Jing County is the nearest county in northern Shandong, but the capital of Northern Qi is not under the jurisdiction of Shandong.
But now, Su Ding's left army, under the frenzied attack of the Southern Expeditionary Army, had retreated from Hejianfu City to Jingxian County.
If we retreat further south, we will have to return to Shandong.
At this point, the left army no longer retreated while fighting, but began to counterattack.
Because the frontier troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty had not yet entered the battlefield, it was not particularly difficult for the left army to fight against old opponents such as the Southern Army. After several battles in the north of Jingxian County, it could only be said that there was a mutual victory.
However, the Huai'an Army's tactics were relatively flexible, so they definitely took advantage overall.
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Yi and Shen Houye left Jinan and went to the Jingxian camp of the Zuo Route Army in person.
Su Ding, Zhong Ming and other generals went out of the camp for more than ten miles to greet Shen Yi. After the camp was raised to the central camp, the generals of the left army spoke one after another and reported to Shen Yi in detail the general situation of the battle on the front line.
After everyone had finished talking, Su Ding coughed and said: "Mr. Shen, according to the scout reports, part of the Northern Qi border army should have arrived near Hejian Mansion. The chief general of the Northern Qi border army, Nuo Yong, is Also in Hejian Mansion."
"It's just that the Northern Qi border troops have been silent, sitting back and watching the conquering southern army, and even urging the southern conquering army to fight to the death with our army. The general guessed that they probably wanted to wait for us to lose both sides, or simply wait for us to exhaust all the southern conquering army. , when their vitality is severely weakened, they will make another move to take advantage of it."
Mr. Shen was now wearing a thick fur coat. He sat at the head of the table, lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked: "Can you estimate how many soldiers were killed and injured during the Northern Qi's campaign against the Southern Army in the recent period? "
Su Ding lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "At least there are more than 20,000 people. The current Southern Conquest Army, not to mention heavy losses, can at least be said to be broken."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and used a brush to write a few words on the paper without any logical connection. After pondering for a while, he said: "If Jing County retreats further south, it will be in Shandong."
"Now, the battle between the two countries has reached a crucial stage of decisive battle. At this time, the first thing we have to do is to fight the first battle of this decisive battle."
"Zhong Ming."
The strong man Zhong Ming came out of the queue, half-knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said: "The general is here!"
Shen Yi looked at him and said: "I'll give you ten thousand-household camps. As a vanguard, you should fight harder during this period to teach these Qi people some lessons and let them know that the Huai'an Army will not just retreat."
When Zhong Ming heard this, he was overjoyed.
In the past few months, in order to ensure that the battle-loss ratio was as good as possible, the Huai'an Army's fighting method was not very good-looking. At best, it was pulling and fighting, and at worst, it was fighting and running at the same time.
This style of play is acceptable to most Huai'an Army soldiers, but it is not acceptable to a reckless man like Zhong Ming.
He has been frustrated for a long time.
He knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and said: "General, I will definitely live up to Duke Shen's high expectations!"
Su Ding was thoughtful, but didn't speak.
Shen Yi looked calm, then looked at the deputy general Shang Ke who was in charge of the left route army's scout camp, and said: "In the scout camp, we can put one or two scouts in and let them come to Jing County."
In the Cold Age era, the biggest problem facing large-scale field battles was not how powerful or cunning the enemy was.
The biggest problem is that in such a large area, when both sides send scouts to each other, it is difficult for one side to know the specific location of the other side's main force.
It's a bit like hide and seek.
You can't find me, I can't find you.
In another period of history, there were many "famous generals" who got lost on the battlefield.
In other words, if the main position is exposed, the situation may immediately become dangerous.
But now, Shen Yi's words are undoubtedly to take the initiative to expose the location of the main force of the left army.
All the generals present here are a little confused.
However, Lord Shen's prestige was too high, and Su Ding, as the commander-in-chief, did not express any objection, so no one stood up and said anything.
After the military meeting was over, Su Ding stayed consciously. He dug out the map that he had just put away. He looked at the map for a while, and then said slowly: "Mr. Shen, do you want to Do you want to use the exposed news of the Left Route Army to seduce the Northern Qi border troops to go south to Jingxian County?"
Shen Yi's eyes also fell on this map, and he chuckled softly: "The Left Route Army was eager for success and sent Zhong Ming to fight head-on, thus exposing the location of the main force of the Left Route Army. It sounds very reasonable, doesn't it? ?”
Su Ding nodded and said softly: "There is indeed no problem, but Mr. Shen, the Zhengnan Army has been entangled with us for several years, and they know us too well."
"Today, the method of pretending to retreat and luring the enemy is no longer useful for the Conquering South Army. Although they pursued all the way south, they always fought very cautiously. Facing the Conquering South Army, our army can only fight head-on. , it’s a bit too difficult to bite them in a tricky way.”
Shen Yi chuckled and said, "The Southern Conquest Army is familiar with us, but the Northern Qi Border Army may not be familiar with us."
Su Ding was startled, then realized: "Mr. Shen, do you mean that the border troops of Northern Qi are not in harmony with the army of conquering the South?"
"Of course not."
Shen Yi said calmly: "Not to mention the identity of Zhou Shizhong and his son as Han people, just talking about the behavior of the Northern Qi border troops, it is impossible for them to cooperate."
He looked at Su Ding and asked softly: "General Su, let me ask you, what if the imperial army came to your place to take over the war, and then after the imperial army arrived, they hid in Jinan Mansion and forced you to leave. The Route Army is charging forward, completely disregarding the lives of the left Route Army soldiers, will you and the Forbidden Army still get along?"
Su Ding was stunned for a moment, but didn't speak.
Without saying a word, the answer was already obvious.
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely and continued: "Now, the Southern Conquest Army is like this. After the border general Nuoyong arrives in the south, if he can put down his attitude and cooperate with the Southern Conquest Army who is familiar with the south, then it will indeed be a bit troublesome. .”
"But now, others don't dare to speak out about his behavior, and Zhou Yuanlang probably won't swallow it."
"Of course…"
Mr. Shen stroked his palm and said, "This is most likely a trick used by Zhou Yuanlang to make me misjudge the situation of the battle."
"If this is the case, the worst I can do is abandon Jing County and retreat south. I won't lose much."
Mr. Shen sat silently in his seat and said quietly: "He may be testing me, but I might not be testing him."
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "General, I think that the person named Zhou will never escape from your grasp, Mr. Shen."
Mr. Shen lowered his head to drink tea and shook his head.
"Zhou Yuanlang is still very smart."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen smiled: "It's just a person, no matter how powerful he is, he can't escape the shackles of the times. He can't withstand the torrent of Hu Han tearing..."
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Hejian Fucheng, in the general's mansion.
Nuo Yong and the Zhou family's father and son sat across the table from each other.
General Nuo held a document in his hand and sounded quite excited.
"General, our scouts have just returned the news that the main left army of the Huai'an Army of the Southern Dynasty is now stationed in Jingxian County!"
"General Zhou."
He said with a smile: "Are you two interested in going to Huanglong and severing Shen Qi's arm?"
The Zhou family father and son looked at each other, Zhou Yuanlang rolled his eyes, and then said with a serious face: "General Nuo, Shen Qi is treacherous, be careful that there is some deceit in him."
Originally, Nuo Yong was indeed doubtful.
After hearing Zhou Yuanlang's words, he immediately believed 80% of them, and the smile on his face became a little brighter.
"You two don't want to go to this great opportunity to make great achievements?"
Both father and son shook their heads and sighed.
After a while, Zhou Yuanlang let out a long sigh.
"If General Nuo gives the order, I will naturally dare not not go to conquer the Southern Army."
Nuo Yong looked at Zhou Yuanlang with a half-smile, as if he had seen through his trick of retreating in order to advance.
"Since the two generals are so reluctant, I naturally won't force you."
He was smiling.
"That's it..."
"Let's discuss it later."
After driving on the highway all afternoon, I feel a little overwhelmed. I need to take a nap first and catch up when I wake up! !
(End of chapter)
