Chapter 278: The Way of Life and Death
"Okay!" Liu Yuan heard this, laughing, fighting on the battlefield is one of his favorite things in his life, after a long time of waiting, now he finally has the opportunity to let himself go to the battlefield to play as a striker, Liu Yuan is very happy in his heart.
"Lord Liu. Ye Guan's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Liu Yuan, his voice was soft, and said: "You remember, this expedition, what you want is to find out the details of Shen Tuyan, not to attack directly, don't attack blindly, can you hear clearly?"
"Clearly, I know that. Liu Yuan saw Ye Guan speak, and was busy: "I will definitely take it step by step, and I will not attack rashly." Liu Yuanshen was afraid that Ye Guan would not be at ease, and if he changed himself at this time, he would want to cry without tears.
The rest of his life has been sitting on the sidelines, silent, and in recent days, he has not been in a very good mood and has not talked much.
After Ye Guan's analysis before, he always felt that he was being played with in the palm of his hand, and he didn't know it yet, thinking that he had fought a beautiful counterattack. But now that he thinks about it, the sergeants who followed him to die on the battlefield before, including the guards who followed him for many years, died unexplained, and now he can't even figure out the enemy's intentions for the rest of his life, which makes him very unwilling in his heart.
"City Lord Yu, if you don't want to go on the expedition this time, I can do it for you. Ye Guan had insight into people's hearts, and he had noticed that something was not quite right for the rest of his life, and he could also understand what he was thinking, if he went on the expedition for the rest of his life, something might go wrong.
Yu Sheng raised his head, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Ye, don't worry, I won't mess around." ”
Naturally, he will not mess around, otherwise he will fall into the trap of the enemy and become a knife in the hands of others.
"You don't have to be presumptuous, and what you have analyzed before is not necessarily the truth. There was a comforting tone in Ye Guan's words, and Yu Sheng listened to it and nodded slightly.
"We don't have time to think about the people behind the scenes, and we don't have a way to influence them. Huang Yongning spoke at this time: "The primary purpose now is to take down the entire enclave, and after unifying the enclave, quickly integrate, we have taken down Shen Tuyan, and the people behind this will definitely show their feet, and then they will think about how to deal with it." ”
Huang Yongning's words, the few people present fell silent.
Any action of the East Prince's Mansion before was to take into account the situation that would be encountered later as much as possible, and strive to be foolproof. However, the development of events in this enclave dispute has far exceeded everyone's expectations, and it is almost impossible to be foolproof.
Ye Guan frowned slightly, the main purpose of his expedition with the army was to be foolproof, but when he encountered the current situation, it was no longer something he could control. The development of things has risen to a new level, and the complexity of the situation in the enclave is beyond Ye Guan's imagination.
Even Ye Guan, before entering the enclave, thought that the enclave was just the next territory to be subjugated to the Eastern Palace. Moreover, before coming, Ye Guan carefully analyzed the intelligence of the enclave over the years, and made an estimate of all aspects, he was confident about the enclave dispute, even if he confronted the entire enclave head-on, Dongwangfu also had an absolute advantage.
But after entering, I realized that the enclave seemed to have no waves on the surface, like a still lake, and it was easy to get it. But beneath the surface of the lake is a deep quagmire, and once you fall into it, the more you struggle, the deeper it sinks.
At this moment, the Dongwang Mansion seems to be like a reindeer that accidentally fell into the quagmire, stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate itself.
If you want to see the sun, there is only one way, and that is to keep moving forward until you take the entire enclave and return all the living forces of the enclave to yourself, and at that time, all the hidden dangers will be exposed, and you can see more clearly.
But things obviously won't go so smoothly, Ye Guan knew in his heart that in the process of taking the entire enclave, they would inevitably clash with the people behind the scenes, and the key point of this conflict was Shen Tuyan.
"The matter of Qiuchang City can only be resolved quickly, and we will concentrate our main forces and strive to take it in one fell swoop. Ye Guan said softly: "The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us." At this moment, there are still half of the territory of the enclave that we have not covered, and the area behind it, with steep mountains and rivers, it is impossible to predict what will happen. ”
"What Senior Ye said is very true. Huang Yongning then said: "The enclave is centered on Wufeng City, and we only have Qiuchang City and Leyang City in the first half of the road, although there are fewer cities in the second half, the mountain roads are rugged, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, and there is no need to pull out the nails behind as fast as possible, if something happens in front, our army will be mired in a quagmire." If it gets caught in a protracted war, this operation against the enclave will be declared a failure. ”
Yu Sheng and Liu Yuan were silent.
Before arriving at the enclave, they all understood that Huang Yuanwu meant to solve the enclave as quickly as possible, and they thought that taking Wufeng City, coupled with the absolute strength of the Eastern Palace, after the army entered, it would be easy to take the enclave.
But now that there is the matter of the massacre of the city in Wacheng, the people behind Shen Tuyan who are analyzed from this, as well as the hidden opponent of Tian Shun, the lord of Tianqing City, and the formation suddenly arranged by the three venerables of Tianqing City in Wufeng City, all make everyone faintly feel that things are not as simple as they seem. The Eastern Prince's Mansion may not be able to take down the entire enclave in a short period of time.
"Ye senior. Yu Sheng frowned slightly, and asked softly: "This time, I will send troops with Senior Liu, first find out the details of Qiu Changcheng, how do you arrange it later, and how will Liu Yuan and I cooperate?"
When Liu Yuan heard the question, he also looked at Ye Guan, although he longed for the battlefield in his heart, but at the same time, he also understood that the battle of Qiu Changcheng this time might be related to the overall action of the Eastern Prince's Mansion in the enclave, and there was no room for failure.
"If you are not mistaken, Qiu Chang City, at this moment, must be waiting for us to go, and the people of Li in several cities in the Qiu Chang City area are likely to be forcibly recruited by Shen Tu Yan and used as capital to defend against us. Referring to the specific arrangement, Ye Guan's eyes shone brightly, and he said: "Although I don't know what means this Shen Tuyan used to make so many people succumb and be willing to go to the battlefield to die, one thing is certain, after we entered Qiuchang City, we faced an extremely difficult battle. And this battle cannot be aimed at killing or wounding the enemy. ”
"If you don't kill or injure the enemy, then how can you fight this battle!" Liu Yuan heard this, and felt a little impatient in his heart, although he had heard Yu Sheng say that in the previous battle, the enemy recruited people to the battlefield, which was extremely intriguing. And behind Shen Tu Yan is likely to be a top master of cultivating death qi, and Shen Tu Yan did this in order to condense death qi cultivation for him. But in Liu Yuan's concept, on the battlefield, it is life and death, if the Eastern Wangfu wants to take the entire Qiuchang City without killing the enemy, how can it do it.
"In Changxiang City before, during the battle, there was a people's army that defected and rushed to Shen Tuyan's phalanx, and then the whole army was annihilated. Ye Guan didn't speak, Yu Sheng was on the side, and whispered about the previous battle: "Before that, I once rode into the camp alone, and most of the sergeants in the phalanx I encountered were ordinary soldiers, and their will to fight was not strong, but they rushed to kill but did not want to die, as if they were going to die." ”
"I didn't think it was anything before, but now that I think about it, they may have traded their own death for something. ”
Before, although Yu Sheng and several people had talked about the battle situation of the lone army, there were not too many descriptions of the details, he was not a person who was happy with his achievements, and he didn't think it was necessary, so he didn't go into details. And now that he is discussing, coupled with his previous speculation, he always feels that something is not quite right. I wanted to talk to Ye Guan about this matter before, but I didn't find a chance, and now that we have discussed this, I simply dragged it out.
Hearing Yu Sheng's words, Liu Yuan didn't react, and there was still a trace of impatience on his face, but Huang Yongning and Ye Guan frowned.
"If that's the case, then things could turn around. Ye Guan pondered for a while, looked at Yu Sheng, and said softly: "Lord Yu City, please tell me about the situation carefully." ”
Immediately, the rest of his life will talk to Ye Guan and Huang Yongning about the previous battle of Changxiang City, no matter how big or small. In this description, he focused on the reaction of the enemy phalanx, but when the enemy army defected, he was not at the scene, when he and Huang Yuchen each defended a city wall, and the defection happened at the main gate of Changxiang City, which Huang Yuchen was responsible for. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he still told everything he saw and heard in his life for the rest of his life, including the role played by Huang Yuchen in the middle.
When Huang Yongning heard this, his eyes were shining, but Ye Guan's eyes were full of gloom.
Huang Yongning didn't expect that his younger brother, who had never been born, could actually do such a thing on the battlefield, which made him look at it differently, and this was the only thing he had heard for a long time that surprised him.
And Ye Guan was carefully considering the events that Yu Sheng said, although Huang Yuchen's role in it was amazing, it was not the most important, besides, he had already known the adventures that Huang Yuchen had encountered, and now that he listened to it, he didn't feel amazing.
"According to what you said, these civilian soldiers do have the intention of seeking death on their own initiative. Ye Guan pondered for a while and said softly: "Entering Changxiang City, they still have hope of life, but they chose to die without hesitation. ”
"Maybe all they can choose is to die at whose hands. Yu Sheng sighed lightly, thinking of the battlefield of Changxiang City at that time, and thinking of the land stained red by blood, he couldn't help but feel solemn.
As a veteran of the battlefield, he would not have any mood fluctuations because of the battlefield, but the battle of Changxiang City was different, and the feeling of this battle for him is still fresh in his memory.
"Previously, we speculated that these civilian soldiers may have been held hostage by their families and had to go to the battlefield to fight, but going to the battlefield does not necessarily mean that they have to die. Ye Guan frowned, and said softly: "But they really did it, now that I think about it, the coercion that may be targeted at them is not just as simple as holding their families hostage." ”
"What is more maddening than death. Huang Yongning looked at Ye Guan and said softly: "Deprive yourself of your dignity, lose your freedom, and be a slave forever." ”