Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 88 The Battle of Lin Guming ([-])
On April 24th of the 14th year of Tai'an, Lin Guming and Uesugi Qi had been brewing a game for more than ten days. After painstaking planning and formation of troops, the battle of Guangling officially started.The first wave of battle was about the details of the two sides' armaments and troops. The battle lasted for three days, and countless arrows were consumed, but the actual casualties were very small. Said to be negligible.Although Lin Guming was pressed for time, he was not reckless. The siege was done in an orderly manner, and manpower was always limited. After a few days, the spirit and equipment of both sides were greatly depleted. At night, Lin Guming ordered the siege. The price of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses conquered the pass.

Outside Hailing County, where the Wunan coalition forces were stationed, after Xu Xiao's death, his deputy general, the former deputy governor of the Hailing Army, Ren Huai, the admiral of the "Jian" army of the Hailing Army, temporarily commanded the entire army.After a few days, Wu Nanjun couldn't bear the coldness of the general's bones, so he provoked the flames of war, clamoring for the slogan of bringing the traitor Shen Yan to justice, and repeatedly launched armed conflicts against Wu Beijun. The battle lasted for three days, and both sides suffered losses. people.The two armies of the North and the South had had a long-standing grievance. Xu Xiao went to a meeting this time, but was beheaded by Shen Yan inexplicably.The generals were all dead, so inexplicably dead, they waited for the general's return with full hope, but after waiting for a day, the northern army sent the general's head.

Barracks, inside the big tent.Ren Huai was wearing armor and helmet, listening to his subordinate's report, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

The day before yesterday, he learned that the Japanese pirates in Hailing were ready to move out of the city to start a war at any time. Ren Huai knew that the civil war between the two sides had given the Japanese pirates an advantage.The general's death can't just be forgotten, he only needs Shen Yan to give him a reason for Xu Xiao's death, just ask the reason, not the result, only with the cause and effect can he calm down the anger of his subordinates and temporarily turn the spearhead on the Dongying people.For this reason, Ren Huai specially ordered his cronies, General Li Niu, to take a hundred people to the Wubei military camp for peace talks.However, Shen Yan was very arrogant, put on airs, put on a very high posture, did not take Li Niu seriously, not only did not want to tell the reason why Xu Xiao was killed, but also had a very bad attitude, where did Li Niu come from? Where to go, if you dare to talk nonsense, you will kill Li Niu.Li Niu is also very hot-tempered, and when he heard the words, he was furious, and immediately quarreled with Shen Yan. Shen Shan slaughtered Xu Xiao, would he still be afraid of Li Niu?Li Niu was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and it was out of control. Shen Yan just needed a chance to show his prestige, so he pushed Li Niu to beheaded with a wave of his big hand.Ren Huai waited in the barracks for a day, but did not receive the good news of Li Niu's return from the peace talks, but instead received Li Niu's head.Ren Huai's memory was still fresh, Li Niu's eyes were wide open in the small box, and he died very unwillingly.Wu Nanjun, who was already simmering with fire in his chest, became angry when he learned that Shen Yan had killed his general again, and shouted to suppress the bandits.

"Shen Yan, traitor, villain, traitor!" Ren Huai slammed the table with a ferocious face, causing the bronze table and chairs to shake violently.

"This man Shen Yan is also a traitor. He deceived me that there is no one in Jiangdong!"

"Dog thief, Shen Yan and I are at odds with each other, this group of damn Wu Beijun!"

No matter how much Ren Huai spits, it can't change the current situation. Now the two armies in the north and the south are in dire straits. It is shameful that Huai wants to negotiate peace with Shen Yan. Civil war is inevitable.Just when Ren Huai was at a loss, a sergeant rushed in with a flustered expression, knelt down and saluted hurriedly: "General Qi, the gate of Hailing City is wide open, and the Japanese pirates came out of the city to rush to our army's garrison to cross the battle line! "

"what?"

Ren Huai was shocked. In fact, he had expected this possibility sooner or later, but when this day really came, he was even more at a loss. The huge Wu Nan army, after Xu Xiao's death, was even more scattered. , who can provoke the leader?

"Pass my military order, retreat, retreat!"

The sergeant nodded and took the order to leave.

Ren Huai was dressed neatly, and when he left the barracks with a group of generals, he saw a huge momentum not far away. The Japanese army was attacking. The forward troops were all cavalry. It was all shouting and shouting.Ren Huai only had a cursory glance, and knew that it was too late to withdraw his troops. If he retreated like this, he probably would have escaped, but not many people would escape. He would be beheaded by the Japanese pirates in a hurry, or even defeated by the Japanese pirates. scattered.Ren Huai forced himself to calm down. He tried his best to recall how Xu Xiao commanded the war, but the urgency in front of him could not give him enough time. If you come to join in the fun, then fight, give Lao Tzu a hard fight, pass on my military order, all the ministries will take the initiative to fight, and lead the battlefield to the Wu Bei Army garrison."

He wants to drag Shen Yan's troops into the water, and fight together if he wants to fight. He can't let himself charge in the front line, and Shen Yan takes advantage of his behind.

"Go to battle and kill the enemy!"

Ren Huai sacrificed his long sword, turned on a Jedi army horse, and charged towards the menacing Dongying cavalry.

The scene is too chaotic.

Wu Nanjun fought in a hurry. He was already mentally and mentally exhausted. He was immersed in the grief and anger of Xu Xiao's death. He was surprised by Dongying cavalry. When the battle started, countless soldiers threw down their weapons, pissed their asses, and had no will to fight; some took up arms and rose up to resist, but it was of no avail.Ren Huai could only watch thousands of Japanese cavalry rampage in the barracks, acting recklessly, and when the long knife fell, a bloody head fell to the ground, without the power to resist.The Dongying people enjoy killing, condescending, riding a majestic military horse, like a cat catching a mouse, often chasing seven or eight people to kill with one ride, they laughed wildly, licked their lips greedily, as if they didn't think it was enough , set fire to the tent, and for a while, the huge military camp turned into a sea of ​​flames... Ren Huai's military order was obviously unfounded. The Dongying people did not need to be seduced by the Wu Nanjun, and rushed into the Wubei military camp on their own initiative, killing wantonly, trampling on the military tents, this group of brave men The Dongying Warrior Legion is like a ghost crawling out of hell, with ruthless swords, strong individual combat capabilities, and military horses, just passing by in such a grandiose manner, the Wuzhou Army is like a chicken and a dog.

Ren Huai was soon surrounded by a dozen Dongying cavalry regiments.

This group of Dongying people held the bridle with one hand, sat firmly on the saddle, and held a blood-stained long knife in one hand, sneered and laughed loudly.

"Liangtong, what's your name?" Some Dongying soldiers questioned in the cool language that emphasizes the weirdness. It was a question rather than a joke. They all saw Ren Huai's military sword, which was inlaid with sapphires on both sides of the hilt. , crystal clear, which means that Ren Huai's military rank is not low.

"Look at you Da Liang Boy Scouts, you have no will to fight, tens of thousands of troops are like a piece of loose sand, and even a few thousand of us can't stop them." Someone's face was full of jokes.

A dozen or so cavalry surrounded Ren Huai.

Ren Huai's military rank is very high, which will be the biggest gain of their trip. They want to capture Ren Huai alive.

Goro Tojo sent them here this time, just as a surprise, to test the mobilization ability of the Wuzhou coalition army, the result was even worse than imagined, thousands of them entered and exited the Wuzhou army garrison as if there was no one in it.

Ren Huai's face was ashen, unexpectedly, in a short period of time, his army was dispersed and could not be organized at all. Ren Huai sighed, as if he had already seen the scene of defeat.

"Liang Tong, get off your horse and accept the surrender. I'll spare you!" A man from Dongying looked at him arrogantly. There is still blood dripping, and it is unknown which unlucky person was the last one who died by the knife.

"Hahaha, is this cool boy dumbfounded? If he is brought into the Hailing camp, wouldn't he be peeing his pants?" Someone laughed.

Then, the group of Dongying people switched to Dongying language to communicate. Ren Huai couldn't understand, but seeing their disdain and sarcasm on their faces, they probably didn't say anything good.

Ren Huai held the weapon in both hands, and the cold feeling from the long sword in his hand made him calm down a lot. He stared at the Dongying people, and said word by word: "Remember, the name of the person who killed you is Ren Huai. Yuan Zhi, Deputy Commander of Hailing, Admiral of Hailing's 'Jian' Army, remembers to say hello to King Yan when he sees him in Fengducheng."

After finishing speaking, Ren Huai yanked the reins and rushed forward.

"Hehe, he's a man." Some Dongying people put away their disdain and became serious.

Someone whispered: "Work together and kill him!"

"kill!"

The surrounding area was reduced to a sea of ​​flames, and the war was imminent.Although Ren Huai hadn't participated in any major battles, he was promoted to be the leader of an army, and he was highly valued by Xu Xiao. How many people were indistinguishable in a short time.

"This person should not be underestimated, form an formation!" Someone commanded.

Immediately, a dozen people formed a formation.

Soon, Ren Huai gradually fell into a disadvantage, a little powerless, a dozen people appeared in a specific direction, and attacked. Ren Huai had to dodge more than a dozen long knives, and was shot down from his horse in a hurry. His shoulders, arms, neck, and spine were all injured. After being slashed with blood, Ren Huai just wanted to fight back, but the next moment, several gleaming long knives were clamped around his neck.

Ren Huai's hair was disheveled now, panting heavily.

"take away!"

Thousands of cavalry swept up the Wuzhou barracks, and then quickly withdrew without fighting.

Thousands of people want to defeat hundreds of thousands of people, it is just a dream. They are well-trained and have a plan in mind. The purpose of this visit is to test the mobilization ability of the Wuzhou Army;

……

The fire burned for several hours, and when it subsided, many Wunan soldiers came out in disgrace, looked at the completely burned barracks, kept silent, and all the generals simply reported the number, only to find out that [-]% of the soldiers had run away in this battle. Thousands of people were killed or injured.

The Wubei military camp was not much better. This time, the Dongying people's surprise attack was very effective. They planned carefully and had a clear purpose. They took the opportunity to harass and attack the troops, hit their morale, and take advantage of the chaos to reap some benefits.

Shen Yan looked at the slumped garrison after the smoke had passed, and many dark-faced soldiers came out sighing, looking at him in a daze, waiting for his military order.After such a toss by the Dongying people, they no longer have the will to fight. The bravery of the Dongying people is deeply imprinted in their eyes. It is an absolutely crushing sense of oppression, which prevents them from raising the will to resist.Shen Yan didn't want to fight this battle at first. Seeing this situation, he secretly thought that he had a chance to withdraw his troops. However, at this moment, a sergeant hurried over, walked up to him, and knelt down to salute: "General Qi, Lin Kaihe, the forward lieutenant general of the Zhongzhou Iron Army Come with your troops."

"Oh?" Shen Yan was ecstatic when he heard the words, at this juncture, the Zhongzhou Iron Army is here?Could it be that they knew that the Wuzhou army could not resist the iron hooves of the Dongying people, so they came to support them?But soon, Shen Yan also felt that something was wrong. The Zhongzhou Iron Army was on the battlefield of Guangling, and Guangling was far away from Hailing. Combat strength, without two or three days, it is very difficult to reach Hailing. In this way, the Zhongzhou Iron Army set off at least two days ago. Could it be that Lin Guming was really predictable?Shen Yan's excitement was extinguished, and his eyes were gloomy. Could it be that he, Lin Guming, came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime after hearing that he had beheaded Xu Xiao?Not to mention, it's really possible, the more Shen Yan thinks about it, the more likely it is.

"Where are they?"

"Outside the camp."

"Please hurry up." Shen Yan originally thought that he would go out to receive him in person, but then he was afraid that Lin Guming was here to question the crime, so he didn't dare to go hastily.He winked at his subordinates, and after the sergeant left, he lowered his voice and said, "If Lin Kaihe dares to use force later, no need to talk nonsense, he will kill them."

All the generals looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Why are you in a daze? He, Lin Kaihe, wants to meddle in Wuzhou's own affairs?"

Seeing that Shen Yan was angry, the group of people couldn't say anything, so they went silently to deploy soldiers.

Outside the barracks, Lin Kaihe and a hundred cavalrymen sat firmly on the backs of the horses with curly mane and stepping clouds, looking at the messy barracks. Thoughtful, he casually asked a Wubei soldier in front of him, "What happened? Why is it so messy?" ?” He thought it was caused by the Wuzhou army’s civil war, thinking that the civil war was too big, and such a large military camp would be burned to ashes.

The soldier said dejectedly: "Not long ago, the Japanese cavalry raided our camp, and set fire to it before leaving."

Lin Kaihe was taken aback, "How many of them are there?"

"Thousands of people, all cavalry, rushed from the Wunan barracks to our side." The soldier replied honestly.

"What about them?"

"gone back."

Lin Kaihe: "..."

Lin Kaihe's heart is complicated. He thought that the Dongying people sent tens of thousands of troops to take advantage of the Wuzhou army's civil war to take advantage of them, but he didn't expect that Dongying only dispatched thousands of cavalry to drive the Wuzhou army from south to north. How aggrieved it is to be sternly handled and then walk away in the end?

Thousands of people, treating the [-] army as nothing, entering and exiting as if no one was there, killing people, setting fire to them, and finally patted their buttocks and left?

Seeing Lin Kaihe's complex expression, the soldiers felt a little embarrassed, and lowered their heads in shame, "They came too fast, their soldiers were strong, and they were all good cavalrymen. We were scattered from the camp and couldn't organize a counterattack effectively, and... …We were also worried, worried that these thousands of people were the vanguard, and there was still a large army behind us. At that time, we didn’t think about it so much. When we saw the Japanese pirates coming, we were startled and ran away.”

Lin Kaihe sighed, he knew that the quality of Wuzhou's army was poor, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

If this kind of thing was placed in the Zhongzhou Tiejun, it would be unthinkable.Are you kidding me, the barracks of our [-]-strong army was dispersed by thousands of people, and they let them kill and set fire, and then they left without paying any price?It is said that there are no men in Wuyue. This is really not groundless. This is not a man, this is simply a softie.

Seeing Lin Kaihe's mouth twitching, the soldier seemed to want to save his face, and said sullenly: "What is this? Our army is fine, but Wu Nanjun was annoyed. It is said that the chief general Ren Huai was captured by the Dongying people. If you want to blame it, you have to blame it." Ren Huai is incompetent, he was captured alive before he even had the ability to organize an army to fight back. Huh, it is said that the soldiers are the ones who will be the ones who will be the ones who will be the ones. If Ren Huai is tougher and can hold back the Dongying people for a while, I, Wu Beijun There is also time to organize and mobilize, how can these pirates just leave in such a cool way..."

His voice was very small, but Lin Kaihe still heard him, he was taken aback, "Has Ren Huai been captured?"

Ren Huai, Lin Kaihe has heard of this person's name. This person is Xu Xiao's lieutenant general. Xu Xiao is a veteran who participated in the Battle of Jingzhou. The lieutenant he can carry with him is naturally not a softie.Just as Lin Kaihe was thinking, a soldier came out in a hurry and came to Lin Kaihe. He got off his horse in a hurry, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "General, my general invites you."

Lin Kaihe was displeased, and squinted at the sergeant, "General Shen Yan is so embarrassing? Do you want the general to invite you in person?"

The sergeant was a little panicked, and hurriedly explained: "The general has been bumpy all the way, and he is exhausted. My general has set up a banquet to clean up the dust for the general."

"No need, ask Shen Yan to come out to see me, you go back and tell him, this is an order from the Generalissimo, immediately!"

The sergeant had no choice but to bite the bullet and rode back to the barracks.

Lin Kaihe is not an idiot. He came to arrest Shen Shan this time under the order of Lin Guming. The barracks are full of Shen Shan people. Wings cannot escape.Shen Yan even dared to kill Xu Xiao, Lin Kaihe was really afraid that he might do something outrageous.

The sergeant came to the big tent of the Chinese army and reported Shen Yan truthfully.

Hearing this, Shen Yan sneered and said, "He, Lin Kaihe, is also a softie. Hmph, it seems that he really came to arrest me. Don't worry about him, just go and tell him that I am busy with military affairs and have prepared a banquet. He will come whenever he wants. , it’s fine if you don’t come.”

Shen Yan was going to tear his face apart, and he didn't pay attention at all when he learned that Lin Kaihe brought a mere hundred horses.

The sergeant had no choice but to report back to Lin Kaihe.

Seeing this, Lin Kaihe didn't say anything, and directly withdrew his troops, which made the sergeant who had been tossing back and forth several times in a row confused.

When Shen Yan learned that Lin Kaihe had left, he laughed loudly: "What Zhongzhou Iron Army, I thought they were some kind of heroes, but that's it, hmph, they don't even have the courage to enter our barracks, it seems that I overestimated Lin Kaihe .”

……

Hailing.

As night fell, Goro Tojo called a meeting.

The surprise attack went very smoothly. Not only did it severely damage the morale of the Wuzhou Allied Army, but it also captured the leader of the Wu Nan Army, Ren Huai.In this campaign, the Dongying people not only figured out the deployment of Wuzhou coalition forces, but also learned about their mobilization capabilities from the side.Tojo was determined and immediately formulated a battle plan.

"Well, now that the Wuzhou Allied Forces are being attacked by us in the daytime, they must be in panic now. Now if we take the opportunity to kill another one by surprise, they will definitely not be able to react."

Tojo thought so, and waved his hand, "Bring Ren Huai up, this man is a man, I have something to say to him."

The soldier nodded, and after a while, Ren Huai, who was tied up with chains, was taken into custody. Ren Huai was covered in blood and was seriously injured. He was very angry when he saw that Yang Xiao, the governor of Hailing County, was sitting carelessly in the position of Tojo Goro.Seeing that he was still so arrogant after being a prisoner, some soldiers couldn't help kicking him, and said viciously: "Bastard, kneel down!"

Tojo waved his hand: "This man is a hero, there is no need to neglect him, stop."

Ren Huai didn't understand the language they spoke. He saw that after Tojo finished speaking, the two soldiers retreated swiftly. He also stretched his limbs, and just stood there without looking at Tojo.

"General Ren Huai, I have heard of your reputation." Tojo said in a not-so-fluent Daliang language with an accent.

"Hmph, you picky people, if there were no accidents in our army, how could you let you thieves succeed so easily?"

"Hahahaha." Tojo laughed, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said: "General Ren Huai was joking, this is war, I failed to compete with your general Xu Xiao, and learned the bad news of General Xu Xiao , I also feel sorry. General Xu Xiao was murdered by a traitor, it's a pity."

Xu Xiao is the governor of Hailing. Tojo knew this person in detail a long time ago, and knew that Xu Xiao would be his worst enemy, but he didn't want to. The two had never met or had a contest, so Xu Xiao died.

"Humph."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Ren Huai doesn't even bother to explain.

"General Ren Huai, don't worry, I respect General Xu Xiao, and I will avenge you. Well, the one who framed Xu Xiao is...Shen Yan from Wu Beijun, right? I will capture him alive tonight."

Ren Huai's complexion changed.

Tojo's subtext is that there may be a large-scale attack on Wuzhou Army tonight.

……

At the same time, Wu Beijun was stationed.

Shen Yan frightened Lin Kaihe away and he was in a good mood. He knew that if this matter got to Xi Shen's ears, the Lord Fujun would definitely protect him. Who would dare to ask the teacher for the crime?I have sent real money to Xishen's mansion all these years, and even specially wooed beautiful women to Xishen. If Xishen doesn't keep himself, is there any reason?

Just when Shen Shan and the other generals were drunk, suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew by, and Shen Shan felt the hairs all over his body stand on end. He knew the danger was approaching after a long battle, and immediately drew out his military sword. The next moment, he was terrified. , I saw dozens of soldiers wearing Iron Army armor appearing, and the leader Lin Kaihe was looking at him indifferently.

"General Shen Yan, will you come with us?"

(End of this chapter)