Volume III, Chapter 732
At the critical moment when the You army was full of grief and indignation, and wanted to fight to the death with Zhaoyang City, some soldiers hurriedly ran into the Chinese army's tent to report that General Lin had now come to the door of his military camp.
Hearing the news of Lin Haotian's sudden arrival, everyone was secretly surprised, and people looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Among the generals, there are really not many people with strategies, most of them are fierce generals who can charge into battle, their limbs are more developed than the other, but their minds are simpler than the other, and now they are dead, and the You army has no leader, and I don't know whose orders to listen to.
"Since...... Since it is General Lin who is here, we ...... You should go out of the camp to greet you, right?"
"Nonsense, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and get out of the camp to pick up the driver!" An elderly general who still knows some etiquette yelled at everyone present, and then ran out in a hurry.
The generals came back to their senses and followed them like headless flies.
When they left the gate of Youying's camp and looked outside, the people were shocked again.
It was not Lin Haotian or anyone who immediately stood outside the camp, but what was surprising was that Lin Haotian didn't have a single entourage by his side, just him, standing there alone.
Lin ...... General Lin ......, "How can a dignified monarch not bring an entourage, and people even wonder if they are too sad and dazzled."
Lin Haotian, who was waiting outside the camp gate, was right, seeing that the camp gate was wide open, and many You generals had already greeted the camp, he didn't say anything, and directly urged the horse to pass through the crowd and go straight to the Chinese military tent in You Ying.
Lin Haotian rode a horse and ran away from the Chinese military tent in You Ying, and now the Chinese military tent has become a mourning hall, and the open coffin is placed in it.
Lin Haotian saw it, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and strode into the mourning hall.
The coffin had not yet been covered, and Lin Haotian stood beside the coffin, looking down inside.
The corpse lying in the coffin was not Yin Kai or who? At this time, his body had been washed and stitched together by You Jun. Even the armor had been replaced with a new one, and it looked like he was asleep lying inside, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of anger from him.
Identify Yinkai's body and confirm that he is really dead. Lin Haotian's face was expressionless, but the pair of blazing tiger eyes narrowed slightly.
"General Lin, my general was ambushed by the Yan army and was ...... by the Yan people Killed...... Woohoo......"
Many of the generals who chased into the mourning hall knelt in front of the coffin and cried loudly.
Seeing that after the general's death, General Lin was able to rush over as soon as possible, and he didn't bring a single entourage with him, and the generals were also deeply moved, as if they had met their relatives.
Lin Haotian finally opened his mouth, and he said faintly: "Your general." At the beginning, it was recommended by Ben Shuai, but I didn't expect that today, I would die under the ambush of the Yan army!"
"General Lin wants to avenge the general!"
"Our army will attack Zhaoyang now, vowing to kill all the fire thieves in the city, and sacrifice the general's heroic spirit with the blood of the Yan people!"
"Don't attack the city now!" Lin Haotian frowned. He said in a deep voice: "Attacking the city late at night is not good for the attacking side, don't you understand such a simple truth?"
"We can't wait for tomorrow dawn, the general died too miserably, and we will taste the blood of the thief now!" The generals were filled with righteous indignation, their fists clenched, and the words were squeezed out of their teeth when they spoke.
People finished speaking. They all stood up in unison, turned around and walked out.
Lin Haotian was furious when he saw this, slapped the coffin violently, and shouted: "Stop for Ben Shuai!"
The generals were startled by his sudden shouting, stopped, and turned back. looked at Lin Haotian with big eyes. The latter said coldly: "Now that General Yin is dead, there is a lack of a commander in the army, although this commander is not a special person, but as the commander of the ally, I can't watch you go to death." Now, the command of the You Army has been taken over by the commander himself, and anyone who does not obey the commander's orders can be regarded as disobeying the order, and will be punished by military law and severely punished!"
Hearing this, the generals were stunned.
Jin You and the two countries are allies, and the two armies of Jin You are allies, which is not wrong at all, now that the general has been assassinated, the army is indeed leaderless, and it seems reasonable to say that the position of the commander is taken over by General Lin.
Everyone looked at each other, and no one stood up against Lin Haotian, after all, in the minds of the You people, Jin Guo was the benefactor of their You Country, and their attitude towards General Lin was also very respectful, besides, even if someone was dissatisfied with Lin Haotian's decision, they didn't know how to refute him.
After a long while, General Youyou stepped out of the ranks and said: "General Lin, our army is now full of grief and indignation, and they all want to avenge the general, even if the night siege is not good for our army, our army is confident that it can take Zhaoyang in one go!"
"Do you really think that Zhaoyang is so easy to fight? Zhaoyang's defense is so useless, can you wait for a draw?"
Lin Haotian looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "There were originally more than 200,000 troops in Zhaoyang City, and now, the hundreds of thousands of Yan troops led by Ren Tianxing have been defeated and returned to Zhaoyang, and the defenders in the city are already close to 400,000 people, besides, the Yan army led by Bu Ying is now rushing to Zhaoyang, and the Yandong region has also organized an army of hundreds of thousands on the way to rescue Zhaoyang.
The news that Lin Haotian said had never been heard of by the generals, and now there were as many as 400,000 defenders in Zhaoyang City? In addition, there were hundreds of thousands of reinforcements on the way? How could this be?
"When did General Lin get the news?"
"Just now!" Lin Haotian frowned and said: "The current situation is still undecided, and there is no room for sloppiness, our army is now facing Zhaoyang, either it will not attack, and if it wants to attack, it must be won with one blow, do you understand?"
The generals nodded blankly, and one of them asked, "I don't know what General Lin's good plan is?"
Lin Haotian took a deep breath and said, "Get the map!"
"Yes!" Youmingyou hurriedly agreed, quickly took the map, and handed it to Lin Haotian.
The latter did not answer, leaving him on the ground.
Lin Haotian walked to the map, stared down, looked at it for a moment, then raised his head to look around at the people present, and beckoned: "What are you doing standing so far away, come here!"
Everyone responded one after another. Step forward and gather around the map.
Lin Haotian pulled out his saber with his hand, clicked on the map, and said quietly: "General Yin was assassinated this time." It's sad, of course, but we should turn it into a fighter plane and take Zhaoyang's fighter plane in one fell swoop!"
The generals nodded in unison, and one of them asked puzzledly, "My lord, how to transform it into a fighter?"
Lin Haotian did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "If the enemy commander is suddenly attacked and killed in front of the two armies, what is the enemy army most likely to do?"
"Oh...... If the army has no leader, it will become a plate of scattered sand, and the army's spirit will collapse......"
"That's right. The most likely thing for the enemy is to be forced to make the choice of withdrawing troops!" Lin Haotian said: "Therefore, we can take this opportunity to choose to withdraw our troops overnight......"
"Withdraw?" Before Lin Haotian finished speaking, the generals also stared at Lin Haotian with wide eyes, looking at Lin Haotian with puzzlement and anger. shouted loudly: "We haven't avenged the general, and we haven't been able to fulfill the general's last wish to capture Zhaoyang, how can we withdraw our troops?"
"That's right, even if you fight to pieces and die with the enemy, our soldiers will never retreat half a step!"
Lin Haotian frowned and didn't say a word. Raising the sword in his hand, he knocked it on the top of the head of the screaming general.
People were wearing helmets, and Lin Haotian didn't use much strength, so he naturally didn't hurt them, but it effectively stopped their dissatisfied words, and he said coldly: "Can you wait for Ben Shuai to finish his words before expressing your so-called bullshit opinions!"
You people have always eaten hard rather than soft, and are afraid of the strong. The tougher and more rude and rude Lin Haotian is, the more convincing they will be.
People subconsciously raised their hands and touched the helmets above their heads, and then smiled at Lin Haotian embarrassedly, and said to their comrades on the left and right: "Ah, let the adults speak first." Let's finish talking first!"
Lin Haotian dropped his sword on the map and said, "The withdrawal of troops is fake, but the Tibetan army is real......!"
As he spoke, he pointed to a corner of the map and said: "This place is called Yougu Mountain, only fifty miles away from Zhaoyang, surrounded by mountains, and a dense forest in the middle. ”
"I have been to this valley mountain that the adults said, as the adults said, surrounded by mountains, among which is dense forests, there is only one way in and out, it is a small mountain pass, it is indeed very hidden here, and it is easy to hide heavy soldiers, but ...... Why is our army hiding troops here, my lord?" asked General Lei Hong in a humble voice.
"That's a good question!" Lin Haotian nodded with a smile and said, "The purpose of hiding soldiers is to lure the snake out of the hole!"
As he spoke, he looked around at everyone and continued: "The You army retreats, and only the Jin army is left outside Zhaoyang City, at that time, the Jin army will attack Zhaoyang alone, and then pretend to lose the tragic situation of losing the army, and the enemy will withdraw the troops, as long as the Jin army withdraws again, there is no threat around Zhaoyang, at that time, the Yan army in the city will definitely not be willing to let go of the Jin army, and the ten will go out of the city to pursue, as long as the Yan army chases out of the city, Zhaoyang is almost an empty city, at this time, your You army will kill from the valley mountain, go straight to the Yellow Dragon, and take Zhaoyang for me in one fell swoop!"
After Lin Haotian finished speaking, the generals present all had their eyes lit up, smiled happily, and secretly said wonderful!
This plan is too good, cleverly taking advantage of the fact that the general was assassinated, first hiding troops in Yougu Mountain, and then using the Jin army as bait to lure the snake out of the hole, and then taking advantage of the situation to attack, hitting Zhaoyang by surprise and attacking him unprepared, why worry that Zhaoyang will not be broken? The most important thing is that he can still enter Zhaoyang one step ahead of the Jin army, and this strategy is too beneficial to his side.
"Okay! General Lin's plan is so good!"
"As long as the Jin army can lead away the defenders, our army will be able to easily break through Zhaoyang!"
"For the sake of the foolproof nature of this battle, this commander will always stay in your army to command, and the generals won't mind, right?" Lin Haotian looked around at everyone.
"No, no, absolutely not!" With Lin Haotian here, it was too late for them to be happy, how could they rush out? Moreover, Lin Haotian was able to stay in You Jun alone, which also invisibly dispelled the doubts in their hearts.
Lin Haotian nodded, and said with a cold face: "Since you are all willing to accept the commander of the commander, then the commander must also say ugly things in the front, you must obey the words of the commander, no one is allowed to act privately, if there is anyone who disobeys the commander's military orders......"
"When military law is engaged, severe punishment will not be punished!" the generals replied in unison.
Lin Haotian finally had a smile on his face and nodded slightly.
Subsequently, Lin Haotian wrote out his plan in detail and ordered a You soldier to send him back to the Jin army camp, while he himself stayed in the You camp and personally commanded the retreat of the You army.
Under his unified command. The You army was divided into two parts, one bright and one dark, the bright one was false, and it was only a few thousand troops. Posing as the main force of the You Army, escorting the Yin Kai coffin to retreat in the direction of the mainland of You Country, the dark wave is the main force of the You Army, and secretly sneaks to the Valley Mountain at night.
Just like Lin Haotian and Lei Hong said, the terrain of Yougu Mountain is very strange, like a huge volcanic crater, with mountains on all sides and depressions in the middle, but it is not bare here, whether it is in the mountains or in the valley. They are all overgrown with trees and grass.
There is only a narrow mountain pass that can enter and exit the valley, and it is relatively narrow to say that it is narrow, but in fact, the narrowest part of the mountain pass is no less than ten meters wide.
The valley, surrounded by mountains, is too big to hide an army of hundreds of thousands. Even if you hide a million, it's more than enough.
The trees of Yougu Mountain are mainly pine trees, which are green all year round, and together with the circular mountain range, Yugu Mountain is also named after it.
Lin Haotian commanded the You Army, and under the pretext of withdrawing troops, secretly transferred the main force of the You Army to Yougu Mountain.
On the other side, the Jin army also launched a fierce attack on Zhaoyang City.
It's the same as the plan made by Lin Haotian. The Jin army launched a strong attack on Zhaoyang for three consecutive days and nights, but the result was no progress, but its own losses were very large, and its combat strength was sharply reduced, and it happened that at this time, the reinforcements with Bu Ying arrived again.
And so it goes. The Jin army was attacked by the enemy and could no longer fight.
In desperation, the Jin army could only choose to withdraw its troops, but at this time, the Jin army wanted to withdraw, but the Yan army did not give up. Not only did Bu Ying's first department pursue the Jin army, but even the defenders in Zhaoyang City pursued and killed the Jin army who planned to retreat.
The battle situation in Zhaoyang turned around, and the Jin army, which was originally the main attacker, now fell into a situation of being passively beaten, and the army of 400,000 was in danger.
The battle report of Zhaoyang kept spreading into the valley mountain like a marquee, and the soldiers of the You army who had been lurking here for several days were all extremely excited, and the defenders of Zhaoyang really fell for General Lin's plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and now Zhaoyang City is empty, and it is a good time for their own large-scale attack.
After receiving the news that the defenders of Zhaoyang had gone out of the city to chase and kill the Jin army, all the generals couldn't wait to come to see Lin Haotian.
After the people entered the camp, their faces were full of joy, and they said excitedly: "General Lin is clever, Yan Ren has really been fooled!"
"Now that the Yan army has been chased out of the city, the defense of Zhaoyang City is useless, General Lin, it's time for our army to take the initiative to attack!"
Lin Haotian looked at everyone, smiled lightly, and said, "What are you generals anxious about, wait!"
"General Lin, the opportunity must not be lost, it will not come again, when will we wait?"
"Yes, my lord, since the Yan people have already been tricked, our army should attack immediately, otherwise there will be many dreams at night, and there will be changes later!"
Lin Haotian said with a smile: "Now that the Yan army has just chased out of the city, at least let them chase some farther away before our army can make a move, and the generals don't need to be impatient!"
Thinking about it carefully, I feel that what Lin Haotian said is also reasonable, and people have to wait patiently.
One day passed, Lin Haotian did not move, two days passed, Lin Haotian still did not move, and on the third day, the generals could not wait anymore.
Yougu Mountain is not a good place, it is a big basin, surrounded by mountains, isolated from the world, no wind and no rain, and it is now the height of summer, the stuffiness in Yougu Mountain is abnormal, like a big furnace, the worst thing is that the water source is still scarce, and the soldiers can drink two meals of water a day is good, and no one wants to continue to stay here.
On this day, the generals couldn't help but ask Lin Haotian to fight together, but Lin Haotian's attitude was resolute, but he didn't allow it, and the generals couldn't move Lin Haotian with all their might, and finally had no choice but to leave.
After nightfall, the crowd will habitually gather together, full of complaints and complaints.
General Youyou said dissatisfiedly: "This is not a place for people to live at all, it is stuffy and hot, and many of my brothers have suffered from heat stroke. ”
"That's right, I'm here too, at least two of the ten formations have fallen ill, and those who haven't fought with the Yan people yet, their combat power has been reduced by two percent first. ”
"No, I don't know when this hard time will end. ”
The environment in Youdi is harsh, and the people are enough to endure hardships, and now even they can't bear it, which shows the hardships of Yougu Mountain.
Another general stood up violently and said in a deep voice: "When does General Lin want us to wait? The Yan people have been chasing and killing the Jin army for more than three days, and even if they use climbing, they can climb out of a hundred miles away, isn't it time to attack Zhaoyang?"
"Alas, General Lin is good at strategy, since General Lin thinks that it is inappropriate now, there must be something that makes General Lin feel uneasy!" Meng Xiong said with a frown.
Among the generals, Lei Hong and Meng Xiong, the two fierce generals, are the most convincing to Lin Haotian, since Lin Haotian took charge of the You Army, the two of them have always been looking forward to Lin Haotian and obeying his orders.
"In my opinion, General Lin is too cautious, now is obviously a good opportunity, I have to delay, if I really delay the fighter, it will be too late to regret it!"
This was agreed by many people, and people nodded their heads again and again, and replied one after another: "Yes, but if General Lin does not give the order to attack, what can we do?"
One of them rolled his eyes and said, "I have a plan, but I don't know if it's feasible or not." ”
The general who spoke was named Hu Wenjiao, a veteran in the You army, not because he was old, but because he had been following Nie Shu for a long time, and he was one of the first people to follow Nie Shu, and his prestige in the army was also quite high.
Hearing his words, everyone's eyes lit up, and people hurriedly asked, "General Hu, tell me quickly!"