Chapter III: The Situation of the Battle
Lin Fengjin slept very soundly, but about the fourth watch in the evening, he was woken up by the dense sound of horses' hooves, followed by crying, scolding, and the crisp sound of weapons clashing, it sounds like the strong men in charge of guarding the village had a conflict with outsiders, but this conflict can be said to come and go quickly, which is enough to show that the combat power of the two sides is not at the same level at all.
Lin Fengjin poked his finger, and saw a hole outside the window, and then saw a group of cavalry rushing into the village, what happened next is very familiar, under the coercion of the sword, these villagers took out the food in their homes with tears and fear, of course, they also refused, of course, this kind of bird was beaten hard, and then the family ran out crying and screaming, and handed over all the valuable things that could be taken out to beg for their lives.
Lin Fengjin looked at all this with cold eyes, he had no intention of stopping it, because at this juncture, he could understand the mood of the generals who gave the order, but then he found out one thing, that is, this group of cavalry actually disdained those golden silks, as long as the grain, and after taking away the grain, he was very surprised that he threw down several small bags, because from the weight of this small bag falling into the soil, it could be seen that what was contained was nothing else, but a silver tael ingot.
If it is calculated in this way, it is equivalent to forcibly buying grain, and the price of the silver taels left by the other party is even a little higher than the market price.
When a large army crosses the border, it can be said that it is not easy to use such an attitude to scavenge grain and grass when the military situation is urgent. At the same time, he still remembers to give money, which can already be said to be strict in military discipline.
Let the soldiers be brave and good at fighting. It is necessary to turn it into a beast, but the beast has its own animal nature, how should this be tamed? In the history books of the ages, there is an endless stream of famous generals, but the methods in this regard are different, wide and benevolent. Strict, harsh, longitudinal. Thickness and so on.
For example, Lin Feng trained the red horse, and Lu Yu cultivated the snake swallower, and what he walked was a strict order and a generous reward. At the same time, the way of brainwashing. For example, Xijon takes the path of wideness, indulgence, and indulgence
And the army that Lin Fengjin saw faintly had the prototype of a strong army in the world, and it could endure not to bully in the face of weak people, and then it was to face a strong enemy and endure not to retreat, so the military soul was cast.
Next, Lin Fengjin thought about it seriously. Why did such a strong army appear here? It stands to reason that the entire Northern Qi army and horses should all go to King Yeduqin? If you can figure out the reason behind this. Then you must be able to understand a lot of things, and the most intuitive thing is that you don't have to trek so far on this stormy road.
Lin Fengjin's fingers flexed, knocked lightly on the tabletop, and then he couldn't get enough, dipping the cold tea in the big bowl next to him to write and draw, and soon sketched a vague pattern on the desktop, this pattern looks very blurry, but in fact, if you have a heart, you can see at a glance that the blurred pattern on the desktop is actually a map around here.
Although there are not many roads that can be walked within hundreds of miles, but the crossing of the army will definitely not take ordinary Qianmo, people eat the grain and grass that horses chew, and the baggage that goes into battle is dragged by carts, and it can be said that there are only a handful of roads that can support such a scale through the army.
Lin Feng calculated it in his heart, and suddenly had a rough number in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, he frowned and said:
"Heading in this direction?
After thinking about this matter, Lin Fengjin suddenly stood up from the table, and then quickly rushed out, just saw the group of cavalry who came out to look for food walking towards the outside of the village with torches, and did not see any movement of Lin Fengjin, it was already quietly blocking the entrance of the village, and the soldier who was leading the horse in front of him was distracted, and when he looked up, he saw Lin Fengjin silently drill out, standing in front of him, and under a spirit, he almost didn't spill a soak of urine in the crotch of his pants, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly kicked in anger and shameγ
Unexpectedly, the other party hooked and fell, and the soldier immediately fell on a big horse, after this person suffered a loss, the surrounding sergeants immediately shouted angrily, and surrounded them with spears, Lin Fengjin looked at them and said lightly:
"Are you the Tempest Army? Is it Li Kai or Fu Wen who is leading the team out this time? Take me to meet him. β
Although Lin Fengjin seemed to have some doubts when he talked about the "Wind Army", the two names of "Li Kai" and "Fu Wen" that he said next suddenly made these tense soldiers hesitate all of a sudden, and the spear head that poked at Lin Fengjin's chest very rudely also put down the letter suspiciously.
The captain at the head suddenly said:
"What mad Tempest Army, don't understand what you're talking about?"
Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"Although you didn't play the flag, the poke on the horse's butt was suddenly exposed, and in the entire Great Qi, only Shen Chuan liked to use a triangular poke to brand the horse. β
When the Wu Commander heard Lin Fengjin's tone, he didn't dare to be contemptuous, and hesitated for a while and said:
"Dare I ask who you are?"
Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"Won't you know if you take me to see your leader? By the way, Li Kai's temperament is a little more impatient, and Fu Wen is much calmer, so it should be Fu Wen who is the pioneer, right?"
After being stunned, the Wu Commander said respectfully:
"General Fu is indeed a pioneer, we are the subordinates of General Liu of His Royal Highness, because the rain here is rotten, so it is slow anyway, so we just stay and raise food while walking. β
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin suddenly said with a sigh:
"You're Liu Ou's subordinates? Is he now going to hang his arms and shout soreness on a rainy day, and let people beat him a few times to be more comfortable? In other words, he is also lucky, if the arrow is three inches higher, it can directly penetrate the heart, but the person who shot the arrow did not please him, and was rushed up by Liu Ou with his arms collapsed and cut to the ground. He struggled on the ground for an hour before he died. β
That Wu Chang is also Liu Ou's cronies, and when he saw Lin Fengjin's words, he couldn't help but believe that he had met a nobleman. Hurriedly asked someone to go to the village over there to bring a few cattle, and moved two war horses out to ask Lin Feng to ride.
After arriving at the front of the barracks stationed in Jimingyi, Lin Fengjin went straight into the Chinese military tent, and sure enough, he saw an acquaintance from the year, this Liu Ou was the snake swallower who survived the battle of Yaocheng, because he was not treated in time after an arrow in one arm, he was injured and fell into the root of the disease, so he was regarded as a cronie by Lu Yu. Then he was released into the Tempest.
Liu Ou was born in the Snake Swallowing Guard, a real Royal Forest Army, and he is also a first-class killer when he goes into battle with a knife. Unequivocally and with great success. And he is also a person with a foundation in the background, and he can say a few words in front of Lu Yu at a critical time.
Therefore, such a person will inevitably have some eyes above the top. Even Shen Yan was kind and pleasant when he talked to him. The rest of the people who didn't get into his eyes must have been pointed at by him with their nostrils.
However, no matter how high and slow Liu Ou is, this score can't be put up in front of Lin Fengjin, after seeing Lin Fengjin, he was first surprised, and then he was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Lin Fengjin to sit down. Lin Fengjin didn't take any shelf, he just said that he was doing business on the grassland. Then he heard about the battle, so he hurried back. At the moment, I am confused, and I want to understand the situation at this time.
Liu Ou immediately agreed, and took out all the information at hand, what kind of newspaper, chicken feather newspaper, fast horse delivery immediately piled up a full table, Liu Ou is the queen of the wind army, and also one of the main battle armies of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the news channel is much more reliable than the civilian one, in this way, Lin Fengjin immediately has more information in his hands, and gradually the current situation is clear.
After turning over the table, Lin Fengjin closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then exhaled a long breath:
"I said that the king's reaction was wrong, it turned out to be the idea of beating the outcast!"
The so-called abandoned son means that he has completely retreated in the northwest direction of Xirong's invasion, completely allowed the situation to erode and competed for the first place, and naturally wants to concentrate his forces and fight with the side of the Central Tang Dynasty! If he can defeat the well-known government soldiers in the world of the Central Tang Dynasty, then needless to say, Xirong will naturally retreat.
And at this time, it was clearly written on the chicken feather newspaper that the soldiers of the Central Tang Dynasty had already arrived directly under the city of Yedu, so in other words, if Lin Fengjin continued to go west, he would also be blocked by the road. And the Tang Army also bypassed Donglin Academy, not ten miles around Donglin Academy, this should be too influential of Donglin Academy, even in the Tang Dynasty, there are many officials from Donglin Academy, not to mention that there are definitely not a few people in the Tang Dynasty who come to study in Donglin Academy.
In this case, Lin Fengjin had already seen Lu Yu's intention, which was to use a national capital like Yedu to consume the enemy's fighting spirit, and at the same time seize the weakness of the other party going deep into the heart of Northern Qi and stretching the supply line too long. Wait until the Chinese Tang Army meets its head and blood under the fortified city, and then kills it in one fell swoop, cutting off its back road, cutting off its grain route, and annihilating all the enemies who come to attack!
Such a plan can be said to be very bold, take a closer look, it looks like two people are betting against each other, it was just a small fight, but it gradually became angry, and suddenly a stud came to make a final decision!
What Northern Qi took out as a bet was its own national capital, once it lost, even the national capital would be captured, so how far is it from the death of the country?
On the contrary, if the invading army of the Tang Dynasty this time is completely annihilated, then it can almost be said that it will not want to recover its vitality for ten years.
Both sides seem to have the confidence to win, for Zhongtang, they feel that even the city of Nanzheng, which is the first in the world's defense, has been captured by themselves, if it is about siege experience, then Zhongtang is naturally unparalleled in the world, not thinking about the second person, and still in such a situation to fight a surprise attack of Northern Qi! Even children know the truth of striking first, so it is impossible for them to lose!!
And for Lu Yu, confidence naturally comes from the Snake Devouring Army!
The main force of the Tang Dynasty is the sword and shield based on the government soldiers, that is, the infantry, if it is in the mountain war or the city defense war, there is no doubt that the advantage of the government soldiers is great, but at this time, the Tang Dynasty wants to fight Yedu, and it is still a rapid mode, not steady and steady, its grain road can be said to stretch for thousands of miles.
To protect this grain route, it is clear that highly mobile troops are needed, in case something happens. Then they can immediately rush over to support in the shortest possible time, but no matter how elite the government soldiers of the Zhongtang Dynasty are, they can't abandon the twenty-forged iron knife in their hands that is eleven catties, three taels and seven coins. and the nine-pound nail copper tiger head shield that ran to the rescue!
Mobility is the hard wound of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!
Then, Lu Yu felt that his opponent was only the traitor Tian Wu, the general of Hengbo, but how many cavalry could Tian Wu have? How long could he hold out in front of the Snake Devouring Army? At this point, Lu Yu felt that he had full confidence to teach Tian Wu to be a man.
Therefore, just like the new monarch of the Zhongtang Dynasty at this time, he had the certainty of victory in his heart, and Lu Yu couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile, feeling that this was the great opportunity that God had sent to his mouth, and he could swallow the main force of the Zhongtang Dynasty in one bite. Once the main forces of the Chinese and Tang Dynasty were defeated here, how long would the road to return to China be? It was the cavalry that was in pursuit! What awaited them was the end of total annihilation. The next thing is very simple, what Xirong did on the land of Yinzhou in the northwest, Northern Qi can also do. And the wilderness has become even more intensified! It is not easy to say that it is possible to move Nanzheng and take advantage of the situation to destroy the country!
At this time, the Tempest Army, which was quietly mobilized, was to quickly move south and take on the responsibility of attracting enemy fire. The heavy task of cutting off the other party's grain routes. And Lu Yu will lead the snake swallowing, it is really like a snake lurking in the dark, hiding coldly beside it, putting away his fangs, quietly waiting for the enemy's reinforcements, and then rushing out at the most critical time to bite the other party fiercely.
After understanding the overall situation at this time, Lin Fengjin can almost be sure of where his family goes, or Donglin Academy. Or Ye Du - his desire to meet Daozuo is almost impossible. Because Lu Yu's strategic plan was to defend Yedu to the death! In such a situation, it was impossible for Lao Tzu, the king of heaven, to leave the city. Everyone's family members are in this capital, if it is broken, the big guys will die together with the whole family, and the soldiers guarding the city will naturally have a ruthless anger and dare to fight.
However, as long as a family's family members leave first, then immediately the people's hearts are panicked and turbulent, as if a gap has been broken in the strong embankment, and there is an immediate danger of collapse, in this case, Lu Yu must be caught and killed one by one, no matter what identity or status, it is estimated that even the queen's relatives will not show mercy, which can deter the hearts of the people who are about to move.
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Lin Fengjin also knows the old man of his family quite well, he is not confused at all, and he will never hit this muzzle, so almost nine out of ten may be in Yedu.
Knowing the whereabouts of his family, Lin Fengjin also settled down, but he was quickly swept up by another thought, and his thoughts diverged suddenly:
It's this kind of thing to defend Yedu, it is reasonable to ask Lu Yu to sit in charge, he is also a king immediately, don't say that he goes into battle to kill the enemy at a critical time, that is, he stands on the city wall, that morale can be said to be a bar up, enough to be worth 10,000 reinforcements, and if Lu Yu sits in Yedu, it is also equivalent to the backbone of the heart, which can calm people's hearts.
However, the Snake Devouring Army is cruising outside, trying to squeeze the fighters to the death, improvising on the situation, and giving an order, the sword mountain and the sea of fire in front of it are also going to pounce, if there is no command of Lu Yu, who can suppress these arrogant soldiers? At the same time, we must also take into account the political significance behind this battle, once a big victory is achieved, it is likely to follow a war of annihilation, so can the general who commands this battle afford such a feat
Thinking of these miscellaneous things, Lin Fengjin was also out of his mind for a while, silently sat in the military tent, poked the tea with his index finger and wrote, calculating the overall situation of the world at this time, but when the manpower was finally exhausted, Lin Fengjin calculated and calculated, and the residual tea on the table was dipped in ink by him and dried up, and he also felt that the situation was foggy everywhere, and he opened layer after layer, and the candle lit next to it also shook and was completely extinguished, and the tent finally fell into darkness.
Suddenly, Lin Fengjin felt that something was not quite right, he rested early in Zhuangzi last night, and slept for more than three hours when he was woken up by the Hurricane Army, and then came over to see Liu Ou, the road was also an hour's delay, and now he has been in the tent for so long, pinching his fingers and calculating carefully, it should have been dawn a long time ago, why is it still as dark as the sky is blind in this military tent.
So Lin Fengjin opened the curtain of the tent, and was taken aback, it turned out that it should have been the dawn of the morning, but the sky was as dark as the bottom of the pot, and the thick clouds could be said to be crowded on it one by one, and the mood of the congested people was that heavy, and it was an overwhelming heavy rain, which seemed to be definitely not a rain in one area and one place, but a bad climate that was going to sweep across the entire Central Plains.
This heavy rain is bad news for the people of the Tang Dynasty who traveled thousands of miles to attack the city, the eight ox crossbows, bows and arrows, and carts during the siege of the city could not withstand the rain, but the place to be attacked was still the national capital! And it was also one of the three capitals left by the David Dynasty, and it was a fortified city that had been operating for hundreds of years!
And the grain road of the Zhongtang people is so long, as soon as the rain falls, it will take ten days to transport grain to the front line, then this time is to fight and doubling upwards, in this case, it is not only the Zhongtang people who are unlucky, there are more variables, because it rains for two or three days, the cavalry will definitely not be able to count on it, and no matter how strong the fighting will of the snake swallowing army is, it will not be able to overcome the natural disadvantage of the cavalry.
Just when Lin Fengjin was thinking in his heart, the big rain beads fell again, he also knew at this time that this rain must be small, and it would not be finished for a while, since he had already got the exact news at this time, and at the same time he couldn't leave, so he was safe, yawned, and felt sleepy, so he simply lay down on the bed in the tent next to him, regardless of the smell of the mattress and quilt, closed his eyes and fell asleep. (To be continued......)