Chapter 972

The prince only replied with "Oh", not to show that he was not surprised at all;

Although there are layers of guards in brocade clothes to protect the surroundings, but the closest ones are far away.

Panic?

I really don't panic.

happiness?

Can't even talk about it.

After a short nap, he suddenly realized that he had finally learned how to fight;

So the following military report was nothing more than a child with excellent character and learning from Fengxincheng Academy, reaching out to take the exam paper handed down by the teacher.

Exam questions, there is no weirdness, and there is no hidden mystery, it can only be called smooth and stable.

That's the solution, that's the answer;

Once the test is done, once the paper is handed in, you can go back and see what kind of stuffing is in the dumplings that mother said to eat tonight.

The prince didn't even get off the chair in a hurry, it was cold outside, and his own python robe was thick and warm, and with this charcoal basin to bake, it felt like going into the freezer in summer... oh, and wrapped in a quilt.

Because it is too comfortable, I just want to stay a little longer.

Unfortunately, at present, this seems to be a luxury.

The Chu army started to move overnight. No, to be precise, it was the Chu army's movement that had already started during the day. By now, it had progressed to the point where it could not be covered even at night.

On the long defense line, horns sounded one after another, and the Yan army's system began to operate instinctively after sensing the clear threat from the outside world.

The eyes of many people began to gather at Shuai Zhang;

There was also a group of people who began to look for the person on the throne through the tent.

The fourth lady is here, and her sleeves are neat, bringing a burst of fragrance;

When she came to Zheng Fan's side, Zheng Fan was really a little embarrassed. When everyone was busy, you were caught sneakily, no matter how thick your skin is, you still have to react.

No matter what, Zheng Fan could only get up.

However, Si Niang is the woman who is most suitable for Zheng Fan. This does not simply refer to her excellence and strengths, but that she knows how to interpret the so-called "husband sings and wife follows" to the best.

"My lord, what do you have for supper?"

"Is there any fish slip?" Zheng Fan asked.

The fish from the Weihe River is delicious, and it is the best for making fish slips.

"some."

"Then let's have fish soup."

"Yes, my lord."

Zheng Fan walked in front, and Siniang walked beside him. They got off the fence and came to the commander's tent all the way.

The outside was already full of people, and there were also many people in the handsome tent.

Seeing the prince and princess coming, everyone knelt down and saluted.

Yao Zizhan, who is old but not dead, gradually began to let go of the so-called literati's reserve in the past two years, and began to write articles and stories to ridicule Yan Guo;

What this actually shows is that since the War of the Three Kingdoms, the Qianren Kingdom was destroyed, and in the following years, under the background of the Yan Kingdom's steady recovery and accumulation of strength, the Qianren's... incompetence and rage.

And this kind of sentiment not only circulates among the people of the dry state, but also spreads to its upper echelons.

When your opponents can only distort and smear you with plausible stories like this, it proves that they really have run out of options.

People used to ask for some respectable people, but now, they don't even want to be decent.

However, Yao Zizhan has an article criticizing, which is not wrong;

He said that in the land of Yan State and Jindong, they did not pay attention to religious etiquette, but followed the teaching rules.

The State of Yan has held the imperial examination since the reign of the first emperor, and it has been many years now, but under the premise of increasing population in Jindong these years, the number of people who go to Ying to take the imperial examination every year is decreasing year by year.

The style of culture and education is not prevalent in Jindong. The people in Jindong prefer their children to join the army and work as errands in the palace or as masters in workshops after graduating from a school.

Therefore, Yao Zizhan took this point and said that Jindong did not pay attention to etiquette, which was a situation where etiquette collapsed and joy was broken;

As for teaching rules, there are blind people in many places in eastern Shanxi who have come up with a very strict etiquette method based on their master's aesthetics;

These manners of etiquette are characterized by... good looks, good looks, and good looks.

To a certain extent, it does not conform to the habit of every action and every link in the rituals of Zhu Xia, and you can find specific explanations from the "rituals".

For example, when the regent ran to a mountain, he immediately enshrined Zen, and changed the name of the mountain after conferring Zen. In the eyes of serious literati, this is simply nonsense, and it is no longer disrespectful of etiquette. You are creating etiquette by yourself, and it is fine to create it, and you don’t even explain it after you create it.

"My lord!"

"My lord."

All the generals knelt on one knee, clenched their fists with their right hands, and pressed them against their hearts.

The Jindong Army is an army composed of proud soldiers and brave generals. Since Cui Liubao became an army, it has never lost, and it has been fed by one victory after another.

Therefore, in many cases, Zheng Fan's role has changed from giving blood to his subordinates before the battle to pouring cold water on everyone before the battle to prevent these people from overheating;

Splashing cold water is really more difficult than beating chicken blood, and only the prince himself can do it.

"Get up."

"Here!"

The prince and the concubine separated, the concubine went to the tent next door to prepare supper, and the prince walked into the handsome tent.

At this time, all the generals standing in the tent were guerrilla generals and above. After the prince came in, the generals outside filed in and lined up on both sides.

Zheng Fan sat down on the handsome seat and glanced at Liu Dahu.

Liu Dahu nodded, opened a folded military report, and began to recite the military information sent from various places since nightfall;

At this time, these generals need to have a clear understanding of the overall situation.

The overall situation is probably that, according to the investigation, the Chu army has started a large-scale military mobilization. There are many fortresses in the three counties, and the real garrison is located, that is, the army that can field and maneuver. It is roughly divided into five camps. Four of them are main battalions with more than 100,000 troops, and the remaining one is an auxiliary battalion with less than 100,000 troops.

Now,

The soldiers and horses of the five battalions of the Chu army all began to deploy. This is by no means as simple as changing defenses.

Such a large-scale military transfer can only bring about two results:

One is that the Chu army chose to retreat in all directions; this is obviously impossible. If the Chu army withdraws again, it will really withdraw to the land of Gyeonggi. If the Yan army presses forward again, the emperor of Chu will be able to stand on the wall of the capital and watch the martial arts drama , you don’t even need to buy a ticket;

The second possibility,

It is the Chu army who wants to attack in an all-round way!

After Liu Dahu finished reading,

Eunuch Huang, who was standing beside him, shouted:

"All generals, please express your views."

Some words really have to be yelled by the father-in-law.

Eunuch Huang's voice really uttered the sense of majesty of "retire if there is nothing to do".

Suddenly, several generals appeared out of order, and many other generals were ready to speak.

"My lord, the last general..."

"My lord, the last general..."

At this time, the curtain of the handsome tent was lifted, and the princess came in with a soup bowl.

The previously hot atmosphere in the handsome tent suddenly fell silent.

Si Niang came to the handsome seat with the soup bowl in her hand, put down the bowl and spoon, and whispered:

"Master, do you want to add vinegar?"

The prince shook his head and said, "Add a little pepper powder."

"Concubine status has already been added."

"good."

Zheng Fan picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup.

Fish slippery soup is easy to make. The fish paste that has been prepared in advance, boiled with water, sprinkled with chopped green onion and sesame oil, and then served with some pepper, the taste is very delicious. The white and tender fish slippery floating on it tastes delicious tasty.

While the prince was drinking the soup, Si Niang raised her head and clapped her hands.

Jin Yi's personal guard brought in a large pot of soup, as well as stacks of clean dishes and spoons.

Si Niang laughed and said, "You generals, drink some to warm up your body."

All the generals bowed down and saluted together:

"Thank you princess."

If it was an ordinary concubine, like Xiong Liqing here, the generals would still respect her, but Si Niang is different. She has been in charge of financial planning for nearly ten years, ranging from military pay and supplies to the monthly welfare of standard households. hands to pass;

There are some things that others don't know, how can someone who can stand in this handsome tent at this moment not know?

Therefore, these generals were somewhat afraid of Siniang.

Next, the big guys started to make soup. Some of the stronger flavors would add some extra salt and chili noodles.

Regarding this, the prince sitting on the handsome seat could only shake his head slightly in his heart, it was really reckless, eating anything was like eating hot pot, wasting the delicacy;

Probably, the prince really forgot that the way of eating hot pot became popular because he likes it.

Everyone had a soup bowl in hand, and began to discuss military affairs while drinking soup.

Emotionally, it calmed down all of a sudden.

As for the prince, he just listened and didn't comment, but halfway through, the prince still clicked on the palace and organized some military discussions to come up with a regulation.

The difference isn't really that big.

If the Chu people dare to take the initiative to attack, then let's just go back, there is nothing to say about it.

But in terms of method, it is still advocated to use the civil engineering work in the past six months as the first line of defense, to consume a wave of Chu people first, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.

After listening to the whole military discussion, Zheng Fan couldn't help laughing in his heart.

The reason is very simple. Even Gou Moli and himself can only understand the layout of the whole battle against Chu. This battle is fought because of poor information, and it is about Chu people's temper and showdown impulse;

Therefore, in fact, these generals present, their perception of the battle situation is actually not much different from that of the Chu people on the opposite side.

But in this situation,

He still maintains such an extremely optimistic attitude, this self-confidence...

And during the military discussion, everyone seems to be deliberately avoiding the fact that the transfer of troops and horses has led to the emptiness of the defense here. Is this because they are afraid of embarrassing themselves?

Possibly, this is the sorrow of the superior;

To a certain extent, it was also said that his prestige in the army was too high, and he suppressed all the backlash from doubts.

Everything has two sides, the military discusses the military, and a group of rough old men who come from Qiu Ba, actually played the tricks and taboos in the court;

The only good news is that the advice given by their military council is to defend first, and then try to counterattack, instead of being so mad that they directly choose to take the initiative to attack.

Let's defend first, and if the situation is not good, everyone will retreat, retreat to Shanggu County, or retreat to Zhennan Pass, leaving room for the prince.

Zheng Fan didn't scold anyone, and he didn't expose these words to explain clearly. After Gong Wang made a summary,

Zheng Fan just nodded silently,

road:

"Just arrange it like this first."

...

The Chu army's offensive came much more ferociously than expected.

In fact, since the first confrontation between the forces of Yan and Chu in the east of Jin, the private soldiers of the nobles who suffered the most damage and casualties each time were the private soldiers of the great Chu royal family. There were casualties, but they were never injured.

This team with the largest scale and the highest combat power in the Chu Kingdom finally ushered in its first full performance in front of the Yan people after the superiors made up their minds.

The Chu people also taught the Yan people a lesson, allowing the Yan people to see what is meant by the real peak combat power of infantry.

The Chu army was divided into four groups to attack,

All the way led by Zhao Han, in which Zhao's soldiers and horses are the main ones;

Led by Shi Yong along the way, it is part of the Royal Guards;

Led by Xiong Tingshan along the way, it is the Royal Guards and the Shanyue Army;

All the way, that is, the Chinese army, led by Xie Yu'an himself, has the largest number of troops and the largest scale, all of which are imperial guards.

However, they still hung all the way to the end and did not participate in the real offensive. Obviously, they had prepared a way out.

The catapults of the Chu army and the siege equipment of the Chu army showed extremely sharp war effects. In Xue San's words, the Chu people stole the division from the east of Jin;

Although it is not as accurate as Yan Jun's catapult, it has actually improved a lot compared to before.

Next, the Chu army used the infantry phalanx to cooperate with the archer phalanx to press forward. When the Yan army did not choose to take the initiative to attack, the Chu army began to attack the Yan army with a very fast efficiency. All kinds of military fortifications have been pulled out.

Wave after wave, batch after batch, the efficiency is very high.

For the Yan army, the effect of the three-day defense battle was actually not very good. Not only were all the outer lines of defense broken by the Chu army, but even the last line of defense had begun to be eroded by the Chu army.

And if it wasn't for the Yan army's initiative to attack on the third day, which slowed down the Chu army's offensive, the Chu army might have broken the Yan army's last line of defense by now.

The Chu army attacked from four directions, and all four directions were strong, and there was no way to respond to a feint attack, which put great pressure on the Yan army's defense line, and made the Yan army somewhat care about one thing and lose another.

But the root cause of the rapid progress of the Chu army was not that they suddenly descended from the sky. In fact, it was none other than the regent Zheng Fan himself who caused this situation.

Because it was the prince who ordered the Yan army to build too many fortifications and military strongholds, this thing does not mean that if it is built more, it will always have a positive effect. After leveling off, facing the full-scale attack of the Chu people, even if they are in a hurry everywhere, they will not be able to defend anywhere.

If two or three larger castles were built here, even if all the other military strongholds were eliminated, the Yan army would be more relaxed in defense and involvement.

"My lord is sage, and if you lose, you can lose so well."

The blind man standing next to the prince gave a very standard and unique flattery.

Zheng Fan looked at the blind man, smiled, and said, "I really forgot about this."

The blind man laughed too.

In this world, is there anyone who can count on everything?

Zheng Fan really didn't think of this beforehand, but it doesn't matter, as the blind man said, such a "defeat like a mountain" is also very good.

This battle was fought due to the time difference. If Zhenyi accidentally got stuck with Chu people here for a long time, and when Chuxi's news came, all the arrangements would be in vain.

A loss is not a loss, the people of Yan actually have nothing to lose;

But the problem is that from a businessman's point of view, many times when he said how much he lost, he originally expected to earn 1,000 taels, but in the end he only made 500 taels, so he "lost" 500 taels.

As for the deal in front of Zheng Fan, the benefits are based on "country".

"I ordered them not to defend if they can't defend, but to retreat if they can. They obeyed well," Zheng Fan said.

The blind man nodded, and said: "They think that the master should have realized that his arrangement was wrong and planned to evacuate back."

"Yes, they are afraid that I can't afford to lose."

"The lord misunderstood them. They are actually more afraid of your failure than the lord yourself. In their eyes, you are like a military god."

"In the future, the army will reform and set up an existence similar to the staff department, and we can no longer talk about it."

"Actually, it already exists in the military."

"oh?"

"Because you are in charge personally, so... there is no difference between yes and no, no one dares to disobey your wishes, and Liang Cheng and the others are not here, so naturally no one dares to stand out."

Zheng Fan nodded, and Si Niang came over and helped Zheng Fan put the cloak on his shoulders.

"Okay, let's retreat too, to the north of the Weihe River, and let the Chu people continue to chase after them. They have already drawn their bows and there is no turning back."

"The lord's conspiracy is admired by the subordinates. What the subordinates are playing with is the hearts of the people. At most, they are only playing with a group of people. What the lord is playing with is the will of a country.

Is it the death of the frog boiled in warm water, or vigorously seeking a possibility.

A drunk person, if you tell him that you are drunk, he will retort that you are not drunk;

People who gamble red-eyed will not play the poker table until they lose all their chips. "

"Praise me again?"

"Sincere."

"Oh, so there was a lot of hypocrisy before."

"This..." the blind man.

The blind man nodded frankly, and said: "Who would have thought that you, the Lord who just woke up in the Tiger Head City Inn and was a little timid about this strange environment,

Can it go this far?

The seven of us are recovering step by step, returning to our original appearance.

But you, the lord, are always making progress. "

"Okay, stop boasting, I just learned how to fight."

"The subordinate understands, understands a little."

"Hahaha, you, you."

Zheng Fan, who was wearing a black gold-rimmed cloak and python robe, began to retreat under the protection of a group of brocade-clothed personal guards.

Next, all the Yan troops south of the Weihe River will be evacuated, because once the last line of defense is breached by the Chu army, it will easily be completely wrapped up.

The reason why the Chu army gave up the Weihe defense line and took the initiative to retreat was also afraid of this.

When the team is about to cross the river along the bridge,

Liu Dahu said:

"My lord, please allow us to dig out the corpses of Pao Ze buried here and bring them back to prevent them from being insulted by the Chu people."

In the first battle of crossing the river, Tian Tian led Jinyi's personal guards to face the direct line cavalry of Prince Ding of Chu, Xiong Tingshan. In that battle, the Chu army was repelled, but Jinyi's personal guards suffered a lot of casualties.

After the war, Zheng Fan ordered that the bones of Jinyi's personal guards who died in battle be buried in the south of the Wei River, and said that this would be Dayan's territory in the future.

But now, the Yan army is about to withdraw to the north bank. When the Chu army pursues them, the location of these inscriptions will inevitably be exhumed by the Chu people.

Jinyi's personal guards are an independent team. They are absolutely loyal to the prince, and at the same time have extremely strong internal cohesion.

Obviously, the reason why Liu Dahu made this proposal was because the personal guards below responded to this request to him.

Strictly speaking, Liu Dahu is now the vice captain of Jinyi's personal guard;

After Liu Dahu finished speaking,

and knelt down,

immediately,

The Jinyi guards who had been protecting the prince and retreating all knelt down,

in unison;

"My lord please allow me!"

This is not coercion, nor is it military remonstrance;

What they asked was to leave with the bones of Pao Ze. They didn't want to see Pao Ze who had been with him day and night and suffer bullying after death.

The prince looked around at the guards in brocade clothes who were kneeling on the ground,

Opened the mouth and said:

"Gu, no."

The guards kneeling all around were a little stunned, but no one dared to move, and after the prince made the decision, they stood up one after another and obeyed the king's order, which was their instinct.

The prince pointed to the group of tombs erected on the bank,

road:

"Believe alone,

The robes who sleep there will be very happy to be "invited" out again by the people of Chu;

because soon,

They will witness with their own eyes,

Our cavalry,

How did they kill the people of Chu on both sides of the Wei River until their blood flowed like rivers! "

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