"Jiang Wei, look at the Japanese troops who have put up a battle formation against us. It shows that they are on guard against us!"
Among the Japanese troops, Song Deren, the capital commander who was riding at the forefront, smiled and said to Jiang Wei, the capital commander beside him, with a smile.
Jiang Wei shook his head helplessly: "General, this is normal, right? As the commander-in-chief of an army, when another army appears, the most important thing to do is to prepare for war. Only in this way will you not be easily attacked by the enemy. sneak attack.
The general believes that this is the coping ability that a qualified general should have. "
Song Deren smiled and nodded:
"I always thought that the Japanese troops from Yunzhou County were at the level of ordinary local Xiang troops, but now I see that at least their generals are qualified. We cannot underestimate the heroes of the world!"
“The general heard that they had fought the Tatars on the border and repulsed the Tatars.
This is also the reason why His Majesty specially transferred them to Guanpingwa this time. Their strength should be guaranteed, and naturally they cannot be compared to those who fish in troubled waters such as the local garrison army and the rural army. "Jiang Wei echoed.
"Let's go! It's useless to talk any more. Let's go and see with our own eyes the leader of the Japanese army. Whether he is a mule or a horse, we will know how good he is!"
Song Deren laughed, then waved his riding whip and rushed towards the Ping Japanese Army at the head of the crowd.
The 50,000 Japanese troops who were following him also hurriedly followed up. Because of his movements, the entire Japanese army sped up. In less than a quarter of an hour, they just appeared on the horizon, and soon they were a hundred steps away from the Japanese army.
In order to prevent misunderstandings and accidents, the Japanese army stopped a hundred steps away.
Song Deren was the first to ride out of the battle and shouted loudly to Li Dingguo and the others:
"This general is personally appointed General Dingyuan by His Majesty, and Song Deren, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army!
Brothers who are fighting against the Japanese army opposite, where are your commanders?
Our troops are ordered to come and join together! Let him come and see you quickly! "
General Dingyuan, this is the rank of a fifth-grade general.
Li Dingguo and his deputy looked at each other, and then Li Dingguo also rode out of the army's formation.
"I am the commander of the first wing of Yunzhou Army Yunhui Army. I am temporarily leading the war against Japan this time, General Li Dingguo. I have met General Dingyuan!"
When Li Dingguo walked out of the military formation, Song Deren and his lieutenants were immediately surprised!
In their opinion, with the ability to deal with the Japanese army, the person who can lead the Japanese army should be a middle-aged and calm veteran in his thirties or forties.
But what they never expected was that the leading general of the Japanese army was actually a young boy who looked to be in his early twenties at most, maybe less than twenty years old!
That's right! Just a stupid kid!
In the hundreds of years of history of the Song Dynasty, had there ever been a person of this age who could hold such a military position?
This Li Dingguo can actually take charge of the entire Ping Japanese Army at this age. It is really amazing to see him!
They were just stunned for a moment, but soon Song Deren and his deputy generals reacted. They immediately took two steps forward, cupped their hands and said, "Hahahaha, I have long heard that the generals who led the Japanese army were not very old. I didn't expect it to happen." in this way.
General Li seems to be a young talent to be in this position at such a young age!
I, the military community of the Great Song Dynasty, are blessed! "
Jiang Wei on the side also echoed: "General Li can lead tens of thousands of troops in battle at such a young age. It shows that General Li is not only a young talent, but also certainly not weak in strength!"
Faced with the compliments of the two people, Li Dingguo smiled. He knew that the other person may not necessarily think so in his heart, but he must say so on his face.
He also said:
"I was a lowly student, but fortunately the prince favored me, so I reached this position at such an age. I am not considered a young talent.
I still need to learn more from these two seniors in the future, and I hope you seniors will not hesitate to give you their advice! "
"Ha ha ha ha!"
As soon as Li Dingguo said these words, the three of them laughed at the same time. After a while, the voices gradually became quieter. Song Deren stepped forward again and said:
"Okay, General Li, please don't give me a high hat anymore. This time I will support the Japanese army and come with your army to attack Heyue City and destroy the rebellious Heyue Zhao family.
Later, I asked General Li to help divide the area so that we could capture Heyue City as soon as possible and give an explanation to His Majesty and the imperial court. "
Seeing that he was talking about business, Li Dingguo also restrained his strong smile, stopped being polite and said directly:
"Two generals, if this is the case, I will no longer be polite to you. This time we attack Heyue City, our Ping Japanese Army will be in charge of the Zhengbei Gate and Zhengdong Gate.
Please leave the main west gate and main south gate to your army! "
"Hahaha, okay!
That's very good, General Li. I have heard of your army a long time ago. I just take this opportunity this time. Let's compare our two armies to see who can attack Heyue City earlier. "Song Deren suggested with a smile.
Li Dingguo also raised his hands and agreed: "Since General Song has said so, let's compare!"
"Hahahaha, good! Refreshing! General Li is a cheerful person, and I like it. In this way, if the Ping Japanese army under General Li takes the lead in attacking Heyue City, I will treat General Li to a drink, no matter how expensive it is. You can have any wine, and I will invite them all!
But if I had led the Japanese army into the city, I would have killed General Li severely. I wonder if General Li would dare to accept this agreement? "
Song Deren looked at the young general in front of him with a smile on his face.
Li Dingguo was also aroused with pride. Moreover, he did not think that the Japanese army under his command would lose, so he immediately agreed without hesitation and said:
"Okay! This general should come down!"
"Happy! A gentleman's word!"
"Hurry up and whip your horse!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The Japanese army left and headed towards the west gate and south gate of Heyue City.
Li Dingguo quickly ordered the cavalry patrolling at the Zhengxi Gate and Zhengnan Gate to be recalled after the Japanese troops arrived, and transferred most of them to block the Zhengdong Gate, while the rest returned to the Zhengbei Gate.
After all the cavalrymen came back, Li Dingguo turned to his generals and said:
"You all heard about the bet between me and General Song just now. Whether I can drink General Song's wine depends entirely on your performance.
But don't let me, the general, be embarrassed and lose the bet, otherwise you will watch your skin carefully and I will give you more training when you get back! "
There was a burst of laughter from the generals.
Immediately afterwards, Lieutenant General Zuo Hui stood up and said with a smile: "General, you can't do this. If you win, you have wine to drink, but we don't have wine. If we lose, we will be punished. This is not very fair!"
Li Dingguo glanced at him, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Why, what do you think?"
Zuo Hui immediately said:
"Hehe, I just think this is not good. General, if we win, when we go to the next city, General, how about you invite everyone to a whole pig feast at Feiyun Restaurant?"
"Hey, it's a whole pig feast. After this banquet, you guys with big bellies can't bear to eat a hundred and eighty taels from me!?" Li Dingguo said with a smile.
The rest of the people followed suit:
"General! Just say it's okay?!
We can be full of energy if we have a whole pig feast! Brothers, isn’t it? ? "
"Hahaha, yes! Yes! General, please agree!"
Li Dingguo shook his head in a funny way, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, I agree!
If we win this time, when we get to the next city, I will spend a few months of my salary to let you gluttons eat to their heart's content, okay? "
"Hahaha, okay, okay!"
"The general is awesome!"
"We will definitely win the bet for the general!"
"Pin the Japanese army! Won victory!"
"Wan Sheng!!!"
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(End of chapter)
