Chapter 40: An Unbelievable Task
Perhaps in the heart of the old assassin Shi Zangmin, most of the rebels this time would be led by Xu Zhao, the self-proclaimed emperor of Yangming, but in fact this is not the case. The one who attacked the Guangling army was Shen Xing, one of the three kings under the command of the anti-emperor Xu Zhao.
"Who do you think it is...... I didn't expect it to be Zang Min's old horseman! β
On the bow of a giant galleon that was the flagship on the riverside of the Linjiang Plain, Shen Xing, who was dressed in golden helmet and armor, was staring at the fighting between the two armies on the plain, grinning.
Behind Shen Xing stood the four great generals under his command, namely Gong Yu, Yushan, Wuma, and Wuchen, a man with a burly and impressive momentum. Among them, Gong Yu stroked his mustache and said with a smile, "Did the King of Heaven see that old man?" β
Shen Xing laughed and said, "You don't have to look at it to know that it's that old man!" The first emperor was trying to dominate the industry in Juzhang, and the old man was too guarded by Wanling, and led troops across the county to fight my Yue country...... At the beginning, I fought against his two armies for a while. β
The first emperor in his mouth refers to Xu Zhao's biological father, Xu Sheng, who now claims to be the lord of the Yue Kingdom. Eight years ago, Xu Sheng took the lead in raising the anti-flag in Juzhang County, Huiji County, Yangzhou, claiming to be the king and establishing the country as Yue, which provoked the cities of Huiji County to lead troops to attack, the most outrageous of which was Zang Min, this old man Zang was in Danyang County as Wanling Taishou, and learned that there was a thief in Huiji County, and invited Xu Feng to defend Danyang at that time, and the two led troops across the county to attack Xu Sheng, resulting in Xu Sheng's plan to divide the king and stillborn.
Now after eight years, Xu Sheng's son Xu Zhao took over his father's mantle, and once again raised troops to create a rebellion against the Han Dynasty, which can be regarded as the veteran of the two dynasties, Shen Xing estimated that this time most likely he would encounter the old opponent at the beginning, and the result was a premonition came true, as soon as he set foot on the boundary of Guangling County, Shen Ying noticed the existence of the old opponent from the strange behavior of the Guangling army.
"Is that old man really as godly as the king of heaven said?" Yushan, a general from the Min ethnic group, frowned and asked.
The support of the Min people in South Vietnam for Xu Zhao has only been a matter of recent years, so Yushan did not participate in the battle between Zang Min and Shen Xing eight years ago, so he didn't know how powerful Zang Min was, and he felt a little unbelievable when he heard the words.
"Don't underestimate Zang Min's old horseman." Shen Ying touched his beard, and while recalling the past war, he muttered, "That old man's use of soldiers is unremarkable, just like an old lady, he just wants to drag you, but drag and drag, hey, inexplicably he won, you don't know where you lost the battle." I still haven't figured out where I lost that battle in the first place. In the last sentence, Shen Ying shook his head in a sighing tone and said.
"The last general thinks that the king of heaven may be too exalted by that old man." Wu Ma, who was also from Fujian, a man with a gloomy face sneered and said, "In the eyes of the last general, this old man is not enough to achieve more than he loses, and he is soft-hearted, and it is difficult to achieve great things!" β
"Oh?" Shen Xing looked at Wu Ma with a smile, he knew that the people of Nanyue had always been prejudiced against the Han Dynasty, so he didn't care in his heart.
"Isn't it?" Wu Ma raised his hand and pointed to the Linjiang Plain, and said with a sneer, "The same two sides sent three thousand soldiers to test each other's strength, but our army came from a long journey, and the soldiers were exhausted, but despite this, the Guangling army still could not gain the upper hand, if the Guangling army was not a rabble, then there was only one possibility, that is, this Guangling army also came from other places in a hurry, and I heard that our army was preparing to land here today, and came to block it." β
"What do you want to say?" Shen Ying asked with a smile.
"In order to prevent us from landing, the old man did not hesitate to ask his army to march quickly, but it was just a round of tentative exchanges, so he ordered Mingjin to retreat, isn't this soft-hearted? Since he was intent on preventing our troops from landing here, why didn't he hold out to the end and force our troops to retreat with a fierce battle? β
Shen Ying smiled when he heard this, and then shook his head and sighed after a long time, "You are right. If you can see this, it means that you have some eyesight. But you can't think enough about it......"
Wu Ma's face froze, and he looked at Shen Ying in confusion.
Seeing this, Shen Xing stroked his beard and said in a deep voice, "I know Zang Min's old man too well...... If that old man ignores the difference in strength between the two armies and is stupid enough to fight our army here, even if the art of war is cloudy, he will not be the opponent of our army. If he had been so stupid, he wouldn't have deserved to be remembered by me. β
"That's?"
"The reason why he ordered his corporal to rush here to fight our army is nothing more than to show our army his attitude: At present, Guangling County has been completely prepared, even if you wait for a sneak attack, you will not be able to get the slightest advantage." Glancing at Wu Ma, Shen Ying said with a smile, "Forcing us to change our tactics for a quick battle and fall into his way of using troops, this is the real purpose of that old man's here!" β
Wu Ma couldn't help but blush slightly when he heard this, after all, at the moment when the Guangling Army appeared, he was indeed annoyed in his heart, annoyed that Guangling County had taken precautions, making it difficult for his side to carry out the tactics of rapid attack again. Now that he was exposed by Shen Xing's words, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he didn't even dare to underestimate Zang Min anymore.
"Does the Heavenly King plan to 'cooperate' with that old man Zang Min?" Wu Chen, the only one who had not spoken, asked in a deep voice from a man in his thirties who looked quite calm.
Hearing this, Shen Ying glanced at the Guangling army that was retreating in an orderly manner on the Linjiang Plain, shook his head and said, "Our army has taken the huge Wu County with rapid attack tactics, and the soldiers are already exhausted, and it is not good to be greedy for merit, otherwise I am afraid that the old man will have a chance." Take a day off and figure it out. As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the table at the bow of the ship, looked at the map of the Guangling army on the table, and said in a deep voice, "According to the map of Guangling drawn by us, this Linjiang Plain is estimated to be seventy or eighty miles away according to Guangling, and there are three roads leading to the Guangling River, as long as they cross their respective three bridges. You see, these are the three bridges, the Pin Bridge, the Yin Bridge, and the Tian Bridge. β
Seeing that the coach began to explain the strategy, Gong Yu, Yushan, Wuma and others did not interject and listened carefully.
"These three bridges are the gateways to the Guangling River Capital, and even if Zang Min Lao'er has insufficient troops to tighten the defensive line, it is impossible to give up these three strongholds. In addition, along these three roads, there are also military tuntian, and large and small villages. Guangling County is similar to Wu County conquered by our army, and the wealthy families all have private soldiers, ranging from more than 100 to hundreds at most. Just in case, you must sweep the villages along the way, and don't leave a nail behind your back! β
"The last will understand."
"Pinqiao passes through Dongshi Mountain, there are a number of villages, a military field camp, the terrain is rugged, the old man thinks that Zang Min Lao'er must be reluctant to give up this place, Gong Yu, you will crush the morale of the Guangling army for me here." Shen Ying looked at Gong Yu with high hopes, after all, the latter is his favorite general, not to mention both civil and military, and his temperament is also calm, he can definitely be called a candidate for a general who can be entrusted with important tasks.
"The last will understand." Gong Yu took the task with confidence.
"Yushan, you take Yin Bridge. Take Yinqiao must take the Tang family and the Yao family, these two local wealthy families have a good relationship with the Guangling government, and run the military tuntian for them, I think most of them will not make you successful, you have to be careful. β
"The King of Heaven is at ease." Yushan nodded disappretently.
"Wu Ma, you take the third road to attack Tianqiao, this road is the farthest to Guangling, but if you are lucky, Zang Min Lao'er has not set up soldiers and horses in that tun, but it is the easiest place to get it. But you don't have to take this lightly, there was a military camp in charge of the five military captains of the Guangling Army on this road, and it was called the five military tun. If our army turns a blind eye to it, in case Zang Lao'er arranges an ambush here, he can directly take our army's main position. In case you have many dreams at night, you have cleared this place for me. β
"Yes!"
"Yu Chen stays in this camp and waits, the three of you will set off immediately, everything on the way is up to you and others to decide, go!" With a wave of his hand, Shen Ying said categorically.
Gong Yu, Yushan, and Wu Ma retreated with their fists in their hands.
Shen Xing slowly walked to the bow of the ship, looked at the direction of the retreat of the Guangling army, and muttered: "Zang Min, Zang Min, if you want to play this game of chess carefully with Shen, what does it matter if Shen fulfills you?" I hope you won't regret it in the future! β
I don't know what I thought, the corners of Shen Xing's mouth raised a little inexplicable weird smile.
On the way, the Guangling garrison where Zhang Huang and others were located had retreated to the vicinity of Dongshi Mountain. They didn't think as much as Zang Min and the rebel commander Shen Xing, seeing that the battle on the Linjiang Plain could be fought clearly, but they chose the Mingjin guards, Li Tong and Chen Zhi were puzzled and sulked.
In fact, not only Zhang Huang and others, but even Uncle Lu Min also regretted the confrontation just now, after all, at that time, they had 26 accounts and Wang Zhuo's 21 accounts, and another uncle's 17 accounts, and 300 people formed a group to attack the rebels' defense line, which caused a considerable impact on the rebels' formation. As a result, when victory was in sight, there was a sound of gold in this formation, and even Lu Min was a little puzzled.
[Didn't our army march here day and night to prevent the rebels from landing on the riverside?] Why not fight to the end? ]
Although he was puzzled, Lu Min didn't dare to say it, because the gang of thugs under his hands would already be angry, and if he said anything, I was afraid that Zhang Huang and the others would very likely make trouble with the general account of the army and ask the coach Zang Min about it.
"Bell, bell, bellβ"
Several heralds beating cymbals came on their horses, shouting the latest orders from the command post in the army.
"Pass the commander's order, divide the troops here: the first army goes west, Shoupin Bridge to the boundary of Dongshi Mountain; The second army guarded the Yin Bridge to the boundary of Tangjiatun and Yaojiatun; The three armies guarding the Tianqiao and serving the five armies must not be mistaken. β
"Fan Bo's long-ranking military attachΓ©, after hearing this news, immediately go to the generals of the various armies."
"Division? At this time? Uncle Lu Min muttered, but he didn't dare to disobey, and temporarily asked Zhang Huang to take over the twenty-six accounts, and set off to wait at the general of their first army, General Yang Qi.
About half an hour later, Lu Min returned to the group with a strange face, holding a scribbled map in his hand.
"Lu Tou, where are we guarding?" Zhao Yong, the anxious Sanshi Chief, asked impatiently.
Lu Min sighed slightly, handed over the map in his hand to a chief, but when he turned his head, he was met by Zhang Huang's puzzled gaze. He smiled bitterly and said in a low voice, "Somehow, the most troublesome place has been drawn for our twenty-six accounts." β
Zhang Huang was about to ask, when he suddenly heard Zhao Yong gasp and shout, "Dongshi Village? β
[Higashishi Village?] ]
Zhang Huang glanced at Zhao Yong puzzled, and then slowly smacked the taste.
It seems that Higashishi Village is the only village on Higashishi Mountain that can be used as a stronghold......
[It won't be telling us to guard the East Stone Mountain, right?] ]
Zhang Huang's expression suddenly became as strange as Lu Min.
For at the end of the day there were only seventy-one soldiers left in their twenty-six accounts. However, the military headquarters asked them, seventy-one people, to guard a hill of nearly ten miles.
"What are you kidding?!"
The soldiers of the twenty-six tents suddenly made a commotion, causing the other soldiers of the hundred-man team to frequently look sideways.