Wang Chong's repeated refusal made Li Xianzhong a little angry.
I am the coach, what are you going to do if you don't obey my orders?
rebel?
Li Xianzhong's face turned dark and he was very dissatisfied.
"This is a military order, the commander's military order. If you disobey the commander's requirements in the military, do you know what responsibilities you will bear?"
Wang Chong immediately gave Li Xian advice and mercy with a grimace on his face.
"General, please understand, general. I am not timid, but my army is really useless. However, I have to shoulder the important task of attracting the Ming army to return. I feel that I can't succeed, for fear of disrupting the general's overall plan. Please understand, general." !”
At this time, many people in the military tent were watching, and Li Xianzhong felt that Wang Chong deliberately did not want to go to war, was greedy for life and feared death, and damaged his prestige.
If the first military order after becoming a general is withdrawn because of Wang Chong's timidity, how can he still establish the majesty of a general? How to lead an army?
This king's favorite is not political at all! He doesn't care about his face as a general at all!
Damn thing! Sure enough, people who were born in the Forbidden Army and I are not of the same mind!
Li Xianzhong was furious.
"You should understand the consequences of disobeying military orders on the battlefield, Wang Chong! Now I will give you two choices. First, lead the army to attack, complete the mission, and then return safely, be rewarded for your meritorious service, and enjoy endless glory and wealth! Secondly, if you disobey orders and show no respect, you will be killed by military orders. It’s your choice!”
Two options were placed in front of Wang Chong, and as long as Wang Chong had a normal IQ, he would know that he actually had no choice.
Li Xianzhong obviously has the motivation to kill him to shock people, and he will definitely do it.
He was frightened, sad and resentful, and in the end he could only knock down his teeth and swallow, and accepted the order.
"I will obey my orders! I will definitely complete the mission!"
"That's great! Prepare quickly and go out immediately! Soldiers are very fast, and Xiangfan's friendly forces may not be able to hold on for long! If the opportunity is delayed, the overall plan is ruined, and the national plan is harmed, then it is not just a few scoldings!"
In addition, considering that you are indeed in some difficulties, I will allocate one hundred war horses to you to help you complete this mission. You must do your best and make no omissions. Otherwise, the military skills are like a mountain, and no one can save you. "
Li Xianzhong came and threatened Wang Chong, fearing that he would not do his best to complete the task.
Wang Chong didn't even succeed in asking Li Xianzhong for some elite soldiers from Li Xianzhong's headquarters to support the scene.
A hundred horses?
Wang Chong knew that one hundred horses was indeed not a small amount for the Southern Song army, because the introduction of war horses was completely monopolized by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty only sold them stallions that had been fanned. The Song army's war horses were really It is a non-renewable resource and consumes a lot of money.
If there is bad luck in a war, one-third or two-fifths of the reserved war horses can be consumed. This consumption rate makes the 80,000-strong army under Li Xianzhong's expedition only have 2,000 regular horse teams.
This can be regarded as the Privy Council being extra kind and taking special care of Li Xianzhong.
He wanted some cavalry, but when he arrived, he only had more than 200 cavalry, plus a hundred extra horses, barely making up 300 cavalry. Maybe they could protect him and complete his desperate escape after the execution of the tactics failed.
At this point, Wang Chong had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead an army of 10,000 people.
After Wang Chong set off, Li Xianzhong ordered the news to be spread throughout the army that "the army commander sent 50,000 elite troops to attack Nanyang to implement the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao", and it was necessary to let everyone in the army know.
Some confidants felt that doing so was unnecessary and could easily leak information. Li Xianzhong shook his head and smiled unfathomably.
"Since before the war, we have sent more people to spy on the news and fewer have come back. What does this mean? It shows that the Ming army is very good at counter-intelligence. Most of the people we sent have died.
Since they are so good at counter-espionage, they must also be good at spying, and they must know that our army has arrived here, so we might as well take this opportunity to tell them straightforwardly that the main force of the army is going to attack Nanyang, and see if they want to save us. Nanyang. "
The subordinates immediately understood Li Xianzhong's purpose, but at the same time they were also a little confused.
"We dispatched more than half of our troops to attack Nanyang, but ignored Xiangyang. Isn't it a bit too obvious? They won't believe that we really dispatched so many troops to attack Nanyang, right?"
"How can they be sure that I didn't really send 50,000 people to attack Nanyang?"
Li Xianzhong raised the corner of his lips: "Nanyang must be a place that cannot be detoured on their logistics route. They cannot ignore Nanyang. Even if they know it is fake, they must send troops back for reinforcements. They cannot afford the consequences of Nanyang's loss!"
The subordinates were enlightened.
"The general has a clever plan, and the thieves will definitely take the bait."
"Humph, in the art of war, what is false is true, what is true is false, what is false is true, what is true is false, who is the final winner? This is not necessarily true, I will let them be clever but be mistaken for cleverness!"
Li Xianzhong obviously planned to let Wang Chong be the victim.
And Wang Chong is not without consciousness.
Because they were performing a relatively special mission, Wang Chong's army had no logistics and had to carry dry food on their backs. The dry food could only last for seven days. Within seven days, they needed to quickly go to Nanyang and capture Nanyang.
Seven days later, they will rely on the autumn wind to replenish food and realize the tactic of "feeding on the enemy" in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Satisfy yourself while consuming your enemies, getting the best of both worlds, how great.
Nonsence!
While Wang Chong was sending troops, he yelled at Li Xianzhong, calling him a bastard, calling him an inhumane person, and scolding him for not being able to die a good death. He even hated that he was killed directly by the Ming army to relieve Wang Chong's hatred, otherwise Wang Chong would have trouble sleeping.
But after entering the Ming Kingdom, Wang Chong stopped scolding him.
Because I'm too nervous.
The Ming Dynasty was founded through the use of force. From the rebel army to the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and the annexation of the Central Plains to the founding of the country, the illustrious martial arts achievements made people tremble.
Later, in the Ming-Song war, 60,000 Ming troops beat the shit out of 180,000 Song troops. The Southern Song Dynasty was forced to sign a treaty that was humiliating and humiliating the country before they could escape. After that war, no one doubted the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.
Wang Chong was a part of the siege of Lin'an.
At that time, he was only a mid-level officer. Because the old Forbidden Army suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Ming army, tens of thousands of soldiers in the old Forbidden Army were captured by the Ming army and went to the Central Plains to repair the Yellow River. There were a large number of personnel vacancies, so he took advantage of the situation and became A senior general of the Forbidden Army.
He clearly remembered the majesty of the Ming army when they surrounded Lin'an. The black and endless Ming army formation was a psychological shadow that Wang Chong could not escape to this day.
Therefore, when he entered the mainland of the Ming Dynasty to fight the Ming army, even if he knew that the Ming army would not have many troops left in Henan, he would still instinctively feel fear, feeling that if he provoked the Ming Dynasty even a little bit, he would die without a burial place.
Therefore, he could only offset the fear of the Ming army in his heart by marching slowly.
As the saying goes, a raging army will make a raging nest, and the soldiers brought out by Wang Chong will not perform better than the general himself. Therefore, after setting off, the entire army was very resistant to attacking Nanyang.
They moved slowly, wailed at the slightest problem, and tried their best to delay the march.
This attitude of the soldiers happened to correspond to Wang Chong's attitude, so Wang Chong was not too harsh on the soldiers and turned a blind eye. The entire army moved very slowly.
If Li Xianzhong hadn't kept an eye on Wang Chong, he repeatedly sent people to urge Wang Chong to march quickly, and threatened to record their marching speed. Once Wang Chong was found to be marching passively, he would be punished, which frightened Wang Chong.
Wang Chong had no choice but to urge the army to advance quickly. With the boss's reluctance and depression, Wang Chong gradually marched to the Biyang County area.
It had been four days since the army set out. Here, Wang Chong felt that he was out of Li Xianzhong's control, so he stopped here and ordered the army to set up camp, preparing to discuss with his officers what to do next.
One of Wang Chong's closest associates was visibly furious.
"Li Xianzhong obviously doesn't want us to have an easy time. He sent us only 10,000 troops to attack the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this a death penalty? I think he just wants us to come here and die so that he can find an opportunity to attack Xiangyang and make great achievements. And no one cares whether our brothers die or not!"
Another confidant also appeared furious.
"Exchanging the lives of 10,000 of us for his great contributions is a deal no matter how cost-effective it is. He, Li Xianzhong, must have made a lot of money. What about us? Who cares about us?"
Another close confidant was also very angry about this incident and felt that they had been betrayed.
"I even suspect that Li Xianzhong has deliberately spread the news about our attack on Nanyang to the Ming army. I am afraid that the Ming army will come to besiege us soon. If we continue to Nanyang at this time, we will be asking for death. I’m not willing to do such a thing.”
