Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1685 Battle of Shangdang Fourteen
"Ju Yi has retired?" Zhang Liao's eyes darkened when he heard the news gathered from the front line.

He paced back and forth.

After pondering for a long time, he opened his mouth and said quietly: "At this time, withdraw from the defense line and give up the gate of the North City. Either you want to let us in and fight to the death, or you want to escape!"

"General, Yan Jun retreated very quickly. I think it is possible that he wants to run away!"

Lei Hu was covered in blood before he retreated from the battlefield. He cupped his hands and said, "If we pursue the victory at this time, we will definitely be able to entangle him!"

Zhang Liao had to consider even more factors, not just pestering him, he needed to know whether Pang De could enter the battlefield on time.

Lei Hu's soldiers and horses alone cannot defeat Ju Yi. Although there are not many main forces under Ju Yi's command, there are still some, and with Ju Yi's ability and fighting spirit, if he fights to the death, he may wipe out the entire Sun and Moon. It is also possible that the first army did not have it.

Zhang Liao didn't want to fight a battle that would hurt both sides.

It's not that he can't fight his life, but now is not the time to do his best. If he does his best at this time, then the next battle to unify the world may have to withdraw from the battlefield.

This is not what he wants to see.

So he must win the greatest victory with the least casualties.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Is there any news from the Zhaoming Second Army?"

"Not yet!" The person in charge of Jingwu Division shook his head.

"Continue to explore!"

"Yes!"

"Thunder Tiger!"

"exist!"

"The first army of the Sun and Moon continues to advance, but the speed cannot be fast. Just bite the Yan army and don't force the Yan army into a decisive battle!" Zhang Liao ordered: "Even if the Yan army wants to kill, they must wait until Pang De joins the battle. after!"

"promise!"

Lei Hu took the lead and quickly retreated.

"Pro-guard battalion!"

"exist!"

"Go to the battlefield with a certain person. In this battle, I will personally defeat Ju Yi!" Zhang Liao took a deep breath. There was a personal guard battalion beside him. The personal guard battalion had not many troops, but they could protect him comprehensively on the battlefield.

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"quick!"

"speed!"

"Follow up!"

On the small road, the soldiers marched very fast.

"General, the soldiers are too exhausted!" A scribe rode forward, found the chief general, handed over his hand and reported, begging, "Can you let them have a rest!"

"Continuous high-intensity marches are indeed a heavy physical burden on the soldiers, but we are very pressed for time, and the decisive battle is imminent. If we can't reach the battlefield as soon as possible, the battlefield will be unsatisfactory because of our mistakes!"

The young general's eyes were blood red. With his skill and physique, he could feel the slightest bit of pressure. One can imagine the rush and pressure of this march.

"General, don't be too anxious about this kind of thing. If we arrive at the battlefield and consume all our energy, then we won't be able to stop the enemy!"

The scribe shook his head and continued to advise: "Taking a rest will allow the soldiers to recover their physical strength, and continuous rotation will only speed up the consumption of their physical strength. At that time, they will have no combat effectiveness, and it will be useless on the battlefield.

The scholar is the second army of the sun and the moon, and the commander of the army, Shi, also serves as the general of the army. One of the famous scholars in Xiliang, Cheng Gongying.

Cheng Gongying's name is not as famous as Li Rujiaxu, but in Xiliang, he can be regarded as one of the best counselors. He used to assist Han Sui and was quite capable.

After returning to the Ming army, Mujing trusted him very much and asked him to assist Pang De.

And the young general is Pang De, the mighty general of Xiliang. He personally led the Second Sun and Moon Army. They wanted to climb mountains and wading from the outskirts of Dongcheng, bypass them, and directly detour to the rear of Beicheng.

This requires a hasty march.

The rapid march day and night is a huge drain on the physical strength of the soldiers. After climbing six or seven mountains in a row, the physical strength of the soldiers has reached an extreme.

Pound still trusted Cheng Gongying very much. He considered it for a while, and still believed in Cheng Gongying's judgment, and said in a low voice: "Okay, let's take a rest first, and we are marching!"

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Immediately pass on my military order. Each battalion will rest on the spot for an hour. After an hour, continue marching. Before dark, we must reach the outskirts of Beicheng!"

"promise!"

The orderly sent the order down quickly.

"Gongying, come!" Pang De waved to Cheng Gongying.

"General!"

Cheng Gongying came up.

"Before we thought that ambush from the gate of the city was the most ideal place, but after thinking about it now, I still think that this place is too risky to achieve the maximum ambush effect!"

Pointing to the marching map, Pound said: "The city gates are very defensive. They can advance or retreat. If we attack forcefully, it will not have much effect at all!"

"But aren't we just going to block their retreat?" Cheng Gongying looked at Pang De, with a flash of inspiration, and said, "Does the general want to expand the results of the battle?"

"The Privy Council pays more attention to military exploits. If you and I surrender generals, we can only rely on military exploits to improve in the future. Therefore, even if we have the slightest chance, we are not willing to give this credit to others!"

Pound nodded and said.

It is impossible for people to be selfless all the time, and they all have certain selfishness, whether it is for themselves or for the soldiers who follow them, they all need to have such selfishness.

Soldiers fight on the battlefield, one is to defend their home and country, but their concepts in this regard are still relatively weak. In troubled times, it is not so easy to establish a set of family and country ideas.

Then the second one, in order to make meritorious deeds, it is much more realistic to enshrine the Marquis and worship the Prime Minister, and it can also give the soldiers more motivation to fight.

"If we want to win Ju Yi's military exploits, then we can only change one place to ambush!"

Cheng Gongying pondered for a while, looked at the marching map, scanned the terrain in the northern suburbs, thought for a long time, and then said: "General, we can actually release them, but it is more risky, because we have to bear the responsibility of their breaking through us." The crisis of the line of defense, our Zhaoming Second Army's strength is not too much, it can't block the road in the northern suburbs at all, once they choose the road, which is the weak point of our defense, then we will lose control of them, and we will have to Take responsibility!"

"Seek for wealth and danger!"

Pound said calmly: "Since we want to make great achievements, we have to take risks. It is impossible to have pies falling from the sky. Once we fail, I am willing to bear the consequences!"

"Since the general has made up his mind, then the general will advance and retreat with the general!"

Cheng Gongying nodded.

Above the court, there is no Xiliang lineage yet, but in the army, the Xiliang generals have some influence, especially Ma Chao won the position of the commander of the Divine Guard Army, and Pound controls Zhaoming's second. military.

There are quite a few Xiliang generals under their command, and after these Xiliang generals have made great achievements, they will sometimes be dispatched to various armies.

For the Ming army, the Privy Council has absolute dispatch power, that is to say, no matter who the general is, the Privy Council can make them leave.

This is not a bad thing, and it also makes Xiliang generals all over the army, which has a lot of influence on the Xiliang department.

However, the Xiliang department lacks some foundations to stand on.

That is military exploits.

Ma Chao was in the middle. Although he was in charge of the Divine Guard, his chances of making a contribution were slim. After all, if he could attack Mu Jing, it meant that the battlefield was rough.

Therefore, the only one who can make meritorious service is Pound. Pound must make more military exploits in order to ensure that the Xiliang faction retains its influence in the army.

"The general thinks that we'd better set up an ambush here!"

Cheng Gongying pointed to a terrain and said: "It's less than a mile away from the official road, and the terrain is a bit complicated. Even if our entire army is thrown in, it won't affect much. If they want to let scouts dig us up in a short time To come out, at least a few thousand scouts are needed, based on our understanding of the Yan army, the Yan army does not have so many scouts at this time, so we are the most hopeful in ambush like this!"

"Turning Cloud Slope!"

Pound looked at the topographic map: "If we ambush here, then we have to break it up into pieces!"

"It's a bit exaggerated to break it up into parts, but the terrain here is indeed not suitable for gathering and ambush. We can use the main force of the battalion as a unit to ambush. This will test the cooperation of the battalion captains!"

Cheng Gongying said.

"In terms of coordination, I'm not as good as Lei Hu in this regard. Lei Hu's Sun and Moon First Army built an army in a shorter period of time than me, but the coordination between his battalions is better than mine!"

Pang De smiled wryly: "Our army was established with soldiers from Longyou back then. Xiliang Erlang, fighting alone, is not afraid of any elite in the world, including those well-trained generals of our Ming army, but when it comes to cooperation , Our soldiers are indeed inferior to other armies!"

There are strengths, but there are weaknesses. Zhaoming Second Army and Zhaoming Third Army both have problems in coordination. Now that they are divided into ambushes to test a coordination, Pang De hesitated.

"There is a first time for everything. Xiliang Erlang can't go on like this forever, otherwise how will he stand tall in the Privy Council in the future!"

Cheng Gongying said: "General, let's make a good plan, do it carefully, and then pass it on quickly, so that all battalions can cooperate in the battle. As for the changes on the battlefield, we will test the tacit understanding of the school captains. Even if they can't do it , This can be regarded as a lesson, there will be opportunities in the future, but we have not given them a chance to cooperate, then they will never be able to cooperate with each other!"

"It makes sense!"

Pound nodded, and said: "Okay, then I will divide the battalion this time to fight, and the battlefield will be here at Fanyunpo. Before dark, we will enter Fanyunpo!"

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The afternoon sun was a bit fierce, shining on the eldest son city, a city that had become a Shura hell.

Although the Yan army withdrew to the back, the formation was not chaotic.

Ju Yi and Shen Pei were walking side by side on the same street, looking at the desolate catastrophe and the looming shadows, Ju Yi was not in a good mood.

"It seems that there is no order in this city!"

Ju Yi spoke in a low voice.

"The chaos of war will naturally disturb people's hearts. There are fewer soldiers to defend the city, and there are endless ruffians!" The judge said with a sigh: "This has been the norm since ancient times!"

He has seen too much, so even the sadness has become indifferent.

"Is it our fault?"

Ju Yi smiled wryly.

During his half life as a soldier, he seldom had this kind of insight, but sometimes when he was on the scene, seeing the misery of the ruined family, he couldn't pretend that he couldn't see it.

So sometimes he also doubts whether he, a war man like an executioner, has any value in existence.

"It's the court's fault!"

The judge said very directly: "If the Han Dynasty can stabilize the state of the world, no one in the world is willing to rebel. It’s still hard to achieve great things, the reason why the world is in chaos is because the Han Dynasty has no business!”

"Chaos is a mistake, there will be no eggs under the overturned nest!"

"This is helpless!"

The examiner smiled bitterly, and then said to Ju Yi: "General, we have no right to worry about the people in the world now, so we should worry about whether we can save our lives!"

"Are you not confident anymore?"

Ju Yi squinted at him.

"In this situation, if I say I have confidence, will the general believe it?" the examiner asked back.

"Hey!"

Ju Yi sighed: "The vanguard of the Ming army, I thought I had already learned the lesson, but only now did I know that I still underestimated them. It is understandable that they are oppressed now!"

"General, even if we withdraw, we may not be safe!"

The review reminder said.

"You suspect that the Ming army has cut off our retreat?" Ju Yi's eyes widened.

If there is no way out, he has to think about whether to surrender.

To be honest, he really didn't have the heart to fight to the death.

As long as there is hope, he can still bear it, but if there is no hope, he may be defeated.

"Prepare for the worst in everything!"

The judge said in a low voice.

"that's right!"

Hearing this, Ju Yi was awakened for a while. He thought about it, and said to the judge: "Well, you first lead the fourth and fifth battalions out of the city, test the smoothness of the road, and see if there are any clear signs. Army ambushing, I lead the main force to get rid of the entanglement of the Ming army, and then catch up!"

"Can!"

The judge nodded.

After he left, Ju Yi pondered for a while, and said to the guards beside him: "Go and bring up the envoy of the Ming army!"

"promise!"

The guard nodded and said.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the guards brought up the somewhat embarrassed Han Nian.

"Is the envoy Han okay?" Ju Yi smiled slightly, watching.

"Not dead, of course it's good!"

A half-smile appeared on Han Nian's face. He looked at Ju Yi and said, "I thought General Ju Yi really planned to behead my head and sacrifice your battle flag!"

"The general still has some places, and he can't do it yet!" Ju Yi responded.

Can't do it yet?
That is to say, it can be done in the future.

Han Nian smiled, but there was nothing wrong with him. The moment he entered the Yan army's camp, he was already prepared for this.

Even if his head was beheaded, he would not regret it.

He looked at Ju Yi and said, "The general brought me to the front line, because he wanted me to see the majesty of our soldiers?"

At this moment, they are on the front line of the street where the Ming army and the Yan army are confronting each other.

"Although the Ming army is strong, our army is not weak. If you go to the camp first, you can fight ten against one. Your Ming army may not be able to defeat me!" Ju Yi said stubbornly.

"Hahaha!"

Han Nian laughed and said: "General Ju Yi can do it himself, don't take it seriously, the one in front of you is the Sun and Moon First Army under the command of the Ming Army, which is the best at attacking, even if you go to the camp first , can you stop it for a quarter of an hour?"

"Thunder Tiger?"

Ju Yi sneered: "I will kill him, thirty rounds are enough!"

His words were not considered big words, if he was willing to cut himself into pieces, it would be no problem to kill Leihu.

"Can you fight General Leihu and kill General Zhang Liao?" Han Nian asked with a smile.

This time, Ju Yi became cold.

The person he fears is none other than Zhang Wenyuan.

(End of this chapter)