Chapter 329: Three Wars (Part II)
Sanchez led an army of 40,000 to a hundred miles outside Jinju City, and he could not advance any further! Because ten miles in front of him, Su Jian had already laid out the defensive line, and put his 100,000 iron cavalry and Guo Lun's 10,000 cavalry in the position of this line. Su Jian did this for a reason, he didn't want to defend the city, it was easy for the Lingnan army to besiege the city, which would affect the morale of the soldiers in the city, and the panic of the people in the city, and another point was that he had 100,000 iron cavalry, if he defended the city, the combat effectiveness of 100,000 iron cavalry could not be brought into play.
It was only stationed outside the city to garrison, and Su Jian did not send troops to harass Sanchez on the way from Sixian to Jinju City. The distance between the two is not short, if he sends troops to harass Sanchez's march, he may be able to completely annihilate Sanchez's 40,000 troops like the last time he annihilated Adelan, but Su Jian didn't do it, because he knew the difference between Sanchez and Adelan, the difference between Sanchez's 40,000 back soldiers and Adelan's 60,000 foot soldiers.
Moreover, although they won the last battle of chaos, they lost nearly 20,000 iron horses, and this time they mainly relied on the 130,000 iron horses in their hands to defend Jinzhou City, and now they have not seen the main army of Mulberry Bear, and their side has lost 20,000 elites.
"General, what are we going to do?" Just as Su Jian was pondering, Guo Lun walked into the big tent and asked.
Although Ji Qingchen demoted him to a man, Guo Lun was born in Yulin after all, and he was also a captain of Yulin Cavalry, both in terms of personal ability and leadership ability, it is a pity to really put Guo Lun in the gangster camp.
"What do you suggest?" Su Jian asked.
He is a humble person who is good at listening to different opinions, so he has a good relationship when he rode in Yulin, and Guo Lun is his subordinate, and he knows Guo Lun's strength.
To be honest, from Su Jian's standpoint, Guo Lun's 30,000 people against Adelan's 60,000 foot soldiers is already very good. But there is no way, who let Guo Lun meet Ji Qingchen, who is king in cavalry warfare? In the eyes of Ji Qingchen, who applied cavalry warfare to the realm of gods, Guo Lun's record was naturally rejected!
"If we can completely annihilate Sanchez's 40,000 army before the arrival of the Mulberry Bear army, it will be very beneficial to our future battle situation!" Guo Lun pondered.
It's just that he himself knows that the 40,000 army led by Sanchez is a well-known backslaught in Lingnan, and he is the real king of foot combat, and it is not so easy to be annihilated.
This time, the eight clans of Lingnan dispatched 60,000 back soldiers, and Sanchez alone led 40,000, leaving only 20,000 for the main general Sang Xiong, which shows Sang Xiong's trust in Sanchez and the affirmation of his ability.
When encountering such a general, encountering such a fierce division, Su Jian had to be cautious!
"It's hard!" Su Jian sighed and said, "It's not difficult to completely annihilate these 40,000 horses, we dispatched 100,000 iron horsemen, I can't believe that we can't destroy them, but if we destroy these 40,000 horses, how should we deal with Sang Xiong's 160,000 army?" The question now is not to defend Jinju City, but how to achieve the greatest result at the lowest cost, which is the most fundamental problem. β
Having said this, Su Jian sighed again and continued to explain to Guo Lun, "This time we have annihilated the 300,000 army of Sangxiong, judging from the current situation of the eight ethnic groups in Lingnan that all the people are soldiers, it can only play a role in deterring them, so that they dare not underestimate Da Yan and dare not think about Da Yan, but if it is said that it will cause great damage to them, this may not be! Besides, if the Lingnan Eight Clans don't have these 300,000 troops, they can still immediately gather 300,000 troops to go north, but if we lose these 100,000 troops, there will only be 130,000 iron cavalry left on the southern front. β
"But the generalβ" Guo Lun hesitated for a moment, but still spoke, "If we don't take the opportunity to destroy these 40,000 foot soldiers, when Sangxiong's 160,000 army arrives at Jinju City, we will be even more helpless against them!" β
"Guo Lun, do you know why His Highness Dao Dao wants to punish you heavily this time?" Su Jian asked.
"It's a disadvantage for lowly operations, and my subordinates have suffered heavy losses!" Guo Lun said that as soon as he mentioned his confrontation with Adelan, Guo Lun lowered his head, because he didn't dare to question Ji Qingchen's judgment, and now that Ji Qingchen punished him, it was tantamount to denying his record, how could he turn a blind eye?
"The first point you said is wrong, with the record you achieved in the battle with Adelan, it is no longer a disadvantage in battle!" Su Jian said.
After Guo Lun listened, he suddenly looked up at Su Jian, a little ununderstanding what Su Jian meant by this. Because if Su Jian spoke for himself, it would be tantamount to denying Ji Qingchen's judgment. Can Su Jian's current identity and status and his ability, what qualifications does he have to deny Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao, who has the power to dominate the world and the new Great Yan military god?
"What? Don't you think so? Su Jian asked rhetorically, his eyes were also firmly fixed on Guo Lun, seeing that Guo Lun was a little hesitant and didn't dare to answer his question, he continued, "The key reason is the second point, you have lost too many soldiers, and what we lack most at the moment is soldiers, if you continue to fight with the Lingnan army like this, we will destroy them, and our own losses will be very large, and when the time comes, the elite will be lost, how can we deal with their second invasion?" β
Su Jian's analysis was very good, Guo Lun listened carefully, and his heart suddenly brightened.
Before he was rejected by Ji Qingchen, he became a little unconfident, and he always felt that he was unfavorable in battle, and there were problems in tactics, and he doubted his ability to command the troops.
Now that Su Jian explained this, he realized that the reason for such a demotion was not that there was a problem with his command, but that his combat style had a problem in Dayan's overall combat strategy against the Lingnan army.
"Thank you, General!" After Guo Lun figured this out, his decadent color was swept away, and he thanked Su Jian sincerely.
"No need, gather your headquarters immediately, and we'll go meet Sanchez now." Su Jian restrained his smile and ordered Guo Lun, "There are friends from afar, don't you say it!" Now that Sanchez has arrived outside Jinju City, let's do our best to give him a big gift! β
"No!" Guo Lun took the order proudly and strode away from the big tent.
A moment later, Su Jian and Guo Lun led an army of 10,000 out of the barracks and slaughtered Sanchez's camp.
SΓ‘nchez had barely had time to rest at the foot of a hill a hundred miles from Jinju City, when he heard news from the scouts that 10,000 Dayan cavalry had killed them.
The distance between the two sides is only ten miles, and the other side is cavalry, if you don't make a deployment immediately, the cavalry can be killed in half an hour from a distance of ten miles, and you will be caught off guard.
Therefore, he immediately ordered the army to assemble, and he personally rode out on horseback and quietly waited for Su Jian and Guo Lun's 10,000 iron horsemen outside the camp.
There were 20,000 troops around Sanchez who were waiting for him, and he himself was in the center of the army, standing on horseback with a serious expression.
In an instant, the news of the two groups of scouts came one after another.
Immediately, he faintly saw a black line appear in the distant sky, and then heard the sound of horses' hooves. In a moment, an iron cavalry of about 10,000 people appeared in his sight, and at the front of the iron cavalry were two military generals, all dressed in black armor and swarthy spears, murderous and calm and generous.
This made Sanchez look a little frowned.
They are here to attack Jinju City, and if the opponent's main general is brave and good at charging into battle, they will not worry, and they will fight against the other party. But now as soon as he saw Su Jian, Sanchez knew that Su Jian was not only not a brave general, but also a calm and well-organized general. This will have a lot of disadvantages for him to attack Jinju City!
Su Jian and Guo Lun's 10,000-strong army was only six hundred paces away from Sanchez before they reined in their horses, and his eyes were also firmly fixed on Sanchez. A commander like Sang Xiong is Ji Qingchen's dish, and the person he has to deal with is a lieutenant general like Sanchez. Therefore, the moment he saw Sanchez, he already regarded Sanchez as his great enemy.
The two looked at each other for a long time before Sanchez asked, "Your Excellency, may I ask who you are?" β
"Su Jian!"
"Sanchez." Sanchez introduced, "It's an honor to meet General Yulin Cavalry here!" β
Just before Ji Qingchen did not rise, Dayan's most elite cavalry was Yulin Cai, as the deputy general of Yulin Cai, Su Jian had a pivotal position in the army.
That's why Sanchez said that.
"Don't dare to be!" Su Jian's voice was still short, he looked at Sanchez and said, "Since Your Excellency is so ignorant of etiquette and rushed to the city of Jinju, if General Ben doesn't give you some big gifts, I'm afraid I won't be able to say it!" β
"What kind of gift does General Su want to give Sang?" Sanchez asked with interest.
"Ten heads, how's that?"
"Isn't it too little? Ten is not enough! Sanchez said.
At this moment, the two have begun to fight each other!
"Enough!" Su Jian said, a rare smile on his face, and asked Sanchez, "I wonder if Your Excellency Lu Dao will laugh?" β
"This is natural, how to say it, it is also a piece of General Su's heart!" Not to be outdone, Sanchez said.
Su Jian heard that Sanchez agreed, so he didn't say anything more, but nodded to Guo Lun beside him. Guo Lun received the order, rode out on horseback and walked to the front of the battle and shouted loudly, "Guo Lun, the commander of the Great Yan Yulin Cavalry, is here, who dares to fight with this general in Lingnan!" β
When Su Jian and Sanchez talked about giving gifts and giving heads, the soldiers on both sides were a little incomprehensible, and it was only when Guo Lun appeared to challenge the Lingnan army that they understood the meaning of the dialogue between Su Jian and Sanchez.
Guo Lun rode out alone and called for a head-to-head battle in front of the two armies, which was indeed a bit of a preemptive momentum.
All of a sudden, all the soldiers present were shocked!
"Ha Lu Ha - Nanban is nothing more than that!" Seeing that no one in the Lingnan army came out to fight, Guo Lun said with an arrogant smile. It's just that as soon as his laughter fell, a voice shouted, "The sick man of Yan Kingdom is rampant, let me take your head in my words!" β
The voice was high-pitched and loud, and it was very imposing.
As soon as the words fell, I saw a military general rushing out and rushing towards Guo Lun before the war.
PS: I'm sorry for the three days. Make up for it today, and guarantee the fourth change!