[Chapter Seventy-Four: When the Morning Dawns, Kill the General and Capture the Army]
Why did Meiji stay inactive for so long? Didn't he care about Nogi Noshinori's two hundred elites at all?
Of course not.
On the contrary, it was precisely because of the loss of Nogi Noshinori and his most elite guards that Meiji did not move.
And what made him even more troubled was that in Seoul, because of the discord between Xi Lu, the former division commander of the Fusang Prefecture Second Class Army, and Tan Zhen, the commander of the rear division, both of them shirked their responsibilities, and no one refused to be the pioneer, and the Han Imperial Court did not have time to appoint a pre-war commander, and its regiment commander He Qi had already returned to his hometown last year, and the two could be completely denied until the day when the imperial decree was issued.
Meiji had already sent a message back to Mu Hong, asking Xiao Qin to urge Taishou to urge the two armies to send troops. The day before yesterday, the news came back that Xi Lu, the former commander of the division and division, had already sent troops, and a battalion of the army's forward had arrived in Gaoshan, but the pro-army brigade where the division commander himself was sitting was still far away in Suchuan County.
This made Meiji depressed, and he couldn't wait to jump in front of Xi Lu and Tan Zhen to teach him bitterly: "This is a national war, can you unite and stop making infighting?" You must know that my Second Legion, the Savage Tribe, and the Goryeo Army have been in ambush in the high mountains for several days! That's nearly 10,000 mouths for me to feed, and my treasury is about to be eaten out! ”
Of course, he didn't dare to say this in front of Xi Lu and Tan Zhen, but in order to show that the war was in full swing here, he urgently allocated some rudimentary tools to the Japanese people he had collected before, and looted various ports north of Yuanshan with the help of the Xiao family's merchant ships, causing the entire Bohai County to be in flames and chaos, so as to create pressure on the Bohai Taishou.
In charge of this raid was Mu Si, who led the Japanese to ransack the Quartet, but under his control, he finally did not massacre the city again.
When Mu Si wanted to let the Japanese invaders land, march directly to the empire's Liaozhou, and burn the war to the northeast of the empire, Sakata Kanichi, another Itachi leader sent by Meiji to supervise, sternly stopped him, on the grounds that Meiji had told him: "The Changbai Mountains are two thousand miles away from Liaozhou, and it is extremely desolate, and it is possible that you won't see a single family for two months. ”
Of course, there are two things that make Meiji happy.
The first is Hiromasa Ohno's inference, at the latest today, Xi Lu's pro-soldier brigade will pass through the high mountains, and the long-brewing beheading plan will be carried out at that time, and the success rate is very high.
According to the roster of generals provided by the Xiao family, all the officers above the major under the command of Xi Lu have the character of self-preservation, take the battalion that has already passed through the mountains as a forward, their battalion commander Qin Ming actually stopped in the south of Pingshan County, and did not attack the city for a long time, lest the loss of soldiers be too huge!
Once Xi Lu is ambushed, the possibility of these generals "abandoning the commander and protecting the car" is very high!
In fact, this is also related to the current situation of the Second Class Army in Fusang Prefecture. Because Fusang Prefecture is isolated overseas, and there is no war all year round, except for bullying and bullying the local untouchables and the Japanese slaves in the north, so as to survive the military age, there is no military merit enough to be promoted. Therefore, most of the children of the Han family in the empire were reluctant to serve in Fusang Prefecture.
And the four generalissimos of the empire also regarded it as chicken ribs, and preferred to use their soldiers to enrich the C-class army in the interior rather than send the B-class army to Fusang Prefecture. Over time, the strength of the Second Class Army in Fusang Prefecture was naturally tight, and the baggage troops of many divisions and towns and brigades were requisitioned and recruited into the army to ensure that there was no shortage of Han soldiers in the main battle.
If it weren't for the laws of the empire, and there were people from the procuratorate in Fusang Prefecture who went around secretly visiting, they would even conscript untouchables to serve as soldiers, knowing that the salary of a untouched person was only one-tenth of that of a Han soldier.
The second is that Hiromasa Ohno has great potential for development, and in just seven days, he has selected enough people from the Itachi group to reorganize the guards.
You must know that Konoe not only requires height and physical strength, but more importantly, loyalty to Meiji. And the people selected by Hiroshi Ohno were all those he had secretly looked for before, and he was going to choose the right time to recommend them to Meiji. Meiji was very satisfied with this.
The only fly in the ointment was that not all of these new guards were made up of Japanese people, but also a few Koreans and a dozen Germanic people from the West.
Meiji knew that in today's Western world, the Germanic peoples, Vikings, and Gauls were the mortal enemies of the Romans. The Roman Empire's two-hundred-year campaign against the Germanic barbarians in the north could not completely wipe out the Germanic peoples, and this alone shows the strength of the Germanic peoples.
The Germanic people under his command were also displaced by war, and after a generation or two of continuous eastward migration, they finally reached the east. Because he was not accommodated in the Han Empire, he was transferred to Fusang Prefecture as a pariah, and finally recruited by the Meiji era, and his loyalty was still very high.
Meiji, however, was a nationalist, and in his opinion, the Guards were still to be reliable from the pure Yamato nation.
The Han people have a good saying, "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different", although these Germanic people are tall and big, and the strange knife that seems to be extremely heavy to the Japanese people wields freely in their hands, but at this very moment they have to use it.
Meiji was busy with these things during this time, so he didn't have time to take care of the Han army at Qingchuan Station. Of course, it was essential to send people to observe and harass the Han army every day. That Shen Yun already knew his plan, if he suddenly retreated to fight Pingshan County, he just sent troops to cover up and kill, he would definitely not let him go south easily.
When the day was about to dawn, he woke up from his bed. Like Shen Yun, from the day after he crossed over, he insisted on the habit of getting up early to exercise. The adage of the jungle is not unique to modern times. So his body is not bad, although he can't practice more martial arts because of his busy state affairs, and it is even more impossible to charge into battle like Shen Yun, but at least he can afford that golden armor, and he is also a little majestic when he wears it.
Everything in the barracks was simple, he wore a pale yellow Hanfu short suit to exercise in the open space outside the barracks, surrounded by guards and soldiers standing on the left and right. He saw from a distance that Qingchuan County, which was shrouded in dark night, was still a little "ghost fire", and there was a trace of helplessness at the corner of his mouth.
He felt helpless not for the Han people who died, but for the helplessness that he could not go to live there and could only sleep in the tent. There were still a few houses in the city that had not been burned down by the tribe, and Hiromasa Ohno suggested that he live there. But he hasn't been there since he went once--- there are people who have eaten people and thrown human bones and some minced meat everywhere, and now there is a stench in the air, and there will be ghost fires in the night, how can he go to live in such a place?
At this time, Mu Hong also got up, walked ten meters away from Meiji, bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the latest news, Xi Lu has reached twenty miles south of the high mountain, and the time should be passing through the high mountain now!" ”
Meiji was overjoyed and waved him over, "That means the fight has started on the Takayama side now?" ”
Mu Hong said with some concern: "Yes, I just don't know where General Choi Chenghao ......."
Meiji waved his hand and smiled: "Cheng Hao is a lone person who has been cultivated, and he is also a lone general, and his ability is absolutely fine!" Lone really couldn't imagine that this ambush would fail! It was Shen Yun in front of him...... Hehe, don't think that Lone forgot his promise to your young lady, don't worry, when Cheng Hao solves the reinforcements, Lone immediately orders him to lead the troops to solve Shen Yun! Hahahaha! ”
Meiji smiled in a good mood. But Mu Hong secretly pursed his lips.
Nogi Noshinori is also the person you cultivated, a powerful general, and the result? It was solved by Shen Yun before it was even a face. In the end, he was scared away by a few straw men...... And the face boasts!
At this moment, Hiroshi Ohno was hurrying from the direction of Qingchuan Station. This time, Meiji also specially transported more than a dozen good horses from the Xiao family's merchant ship, which can be used as leg power this time.
Meiji knelt down in front of him with an anxious but excited expression on Hiromasa Ohno and said, "Your Majesty, the Han army is all out and is approaching here!" ”
Mu Hong was stunned, and Meiji said in disbelief: "Are they crazy? Or is there some kind of trickery? ”
Ohno Hiromasa said excitedly: "There is no trickery, I personally went to the front to see, the Han army has more than 2,000 people, all dressed in battle, and rushed straight to us!" Along the way, we destroyed the four watchtowers and deer towers we set up, and now we have conquered the quarry and are approaching here! ”
Why is Hiromasa Ohno, the stronghold set up by the Japanese army defeated, still so excited?
Quite simply, Meiji was not incapable of destroying the Han army, but that the Han army was holding the pass, and if Meiji was attacked, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the outcome would be unpredictable.
But now that the Han army rushed out to fight them, it was a different situation. From here to the quarry, along the way, the Japanese army arranged a large number of strongholds and watchtowers, and according to the Han people's art of war, the mountains and rivers in this area were clearly investigated, and the archers and raid troops were arranged--- in short, everything was prepared by Shen Yun as God, whether it was a decisive battle or a breakthrough, the Han army had to pay an extremely tragic price for it!
After Hiromasa Ohno repeatedly emphasized that the Han army had no tricks and tricks, Meiji was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Quickly gather the soldiers, and fight the Han army on the rocky slope in front!" ”
Mu Hong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, be careful that this is Shen Yun'er's trick......"
Before he finished speaking, Hiromasa Ohno said unhappily, "What do you mean by that?" Doubting my vision and judgment? ”
Mu Hong was speechless for a moment.
Meiji waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, the Han army has no cavalry, even if you want to fight in a roundabout way, it's impossible." Besides, the rocky slope is flat on one side and a flat hillside on the other, when the time comes, you will lead twenty horsemen to rush behind the Han army to cut off their retreat, and you must defeat them all! Go ahead and Amaterasu will bless us! ”
Hiromasa Ohno immediately took the order and left.
Mu Hong was still worried, but seeing Ohno Hongzheng's unhappy look, he could only keep silent, and the indelible shadow in his heart always made him unwilling to believe that Shen Yun had no tricks this time.
But this time, Mu Hong really spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Shen Yun really didn't have any tricks.
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After Shen Zhang told Wu Jian that a large number of reinforcements from the Japanese might arrive in the early hours of the morning, Ma Jian and Zhao Kuo immediately panicked, gathered the generals under their hands and discussed for a night, and finally made such a stunned decision--- the whole army charged, chiseled through the Japanese defense line, and vowed to fight with the Japanese to the death!
When Shen Yun learned the news, it was already midnight, and the Han army was already assembling, preparing to attack before the dawn had completely fallen.
"Yihong, how could Lord Wu give such a nonsensical order? Why don't you dissuade it! Shen Yun was almost crazy and grabbed Shen Feng's arm and said.
Bai Xiaosheng and Shi Qian also listened to the big change in their faces.
Shen Feng had already put on his armor and came to Shen Yun's tent to say goodbye, of course, he also came to pass on the words written by Wu: "If the prince wants to follow, he will follow the whole army, and if he is lucky enough not to die, he will rush straight to the east, and there may be a glimmer of life!" ”
Listening to Shen Feng's words, Shen Yun jumped to his feet and scolded: "He is still alive and fart with such a way of playing, thousands of soldiers are going to jump into the fire pit with him, damn, it's not such a way to send him to death!" ”
Shen Feng said: "Shizi, this is not only the meaning of Lord Wu, Lord Shen Zhangshen also agrees with Lord Wu's decision, so ......" Shen Feng sighed, "Lord Shen wants to die in Qingchuan County!" ”
"If he wants to die, just let him go by himself, why bring thousands of Han soldiers to accompany him to the funeral?!" Shen Yun roared and scolded, "Since we can't do anything, we should hide in the jungle of Yuanshan and entangle with them, no matter how bad it is, we can also implement the previously agreed village in the mountains, at least there will be a turnaround, he, how can he be stupid enough to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese Kou?" Damn, I'm really not afraid that the enemy is as fierce as a tiger, but I'm afraid that my teammates are as stupid as pigs! ”
Shen Yun looked up to the sky and roared, his indignation almost bursting him.
Shen Feng's expression darkened, and he sighed: "This is the final decision of Lord Wu, I have no right to change it, you better make a decision as soon as possible, Shizi!" ”
Shen Yun also sighed: "What else to decide, I'm dragging hundreds of people with a family, even if I want to, I can't run!" I can't run away alone...... Let's go to Huangquan Road with your stupid pig Master Wu! ”
Shen Feng opened his mouth, and wanted to say something but forcibly held back, and was about to turn around and leave, but Bai Xiaosheng suddenly ran in and shouted, "Slow!" ”
Shen Yun glanced at him strangely, and Bai Xiaosheng walked up to Shen Feng and said, "Shen Yihong, are you a descendant of the Shen family?" ”
Shen Feng straightened his chest, and he looked extremely powerful with all his armor: "Of course I am!" ”
"Since you are a descendant of the Shen family, are you willing to see the Shen family from now on? The Marquis of Bohai is inherited by the son of a traitor? Bai Xiao stared at Shen Feng's eyes and asked.
Shen Feng didn't know why, but he still replied sonorously: "Of course I don't want to!" ”
"Okay, in that case, are you willing to do a big thing for the Shen family and the Bohai Hou family!?"
"What's the big deal?"
"Kill the general, take the army!"
After Bai Xiaosheng finished speaking word by word, Shen Yun only felt a bang in his head, and he was speechless for a while.
Looking at Shen Feng again, his whole body suddenly trembled violently, and he pointed at Bai Xiaosheng in horror, as if he hadn't heard what he had just said, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you, what did you say?" ”
Bai Xiaosheng stared at Shen Feng fearlessly, and said in a deep voice again: "I said, do you dare to behead this mediocre martial artist in front of the battle, seize the military power of this army, keep the lineage of the Marquis of Bohai of the Han Dynasty, and do a big thing for the Shen family that you may not have a chance to do in your life!?" ”
Killing generals and seizing the army has been staged countless times in ancient Chinese history. But no matter whether the way the generals did it at the time was right or wrong, it would not end well in the end. No leader would tolerate the existence of such a person who dared to commit an offense, even if he could not be killed for a while, he would have to die when the time came.
Unless this man who has taken over the army can finally reign over the world and become the supreme emperor, ......
Shen Yun didn't expect Bai Xiaosheng to say such a rebellious thing, and said, "Bai Xiaosheng, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”
Bai Xiaosheng looked at Shen Yun and said sharply: "Shizi, don't you see it yet, this is the time of life and death!" I have no power to restrain the chicken, and I will definitely not be able to protect the prince at that time, and it is impossible for Shi Qian to protect you alone from the encirclement in the army, although Lord Pan has a company of people, but I am afraid that the time will not be enough to protect myself, how can I protect the son of the world?!
That Wu is so talented that he is so happy that he disregards the lives of thousands of soldiers, don't want this kind of general! When the time comes, we will kill Wu Shu, and we will support Lord Pan to take charge of the army, and the lives of thousands of soldiers will be saved. ”
After a lot of drinking, Shen Yun was stunned.
He has always been a modern man, and he can kill his own people in the face of foreign enemies without changing his face, but it seems to him that it is a bit too ruthless to kill his own people for military power.
Bai Xiaosheng said that he supported Pan Shi as the commander, but everyone knew that it was just a cover, and Pan Shi only listened to Shen Yun!
"If it weren't for the fact that I didn't have a military status and couldn't command the whole army, Bai Xiaosheng might not have pushed himself to the top --- damn, I kind of believe that Zhao Kuangyin was really forced!"
Just when Shen Yun hesitated, a person outside the tent said loudly: "I'm afraid it's too late!" ”
"Who?" Bai Xiaosheng's face changed greatly, if such a confidential matter was heard, it would be a big deal to lose his head. Maybe Wu Shu won't send someone to deal with them first in order to protect himself.
Shi Qian had already pulled out the willow knife in his sleeve and was about to rush out and kill the man. At this time, he saw the curtain of the tent door lifted, and Pan Shi walked in with his head held high. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Xiaosheng said: "Master Pan, do you agree with what you said below?!" ”
Pan Shi glanced at him deeply, and then turned to Shen Yun and said, "Shizi, what Mr. Bai said is very true. It's just that Lord Wu has already ordered the sergeant to attack, and Lord Shen rushed to the front line......"
Shen Feng changed color: "What? Didn't you say that you had to wait for the whole army to assemble? ”
Pan Shidao: "Master Wu is afraid that if it is too late, there will be changes, and he is afraid that the longer the time drags on, the more fully prepared the Japanese will be, so he ordered the whole army to attack one after another, and said that this can form a continuous trend like a wave, so that the Japanese can be caught off guard......
"Fart! It's all fart! The Japanese have been prepared for a long time, he is not attacking repeatedly, this is queuing up to send him to death, damn, add fuel to the tactics, no matter how many people there are, there are not enough Japanese robbers to kill! ”
Shen Yun thought that so many people were about to be killed by alien robbers, and his heart hurt like a knife, the last time he made a command mistake led to the death of more than a dozen people, and now this "Zhao Kuo of the world" has killed more than a hundred people?
Thinking of this, Shen Yun had already made up his mind, looked at Shen Feng fiercely and said: "Yihong, it's all up to you then, this martial artist is really too stupid, then you will follow Wu Zhuo and cut him for me!" I said it! ”
Shen Yun's eyes instantly became cold, once he made a decision, he would move forward, and martial arts practitioners should not hesitate when they make a move, and they should make a move when they should make a move.
Shen Feng was also infected by Shen Yun's fierce sword-like momentum, nodded emphatically, and without saying a word, strode out of the tent.
Shen Yun turned to Pan Shidao again: "Master Pan, how many Mo knives did we seize last time?" ”
Pan Shi looked at Bai Xiaosheng, this kind of logistics is now done by Bai Xiaosheng. Bai Xiaosheng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "There are about one hundred and twenty!" ”
Shen Yun said: "Okay, Master Pan, you let all your soldiers be equipped with Mo Dao, and they will be deployed in battle as I said before." After Yi Hong succeeds in capturing the army, you order the whole army to retreat to Qingchuan Station, and I will take this company of Mo Sword Army to cut off the rear for you! ”
Pan Shi wanted to say something, but Shen Yun interrupted: "It's so decided, don't want your mother-in-law!" Time has changed,"
"In!" Shi Qian jumped out in response, and looked at Shen Yun's eyes full of indomitable determination, "The prince of the world, please command, I have nothing to say about the sword mountain and the sea of fire!" ”
Shen Yun looked at Bai Xiaosheng, and suddenly smiled: "You will follow Mr. Bai and Shi Laosan when the time comes, be sure to protect them!" ”
Bai Xiaosheng choked up for a while, and his cheeks twitched, leaving two lines of old tears.
Of course, he knew that his idea was not Shen Yun's will at all, and although he might be able to keep his safety for a while, if he was investigated by the imperial court in the future, he Shen Yun would not be able to escape the blame. Shen Yun not only didn't blame him, but also asked Shi Qian to protect his safety......
Bai Xiaosheng wept and said, "Shizi, you ...... You don't have to go into battle yourself......"
Shen Yun smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "If I only know how to hide behind, how can you follow me?" What's more, who else in the world today knows the use of the Modao Army better than me! Hmph, I'm going to let Meiji Kid see what the head of the Hundred Battles God Soldier is! ”