Invincible son

Chapter 294 293 [Movement]

"The villain has the guts to ask the lord if he is a descendant of the country?"

After Dong Da got up, he faced Pei Yue and asked this sentence, with anticipation in his eyes, and a little excitement.

Pei Yue didn't admit or deny it. After all, the matter between him and the Pei family was too complicated, and he couldn't explain clearly in a few words, let alone explain it carefully to a stranger, so he just asked indifferently: "What's the matter?"

Dong Da's expression was dim, and he forced a smile and shook his head and said: "As a native of Lingzhou, the villain admires Duke Xianding very much, and also sees that the Duke is from the capital, so there is nothing wrong with asking this question."

Pei Yue looked at him steadfastly, and then changed the topic: "How is the situation in Daokou Village?"

Dong Da lowered his head and said: "The people of Western Wu suddenly launched an attack, combined with the internal response that had been deployed in the village in advance, stabbed the defending general Cao Hu, and set fire to the storehouse in the village. At that time, the villain escaped with these comrades, and the village had already fallen. , and the rest of the situation is unclear.”

Pei Yue asked: "How many troops are there in Western Wu?"

Dong Da replied: "Three thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry."

Pei Yue frowned immediately, the situation was more serious than he imagined.

After the [-] cavalry from the Badao Battalion of West Wu appeared, he immediately realized that this was no accident, and that the court of West Wu would definitely respond on the border, so he immediately notified Jingdu, Xue Tao, and Ning Zhong, the commander of the Guping camp.It's just that the Western Wu people's movements were extremely fast. Judging from the time, when the Badao Battalion hidden in Qingyu Mountain appeared, Western Wu had already completed the deployment of troops on the border, and the soldiers were pointing directly at the nine military strongholds.

Now that Daokou village has fallen, what about the rest of the army village?

It is impossible for the Western Wu court to send more than 1 people to attack the Daliang border. According to Pei Yue's knowledge, Western Wu currently has at least 13 cavalry and 40 infantry. How many backhands no one knows.

"Fu Hongzhi."

"Humble."

"You reorganize the soldiers of Daokouzhai on the spot and divide them equally into your four-person team. The wounded will send them to... Guping camp. Those with lesser injuries will walk, and those with more severe injuries will ride on horses."

"Follow the order!"

Pei Yue originally wanted to talk about Hucheng, but Dong Da said before that there are internal agents in the village, so it is hard to guarantee that there are spies from Western Wu among these defeated soldiers, Hucheng absolutely cannot bear this risk.A general must consider all aspects on the battlefield, which is what Mr. Xi has repeatedly told him.

He turned around and looked at the remaining generals. After thinking for a moment, he used the scabbard as a pen to quickly draw a brief topographical map of the military stronghold from the west of Dongqing Mansion to the south of Hucheng on the ground.

Dong Da stared intently, the surprise in his heart was beyond words. This young lord looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he had been well-tested on the battlefield, and now he knew the terrain of the border like the back of his hand.He lived in silence in Daokou Village and never paid attention to the outside news, so he naturally didn't know how much trouble the young dignitary in front of him had caused in Lingzhou.

"The Daokou Village was destroyed because the incident happened suddenly, and the people of Western Wu had deployed spies in the village early, so the first battle could be successful. Now we lack intelligence, what do you think of the general situation?"

Pei Yue pressed the scabbard on the position of Daokouzhai, and asked the generals calmly.

Chen Xianda stared at the simple map on the ground for a while, then said in a deep voice, "My lord, why do I feel that the situation is not good."

Meng Longfu nodded and said: "Old Chen is right. Since the people of West Wu took action, they would definitely not be limited to Daokou Village. From my point of view, the Tribulus Village and Wufeng Village behind Daokou Village are very dangerous now."

Pei Yue turned his head to look at Dong Da and asked: "When the people from West Wu appear, will there be a beacon in the village to warn?"

Dong Da nodded in response: "Commander Cao ordered the beacon fires to be lit in the village before he was assassinated, so we should be able to see Tribulus Village and Wufeng Village."

Pei Yue focused his eyes and thought for a moment, and said to Dong Da: "Choose twenty soldiers from your comrades who are familiar with the local terrain and are good at riding skills, set off immediately in groups of two, and notify the remaining eight military strongholds and the guards of the Tiger City. Army and Guping Camp."

Dong Da took the order and left.

Wei Rui looked at the ground calmly, shook his head slightly and said, "My lord, I'm afraid the people of West Wu are not only targeting these nine military strongholds."

"Hucheng?" Pei Yue asked back.

Wei Rui analyzed: "Look, my lord, Hucheng is isolated outside the border, and supplies rely on this official road. A large part of the responsibility of the nine military villages is to protect this official road. If all the military villages fall, they will naturally be able to Cut off the connection between Hucheng and Lingzhou. Although there is enough food, grass and troops in Hucheng, there will be no danger in a short time, but how about the Western Wu people cross these military strongholds and directly attack Lingzhou?"

Meng Longfu asked puzzledly: "According to the consideration of the West Mansion, isn't Hucheng just to deal with this kind of crisis? As long as one hundred thousand troops are waiting in the city, how dare the people of West Wu directly attack Lingzhou? They are not afraid that the defenders of Hucheng will intercept them." The back road, and then cooperate with the inside and the outside?"

Wei Rui looked up at him, shook his head and said, "I suspect that people from Xiwu are waiting for this day."

He picked up his long knife and marked a few more points on the extension of the topographic map drawn by Pei Yue, and said in a deep voice: "If the defenders of Hucheng go out of the city in large numbers, the Western Wu army can cross the Beishao River from the direction of Gancheng. The east side of the Ding Army goes straight behind the defenders of Hucheng. Even if the Longbow Battalion goes south to support, the two sides will still be criss-crossed in a short time, and the victory or defeat will be on the line."

Chen Xianda frowned and said, "Do the people of Western Wu dare to bet so big? This is a battle of national destiny, not the kind of small fight with hundreds or thousands of people in the past."

Wei Rui said indifferently: "If it weren't for the battle of national destiny, why didn't Xiwu dare to move for 15 years?"

Before Emperor Kaiping succeeded to the throne, throughout the period from Zhongzong to Renzong, Lingzhou had been harassed by iron cavalry from the Western Wu Dynasty. Small groups of cavalry often bypassed the military strongholds that had not yet formed a defense system and burned, killed and looted in Lingzhou.Ever since Pei Zhen captured Hucheng and the complete establishment of the military village system, the people of Lingzhou have never seen the cavalry of Western Wu who ran amok, because they were afraid that they would be cut off by the defenders of Hucheng.

Fifteen years later, the Western Wu court obviously did not want to wait any longer, and decided to act first before the overall situation changed.

Pei Yue drew two arrows on the ground, one pointing to the nine military strongholds and then extending towards Lingzhou, and the other crossing the Beitiao River from Gancheng in West Wu to the east of Hucheng, and said seriously: "Judging from the current situation , the Western Wu people are likely to ambush the side of Hucheng while attacking the army stronghold. If the Hucheng defenders do not come out, then they can further attack Lingzhou. Cooperating with the cavalry in Lingzhou, it is very likely to disrupt the entire Dongqing The defense system around the mansion, once they take down Dongqing Mansion, Daliang will lose the land to raise horses, and the situation will be even more critical."

Meng Longfu asked: "My lord, since the current situation is very pessimistic, should we go back to the Guping Camp?"

His worries were not unreasonable. It was a bit of luck for the people of Western Wu to take Daokouzhai smoothly, but after the rest of the army was warned, they would not give them that chance again.It is conceivable that the surrounding hundreds of miles will become a very dangerous battlefield. If Pei Yue encounters the encirclement and suppression of the Western Wu army, what will happen then?

Pei Yue shook his head, and said firmly: "What are you going back for? We can do more things outside. Pass on the order. After the whole team is completed, go east ten miles to rest for two hours, and then wait for the opportunity."

Wei Rui's eyes suddenly brightened.

Others are also enlightened.

It is foreseeable that the offensive of the Western Wu people will not stagnate. Before the garrisons of Hucheng garrison and Guping camp appear, their goal must be the remaining eight military strongholds.

Even though Pei Yue only had 800 men at this time, nearly a thousand war horses were seized in this battle, plus the mounts brought out by the defenders of Daokouzhai, and the nearly 500 war horses obtained by Zang Fengwei in Linqing, this is already a big battle. The configuration of the army is [-] people.

As long as it is used properly, Pei Yue will definitely be able to surprise the people of Western Wu.

(End of this chapter)