Chapter 238: The Battle of Xia Wei [1]

Yang Zilu saw that he was reckless and sincere, so he scolded him a little. After scolding Manggao, Yang Zilu shifted his attention, discussed with Hou Yuanzhi how to modify the battle plan, and rode back to the place where the Han army was lurking.

In the place where the Han army was lurking, at the entrance and exit, Hou Xiong, Yang Tugou and several other major generals in the army were waiting for Yang Zilu there.

"What happened? So that you are all waiting here for the widows? Yang Zilu pulled the reins of the horse, let the war horse stay on the side of Hou Xiong and Yang Tugou, and asked Hou Xiong, Yang Tugou and the others sideways.

When Hou Xiong saw Yang Zilu, he spat out as if he had put down a big stone in his heart, and said: "Lord, you don't say a word when you go out, isn't this worrying about a few ministers, and it's not good to go out to find the lord, for fear that you will miss the lord, so you can only wait for the lord here." ”

Yang Zilu couldn't help but be a little angry and funny when she heard this, and just wanted to scold them for making a fuss. But Yang Zilu thought about it, and he also understood Houxiong's worries. In this era, frontal combat is all emphasized, at least the so-called long-distance attack is only a hundred miles away. There are people like Yang Zilu and him, who really traveled for more than 300 miles for a long distance. And in order to hide the whereabouts of the army along the way, all food supplies were brought by themselves.

Hou Xiong and Yang Tugou, who have never experienced it like this, are naturally highly nervous, which is why such an incident happened. Yang Zilu figured it out, and it was not good to blame them for making a fuss, and he also appeased them. took Hou Xiong and Yang Tugou back to their Chinese army tents.

When he arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Zilu did not take out the map, but directly drew a simple map on the ground with a spare saber, and introduced the situation of the Chu army to Hou Xiong, Yang Tugou, Jiao Shuyan and others.

Yang Zilu drew five arrows on the side of the Chu army, a total of five directions: east, northeast, north, northwest, and west. Yang Zilu pierced the tip of the knife into the camp of the Chu army on the map, and said viciously: "The strategy set before is not bold enough, and now the widow has decided, Yang Tugou, Mang Gao, Jiao Shuyan, and Hou Xiong, you will each lead a thousand people to fight, and cut the Chu army into pieces for the widows, and then swallow them in their stomachs." Yang Tugou, you attack from the northeast, Manggao, you attack from the north, Jiao Shuyan, you attack from the northwest, Xiong, you attack from the west, and the widow leads the Han army in the east to attack, this battle does not seek prisoners, only to kill the enemy, and drive the Jing barbarians into the Yangtze River, the goal is to make the fish of the Yangtze River fat next year."

Hearing Yang Zilu's words, Hou Xiong, Yang Tugou and other people in the tent couldn't help but smile. After laughing, Hou Xiong had a different opinion, and asked with some hesitation: "Lord, why don't we take prisoners?" ”

"Eighty thousand, if you want to take prisoners, let alone forty or fifty thousand prisoners, can we only manage so many prisoners with five thousand people?" Yang Zilu didn't wait for Hou Xiong to answer, he had already continued: "It has been forgotten that we still have 40,000 Chu troops on the line from Tongbai Mountain to Dabie Mountain behind us. If we're going to force land on them, we're going to have to free our hands. Attack, you can't beat the cavalry in the field, retreat, you can't run the cavalry, you can force them to surrender, otherwise how do you think you can force them to surrender? On the other hand, it would be different if we had these tens of thousands of captives, and at that time we had to prevent these captives from rioting. On the other hand, we must prevent the Chu army from retreating, and even if the generals of the Chu army are bold enough to attack us, we will be forced to retreat, so that they can rescue these prisoners, it is better to kill them on the battlefield, lest the widows come again after the war and bear the reputation of killing prisoners."

When Hou Xiong heard this, he immediately nodded vigorously and said: "The wisdom of the Lord is thanks to the wisdom of the Lord, and the minister understands."

Yang Zilu scolded with a smile: "Don't be a sycophant, think more about what loopholes there are, don't be afraid to say the wrong thing, just be afraid not to say it."

Next, Yang Zilu and the generals under his command continued to discuss the details.

Yang Zilu After a while, Yang Zilu estimated that it was almost an hour. He stood up, walked to the cloth door of the tent, lifted the cloth door, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Okay, it's time now." Besides, it's pretty much the same, and the rest is up to you to play on the spot, and now go and get the soldiers up. Eat your fill and go"

After the "Nuo" generals gave Yang Zilu a military salute, they responded violently.

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The 5,000 elite cavalry of the Han army did not set off towards the Chu army camp after leaving the camp, but first arranged an encirclement ten miles away from the Chu army camp, and then set off with the Chu army camp as the center. At this time, the five Han armies no longer deliberately concealed their whereabouts, and this distance, the psychological effect of disguise is more than the actual effect, and it is only a matter of time before the Chu army discovers it.

The entire Han army controlled the war horses to jog forward. When they arrived at the road of about five miles, the Chu army found that after all, it was 5,000 war horses and 20,000 hooves trampling the earth. Coupled with the silence of the night, the sentries of the Chu army heard the sound of horses' hooves.

"What sound do you say is this?" Although I heard it, the sentries of the Chu army were not quite sure, after all, this is the hinterland of the Chu State, if you falsely report the military situation, it is possible to be beheaded, and you will be beaten with seventy or eighty military sticks, although it is better than beheading, but it is not better to go there. These seventy or eighty military sticks are down, and they have to rest for a year and a half.

The veterans beside him have grown a lot, staring at them, and their faces have changed greatly: "Quickly blow the horn, it's the cavalry of the Han barbarians."

"How is that possible? The Han barbarian actually came to us unnoticed? Why don't you wait" The sentinel who was the first to speak was too timid to take on this responsibility, and said hesitantly.

When the old sentinel heard this, he scolded with a kick: "When is this coming, you don't come, I'm coming"

Without telling the sentry what to answer, he immediately ran to the stake where the trumpet was hung, took the trumpet, and sounded it vigorously. "Woo woo"

The loud sound of a trumpet pierced the silent night. And the sound of the horn not only alarmed the Chu army, but also seemed to shout for the Han army to charge, after hearing the horn, the sound of horses' hooves immediately became urgent. From here, it can be seen that the Han cavalry has begun to accelerate.

"What happened?" Ye Gong heard the sound of the horn and immediately woke up. Without caring about dressing and armor, Huo Ran jumped from the bed to the ground in white short underwear, picked up the saber hanging on the tent and rushed out of the tent, and asked loudly at the soldiers outside.

"Marshal, enemy attack, little one, put on your armor," said one of his own soldiers.

Ye Gong pushed away the courteous soldier and said angrily: "Don't you know about the enemy attack?" What Ben Shuai wants to know is how many people are sneaking up, and at least he knows who is sneaking in that direction."

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately said in amazement: "This, this villain doesn't know." ”

Ye Gong scolded hatefully: "I don't know what you're doing standing here stupidly?" Why don't you go and find out the situation, do you have to put a sword on your neck to catch things?"

The soldiers were immediately so frightened that they didn't dare to say a word, and they didn't even dare to make a promise, so they turned around and immediately ran to inquire about the situation. Ye Gong recruited a few more personal soldiers to come over, and ordered: "You go and inform the generals of all armies immediately, now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, you must not go out of the camp to pursue, and organize soldiers to resist on the spot, do you know?" ”

"No," several pro-soldiers replied with a bang.

Ye Gong nodded, and then recruited his own soldiers to put on his armor in the tent.

Ye Gong's response is very correct, but can it make Yang Zilu return in vain? To organize a soldier is to have an officer come to the organization. Even if there are no officers, some veterans with high prestige can barely do it, after all, veterans have fought several battles, even if they have not systematically studied soldiers and horses. But after rolling on the battlefield for so long, even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run away.

However, the Chu army did not occupy either, except for a small number of officers, they all ran away, but only some of the team leaders and most of the chiefs were left, and as for the generals above the team level, they had already run seventy-seven eighty-eight. Even if he didn't run, it was because of his poor military merits that he was forced to stay in the camp, after all, this visit to Ye Gong can be regarded as a reward after the war. And the generals who are not very good at military merit are not without luck and cannot get many military merits, such as raising diseases, etc., but there are very few of these people.

As for the veterans, because of the first battle with the Han army, the veterans under Ye Gong's command were the main force, and naturally the most casualties were also the most, while the other recruits had seen blood. But it's just a battle, so how much can you learn?

In this way, although the Chu army had time to receive orders, there were not enough officers to come to the organization. Although these are enough, there are only ten people in one full number. And it has just been fought before, and although some of the formations have been cancelled, they are generally not satisfied. The first team was only thirty or forty people, but there were no more advanced ones, causing the Chu army to fight separately.

The Han army doesn't care if you Chu Jun is not prepared, and you are not prepared to fight. Five thousand elite light cavalry were like five sharp swords, straight into the Chu army camp. Now the Chu army, from Marshal Ye Gong to the lowest-ranking soldiers, regretted it. Why don't you build a wooden fence, why don't you put a few horses to resist, why don't you dig a trench

However, there is no regret medicine in this world, no matter how much Chu Jun regrets it, it can't change the reality. The elite light cavalry of the Han army, armed with a cavalry spear, rushed into the formation of the Chu army. The soldiers of the Chu army who had just been organized were like a piece of tofu. It was scattered by the Han army. This is also related to the fact that the Chu army does not have enough generals to command, and the lower-level officers of the Chu army have no one to command, and they are unwilling to listen to the instructions of people at the same level, so they all deploy defenses according to their own ideas.

The problem with the arrangement of defense is that these battle formations, with more than forty or fifty people and less than seven or eight people, are arranged into an irregular line of defense, thick and thin. What makes people speechless is that the largest gap is actually four feet long, barely enough for two light military vehicles to pass side by side, not to mention the light cavalry that is smaller than the front width of the military vehicle.

The light cavalry easily broke through the defense line of the Chu army, and under the command of their respective officers, the Han cavalry who broke through the defense line immediately turned their horses' heads and attacked the Chu army from behind. At this time, the shortcomings of the Chu army fighting separately were even more exposed. The battle formation was weak, so it was easily dispersed by the elite light cavalry of the Han army.

After the battle array was dispersed, the soldiers of the Chu army immediately had no intention of fighting. Because they don't know how many people came, they just know that their comrades have been killed, and there is only one thought in their hearts, that is, to escape, how to escape, they don't know anymore.

Originally, the Han army was ready to kill them all, but Yang Zilu ordered the Han army to drive these Chu troops to attack the Chu army in the rear instead. At the same time, Yang Zilu also sent people to set fire to the tents and materials of the Chu army.

The strong wind blew, which immediately made the fire in the camp of the Chu army more fierce, and it didn't take long for the other four-way Han troops to learn from Yang Zilu and send cavalry to set fire, but it was only a moment. The periphery of the Chu army was already in flames, shining a small half of the sky into a fiery red. And the fire has spread to the center of the Chu army, although it is not as big as the periphery, but it also has a certain scale.

Ye Gongden understood the enemy's sinister intentions and forced him to divide his troops to fight the fire. And if the Chu army does not put out the fire, then after the war, the Chu army camp may become a blank field, and the victory will be a miserable victory.

The grain will naturally be burned, but the grain is okay, although it is a little nervous, there is still a certain amount of storage in Zaiying. But the biggest problem is tents, medicine, etc. Especially tents, 80,000 troops, 8,000 tents for every ten people, even if the Chu State is a big country, there are 8,000 tents there for a time. Without tents, let the army sleep outside, Ye Gong didn't know if there would be a mutiny. Even if there was no mutiny, under the sun and rain, the 80,000-strong army did not know how much combat strength could be saved, let alone how many people would die of illness and be disabled.

The importance of medicine is no worse than that of a tent to go there, needless to say the wound medicine, to put down the rebellion in Baipu, but also to face the water and soil in Baipu, as well as miasma, etc., which require a lot of medicine. In normal times, these are easy to say, but now that it is a war period, medicine is basically concentrated in the army, and the medicine in the army is gone, and it is unlikely that even if you loot it, you will not be able to get half of the medicine in the army before.

Ye Gong gritted his teeth helplessly and ordered: "Xu Cheng Xu Cheng is there"

"The last general" Xu Cheng heard Ye Gong's shout and hurriedly ran over. At this moment, Xu Chengke couldn't get any better, he was wearing armor, but he didn't expect the fire to fall on his tent, the beard on his chin was burned, and there was a smell of burning, and he was indescribably embarrassed.

Ye Gong didn't care about appeasing the unlucky Xu Cheng, and ordered: "You immediately take a thousand people to fight the fire, and the commander gives you the power to collect the defeated soldiers along the way to fight the fire, and try to keep the tent and medicine, you know?" ”

Xu Cheng knew that it was useless for him to say no at this time, so he could only secretly sigh in his heart that he was unlucky for such a drudgery. "General Nomo commands"

PS: The second shift will be around twelve o'clock, and there may be a third bigger outbreak, so don't be stingy with the monthly pass.

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