Chapter 139: The Eve
Only the sound of war drums was heard, and it was obvious that troops were being deployed in the enemy camp, and a large number of cavalry and even infantry would rush out.
Yue Fei carefully stared at the movement of the enemy camp, and asked Gao Pet, who was wiping the blood stains on the gun, "Have you sent someone to transfer troops?" ”
Gao Zhong personally picked and killed more than a dozen enemies, and his heart was refreshed, and when he heard Yue Fei's question, he replied: "This is still a big handsome, and someone has already been sent to pass the order." ”
Before the words fell, the sound of horses' hooves behind him sounded like thunder, and the main force of the Tabai Army had arrived, and the well-trained cavalry did not need the signal of the commander, and automatically dispersed into an assault formation, ready to meet the enemy coming out of the camp at any time.
Seeing that the main force of the Song army was suppressed, the enemy soldiers in the camp seemed to feel the sudden pressure, and the cavalry who was about to rush out stopped their movements and crowded at the camp gate and hesitated. The drums in the camp became louder and louder, and the barracks, which stretched for dozens of miles, became more and more noisy, and the groups of foot soldiers were reprimanded by the commanders, ready to go out with the cavalry.
Yue Fei smiled contemptuously, and said to Gao Chong: "Xiaoxiao engaged, they were scared like this, don't ask about other things, let's go, with my understanding of Li Cheng, tomorrow he will definitely send a large army to regain face, and when the time comes, the back danger and the You Yi army have arrived, let's give him a little more power." ”
Gao Chong had a great responsibility, and he wished that he would say this, so he immediately agreed to come down, and immediately passed the order, and the rear team of more than 1,000 cavalry moved forward, covering him and Yue Fei's subordinates to turn their horses' heads and slowly retreat.
In the rain, the enemy camp was still boiling and noisy, but there were still no soldiers and horses chasing after them. When Yue Fei and the others ran out of a few miles away, they could hear the sound in the camp behind them weakening, and they couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
When he returned to the Gao Pet camp, Yue Fei changed his clothes, and Gao Fei hurriedly ordered someone to cook ginger soup for everyone to cool down, and when he saw Yue Fei drinking a bowl, sweat broke out on his forehead. That's when I was relieved.
They have been together for many years, although now Yue Fei is the general of the Great Song Dynasty Zhuguo, with a handkerchief of 100,000 soldiers, he is still easy-going and friendly when he is in one place, and he is not a little raw. The last general was in a stalemate with the enemy here for several days. Except for drawing the enemy's defenses, the distribution of infantry and cavalry, and the baggage and grain battalions, nothing can be seen. ”
Yue Fei was soaked, he changed his dry clothes at this time, and drank a bowl of hot soup, only to feel extremely comfortable, and when he heard Gao Chong laughing, he also smiled at him: "You know that Chong Chong kills and kills, that is, what he is doing now, is still ordered by Gao to join the army." Otherwise, you know what. "Hey, hey." Gao pet touched his head and smiled. But he said with a straight face: "Please also train the marshal, show." ”
Yue Fei said: "I have always disagreed with people sticking to the ancient art of war, using the way of war in the heart, and the impermanence of soldiers. It cannot be bound by the common law. But now, it seems that the study of the lecture martial arts hall is still quite useful, what you said just now, if you go to the lecture martial arts hall for a year and a half, I am afraid that you will be able to say it more clearly. ”
Seeing Gao Chong's bitter face, Yue Fei just ignored it, cleared his throat and said: "But this is also looking at people, like that Li Cheng, I am afraid that it will not be useful if I study for a hundred years." I look at his camp, with his back to the city of Luoyang. This is true, but there is a mixture of foot and horseman, there are many hills on the west side of the barracks, which are rugged and difficult to walk, and most of the cavalry are stationed there, and the east side is the road of Tantu, all of which are foot soldiers. In this way, in the future, the cavalry will be difficult to travel in the rugged battle. There is also a river next to it, but the infantry is on the ground in front, and he can think of such a formation method. ”
Gao Zhong suddenly realized, and then he understood that Yue Fei had been observing for a long time this time, and even had the goal of having contact with the enemy horseman. Recall that the place where Shicai fought with the enemy's cavalry was indeed rugged, which was not conducive to cavalry charges, and the camp of the enemy's main infantry was on flat ground several miles away. In this way, the Song army deployed cavalry in the plains, and the infantry fought with the enemy cavalry in the mountains and rivers.
slapped his legs and laughed at the moment, and said to Yue Fei: "This Li Cheng is really a living treasure, Your Majesty once said in advance, the pseudo-Qi is not the same as the Jin soldiers, there are many people who are coerced to join the enemy, they must be screened and treated, and they cannot be killed all." Now it seems that although this Li Cheng is an enemy general, he is not coerced, but he has used troops like this several times, and if he helps us fight, he has made a lot of contributions, and how to deal with him in the future, it will take a lot of effort to think about it. ”
Yue Fei also laughed when he heard it, but as the main general, he couldn't show his thoughts of underestimating the enemy before the war like Gao Chong, so he immediately stopped Gao Chong, and ordered him to urgently vacate some camps and build simple military camps, so that the two armies of Beike and Youyi, who would arrive tomorrow, could use it.
In the early morning of the 16th, Yue Yun and Xu Qing led the back danger and You Yi came one after another, all of them were cavalry, the three armies joined forces, there were already more than 20,000 people, the next day at noon, Li Cheng was not angry at the defeat the day before yesterday, sent more than 50,000 foot cavalry to call the formation, not yet finished the formation, Yue Fei ordered Yue Yun to rush forward with 3,000 back parties, the enemy was already shocked when he saw the banner of the army, and then saw Yue Yun, who had rushed to kill Yue Yun with the fierce god, he had already been frightened, and resisted for a moment, and the main general who led the team collected his troops and retreated, Yue Yun knew that it was not the time for a decisive battle at this time, so he just rushed to the conquest for a while, and after the enemy was completely dispersed, he saw that the enemy camp had another army and horses coming out, so he immediately ordered to retreat.
The battle between the two armies on such a scale was already the beginning of a big war, and Yue Fei understood that since Li Cheng had gathered troops here, he also wanted to defeat him in one fell swoop with superior forces. This person has always been very high, originally Jingxiang Jukou, repeatedly defeated by Yue Fei's hands, this surrendered to the pseudo-Qi, before Li Cheng's career, there was a Taoist surnamed Tao to welcome, saying that this person should be the mandate of heaven, will be able to achieve great things, as a result, Li Cheng really believes that he is the true son of heaven, and it is not possible to fight with soldiers, but it is also quite confusing many people to follow. After the rebellion in the second year of Jingkang, Li Cheng, Cao Cheng, Zhang Yong and other giants appeared one after another, and many people attacked the state and occupied the mansion and occupied one side, for example, Cao Cheng also had 100,000 people under his hands, but it was always attributed to the fact that he did not have Li Cheng's ambition to seize the world, and gradually weakened. Only this person's strength is getting stronger and stronger, but also because the Mandate of Heaven can confuse the people at that time, even the officials and soldiers, after he surrendered to the puppet Qi, the power grew rapidly, and he has become the number one warlord of the puppet Qi, and even has the tendency to fight against Liu Yu.
And Li Cheng wants to continue to strengthen his strength, and he thinks very highly of himself, although he has been defeated by Yue Fei many times, he always thinks that it is bad timing and luck, this time the strength is far above Yue Fei, and the rest of Yue Fei's troops are attacking the city and plundering the land, and they can't fully assemble the main force to fight him here, so although Yue Fei clearly wants to eat him, this person is determined, he must defeat Yue Fei here, and then rely on his own strength to defeat this Song soldier's attack. He did not expect to confront the Jin soldiers, but only hoped to be appreciated by the Jurchens and let him replace Liu as the acting emperor in the Central Plains and Shandong, and he was already satisfied.
After the battle between the two armies at noon, they both figured out the strength of each other, or rather, Li Cheng himself thought that he had figured out the strength of the Song army. He knew that the Beijue Army was the absolute main force of the Yuejia Army, and although the Song Army was small in the current assembly area, it could also be said that it was the elite of the Song Army. After the end of the First World War, the sound of mobilization in the entire military camp was endless, and Li Cheng spared no expense to reward the three armies before the war, distributed a large amount of grain, grass and meat that had been hoarded, and ordered generals at all levels not to withhold. In the evening, only the aroma of the barracks could be smelled, and the sergeants were noisy and shouting, like a vegetable market, Li Cheng's ears were itchy from the noise, and at the same time, he also sent someone to greet Yue Fei and ask for a decisive battle with Yue Fei the next day.
At that time, although it was not as good as the romance, what to write a war book, exempt from the battle card, etc., but there were also things before the battle between the two armies, the date of the battle was discussed, as for the night attack of the camp, it was also common, if it did not work, and the two armies were unwilling to retreat, and the agreement on a decisive battle also became the best way to solve the problem.
Yue Fei's department only cavalry arrived, and the infantry was nowhere to be seen, originally according to the normal marching speed, the cavalry arrived in the morning, and the infantry could also arrive in the evening, who knew that at night, the infantry was still nowhere to be seen, Li Cheng invited to fight, but Yue Fei refused to miss the opportunity, so he naturally agreed.
Seeing the other party's envoy leaving, Yue Fei's heart became more and more anxious. He knew that Yingchang had stopped raining, and on the day he set off, it had stopped for two days until today, and the cavalry arrived in only half a day, and the main infantry and the cavalry set off at about the same time, and at this time, there was a gap of a day and a half, and he still didn't arrive, but he couldn't help but be very anxious.
In this battle, he really wanted to use cavalry to attack the enemy's main force, and then did not use Shengjie and Destroying Feng as the main force, but only used the remaining more than 30,000 infantry to block the enemy's cavalry. However, the main force of the infantry was delayed, and it was obvious that the heavy rain had damaged the roads and bridges far more than he expected, and whether they could arrive in the decisive battle tomorrow was not clear to anyone.
He sent cavalry to the road to meet him again and again, and in the middle of the night, he knew that the infantry was still dozens of miles away, and Fu Qing and others, who led the team, knew that the enemy was tense, and they had the intention of not letting the soldiers rest, so they hurried overnight, but Yue Fei knew that it was too late, and the soldiers who arrived overnight were exhausted, and then went into battle against the enemy, and they could not exert their combat power at all, so they sent an order to let the infantry be stationed on the spot and rest for two hours, and then continue to hurry.
In this way, he knew that the infantry could reach the battlefield, and his mood was slightly relaxed. Because it was almost midnight, he needed to get up early in the decisive battle tomorrow, so he no longer took off his clothes, but took off his armor, closed his clothes and reclined down to rest, and listened attentively when he lay down, the enemy camp in the distance neighed and barked, and the movement was still not small, with the ridicule of Li Cheng's lack of soldiers, he fell asleep.