Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 19 This is not the fault of war! (Please read on)
On the high hill on the east side of the village, Liao Yongan and Lu Jin each held a pair of binoculars and stood on the high ground to observe the battlefield.

Liao Yongan used the Type 75 binoculars, which could only magnify ten times. Lu Jin himself also had a x monocular bird-watching telescope, which he usually used to take pictures of the space station. After all, he was in aerospace.

Because the battle went more smoothly than expected, Lu Jin temporarily adjusted the deployment and Liao Yongan's battalion did not immediately enter the battlefield.

The battalions of Yu Tonghai and Zhang Desheng, who were previously responsible for the mission of luring the enemy, are now vacant after completing the mission. Together with a logistics battalion, Lu Jin still has four battalions of troops that have not been deployed to the battlefield.

Just when the fierce fighting was in full swing in the village, Yu Tonghai and Zhang Desheng also ran over with Zheng Yong and his two followers.

"Brother Lu, Brother Liao!"

Liao Yongan looked at the newcomers and said, "You guys are back. You did a good job this time."

“Hehe.” Yu Tonghai scratched his head and laughed foolishly, then introduced, “This is Brother Zheng Yongzheng, this is Brother Wang Huzi who helped us report to Zuo Junbi, and this is Brother Xi Guobao.”

"Yes, they are indeed brave and resourceful heroes! This time, it is thanks to brother Zheng's help. Brother Wang Huzi has also made great contributions this time. You have come to join our Chaohu Navy, and you will definitely be of important roles in the future." Liao Yongan expressed his opinion immediately.

Zheng Yong took a look at the battle situation in the village. The government troops had been completely defeated and were being squeezed from all directions by the Red Turbans. Wasn't this a sure win?!
He immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your appreciation, General. However, I didn't do anything, so I don't dare to take credit for it. It was the general's proper planning that allowed Zuo Junbi to be trapped and killed in one fell swoop."

Liao Yongan immediately became happy when he heard this. He was also a person with high emotional intelligence, so he also laughed immediately.

"Haha, if that's what you mean, then I don't dare to take credit for it. This time, the siege and killing of Zuo Junbi was planned by Brother Lu from beginning to end. Even the current formation and military system are from Brother Lu's ancestral military tactics. If we talk about the first merit, it must be Brother Lu!"

"Oh, so there really is such a master! I'm so sorry, so sorry!"

Zheng Yong had originally guessed that a reliable person had come to Chaohu Red Turbans, and now it turned out to be true. After listening to Liao Yongan's introduction, he hurriedly bowed to Lu Jin in tribute.

Lu Jin then raised his head from the telescope, but there was no smile on his face. Instead, his brows were deeply frowned.

Liao Yongan immediately asked, "What's wrong? Aren't we sure to win?"

"I won, but I still miscalculated!" Lu Jin said in annoyance.

"What's wrong?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Lu Jin explained immediately.

"This is my first time fighting a war, and I have no experience. I forgot that in an encirclement and annihilation battle, you need to surround three and leave one."

He pointed at the battlefield and said, "You see, at the beginning the fighting was going smoothly, but as our army advanced, the government troops were gradually squeezed to the center of the village. Now the density of government troops in the middle is getting higher and higher, and they are like trapped beasts fighting to the bitter end.

"Even if we want to surrender or escape, there is no way out. We can only fight to the death. If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer more unnecessary casualties and many of us will die in vain."

After Lu Jin's suggestion, the others also understood.

"What should we do then?" Liao Yongan asked immediately.

Lu Jin immediately made a decision, "By now, those officers and soldiers have already lost their fighting spirit. If we give them a chance to survive, they will definitely surrender.

"So, Brother Liao will lead your battalion to attack from the east, and Desheng will lead your battalion to attack from the west, advancing from the east and west.

"When we were fighting, we had to shout at the soldiers that if they laid down their weapons and went into the nearby houses, they could surrender and save their lives. Anyone who dared to stay in the alley and resist would be killed without mercy.

"Then continue to drive the remaining troops toward the main road in the village. I will drive my car over and kill them!"

"Okay, let's go now!"

Liao Yongan and Zhang Desheng immediately clasped their fists and accepted the order.

When Yu Tonghai heard that he had nothing to do with it, he immediately jumped out and said, "Brother Lu, what about me? I still have a battalion, and I can fight too!"

Lu Jin grabbed his shoulders and pulled him over, pressing him onto the telescope.

“Look over there, the guy wearing iron armor and a white cape should be Zuo Junbi. He led his men to tear down the wall and run to the north, probably trying to break out from the direction of the woods.

"Now take your battalion and guard the entrance to the village. If Zuo Junbi runs back to Luzhou City and gathers more soldiers to defend the city, then our battle will be in vain. We must catch him, dead or alive." "If he runs away, I will hold you accountable!"

"Yes! I promise to catch that bastard!"

Zheng Yong, Zhang Huzi and Xi Guobao looked at each other and saw Lu Jin giving orders. The other Chaohu generals actually listened to his arrangements. They immediately realized that General Lu was the real boss!
After the three of them set off with their camps, Lu Jin clasped his fists towards Zheng Yong and the others and said.

“The three of you have all made great contributions in helping us to encircle and annihilate Zuo Junbi. When this battle is over, you will be given important positions. Brother Zheng can be promoted to a captain, and brothers Xi and Zhang can be company commanders.

"The battle is urgent right now. We will talk after the battle. You three stay here and watch us chop off Zuo Junbi's dog head!"

The three of them immediately clasped their fists in return, "Thank you for your consideration, General. We will talk after the battle. General, please do as you please. Don't bother with us."

Lu Jin nodded and turned around immediately. As a result, Yu Tongyuan beside him also wanted to go with him, "Brother Lu, I want to go too!"

"You stay here. Your father and brother are fighting in the battlefield. What's missing is you? If we go, who will lead the troops?!"

"Oh"

Yu Tongyuan let out an indignant sigh. He thought Lu Jin looked down on him because he was young, but he was a centurion before Lu Jin came. How come he has nothing to do with himself now? !

No matter what, the telescope that Lu Jin set up here is still there, and Yu Tongyuan immediately occupied this excellent viewing position!
Zheng Yong and the other two asked curiously, "What is this little brother looking at?"

Yu Tongyuan looked at the three people and immediately said arrogantly, "This is Brother Lu's telescope. It can be used to spy on the enemy from miles away. You can also take a look."

"Oh? There is such a magical thing?"

Zheng Yong really came over to take a look, and was immediately shocked. This 75x telescope could actually see the faces of every person in the village clearly from the mound!!!

Then he saw through the telescope that with the addition of Liao Yongan and Zhang Desheng, the government army was defeated like a tide.

The government troops who were squeezed in the middle and had long lost their fighting spirit heard that they could surrender and save their lives by throwing away their weapons and entering the house, so they threw away their weapons and squeezed into the yard next to them.

He couldn't see any officers, and they might have been killed long ago. He was surrounded on all sides, and the enemy had reinforcements coming. If he didn't surrender, would he just wait to die?

Only those relatively elite soldiers who were usually treated better, with many friendly troops around them, could resist step by step under the leadership of their generals and gradually retreat to the main road in the village.

But the good times did not last long. Suddenly, there was a roar of a monster at the intersection southeast of the village. A black iron car suddenly drove into the battlefield. The four searchlights on the roof and the two headlights on the front illuminated the front so brightly that people could not open their eyes.

Lu Jin honked the horn frantically and accelerated at full speed. The friendly troops in front of him who heard the horn gave way, just like Moses parting the sea, and retreated to the yard or to the alley on the side, leaving him a clear path.

In just a distance of less than two hundred meters, Lu Jin had already shifted into fifth gear and sped up to a speed of 80 kilometers per hour on this broken road in this ancient rural area.

The government soldiers gathered on the main road in the village only saw a white light getting closer and closer from the southeast direction, and then with a bang, more than a dozen people flew up on the spot, flying seven or eight meters high. When Lu Jin's car rushed past them, these people fell down in pieces.

Ye Sheng was now on the main road in the village. His horse had been lost long ago, and he could not run at all in this narrow village. When he saw the scene of soldiers flying all over the sky, he felt like his brain was freezing, and suddenly he blurted out something.

"This is not a crime of war, it is beyond human power!"

After saying that, he quickly threw away the long spear in his hand, turned over and rode on the wall, and then saw the car rushing past him, with armored soldiers flying everywhere.

"Oh my god, what kind of monster is this? Don't come over here! Don't come over here! We surrender, we surrender!"

Those soldiers were not fools. Seeing their friendly troops flying all over the sky, they immediately lost their last bit of fighting spirit. They dropped their weapons and looked for places to hide. Some of them who couldn't find the gate simply closed their eyes and clung to the wall, fearing that the unsportsmanlike monster would hit them.

In a courtyard in the north of the village, Zuo Junbi listened to the Red Turban Army's shouts of killing and calls for surrender, and knew that the situation was hopeless. He planned to quickly cross the last wall. When he escaped back to Luzhou, he would be able to regroup!
However, Yu Tonghai had already discovered his exact location through the telescope.

At this moment, there was a loud bang, and Zuo Junbi and Yin Congdao knocked down the last earth wall, thinking that they could finally escape. However, when the smoke and dust from the collapse of the wall cleared, they saw hundreds of people standing on the opposite side with spears and halberds waiting for them.

"Into your mother!"

(End of this chapter)