With a boss who was immoral, Li Jing, an "honest man", also turned evil. During the years when he and Yao Junsu were in charge of Tingzhou, they did a lot of work to help the whole state get rid of poverty and become rich, and embark on a life of self-sufficiency. Avoid cheating, kidnapping, and robbery. Thanks to the geographical convenience of Tingzhou, which extends in all directions, they have carried forward the business of Mai Tiezhang, and they have a kind of attitude that they are better than others. Even the old villain Mai Tiezhang has to surrender.
Li Jing benefited from this and accumulated rich practical experience in Tingzhou. When he verified the military tactics he learned one by one, he understood more and more profound military principles.
Now Li Jing has seen countless battles and tempered his rock-solid character. Logically speaking, he should be indifferent to everything on the battlefield, but the scenes in the military camp still made him shiver uncontrollably.
The inner camp in front of us was like a legendary hell, with corpses everywhere. Some corpses were curled up, with the pain of dying on their faces; some corpses fell with disbelief and horror on their faces. In the pool of blood, the spear poked a blood hole the size of a bowl on his chest. The blood gurgled outwards, and the pungent smell of blood filled the air above the corpse; some were holding the enemy's corpse, biting it tightly in their mouths. Holding corpses in their arms; some corpses were mutilated, and the heads rolling aside had a strange smile...
That's all. The key is that some Sui soldiers were lying on the ground in a mess. Their eyes were wide open, and their faces had strange expressions that looked like they were smiling, but not crying. It was unclear whether they were dead or not. live.
Everything makes this inner camp with corpses strewn across the fields, blood soaring into the sky, and total silence seem so unusual, so strange, so eerie...
When the soldiers lifted Wei Yunqi down from the camp gate, Li Jing even thought he was dead, but he saw that Wei Yunqi, who had been separated for just over ten days, was emaciated, skinny, and pale. After taking off his armor, he saw only Wei Yunqi. He had been hit by many arrows, and even had a shallow wound that was more than a foot long on his chest.
It looked terrible. Fortunately, there were no fatal injuries. He was sleeping soundly at this time.
"General, many of our soldiers have died, and those who are still alive have only one breath left." General Han Yue came to Li Jing's side, suppressing the fear in his heart, and said with respect and admiration: "I heard that the prisoners said that they We have been fighting day and night for more than five days, and our soldiers have barely had a moment to breathe."
"Rescue the living brothers and carefully put them in one place, and call in the medical battalion!" Li Jing took a deep breath. He knew that the soldiers were supported by a will not to admit defeat. When they saw When the reinforcements arrived, the breath was released, and all kinds of fatigue followed one after another. If they were not properly accommodated, they would definitely sleep to death.
"Here!" Han Yue saluted and left.
Li Jing said to the shocked Master Cui: "General, please send someone to cook some meat porridge and broth. If the brothers can't eat it, help them drink it."
"Here!" Master Cui bowed his hands and quickly got busy with his soldiers.
Li Jing walked for a while, feeling increasingly heavy. When he saw Po Chaoqi and Yang Tie, he quickened his pace and walked over.
Po Chaoqi was not completely unconscious. He glanced at Li Jing weakly and said feebly: "General, save Ling Sima quickly. He was stabbed to save me..."
Since Murong Yan's army had the support of slopes built with corpses, they launched a very fierce offensive against the inner camp. The battle for most of the day was more tragic than the previous days. The pressure on the Sui army was also greater than on any other day. In the end, all the civilian officials led by Ling Jing also stepped forward. If Li Jing had been half an hour later, I'm afraid this army would not have been able to escape the fate of being completely wiped out.
Ling Jing and dozens of wounded officers and soldiers were placed in a dense forest. This was also the fire that Wei Yunqi kept for this army; once the inner camp could not be defended, he, Po Chaoqi, and Yang Tie would fight to the death with the enemy, and these injured generals would be used to rebuild the army. of fire.
After Ling Jing and others lost their ability to fight, they were forcefully sent by Wei Yunqi. There were also fifty lightly wounded soldiers protecting them, so they did not suffer secondary damage. However, when they found them, These people who were also relaxed fell asleep tiredly.
In the entire military camp, after a lot of hard work, there were less than two thousand soldiers alive in the end, and there was not a single seriously injured soldier. The reason was that the seriously injured soldiers knew they would die, so they all died with the enemy. The scenes like the biting and biting that Li Jing saw before were the last efforts of the seriously injured soldier.
However, all the surviving soldiers were injured. After emergency treatment by the military doctors and craftsmen, their lives were saved. However, they could no longer continue to participate in the war.
Looking at the carloads of corpses being transported from the military camp, Li Jing secretly sighed in his heart. Ten thousand people fought until the end, but only a few people were left. In the final analysis, it was due to the mission of sticking to Bailangyuan. If instead of holding on, Li Ling's riding and shooting tactics were used, no matter how large the opponent's numbers were, they wouldn't be enough.
At that time, the Han general Li Ling fought against the Xiongnu's 30,000 cavalry with 5,000 men, and killed thousands of them with strong bows and crossbows. Hearing this, the Xiongnu Chanyu was shocked and mobilized more than 80,000 cavalry to chase him. Li Ling relied on his powerful crossbows to fight and flee. Every time they fought, he would kill thousands of enemies. He did not stop until he finally ran out of arrows. Defeated and captured.
At this time, the 5,000 Han cavalry were chased by more than 100,000 Huns cavalry for more than ten days, and tens of thousands of enemies were shot and killed. However, only more than 1,000 soldiers were injured or killed, and there were still more than 3,000 people alive and kicking. After Li Ling was captured, he said that as long as he was given dozens of arrows per person, he would be able to kill hundreds of thousands of pursuing soldiers.
This statement was even acknowledged by the Xiongnu Chanyu.
Judging from the current familiarity of these tough Qiang soldiers with bows and crossbows, they are all hard-blooded men who are good at riding and shooting. If Wei Yunqi adopts the method of wandering and fighting, how can these tens of thousands of enemy troops be well-equipped? Wei Yun set up an army to hunt? How could he lose so many people?
However, adhering to the huge mission of dragging the enemy down eventually restricted Wei Yunqi's hands and feet, forcing him to use the clumsiest method to confront the enemy head-on.
This order to hold on and delay the enemy was certainly given by Li Jing, but Li Jing had nothing to do. If he had not given this order, the losses would have been greater and the consequences more serious.
This is the situation that no one can control.
After taking care of everything and setting up camp again, it was already dark. Li Jing waited until Ling Jing woke up and then called Murong Yan over.
"General Li, are you looking for me?" Murong Yan entered the tent, with that flattering smile on his face again, but Li Jing was no longer in the mood to hate anything anymore. It was a fact that Murong Yan had made great achievements today, and he couldn't Do things because of personal preference.
With a slight smile on his face, Li Jing pointed to the seat next to him and said, "General Murong, please sit down."
"Thank you, General!" Murong Yan raised his head and saw Li Jing, Master Cui on the lower left, and a wounded civil servant. When Murong Yan saw that this person was not far from the two generals of the Sui army, he knew that this scribe must be a big shot. He did not dare to neglect him at the moment. After a few polite words, he sat down obediently and started with the three of them.
Li Jing didn't pay attention to his little move and said with a smile: "General Murong, don't be cautious. This time our army was able to incorporate Murong Yan's army, General Murong has contributed a lot. After Murong Bei is annihilated, we will definitely ask for credit for the general."
Murong Yan was flattered and said in blunt Chinese: "Thank you so much, General! Thank you so much, General!"
Li Jing paused for a while and then said: "Although the general is new to the Sui Dynasty, I think the general is a righteous man, not an unscrupulous person like Murong Bei."
When Murong Yan heard this, he nodded awkwardly. He still wanted to be shy after all, so he didn't answer the call. After all, no matter how you put it, his behavior of killing his lord on the spot and betraying his clan and surrendering to the enemy was really unethical for a righteous man. It doesn't matter.
Li Jing didn't take it seriously and continued: "Our army has just arrived and we don't understand Murong Bei's deployment. I have some doubts and would like to ask the general to clarify them."
"I don't dare to take it, I don't take it!" Murong Yan quickly stood up and bowed to the three of them: "General Li, General Cui and sir, just ask, the general will definitely tell you everything he knows."
Li Jing nodded with satisfaction. Although he disdained Murong Yan's character, some important information about Murong Bei was the most important. He asked: "I wonder how many troops Murong Bei has left after this defeat?"
Murong Yan replied respectfully: "Murong Bei's total troops in the Great Lakes area are fifty thousand. When he and Qimin Khan jointly attacked Ashina Huaide, although they mobilized all their troops, he still wanted to Reserve your strength and attack only those small tribes that can be defeated in one blow; many Tiele tribes who originally belonged to Ashina Wilde were brutally exploited by Bujia Khan and Ashina Wilde, and they dared to be angry with the Turks They dare not say it, but when they saw the arrival of Murong Bei's 50,000-strong army and thought that Ashina Huaide was in danger, they surrendered to Murong Bei one after another, which greatly increased Murong Bei's strength."
Li Jing frowned and said, "In other words, Qimin Khan is fighting at the front, while Murong Bei is taking advantage and benefiting from behind?"
Murong Yan nodded and said: "That's right!"
"Tell me more specifically about Murong Bei's army." Li Jing thought for a while and then said, "Tell me about Murong Yan's army too."
"Yes!" Murong Yan answered with cupped hands: "Of the 50,000 troops that Murong Yan used to attack General Wei's camp, 30,000 were Turkic prisoners and surrendered Tiele people, and only 20,000 were his. Most of the prisoners today are There are about 50,000 or 60,000 Turkic prisoners and Tiele people in Murongbei's place. In addition to the original 30,000 elites, he also has 20,000 to 30,000 Turkic prisoners and Tiele people."
Li Jing was silent when he heard this. Yang Ji only had 20,000 elite soldiers, but Murong Bei had 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. If Ashina Lifushu led an army to help, why would there have to be 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers?
After this calculation, there are still nearly 100,000 enemy troops to fight, and the cumulative strength of their three armies is only 35,000; even counting Qibi's army that surrendered to Yi Shuo. , which is only thirty-eight thousand. If we exclude the troops who escorted the prisoners and were stationed in the Xianbei prairie, then the Sui army could only fight with more than 30,000 soldiers at most.
In the end, it will be another tough battle!
Ling Jing, who was standing next to him, was moved in his heart and asked Murong Yan: "According to General Murong, half of Murong Bei's troops are newly joined soldiers?"
"Not bad!" Murong Yan nodded.
Ling Jing pondered for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "Is General Murong familiar with the tribal elders and generals who surrendered?"
Murong Yan said with some embarrassment: "After the general and others defeated Ashina Huade, they were ordered to escort the captives and protect the family members of the surrendered tribe. Therefore, they are not familiar with the surrendered tribe elders. At most, they can only say that they have met. On the one hand, he didn’t even say anything.”
He glanced at Ling Jing and added: "As for the original general who led the army, he is quite familiar with it."
Murong Yan was able to be reused by Murong Bei because he was also a person with certain abilities. He did not know all of Murong Bei's original generals, but he was basically familiar with those famous generals.
Although Li Jing and Master Cui didn't know what kind of medicine Ling Jing was selling in his gourd, looking at his appearance, he obviously had some ideas. However, due to the presence of Murong Yan, they couldn't ask more questions, so they silently handed over the inquiry. Gave it to Ling Jing.
"I want to know the general information about these generals. Please tell me about those powerful people, General Murong." Ling Jing looked at Murong Yan, who looked confused, and continued to remind him unhurriedly: "It's best to talk to the Servants and Bones Department. , generals related to the Luo tribe. If they are surrendering troops, that would be better."
Murong Yan was relieved after hearing this. There were many powerful generals under Murong Bei, but he couldn't tell clearly for a while. Now that Ling Jing has narrowed the scope, it will be easier to handle. He said without thinking: "There is a powerful figure among the surrendering troops. This man's name is Cheleriao. He is the son of a Sogdian merchant in the Great Lakes region. When he was young, his family was looted by the Turks. Their father and son had to live with the chief of the Luo tribe. Luo Mo managed to survive with the help of Luo Mo, and later became a Nairo native. Cheleriao was brave, good at fighting, and powerful, and was trusted by Tong Luo Mo. Tong Luo Mo not only betrothed his daughter to him, but also made him his general. .”
"Tong Luo Mo asked him to follow Murong Yan this time to prevent his soldiers from being annexed by Murong Yan. However, Che Leliao was a reckless and fierce man. He had planned to lead his soldiers to fight a bloody escape, but was later killed by his soldiers. He was tied up, so he became a prisoner."
"Oh?" Ling Jing's eyes suddenly sparkled after hearing Murong Yan's introduction. He thought for a moment and smiled and said to Murong Yan: "Thank you, General, for your advice. General, please go and rest. We will discuss other matters tomorrow."
"Here, I'm going to leave." Murong Yan didn't dare to disobey and quickly bowed to leave.
"Ling Sima, do you have a good strategy to defeat the enemy?" After Murong Yan left, Li Jing asked Ling Jing.
Li Jing believed in Yang Ji's ability and felt that as long as Yang Ji gathered 30,000 Sui troops, he would not fail even if he faced nearly 100,000 soldiers from Murong Bei and the Turks. But it was not easy for Yang Ji to defeat the enemy beautifully and easily.
"General, don't be anxious." Ling Jing glanced at Li Jing and Master Cui, smiled and said to Li Jing: "General, please send someone to send me to see that Che Leliao. After meeting this person, it will not be too late."
Li Jing and Master Cui looked at each other and smiled helplessly when they saw that he was betraying his identity. Li Jing stood up and said, "Everything is fine, let's go take a look together."
"That's fine!" Master Cui stood up curiously when he saw Ling Jing's strength. He and Li Jing helped Ling Jing, who was unable to move, up.
Ling Jing walked a few steps and then said to the two of them: "If Che Leliao is available, it will not be difficult to defeat Murong Bei."
"Ling Sima wants to subdue this person and use it for our army?" Li Jing looked at Ling Jing in surprise and said with a wry smile: "Although the idea is good, but according to Murong Yan, this person is extremely loyal to Tongluo Mo. Do you want to I’m afraid it will be difficult to subdue him.”
"No!" Ling Jing said: "Sometimes, if the enemy can use it properly, it can be used better than our own people."
Li Jing glanced at Ling Jing thoughtfully and didn't ask any more questions.
After leaving the big tent, he asked several soldiers to carry Ling Jing on a simple stretcher, and together they walked towards the tent where the prisoners were kept.
