Chapter 019: Backwater Array

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Puyang City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as Wei Zheng arrived, he immediately convened a meeting of the generals.

With 10,000 soldiers and horses gathered in a county in Hedong, plus 15,000 troops rushing from Chaoge Capital, the total number of troops that Wei Zheng hastily gathered to meet the enemy this time was only less than 30,000 with armor, but he had to face the 100,000 army of the Song State.

The situation is not encouraging.

At this moment, Wei Zheng, Jiang Mu and his subordinates will surround the sand table map, and everyone is staring at the sand table terrain south of Pushui.

"How is the movement of the Song army?" Wei Zheng stared at the sand table topographic map in the Lishan area and said motionlessly.

"Yu Junhou, the Song army has already marched out of Chengyang, at most three days, if our army should not fight, the Song 100,000 army is afraid that it will come to the border as scheduled." Puyang Shou General said solemnly.

"Where is the Song army's grain and grass hoarding?" Wei Zheng asked again.

"The scout reported that the Song army was in the 'sentence (gōu) blasphemy'."

Wei Zheng immediately moved his gaze to the location of Judu City, which was only one or twenty miles away from the south of Lishan, and asked, "How much is the defenders of Judu?" ”

"Yu Junhou, the main force of the King of Song gathered in one place, according to the report of the spies, the defenders of Jushu are weak, and there is no heavy guard of the Song army!"

"Haha......" Wei Zheng, who heard this, stared at the sentence and suddenly laughed, and said: "Sure enough, as I expected, Song Daiyan is just a mediocre master, and he has no fear of supporting 100,000 soldiers. A controlled soldier, an incompetent general, cannot be defeated; Uncontrolled soldiers, capable generals, cannot be victorious. Although Dai Yan raised 100,000 troops, he was not popular with the people, so although there were 100,000 soldiers, there were no uncontrolled soldiers; The lord of the country is still so mediocre and tyrannical, and the Song army is just a nest of bears, a group of wine bags and rice bags. ”

Wei Zheng looked around at the generals and said: "The Song army has neither capable generals nor controlled soldiers, so why should I be afraid of raising 100,000 troops?" ”

When the generals heard this, their confidence couldn't help but surge a lot, and when the Song army understood the military situation one by one, without further ado, Wei Zheng immediately ordered the deployment: "Meng Benβ€”β€”! ”

"The end will be β€”β€”!"

"From now on, at night, you will personally lead the three thousand elites under the camp tent of my fighters to rush to control the city of Jiami, and take advantage of the confrontation between my main force and the Song 100,000 army, and attack it unprepared, you will lead the 3,000 elites to attack the sentence and be sure to burn the Song army's grain and grass, and your fire can make the Song country's 100,000 armored soldiers and soldiers in a big messβ€”β€”!"

"β€”β€”!"

Wei Zheng looked around at the generals who were waiting for the edict again, only to see him holding a battle flag and inserting it on the sand table map, and then said: "The generals will listen to the order, and at dawn, our army will pour out of the nest to the northwest coast of Lishan and the southeast coast of Pushui...... That's itβ€”β€”! ”

Jiang Mu and the generals were all shocked when they saw the place where Wei Zheng planted the flag, and Jiang Mu hurriedly said: "The prince really wants to cross the Pushui and fight with the Song army in the Lishan area?" ”

"The King of Song is so sincerely invited to fight, but it is difficult to be warmβ€”β€”!" Wei Zheng stared at the Lishan area and said with a smile.

The Puyang guard general hurriedly said: "Junhou, the last general thinks that it is necessary to be cautious when crossing the river to meet the battle, if the Song army takes advantage of the time when our army crosses the water to send troops to attack, the three armies will be in dangerβ€”β€”! ”

Wei Zheng's move is simply crazy in the eyes of everyone, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, what if the Song State envoy cheats? The Warring States in the world no longer have to be polite and courteous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and everything is in accordance with the rules and regulations of the era of fair decisive battles, when the two armies are fighting today for the sake of victory by unscrupulous means, Wei Zheng's move undoubtedly put the three armies in danger.

But seeing Wei Zheng sneered, he said: "If Dai Yan had such insight and strategy, he would not be tempted by the rhino head and be played with by him, and send troops to attack me; There will be no 100,000 Song troops pressing the border in the east of our country; If Song Daiyan had such a plan, he would not have issued a war letter with me, but took advantage of my unpreparedness to raise 100,000 strange soldiers to attack the realm, perhaps Puyang City was in an emergency at this moment. ”

This made Jiang Mu and the generals speechless, which is true, and the fact that this can only show that this King Song is an arrogant person who is stubborn and self-serving, and has no way of military strategy.

Obviously, if the Song State had insight, it would never send troops to attack the country and become someone else's thug, not to mention that there was no benefit to the Song State, at most it would have won the false name of a king, not to mention that the State of Wei could ask for reinforcements from the State of Qi, and in the end it could only end up with a defeat for both, and the best result was that the Song State lost the existence of the treasury and did not get the size of the land, the size of the benefit, and the defense of the country also greatly damaged the national strength, and the gainers were Wei Liang and the State of Qi who stayed out of the matter.

Wei Zheng repeated again, his tone was unquestionable: "The generals listened to the order, and at dawn and dawn was the time when our army would pour out of the nest, cross Pushui to the east, and face the east of Lishan along the river...... Lined up against the water to meet the enemy Song armyβ€”β€”! ”

"What? Backwater? The generals were shocked again, and the Puyang guard persuaded in shock: "The prince and the marquis think twice, it is a taboo for soldiers to line up against the water, and our army is already very different from the Song army......

Wei Zheng directly interrupted his dissuasion, and said: "It is precisely because of the disparity in the strength of the enemy and us that we need to overcome it in a battle, and we must turn our army into a mourning soldier because of the death of the battle, and the mourning soldier will winβ€”β€”! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is about the fortunes of the country!" Wei Zheng said solemnly to everyone.

The generals looked at each other, and instantly said in unison: "We will fight to the deathβ€”β€”! ”

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At nightfall, Meng Ben rashly rushed to Jiami with three thousand elite stars and nights.

At dawn, the Wei Guo army poured out of Puyang City as scheduled, and 22,000 soldiers crossed Pushui one by one, and the Song State secret agent reported to the camp and delivered the news of Wei Zheng's army crossing the water as soon as possible, and Dai Yan really did not send troops.

In fact, the generals of the Song army, who received this news, suggested that Song Wangyan should surprise his troops when the patriotic army crossed the river, and he would definitely be able to defeat the enemy and win easily.

However, as Wei Zheng judged the same result, Song King Dai Yan was as if his ancestor "benevolence" Song Xianggong was the same, this time he was "benevolent" to Wei Zheng and the patriotic army, and let the patriotic army cross the river safely.

The reason for the defeat of the Song State in the Battle of Song Chuhong was that Song Xianggong's "benevolent and righteous act" allowed the Chu army to cross the river, and then launched a decisive battle after the battle formation, and Song Xianggong was defeated, and the Song State could no longer strive for hegemony, and the soldiers were even more ashamed.

However, with such a lesson from the past, Song Wangyan, who had shot the sky and killed gods, did not listen to anything. He has 100,000 soldiers, and he only has 20,000 troops to defend the country, and he even uses this to reprimand Jin Yan will be as timid as a mouse.

Such a situation of disparity in strength made the Song King full of confidence, thinking that he only needed to order the army to charge head-on to defeat the enemy, so why did he need to make any surprise troops?

On the other side, the 20,000 troops of the Patriotic Army successfully crossed the river to the east, and the King of Song did not send strange soldiers to take the opportunity to raid from beginning to end.

Since then, although he has not understood the meaning of Wei Zheng's series of seemingly unbelievable actions, he has become more and more convinced that the actions of the prince must have deep meaning.

The sun is gradually rising......

"Qiyu Junhou, the Song army has raised 100,000 troops to Chengyang, and is now camped at the foot of Lishan." The defender of Puyang City came to tell him in person, and at this moment, Wei Zheng's 20,000 troops had all crossed the river and entered the east bank of Pushui.

The assembly of a large chariot in the army looks extremely luxurious, and the Puyang guard general stood beside the chariot and prayed to the curtain, and after a while, Wei Zheng lifted the curtain and stood in front of the chariot, hearing this, he shook his head and laughed, and said: "Soldier, fierce!" Is King Song a wine bag or a rice bag, or is he really fearless? ”

Complaining casually, Wei Zheng frowned and looked at the sky in the direction of Lishan, the direction of the Song army turned its back to the east and west, and its own army turned its back to the west and faced the east, raising its eyes to look up at the sky, at this time the glory of the sun was getting stronger and stronger. If the sun shines from the west to the east, it will definitely affect the archers of the Song army, and this must be exploited.

Wei Zheng immediately turned his eyes to the general who came to report and said, "Pass the order, the three armies will set up a formation, and they will be arrayed against the water." In addition, immediately send someone to the camp of the Song army, saying that I, Wei Zheng, want to fight the Song army in the land of Lishan today, and ask the king of Song to raise troops quickly to fight the male and female. Lead the Song army out of the hole. ”

"β€”β€”!"

Wei Zheng passed the order and returned to the chariot again, the fox Ji was dressed in a white fur dress with a strong Shang color like a fairy, at this moment she was sitting quietly in the chariot, seeing Wei Zheng come in again, she couldn't help but say worriedly: "Your ......"

"Don't worry, this battle will be won." Wei Zheng smiled and invited the bottle: "Come on...... Drink a bottle with me, and see how your husband plays Dai Yan's house and how he defeats the enemy! Hehe......!! ”

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The single horse messenger sent by Wei Zheng came to the camp of the Song army stationed at the foot of Lishan, and brought all the original words to the ears of the Song people to inherit the Song Wangyan.

As soon as Dai Yanyi, who had no fear, learned that the patriotic army had successfully crossed the river, and the king of the patriotic country had come to call for battle before him, the king of Song also beat the drum and sent troops on the spot, and the 100,000 troops poured out of the camp tent.

When the time was approaching, King Yan of Song led an army of 100,000 to the border. At this moment, in the border land between the Wei and Song dynasties, the two armies on the east and west sides of Lishan totaled more than 100,000 armored soldiers and stood against each other.

To the east is the mighty 100,000 army of the Song State, and in front of the Song State army is more than 20,000 soldiers of the Patriotic State, and a huge black "Wei (Wei)" word is eye-catching and unusual on the battle flag fluttering in the wind before the guard formation.

The big war seems to be on the verge of breaking out.

Song Wangyan looked at the backwater formation of the patriotic army, and was stunned for a moment and was overjoyed, and said haha: "The backwater array, the taboo of the soldiers." Now that my Song King's division is several times that of Wei, there is no suspense in this battle! ”

"Congratulations to my king, my king is heroic and powerful, and he will wipe out the enemy army!"

The king of Song was even happier when he heard the flattery of his generals, and the two armies of the Song Dynasty, one was a mourning soldier and the other was a proud soldier, and the mourning army would win, and the proud soldier would be defeated, but the king of Song was completely ignorant of this.

In the direction of the patriotic army, the fox Yin in the chariot slightly lifted the curtain and looked ahead, there was a huge sunshade canopy on the flat and wide midfield where the two armies were facing each other, and a mat was pounced below, and there was a table in the middle.

And Wei Zheng is sitting on the ground on the futon at the moment, behind him is the army of the Patriotic State, and in front of him is the army of the Song State.

Wei Zheng sat alone on the midfield of the confrontation between the two armies, and the Puyang guard who stood on his horse in front of the battle waved his hand, and a single horse galloped from the patriotic army to the direction of the Song army, and arrived in a short time, and the soldier arched his hand to the King of Song on the handsome chariot of the battle flag and said: "King Song, my prince respectfully invites the King of Song to talk about heroes with a glass of wine before the warβ€”β€”! ”

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, he pulled the reins, turned around, and rode his horse back to his army without hesitation.

"Good β€”β€”!" As soon as the king of Song heard standing up from the handsome car, looking at the huge sunshade canopy in the midfield and the people sitting on the ground, that is the lord of the country, the king of Song smiled, and said loudly: "This battle is a battle of the lone hero, the victory is in hand, the battle of Lishan will be a celebrity in history, and the majesty of the lone is born from this." ”

"The edict is lonely, the three armies are on standby, there is no lone edict, no one is allowed to act without authorization, and violators will be immediately killedβ€”β€”!" King Song left such a sentence and stepped out of the handsome car, looked at Wei Zheng from afar and walked to the midfield of the confrontation between the two armies.

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