Chapter 622: The Trail Strikes

PS: I was confused for a while last night, and I sent the wrong chapter, thank you for the timely correction of the book friend cat biscuits, and add a more chapter to apologize.

Yang Xuangan didn't hear Yang Yichen mention this, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

Yang Yichen hatefully told the messenger who claimed to be a cook came to persuade him to surrender, and after finishing speaking, he asked Yang Su: "I don't understand something, if he wants to go to the Turks in the north, why does he come to persuade me to surrender, isn't this an extra move?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and smiled slightly: "I've been thinking about this matter, in my opinion, this is exactly the wisdom of the people who came, your Shuozhou has always been an important town in the north to defend against the Turks, and it has always been better to defend the north than to defend the south. ”

Yang Yichen nodded: "Not bad." ”

Wang Shichong continued: "That's it, this person came to persuade you to surrender, knowing that you will definitely not surrender, then once you know the news of Yang Liang's army, all your energy will be put on the reorganization of the army, which will definitely relax the investigation and surveillance in the north, which will give him the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and flee to the Turks in a panic." ”

Yang Xuangan asked: "But it's still not right, then Yang Liang is in charge of the affairs of the state, if he wants to send someone out to the north to connect with the Turks, just give an official document directly, and General Yang can't help but let people go, right?" ”

Yang Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, if it was the road opened by the King of Han before the rebellion, the last general would have to let him go." So it's also a very strange point, why do you want to do it so much. ”

Yang Su laughed: "You guys." It's still a little less. Yang Liang's subordinates and Yang Liang may not be the same idea. Yang Liang himself was not too interested in the Northern Lian Turks, just as a backup choice, and as his subordinates, it was likely that he would have to leave a way back for himself, and once the uprising failed, he would also have a place to escape. ”

Yang Yichen and Yang Xuangan suddenly realized, and said in unison: "Then who will this person be?" ”

Yang Su smiled "hehe": "Even his subordinates have such wit, let alone the master." Except for Yang Liang's two major think tanks, I'm afraid that others don't have this insight. If Pei Wenan was the one who did this, he would not have given his life in Daizhou, so it could only be Wang Gong. As for the fat cook who is wise and foolish, I am afraid that most of them are his henchmen. ”

Wang Shichong, Yang Yichen and Yang Xuangan all nodded yes, and after the four of them chatted casually for a while, the three of them quit the account together.

Since the departure of Mai Tiezhu and Feng Xiaoci, Yang Su ordered all armies not to cross the river every day to attack. Just shouting at the enemy across the river or shooting with bows and arrows.

Three days later, at night, he was covered with thorns and small wounds. The bruised and purple wheat, with a tired face, finally rushed back to the camp.

Yang Su saw that the wheat iron rod rushed back to the camp, and immediately summoned the main generals of the various armies to rush to the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Shichong was also woken up from his sleep by Zhang Jincheng, and only hurriedly put on a piece of personal chain mail, and then rushed to the big tent where the Chinese army was.

I saw Mai Tiezhu sitting next to Yang Su, who was wearing a nightgown, drinking wine and eating meat, while pointing at a map on the case in front of Yang Su.

Yang Su kept looking at the map, pondering while listening to Mai Tiecane's explanation, nodding slightly from time to time, and didn't seem to pay attention to the generals who were rushing in outside, and didn't even raise his head.

All the generals also knew that Yang Su didn't want others to disturb him when he was in a trance, so they all held their breath, and they didn't dare to gasp for a moment to divide the two sides, but they all poked their heads curiously, wanting to see what was on the map.

After about half an hour like this, Yang Su finally listened to Mai Tiecane's report, let out a long breath, and stared at the map with unfinished thoughts, falling into deep thought.

And the wheat rod stepped back gently, with a smug look on his face, and stood in the fourth place on the right.

After a while, Yang Su raised his head, looked at the generals standing at the bottom of the steps, smiled, and said, "Do you know what you are calling here so late?" ”

Yang Xuangan rarely saw Yang Su smiling like this in the army, and knew that it must be Mai Tiecane who had succeeded in exploring the way, so he arched his hand and said: "It must be the path that has been found, but why is General Mai the only one coming back, General Feng?" ”

Before Yang Su could speak, Mai Tiezhu laughed: "Lao Mai's legs and feet are relatively fast, so I will come back first to report the news, and there are marks along the way, only Lao Feng and I can see clearly." ”

Zhang Xutuo, who was standing in the third place on the left, suddenly spoke: "Looking at General Mai's appearance, I must have suffered a lot on the road, presumably this path will not be easy to walk." ”

Mai Tiecane suddenly became energetic, and said with foam at the mouth: "It's not, what kind of path, after thirty years, it has long been full of weeds and thorns." If it weren't for Lao Feng leading, I wouldn't have seen that it was a road at all. In the past few days, we have used our swords to cut the thorns in front of us to open the way, and at the same time, we have relied on Lao Feng to recall the route taken when hunting in our childhood, so we have stubbornly walked out of a road. ”

Zhou Luohu, a veteran who stood in the first place on the right, had a slightly red face, a calm face, and a gray-haired beard, took over the conversation: "How wide is this path?" How many people can go? Will the enemy have already discovered and arranged an ambush? Can I ride a horse? Where does it lead? How long do you have to walk to get out? ”

Yang Su smiled and said to Zhou Luohu: "General Zhou, you asked so many questions at once, how can General Mai answer them at once, let him speak slowly." ”

Mai Tiezhu smiled "hehe", and said to Zhou Luohu: "Old General Zhou, listen to me slowly, Lao Mai has been running for a day and a night since this time last night, and just returned to the camp, and the whole length should be about a hundred miles." ”

The loud-voiced Yu Juluo suddenly shouted: "Hey, Lao Mai, aren't you able to travel 500 miles a day, why can you only run 100 miles a day and a night now?" Is it because of the injuries you received that day? ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head: "General Yu, you can know it by walking by yourself, they are all mountain roads." It's not as easy to walk as flat ground. And I'm going to keep looking for markers. This is a waste of time. ”

Yu Jura nodded: "I see. Then he closed his mouth and said no more.

Mai Tiezhu continued: "The entrance is in a forest to the east of our camp, and then it is all the way to the north, turning seven and eight, passing three or four mountains, a dozen streams, crossing nearly a hundred miles of forests, there are no people and villages along the way, and the exit is five miles to the west. It happened to be Zhao Zikai's camp at the mouth of the valley in the north. ”

"As for the width of the road, Lao Feng and I are both cut out of a road all the way, if we pass the troops, we should be able to walk three or four people side by side at most, more than ten miles east of the enemy's camp, I haven't encountered the enemy's patrol back and forth, it should be hidden and safe, but the cavalry don't want to take this road over the mountains and mountains."

After hearing the words of Mai Tiezhu, the generals all looked at each other, and everyone was mentally prepared. Since it is a small road, it must be through the mountains and mountains. I made my way through all the obstacles, but I didn't expect that this path was actually more than a hundred miles long, and the width could only accommodate three or four people side by side.

In this way, an infantry unit of 40,000 people can drag 10,000 platoons in this deep mountain and dense forest, which is four or five miles long, and it is difficult to ensure the secrecy of the operation.

Yang Su asked in a deep voice: "General Mai, if you look at it, how many troops can our army send at most without being discovered by the enemy?" ”

Mai Tiecane also looked stern, and replied seriously: "Dashuai, according to the humble opinion of the iron staff, a maximum of 35,000 to 40,000 people can be dispatched, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and even the road is cut by the people in front of them to open the way, and some dangerous places are only two or three people wide, and the people in front and behind need to hold hands with each other to pass." ”

"If you want the whole army to cross the path, I'm afraid it's not feasible. Three to forty thousand men should be the limit, and if there were any more, I am afraid that the movement of the march will be detected by the enemy's patrol troops. ”

Yang Su nodded: "I can only dispatch so many troops, and at least seventy or eighty thousand people must be placed on the front to confront the enemy, otherwise if Zhao Zikai finds out that the main force of our army is not there, there will be big trouble." ”

When the white-haired veteran Zhou Luohu heard this, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Marshal Yang, the last general is willing to ask for his life to lead this surprise attack force first." ”

Yang Su smiled slightly and asked, "What is General Zhou's good plan?" What can you do if you lead your troops to the rear of the enemy? ”

Zhou Luohu laughed and said: "These 40,000 lightly armed infantry will be carefully selected dead soldiers, and they will sneak attack from the path, and the soldiers will be in a desperate situation, and if they fail, there will be nowhere to retreat, so everyone will definitely be able to die." ”

"I asked several generals who came from Daizhou that the enemy's defense in the valley to the north was much less tight than in the south, there were no archers on the high cliffs, and there was no Fen River as a barrier in front."

"Therefore, if the last general arrives in the north, he will definitely send archers to seize the commanding heights on one side of the cliff first, and then attack the enemy army condescendingly, if he takes advantage of the noise in the night, he will attack with dead soldiers in the front, and arrows and stones will fall on the high cliff, plus the beating of gongs and drums, he will definitely make the enemy army unknown and defeat the whole line."

Yang Su's face changed slightly, and a look of alertness that was not easy to detect floated across his face, and he replaced it with a smiling face: "Old General Zhou is indeed a veteran general on the battlefield, and he is well versed in the art of war, which is almost exactly the same as the style of play that Ben Shuai envisioned. It's just ......"

Zhou Luohu listened to the first few words with a smug look on his face, gently stroked his beard, and when he heard the last big turn, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly asked: "Dashuai, just what?" Is it because Zhou is old and unsuitable to participate in this operation? ”

Yang Su smiled and waved his hand, and said: "No, no, this marshal wants to say, but there is still a lack of a general with sufficient qualifications and abilities in this front to dominate the generals, and this burden must be the old general Zhou!" ”

As soon as Yang Su said this, there was an uproar, and the anxious Mai Tie Cane shouted directly: "What, Dashuai, you want to leave this frontal front?" You're not going to lead the raid yourself. ”

Although the other generals did not speak, Mai Tiezhu had already said the question in everyone's heart, and everyone looked at Yang Su with blank eyes, wanting to know the answer.

And Wang Shichong guessed four or five points in his heart when he saw Yang Su's look on the map when he entered the account, but he was not very surprised at this time, but looked at Yang Su calmly, waiting for Yang Su to give an explanation.

Yang Su's expression became stern, nodded vigorously, and said, "The matter of the surprise attack of the Strange Soldier Trail." It's very dangerous. An army of 40,000 men. Dragged for four or five miles, lacking food and grass, and not reloading iron armor, once discovered by the enemy, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out as General Zhou said. ”

And General Mai also made it very clear that along the way, you have to climb many mountains in the deep mountains and dense forests, and take all the inaccessible paths, and you must travel day and night in order to speed up. Torches cannot be lit at night, and in such harsh marching conditions, the morale of the army must be as firm as iron, and the morale must be kept high enough. ”

"Therefore, as the coach, it is the best choice for me Yang Su to personally lead the team, so that the soldiers will have a bottom in their hearts, so that they will not retreat when they encounter difficulties and dangers."

Zhang Xutuo said in a deep voice: "But Marshal Yang is the commander of the whole army after all, and he shouldn't be so lightly in danger, Xutuo thinks that it is better to let General Zhou lead the raid, and you are here to command." ”

Yang Su laughed: "Do you all think that I Yang Su is old." It's useless, and you need to shrink back to the war? Hum. I, Yang Su, have fought all my life, and when I didn't take the lead in charging forward, how could I have the reason to shrink behind, that is not my Yang Su's style. ”

"At the end of the Three Kingdoms, Deng Ai also personally led the team when he smuggled Yinping to destroy Shu, am I Yang Su not as good as the ancients? I have made up my mind, please do not say more! ”

Yang Su stood up as he spoke, his expression was extremely resolute, his eyes were bright, everyone had dealt with Yang Su more or less, or had heard of him as a person, knowing that he must have made up his mind like this, and it was useless to persuade him, so he had to give up his hands one after another.

Yang Su looked around the tent and said: "The 40,000 elite soldiers who attacked this time are all lightly armed, except for the 10,000 archers who carry bows and arrows, the other soldiers only wear leather armor and a short sword for self-defense, and only bring dry food for three days." According to this request, everyone will go back to the various armies to select elite soldiers, and set off early tomorrow morning. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was another exchange of words in the tent, Zhou Luohu stood up, arched his hand and asked: "Dashuai, only let the soldiers carry short swords, this is not able to fight at all." At least knives and guns are still needed. ”

Yang Su waved his hand: "This handsome man has his own plans, so you don't have to worry about it." Go back to the camps first, and prepare as I command. After I left, the defense here was completely handed over to General Zhou, and those who violated the order could be engaged in military law, did you understand? ”

Everyone, including Zhou Luohu, had no choice but to say yes.

Yang Su glanced at everyone majestically, and said, "Let's all go down, when the troops are dispatched at noon tomorrow, I will pick two more generals to accompany me, by the way, Yang Xuangan will stay." ”

Yang Su said it inadvertently in the end, but Yang Xuangan was shocked in his heart, with his father's consistent style, this is a secret and important task entrusted to him.

Wang Shichong sneered in his heart, presumably this time Yang Su is going to use the Xiaoguo Army as a surprise soldier again, not only to win the battle, but also to find a way to get military merits and mixed qualifications for his baby son, this coach should not be too hard.

All the generals withdrew from the camp, Yang Su glanced at Yang Xuangan, and smiled: "Let's go out for a walk with my father." ”

The two got out of the tent and got on their horses, and rode out to a secluded place seven or eight miles away from the camp, Yang Su asked all the guards to leave a hundred steps away, and talked to Yang Xuangan under the moonlight.

Yang Su looked up at the moon overhead, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse in the summer night, and a crescent moon was exceptionally bright, and it could be seen clearly within dozens of steps.

Yang Xuangan saw that Yang Su's expression became very lonely, he had rarely seen him like this before, so he couldn't help but ask, "Father is worried that this plan is too dangerous?" The child doesn't approve of you risking your life, so it's better to let General Zhou lead the team after you go back, or let the child lead the team. ”

Yang Su shook his head: "There is no joke in the army, since my father has already said that, how can I change my words again, it will only make everyone laugh, and today my father refuted Zhou Luohu's initiative to ask for help, I have my own considerations, do you know?" ”

Yang Xuangan lowered his head and lowered his hand, and sighed: "Father doesn't want this crusade against Yang Liang to fall into the hands of others." ”

Yang Su nodded: "Yes, this is a reason, my father didn't expect you to become Yang Yichen's deputy in the north, such a big victory was not fought by you, I knew that I wouldn't have let you bring these five thousand Xiaoguo to make contributions!" ”

"Alas, Xuan Gan, you should understand the intentions of your father, how can you still give this great work to others? It is not convenient for the father to talk to you in detail in the camp, but now tell me what you really think. ”

Yang Xuangan smiled bitterly and said: "Father, that Yang Yichen has been at the border for many years, and last time he finally made great contributions to attack the Turks with Shi Wansui, but he was implicated because of Shi Wansui's bad luck, and he has always had a grudge against our father and son in his heart." ”

"This time the child went to him, whether it was marching or fighting, he insisted on being in front, and even took out the things of the year to tell the matter, if the child repeatedly fought with him, I was afraid that he would miss a big thing."

Yang Su was slightly stunned: "Is this Yang Yichen really so disobedient, he doesn't even give me Yang Su's face?" ”

Yang Xuan said: "This person has lofty ambitions, and is not satisfied with being a small border general, in the eyes of the child, even the Shuozhou army that he has led for more than ten years will not hesitate to give up after this war, and hand over the military power to enter the court as an official, so he urgently needs this military achievement, don't say it is a child, even if your father goes in person, I'm afraid he won't let it." ”

Yang Su was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed and said faintly: "It seems that my father underestimated this Yang Yichen, I originally thought that they were short of troops, and as soon as you went with five thousand Xiaoguo, they would obediently obey you, but I didn't expect it to be a hard idea, alas." (To be continued......)