Chapter 21: A Cunning Opponent
When he was in the city of thin bones, Chen Ying once set up a mobile beacon on the snow plow. Now he continues to use this method. However, now there is no way to move the snow plough on the grass, but you can put the stove of the beacon tower on the carriage, and when you see the Turkic soldiers and horses approaching, you will immediately light the wolf smoke, if the enemy is a small group of people, light a single wolf smoke, if the surprise army is rushing, then light a double wolf smoke, if the army is advancing one after another, then light three wolf smoke!
However, in order to deliver the news at night, it is natural to use the bonfire as a number.
Each regiment of the Lingwu Army set aside a squad to patrol and guard, while the other regiments continued to carry out ideological education. Fifty teams escorted a two-wheeled carriage with a group of food rations and wolf stoves. With fifty horsemen as a team, along the four sides of Toyoshu Castle, arrange eyeliner and sentinel horses.
From time to time, a single stream of wolf smoke appeared, as long as the enemy was found in one direction, the other Turks continued to support, except for the occasional double wolf smoke, no three wolf smoke was found.
Chen Yingze continued to use Fengzhou City as a base to train officers and soldiers of the whole army. Although the Lingwu Army is mainly based on ideological education, it is supplemented by formation and coordination training, and almost all the officers and men of the Lingwu Army have long needed special training in bow and arrow shooting, horseback riding and horse control, but they lack effective cooperation.
Rushing up like a swarm of bees, rushing up to win, and retreating if you can't rush, this is the method of warfare that the Turks are accustomed to. However, this method of warfare has its natural shortcomings. If you encounter the enemy's tight formation, or a general with a seasoned army, you will definitely suffer a big loss.
However, with the daily grievance campaign, these Turks have become bitter against their patriarchs and chiefs, and their morale is quite high. On this night, Chen Ying finished inspecting the camp and slept for just over an hour, "Master, master...... Master, there's something big! "Someone knocked on the door and called him something.
Listening to the voice of Ashina Simo, the right general of Lingwu, Chen Ying got up in his clothes, ordered the guards to let him in, and asked, "What happened?" ”
"Catch a spy, this spy wants to see the general!" Ashina Simona couldn't make up his mind, so he came over first to ask Chen Ying's opinion.
Chen Ying was completely drowsy at this time, waved his hand and said, "General Ben wants to see which one wants to see me!" ”
After a while, two guards escorted a middle-aged man who was tied up like a dumpling, this middle-aged man looked extremely tired, but his expression did not show much panic and uneasiness.
Chen Yingdao: "Who are you?" ”
"Xia Guan is Zhang Changxun, the governor of Fengzhou!" The middle-aged man said: "Xiaguan's official seal and tooth tag are missing......
As early as when Chen Ying was appointed as the commander of the soldiers and horses of Lingzhou, the commander of Shengzhou, Huazhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, and Fengzhou, he had seen the resume of Zhang Changxun, the governor of Fengzhou. This Zhang Changxun is a native of Jingzhao Liyang (now Lintong, Shaanxi). He was good at horseback riding and archery, and served as the chief of the Sui Dynasty. Because of his meritorious service, he was promoted to Shangkaifu, and after many promotions, he was appointed as the general guard of Wuyuan County. Encountering wars, he attached himself to the Turks, and the Turks named him Chuilitler. At the beginning of the righteous army, he led the whole county to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and appointed him as the Duke of Wuyuan Taishou and Anhua County on the spot, and later changed his title to the Duke of Fanyang County. At that time, Liang Shidu and Xue Ju asked the Turks to send troops to cross the river to the south, and Zhang Changxun made a false edict to Mo Helu to sabotage their plans.
To say that he is bold, Zhang Changxun is not an exaggeration. This is a lord who even dares to forge Li Yuan's holy decree. Although this person who called himself Zhang Changxun could match his height, age and accent, Chen Ying did not arbitrarily think that this person must be the main master, and he smiled faintly: "That is to say...... You don't have a way to prove your identity? ”
Zhang Changxun nodded and said, "That's true, but it's ...... It doesn't matter! ”
"Oh?" Chen Yingdao: "Then what's important? ”
"I'm in the general camp now, and sooner or later I can prove the identity of the lower officer!" Zhang Changxun said solemnly: "The most important thing now is ...... The fine seal is coming. ”
Chen Ying looked at Ashina Simo and said, "Do you know who this fine seal Bulai is?" ”
Ashina Simo said: "He is a party member, and he is also the Eastern Turk Guang Weitler!" ”
Chen Ying motioned to Ashina Simo to untie Zhang Changxun, Ashina Simo didn't think about it, and was about to cut the cowhide rope on Zhang Changxun's body with a knife, Xu Jingzong came in and said: "Chief, this person's origin is unknown, if he has ill intentions, how can he endanger the chief." ”
Chen Ying shook his head: "Now is no longer the era of assassin politics!" ”
Zhang Changxun looked at Chen Ying pitifully and said, "Is there anything to eat, Xiaguan hasn't eaten for a day and a night!" ”
Chen Ying asked people to prepare a pot of big fat meat for Zhang Changxun, but Zhang Changxun was not polite and devoured it.
At this moment, a soldier urgently announced: "There are three bonfires in the northeast!" ”
"Three bonfires!" Chen hurriedly walked out of the tent and quickly climbed the watchtower, although it was not real at night, but the bonfires in the northeast were connected, not three, at least thirty, piles of bonfires. At the very least, no less than thirty detachments encountered the enemy's brigade.
Chen Ying slowly walked down the watchtower, returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and ordered: "Don't panic, it's just a little trick to tire the enemy, the second, fourth, and sixth three Zhichong Mansions of the Lingwu Left Army will strictly guard the camp, and the other armies will continue to sleep!" ”
Sure enough, just as Chen Ying expected, after the enemy tossed in the middle of the night, seeing that the Lingwu Army and the Dingyuan Army did not go out of the camp to pursue, they gradually dispersed.
When the sky was slightly bright, Chen Ying simply washed up and climbed the watchtower, at this time the field of vision was wide, and he saw the Turkic army making three front and back. It is like a three-layer wave, advancing layer by layer, the first layer is about 3,000 people, the second layer is about 2,000 people, the third layer is about 5,000 people, there are several miles between each layer, the soldiers are strong and strong, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the armor is excellent, which is not comparable to ordinary Turkic armies.
"Is this the Turkic detachment?" Chen Ying looked at the Turkic army array in front of him and asked.
Ashina Simo shook his head and said, "No, this is the party wolf ride!" ”
"Jietuo? Right? Chen Ying looked at these armor wearing rates of more than ninety percent suspiciously, and more than half of them were fine iron armor, and said in disbelief: "How can they have so many armors?" ”
Ashina Simo didn't know how to answer Chen Ying's words, and at this moment, Zhang Changxun's voice sounded behind Chen Ying and said: "Tang Bi's family wealth accumulated in three years is all cheap!" ”
Looking at Chen Ying, he didn't seem to be familiar with Tang Bi. Zhang Changxun explained: "This Tang Bi is a Fufeng man, who gathered people to rebel in Huangyuan in the tenth year of the Great Cause, elected Li Hongzhi as the emperor, and proclaimed himself the king of Tang. However, Li Hongzhi is only his puppet. In the eleventh year of the Great Cause, Xue Ju rebelled and was close to Tang Bi, and Xue Ju's son Xue Renguo attacked Tang Bi and was defeated by Tang Bi. In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Xue Ju annexed Tang Bi and asked Shibi Khan for troops, and Shibi Khan ordered Guang Wei Le to lead 5,000 light soldiers to help Xue Ju, and Tang Bi was defeated and killed in more than a month, and more than 8,000 pairs of fine steel armor accumulated in more than three years were all snatched away by Xifeng Bu Lai......"
Chen Ying walked down the watchtower and walked to the platform of the Chinese army. Seeing Chen Ying coming, Yu Guni, Chen Yongjin, and Luo Shixin all said in unison: "Chief Qiqi, the last general will be invited to fight!" ”
Others, such as the commander of the Zhichong Commander and the regimental captain, were also gearing up and ready to move, especially those Lingwu Army officers and soldiers who had undergone ideological education and training, and their eyes showed a wolf-like green light.
Looking at the elite army under the command of Xi Feng Bu Lai, instead of feeling fear, they were like hungry wolves seeing sheep.
Chen Ying wanted to take the lead and order the Dingyuan army to fight, but Yu Guni said: "My master, you can't always let General Luo make meritorious contributions, it's not fair!" ”
When Luo Shixin heard this, his nose was crooked, and he stretched out his arm and said, "Can you beat me?" ”
Yu Guni didn't answer, and Ashina Simo also said: "Chief, you can't be so kind......"
Chen Ying thought about it, he had to be fair in training soldiers in the army every day, but if he couldn't be fair himself, these Lingwu soldiers would definitely have complaints.
Thinking of this, Chen Ying said: "Chen Jinyong led the first, second, third, and fourth Zhichongfu of the left army of the Lingwu Army as the left flank and attacked its left flank, and Ashina Simo led the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth Zhichongfu of the Lingwu Right Army as the right flank and attacked its right flank. Yu Guni led the fifth and sixth folds of the Lingwu Left Army and the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth folds of the Lingwu Right Army as the support of the Chinese army and attacked the middle road! ”
The generals were overjoyed when they heard the words and agreed in a hurry.
It didn't take long for Lingwu to have a total of 13 armies on the left and right, and nearly 20,000 horses and horses were divided into three roads, left, center, and right, like wild horses that had escaped from the leash, rushing towards the party cavalry on the opposite side.
Looking at an earthy yellow torrent rushing forward, the fine seal Bu Lai, who was standing at the front of the formation, looked at the left, middle and right Lingwu Army, and said with regret: "Why didn't you see Chen Ying'er's banner?" Isn't it scared to pee? ”
The surrounding party generals burst into laughter when they heard this.
"If you don't come, you don't come!" The fine seal Bulai said: "Blow the trumpet to meet the enemy!" ”
The rhythmic horn of the horn sounded in the army of the fine seal Bu Lai, and the rhythmic horn sounded over and over again, and all the generals understood the meaning of the fine seal Bu Lai as soon as they heard the horn.
In fact, the horn can not blow a complex tune like the trumpet, but this kind of horn can play high, low, and flat notes, relying on these simple three notes, although it cannot transmit complex orders, but simple military orders, can be directly transmitted with the horn.
The general who is located in the first layer of the party army is the rising star of the party clan, the young general Tuoba Yun. Tuoba Yu is the son of Tuoba Ning Cong, the former leader of the party, and Tuoba Ning Cong died in Sashui in the ninth year of the Great Cause, Tuoba Yu was only eight years old. Now he is only fifteen years old. However, the fifteen-year-old Tuoba Yoo won the three armies.
When Tuoba Yun heard the order conveyed in the horn, he immediately commanded his three thousand cavalry, and rushed towards Chen Jinyong's troops instead of rushing.
Chen Ying looked at it at this time, this army has 3,000 cavalry, but there are more than 6,000 war horses, this is clearly not a short-distance charge but a long-distance preparation, more than 6,000 war horses to the northeast, that is, to attack Chen Jinyong's left flank in a roundabout way, and may even want to bypass Chen Jinyong's left flank and rush to the rear of Yu Guni's Chinese army to have a **!
Chen Ying smiled slightly and said disappreciably: "What a cunning opponent!" ”