Chapter 44 Zhao Ming's calculations

At this time, Zhao Ming came to the arrow tower in front of the camp gate when the war stopped, and looked condescendingly at the young generals who came step by step, with lonely and firm steps.

The general surnamed Wei didn't stop until the camp gate, and looked up at Zhao Ming at a high place, his face was still dripping with sweat mixed with soot, revealing a little embarrassment: "But the six princes in person? ”

"I am Zhao Ming, the sixth son of the emperor, and I dare to ask Your Excellency's name." Zhao Ming arched his hand, maintaining respect for his opponent, and his arrogance was unnecessary.

"Don't give your surname Wei Mingzifu. It is an infinite honor to see His Highness the Sixth Today. Wei Zifu returned the salute and tried his best to maintain his dignity and demeanor.

"Oh, surnamed Wei? What does it have to do with Wei Xiucai in Ning County? Zhao Ming looked at the face that was somewhat similar to Wei Xiucai, and asked playfully.

"It's in the next cousin." Wei Zifu is really in no mood to talk to Zhao Ming like this now, "If you have a question below, I hope Your Highness will solve your doubts and die without regrets." ”

"Speak, and speak."

"How did the soldiers of your army's southern camp and western battalion rush to the battlefield in less than an hour? Even cavalry can't get to the battlefield so quickly! The timing was so right! Although Wei Zifu guessed a few points, he really didn't believe it.

"The officers and men of the 2nd Southwest Battalion of the Porui Battalion have been ambushed outside the North Battalion before your army attacked. Waiting for your army to break through the first camp gate to form a desperate way to encircle. Zhao Ming didn't sell it, and explained patiently.

"Oh!" Wei Zifu got the answer he expected, and instead breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "How can His Highness the Sixth High be sure that our army will definitely attack the camp tonight?" Still a certain Beiying? begged His Highness to tell him, and the son-in-law died and was blinded. ”

"Well, those are two questions." Zhao Ming waved his hand to let the soldiers around him put down the bows and arrows in their hands, and returned, "Your army will definitely attack Beiying because of my identity, right?" Only by seizing me, the prince, can I have the capital to negotiate with the imperial court, and the western and southern camps have no value in attacking. Even if it is only an increase or decrease in troops, there are still a lot of border troops in the Jingzhai army. It's useless in the big picture. But? ”

Wei Zifu nodded silently, acknowledging Zhao Ming's opinion.

"As for why your army must have attacked our army tonight, it's just a simple mathematical calculation." Zhao Ming paused slightly, "Our army tried to hide the news as much as possible on the road from the Jingzhai Army to Ningxian, and suddenly appeared under Ningxian County. Then the four gates were blocked, and the news of the Guijun army in Ningxian County could not be spread and became a lonely city, and the commander of the Guijun army must be anxious. ”

"So with the move of your army to attack at night on the first night, firstly, to see what advantages can be taken, and secondly, to quickly inform the noble army in Renrong Erxian that the imperial army to quell the rebellion has arrived."

"Then, the three thousand noble army and the four thousand regular army of the imperial court fought against each other, whether it was armor, morale, or grain storage, the soldiers and horses of Guijun Ning County did not have the slightest chance of winning, and they must gather the troops of Renrong and Er County to have the strength to fight. Therefore you will come! ”

"As for why it's tonight, the first night herald will not arrive until noon on the second day, and with the speed of your army's rapid march, I'm afraid it will be evening today when we arrive in Ning County."

"Your army knows that our army is out on horseback during the day, and it will definitely not be able to hide its whereabouts on the second day, if its whereabouts are discovered, I am afraid that the three battalions of our army will be combined, although your army has more than 6,000 people, but it is only thirty percent, after all, the difference between the temporarily trained sergeants and the border army that often fights in the imperial court is too big."

"Then your army can only take a dangerous fight, take advantage of the fact that the three battalions of our army are not combined tonight to attack the north camp and capture my Zhao Ming, then the second battalion in the southwest will become a waste, and there will be no more courage to start a war with empty troops."

After saying so much, Zhao Ming couldn't help but feel a little dry, and licked his thin lips before continuing: "The only chance for your army to win is tonight, so your army will definitely attack Beiying tonight!" ”

As soon as he said this, Wei Zifu's face turned pale, and a chill was rising in his heart, everything was calculated by the other party clearly, how could he not be defeated, he resisted the urge not to overdo it, and he didn't want to face the demon in human skin in front of him again, "Then, the Shenwu Army, which has always been invisible, is afraid that it will intercept the three thousand men and horses of my cousin Ning County." ”

"Well, I'm afraid that your 3,000 people won't be able to capture the 2,000 men of the Jingzhai Army and the Shenwu Army, and the 3,000 people of Weixiu Caining County will also be able to go out to be safe." Zhao Ming nodded.

"I'm defeated, and my husband is convinced. But from Ningxian County to Beiying, there is no suitable place for ambushes, and my cousin may not be defeated! Wei Zifu forcibly puffed himself up, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to face the young man in front of him who was still just up to his shoulders.

"The military order I gave to the Shenwu Army was not to ambush your army, but to implicate it. There are 1,000 Shenwu cavalry on the side, and on the plain, the impact of 1,000 light cavalry, 3,000 foot soldiers may not be able to carry it, and both will be defeated. I'm afraid that Wei Xiucai won't dare to hurry with confidence, that's enough! Zhao Ming seemed very patient, and he had to suppress his worries about Feng Wu for the sake of the later movements.

"The son-in-law thanked His Royal Highness Sixth for clarifying his doubts. Dead and blind, do it. Wei Zifu's expression was complicated, he glanced back nostalgically, and then threw the sword at his waist on the ground to show that he had no idea of resisting, and closed his eyes and waited for death.

"I didn't say I was going to kill you!" Finally coming to this point, Zhao Ming exhaled heavily, "Surrender!" Or all 3,000 people will die! Take your pick. ”

"Hehe, it's not that our army has not surrendered, but what about the result! It's not dead yet! Is there a difference? Wei Zifu opened his eyes and looked sarcastic.

"Well, but you don't have a choice now, maybe I'll kill you, but maybe not. To bet or not to bet? Zhao Ming had a cheap smile on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Wei Zifu below with interest.

Wei Zifu looked at Zhao Ming on the arrow tower with a complicated expression, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart. The battle has reached this point, and it is surrounded on all sides. Reinforcements won't come.

Zhao Ming was right, they had no choice at all, and killing them all was just a matter of making the Jingzhai army spend a little more effort, for the soldiers of the victims who had never left him, how could he give the order to all of them to die.

"I'll descend!" Wei Zifu took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, and the rebel soldiers around him threw down the weapons they had been holding tightly in their hands as if they were infected, and sat on the ground weakly. Some people even cried out for the unknown fate.

"Take a hundred men to collect their weapons, accept surrender, gather all the rebels in one place and watch over them, and kill them if they resist." Zhao Ming ignored the rebels below, looking worriedly into the distance in the deep night. Xiao Wu, our army has won a big victory, don't have an accident!

"Yes! The last general misunderstood His Royal Highness, questioned the chief general in the army, and completed the military order. "The one who knelt down to receive the order was the deputy general who had been by Zhao Ming's side just now.

"Are you sure? What is the punishment for questioning the commander-in-chief in the army? Zhao Ming looked at the young general with a smile.

"Blatant questioning of the main general!" The young general's face did not change and looked at Zhao Ming, without a trace of regret on his face.

"So serious!" This shocked Zhao Ming, did this young general who asked for a dead end have a hole in his head. I don't know how to be a human at all. Did I, Zhao Ming, say that I want to pursue it, now it's okay, how can I mention you before the three armies? Isn't it okay to ask for a separate penalty later?

"Can you be accommodating?"

"There is no room for accommodation under military orders!" The young general still returned with his head shut.

I'll go, this thing is really sick, forcing me to kill you! Zhao Ming coughed heavily, "That's it, erase all your positions!" I have been a pro-soldier by my side for five years, and there is no possibility of promotion! ”

Seeing that the young general wanted to say something, Zhao Ming hurriedly spoke first: "The military order has been issued, do you plan to disobey the military order again?" ”

The young general's muttering mouth finally succumbed to the military order, and finally knelt on one foot: "Thank Your Highness for not killing you!" The last general will not dare to disobey the order again! ”

"Well, go ahead." Zhao Ming, who had never been nervous, was nervous by this stunned young man, and he was relieved when he saw that he was soft.

I went, I almost forgot about my business because of this interruption, Zhao Ming hurriedly said to the herald: "Send the agreed signal and recall the Shenwu Army!" ”

Not far from Beiying, the Shenwu Army, under the leadership of Feng Wu, had been falling with three thousand rebels from Ning County. If the rebels with torches were on their way, the Shenwu army gathered together to charge. Frightened, the rebels hurriedly stopped arming, and the infantry without the protection of the formation shield was simply a disaster under the collective charge of the cavalry.

Wei Xiucai had no choice but to stop not far from the city gate, even if he didn't dare to advance to support his cousin, he was not willing to retreat into the city, and he still had a faint foreboding in his heart.

The two armies were frozen not far from the city gate, until several fireworks were raised in the north camp, and Feng Wu, who was wearing a blackened armor forcibly painted by Zhao Ming, breathed a sigh of relief, rode his horse to the front of the formation, and shouted loudly: "Feng Wu, the commander of the Shenwu Army, ask Wei Xiucai to answer!" ”

"I've seen General Feng." Wei Ziqi walked out of the infantry circle formation and came to a stop thirty steps away from Feng Wu. "I don't know why General Feng didn't fight and didn't retreat, and why he didn't retreat?"

Feng Wu didn't expect the other party to ask questions first, and hesitated for a moment before replying: "Zhao Ming forcibly ordered me not to attack your army, as long as I dragged your army." ”

"Oh, why is that?"

Feng Wu retold the words that Zhao Ming taught her as they were, and made Zhao Ming's plan clear.

"Oh, what a powerful sixth prince!" Wei Ziqi's face did not change, at least Feng Wu couldn't see the difference at all, "So the reinforcements of Renrong Second County have been defeated?" ”

"Probably so." Feng Wu himself was a little unsure, "Zhao Ming, this guy is a ghost." The fire in the north camp has become smaller, and the signal has been sent, so it should be over. ”

At this time, Wei Ziqi's mouth was full of bitterness, and the taste of being seen through and counting death was really uncomfortable, "Then what else does General Feng have to say?" ”

"I almost forgot if you didn't ask, Zhao Ming asked me to ask, the situation is so far, General Wei will not surrender." Only then did Feng Wu remember Zhao Ming's task of riding a horse into battle.

"Down? I no longer have the luxury of hoping that this court will not surrender again! If you want to take the head of a certain Venerable Master Wei and ask His Highness Sixth to take it himself. Wei Xiucai straightened his back, which was originally a little sluggish, and sat up straight with a serious face.

"Hmm." Feng Wu didn't realize the slightly tragic atmosphere of this scene, and tilted his head to look at Wei Ziqi in surprise, "I was guessed right by Zhao Ming again." But Zhao Ming said, it doesn't matter if you don't surrender, he will make you surrender tomorrow! ”

"What a big breath, Wei can die but no longer descend! I'm here to see how His Royal Highness the Sixth Manipulates Wei's mind! Wei Ziqi stopped talking nonsense, turned around and left, but his back became straighter and straighter, like a green mountain that could not be pressed!

Looking at Wei Ziqi's back, Feng Wu felt a trace of admiration in his heart, people who can implement their will, besides, the will to die is not something ordinary people can do, there is a great fear between life and death!

"The Shenwu Army returns to camp." Feng Wu shook her head to get rid of this trace of admiration, her grandfather taught her, no matter how much you admire your opponent, war is war, and there is no room for emotion on the battlefield. The best way to achieve victory is to turn yourself into a machine, abandon all emotions to fight, and do whatever it takes!