I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 307 Frightened to hear the wind
At night, the city of Lezhi is brightly lit.

On the city wall, Xue Julin looked at Posuo Mountain not far away.

There are also continuous torches on the mountain, just like daytime.

The eldest son Xue Changfeng standing behind said: "Usually at this time, the torches have been extinguished on the mountain long ago, but tonight they have been lit until now, but I don't know what kind of plan Chen Shi and Yang Xingfang are up to. Could it be that Fang Shuai really responded to what Fang Shuai said?" If so, the officers and soldiers will attack at night?"

Xue Julin didn't say a word after hearing what the eldest son said. His son had followed him in the army since he was a boy. He was excellent at riding and shooting. He fought so far.

He turned his head and asked his nephew Xue Changqing, "Changqing, what do you think?"

"Back to Uncle, if I am going to attack at night, I must try to make the enemy undetectable, just like usual. If the lights are so bright, wouldn't it be a warning? Could it be that the officers and soldiers have other plans?"

Xue Changfeng on the side did not refute his cousin's words after hearing this, because he had always admired this cousin's ability.

When Xue Julin was the deputy envoy of Longxi Jiedu, in order to meet the adventurous Jiedu envoy Xu Xingzong, he once led less than [-] people to confront the [-] troops of Ye Li Gonglu, the famous general of the Qing and Tang Dynasties.

In the end, the whole army was able to retreat, relying on Xue Changqing leading five hundred elites to attack the Qingtang army at Chengfengling at night.

More than [-] enemies were killed in that battle, the Qingtang Army was defeated, and its morale was low. In desperation, Yeli Gonglu had no choice but to retreat.Only then did the situation in Longyou turn from danger to safety.

However, the achievements of that battle did not bring Xue Julin and Xue Changqing the rewards they deserved, but because of Xu Xingzong's prevarication, Xue Julin was responsible for the defeat.

This is also the fundamental reason why Xue's father, son and brothers followed King Wu to rebel.

"The Marquis of Wu'an has arrived, hey, the offensive and defensive forces are different."

Xue Julin sighed helplessly.

Will be brave in the army.

The same army under different generals has different combat effectiveness.

The same officer army in front of him, in the hands of Zhao Fubai, can only rely on the terrain to stick to it.If the person in charge on the opposite side was Fu Jinchuan, Honglian would have retreated a long time ago.

Soldiers will have more trust in those generals with outstanding records in the past, trust his command and decisions, and firmly believe that under the leadership of these generals, they can win.

On the contrary, if a general has been defeated repeatedly, the first thing his soldiers think of is how to survive on the battlefield.At the slightest sign of trouble, the soldiers might be about to flee for their lives.Because such a general is not worthy of their trust.

In the past, Xue Julin didn't think highly of the military generals headed by the Eight Great Dukes in Shangjing, and even held a relatively hostile attitude towards the Dukes of Shangjing because of the festival with Xu Xingzong.With resentment.

Everyone knows that although the noble generals have some disputes, they are all on the same page when it comes to major issues.

But when facing Marquis Fu Jinchuan of Wu'an, he had to put up all his strength and dare not have the slightest contempt.

That young man, who was not as old as his eldest son, was an extremely tough opponent.

Especially after he occupies a high position, he still has the bloody courage to fight to the death on the battlefield, which is far beyond ordinary people, and it is by no means comparable to mediocrity.

Xue Changqing said: "Uncle, don't worry, your personal guards are all elite warriors, and all of them are equipped with armor, even compared with the elite officers and soldiers. With them watching the night, even if the officers and soldiers want to A night attack is nothing more than dispatching a small group of elites who can see things at night, as long as you are careful and prepared, there is nothing to worry about."

Xue Changfeng also comforted him: "Erlang is right, Aye doesn't need to worry, Erlang and I will be on duty at night, so the officers and soldiers will definitely not take advantage of it."

After hearing this, Xue Julin sighed and said, "Do you think I'm worried about tonight? If Fu Jinchuan really came here, we're thinking of leaving, it won't be easy."

After several confrontations, Xue Julin had to admit that when facing this young hero, the number of troops is not important anymore, but that there must be enough dead soldiers to withstand the impact of his elite officers and troops. In order to have the strength and confidence to fight against him.

On the battlefield, as long as he dares to leak a small flaw, he will definitely be noticed by his eagle-like sharp eyes.

Then seize the flaws and continuously expand the battlefield advantages.

And any advantage will be brought to the extreme by him.In the end, he displayed his posture of being as swift as the wind and plundering as fire.

The mobility and impact of cavalry, the range of strong bows and crossbows, the amount of food, and the number of armor.
Therefore, in Xue Julin's view, it is said that Fu Jinchuan used troops mostly to defeat the strong by the weak, and to win by taking risks.But he disagreed with this statement.

Strength and weakness do not depend on the number of troops most of the time.

Fifty heavily armed soldiers and five hundred peasants with hoes who have never seen the world, their strengths and weaknesses are clear at a glance.

Even sometimes elite soldiers and strong generals may not be able to win battles.

As the chief general, can he command the troops under his command?

After all, it is not uncommon for mediocre generals to bury strong soldiers.And a famous general also needs an army that can be driven and executed. Give him a group of untrained farmers. The more the number, the more flaws.

Therefore, whether it is a strong soldier and a weak general, or a strong general and a weak soldier, it cannot be called strong.

In addition, morale, equipment, rations, terrain, etc. must also be considered.

Therefore, the number of troops has never been the biggest factor in judging the strength of an opponent in the eyes of military strategists like Xue Julin.

Therefore, once the famous general Marquis Wu'an sits in charge of the elite, there will be a steady stream of logistical supplies.

Not only is the offensive and defensive situation between the official army and Honglian different, but the strength of the two parties has also changed.

As a general, you must plan ahead.

"Be careful, I'm afraid you won't be safe tonight."

"promise."

Sure enough, the night raid by the government and army really came.

From the middle of the night, outside the Red Lotus Camp behind Lezhi City, a small group of elite officers launched a night attack on the Red Lotus Camp.

After Yang Xingfang led a hundred sharp soldiers into the Honglian camp, they quickly fought with the night watchmen.

After setting fire to more than a dozen tents and beheading dozens of people, Xue Julin's personal guards quickly assembled under the leadership of Xue Changqing to prepare for countermeasures, but at this time they found that the official army had already retreated quickly.

Although there were only dozens of casualties, this made the Red Lotus Army 0 extremely annoyed, and the Red Lotus Army in several camps outside were awakened.

And then, the official army even had crossbowmen, shooting rockets like the Red Lotus Army camp.Many tents were set ablaze.

When Xue Changqing came out of the camp, he found that the enemy's crossbowmen had retreated. He wanted to pursue them but worried that this was a tactic to lure the enemy, and there were ambushes in ambush.

We can only send hundreds of sharp men to patrol the camp to prevent the crossbowmen of the officers and soldiers from returning.

And that's just the beginning.

The unknown number of officers and soldiers did not keep the Red Lotus Army safe before dawn.

From time to time, the sound of drums and horns sounded outside the camp of the Red Lotus Army.

And there will be a small number of elites at any time, making a posture that they want to raid the Red Lotus Army camp.

This caused the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Red Lotus Army outside the city to have no rest at all.Even Lezhi City could hear the noise outside the city, and it was greatly affected.

At the same time, it also made the generals of the Red Lotus Army very angry, let alone send troops immediately to fight to the death with the official army.

Fang Hu, Li Zichun, Fang Twelve and others came to the city early in the morning to challenge Xue Julin and Fang Jiao.

"Two marshals, give an order, fight with the officers and soldiers, his mother is too angry."

"That's right, Zhao Fubai dares to be so presumptuous. I'm willing to attack the official army camp for the front?"

Although Fang Jiao was a little annoyed, he still restrained himself, "What do you think, Old Xue?"

"Fang Shuai thinks this is Zhao Fubai's way of using troops? It's not the first time we have dealt with him. When we were on Shannan Road, this kid guarded the Han River and directly built a tunnel between Wudang and Junzhou. You must know that he has [-] forbidden troops in his hands, which is enough for a battle, including this time, except for that time when the forbidden troops underestimated the enemy and we took advantage of the situation to take Le Zhi. Have you ever seen him use this method of harassment and consumption? "

Fang Jiao had a flash of inspiration and said, "Fu Jinchuan has really arrived?"

"If Zhao Fubai is still in charge, what he thinks is how to drag it down to Fu Jinchuan. And the harassment last night is more like an outside move before the war. I can be sure that the officers and soldiers will attack today. .”

"He will never let us go so easily."

Both Xue Julin and Fang Jiao were just guessing before, but the harassment and temptation last night had made them sure.

Fu Sanlang, Marquis of Wu'an, who was enough to scare his opponents, really came.

But in front of the spectator court, everyone has long been silent, and no one speaks.

(End of this chapter)