Chapter 419: Trial Attack
A brief contact ended with the death and wounding of more than 100 Jin soldiers. The corpse that was thrown at the foot of the mountain at the foot of the mountain had not yet had time to be collected, and Wan Yan Chenggong looked at the top of the mountain expressionlessly.
On the top of the mountain, the grass and trees are dense, but there are still countless military flags swaying with the wind, and the most conspicuous is the banner with a big "Song" character written on the pole in the center.
After staring at it for a long time, Wan Yan successfully withdrew his gaze, and according to the current situation, there were a large number of Song troops on this mountain.
Although he is Wanyanman's elder brother, however, he is not fully faceted in the army, and as a pioneer, he is not sure how to deal with such a thing, so he sent someone to the rear to transmit a message and ask Wanyanman.
At the same time, Wan Yan successfully organized the troops and sent a rescue team, and the rescue team held tall shields to block crossbow arrows, while treating the wounded and carrying the corpses of their comrades who died in battle.
Fortunately, Song Jun knew that Chen's power in archery would be greatly reduced at this time, and they had no interest in keeping those dead corpses, so he symbolically shot two arrows, allowing Jin Bing to bring the corpses back safely.
In fact, this can't be blamed on them, mainly because these companions who came to the rescue are not gentle enough, although the Song soldiers above don't intend to really embarrass them, but they don't dare to test Song Jun with their lives, so in order to speed up, it is often the dead and the living who are thrown into the car together, as for how to treat it, it is after returning to safety.
Subsequently, Wanyan successfully ordered the team to retreat to Sanli to camp in Xiazhai, and wait for Wanyan to arrive before making a decision.
On the hill, the headquarters battalion.
The herald hurriedly marched in to report the military situation, and the Jin soldiers went down the mountain to face our army across the road.
Yue Shao'an nodded in understanding, and said, "Pass the order, let the generals guarding everywhere be vigilant, and don't take it lightly." ”
"Yes!" The herald saluted and withdrew, and hurried away.
Yue Shaoan glanced at Yang Fan and said, "Brother Yang, what do you think?" ”
Yang Fan thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, although the other party's general may not be clever, he is also safe, at least not a mediocre general." ”
"Oh?" Yue Shaoan was curious: "How can you see it?" ”
"Now encountered a big stone blocking the road, a small team came forward to check, found that there was an ambush, then retreated in time, when the rescue, it was also very safe, far away, do not know the enemy's situation, timely down the village...... All of this is done simply and methodically, and at a glance it is clear that he is a veteran who is familiar with military books, but it is precisely because he is too safe that there are no surprising means, which also shows that he is definitely not a famous general. ”
Yue Shao'an thought so, and said: "It is a pity that there are many famous generals in the Jin Kingdom, but as far as I know, there is only one perfect face who wins by strategy, but I don't think this general is easy to do today, we are on the top of the mountain, there are not many grain and grass reserves, and it is the most difficult to meet this kind of person who seeks victory with stability, not to mention, our people and horses are not as many as the other party, and it is not good for us to drag it down." ”
"What the emperor said is very true!" Yang Dan nodded in agreement, and changed his words: "If it goes on like this, it is not good for our army, but it is not necessarily the case, the Jin soldiers came south, this area has already been plundered by them, most of the people have fled to the south, even if they are forced to stay, they are all four walls, there is no surplus food, and even from time to time there are people who are starved to death, such a place, there is no way for the Jin soldiers to get food, they transport grain and grass, it will inevitably be transported from the land of Jin, such a long journey, 100,000 troops go south, It is not easy to transport every pound of grain on the road, and the long-term war may not be much more optimistic than us for the Jin people. ”
Yue Shao'an frowned slightly, silent, Yang Fan's words were not unreasonable. It's just that Yue Shao'an knows that this kind of war of attrition is not good for the Jin State for a long time, because the Great Song Dynasty is rich, although the defeat made the Song army lose troops and generals, but, in general, the rich land south of the Yangtze River does not have much impact, which is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty.
The foundation has not been moved, the natural national strength is still there, as long as the stalemate continues, the final winner will inevitably be the Great Song Dynasty.
However, this is for the overall strategy, at the moment, his own side is the key, and he and Jin Bing can't afford to drag it out.
"The emperor doesn't have to worry too much, the Jin soldiers are going south, and the goal is not to attack Qingshan, so naturally they won't stay here for a long time, we still have a chance......" Yang Fan said words of relief, but looking at his complexion, it was not very relaxed and comfortable, and it was also faintly melancholy.
Yue Shaoan smiled, if it was him before, he would have sighed, or scolded his mother, but after more experience, the reaction he can make when he encounters something will also change, now, he knows that he affects the morale of all the soldiers, if he shows worry here, it will affect the morale of the troops.
Therefore, after a short period of distraction, Yue Shaoan returned to normal, turned around and smiled: "What Brother Yang said is that this time, we can't punish all the Jin soldiers, and we must leave half of their troops since we were young." ”
Yang Fan was a little surprised by Yue Shaoan's sudden expansion of confidence, I don't know what he got so confident on, at first Yang Fan thought that Yue Shaoan was saying something reassuring, but after a careful look at his face, he found that although he was still a little worried, that confidence was not pretended.
couldn't figure it out, so Yang Fan didn't think about it anymore, he had heard of every battle Yue Shao'an fought, that is, the Battle of Bianjing, which had not yet spread, and he also learned about it from the mouths of the soldiers.
With such a record, he can have this self-confidence, and he can also say the past, but Yang Fanshi's heart is still worried, because most of the people Yue Shao'an fought before were people from within the Great Song Dynasty, in comparison, whether it is King Liang's rebels or Zhang Xianrang's rebels, their combat power is not comparable to the elite of the Jin Kingdom, and it is really worrying who will die in this battle.
Judging from the current situation, Jin Guo's victory is greater, but for the young emperor in front of him, Yang Fan really doesn't dare to underestimate it, he is irritable, but he has no choice but to wait and see what happens.
At the foot of the mountain, the messenger sent by Wanyan Chenggong quickly whipped his horse, and soon told Wanyan Man, who was in the rear, about the military situation. After reading Wan Yan Chenggong's letter, Wan Yan Man casually handed the letter to his subordinates on the side. His handsome face did not change much, and he seemed to be a little weak, but his cold temperament made no one dare to underestimate this young man whose appearance could almost be described as beautiful.
"Tell the second emperor brother, everything, wait until I arrive!" A faint word came out of his mouth, and a seemingly unintentional glance swept over the messenger's face, causing him to hurriedly lower his head in fright.
"Yes, Dashuai!" The messenger replied respectfully, not daring to delay the slightest, and returned to his horse, and before he had time to wipe his sweat, he hurried back again.
After the messenger left, Wanyan Manman's face remained unchanged, and he ordered lightly: "Pass the order, go in a hurry, and rest after meeting the two princes!" ”
The order was handed down, and the ranks moved quickly, and although the soldiers were exhausted after two days of rapid marching, no one could shake the prestige of the full face in the army.
His faint words, all the people did not have the slightest idea of resistance. The team was very quiet, and in addition to the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps, there was no noisy sound in the tens of thousands of troops, which showed the majesty of Wanyan Man's command.
The so-called, what kind of head, what kind of soldiers are brought out, if this is changed to Yue Shaoan's troops, there will definitely be singing and laughing all the way, or the sound of scolding the mother will definitely be endless.
Although the two people's methods of controlling the army are different, if you look at their appearance, they will think that this is the real army. It's just that the people around Yue Shao'an know that in Yue Shao'an's army, the soldiers' loyalty to the marshal is much higher than that of Jin Bing's loyalty to Wanyanman. In contrast, which method of controlling the army is better, it can only be said that each has its own strengths.
In a hurry, in less than two hours, Jin Bing's brigade had already arrived at the foot of the green mountain. Wan Yan Man looked up at Jiao Yang at noon, frowned slightly, ordered the team to rest in place, and sent someone to summon Wan Yan Chenggong.
Under the shade of a tree, Wanyan stood with his hands in his hands, observing the terrain on the green hills. After Wan Yan successfully came over, he hugged his fists and gave a military salute and said, "Handsome!" ”
"Second Emperor Brother!" Wan Yanman turned his head and said, "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite!" Today's events are not detailed in the letter, but I want to know more. ”
Wan Yan successfully nodded and told what had happened before, Wan Yan Man pondered for a while, and then asked, "Do you know who the commander of the Song army is?" ”
"I don't know yet!" Wanyan was ashamed.
"It's okay, the royal brother has just arrived, and it is understandable that he doesn't know...... Second Emperor Brother go and rest first......"
Wan Yan successfully hugged his fists and left.
Wan Yanman said to a general not far behind him: "Ugulun, you take one or two thousand people to attack the mountain, you don't need to achieve any success, just let the other party know that we are not tired of being bullied, and it is of course best to capture a few prisoners." ”
"Yes!" Ugulun received the order and was just about to leave, when suddenly, Wanyan Man seemed to think of something, stopped him and said: "In this way, you can choose one of your subordinates to go, and you are responsible for directing and providing me with the battle report in time!" ”
"Yes!" Although Ugulun was a little puzzled, he didn't ask the reason for all of his orders, he only knew how to carry them out, so he didn't think much about it and turned away.