Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 349: Killing the New Army
After a day's rest, the soldiers and horses were fully recovered, and Du Fuwei and Xia Lin formulated a preliminary battle plan in the camp.

"General Du, please discuss this with me. Once you leave this camp, you will be fully responsible. If anything goes wrong, you will be held accountable."

"I will definitely fulfill your mission."

At this moment, the scout in front ran into the camp: "Report, General, General Du. The enemy army of more than 50,000 people has assembled and is heading towards us. It is expected to arrive before tomorrow evening."

Xia Lin nodded: "Investigate again and report back."

"Order!"

At this moment, Xia Lin called the messenger and handed him the memorial in his hand: "Take a fast boat, a group of three, and go to the capital day and night to deliver it to His Highness."

"Order!"

Xia Lin had already written the memorial, which contained 32,000 words, detailing 72 crimes of Duke Dingguo, including occupying the East China Sea, harboring invaders, secretly setting up a large camp, and privately storing military equipment. Among them, it included raising a private army of 50,000 people in an attempt to annihilate Xia Lin.

The second half is Xia Lin admitting his guilt, saying that in order to prevent himself from being annihilated by the rebel army, he had no choice but to take the risk and send troops to fight, first eliminate the rebels and then go to the capital to apologize.

Basically, after this war, His Highness will probably not let him go to the capital. After all, he still has to radiate the entire Jiangnan Road. If he goes to the capital and these places are taken advantage of by others, it would be a disaster.

There are five parts in total: heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, light cavalry, light infantry, and the Shenji Camp. They are a combination of light and heavy, and interact with each other at long range and near range. In fact, Du Fuwei himself didn't know how to lose.

But underestimating the enemy is a taboo in military strategy. Even though he knew he had no reason to lose, he still carefully identified the surrounding terrain and its offensive and defensive attributes.

However, the number of these 20,000-plus troops could no longer be concealed, and the news naturally reached Duke Dingguo.

He was already wearing a battle robe and staring at the map. His spies rushed in and said, "Report! Duke. The enemy has gathered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and is resting in the camp!"

Haha, you guessed it right, you guessed it right.

Upon hearing the news, the Duke sat down dejectedly. The imperial court was here to get rid of him. No wonder the King of Tang dared not say anything. No wonder everything happened so strangely...

The New Army of Po Lu, what a powerful name.

But Duke Dingguo had no time to be depressed. He stood up and slammed the table and said in his Yangzhou Fenghua accent: "Forty years ago, I followed the late emperor from Luoyang to start the Northern Expedition. The Great Wei was finally unified, and the people welcomed me wholeheartedly wherever I led the troops. It can be said that I had the best timing. The scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing is still before my eyes. In just forty years, this place has turned into my burial place? No matter what, fifty thousand versus twenty thousand, the advantage is on my side! If he wants to fight, then let him fight!"

An army of 50,000 marched out of the city in a mighty force and headed towards Zhenhai.

At this time, the Shenji Camp in the Zhenhai Camp was the first to prepare, because they wanted to occupy the advantageous terrain and look down on others.

Lord Xia said it well, "Attack those who are high and attack those who are low, and you will be a fool." This sentence is absolutely true when applied to the Shenji Camp. If they occupy the high and low positions, they can really beat the enemy into a panic. Back then, Liu Xiu defeated Wang Mang with only a few meteorites. Now, once their cannons are fired and they have the advantage of terrain, God knows what kind of results they can achieve.

Not long after the Shenji Camp set out, the 20,000 soldiers of the Zhenhai Camp also set out. It was the first time for most of the people here to step onto a real battlefield, but the 2,000 men had already killed the enemy before, so they didn't find it particularly difficult. They just had to be careful not to use too much force when chopping, pay attention to their feet, and avoid those shield-armored soldiers who were like wild bulls.

"Look, those two crippled men, one twisted his waist and the other had his wrist broken by a shield soldier. Don't imitate them."

The senior who had been on the battlefield was explaining to his fellow soldiers what they should pay attention to on the battlefield, and pointed at the two losers who were sitting on the bench watching the army go out.

"Are they talking about us?"

"What do you say?"

The one with the broken arm asked the one with the sprained waist. The one with the sprained waist glared at him angrily and said, "There are only two injured people in the whole battalion. Who do you think they are talking about?"

"No, I want to go to the battle too. I still have one hand!"

"Oh, I'll never let you go even if I die!"

He twisted his waist so that he could block the sword for his brothers on the battlefield, but now that he saw his brothers were about to ride BMWs, he refused to obey.

You know what, these two crippled bastards started fighting while sitting there, which attracted the attention of the military governor, who grabbed these two idiots and put them in solitary confinement.

The two armies charged towards each other. The cavalry and infantry had no carapaces and their horses were carefully led. They did not look very majestic and felt like a group of lightly armored soldiers. But don't worry, soon the people of Duke Dingguo will be able to witness what a moving mountain of gold means.

Time passed by bit by bit. Xia Lin had lunch and got a message that the two armies were less than 70 miles apart. He yawned when he got up in the afternoon and was about to find something to do in the camp when he got another message that the two sides were 60 miles apart and both camped and started cooking.

There are only thirty kilometers left, so it looks like we’ll have a head-on collision tomorrow at noon.

Xia Lin was not panicking. In fact, there was no point in panicking. He was just full of confidence in his people, so... what should he eat in the evening?

Hairtail! It has to be hairtail.

This level happens to be the fishing season for hairtail in the East China Sea. The two major fisheries, Yushan Fishery and Zhoushan Fishery, can catch more than ten or twenty fish in one net.

Fresh hairtail is delicious when eaten as sashimi, grilled, or fried. Sashimi is served with mustard, grilled with pepper and salt, and fried with flour. Anyway, the main feature is that the portion is large and filling.

In the evening, Xia Lin was sitting there eating grilled hairtail with a few civilian staff members who came with the army, and they were discussing how to can the hairtail in the future, which might even be able to be exported as far as the Persian Gulf.

While he was talking about canned hairtail, the new army of Po Lu was also eating. Their food was always the best. Green bean rice, steamed fish cake, steamed meat with sauce and canned fruit were all military rations for marching and training. However, after eating too much of these things, they were actually a bit sick of them. But there were rules in the army that things could not be wasted, so these people would even secretly use their rations to exchange for some wild game and seafood from the homes of the surrounding villagers.

But now that the war was imminent, no one wanted to pick a fight. Everyone ate quietly. The strict discipline allowed them to know the occasion. After all, serving as a soldier under Lord Xia, although the conditions were really good, the discipline was also notoriously strict. Usually everyone was laughing and joking, but if something happened at this time, they would be punished by military law.

In the camp of Duke Dingguo, dozens of miles away, their soldiers ate bran noodles, which were made by mixing wheat bran with flour, and the side dish was a salt and vinegar roll...

They used to have millet, but now they only have this kind of bran flour, which is really shabby.

But it is food after all, and it is definitely better than starving to death at home, so many people who are fleeing famine or have nowhere else to go will go to the military camp to serve as soldiers.

They are totally different from Xia Lin's luxurious and luxurious group of good family boys. He himself may not realize how much effect the death soldier effect brought by the higher quota of good family boys can have on the battlefield. After all, he has never really led troops.

But Du Fuwei knew that even if he died in battle tomorrow, he would be proud of having led such an army.

Once this army breaks the 100,000-strong force, let’s put it this way... from the history of the world to the present day, there is no army that can compare to it. The so-called invincible is just like this. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Horse Volunteers are nothing compared to the army of death in front of them.

This is Du Fuwei’s confidence.

Neither side of the camp knew what they would encounter tomorrow. Except for the sentries, everyone in the New Army camp had fallen asleep. However, in the Duke's camp, everyone was already in a panic.

Because the two thousand people who were killed before were all selected from among them, and those two thousand people did not come back, and they will arrive at Zhenhai tomorrow. Fifty thousand people may seem like a lot, but they are indeed unsure.

So many soldiers are now thinking about how to save their lives.

The weather in spring is changeable. It was sunny yesterday, but when I woke up this morning, the sky was dark and it felt like it was going to rain.

Du Fuwei looked up at the sky, praying that it would not rain. Because of the Shenjiying, as long as it rained, the efficiency of the Shenjiying would be halved. After all, waterproofing work would waste a lot of time.

"General, our army and the enemy will meet around noon."

"Ah."

Du Fuwei took a deep breath and said, "Put on light armor, and prepare for heavy armor."

The armies of both sides started moving again, and after this meal, who knows how many people would not be able to have the afternoon meal.

Du Fuwei was also nervous. He wanted to be a general who fought without any casualties, because he knew in his heart that the condition given by Lord Xia was to achieve zero casualties. After all, looking around the world, there was no one who could make all the soldiers wear armor. If this wasn't a moving mountain of gold, what could it be?
As the spies' reports became more and more frequent, the two armies finally stopped at a distance of two miles. The enemy had obviously discovered this new army long ago, but the position was extremely awkward, with a flat road in front and behind and no cover at all.

But they probably never imagined that this was the location Du Fuwei had carefully planned, because...

"Heavy cavalry armor!"

A clattering sound rang out, and the heavy cavalry began to be equipped with armor. The distance of two miles was exactly the best charge distance for the heavy cavalry. At this distance, it was like a moving blade that could cut the enemy's ranks into pieces.

At this moment, the lord's army had obviously seen the two thousand heavily armored cavalry. At that moment, the soldiers in the front row really peed themselves, and many of them started crying. But the commander was holding a steel knife behind them, so they dared not retreat. They could only sway while watching the torrent made of silver as big as their bodies rushing towards them with heavy footsteps.

"Mom..." The leading soldier held a broken knife, looked at the heavy cavalry that were about to arrive, and cried like a tearful man.

(End of this chapter)