Chapter 16: Rapid Change
"Young master, Han Yang has sent someone to invite you." Bai Hantong reported that early the next morning, Han Yang really sent someone to invite Bai Bing.
"Do you want to go to the council chamber?" Bai Bing smiled faintly.
"Yes, Han Yang didn't seem to have returned to the house yesterday, and now he has sent a carriage to wait for the young master outside the mansion."
As soon as Bai Bing and Bai Han entered the conference hall, they found that the atmosphere in the hall was completely different from yesterday, yesterday Han Yang dismissed everyone and met him privately, but today it was neatly staffed, and the atmosphere was much more serious.
"Oh, Bai Gongzi has arrived, please take a seat." Han Yang saw Bai Bing and Bai Han come in, and warmly beckoned him to sit in the first row of the hall, Bai Bing was not polite, and after a little salute, he sat down calmly, and the soldiers next to him had seen Bai Han's bravery after yesterday's battle, and admired him quite much, and planned to give him a seat, but Bai Han just waved his hand coldly, and stood behind Bai Bing with a sword.
"Bai Gongzi rested well last night?" Han Yang said politely.
"It's too polite, the white soldiers are well rested." Bai Bing and Han Yang greeted each other.
"Yesterday, thanks to Gongzi's clever plan and the martial arts of the Bai Han brothers, the vanguard army of Daewoo ambushed Daewoo on three sides, which greatly dampened the enemy's spirit, and Han Yang thanked the two on behalf of Daheng and all the soldiers." Han Yang thanked him from the bottom of his heart.
"It's too conservative and praised, yesterday's battle all relied on the proper command of Taishou, as well as the lives of the three armies, and the two of us just took advantage of the situation." Han Yang didn't ask for credit at all, which made Bai Bing a little surprised, and he also replied politely.
"Childe is too modest, if it weren't for Childe's insight into the opportunity, how could it have such an effect, but," Han Yang said, "Although Daewoo's vanguard army has retreated, Daewoo's strength is still there, and the crisis in Wuning City has not been resolved, how to deploy it next, and ask Childe to bother to plan for Wuning City." ”
"Don't dare to plan, since Bai Bing has already participated in it, he is ready to advance and retreat with you, but," Bai Bing looked around at everyone present, knowing that this was the fundamental purpose of Han Yang's invitation to come, and everyone's eyes also revealed a look of expectation, it seems that although they have been discussing for a long time, they have not discussed effective countermeasures. "After all, Bai Bing is an outsider, so before I do this, I want to listen to your plans and intentions."
As soon as Bai Bing's words came out, Han Yang immediately understood what Bai Bing was going to listen to his own plan, he just wanted him to know the information in his hands, but if he thought about it, Bai Bing was understandable to do this, if he wanted people to plan for himself wholeheartedly, he naturally had to trust others wholeheartedly, if he was suspicious of each other and did not provide accurate information, how could he ask others to make precise and accurate deployments?
"What Childe said is very true," Han Yang gritted his teeth, as the so-called employment is not suspicious, and suspicion is not needed, at such a critical moment, he can only choose to believe the other party. "In terms of reinforcements, the five cities of Weikang, Xiyang, Changyang, Guding, and Baiyun have all replied and will send reinforcements, including 20,000 in Weikang, 10,000 in Xiyang, 10,000 in Changyang, 20,000 in Guding, and 10,000 in Baiyun, a total of 70,000 troops. Among them, Xiyang is the closest to Wuning, and it will be able to arrive at noon tomorrow, and the rest of the troops will arrive the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow; As for Heng'an, there is no reply today, and a reply should be received by sunset tomorrow at the latest; As for the strategy of defending the city, although it was said that Daewoo was defeated for a while yesterday, it all depends on Gongzi's clever plan and Daewoo's unstable foothold, so I have discussed it for a long time, thinking that it is better to stick to and wait for reinforcements and news from Heng'an. Hanyang didn't hold back.
"Perseverance is the best policy," Bai Bing smiled, "How far is Weikang?" After listening to Han Yang's introduction, Bai Bing knew that he did not hide anything, and he was very satisfied, but from last night to this morning, he had not received a military report from Daewoo to send troops to Wuning, he had already faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, and now he suddenly reacted, Zhang Mu was not fighting Weikang's idea?
"Weikang is about eighty miles away from Wuning." Although Han Yang didn't understand why Bai Bing suddenly came out of nowhere, seeing that his face suddenly changed drastically, he knew that there must be a reason, so he hurriedly replied.
"Taishou, I'm asking how far Wei Kang is from Xiyu Pass?" The white soldier said urgently.
"How far away from Xiyu Pass? There is a distance of nearly a hundred miles, and two Wuning are so far away. Could it be... Could it be that Gongzi thinks Daewoo is beating Wei Kang's idea? Han Yang exclaimed.
"Zhang Mu has always focused on winning quickly with soldiers, the surprise attack on Xiyu Pass is the best proof, after the loss of Xiyu Pass, he rectified the Xiyu Pass defense, and sent the vanguard army to Wuning, in order to deter Wuning, and then detour to deal with the reinforcements of the five cities, as a result, the vanguard army was ambushed by our army, he will definitely think that his plan has been known to us, from yesterday afternoon's defeat of the vanguard army to now nearly a day, with Zhang Mu's character, will never sit back and wait for the reinforcements to join us, and now there is no movement outside Wuning City, He must have other plans, and the target he is targeting is likely to be Weikang! Bai Bing said with annoyance.
"Oh, is there any basis for Childe's guess?" The matter is not trivial, and Han Yang does not dare to be careless.
"Xiyu Pass is the gateway of Daheng, Xiyu Pass is broken, there are two ways to attack Daheng, and then go straight to Heng'an, one is through Wuning, Changyang, Guding three cities; And the other one is Weikang. Bai Bing smiled bitterly, "As soon as Xiyu Pass is broken, everyone's focus is on Wuning, because Wuning is relatively close to Xiyu Pass, and the transportation is convenient, no one will give up the near and far, so no one will pay attention to Weikang at all, Zhang Mu must feel that Wuning soldiers have enough food, so they don't fight hard with us, and instead attack Weikang, who has weak defense and few soldiers and lack of food." ”
"Someone, hurry up and send someone to Weikang to inform Dong Taishou to guard against Daewoo's surprise attack." Han Yang hurriedly ordered.
"Han Taishou, I suggest that Heng'an be notified immediately, if Weikang is lost, Daheng must send troops to reinforce him." Bai Bing knew that if Zhang Mu really led the army to Weikang last night, he might have already begun to attack the city by now, so in his opinion, Weikang was already lost.
"This," Han Yang was a little embarrassed, after all, how could this speculative military report be reported directly to King Heng.
"Taishou, let me go to Weikang to deliver the letter, once Weikang has any accidents, I will rush to Heng'an immediately." Shen Ming saw Han Yang's difficulties, Xiyu Guan had just been lost, if Wei Kang lost it again, not to mention the shame, the impact on Daheng would be too great.
"Okay, General Shen can't complete this task. However, the general must remember that the purpose of this visit is to convey a message to Weikang and Heng'an, and he must not act recklessly. Han Yang had contact with Shen Ming when he was in Xiyu Pass, knowing that he was brave and good at fighting, and at the same time knowing that he wanted to avenge Tian Wu, he must have held his breath in his heart.
"Rest assured, Shen Ming knows the severity." Shen Ming was a little displeased when he heard this, but he knew that Han Yang was thinking about the overall situation, so it was naturally understandable.
"Come on, send scouts to continue to investigate the news of Xiyu Pass, report it every quarter of an hour, there must be no mistake!" Although Bai Bing's analysis was reasonable, Zhang Mu was too powerful and the stakes were important, so Han Yang still didn't dare to relax Wuning City's vigilance.
"Young master, Zhang Mu went to fight Weikang, so naturally he had no time to take care of Wu Ning, which is a good thing for us, why is the young master still so depressed?" Bai Han was puzzled.
"Although the three-year exam has passed, Zhang Mu reacted so quickly, I might as well think that sooner or later I will meet this person with a sword, how can I not be worried." The white soldier sighed.
"Young master, no matter how powerful Zhang Mu is, he is still far worse than Zhishanchang, and in another six years, the young master can definitely surpass him." Bai Han doesn't care about Zhang Mu as much as Bai Bing, in his eyes, Gu Yuzi is the number one in the world, and Bai Bing is the most proud disciple of the world.
Bai Bing stopped talking, because Bai Han didn't know that Zhang Mu was the most talented disciple in the teacher's mouth, if it wasn't for Zhang Mu's insistence on going his own way and going down the mountain without permission against the master's order, he might not even have the opportunity to worship Gu Yuzi as a teacher, so this time he knew that the commander of Daewoo was Zhang Mu, and he really wanted to compete with him for a while, who knew that he had no intention of calculating or not, and he was still dominated by Zhang Mu.
"Young master, I heard that General Shen Ming has come back and brought reinforcements from Weikang City, Taishou invites you to go and discuss the matter." On the afternoon of the second day after Shen Ming left, Bai Han hurriedly reported.
"Oh!" This news surprised Bai Bing, he spent the whole day in anxiety yesterday, Shen Ming came back, and brought reinforcements from Weikang City, since Shen Ming did not rush to Heng'an, it proved that Weikang was still safe and sound, could it be that he guessed wrong? Overestimating Zhang Mu?
Sure enough, Han Yang and Shen Ming were talking in the conference hall, their language was relaxed, and there was laughter in the middle, obviously they were in a very good mood.
"Bai Gongzi has arrived, please take a seat, General Shen Ming has brought great good news." As soon as Han Yang saw Bai Bing, he immediately greeted him with a smile. On the other hand, Shen Ming, although he was tired, was full of energy, and his sad appearance when he set off for Weikang was simply like two people.
"Bai Gongzi, you may have guessed the battle situation of Wei Kang!" Shen Ming was obviously in a very good mood and joked about Bai Bing.
"I can't guess it, please let General Shen know." Bai Bing was still thinking about whether Zhang Mu didn't go to Weikang, but looking at Shen Ming's expression, it was definitely not so simple, Zhang Mu must have gone to Weikang, and he also suffered a defeat in Weikang, as for why, he really couldn't guess.
"Haha, Bai Gongzi is clever, I haven't arrived in Weikang yet, I saw the dust outside Weikang City, shouting and killing, I thought to myself that Zhang Mu this kid really came, I thought that Weikang was dangerous, who knew that it was Daewoo who had the upper hand, his 50,000 army was cut into three sections by my Daheng army, and the left and right could not echo, if this kid didn't run fast, his 50,000 army would have been folded in Weikang City." Shen Ming spoke elatedly, as if he had commanded the war.
"Oh, Dong Taishou has such a strategy, he has long expected that Zhang Mu will go to fight Weikang and arrange an ambush to wait for him?" Bai Bing was surprised, Dong Tianming was unknown, and he had such a means? But thinking about it, it doesn't feel right, "Even if Dong Taishou can predict that Zhang Mu will go to Weikang, but the troops are insufficient, how can he confront his 50,000 army?" ”
"How can Dong Tianming have such knowledge, cough," Shen Ming was originally a military general, and he didn't pay as much attention to what Han Yang did, and he was overly excited at this time, Dong Tianming's official rank was above him, how could he call it that, seeing Han Yang's eyes showing displeasure, he reacted, and said with some embarrassment, "It's all up to the general's clever calculations, General Baihu's strategy, Zhang Mucai is defeated, hmph, this kid thinks that if he wins Xiyu Pass, he can do anything, and he dares to bully me Daheng No one, I think he should have this defeat." ”
"Oh, the Admiral himself is here." Mengjing's name is like thunder, who in the four states and ten prefectures doesn't know, Bai Bing thought to himself that it was Mengjing who came out, no wonder even Zhang Mu couldn't please him.
"Hmph, the general has rushed to the east at this moment, in case there is a change in the Zhao country, if the general comes in person, Zhang Mu's 50,000 army will not want to leave, just him Zhang Mu himself, don't want to live!" Shen Ming snorted coldly.
"What's going on with that, please tell General Shen in detail!" Bai Bing is obviously interested, is this Mengjing really so powerful? People thousands of miles away can still influence the situation of the battle here.
"Okay, let me tell you," seeing that the white soldiers were in high spirits, Shen Ming couldn't hold back even more, and rushed to the road, "Since the general received the news of Han Taishou's loss of Xiyu Pass, he concluded that Zhang Mu's next target is not Wuning, or Weikang, Wuning City soldiers are well fed, and Han Taishou has already asked for help from the five cities, as long as he can't hold out, Daewoo will be difficult to get benefits, but Weikang is different, Weikang City has always been agriculture-based, and there are not many garrisons, and he also borrowed 20,000 soldiers and horses to Wuning, so the general expected that Weikang was more dangerous than Wuning, So let General Baihu save Wei Kang first, and then come to Wuning. Shen Ming said proudly.
"Heng'an has more than 700 miles according to Weikang, how can General Baihu's army arrive at Weikang so quickly." The white soldier was puzzled.
"If you start from Heng'an, you will naturally not be able to catch up, and the 40,000 troops who will help Weikang are mobilized from Hengquan, Hengquan is originally an important town, and it is also the gateway to Heng'an, with 100,000 elite soldiers stationed, and Hengquan is only seventy or eighty miles away from Weikang, so it will naturally be in time."
"I see," Bai Bing suddenly realized, "The general is strategizing, and he will win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and he will not lose the first person in troubled times." Bai Bing praised sincerely, paused, and said, "Although Zhang Mu is not as good as the general, but the use of soldiers is indeed extraordinary, General Baihu can use 40,000 elite soldiers to defeat Zhang Mu's 50,000 soldiers and horses, just this point, there are few people in the world who can do it, Daheng is really full of talents!" ”
"The little brother praised it, Ding is ashamed!" A high-pitched and hearty voice suddenly appeared in the rear, and before the words fell, a tall body appeared in the conference hall, and it was none other than the White Tiger General Ding Chong.
Ding Chong appeared unexpectedly, startling Han Yang and Shen Ming, and hurriedly gave up his seat to Ding Chong, Han Yang was furious, and scolded the guards repeatedly, General Baihu walked into the main hall, and no one reported it, just on this point, Ding Chong can cure Han Yang for a crime of dereliction of duty, and the guards feel very innocent, but Taishou was furious, and they didn't dare to explain, so they could only listen quietly.
"Han Taishou doesn't need to be angry, he didn't let them tell him, don't blame him." Ding Chong is free and easy, obviously very easy to deal with, and he settles things in one sentence.
"You're the White Soldier?" Ding Chong ignored Han Yang and Shen Ming, obviously interested in the young man in front of him.
"Under the White Soldiers, I have seen the White Tiger General, this is Bai Han, and he is the entourage below." Although Ding Chong's language was relaxed, Bai Bing did not dare to slack off.
"Not bad, not bad!" Ding Chong looked at the two carefully, and then said that two were good. The former one is good, and naturally admires the rarity of white soldiers, while the other is good and praises Bai Han's extraordinary skills.
"I heard Shen Ming say, it is the vanguard army of Daewoo that you offered a plan to ambush Daewoo, and at the same time predicted that Zhang Mu would give up Wuning and go straight to Weikang, I see that little brother, you are young, and your knowledge is indeed extraordinary!" Ding Chong praised.
"The general praised it falsely, and it is far from the general and the general below!" Bai Bing politely replied that he didn't want Ding Chong to pay too much attention to himself, which was not good for his next moves.
"Little brother, just your momentum of daring to compare with the general is already very extraordinary, the people of the world are already silent just when they hear the prestige of the general, if the little brother is not ambitious, how can he be compared with the general? I'm right! Although Ding Chong's language was relaxed, he was pressing on the white soldiers step by step.
"Heroes come out of troubled times, heroes create troubled times, if there are no heroes such as generals and generals in this world, they will lose a lot of color, although they are young, but they also yearn for heroes, this is human nature, and I hope that the general will not blame the boy for arrogance." Ding Chong's eyes were sharp, and Bai Bing knew that he couldn't hide it, so it was better to show his true face and reply arrogantly.
"Well, it's a good thing, heroes make heroes in troubled times, heroes make troubled times, it's a good thing!" Ding Chong laughed and said, "The little brother's mind and intelligence are not much better than that Zhang Mu, and in time, he will definitely be his fierce opponent!" ”
"What does the general say about Zhang Mu?" Seeing Ding Chong mention Zhang Mu, Bai Bing didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he hurriedly asked.
"Hmph, Zhang Mu is a defeated general under General White Tiger, how can he be brave!" Shen Ming obviously hated Zhang Mu very much, and when he saw Bai Bing asking about Zhang Mu, he still looked disdainful.
"No," Ding Chong interrupted Shen Mingdao, "Zhang Mu is calm and decisive, eclectic in the use of soldiers, full of changes, and extremely strong reaction ability, if it weren't for the general's reminder this time, Wei Kangcheng is likely to have been lost, not to mention that although he was defeated, he was defeated beautifully, and he saved the main force to the greatest extent, it was not a big defeat, I was sure that he would completely annihilate his deep lone army, how did I know that he was so decisive, he would retreat, Wei Kangcheng would give up when he said to give up, and he would not love war at all, otherwise if he could completely annihilate his main army, we could fight fast, Even recovering Xiyu Pass in one fell swoop is unknown, hey, sometimes victory and defeat are between this thought. Ding Chong sighed.
"The general is generous, and the white soldiers admire." Seeing that Ding Chong was not at all arrogant, he could so objectively admire an opponent who was younger than himself, which was not easy for a person of his status.
Bai Bing suddenly remembered something, "General, since the main force of Zhang Mu's army is still there, Weikang is still in danger, why is the general..."
"My 40,000 troops have been deployed in Weikang, Zhang Mu's fighter plane has been lost, even if the main force is still there, there is nothing to be done, Zhang Mu must know very well in his heart that within three days, Daewoo will retreat."
"Shogun Takami!"
"Hey, but I'm afraid it's hard to take back this Xiyu Pass, and from then on, my Daheng Dahao rivers and mountains are completely exposed to Daewoo's fierce gaze, and the war between Wuning and Weikang has just begun." Ding Chong let out a long sigh.