Section 345 Attacking the Mountain
The time was rushed, and the changes before and after were also unprepared. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Although Ruan Chen had already given the order, the Yue defenders were a little hasty in setting fire to the grain, and they only had time to set fire to four or five granaries before they rushed into the stockade and the Chu soldiers squeezed and shrunk. Then again, it was enough to set these granaries on fire, the wind was strong in the middle of the mountain, and the granaries were full of flammable materials, and the fire would grow bigger in a little time.
Yang Tianhong, who was halfway up the mountain, was relieved to see that only a few granaries had been ignited. He didn't stupidly ask people to find water to put out the fire, but first ordered the troops to squeeze the remaining defenders' living space smaller, and then let the idle troops directly remove everything near the burning granary, and then let people bring water to wet all the granaries near the fire. At the same time, it is also the most critical step, which is to order the monks of the Guiyuan Sect who accompany the army to release the water system spell as soon as possible, forming rain in the area, or drastically reducing the temperature to freeze the air so that it no longer flows, and naturally there is no wind power to expand the fire.
As long as the battle is over, the monk will have the possibility to strike. The rules of heaven and earth in this world are so strict. But there are many loopholes that can be exploited. For example, now, if Yang Tianhong simply relies on manpower to extinguish the fire, I am afraid that there will be no effect at all, and all the grain stored in the entire cottage will be burned out. But the presence of monks is different. In any case, these granaries can be preserved, and they have become the most needed strategic materials for the defenders of Yuanxian County.
More than a dozen Guiyuan Sect monks immediately stepped on the flying sword and floated in the air, quickly forming a water formation. The officers of the Xuanhuo Army on the ground hurriedly led their respective troops to get out of the way, leaving enough space for the monks. As rain fell from the air, the area that might have been ignited became wet again, and the fire was finally brought under control.
The Yue people's guard general Ruan Chen Eyu did not fail to see the very conspicuous Yang Tianhong. That Chu man was tall, and the armor and clothing on his body were very conspicuous, just thinking about it, he understood that he must be the general of the Chu people. As early as when he saw Yang Tianhong, Ruan Chen Eyu led his subordinates to try to rush over, trying to save the defeat in one fell swoop, but unfortunately, Ruan Chen Eyu was still unable to break through the encirclement of the Chu army, but because he failed to rush several times, he lost a lot of manpower on his side.
The divided Yue barbarian defenders either surrendered or were already killed, and the space was squeezed smaller and smaller, and there was no way to retreat. The number of Vietnamese defenders in the entire cottage is already less than 2,000, and if they continue to fight like this, it will be a dead end. Thinking of this, Ruan Chen Eyu himself knew that defeat was inevitable, he sighed, shook his head and shouted: "Can the main general of the Chu army dare to come forward and talk?"
At this time, Yang Sui also rectified the defeated army and finally followed. To tell the truth, when he came to the bottom of the mountainside after reorganizing the defeated army, he felt very surprised when he saw that his troops had successfully entered it, and a strong sense of shame also welled up in his heart.
For this cottage where the Yue people stored grain, Yang Sui led the army to attack for almost four days, and the biggest achievement was to attack within 50 steps of the granary fence. And it was that attack that caused its own irretrievable defeat. Now, when he saw that Yang Tianhong had only attacked once, just once, and had taken down the granary, the embarrassment in his heart could be imagined. Although there is also an advantage in weapons and equipment for the regular army of the Xuanhuo Army, in the final analysis, it is Yang Tianhong, the main general, who judges the situation and understands how to seize the opportunity to take the Yue people's cottage that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Grandpa is grandpa, this is the undefeated god of war of my great Chu country.
The Vietnamese guard general Ruan Chen Eyu was still there shouting loudly. Seeing that Yang Tianhong didn't come out to respond, the expression on Ruan Chen's face became more and more ugly.
It's not that Yang Tianhong is reluctant to come forward to talk, but he is now nervously mobilizing manpower to extinguish the still burning granary. Although Anzhou produces abundant grain, no one has ever had too much food. What's more, Yuan County is far away from the main city of Anzhou, and it is a newly established county seat, so if the disaster victims from the north of Chu State want to settle here, they need an extremely large amount of food. Being able to seize it on the spot means that there is no need for large-scale transportation from the direction of Anzhou. Being able to save a cent of transportation capacity means that more people's livelihood resources can be transported to Yuan County. Now, how could Yang Tianhong have the kung fu to pay attention to the Yue defenders who could be annihilated at any time?
Almost subconsciously, Yang Sui, who had just led the troops into the stockade, also saw the Yue barbarian who was shouting loudly and asking the main general of the Chu army to come out and speak. Yang Sui knew that Ruan Chen Eyu was the guard of this granary. He stared at Ruan Chen's forehead standing in the crowd with red eyes, and he wanted to go up and stab to death this enemy defender who had defeated him with a sword, but suddenly he thought of something, Yang Sui lost his impulse again, and his expression looked very decadent.
Ruan Chen Eryu stood there screaming for twenty minutes, and Yang Tianhong, who had already contained the fire, knew what the Yue people were doing.
In this world, in this era, the commanders of the two armies invite each other to speak, which is nothing more than two intentions.
One is to scold each other before the war, intending to use words to defeat the morale of the other party.
The other is more special, in fact, when you can still resist but cannot change the final occupation, ask the other party's lord to negotiate the surrender in the future.
Under the protection of a group of guards, Yang Tianhong came to the front of the battlefield. When Ruan Chen Eyu saw that the main general of the Chu army had finally come over, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and he also felt a sense of relief in his heart.
The situation on the battlefield is already very clear, no matter how hard the Yue barbarian defenders try, it is impossible for them to turn the tables, and the Chu army has already extinguished the already small fire.
This Chu army is extremely powerful. They even have dozens of shamans who can fly around the sky. Yes, shamans. For monks, the Yue barbarians are called shamans. Within the Yue people, the status of the shaman is extremely high, and it can be deployed in the army, also because of the noble status of the leader of the army. Now, the fact that this Chu army can deploy such a large number of shamans is very revealing in itself. And the army led by a person of noble status is either strong in combat or numerous. In the face of such an enemy, the Yue people also knew very well that they must be defeated.
Ruan Chen Eyu saw Yang Tianhong approaching his side, and thought that the other party was willing to come out to negotiate the conditions for surrender, but he was about to step forward, but he saw the main general of the Chu army stop again, and whispered something to another Chu general.
In this situation, Yang Tianhong could somewhat guess the intention of the Yue people to guard the general. Of course, Ruan Chen's purpose is nothing more than to seek peace. It's just that Yang Tianhong doesn't know if there is fraud in it. His consistent temperament is to insist on not giving the enemy a chance to turn the tables. I definitely don't want to be killed by cold arrows because I rushed up to talk. Therefore, when he saw Yang Sui, who had just led the troops up the mountain, he stopped.
Yang Tianhong could see the embarrassment on Yang Sui's face, as well as the kind of decadence that could not be concealed. He didn't encourage or reproach, he just raised his right hand in the direction where Ruan Chen's forehead was, and said flatly: "You go over and negotiate the terms of surrender with that Yue barbarian." ”
Yang Sui was stunned for a moment.
originally thought that he would be scolded angrily by his father-in-law, but he didn't expect Yang Tianhong to send him up to talk, and Yang Sui was stunned for a while, not knowing how to answer.
Seeing Yang Sui standing there stunned, like a piece of wood that didn't react. Yang Tianhong really couldn't help it, he walked over and kicked Yang Sui hard on the buttocks, with an angry look on his face: "Nima, don't go quickly! ”
Grandpa scolded me! Grandpa scolded me!
The generals of the Yang family are all aware of Yang Tianhong's temper. As long as the grandfather scolds people, it means that the grandfather is not really angry, and it is also a chance to make amends to the wrongdoer. Grandpa is like that. If he treats someone coldly, it means that there is no chance for someone to change. On the contrary, if your grandfather yells at you, or even scolds you regardless of your identity, it means that you are still regarded by your grandfather as his own.
Despite being kicked in the ass, Yang Sui's eyes turned red and tears flowed out. It wasn't painful, it was touched. At this moment, he thought to himself: "Grandpa didn't speak ill of me because of the defeat of Bu, but gave me such an important task, which shows how reliant Grandpa is, but I ......." Thinking of this, Yang Sui cried straight in front of so many people, and the gratitude to Yang Tianhong in his heart was simply beyond appreciation.
The military law of the Xuanhuo Army is strict, and the military law is not humane at all, Yang Tianhong will of course be punished accordingly because of Yang Sui's defeat, and he is also disappointed because Yang Sui betrayed his trust and caused the defeat. But think about it, Yang Sui was a family general before. It was entirely because of his loyalty to himself that he suddenly got the high position of leading the army. In fact, Yang Sui has not gone through so much experience, and he is so young now, which is inconsistent with the identity of the leading general. However, it doesn't matter if you lose once. As long as he can learn a lesson, Yang Sui will definitely grow up.
It doesn't matter what Yang Tianhong's intention was when he sent Yang Sui to talk to him instead of him, he saw Yang Sui kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to him and crying, he couldn't help but be stunned, and the original disappointed expression on his face also turned into a wry smile.
Human potential is limitless, and there is indeed something called talent. However, no matter how good the talent is, there is no corresponding environment for training and cultivation, so no matter how good the talent is, it may be mediocre ability. Different experiences will always have different surnames and talents, and if you can become a great talent as long as you have talent, it will be too easy.
Yang Sui is a person with a great talent for fighting generals, and after being promoted to the commander of Yuan County, he was able to control the troops immediately. However, his experience was too little, and his combat experience was only slowly accumulated through the sweeping of the southern part of Jiping Fortress, which was not difficult. However, successive victories, whether big or small, always make one proud. If Yang Sui had been able to deal with the attack on the Wuling granary more calmly, if he hadn't been so earnest, he might still be defeated, but it would definitely not be such a tragic defeat.
Compared with Yang Sui's performance, Yang Tianhong found the ability of marching Sima Wang Yi in this battle. Wang Yi's ability to propose a sneak attack from the back mountain, and to remain calm after a major defeat, already shows that Wang Yi is at least a qualified general.
Wang Yi is a local martial artist from Anzhou, and it can only be said that such a performance can be said to be normal. After all, before Yang Tianhong entered Anzhou, the garrison here had been busy fighting with the Yue people for many years. Wang Yi's performance also made Yang Tianhong look forward to the officers who joined the Xuanhuo Army and were born in Anzhou.
There is never too much talent.
On the other side, Ruan Chen, the Yue guard, waited for a long time, but saw that it was not the chief general of the Chu army who came out to talk at all, but a Chu officer with torn clothes and armor, and he couldn't help but feel that he was insulted. If he could, Ruan Chen really wanted to fight back against the insult of the chief general of the Chu army. But now he is working hard, in addition to sending himself to death in vain, he also brought nearly 2,000 subordinates to accompany the funeral...... Thinking of this, Ruan Chen could only grit his teeth and try his best to endure it.
"I, I can't die yet......"
Ruan Chen's face was very ugly: "Before I recover the glory of my ancestors, I must not die!"
Yang Sui wiped the tears from his face and approached the Yue defenders who were still resisting. He could already see the face of the enemy guard, and if he looked closely, the enemy guard was about thirty years old, with dark skin and a beard, and those eyes were the size of copper bells, but they looked brave. But barbarians are barbarians after all, and Ruan Chen's forehead is wearing a set of armor stripped from the corpses of Chu people who died in battle, which looks a little nondescript.
Ruan Chen Eyu didn't have the heart to observe Yang Sui's appearance, if the Chu army commander came over to talk, Ruan Chen Eyu would have such a mind. Now, he recognized that the person who came out to talk was the defeated general of his previous subordinates, and although he tried his best to endure it in his heart, he couldn't help but have some disdain, and there was inevitably some disdain in his tone.
It's a bit ugly.
Yang Sui was ridiculed by the other party, and his face was a little red. However, it may be due to the lack of confidence caused by the previous defeat, or Yang Tianhong's repeated reliance, Yang Sui reined in his heart, but he was not angry. He stood there, waiting for Ruan Chen to say that he was almost done, and then Yang Sui asked, "What, that's all you want to say?"
The reason why Nguyen Chen asked for dialogue was certainly not just to say this. A faint anger appeared on his face, and he glanced at Yang Sui who was standing opposite with slanted eyes, and said a little arrogantly: "Please also ask the main general of the Chu army to come up and speak." I have the heart to ask for surrender, and your lord no longer needs to be vigilant. ”
Yang Tianhong had been there early on to observe whether there were any archers in the enemy formation. It was found that the remaining Vietnamese enemy troops were all melee soldiers, and in order to avoid long nights and dreams, it seemed that the only way to solve the current matter was to hurry up and return to Junyuan County as soon as possible. Yang Tianhong said to the guards next to him: "Beware of the enemy's deception. Pass the order down, control the cottage as soon as possible, and secure the granary. ”
The guards beside him nodded, and they were busy separately. The two guards directly took a shield from the robe next to him, and several people escorted Yang Tianhong slowly forward.
Yang Tianhong was not impressed by this kind of protection. His strength cultivation has far surpassed that of ordinary people. However, if his guards act like this, Yang Tianhong will not refuse. After all, being able to consider the Lord is also a manifestation of loyalty.
Ruan Chen Eyu saw Yang Tianhong so careful, and his heart was full of admiration, he thought that the commander of the Chu army was thoughtful, and he would not be complacent and arrogant because of a big victory, and he would not leave any flaws, and for a while he felt that he had lost unjustly.
Having already walked in front of him, Yang Tianhong looked at Ruan Chen's forehead, who was speaking an authentic Chu Yin, couldn't help frowning, and said lightly, "Who are you?"
Ruan Chen Eyu also cooperated, and also had the consciousness of a defeated general: "I am a descendant of the ancient Yue King, Ruan Chen Eyu." ”
After a simple question and answer and the necessary formalities, Yang Tianhong said straightforwardly: "Your defeat is inevitable, lay down your arms and surrender as soon as possible." I can promise that as long as you cooperate, I will not kill the prisoners after you have surrendered. ”
It is true that there is no need to kill prisoners. Yuan County needs a large number of workers. Although the Yue people are barbarian and uneducated, as long as they hold a leather whip in their hands, even a bear can be trained to be a master of ballet. No matter how vulgar the Yue barbarians are, is their IQ not as good as a bear?
Ruan Chen Eyu shook his head again and again, and said, "No, no, no, I mean, I am willing to join your command and let me follow you to achieve great things." When your great cause is achieved, please also give me a fief and allow me to continue the ancestral hall of the ancient Yue Kingdom. In return, I will tell you about the northern invasion plan of the Yue Kingdom, and then give you credit for the strategy of the Yue Kingdom. ”
Some surprises, some surprises, Yang Tianhong didn't react for a while.
Speaking of which, Ruan Chen Eyu and Ruan Chen Chunying, who was killed by Yang Tianhong before, are both from the Yue ethnic group. However, looking at Ruan Chen's appearance, it is obviously a little different from Ruan Chen Chunying, who was killed before. But what exactly is the difference? Yang Tianhong himself is not very clear.
After thinking about it in his heart, Ruan Chen felt that he should have someone who understood the internal situation of the Yue people, and he also urgently needed to understand the northern invasion plan of the Yue people. It's just that he doesn't know whether what Ruan Chen said is true or false, and whether he can use it for himself.
If you think about it, if you want to annihilate the enemy army in front of you, it must still take some effort. However, it is just a matter of squeezing them into a narrow area, and then using the crossbowmen to come and shoot them with arrows. wants to annihilate this Yue barbarian, but it is just a snap of a finger. However, the purpose of this war, in addition to looting food, is to capture manpower, and it is obviously better to be able to capture more prisoners of war.
What's more, a living enemy general is indeed much more valuable than a dead enemy general. Previously, the killing of Ruan Tran Xuan Ying was to boost the morale of the people in Cai County, and also to repay the people who died. Now, the development pattern of Anzhou is getting bigger and bigger, and Yang Tianhong also urgently needs the offensive plan of the Yue people. If the whole guy called Ruan Chen Eyu can really be used for himself, it will save a lot of trouble. (To be continued.) )