burning nations

Chapter 123 The Wind of War
Even if Lu Deng sent him off, he couldn't go out of the border. The empire was very old and had many rules, not to mention that he was leading soldiers and had the responsibility of guarding the land, so he had to say goodbye to Lin Yang at the border.

On the way, the two men chatted, and they were quite right-tempered; they also discussed martial arts. Although Lu Deng had the reputation of being an iron gun Lu Lang, he was still abused by Lin Yang unilaterally, which also made him admire Lin Yang very much. Martial arts; later I learned that Lin Yang was from the Lin family in Qinzhou, and that guy got closer.Therefore, when parting, Lin Yang generously presented 5 large carts of food, and Lu Deng, influenced by Lin Yang's heroism, also wanted to climb up the high branch of Lin Yang, and immediately wanted to make eight obeisances with Lin Yang, and even pulled Zhang Cai to do it. witness.

Needless to say the rest, 25 carts and thousands of stone grains safely entered the Hot Spring Village. When Lin Yang came back, the whole Hot Spring Village had a backbone, and the left-behind generals came one by one to report to Lin Yang.

Lin Yang continued to train his soldiers to guard against the iron man cavalry. During this period, he did repel several iron man cavalry and beheaded ten or twenty ranks.It's really that the Iron Man Rangers are too arrogant, ignoring the many military strongholds on the border, constantly spying south, and what's more, they go straight to the side wall of Lingzhou to fumble
Such a change naturally attracted a lot of attention. Lin Yang didn't notice anything at first, until he heard some wind and began to prepare for the upcoming battle.

A few days later, near the beginning of the month, when the soldiers were still practicing, a group of knights suddenly came to the hot spring village, and stuffed the deputy order into Lin Yang's hands.

"Lin Zhizhai, the general Yang Wei has an order! Zhizhai accepts the order!"

Lin Yang looked at it, and said with a serious face: "Yang will obey the general's order!"

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The time came to the beginning of October in the 41st year of Fengcheng Zhangwu, winter had already quietly arrived, and the winter outside the Great Wall was cold, and just after winter came, Lin Yang, who came from Lingnan, felt the chill, and he was as strong as he had a small cold.Zhang Cai also suffered from the cold, but it may be because of his stay in the grassland army. His body has adapted to the cold of the frontier fortress, so nothing happened.

Generally, in this kind of weather, Lin Yang would be in a relaxed state if he was in the mainland.But now, be careful to guard against the iron man's looting, this is still normal, just now, the order of the great general Liu Fa has been conveyed.

Sending off the messengers, Lin Yang beat the drums and gathered the generals. The left and right generals Zuo Ma Peng, Wang Chang, Qin Yuan, Yi Shang, and Zheng Wei came together one by one. Lin Yang opened his mouth to tell the generals the military order.

Ma Peng was the first to ask, "Zhizhai, what order did you make from the top?"

Lin Yang repeated: "General Yangwei intends to flatter Zhangwu March 42 and launch a round of attack on Iron Man at the beginning of spring next year. The minimum goal is to regain the long-lost "Qinglang", "Qingtang", " After recovering the four villages of Qingni and Qingwa, according to the situation, they can either rest in place or continue to expand and build villages to the north. The goal of the great general this time is to recover the lost land and expand the territory! "

After Lin Yang finished speaking, the hall commander became excited.

Lin Yang suppressed his voice and continued: "This time, it is not the army of Liu Jieshuai's headquarters. There are also Generals Huwei, Huyi, Hulie, and Yongyi. The four generals will join forces with Liu Jieshuai. Attack. In addition to the Shengding Army, the Shengcai, Shengli, Shengwu, and Shengtao armies who are also in Longyou Dao will also be dispatched! The entire Longyou Dao soldiers and horses, except for the guards and utilitarians, are guarding everywhere. In addition to the soldiers and horses in Hezhou and other states, the soldiers and horses of the villages are also on the attack list!"

"I'll figure it out, the field troops dispatched for this campaign accounted for half of the entire Longyou Dao Army, with a guarantee of 10!"

Hearing this, everyone was surprised for a while.

Wang Chang said in surprise: "Zhizhai, is the general trying to risk his life? This is more than 10 troops? I'm afraid 30 to [-] soldiers can't fight it?"

"Whether General Yangwei is risking his life, I don't know, and I don't want to know! General Yangwei wants me to dispatch 200 cavalry, 500 crossbowmen, 500 sword and shield soldiers, and 300 spearmen from Hot Spring Village. There is no need to bring auxiliary soldiers, A total of 1500 people participated in the battle with the army, waiting to be dispatched!" Lin Yang said the urgency.

There was another exclamation from the hall.

Yishang couldn't bear to stride out, clasped his fists and said, "I know the strength of the village, there are 800 soldiers in the whole village, half of them are new recruits, barely defending the city, how can we talk about field battles? General If 1500 people are to be dispatched, wouldn’t the old soldiers in the village be exhausted?! If there are too many losses and the Iron Man invades again, how should we defend and resist the enemy?!”

Qin Yuan suggested: "Zhizhai, why don't you ask General Yangwei to be more lenient?" Lin's superior family, let your family put some pressure on Liu Fa......

Lin Yang refused Qin Yuan's proposal without hesitation.

"Since I have come out, I, Lin Yunji, am the general of the empire. How can a general resist military orders?"

After thinking about it, Lin Yang made arrangements: "The cavalry should all be considered to be able to ride horses. In this way, we should be able to gather 200 cavalry. The remaining soldiers with swords, shields and spears should be filled by strong men. For crossbowmen... It is not difficult to use, just draw 500 good shooters from the army."

Ma Peng glanced at each other, but he couldn't refuse Lin Yang's order, so he had to reserve his opinion and retreated.

Ma Peng stepped back five times, and Lin Yang sat slumped on a chair, leaning on the table, rubbing the center of his brows, all his organs including the trigeminal nerve ached.

The funny comparison is the funny comparison, Lin Yang understands the consequences of this order he issued.Originally, the old lead the new, 500 slave boys and 200 mercenaries, 700 recruits can be divided equally to have two or three veterans, seeing blood can quickly twist into combat power.But with Liu Fa's transfer, the proportion of veterans plummeted. If the loss was too much, as Yi Shang said, how would the iron man defend against the enemy when he came to attack the village? !

"What to do? What to do? What to do? Is it possible that I have to gather all the soldiers and horses? No, some soldiers' family members are still in the hot spring village, and the soldiers must be left to guard."

"What are you mumbling about? What should I do?"

A fragrant wind came, and Zhang Cai came in with a bowl of soup, four or five pieces of bread, and two dishes of side dishes. Hearing Lin Yang's murmur, he put down the food and asked questions.

Lin Yang looked up when he heard the sound, and asked suspiciously, "What are you serving the meal for?"

"You quit lunch from now on?" Zhang Cai stared at Lin Yang's face and asked curiously.

"Oh? Is it lunch time? Eat and eat."

Lin Yang suddenly remembered as if he had lost his memory. When he started eating, he grabbed the bread and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Zhang Cai, did you drink too much today? Why is the meal so unpalatable this time?"

Zhang Cai stared straight at Lin Yang: "Lin Yunji, is there something wrong with you?"

"Ah? Is there? No..."

Lin Yang was confused, Zhang Cai stared at him without speaking, and was stared straight at him. After a long time, Lin Yang was defeated, not daring to look directly at Zhang Cai's sharp eyes, and lowered his head to drink the unpalatable fish Soup.

"Yunji, you seem to have forgotten that your family sent a cook here, and it's not me who is in charge now."

Reminded by Zhang Cai, Lin Yang suddenly remembered that the cook came to the village before the snow fell.

"So absent-minded, what's the matter?" Zhang Cai sat down and filled a bowl for herself, it's not bad to drink
Lin Yang told Zhang Cai concisely about Liu Fa's military order, but Zhang Cai didn't interrupt, and after listening to Lin Yang completely, she complained in a very puzzled way: "General Liu sent troops to fight the Iron Man in the spring. , The timing is good, but I don't understand why he didn't inform the steppe army to help him? He is so crazy that he can win the cavalry with his steps? If I remember correctly, the above-mentioned legions are mainly infantry, right? The cavalry legion formed by the empire is not Not transferred to Longyou Dao. Maybe General Liu is really powerful and can win this battle, but I don't think it will be easy. Based on my understanding of the Iron Man cavalry, the casualties of the Imperial Capital soldiers must be in the tens of thousands."

Lin Yang said: "Why do I feel that you are so crazy, Zhang Cai?!"

"That's the truth!" Zhang Cai gave him a blank look: "Soldiers, it's a matter of national importance, no one knows the combat power of the Iron Man Cavalry better than me! No matter how strong the infantry of the empire is, fighting the Iron Man Cavalry on the grasslands, from the very beginning It is an indisputable fact! Don’t look at me like this, you should believe me! I don’t deny that General Liu is good at fighting, but I will never forget that I supported the former Zhenyuan General Ye Litu General Liu participated in the battle of Gonala, which should not be the case.”

"The general builds a fortress and fights silently. Even if the iron man cavalry attack, the army can rely on the camp to defend itself against the enemy. Why are the casualties so terrible? I know your ability, but it is your fault to scare people." Lin Yang is just two words, don't believe it!
Zhang Cai was too lazy to talk nonsense, threw the bowl and left.

(End of this chapter)