Chapter 369 Meritorious Service
Lu Kai nodded, his eyes swept over the strategist, looked outside the tent, and shouted: "Come on! Pull out this Yan Guozuo who confuses the people with evil words and disturbs the hearts of our army, and beheads the public!"
His words scared the Yanguo strategists stupidly on the spot, he was an envoy of the first army, even if Lu Kai didn't listen to his persuasion, he couldn't kill himself! But before he could explain, the guards outside rushed in, and couldn't help but say, dragged him out of the tent, and cut off his head with a knife.
Lu Kai had the heads of the Yan State strategists put in a box and then sent them back to the camp of the You Yan coalition army to show his determination.
The envoy he sent to Lu was killed, and only a bloody severed head was sent back, which was undoubtedly a great shame for Ren Tianxing, and he immediately sent his deputy marshal Jin Zhuo to command 200,000 You Yan coalition troops to go to the territory of Changyu County to crusade against the Third Legion.
Before sending out the troops, Ren Tianxing gave Jin Zhuo a death order, no matter what the cost, this enemy army must be completely annihilated.
Jin Zhuo took the order and left, with an army of 200,000 people, with great momentum, and entered Changyu County in a mighty south, wanting to fight to the death with the Third Army.
The Third Legion, commanded by Lu Kai, was more cunning than a fox, and as soon as he heard that the brigade of the Youyan coalition army was coming to his side, he abandoned the camp with all the soldiers of the army, fled into the hinterland of Changyu County overnight, and used roundabout tactics to entangle with the enemy.
The siege of the city in the past few days has caused heavy casualties to the You Yan coalition army, and now it has sent 200,000 troops, and the army that can be used to attack the city has been greatly reduced.
Over the next few days, the two sides gradually turned from fierce fighting to bitter fighting. Ren Tianxing knew very well in his heart that his own side was difficult, and the Jin army in Jiangyang City was even more difficult, and he must not relax at this time. Even if you are stubborn, you have to hold on to it, and you don't give the Jin army in Jiangyang a chance to breathe.
The Jin army is also struggling to support, the enemy's strength to attack the city is getting smaller and smaller, but the Jin army's combatable troops have been reduced more seriously, if it weren't for Lin Haotian who has been staying in the city. Fighting side by side with the officers and men in the army to resist the enemy together, the fighting spirit of the Jin army may have collapsed long ago.
The two sides are on the one hand ready to shoot and have to send, on the other hand, for survival, desperately resisting, the battle of Jiangyang has reached a stalemate at this time.
It was difficult for the You Yan coalition army to break through Jiangyang, and Jiangyang had no power to retreat from the enemy. The fighting between the two armies continued, though. But the intensity of the siege is no longer comparable to that of the first two days of the siege.
On the other side, the Fourth Army Corps, which left Jiangyang and went north, appeared in the four directions of Ningding, southeast, northwest and northwest. The Fourth Army had 100,000 men, and there were 780,000 people in the Third Route Territory, totaling nearly 200,000 troops.
The sudden appearance of so many Jin troops outside the city of Ningding greatly surprised Tang Bi, the commander of the You army, and he even wondered if the Jin army had abandoned Jiangyang and rushed to Ningding.
He hurriedly ordered. Close the city, and all the soldiers of the army will go up to the city wall. Defend against the Jin army's attack.
After the Fourth Army and the Local Army arrived at Nindinh, their commanders gathered together to discuss their strategies against the enemy.
Gu Liangyun was the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, and the commander of the Third Route Local Army naturally took his lead as a leader. According to Gu Liangyun's meaning, his side should attack the city with all his strength and break through the defense line of the You army in one go. Burst into the city.
Before the commander of the Third Route Local Army could express his position, Chen Ping began to shake his head and said in a loud voice: "It's not proper! The whole army is attacking strongly, it's really inappropriate!"
Gu Liangyun frowned secretly and squinted at Chen Ping. He asked, "What does General Chen think is wrong?"
Chen Pingzheng said: "Our side still does not understand the reality of the enemy army, how can we attack with all our strength as soon as the battle begins? We should first let the brothers of the county army take the lead, first try the strength of the enemy army, and know it in our hearts, and then it will not be too late for our Fourth Army to join the battle again!"
What he meant was to use the three local armies as a cornerstone, and the commanders of the three county armies felt quite uncomfortable when they heard this, but from the overall situation, Chen Ping's words did make sense, after all, the Fourth Army was the main force, and it was the central army, one of the pillars of the resistance to the Youyan coalition army, and it could not withstand losses.
Gu Liangyun pondered carefully, and also thought that Chen Ping's idea was good, so he immediately nodded his head, looked around at the three county army commanders, and asked, "What do the three generals mean?"
How dare the three local army commanders have an opinion, they quickly shook their heads and said, "The last general is at the disposal of General Gu. ”
"Okay!" Gu Liangyun Zhengse said: "With the horn as the order, the horn sounds, the three generals each lead their troops to attack Ningding with all their might!"
"The last general obeys the order!" The three local army lords led the order to leave, and Gu Liangyun was also preparing to deploy the Fourth Army Corps and join forces with the Third Route Local Army to attack.
At this time, Chen Ping stopped her and asked with a smile: "General Gu, do you know why I let the local army attack first?"
Gu Liangyun was quite puzzled by his questioning, didn't he say it just now, it was to let the local army test the enemy's reality first.
He didn't answer, just looked at Chen Ping strangely.
The latter explained quietly: "The combat strength of the local army is weak, far inferior to my Fourth Legion, I let them attack the city first, testing the strength of the enemy army is only one aspect, the most important point is to make the enemy army have the intention of underestimating the enemy." Now you people see that our army has come with so many troops, they will be afraid, close the city and defend it, but once the battle is engaged, it is bound to find that the siege army is weak, and the belligerent You army will not let go of the gift sent to the door, they will definitely go out of the city and take the initiative to attack, this is the opportunity for our army. As soon as the enemy army leaves the city, we can surround and annihilate it, so that the enemy will not return. ”
Listening to what Chen Ping said, Gu Liangyun couldn't help frowning, what he said was very good, but would the enemy army take the initiative to attack? If the enemy army does not go out of the city and allows the local army to attack, his own losses will be incalculable.
Seeing Gu Liangyun's hesitation and concerns, Chen Ping patted his chest and said, "I am willing to guarantee with my head that the enemy army will definitely leave the city!"
"Hehe!" Gu Liangyun smiled, nodded, and said, "Since General Chen is so determined, then do what General Chen wants! However, don't forget what you just said." ”
Gu Liangyun didn't have a good impression of Chen Ping at all, and even suspected that he was the deputy commander of the Fourth Army Corps to spy on him, although this order was given by Lin Haotian.
Gu Liangyun adopted Chen Ping's opinion, and the local army attacked the city first, and the Fourth Army sat in the rear to watch the battle.
When the three local army commanders returned to their headquarters, the horn of the Fourth Army Corps to attack also sounded. With the sound of the horn, the local army of the three routes launched a fierce attack on Ningding from the east, west and north.
The combat power of these three local armies is really not as weak as Chen Ping imagined, of course, they are not so strong, especially in the eyes of the brave and experienced You Jun, such an army is even less worth mentioning.
The local army's attack at the beginning was very fierce, and the morale of the officers and men was like a grandeur, and they had a great deal of strength to take down Ningding's momentum.
50,000 You troops closed the city and defended it, resisted with all their might, and fought fiercely with the local army.
The Jin army launched two all-out onslaughts in a row, but they were easily defeated by the You army.
The Jin army's offensive was one and the other, and then exhausted, two fierce attacks were fruitless, and there were heavy casualties, and at this time, the momentum of the Jin army was completely suppressed.
The siege of the city began to become timid, looking ahead and backward, for fear that they would rush too fast and run ahead of others and suffer from the concentrated attack of the enemy. It's nothing for one person to think so, the whole army thinks so, where can it pose a threat to the enemy's attack.
The Jin army is more and more soft, and the more it fights, the more unconfident it becomes, while the You army is diametrically opposite, the more confident it becomes, feeling that although the enemy army has many troops, its combat power and experience are extremely different, and it is not at the same level as its own side.
Tang Bi and several generals stood in the city gate tower, watching the battle below, the generals all shook their heads secretly, where did the Jin army come to attack the city?
People sneered at each other, their faces full of disdain.
A general arched his hand and said to Tang Bi: "General, the Jin army does not know whether it is alive or dead, and dares to attack our city.
Tang Bi waved his hand and said, "The enemy army has a large number of troops, and it is not appropriate for our army to go out of the city to fight." As he spoke, he looked in the direction of the south of the city and said, "There are at least 100,000 Jin troops over there who have not participated in the battle!"
General Zuo sneered and said: "Such an enemy army is not vulnerable at all, let alone 100,000 people, even if there are 200,000 or 2 million, it is difficult for our army to be an opponent." After speaking, he looked at Tang Bi and saw that the latter was expressionless, and he didn't know if he had listened to his words.
After a slight pause, he took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "General, look at the situation, the Jin army that is attacking this time should not be the central army of the Jin country, but the local army of the Jin country. Now is a great opportunity for the general to make a miraculous feat, as long as the general orders to go out of the city to meet the enemy, with the combat strength of our army, he will be able to defeat the Jin army, and the general will break the Jin army of nearly 200,000 with 50,000 troops, what a great merit this must be, and even comparable to General Nie Lin who is approaching Wancheng. After returning home, the general will have a bright future. "We, the generals, can also follow you to soar together! The second half of the sentence is the general's heart, of course, he won't say it.
His words can be regarded as speaking to Tang Bi's heart.
Tang Bi is a literary general, knows the book of soldiers, knows the strategy of war, is good at using soldiers, and is good at strategy, but when he was born, he was born in You Guo and voted for You Jun.
Whether it is You Guo or You Jun, they have always emphasized military force and light literature, and there are outstanding literary generals like Nie Lin, but after all, they are very few, and it can be said that Tang Bi is very unambitious in You Jun.
In front of them, they are catching up with a large number of local troops of the Jin Kingdom to attack the city, which is indeed a golden opportunity for Tang Bi, as long as he can kill this Jin army of more than 100,000 people, he Tang Bi will become famous in a battle.
In the face of utilitarianism, no one will not bow his head, unless he has jumped out of the Three Realms, is not in the Five Elements, and has seen through the red dust. (To be continued......)