Chapter 80 Ambush and counter-ambush
"Hmm~~~~~"
When Zhao Weiji got up in the morning, he felt lazy and finally had a good night's sleep. The past few years have really been a bit comfortable, and as he is nearly 30 years old, the sequelae of staying up late are really too painful for Zhao Weiji
. Finally able to have a good sleep.
Not only for him, but also for the entire army of the Song Dynasty, it was a very happy thing to be able to sleep peacefully. The atmosphere in the entire military camp is much better now than yesterday.
Of course, after the army has had enough sleep, the next step is the top priority for the main generals.
"What do you think of the next move? I don't think the rebels will let us take Langzhong County so easily. There must be follow-up plots waiting for us." After seeing everyone get up, Zhao Weiji decisively
Everyone gathered together to discuss the next move.
"The rebels are doing so much just to tire out our troops so that they can wait for work. I don't think they can have more plots."
"You can't say that, General Sima. Be careful with the Wannian Ship. The rebels may not be as simple as we thought. It can be seen from the march along the way that they can be so concealed that our army can enter."
Cangxi still cannot detect the traces of the rebels, and from this point of view, the rebels are not simple."
"I agree with Yuan Jing's statement. It's better to be careful. Now we definitely can't turn around and go to Mianzhou, but we must be cautious about how to march into Langzhong."
"Actually, I have an idea. Now it seems that our number should be greater than the rebels. Why don't we divide our forces and move forward, just in case."
"I wonder how Yuan Jing hopes to divide his troops? This is just one way, how can we divide our troops and move forward?"
"Although there is only one road, there is also a river. We can walk across it by water."
Before Li Jiguang finished speaking, Sima Rang on the side retorted: "Jiang? General Li is really good at joking. Jiang is indeed there, but where are the boats? You can't let the soldiers swim to Langzhong, right? Or
Where can you get bamboo to make a bamboo raft? Bamboo rafts are a good idea. There are plenty of bamboos in Sichuan anyway. But can your bamboo raft withstand the fierce erosion of the Jialing River?"
In fact, Sima Rang has always disliked Li Jiguang, because Li Jiguang's background was really bad, and he was Zhao Weiji's servant. So even after leaving Zhao Weiji, he still performed meritorious service under Li Jilong's account, but these old people with good backgrounds
The army still looked down upon him.
Li Jiguang didn't pay much attention to Sima Rang's words. He went on to elaborate on his reasons: "I don't know if the enemy did it intentionally or if he didn't pay attention. There are many fishing boats used by fishermen on the pier in Cangxi County. I roughly
I estimated that there should be more than a dozen ships, that many."
"A dozen ships are useless." Sima Rang interrupted Li Jiguang's speech again.
"General Sima, I order you to shut up for the time being." Sima Rang continuously interrupted Li Jiguang's words, which made Zhao Weiji really annoyed. He had no choice but to use the authority of the prince general to tell Sima Rang to shut up.
After Sima Rang shut up because of Zhao Weiji's order, Li Jiguang could finally explain his plan without interruption: "A dozen ships are useless, but we can transport part of the army to the west coast in batches, and then from
Xi'an quietly sneaked into Langzhong to ambush."
"Then what? If we are ambushed in Langzhong City on the east coast, how will the troops on the west bank volunteer?" At this time, it was not Sima Rang who interrupted Li Jiguang, but Zhao Weiji. If the troops on the west bank could not fight in the first place,
If time support reaches the east coast, this plan can be said to be a complete failure.
"My plan is that after the troops arrive at the west bank, they will take all the fishing boats with them and send people to row them to Langzhong. The place where the Jialing River passes due west of Langzhong is the narrowest part of the entire river.
At that time, the existing ships can easily set up two or more pontoon bridges to allow the army to pass quickly, so that the main force can be well supported."
"Yuan Jing, I have to say that your method is very good, but the crux of the problem is how can you successfully march from the West Bank without concealing it from the rebels?"
"In fact, there is no need to deliberately hide it from the rebels, because the rebels cannot detect the movements on the West Bank."
"how do I say this?"
"Because the west bank of the road from Cangxi to Langzhong is much farther away than the east bank. The rebels are now focusing their main attention on the east bank. As long as we stay close to the cliff while marching, the rebels will not pay much attention.
It is unlikely that our military’s actions will be discovered if we focus our efforts on the West Bank.”
Indeed, if it is true, as Li Jiguang said, that the road on the west bank is higher than that on the east bank, as long as the army marches away, it will not be easily noticed by the line of sight. After all, there is a problem of height difference and occlusion. In addition, the river water
To cover up the noise, as long as the troops on the west bank don't make too much noise, they may be able to sneak to the west of Langzhong County.
However, in the final analysis, this operation is still a gamble. The bet is that all the rebels' attention is on the east coast. Whether they can make up their mind will be a great test for Zhao Weiji.
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At the same time, people in Langzhong County were also confused. Because of the sudden "disappearance" of the officers and soldiers, the entire rebel army became a little weird. A rumor that the officers and soldiers could fly began to spread among the rebels.
"Sir, what do you think this is all about? Do the officers and soldiers really know how to fly?" The rumors got worse and worse, and Zhang Yu had no choice but to ask the old man for advice.
"It's a fart, it's just a certain distance to the north. There's nothing to make a fuss about." Although the old man said this, he still admired Zhao Weiji's decisiveness in his heart. This kind of fake defeat has always been the most popular one.
It's hard to act, especially this kind of retreat before engaging the enemy. If not carried out well, it will inevitably cause great damage to morale.
"Oh, then in the next step, should we still act according to the original plan?"
"That's natural. We should send people to Cangxi to keep an eye on it. Once the officers and soldiers show up in Cangxi, they will act according to the original plan."
So the rebels sent people to Cangxi as usual to keep an eye on them, and the government troops arrived at Cangxi as promised. However, the problem arose again. After arriving at Cangxi, the government troops stopped moving.
After the rebel scouts returned to Langzhong to report, the rebels began to ambush in Langzhong County again. Since Cangxi is more than 40 miles away from Langzhong, it should easily arrive in one day at the normal marching speed.
But the problem is that when the rebels in Langzhong entered the ambush position, the official troops did not come.
"Why didn't you come again? Twice." Zhang Yu was almost going crazy. Every time after the rebels took their positions, the officers and soldiers did not show up.
"Go find the previous scout and let him see it again."
So the scout had no choice but to run to Cangxi again. When he ran to Cangxi, he saw that the government troops were actually stationed in Cangxi again. This time the rebels did not have the ability to set fire again. The reason why they succeeded last time was
Because the rebels had prepared many flammable items before they evacuated Cangxi.
Besides, there were only a few scouts now. It would be daybreak when they returned to Langzhong to gather men to go to Cangxi. So they had no choice but to stay near Cangxi, and then sent one person back to report, while the others waited until the next day.
Confirm that the army has actually started to march towards Langzhong and then report back.
In this way, another day of the rebels' life was delayed.
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Although the rebels were delayed for another day, part of the official army successfully crossed the Jialing River and started from the west bank towards Langzhong, right under the nose of this group of scouts who came out of Langzhong.
This group of scouts never dreamed that there were actually officers and soldiers rushing to Langzhong from the west bank so quietly. And in order to ensure concealment, Li Jiguang deliberately chose to start the journey when the day was to the west, so that the cliffs
The shadows below also provided a lot of help for the concealment of the army.
In this way, Li Jiguang's troops, who were advancing under the cover of darkness, successfully arrived at the predetermined location, set up the pontoon bridge, and laid an ambush.
A rebel army ambush the official army in the city, and the official army ambushed the rebel army outside the city. This is how the residents formed.
Early the next morning, the real main force of the army officially began to advance towards Langzhong County.
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"They are finally here. Our opportunity for revenge is coming. Let all brothers be prepared."
All the rebels began to follow the old man's instructions and entered an ambush for the third and final time, waiting for the arrival of the official army.
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"Is the pontoon ready?"
"Go back to General, we are ready."
"That's good, let all brothers get ready. The prince and his army have already come out from Cangxi. Our mission is to go to the east bank via the pontoon bridge to support as soon as possible once there is a change in the attack on Langzhong."
"As you command, General."
After instructing the soldiers to get ready, Li Jiguang took out his telescope and looked towards Langzhong County to the east. He saw that there were not many soldiers guarding the city. Such an abnormal situation made Li Jiguang full of worry.
, after seeing that all the concerns of the prince are not unfounded.
On the other hand, Zhao Weiji led the army to advance toward Langzhong County step by step, but there was no trace of the rebels along the way.
"Master, it's really weird." How could Xin Zhao, who has many years of marching experience, not see this abnormal state.
"Yes, Uncle Xin, it's too quiet. Even if the number of rebels is small, they can't be so quiet. I guess my prediction is not wrong, there must be a fraud. Now I can only point to Yuan Jing's plan to work.
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Should I invite you to enter the urn or let Li Daitao die? The battle is about to begin.
Chapter completed!