Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 70

In late May, the army had arrived at Fengxiang Mansion.

Shi Congyun followed Xiang Xun to meet Wang Jing. The place where they met was not in Fengxiang's yamen, nor in a private mansion, but in a large tent outside the city.

This move gave Shi Congyun a better understanding of Wang Jing, and most of his impressions were positive.

Although Wang Jing is already 66, he is not as gentle as Fu Yanqing.

As an educator, Shi Congyun once volunteered in remote mountainous areas, where there were few people and weak signals, so he also developed a habit of chatting with local people wherever he went.

It's been the same along the way.

At first, the people were still a little afraid, but gradually everyone was willing to talk to him when they saw that he did not have the arrogance and arrogance of an army general.

From the information obtained by talking to the people along the way, Shi Congyun found that Wang Jing was still very famous and popular in Guanzhong.

Some people say that he is approachable, others say that he is fair and generous, and his policies are lenient.

Sometimes when people complain about a case, Wang Jing will definitely interrogate him in person. As long as it is not a big fault, he will immediately order his release without delay, so he is loved by the people.

Xiang Xunze told him that this may have something to do with Wang Jing's background.

Wang Jing is from Qidi (Shandong), his ancestors all made a living by farming, but in his generation he was a thief.

Later, he served as Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and to Da Zhou. He experienced many battles and made outstanding contributions.

When he saw Wang Jing, he was sitting in the middle of the central army tent, flanked by military generals, there were more than a dozen people, and they should all be generals from Fengxiang Town.

Shi Congyun greeted everyone, and Wang Jing got up to greet them in person.

Wang Jing was an old man with white hair, and even the armor couldn't hide his thin body.

"The last general, Shi Congyun, has seen the prince." Shi Congyun took the initiative to kneel on one knee and bowed, and Xiang Xun followed suit. Wang Jing is the commander of this attack on Shu, and he should bow as a subordinate or a junior.

This kind of gift is generally only used on important occasions, and it is usually not used as such a gift.

Seeing him like this, Wang Jing suddenly laughed, "Before I saw the two angels from Daliang, the old man was still worried. He was fighting together. He was most afraid that the soldiers would be in the same place, and the people's hearts would not be at the same level. It seems that the old man was worrying too much."

Immediately, they warmly invited them to sit. Shi Congyun and Xiang Xun's seats were set above the generals, below Wang Jing, and the standard was very high.

After being seated, Wang Jing did not hesitate and said directly: "Just wait for the two of you.

Today we agreed on how to fight. Tomorrow, each army will take a day off, and the army from Daliang will receive food and grass for two days the day after tomorrow. "

Wang Jingren was old, but his words were clear, very angry, and he did not intend to discuss with everyone, so he settled on it.

Shi Congyun and Xiang Xun surrendered: "It's all up to Wang Shuai's arrangement." The generals below also nodded in agreement.

Wang Jing continued: "Okay, let's talk about how to fight."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Shi Congyun, because Shi Congyun was the closest to Wang Jing, and he was bringing the imperial court's forbidden army.

After all, in the eyes of many Fengxiang generals such as Wang Jing, he is an "angel", representing the official family Guo Rong.

Shi Congyun was embarrassed. In fact, Xiang Xun was the one who understood the meaning of the official family best.

He had never led an army to fight alone before, but he thought about it a lot before he came, so he said: "In my opinion, follow Chencang Road to the south.

Anyway, the troops are limited, and we don't want to fight Chengdu, we can't fight anything.Going straight out of Sanguan and going all the way to the south is that Shu soldiers are not our opponents. "

On the road, Shi Congyun has studied the surrounding map (map) and found that the mountains are high and steep, and the forests are dense. There is really no shortcut to take.

On the Gaoping battlefield, it is impossible for tens of thousands of troops to spread out and be surrounded by flanks. Once the two armies meet, there is a high probability that they will meet on a narrow road. There are not too many troops, and the people behind cannot fight at all.

"The main thing is to see if we can win Wuwei City. After leaving the pass, the mountains are high, the slopes are steep, the pits are deep, and there are too many soldiers. It is useless. The brave who meet on the narrow road wins, and it all depends on how fierce they can fight in one breath.

If you can win Wuwei City in one fell swoop, open the road, and then go south to Fengzhou will be easy. "

After listening to Wang Jing, he did not express his position, but only praised: "It's a narrow road, the brave one wins."

Then look at Xiang Xun.

Xiang Xun nodded: "I think it's feasible."

In fact, as Shi Congyun said, they are not Zhuge Liang. They do not have the strength of the whole country to fight this battle. No matter how much they fight, they will not be able to win anything. There is almost no room for maneuvering at the strategic level.

Therefore, it is the most effective and well-known way to fight steadily and follow the Chencang Road to the south.

The following generals did not object, so Wang Jing made a decision: "Okay, let's fight like this."

"Fengxiang Town can send more than [-] troops, plus the two generals, it is impossible to enter all together. Who will be the striker?" Wang Jing asked again.

Mountain warfare is different from plain warfare. In the basin of Shanxi, tens of thousands of troops can advance one after another, connecting end to end, and can be launched at any time when encountering an enemy, but it is not possible to go out from the scattered pass.

Shi Congyun didn't even think about it, and said directly: "A certain willingness to be a pioneer!" This time he came to squeeze the soft persimmons of Shu.

Wang Jing smiled and said: "As expected of Shi Yanchao's son, since that's the case, let Shi Du Shi be the vanguard and lead the army out of Sanguan to take Wuwei City to the south."

Immediately, he added: "Someone will naturally come to the camp to hand over to General Shi.

Now that he has arrived in Fengxiang, the old man will ensure that the army has enough food and grass to fight without worry.

But Shi Qianfeng also kept in mind that one must not waste food and grass without trying to make progress. The food and grass of the army are all the blood and sweat of the people of Guanzhong. "

The last few sentences are a warning.

"You know, the commander has peace of mind." Shi Congyun handed over.

The next day, officials from Fengxiang Mansion came with more than 1000 farmers, who were responsible for delivering grain and grass for them.

For the next two days, the supply of the army continued.

Time quickly reached the beginning of June, and Shi Congyun had not moved. He was discussing the tactics of sending troops with Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan and others.

Everyone felt that they should fight quickly and not give the Shu soldiers a chance to react.

In the mountains, unlike the plains, people are often invisible. If they don't move, they will gallop and attack.

The fighting method was very simple. The soldiers brought dry food and went out overnight to approach the Shu army's camp on Chencang Road.

Fighting starts at dawn. Ten battalions of the Crane Control Army, 500 people in each battalion. Two battalions form a group to fight forward in turn. After fighting for a while, replace the two battalions to rest. The latter will continue to go up and take turns. Don't react to the Shu army. And rest time, go south in one go.

This is a battle plan that everyone discussed together.

Shi Congyun finally made the decision, feasible!

But he added one more, that is intelligence.

Combat intelligence is very important, and Shi Congyun takes it more seriously than any other general.

He entrusted Wang Zhong to take charge of this matter, doubled the number of scouts in the army, and asked Wang Zhong to arrange to investigate day and night in turn. Before the army arrived, first explore the surrounding area.

(End of this chapter)