Chapter 569: The Battle—The Beginning: Advance
In the big tent of the left army of Pingdingshan, Bai Xiaobi sat on the top, with a gloomy face, and the two ends of the lower head were lined up with the commanders of the seven major legions, looking at each other, and I didn't know what this Bai Shuai would do.
Lou Peng saw that Bai Xiaobi didn't speak for a long time, stood up by himself, hugged his fists and said: "This scuffle is all caused by my return to the peasant faction, and Bai Shuai can only punish me alone." ”
Xing Jie, Lu Xiaoba, and Lu Duoqing saw that the head of the house was like this, and at the same time stood up to ask for guilt, "Since we are in the army, this battle is all our own opinion, and it has nothing to do with the deputy marshal, please punish Bai Shuai!" ”
"Humph!" Bai Xiaobi snorted coldly and scolded: "You also know that you are in the army? It is different from the time of idleness, but it can be seen that the military formation must be forbidden to carry out orders, and not to mention the unauthorized dispatch of troops to disobey military orders, what purpose has it achieved by losing so many brothers in vain? ”
"Yes, Bai Shuai's training is extremely true, it's me who is reckless." Xing Jie and the others all agreed.
Bai Xiaobi knew that the Guinong faction was agreeing, but she was still unconvinced, and said to a few people: "In this battle between the north and the south, you Guinong faction kindly assisted, and my demon legion is grateful, but when you enter the army formation, it is not as free and loose as before, all battles must be effective, and achieve certain strategic goals, if you are all fighting like you, not only will there be no help in the battle, but also many casualties, how can it be cost-effective?" ”
Lou Peng is not an unreasonable person, hearing this, he felt ashamed, and said: "We were originally beggars, and we really don't know how to march and fight, and we don't understand the rules of the military formation. ”
"Of course there will be punishment!" Bai Xiaobi did not intend to let go of a few people from the Guinong faction easily, and said directly: "Sending troops without authorization has caused heavy losses to our army, correcting its culprit, Lou Peng can hardly escape the blame, and should have removed you from the post of deputy marshal, but you are thinking that you are participating in the war for the first time, you don't understand the rules of the army, and you are revengeful, and your heart is forgivable, and you will be punished lightly with fifty military sticks, and the other Xing Jie, Lu Xiaoba, and Lu Duoqing, the same fifty military sticks, are you willing to accept the guilt?" ”
"Lou Peng is happy and convinced, and he is willing to accept the guilt." As soon as Lou Peng said it, Lu Duoqing hurriedly said: "The deputy marshal is old, how can he withstand the punishment of the military stick, and ask Bai Shuai to condemn Lu, and Lu is willing to accept the punishment for the deputy marshal!" ”
Bai Xiaobi was so happy, and said to Lu Duo: "In this case, you have a hundred military sticks, if someone sends troops without authorization after that, it will be severely punished!" ”
"Yes!"
Guinong sent a few people to receive the punishment by himself, Bai Xiaobi waited to order the generals to disperse, but it was reported outside the tent that the 29th Army had a military order to convey, Bai Xiaobi urgently ordered to enter the tent, but it was a giant spider with a black body the size of a palm.
Over the years, as the number of holy insects in the psychic hall has increased to eighteen, the ranks have also been divided, and the first batch of holy insects are called the "Seven Holy Elders," which are small red, small green, big black, small legs, small wash, eight eyes, and clowns. Xiao Xi is unique to Xi Jinghong, Xiao Hong has his own task of searching for Yan Lengfeng, Xiao Lu and Da Hei also have secret missions, and the other three holy elders plus eleven new holy insects have become the best choice for the Southern Army to pass military orders back and forth in three ways, among which the three holy elders are responsible for directly conveying Yan Yunxing's military orders, and the other new holy insects are assigned three ways to convey the orders of their respective generals.
This eight-eyed spider is one of the Seven Holy Elders who is in charge of the two heralds in the left and middle roads. Eight eyes are very human, directly crawling to the palm of Bai Xiaobi's hand, spit out a half-finger-thick bamboo tube from the textile, Bai Xiaobi ordered his subordinates to take some flies, insects, rats and ants to comfort Eight Eyes, while pouring out the small note in the bamboo tube, open it and take a look, there is a plan in his heart.
"What does the sect leader say?" Qian Yucheng asked from the side.
Bai Xiaobi glanced at Qian Yucheng, got up and said to the generals: "Yan Shuai has an order, the whole army will be drawn tomorrow, and the time limit is three days, and you must capture Ruzhou!" ”
"Order!" The generals shouted in unison, and they all went out of the tent to prepare for the war, Bai Xiaobi sat alone in the tent and looked at the north, and her pretty and heroic face showed a hint of cunning.
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At the end of Bai Xiaobi's eyes, ten miles north in the dark night, it was the place where the troops of the Northern Army were stationed on the west road. Unlike the left side of the Southern Army, Qin Ren not only did not punish Xie Qixian, Ten Elders and others, but praised it, and claimed that he was going to take the Southern Army by surprise, if they all acted according to the order, when would they be able to exterminate the Southern Army?
Zhuang Diewu argued with Qin Ren on this matter, Qin Ren also explained two sentences at the beginning, but later was upset, and asked directly: "You must ask the commander to abide by military discipline, then let me ask you, who is the main and who is the deputy in the Western Route Army, and there is a law in military discipline that 'do not disobey the will of the commander'?" ”
Zhuang Diewu, who said a word, was speechless and left angrily, Qin Renzi and Xie Qixian, Tie Yingxia and others ate, drank and had fun, no problem.
Just when everyone was drunk, there was a report from Qin Ren's disciple outside the tent, Qin Ren ordered him to enter the tent, and read it out in public, and the man had to say loudly: "The southern army will fight tomorrow, and the target is Ruzhou!" ”
"Ruzhou?" Qin Ren was confused, and he was quite surprised in his heart, Xie Qixian said the doubts in Qin Ren's heart at this time: "The strategy of the Southern Army has always been to advance on three fronts at the same time, instead of attacking Ruyang, the southern gate of Luoyang, what is she going to Ruzhou for?" Do you want to meet with the Yan Poison Demon in Xinzheng? ”
Qin Ren hurriedly put down the wine glass in his hand and asked his protégé again: "Is there any news from the Eastern Route Army?" ”
"Not yet."
"That's weird......" Qin Ren touched his head, thought about it carefully, pondered for a long time, and after half a pillar of incense, Fang said to the generals: "No, we still have to prevent the southern army from meeting on the left and the middle, if the two roads go together, nearly 700,000 people, the palace marshal will be difficult to resist for a while, and then you will have to blame us and others." ”
"What do you mean?" The generals asked.
Qin Ren's plan in his heart had been decided, and he immediately ordered: "Order the deputy marshal, order her to take her people to defend Ruzhou, if there are not enough manpower, the fourth and fifth armies will also go together, and the southern army will be blocked from Ruzhou!" ”
"Yes!"
Qin Ren saw the envoy go out, so he relaxed a little, and at this time Xie Qixian asked again: "My lord, what should I do?" ”
Qin Ren raised his head and poured a sip of cold wine, and said with a smile: "Of course it's to defend Ruyang, the southern army is cunning, if the east strikes the west, then won't we lose the important town of Ruyang in vain?" ”
The generals laughed when they heard this, and they also understood Qin Ren's intentions, he obviously wanted the Piaoxiang Alliance to consume the strength of the Southern Army first, and when the battle was almost over, he would send troops to clean up the mess, and "exterminate the Left Route Army of the Southern Army" This credit is proper!
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The northern and southern armies on the western route had their own calculations, but on the eastern route, there was a problem on the right side of the southern army, and it was a very serious problem.
It is said that the 27th Army Corps, which was domineering to the president, transported grain to Bozhou, went to the barracks tent to report to the commander, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the barracks, he heard a very fierce quarrel in the tent, as if they were arguing about the question of where to march.
The domineering president entered the tent, and the major military lords just nodded in greeting, and then argued again.
Boss Xiao Xiao said: "Since Yan Shuai ordered my right route army to attack Qicheng, it must be to cooperate with the middle route army to act together, if you stop moving, I am afraid that it will affect Yan Shuai's plan!" ”
The Supreme Boss frowned and said: "It's not that I don't want to cooperate with Yan Shuai, it's just that Qicheng is too close to Feng, if we say that in order to maintain the same level of advancement, why don't we go to Shangqiu?" ”
Yun Shui Yu shook his head and said: "But Shangqiu is in the southeast of Kaifeng, not to mention whether it can be defeated, even if it is successfully occupied, it does not have any strategic significance, but it is getting farther and farther away from the middle route army. ”
Nao Zu nodded in agreement and said, "Shangqiu really can't go, let's go to Qicheng." ”
"Wait." The domineering president listened to it for a long time, and finally understood what they were arguing about, and when he said that he was going to fight Qicheng, he was not happy at first, and hurriedly interrupted: "Everyone, Qicheng is under the emperor's nose!" Will Lin and Su give up the south gate of Kaifeng so easily? They are bound to be heavily guarded, and the combat strength of our right army is not as good as that of the Lin and Su armies, and the attack on Qicheng will be a difficult battle, and it is even more difficult to attack the eggs. ”
"According to you, you must disobey the commander's order?" Xiao Xiao tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and he couldn't bear to tear his face.
"Hehe......" The domineering president sneered, and said in a strange manner: "It is not easy for my Supreme Alliance to get to this day, and the life of the trialist is also life, if you say that you advance on the same level, you don't need Shangqiu, you can accept it to go to the backstage and Bailou, but it is Qicheng, that is to put our Supreme Alliance on the fire rack and roast it, forgive your fate!" ”
"What do you mean?" Zhenqing got up and asked with wide eyes. He is a "true temperament", and if he is unhappy, he will say it directly, and he can't hide it at all.
"You know what I mean." The domineering president pursed his lips and tilted his head to the side.
Zhenqing glanced around, and saw that the Supreme Boss, Liu Yu, Nao Aozu, and Gianna were all very embarrassed, and suddenly felt angry, and couldn't help asking: "You mean that Yan Shuai asked you to be cannon fodder to attract firepower?" ”
"You said it yourself, we didn't think so." The domineering president muttered and added another fire, which made the truth angry!
I saw that Zhenqing's face was red, his eyes seemed to be spewing fire, and he pointed at the nose of the domineering president and shouted: "Slow to say that Yan Shuai still has a false and real strategy, and use a plan to attack the city, even if there is no Yan Shuai's plan and desperately attack the city, it will be absolutely nothing!" The Right Route Army is the only one of your Supreme Alliance? Our deciduous department was raised by the queen of the demon army? Don't you feel distressed when you are cannon fodder? In a war, there will inevitably be casualties, so why are you so afraid of death? ”
"Qiangyuan! Don't be presumptuous! When Xiao Xiao heard this, he hurriedly stopped. If he continues to scold like this, the Right Route Army will be in chaos before the battle.
"Am I not right?" I couldn't hold back my true feelings for a long time, so I took this opportunity to simply vent enough, "I have figured it out in the past few days, your Supreme Alliance is just messing around, right?" Yesterday, when you met the Black Dragon Legion of the Northern Army, you didn't even dare to go out to fight alone, and you took a detour directly, what do you want to do with this guts? If it weren't for the fact that my fallen leaves walked and retreated, how could the Right Route Army use you! What a bunch of ...... Hum! ”
The word "waste", the true feelings are still not spoken after all, although the Supreme Alliance is to participate in the war for the "cold lips and teeth", but after all, there is also the relationship of allies, but it is really annoying to be so cowardly!
After saying the truth, the military masters of the Supreme Alliance were speechless, and the scene was silent for a while, not very pleasant.
I don't know when, a night breeze blew outside the tent, and Arthas, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, he first smiled, and then said to the true feelings: "The true love army master can't be angry with them, the Supreme Alliance or I have the final say, you have to talk to me to work." ”
Hearing his words, there seemed to be a suspicion of protecting his shortcomings, and he became more and more angry, and said sullenly: "Can you talk to you, the same ......" and the words "goods" were not spoken, and the truth still saved some face for Arthas.
Arthas smiled indifferently, and suddenly got up and said to the military masters of the Supreme Alliance: "I think you are used to being comfortable and peaceful for a long time, and you have forgotten how hard our Supreme started a business back then, so that we have come to this point, is it cowardice, laziness, and getting by?" No, it is the difficulty of surviving in the cracks, the intrigue with the Fenglin Alliance, and the countless brothers who were killed and injured in the first battle of southern Jiangsu in exchange for the supreme today's strength, so forget the war and die! From now on, I don't want to hear any words of disobedience to Shuai's orders, whether it is Yan Shuai or Xiao Shuai, since he participates in the war, he should abide by military regulations, so he has the ability and calculation, why not lead a single army to attack Kaifeng? ”
Arthas said that, the domineering president was still unconvinced, but when the alliance leader spoke, he couldn't refute it, but with an angry face, he got up and left. Arthas waited for the domineering president to disappear into the night, and then said to Xiao Lonely: "Xiao Shuai, give an order." ”
Xiao Xiao smiled reluctantly, and ordered: "Tomorrow, the whole army will attack, and the time limit will be three days, and the city will be captured." ”
"Ordered ......"
"Gotta ...... Ling ......"
Except for Alsace, Yunshui Ballad, and True Love, the other military masters all stretched out their voices and reluctantly responded to the military order, and left the military tent in a sparse manner.
In the tent, only Xiao Xiao and Zhenqing were left, and Zhenqing waited for silence, sighed, and said: "I thought that Arthas could arouse their blood a little, but I didn't expect it...... Hey......"
"They have been comfortable for more than ten years, and it is understandable that they are asked to work hard for the demon army all of a sudden." Xiao Xiao shook his head helplessly, stared at the western moonlight with a sad face, and said with a wry smile:
"Lao Yan, Lao Yan, give me such a mess as the Eastern Route Army, you think too highly of me...... In order to disobey the commander's order, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they can't be punished arbitrarily, and the gods can't take this way! ”