Chapter 66: Liao's Lookout
Speckled bonfires lit up the night, and the sound of patrolling horses' hooves rounded the barracks in the distance.
The camp was filled with blood, and the wounded soldiers could be seen wailing everywhere in the camp, and more than a dozen men with the army were running back and forth.
In the main camp of the Chinese army, the soldiers around the fire looked at the flames and hung their heads without speaking, and the other part hid in the camp tent, holding stones and polishing the blades.
What I heard was the faint words that the wind brought from the tent.
"Why did the great sage and good teacher come so late.......
The big tent that was erected in a square was brightly lit, and the figures sitting in the tent were overlapped on the tent, and Su Chen, who was wiping the blood stains on the nail leaves, glanced at Zhang Jiao, who was sitting first on the right side.
The latter smiled and said, "...... On the way here, I recruited some believers by the way. ”
Seeing that the faces of the generals in the tent, such as Dong Zhuo and Dian Wei, Zhang Jiao's smile was even stronger, and he waved his hand: "Joking, don't take it seriously, this is Guo Xianjiu who asked Poor Dao to pinch this point." ”
Well?
The general in the tent turned his head to look at Guo Jia, who was quietly pouring wine on the side of the long case, and the latter suddenly froze when he picked up the wine, and coughed dryly:
"Once a great general, he has been using soldiers for many years, he is cautious and cautious, and if he does not come out with strange soldiers, he will not be sure. Sure enough, as Jia expected, when the great virtuous and good master arrived at the battlefield with his troops, he withdrew his troops, probably because he was worried that the strange soldiers would bring instability to the army and affect morale. ”
"Sacrificial wine, then how to defeat the other party? As soon as the soldiers and horses of Rongzhou came, they were 120,000, and Yun Yao was the back, and there was a supply of grain! Zhang You was somewhat unconfident in his heart, and Xu Qinghu, who was next to him, also nodded worriedly, they had never seen such a big battle at all.
"Shut up!" Dong Zhuo suddenly shouted, and after returning to the camp, he went directly into the tent without removing his armor and cleaning, and there was still meat foam on his body, "It's just such a little battle, so you are scared?" If you are so long-winded, the old man will slash you with a knife. ”
Bang!
On the long case, Su Chen slapped his palm on it, "Listen to Guo Xianjiu continue!" ”。
Here, Dong Zhuo glared at the two of them, snorted coldly and sat down again, Zhang You and Xu Qinghu didn't dare to say anything, and lowered their heads after sitting down.
Guo Jia put down the pottery bowl, as if he was greatly satisfied, he cleared his throat and continued:
"This person is cautious, has a strong army, and is a good general, but the commander of the first army is too cautious, so he is all soldiers, worried about whether we still have strange soldiers or ambush soldiers."
"Lu Bu and Wen Yuan? The other side must have known about it. Le Jin, who rarely spoke, pulled out the broken arrow stuck in his shoulder armor, "Will their surprise attack work?" ”
"With the character of the other party's coach, he must know that Lu Bu and Zhang Liao have not yet appeared." His eyes swept over everyone, with a smile in his eyes: "But what Jia wants is that he knows his name but does not know his whereabouts, and when the great sage and good teacher suddenly kill, he will be suspicious, and the arrangement of troops will also look forward and backward, and it is estimated that he will not be able to sleep at this time." ”
"Then keep the surname He awake at night."
Su Chen eased the atmosphere in the military tent, and then asked about the casualties in the army, and learned that there were nearly 3,000 dead and wounded, and his mood suddenly sank, and the number of soldiers and horses in his father's hands was less than 5,000, and he didn't expect more than 3,000 casualties in this battle.
"The names of the deceased must be written down, and they will go back to care for their families in the future, and the same is true for the wounded, whose names should be written in the war merit book, and the disabled will be supported by the general's palace in the future. or seek an errand for them, and fight for us, and do not chill the hearts of the soldiers. ”
This article does not need to be agreed by the generals, so let the clerk on the side write it down, and then continue the military discussion, mentioning the batch of Yanshan iron cavalry in Ding'an City, the generals are all experienced in a hundred battles, and probably think that the other party may draw half of it back and attack the main formation from the rear.
"First implement Guo Saijiu's plan, drag him down, let him continue to be suspicious, and show flaws...... Generals, teach him a good lesson. ”
Su Chen looked at the battlefield map depicted today, the front line of the two sides' attacks, and pressed down on it with his palm, "What about 120,000, I cut off the head of that imperial general!" ”
"Yes!"
Inside the tent, the generals stood up and shouted in unison.
The night breeze blows.
More than 70 miles away from here, the huge military camp composed of more than 10 camps is also lit up, as the commander of the big tent, and the big general, the big tent of the Chinese army is much more atmospheric and luxurious.
There are also the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army guarding the surroundings, and beyond them is the Longxiang Army as a working machine, for the battle in the daytime, the sergeants put away their contempt for the rebel army, and their expressions are extremely low.
In the big tent of the Chinese army in the distance, He Jinchen's voice continued.
“.…… The foot soldiers of the Ding'an army, I feel no worse than us..... will to fight is very strong, if the forces are equal, I am afraid that the situation on the battlefield today will change, this is not a good thing, and those cavalry who are hiding, I am curious, when will he hide those cavalry......"
After the troops were collected, He Jinchen stood in front of the map, staring at every terrain, his brows almost wringing out. There were all the main generals of various armies around, and some of them were killed in battle, so they were temporarily replaced by the generals and colonels of the next level, and they did not dare to answer at will, but stood in place and listened quietly.
"Before, I still had some suspicions that the Taiping Dao demons pretended to be ghosts and fooled the people, but today I saw the lightning slashing down, I was horrified, but it didn't hit, why? I speculate that the horns of the Taiping Road will only lead to thunder. Looking at its believers, although they are fanatical and not afraid of life and death, they can fight in battle formations, after all, they are a little worse, and they are not worried about the situation, and the only thing they are worried about is the cavalry of the other party. ”
In He Jinchen's hoarse and low words, Li Dang, the commander of the Tiger Ben Army and the middle protector behind him, was silent for a moment: "That cavalry is quite small in number, even if you take the opportunity to attack the Chinese army, you are confident that you will stop them from the middle formation." ”
"What if it's a lot?"
He Jinchen took a step, turned around and walked around, he walked to the tent in his single clothes, looked at the fire burning in the camp from afar, and took a deep breath: "Pass me the order to Ling Xiao, let him take three thousand cavalry to rush back, and go straight into the middle of the rebels from the rear, tomorrow, Fei Chong will lead 16,000 soldiers and horses from Rongzhou to enter the battlefield from the flank, and all the troops will press up!" ”
Thinking of today's damage, his eyes became a little cloudy.
More than 7,000 people were killed or wounded, Chen Fang, the chief general of the Shibuya Army, was killed in battle, and seven generals and colonels of the two armies were killed...... The war losses were probably the worst in a decade.
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was rushing towards the garrison barracks, and a series of horses' hooves rumbled, pouring into the open gate and heading straight for the Chinese army.
The tiger soldiers guarding the big tent stepped forward to stop them, and the knights stopped their horses and stumbled off their horses and ran, and they had many wounds on their faces.
When they saw the old man walking out of the tent, they stepped forward and knelt down with their hands.
"Meet the general, I'll wait...... I'm waiting for the rear battalion generals! ”
Hearing the word 'Houying', and seeing their black faces and mottled armor marks, He Jinchen's heart jumped violently, "What's wrong with Houying?" ”
"...... was burned. ”
The old man hurriedly asked, "But a cavalry?" ”
A few people on the ground nodded: "An enemy general wearing beast-faced head-swallowing armor led an unknown number of cavalry night attacks, and the battalion master was beheaded by him with a halberd." ”
"And then?"
Most of them didn't know, and only one of them stammered: "I saw this group of cavalry burn the rear camp and go to the north......"
Heading north?
That's where Yanzhou is!
Thinking of this, He Jinchen's eyes widened suddenly, and the generals in the army didn't dare to come out, this burned the grain, and wanted to lead a thousand cavalry to attack Yanjing?
"The generals in this group of rebels are fucking crazy!!"
Thinking of today's battle, the little enemy general who wore an iron mask and charged with a gun rushed into battle, and he did not want to kill him; There is also a fat and young enemy general, but it is suddenly terrifying.
And the most impressive thing is that the giant man with heavy armor is not like a human at all.
Chen Fang, the commander of the Shibuya Army, was also a master of the Four Rank Realm, and he was killed by the other party in one shot, which was seen by many soldiers with their own eyes.
Everyone remembered the picture of Chen Fang's entire head being crushed when Chen Fang's body was brought back, and they couldn't help but feel a spirit, and they could clearly see the traces of five fingers pinched out on it.
"Back to the military discussion, since their cavalry has gone to the north, it will be easy to handle tomorrow." He Jinchen asked those people to get up, and his face was solemn and dripping, and the arrangement of the other party's cavalry was a little beyond his expectations.
actually ran to Yanzhou!
Does it make sense though? It's just a lone army.
……
The night was deep, and in the second half of the night, there were still more than ten miles away from the battlefield, and the figure in black scale armor and a long white single-sleeved robe on the left stood on the hills and looked out at the field ahead, speckled with fires stretching the barracks.
Behind him were a group of 800 cavalrymen resting on the spot.
"There are so many people......"
Zhang Liao grinned, his indifferent eyes blinked in black, and he looked back at the lieutenant who followed behind him, his face looked gentle in the night.
His beard stroking slightly in the wind, he asked softly:
“...... Do you say that the head of his house will be afraid of death? ”