Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 666 Prepare for the decisive battle

"Zhao thief's soldiers and horses don't have to go into the mountains to fight our army at all. They can trap our army to death just by being sleepy." Sun Chengzong said helplessly.

Now he has seen clearly the outcome of this battle. If no miracle happens, the failure of this battle seems to be a foregone conclusion.

"Notify the generals below that they must be optimistic about the soldiers under their command, and no more soldiers should run away. If we continue to escape like this, our army will really have no future." Sun Chengzong looked at Cao Bianjiao and said in a deep voice.

With the recent successive failures, more and more soldiers fled from Sun Chengzong's army.

If it was in the plains, Sun Chengzong could still send people to chase them back, but this is a mountainous area with high mountains and dense forests. Although the deserters hide in a certain place, it is difficult for the pursuers to find them.

Cao Bianjiao bowed his hands, and then retreated with Sun Chengzong's order.

At night, Sun Chengzong gathered all the officers with more than a thousand households under his command.

In Sun Chengzong's big tent, the candles placed on the table were burning quietly.

The flames of the candles shone on the faces of these officers, and the faces of these officers standing in the big tent were full of helplessness and worry.

These officers have also seen what the future is. The war has progressed to the present, and they really can't figure it out. What's the point of fighting this battle?
Sun Chengzong sat on the main seat and saw the reactions of these generals in the big tent.

"Everyone!" Sun Chengzong said, "I know what you are thinking. The battle has progressed so far, and defeat seems to be a foregone conclusion."

After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he quietly looked at the generals in the big tent.

These generals lowered their heads, and seemed to have no reaction to Sun Chengzong's words.

Sun Chengzong took a deep breath and said: "This war is proposed by my majesty to His Majesty. If this war is successful, then the imperial court will be able to save the situation, but if this war fails, then the imperial court will be in a desperate situation." In the abyss of redemption.

Therefore, I hope you can understand that this battle is a battle of national destiny for the court. For this battle, His Majesty has already bet the last family fortune of the court.In this battle, we cannot say defeat easily. "

Sun Chengzong's words were sonorous and forceful, with cadence.

However, the generals standing in the big tent still did not respond.Everyone just stood here quietly, without saying a word.

Sun Chengzong saw these reactions in his eyes, and he fell into deep thought.

Sun Chengzong thought a lot, thought of the court, thought of his family, and thought of His Majesty.

Sun Chengzong's gaze gradually became firm.

Sun Chengzong said again, "I understand what you are thinking in your heart. This battle cannot be delayed any longer. I have decided that a decisive battle will take place in three days' time."

Sun Chengzong's words were like thunder on the ground, and everyone in the big tent looked at him in disbelief.

The generals in the big tent really couldn't figure it out, the war had already reached such a point, why did Sun Chengzong still have a decisive battle with Zhao Wen?
Isn't the decisive battle at this time just to give credit to Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses?

"My lord, what do you mean?" A general looked at Sun Chengzong and asked suspiciously.

He really couldn't believe that Sun Chengzong would fight Zhao Wen at such a time.

"I know what you are thinking in your heart, what you must be thinking is, now that our army has failed again and again, and the morale of the army has no morale, how can I have a decisive battle with Zhao thief at this time?

Let me tell you, as the saying goes, the mourning army must win.This time, I'm not going to take the previous approach.This time, I will gather all the soldiers and horses and divide them into two parts.

Then, use these two parts of soldiers and horses to attack the defense lines in the northeast and west respectively.

Judging from the battles in the past few days, the number of soldiers and horses deployed by Zhao Thieves outside Zhuolu Mountain is indeed not many.

As long as we can hit the superior force and attack Zhao thief's weak line of defense, there will definitely be unexpected results.

At that time, the first soldiers and horses will attack first, because it is no longer the previous decision, so the dispatch of this army and horses will definitely attract the attention of Zhao's soldiers and horses.

Maybe, bandit Zhao will move the soldiers and horses on the other lines of defense to block the attack of the first soldiers and horses.

At this time, the second army attacked again, attacking another line of defense with all its strength.

With a two-pronged approach, if Zhao Bandit's soldiers and horses return to help, the first soldiers and horses may take this opportunity to break through Zhao Bandit's defense line.

If they don't return to help, the second army may also break through the Zhao thief's line of defense. "Sun Chengzong said while looking at the generals in the big tent.

The generals in the big tent looked at Sun Chengzong and became thoughtful.

"Everyone, this battle is a battle of national destiny. If it succeeds, I will definitely ask His Majesty for your merits. At that time, His Majesty will definitely reward you as nobles who will retire with the country.

At that time, you will definitely be famous through the ages like the heroes in Qilin Pavilion and Lingyan Pavilion. "

Sun Chengzong's voice kept echoing in the big tent, and Sun Chengzong kept cheering up these generals.

In fact, one of the more important reasons why Sun Chengzong launched a decisive battle against Zhao Wen after three days was that there was no food in the army, and there were only five days of food left.

"Okay, let's stop here today. After you go back, let the soldiers in the army open their mouths to eat. After taking down Xuanzhen, what you eat will only be better!"

……

The next morning, clouds of cooking smoke rose from Sun Chengzong's camp.

Today's meal is much richer than before, at least the porridge is not like before, just some clear soup with little water.

The soldiers didn't know what all this meant, but they ate happily.

As the time of the decisive battle advanced little by little, on the day before the decisive battle, Sun Chengzong asked Cao Wenzhao to lead the first army to set off first to attack the line of defense that Cao Wenzhao attacked before.

On the day of the decisive battle, Sun Chengzong led the remaining soldiers and horses to attack another relatively important line of defense.

At the same time, Chongzhen was sitting in the imperial study, his right eyelid jumped up suddenly, and he began to panic for no reason.

Chongzhen took a few deep breaths, but he still couldn't calm down.

Since Sun Chengzong led the troops out, at the beginning, Sun Chengzong asked people to send back military orders every other day, but later, it took several days to see a military order.

In the military order, Sun Chengzong did not explain the details of the battle, but replaced it with the sentence "everything goes well in the war".

The reason why Sun Chengzong did this was not that he was afraid of Chongzhen's punishment. In fact, Sun Chengzong didn't care about Chongzhen's punishment.

What Sun Chengzong did was more importantly to reassure Chongzhen and the imperial court.

Although Sun Chengzong's military order said "everything is going well in the war", rumors suddenly arose in the capital a few days ago.

It is said that Wu Jisheng's soldiers and horses have been wiped out by Zhao Wen's entire army, and Sun Chengzong was also blocked in Zhuolu Mountain by Zhao Wen.

When he first heard these rumors, Chongzhen thought they were just nonsense and didn't believe them. After all, Sun Chengzong's military newspaper wrote that "the war is normal."

However, with the passage of time, the rumors in the capital intensified, and it took several days for Sun Chengzong to send the military report, so Chongzhen became a little worried.

"Why am I so flustered all of a sudden?" Chongzhen was a little uneasy, he put down the brush in his hand, picked up a cup of tea on the table, and drank it all in one gulp.

"My lord, Mr. Sun Ge is a man who has experienced many battles and has the ability of Huo Guanjun. This time he leads the team, and he will definitely break through Xuanzhen." Gao Qiqian, who was standing next to Chongzhen, still did not forget to flatter his horse.

Chongzhen shook his head, "The rumors in the capital have intensified in the past few days, I asked you to send someone to investigate, how did your investigation go?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have already raised my eyebrows. In a few days, I will be able to find out these things." Gao Qiqian replied.

Chongzhen nodded, "That's good, that's good."

"By the way, did Mr. Sun Ge send the military report today?" Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, and looked at Gao Qiqian.

Gao Qiqian shook his head, "Your Majesty, no. It hasn't been there since Elder Sun Ge sent it the day before yesterday. It must be that Elder Sun Ge has already fought a decisive battle with Bandit Zhao. Otherwise, it is impossible to find time to send the military report .”

"There is some truth in what you said." Chongzhen said, "Come with me to go around the imperial garden."

Chongzhen really couldn't settle down, so he thought about going out to relax.

Gao Qiqian followed Chongzhen and walked back.

Now in autumn, the autumn chrysanthemums planted in the imperial garden are already blooming.

Although the autumn chrysanthemums are blooming, they are beautiful, but in autumn, they inevitably look a little bleak.

Chongzhen looked at these autumn chrysanthemums, and sighed: "I think of the line in the song "Fu Qiuju" written by the rebel Huang Chao, the fragrance soaring into the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor."

"Why did the emperor think of this poem? This poem is an anti-poetry. Moreover, although Huang Chao attacked Chang'an back then, he also failed later.

As the saying goes, its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden.Back then, Huang Chao's reputation was not inferior to that of Zhao Thief, but he still ended up in failure.It can be seen that Zhao thief can't toss for a few days. "Gao Qiqian stood behind Chongzhen, still flattering.

"I hope so. Now the imperial court can't stand the toss. This battle is a battle for the imperial court's national destiny. If it succeeds, the imperial court will be like a phoenix, and it will die in the fire. But if it fails, the imperial court will I'm afraid of the consequences, I'm afraid... alas..." Chongzhen's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a long sigh.

……

Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses came near the place Cao Wenzhao attacked before.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao led about [-] soldiers and horses.

There were originally about 6 soldiers and horses in Sun Chengzong's hands, but successive failures left Sun Chengzong with only 3 soldiers.

The [-] soldiers and horses were divided into two parts by Sun Chengzong.

"What's going on? Why haven't we seen the enemy army come to attack us these days? This is not normal. Before that, the enemy army kept attacking us. Why hasn't there been any movement for several days this time?" The battalion commander stood at the defense line In the high place behind, holding up the binoculars, he said with a puzzled expression.

(End of this chapter)