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Chapter 81 Feigning an attack on Huaiyin, the whole army was defeated

That night, Chen Ci wasted a lot of tongues, and he drank with Lu Qian until the sun was high, and he was forced to persuade him when Lu Qian was drunk. Quietly evacuate tomorrow night and set up an ambush near the official road thirty miles outside Huaiyin to prevent it from happening.The reason why Chen Ci is so eager to do this is because there are too few soldiers and horses, the strength of the troops is not enough, and the art of war is coming together. Anyway, staying in the city and setting up defenses is waiting for the enemy to attack. It is better to place the barracks outside Huaiyin. Maybe there will be unexpected gains.

In the past few days, although the situation is clear, it is very tense behind the scenes.

Xiaxiang County, under the command of Lin Guming, the Zhongzhou Iron Army, Qin Army, Wanzhou Army, Jingzhou Army, Chu Army, Qingzhou Army and Shan Army, each of which mobilized 10 banner troops, with a total of about 7 soldiers and horses. Fifty miles south of Xiangjun stationed troops and set up an ambush.Lin Guming declared internally that it was a pre-war mobilization preparation, which is also commonly known as a "military exercise". Because it was the first joint military exercise of various troops and horses, Lin Guming's strict order must be strictly implemented, and it must be regarded as a real war. To be strictly and secretly enforced.These groups of soldiers and horses are all princes' lineage troops who firmly support the imperial power. They are not like the scattered heroes in the south, nor are they like the open and covert struggle between the two factions headed by the Western Regions or the Snow Country, so the orders are carried out very thoroughly.

In Huaiyin County, Wu Wang and Yan Yue were stationed together, and they both had mutual selfishness. Each side occupied three counties, and Huaiyin City was jointly defended by both sides.Yan Yue and King Wu would hold regular meetings every day to discuss future wars and make plans for future wars, but Yan Yue actually looked down on King Wu in his bones.First, King Wu is now the general of a defeated army, with poor food and grass, and lost his land. Only a few of his subordinates followed him desperately for the time being. A large amount of debt, if there is no war in the future, and the king of Wu does not recover the lost land during the war, at the latest one year, the king of Wu himself will fall into economic collapse and will be extradited back to Beijing, and his title will be taken back in the name of a war criminal , when the time comes, King Wu's soldiers and horses will definitely be collected by Wuzhou Mu Xishen.Yan Yue knew that as long as he procrastinated to avoid war with the Dongying people, when the king of Wu lost his title, the army went south and recovered the counties in Jiangdong, wouldn't they be owned by Wu Zhoumu in name?His wishful thinking played loudly.King Wu was worried. For one thing, he didn't dare to take the initiative to launch a war and go south to seek thieves. He could only wait until the coalition forces moved first, and then he took the opportunity to take care of him. He also knew that his food and salary could only last until the end of this year. This year's autumn harvest is his last hope.Therefore, King Wu is eager to see the allied army go south to seek thieves, and he will be the first to respond.

In Haizhou County, the soldiers and horses headed by the Western Region Army and the northern soldiers and horses headed by the Snow Country Yanyun Iron Cavalry are here to help defend. Both armies support the prince. , Waiting to eat the emperor's food, if the allied forces fight, they will go to collect their profits. If they can't fight, they will eat, drink and have fun in Haizhou, and occasionally have a little friction with each other.To make meritorious deeds is to make meritorious deeds for the imperial court. Now the imperial court is dominated by the supervisor and the empress, and they send troops just to put on a show.However, if the Dongying people really have the courage to take the initiative to provoke Haizhou, the two forces will not wait to be beaten.That is to say, Haizhou's soldiers and horses are directly on the move. Let's fight. The fiercer the fight, the better. It doesn't matter if you lose. In the worst case, just withdraw your troops.

Piaocheng County is relatively lively. All the heroes of the south gather here. They are all fools. They led the troops to Wuyue to fight under the military order. To be honest, it was just a formality.If someone fights in front, they will follow suit. If they can get a bargain, they will pick it up, and if the situation is not right, they will slip away. It is simply a fantasy to want them to charge forward and fight with their lives.The generals from the four places in Yizhou, Guizhou, Guangdong, Minzhou, Ganzhou, Jiangxi and Xiangzhou, gathered together for three days, and once a day for a small gathering, or three or five people together, listening to the music and watching the singer To dance, to drink and talk, to be happy.Fighting a war, fighting his mother's war, how can fighting a war be as easy as galloping on a woman's belly?

March 24th, [-]th year in Tai'an.

Uesugi secretly issued a military order in Guangling City, and dispatched troops from all the corps of the Second Allied Army to dispatch troops of 100 banners. It is expected to arrive at the two battlefields before dawn.

Thirty miles south of Huaiyin, in the two veins of Changlong Valley, the Chen family army and the Taozhi Mountain Rebel Army were stationed here together. On the high ground, a dozen or so soldiers were chatting listlessly. They gathered together to eat peanuts and drink wine. One soldier said: " Damn it, Huaiyin City doesn’t wait, it’s really f*cking aggrieved to come to this place where the birds don’t shit, does it mean that the group of self-proclaimed righteous teachers of the court look down on my Taozhi Mountain Rebels?”

Another soldier also complained, he drank a lot of wine, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he said angrily: "It's possible, damn it, those people clearly use us as cannon fodder and don't let us help in the city's defense, Come to this barren corner of the mountain, hmph, maybe it is because we are afraid that we will come from Taozhi Mountain, be immoral, and be afraid that we will cause trouble in the city."

Everyone complained for a reason. After staying in this mountain corner for a few days, they couldn’t eat well or sleep well. In Huaiyin City, they could occasionally go out to have a good meal, and even if they had ample money, they could go out to find a beautiful girl in a brothel. Mother discussed the joys of life, but when she came here, she really had money and had nowhere to spend it, and felt aggrieved.The soldiers didn't complain about the policies of the superiors, but complained about drinking too much.

Some soldiers waved their hands and tried to persuade them: "You can't say that. Didn't the son-in-law and his troops come with us? Our ordnance was provided by the son-in-law. Maybe the higher-ups have their own plans."

"Yeah, since we are asked to guard the sky, we must be careful. Maybe the enemy will come from here someday?"

As a result, before the soldier finished speaking, he suddenly found a large number of black figures not far away. Taking advantage of the moonlight to take a closer look, he was shocked. The leaders were hundreds of cavalry, carrying flags, so densely packed that it was hard to see how many people there were. , but they marched very fast, there was no noisy sound, the order was very stable, the soldiers swallowed, and the rest of the soldiers also noticed the clues.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and report to the general."

"it is good."

A few people were drunk and cowardly, and they were unambiguous, regardless of any military orders, and hurried to report.

After hearing the news, Lu Qian and Chen Ci both woke up from their sleep, immediately dressed neatly, armed with weapons, and ordered all the ministries to set up an ambush according to the original plan.Chen Ci and Lu Qian came to the watchtower in the valley, looking at the scale of the enemy's march, Lu Qian gritted his teeth, "These wolf cubs are making a sneak attack at night, and according to the speed they find, it is estimated that they will be able to reach Huaiyin in less than [-] o'clock." The city, or the son-in-law has the foresight to set up an ambush here earlier."

Chen Ci squinted his eyes, trying hard to see how many people there were in the enemy army, but it was too dark and the distance was too far to see clearly.

"How many people do you think the Japanese pirates dispatched?"

Lu Qian looked at it for a while, scratched his head and said, "If you want to attack Huaiyin, you must have 10 troops, but judging by the size of this place, it looks like a single army. Could it be the vanguard?"

"That should be the vanguard, damn it, wait for them to enter the first-line sky valley later, and fight directly."

"rest assured."

in front of the valley.

The horse-faced samurai sitting firmly on a Jedi steed waved his hand to signal the whole army to stop advancing. This samurai was the main general Makino Youyi who feinted to attack Huaiyin this time. He was a samurai who believed in Beichen Kendo. He was very annoyed that Jian Dao intervened in the war in Wuzhou, and now it is even more excessive. Let him lead [-] elite soldiers to attack Huaiyin at night. Although it is a feint attack, it is too risky, right?Makino Youyi seriously suspected that the Xiaoqianye faction headed by Shang Shanqi took the opportunity to eliminate their Beichen faction, but the military orders were so overwhelming that he had no choice but to send troops. He was very careful along the way, and would withdraw his troops only when the target was wrong.

"General, there is a line of sky in Changlong Valley ahead, which is one of the only roads leading to Huaiyin County."

The deputy general took out the map and said respectfully.

Makino stared right at the pitch-black valley, with the cold wind blowing across his face, and it was eerily silent.Makino Youyi is also well versed in the art of war. Strictly speaking, there are three official roads leading to Huaiyin County, but the other two roads have greatly increased the distance, and it takes two more hours to walk. Two hours, the sky is bright, what are you doing? Sneak attack?The purpose of this troop dispatch is to take advantage of the night to make a surprise attack, test the ability of the Huaiyin army to mobilize, and then retreat directly.But at this line of sky, Makino Youyi hesitated again. The pitch-black valley is like a wild beast that eats meat but does not spit out bones. Seeing the suspicious clouds ahead, it seems that there is an ambush.

The lieutenant general smiled and said: "General, there is no need to worry. This place is no less than fifty miles away from Huaiyin County. There are only two armies in Huaiyin. Wu Nanjun is a group of terrified rats, and Wu Beijun is also a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. It is impossible to have such a strategy. The vision is to set up an ambush here, and our army's dispatch of troops is a temporary military order, we don't even know, how could the Huaiyin army set up an ambush here by such a coincidence?" He didn't laugh at Mu Yeyouyi's serious suspicion, after all, he is a general and must use troops cautious.

Even so, Makino Youyi still didn't dare to go in with such a big fanfare, so he waved his hand and said, "Order Baiqi to scout the way."

"As ordered."

At the top of the valley, Lu Qian was lying on the rocks, waiting for a long time, but he still didn't see the Japanese pirates entering the valley. The soldiers were full of bows and arrows, ready to go. Lu Qian stared intently, seeing that there were no more troops after a hundred cavalry, he immediately judged that the enemy might be vanguard cavalry, and ordered his subordinates not to act rashly.

Sure enough, when the cavalry passed through the Yixiantian Valley, which was more than two miles long, there was no one in sight, and they went back to report.

"Damn it, these little Japanese pirates are really fucking cautious. Send me a military order. When I blow the charge horn, I will beat me hard. Don't save me an arrow."

"As ordered."

Lu Qian stared at it tightly, and when all the Japanese troops had entered the sky, he yelled, "Hit me!"

Countless soldiers who had already prepared pushed the rolling stones and released the bows and crossbows. The first batch of arrows were smeared with kerosene in order to hit a surprise. Next, screams and shouts of killing came from the not-so-empty valley.

Makino Youyi's army horse was startled, and he saw this wonderful scene when he turned his head. Countless rockets fell from the sky, and a large part of his subordinates were injured by the first wave of rolling stones. He immediately ordered: "Quick, rush out of the sky!"

However, there were too many arrows, like money, they fell from the sky and wiped out the intruders one by one. Seeing the sea of ​​flames behind him, Makino Youyi didn't dare to retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and lead the remnants forward. As soon as he rushed out of a line of sky, countless soldiers shouting to kill rushed out from both sides of the valley, and the leader was Chen Ci.

"Hahahaha, little Japanese slave, where are you going?" Chen Ci held the Winter Solstice sword in his hand and sat firmly on his horseback.

Makino looked back and saw that half of his subordinates were still brutally slaughtered in the valley. He was unable to advance because the road was blocked, which caused the subordinates behind him to be trapped in the valley, unable to fight back, and could only wait to die, Makino When You Yi was furious, he suppressed his anger, took out his long knife, and angrily reprimanded in bad language: "Who is coming, dare to report his name?"

Chen Ci laughed loudly: "Listen well, your grandfather is the emperor's son-in-law, the leader of the Chen family army, Chen Ci."

"Report?"

As soon as Mu Yeyou saw that the situation was over, and there were only two thousand people behind him, he immediately planned to have a final glorious battle. He jumped off the horse, held the long knife in both hands, and said coldly: "You people are really despicable and shameless, you can only use tricks. Although I am dead today, I am not convinced, I have heard that the martial arts in Great Liang are very popular, and the martial arts are exquisite, how dare the son-in-law engage in a samurai contest with the last general?"

Chen Ci squinted at him, and smiled coldly: "There are tens of thousands of troops behind me, and it is easy to annihilate you, so why fight with you?"

"You!" Makino Youyi never thought that Chen Ci would be so shameless, he was furious, and shouted in grief and indignation: "I thought Chen Ci, the son-in-law, was also an upright man, but he turned out to be just a despicable and dirty person."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Chen Ci laughed loudly, holding the reins, and after sneering, his eyes were cold: "You Japanese pirates invaded our country's mountains and rivers, ravaged our people in Daliang, trampled on our Daliang territory, and now you say I'm despicable? Kill, wipe out the Japanese pirates !"

Tens of thousands of troops rushed forward like a wave, directly engulfing Makino Youyi and the others.

The sky is bright.

In this battle, the Changlong Valley victory, the Chen family army and the Taozhishan rebel army cooperated with each other, wiped out 1 Japanese pirates at a small cost, and when the sun rose, a sergeant walked up to Chen Ci, knelt down and saluted, offering a long knife with both hands : "My son-in-law, seized a commander's sword from the fourth rank of Dongying Cong."

(End of this chapter)