Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 181
So far, Ji Dong's feelings for this Cao Cao are limited to the book knowledge and hearsay before time travel, not to mention any perceptual or rational knowledge, but he just thinks that this person is treacherous, changeable and cunning, otherwise how could he get such a man? What about nicknames?

After the herald left, Lin Yi sat on a grand master's chair. Zhezhe and Xiaoying rubbed their shoulders on the left and right, pinched their necks and beat their legs to massage their temples, in order.

64 Mongolian beauties, singing and dancing, like a butterfly array of fragrant flowers, gathering and dispersing, shuttle freely.

It’s rare to be so relaxed in the military camp. We’ve been fighting all these days. Needless to say, the exhaustion of the journey is not to mention, and it’s not a problem to charge into battle. If you are not careful, you may lose the battle.

Tartars and thieves can't be talked about. Whoever is difficult to deal with is easy to deal with. Neither is a lamb at the mercy of others. If you want to conquer them, you have to show a lot of hands. This is Ji Dong's experience since he fought the war.

Lin Yi relaxes and enjoys singing and dancing. These Mongolian beauties are different from Han singers. What's more, they have undergone training in fighting, attacking, fighting and defending. Their bodies are more charming, but their movements are soft and firm. The weak willows are supporting the wind, the flowers are blooming, the wind is strong and the grass is strong. This kind of singing and dancing has a special flavor.

After more than half an hour, Lin Yi withdrew the singing and dancing, and thought about Luo Rucai again.

He ordered someone to take the military map. From Yichuan to Baishuihe, they had a journey of thousands of miles, which was a long journey.And most of them are mountain roads.I looked at the area in southern Shaanxi, focusing on the situation around the Baishui River. The terrain in the area of ​​​​the Baishui River is relatively complicated.Most of them are hills and basins, and ravines are vertical and horizontal.During the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the junction of Shangzhou and Tongzhou.

From the map, it is the area of ​​the Baishui River Basin in the south of Shanyang County and west of Yunxi in later generations.

The military order was like a mountain, and Lin Yi's brigade set off the next day.

There are more than 12000 horses. Lin Yi now divides them into six battalions. The average number of battalions from the first to fourth battalions is about 2800 people. The first and second battalions are composed of the original new training camp and the recruited bandits. The combat battalion, the second battalion is the artillery battalion, the main force of the third battalion is Lin Yi's standard battalion, the main components are Guanning cavalry and Tianxiong army, the first to third battalions are combat battalions, each battalion has 1 people, and the fourth battalion has 3 people People and horses are responsible for food, grass and logistics supplies, and the fifth battalion is Lin Yi's guard battalion.

Lin Yi has now become the official commander-in-chief. With the increase of others, the guard has also expanded its establishment. It is no longer the previous one or two hundred people. The current guard battalion has 200 people, which happens to be a thousand-household camp in the Ming Dynasty. Its establishment and arms are basically complete, and it is an independent combat unit.

The sixth battalion is the women's battalion. The smallest battalion has 66 people. They are only responsible for performing special tasks. When they are free, they sing and dance for Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's establishment of more than 12000 people has a complete range of arms, from infantry to cavalry to heavy artillery, which is equivalent to a main ace division in later generations. At that time, it was completely able to fight independently and stand on its own.

Now, Zhang Hua, Er Hu, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dong Sheng, Gan Bao, and Jiang Xingyuan in Lin Yi's guard have all been promoted. One total.

These elite members of Lin Yi's guard have followed Lin Yi for a few years, and they have improved their original foundation. The change of official positions made them all experience good skills. Putting on armor and sitting on the horse, Yan Ran is a majestic general.

Erhu and He Tao are in charge of the first battalion, Wang Qi and Dong Sheng are in charge of the second battalion, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan are in charge of the third battalion, Wang Jian is in charge of the fourth battalion, and Zhang Hua is in charge of the fifth battalion, Lin Yi's guard battalion. The commanders of the battalion are still Xiaoying and Zhezhe.

Lieutenant General Zu Keyong is in charge of the three combat battalions, and General Officer Lin Yi is in charge of the entire army.

After more than half a month of rest and supplies, Lin Yi's team has enough food and supplies, and the soldiers are strong and strong.

After everything was ready, Er Hu and He Tao led a battalion of 2600 people as the vanguard to open the way ahead.

It was the first time for the two of them to lead so many generals, riding on horses to show off their power, supervising and leading the troops away from the main force for dozens of miles, opening roads in front of the mountains, and building bridges when encountering waters, completely playing the role of vanguard officers.

A few days later, Ji Dong's troops arrived at the bank of Baishui River.

At this time, standing on the high place on the river bank, you can see the bandit camp on the opposite bank, which stretches endlessly for more than ten miles.

"Damn it, it's just the right time. This time let Luo Ru know how powerful I am. You are Cao Cao, and I am not Liu Bei and Sun Quan!"

Thinking in his heart, Lin Yi took Zu Keyong, Xiao Yingzhe, Zhang Hua and others to inspect the river in person.

There are two big rivers in this area, one is the Luo River, and the other is the Baishui River.Although the Baishui River is wide, it is like a gentle girl, and the river flows quietly and calmly.The shallow water can be waded across the river, even the deep water is not too deep, about two or three meters on average.

"My lord, we should place heavy troops on the bank of the shallow water area. Cao Cao's team must cross the river from the shallow water area." Zu Ke said bravely.

Lin Yi said: "Normal people's thinking is like this, but Luo Rucai may not be like this, because this person's nickname is Cao Cao, he is cunning, cunning, capricious, and we need to be careful when dealing with him."

"What does your lord mean, how do we deploy our defenses, on the shore in deep water?"

Lin Yi smiled, "Why are you deploying defenses on the shore? Let them come over and lure the enemy in. This time let them know that the pot is made of iron."

Zu Keyong said worriedly: "But my lord, Cao Cao has 10 troops under his command, and we only have more than 1 people. Do we want to fight them head-on on the shore?"

Lin Yi said disdainfully: "Of course. The 10 army, this is their bluffing. As far as I know, Luo Rucai has only 6 troops under his command, and he claims to be 10. From this point of view, he is really ashamed Do you know the title of Cao Cao? During the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao had only 20 troops, but he claimed to be 80. It scared Liu Bei and Sun Quan a lot! I also know that Zhang Xianzhong, who is known as the Eight Great Kings, accepted it a year ago. When Xiong Wencan called for security, he had only 4 people under his command, and now it is only 6 to 8 people. The public claims to be [-]. These thieves are bluffing to make a big banner. No matter how many people he has, this time they will definitely come. Come back, let them cross the river first, and then deal with them after all cross the river!"

Xiaoying Zhezhe Zhang Hua and others all laughed, but Zu Keyong couldn't.

Zheng Chongjian's order was for Lin Yi's army to block Luo Rucai's troops at the Baishui River. They must not be allowed to go deep into Shaanxi.
Although our army's combat effectiveness is very strong, these thieves are no better than the stars and the like. The exact number of thieves is only 6, and we have more than 1 people minus the 9000 escorts. There were at most [-] people who went into the battle, and there was a huge disparity between the number and number. Moreover, we didn't have the Shaanxi soldiers to help, but only our troops. How could it be possible to imagine that destroying Tianxing was the same as shooting Tatian and them?

It is said that Luo Rucai's men are very strong, and Luo Rucai is cunning and fickle. They eat a small number of officers and soldiers, and run away when they encounter a large number of officers and soldiers who cannot win. In summer, they lurk in the mountains to cultivate their vitality and look for opportunities. The soldiers were raised to be strong and the horses were strong, and there were surprise attacks, and many officers and soldiers were defeated.

If this group of thieves had to cross the river, the consequences would be disastrous.Relying on their ambush, even if this battle can be won, the thieves will inevitably flee in all directions, into the mountains, into Shaanxi, and then to Shanxi. Although they win, they still lose. How will they explain to the governor?Don't look at the outstanding feats of suppressing thieves in front, Governor Zheng's order clearly stated that all the credit for losing the battle will be written off, and he will have to lose his head.

Therefore, Zu Keyong thinks that Ji Dong's plan is quite risky.Who would use troops like this?Block the enemy on the other side of the river, so that they cannot cross the river, or wait for them to cross the river before launching a fierce attack, and annihilate them in Hanoi in one fell swoop. What a good fighter?But Mr. Lin wants to let them cross the river, and only after they have all crossed the river. Isn't this a missed opportunity and a show of courage?
Zu Keyong felt that Ji Dong had made some mistakes this time, and it was probably impossible to fight the battle like this, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

After inspecting the terrain of the river, Lin Yi returned to the army and began to divide troops and dispatch generals.

Lin Yi handed over the task of guarding the river to the first battalion. Erhu and He Tao stood up straight and resolutely saluted Lin Yi: "Don't worry, my lord, as long as the two of us are here, Luo Rucai's men will never go through here with one soldier and one soldier." pawn."

"Wrong, you can only lose but not win this battle."

"You can only lose but not win? My lord..." The two looked at Ji Yi as if they couldn't understand, and then looked at each other. They both wanted to win the battle, but who wanted to lose the battle?

"Yes, you two heard it clearly, it's not to prevent the bandits from passing by, but to let them all cross the river, but you have to lose if you lose. If you can't resist running away, can you act?"

"Yes, yes, yes," the second general promised repeatedly, "Just run away after a random fight. You can throw away everything, such as swords, guns, armor, horses, as long as you don't lose your life."

After Erhu finished speaking in a naive voice, he even smiled silly twice.

Lin Yi pointed to the military map and told the two of them, "That's right, this area is a shallow water area, and this area is a deep water area. You deploy heavy troops on the shore of the shallow water area, and neglect defenses on the shore of the deep water area. Most of the time, you will attack from the deep water area. Then you will be fooled. After you are defeated, you will run in this direction. This is called Jiapigou. There are our ambush soldiers there. When the ambush soldiers come out, you will go back and kill them. Then it’s not acting, understand?”

"My lord, we understand." Er Hu and He Tao were happy.Losing first and then winning, acting in a scene, and then turning back to kill a pass, sounds like enough fun.

Lin Yi warned them: "The audience of your acting is Cao Cao's men. If you want to lure him into a fool, you can't make any mistakes. The ugly words come first. If you fail this scene, military law will be followed!"

"Of order." The two of them made a promise and went down to prepare after saluting.

The 2600 men and horses under Er Hu and He Tao were distributed in this way. 2000 people were distributed in the shallow water bank area, with muskets, bows and arrows, strict defense, patrolling day and night, soldiers never disarmed, and horses never left their saddles.

The remaining 600 people are all in the deep-water shore area more than ten miles away, so these 600 people are neglected to defend. They are not given muskets, bows and arrows, and they are allowed to sleep when they are full. Some bandit soldiers crossed the river, beat them indiscriminately, and ran away shouting.

(End of this chapter)