Chapter 20: Plans are in man, and things are done in heaven

"Pass my general's order, the whole army will immediately move out, and go north thirty miles to defeat the attacking Wei army!"

Zhong Qingyuan gave the order loudly, and the generals of the Black Flag Army were in an uproar.

"General, our army is willing to seek the near and far, and go north to fight with the incoming Wei army, and it will take at least two days to come and go, isn't it in vain to let go of the Wei army in front of you?"

"General, once our army and the attacking Wei army fall into a bitter battle, and the 50,000 troops in the Valley of the Crying Tomb come together, our army will be worried about the annihilation of the whole army!"

"General, think twice!"

"Please think twice, General!"

In the face of the waves of opposition one after another, Zhong Qingyuan snorted coldly: "I have made up my mind, all the consequences will be borne by me, and the generals will listen to the order and say no more!" ”

The generals immediately shouted loudly that in the black flag army with strict military law, once the commander gives an order, the generals will have to carry out the military order to the letter, even if they have any opinions.

Everyone was a little puzzled, General Zhong seemed to have been a little moved, but as soon as he saw Wan Wangye's flying pigeon biography, he immediately changed his attention, what did the prince's flying pigeon biography say? Could it be that the war was unfavorable and tens of thousands of troops were released?

Zhong Qingyuan carefully put away the flying pigeon handbook, his eyes were far away on the trumpet-shaped crying grave valley, and he muttered to himself in his heart.

"Soldiers, the important weapon of the country, I really don't dare to be lucky, there must be a master in the Wei army, hmph, there is still a chance, I must see what is sacred, I can force my Black Flag Army to such a situation without spending a single soldier!"

In the Valley of the Crying Grave, seeing the Black Flag Army retreat like a tide and disappear on the horizon almost in the blink of an eye, the scout immediately shouted excitedly: "The Black Flag Army has retreated, the Black Flag Army has retreated!" ”

The soldiers immediately cheered, but only the senior generals in the Chinese army darkened their faces.

Before a battle was fought, the Black Flag Army retreated, and could catch up with the retreating army at any time, using the field advantage to defeat the Northern Guard, and the current situation was only slightly better than the defeat of the Crying Grave Valley and the immediate annihilation of the whole army.

I didn't expect to spend so much effort, but it fell short at the last moment......

Su looked at the retreating Black Flag Army, and sighed: "It's up to people to make things happen, and it's up to heaven to succeed, but there's still a little bit of destiny missing, hey, the commander of the Black Flag Army is really extraordinary, and he can still stay awake in the face of such pressure, it's really in vain......"

It turns out that there are still times when he can't be sure......

When Yang Weiyuan saw the Black Flag Army retreating, the inexplicable pressure in his heart was relieved, and his eyes finally became less contradictory.

It can be seen that he is in an extremely low mood, Yang Weiyuan is a little unbearable, and gently patted Su's shoulder and said: "Manpower is sometimes poor, don't blame yourself too much, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and you are not a god, how can you really be considered a last resort?" Pack up your mood and fight again next time. ”

Su was slightly stunned, and shook his head with a wry smile: "There is no next time......

Yang Weiyuan was puzzled: "Since you are so confident in those equipment that you are rushing to make, why do you say that there is no next time?" ”

Su sighed: "Although those things are not disposable, but once the Black Flag Army is unharmed, it may come back at any time, and we don't have a whole day to use to recover the equipment."

Second, I originally wanted to fight a bloody battle with the Black Flag Army here and consume the excess materials, so that the army could travel lightly and retreat calmly before the main force of the Southern Dynasty was encircled, so even if I had time, I must not recover those equipment, otherwise the army would inevitably move slowly, and sooner or later it would have to be surrounded by the Southern Dynasty. ”

Yang Weiyuan was shocked: "In this way, doesn't our army no longer have the capital to fight with the Black Flag Army?" ”

Su nodded and said, "Yes, that's why I said that today's battle is the only chance for our army to defeat the Black Flag Army!" ”

"Wouldn't that be the day when we encounter the Black Flag Army again, the day our army will be defeated?"

Yang Weiyuan's face changed, and before he could speak, Gonggong Cao, who was standing quietly beside the two of them, was suddenly shocked and shouted in a low voice.

Su shook his head and said, "That's not enough." ”

He took out a map, pointed to several coordinate points on it, and said: "Since the Black Flag Army has retreated, it must be a suspicious tactic that has worked, it will take them at least two days to come and go, and our army is only a day and a half away from Liancheng Port on the bank of the overflow."

The overflow is connected to the northern water network, but it is blocked from the southern water network, and if the Southern Korean naval division wants to attack Liancheng Port, it needs to go around a large bay and enter the river from the sea, at least half a month.

Therefore, boy, I expect that among the 300,000 troops who are besieged, in addition to our army, there are also sailors who are responsible for logistics and supply all the way, and they should be safe for the time being.

The ultimate goal is to bypass Liuqingshan, turn to the northeast, quickly arrive at Liancheng Port, borrow a naval warship to throw off the Wu army, and withdraw to Wei. ”

This map was compiled by Su himself in accordance with the military map of the Wei army in the past few days, and there are many more contents such as contour lines, scale bars, coordinate points, hydrological information, etc., although the data is still extremely inaccurate, but it is much better than the previous map.

Yang Weiyuan's eyes lit up when he saw the map, and he took it quietly, folded it in his arms, and blatantly took it for himself.

Su rolled his eyes, how could he not bow his head under the eaves, so he had to turn a blind eye and swallow his anger.

Father-in-law Cao naturally couldn't understand the benefits of that map, but he understood Su's intentions, and he breathed a long sigh of relief when he learned that the army would be able to return home safely in two days.

In fact, Su still didn't say half a sentence, this battle failed to settle the situation in one fell swoop, and the return journey will inevitably not be smooth sailing, the plan is set, but whether it can be realized has to be a question mark.

According to Su's calculations, unless the Black Flag Army has never been able to see through his true purpose, they will definitely do everything possible to prevent Beiwuwei from returning to China.

Since the Black Flag general he had never met was able to retreat in the Valley of the Crying Grave, there was no reason why he would suddenly become stupid and not be able to see through his purpose.

Therefore, this road is bound to be full of difficulties and dangers, and it depends on the will of heaven how many people can return to Wei alive in the end.

In the final analysis, the battle of Yishui was fought hastily, and it was dragged down by the Black Flag Army, losing the initiative on the battlefield.

Don't look at the Wei army's small victories, but the Southern Dynasty army still has a huge advantage, even if it is defeated, it will not hurt the muscles and bones, but as long as the Northern Wuwei loses a battle, the whole army will be wiped out immediately.

For this point, Yang Weiyuan, as the coach, has long thought about it and is mentally prepared, but at this moment he is more worried about another problem.

"Boy, you have tried your best to use 3,000 light cavalry as an ambush, although you have deceived the Black Flag Army and bought time for my main retreat, but how can the Black Flag Army be so easy to get along with, this retreat must be to return to the division to intercept the 3,000 men and horses as ambushes, you still have to sacrifice the lives of those 3,000 people after all, yes or no?"

Su shook his head and said: "No, although the trick is from my mouth, it is written by the general himself, have you forgotten that they will immediately retreat west after the suspicion of the army, and go in a circle to the bank of the Yishui River to wait for the convergence with our army?"

As long as our army can board the ship in Liancheng Port, it will be able to go south along the river, pick up the 3,000 cavalry, and then turn around and go north, so that it will be unscathed and the golden cicada will come out of its shell. ”

Yang Weiyuan snorted coldly and said: "Naturally, the handsome man will not forget the matter of the trick, but you have all the calculations, and you have a plan, who knows if there will be a hidden hand in it?"

Rui'er, my father-in-law advises you, my northern soldiers are robes, and there is no salvation, so forget it, you must not be self-controlled, and exchange your life for my main vitality, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers, who will dare to fight to the death with you in the future? ”

Su Chao Yang Weiyuan took a deep look and said earnestly: "The teachings of the righteous father, the child must remember it. ”

said so, but Su sighed in his heart, his education was to fight for the final victory at all costs, because once the interstellar battlefield is defeated, it is the entire human race that will perish.

There are no eggs under the nest, if all the people are gone, what is the point of all moral righteousness?

You live or die, unscrupulous means is the true meaning of war......

Yang Weiyuan also knew that Su was perfunctory to him, and he really couldn't understand why this kid was so ruthless when he mentioned the war.

He shook his head, sighed helplessly, and turned to the big tent.

Su looked at Yang Weiyuan's back, and his heart was mixed.

Half an hour later, the Northern Wuwei army was ready to stop, lightly armed, and slowly advanced to the northeast, Xu Fang followed Su to the end of the line, and the last team left the Valley of Crying Graves.

On the cart, Xu Fang listened to the young master say words he didn't understand, and knew that the young master was in a bad mood, so he deliberately drove the car as slowly as possible.

Su watched the Valley of the Crying Grave gradually disappear from view, knowing that as long as he left the initial crossing point, he would be farther and farther away from the world where he was born and raised, and the hope of returning to another world would become more and more slim.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh in his heart and muttered to himself.

"For the 322nd communication, the first fleet module called the 729 communication station, and I may not be able to come back for the time being...... There's no way, from today onwards, my name will be Xu Rui...... Guys, Star Wars is over to you, but don't lose......"

On the other side, the Black Flag Army quickly marched north, running non-stop for a whole day, preparing for a decisive battle with the legendary Wei army.

But the 3,000 men and horses led by Hong Qi only appeared in a circle thirty miles away from the Black Flag Army, and then withdrew westward without stopping, and when the Black Flag Army arrived, there was only one chicken feather left.

Zhong Qingyuan immediately understood that he had been tricked, and he hated it so much that he was even more jealous of the opponent in the Wei army who had never met.

At this time, all the generals thought that as soon as the Black Flag Army withdrew, the 50,000 Wei troops in the Valley of the Crying Tomb would definitely retreat immediately, and they should quickly return to the division, find the retreating Wei army, and annihilate them all in the movement war.

However, Zhong Qingyuan thought that it would take too long to go back and forth, and he was already tired by waiting for the Black Flag to kill, and if the Wei army waited for work and then resorted to tricks, it might greatly hurt the vitality of the Black Flag Army.

So he tried his best to defy public opinion, not only did not pursue, but led the 3,000 Black Flag Army to the east for fifteen miles to set up camp, which surprised the generals.

In the evening, as soon as the Black Flag Army had built its camp, the whole army gathered and lined up in a long snake formation towards the northeast.

The adjutant general sat on the horse, gently stabbed the officer next to him with his arm, and said in a low voice: "Hey, we have just built a camp, why do we have to line up towards the northeast, does the general think that the Wei army will be killed from the northeast?" ”

The officer shook his head: "Who knows, the general has repeatedly failed to meet the standard since he started from Yishui, and he has turned a blind eye to such obvious flaws as the Crying Grave Valley. ”

"Be cautious, be cautious, although the general is young, but on the way to use the army, he has won the true legend of the prince, how can you and I be arrogant? Let's do our part. ”

"Hey...... The last general is just complaining, I don't know why, a good battle actually came to this point, since the establishment of my Black Flag Army, how can I be so cowardly? ”

Hearing this, and thinking of the battles of the past few days, the deputy general was also very angry in his heart, and subconsciously snorted to vent his depression.

Zhong Qingyuan, who was in front of the isolation array, felt something in his heart, turned his head slightly, and swept his cold gaze from the generals, and the generals immediately bowed their heads and were silent.

At this moment, a group of men and horses suddenly appeared in the direction of the head of the Black Flag Army, and all the generals were elites of the army, and at a glance, they knew that there were tens of thousands of people, and they suddenly became nervous.

The men and horses advanced slowly, not slowly, calmly all the way, the military appearance was extremely strict, at first glance it was a lion in a hundred battles, even the Black Flag Army couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart when he saw such a strong army, and became solemn.

The Black Flag Army Formation did not wait for an order, and automatically set up an attack formation, as long as Zhong Qingyuan waved his hand slightly, the three thousand black flags would be like a sharp knife piercing the enemy's heart, this was a habit they had developed over the years, and there was no opponent wherever the Black Flag passed, no matter who the opponent was.

However, when the army gradually approached, the generals of the Black Flag Army were shocked to find that the coming army was flying with its flag, and the flag on the blue background was embroidered with a golden rhinoceros.

The Black Flag Army was very familiar with this pattern, because it was not the Wei army, but the main force of the Southern Dynasty, another pro-army of King Wuling.

"It's the Rhino Horn Army! How is it possible, the main force of the prince is not the fastest to go south in three days, how could the Rhino Horn Army suddenly appear here?! ”

All the generals felt incredible, only Zhong Qingyuan touched the flying pigeon handbook, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.

The Rhino Horn Army is the same as the Black Flag Army, and it is also one of the three major pro-armies of King Wuling, and its status and combat power are below the Black Flag Army, but the total number of the whole army is as much as 60,000, with both infantry and cavalry, and it is good at attacking and attacking, which is the most suitable for the current situation.

The army walked to a distance of a thousand meters from the Black Flag Army formation and stopped, the forward slowly separated to both sides, and a team of white knights rode out and ran until more than ten meters in front of the Black Flag Army formation before stopping.

A general in his early thirties in the middle had eyes like two sharp swords, dressed in pure white light armor, sat upright on his horse, and arched his hand towards Zhong Qingyuan: "Brother Qingxuanxian, don't come unharmed, the prince received your flying pigeon message, immediately changed his combat strategy, and transferred me 30,000 rhino horns to help the virtuous brother, now that our army has arrived, everything is under your dispatch, please give the order to the virtuous brother!" ”

Zhong Qingyuan arched his hand at the general and laughed.

"Hmph, will Ben really let go of that Wei army? Previously, due to the lack of strength of the Black Flag Army, they couldn't take care of both the beginning and the end, but now that the prince's reinforcements have arrived, see what tricks they can play? No matter who that master is, you will have to come and go! ”

At the same time, Hong Qi's 3,000 light cavalry had just built a camp, and he and the two lieutenants, Tian Zhong and Zhang Beijiang, were studying tomorrow's marching route.

At this time, a personal soldier rushed into the camp tent, knelt down on one knee and said: "Qiqi three generals, the scouts have just captured two people near the camp, they say that they are homeless, but their subordinates think they are sneaky or strange, so I specially ask the three generals to show them." ”

"Oh?"

Hong Qi was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "Bring people in!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier pushed two old men in their fifties into the camp, and the two old men were covered in dirt, and when they saw the three of them, they were immediately frightened, and they knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, looking very much like homeless people who were fleeing from the war.

Hong Qi looked at the two of them, glanced at Tian Zhong and Zhang Beijiang, and laughed.

"You don't have to pretend, which of the two lords of the Southern Dynasty is the two of you, please report your name, lest the general really slaughter the two of you as outcasts, wouldn't you be wronged?"

When the two people who were desperately kowtowing heard this, they were shocked, and one of the old men with a goatee slowly got up, dusted off his body, the color of fear disappeared without a trace, and the noble temperament spontaneously appeared.

"This official is the prefect of Yishui, Ning Guo's concubine, and Shangguan is not up to face!"

Hong Qi was slightly stunned, stared at Shangguan Buda for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Shangguan is so bold, so honest, aren't you afraid that the three of us will be unfavorable to you?" ”

Shangguan Buda laughed and said, "Why should the general pretend to be a posturing? Along the way, I was unlucky, no matter how I hid, it happened to be consistent with the route of your army's march, and I couldn't escape after all, but I passed by your army several times, and I also discovered the secret of your army. ”

"I see, I don't know what secret Shangguan has discovered about our army?"

Hong Qi sneered.

Shangguan said calmly: "Your army took advantage of my unpreparedness and clever plan to break the city, and indeed fought a beautiful battle, but unfortunately your army pretended to be an ambush but could not escape from the observation of this official all the way."

If this officer has not guessed wrong, your army is not a divine soldier descending from the sky, but a part of the Northern Wuwei army, the whole army is only 3,000 people, and there is no backup, is this officer right? ”

Hong Qi's faces changed, and they suddenly got up.

"Lord Shangguan is so discerning, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Shangguan Buda's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "The general won't, how can the dead prefect be useful if there is a living Shangguan?" This official has been an official in Yishui for six years, and he knows Jingyang Province well, and the general wants to lead this lone army to withdraw to Wei, but without the help of this official, I am afraid it will be even more difficult. ”

Hong Qi's face sank, and he looked at Tian Zhong and Zhang Beijiang, they were both born in the army, and in terms of lip service, which is Shangguan's opponent of such an official?

At present, the war is tight, although the Wei army has won one after another, but it is tantamount to seeking from a high altitude, and its life hangs by a thread, as long as it loses a battle, it will be a catastrophe.

What's more, the army has been advancing towards the south, and with each step, the crisis will increase by one point, and the road back to China will be even more indefinite.

In addition, in order to prevent the leakage of secret chess, the three of them never knew Xu Rui's retreat plan, and they inevitably beat the drum in their hearts, and they were suddenly a little moved by Shangguan Buda's words.

"Lord Shangguan, please sit down, I wonder what your lordship has to say about the current battle situation?"

Hong Qi pondered for a moment, pointed to a stone in the tent, and said to Shangguan.

Shangguan Buda patted the yellow mud on his buttocks, Shi Shiran sat down, and said calmly: "Of course, this official has some insights, but before this official analyzes the situation, can you ask the general to explain your doubts, how did you see through my identity at a glance?" ”

Hong Qi was stunned for a moment, glanced at Tian Zhong and Zhang Beijiang, and laughed.

Shangguan Buda was stunned for a while, not understanding what was ridiculous.

Seeing that he didn't know why, Zhang Beijiang sneered: "Lord Shangguan is smart and confused for a while, the two of you pretending to be homeless people are indeed tricks, but how can any homeless person afford to wear satin underwear?"

As far as General Ben knows, the Southern Dynasty has a strict hierarchy, not to mention the homeless, even the wealthy businessmen with a lot of money are not allowed to wear silk, at this time there is a homeless person wearing silk underwear, doesn't it clearly tell us, you are an official? ”

Shangguan Buda's face froze, and he hurriedly looked down at himself, and the collar really revealed half of the gray-yellow satin underwear under the coarse linen clothes.

When the city was broken, he left in a hurry, he didn't have time to dress up, and he fled in a hurry along the way, and he didn't have time to care about these details, but he didn't expect to leave the biggest flaw.

Shangguan Buda sighed, smiled bitterly, his eyes rolled slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.