about it and nodded in acquiescence.
In memory, the two brothers are on the tip of the needle, but they can't hide Lin Xiao's talent, this guy is young, but he has excellent martial arts and fierce personality, and he is known as the little overlord in Yanjing.
What's more, it is rumored among the ministers that Lin Xiao can pull out thousands of catties, and he can govern the army and the country when he gets off the horse. If it weren't for the death of the old emperor, Lin Xiao was training outside, I'm afraid the throne would not be the turn of the predecessor.
Time is urgent, there is no room for delay, Lin Feng immediately made a decision, and ordered Zhao Shide and Liu Chengfeng to supervise the country, before there was no trustworthy person, Lin Feng could only entrust the two of them with the heavy responsibility.
The 60,000-strong army was all outside, and he was not worried that the two would dare to make trouble.
At noon, a simple ceremony was held to worship the sky, and the brothers Lin Feng and Lin Xiao set off from Yanjing with 30,000 dragoons.
Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger, Lin Feng is wearing iron armor, controlling the horse, the good blood in his bones is ignited, there is a kind of horse galloping on the field, the heroic ambition of the group of heroes.
It's a pity that the current situation makes him never happy, the Great Yan Kingdom, which once dominated the northern country, has been continuously encroached upon for a hundred years, and the land area has shrunk by 90 percent, and now there are only sixteen cities in five states, and the area is no different from Qinghai Province in later generations.
Yanjing is located in the north of Yan Kingdom, with only two barriers, Baima Pass and Tumubao, a pass and a small city, and currently has the taste of the Son of Heaven defending the country.
However, every time Lin Feng thought of the situation in front of him, he had no reason to be happy.