Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 276 Don't Read

"I think it will take a month to fight. The Shu army is not very good at fighting. It is certain that there is enough food and grass in the city. We have fought all the way here. The food stored in each town is as high as 50 hu, and Lizhou must not be less.

So the veteran thought that there was bound to be a big battle, and if they wanted to fight, they couldn't fight intermittently, but launched a fierce attack to scare them all at once.

After fighting this way, I feel that they are not good at fighting tough battles, so it is best not to procrastinate, but to defeat them all at once.

It took about a month for Shenhuo to build a large number of siege equipment. After the army rested, they swarmed up and took it all at once. "On the open space outside the city, guards stood on the periphery, Shi Congyun and many generals were discussing how to attack Lizhou.

Because of the previous victories, Wang Quanbin's prestige in the army has greatly increased, and he will speak first at this time.

Shi Congyun asked everyone to sit in a circle. He liked this way of discussion the most, and everyone gradually got used to it.

After Wang Quanbin finished speaking, Shi Congyun looked at everyone, "Is there anyone to add?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Wei Renpu and Pan Mei who caught up later did not speak.

Shi Congyun smiled and said, "Secretary Wei came to tell everyone, after all, you are the minister who oversees military affairs."

Wei Renpu cupped his hands, and also laughed, "How can you understand the old man who fought, but General Wang's words are very reasonable.

The old man can only guarantee one thing, the army can just fight, and the army rations captured along the way can be fought for as long as they want. The old man guarantees that no sergeant will fight hungry. "

Everyone laughed. Wei Renpu was not like Fan Zhi and Wang Pu. He was not born in the imperial examination.

"Hahaha, don't make them fat." Shi Congyun also laughed.

Feng Jisheng also stood up over there, clasped his hands impassionedly and said: "Everyone, I can guarantee that it will not take a month, but fifteen days for a certain one is enough. I have many craftsmen for Shenhuo. A certain one just went to see it. It’s also very good, there are a lot of ancient trees, as long as there are enough siege equipment, it’s not a problem.”

"Old Feng can, never let the brothers down!" Someone shouted.

Everyone was booing. Last year, the Shenhuo Army was recognized by everyone in the war against the Liao Kingdom. This time, the Shenhuo Army conquered the mountains and opened roads, built bridges when encountering waters, and won the trust of the soldiers.

It is not easy to get the approval of these arrogant soldiers who have come through the five generations of wars.

Feng Jisheng dared to make such a bold promise and directly cut the time in half. Shi Congyun was also very happy, but he still reminded him: "Don't talk about it when you are happy, there are no jokes in the army."

Feng Jisheng also began to hesitate at this point, he only opened his mouth after fifteen days of rhetoric, and it was hard to take it back, so he could only whisper: "If it doesn't rain and the mountain roads don't slip, fifteen days should be fine."

Shi Congyun laughed, "I'm afraid you'll blow the cowhide apart, it's still fifteen days away, why don't you go to heaven!

Give you 20 days, and the soldiers will just take a good rest. "

Only then did Feng Jisheng heave a sigh of relief, nodded repeatedly, and then said fearfully, "Don't worry, Commander, it won't work out in 20 days. Let the Commander take my head as he pleases."

"What's the use of taking your head, it's too small to use as a chamber pot, keep it for yourself.

Do this matter well and don't make any mistakes, otherwise the military law will be used. "

Feng Jisheng nodded repeatedly, and everyone burst into laughter, saying that he was useless.

But Feng Jisheng himself didn't care about it, he scratched his head and laughed, feeling scared; at the beginning, he saw everyone discussing enthusiastically, and he didn't have much experience in fighting in the army, so he talked for fifteen days as soon as his head got hot.

Fifteen days is indeed possible, but we must ensure that the weather will be smooth and rainy for these fifteen days, and there will be no unexpected delays;

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief woke him up with a word. This is an important matter in the army, not a place to brag. Fifteen days of talking is too deadly. If it cannot be done by then, he will be responsible.

After realizing the seriousness, Song Kou couldn't face himself at this time. Fortunately, although the commander scolded him, he changed the time limit to 20 days in one sentence.

My heart is full of admiration and gratitude to the commander-in-chief.

When I came back to my senses, I had to be more cautious in the future, and I couldn't follow them to make a fuss. After all, the affairs in the military were related to the lives of tens of thousands of people, so I couldn't boast about them.

After the fight was settled, the armies began to move.

It is a very radical plan to lay down an important town in more than 20 days, not to mention that the main force of the Shu army is stationed in the city.

But obviously the morale of the current Shu army is very low, Lizhou is not as strong as Shouzhou, and the combat experience is not the same.

For places like Hefei, Shouchun, and Xuzhou, the Chinese may not know where they are, but they must have heard of their names more or less, because these places determine the fate of China time and time again.

Although the ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty was weak, the two sides of the Huaihe River had experienced wars and turmoil. As long as they were soldiers from the war, they were not easy to mess with, just like Liu Renshan who led the soldiers to guard Shouchun for more than a year.

There is also Zhang Yanqing in history, who led more than 1000 people and was trapped in Chuzhou for more than 40 days, forcing Zhou's tens of thousands of troops to have no choice but to suffer heavy casualties.

It's not that the Southern Tang was invincible, it's just that the ruler was weak.

But the situation on the side of the Shu Army is really different. The Shu Kingdom has not fought a war for almost 30 years. After fighting all the way, it is obvious that the fighting will is far inferior to that of the Southern Tang Army, and it is even more incomparable with the Liao Army.

In this case, the method Wang Quanbin said is feasible. If you don't fight, you will be fine. If you fight, you will directly break the opponent's will to fight, and you won't be able to fight a protracted battle.

Many soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty vividly remembered Liu Renshan's battle in Shouzhou for more than a year, and it gave them headaches to think about it, so everyone didn't want to have such a situation.

But everyone has a tacit understanding that Lizhou will not become Shouzhou, which may be a judgment made along the way.

Whether the opponent can fight and whether they have morale, as the opponent who is fighting, he knows best.

At this point in this battle, the victory is almost certain. Everyone is full of confidence, and the main reason is that morale has improved.

In the history of the Kingdom of Shu, no power aspiring to the top of the world was born.

The only one who is somewhat similar is Liu Bang from Chu, but Liu Bang did not rely on Shu soldiers to conquer the world. Beiding Guanzhong mainly relied on the tens of thousands of Chu troops he brought to Hanzhong, relying on the homesickness of Chu troops, Go straight out of Guanzhong.

After arriving in Guanzhong, Liu Bang relied on Qin soldiers. On the one hand, Liu Bang entered Guanzhong, returned the army to dominate, abolished harsh laws, agreed with three chapters, pardoned Qin Prince Ying, and even prepared to become the queen of Guanzhong with Ziying as a relative. Get the hearts of the original Qin people.

On the other hand, Xiang Yu massacred the surrendered soldiers of the Qin army and plundered Xianyang, causing the people of Qin to hate him deeply, and they were willing to work hard with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.

Liu Bang seems to have walked the road of Qin's unification of the world again.

And the land of Shu still plays the role of a logistics granary, which is where the blessings and misfortunes of this place lie. The blessing is that the mountains protect the Kingdom of Shu, and the root of the disaster is that the mountains close the Kingdom of Shu.

When the world is in chaos, everyone wants to go to Shu to avoid disaster, use the mountains as a screen, and try to protect themselves.

But because of its closed nature, it is often difficult to do anything. When the world is settled, the foreign army comes, and the land of Shu can't resist.

In fact, this is also very good, it is a good thing for the people of Shu, but the premise is that there is no tragedy like Huguang filling Sichuan.

What Shi Congyun is most concerned about now is how Li Chuyun's East Route Army is doing. They agreed to be in Chengdu, but the distance is too far, and communication is a big problem. There is no way to coordinate. We can only trust Li Chuyun and others. ability.

On that day, the army settled outside the city, and then got busy.

The combat deployment and general policy of the entire army were also finalized, and the army began to swagger outside Lizhou City to rest.

But the so-called plan did not change quickly, and something that Shi Congyun and the generals did not expect happened at noon the next day.

At noon the next day, Shi Congyun was about to go to Dongshan with Feng Jisheng to see the actual situation, but someone came to report in a hurry, saying that it was the envoy of the Shu army.

Shi Congyun was surprised, and Feng Jisheng and others beside him were also surprised, and then said: "Are they going to surrender?"

He also thought of going with the others, and sent envoys at this time, could it be that he was unable to fight and wanted to surrender.

Soon the envoy came in under the leadership of his own soldiers. The visitor was dressed as a scribe, but he looked calm in the camp, and then he bowed his hands and said, "Excuse me, is this the King of Zhou and Qin?"

Shi Congyun nodded, "Speak directly if you have something to say."

The other party took out a letter from his bosom and presented it with both hands: "I will send the letter to King Qin for the commander in chief."

Shi Congyun took it over, and directly opened it to look.

After looking at it for a while, he wondered if his eyes were dazzled, so he handed it to the people next to him, who couldn't believe it.

Because this letter is not a surrender, nor a peace, but a letter of war!

Shi Congyun didn't know what Wang Zhaoyuan was thinking for a while, you said you defend the city well, at least it's safe, so you take the initiative to fight?
"Your commander. Are you awake?" Shi Congyun asked tactfully.

The envoy said very seriously: "Please take care of the King of Qin. Everything is fine, Commander. Our Commander has read military books and is full of strategies. Will the King of Qin dare to fight?"

The general beside him was confused and angry, and was about to scold the envoy, but Shi Congyun stopped him: "Go back and tell your commander, I will definitely fight, so he can prepare for it."

Afterwards, the envoy surrendered and left very proudly. Many people were aggrieved, but Shi Congyun didn't pay much attention.

He has been recalling the things about Wang Zhaoyuan in his mind these days. He has read a lot of history books, but there is nothing about Wang Zhaoyuan. After thinking about it slowly, he realized why he didn't remember it.

He thought that Wang Zhaoyuan, as a member of the Privy Council of the Kingdom of Shu, commanded the army of the North Road, so he was also an extremely personable minister, he should have a separate biography, and he should be a person with a long history.

He recalled according to this train of thought, but he was naturally wrong and couldn't remember.

Later, when I thought about it by chance, I remembered that there were only a few words about Wang Zhaoyuan in history. It stands to reason that this person commanded the army on the North Road of Shu Kingdom and also managed the Privy Council. , The historian didn't know what to write about him.

Shi Congyun also recalled some keywords, such as being familiar with military books, comparing himself to Zhuge, and Lizhou losing three battles and three defeats.

Before, he thought that his memory was messed up, and he always felt that he had made a mistake, and he might have recorded other people's deeds on Wang Zhaoyuan.

Because judging from his actual situation after his inspection in Lizhou, although Lizhou is not as good as Shouzhou, it is also a strong city. Wang Zhaoyuan guarded the important town of Lizhou, how could he lose three battles with Wang Quanbin? The battle failed.

Now Shi Congyun suddenly realized that it might not be that he remembered wrongly, there is another possibility, that is, Wang Zhaoyuan thinks he is familiar with military books, full of strategies, and compares himself to Zhuge Liang, so he must show off his formation It's my job.

So there was an invitation to fight, which made him and many generals of the Zhou army a little confused. What age is this, is it still in the Spring and Autumn Period?As soon as Wang Zhaoyuan took the initiative to fight, wouldn't he be able to lose three battles and be taught by Wang Quanbin to be a man?

The more Shi Congyun thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he ordered Shao Ji to bring out the elite cavalry to prepare for the battle tomorrow morning.

At noon the next day, Shi Congyun led three thousand generals to wait at the south gate. Sure enough, he saw the Shu army leaving the city, and then began to line up in front of the city gate. There was a figure, who seemed to be directing the soldiers below.

It is also normal to send troops to form a formation, but after the Shu army moved slowly for a long time, the formation they put up became more and more strange.

Shao Ji couldn't wait: "Marshal, let someone go and disperse them."

"No hurry, let's see again." Shi Congyun raised his hand, he was curious about what kind of medicine Wang Zhaoyuan sold in the gourd.

Soon, the Shu army dawdled for a long time, and finally came up with a strange formation, a circular formation in the middle, surrounded by six square formations in all directions outside, all of which were not facing them head-on, and Shi Congyun couldn't see it.

Wei Renpu next to him rode on his horse and looked at it for a long time, and then said: "This seems to be the formation of the six-flower formation, which is somewhat similar to the book of war. It is said that the general Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty derived the formation from Zhuge Wuhou's eight formations. "

Just hearing the name, everyone gasped, it was Li Jing, and Zhuge Wuhou, with a big name.

But looking at the formation of the Shu army on the opposite side, everyone really didn't understand.

"Wei Gong, how do you want to fight?"

Wei Renpu shook his head, "I don't really read military books either."

Shi Congyun looked at Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao, they also shook their heads, afraid of embarrassment, they whispered: "We don't study."

"However, Commander, with all due respect, two lines of cavalry would have rushed over, and they would have dispersed." Shao Ji spoke cautiously, and Murong Yanzhao also nodded in agreement.

Shi Congyun looked at the formation of the Shu army on the opposite side, and didn't give an order for a while. To be honest, he had never seen such an formation on the battlefield before. It was the first time he saw it now, and he heard Wei Renpu said that it was Li Jing and Zhuge Liang again. Give him a pause.

After a while, envoys were sent from the opposite side, telling them confidently that they could go to war.

Only then did Shi Congyun turn his head: "Okay then, each of you lead an iron cavalry to attack from the left and right flanks, and Wang Quanbin will call the army behind and wait."

Shao Ji and Murong Yanzhao took the order and immediately went to assemble the Zhou army's cavalry. Just like that, an inexplicable battle began.

(End of this chapter)