Volume 2 The Battle of the Yellow Turban Chapter 195 The Battle of Strategy
(Cat flutter Chinese) Ling Yan was shocked in his heart, and he barely calmed down on the surface: "How many soldiers and horses are there?" β
The scout replied in a low voice: "General Kuai said that the night was dark, and he didn't find out how many soldiers and horses there were. β
Ling Yan became nervous again and waved his hand: "Got it, continue to investigate." β
"Yes." The scouts retreated.
"General Yan, should we ...... Aid the village? Lu Gong asked in a low voice on the side, and from the sound of his voice, he was very nervous.
Ling Yan was even more nervous than Lu Gong, and he kept beating the drum in his heart, but on the surface, in order not to discourage the soldiers, he still managed to maintain a trace of composure: "Don't worry, those enemy troops are feints, don't care." β
"Yes......" Lu Gong agreed, but his tone was not so sure.
You Heng on the other side also whispered: "Brother Xian, why don't I lead a team of soldiers and horses and rush back to Houzhai to help General Deng?" β
Ling Yan shook his head lightly: "Brother You, don't ...... What Colonel Zuo really wants to attack is only Qianzhai, and the rest is just to attract our attention, so don't worry about him. β
Seeing that Ling Yan said so firmly, You Heng didn't say anything anymore, and moved his gaze to the front of the camp again.
"Feint" is a common strategy in the story of the Three Kingdoms, and it is normal to know that there are enemy soldiers secretly going to Houzhai, because to do the feint of Houzhai, it is natural to have enemy soldiers and horses to go. But Ling Yan always wondered if he had misjudged again, and the more he thought about it, the more nervous he became, but he had to secretly comfort himself all the time: "That was Colonel Zuo's strategy, it was his strategy to attack the west...... His eyes were still staring at the direction in front of the village, hoping to see a little light in the distance.
After more than half an hour, another soldier quietly came behind Ling Yan: "Report, there is a Yellow Turban Thief Army near Zhongzhai. β
Ling Yan was shocked again, and hurriedly asked the scout to continue to probe again.
Lu Gong was a little breathless, and his breath was a little short: "General Yan, the last general is willing to lead a team of soldiers and horses to defend the second village in the middle and back!" β
Ling Yan desperately stabilized his mind, waved his hand, and made a gesture to stop: "General Lu, don't be impatient, we are just waiting for Colonel Zuo to come and rob the front village, and the middle and second villages are guarded by General Kuai, don't worry." β
You Heng's god sΓ¨ hesitated a little: "Brother Xian, are you really sure...... Will the left school come to rob the front village? β
"Hmm!" Ling Yan nodded heavily, "Brother You, believe me, what Colonel Zuo wants is just the front village, and the other two villages are just for show." β
Ling Yan was very determined on the surface, but at this time, he also made up his mind to make a desperate bet - just wait for Colonel Zuo to come to Qianzhai and throw himself into the net.
Win or lose.
"General Yan...... If Colonel Zuo really attacked the other two villages, then ...... How should that be......" Lu Gong was very worried.
"It's okay, don't worry about it, there are General Kuai in Zhongzhai and General Deng in Houzhai, they are enough to deal with the enemy," Ling Yan said solemnly, "If we divide our troops to Zhonghou Village at this time, it will be a plan to win the left colonel." β
Lu Gong thought about it, and then glanced at You Heng again before nodding slowly.
After another half an hour, even Ling Yan was a little out of breath, and his confidence was shaken a little. He secretly thought to himself: "Could it be ...... Did I really miscalculate again? Could it be that this time I ...... Losing to Colonel Zuo again? β
If there is no movement at all, Ling Yan is not too anxious, just wait for Colonel Zuo to come, but since he learned that there are Yellow Turban Army ambushes in Zhongzhai and Houzhai, his heart has been up and down, although he doesn't say it, but he is still worried about the safety of the other two villages - Zhongzhai has Kuai Liang and the national teacher in charge, but it's okay; Houzhai is the camp that was most likely to be attacked by the enemy before, and only Deng Yi was guarding alone, and the troops were small, if Colonel Zuo really went to rob Houzhai, then ......
The mountains and forests at night are particularly cold, and the deeper it is at night, the stronger the wind in the mountains becomes, and it is cold, but fine beads of sweat gradually appear on Ling Yan's forehead.
As the minutes and seconds passed, Ling Yan frowned, and his expression became heavier and heavier. He took the time to glance at the soldiers behind him, and saw those soldiers, the expressions on their faces were either suspicious or confused, and then suspicious.
Ling Yan knew that the mood of these soldiers had changed somewhat, and they probably had doubts about the decision of the commander.
Although Ling Yan was also skeptical about his decision-making now, he must not let the army's morale be slackened because of this, so he turned his head and whispered to Lu Gong: "General Lu, help me to appease the soldiers, I think they have some-"
Before Ling Yan could finish speaking, he suddenly heard You Heng's low voice: "General Yan! You see! There's movement! β
Ling Yan was startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that a mile in front of the camp, the light of a torch appeared!
Lu Gong was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Great! And they came! β
You Heng looked at the light not far away, and snorted coldly: "Hmph! This thief will be really deceitful, but so cautious! If we hadn't been prepared, we wouldn't have found them! β
Ling Yan was in a very excited mood, and when he heard You Heng say this, he also listened carefully: sure enough, he could hardly hear the sound of the enemy soldiers and horses marching.
"Even if the soldier could move quietly, the horse would not be able to make a sound...... Could it be that this is the so-called 'human rank grass horse bit ring'? Ling Yan thought to himself in his heart.
"Attention soldiers! The Yellow Turban Thieves have arrived! Lu Gong shouted in a low voice behind him.
When the soldiers heard this, they immediately shook their eyes.
Ling Yan didn't say anything, his eyes staring at the movement of the firelight.
Looking at the speed of the torches, you can feel that the enemy is not moving very fast, as if they are marching slowly in order to hide.
At this time, a shout suddenly came from a distance, this sound was noisy and chaotic, although it was not very accurate to hear, but in the silent mountains, this sound still sounded in the night sky and reached the ears of Ling Yan and the others.
Ling Yan had to take his gaze back, and subconsciously turned to look the other side.
"Listening to the sound is like movement over there in Zhongzhai." You Heng said in a low voice.
"Hmm." Ling Yan responded, and he also heard that something should have happened in Zhongzhai.
Lu Gong was very happy, and whispered to Ling Yan: "It seems that Colonel Zuo is really as you said, General, and has feinted to attack Zhongzhai!" β
"Hmm." Although according to the current situation, the development of things was expected by Ling Yan, he was still not completely sure, and could only secretly pray in his heart that there would be no accidents.
Ling Yan shifted his gaze to the dotted torches again: the torches moved slowly for a moment before they stopped, and then the light of the flame was goneβthe torches were extinguished.
Ling Yan held his breath and waited for the enemy to throw himself into the net.
A few minutes later, a scout came to report: "General Yan, Zhongzhai has been attacked by the enemy!" β
Ling Yan didn't panic, and asked the scout in a low voice, "How many enemy soldiers and horses are there?" β
The scout replied, "There are not many of them, and General Kuai has already set up an ambush and is now fighting with the enemy." β
"Hmm......" Ling Yan nodded, "Probe again!" β
"Yes!" The scout hurried away.
"Humph! This time, the thief general of Colonel Zuo fell for our army's plan, look how arrogant he is this time! "Lu Gong is full of spirits.
Ling Yan didn't dare to be too optimistic for the time being, he just stared at the black patch in front of the camp.
After a while, the enemy finally moved.
The sound was sudden, and at the very place where the torch was extinguished, there was a loud soundβa sound mixed with the shouts of soldiers, the chaotic footsteps, and the sound of hurried horses' hooves.
Almost at the same time, the torches were lit again, but the difference was that this time the fire was bright, and there were dozens of times more torches than before, illuminating everything in the enemy army - the soldiers with torches had a yellow strip of cloth wrapped around their heads.
The Yellow Turbans screamed and rushed to the front camp.
Ling Yan took a closer look, this leading general, he hadn't seen it before, but judging from the fact that there seemed to be a few deputy generals beside the general, this Yellow Turban Army general was not an idle person.
The front camp was already defended by Yang Feng with his troops, and it could at least resist for a while.
Just when the Yellow Turban Army was about to enter the camp like a mad dog, a large number of defenders emerged from the camp, and Yang Feng also came out with a knife.
The two armies immediately began to fight.
Lu Gong looked at Ling Yan anxiously: "General Yan! Let's get out! β
You Heng was not as anxious as Lu Gong, but he also said: "Looking at the number of yellow turban thieves, I'm afraid it's already Colonel Zuo's heavy army...... With General Yang's guarding forces, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold out for long. β
Ling Yan's eyes were fixed on the battlefield below the mountain, and he waved his hand back: "Don't move yet, let's observe first." β
Lu Gong was anxious: "General Yan, I think this is Colonel Zuo's army of robbing the village!" Let's kill it! I'm afraid General Yang won't be able to resist it if it's late! β
Ling Yan frowned and carefully observed everything under the mountain: "General Lu, don't worry, it's not too late to attack in a while." β
You Heng also persuaded Gong Lu: "General Lu don't worry, General Wen is on the opposite mountain, if there is a situation, they will also kill." After saying this, he turned to look in the direction from which the Yellow Turban Army was coming, and when he saw that it was pitch black in the distance, he said to himself, "It seems that ...... These should be the soldiers and horses who robbed the village......"
Ling Yan remained silent on the surface, observing the situation on the battlefield, but in his heart, there were several big questions, which forced him not to dare to kill, and also made his mood more and more nervous.
When the two armies did not kill much, they suddenly killed the ambush led by General Wen and others from the opposite mountain. For a while, the shouting and killing sound was several times worse, resounding in the night sky.
Originally, in the melee in front of the camp, Ling Yan could also see that Yang Feng had the upper hand - the number of enemy troops was two or three times more than the defenders in the camp, and those few yellow turban generals besieged Yang Feng, although Yang Feng's martial arts were not bad, but after all, he couldn't resist the siege, and he saw that he was about to retreat.
Ling Yan saw it in his eyes and was also very anxious, but he definitely didn't dare to act rashly, and according to the previous discussion, it was Wen Ping and the others who killed first, and then Ling Yan led the army to kill.
After Wen Ping was killed from the mountain, he went straight to the enemy's commander. Cat flutter Chinese