While the city lord Ling Feiye received Lan Jing and a group of Star Army generals, the Yi Army also came to camp only thirty miles away from Wufeng City without any hindrance. In the end, it was a step behind the Star Army. Because the Star Army had already They occupied Wufeng City in one step, and then the Yi army would face the difficulty of siege.
It is worth mentioning that the scale of the camp of more than 200,000 wing troops is as large as a city, which ordinary people cannot imagine.
While the Yi Army was garrisoning, Ruan Qiling sent many spies to investigate the situation in Wufeng City. In fact, before Wufeng City was closed down a few days ago, there were spies from the Yi Army who disguised themselves and sneaked into the city, and they had been spying. Regarding information about Wufeng City and the Star Army, Ruan Qiling had received relevant information before the Star Army led by Lan Jing arrived at Wufeng City.
On the surface, the Star Army was very fast and arrived at Windless City one step ahead of them. In fact, that was exactly what he hoped. Based on their combat strategy, Ruan Qiling wanted to trap all the Star Army in Windless City and catch them all. In short, at present, So far, they both understand each other.
Putting aside the situation of the Yi Army, Lan Jing and others met with Ling Feiye and other Wufeng City personnel for a long time. When they came back, Lan Jing and the Star Army generals had already known about the situation inside and outside the city gate. Fully understood, and he also successfully solicited Ling Feiye's help.
Ling Feiye has made it clear that Wufeng City is willing to provide relevant personnel to assist the Star Army in combat. Although the number is not large, his behavior demonstrates an attitude, an attitude that Lan Jing and others need. This can be regarded as eliminating the need for Lan Jing and others. Jing and others have no worries.
After returning to the camp, Lan Jing and the generals received news about the Yijun garrison. Now all the news is handled by Lan Xu. War is not a child's play. Compared with Lan Xu, Lan Jing's qualifications are far inferior. Naturally, the power of the army cannot Let him control it, otherwise it will be difficult for him to convince the public.
In addition, as the general of the Star Army, Lan Wu should be fully responsible for military affairs in the absence of Lan Wu, and it is natural for Lan Xu to take charge of the overall situation.
Lan Xu, a general, may not be worthy of his name, but fortunately, it was Lan Wu who personally requested the imperial canonization. This alone means that Lan Xu's ability has been recognized by Lan Wu, and he should be recognized by the generals.
Now besides Lan Xu, there are five chief generals in the army, and the rest are ordinary generals of each battalion. When discussing military affairs, only Lan Xu is sitting in the chief seat.
Now that the Yi Army has been stationed, they may come to attack the city at any time. They must be prepared to defend the city. Some materials that will be used to defend the city need to be prepared as soon as possible.
While Lan Xu and others were discussing, countless Star Army troops in the city were busy setting up defenses. Star Army sentries were everywhere on the long city wall, and Star Army flags had been planted above the east and west city gates.
There is a mountainous area near Wufeng City. It is not difficult to get stones and rolling logs. Materials for defending the city are not a problem. Now the generals mainly discuss how to deal with the invasion of the Yi army. When Lan Xu accepted everyone's opinions, in the conference hall A group of star army generals expressed their opinions.
Some suggested a tentative fight with the Yi army first to find out how powerful the Yi army was; some generals felt that they should take the initiative and defeat the Yi army in one fell swoop with strong morale; and some conservative generals advocated They were trying their best to defend the city. Now that Lan Wu was away, their troops were much smaller than the opponent's. Therefore, in the eyes of those generals, they were not suitable to take the initiative to go out of the city to face the Yi army.
If a hasty battle results in an unfavorable first battle, it will have a very negative impact on the morale of the Star Army. If the city is defended, even if there is no victory, at least the Yi Army will not break into the city. Although defending the city is a conservative behavior, But it was a wise move, so after the generals expressed their opinions, the generals in the conference hall quickly divided into three groups.
One party is in charge of fighting, one is in charge of defense, and the other party wants to test the enemy's combat power through the first battle.
Lan Xu is the kind of person who can fight but doesn't want to talk nonsense, so he is the main battler, but he is not stupid. Due to the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, it is completely impossible for them to go out of the city to fight with the Yi Army. A risky behavior.
If he wins, it's okay. If he loses, he may be completely defeated. The risk is not something he can bear, nor can other generals bear it. Therefore, when three different opinions were put forward, Lan Xu, who was the main fighter, finally rejected it. If they have received the proposal to go to war, unless they are sure of victory, they must not take the initiative to leave the city. At present, they don't even know enough about the Yi Army, so how can they be sure of it.
In the middle of the meeting, when Lan Xu expressed his stance, Lan Xu directly expressed his decision to defend the city, and then the generals took a step back and naturally discussed the concept of exploratory operations to test the combat power of the Yi Army. It is beneficial and harmless, and no general does not want to know the actual combat power of the enemy.
Next, the generals discussed together for a long time and finally decided on the general plan. Logically speaking, it is impossible for the Yi army to mobilize the entire army for the first time to attack the city. If only some people came to call for war, maybe they would Send corresponding troops to fight.
After discussing this matter, the generals discussed the strength ratio of the three battalions. Although it was a tentative battle, the outcome still had a great impact on both sides. They were unwilling to lose because it would make the Yi army understand that they Not invincible.
On the other hand, the Yi Army also does not want to lose. If they lose to the Star Army in the first battle, it will be more difficult for them to attack the city again. After all, war is not only about manpower and material resources, but also mental effort. The morale of the army is crucial to the decision. The outcome of the war is crucial. How to send troops can be decided temporarily after the Yi army arrives. Now the generals are discussing the issue of victory or defeat.
If they win, everything is easy to say; if there is no tie between the two sides, the Star Army will encounter many problems; if the Star Army loses to the Wing Army, then they can only hold on to the city gate and wait for support. In short, for them, the only way to win the first battle is to win. is the best result.
Lan Xu discussed with the generals for a long time, and each person explained the consequences of the three outcomes in one sentence. Finally, Lan Xu formulated a proper combat strategy based on the opinions of the generals.
After the meeting, according to Lan Xu's instructions, the generals returned to their respective jurisdictions to arrange some specific matters.
There are 120,000 star troops stationed in the city, occupying almost one-third of the entire city. For this reason, many people have to give up their homes and shops. Naturally, there is no extra space to organize personnel training and hold a martial arts competition. Previously, the Star Army's daily training had not fallen behind, so there was no problem in this regard for the time being. As long as the generals above could convey the latest military orders as soon as possible.
Based on Shi Chang's identity, Lu Yunyou stayed with his original ten subordinates, who were all ordinary soldiers. Because of the difference in strength and what they had heard about Lu Yunyou, each of them now respected Lu Yunyou even more.
On the other side, Lu Yunyou takes great care of those people. As long as those people have any difficulties, he will help those people. What Lu Yunyou has to do now is to patrol around the camp with ten people at a specific time.
The military camp area has been set up as a restricted area, and no one is allowed to approach it. It has a solemn atmosphere, and the solemn atmosphere makes Lu Yunyou feel nervous before the war, and that feeling is stronger than the previous wars. Nothing less.
Before he could go to Qingguo to meet the Gao Li brothers, he himself was faced with a war. Lu Yunyou was still very surprised by the current situation.
Compared with other soldiers, he felt less and less like a qualified soldier, but what he did was no different from that of a normal soldier.
While leading the patrol, he would occasionally meet some acquaintances. Although his long attire was not very special, those centurions who knew him would take the initiative to say hello to him when they saw him.
Lu Yunyou felt uncomfortable with the centurions' deliberate overtures. It wasn't until he met Fang Qing and others that he felt more natural.
Whenever Fang Qing and others greeted him, his ten subordinates were very confused. If whispering was not prohibited during patrols, those people would really want to ask why Lu Yunyou knew so many superior officers, especially among them there were some big ones. Someone with some background.
The longer they stayed with Lu Yunyou, the more surprised the ten people were, but since Lu Yunyou didn't say anything, they naturally didn't dare to ask.
During the patrol, the person Lu Yunyou wanted to meet the most was Ling Yun. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to meet him several times. Although he could only say hello briefly, it still made the two of them very happy. In this way, the day passed. Because he didn't know When would the Yi Army attack the city? On the second day after arriving in Wufeng City, Lu Yunyou had been busy adjusting his mentality.
On the third day after the Yi army set up camp, as expected, Ruan Qiling sent an army of about 100,000 people, who made a dusty journey to Wufeng City.
The Yi army that came did not bring large siege equipment. Obviously they were not going to attack the city on this trip. Among the 100,000 troops, the cavalry, infantry, shield soldiers and archers stood in a specific square formation. Looking up and down, one can be frightened by the huge force of the Yi Army.
On the city tower, many Star Army generals were surprised by the neat formation of the Wing Army. However, the arrangement of the Wing Army's arms was not clear to the generals. After a while, all the generals' eyes stopped on the square rows of the Wing Army's shield soldiers.
The long shield looked heavy and unsuitable. I didn’t know why the Yi Army still had such soldiers. Then, the generals were very puzzled by the existence of the Yi Army shield soldiers, and even said that those soldiers had no idea about siege. When it was working, a general in the Yi army rode to the city.
"Today the Yi Army has specially come to invite a battle. Please send troops to fight immediately." When they came to the bottom of the city tower, a herald from the Yi Army repeated this sentence three times, and the meaning was self-evident.
I had already guessed that Yi Army would send a vanguard force, but I didn’t expect that Yi Army would send so many people at once. Now it seems that the number of Yi Army will undoubtedly expand the impact of the first battle infinitely, making the first victory between the two armies Negative issues become even more critical.
After briefly estimating the number of wing troops, Lan Xu's expression on the city was much more solemn. At the same time, the star army generals also had serious expressions.
Sending 100,000 troops at a time, Yijun's handiwork was very large for them with only 120,000 troops, but they must go out of the city to fight, otherwise they would be afraid that not going to fight would also affect their own morale. According to the results of previous discussions, Lan Xu There are calculations about how many troops the Star Army should send.
"General Lan, the enemy has too many troops. It may not be appropriate for our army to go to war." When Lan Xu was about to reply to the enemy generals below, a Star Army general felt that it was inappropriate to go to war and directly dissuaded Lan Xu.
"Although the enemy has many troops, our army has to fight. Now, the entire Feng Kingdom is waiting for this battle. If our army retreats and does not fight, the repercussions will be great. In my opinion, this will Although the war is just a contest between our army and the Yi Army, it is inevitable." Shaking his head, Lan Xu had to consider the various negative impacts that refusing to fight would have on his own soldiers.
