Chapter 926: The Turn of Song Liao's Decisive Battle (Final)
Tong Guan's last sentence was not to scare Sun Tu, but it was the case, the morale of the Song army at the moment was far from being cheered up from the previous defeat, and the Western army was in the midst of defeat, even if Tong Guan took the initiative to order, there may not be a few soldiers and horses who dared to attack, not to mention that he was still coerced to make a decision.
After Sun Tu's gaze swept to the side, he found that those generals had taken a few steps back, their eyes shrunk, and they didn't dare to touch him, obviously cowardly. In fact, this is also reasonable, if it weren't for this, Tong Guan would not have been under the pressure of the imperial court and refused to use troops for a decisive battle, which is really not confident.
After seeing the confusion and panic of those generals, Sun Tu couldn't help but pout and smile contemptuously. So, maybe it's self-inflicted, right? Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it has blindly suppressed military generals, and after a hundred years, it has finally been as those rat-eyed guys wish, and it is difficult for military generals to compete with civilian officials, not to mention the scene of feudal towns and towns like the middle and late Tang Dynasty, that is, there are only a handful of famous generals.
But at the same time, this practice of choking and wasting food has finally caused the biggest disaster, the Great Song Dynasty army has been completely eroded, not to mention those who can only eat food, even the pillars of the forbidden army and the border army to protect the family and defend the country, have also lost the temperament that an army should have. Especially those who are generals, they are all greedy and afraid of death, and they only regard flattery and personal contacts as their own business, and as for leading troops to fight or something, it has nothing to do with them.
Therefore, when the army drove to the north and fought with the Liao army several times, they only thought about self-preservation. More than eighty percent of the generals in the Great Song Army have become timid wine bags and rice bags, which are really useless! Perhaps only the Western Army, which has been under the leadership of the farmer and has had many wars with Western Xia, can maintain a certain combat strength, but now that they have fallen into a certain defeat, it is natural that these generals dare not send troops.
Sun Tu exhaled a turbid breath, but his gaze was removed from these generals, and then swept towards the dense crowd of ordinary soldiers and middle and low-level officers in front of him. At this moment, he saw something different in the eyes of these people, they had no hostility towards him, and even had a trace of expectation!
The few words that the second elder of the planting family said to him that day once again surfaced in Sun Tu's heart: "Qianli, you may not know how much prestige you have in the hearts of my Great Song Dynasty soldiers, maybe as long as you raise your arms, you can make countless soldiers look at the scenery!" This is the reason why we want to join forces with you, and it is also the key to my Great Song to achieve this victory! ”
He laughed, for he had trusted the judgment of the two old generals. Without the slightest hesitation, Sun Tu shouted loudly: "Soldiers, ahead, there is our robe Ze who is fighting bloodily!" In the rear, it is my Great Song Dynasty and the Central Plains. This battle is not only related to our life and death, honor and disgrace, but also has a life-and-death impact on our Great Song Dynasty and hundreds of people in the world.
"If this battle is won, then our army can directly take Youzhou, from now on the Central Plains will have one more barrier, our shortage of horses will also be enough to replenish in the near future, the officers and troops will no longer be associated with weakness and the like, we will become the hero who saved the world from overturning, and will be praised by all generations!
"And once defeated, the Central Plains will completely fall! Even if the Liao army took the initiative to retreat today due to the chaos behind them, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not retaliate in the future. What's more, there is a new rise in the north, and it can sweep the Jurchen Jin Kingdom of the Liao army in just a few days! When they break through the Liao, will they really be satisfied with this, and no longer covet the great rivers and mountains and infinite wealth of my Central Plains? No, the desire is hard to fill, like those who drink blood, and only know that the powerful plundering of the fierce people are impossible to be satisfied with this, they will take advantage of the situation to go south, and then the land of the Central Plains will really be a catastrophe.
"Our families, our friends, and the innocent people...... Think about it, they planted the food we eat every day, they made our clothes and armor, and even our weapons were made by them! But now, as soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, we can't guarantee their safety, can you and I really be at ease?
"In today's battle, we are not fighting for any court king, but for the common people of the world, for the world of my Han family, and for our own families, wives and children! It is also for the backbone and honor of us as soldiers! If you have enough seeds, you still think you are a master, so you will kill them with me, fight side by side, and break the enemy to save the robe! ”
When Sun Tu first began to speak, the faces of the generals around him were still full of disdain, and these words could not impress them who had already become selfish. But as the words deepened, the faces of these people finally changed, not because they found their conscience, but because they saw that the expressions of the soldiers around them had changed, and they were no longer as muddy as before, but all of them were energetic and excited. Obviously, these ordinary soldiers have been moved by Sun Tu's words.
Of course, his words could not have spread throughout the barracks, but naturally there were soldiers who understood and automatically conveyed similar words to their comrades behind them. So when Sun Tu finished saying this large paragraph, the originally declining morale really cheered up.
After a while, the howling screams spread out from the center to all directions, first a few, then to hundreds, thousands, and countless people began to roar: "We are willing to follow General Sun into battle to kill the enemy, avenge a hundred years of revenge, sweep away the Liao army, and recapture Youzhou!" ”
In the end, almost the entire barracks, more than 100,000 soldiers shouted at the same time. When this neat roar resounded through the heavens and the earth, it almost completely covered up the killing sound in front of it, and also made those generals who wanted to see the joke all stunned, how could things have changed like this?
And Tong Guan looked even more incredulous, looking around blankly. Is this still the Great Song Army that I am familiar with? He had never seen such a fighting spirit in these soldiers! This is because Sun Tu's eloquence is really so good, he can move hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a few words?
No, it's obviously impossible. The only explanation is that Sun Tu's influence in the army has already surpassed himself and all the generals in the Great Song Dynasty, but no one knows, or no one wants to think about it and believe it! As early as a few years ago, Sun Tu was already a legend in the army, and his reputation and prestige had long overshadowed all the generals in the world.
Thick and thin, to this day, Sun Tu finally revealed the truth with his own hands!
A hundred years of repression, a hundred years of humiliation, have long made these soldiers aggrieved to the extreme, and they urgently need a hero to lead them out of this predicament. Over the years, there have been some people who have this opportunity, such as Di Qing, such as the farmer...... But they all missed the opportunity in front of them for various reasons, and missed the fate that could change themselves and the entire Great Song Dynasty.
Then there is today's Sun Tu. He used one victory after another, and the heads of civilian officials paved his reputation in the army, and unconsciously made it blossom and bear fruit. Today, it's time to pick!
And unlike those predecessors, Sun Tu did not have any foolish and loyal thoughts, and did not have any concerns. Now that the opportunity was in front of him, he couldn't let it go. I saw that he bent down slightly, and picked this sweet fruit that was enough to subvert the current court pattern into his hands!
I only heard him shouting: "Pass my military order, open the gate of the village, the soldiers of the Northern Army, kill the enemy with me!" Forbidden soldiers, etc., first guard in the camp to prevent the Liao army from dividing troops, protect Tong Shuai and related people, etc.! ”
The incident happened suddenly, and even Sun Tu had no time to make more elaborate and detailed arrangements, so he could only issue a general military order. In response to him, it was the tsunami-like word "喏"!
At this time, Sun Tu no longer had any worries, and immediately pushed Tong Guan, who was no different from wood, completely ignoring that there were many people around him, and he had already rushed forward. The cronies of the Qingzhou army hurriedly followed, and some people brought horses and spears for him, and while he straddled the horse and carried the gun, many soldiers lined up one after another, shouting, following him, and rushed forward.
The gate of the walled wall, which was originally closed by death, was suddenly opened, and the countless soldiers of the Northern Army who should have been guarding the high walled wall did not hesitate to go down to the city.
In just a few moments, tens of thousands of people had already rushed out of the camp. And in the rear, there were more soldiers of the Northern Army shouting, cheering, and following the kill. On the left and right, there were even cavalry guards, which did not need to be specially ordered by Sun Tu, and these soldiers with rich combat experience had already lined up the most conducive to charging formation, and rushed straight to the battlefield in the north.
Those generals were completely stupid at this moment. The big-headed soldiers who should have been submissive to themselves and didn't even dare to say a word were killed completely in disregard of the military order after Sun Tu's few words? In an instant, he lost control of the army?
Tong Guan's face was even more pale as paper, and his body trembled violently. He wanted to laugh and cry - it turned out that his years of hard work were not as good as Sun Tu's words. At this time, he didn't even have the slightest intention of revenge on Sun Tu, because he knew very well that once he really had this intention, he would only be the one who died faster.
Then, a deep sense of fear had hit his heart - how could he have such a strong appeal in the army? If his prestige reaches an unprecedented height after this victory, will there be anyone in the world who can restrain him?
At this moment, the entanglement in his heart was even worse than before, whether it was better to hope for victory, or whether it was better for the army to be defeated in the end?
It's just that this battle, after all, it is impossible to transfer it by his will, and the victory or defeat is only in the last battle between the two sides!