Chapter 416: Preparing for War
Sunset, sunrise, the cycle repeats, every day is the same, however, what happens every day is different, yesterday, too many things are worth remembering Yue Shao'an.
When the sun was shining, the green mountains were already busy, and the teams under the mountains all moved to the mountains before dawn.
Before dawn, the people sent by the moonlit night came back to report that after learning that Bianjing was lost, the Jin soldiers had already marched in a hurry and marched overnight, and it was expected that the two-day journey should be greatly shortened.
Time didn't wait for me, Yue Shaoan immediately decided to plan ahead, and all the teams temporarily camped at the foot of the mountain moved to the mountain.
At the edge of the lake at the top of the mountain, Yue Shao'an and Yang Fan stood side by side, today's Yang Fan is no longer as depressed as yesterday, except for the ungood blood marks on his face, the appearance has returned to his previous appearance.
"Brother Yang, the Jin soldiers are known as 100,000 strong soldiers, when they come, we will defend according to this, what do you think the chances of winning are?" After arranging and discussing, Yue Shaoan found that Yang Fan was actually very old in military strategy, and in some details of arranging troops and attacking strongly, Yue Shaoan was ashamed of himself, and the two discussed for a long time, and the relationship was much closer, so Yue Shaoan's two titles were also changed.
"The emperor is naturally confident, I don't say it makes much sense, but since the emperor asks, his subordinates will talk about their opinions......" Yang Fan looked at the lake in front of him, the breeze blew, and he swept up a few strands of long hair on his forehead, and the fatigue in his eyes had not faded, he sorted out his thoughts and said: "The Jin soldiers are good at plain warfare, and their cavalry is extremely brave and good at fighting. ā
Speaking of this, Yang Fan stopped, he lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a while, and then said: "However, I occupy a favorable position, there is a danger to defend, as long as I hold on for a little longer, the Jin soldiers will not be able to attack for a long time, and they will inevitably be frustrated. ā
Yue Shaoan nodded, although Yang Fan's analysis only said a few main points, however, the details had already been said in the earlier discussions, and there was no need to mention them again.
chatted a few words, but he had already pointed out the pros and cons of both sides, which made Yue Shaoan very pleased, but what he wanted was not only these, this kind of conventional theory, any experienced general could say it, but it was worse, and at most it was not as clear as Yang Fan.
Yue Shaoan smiled and said, "If the Jin soldiers attack the mountain with all their might, what are our chances of winning?" ā
Yang Fan frowned slightly, looked up at Yue Shao'an, and saw that the emperor's expression was very serious, obviously very interested, although this possibility is very small, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and anything can happen, so naturally it cannot be said that there is no such situation.
Yang Fan thought for a while and said, "If this situation really happens, we are at most thirty percent sure." ā
"Oh? Is it only 30 percent? Yue Shaoan glanced at Yang Fan with some disappointment.
Yang Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Even thirty percent is also the result of overestimation, and it is more likely that we will not be able to hold the mountain at all if we swallow it directly without gold soldiers." ā
"Why do you have to keep it?" Yue Shao'an raised his eyebrows, looked at Yang Fan with a very strange expression, and said, "Can't we let them in?" ā
"Huh?"
Yang Fan couldn't react a little, after listening to Yue Shao'an's words, he looked at Yue Shao'an in surprise, if it weren't for Yue Shao'an's fame, and if he was true in the previous discussion, at this time Yang Fan would definitely think that he was a wasted person, and he would defend according to the danger, this is the common sense of the soldiers, if there is a danger to defend, he can't fight the other party, let alone let the other party in, isn't this looking for his own death?
Yang Fan paused for a moment before asking tentatively, "The emperor just said that he wanted to put the golden soldiers into the mountain?" ā
"Well, that's true." Yue Shao'an replied in the affirmative.
Yang Fan was confused, isn't the emperor testing himself? But even if it is a test, there is no need to come up with such a mentally retarded question, right? Isn't this an insult to one's own intelligence? However, he could only think about it, but he didn't dare to say it.
"Absolutely not." After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Fan still didn't realize that there was any mystery in Yue Shao'an's words, so he had to say according to what he thought in his heart: "If you don't block the Jin soldiers at the mountain pass, then once they go up the mountain, the woods on both sides of the mountain road will also become a battle line, and when the battle line is extended, their troops will be more than ours, and the advantage in the strength will be more obvious, and the natural danger will not be completely used by us. ā
Yue Shaoan smiled and said, "Brother Yang, it seems that the natural danger you considered only considered the advantages of the terrain, but you didn't think of using it......" Saying that, Yue Shaoan pointed to the lake in front of him: "Didn't you mark this lake in the picture you gave me before?" At the time, you must have wanted to threaten me with it, didn't you? ā
"The emperor still remembers!" Yang Fan smiled and said, "I did have this intention before, but now that the emperor is already here, can't I see it clearly?" ā
"Oh?" Yue Shaoan pretended to be surprised and said, "See what?" ā
"The emperor is very intelligent, why bother with his subordinates." Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "This lake is surrounded by rocks, and it is impossible to release water at all. In the past, I had to think about it the same way, but neither manpower nor talent allowed it, and then I didn't think about it. ā
Listening to Yang Fan's words, Yue Shaoan smiled confidently, equipment warfare is one of his major characteristics, many people have only heard of it and have not seen it, and they don't know much about it, like Yang Fan, who knows almost nothing.
"Well, let's dig a few holes in the rock wall over there, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?" Yue Shaoan asked suddenly.
Yang Fan nodded blankly, digging a hole is naturally very simple, it's just that he doesn't know why Yue Shao'an wants to dig a hole, a few holes don't have much impact on such a thick rock formation.
However, Yue Shao'an's words had come to this point, so he didn't explain more, and instead said, "Let's go and see how the fortifications are being built first." With that, he took the lead and headed down the mountain.
Yang Fan was confused, looked at Yue Shao'an's back, turned his head to look at the lake beside him, his eyes blinked, he still had no clue, and finally, he pinched his beard, his frowning brows stretched slightly, and chased Yue Shao'an out.
At the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside, they have become a pot of porridge, the soldiers are full of energy, all of them are full of big heads, and most of the bandits who have been incorporated have been from the official army before, and they adapt quickly, and Yue Shao'an's team has a relaxed atmosphere on weekdays, and it is not difficult to adapt.
Yue Shao'an walked over, and heard Gao Chong arguing with someone from a distance, and when he got closer, it was Yao Fang and Gao Chong who had a disagreement on what to do with the fortifications at the mountain pass.
Seeing Yue Shao'an coming, Yao Fang hurriedly closed his mouth, but Gao Chong was still shouting.
"Alright, stop fighting! You are not responsible for the mountain crossing. Yue Shaoan waved his hand and said, "Yao Fang, you are in charge of the mountainside." Gao Chong, you don't care about it here, you go to Niu Ren in a while, and he will give you the task. ā
"Huh? Mr. Yue, who cares here? Gao Chong asked.
Yue Shaoan said: "I have already handed it over to Xiaozhong, he is busy now, and he will come over in a while." ā
"Zhu Chongyi?" Gao Chongyuan opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Give it to that little guy?" ā
"What, do you have an opinion?" Yue Shaoan said unhappily.
"There'sā"
"Huh?"
"Uh, no." Seeing Mr. Yue's pale face, Gao Chong hurriedly changed his words.
"Don't go yet!"
"Yes!"
After sending Gao Chong away, Yue Shaoan turned his head, looked at Yang Fan, who had already followed, and said, "Brother Yang, it seems that I want to borrow your study for a while." ā
Originally, now the whole mountain is already Yue Shao'an's, Yue Shao'an doesn't have to greet him, this sentence is borrowed, it is enough to give him face, Yang Fan naturally accepted it, respectfully replied, and said: "The emperor is polite, since Yang Fan has returned to the imperial court, this green mountain is naturally the imperial court, what the emperor wants to use, it is good to ......."
Yue Shao'an smiled, didn't say anything more, ordered someone to bring the horses, turned over the horses, came to the study on the top of the mountain, wrote a letter first, and then asked the guards to call Hong Meng over.
Hong Meng pushed the door and entered: "Emperor, you called me?" ā
"Hmm!" Yue Shao'an beckoned and said, "You bring this letter to Niu Qing, so that he doesn't have to join me, pay attention to intercepting Jin Bing outside Bianjing City, and when the time comes, if necessary, I will send someone over again." ā
"Yes!" Hong Meng agreed, turned around and wanted to leave.
Yue Shao'an called him back again: "This time, when you come back, maybe the Jin soldiers have already surrounded the mountain, so let's stay with Niu Qing first and wait for news with him." ā
"Yes!"
After Hong Meng left, Yue Shaoan called Niu Ren over again, and after some advice, Niu Ren took the order and left.
Then, Yue Shao'an left the study and came to Yang Fan's side again, looked at him with a sad face, and said with a smile: "Brother Yang, don't worry, if Jin Bing dares to come, I will definitely make them suffer." ā
Yang Fan nodded and didn't speak, but looking at his expression, Yue Shaoan understood that he had little confidence in this battle.
"That's right, Emperor! The second peak of Qingshan, we only occupy the main peak, what should we do on the other side? ā
"I've had people check it, there's a Guangshan over there, except for a few trees, there's nothing to defend, we have to leave some firewood for the Jin soldiers, hehe......"