Chapter 51: The Situation
Subsequently, Yang Lingjun began to quickly reorganize his army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 He then inquired in detail about the state of the warring armies from the armies that had fled from defeat; He also sent elite scouts out to inquire about the situation of the Song army in Fengyi; Finally, he reported what happened to Zuo Sima Zhaohua, the vanguard of the Chu army in Fengyi, and asked him to send reinforcements.
He soon got accurate information: only one of the Song troops that attacked him was the private army of the lord of Fengyi here, while the rest of the Song army was closed in Fengyi City.
When he got this information, he didn't understand it at first, but then when he thought about it, he quickly understood. The Song State definitely did not dare to provoke the Chu State, so the main force of the Song army in Fengyi here did not fight. And the lord of Fengyi, Ziyan, heard that he was the younger brother of Song Jun and a pedestrian of the Song Kingdom, but he was only a teenager. This must be because of his behavior of "requisitioning grain" to provoke this little hairy cub.
Then he received more information, and the lord of Fengyi had 3,000 private soldiers in his hands, and he was even more relieved about this. The young man's blood is just easy to be impulsive, and with only 3,000 people, he dares to attack twice his army. Although he didn't take precautions just now, the losses were relatively heavy. But in his opinion, the Song people are not as brave as the Chu people, and the number of this Ziyan's army is only half of his own, what does he use to fight himself? If he doesn't run into Fengyi City, forget it, as long as he is outside the city, he must defeat Ziyan's army and capture him to torture him!
Outside Fengyi City, in a small village by Surabaya, the giant Tian Jiu came to Dai Yan's side with the head of a Chu army marshal in his hand.
"Childe, the Chu troops that plundered all over Fengyi have been defeated, and now those Chu troops have gathered together. What do we do next? Tian Jiu asked Dai Yan.
Dai Yan led the army for less than half a month before he encountered the first actual battle. He is not a god, of course he knows that if he goes into battle in person for the first time, I am afraid that his ending will not be much better than that of Zhao Kuo later, so he simply handed over the command of this army to the giant Tian Jiu and let him be in charge of the full command.
The giant really lived up to his expectations! Relying on the peasant families and Mo disciples scattered throughout Fengyi, he and Tian Jiu quickly learned the detailed movements of the Chu army. Then Tian Jiu divided the army into three major groups and scattered to attack, and ordered them to disperse and attack the Chu army that plundered Fengyi. Due to the detailed and accurate information provided by the people of Fengyi, although the overall number of these scattered soldiers was only half of the number of the Chu army, in a single battlefield, the number of the Song army exceeded the number of the Chu army!
These are extremely simple to say, but being able to do this carefully is inseparable from the giant's strong tactical command ability.
With this superiority in strength in various battlefields, the Song army soon defeated the invading Chu army one by one. These scattered Chu troops quickly gathered their armies after learning the bitter lesson of this individual defeat.
Dai Yan squatted on the grass, his hands still trembling slightly. There was no way, the first time he went to the battlefield, he had to decide the life and death of thousands of people, which made Dai Yan extremely frightened in his heart. Although the actual commander was the giant Takato, the pressure he faced as the nominal commander was also enormous. Because of a slight carelessness on the battlefield, a mistake in decision-making will bring a large number of casualties among his own men.
He found that the characteristics of the battlefield were very similar to gambling. Every moment, you don't know exactly what's going to happen in the next moment. When you receive good news, you must refrain from it. You can't panic when you receive bad news. All of this requires an extremely strong mental quality.
Gambling is only about money, and on the battlefield it is directly gambling on human life! Dai Yan knew why his grandson said, "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." "That's it, because war is such a fast-changing thing that no one can predict. And this unpredictable thing directly determines the survival of the country! Can we deal with such unpredictable things without the utmost care?
And the reason why there are so few famous generals in later generations, Dai Yan can also understand. Just by virtue of the fact that this master will need absolutely sound psychological qualities, most people are probably out of line. At least, in Dai Yan's view, he can't be regarded as having the quality of a famous general.
Dai Yan pulled his thoughts back to reality and learned that the Chu army had been assembled. He then asked, "Has Tian Buli come back?" ”
"Tian Buli sent back the news, he said that he had met Zuo Yin of Chu State, and he was going to go to Zuo Sima with Zuo Yin in person to persuade him." Tian Gu replied.
"Giant, then you say, can our current army be able to defeat the remaining army of Yang Ling Jun?" Dai Yan asked again.
"No one is absolutely sure of what is happening on the battlefield. However, in the old man's opinion, as long as the son is willing to take a risk, he is willing to sacrifice his life for the son! Tian Jiu replied.
"Since the giant is willing to play, let's go to the game. In this battle, we must win, not lose! Dai Yan replied categorically.
Subsequently, Dai Yan also began to regroup the scattered troops that had pursued the Chu army.
Fengyi, in the vanguard camp of the Chu army, when Zhao Hua heard that the army of the Song State dared to attack Yanglingjun's troops, he was immediately furious. In his opinion, this Song people are simply looking for death! A weak country dared to provoke such a powerful state of Chu.
Then he received a request for help from Yang Lingjun, and when he was about to agree to send troops, his cousin, Zuo Yin Zhaosui, rushed to the barracks and stopped him.
"Brother, why do you want to stop me from sending troops, you must know that the Song State provokes my Chu State so much, if you don't give them a little color to see, where will the majesty of our Chu State be placed?" Zhao Hua asked.
"Brother Slippery, this is a bad statement. Now it is not the Song State that provokes our Chu State, but it is indeed our Chu State that is at fault first. Zhao Sui replied.
"What can I do in the Chu Kingdom?" Zhao asked.
"When you and I first came to Fengyi, I reached an agreement with the lord of this place, the great Xingren of the Song State, and the Song State made every effort to supply food to my Chu State. Do you know how the Song Kingdom provided us with food? They bought grain for us from Taoqiu at market prices and helped us transport it to the front line in Fengyi, charging only 30% of the hardship fee. The cost of this is much more cost-effective than transporting grain from the fiefdom ourselves. Without the support of the Song State, I don't know how long we can fight this war and how long we can hold out. This Song State is so important to us, it can be said that it is our quasi-ally, how can we offend such a quasi-ally? And I also inquired just now, the person who attacked my Chu army was the master of Fengyi here, Ziyan of the Song State, he is the most important person in the agreement between the Song State and my Chu State, and we must not offend him. Zhao Sui said to Zhao Sui.
"But now that the Song army is attacking our army, should we just watch them attack our army and do nothing?" Zhao asked again.
"Huh." Zhao Sui laughed, "Do you know why this Ziyan is attacking Yang Lingjun's army?" ”
"Why?" Zhao asked.
"Because Yanglingjun violated the agreement reached between our Chu State and Song State. The army of our Chu State is stationed on the land of the Song State, and it is not allowed to harass the local areas of the Song State or infringe on the interests of the people of the Song State. This is what I promised Ziyan, this agreement, I told all the feudal lords and generals, and I also told them that this agreement was approved by the king. However, Yang Lingjun was proud, and did not take my words to heart at all, insisting on "requisitioning grain" in this Fengyi land, plundering the property of the Song people, and killing the people of the Song people. If you are the lord of this abundance, will you be able to endure such behavior? Zhao Sui asked.
Slippery and silent. Then he said: "But Yang Lingjun is the army of my Chu State after all, if it is in trouble, if we don't help, won't it be good?" Zhao Slip said that in the end, his voice became quieter, and he was obviously lacking in confidence.
"Hehe, Brother Hua, you are still more suitable for direct command of the battle on the battlefield. Do you know who this Yang Ling Jun is? He is a descendant of Yang Yuji, and these old nobles have always looked down on our Zhao and Jing clans. It seems to me that these old nobles are all silverfish sleeping on the merits of their ancestors, and they should have been exterminated a long time ago. Now he is still pretentious and wantonly attacking my quasi-allies of the Chu State, and it is a matter of great affairs for my Chu State, it is simply damned! It's okay if we don't kill him, so why save him? Zhao Sui said.
"What does that mean, brother?" Zhao Hua asked.
"Yanglingjun and Ziyan will break out in a decisive battle soon, since they want to fight, then let them fight happily, let's just watch from the sidelines, no one should help." Zhao Sui said.
"Okay, then it's up to my brother." Zhao Hua said, and then did not send troops to fight, but continued to send scouts to investigate the situation.
When Zhao Sui walked out of the barracks, he summoned Tian Buli again, and said to him lightly: "Go back and tell your lord, this time I helped him stop the attack of the king master, and what should be given to me is not a penny!" Got it? ”
"The villain knows, and the villain must truthfully repay the monarch." Tian Buli hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"Now that you know, then you can go, there are still important things to deal with in the future." Zhao Sui said.
In Fengyi City, he was overwhelmed by the fact that he found General Yingzhi, and said to him with a worried face: "As a great pedestrian, Ziyan only considers the interests of his Fengyi, and does not take into account the interests of my Song Kingdom at all. He really dared to send troops to attack the Chu army, in case he really annoyed the Chu State, and the Chu army attacked Fengyi and Pengcheng, what should we do? ”
Yingzhi said: "I can only take one step at a time." Now I can't wait to control the Ziyan outside the city, and the only thing we can do is to defend the city. Even if the Chu army really attacks our country with all its might, then we will have no second way except to die with the city! ”