Chapter 924 Putting Yourself to Death and Not Seeking Life
After Fa Zheng proposed a plan to break through with 70,000 Yizhou new troops for 50,000 elite troops. Everyone in the Chinese military tent was solemn, and no one was willing to say a word at this time.
Everyone is not stupid, knowing that the "broken tail" scheme proposed by Fa Zheng must have obtained Zhang Ren's consent, and there is no need to refute Fa Zheng at this time, but try not to attract Zhang Ren's attention, and be designated to take on the unfortunate errand of being "cannon fodder".
Although everyone is unwilling to take the initiative to stand up as "cannon fodder", someone still needs to come forward to stand up to the thunder. Zhang Ren looked around at the generals, and then said in a deep voice: "In order not to arouse the suspicion of Tai Shici, I decided to personally lead 70,000 Yizhou new troops to attack the defenders of Yuxian County, Wu Yi, Jia Long, Zhang Song, Yonghong, Dong Dana, Wu Tugu and other generals assisted me from the side; the military master Fa Zheng led 50,000 elites to break through, and Zhang Yi, Zhang Wei, Meng Shu, Wu Lan, Lu Kai and other five generals assisted from the side. This is a military order, and those who disobey should be punished with the army!"
As soon as Zhang Ren's sentence "Israeli army **" came out, the generals with their own thoughts were shocked, and no one dared to speak out.
Zhang Ren's hand is ruthless enough to himself and others! He himself stayed behind and prepared to work hard, and he also left Wu Yi and Jia Long to accompany him, obviously paving the way for Fa Zheng to lead 50,000 elites. Everyone knows that these 50,000 Yizhou elites are actually the remaining troops of Wu Yi and Jia Long to attack Yiling, and they were originally directly ordered by Wu Yi and Jia Long. Now Zhang Ren has played a hand of "feeding wolves with his body", and by the way, he also collected the military power of the two, clearing the way for Fazheng's cheap actions.
Although Wu Yi and Jia Long were unhappy in their hearts, they did not dare to express objections at this time. Judging from their many years of experience in commanding troops, as long as they disobey Zhang Ren's orders at this time, they will be in danger of losing their brains if they don't do it well. Now that the Sima family in Yizhou is in danger, Zhang Ren has monopoly power in the East Route Army, even if he finds a reason to "slaughter" them to Liwei, the Sima family will not blame him afterwards. What's more, it is not yet known whether there will be an aftermath or not! Since you, Zhang Ren, dare to stay and resist the main force of the Jin Kingdom, if you want to die, everyone will die together......
Seeing that no one dared to jump out to oppose it, Zhang Rendang assigned tasks to everyone and studied the specific actions of various military horses, and this busy time came to the early morning of the second day.
Fa Zheng was also a decisive person, seeing that Zhang Ren insisted on staying to attract Tai Shici's attention, he did not dissuade him much, and immediately ordered the 50,000 elite troops that were now under his command to change the old military uniforms and rattan armor on their bodies, and then put on new military uniforms and weapons and armor recruited from the 120,000 people in the whole army, and dressed the 50,000 troops as more "new army" than the new army.
At the time of parting, Fa Zheng said to Zhang Ren: "Marshal, before leaving, filial piety has a word to tell. The matter of Yizhou has done its duty to this day, no matter whether the elite led by me can break through or not, please don't do stupid things when the marshal can't violate it!"
Although Fa Zheng did not assist Zhang Ren for a long time, he saw Zhang Ren's character clearly, and was worried that he would wield his sword and kill himself after the defeat of the main force attacking Tai Shici, so he deliberately said this. Fa Zheng's concern is really not superfluous, Zhang Ren recorded in the official history scolded Liu Bei after being defeated and captured, and was given death by Liu Bei. This Shuzhong general, if it comes to fortitude and loyalty, compared to Guan Yu and Gao Shun and others, he is not much to make.
Zhang Renzai assisted Liu Zhang, who could do this kind of "water stall diaper" thing from the beginning, and the Sima family didn't know how many streets they could throw out compared to Liu Zhang. Once he completed the task of containing Tai Shi Ci, the best outcome would be to take the remaining Yizhou New Army and magically break through the blockade of Tai Shi Ci's elite troops, but this possibility is almost impossible to exist. Compared with the best possibility, the worst possibility is naturally that Zhang Renbing is defeated and dies or is defeated and captured.
Defeat and death are not an unacceptable result for a military general who commands an army. The most painful thing is being captured alive on the battlefield, and Fa Zheng's words before leaving are aimed at this situation.
For Fa Zheng's kind persuasion, Zhang Ren was silent for a long time. In order to dispel Fa Zheng's concerns, when Fa Zheng had already turned his horse's head and was about to leave, Zhang Ren said softly: "Xiaozhi doesn't have to worry about me, I think that no one in the Jin army dares to kill me openly!"
Zhang Ren's words are true, he has the halo of the elder brother of Zhao Xing, the king of Pingxi, on his head, whether it is Tai Shici, or Gan Ning, Wang Lu and Guan Ping, all they calculate is how to beat him up, and then let Zhang Ren honestly admit defeat to the king of Pingxi, but no one calculates how to kill him. If it weren't for that, everyone wouldn't have to put on such a "pompous" posture and "welcome" Zhang Ren's arrival in the area of Yunxian County.
With the huge destructive power of the new explosives of the Crouching Tiger Equipment Research Institute, the range of the Shenwei cannon, and the terrorist/terrifying penetration power of the Shadow Force, it should not be difficult for Tai Shici to directly kill Zhang Ren if he wants to make a shady move.
The reason why Tai Shici was waiting for Zhang Ren's main force to arrive in Yunxian County was largely because of Zhang Ren's relationship. Even if Tai Shici directly killed Zhang Ren on the battlefield, and even used assassination and ambush methods, Zhao Xing would not blame Tai Shici afterwards. After all, there are "no fathers and sons, no brothers" on the battlefield, and King Pingxi cannot require his generals and consuls to be perfect. But Tai Shici adhered to the principle of being a subordinate, and he wanted to help Zhao Xing subdue Zhang Ren, not only out of gratitude to Zhao Xing, but also with long-term considerations.
If the troops under the command of King Pingxi could not fight a few tough battles in Yizhou, so that millions of people in Yizhou could see the outstanding combat power of the Jin army, even if they all won Yizhou, there would still be many people who would not be convinced. This is just like when Tai Shi Ci accepted Gan Ning for the use of the water master, Gan Ning has the ability to do it, but he is also a "strong donkey" who easily refuses to admit defeat and admit softness, if it weren't for Tai Shi Ci himself having enough ability, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make Gan Ning so honest and obedient.
With the same consideration, there is also the Northern Route Army under the command of Zhang Jaw. If it weren't for the purpose of subduing the hearts of the people of Yizhou for the King of Pingxi, Zhang Jaw could completely ignore the lives and deaths of more than 10,000 people in Tucheng outside Mianzhu Pass, and order twenty Shenwu General Cannons to shoot with his eyes closed, which would solve the small trouble in front of him.
Whether it is Tai Shici or open jaw, they are not good men and women. The lives of those who died at their hands are unknown, as generals, their first task is to attack and win, even if there are some casualties among the civilians, who can say that they are not good generals?
After sending Fa Zheng away, Zhang Ren said to Zhang Song, who joined the army, with a normal face: "Pass my order, the army will assemble and prepare to attack Yu County!"