"What's going on here?" Standing on the tower, Xu Zhiqing, who was watching the exercise with Xu Wei and Li Tai, couldn't help frowning slightly when she saw the situation before her, and asked in a low voice: "Didn't it be agreed that there are thousands of people on each side? Why are there so many more troops on General Su's side?"
Xu Wei was also puzzled, and glanced at Li Tai, the old general had no expression on his weather-beaten face, and said in a deep voice: "Everything is close to actual combat, any accidents are normal, and wars do not pay conditions. In this regard, Su Mubai has done a good job, so Lin San may suffer a lot."
Xu Zhiqing gritted her teeth, just now she told Lin San herself that there were thousands of people on each side participating in the battle, but in the blink of an eye, Su Mubai transformed into five times as many people. After reporting the information, Lin San was in danger. She was in a trance, could Lin San hold on for a while
The emperor heard a few people talking, and immediately said with great interest: "Oh? Xu Aiqing, Li Aiqing, according to what you said, this change of soldiers and horses was actually made by Su Mubai temporarily? You don't know about it?"
Li Tai clasped his fists and said: "I tell the emperor, soldiers are deceitful, Su Mubai's action is in line with the principles of military use, and it is beyond everyone's surprise. I am afraid that this actual battle will be very lively."
The emperor showed a slight smile on his face, nodded and said: "Those who achieve great things don't stick to small details. It's not in vain that Su Mubai can have such a strange trick, it's not in vain that I put him next to the old general to learn, very good, very good." Good. Xu Aiqing, do you think Su Mubai is better than the strange person you recommended?"
Xu Wei thought for a while, then clasped his fists and said, "My Majesty, Su Zhuangyuan is miraculous in his use of troops, and he is indeed outstanding. But the person recommended by Weichen is not such a person who can be easily defeated. I am afraid that some people will fight this battle." .”
"We must fight. We must fight hard." The emperor laughed, with a mysterious smile in his eyes: "My dear friends, there is an unexpected situation in today's military exercise, so that we can witness my Dahua lion's real sword with my own eyes. A contest with real guns is rare in a hundred years, so let's wait and see what happens." Seeing the emperor's high spirits, all the ministers responded with a loud bang, and turned their attention to the school grounds.
Xu Wei looked anxiously into the distance, and saw that Su Mubai's 5,000 soldiers and horses in the distance were in a steady and dense formation, attacking the opposite side like a tide. Although Lin San was at a disadvantage, his army was well-organized and did not act recklessly. A trace of hope rose in his heart: Brother Lin. Don't let me down.
Seeing Xu Zhiqing's worried face, Li Tai said, "Girl Zhiqing, look at this battle, whether Su Mubai won or Lin San won."
Xu Zhiqing was silent, and sighed for a long time before saying: "Whoever wins and who loses, Zhiqing dare not make a judgment, I only know one thing, even if Su Mubai wins, it must be a tragic victory."
Xu Wei glanced at Xu Zhiqing, nodded and smiled and said, "Zhi'er, you have seen Lin San through. This man behaves eclecticly, and can surprise everywhere." He turned to Li Tai and said, "Old General Li, Let's bet on the host. Today, if Lin San can win, I will invite you to my house for three days of wine."
Before Li Tai could speak, the emperor listened with gusto, and said with a smile: "Xu Aiqing, hearing what you said, could it be that you don't have confidence in the strange person you recommended. Instead, you are optimistic about Su Mubai? How about you give up the money for this drink?" ?”
Xu Wei shook his head and said: "No, no. The old minister is eager to sell this wine. If Lin San wins, I will lose my money. It is also willing to invite my colleagues to drink for ten days and ten nights."
The emperor smiled and said: "This is really interesting. Xu Aiqing, you are the host, so I should be counted as one of them. I also want to go to your house to taste the dusty daughter red."
Everyone laughed at the words, but Xu Zhiqing blushed. Xu Wei's treasured Daughter Hong was specially used for marrying daughters, but unfortunately Xu Zhiqing's confidante was unlucky, and her husband-in-law who had never met died in battle before she got married.
The emperor's words were deliberately teasing the female military adviser, everyone listened happily, only Li Tai shook his head and sighed. It was the Li family's fault that Xu Zhiqing's life was delayed. He glanced at Xu Zhiqing and sighed: "Zhi'er, if you have someone you like, you can bring it up to your uncle, who will protect you as a great matchmaker. You are the daughter of the old Xu family, and also the daughter of my Li Tai. We It must be beautiful and beautiful, and I will marry you out."
Xu Zhiqing's face was slightly red, and she smiled generously: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and Uncle Li for their great love. Zhiqing is obsessed with everything, and has no attachment to this daughter's affairs. I invite you all to drink freely from my Xu family's fine wine."
"Look—" Xu Wei was concentrating on looking at the battlefield in the distance, and suddenly let out a scream, which attracted everyone's attention. When everyone's eyes turned, they looked towards the school ground, and saw the flag of the third army of the Lin army fluttering, and the figure was swaying , Lin San started to move.
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Hearing Lin Wanrong's voice, Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan raised their heads and saw the dust flying on the school grounds, a mass of black heads, and amidst the roaring of thousands of horses, countless heads of heads rushed towards us in a rushing tide.
"****, at least five thousand people." Hu Bugui grinned and said, with a flash of excitement in his eyes: "Some of them will fight this time, and that number one scholar will still play this game, he is not an idiot .”
This is the first time Li Wuling has seen such a big scene. Although he is young, he is from a family in the military. Seeing the situation before him, he swung the long knife in his hand, the horse neighed, and shouted excitedly: "Fight!" , have a good time."
These two are both war maniacs. Du Xiuyuan gave a wry smile. He is good at strategy, and he is calm and calm when encountering situations. manage?"
***, this man surnamed Su looks gentle, but he didn’t expect to be a master of the cold war. Lin Wanrong swallowed his saliva, moistened his dry throat, and asked, “Brother Du, if we fight head-on with them, what will we do?” What are the chances of winning?"
Du Xiuyuan and Hu Bugui practiced with the opponents on weekdays, and they knew their combat power well. Hearing this, he thought to himself: "With one against two, my brothers will surely win. With one against three, I'm afraid we may not be as good as them." .”
"There is no problem with one against three." Hu Bugui said forcefully, "General Lin, there is absolutely no coward in my command who is afraid of death."
For a militant like Hu Bugui, Lin Wanrong naturally dare not listen to his words, but Du Xiuyuan's words are more reliable. Lin Wanrong launched the bottom elimination system, which has been faithfully implemented by Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan. This almost cruel and inhumane method has a great effect on improving the combat power of soldiers. One against two is definitely not empty talk. But the sergeant on the opposite side is also the elite of Dahua, so they must not be careless.
Taking advantage of the time between several people's contemplation, Lin Wanrong looked around and saw Su Mubai's five thousand troops. There are at least a thousand or five strange soldiers, horses neighing, long knives brandishing, and charging at the forefront. The formation was cohesive and strong, obviously it had been practiced for a long time and the formation was proficient. Behind them are countless battalions of spear infantry, following behind the cavalry, the formation is rigorous, and the soldiers are mighty, obviously they are not easy to match. There is a distance of several tens of feet between the cavalry battalion and the infantry battalion. This is also the standard offensive formation for coordinated cavalry and infantry combat.
Seeing the opponent's thousands of cavalry charging in front, Lin Wanrong gritted his teeth. Damn it, fortunately, I am also an ancestor of playing tricks, so I asked Li Sheng to prepare things, otherwise this time I was really trampled by that Su.
"Li Sheng—" Lin Wanrong shouted loudly.
"The end is here—" Li Sheng rushed over out of breath, with a look of excitement and excitement on his face. Behind him were hundreds of people and horses, pulling dozens of carts. The carts were full of thick hay, which was food for war horses.
"Brother Li, I won't say too much. The life and death of my thousands of brothers is in your hands." Lin Wanrong said slightly. Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan looked at each other, what does General Lin mean? Could it be that the Shenji Camp is going to rush to kill them this time
Li Sheng bowed and said: "The general has no plans to leave behind, and he will take precautions. In the end, he will be convinced." [Heaven's Kiss Hands]
Lin Wanrong chuckled, without explaining, his face straightened, and he shouted: "Where is the Shenji Camp?"
Hundreds of archers came out in unison, formed a battle formation, held strong bows, and lined up in front of the formation, with piercing eyes, facing thousands of opponent cavalry who charged.
Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan's expressions changed drastically. How could these hundreds of archers resist the charge of more than a thousand cavalry? General Lin could be crazy.
"General Lin—" the impatient Hu Bugui Fang wanted to speak, but Lin Wanrong waved his hand and said: "Orders are prohibited, obey the command, and the archers are ready."
More than a hundred archers raised their bows and set their arrows. Seeing the cavalry galloping like the wind, they entered the shooting range of the arrows in a blink of an eye. Lin Wanrong roared: "Let the arrows go."
Hundreds of arrows shot towards the charging cavalry like a rain of locusts. The arrows used in actual battles are decorated with non-polished blunt heads, not sharp points, and their lethality is extremely limited. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in Li Shengjun are all excellent archers out of a hundred. This shower of arrows was so accurate that half of them hit the eyebrows of the riding horse. Hundreds of war horses neighed, their front hoofs gave way in pain, and they fell to the ground. Dozens of knights fell off their horses, and the sound of wailing was endless.
"Good fight." Li Wuling shouted excitedly. It was the first time for him to see this actual combat scene, and he was a child, so he was naturally very happy. Du Xiuyuan, Hu Bugui and the others were still worried. This method of shooting the horse's eyes was learned by Hu Bugui from the Hu people. In addition to the magic archers of the Shenji Camp, although the effect was good, the opponent had at least a thousand shots. Five hundred cavalry, hundreds of damage, can not hurt the muscles and bones, but can stimulate their murderous spirit even more.
Sure enough, the opponent's cavalry folded for a while, as if they had become fierce, and the momentum of running and killing became more urgent, but during the running, the formation changed, from horizontal to vertical, causing the archer to lose his target, and the arrows of Shenjiying immediately lost power. After the round of arrow rain was over, the opponent's cavalry suffered limited losses.
"Come on—" the oncoming cavalry yelled majesticly, and the horses were flying like flying, changing from vertical to horizontal, rushing in like a rising tide.
"Shenji Battalion retreat, Li Sheng—" Lin Wanrong roared and ordered.
"Decree." Li Sheng, who was ready to go, had already led his soldiers to make preparations. Hearing General Lin's order, hundreds of cavalry soldiers spurred their horses and pulled the carriage delivering grain and grass up quickly. A barrier of haystacks has been placed in front of the opposing cavalry.
The food and grass had just been placed, and the opponent's cavalry had already rushed over. Li Sheng shouted in panic: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!"
The hundreds of cavalry in Lin's army were indeed prohibited. As soon as he heard the general's order to retreat, he jumped on the horse and galloped away. Although the posture was very skillful, it was used for escape, which is really regrettable.
The emperor and the ministers above the city tower saw the situation clearly. This Lin San was too unbearable. After a round of arrow rain, he retreated hastily. Can it stop Su Mubai's powerful cavalry? It's too childish.
Everyone's eyes fell on Xu Wei. Bachelor Xu had extraordinary knowledge and a unique vision, but today he was mistaken and strongly recommended such a worthless person to the emperor, which is really disappointing.
"Li Aiqing, how is Su Mubai's use of troops this time? Are there any omissions?" The emperor's eyes fell on the two sides fighting in the distance, but he asked Li Taidao beside him.
Li Tai shook his head and said: "Su Mubai's use of troops this time is a typical method of warfare in military books. Riding, charging and following, the application is good. The formation of cavalry changes quickly, the impact is powerful, and the speed of infantry is also good, but—"
On this city wall, there are not many people who understand the art of war. Li Tai is the number one general in Dahua, he has experienced thousands of battles, so rich in experience, what he said can't be wrong.
The emperor nodded slightly when he heard him praise Su Mubai, and when he heard his change of tone, he smiled and said: "Old general, why are you still being so polite when you point out a younger generation? Just say it."
Li Tai stared at it for a while and said: "The only shortcoming is that the distance between the cavalry and the infantry battalion is a little too far. According to the book of war, this distance is not wrong. But according to the actual combat experience of the veteran It seems that this move is quite inappropriate. In such plain warfare, the infantry battalion and cavalry battalion should be connected more closely to prevent the cavalry from being blocked by the enemy and wiped out. Girl Xu, what do you think?"
The emperor smiled and glanced at Xu Zhiqing, Miss Xu bowed and said: "Uncle Li's opinion, Zhiqing fully agrees, today's battle may cause twists and turns."
The emperor nodded and said, "After talking about Su Mubai, let's talk about the strange man Xu Aiqing recommended. Li Aiqing, what do you think of his performance?"
Li Tai took a long look at the haystack blocking the cavalry in front of the cavalry, shook his head and said: "Lin San's actions, the old minister can't understand. The haystack separating the soldiers is not the art of war in any military book." , but judging from the situation on the field, one thing is certain—"
"What can you be sure about?" the emperor asked anxiously after listening to the old general's analysis of the battle situation.
Li Tai smiled and said, "Girl Xu, tell me." The eyes of all the ministers and the emperor fell on Xu Zhiqing, even the taciturn King Cheng listened attentively to Xu Zhiqing's words.
Ms. Xu smiled slightly and said: "During frequent battles, Lin San haystacks block the troops and leave without fighting. There are only two possibilities."
The emperor smiled bitterly and said: "Girl of the Xu family, don't tempt me any more. Your daughter Hong, I'd better keep it for you."
Everyone laughed, Xu Zhiqing blushed, and said lightly: "If it's not that Lin San is incompetent, then it's just showing the enemy's weakness and plotting a backhand."
Conspiring to catch up? Everyone wondered for a while, how powerful these grains and grasses could be, not to mention that Lin San's entire army had retreated, could there be living people hidden in the grains and grasses
"Boom—" "Boom—" Amidst the two bursts of loud noises, the ground shook, the ground under the city wall trembled, and the emperor's tent shook slightly.
"Who fired the cannon? Escort, escort—" All the ministers were shocked and shouted loudly. Several guards rushed to the emperor's side and protected him in it.
Xu Wei, Li Tai and other people who had led soldiers remained motionless. The emperor smiled and said, "What are you protecting? This is a real soldier's battle. Isn't it normal to shoot two artillery pieces?" He looked into the distance, but saw The opposite side was full of fire, and Lin San's soldiers and horses were no longer visible.
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Su Mubai's cavalry came very fast, and in the blink of an eye they had already arrived in front of the grain and grass cart. Seeing Lin San's sergeant abandoning the cart and leaving, a trace of contempt flashed in the eyes of the soldiers in the cavalry camp. Thousands of people and horses rushed past, and the hay that was full of cars was washed away, forming a long line of grass, which was very spectacular. In a blink of an eye, the cavalry broke through the dry grass defense line and rushed straight towards Lin Sanjun.
"Boom—" A shrill scream suddenly sounded, and the huge shell seemed to have eyes, and it was falling on the haystack behind the cavalry, and the haystack instantly burned.
Thousands of households in Su Mubai's cavalry battalion suddenly broke out in cold sweat. This is a military exercise, not an actual combat. Lin San dared to fire like this. Could it be that he is crazy
Before he could finish thinking, there was another burst of shocking noise, but it was the haystack that exploded sharply. One after another, the violent explosions sounded like continuous cannonballs, and the billowing heat wave spread over the surface. In an instant, the haystack exploded The pile violently exploded and burned, forming a long sea of flames, instantly separating the cavalry camp and the infantry camp in two.
Dynamite! Qianhu of the riding camp instantly understood the truth. There were layers of explosives hidden in the middle of the haystack. In order to show the enemy his weakness, Lin San deliberately abandoned the hay, in order to let himself and others give up their vigilance. The explosives are then ignited by artillery fire. Damn, is this still a drill? Lin San is killing people!
The scorching heat wave came, and the charging horse felt the fire rolling behind its buttocks, and suddenly gave a long cry, let go of its four hooves, and ran forward desperately. These well-trained war horses were able to retract and release freely once they reined in the reins, but now facing the raging sea of fire behind them, even if the knights pulled the reins, they couldn't stop the horses. Thousands of horses rushed forward like crazy.
The leading dozens of war horses rushed forward, took a few steps forward, tripped suddenly, their front legs bent, the horse's head fell, and they fell straight forward, and dozens of cavalry flew out, heavily He fell to the ground.
"Trip the horse rope!!" Qianhu was shocked, really afraid that whoever would come, he swung his sword, desperately grabbed the rein of the horse, and shouted: "Stop going, stop going, trip the horse rope ahead!"
Thousands of knights naturally knew the power of the rope, but facing the intensified fire behind them, the usually docile horses had already gone mad. Hundreds of horses rushed forward together and fell in front of the rope, while the horses behind Unable to hold back the horse's momentum, he leaped high, stepped on his companion in front of him, and fell to the ground one after another. The steeds, which were barely reining in the reins, became violent and neighed in unison. Their front legs stood up high, almost perpendicular to the ground, and they threw the cavalry who depended on each other for their lives heavily out. All of a sudden, people turned on their backs and wailed everywhere, the scene was extremely tragic.
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Looking at the situation in front of him, Du Xiuyuan couldn't bear it for a while. After all, these are his brothers. Although they won't die, but this kind of traumatic injury won't last for a month, and I'm afraid they won't be able to recover.
Lin Wanrong also understood his feelings, so how could he bear to attack like this? But this is actual combat, today I have shown mercy, if not for this, the cavalry in this battle, with ropes in front and fire in the back, has become a living target for sharp archers, and it would be easy to kill them.
He patted Du Xiuyuan on the shoulder and said with a wry smile: "Brother Du, just treat us as barbarians. This way, it will make you feel better. These brothers are injured right now, but they have learned from experience. When you get to the tough barbarians, you can bleed less, don't you think?"
Du Xiuyuan smiled heartily and said: "General Lin is absolutely right, let us treat us as villains and teach them some lessons. Du thinks he is familiar with military books, but when it comes to strategies, he is not your opponent. You are the only one who dares to make out the explosives hidden in the fire. It’s just that we fired a cannon in front of the emperor today, out of disrespect, will it cause any trouble?”
Lin Wanrong shook his head and said: "I can't say for sure, anyway, I just fought like this, so it's possible that I will be wiped out by my opponent making dumplings?"
Du Xiuyuan thought carefully, but some questions were genuinely out of concern, he nodded helplessly, and said: "The cannon will be fired, but there is still one thing to worry about in the end."
Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "Are you going to ask, if I light the cannon, will Su Mubai also fire a few cannons for us?"
"Exactly." Du Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Since we are ahead of the curve, he won't be lenient."
Lin Wanrong chuckled and said, "I'm just gambling that he won't dare to fire the cannon. We lit the cannon, but it was only straw. So far, I haven't had a real fight with them. He is a scholar. He also wanted to be an official, unlike us who have no scruples at all. If he really dared to shoot, then we would be finished with his 1,500 cavalry. Although he won the victory, he killed innocent people indiscriminately and treated soldiers like soldiers. Cao Jie, this reputation has been spread, how to lead the army, how to be an official? If you were him, would you dare?"
This is human nature, Du Xiuyuan sighed helplessly, General Lin looked at people, but he took it at seven inches, just based on this point, who can compare with him in the government and the public