Devil’s Advent

The evening wind on the mountain is a bit cool, but it is still within acceptable range.

In fact, in this battle between Yan and Chu, the country of Yan did not choose to fight after winter, which itself shows that this strategic intention is different from the past.

Tiantian just finished his meal and was leading a group of soldiers to patrol the various passes on the mountain.

Strict fortifications must be too late to build now. Fortunately, the things in the temples and Taoist temples can be disassembled to make some simple roadblocks, such as the downward slope in front of Tiantian. A simple high platform is stacked.

With this experience of Wufeng Mountain, Tiantian completely understands why his father always dislikes outsiders. Originally, he led the army into this mountain to serve as a bait to provide Chen Xianba with a fatal blow on the periphery. , but it turned out that because of the "collection" of these monks, it made me feel like "coming home".

Even if they had no shortage of food and grass, they paid attention to replenishing food and grass and other supplies when they marched all the way west, but these logistical needs are never afraid of too much, especially when they are sticking to wartime.

In many cases, how long you can last in a battle does not depend on the quality and elite of your soldiers and horses, but on the storage of logistics such as food and grass.

For example, Qu Peiluo's father, known every day, the Great Chuzhu State, led the world's first-class infantry fighters. Lack of food had to open the door and surrender.

At present, Tiantian has nearly 5,000 auxiliary soldiers in his hands. Although there is still a big gap between the combat skills and abilities of the main soldiers, because of the traditional auxiliary soldier system in Jindong, in comparison, Jindong The auxiliary soldiers of the state of Yan are similar to the county soldiers of the state of Yan and the local army of the state of Chu except for the royal army.

In addition, the Jindong Auxiliary Army has always been a reserve soldier of the main army, which is equivalent to the rear battalion of the Jingnan Army of my own father. In terms of military discipline and command efficiency, it is more than a step higher than the local army.

In addition to auxiliary soldiers, Tiantian also has civilian husbands in his hands.

The quality of civilian husbands must be much worse, but because this is the first round of offensive, the selected civilian husbands are mainly young and strong. If they take up arms, they can also fight. After all, many civilian husbands with ordinary household registrations are eager to fight. Rely on merit to advance.

In Eastern Jin, there will never be a lack of myths about the rise of ordinary Guizhou heads through military exploits, because their princes are myths within myths.

There is another point, Tiantian is clear in his heart, but if he thinks about it, it is a bit too dark.

That is, although I am fighting in a different place now, under the strict local household registration system in Eastern Jin, can the nearly 10,000 troops in my hand want to collapse? Want to surrender? Want to fight?

Before thinking about this, they had to think about their family in Jindong.

Over the years, it's not that there haven't been people who have deserted in military exercises, and it's not that there haven't been hip-pulls in small-scale military conflicts. Once there are too many people, there will always be people who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

Therefore, every time something like this happens, their family members will end up miserable, and they will be branded as typical, and they will parade and display in the Baozhai Reclamation Center and even several nearby places.

In front, there is a torch. This is the opening for patrolling tonight. Because there is a large slope below, people have to be guarded.

To Tian Tian's surprise, there was a soldier holding a book by the torch and looking at it by the light of the fire.

Tian Tian walked over, and the man was so fascinated by it that he didn't notice Tian Tian's approaching.

at this time,

A low voice came:

"Password!"

Tian Tian raised his head and saw a person in another position aiming at him with a bow and arrow.

The person reading the book was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the book fell to the ground.

"Meet the deputy commander!"

Tan Xiaoyong, who was reading a book earlier, realized who the person in front of him was, and immediately knelt down.

Not far away, his elder brother immediately saluted:

"Meet the deputy commander!"

Qin Xiaoyong was clever at the moment, and immediately explained:

"The deputy commander-in-chief, I was switching defenses with my brother, and now my brother is taking my place."

Meaning, he's not deserting.

Tian Tian didn't blame him, but bent down and picked up the dropped book.

Books are manuscripts,

On the cover page it says...

...

"Zheng Zi's Art of War?

My lord, do you still read these? "

Cui Dushi asked with a smile.

Xu Weichang put down the book in his hand, rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Hold Buddha's feet temporarily."

Cui Dushi made a cup of tea for the prefect;

"Have the reinforcements from Liusha County arrived?"

"No news, I'm afraid I won't be able to come." Cui Dushi said, "Liusha County is facing Fan City, isn't it?"

"It's not that I can't come, I'm afraid I didn't plan to come at all." Xu Weichang smiled nonchalantly, "Guess, I will wait for the army of the Yan people to pass my Sansuo County, and as soon as they enter Liusha County, prepare Pack up and run away."

Cui Dushi nodded with a smile, and said: "We can't blame them all. Over the years, Sansuo and Liusha counties have absorbed and taken away too many refugees because one is facing Shanggu County and the other is facing Fancheng. .Our two counties are dilapidated.”

"If the house is broken, let the thieves come and go, and don't care about it at all?" Xu Weichang asked back.

"Picture it slowly."

"That's not the reason. In fact, what is really valuable is not the house, but the land where the house is built. People from Yan may really look down on our Chu Feng's house.

That's all, let's not talk about that, Cui Dushi saw the defense on Wufeng Mountain today, what do you think? "

"Extremely organized."

"oh?"

"There are rumors that the person leading the army into Sansuo County this time is the eldest son of the regent of the Yan Kingdom, that is, the eldest son of the former King Jingnan of the Yan Kingdom."

"After the famous coach, and after two famous coaches, from this point of view, it can be regarded as living up to the tutor."

"There is one more thing that you may not know, my lord. When the Yan people first came out of Shanggu County, when they crossed the Wei River, they once fought with me, Prince Ding of Chu, at the landing place.

The leader of the army was precisely the son of Prince Jingnan. "

"Okay, then the old man will take back what he said earlier. If there is no accident, the young man on the mountain should be more knowledgeable about military affairs than the old man."

"You can't say that, my lord..."

"There's no need to hide anything. Before going to battle, the old man was still reading the military book written by my father. If this matter is to be spread, I'm afraid I will lose someone to death, right?"

"hehe."

"Ha ha."

Both of them laughed.

"But there is no other way, the old man is also difficult. Although the whole county is being collected right now, only 30,000 county soldiers can be collected, and if the people inside and outside the county are mobilized, they can also collect 30,000 soldiers. .

With 60,000 horses, if we go to Daze, I am afraid that we will have a good time, but you and I know in our hearts that on the real battlefield, we are still facing the Yan people, which is actually not enough to watch.

It is written in this military book that when besieging and imprisoning the enemy, it is forbidden to make the square square. It is a pity that the old man does not know that such an arrangement will look stupid, but it also says in this book that if one is missing, it must be made up, or it can be done with a few parts. Elite soldiers to delay the enemy.

These people were all pulled over by the old man's face, and now they can barely maintain the airs of a large army.

Which side is less, once the Yan people rushed down the mountain, let alone resist, facing the same number of Yan people, they didn't have the courage to fight at all, and they might have collapsed and fled long ago.

Yan's army is less than 10,000, and it is invincible.

Who said it first? "

"Returning to my lord, if I remember correctly, it should be the Regent of the Yan Kingdom."

"It's a heart attack, the people of Yan don't have three heads and six arms, but this word has been spread for a long time, and the people below really believe it. It's a pity, I, Da Chu, hoped to use the victory of Liang to regain the disadvantage, but Qianren was again The regent broke the capital abruptly.

Sometimes, the old man also thinks, if the state affairs are like this, what will happen next? "

Before Cui Dushi could answer,

Xu Taishou laughed at himself:

"Just do your best."

finished speaking,

Xu Taishou picked up the "Zheng Zi's Art of War" again, read it, and said at the same time:

"Cui Dushi, thank you for patrolling the camp."

"Don't worry, now our army is more powerful than Yan's army, so there won't be any defeat."

"Haha, that's good."

Xu Taishou continued to read the book.

Cui Dushi walked to the entrance of the tent, stopped, turned around and asked:

"My lord, what do you think of this book?"

"Taste carefully, the words are pearls, and the aftertaste is endless."

"Your Majesty once asked Prince Ding how the book was written."

"Oh, how will Prince Ding answer?"

"My lord, those who don't know soldiers will find it more and more wonderful."

"Oh, ha ha ha ha."

Xu Weichang pointed at Cui Dushi, but he didn't see him getting angry at all, instead he said with emotion:

"I'm afraid that the young doll on the mountain will feel bored when he sees an opponent like this old man."

immediately,

Xu Weichang put down "Zheng Zi's Art of War" and picked up another booklet,

road:

"Then the old man stopped reading military books, and read poems, Gan Guowen sage once scolded the regent, saying that he made the way of poetry and prose into a trick for the street blowing sugar.

In fact, I love the song Manjianghong by the regent king the most, not the aspiration to eat the meat of swallows and captives while laughing and talking about thirsting for the blood of the Huns;

But the sentence:

Be from scratch, clean up the old mountains and rivers, overturned Que! "

Xu Weichang looked at Cui Dushi,

asked;

"Cui Dushi, you say that I am Da Chu, can there really be that 'someday' in the future?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I really don't worry that my great Chu country will perish for eight hundred years."

Xu Weichang nodded and said:

"Jin also thinks so."

"Okay, let's go to the camp for the humble job, I can't talk to you about this."

Cui Dushi walked out of the tent,

Xu Weichang's eyes turned to the candlelight on the tea table.

When Cui Dushi went out, he forgot to put back the curtains of the tent, just as the wind was blowing in, the candle flame began to shake non-stop, and it was about to go out.

Xu Weichang subconsciously stretched out his hand to block the wind to keep the candle flame,

But the incoming wind is swirling inside the tent,

all of a sudden,

the candles go out,

Only the small charcoal basin in the center of the tent still emits red light from time to time.

"well……"

Xu Weichang let out a sigh,

Pick up a book beside the coffee table, get up, walk to the brazier, ignite it, then turn around and walk back to the coffee table, use the burning book to relight the candle.

The book is burning, and the ashes of the paper keep falling;

Xu Weichang stretched out his hand and touched the dust accumulated on the tea table,

laughed;

"Since ancient times, how can there be a country that lasts forever? How can there be a family that lasts forever?

The great summer was magnificent back then, so where is it now?

Thousands of years later,

The sun and the moon change, the stars alternate, the mountains and rivers change,

what remains,

I am afraid that only the gorgeous Chu clothes, the elegant Chu hair, and the elegant Chu voice..."

Xu Weichang burned more than half of this book,

Throw it directly into the charcoal basin.

"Clothes are worn by people, hairstyles are made by people, rhythms are sung by people.

Someone has to do something,

Only then can future generations have the interest to look through it in their spare time, right? "

...

"In your spare time, you can just look through it, and don't need to memorize it by rote."

Said to Qin Xiaoyong every day.

After questioning, Tiantian finally found out that the two brothers still have a "steamed bun friendship" with him, and the two of them also discovered the armory hidden here by monks and Taoists.

Therefore, Tiantian is willing to say more to Tan Xiaoyong.

Because his father told him very early on, this book of war should be read only after reading it. If you want to learn how to fight, you have to read it yourself to see how much food a knight eats a day and how much fodder a war horse consumes. It takes a few days for the logistics escorts to push a cart of grain to how many miles away, and how much grain they have to eat on the cart...

"Look more at what the people around you are doing, and more about what those veterans are doing. These are more useful than what is in the book."

"Thank you...thank you, Deputy Commander." Tan Xiaoyong was very excited.

"Um."

Tian Tian was about to leave here to continue his inspection, but saw Tan Xiaoyong take the initiative to send his shoulders over, and even squatted slightly.

Well……

Tiantian could only imitate his father and pat Tan Xiaoyong on the shoulder.

Qin Xiaoyong's face was flushed with excitement.

Tiantian smiled, turned around and went to the next location to inspect.

this night,

Both sides live in peace.

To be precise, except for a small number of sentry guards on the mountain, all the Yan troops had a good night's sleep.

The Chu army at the foot of the mountain has been wary of the Yan army attacking the camp in the dark. They have been on guard for most of the night, and then feel that people are most relaxed when it is daylight. Many generals come and beat the soldiers with whips, making them the most dangerous place stay awake at all times;

pity,

The Yan army on the mountain had no intention of attacking at all.

in the morning,

The firework of burying pots and making rice blatantly lifted off into the sky, and the people of Yan began to eat.

In the Chu army camp, they also began to bury pots and make food.

Xu Weichang looked at Cui Dushi, who had red eye circles, and said with a smile, "You stayed up all night?"

"No." Cui Dushi scolded while eating, "Yangou doesn't follow the rules."

As if he felt that what he said was really stupid, Cui Dushi had no choice but to say again: "It's my fault too, I have been a fan for a long time, it is no problem for you to let me spy on the military situation, and let me command the battle, that is really a bit confused. .”

Xu Weichang shook his head and said:

"The Yan army on the mountain did not sneak attack at night, which means that the Yan people on the mountain are very confident, and I am afraid they have a backhand."

"this……"

"It doesn't matter, when we attack the mountain later, hang my flag as high as possible, and the more eye-catching the better, so that the people of Yan can see at a glance where my Grand Administrator of Great Chu is.

Trouble Cui Du again, lead your subordinates, and choose from the 30,000 county soldiers who can stand on the stage, and surround me.

Barbed caltrops, antlers, potholes, etc., were arranged and dug first.

Wait for the guests to arrive. "

Cui Dushi looked at the prefect who was still reading "Zheng Zi's Art of War" last night in surprise:

"Are you watching the art of war all night?"

Xu Weichang said angrily;

"When I was choked by you, I simply burned the book."

"Yes, that kid in my family can't read well, and I will burn all the books at home when I go back."

"It's a stupid way for me." Xu Weichang said, "First think that you are going to lose, and then you will be defeated, and then figure out what the Yan people should do to make yourself lose the worst.

Hey,

don't say

When I think about it this way, I feel that my mind is much clearer. "

Yan Jun, who finished his meal, has been waiting in full force.

Unexpectedly, the people of Chu didn't know what they were doing, and it was not until after noon, in the afternoon, that the first wave of real offensive began.

for a while,

The drums beating at the foot of the mountain,

flag fluttering,

Young generals from all counties came to the prefect one after another to ask for a fight, slapping their chests;

What a picture of a big Chuxiong army.

However, the results under such a grand occasion are somewhat embarrassing.

It is reasonable to say that the first wave of offensive should be the most ferocious, but after contacting the Yan army on the mountain, the three armies of Chu were all defeated in a short while;

The offensive was originally launched in the afternoon, but the retreat was too fast, and it was far from dinner time. Therefore, the Chu army changed a group of troops and launched a new offensive before the meal time.

This time, the fierce battle lasted a little longer, and the Yan people began to retreat.

The Chu army immediately took the lead, regardless of the general's order from behind, and began to rush forward, and then they were defeated by a wave of counterattacks from the mountain by the Yan people.

Among them, there is a road, the eighteen of Chen Xianba... oh no, now the seventeen sworn brothers are in charge;

After being frightened every day, the subdued children of the rich clan in Chu region, plus Zhou Feng and others were frightened. Facing the incompetent Chu army, they burst out with terrifying fighting enthusiasm.

If Tiantian hadn't ordered to stop it in time, and they didn't dare to disobey Tiantian's order, they might really continue to get hot-headed and counterattack to the Chu people's camp at the foot of the mountain.

Anyway, no matter what, after the two attacks, everyone fooled around until it got dark and started preparing dinner.

While eating every day, he looked at the casualties presented below. The losses of the Yan army were not many. Of course, although the losses of the Chu people were more than those of the Yan army, they were not too great.

For the next three days,

The Chu army launched three offensives every day, once in the morning and twice in the afternoon. Of course, they all returned without success.

Moreover, gradually, the aggressiveness of the attacking Chu army began to get worse and worse, so that the leading generals took the lead in withdrawing when they were slightly frustrated;

The Yan army on the mountain was also used to it. After a round of arrows went down, they made a gesture with a knife and shouted loudly to rush down to cooperate with the retreat of the Chu army.

This battle was fought, and both sides seemed to be quite acceptable.

At the beginning, Tiantian felt that the Chu army was suspicious, but after four days of observation, he finally confirmed that the overall quality of this Chu army...is really not high.

He used to take it for granted that the combat power of Chu's county soldiers was equivalent to his own auxiliary soldiers, but now he found that he was wrong. The combat strength is not the local army, but the private soldiers of the nobles... The local county soldiers are actually the third class, and they are only responsible for catching bandits and arresting thieves on weekdays.

Therefore,

Every day I started to have an impulse in my heart,

or,

Don't wait for Brother Ba?

Try it yourself, lead the main force to rush down to see if you can directly send a wave to the Chu people at the foot of the mountain to break the surface?

Perhaps, Chen Xianba, who has been hiding and cruising around the periphery, also noticed the crotch pulling of this Chu army's combat power, or it may be that he sensed a certain brother's attempt to eat alone.

so,

On this afternoon,

When the Chu army started today's offensive on the mountain,

A Yan army cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind, with a clear goal, trying to penetrate the Chu army formation in one fell swoop, and directly broke the Chu army's commander-in-chief's flag!

And on the high platform under the handsome flag,

Changed into a long green robe, Xu Taishou, whose temples were combed extremely cleanly,

Pick up a bamboo flute and start playing;

Beside him, there were more than a dozen beauties chosen from the county town, who danced to the melody played by the prefect, or played with the qin and harp.

Chen Xianba, who was charging forward riding a wild animal, saw this scene from afar.

Can't help laughing and cursing:

"Could it be a fool, haha..."

The beast stepped on the front hoof and fell into the dug hole. Chen Xianba fell down directly.

Many Yanjun knights also fell off their horses, and the knights behind were blocked from charging, and had to rein in and stop;

at this time,

Cui Dushi raised his knife,

loudly,

"Boys, kill Yangou!"

He led his subordinates and a group of soldiers of the Chu army roaring out.

on the high platform,

Xu Taishou dropped the bamboo flute in his hand,

Pick up the drum stick next to him and start beating the big drum in front of him. The rhythm of the drum is exquisite, and when the person beats the drum, his posture will also twist accordingly. Fengya Drum", playing around at parties.

Seeing that the beauties around hadn't recovered from the sudden killing scene in front of them,

Xu Taishou immediately let out a long whistle,

shouted;

"Go on to the music, go on to the dance!

Let this group of Yan barbarians see and see,

What do you call me... Da Chu Fenghua! "