Chapter 2: The Battle of Pinghe (Part II)
The spring night is cold, the moon is in the sky, the insects chirp,
What a beautiful beautiful scenery, but the Kang Guo soldiers who were ambushed by the Ping River were not in the mood to appreciate the bright moon on their heads, even if someone looked up, their eyes were full of disgust. As the saying goes, the moon is dark and kills people, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire. Going to a sneak attack with such a bright moon didn't make Zhao Ren laugh to death, and there was no wind at all, it was simply inappropriate to kill people and set fire.
Chi Sheng looked straight at the other side of the river with his eyes, and the cold moonlight illuminated everything silvery, but he couldn't see anything really. The general beside him noticed that the main general's gaze was stagnant and empty, and he hadn't moved for a long time, and he thought that he was not observing something but thinking about something. These people have been fighting with him for many years, this is the first time they have seen the lord in such a trance before the battle, one by one is worried about the battle of crossing the river, will be the courage of the soldiers, if the lord general has lost the fighting spirit, then the mentality of his subordinates can be imagined.
When the moon passed in the middle of the day, several small schools that crossed the river to investigate reported one after another, and no abnormalities were found on the other side.
The henchman sent by Tongling to supervise the army came to Chi Sheng's side and urged: "The time has come, why hasn't General Chi given the order to cross the river?" ”
Chi Sheng glanced at him expressionlessly and said, "Have you ever fought?" ”
That person was just a market splash before, only because he was a friend of the general horn with Tong Ling was entrusted with an important task, Chi Sheng's question was undoubtedly extremely useless to him, he pouted and said: "This doesn't need to be asked by Lord Chi, I only know that General Tong's military order is to cross the river in the middle of the night, and the violator of the order is to delay the military aircraft!" ”
Chi Sheng looked at him coldly and said: "The commander of the battle must judge the situation and assess the situation, wouldn't it be a joke if Haoyue still went to sneak attack according to the established strategy tonight?" How is it different from sending to death? ”
"What do you mean...... Disobey! The man raised his voice when he said the last few words, "Don't forget, this sneak attack is not your one's business, the other one upstream may have already crossed the river, if you disobey the order, General Copper's clever plan will be ruined in your hands, can you bear it!" ”
"Clever plan, hum, how can there be a clever plan without a contingency plan?! If General Copper really uses his troops well, even if he can't understand astronomy and can't calculate the moon and moonlight, he should tell us how to act if he catches up with the moonlit night before sending the generals. There was sarcasm in Chi Sheng's tone.
"You ......, huh! General Tong's clever calculation is what you can guess, General Tong may have already decided that tonight is the bright moon in the sky, such a moonlight Zhao Jun will definitely think that we will not go to a sneak attack, and we must be on guard and relaxed, and our army will be able to succeed! ”
Chi Sheng smiled contemptuously and said, "If the military advisor plans like this, I, Chi Mou, will not hesitate at all......" As soon as he said this, a lieutenant general next to him pulled his robe hard, Chi Sheng snorted angrily, and finally didn't say any more.
"Your Excellency...... look at ......" Seeing that it was not a way to continue in such a stalemate, the deputy general who pulled Chi Sheng's battle robe just now looked at him with inquiring eyes.
Chi Sheng closed his eyes, his chest rose and fell violently, and after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and roared in a low voice: "Cross the river!" ”
Fifteen thousand troops except for a thousand people left behind, the rest of the five pontoon bridges set up nervously and orderly began to cross the river, the Ping River here is not more than ten zhang wide, it didn't take long for the army to cross most of it, Chi Sheng glanced at Hua Zhen beside him with deep meaning, and nodded to the wooden dragon, and then strode towards the pontoon bridge, and found that the prison army was going to follow the river, he snorted and said: "You don't have to go, we can't afford any mistakes, if the sneak attack is successful, you can cross the river with the army." ”
The overseer couldn't wait to stay, and hurriedly said: "That's fine, then I wish General Chi success." ”
Chi Sheng didn't even bother to look at him, and quickly stepped onto the pontoon.
Hua Zhen watched the team gradually disappear behind a forest, and his heart was also hanging high, and when he turned his head to look at the wooden dragon, he saw that his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes were staring at the other side with a heavy face. Hua Zhen is not familiar with him, since Chi Sheng said that he is not in harmony with him, it is not appropriate for him to say anything more at this moment, thinking of this, he silently walked under a big tree, sat down on the mat laid by his own soldiers, and thought about his thoughts while looking into the distance.
Less than half an hour later, a war drum came from afar, in the quiet of the night, although the drum was far away, it was heard very clearly, Hua Zhen's heart clenched suddenly, jumped up from the ground like a pinprick, and his face immediately turned pale, because according to the calculation of the moment, it is impossible for the army to reach Jinghe City so quickly, so this war drum undoubtedly announced that they were ambushed halfway. Sure enough, it was guessed by General Chi!
The sound of war drums made everyone nervous, these are the elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they can also think of what Hua Zhen thought of, the prison army had already returned to the camp to rest, and at this moment he ran over in a panic, and asked Mu Long blankly: "This drum sound...... This drum is General Chi attacking Jinghe City? "The highest official rank here is Hua Zhen, but he didn't take this hairy kid seriously at all, so he asked Mu Long directly.
A look of pain appeared on the wooden dragon's face, and he gritted his teeth and focused on the direction where the war drums came from, not looking at him at all.
The prison army wanted to have a seizure, but when he saw Mu Long's fierce and vicious expression, he couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart, and walked to Hua Zhen's side in a sneer, wanting to ask, but seeing his immature face, he felt that it was too embarrassing to ask such a child for advice, so he closed his mouth.
At this time, the drums had been connected from the first point, and Hua Zhen's heart was beating violently with the drums, shouting: "Send someone to investigate!" ”
The wooden dragon walked over with heavy footsteps and replied, "It has been sent out, and there is a lot of luck." ”
Hua Zhen swallowed and looked at him without speaking.
Mu Long turned his head and instructed his subordinates: "Strengthen the sentry guard, send more people to patrol along the river, and beware of Zhao Jun touching it!" ”
"What?! How could Zhao Jun ......" Jian Jun had an incredulous expression on his face.
"Lord Chi has probably been ambushed, hmph, Lord Chi has long said that a sneak attack is not a good strategy, but you just can't listen to it, now you can believe it!" The wooden dragon glared at him fiercely and questioned sharply, under the moonlight, like a fierce beast that chooses people to devour.
The prison army was confused, and he didn't understand why he only heard the sound of the drum and the wooden dragon asserted that Chi Sheng was ambushed among them, it can be seen that everyone was glaring at him, obviously everyone had the same judgment as the wooden dragon, in this case, he didn't dare to ask, if they let them know that their prison army didn't know anything about marching and fighting, it would not only be a shameful thing, but it was possible to lose their lives under the anger of the people, so they had to perfunctory: "This ...... This...... It's useless to talk too much at the moment, and everything will be clear when the report comes back. ”
The dispatch of the report has not yet returned, the sentry of the Chi Sheng army has escaped back, the so-called sentry is a kind of sentry that is dragged several miles behind the team, not wearing military uniforms and dressing up as a common person, its duty is not to detect whether there is an abnormal situation in the rear of the army, the most important role is to be able to escape back to ventilate the news when the army is ambushed, because most of the sentry transmits the murderous letter, so it is also called the fierce whistle, and those who can serve as the sentry are not ordinary soldiers, first of all, they must be able to quickly and accurately judge the battle situation after a hundred battles, Secondly, you must be familiar with the generals of all parties, so that you can save the trouble of verifying your identity and avoid being pretended to be by the enemy. There were even times when the generals sitting in the rear would assign their cronies to act as sentry posts for the army at the front.
Before he reached the river, the fleeing sentry Pegasus cried out, "Oh no, I'm in ambush!" The army is ambushed! ”