Chapter 934: The Puppet Army Comes Again
Chapter 934: The Puppet Army Comes Again
Regarding the situation in the south, Lin Xuanzhong thought about it quite thoroughly. In fact, Zhao Wu doesn't need to consider too many external factors, if it is a head-to-head duel, the same number of Rao troops is not the opponent of the Blue Army at all, so Zhao Wu has to consider all in terms of adaptability. To this end, Zhao Wu has discussed with a number of high-level Blue Army leaders to come up with a number of contingency measures, including how to deal with Zhao Wu's accidents during wartime.
The battle plan on Zhao Wu's side was not as hard to imagine as Lin Xuanzhong imagined, and because Rao Jun also didn't know much about the Blue Army, the battle plan that Zhao Wu needed was very simple. As of today, Zhao Wu's side has basically been arranged.
On the other hand, after Zhao Wu sent troops, the Rao army also made some moves, and while strengthening vigilance, the top management of the Rao army had already begun a pre-war meeting.
If it was simply the Blue Army with the same strength, they would not be afraid, because even if the Rao army brought by Zhou Dingnan was a group of bandits, it was also a well-trained bandit. If Zhao Wu is ignored, Zhou Dingnan and the top leaders of the Rao Army are not afraid of the Blue Army at all, so the key is still Zhao Wu on the Weizhen side.
In their eyes, Zhao Wu alone is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of troops, and if Zhao Wu is counted in the Blue Army, the number of the Blue Army can no longer be regarded equally. Out of fear of Zhao Wu, when Rao Jun held a pre-war meeting, the main content of the meeting basically revolved around Zhao Wu. In the matter of capturing the thief and the king, Zhou Dingnan and the people involved in the parliament put forward many suggestions. In the end, with the goal of targeting Zhao Wu, their battle plan was also formulated.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with the Rao army's battle strategy around Zhao Wu, as long as their plan was successful, the Rao army was confident that they would be invincible. At present, the Blues have taken the initiative to approach their camp, and they are stationed in a place to the north, which is enough to show that the Blues want to hold them back.
As the war in the north was also about to begin, Zhou Dingnan and the others were constantly refining their plan against Zhao Wu.
At the same time, Bai Shuilian, after shelving the large equipment, with the remaining baggage, the speed of the march was significantly accelerated, and it would take about three days to come and join Lin Xuanzhong. The formation of 150,000 people is not small, and when they passed through the northwest border of the Blue Country, Bai Shuilian and the others heard all the voices of praise, and those voices also contained the expectations of people from all sides, making everyone want to win the next battle more and more.
Of the 150,000 troops, 60,000 were from the former Night Country, and the rest were from the former Gu Country, including the old soldiers of the Valley Country and the new recruits recruited from the Valley Country. In the past, Gu Country was already the territory of the Blue Country, and no matter what the composition of the troops was, the whole army was full of confidence.
There is not much difference in strength with Rao's army, and there are wise leaders leading from above, and many people are full of confidence in the next battle. Now behind Bai Shuilian, those people of the Blue Country are all looking forward to a big victory. It is worth mentioning that because Lin Xuanzhong's reputation is well-known and well-known, many people still expect Lin Xuanzhong to create another miracle and win a battle that shocks the world.
After being hailed as the first genius of the Northern Regions, Lin Xuanzhong's reputation grew and became the object of reverence from many people. Of course, Lin Xuanzhong doesn't know much about these things, and he won't take the time to pay attention to them. After nightfall, after thinking about the situation in the outside world alone, Lin Xuanzhong had a brief meeting with the generals.
After the meeting, Lin Xuanzhong went to see Ruan Ming. In the past few days, he has been busy with military affairs, and he has hardly had time to meet with Ruan Ming. Although Ruan Ming has always expressed his understanding of this, Lin Xuanzhong still feels indebted to the other party, so whenever he is with Ruan Ming, Lin Xuanzhong will cherish his time extraordinarily.
After a few brief meetings, the relationship between the two increased dramatically. Speaking of which, the fact that the two can come together now has a lot to do with their respective personalities. To put it simply, both of them belong to the kind of people with special personalities. When I met Ling Ziyu before, it was just a simple sympathy, and it was a complete personality match with Ruan Ming.
Tonight was another simple meeting, and after greeting each other, Lin Xuanzhong, who was busy with military affairs, returned to the big tent with satisfaction, and then, like last night, while waiting for news, he considered the current military situation. In the nearly two years of being in the army, only this time Lin Xuanzhong was the most dedicated to the war, and kept thinking about it just to control the overall situation more confidently.
Military dedication is also strengthening Lin Xuanzhong's serious attitude, and unconsciously, Lin Xuanzhong has regarded the battle with Rao's army as his own commander. However, in fact, Lin Xuanzhong still doesn't know how strong his ability is, because the deeds that made him famous in the past relied on strategy, and he has not really had the experience of fighting head-on.
There were many differences between the current campaign and those battles he had experienced before, and those differences caused Lin Xuanzhong a lot of problems. Among them, those issues that cannot be discussed with others are, in Lin Xuanzhong's view, nothing more than the embodiment of his various difficulties as a leader. Based on the connection between those problems and his own will, Lin Xuanzhong wanted to do the current thing better than before.
After confirming the relationship with Ruan Ming, Lin Xuanzhong's mind has corrected a lot, and now he is not only focusing on himself, but also paying attention to many people who are close to him. Lin Xuanzhong didn't want to cause more deaths because of his lack of efforts, and the battle not long ago was a lesson from the past.
"Report," considering the various parties involved in the war in this matter, the excited Lin Xuanzhong kept pacing back and forth in the big tent until a herald hurriedly came in from outside, "General Yu, there are a large number of puppet troops on the south side of the camp, and General Zhou has specially ordered his subordinates to ask the general how to deal with it." ”
"Zhang Guang, didn't General Zhou say how many people there were?" The herald below has met many times, and Lin Xuanzhong already knows the other party's name.
"Back to General, General Zhou said that there are about a few thousand people, but the specific number is difficult to count in a short period of time," Lin Xuanzhong called his name to make Zhang Guang below feel honored, as a member of the intelligence department, it is an honor in itself, and now Lin Xuanzhong's title is to make that honor more prominent, Zhang Guang is a little flattered at the moment.
"Thousands!" exclaimed, Lin Xuanzhong barely understood how many people Zhang Guang was talking about.
"Let General Zhou wait a moment, Ben will go over immediately," When discussing with the generals earlier, many generals said that there might be deserters coming over tonight, but Lin Xuanzhong didn't expect that there would be so many people. Surprised, Lin Xuanzhong was already thinking about whether to inform the other generals. If there are deserters in other places, how can Zhou Wenfeng be busy here.
"Yes," Zhang Guang below agreed, and then turned to leave.
As soon as Zhang Guang left, Lin Xuanzhong paced back and forth in the big tent. There are too many thousands of puppet troops, and it is simply impossible to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, but it is necessary to consider the consequences before dealing with this matter publicly. But now that time is limited, I can't think of an idea for a while.
"Go and call General Zhang and General Ruan," After a while, Lin Xuanzhong turned around and walked to the door of the big tent, glanced briefly at the camp, and then stopped at the two guards at the door.
"Yes," the two guards replied at the same time, and quickly left in different directions.
After sending off the two guards, standing at the door of the big tent, looking up at the stars in the sky, Lin Xuanzhong let out a sigh of relief.
On summer nights, the vast stars are always exceptionally clear and vast, often dazzling to the eyes. The gust of evening breeze blew on his face, and the slightest coolness did not take away the irritability brought to Lin Xuanzhong by the current problem. It was supposed to be a good night, but unfortunately it couldn't be enjoyed. I don't know if Ruan Ming is resting, but as soon as he turned around, Lin Xuanzhong looked directly at the location of Xue Yin's big tent.
It is very close to the big tent of the Chinese army, but now it seems that it is thousands of miles away. Being the commander of an army is sometimes free, and sometimes it is not.
"General, what are you looking for us?" Because thinking about the current situation, when his mood was a little melancholy, a group of people suddenly walked in front of Lin Xuanzhong, one by one, and walked in front of him in a blink of an eye.
"General Zhou sent someone to spread that there are a large number of puppet troops on the south side of the camp, you can go with me to take a look," glanced at the people, not only Ruan Yi and Zhang Jiutian, but also some other generals. Tonight's events are very important, and it would be nice to have more people. After a brief explanation, Lin Xuanzhong walked straight forward.
"Yes," seven or eight generals agreed, and then followed behind Lin Xuanzhong. The group walked straight to the place where a large number of horses were tethered, and then hurried south. It's about ten miles away, and it doesn't take long to get there on a fast horse.
"General," when a few people dismounted and walked towards the place where the people gathered, Zhou Wenfeng and two lieutenant generals stepped forward to greet him, and Zhou Wenfeng was in charge of the vigilance of the entire camp tonight.
"What's the situation now?" On the way here, Lin Xuanzhong thought about something again. Since so many people fled from Rao Jun, there must be movement over there, I don't know if Zhou Wenfeng has received the exact news.
"At present, there are about 4,000 deserters, and some team leaders say that Rao's army is chasing after them. However, the spies we arranged in the south just came back and said that they only saw the puppet army, not the Rao army. Just now I have asked those secret agents to go back to check the situation, and if there is a situation on the part of Rao Jun, they will report it in time," Lin Xuanzhong's question was a bit general, but it did not affect Zhou Wenfeng's answer.
"Where are those team leaders? Did they say how they escaped from the Rao army camp?" Nodding, Lin Xuanzhong asked again.
"Over there," pointing to the right, Zhou Wenfeng continued: "The Rao army placed them on the periphery of the camp, and did not set up heavy guards, but only used means to control them, but these puppet troops were unwilling to be controlled by the Rao army, and they also wanted to take revenge on the Rao army, so there was an example of the success of those people last night, and they would flee to our army's camp overnight." However, there are still some people who have fled in the Celestial Universe Kingdom and other directions, and the number is unknown. ”