Chapter 103: Borrowing
Chu Yan and Zhang Baiqi have always been at odds, and there is no need to provoke, the two sides have already clashed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Chu Yan is newly defeated, and his vitality is greatly damaged, if Zhang Baiqi comes to make a big attack, Chu Yan will definitely be defeated.
Under such circumstances, it should not be difficult to resolve Chu Yan's issue peacefully. What Jiang Sheng thought of was a strategy for recruiting An and Chu Yan.
The plan was decided, Jiang Sheng sent a handwritten letter to Chu Yan's cottage, and then ordered the infantry and the second battalion of Changshui to form a team of 15,000 people to march north to resist Zhang Baicai.
"Newspaper-" The minions under the mountain came to meet Chu Yan.
"What?" Chu Yan said.
"General, the messenger of the official army is at the bottom of the mountain, saying that he wants to see the general."
"The messenger of the official army? Are there any military and military activities around? ”
"The scouts have reported that more than 10,000 officers and infantry are coming north, and there is no official cavalry."
"Aren't you a scout who came to find out the news?"
"The little one doesn't look like it, and says that he came to deliver the letter at the command of the Lord."
"The officers and soldiers are trying to attack us, and at this time a messenger is coming, which must be delaying time. I want to see what kind of tricks the officers and soldiers are playing. Pass him up. ”
Jiang Sheng intended to test Zhang Nan, so he let him deliver the letter alone. Although Chu Yan is said to be a black mountain thief, he is okay, I believe that he will not be rashly killed, and he will be defeated by the hands of the official army, and he Chu Yan will also have to consider the consequences.
Zhang Nan entered the account, stood up, and said loudly: "On the orders of my general, I came to deliver the letter." As he spoke, he took out the letter, and Chu Yan's minion forwarded the letter to Chu Yan.
After Chu Yan opened the letter, she secretly said in her heart: "It turns out that the opponent is Jiang Sheng of the mighty Jizhou, no wonder I will suffer such a big defeat." ”
While he was reading the letter, another spy came to report it.
"General, Zhang Baiqi sent troops to occupy the surrounding area of Quyang, and he is heading south, it seems that the person who came is not good!"
"Zhang Bai rides!" Chu Yan hated itchy.
Zhang Nandao: "Zhang Baiqi took advantage of the fire to rob, General Chu is in a bad situation!" ”
"Hmph, if you don't want to die, shut up Lao Tzu!" Chu Yan roared.
Zhang Nan is a good man who does not suffer the loss in front of him and no longer speaks.
After reading the letter, Chu Yan said to Zhang Nan: "Is the official army really going north by means of the road to crusade against Zhang Baiqi?" ”
Zhang Nandao: "That's right, my general also said that if General Chu understands things, he will personally go up the mountain to visit the general in a few days." ”
Chu Yan said: "What is your position?" ”
"In the general's subordinate military marquis (equivalent to the chief of the guard)."
"Well, it's also a cronie, so you can stay in the cottage as a guest, and I will send an envoy to meet your general."
Zhang Nan had expected this move for a long time, and he had nothing to say. Before he came to the cottage, Jiang Sheng said that he was temporarily resisting Zhang Baiqi's soldiers, and as for what the letter said, he Zhang Nan didn't know. Zhang Nan originally thought that Jiang Sheng was doing a "fake way to cut down the enemy", and after going north, he would suddenly wave his army to take Chu Yan, so he would definitely die in the cottage. But it seems that Jiang Sheng shouldn't care about his life or death.
Although Zhang Nan said that he followed Jiang Sheng, in the final analysis, he still had no confidence and only Jiang Sheng obeyed, and let's wait until this matter is over, if Jiang Sheng is really just borrowing, then Zhang Nan will no longer have any doubts.
When Jiang Sheng saw Chu Yan's envoy, the 15,000-strong army had already arrived at the foot of Chu Yan's cottage. Since Chu Yan sent the order down to let the officers and soldiers pass, the banner soldiers signaled the officers and troops to cross.
After passing through Chu Yan's cottage area, the official army built a barrier in the south of Xiaquyang and waited for the arrival of Zhang Baicai's forward troops.
"My general said that if you want to recruit peace, the general himself must go up the mountain to discuss. If the general leads his troops there, we will fight to the death and never give in! ”
"Bold!" "Presumptuous!" The crowd began to drink violently.
Jiang Sheng motioned for everyone to be quiet and said, "You go back and tell Chu Yan that after three days, Ben will go alone to show Ben's sincerity." ”
"General, no!" The crowd dissuaded.
Jiang Sheng waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind, you don't need to say much." Let's go. ”
"Zhang Junhou is still in the cottage, the general thinks twice!"
"Ben will have his own opinions, let him go."
The messenger hurried up and returned to the cottage to convey Jiang Sheng's meaning to Chu Yan.
"He went up the mountain alone?" Chu Yan didn't believe it.
"Yes, he said it was his sincerity."
"Got it, you go down."
The vanguard of Zhang Baicai's division was invincible, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before Chu Yan was annexed, and Zhang Baicai ordered the main army to attack Bohai, Zhongshan, Julu and other places, while the vanguard army went south and went straight to Chu Yan's base camp in the north of Gatao.
Zhang Baicai's cavalry was personally led by Zhang Baicai, and they went to and from various places to support the battle, and the main forces were infantry and archers. At this time, there were chariot soldiers, but Zhang Baicai did not have the strength to equip them, and the officers and soldiers went to Liangzhou, so the two armies were still fighting against the infantry archers.
The vanguard army had a smooth journey to the south, did not encounter any resistance, and advanced somewhat lightly, and suffered considerable losses in the battle of breaking through the official barracks, so it had to retreat 30 miles and wait for the main force to arrive before attacking.
Since the official army passed through Chu Yan's cottage, Chu Yan was not at ease, so he sent a number of scouts to monitor the actions of the official army, and saw that the official army was indeed arranging a defense in the north, Chu Yan was also secretly relieved, and waited until the news that Zhang Baiqi's vanguard army was defeated by the official army came, Chu Yan's attitude towards Zhang Nan was a little better, and he changed the treatment of wotou vegetables every day to serve with wine and meat.
In other words, Zhang Baiqi heard that the official army bypassed Chu Yan's base camp and went north to crusade against himself, and he didn't look down on this Chu Yan in his heart.
The defeat of the vanguard army forced Zhang Baiqi to adjust his deployment, so that the vanguard army rested in place and waited for the rest of the troops to follow up before making plans.
Three days later, Jiang Sheng set off for Chu Yan's cottage, although everyone repeatedly dissuaded him, Jiang Sheng ignored it and let the various ministries perform their duties and guard the door.
On the northern front, the first wave of Zhang Baicai's troops converged at Xiaquyang, and then launched an attack on the official defense line in the south. The officers and soldiers were small, and they could withstand it for two days, so they had to retreat 30 miles to set up a second line of defense.
Chu Yan's scouts found out the news and had already reported it to Chu Yan, and Chu Yan decided to send troops to rescue. He still understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, if the officials and soldiers can't resist it, he Chu Yan will suffer together.
After the defeat of the official army, there were still half of the soldiers and horses available, and Chu Yan was defeated, but he was really defeated.
More than 5,000 people from the first part of the Chuyan Black Mountain Army rushed to the right flank of the official army's defense line overnight and adopted a support operation method to assist the officers and troops in defending the second line of defense. The officers and soldiers were shocked when they heard that Chu Yanjun came to help, and it seemed that General Jiang had real skills.
Now that reinforcements were in place, the confidence of the officers and troops doubled, and they repelled two attacks by the first echelon of Zhang Baiqi's cavalry in succession, and then entered a stalemate stage.
Here, Jiang Sheng was wearing the clothes of the people, holding a silver gun from Tiangangliang, and came to worship the mountain alone, and Chu Yan ordered the mountain passes everywhere to act according to the plan.