Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1243 Who is the right one?

Before Wu Qiuxing's military order could be released, there were soldiers on the watchtower of the central camp waving flags frantically under the light of torches, shouting loudly to convey the military situation, almost everyone Are they all overwhelmed by the current situation? Is this still Pingyang City, which retreated step by step and didn't seem to have many soldiers and horses?

  At this moment, Wu Qiuxing also reacted, and scolded the guard beside him: "What are you waiting for? Get the robe quickly, and help the old man go up the watchtower!"

   Immediately, the guards inside and outside the tent were busy with their hands and feet, and hurriedly fetched armor for Wu Qiuxing, and someone even brought out a thick cloak. After all, there was heavy wind at night, and the body couldn't bear it when he was old.

A group of people filed under the watchtower. At this time, some junior officials and middle-level officers under Wu Qiuxing's command in the Chinese army's camp also rushed over, but the watchtower tower was too narrow to accommodate such a large number of people. Therefore, it can only be a chatter under the sentry tower. At this time, Guan Qiuxing didn't have any intention to restrain and reprimand them, so he boarded the sentry tower under the protection of two or three personal guards, and looked into the distance.

In ancient wars, it is not like in the games of later generations, there is a 45-degree downward angle of God anytime and anywhere. For most soldiers, they will always see only the back of their heads like a black patch on the station square on holidays. It is simply impossible to open up much.

   Therefore, if you want to get more information, you can only stand on a high platform. As soon as Guan Qiuxing climbed up to the watchtower of the sentry tower, he immediately grabbed the railing and looked around. Even the guards behind him wanted to put a cloak on him. push it away.

Wuqiuxing's big camp was in the shape of a plum blossom, and Wuqiuxing was naturally located in the middle of the big camp, and the other four small camps were divided into front, back, left, and right sides, guarding it, and there were more than 200 steps between them. An associate of moments.

In the line of sight, the most obvious thing is Pingyang City in the distance, towering towering not far away, crawling over there like a giant beast, because of the weather, red wall bricks, yellow soil, gray and black The wall is like the pattern pattern on the surface of this giant beast.

Guan Qiuxing didn't know whether this city had such a huge scale when the Pingyanghou Cao family was still alive in the early Han Dynasty, but he knew that such a city was created from nothing, and the old was changed into the new, and the displayed The vigor and vigor surprised even himself, and what he didn't expect was that Pingyang City would burst out with such a mighty force in the middle of the night tonight!

In the line of sight, Zhengxi cavalry roared and charged from all directions, as if they were everywhere, but in fact, the Zhengxi cavalry who attacked the three camps in front, left and right rushed to the barrier of Luzhai in front of the camp. Galloping left and right in front of the camp, it looks like a huge momentum, but in fact it didn't directly attack the camp at all.

  In the misty sky, although there were many arrows shooting in the camp, Mowu Qiuxing's archers panicked at first, and they couldn't see the specific situation in front of the camp clearly. The arrows seemed to be buzzing, but with little effect.

At present, these expeditionary cavalry not only firmly controlled the battlefield, but also harassed and blocked Wu Qiuxing's soldiers to go out of the camp to fight back, and they could also cover the part of the cavalry who attacked the rear battalion to start the battle smoothly, and Wu Qiuxing's rear The battalion had a hard time traveling, and it had a lot of luggage, as well as auxiliary soldiers and farmers, so there was no counterattack at all, and even guarding the camp was somewhat reluctant and difficult...

Under the city of Pingyang, it seems that there are also large groups of infantry spreading out, forming a square array one after another. The torches are scaled, shining like stars, so many torches, so many figures, at least 5,000, it seems to be the entire Pingyang city. All of our troops have been dispatched!

At present, the soldiers of Pingyang City's expedition to the west are posing in this desperate posture, and more and more fireworks are rising from the rear camp. Above the watchtower, the commander-in-chief that Wu Qiuxing has been insisting on is finally no longer maintained. Can't help but hold tightly to the railing of the watchtower, his face is green and white!

   "How could this be?" Wu Qiuxing couldn't help murmuring, "How can there be so many cavalry in Pingyang? Isn't it only two or three hundred? Where did these cavalry come from?"

   There is nothing wrong with this question, but is it time to study where these soldiers who conquered the West came from?

"General, general! The cavalry from the left and right camps in the front did not attack the camp at all, they were just restraining them! But the rear camp, if there is a loss of supplies, the morale of the troops in the camp will plummet! At that time, they will be able to fight, but they will not be able to fight. General, hurry up!" Send soldiers to rescue the rear battalion as soon as possible!" A military general with the appearance of a military lord spoke from the side.

Guanqiu turned around vigorously, and grabbed the arm of the military marquis. He changed his self-proclaimed demeanor of tranquility and dignity, like a drowning man scratching a straw. How could there be any grace? Dadu, with a demeanor like light weight: "Marquis Wang, do you think the rear battalion can stop the attacking cavalry from the west? There are a total of four thousand people in the rear battalion. If you stick to the camp, you should be fine! No need to rescue Right? What's more, if the front battalion and the left and right battalions lose, what will happen?"

  Wang Junhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this was originally something that should be considered by the commander in the army, why are you asking me now? However, seeing Guan Qiuxing's blue-white complexion under the light of the torches, he suddenly realized that this Wu Qiuxing, despite his usual commanding appearance, was actually just a man of paper. I don't have much actual combat experience at all, otherwise I wouldn't have asked such a question!

  The important thing for the commander in the army is not to understand the trivial details of daily military affairs, but to be able to stand up and make decisions at critical moments!

  The days of peace and dignity have passed for too long. Although Wu Qiuxing is familiar with military books, when he really goes on the battlefield, he loses the so-called ability to be decisive when facing the enemy...

This is the same as many people. When touching the book of war, looking at the various battle records, either pointing out the country, or sighing, and then telling how to deal with it if you lead the army, where the enemy is coming from, and how you should respond. , well-regulated, everyone has to say that he is thoughtful and has the style of a general, but when he is on the battlefield, in an extremely noisy environment, the soldiers on the left and right are eagerly waiting for his own ideas, the original book Are there any professors on how to deal with these things at the moment?

  Therefore, when Guan Qiuxing saw that there was an idea beside him, he couldn't help but grabbed Wang Zhong. Of course, in his heart, Wu Qiuxing didn't hope that Wang Zhong could advise him, but felt that if Wang Zhong's words were in line with his own wishes, he could push the boat along the way, and even if he made any mistakes in the future, he could naturally push them to Wang Zhong's head superior…

Originally, this was not what he should have done, but when the question came to the head, Wang Zhong couldn't say that you are a happy man, how could I know, so he could only explain patiently: "General, look, the front battalion and the left and right two The battalion, the cavalry galloping left and right seems to be very powerful, but counting it carefully, there are only two or three hundred people. Food and grass, the army will run out of food, and within three days, the army's morale will be chaotic!"

   There are only a few hundred cavalry in the front, left, and right battalions? Wu Qiuxing tried his best to identify it, but he didn't see it at all, but he was too embarrassed to ask Wang Zhong. He selectively ignored some of Wang Zhong's words.

Guan Qiuxing frowned and said: "I also know that if the rear battalion is lost, food and grass are cut off, and the army's morale is unstable... I asked the troops in the battalion to be taken away. If the cavalry from the west were to attack the middle formation, how would they deal with it?" There are still some cavalry in the army, but Guan Qiuxing really doesn't have much confidence in these cavalry under his command. Even in the daytime, they can't even handle the opponent's scouts.

   "..." At this moment, the emotions that emerged in Wang Zhong's heart did not know whether it was anxiety, resentment, pity, helplessness, or both, and he was speechless for a while.

Wang Zhong was originally from Guanzhong, but when the Guanzhong was in turmoil, his family fled. He was forced by hunger on the way and had to feed on people. Because of this, after defecting to Heluo Yangbiao, he did not get much. Reuse, just acted as a military lord...

   Because of this incident, some people in the army jokingly called Wang Zhong a "cannibal prince". Although Wu Qiuxing didn't say anything on the surface, but he turned a blind eye to this title, which shows his attitude.

However, at the moment, the battle was urgent, Wang Zhong didn't care too much, he immediately broke free from Guan Qiuxing's grip on his hand, bowed his hands in salute, and said: "General! Our troops are still superior, as long as there is no chaos in the camp , and the solidity of the camp, it is enough to guard against loss! But if the rear battalion does not come to help, it will be too late! The rear battalion was originally composed of auxiliary soldiers and farmers, and they are struggling to support them now, looking forward to the arrival of the general's reinforcements! What's more, if the rear battalion is lost, the morale of the army will be greatly reduced, and even the big battalion may not be able to keep it!"

Hearing Wang Zhong's words from the bottom of his heart, Guan Qiuxing's face still did not calm down, and he suddenly said a little angrily: "As long as the rear camp is rescued, there will be no chaos?" There are soldiers from Pingyang City coming in formation, and the enemy is in front of them, but they only save the rear battalion? If there is any mistake in the front battalion, what's the use of keeping the rear battalion?"

Wang Zhong couldn't help being a little annoyed, he was not a pure martial artist, he didn't understand any art of war, and Wu Qiuxing said so many questions, it seemed that he was thinking about the whole army, but in fact, in the end, it was just He was only thinking about Wu Qiuxing's own safety.

   Guan Qiuxing wasn't thinking about the problems in the front, left, and right three battalions, but was afraid that there would be problems in the Chinese army! If there is a loss of food and grass in the rear camp, there will be a loss. Anyway, Wu Qiuxing himself cannot go hungry, but his life must not be lost!

It would be fine if it was someone else, but Wang Zhong was forced to eat people to survive after fleeing from the chaos of Guanzhong, which became the eternal pain in his heart, and he knew deeply what kind of situation these soldiers would face if there was no food and grass. dangerous situation!

Although there is Zhuanghe outside the city of Pingyang, it is not yet fully mature, and it will take another month to almost produce ears, and the transfer of grain and grass in the east of the river, even if it goes smoothly, will take about ten days to go back and forth. Within the time, don't more than 20,000 people need to eat and drink?

   What's more, it's the last moment of the shortage. Even Hedong may not be able to smoothly collect food and grass for 20,000 horses.

At this moment, Wang Zhong couldn't bear it anymore, pointed his arm at the extremely noisy rear camp, and shouted loudly: "General! The rear camp must be rescued! The rear camps are all private soldiers from the east of the river, farmers from Heluo, How do you know how to resist the soldiers who conquered the west?! If we delay in helping, the rear camp will be lost! What's more, if we attack the west and attack the center, the general can also lose the front, left and right three battalions and come back to help, which is enough to protect the general's safety!"

In fact, if Wang Zhong continued to lower his stance at the moment, saying something about the benefits of dividing troops for rescue, and begging Wu Qiuxing slowly, Wu Qiuxing would not be able to make a correct judgment if he recovered from the initial shock and panic. It's a pity Wang Zhong's character is not such a tactful person, and he just mentioned the issue of Wu Qiuxing's personal safety, making it look like Wu Qiuxing didn't send troops for his own sake, and immediately hit Wu Qiuxing's pain!

  State officials can set fire, but how can common people light lamps? !

  In Wu Qiuxing's heart, at this very moment, he actually loathed the Wang Zhong in front of him, and even felt that this Wang Zhong was so obscene and annoying.

Guan Qiuxing straightened his waist, and shouted with a straight face: "If a certain commander commands the whole army, he needs to take care of the whole army! They are all sons and daughters of sons and daughters, so there is no reason to focus on private soldiers and cowardly peasants from the east of the river! Big, in fact, there are only a thousand horses, and there are four thousand soldiers of ours in the rear battalion, several times the enemy, and occupying the battalion, how can it be unbearable to fight as you said! Send a general order, and each battalion will strictly observe it. , There must be no chaos! Zhengxi cavalry cannot enter the camp, they will retreat by themselves! How can they mess up their positions and let the enemy take advantage of it! After dawn, after investigating the enemy's situation, we can make a decision!"

  Wang Zhong was almost dumbfounded. He was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted almost instinctively: "General! No! General, please think twice! You must save the rear camp!"

Guan Qiuxing's face sank like water, and he no longer looked at Wang Zhong, but looked at Pingyang in the distance, and said slowly: "You are still young, and you don't know the art of war. You can forgive me for making such remarks...Ru I only said that the rear battalion is the most important thing. Have you seen the Zhengxi cavalry cruising outside? If we go out to help, how can the Zhengxi cavalry sit idly by? Even if we go in formation, there must be Zhengxi cavalry to intercept and harass Let alone the casualties, when will we arrive at the rear battalion? What's more, if the infantry of Pingyang City take advantage of our rescue of the rear battalion and lead the troops to press down, how will we deal with it?"

What Guan Qiuxing said actually made some sense, but in fact he lost his senses in the face of Xun Chen's sudden attack in Pingyang. The number of horses is here, and the camp has been repaired. It is impossible to be breached by these people in Pingyang. In addition, Xun Chen's soldiers and horses seem to be powerful. If he sends troops to rescue the rear camp, then the front, left, and right camps will be attacked again. So should he send reinforcements?

  Besides, it’s so dark right now that it’s impossible to see exactly how many soldiers Xun Chen has. To be on the safe side, it’s better to wait until dawn...

  Wang Zhong has yet to talk about it, but unfortunately Wu Qiuxing has already made up his mind.

However, in Wang Zhong's view, the distance of two hundred paces, and the assistance of bows and arrows, even if they marched in formation, they might not be weaker than the cavalry who conquered the west. If the battalion is damaged, although it can still be used for defense for several days, if it is not supported, it will inevitably be centrifugal for the entire army!

   When the time comes, it will be really out of hand!

  According to the current number of Wuqiu Xing's army, it is indeed more than several times that of Pingyang's troops, but if the back road collapses, once the army's morale and fighting spirit are lost, the result will be unpredictable!

   He understands these Wang Zhong, but why doesn't the dignified General Wu Qiuxing understand this truth?

  Wang Zhong tried to persuade him again, but Guan Qiuxing was about to go down the watchtower without saying a word, but Wang Zhong grabbed his sleeves.

Seeing this, the guards behind Guan Qiuxing stepped forward, pushed Wang Zhong away, and said coldly: "The general has made a decision, and the military marquis should urge the soldiers to guard the camp! The watchtower is very windy, and the night dew is very cold. The great battle is just around the corner, if you make the general feel cold, how many heads do you have to apologize for?"

Wang Zhong was pushed aside by these Wu Qiuxing's personal guards, and seeing that Wu Qiuxing was about to go down the watchtower with a livid face, he couldn't hold it back, so he yelled fiercely, but it was almost crying: "General! General! No way! Ah, if we don’t save the rear battalion, we will be defeated!”

"Bastard!" Wu Qiuxing yelled angrily, and immediately surrounded him with guards and rushed up to the watchtower, holding Wang Zhong firmly, only to see that Wu Qiuxing's face was distorted under the light of the torch, " Let the generals go down! Wait until dawn before marching! Order the entire army to guard the camp! Don't mess up! Those who retreat will be cut! Anyone who leaves the camp without authorization, the whole team will be cut!"

  (end of this chapter)