Chapter 123: Underestimating the Enemy
"The king is right, the court is obviously a little arrogant this time!"
General Deng He also laughed.
The two of them looked relaxed, and there was no fear of the enemy at all!
"Hubris? What do you mean by that? ”
Zhao Tuo was confident that he could block the troops sent by the imperial court, but he did not feel that the imperial court was arrogant.
"The imperial court has sent a team called Flying Eagle, does the king know how many people are in this team?"
Deng He did not answer the rhetorical question.
"How much?"
"Three thousand!"
"How much?"
Zhao Tuo didn't seem to hear clearly, and suddenly sat up straight, frowning and asking.
"The imperial court has sent a total of 3,000 people, and the lord will be the youngest son of Yingzheng!"
Deng He told all the news reported by the spies.
"Haha......! 3,000 people want to defeat my 100,000 army in Lingnan? Is that old guy confused? ”
Zhao Tuo suddenly laughed out loud, "Don't mention sending a little boy here, even if Wang Qian, Marquis of Wucheng, personally leads the troops here, those three thousand people will be in vain!" ”
Just now he thought he had heard it wrong, but he didn't expect it to be really 3,000 people.
According to his understanding of Yingzheng, he thought that he would have to send at least 200,000 troops, but he didn't expect to send only 3,000 people!
"Haha, it looks like that little boy has offended Yingzheng!"
Otherwise, how could he be allowed to come and die?
No wonder Deng He said that the imperial court was too arrogant this time, and it turned out that it only sent 3,000 people to crusade against his 100,000 army.
"If I'm not mistaken, Yingzheng's youngest son should be only eleven or twelve, right? What experience can you have with troops? I can't even enter Lingnan! ”
After speaking, Zhao Tuo squinted his eyes again, lay down comfortably on the backrest, and let the glamorous and delicate concubine feed him lychees.
"King, according to the spies' reply, this little boy is not offending Ying Zheng, but Ying Zheng's favorite child, and this Flying Eagle Team is not from the imperial court, but the little boy's government soldiers, of which 1,000 people are selected from the military camp, and 2,000 people are recruited by the people!"
"What?"
Listening to Deng He's words, Zhao Tuo seemed to have heard something incredible.
"King, Yingzheng sent a group of rabble, is there no one in the court, or is he sincerely mocking you?"
Even the concubines on the side felt ridiculous when they heard it.
"What is Yingzheng's old idea? Send one of your favorite sons with three thousand soldiers? This is sending me protons, right? ”
"When Lingnan was still Baiyue, there were some indigenous people here, there was no Central Plains culture, and the imperial court had spent a lot of effort, and now it is even sending 3,000 soldiers to take back Lingnan, dreaming, right?"
Zhao Tuo really doesn't know whether to be angry or laugh now.
Ying Zheng's mysterious operation really confused him.
"King, according to me, Yingzheng is now old, and his head is not working, so he let that little boy mess around!"
Deng He didn't pay attention to the three thousand people.
Not to mention the geographical location of Lingnan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the climate alone is enough for those who come from Xianyang to drink a pot!
When the time comes, the heat will be hot to death, how can you have the strength to fight?
"Haha, then let them make trouble, according to the previous plan!"
"Yes!"
Deng He gave up his hand and turned to go down.
Zhao Tuo lay directly into the concubine's arms this time, eating tofu from time to time!
As early as when he decided to establish himself as king, he had already deployed all the entrances to Lingnan.
As long as there is a movement on the side of the imperial court, they will immediately send troops to block the imperial army's army outside Lingnan.
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The Flying Eagles led by Xiao Zhengtai moved quickly, set off from Hengshan County, and arrived in Lingnan within ten days.
"Stop the army for rectification, bury the pot and make rice!"
After giving the order, Xiao Zhengtai picked up the map, called Zhang Liang, Wang Li, Peng Yue and Han Xin together, and began to study the route!
This is a hand-drawn map of Xiao Zhengtai, where there are hills and ravines, they are clearly marked, and the miasma of the forest is circled.
"Yingbu, you take someone to find water, boil the herbs, and each soldier has a bowl!"
"Okay!"
Yingbu has the order, and he will do it immediately.
"Wait......!"
However, Xiao Zhengtai stopped him again, "You don't ask what kind of herb it is, why do you want to cook it?" ”
"Don't ask, my brother told me before I came, to do things under the little boy, just remember to obey the two words!"
Yingbu replied with a straight color.
"Haha, good!"
Xiao Zhengtai grinned.
Before leaving, he explained to every soldier, that is, he was afraid that they would be impetuous, and they would ruin a big thing!
Yingbu's movements were fast, and in a short time, dozens of cauldrons were filled with water, and the herbs were poured into the bags one by one!
After the herbs were boiled, the other soldiers were similar to him, took the bowl full of herbs, didn't ask, and drank it all without a trace of hesitation!
The little boy treats them like brothers on weekdays, and he will definitely not harm them!
"The climate in Lingnan is hot, and there are miasma in many forests, even if you enter the miasma forest after drinking these herbs, it will not be a big problem!"
Although they didn't ask, Xiao Zhengtai still explained.
"Oh? That's good, I'll drink more! Hey! ”
Yingbu said that he was going to Sheng.
"No! This is a herb, drinking too much hurts the body, you should be a fine wine, drink two more bowls at most! ”
Xiao Zhengtai gave him a blank look.
So quickly forgot what I had just convinced!
"Hey, hey! I'm a rough man, don't blame the little boy! ”
Yingbu smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Okay, it's still early, let's rest in place and wait until night to enter Lingnan!"
"The mountains here are steep, and the pass is just set between the two mountains, and there are cliffs on both sides, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack!"
After everyone drank the herbs to prevent miasma, Xiao Zhengtai took out the map and showed it to everyone.
"What then?"
Looking at the location of the pass on the map, Yingchi was worried.
It's not that he doesn't dare to attack the city, but he's afraid that he's going to waste all his time here!
Once the city gate is never attacked, they will not be able to enter Lingnan!
"What else can I do? Cold......! ”
Xiao Zhengtai smiled indifferently and continued: "The reason why I want to attack at night is to take advantage of the night to set traps! ”
According to investigations, there were at least 20,000 soldiers and horses at this pass, and 20,000 people were stationed 30 miles away.
As long as the signal is sent here, the men and horses from thirty miles away will immediately come to support!
The Flying Eagles are not a problem with one enemy and ten, but if 40,000 people suppress it together, it will be very difficult!
So he's going to let Di Lei play a role and blow them up on their backs!
"Set a trap?"
The soldiers immediately became interested, and their eyes were shining.
I've only heard of traps set up by the defenders of the city for the siege before, but this is the first time I've heard that the siegers have to set traps!
"That's right, we were very ostentatious when we set out on the expedition, according to my estimate, Zhao Tuo should have received the news by now!"
Xiao Zhengtai stood on a half-cut stake and smiled eerily.