Chapter 213: The Prince's Deployment
The prince's eyes were cold, and he turned his head and swept over all the people in His Highness one by one, and a voice full of majesty sounded in the palace hall of the Eastern Capital.
"The three major commanders listened to the order, and tomorrow they will order 300,000 troops to attack the Tiger Prison City",
As soon as the prince's words fell, the three people at the forefront of His Royal Highness immediately stood up,
"Subordinate Order",
The three of them hugged their fists together, their aura was high, their voices were like thunder, and their bodies exuded the unique aura of a cultivator, and they stood there to make the two Imperial Forest Commanders and other local generals in Zhongzhou feel extremely oppressed.
The three commanders of Southern Xinjiang are the most powerful cadres under the command of the prince, each of them is an absolute powerhouse of eight-layer cultivation, Luo Yu stands impressively in the middle, his strength does not need to be said,
As the commander-in-chief of Jianmen Pass, an important town in southern Xinjiang, he helped the prince to pacify the rebellion of the feudal town many times, and personally beheaded the enemy general who had been cultivated to the eighth layer, and he was a well-deserved first fierce general in southern Xinjiang in terms of strength and influence in the army.
The general on the left side of Luo Yu is named Chen Feilong, and the general on the right is named Wei Chilin, who are the commanders of Nanyang Pass and Tiemen Pass, two other important towns in southern Xinjiang.
All of them are well-known figures on the border of southern Xinjiang, the prince's eyes were cold, and he first looked at the person on the left and ordered in a deep voice
"General Chen, you will divide 50,000 troops tomorrow and attack the East Gate of Tiger Prison",
Chen Feilong, the chief soldier of Nanyang Pass, was puzzled, and after hesitating for a moment, he looked at the prince and asked cautiously,
"Your Highness, why did you only give me 50,000 horses?" ,
Chen Feilong was slightly puzzled, the 300,000 troops in southern Xinjiang launched a general attack, but only 50,000 people were assigned to him to lead the army to attack the city, and the troops assigned to him were indeed less.
The prince put his hands behind his back, paused and looked at the latter and explained,
"I sent someone to inquire before, the terrain outside the north gate of the Tiger Prison Pass is rugged, not suitable for large-scale army formation, and no matter how many troops there are, they can't be used, so the north gate is not our main attack point this time."
Chen Feilong nodded thoughtfully, the prince's words were indeed quite reasonable,
The latter paused, and continued randomly,
"General Chen, although the north gate is not the main attack point, it is also an important part of our attack on Tiger Prison City, you have to wait for the opportunity to move, intrude and feint, and contain the enemy's defending forces."
"subordinates understand",
Chen Feilong hugged his fists, although he was a general of the army and an absolute master of eight-layer cultivation, he obeyed the orders of the prince, and the three commanders were the same at this point, not only because the latter was the crown prince and was in charge of the military power of the Ziwei Dynasty,
More importantly, the prince's military experience at the age of 13 has trained him to have a strong sense of smell and judgment on the battlefield.
After explaining to Chen Feilong, he then looked at the other commander and ordered,
"General Wei Chi, you will also order 50,000 troops tomorrow to launch an attack on the south gate of Tiger Prison Pass",
Yu Chilin did not hesitate, and directly hugged his fist at the prince,
"Subordinates obey",
The prince was silent for a moment, thought of something at random, looked at the latter and added,
"The south gate of the Tiger Prison Pass is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so let's do it, I will give you half of the siege weapons, you have to give full play to the power of the siege equipment, kill and injure the enemy defenders, and create the illusion that our main force is at the south gate,"
"Understood",
Wei Chilin said respectfully, the prince's ability to reasonably deploy and dispatch siege troops really made the latter admire.
After the prince arranged the siege task of the north gate and the south gate, he finally slowly turned his head to look at his first general, Luo Qi,
"General Luo, tomorrow you and I will personally lead an army of 200,000 to attack the East Gate of the Tiger Prison Gate",
Luo Qi's face was full of excitement that could not be concealed, he couldn't wait to fight the winner army, but he was robbed of the vanguard by General Lin, and now the golden armor army has been defeated.
As the number one general of the Southern Xinjiang Army, he is undoubtedly the main force in this siege, and the East Gate of Tiger Prison Pass is the main attack point of this battle.
The white tiger will definitely sit in person and will soon fight with the main general of the winning army, the legendary invincible tiger prison commander in the west, the first fierce general under the command of the king of Zhenxi,
What kind of psychic means did he defeat the Imperial Forest Guards guarding the capital so easily, he must learn well this time, others hear the prestige of the winner army,
It might be terrifying to see them annihilate the Golden Armor army in one day, but he can't, and for him, the stronger the opponent, the more it can arouse his fighting spirit.
Luo Yu thought in his heart, and at this moment, the prince's voice sounded again, pulling him back from his thoughts.
"Generals, tomorrow morning, the army will go to the Tiger Prison Pass, and as soon as noon passes, the three city gates will attack at the same time, do you have any objections?"
The crown prince stood with his hands in his hands, with a majestic look on his face, looking at the three commanders and asking in a deep voice
"His subordinates obey the king's commands",
Luo Qi and Chen Feilong responded in unison, Wei Chilin did not reply, his face was contemplative, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a moment of silence, he looked at the prince and asked,
"Your Highness, the eastern, northern, and southern city gates have been arranged for troops to attack, so is the west gate passed by the local troops of Zhongzhou and the Imperial Forest Army?"
Wei Chilin knew that it was impossible for the prince's meticulousness to ignore such an obvious problem, and since he had not arranged the siege task of Ximen, he must have his own plans.
But I don't know what the reason is, the prince has not yet made arrangements to attack Xicheng, and it turns out that his conjecture is indeed good, but to the surprise of the three commanders,
The prince's plan to attack the West Gate of the Tiger Prison Pass was far from being as simple as they imagined, the prince did not answer Yu Chilin's words, he looked at the two commanders of the Imperial Forest Army who were still kneeling behind the main hall to plead guilty,
The Royal Forest Army was defeated, and the main general General Lin and several other 7-layer cultivators were all killed by the White Tiger, and these two were already the highest-ranking commanders in the current Royal Forest Army camp.
After this battle, the Golden Armor army was completely finished, most of them died on the battlefield of Tiger Prison Pass, and the few troops who escaped were afraid of military law and did not return to the eastern capital.
The original imposing army was now only a few hundred people left, the prince couldn't help but sigh lightly, and after thinking for a while, he looked at the two of them and slowly spoke,
"Arise ye",
The two commanders glanced at each other, no one dared to stand up, they knew that this defeat had made the prince angry, and now the place where he stood up and knelt down might not be the palace hall, but the execution platform,
The prince's tone was gentle, and when he looked at the two defeated commanders of the Royal Forest Army, he was not as angry as everyone imagined, he just said indifferently in a normal tone,
"The first defeat of the vanguard army was mainly caused by the greed of the main general, General Lin, if he did not rush for quick success on the battlefield and was bent on avenging others, he would not miscalculate the form of the battlefield, which made the army fall into a dilemma."
The prince paused, and continued with a little reproach at random,
"Of course, there were also problems with my initial deployment and command, the winning army was indeed brave, I underestimated their strength, and arranged General Lin to be the vanguard and lone army to go deep I thought it could create miracles, but I didn't expect it to become a sheep into the tiger's mouth",
The prince couldn't help but shake his head when he said this, whether he overestimated the Imperial Forest Army or underestimated the winner army, the result of this war was difficult for him to accept.
"Although the Imperial Forest Army was defeated, General Lin was martyred, and other soldiers fought bloody battles for the imperial court, and I am mainly responsible for the defeat of this battle as the commander, I will report it truthfully to the emperor, you go down and have a good rest",
The prince closed his eyes and sighed,
The faces of the two Imperial Forest Commanders were a little shocked, the first victory was related to the overall success or failure, and when they returned to the Eastern Capital, they were ready to accept military justice.
It was a blessing to be exempted from the death penalty, but now that the crown prince was not only exempted from the capital crime, but also had no intention of punishing them, which made them a little uneasy for a while.
immediately thanked the latter for being busy
"Thank you for the grace of the prince, thank you for the grace of the prince",
The prince waved his hand and motioned for them to go down and rest, after all, the hundreds of remnants of the Imperial Forest Army now have no combat effectiveness at all, and he also knows in his heart,
The rout of the Imperial Guards has nothing to do with them, they are not decision-makers on the battlefield, they have no power to give orders, but now the person who gave the order is dead,
And this matter will definitely reach the ears of the emperor in the end, since General Lin, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, has died, then someone must stand up and be responsible for the loss of this war.
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