That night, in the dark night, there was a faint sound of fighting in the direction of where the Jin army stored grain. Half of the sky turned red, hot wind blew, and the smoky air carried the unique burnt aroma of burned rice and wheat. It is said that the best trick is to run out of food, and the army rations were burned, which caused panic in the Jin army camp.
At this moment, horns sounded suddenly on Luojing City, war drums beat, and under the light of torches, the city gate was as bright as day. The city gate slowly opened, and Sergeant Liang's soldiers lined up in formation one by one wearing armor. When the soldiers came out, groups of soldiers lined up under the city. After the formation was arranged, they approached the Jin army's camp amidst the sound of trumpets.
Seeing this scene, the Jin generals were a little confused. The grain and grass were burned, and the Jin army must retreat, otherwise it would be defeated due to hunger and fatigue. Now as long as we hold on to our formation and retreat slowly, the losses will not be too great. It would be too early for Liang Jun to fight now. Aren't we afraid of forcing the Jin army into a desperate fight? What advantage can Liang Jun take? Want to burn the food before breaking the camp? Is your abacus too good?
Under the crisis, the generals of the Jin army encouraged their soldiers to fight to the death. The soldiers of the brigades and brigades lined up in the camp, preparing to fight for their lives.
Just when the Jin army was attracted by the Liang Army's infantry array and was waiting in full formation, a loud trumpet sound suddenly sounded. On the side of the Jin army's camp, dense rain of arrows rose into the sky, but the fire in the camp could not illuminate. In the entire night sky, nothing could be seen in mid-air. All you could hear was the sharp sound of dense arrowheads piercing the air. Then the arrows fell like a downpour. The Jin soldiers who were preparing to fight suddenly fell down in pieces. The screams were endless.
It turned out that Li Mao had almost all the archers ambushed there.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the archers switched to rockets in the third round. The target was not the people but the military tents in the Jin military camp. Where the fire rain was dense, a fire suddenly broke out in the Jin military camp, and the Red Snake was in chaos. Jumping up, fire crows are everywhere. The Jin army camp was in chaos at this time, and the generals didn't know which end to look at first. In the rush, a large group of soldiers formed a formation at the camp gate, holding up their shields to block the rain of arrows, and preparing to fight with the approaching Liang army. The soldiers were fighting, and many people were sent to pour water to put out the fire or tear down tents to prevent the fire from spreading.
At this moment, Li Tianxuan, who had burned the Jin army's rations, arrived with his cavalry. Seeing a fire in the Jin army camp, he ordered a cavalryman to blow the horn to call his father Li Mao at the top of the city. He led his cavalry directly from the Jin army camp. Attack from the rear of the stronghold.
Rolling cries came from the rear of the military camp. The frightened Jin soldiers looked back and saw groups of cavalry in their own camp as if they were in a deserted state. No matter how many people stood in front of the horses, they were hit. If it falls to the ground, heavy and rapid horse hooves will immediately step on it. The sound of fractures and screams will sound and disappear quickly. After a team of cavalry rushes over, only a blur of flesh and blood will be left on the ground. When charging, these cavalrymen not only clashed their horses with their sabers, but also used their sabers to overturn burning braziers, lanterns, bonfires and other burning objects and throw them around unburned tents, causing the fire to grow bigger and bigger, reaching the level of a company camp. .
The Jin soldiers already understood that they could no longer defend themselves. If they didn't run away, they would either be killed or burned to death.
Li Jian saw his uncle's cavalry killing the enemy camp at the top of the city. He was so excited that he begged his grandfather Li Mao to allow him to go down to the city and follow him into the enemy camp. Unexpectedly, Li Mao disagreed and said to him: "Your uncle and I are still here, so it's not your turn to fight. First, watch carefully and learn more. You can fight in the future, so don't be impatient!"
That night the Jin army was defeated, losing most of it. At dawn, the Jin army generals gathered up the remaining troops, retreated ten miles, and set up camp in a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. On the one hand, they reported to Jin for help, and on the other hand, they refused to retreat.
The fact that the Jin army was defeated and refused to retreat was not beyond Li Mao's expectation. The battle last night was nothing. There had to be a fierce battle before the two countries could stop fighting and make peace. This was already a common practice.
At dawn, Li Mao stood at the top of the city, looking at the Jin army camp where the remaining fire and smoke continued to rise, and said to Li Jian beside him: "Boy, do you think we won this battle?"
"Not yet?" Li Jian also looked at the camp left by the Jin army and saw Liang Jun's soldiers cleaning the battlefield there.
"Oh? Tell me."
"It's very simple, so many people died," Li Jian looked at Liang Jun soldiers piling up the dead bodies of Jin soldiers, dousing them with kerosene and preparing to burn them to prevent the disease from happening. He pointed to the small hills where corpses of all sizes were piled up and said to his grandfather, "If we die so many people, we probably lose. We don't have that many people to die, but the Jin Kingdom is different. Those people, They can afford to die, not only can they die, but they will also send more people to retaliate against us and continue to attack Luojing City."
"Well, if you were in charge, how would you fight this battle?" Li Mao nodded and asked again.
"Assuming that it is the boy who directs it, we will continue to strengthen the city defense from now on. This Luojing City is our foundation, and we must not lose it here. The Jin army was defeated last night, and they will definitely report to the Jin State. It is estimated that they will be strengthened one after another. They have about three to four months to prepare before a large army attacks us. We have to make good use of this time. We might as well send a few elite cavalry into the Jin Kingdom. It has always been the Jin Kingdom that attacks us. We have never attacked. After entering the Jin Kingdom, I guess they must be slack at home. I didn't expect that we would enter their hinterland to fight. If we can attack the city, we will attack the city. If we cannot attack the city, we will burn grain, destroy roads, and break bridges. In short, we will go wherever the Jin Kingdom is rich. , because of the lack of food supplies from the enemy, the iron hooves passed by, causing the Jin State to roar with smoke and exhaustion. Even when their army came to attack the city, we had several cavalry outside to support us, which would also be a help to us in defending the city."
Li Jian spoke excitedly and looked at his grandfather eagerly, hoping that his strategy would be adopted.
Li Mao laughed heartily. Although Li Mao was not pleasantly surprised by this question, it did not disappoint him either.
After all, this child is not old. He is thirteen years old, which is the age when he can talk about military affairs on paper. Think about it when he was thirteen years old. Whenever his elders asked him, he would talk based on the military literature.
But this boy is luckier than me. When I was thirteen, I had never seen such a big battle. Moreover, this boy was indeed stronger than me at that time. I saw him breathing slowly when he fired his bow to kill the enemy soldiers a few days ago. He had a calm expression. He personally led the troops to kill the enemy a few years later than him. Moreover, when he killed the first enemy, he was so excited that he almost fell off his horse.
Experience! This kid still lacks experience.
He still doesn't know that fighting is not just about soldiers using their lives, but generals using tactics. The war is a battle between two countries, a battle between temples. It is estimated that at this moment in the court of Liang State, the small calculations in the minds of those powerful ministers must be crackling like a sudden rain. This place of conquest and killing is like a big chessboard, and no matter how prestigious I am, I am still being played around like a chess piece.
Thinking of this, Li Mao suddenly felt a little unmotivated. He looked down the city again. Some of the corpses of Jin soldiers had been set on fire. Black smoke rose into the sky, and the pungent burnt smell filled the air. There were actually several Jin soldiers who had fainted and woke up from the burning pain in the fire. They rushed out screaming with flames all over their bodies, and were pierced with spears by the laughing sergeants of Liang, and then their bodies were stabbed with iron spears. Pick it back into the fire.
It’s better to practice more, lose all this childishness, endure more hardships, and be calmer, and the Li family will have another general!
I just don’t know if I was still there at that time. Thinking of this, Li Mao suddenly felt that it might not be a good thing for the Li family to produce generals from generation to generation. How many men of the Li family died well in each generation? It is common to die on the battlefield. Even if you are lucky enough not to die on the battlefield, you will still suffer from old military illnesses when you are old. Very few people live long. This is the child in front of him. His father's eldest son Li Tiankai died in the war more than ten years ago, and his mother died of hemorrhage after giving birth to him. The poor child has never seen his biological father or mother, but he, the old man, brought him up. If you have a choice, wouldn't you do something else?
Li Mao looked over and saw that Li Jian was calmly amidst the black smoke and scorching smell. He sighed again and thought to himself, did you know that the current head of the country's wife, the current queen of the Liang Kingdom, is the opposite king of the Jin Kingdom? My biological sister? There were many ministers in the court who were attached to her, and they had the potential to control the government. When he led the army to help, the woman's position was still very stable.
"It won't take three or four months. I estimate that in more than a month at most, the Jin army will come to the city!" At the same time, Li Mao also made up his mind to send the child away when he was in danger to see the boundless military formation of the Jin state. That's it, to avoid accidents. The Li family cannot live without this child in the future.
Li Mao was indeed right, and Jin army's reinforcements arrived in less than a month.
That day, Li Jian finally pestered his uncle Li Tianxuan to get him to agree to sparring with him. The wooden sword in Li Jian's hand danced airtight on the school field, aiming at Li Tianxuan's vitals every time, which made Li Tianxuan confused for a while. When Li Jian was proud, Li Tianxuan stabbed him in the chest with a wooden sword. When he tried to dodge, he felt a strong force on his legs and fell to the ground.
"To attack but not to defend, the way to death is to come again!" Li Tianxuan said while looking at his nephew lying on the ground.
But Li Jian was lying still, which made Li Tianxuan mutter a little. Did he hit the leg too hard and hurt this kid? Or was this kid trying to trick him and wanted to take some time to give him a shot? When he was hesitating, he saw Li Jian suddenly jump from the ground. He stood up, quickly climbed onto the horse in a few steps, shouted, "Second uncle, hurry up! Go to the city wall." He shook the reins, clamped the horse's belly and ran out.
Although Li Tianxuan didn't know what was going on, he didn't hesitate. He mounted his horse and gave chase.
Li Jian rode directly onto the city wall. Looking down from the city, several hills outside the city were bare. When the Jin army first attacked the city, the trees on the mountains were cut down to make siege equipment. In fact, it was not just here, but the mountains and forests within dozens of miles were either cut down or burned. The order to burn the mountains was given by Li Mao, also to prevent the Jin army from logging.
In the distance, the place where the sky connects to the earth is flat, with nothing out of the ordinary.
"What's the matter with you?" Li Tianxuan also went up to the city and looked outside the city. There was nothing strange, so he asked with some confusion.
"There!" Li Jian said, pointing into the distance with the riding crop in his hand.
Li Tianxuan turned around and looked over again, but still didn't see anything wrong. Just as he was about to ask again, Li Jian said, "Second uncle, all the sentinels we sent out are probably dead."
"What!" These words shocked Li Tianxuan and stared at Li Jian.
"Otherwise, we should have called the police a long time ago, you see." As he spoke, Li Jian pointed the riding crop in the distance again.
This time Li Tianxuan saw it. Wherever he looked, where the sky and the earth met, the original blue sky was faintly covered with a layer of khaki, which was the sign of the marching army.
Li Tianxuan immediately shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Blow the trumpet!" After saying that, he glanced at his nephew strangely, wondering how this boy knew. He knew the art of earth hearing, but he could hear it from such a distance. How?
The trumpet sounded, and the whole city was on alert. Soldiers came to the city to guard the city. Soon Li Mao also appeared on the top of the city.
The smoke in the distance is getting higher and thicker.
"Look there!" A soldier said pointing to the bottom of the city. Then I saw a war horse carrying a sergeant Liang rushing out from the mountains in the distance. I saw him galloping and looking back. Sure enough, several Jin cavalry chased out from behind him. They were chasing after him with their bows open and shooting arrows at the Liang Jun sentry in front.
The Liang Jun sentry lied down on the horse's back to avoid the arrows fired from behind, and kept kicking the horse's belly with his legs. When he ran closer, he could see several arrows stuck in his back, as well as the horse.
Still far away from Luo Jing City, the horse fell down first. The sentinel was flexible. When the horse fell down, he jumped off the horse, staggered up and ran towards Luo Jing City. The Jin army behind was willing to They let him go and were even more happy to see him fall from the horse. They were still out of the range of Liang Jun's bows and arrows. They put away their bows one by one but drew their sabers out, preparing to cut off the head and demonstrate to Liang Jun at the top of the city. .
A Jin army cavalry ran at the front. He leaned down slightly and retracted his right arm. The blade of the saber in his hand was already aimed at the neck of Liang Jun, who was still stumbling away. As long as he took two more steps to pursue, he lightly moved his right hand. With a slight wave, the head would fly up with blood filling its mouth.
It's a pity that he didn't have such good luck.
On top of the city, how could Li Tianxuan allow him to be so presumptuous? He pushed away a soldier and began to take aim with a spear and crossbow. The range and power of the spear and crossbow were incomparable to those of ordinary bows and arrows. When the Jin army wanted to kill people and establish their authority, When the cavalry was about to catch up with the Liang Jun sentry, Li Tianxuan pulled back the teeth of the crossbow with both hands at the same time. With a "clang" sound, a huge arrow like a spear was shot out. The shot penetrated the chest of the Jin cavalry like a piece of straw paper, and then penetrated the belly of the war horse, nailing both man and horse to the ground.
The man died at the time, but the horse was still alive, its hooves struggling in the blood and screaming as it tried to stand up. The rest of the Jin cavalry were horrified when they saw this, and they turned their horses and tried to escape. After several more clanging sounds were heard from the top of the city, only one Jin cavalry survived. He beat his horse with all his strength and could not escape without looking back. .
"Bring that brother in for treatment." Li Tianxuan let go of the crossbow and ordered a captain beside him, and then said to Li Jian, "Maybe you are right. The sentinels who were released, except for the following one, are all dead. "
After saying that, he walked up to his father Li Mao and said, "Father, the Jin army will arrive soon, and it is likely that they will do something. My son will go and arrange it first, so as not to lose our spirit."
Li Mao nodded: "Okay, let's do it."
