Chapter 556: Sword Confrontation (I)
On the first night, Lu Jing arranged the important tasks of the generals in the army......
In the early morning of the next day, the naval army positions on the shore of the cage lake were still in full swing to prepare for the sneak attack on the Mengyuan army camp across the river at night......
This time, it was Xiao Tian and Su Jia who served as the commanders of the navy, not only all the generals in the army, but also Xiao Su and Su themselves couldn't believe it. After all, the two of them have only been in the army for a short time, and they have no military achievements, and the officers and men in the army have no other acquaintances except for Bianliang's friends. The first time he dealt with a tricky opponent like Yan Jitai Bazaduo, let Xiao Su and the others take on this important responsibility, and everyone would be worried.
But except for Tang Zhan, Lu Jing has always been the same in the army. Moreover, Lu Jing's plans are all clever calculations, which have helped the main force of the vanguard army to win many victories, so all the generals in the army are very trusting. This time, Xiao Su and the two of them led the navy, which was also Lu Jing's plan, no matter how dangerous the march was, Lu Jing used the trick to use people, and everyone was relieved......
But Xiao Tian and Su Jia led the troops for the first time, but the two of them were not at ease, not to mention that they had to deal with such a difficult opponent in the first battle, and they still held the lives of the soldiers of the navy in their hands, and the pressure could be imagined; But if you can march to fight, you will definitely die, and once you witness this, these people are easy to get emotional, which is also a taboo for marching soldiers......
In the early morning, the fog has not yet dissipated, although compared to the first few days, the fog is much lighter, but the fog is hazy, if you don't burn the torches, you still can't see the scene in front of the cage lake, so it is not ruled out that there is a possibility of Mengyuan enemy troops on the cage lake...... The cold wind after the return of spring is from north to south. Slapping the faces of all the soldiers, they knew in their hearts that this battle was auspicious and unlucky. Xiao Su, who is the commander of this battle army, is also very clear......
Xiao Tian stood on the side of the warship by the lake, he was wearing armor. I couldn't help but shiver a little. Su Jia saw it on the side, and asked habitually with concern: "Ah Tian, are you very nervous......
"No, I just feel ......a little cold," Xiao Tian replied lightly.
"You've never been afraid of the cold, you're more than me...... Su Jia continued, "I know you must be too nervous, after all, it's the first time you're going to fight ......."
"Jia'er, aren't you the same?" Xiao Tian didn't look at Su Jia, but tilted his head sideways and said, "We used to be walking on the rivers and lakes. said that for the sake of the people of the world, he would expel the tyranny of Meng Yuan...... But when you actually experience the battlefield, it feels completely different. On the rivers and lakes, you can be friends or enemies with each other, but on the battlefield, you must move forward with the heart of death, and the opposite side will always be your enemy......"
Su Jia knew that Xiao Tian was a little too nervous, so she wanted to think of a topic to calm him down: "Actually, I'm fine, it's not the first time I've done this kind of desperate fight...... In Xiaojia Villa, when in Lingguan City. I once had a single person against Meng Yuan Qianjun, and tried a Shangguan Immortal Sword predecessor to Meng Yuan Qianqi's feelings...... Although I tried my best to almost die at the time, but now that I look back, those experiences are really nothing. It's like I'm ready to go out to the enemy camp with Ah Tian now, and I don't feel too much, but I just sigh that I'm back to the situation of fighting to the death that day......"
"Do you remember the experience when you were in Xiaojia Villa......" mentioned Xiaojia Villa. Xiao Tian smiled slightly, "Go home that time." The experience is really not simple, and it can be regarded as the solution of a knot in my heart for 18 years......"
"Aren't you the same?" Su Jia continued. "I personally killed Xiao Wuzhong, who betrayed the villa, and fulfilled your and Master's long-cherished wishes...... Whether it is Bianliang or Lingguan City, in the face of Wang Dasheng and the oppression of the Mengyuan army, haven't you and have never succumbed? So what is the difference between this situation and the scene of that day? It turns out that what you are carrying is the lives of the people of Xiaojia Villa, and now you are carrying the lives of all the soldiers under your command......
After Su Jia said this, Xiao Tian was indeed much calmer. In fact, this is also due to Su Jia's understanding of Xiao Tian, the two have experienced so many ups and downs along the way, and they have overcome difficulties together, knowing what the other party is worried about and wanting, and knowing how to use the past journey to look at the ups and downs of today......
"Are you ready to go?" While Xiao Su and the others were talking, Lu Jing suddenly appeared from behind him and couldn't help asking. As the key figure in the entire strategic deployment, the military advisor Lu Jing naturally wants the whole army to inspect it, and this link of Xiao Tian and Su Jia's naval army is the most critical and important.
"It's all ready, Sister Jing-" Su Jia still maintained a calm expression, turned back and smiled at Lu Jing and said, "According to what I said last night's strategy, today, Ah Tian and I will lead the navy through the cage lake-"
Lu Jing nodded, and cast a gesture of the eye and said, "Well, don't forget, tonight's plan...... But to be honest, the most dangerous level of this plan is Sister Su, although it is a bit risky to let you two 'newcomers' take on this role, but in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong......"
"I know-" Su Jia replied before Lu Jing could say her last words, "Acting according to the plan tonight, Ah Tian and I are indeed so dangerous, but the real test on the edge is ......"
Lu Jing also nodded with deep meaning......
At the end of the day, the vanguard naval forces began to move, and all the warships drove along the cage lake side by side. However, what is unreasonable is that the warships of the navy are not lit, and I don't know what they mean. Just like in the first battle of Chang Yuchun, the Meng Yuan Navy secretly sneaked on the cage lake. There was still fog in the night, and if the fleet was not lit, the situation in the middle of the cage lake would still not be visible on both sides of the other side of the cage lake.
And in front of the fleet, Xiao Tian and Su Jia were in command, lurking and sneaking without lights at night, as if they didn't want the enemy to know anything. And there were not many soldiers beside Xiao Tian, except for a few people who passed the word, the others were nowhere to be seen, and no one knew what was hidden behind the dozens of black warships behind them......
Xiao Tian made a gesture to the soldiers beside him and said softly: "I will be almost at the enemy position on the other side of the cage lake in a while, and I will light the fire and beat the drum before I can act-"
"My subordinates understand—" replied the soldier crisply, and then quickly retreated.
Immediately, Xiao Tian and Su Jia looked at each other and nodded. Seems to be signaling something......
The entire navy has always remained mysterious, dark and secluded. Perhaps when the naval fleet comes to shore, everything will be clear......
And at this moment. On both sides of the mountain road, Yan Jitai's troops were also ready to move. Yan Jitai designed a plan to lure the enemy, under the pretense that the main force would retreat ten miles, and when the sailors of the Tang Zhan army crossed the cage lake, the people on the shore would send a signal, signaling the 5,000 men and horses led by Tan Youhu to raid the Qiling Pass where the enemy's rear camp was located, and then encircle the front and rear and win a great victory. Now, Tan Youhu and the two generals are attached to Besu Kezhan and Balintuo. He has led 5,000 elite cavalry infantry to sneak to the mountain road in front of the position of the Tang War Vanguard Army at the Qiling Pass. Through the fog of the night, we could faintly see the sparse lights of the vanguard positions -- it seemed that the main force of the vanguard army went out by water, and not many of them stayed to defend the camp.
"There aren't many people, I'm afraid that five thousand men and horses won't need ......" Tan Youhu looked at the sparse lights of the vanguard barracks on the other bank, and laughed softly, "If Tang Zhan and Lu Jing really crossed the river with the naval army as mentioned in yesterday's battle book, I am afraid that they will suffer the defeat of Rongwu and Chang Yuchun......; Hum. In this raid, I'm going to take the heads of both of them myself—"
"Who knows if they will really lead the navy to cross the river and attack as the war book says......," Beshoko said with a slight concern.
"Whether it's true or not, it will be clear when the signal from the position is sent later......" Tan Youhu continued to say contemptuously. "At that time, I want to see how powerful this Tang Zhan and Lu Jing can be, so that Lord Yan Jitai can be so taboo......"
"Not really. Before, General Chewutai and General Zhang Yuexing and General Zhang were all calculated by the two of them......" Eight Neighbors Tuo Eryu also reminded on the side.
"That's their incompetence-" Tan Youhu still doesn't take Tang Zhan and Lu Jing seriously, "A descendant of the Mao boy of the Annihilation Family." A hairy girl who has not been deeply involved in the world, she can't think of anything to be afraid of...... If only they were still in camp later. I'll kill them with my own hands, don't rob me of ......"
"The spies ahead are back—" Beskozhan reminded as he spoke.
Sure enough, the spies who went to the vanguard camp to reconnoiter came back at this time, and it seemed that they had obtained useful information.
"What is the result, how many people are in the enemy position now?" Tan Youhu asked with a nonchalant expression.
The spy leaned over and said: "General Hui, there are not many guards in the enemy camp, at best there are more than 100 people, it seems that it is really as they said before, the main force of the enemy army is all going to cross the river with the naval army, and they are falling into the trap of Lord Yan Jitai——"
"Very good-" Tan Youhu first smiled and nodded in response, and then continued to ask, "Then have you found anyone else?"
The spy continued: "Yes, the general - in front of the enemy camp, there is a woman in silver armor and a crown of hair on her head to arrange affairs in front of the battle, and from time to time she is looking at the map with a general-like figure next to her, who should be in the camp commanding the front line......"
When Tan Youhu heard this, his whole person showed a hideous expression, and said with a sneer: "I can't be wrong, those two people are Tang Zhan and Lu Jing...... Hmph, now that the main force of their army has crossed the river, and in a moment our army will charge and attack the rear camp, and General Ben will personally take their heads-"
Seeing that Tan Youhu was a little excited, Besu Kezhan reminded him on the side: "General, don't forget, we must wait until the signal comes from the shore position before our army can act-"
"I know, I don't need to be reminded. But since the main force of the enemy army is not there, it is only possible to cross the river with the naval army, and the main force of the rear camp is empty, and it should be eight or nine years old......" Tan Youhu's eyes kept staring at the sparsely lit position of the Tang Zhan military camp in front of him......
After another moment, the naval troops led by Xiao Tian and Su Jia drove through the cage lake at a high speed with the wind, shielding the lights all the way, and crossed the cage lake without any hindrance.
The fog can still be seen in a trance at night, but the sky is not beautiful, at this time the sky actually dripping with a light rain, although this does not affect the battle situation too much, but after a long time, the drizzle gradually dissipates the fog, the situation of the two armies in the Qiling Pass will be enlightened, if you want to win with unknown schemes, you must fight quickly......
"It's raining......" Sure enough, Xiao Tian, the leader of the team, was the first to feel the drizzle falling, and stretched out his hand to answer by the mast, which is indeed the case.
"The drizzle passed by, and it didn't take long. The fog will dissipate......" Su Jia said analyzing, "The fog plan." It is necessary to fight quickly -- fortunately, tonight our boats sailed with the wind and are now approaching the crossing of the enemy's original position......"
"Very good......" Xiao Tian seemed to have decided. He walked straight to the bow of the ship, and then shouted an order in the darkness of the night, "Order, the whole army lights up and beats the drums—"
"Knock-knock-" Immediately afterwards, as the vanguard army in front of the Mengyuan army's original station, Longhu, approached, the fleet was brightly lit, although the fog obscured and it was impossible to see how many soldiers and horses there were on the ship, but the earth-shattering war drums that sounded immediately, it was not difficult to guess the huge lineup of its army......
"Tang Zhan's troops are really here......" and the Mengyuan reconnaissance troops who stayed on the shore at this time to detect. This movement was also discovered—through the fog in front of him, the firelight was lined up one after another, and the sound of war drums reverberated throughout the Seven Ridges Valley.
"Quick, send a signal to General Tan in front - it's raining now, let's go back to Lord Yanjijitai in a moment to report......" Several reconnaissance soldiers immediately acted and fired signal flares into the sky......
"It's coming-" On the side of the front position, Tan Youhu really found a signal in the night sky - signaling that the vanguard army's sailors had fallen into the trap of luring the enemy, and the five thousand elite cavalry infantry on the front line. You can start launching a night attack.
"There are also war drums from the cage lake, and it seems that the news is true...... "Eight Neighbors reminded him.
Tan Youhu smiled coldly, then pulled out the big knife on his body, and ordered loudly: "Pass my order." The whole army set up the cavalry infantry formation and attack the enemy's rear camp!"
The order was issued, and the flames on the side of the Meng Yuan army were everywhere. The mountain path was suddenly made into a piece by torch strings. With neat and orderly shouts, the five thousand Mengyuan troops suddenly moved. Charging head-on towards the positions of the vanguard of the Tang War......
On the side of the vanguard camp, Tang Zhanzheng and Lu Jing were analyzing the battle situation of the naval army position in front at the gate outside the camp. and instructed the only man around him to arrange a little affairs. However, the shouts and hooves of Meng Yuan's cavalry not far away suddenly pulled Tang Zhan and Lu Jing's thoughts back......
"Oh no, military advisor—" As he spoke, one of the guards at the position hurriedly ran back and reported, "There are miles of Mengyuan troops coming towards our army—"
Lu Jing's eyes changed slightly, and she said calmly: "Sneak attack on our army's rear camp - it seems that Yan Jitai's troops are really as the letter says, the main force retreated ten miles, and Brother Xiao and Sister Su's sailors didn't run into each other, right...... In the end, I came up with a plan, and the cavalry went around the mountain road to sneak attack our army's rear camp......"
"Jing'er-" Tang Zhan seemed to be about to make a move, and signaled to Lu Jing.
Lu Jing nodded, didn't say anything, and seemed to be ready to deal with all variables.
So Tang Zhan immediately turned back to the camp, as if he wanted to take action......
"Kill-" Not long after, Meng Yuan's 5,000 elite cavalry infantry had already lined up and entered the vanguard camp.
The open space of the camp was extremely open, enough for tens of thousands of horses to train here, and there were not many guards at the gate of the vanguard camp, so the five thousand Mengyuan troops charged head-on and were not hindered too much. The rush into the camp was an open clearing, which was also very suitable for cavalry charges.
The north and south gates of the clearing are facing each other, and on the opposite side are Meng Yuan's five thousand iron cavalry, while on the other side, there is Lu Jing at the door of the camp tent opposite the front and the sparse guards beside him, the number is extremely different. But Lu Jing didn't seem to be nervous, and looked at the Meng Yuan cavalry army that rushed over with a calm face.
It was none other than Tan Youhu, the commander, who rushed to the forefront of the cavalry. As soon as Tan Youhu saw the woman at the door of the tent in front of him, he decided that the military advisor Lu Jing was right, Tan Youhu was like a hungry wolf, staring at the prey in front of him: "Lu Jing......, is it? Okay, let me personally catch you hairy girl and kill your sharpness!"
Tan Youhu took the lead, and the target was Lu Jing, who was resolutely moving in front of him.
Lu Jing smiled lightly when she saw it, and said secretly in her heart: "Yan Jitai Bazaar looks up to me quite a lot, and he used this kind of trick to calculate me in the first battle." It seems that the time when Rongwu defeated the army, I dealt him a big blow, and made him want to kill me like this......"
The army was overwhelmed, but Lu Jing still had no change in face and a calm expression...... (To be continued......)