Chapter 020: Operation Decapitation
The rain came and went quickly, and the soldiers and horses of the battalions were slowly gathering, and the rain had stopped.
Yang Hao heard that Zhao Dezhao was injured in front of the battle, so he immediately set off to visit. Zhao Dezhao is the prince and the prince, and his status is precious, second only to Zhao Guangyi in the entire Song Kingdom. And Yang Hao once patrolled Jianghuai with him, and solved the Kaifeng food shortage crisis together as a deputy angel. What's more, there is a big secret in common between the two.
Since you are going, you must do it above board, so as not to arouse suspicion from those who have a heart. After Yang Hao straightened out his camp, he ordered the guards to raise the banner of Yang Zi, board the car and openly drive to Zhao Dezhao's military camp.
Zhao Dezhao was injured, and he was really forced to do so. If he didn't know the truth about his father's death, then it would be fine, since he knew, how could he believe that his second uncle still had some kindness to him? But the more careful he was in his heart, the more he didn't dare to show a trace of horse's feet on the surface, which made Zhao Guangyi suspicious of him. At that time, Zhao Guangyi was the supreme body of the Ninety-Five, and he had to go into battle in person in his camp, and he, Zhao Dezhao, as the main general, had to come forward to stop him no matter what, and he had to be more frightened than the generals who were serving Zhao Guangyi.
But Zhao Dezhao is very wary of Zhao Guangyi, especially after he was resentful in his heart, and vaguely revealed something to his cousin Zhao Dechong, who had always been close, he was always worried that the second uncle already knew that he had learned the truth about his father's death. Zhao Guangyi let Murong Qiu get drunk and serve as the supervising army, and the deputy general Gao Yin is also the general of the forbidden army, who knows if he has been completely bought by the second uncle?
As a result, Zhao Dezhao must, can, and have to let himself be hit by an arrow to avoid danger with injuries. Otherwise, if he is the prince and the prince, the emperor naturally can't be in danger with his body, if the prince above the ten thousand people under him has three long and two short, it is also a heavy responsibility that the soldiers can't bear.
Zhao Dezhao "took the lead bravely, couldn't dodge", he was hit by an arrow in the thigh, although the wound was covered with gold sore medicine, but because the arrow was coated with arsenic and filth, a large piece of flesh was dug up, and the pain was unbearable, but his heart was settled: "The second uncle has always flaunted benevolence and righteousness, and showed his subjects his love for the children of the former emperor, my injury is so serious, he can't force me to go into battle anymore, right?" I will rest in this tent, and he will not dare to risk having someone assassinate me in the tent. ”
Sure enough, when he heard that Zhao Dezhao was injured, Zhao Guangyi rushed to visit him in person, he asked for warmth, personally bandaged his nephew, and scolded Murong Qiu drunk, Gao Yin and other officials for their poor protection in front of Zhao Dezhao, and left two personal imperial doctors to take care of his injuries, and finally held his hand to remember his deceased brother Zhao Kuangyin, only then shed a few crocodile tears, and left step by step.
Soon after Zhao Guangyi left, the battalion owners and generals rushed to visit, Zhao Dezhao lay on the couch and answered correctly one by one, so bustling, just sent away a group of guests, and listened to the guards come in to pass the ceremony, and Yang Hao, the generalissimo of the right soldiers and horses in Hexi Long, arrived. Zhao Dezhao was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show anything unusual on his face, so he only commanded lightly: "Ah, Captain Yang is here, please hurry up." ”
Deng Xiu'er has been wandering around the camp of the Song army for more than ten days, and after ten days, her flower and moon appearance have long since disappeared, her unkempt face is full of dust, and she is really embarrassed to see. But when she thought of her father's blood-spattered throat and her mother's cold corpse hanging from the beam, her heart was like a burning fire, which supported her exuberant fighting spirit, and although her cheeks were getting thinner and thinner, her eyes always flashed with unyielding brilliance.
On the distant mountain, she couldn't tell which barracks were where the enemy was, but once she got down the mountain, there were camps everywhere, and there were soldiers patrolling the front and back of the camp, and she couldn't get close. Although Deng Xiuer was taught martial arts by a famous teacher, she was still a layman and was completely confused about this military formation. Relying on her flexible skills, Deng Xiuer approached while observing, and after more than ten days of hard work, she gradually had some understanding of the patrol, work and rest, sentry posts, etc. of the barracks.
Deng Xiu'er rolled in mud, it was difficult to distinguish between men and women, sneaked up in the rain, attacked a soldier, stripped him of his military uniform and put it on himself, then touched the front of the military formation, carried a wounded soldier with someone, and slipped into the barracks step by step. The soldiers are all muddy, in the second half of Jinyang City for more than half a month, they have never had the benefit of taking a bath, at this time it is not uncommon to be muddy, plus they have just withdrawn, the soldiers have to go through a mess when they return to their camps, Deng Xiu'er will not be discovered for a while wrapped in the chaos.
Deng Xiu'er didn't dare to ask people about Yang Hao's camp, only relied on a pair of eyes to search around, and suddenly saw a big flag standing in the camp, the flag hung after the rain, and it took a long time to be unfolded by the wind, but there was a Zhao character on it. Deng Xiu'er couldn't help but be disappointed, and was about to take advantage of the chaos to touch other camps, after turning a few felt tents, he suddenly saw a big Yangzi flag in the distance slowly walking towards the army, Deng Xiu'er's heart jumped, and immediately clenched the hilt of the sword and chased over......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ killing Xiongling, deep in the dense forest, Liu Jiye looked at the Jinyang City in the distance, and looked at the military camps under Jinyang City, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his face was very heavy.
A young general hurriedly walked to his side, this young general was originally very handsome, but the military uniform had been scraped into silk pieces of cloth in the dense forest, and he had not been cleaned for many days, and his hair was unkempt, if it were not for the saber at his waist, he would look like a man called Hanako.
"Dad, today they have attacked the head of Jinyang City, if we don't kill it again, I'm afraid it will ...... Jinyang City is about to be lost. My mother and brother are still in the city......"
"The Emperor is also in the city!"
Liu Jiye abruptly cut off his words, and Yang Yanlang hurriedly said, "Yes." He was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Dad, the soldiers have been hiding on this high mountain for more than ten days, eating cold food and drinking cold water every day...... We've lost 30% of our combat power. ”
Of course, Liu Jiye understands what the loss of 30 percent of the combat strength means to an army, and it is by no means a simple loss of combat strength that can be divided and calculated, and the loss of 30 percent of the combat strength of an army is enough to defeat the whole army on the battlefield. The strain it has brought to morale and fighting spirit has brought fetters to the entire unit, and the impact on the combat strength has reached at least 70 percent.
Liu Jiye looked up at the sky, but still didn't speak.
Yang Yanlang said again: "The people guarding the city are the old and weak soldiers and the young and strong people, after the battle of ten days, although the battle is advantageous, I am afraid that the casualties will not be small, if it is delayed any longer, even if we solve the difficulty of Jinyang, then the country will not be a country, what is the point of doing this......
"Bastard!" Liu Jiye stopped his son abruptly, and said in a deep voice: "The eldest husband has something to do and something not to do." Where righteousness lies, sacrifice life and forget death, everything is so weighed, it is better to be a businessman! ”
Yang Yanlang hung his head and was silent, Liu Jiye sighed, and suddenly said, "Tonight, there will be heavy fog." ”
"Huh?"
Liu Jiye instructed: "The jerky and water and wine you bring will not be limited today, so that everyone can eat to their heart's content." Order the whole army to get ready, remove the thorns and hidden things in the middle of the mountain, and tonight, let's attack the camp at night! ”
Yang Yanlang cheered up, straightened his waist, and hugged his fists in response: "The last general will obey the order!" ”
He turned around and wanted to leave, but Liu Jiye suddenly said: "Yanxun's injury...... How's it going? ”
Yang Yanlang stopped and said: "There is no medicine on the mountain, but the situation here is really bad, hidden in the forest all day long, and the third brother's injuries have never improved. ”
Liu Jiye sighed and said slowly: "Yan Lang, let him stay." If tonight, our father and son will never return, and the family will be considered a queen. ”
Yang Yanlang replied in a low voice, turned around and left.
Liu Jiye straightened his waist, like a silver gun with its holster removed, standing there straight, the wind stirring the long hair on his chest, and a murderous aura slowly flashed in his eyes.
The wind is sluggish, and the pine waves are moving.
Yang Yanlang's words are not ununderstandable, he has led troops for many years and has experienced a hundred battles, how can he not estimate how heavy the casualties in the city will be under the fierce attack of the Song army's heroic division, and how he does not know that solving this calamity may not be able to make the Han State peaceful for a long time.
But is it wrong to resist the enemy's aggression?
There are so many things, spirit, faith, responsibility, integrity, enough to override life.
As Liu Jiye said: The big husband has something to do, something not to do, where the righteousness is, just give up life and forget death. Treat other people's sacrifices as idiots, and other people's beliefs as boredom. These people are the real sorrow, so compassionate and compassionate, you can praise the Huangfu Jixun of the "Three Days of Death" and Wang of the Republic of China as heroes who understand the general situation and major situations.
Fortunately, our nation has never lacked heroes, such as Suiyang Zhang Xun who swallowed mountains and rivers and cannibalized people to defend the city, the eight-character army who served the country and killed gold thieves with a heart, and Yangzhou Shi Kefa who fought to the death in a city...... Loyalty, filial piety, moderation and righteousness have never been lost. Uncle Boyi's ethics of starving to death and not eating Zhou Su, and the persistence of meson pushing and hugging a tree to death, have never been withdrawn from our backbones since ancient times.
The actions of historical figures must be considered in the context of history, otherwise, it is as ridiculous as those who stood on the earth in 2010 and only saw the violation of traffic rules from the "Back" written by Zhu Ziqing in 1925, so they were worried that they would teach the children badly!
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ under the Bear Ridge, there stood an army that was ragged and had extremely high morale. Liu Jiye walked to the front of the battle with a silver spear, stepping on the fog of a place, like a god of war coming from the ethereal. The soldier in front of him raised his shield and spear, and at the same time slammed it to the ground, and there was a deep "tom" sound, like a low roar of the earth.
Liu Jiye put the silver gun on the ground, and began to disarm in front of the whole army, the armor worth 100 gold was removed by him, thrown on the ground, and made a "sonorous" sound, Liu Jiye was only wearing a cloth coat, reached out and grabbed the silver gun, glanced at the figures hidden in the fog, and said in a deep voice: "All soldiers, life and death, only today." Most likely, after this battle, none of us will survive. ”
The three armies stood solemnly, and only Liu Jiye's voice echoed in the valley: "But now that the enemy is approaching the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are in danger, our husband, can An be despicable and beg for his life?" It is a last resort, if you are alive, you will do your best, and if you die, you will die! It's not too fast to kill yourself! ”
The officers and men of the three armies, all who had iron armor and leather armor on their bodies, all disarmed, wearing only cloth clothes, shouted in unison: "I wish to obey the orders of the general!" ”
Liu Jiye slowly lifted the silver spear, turned around, and stabbed hard in the direction of the Song Army's camp and towards the fog in front of him, and said loudly: "All the soldiers, come with me, kill into the Song camp, and capture and kill the Song Emperor Dog!" ”
"Kill!" The three armies shouted in a low voice, and rushed into the mist with Liu Jiye...... In the camp of the folding family, Chi Zhong is playing with the sword in his hand under the lamp, this is a good sword, the scabbard of green shark skin, the front of the big white eyes are naturally decorated, the gold swallow mouth, the hilt, the sword sheath, the sheath, the sheath tail, the gilt hollow carved dragon of the beam part can be moved, the metal components collide with each other when walking, there is a mighty sound, the yellow velvet arm, when the sword is out of the sheath, the choking sound is crisp and long, the sound is like a dragon's groan, the sword body trembles, the cold light shines, dazzling.
"Good sword, really good sword!" Chi Zhong smiled and narrowed his eyes, full of praise.
Deputy General Xiao Chen joked: "In this siege, the generals of each battalion took the lead, and they were brave, and the official furniture was rewarded, but only the general was given the imperial armament." Hehe, as the so-called sword gives to heroes, it seems that what Lord Cao said is true, and the general's martial arts and courage are really appreciated by the officials. It's a pity that the general is under the command of the general, and the official family can only reward the general with a sword, otherwise, with the general's bravery and military exploits, hehe...... not stop at one side of the defense envoy. ”
Chi Zhong's eyes changed color, and he shouted sharply: "Bastard, what nonsense are you talking about, get out!" ”
Xiao Chen saw that he was angry, and retreated in a daze. Chi Zhong wiped the blade of the sword with his fingers, but his eyes slowly showed a thoughtful look...... Xiao Chen withdrew from the tent, a cloud of mist came to his face, Xiao Chen waved his hand to disperse, looked at it, it was difficult to see ten steps away, and couldn't help blurting out: "What a fog!" As soon as the words fell, he suddenly heard a faint sound of fighting in the distance, Xiao Chen couldn't help but be startled, and said in surprise: "Did the Han army take advantage of the fog to attack the camp?" ”
Yang Jiye's original plan was to try to exhaust the Song army's soldiers and suffer serious injuries, and wait until the Song army broke through the city. At that moment, the casualties of the Song army must have been very serious, and the most important point was that when the city was captured, the Song army abandoned the siege equipment in one place and entered the city one after another. The merit of destroying the country and capturing the emperor, any general, who doesn't want to rob it? At that time, all the soldiers and horses of all battalions will crowd into the city as fast as possible, even if the city has completely lost the strength of street fighting, and the 200,000 troops frantically enter the city, it will be chaotic, and the commander will not be able to find the general, the general will not be able to find the soldiers, and it will be difficult to maintain the command again.
At this time, all the remnants of the city had withdrawn into the inner city, and if the remnants could no longer rely on the inner city wall to defeat the wolf-like enemy, they would ignite the firewood and oil that had been placed on the city wall to stop the enemy's offensive with a fire to the sky.
At this time, the emperor's camp, which was originally placed behind the front army, would be the weakest defensive force and the most lax alertness, coupled with the fact that the defensive measures of the Song camp were mainly placed in the front, his army that suddenly came out of the rear would be able to enter the middle army as if it were no one, and go straight into the Chinese army and kill Zhao Guangyi. As long as Zhao Guangyi died, the armies of the Song State were not subordinate to each other, there were forbidden armies, local armies, and among them, there were even the three feudatories in the northwest who secretly harbored different intentions, and they would inevitably have internal chaos and had no intention of fighting. Even if there were millions of troops, they would have completely lost their combat power by then.
What is particularly important is that once the emperor dies, what is related to the future and destiny of the country and the officials themselves is the support of the new emperor. The two emperors of the Song State died in a short period of time, and did not set up a crown prince, the officials close to the descendants of the first emperor and the officials close to the descendants of the present dynasty in order to support the new emperor, there will inevitably be an internal competition, all the officials are focused on the Song State, and the Han State can be kept peaceful in a short time.
As for the long-term plan, maybe he can regain the blessing of the Khitan, maybe he can stimulate the ambitions of the northwest feudal lords and form an alliance with them because of the civil strife in the Song Dynasty, or maybe the day when the country will be destroyed and the city will still come one day, it is not something that he can control as a military general, and what he has to do is only his own responsibility.
In Liu Jiye's view, waiting for the city to break and surviving in the dead is the best opportunity to take the head directly and kill Zhao Guangyi, he has seventy percent certainty that he can kill the emperor of the Song State before hundreds of thousands of troops flock into the city to grab merit, but he can't return to the aid in time due to command failure. However, he could imagine how many people died in the city every day, and he didn't know how much suffering he endured every day for this, and he did not expect that with the tenacity of his soldiers, he hid on the high mountains all day and night, drank ice and snow and swallowed cold food every day, and did not dare to light a single smoke.
Now, the sky is foggy, this may be another good opportunity given to him by God, Liu Jiye decisively changed the plan, although this plan is more risky than the original plan, but he has a lot to worry about.
The large camp of the Song army is facing Jinyang City, with trenches, horses, thorns, and heavy troops, all of which are set up in front, and Zhao Guangyi's camp is set up in the back of the mountain, and there is a small force of forbidden troops on the mountain to serve as a guard, and there are not many defensive measures in addition. In the fog, the Song army camp will undoubtedly strengthen its vigilance, but this vigilance is still mainly aimed at the direction of Jinyang, and he has only one mission: regardless of sacrifice, he quickly inserts into the emperor's camp like a sharp knife, kills Zhao Guangyi, and relieves the siege of Jinyang.
Liu Jiye's department, which was ragged but high-spirited, wore straw sandals, only cloth clothes, and carried Senhan's swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and under the cover of the fog, quickly touched Zhao Guangyi's camp......