Chapter 129: Ten Thousand Enemies
Without the advice of the adjutant general, the strain of the dog black directly turned this army into a fly without a head. After thinking hard, he felt that he could neither turn back, nor break through the interception of the enemy in front of him, let alone abandon his horse and swim across the river in another place, so the only choice was to take a detour.
One hundred and twenty miles up the river, there was a bridge for cavalry to pass.
Of course, if you run a hundred and twenty miles up there, it can be said that the way is quite desolate, and there are almost no single people, and if you want to get baggage, you can only face the forts and stockades of the large local families that are very strong.
Obviously, the lightly armed, exhausted flying army lacked the ability to attack fortifications, which meant that they could not get any baggage and replenishment, and in their current situation, not to say that they could run for one hundred and twenty miles in a row, or another thirty or forty miles in a row, the horses that lacked rest and forage would definitely die, and they had to stop and rest.
In order to ensure sufficient physical strength, the diet of the war horse is completely different from that of the wild horse, usually it is fed with grain, beans, bran and other concentrates, and even has to be fried, and some elite army war horses, even before performing special tasks, will be rationed eggs, apples, cheese, lumpy brown sugar and other high-calorie food.
At this time, in order to pursue speed, the bean cakes and other horse materials they carried with them were almost eaten up, and as soon as they rested, the hungry horses had to eat grass, which contained a lot of water, and the stomach of the hungry war horses had adapted to the concentrate.
It's a pity that Inuheita feels that he has no choice at all, yes, he understands this very well, if he stays here, most of the consequences will be total annihilation. If you take a detour, it is estimated that half of the people will be left. Fortunately, the rest of the Flying Army also knew the trick very well in their hearts, so they had no objection to the boss's opinion, but their morale was very low.
Of course, there is another prerequisite for half of the people to go back - that is, Fangcheng has been captured, and Lu Yu's main force has been tripped there.
Otherwise, anyone would know what would happen to Lu Dao being chased by the ferocious Snake Devouring Army, let alone in such a state of fatigue.
It turns out that pinning one's fate on someone else's body is a very unreliable thing.
Because not long after, Lin Fengjin was yawning lazily. At the same time, he roasted a squeaky horse's leg on the bonfire, leaned on the chaise longue and took a nap, and behind him was the wooden bridge of He Jialian, on which the corpses of the Xirong army were densely packed as if it were his background.
"Why did you come. Lin Fengjin was very dissatisfied with the humanity in front of him.
He was not facing anyone else, it was Cui Yuemo, this guy was known as a cold face in the army, but in front of Lin Fengjin, he couldn't face it at all, bent over and said with a smile:
"I'm really here as soon as possible, and I just chased and killed those grandsons Fifteen Li. I received the king's military order, and I hurried back and forth to help the old camp, where do you know that you are still doing such a beautiful job. ”
Lin Fengjin sprinkled some spice on the horse's leg again, and then squeezed the essence of a few oranges out of the herb furnace and smeared it on the horse's leg - of course, with the help of the "demon finger" of the little finger. Handed the horse's leg behind him, Cui Yuemo's black demon camel behind him was already salivating, chewing and eating it in a big gulp, and from time to time it made a satisfied snort. Lin Fengjin sighed and said:
"That's it. Those guys have only been running for an hour, and I guess they are resting now, and I have sent someone to fill them up along the way. It's all old horse thieves who have accumulated years, and I promise that I won't lose it, this flying army seems to be quite famous, Lao Cui, it's my job to serve your demon camel, I won't care about anything more with you, but it has nothing to do with me to kill the enemy, and now I will give you such a big credit, what do you say. ”
Cui Yuemo's eyes lit up, of course he knew the name of the flying army, and Lin Fengjin would not open his mouth, if he could wipe it out, it would be a very strong bonus to his fame and merits, and he immediately said with great joy:
"Do what you say. ”
Lin Feng said respectfully:
"So, I had a little misunderstanding with the quartermaster He who stayed in Fangcheng, you helped me take it over, and this matter was revealed, what do you think?"
Cui Yue was stunned when he heard this, this old man is not a good person, his nickname is He Cramp, every time he asks him for military supplies, it is a torture and burden, and if there is a approval in his hand, he will have to check it again and again, and he will give it to you after repeated inquiries. However, the reputation of defeating the flying army is also quite tempting! Cui Yuemo is also a cautious person, so in order to avoid being pitted, he asked:
"What misunderstanding did you have with him?"
Lin Feng said with a big sting:
"I brought a group of family members over and asked him to take two or three hundred people's baggage, how big of a deal can it be?"
Cui Yuemo immediately relieved his heart when he heard this, what is the weight of two or three hundred people, five or six thousand elites under his command, together with nearly 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, this deficit does not even have to be done, just find a name and wipe it, and immediately patted his chest and said:
"Is that a thing? It's all up to me. ”
Of course, in the next three hours, Cui Yuemo began to move towards the road to victory, looking at the "flying army" that could fight evenly with himself in the past, as if he was being chased as a rabbit, when he ran all over the mountains, Cui Yuemo had the pride and elegance of pointing the country, and when he cut off the head of the dog Heida with a knife, this pleasure and pride rose to the peak, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile.
This feeling of excitement and the pride of pointing out the country lasted until Cui Yuemo patted his chest in front of "Old Man He Cramps", wanting to take over Lin Fengjin's "little things" in one bite.
In the previous battle, five unlucky people were injured, four of them were hit by the enemy's bow and arrow, and the other one was too excited to pull the bow over his head, and the bowstring broke and hit his face, almost bursting his eyes.
As for why he didn't pursue next, it was because Lin Fengjin was reluctant to pursue these men under his command first, even if he pursued and routed the soldiers, there must be losses, not to mention the regular army with fighting spirit? These subordinates Lin Fengjin regarded them as "tinder", and also expected them to further strengthen the armed forces of the Sanli Division with strict drills after returning to the grassland.
Second, because the number of people is too small after all, they may not be able to make great achievements, but they have to worry about the enemy's counterattack, so it is better to sell favors.
On the way, Lin Fengjin took the opportunity to rest and gather everyone together, and said seriously:
"The purpose of my calling you this time, of course, is first of all to protect my safety and prepare to die in place of me at a critical and necessary time, and secondly, I hope you can take a look at the current army's mainstream combat methods, so that you can realize that there are many ways of war in this world, definitely not just riding and shooting or drawing a saber to cut when you are close, and although riding and shooting is very powerful, it is definitely not an invincible tactic in the world! Only a strict military order, a military system, adequate training, and the determination to enforce orders and prohibitions are the necessary qualities of a strong army! Chi Bili, you are a relatively handsome and talented person, tell me what you think these days. ”
Chibili stood up, beat his chest with his right hand, and then bowed down and said:
"Back to Gongzi's words, at first I still didn't understand why I had to learn from the Han people, learn drills, and learn formations, just thinking that Gongzi let us be so thick, even if we went to the soup and fire, it was also unrelenting, but after ambushing the enemy that night, I realized that if I hadn't been trained by a few instructors before, no matter how fearless and good at fighting was, it would be absolutely impossible to shoot such arrows in a group of ten people. This kind of war is like gathering everyone's strength together, and a person's strength is completely insignificant in the face of such a force, and I really can't describe the feeling like that. ”
Lin Fengjin nodded slightly, and said approvingly:
"You can say so much, it can be seen that you have also used your brain, does anyone else have something to say?"
At this time, the wolf suddenly stood up and said very simply:
"Childe, if someone had told me before that two or three hundred people could push thousands of elite cavalry into a desperate situation, and that these two or three hundred people were still safe and sound, I would not have believed it, and I believe that these compatriots around me would not believe it, and would only smile with mare's milk wine, but not long ago we experienced such an incredible battle ourselves! What is this magical power called on the battlefield? I want to learn this. ”
Wolf Tu's words also resonated with the rest of the people, and they couldn't help but talk about it, Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"This is the art of war, the strategy of war, we Han people tried to find out some rules from it thousands of years ago, and called it the method of using soldiers, referred to as the art of war. Even now, there are special seowon to study this. ”
"Do you know what it means to say that we Han people have 10,000 enemies? It's not that this person is particularly brave and can fight 10,000 enemies with one enemy, but this general's art of war is superb, even if he is weak and crippled, he can also break the enemy 10,000 people, you have to learn the art of war, you have to come step by step, the first step is to know Chinese characters, and then you can understand the book of war, and then it is when I explain the art of war to you. (To be continued......)