Chapter 460

I didn't expect that the two sides only had a fight yesterday, and today the wing army came again, and the behavior of the wing army is puzzling. Now the specific news has not yet come, and the general above just asked all soldiers to be ready to participate in the battle at any time.

The tense atmosphere was pervasive in the barracks, if the two armies had not fought before, the night army would definitely be eager to compete with the wing army at this moment, but after yesterday's battle, the night army was not brave in this regard. Of course, if there is a real fight, the night army is not afraid of those wing armies, but the result of the battle between the two armies is not necessarily.

In the big tent, Zhao Xu and the general were deliberating, and when the horn sounded, a soldier soon came over to report, "General, there are 100,000 winged troops outside the city to invite battle." ”

"100,000," the same number as yesterday made Zhao Xu puzzled, Zhao Xu didn't know why the enemy army only sent 100,000 people, and he thought that the enemy army was here to attack the city.

"It's really 100,000," the herald heard Zhao Xu's doubts, and immediately confirmed it for Zhao Xu and the generals.

"Is the enemy commander coming?"

"No enemy commander in sight. ”

"What about the strength of the enemy forces?"

"20,000 cavalry, 10,000 archers, 30,000 shieldmen, and 20,000 infantry. ”

"It's strange, the enemy army doesn't look like they're coming to attack the city," Zhao Xu hadn't yet spoken, and a general had already spoken first.

"Yes, what is the intention of the Wing Army to invite war with 100,000 troops?"

"Whatever the intentions are, are we going to fight this time?" said several generals, talking about how to deal with them.

Facing the general's inquiry, Zhao Xu frowned and thought about yesterday's events. Today's wing army invites the battle with the same strength, which is obviously not as simple as it seems, and the specific intentions still need to be considered, and the overnight army will definitely not be able to fight.

First, the combat strength of the wing army is acceptable; second, the night army is not sure of victory; and moreover, the other side still has more than 100,000 troops left in the camp to watch.

"Don't fight, let them go back. After a brief consideration, Zhao Xu directly issued a military order,

"Yes," the herald who had been waiting took the order to go out.

"Yesterday the enemy army frustrated the spirit of our army, and today the enemy army only sent 100,000 troops, why didn't our army go out to battle with all the troops and take the enemy army by surprise," after the herald left, a general directly questioned Zhao Xu's decision.

"The enemy's intention is not clear, and it is afraid that it will be disadvantageous for our army to go to war, so I will discuss it first," Zhao Xu did not say the specific guess, but looked at the generals and asked, "I don't know what you think the enemy's intentions are for this invitation?"

"In my opinion, the enemy is trying to drain our forces in the manner of yesterday's engagement. If we respond to the battle, wait for them to come for a few days in a row, and kill our army to a certain number. When the time comes, the winged army will attack the city in a big way. ”

"What does General Fang mean, can't our army kill the enemy?"

"In yesterday's battle, the casualties on both sides were more than 20,000, and although the casualties of our army were smaller, they still could not afford to consume compared to the enemy army with a large number of troops. If the battle is won or lost today, and the enemy army comes again tomorrow, and so on, the strength of our army will become smaller and smaller, but the strength of the enemy army will be more and more comparatively speaking. Fang Quyin couldn't be sure if his guess was right, but he still said what he thought.

"What General Fang said is exactly that if our army fails to win a big victory today, it will not only affect the morale of the army again, but what should our army do if the wing army comes again tomorrow?" Therefore, according to the general's opinion, as the general said, we must not rush into battle," said another infantry battalion commander.

Now that the two generals said so, even if the remaining generals had doubts about Zhao Xu's decision, they had to reconsider whether their thoughts were right or wrong at this moment.

"But if our army refuses to fight, spreading it will also affect morale. "After some time, there are generals who think of another level.

"Yes, doesn't our army think that we are invincible to the Wing Army?" and then another general expressed the same opinion.

The doubts of the two generals are actually a fact that the generals need to recognize, if the generals think that the night army is stronger than the wing army, then not fighting is undoubtedly showing weakness to the other side, which is not good for their own side.

"What the two generals said is very reasonable, but unfortunately there is no compromise in this matter, how should our army choose or see which aspect of the impact of war on our army is greater. Nodding to the two generals, Zhao Xu did not deny the statements of the two.

"Does the general mean that it is better not to go to war than to go to war?" a general heard the meaning of Zhao Xu's words, and immediately asked tentatively.

"I don't know what everyone thinks?" Zhao Xu didn't answer in a hurry, but wanted to see what the other generals meant.

"My subordinates think that it would be better for our army not to fight, and now the enemy army wants us to fight, and if we go to war, it will just cater to the enemy's strategy. ”

"Yes, until we think of an effective way to deal with shield soldiers, our army must not be able to fight easily. ”

"I have no objection to your reluctance to fight, but if it affects the morale of our army, you don't blame us for riding the camp at that time. ”

One by one, the generals expressed their views one after another. Judging from the current situation, there are still many people who agree with Zhao Xu, but this has caused dissatisfaction on the main battle side, especially the generals of the cavalry battalion.

Yesterday was frustrated by the enemy, as the commander of the cavalry battalion, Zhang Daring naturally did not want to swallow this breath, and wanted to go out to battle today to prove the strength of their cavalry battalion. Of course, although Zhang Daring's words cannot represent the thoughts of the entire cavalry battalion, they at least represent the opinions of the main battle side.

In fact, Zhao Xu and many other generals can understand the mood of the main battle, after all, their night army has always been invincible, and they can't really dampen their spirit just because of yesterday's battle. However, this kind of thinking is the most likely to make people act impulsively, and in the big picture, the Night Army can't take risks right now, so more people still think it's better to be cautious.

"Report," in the big tent, Zhao Xu was talking and talking to the generals, and a herald hurriedly ran into Dazhang and reported the new news directly to Zhao Xu, "General Yu, the wing army is unwilling to leave, and he also scolds our army for being a turtle with a shrunken head." I saw that the herald looked ashamed, as if he felt that it was a shame for him to say such a thing.

"What, the Wing Army dares to scold us?" a general was startled at first, and then angry.

"Exactly, they also said that if we don't fight, they won't leave," the herald added, frightened by the questioning general.

"It's tolerable, it's unbearable, the general, the last general is willing to lead the troops into battle," it was Zhang Daring who spoke, as one of the main generals of the cavalry battalion, Zhang Daring was known to be short-tempered, and now he was a little stimulated, Zhang Daring immediately showed an angry look.

"General Zhang can't, insulting our army is exactly the enemy's tactic, if we send out the army now, wouldn't it be in the hands of the enemy," Zhao Xu didn't respond, Fang Quyin first dissuaded Zhang Dada, who asked for battle.

"What General Fang said is exactly that the enemy's intention is to provoke us, and we must not take risks out of impulse," and then Fang Quyin analyzed, Zhao Xu expressed the same opinion.

"But they scolded like this, if we don't go out again, won't we really become turtles with shrunken heads," Zhang Daring felt that what the two said made some sense, but it was still not enough to calm the anger in his heart. Similar to Zhang's bold mood, many generals in the camp were angry at the blatant insults of the wing army, and many of them had the idea of going to war. After all, since they went to the Snow Country, they have never suffered such grievances.

The atmosphere in the big tent was a little tense, and Zhao Xu could see that the behavior of the wing army had an impact on many generals. Thinking that if Zhao Wu was here at this moment, maybe there would not be such a situation, Zhao Xu deeply felt that he was inferior to Zhao Wu, but he couldn't help but think of what Zhao Wu had said before leaving.

"After I leave, the responsibility of commanding the three armies will all fall on you, I hope you will live up to your expectations," thinking that he was now a general, Zhao Xu strongly felt a lot of pressure on his body, and at the same time naturally revealed a kind of courage as a commander.

"General Zhang doesn't need to say much, the generals don't have to think about it, our army's strength is inferior to the other party, and the risk of going to war is too great, and before we can think of a strategy to break the enemy with all our might, our army will not be able to defend it," Zhao Xu's voice became extremely majestic, and a kind of general's courage pressed the generals. Those generals who still had the idea of going to war could only keep silent one by one after Zhao Xu gave such an order.

Next, according to Zhao Xu's instructions, the generals discussed together how to deal with the attack of the wing army. During this period, there were constant reports from heralds on the situation of the flanks outside the city, and the information reported did not make much difference. The Wing Army took turns scolding the Night Army for being worthless with all kinds of words, and the defenders of the city were so close that they could hear it clearly, so much so that they all wanted to disobey the military order and rush out to fight to the death with the Wing Army.

Although the behavior of the Wing Army has no actual attack power, it can still hit the sharp spirit of the Night Army, but the Night Army does not have a proper response strategy at present.

Soon after the wing army insulted the night army, the situation outside the city reached the ordinary soldiers, and the soldiers, like their generals, were all angry after learning that the wing army outside scolded them for being shrunken turtles, and many people shouted to make the wing army look good, but they got new instructions but they didn't care how the wing army insulted, they couldn't talk about it privately, let alone disturb the order in the army, otherwise they would be dealt with by military law once they were discovered.

The above order made many of the Night Soldiers feel aggrieved, and the Night Army became even more angry at the actions of the Wing Army, but they still had to stay in the camp and endure it.

There is only one hour a day for regular training, and the rest of the time, the night army trains alone. Because of the emotional anxiety, many night soldiers could not complete the training with a normal mentality, and there were many complaints in the army, so that it had some impact on those night soldiers in the army who were originally calm. If this continues, the Wing Army will not enter, and the Night Army will lose to themselves first.