Chapter 5 Eight Hundred Miles Under His Command

The next day, the sky was bright, and Zhou sent his own soldiers to the Xiaocai military camp to give an order, ordering the whole army of the Xiaocai army to assemble in the north of Weicheng.

Sima Ting hurriedly took a bath, dressed in a neat forbidden army general's armor, walked out of the big tent and shouted loudly to order all the soldiers to assemble outside the east city gate.

The soldiers of the cavalry quickly rushed out of the camp tent, lined up in an orderly manner under the command of the generals, and then drove out of the camp one by one, crossed the eastern city, and gathered outside the eastern city gate.

Sima Ting led the personal guards, stationed at the gate of the east city, and saw a group of soldiers of the Xiao cavalry passing by on horseback, arraying outside the city, gathering more and more.

Sima Ting's feet straddle the good horse, covered in brocade robe and armor, carrying a heavy sword, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, standing in the wind. Anyone who sees it must praise it: what a young general!

Sima Ting looked at the orderly assembly of the Xiao cavalry, with a forest of guns and halberds, and the neighing of war horses, and everyone was indifferent and murderous, and couldn't help but nod. After yesterday's bloody battle, this well-trained elite forbidden army can be regarded as contaminated with some of the breath of war.

The cavalry army is subordinate to the forbidden army, and it is no longer in constant friction with neighboring countries than the border army. Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, it has not been more than ten years since the forbidden army was transferred to go out to war. Many of these new soldiers had never fought before. Although the training on weekdays has never been left behind, but yesterday when he rashly participated in the battle, he was also in a hurry, and nearly a thousand corpses were left behind by the Qiang soldiers. However, now that he has really begun to grow, he will be able to become an elite teacher in the near future.

After the whole army was assembled, Sima Ting turned his horse and left, leading the Xiao cavalry army to slowly walk towards the north of Weicheng.

At this time, the north of Weicheng is also covered with flags in the sky, and gongs and drums are noisy. Countless Jin troops lined up in a 10,000-person phalanx outside the north, their swords shining brightly, murderous and imposing. In the north gate of the city, there is a constant tide of Jin soldiers, which seems to be endless.

After about an hour, the whole army was finally assembled. More than 100,000 troops spread out in the open space north of Weicheng. Sure enough, "the black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it, and the light of the armor opens to the sun."

"Woo! ......", a whimpering order sounded, and the generals of all armies rode out on horseback and headed for the north gate of the city.

Zhou Chu stood on top of the city tower in the north of the city at this moment, and nodded with a smile to several generals who passed through the city gate.

In a short time, several generals gathered in the city tower. In addition to Sima Ji, Sima Yi, Sima Ting, Wei Qi and Zhou Ji, there was also a middle-aged man with elegant manners.

Around the building, everyone surrounded a huge sand table, which was drawn a topographic map of the Weicheng area, which was the sand table seen in the general's mansion yesterday.

Zhou Chuyi pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "Generals, this is the master of the Yongzhou Assassin History Jie Department, and he is the commander of the 30,000 Yongzhou Army. "Sima Ting and the others are all suddenly, this solution was originally stationed in Chang'an with the 20,000 forbidden troops who entered the customs before, but now they appear here.

Subsequently, Sima Ting and others were introduced to the Xie Department in turn. Xie smiled and bowed to Sima Ting and the others, but in his heart he secretly blamed the Luoyang Imperial Court for being too childish, and actually sent three stinky boys to serve as generals of the first army to enter the customs to quell the rebellion.

He has been troubled by the Diqiang rebellion in recent days, but he does not know the specific situation of the school field competition. I just know that the DPRK and China sent three young generals selected from the school competition to lead the army into the customs, and they were all in the past few years. He had also heard of Wei Qi and Sima Ji, but Sima Ting had never heard of his ability to lead troops.

Several people have seen it everywhere, and they went straight to the point: "After the battle between our army and the Diqiang army yesterday, Qi Wannian has led the army to retreat to the north bank of Jingshui overnight and set up a large camp on the north bank of Jingshui. Today, the general summoned all the people to lay out the battle plan for today's battle against the Diqiang army. ”

As you spoke, you glanced around at the four of them, pointed to the location of several blue flags in the sand table, and said, "This is where Qi Wannian's army is located." In yesterday's battle, Qi Wannian's men and horses were reduced by nearly 3,000 people, but they did not hurt their bones, and the Diqiang army still had extremely strong combat power. And our army ......"

Zhou Shi moved his hand downward, pointing to the location of Weicheng in the sand table, with more red flags planted on it, and continued: "Our army now has a total strength of 140,000. In addition to the 10,000 Central Guard Right Army to stay in Weicheng, there are 130,000 horses that can be dispatched, 20,000 Xiao cavalry troops, 20,000 Zhonghu troops, 30,000 Yamen troops, 30,000 Jingzhou troops and 30,000 Youzhou troops, all of which have now gathered outside the city. At least in terms of numbers, our army's advantage over the Diqiang army is already very large, but it should not be taken lightly. Qi Wannian is extremely good at using soldiers and is scheming. The world thinks that the Diqiang army is not good at attacking cities, but under the leadership of Qi Wannian, Shengsheng won five big cities, which can also be known. ”

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Qi Wannian's current location under the camp is the smoothest place for the flow of Jingshui. One hundred and fifty miles upstream here is Chiyang City, and now the grain and grass of 70,000 horses and horses in Qi Wannian are supplied here, and the current defenders of this city have 5,000 Qiang defenders. Before, our army was short of troops, but there was nothing we could do. But at the moment, hum. As long as Chiyang City can be taken, the Diqiang army will be in chaos. At that time, we will definitely be able to defeat the Diqiang army in one fell swoop.

The general's plan is: 40,000 men and horses led by the Xiao cavalry general and the Zhonghu army will come from Jingshui to one hundred and fifty miles upstream, forcibly cross the river, and surprise attack Chiyang City! And the rest of the men and horses are all against Qi Wannian, and the 70,000 horses who contain Qi Wannian will cooperate with your actions. ”

Sima Ting listened and said suspiciously: "General Zhou, the action of the 40,000-strong army, the target is too big, it is difficult not to be discovered, Chiyang City is so important, how can Qi Wannian ignore it." ”

Zhou Chu smiled: "Xiao Qi will rest assured." Last night, the general scattered a large number of scouts on the south bank to rob and kill the scouts of the Qiang army, and it must have been almost cleaned up by now. We waved our army north, directly attacked the Diqiang army, and tried our best to hold off Qi Wannian's army. So that he has no time to go back to save Chi Yang. If Qi Wannian finds out and rescues him at all costs, we will also bite Qi Wannian to the death and buy time for you. You will probably be able to cross the river in the evening, and Chiyang City is only half an hour away from Jingshui. If we can't break the city before Qi Wannian rescues us, then our plan will be considered a failure. If that's the case, then you can cooperate to flank Qi Wannian together. Do you have any questions? If not, then let's go. ”

Sima Ting and Wei Qi said yes loudly and turned to leave.

Sima Ji said loudly: "General Zhou! Let's go too. This time, the Yamen army brought 300 Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles, which was enough for Qi Wannian to eat a pot. ”

Zhou Chu smiled and said, "Don't be anxious, and listen to what the general has to say." This time, it was naturally the Yamen Army that led the Yamen Army to Qi Wannian. However, as for this Wuhan Iron and Steel car, it was to be divided into 100 vehicles for the Yongzhou Army, and Master Xie took 30,000 Yongzhou troops around to the northwest of the Diqiang Army. If the Diqiang army wants to retreat, it will be up to Lord Xie to drag the Diqiang army; And if there is no sign that the Diqiang army wants to withdraw, Master Xie will cut into the battlefield from the side and give the Diqiang army a knife! ”

Xie Xie smiled and nodded, and Sima Ji applauded excitedly.

Near noon, Zhou led 90,000 Jin troops to the south bank of Jingshui with rolling dust, making a gesture of wanting to set up camp.

When the Qiang army on the north bank saw the Great Jin army, a horn sounded in the camp. Then a cavalry rushed out of the Diqiang military camp, wanting to step through the gentle water flow that was no more than a foot deep and disturb the Jin army to camp.

Sima Ji rode his horse and crossed his sword, led the cavalry of the 5,000 Yamen Army out of the formation, and met the rushing Diqiang army. The two armies screamed and collided above the water. Sima Ji raised his sword and fell, which was to cut off the head of a Qiang warrior who had staggered by.

People kept falling off their horses, falling into the water and splashing patches of water, and then lying motionless in the river, the blood in their bodies flowing out gently with the river.

Soon after the battle, the Qiang army retreated and returned to the camp. The Jin army did not pursue, but only lined up in battle formations on the south bank, monitoring every move of the Diqiang army.