Chapter 50: The Book of War

Pu Yangzhu said: "Okay." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Since General Info is stubborn, please take the battle letter and fight tomorrow. As he spoke, Pu Yangzhu had already handed over the war book.

Yang Xiong didn't expect Pu Yangzhu's words to suddenly turn around and say the decisive battle.

For a while, Yang Xiong was a little distracted.

To be honest, just as there is no bottom line in the decisive battle between the people on Wei Wuji's side, there is no bottom line in the decisive battle against Yang Xiong, without him fighting today, he is really broken.

The people Yang Xiong used to siege the city were all elites, and they were the tip of the sword of the entire Qin army, but the tip of the knife was broken under the trebuchet, and there were heavy casualties in the first battle.

Heavy casualties were not the main reason for Yang Xiong's hesitation, the main reason for his hesitation was morale.

In the era of cold weapons, 70 percent of the victory or defeat was determined by morale. The ancients said: Husband fights, courage also. It's a perfectly correct theoretical paragraph.

Although Yang Xiong suffered heavy casualties, it was possible to gather about 5,000 soldiers. Even if Wei Wuji's soldiers were thankful, Yang Xiong was sure to defeat Wei Wuji with 5,000 men.

But only if his subordinates are highly motivated, or at least not demoralized.

And Yang Xiong's department, just after a big defeat, how can the morale not be low. Yang Xiong is a serious person again, and he has decided to defend the camp and confront Wei Wuji. It's just that I didn't expect Wei Wuji to dare to be so bold and directly make an appointment with him.

Yang Xiong couldn't measure success or failure for a while.

Puyang Zhu caught Yang Xiong's distraction in an instant. said: "It turns out that General Yang has been afraid of the might of our army. I don't want to engage in battle. ”

Yang Xiong came back to his senses and said, "I don't need to use you to provoke, I won't be angry and angry." ”

Puyang Zhu said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, as soon as General Yang returned to Puyang, he attacked Puyang twice, and then attacked today, my lord thought that General Yang was eager to fight, but he didn't expect that General Yang retracted in the end." ”

Yang Xiong said: "Present the battle book." ”

Immediately, a guard took the battle book in Pu Yangzhu's hand, and Yang Xiong immediately picked up the pen and wrote four words on the battle book. "As you wish."

During this period of time, Yang Xiong has thought about this matter over and over again I don't know how many times, and finally decided to engage in battle. Of course, he was not persuaded by Pu Yangzhu, but deep in Yang Xiong's heart, he was indeed eager to fight.

The uprising in Daze Township was huge, and it suppressed Wei Wuji's momentum for a while. The people in the court also neglected the handling of the Puyang incident because of the incident in Daze Township.

But Yang Xiong understands very well, this disposal will never be less.

Qin's law is strict, and what he says is harsh is not only for the people, but also for the generals of the defeated army. The loss of the city is a big crime, even if Yang Xiong does not bear the main responsibility, but Yang Xiong is not without a trace of guilt.

Therefore, capturing Puyang as soon as possible is Yang Xiong's realistic need.

And just as Yang Xiong had considered before, the anti-Qin thing was in full swing in various places. Yang Xiong must also destroy Wei Wuji as soon as possible, and then go to extinguish the rebels in other places, in love, reason, himself, and the country, Yang Xiong must destroy Wei Wuji as soon as possible.

Tomorrow's decisive battle is certainly a bit dangerous.

But when is it not dangerous to fight? As a general, Yang Xiong understands that although the art of war is clear, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, it is easy to know oneself, but it is difficult to know one's opponent. More often than not, the enemy is in a fog. At this time, it depends on the determination and will of a general.

It's like a gamble.

In this game, Yang Xiong decided to go down.

After Puyang Zhu got the reply, he didn't stay long, and hurriedly returned to Puyang City.

After Pu Yangzhu left, Yang Xiong summoned the generals, Yang Xiong looked left and right, but there was an empty position, and said, "Bai Wang?" ”

There was silence.

Yang Xiong suddenly remembered that Bai Wang had fallen into the city, and he was probably dead at this moment.

Yang Xiong's heart was low for a while, and then Yang Xiong said secretly: "No." He said to himself: "No, I am the master of an army, and I should be the leader of an army, how can I show a low expression." Then he was in good spirits and said, "The ministries have reported the number of casualties. ”

So one by one, the generals began to report to Yang Xiong how many casualties the Qin army had suffered in this battle.

Yang Xiong got the final summary figures, his hands trembled slightly, and he could get down this roll of bamboo slips, which weighed 10,000 catties, which made Yang Xiong feel overwhelmed.

More than 1,200 were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded.

The casualties were around 30%. Such a large proportion of casualties made Yang Xiong's heart tremble. He couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "Fortunately, I took the initiative to collect troops on the battlefield, otherwise it would have been a big rout." ”

The biggest casualties of the Qin army on the battlefield were not the siege battles, but the covering blows of the trebuchets at the end.

By the time the Qin army was in full attack, the bows and crossbows of both sides had been almost consumed. It didn't play a decisive role, so Yang Xiong ordered a general attack, but he didn't want the Qin army to rush to the city, and encounter the covering blow of flying stones that were more powerful than crossbow arrows.

This round of stone throwing has scattered dozens of trebuchets, but the effect is very good, and it can be said that half or even more of the casualties of the Qin army are the credit of this trebuchet.

No matter what kind of army it is, the casualties are already broken. Yang Xiong's best choice is to close the door and not fight. But things didn't go as Yang Xiong wanted.

Yang Xiong said: "Gentlemen, in today's battle, we have suffered heavy losses. But we still have the strength, and now we have a great opportunity for revenge. ”

Li Chen said: "But I don't know what opportunity it is? ”

Li Chen is a native of Longxi and a lieutenant colonel. Relying on the old Qin people, the relationship with Yang Xiong is very close.

Yang Xiong said: "The turtle in Puyang City, make an appointment with us. ”

The generals were in a commotion, to be honest, these generals did not look up to the strength of the guards in the city, there was a strong city to rely on, and they were almost destroyed, if there was no sharp weapon that could send flying stones in a hundred steps, this Puyang City was already in their pocket, at this moment they did not stay in Puyang City and honestly waited for death, they actually dared to come out, and for a while everyone came up with an idea, opportunity.

It's just that there are still sober people, Li Chen asked, "I don't know when the battle will be?" ”

Yang Xiong said: "Tomorrow." ”

"What?" Many generals hesitated.

Li Chen said: "General, we have suffered heavy casualties and low morale, I am afraid that we will not be able to recover tomorrow, and the battle is not good for me, please think twice." ”

"Please think twice about it." For a time, many generals echoed it.

These generals are all front-line generals, and some even have to rush through the city today. Naturally, we know how low the morale of the underground has been. Speak out against it immediately.

Yang Xiong said: "How can I not know what you are talking about, they are clearly taking advantage of people's danger. But how many people do you say Puyang City needs to be captured? ”

"This?" For a moment, all the generals hesitated. When they thought of the trebuchet in Puyang City, the situation of flying stones like rain, they all felt that their scalps were a little numb and their teeth were a little pantothenic. How many people can take it? It's really hard to say, in their opinion, Puyang City is almost impossible to attack, or besiege the city.

Yang Xiong said: "Wei Wuji has occupied Puyang for half a month, we can't take it, what will happen to us, have you thought about it?" ”

These people can't help but gasp when they think of this, and when they think of the word military law, they all feel a chill in their necks, as if there is a blade on their necks.

Yang Xiong sighed and said: "I don't know, morale is low, but Puyang Jiancheng can't be attacked, but now they are looking for their own death, abandoning Jiancheng and fighting with us and others, so the credit sent to the door is not in vain." Won't you be able to defeat a group of recruits in the field? ”

As Yang Xiong spoke, his voice raised. Said: "Do you have faith? ”

The generals said, "Yes." ”

Yang Xiong said coldly: "Remember, this is our only chance, tomorrow's big victory, we will sing like Puyang, and we will not seal the knife for three days." If I can't win, Xianyang wants my head, I want your head, you know? ”

The generals said, "Yes." "They were sweating slightly, and they didn't know if they were hot or frightened.

Yang Xiong also knew that he couldn't press too hard. said: "You go down, prepare well, tomorrow is a matter of life and death." ”

The generals will come out like an amnesty.