Chapter 67: The First Battle
There is a garrison of Dashang in Jinjiling, although the number is not large, but they are not responsible for combat, but responsible for vigilance, to give early warning to Bishui Pass, Kong Xuan was originally a general soldier, but one level lower than other general soldiers, and Sun Ming was a continuous break to promote him to a general, and now he is a general.
In this way, Kong Xuanzhi is grateful, so Zai Chaoge never uses supernatural powers and spells, acts in strict accordance with the laws of the world, and does his best, and today he was entrusted with a heavy task again, how could he not be careful?
As early as when he was determined to be the pioneer, Kong Xuan asked Shen Gongbao about Jiang Ziya's situation, everyone in the song is Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya are brothers, and now one is the prime minister of Xiqi, and the other is the national teacher of Dashang, and the status is not low, as for why both of them are in high positions, this is not known very much.
And Shen Gongbao didn't dare to underestimate Kong Xuan, because he couldn't see through Kong Xuan, the gap between the two was too big, and he had also heard about Kong Xuan.
Shen Gongbao didn't dare to slack off, and directly told Jiang Ziya, in the eyes of Shen Gongbao, Jiang Ziya is not as good as himself in everything, especially in terms of cultivation, but Jiang Ziya is not just learning Taoism after apprenticeship, especially the cultivation of the senior brother Antarctic quasi-saint, and it is also the one who has followed the original for the longest time, although he is a registered disciple, but he has learned a lot, and it is difficult to say how it is.
Kong Xuan didn't dare to be careless about Jiang Ziya, after all, the other party was also a saint disciple, although the cultivation was very rubbish, but what about the others?
Kong Xuan was seriously injured when he was promoted to quasi-saint hundreds of years ago, and he did not use the method of beheading corpses, but the way of proving the Tao with strength, which is also difficult, after all, there is no one to guide him, although there is a memory of inheritance, but it is not much for him now.
When he was seriously injured, he was rescued by Shang Tang, the founder of the Great Shang Dynasty, and after healing from his injuries, he became the chief soldier in Jinjiling, and he is also the most familiar with it here, so he is so careful.
Originally, Shang Tang should not be able to treat Kong Xuan as a mortal, but Shang Tang got a pill from the Holy City by chance, which was refined by Sun Ming back then, and the specific effect of Shang Tang was not clear, but it was urgent to save people, and he had no other way, so he directly gave Kong Xuan a pill. It can also be said that Sun Ming saved Kong Xuan's life, but they themselves don't know that Kong Xuan will be an official in Dashang.
As a pioneer officer, Kong Xuan naturally has to be careful everywhere, especially Jiang Ziya is also a cultivator, he doesn't use supernatural powers and Taoism now, but the other party may not use it, so it is better to be more careful.
"Where are the scouts?" Kong Xuan sat on his horse and shouted loudly, and the scout team on the side was hurrying forward.
"What does the general command?" asked the team.
"Send a large number of scouts, immediately probe the road ahead, especially on both sides, and at the same time go to Jinjiling to see what the situation of the barracks there is?" Kong Xuan commanded.
"General, further on is the place where the troops are stationed in Jinjiling, because there should be no problem, right? If there is a problem, they must report it early. The team said rightly.
"Huh?" Kong Xuan's brows furrowed, "Is that how you train?"
"No, it's just ......"
"Okay, don't say more, go straight to it, you must be careful, and there must be no slightest neglect, otherwise military law will be involved. Kong Xuan's face sank.
The team was in a hurry, and then left in a hurry, and then dozens of scouts left with horses and scattered around, while the army began to move forward slowly, and at the same time formed a battle formation, but it was more than ten miles ahead, without the slightest problem, and Kong Xuan felt very bad.
"Order, stop advancing. Kong Xuan's order made the commanders, commanders, and team members of the army very puzzled, but the military order was like a mountain, and the army stopped advancing, while Kong Xuan frowned and waited for the scout's return.
However, the sky began to darken, and there were still no scouts coming back, and the scouts' team was starting to get anxious, and Kong Xuan smiled, "The army retreated ten miles back and camped." "The army started unhurriedly and the rear team changed to the front team, and the slow rear side.
The road to Jinjiling is actually very wide, but compared with the 100,000 army, it is narrow, Kong Xuan knows it clearly, and today after they left the Bishui Pass, there are no people from Jinjiling to greet them, which is a bit suspicious, although this is not necessary, but he turned out to be the chief soldier here, and there must be his former comrades to greet him when he returns today.
Kong Xuan is good at the law of the five elements, which is innate, and his own five-color divine light is the light of the essence of the five elements, so he can brush everything, the five elements are the foundation of all things, so his feeling is sensitive, so he sent scouts to attack.
"Alas, this time the leader of the troops is the vanguard of the great merchant general Kong Xuan, this person is indeed a general, and he actually saw the flaw. "In the mountains and forests on both sides of Jinjiling Avenue, Xiqi's army is hidden, this time Jiang Ziya sent only 100,000 troops, all of them were the original Xiqi's elite soldiers, so they quietly ambushed with this, and the Jinjiling barracks have been attacked, no one escaped from the ascension, Jiang Ziya used the Taoist method when he sneaked attack, and wiped out a thousand people here, it turned out that there were a lot of troops here, after all, it was necessary to defend against the princes of the West, and after Sun Ming reformed the military system, it was changed to a thousand people.
And now it is Jiang Ziya who is speaking, he sent troops for the first time in vain, but he is not ready to go down in ambush, if it is dark today, the other party will definitely not enter the army again, and once the war starts early tomorrow morning, his side has no advantage, the other party has found a problem, so it will naturally find a way to solve it.
"Withdraw troops. Jiang Ziya ordered a retreat, and the army began to retreat in the direction of Xiqi, while the big merchant scouts who were hiding around hurriedly sent people to report back.
Kong Xuan's army retreated, but since he already knew that the other party had an ambush, how could he not pay attention, so after retreating, he sent scouts to lurk over and observe the opponent's movements with the help of the fact that the sky was getting dark and his vision was unclear. Even if 100,000 people are careful, the momentum of retreat will not be small, and the scouts will find it from a distance, so someone will follow and someone will report it.
"Haha, Jiang Ziya really has an ambush, it seems that the Jinjiling barracks has been lost, but the other party is retreating now to conclude that we will not march late at night, but I did the opposite and ordered the army to set off. Although Kong Xuan said that he was camping, he didn't take all the action, but he was just busy on the surface of the front, and now the army is directly dispatched, and the people can stay behind and clean up.
The 5,000 men in the front of the army were all sword and shield bearers, advancing cautiously, while the army followed from a distance, all the way to the Jinjiling barracks. The forward walked for more than an hour, because he did not dare to be too fast, he could only move quietly, and such a speed was naturally no faster than the normal marching speed of the day.
The barracks are brightly lit, the signs of battle have disappeared, and Jiang Ziya's 100,000 army is preparing to camp here tonight, after Kong Xuan's report, he walked to the front, and then approached to observe, and smiled slightly, "Order, the infantry is assembled, ready to be on standby, the arrow array is ready to attack, and the rockets are prepared, I want to see how Jiang Ziya escapes today." ”
The army was ready, and it didn't take long, after all, it was well trained, it acted in an orderly manner, "ignition." Kong Xuan gave an order, and the archers of the shock-absorbing phalanx directly ignited the fire, and then bent their bows and arrows, "Put." ”
The sound of "buzzing ......" air concussion was transmitted very far in the middle of the night, and Jiang Ziya in the camp was still thinking about tomorrow's countermeasures, and at this time, he knew that it was not good when he heard the sound, so he hurriedly flashed out of the camp tent, and looked up to see that the fire and rain were falling.
"Someone, give the order to withdraw the troops. Jiang Ziya shouted, but the rain of arrows has arrived, and the rockets can not only shoot the wounded soldiers, but also set fire to the camp tent, but because of the range, it can only cover the front part of the camp, and most of the places behind it cannot be shot.
However, Kong Xuan was also prepared, "The infantry phalanx advanced, the crossbowmen covered, and the arrow array advanced fifty steps. "In the dark of the night, a military camp lit up by fire, soldiers fled in a panic, while on the other side was a crowd of people who were pressed by the black, rising and falling with their footsteps.
Kong Xuan knew that this battle would be won, but the victory was limited, after all, he didn't bring cavalry, a thousand cavalry was just scouts, and he was reluctant to throw it in, and he only needed to recapture the barracks and kill and injure the opponent's living force in a small amount, which was a great achievement.
He doesn't care about the credit, but wants to be worthy of Shang Tang and the current king, sometimes it's not a big victory that is a big achievement, and now his first task is to stand firm, if this task is not successful, he will be guilty.
Jiang Ziya saw the sea of fire in the front camp, as well as the wailing of the soldiers, but he didn't care about fighting the fire and saving people now, the footsteps of the other party's army were heavy, they were approaching, and they didn't expect that the first battle was defeated, so how could he be embarrassed, but now he must retreat, just now it seems that it is the arrow array of the big business, according to the configuration of the big business, this is the arrow array of 50,000 people, of which 30,000 are bows and arrows, and the other 20,000 are crossbow arrows, this war can't be done.
Fortunately, the burning place is not big, it is all in the front, the rear is all the way unblocked, Jiang Ziya hurriedly organized people to arrange the retreat, if Sun Ming is here now, he will just smile, Jiang Ziya is a soy sauce player in the gods, and if there is something, he must ask for reinforcements, and then the battle before the battle will win, the army will advance, and if he loses, he will hang up the free battle card, and then go to ask for people.
Are the saint's disciples very good? Will the saint arrange troops? Will the saint figure out people's hearts? They don't know this, and Jiang Ziya's ability to govern Xiqi is mostly his own analysis, he is indeed a person with the appearance of a flying bear, and he is born to be an official.