Lin Ji was a little lucky.
He originally felt that although he had no experience in commanding an army of more than 100,000 people, since Lu Wu did not ask him to win, but only asked him to stand for a few days, he felt that it would be okay for him to rely on Tonghe City to achieve this.
But now seeing the elite Chu troops coming from one brigade after another, Lin Ji felt a little numb - fortunately, he was not the one who was really in charge of this battle.
"General Meng." Lin Ji said in a deep voice.
"The general is here." Meng Yang bowed and made his subordinate's posture clear.
"Assemble your masters and join forces with the Tanma Battalion to blockade Tonghe City. Be sure to suppress the scope of the Chu army's Tanma operations so that they cannot act recklessly."
"Follow your orders, I will personally arrange it, and I will live up to the commander's instructions." Meng Yang respectfully gave a military salute.
He was eager to atone for his sins and wanted to kill hundreds of Chu army scouts immediately and bring their heads back in carts.
In the last battle with the vanguard of the Chu army, he found that even a first-class master like him, as long as he was not invulnerable with heavy armor, could only play a limited role in an army of thousands of horses.
All efforts to express one's spirit to the outside and internal scenes to the outside are all nonsense, and will all come to naught if they are rushed away by the evil spirit of the army.
Even for a strong man like Meng Yang, only his life-for-life Qi, his refined physical martial arts skills, and his relatively handy ears and eyes were what kept him alive in the midst of thousands of troops.
Whenever he thinks of this, Meng Yang longs for the realm of martial arts master - he is only one step away from this realm.
As long as you can touch the mysteries of heaven and earth when the inner scene is externalized, draw the infinite energy of heaven and earth to fill the inner scene, and turn the inner scene into reality, you are a master of martial arts.
This step sounds like a simple sentence, but in fact there is no way to go - who knows how to touch the mysteries of heaven and earth? What exactly is the mystery of heaven and earth?
The manuscripts left by every martial arts master have repeatedly thought about and explored this, but no martial arts master can explain it clearly. Instead, a word has been derived from this, called "knowledge and sight", which means that the better you understand others, the more you understand others. The more you go, the harder it will be to find your own way.
The innate Gangqi formed by the martial arts master's restraint in the inner scene does not care about the evil spirits of the army, and the spirit that has been refined by the innate Gangqi is not affected by the evil spirits of the army.
Meng Yang was like this, not to mention the masters under him. Now Lin Ji arranged for him to intercept and kill the scouts, which was exactly what he was good at.
It is difficult for Meng Yang's masters to deal with the military formation head-on, but against three or five scout teams wearing cloth and leather armor, they are somewhat confident in fighting head-on. Not to mention that the two armies will use any means to fight, and all kinds of hidden weapons and poisons will be used. It's a routine operation.
Jianghu people have many more tricks than ordinary scouts.
In just half a day, Meng Yang and his men intercepted and killed seventy-three Chu army scouts and hung their heads at the city gate.
Ji Chan, the forward general of the Chu army, was furious and was about to lead his army to attack the city. Someone came to report that the dust was rising from the south of Tonghe City, and it was obvious that a large army was coming, so he had to stop.
The second day.
Tonghe City.
A scout came to report: "The Chu army is digging a ditch to cut off the river."
Tonghe is the small river that passes through Tonghe City. This small river is only more than ten meters wide and several meters deep. It is an important source of drinking water in the city and the water source of the city moat.
Lin Ji's expression remained unchanged, and he just waved his hand, telling Tan Ma to go down and rest.
Meng Yang showed an expression of admiration on his face.
As soon as Lin Ji arrived in Tonghe City, he ordered the irrelevant people in the city to move to other places to seek relatives as much as possible. Those who were really unable to go to relatives were all controlled by military law, and they were ordered to dig more wells and pools in the city to store drinking water and produce wooden logs. stone, renovating arrow shafts, etc.
At that time, I felt that it was a waste of people and money, but now it seems that I was prepared to take advantage of the enemy.
Lin Ji just smiled.
This is not his credit, but the entrustment of General Luo Gan.
Luo Gan has reviewed the Battle of Tonghe City countless times in the past thirty years, and he has already had countermeasures for these little tricks.
After a while, someone came to report: "Report, the Chu army is scolding and fighting in the city."
"General Meng, are you willing to fight again?" Lin Ji looked at Meng Yang and smiled.
"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear!"
"Order the battalion of dead soldiers to accompany General Meng to the battle, and the rest of the generals will watch the battle with me at the top of the city."
The Zhechong Division under Lu Wu is in charge of veterans' affairs, as well as the sale of trophies and the collection of ransoms. It can be said that there is a river of gold and silver.
But even ordinary people in modern society are prone to trouble when they suddenly become rich. What's more, in this era, local clans are powerful and retired soldiers are all brave and fierce people, so they are naturally prone to conflicts.
Although Zhe Chongsi mostly favored soldiers, some soldiers did not stand for reason. Any soldiers who were unreasonable and killed people were exiled to the death camp.
The so-called dead soldier camp does not mean that there are dead soldiers in it, but it means that whenever there is a deadly battle, this camp must be used - most of them are brave people in the army, because the dead soldier camp is easy to make meritorious service, get promoted and make a fortune, and run away on your own. I came here to beg to join the Death Soldier Battalion.
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The city gate was raised and the suspension bridge was lowered. Meng Yang led the way with his helmet and armor on, and led four lieutenants across the suspension bridge.
Behind him, a hundred cavalrymen sat swaying on their horses and filed out lazily. After that, three thousand soldiers walked out casually, without anyone's command, and they naturally formed a loose array of hundreds of people.
Ji Chan did not attack when the opponent's formation was not in order, but carefully observed the opponent's formation with wide eyes, a cautious look on his face.
He is a veteran in the army, so why can't he see that the three thousand men and horses on the opposite side are completely different from the three thousand men and horses last time?
Last time, each of the three thousand troops looked fierce, but they tried hard to maintain an orderly appearance. It was obvious at a glance that they were not a ragtag group accustomed to forming formations at all.
Although each of the three thousand troops this time had a playful smile and a lazy face, it was not easy for them to be able to relax and look like they were on an outing when the two armies were arrayed to fight.
What's more, these people just stop casually and form an array to support each other in an orderly manner. This process does not even require command. At first glance, they look like veterans who have experienced battles for a long time.
Meng Yang looked back and saw that the men and horses behind him were roughly in formation, so he simply jumped out of the formation - there was no need for him to command the formation anyway.
"Tonghe Mengyang is here, who dares to fight?" Meng Yang pointed the flag at the opponent with the 1.2-foot golden-winged curling cloud knife and shouted.
Meng Yang was not afraid of a duel in front of the battle, but was afraid of falling into the enemy's position and being besieged from all sides. Even if he suffered a big defeat last time, it was not that he could not defeat the opponent's general.
Ji Chan pondered for a moment. He had seen the opponent's bravery before. He was indeed a rare master. Although he was not as troublesome as a military master, no one under his command could challenge him in a duel.
If it were in the past, he would have directly waved his army to meet him, but now looking at the three thousand men and horses behind the opponent, he felt somewhat unconfident - even though Ji Chan always looked carefree, he was unconfident. If he didn't want to fight, since both sides' armies were here, he was just ordered to test the opponent's base.
Being able to see three thousand men and horses with completely different styles is already a bit of a reward.
Ji Chan gritted his teeth and raised his hand. Just as he was about to issue an order for the entire army to retreat to the camp, three people rushed behind him.
"Hold on, General Ji. Wait for a certain family to kill this person so that we can win the prize for the general." A rough voice said: "I didn't expect that the famous Tonghe Divine Sword and the Demonic Sword are actually the same person. Such hypocrites are also Can you cultivate the inner scene and the outer scene? Hehe, if I hadn't held a military position, I would have wanted to know him."
"Brother, please don't underestimate this person. He is known as the best swordsman in the south. He must be outstanding. My second brother and I will fight with you." Another gentle voice said.
"Ha, even Tian Hengxing of Qi State couldn't take my life. He's just a scammer. What can he do to me?" The rough voice laughed, with a hint of disdain.
Tian Hengxing of the state of Qi and Jing Chige of the state of Yan are both recognized generals in the world.
Ji Chan just heard this person's voice, and a smile appeared on his face.
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