Chapter 355: Choice

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Yin Kaishan was wearing a silver bright light armor, standing on a hill, changing his former white-clothed scribe's dress.

The horse's hooves stepped on the loess all around, and Yin Kaishan's face showed a hint of disgust, and he waved the horsewhip to disperse the surrounding dust.

As the sky gradually brightened, the view from the hill gradually became clearer.

The water flows horizontally under the mountain, the winter is bleak, the grass and trees are corrupted, the adobe is exposed at will, and the wind and sand are rolled, which is a piece of dust.

Now the Youzhou army has crossed the river a lot, and is stationed on the side of the river beach to rest, and above the Lushui, a pontoon bridge crosses, and more Youzhou soldiers are crossing the river one after another.

Seeing this, Yin Kaishan showed a cold smile on his face.

Wang Xingmin, the general of Zuotun Wei on the side, said flatteringly: "It is all General Yin who is in charge of things like a god, and it is expected that Li Thief will come to Shangdang County, so he has arranged a qiē here." ”

Yin Kaishan waved his hand and said: "General Wang has said it, I don't have such a big ability, I just take precautions, I didn't expect that Li Thief really came to Shangdang County to die, of course, Her Royal Highness the Princess was heroic, and defeated the Hengshan thief so quickly, otherwise my strategy would not be easy to succeed." ”

Wang Xingmin couldn't help but look up to the sky and laughed: "Manager Yin is really powerful, Wang admires it." ”

Yin Kaishan sneered and said: "What is this, if it is the summer season, I will build a dam upstream, and when the enemy army crosses the river and floods it, I will teach the 30,000 army to feed the fish and shrimp." ”

Wang Xingmin showed a look of admiration and sincerity, and asked: "Chief Yin is like a god, do you guess what the princess of Li Thief Wen will do next when she breaks the Heng Mountain Thief?" Will you run away, or will you fight to the death before reinforcements arrive? ”

Yin Kaishan sneered and said: "If the Li thief escapes now, our army will cover up and kill, although it will be defeated, but it will not be wiped out, but I expect that the Li thief will not do this?" ”

"Why?"

Yin Kaishan said disdainfully: "This person was born in the market, he is a pawn-like figure of a peddler, and he can have today, not by means of clever robbery, and he comes without compromising means. ”

Wang Xingmin nodded and said: "The words of the chief manager are really to the point, I see that his subordinate Han army is very well-trained, and the Fan army is also brave and good at fighting, if it is a desperate fight, it is a bit dangerous?" ”

Yin Kaishan said: "Yes, there are one or two points of danger, but if this person wants to emulate Han Xin and cross the river with the whole army to fight, our army will not have to fight with him. ”

Wang Xingmin sighed and said, "Then General Yin will give this great achievement to Princess Pingyang." ”

Yin Kaishan said: "It's all for my Datang, I don't have any selfishness." "Speaking of this, Yin Kaishan's eyes narrowed, and he said in his heart, Zhiwan, if I help you defeat Li Chongjiu, will you fall in love with me at that time, I know that you will not, but I will never have anything to do with this thief, if he dies here.

"Tell the chief manager, Guo Tingshi has arrived with 10,000 county soldiers! The two thousand men and horses of His Royal Highness the King of Qi can also arrive in half an hour."

Wang Xingmin said with a smile: "Guo Tingshi is not slow, so the pockets are tightened!" ”

Yin Kaishan smiled when he heard this, stopped talking, and turned to look at the riverbank, his face was light and light.

The waves in Lushui were gusting, Li Chongjiu was stationed by the Ma River, and the army was still crossing the river along the pontoon bridge.

On the earthy yellow hill not far from the ferry, the Tang army seemed to have heard the news that Li Chongjiu had crossed the Lushui River, and people and horses were constantly gathering on the mountain.

Li Chongjiu looked at the opposite hill, the flags of the Tang Army were erected one after another, and the birds flew in fright among the reeds below the mountain.

And farther away, a large area of yellow dust was raised, and the sound of horse neighing came with the wind, obviously the reinforcements of the Tang Army were coming one after another, faintly murderous.

Wen Yanbo said: "Our army has passed half of the crossing, if we want to retreat now, then the Tang army will definitely cover up and pursue, so that at least half of the soldiers and horses crossing the river will be lost." ”

Eto put his hands on his chest, holding his chin, said: "There is no other way now, but to cross the river with the whole army and break the enemy army before the arrival of reinforcements from the other side." ”

Xue Wanche said loudly: "But the enemy army has a lot of soldiers and horses, and the decisive battle with all his strength can be broken within one day?" It's too risky, if we don't defeat the enemy and the other side's reinforcements arrive, our army is afraid ...... I'm afraid that only the whole army will be destroyed. ”

Listening to Xue Wanche's words, Eto said angrily: "You Han people are afraid of death, if you want to go, you can go by yourself, I am willing to lead the army to stay and fight to the death." ”

Eto's words hit a big surface, and for a while, Wang Mahan and other Han generals couldn't hang on their faces.

On the side, he suddenly said: "Yes, we all know your bravery, but the soldiers of the Han army are not afraid of death, Khan, if you fight to the death, I am willing to be the vanguard, and if I cross the river, I will be the queen of the palace." ”

Hearing Tu Diji say this, Li Chongjiu laughed and said, "This is very uplifting. ”

The rest of the generals also said, "We will do what we are told." ”

Whether to fight to the death or retreat, these two ways are placed in front of Li Chongjiu.

According to his usual character, he must not accept the retreat, if the retreat is not a big defeat, but the elite is also lost here, the morale is a big blow, let the loyal generals fight to the death for their own palace, how is it feasible.

But if he is like this, he will also be well known by the enemy generals, such as Yin Kaishan and the like.

Li Chongjiu said: "Pass the order, the three armies will stop crossing the river!" ”

"Khan!"

"Kamiya Gong!"

All the generals shouted together, if Li Chongjiu wanted to fight a decisive battle, he would definitely order the troops to speed up the crossing of the river, so that he could buy a moment of time.

Li Chongjiu said: "Didn't you say to listen to me? ”

The generals heard.

"What is the crime of the violator?" Seeing Li Chongjiu questioning sharply, the generals could only bow their heads and say yes.

Li Chongjiu said: "The order was given to all the armies to cross the river in order, and I personally led the troops on the ground. ”

"No!"

The first to oppose was Wen Yanbo.

Ji Chuan said: "We can understand the meaning of the Uetani Gong who is considerate of the generals, but the matter behind the palace ......"

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Who said that I want to be the queen of the palace." Ugunai, have all your eight hundred heavily armored horsemen crossed the river? ”

Ugunai, who had been standing on the side like an iron tower, clasped his fists and said: "The Khan has crossed the river!" ”

"Very good," Li Chongjiu looked at Wang Ma Han and said, "Among the army of the government, how many troops have crossed the river?" ”

Wang Ma Han said: "The Wansheng army has all crossed the river, and half of the cavalry regiment is still on the opposite bank. ”

"Enough!" Li Chongjiu said.

At this time, most of the generals already understood, and Ji Chuan said: "Shanggu Gong, isn't it too risky to do this?" I still implore you to cross the river quickly, and choose another reliable general here. ”

Li Chongjiu shook his head and said, "You and Wen Yanbo are civil ministers, cross the river immediately, and the military order cannot be violated." ”

When Ji Chuan heard this, he saw that Li Chongjiu was very decisive, and said: "This is the end of the humble words, so I also implore the lord to take care." ”

But Wen Yanbo stepped forward and said: "I implore you to stay here as a counselor for military affairs, and you can also shoot a bow and arrow if necessary!" ”

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but smile when he saw the completely different statements of the two ministers, and said, "Okay, I've promised it." Tell the order to go down and stop crossing the river! ”

The army marches, the order is forbidden!

The order was given to all the soldiers who had just crossed the river from the pontoon bridge to return to the other side of the river.

The rest of the soldiers who crossed the river were all resting on the bank of the river, and as for the thistles, the horse guns were casually deployed, except for the necessary soldiers on guard, most of the soldiers knew that the battle was imminent, and they were all seizing the time to rest.

Soon after, Wen Yanbo told Li Chongjiu: "At present, our army has more than 5,500 cavalry crossing the river, more than 9,000 people including the Wansheng army and the assault cavalry regiment, and more than 2,000 soldiers of the Yan tribe. ”

Li Chongjiu nodded, looked at the other side and said, "Pass the order, order the soldiers of the Yan Ya Department to cross the river first, and be sure to pretend to be in a hurry." ”

"No!"

The soldiers of the Yan Ya Department who were ordered to begin to retreat, they all came after the Tudi Ji Liaoxi County, and now they had just crossed the river, and they heard that they were going to cross the river, and they couldn't help but be surprised, but when they saw that the Han soldiers were behind their palace, they suddenly understood.

Watching the soldiers cross the river, Xue Wanche on the side suggested: "Do you want the army of the queen of the palace to pretend to be a little uneasy and fearful, and let Yin open the mountain?" ”

"No need, Yin Kaishan is also a long-time battle-hardened person, and if he does too much, it will inevitably arouse this person's suspicion." Yin Kaishan looked at the Tang Jun on the opposite hill and said, "Whether the strategy can succeed depends on how big Yin Kaishan's appetite is?" ”

The sun was slowly rising, and the Youzhou sergeant who had crossed the Lushui was now returning along the pontoon bridge.

You can see the soldiers of Youzhou all the way, hurrying and passing through the bridge. And the soldiers who stayed on the bank of the river kept digging deep pits and deep pits, as if they were going to guard the back of the palace by the river beach.

In addition to the guards and soldiers, the army of the palace by the river began to fetch water and boil pots along the river.

The soldiers of the army behind the palace took out the fried rice from the leather bag and put it in the iron horse bowl to cook the rice. When the meal was cooked, the soldiers squatted on the spot by the river and munched.

As for the war horses, they were more expensive than people, and the soldiers would rather not have enough to eat themselves, and would not have treated the horses badly before the war, but mixed the concentrate in the cloth trough and fed the horses.

Li Chongjiu sat on the pestle, and the soldiers also served him and the generals food, and the generals' recipes were nothing special, except for the corn rice that was the same as the soldiers, but added a little more salt and oil.

But Li Chongjiu and the generals ate very sweetly, and everyone sat on the pestle, picked up chopsticks and gulped down the rice.

Because there is going to be a big war, everyone doesn't dare to eat too much, and a bowl of corn is still not enough for everyone who practices martial arts.

But when they raised their heads, they saw that the Tang army on the mountain was still standing still.

At this time, more than 2,000 soldiers had already crossed the river, and the generals looked at Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu said without hesitation: "Go on!" ”

After speaking, the cavalry of the 3,000 Army, who had been sitting and resting, began to lead their horses and get up to cross the river.

The water was surging, and the sound of horses' hooves resounded on the bridge deck. (To be continued.) )