Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 421 Game
Namba Tsu, Shitennoji Temple, Sutra Hall.

"Sha Zha Xiangru, if you were Brother Zhong, where would you station your troops?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"Here!" Sha Zha Xiangru took the wooden stick from the attendant at the side, and pointed to a certain location on the map: "If it were me, I would choose to garrison here!"

"It's the Mausoleum of Emperor Yingshen!" Wang Wenzuo nodded, "Hongdu, how do you choose?"

"The last general agrees with Brother Xiangru!" Cui Hongdu said in a deep voice.

Wang Wenzuo asked He Bayong and Yuan Aolie again, and they both got the same answer. It was not without reason that they made the same judgment. To the west of the Nara Basin are the Ikoma Mountains and the King Kong Mountains, and the Yamato River flows from the two mountain ranges. outflow into the Seto Inland Sea.But the Yamato River is not the only passage that enters the Nara Basin from the west. In addition, there is a land route that extends eastward from the port on the Seto Inland Sea, passes through the Mausoleum of Emperor Yingshen on the south bank of the Yamato River, and then turns to the southeast. , through a valley in the remaining veins of the Kongo Mountains and into the Nara Basin. This road was built by Prince Shotoku and is called Takeuchi Street by the Japanese.The Mausoleum of Emperor Oshin is the intersection of Yamato River and Takeuchi Street. If Brother Nakada stationed his troops here, it would be able to prevent Saitama's army from entering the Nara Basin and better protect Asuki.

"It's a pity that Brother Zhong didn't do what you think!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "If he really stationed troops here, we can enter Asuka capital without bloodshed as long as we fight! But it may be because he is worried that he will leave. There will be a coup after Asuka, and it may be because the soldiers are unwilling to leave the affluent Kyoto, so he only guarded a part of the army at the Mausoleum of Emperor Oshin!"

"A part?" Yuan Aolie asked, "About how many?"

"About 4000 people are building a camp!" Monobe Lianxiong said.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Cui Hongdu asked a little puzzled: "We can attack these 4000 people first, and then deal with Brother Zhong's reinforcements!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The courier nodded wearily: "The enemy's vanguard cut down our guards, and the cavalry behind them used lassoes to lasso the wooden fence, and then drove their horses to knock down the wooden fence, opening the attack channel. Wait for our People came to their senses, the enemy cavalry had leaped over the ditches, charged into the camp area with swords and torches in their hands. I slept in the camp on the top of the grave, and was awakened by the shouts of killing. I saw the tents on fire, and a burst of rockets flew from the darkness outside the camp. Like it was raining, after dawn, I found that the camp below had been completely burnt down, and there were corpses everywhere—"

"It seems that Brother Zhong is using these 4000 people as bait!" Cui Hongdu said: "If we attack first, he will send troops to rescue, and attack from both sides!"

"Your Majesty, give me 3000 people, and I can take it in half a day!" He Bayong, who had been silent all this time, said loudly.

"Then what do you mean it's interesting?" Wang Lun looked at the young man in front of him with great interest, and his exuberant energy almost shot out from Li Bo's burly body. He had also heard about this young man: He is a vicious young man from Chang'an. He is good at martial arts. When he unleashes a pair of iron halberds, he is unparalleled.Such a talent was sent to be a scout with him, either because he offended his superiors, or because his superiors had high expectations of him and sent them to sharpen his character. Everyone knew that scouts were the most irritating place in the army.

The messenger shook his head: "The scouts lost a lot. The thieves who attacked the supply convoy were all cavalry, and the surrounding area was flat ground. Once the scouts were sent out, very few came back!"

"Things are not that simple!" Monobe Lianxiong said: "The Mausoleum of Emperor Yingshen is not far from the Nara Basin, and there are repaired roads. It can take as long as a day or as little as half a day!"

"The camp is still under the control of our army, and the 2000 people guarding the tomb are still intact!" The messenger said: "The villain set off at dawn, and when he set off, he saw a large army heading east along the Zhunei road. , stretching for three or four miles, should be the main force of the bandit army!"

"3000 people? Take it in half a day?" Wang Wenzuo laughed and said, "War is not a joke, how can you act like this? He Ba, you should just be your cavalry general!" At this point, Wang Wenzuo stood up , walked to the map, observed for a long time and smiled and said: "The art of war affects people but not cures them. Brother Zhong is light before setting up the formation and then heavy. No matter, you still have to see the enemy's camp with your own eyes before you can come up with a suitable strategy." Come!"

"Naturally, swords are against swords and guns. Whoever has the ability will win, and whoever has no ability will lose!"

"It's not that I'm impatient!" Li Bo said, "It's just that this battle is really boring!"

Brother Zhong returned to his seat without saying a word, only his eyes were moving, his thick short beard framed a motionless face, like a wax mask rather than a living person, and his smooth forehead was covered with Fine beads of sweat.

"Where are the scouts?" Someone asked: "Are all the scouts blind? Didn't any alarm sound?"

"Come here!" Brother Zhong summoned a messenger: "You immediately go and tell the guard of Emperor Yingshen's tomb to let him stand firm and send soldiers to attack the enemy's supply team. I will replenish the lost soldiers as soon as possible!"

"These Japanese people are as cowardly as mice!" A voice came from behind, it was Li Bo's voice, "After losing a battle once, they hid in the top of the hill and dared not come out!"

"General Monobu!" Wang Wenzuo's face was like a stone sculpture, and the light from the brazier painted his skin a dull orange: "What does the tomb of Emperor Yingshen look like, and what does the bandit's camp look like?"

At this time, Brother Zhong stood up and said loudly: "The war can't be delayed like this, no!" He repeated, his voice piercing through the noise of the crowd: "Back down, everyone back down, let me be alone !"

"Yes, yes, that's it! Have you ever been there?" Monobe Renxiong looked at the pattern on the paper in surprise: the grave mound is round in front and back, surrounded by ditches. The main features of the tomb are clearly described.

"Then do nothing? The morale of the army will be completely destroyed!"

"The thieves attacked our camp at night?" Brother Zhong asked.

"Nonsense, there are pictures of ancient Japanese tombs from the Kofun era all over the Internet!" Wang Wenzuo slandered, but said in his mouth: "Half the people live at the bottom, and the other half stay at the top, which also coincides with the art of war!"

"The enemy didn't continue to besiege the camp and wipe it all out in one fell swoop, but continued to move east?" Someone asked: "Is the enemy general crazy? Doesn't he put himself under the attack of the two armies?"

The officers retreated one file at a time, only Brother Zhong was left in the room. He walked to the knife rest by the wall, took down the Fudu Soul Sword, and drew the sword out of its sheath. The blade was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting a picture of Some dazed faces.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The messenger's voice was hoarse because of thirst, and his burqa was full of small holes and soot burned by sparks, and the original color could not be seen at all.

"Give him another drink!" Someone whispered, "Let's talk after drinking enough!"

"How could this be? The enemy's fleet was burned just now, and why did they lose the battle again? It's terrible!"

"The Mausoleum of Emperor Oshen was built hundreds of years ago!" Monobe Lianxiong said: "From a distance, it looks like a big mound with a radius of two or three hundred steps and a height of seven to eight feet above the ground. There is a temple at the bottom, and there is a stone staircase leading from the temple to the top of the tomb. The thieves are guarding the temple at the bottom of the hill and the top of the hill, and there are dense sharpened wooden fences at the bottom of the hill, and there are trenches outside the wooden fence!"

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Asuka, Pure Land Palace.

"Yes!"

"This is a tactic used by the Tang people. The Tang army is very good at using cavalry, and the horses are much better than ours. What happened the night of the night attack?" Brother Zhong asked.

After drinking the second glass of water, the courier's haggard face finally became more human. He said: "A few days before the attack, the thieves kept sending people to attack our supply convoy, but the number of people in each attack was not many. There were only five or sixty men, so the general sent 60 out to deal with the rats—that's what the general called the raiders!"

According to what Lianxiong from the Ministry of Objects said, Wang Wenzuo drew a simple schematic diagram on the paper with a brush and asked, "Is that so?"

"What's the situation over there now? How's the enemy situation?" Brother Zhong asked.

The messenger took the pottery cup and drank the water. Everyone could see that he was thirsty. He must have come all the way from the tomb of Emperor Yingshen, and he changed horses without changing people.

"Everyone knows what happened? Thanks for telling us!" Someone taunted: "So what should we do now?"

"This is just a skirmish, and it can't decide the overall outcome!" Someone insisted: "We are far from losing, and we have more people. I am very happy to compete with those thieves on the battlefield!"

"Yes, yes, hasn't Nakatomi Kamazu already controlled Mino and Owari? Those two countries have a large population, let him recruit another 3 people!"

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"Bring him a glass of water!" Brother Zhong asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

"Idiot!" Someone yelled angrily: "You are condescending on the top of the grave, why don't you shoot arrows down to support the defenders below?"

"What's the use of light people, you have to have food. Now the food in Kyoto is very scarce. If there are another 3 people, what do you use to fill the stomachs of soldiers? Human flesh?"

"This is not a good idea. The enemy's cavalry is so powerful, and the west of the King Kong Mountains is flat land, which is very detrimental to our army!"

"It's not enough. If our current strength is doubled, say 5, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy!"

"If they're brave enough, there are already floating corpses everywhere!" Wang Lun took the water bag from Li Bo's hand and took a sip: "What's wrong, I'm impatient?"

The mound suddenly rises from the dense miscellaneous forest, standing on the top of the mound, it is enough to overlook the radius of more than ten miles.Wang Lun was lying on the ground. He was a nearly 16-year-old veteran with a slightly bald head. He had been in the army for more than [-] years since he joined the army at the age of [-].His war horses gnawed moss and dry grass on the slope behind the mound, and the wilderness in the distance was nothing but bare brown-red soil and rocks.

"I'm afraid not!" Someone retorted: "If you are the one guarding the tomb of Emperor Yingshen, do you dare to follow the enemy from behind? What if the enemy turns back to meet them? If there is a slight mistake, the whole army will be wiped out!"

"In the dark, they will only shoot at their own people!" The eldest brother Zhong's face was gloomy: "It is estimated that there are not many enemy cavalry who rushed into the camp, and they retreated quickly. Approaching the camp and shooting rockets inside. Damn it, the defending generals probably didn’t bother to dig new trenches, so they used the existing trenches around the mausoleum as fortifications. As a result, the trenches were too close to the camp, and the enemy’s archers only had to rush to the edge of the trench You can use rockets to burn down most of the camp.” He sighed, knowing that he couldn’t blame the subordinate entirely, it’s nothing to ask the subordinate to dig a new trench without using the existing trench palisades. The flattering orders are fine if they are used by familiar veterans, but they are all temporary mobs, and it would be terrible to provoke a mutiny.

"Then what should we do now? Lead troops to attack?"

"He thinks beautifully!" Yuan Aolie sneered and said, "Only when you move your hands will you know who wins and who loses!"

"The same sword, in the hands of the former king, was invincible and invincible, but in my hands, it has been defeated repeatedly. It seems that the difference is the man, not the sword!" He sighed, and put the sword Re-insert it into the sheath and return to the map. In fact, judging from the current situation, it is not too bad: Although the enemy's night raids made the troops stationed at the Emperor Yingshen's tomb pissed off, after all, the entire army was not wiped out. , The supply line was also exposed. As long as he continued to guard the pass, the enemy would not be able to enter the Nara Basin, let alone Asuki.As long as Nakatomi Kamazu's reinforcements arrive, he will be able to drive the enemy into the sea with an army that is several times superior.Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Brother Zhong's face.

puff!
Wang Lun sprayed water all over the floor, almost splashing on Li Bo, and before Li Bo got angry, Wang Lun laughed: "You boy! Do you think this is the street in Chang'an? Fighting swords and guns, relying on ability ? You have high martial arts skills and others deserve to lose? Joke, this is a war, and soldiers are not tired of cheating, you know? Do you know the governor Wang? It is the noble man that your teacher follows all day long. You followed him, and you got down in Baekje. If it were you, everyone would lose a hundred lives!"

"Old Wang, is Wang Wenzuo the Commander-in-Chief you're talking about?"

"Nonsense, who else but him!" Wang Lun snorted coldly. Think about it, why didn't we continue to attack the thieves on the mountain the night before yesterday, and the army just passed by, exposing our backs to the thieves on the mountain? Why did we let a few of us stare here? The governor has a poisonous mind! These Japanese , sooner or later he will be in his way!"

　Interested readers can look at the "topographic map" in the easter egg chapter to get a general idea of ​​the general state of the battlefield on both sides

　　
　
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