The devil is coming

Chapter 959 Great Chu Fenghua!
The evening breeze on the mountain was a bit cool, but still within the acceptable range.
In fact, in this battle between Yan and Chu, Yan State did not choose to start after winter, which itself shows that this strategic intention is different from the past.
Tiantian had just finished eating and was leading a group of soldiers to patrol the passes in the mountains.
It is definitely too late to build strict fortifications now. Fortunately, the things in the temples and Taoist temples can be dismantled to make some simple roadblocks. For example, the downward slope in front of Tiantian was actually blocked by a bunch of Arhat statues. A simple high platform was stacked up.
After this experience in Wufeng Mountain, Tiantian finally understood why his father always disliked outsiders. Originally, he led his army into this mountain to serve as bait to provide Chen Xianba with a fatal blow from the outside. , but in the end, because of these "collections" of monks, it made me feel like I was "back home".
Even though they had no shortage of food and grass, they had paid attention to replenishing food, grass and other supplies when they were marching westward. However, they were never afraid of having too much of these logistical needs, especially during the war.
In many cases, how long you can hold on to a war does not depend on the quality or eliteness of your soldiers and horses, but... the storage of grain, grass and other logistics.
For example, Tiantian knows that Qu Peiluo's father, the Great Chu Zhuguo, led the world's first-class infantry combat elite. It is said that he can fight against the Yan cavalry on the plains. However, he ended up clinging to Yupan City because of Due to lack of food, they had to open their doors and surrender.
Currently, Tiantian has nearly [-] auxiliary soldiers in his hands. Although there is still a big gap between the combat skills and abilities of regular soldiers, due to the traditional auxiliary army system in Jindong, by comparison, in fact, Jindong The auxiliary troops are similar to the county troops of Yan State and the local army of Chu State except for the royal imperial army.
In addition, the Jindong Auxiliary Army has always been a reserve force for the regular soldiers, which is equivalent to the back camp of his own father's Jingnan Army. In terms of military discipline and command efficiency, it is even better than the local army.
In addition to the auxiliary soldiers, Tiantian also has civilian men in his hands.
The quality of the civilian husbands must be much worse, but because this is the first round of the offensive, the civilian husbands selected are mainly young and strong, and they can fight if they pick up weapons. After all, many civilian husbands with ordinary household registration are eager to Advance through military exploits.
In eastern Shanxi, there is never a shortage of myths about ordinary Guizhou leaders who rose to prominence through military exploits, because their princes are myths among myths.
There is another point that I know very well every day, but if I think about it in this direction, it is a bit too dark.
That is, although he is currently fighting in a different place, under the strict local household registration system in Eastern Jin Dynasty, he can collapse the nearly [-] troops he has at his disposal?Want to surrender?Want to be timid?
Before thinking about this, they have to think about their family members in Shandong.
Over the years, there have been cases of people deserting during military exercises, and there have been cases of people pulling their crotches in small-scale military conflicts. Once there are too many people, there will always be those 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 labeled as typical examples and paraded in the Baozhai Reclamation Station or even in several nearby places.
There is a torch standing in front of it. This is the mouth of the patrol tonight. Because there is a large slope below, someone must be left to guard it.
To Tiantian's surprise, beside the torch, there was a soldier holding a book and looking at the firelight.
Tiantian walked over, and the man was so fascinated that he didn't even notice Tiantian approaching.
at this time,
A low voice came:
"Password!"
Tiantian raised his head and saw a man in another position with a bow and arrow aimed at him.
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, discovered who was in front of him first and immediately knelt down.
Not far away, his brother immediately saluted:
"Meet the deputy commander!"
Tan Xiaoyong was smart now and immediately explained:
"Deputy Commander, I was switching defenses with my brother, and now my brother is taking my place."
This means that he is not deserting.
Tiantian didn't blame him, but bent down and picked up the fallen book.
The book is a manuscript,
What is written on the cover page is...
……
“Zheng Zi’s Art of War?
Sir, do you still read these? "
Cui Dushi asked with a smile.
Xu Weichang put down the book in his hand, rubbed his brows, and said, "I'm holding the Buddha's feet temporarily."
Cui Dushi helped the prefect make a cup of tea;
"Have reinforcements from Liusha County arrived?"
"There's 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 don't plan to come at all." Xu Weichang smiled nonchalantly, "I guess we'll just wait for the Yan army to cross our Sansuo County. As soon as they enter his Liusha County, we'll be ready. Pack up your belongings and run away."
Cui Dushi smiled and nodded, saying: "It's not entirely their fault. Over the years, Sansuo and Liusha counties have been sucked in too many refugees because one is adjacent to Shanggu County and the other to Fan City. . Our two counties are already broken."
"If the family is broken, we can just let the thieves come and go and not care about it at all?" Xu Weichang asked rhetorically.
"Picture it slowly."
"That's not true. In fact, the real value is not the house, but the land on which the house is built. I'm afraid the Yan people really don't look down on our Chu Feng's house.
Forget it, let's not talk about that. Cui Duzhi saw the garrison on Wufeng Mountain today. What do you think? "
"Extremely organized."
"Oh?"
"There are rumors that the person who led the army into Sansuo County this time is the eldest son of the regent of Yan State, who was also the eldest son of the former King Jingnan of Yan State."
"After a famous marshal, and after two famous marshals, from this point of view, he has lived up to his family's teachings."
"There is another thing that you may not know, my lord. When the Yan people just left Shanggu County, they crossed the Wei River and had a fight with me, Prince Ding of Chu, at the landing place. Prince Ding was a small loser and couldn't take it.
The leader of the army was none other than the Prince of Jingnan. "
"Okay, I will take back what I said before. If nothing else, the young man on the mountain should know more about military affairs than me."
"You can't say that, sir..."
"There's no need to hide anything. Before going into battle, I still had the military book written by me in my hand to read. If this matter spreads, I'm afraid I'll lose someone's life, right?"
"Ha ha."
"Haha."
They both laughed.
"But there's nothing we can do about it. It's hard for me too. Although we can only gather [-] county soldiers by searching the entire county now, we can also gather [-] by mobilizing the people inside and outside the county. .
With 6 troops, if they enter Daze, they may be able to make a fortune, but you and I both know in our hearts that on a real battlefield, we will still face the Yan people, which is actually not enough.
It is written in this military book that when you besiege and imprison the enemy, avoid being square in all directions. It's a pity. I don't know that such an arrangement will look stupid, but the book also says that if one side is missing, it must be made up, or with a small number of troops. Elite soldiers are used to delay the enemy's formation.
These men and horses were all brought here based on my reputation, and now they can barely maintain the airs of a large army.
There were fewer people on either side. As soon as the Yan people rushed down the mountain, let alone resisting, facing the same amount of Yan people, they simply didn't have the courage to fight, and they were afraid they would have fled long ago.
The Yan army is less than ten thousand, and it is invincible if it is full of ten thousand.
Who said it first? "
"Sir, if I remember correctly, it should be the regent of the Yan Kingdom."
"It's a heart-breaking thing. The Yan people don't have many heads and six arms, but these words have been spread for a long time, and the people below really believe it. It's a pity, I, Dachu, had hoped to regain the disadvantage with the help of Liangdi's victory, but Ganren was defeated again. The regent violently destroyed the capital.
Sometimes, I also wonder, if the national situation is like this, what will happen next? "
Before Cui Dushi could answer,
Prefect Xu laughed at himself:
"Just try your best."
finished,
Governor Xu picked up the book "Zheng Zi's Art of War" again, started to read it, and said at the same time:
"Captain Cui, please inspect the camp."
"Don't worry, our army is stronger than Yan's army now, so there won't be any collapse or anything like that."
"Haha, that's good."
Prefect Xu 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?"
"Read it carefully, every word is precious, and you will have endless aftertaste."
"His Majesty once asked the engagement prince how the book was written."
"Oh, how do you answer Prince Ding?"
"Your Majesty replied, people who don't know how to fight will find it more and more wonderful as they read it."
"Oh, hahahaha."
Xu Weichang pointed at Cui Dushi, but he didn't feel angry at all. Instead, he sighed:
"I'm afraid that young kid on the mountain will feel bored when he sees an opponent like me."
immediately,
Xu Weichang dropped "Zheng Zi's Art of War" and picked up another booklet.
Road:
"Then I stopped reading the military book and read the poetry. The Literary Sage of the Qian Kingdom once scolded the regent, saying that he had turned the art of poetry into a trick like a candy whistler in the streets.
In fact, I love the regent's song "Manjianghonghong" the most. What I love is not the line about ambitious people eating the meat of swallows and captives, and laughing about drinking the blood of Huns when they are thirsty;
But that sentence:
Be from scratch, clean up the old mountains and rivers, overturned Que! "
Xu Weichang looked at Cui Dushi and said,
asked;
"Cui Dushi, you said that my great Chu will really have that 'one day' in the future?"
"I'm not afraid of your ridicule. I'm really not worried about the demise of the country of Chu, which has lasted for 800 years."
Xu Weichang nodded and said:
"The State of Jin also thinks so."
"Okay, for a humble job, I'd better go to patrol the camp. I can't talk to you about this."
Cui Dushi walked out of the tent,
Xu Weichang looked at the candlelight on the coffee table.
When Cui Dushi went out, he forgot to retract the tent curtain. The wind happened to blow in from outside, causing the candle flame to begin to sway constantly and was about to be extinguished.
Xu Weichang subconsciously stretched out his hand to block the wind and keep the candle flame.
But the wind blowing in was swirling inside the tent.
all of a sudden,
The candle went out,
Only the small charcoal basin in the center of the tent was still emitting red light from time to time.
"Ugh……"
Xu Weichang sighed,
Picking up a book beside the coffee table, he stood up, walked to the brazier, lit it, then turned around and walked back to the coffee table, using the burning book to light the candle again.
The book is burning and the ashes are falling;
Xu Weichang stretched out his hand and touched the dust accumulated on the coffee table.
laughed;
"Since ancient times, how can there be a country with endless generations? How can there be a single line of clan throughout the ages?
Daxia was magnificent back then, but where is it now?
Thousands of years later,
The sun and moon change, the stars change, the mountains and rivers change,
What can be left behind,
I'm afraid that only the beauty of Chu's clothes, the elegantness of Chu's hair, and the elegance of Chu's voice..."
Xu Weichang burned most of the book.
Throw it directly into the charcoal basin.
“Clothes are worn by people, hairstyles are styled by people, and music is sung and played by people.
Someone has to do something,
Only then can future generations have the interest to look through it in their spare time, right? "
……
"When you have free time, just look through it and read it. There is no need to memorize it by rote."
Tiantian said to Tan Xiaoyong.
After questioning, Tiantian finally found out that the brothers still had a "steamed bun friendship" with him. In addition, the two of them also discovered the armory hidden here by the monks.
Therefore, Tiantian is willing to say more to Tan Xiaoyong.
Because his father told him very early on, this military book is just a matter of reading it. If you want to learn how to fight, you have to read it yourself to see how much food a knight eats in a day and how much fodder a war horse consumes. , see how many days it takes for the logistics escorts to push a cart of grain to how far they go, and how much grain they have to eat on the cart...
"Look more at what the people around you do, and look more at what the veterans do. These are more useful than what you read in books."
"Thank...thank you, deputy commander." Tan Xiaoyong was very excited.
"Ah."
Tiantian was about to leave here and continue his patrol, but he saw Tan Xiaoyong take the initiative to bring his shoulders over and squat down slightly.
Well……
Tiantian could only follow his father's example and pat Tan Xiaoyong on the shoulder.
Tan Xiaoyong's face flushed with excitement.
Tiantian smiled and turned around to inspect the next location.
this night,
Both sides live in peace.
To be exact, all the Yan troops on the mountain, except for a few who were on sentry duty, had a good sleep.
The Chu army at the foot of the mountain was always wary of the Yan army attacking the camp at night. They were on guard for most of the night. Then they felt that when the sky was dark, it was the most relaxed moment. Many generals came over and whipped the soldiers to make them in the most dangerous place. Stay awake at all times;
unfortunately,
The Yan army on the mountain had no intention of making a sneak attack.
In the morning,
The fireworks of cooking rice in pots were blatantly lifted into the sky, and the people of Yan began to eat.
In the Chu army's camp, they also began to bury pots and make rice.
Xu Weichang looked at Cui Dushi, whose eyes were red, and said with a smile, "You stayed up all night?"
"No." Cui Dushi scolded while eating his rice, "Yangou doesn't follow the rules."
As if he felt that what he said was a bit stupid, Cui Duzhi had no choice but to say: "It's my fault too. I've been a spy for a long time. It's okay for you to ask me to spy on the military situation, but to ask me to command the war is really a bit confusing. .”
Xu Weichang shook his head and said:
"The Yan army on the mountain did not attack at night. This means that the Yan people on the mountain are very confident and may have back-ups."
"This……"
"It doesn't matter. When we attack the mountain later, we can 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 I am, the governor of Dachu.
If you bother Cui Du, lead your subordinates and select those who are worthy of the stage from these [-] county soldiers to surround me.
Caltrops, antlers, holes, etc. are arranged and dug first.
Wait for the guests to arrive. "
Cui Duzhi looked at the prefect who was still reading "Zheng Zi's Art of War" last night with some surprise:
"Did you watch The Art of War all night?"
Xu Weichang said angrily;
"When you choked me, I simply burned the book."
"Yeah, my kid can't read either. I'll burn all the books at home when I get back."
"This is a stupid way of mine." Xu Weichang said, "First I feel that I am going to lose, and then I want to defeat myself, and then I think about what Yan people can do to make themselves lose the worst.
Hey,
Don't say
When I think about it this way, I feel that my mind is much clearer. "
After finishing their meal, the Yan army has been waiting in full formation.
Unexpectedly, the Chu people didn't know what they were fussing about. It wasn't until after noon, almost in the afternoon, that the first wave of real offensive began.
For a time,
War drums beat at the foot of the mountain,
Flags are fluttering,
The young generals from all walks of life came to the prefect to ask for a fight and beat their chests;
What a great army of Chu heroes.
However, the results under this grand occasion were a bit embarrassing.
It stands to reason that after a rapid surge of momentum, it then wanes... This first wave of offensive should be the most ferocious, but these three Chu armies were all defeated in a short time after coming into contact with the Yan army on the mountain;
This offensive was originally launched in the afternoon, but the retreat was too fast, far before dinner time. Therefore, the Chu army changed a group of troops and launched a new offensive before dinner time.
This time, the fierce battle lasted longer, and the Yan people began to retreat.
The Chu army suddenly took the lead and began to advance regardless of the general's orders from the rear. Then, they were defeated by a wave of counterattacks from the mountains by the Yan people.
One of them is led by Chen Xianba's eighteen...oh no, now it's seventeen sworn brothers who are in charge;
This group of subdued children of the wealthy Chu tribe, after being frightened by Tiantian, and Zhou Feng and others were shocked, faced with the Chu army that was unable to fight, they burst out with extremely terrifying fighting enthusiasm.
If Tiantian didn't give a timely order to stop them, and they didn't dare to disobey Tiantian's order, they were afraid that they would continue to be crazy and counterattack to the Chu people's camp at the foot of the mountain.
In short, no matter what, after the two attacks, everyone stayed until dark and started preparing for dinner.
While eating every day, he looked at the casualties and losses 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 very big.
Over 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 failed.
Moreover, gradually, the aggressiveness of the attacking Chu army began to get worse and worse, to the point where the leading general would take the lead in retreating after a slight setback;
The Yan army on the mountain was also used to it. After a round of arrows fell, they would hold up their swords and shout loudly to rush down and cooperate with the Chu army's retreat.
This battle seems to be quite acceptable to both sides.
Tiantian initially thought that the Chu army was trying to spread suspicion, but after four days of observation, he finally confirmed that the overall quality of this Chu army... was really not high.
He had previously taken it for granted that the combat effectiveness of the Chu State's county soldiers was equivalent to that of his own auxiliary troops. Now he found out that he was wrong. He had missed one point. The first-class combat effectiveness of the Chu State was the royal imperial army of Chu, and the second-class The combat force is not the local army, but the former private soldiers of the nobles... The local county soldiers are actually the third class. They are usually only responsible for catching bandits and apprehending thieves.
Therefore,
Tiantian starts to have an impulse in his heart,
or,
Don't you wait for Brother Ba?
Try it yourself and lead the main force to rush down to see if you can directly give the Chu people at the foot of the mountain a wave of Arrancar?
Perhaps, Chen Xianba, who had been cruising in hiding in the periphery, also noticed the pull of the Chu army's combat power, or maybe he sensed the intention of a certain brother to eat alone.
Therefore,
On this afternoon,
When the Chu army began today's offensive on the mountain,
A group of Yan Army cavalry suddenly came out from the rear with a clear goal. They wanted to penetrate the Chu Army formation in one fell swoop and directly break through the Chu Army's commander's flag!
And on the high platform under the handsome flag,
Prefect Xu, who changed into a green robe and had his temples combed extremely clean,
Pick up a bamboo flute and start playing;
Beside him, there were more than a dozen beauties selected from the county and city, following the melody played by the prefect, playing the harp and harp, or dancing along with it.
Chen Xianba, who was riding a brave beast and charging forward, saw this scene from afar.
He couldn't help but laugh and curse:
"Maybe he's just a fool, haha..."
The beast's front hoof missed the mark and fell into the dug hole. Chen Xianba fell down.
Many Yan Jun knights also fell off their horses, and the knights behind were blocked in their momentum and had to rein in their reins and stop;
at this time,
Cui Dushi raised his sword,
loudly,
"My sons, kill the swallows and dogs!"
He led his subordinates and a group of Chu soldiers and roared out.
on the high platform,
Prefect Xu dropped the bamboo flute in his hand,
He picked up the drumstick next to him and started beating the big drum in front of him. The rhythm of the drum was exquisite. When the person beat the drum, his body also twisted accordingly. Generally speaking, among the nobles and celebrities in the Chu region, they often used this as "" "Fengya Drum", playing at the party.
Seeing that the beauties around me have not yet recovered from the sudden fighting scene in front of them,
Governor Xu immediately roared loudly,
shouted;
“Let’s play music and let’s dance!
Let these Yan barbarians see what they are doing,
What do you call me... Da Chu Fenghua! "
(End of this chapter)