Chapter 31: Surprise
The eventual defeat of Wu Chu's army hastened the internal division, causing an already weak alliance to erupt into an unprecedented fierce confrontation.
Wu Jun and Chu Jun were originally set up tents and camped separately, but the arrangement of troops was under the orders of the commander Yu Feiyuan, and returned to the tent camp at night, and after placing the wounded soldiers to bandage and treat, Lin Shaoguan could no longer control his anger, and strode into his tent, and the usual cronies and soldiers also entered together, only to see Lin Shaoguan punch on the desk, and said indignantly: "I also attacked the Jin State, I am only afraid that the Jin soldiers will not be injured if they continue like this, but my Chu soldiers will suffer heavy casualties, even if the Jin State is defeated at that time, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, When the time comes, the Wu soldiers will turn against each other again, and my Chu State will be in danger. ”
A confidant on the side gritted his teeth and said: "He Yu Guangyuan lined up all my Chu soldiers in front, and it was all us who charged into battle, they were good, they were passive and prepared for war, and they didn't hurt a few at all, if it was General Lin and you as the commander today, we wouldn't have suffered so many casualties." ”
"Who said no, but our emperor's holy decree has been issued, and now the emperor only listens to Zeng Xiang's and the concubine, Zeng Xiang said that General Wu Guoyu is crisscrossing the battlefield, I think it's old eyes are dizzy, what is the matter with our dignified Chu soldiers obeying the orders of a foreign commander."
"Let's just say that we should set up camp, General Lin advocates that it should be rooted in the mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Yu Fei is far from being rooted on this flat land, saying that it is close to the water source." Several people were talking about it, and Lin Shaoguan, who was already arrogant and unconvinced, was even more angry, so he picked up his saber and walked to the west of the Wu army tent, seeing the main general walking out, others also followed, and for a while dozens of people walked to the west with weapons, and a fierce dispute broke out in front of the Wu army's tent, almost fighting.
At this moment, I saw a masked man dressed in black flying out from the direction of Yu Feiyuan's main tent with a light toe on his toes, and two soldiers wearing Wu Jun's uniforms ran and shouted, "Catch the assassin, someone will assassinate General Yu, quickly arrest the assassin." As he spoke, a large number of sergeants ran towards this side with spears in hand, while the black-clothed masked man and the two Wu soldiers who shouted at the beginning disappeared.
Just when everyone was running in the direction of Yu Guangyuan's main tent, a group of people led by Lin Shaoguan also heard the news, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while, you look at me and I see you look at each other, and after a while, I realized that the assassin should be sent by the Jin army, and Shi Shiran ran ran in the direction of Yu Guangyuan's main account.
Yu Guangyuan was not injured, when everyone rushed to the tent, Yu Guangyuan was holding a small and delicate dagger in his hand, and saw Lin Shaoguan's eyes as sharp as a sword and said hatefully: "General Lin is really a good means, since my Wu army and your Chu army formed an alliance, you have been dissatisfied everywhere and made trouble, and now you have sent assassins to assassinate me, if my two countries are defeated, can you be alone?" Or did you have an affair with the Jin Kingdom? ”
Lin Shaoguan already had no city in his chest, so he couldn't help but be humiliated like this, and his eyes were about to burst and he said loudly: "It's you Yu Guangyuan who has always been upright and self-serving, and I, Lin Shaoguan, do things brightly and fairly, unlike your villain's despicable and cunning heart." ”
The other officers and men of the two armies saw that the main general was arguing, and they all drew their swords to make a move, and the momentum of the fight was about to break out.
Just when everyone was busy arguing and arguing, the center of the two armies was suddenly on fire, lighting up the dark night sky, orange and red, and a young general rushed into the tent, his voice trembling and crying: "Will... General......, grain and grass ... The grain and grass were burned. ”
I only heard Yu Feiyuan shouting: "It's not good, we have all been tricked." Everyone rushed to the outside of the tent, only to see the soldiers rushing in a panic to get water to put out the fire, but just now everyone gathered in the general's main tent, and when they saw the grain and grass burning, it was too late, the fire was raging, spreading out, and it was the height of summer, the weather was already dry, the closer to the fire became bigger and bigger, throughout the night, the orange fire stained half of the sky, and it continued to expand, just when everyone was busy fighting the fire, the woods in the south also burned a raging fire, plus there was already a north wind blowing, Soon the fire spread to the tent, only to see that everyone was busy carrying water to extinguish the fire, the disaster is not alone, at this moment, people shouted horses neighing gradually, Wu Chu soldiers did not have time to pick up weapons, the Jin army had already marched to the front of the door to kill, Wu Chu soldiers flesh and blood flying, falling down one by one, in the smoke of gunpowder, the invincible Wu Chu soldiers only cared about fleeing for their lives, rushing and trampling each other, countless dead and wounded.
In the chaos, Lin Chengde besieged Yu Guangyuan, Xu Chu besieged Lin Shaoguan, and after killing back and forth for more than 50 rounds, Yu Guangyuan was finally defeated by Lin Chengde and stabbed in the right leg and captured Yu Guangyuan alive, and Lin Shaoguan finally escaped under the protection of his soldiers.
The Jin army defeated Wu Chu's 80,000 army with an absolute advantage, but it was a strategy of quick victory, and it was afraid that it would take too long to give the enemy a chance to reinforce the army, so it was only a little more than a quarter of an hour, and the Jin soldiers listened to the commander's order to collect their troops and return to the city without any love of war.
After the retreat, Wu Chu's camp was full of blood, the grain and grass camp tent was burned black, the blades discarded were everywhere, and the corpses were all over the field, and there was no breath of living people for a long time.
The Jin army, which returned to the city in triumph, was in good spirits, and happily shared the joy of victory with his comrades defending the city, which aroused the envy of the latter.
When Lin Chengde led a group of generals and Taishou Liu Jun back to the meeting hall, Lin Qingzhi was already waiting to stare at the map on the wall in a daze, and since she arrived in Langzhou, she has been staring at the map without sleep.
Lin Qingzhi didn't show much joy when he heard the news of the victory, and Liu Jun on the side couldn't help but be surprised, and asked: "The county lord has a clever plan to stop us from defeating the enemy army, why don't you see the county lord show his face?" ”
Lin Qingzhi turned around and sat on the chair next to the desk, and sighed: "The victory is naturally gratifying, but when I think of the fall of 80,000 fresh lives, I feel heavy and abnormal in my heart, they are also other people's fathers and sons...... When will there be no war and no fighting in this world? Lin Qingzhi's eyes looked at the dark and lonely night outside the door, and it was unusually desolate.
Originally, everyone was very happy to kill the enemy, and when they heard Lin Qingzhi's words, they also fell into contemplation, and after a moment of silence, Lin Chengde turned his mind from a daze and asked: "The battlefield is already dangerous, Ah Zhi doesn't have to blame herself too much, if it weren't for your strategy, it would be my Protector Army and the people of Langzhou City who died today, and then we must find the remaining enemy hiding places, are the spies arranged everywhere already in place?" ”
Xu Chu on the side and another black and thin young general arched their hands and said: "Back to the general, people have been arranged to closely monitor all major roads, and fireworks will be set off as soon as they are discovered." ”
Lin Chengde nodded and said: "Okay, as long as we find the hiding place of the enemy army, there are still tough battles to be fought in the rest, we will wait patiently for the news, after so many days of travel, everyone is tired, except for those who need to defend the city, everyone else will go back to rest." ”
The crowd dispersed.
In the past, Lin Qingzhi and Rongyue only learned about the danger of war from their father, but now they only feel extremely uncomfortable in their chests when they see it with their own eyes, looking at the crowded defenders on the city wall, and said slowly: "Rongyue, I used to be complacent about my familiarity with the art of war, but now that tens of thousands of soldiers are dying by my side, I just don't want to use these treacherous tactics again." ”
Rong Yue no longer heard the excitement of the expedition for the first time, looking at Lin Qingzhi frowning, knowing that her young lady was blaming herself for killing so many enemy soldiers for her plan, thinking that her father also died on the battlefield because of the war, with a trace of sadness in her eyes for a moment, she said with a sigh of relief: "I only hope that this world can be unified as soon as possible, there will be no more wars, and there will be no more casualties." ”