Chapter 534 Xu Fengnian was in the spring and autumn, and Jia Jia’s life was hanging on the line
The defense line in the northeast is still good. After all, Gu Jiantang had destroyed Dongyue, and it was effortless. Most of the elite Gu troops were still there. Even if they did not go south to support Xu Xiao’s army as promised, they were still a knife hanging above their heads for Da Chu. However, Zhao Bodang, the general who had been avoiding the front battlefield from beginning to end during the southern journey, even though he was only responsible for building the northwest defense line, as one of the few senior generals with royal family backgrounds, gave up at a critical moment and retreated for a full six hundred miles in one breath. It seemed that he had made up his mind to watch the fire from the other side of the river. This was undoubtedly a great victory in the Jinghe battle. Zhao Bo obviously came into contact with the imperial edict earlier than Xu Xiao who was working hard on the battlefield in the west wall in the south. So when his army retreated to Qianshan Pass 600 miles away from the concubine’s tomb overnight, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the real battle between the two countries had surfaced in advance!
At that time, Da Chu, who had an advantage in military strength, could use the troops that did not affect the battle situation of the Western Border Wall to gain a greater strategic depth. As long as Xu Xiao, who had a disadvantage in military strength, dared to divide the troops into the Concubine Tomb, the soldier saint Ye Baikui could be the first to blow the horn on the battlefield of the Western Border Wall. How could Ye Baikui, who had no defeat, turn a blind eye to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? The reason why Da Chu fell to the current dilemma is that Xu Xiao fought. A series of almost desperate quick battles and decisive decisions. The adopted son Chu Lushan, who was not famous, stood out in these battles. It was this fat Chu who was good at killing one thousand enemies and hurting himself with his own 800. He used his unreasonable and vicious skills to fool the Northern Army of the Great Chu. This helped Chen Zhibao clear all the periphery of the northern line, and eventually created a great victory in Jinghe, forcing the Great Chu to shrink and station troops in the west, so that there were no peace, but the territory was lost. Ye Baikui, as the Dinghai Kung Fu of the Great Chu, was known as the master of military strategy for a country. At this time, he made a decision to argue endlessly for historians in later generations. He gave up Cao Changqing, who showed his amazing military talent when he was just starting out, and chose Meng Hu, a confidant general who had a deep experience, outstanding military achievements and a steady personality, and sent this person to lead an elite army to the concubine’s grave.
In contrast to this, before the Xu family army had to send troops, there was a fierce dispute limited to a small range. The first severe disagreement occurred between the two military commanders Zhao Changling and Li Yishan who had always cooperated with each other. Yangcai Zhao Changling decided that since we had lost the pattern of a concerted effort, and the Emperor of the Zhao family issued an order to retreat without fighting, then the 300,000 army commanded by the general will retreat to Li Yang to see it. They can retreat openly to the concubine’s tomb, or even retreat to Zhao Bo’s garrison, and “eat” the troops, and then let Gu Jiantang bow his head and obey the order, solve the worries of “Gu” afterwards, and then fight to the death with Da Chu and Ye Baikui. Li Yishan believed that this retreat was to let Da Chu, who had only half of his breath, calm down his breath. Therefore, Li Yishan suggested decisively splitting his troops, but at the same time, no more points were allowed, and 20,000 was the limit. Zhao Changling, who had always been gentle and elegant, was furious and scolded Li directlyYishan was laughing, Ye Baikui obviously received the imperial edict and Zhao Bodang’s withdrawal earlier than the general. Da Chu divided 40,000 to 50,000 people from the already crowded western wall, which would not hurt the thorns. However, the 20,000 people on the general’s side not only harmed the general’s chances of winning in the battle between the two armies, but also a foolish move that was dropped from the drop in the bucket, and it was tantamount to going to the concubine’s grave to die in vain.
In the solemn military tent, there is a map of the situation of the Great Chu. Red and black lines symbolizing offensive and defense are circled by red and charcoal pens. The marching arrows used for precise timing on the table are slowly dripping.
In the tent, Xu Xiao, who was already in his thirties, was already in his ranks, Zhao Changling and Li Yishan, who had been strategizing in the tent. The three adopted sons Chen Zhibao, Yuan Zuozong and Chu Lushan were urgently summoned to the tent, as well as a group of meritorious commanders of the infantry and cavalry armies, Wu Qi, a swordsman from the Wu family sword tomb with his sister. He was half of Chen Zhibao’s military master, and Xu Pu, who was not inferior to the general’s brother-in-law Wu Qi, was a rare Confucian general in the Xu family army. There were General Zhong Hongwu, and Yan Wenluan, a new infantry soldier nicknamed “Zhuzhuchengjian”, as well as Liu Yuanji and Wei Tieshan. It can be said that if these dozen people in the tent were successfully assassinated, they only needed to die half of them, and the whole world would be in the pocket of the Great Chu.
Xu Fengnian turned around and looked at the familiar and unfamiliar faces. It was they who built the country for Xu Xiao.
None of them saw a young man standing under the map, gently wiping his fingers along the red and black marching routes. At the top of Wudang Lotus Peak, one mind and two purpose to dream of spring and autumn. The three “people” each enter the spring and autumn and watch the spring and autumn. Among them, this “he” appeared in the tragic battle of Jinghe, and then followed all the way to the Western Bulletin. But in his eyes, the colors of people and things in the Spring and Autumn Period are only divided into black and white, and his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness will not affect the people in the Spring and Autumn Period at all. At this time, Zhong Hongwu had not yet controlled the Northern Liang cavalry. Before him, there were two mountains, Wu Qi and Xu Pu. Yan Wenluan had already blinded him, but he was the new man and new face in the big tent. Compared with Lu Qiuer later, Chu Lushan seemed to be dozens of pounds thinner, full of hostility, unlike the flattering smiles that were always like more than ten years later. The long-famous Bai Xiong Yuan Zuozong probably didn’t care about taking care of his beard. His beard was thick and dense, and he became more and more heroic.
Veteran Hong Ze has not died of illness outside Xiangfan City, and general Su Hengqu has not died in Western Shu either.
Xu Fengnian looked at Zhao Changling who was standing beside Xu Xiao, and looked at the side face of this strategist from the Guangling Luting Pavilion of the Great Chu Dynasty. She was elegant and resolute. Zhao Changling was the kind of scholar who could make kings and nobles like to see him at first sight. The attack on the Great Chu where the family and country were located was not only merciless, but Zhao Changling not only showed any mercy, but on the contrary, the Xu family’s iron cavalry’s strategy of the Great Chu was mostly planned by his. Zhao Changling is the main one and Li Yishan is the auxiliary one, and the two great strategists always complement each other.
Xu Fengnian turned his gaze slightly. The poor strategist who had always been willing to be covered by Zhao Changling was so arrogant that he was so arrogant that he was so arrogant.The love is calm.
At this time, the master’s expression was quite good.
Li Yishan, who rarely argued with others, still did not refute Zhao Changling in person. Instead, he walked to the map, stretched out his fingers to point at the concubine’s tomb, looked at the people in the tent, and said, “Ye Baikui had already sent troops to this place. It is obvious that if he put himself in his shoes, I would send two troops: one light cavalry to deal with our aid; and one heavy cavalry that was relatively slow to use as a backhand. The silver in the Western Chu treasury was too much, which is known to everyone. Otherwise, our general would not have been muttering all day long that after winning the war, he would have to lie down and sleep beautifully in the mountains of gold and silver…”
When Li Yishan said this, even Zhao Changling’s face was a little gentler. Xu Xiao grinned embarrassedly, and the other generals smiled knowingly.
Li Yishan continued: “There are two golden lumps in Da Chu. The hundreds of thousands of elliptical soldiers have been proven by us to be outdated, but whether the 60,000 heavy cavalry under Ye Baikui is a burden is still to be discussed. Raising heavy cavalry is naturally very expensive. An ordinary cavalry is about at least equal to the price of three to four elite light cavalry. The pros and cons are very obvious. The disadvantage is that the horse and armor are heavy. Before the war really begins, it is difficult to move, wear armor and slow to get on the horse. It can be said that everything is slow except for the horse charging after everything is right. And turn around slower. After a successful charge and kill through the enemy formation, it still cannot stop. It has to go around a huge radius to buffer, so that it can turn around and launch its second charge smoothly. On a suitable battlefield, many light cavalry generals ridiculed as heavy cavalry that can only be traded for one hammer is actually a well-deserved king of the battlefield. The wide terrain is easy to rush to death, which is a suitable battlefield for the heavy cavalry of the Great Chu. Changling said that we will divide our troops and go to death as long as there are no more than 50,000 people. “
Li Yishan’s speech was quick, obviously not wanting to waste a moment of time, but he still paused here for a moment before saying, “Of course we are going to die.”
Li Yishan quickly made a gesture of turning over his palms and continued, “As long as we defeated Da Chu, we will fight Shu, Tang and Nanzhao next, that is a small matter of going with the flow, which is easy to go with the flow! We will not doubt this. It was our Xu family cavalry who fought and rushed forward in battle before hitting the Western wall in one go. But if we choose to retreat at this node and avoid its edge, it is hard to say whether we can beat Da Chu next, and whether the general can continue to hold military power. Many people died, and people will still die next, but at this time, 20,000 fewer people died in the concubine’s grave, and all the Xu family robes we had died before will die in vain!”
Li Yishan did not go to see Zhao Changling, but just stared at Xu Xiao and said in a deep voice: “I beg the general to lead 20,000 light cavalry to death!”
Chen Zhibao, who rushed to the tent during inspections from all over the battlefield, said calmly: “Enjoyed father, you don’t need 20,000 people, give me 15,000 horses, but I want the best physical war horse, the best spear, and the best crossbow, I will guard the concubine’s tomb.”
Zhao Changling stared at this young general whom he valued with a complicated expression.
Yuan Zuozong stretched out his hand and touched his chin with a stubble, and smiled and said, “Zhibao also needs to understand the military abilities and habits of the captains of all the troops in order to achieve the last battle. After all, there are so many foreign soldiers and many surrendered generals, so it is impossible to delay. It’s better for me, a idler, to go to the concubine’s tomb.”
Chu Lushan suddenly laughed and said, “This kind of death battle is so hard that everyone can die together. Yuan Baixiong, you are familiar with me, and you are not ashamed.”
Li Yishan said calmly: “Ye Baikui has a series of battles in the concubine’s tomb, and we must also make two groups of people, which are considered to be one after another. The former dies slowly, the slower the better. It is best to waste all the light cavalry of the Great Chu, and even make sure that the heavy cavalry of the Great Chu will charge. Zuo Zong is good at preserving his strength.”
Yuan Zuozong nodded.
Chu Lushan glared and said, “The soldiers behind should be mine.”