Invincible Iron Army 26, Empty City Strategy Book Flag
Du Lu again proposed the thrilling idea of killing the messenger, but Wang An stopped him and said: "For the people inside Guandong, let's hold on for another day."
Wang An and Jiang Cai were discussing their next move, Jiang Cai said: "If nothing unexpected happens, the enemy army will arrive at Yuyang City tomorrow night, we really can't stop the enemy's advance." Wang An said: "I don't know what happened in the rear, Liu Jiao always let our army block the enemy's advance, but we must execute orders".
"However, with our meager military strength, it's really impossible to complete the blocking task. What happened in the past few days can be called a miracle, but miracles can't always happen."
Liu Jiao also lost her temper in the camp, she angrily said: "What's wrong with Jiang Yanzheng? Not only did he delay the time of the uprising, but now he is also slowing down the pace of the march. If I have the chance, I will definitely behead him." Du Lin said: "Jiang Yanzheng is indeed unreasonable, and actually resisted military orders. However, he is the commander-in-chief, and we are currently under his command in the field. We have no strong constraints on him. Once he gets anxious, he might lead his soldiers to rebel, and our situation will become even more passive."
Liu Jiao said, "But Wang An's army is really too small, are we being too demanding by letting him take on such a heavy task?" Du Lin said, "A soldier's duty is to obey orders, if he refuses to carry out the order, we will deal with him according to military law."
The soldiers next to him felt indignant, thinking that Jiang Yan had repeatedly disobeyed military orders, and while he was inactive outside, the commander-in-chief indulged him in every way. Meanwhile, Wang An resisted the enemy's advance on the front line time and again, but was given tasks to complete one after another, and if they were not completed, he would be beheaded, which was truly unfair.
On the fourth day, the Xiongnu army was now filled with rage. They thought to themselves: "Today, we will climb to Yuyang no matter what. The mighty Xiongnu cavalry has been delayed for three days by the despicable tactics of the Jin army. If word gets out, it will be a laughingstock. Today, we will not be deterred by the enemy's obstruction and will charge forward bravely, arriving at the foot of Yuyang city in the shortest time possible."
Yu Xian Wang was overjoyed, thinking that nothing could stop the Xiongnu's advance now. He thought to himself that by tonight they would reach the foot of Yuyang City and slaughter all those who were good at plotting and scheming.
When they were about to proceed, they suddenly found that the mountain in front of them was densely covered with Jin army flags, and some dense forests also fluttered with Jin army flags. The Xiongnu army immediately made preparations for battle, and the Chanyu, Left Wise King, and Right Wise King gathered together to discuss their next move.
Zuo Xianwang said: "According to the organization of the Great Jin army, with so many flags, the Great Jin army has tens of millions of people. What I find strange is where such a large number of troops came from? To know that the entire army of the Youyang Jiedushi of Great Jin only had 100,000 people." Chanyu said: "The territory of Great Jin is vast and its military personnel are numerous, mobilizing such a large number of troops is not surprising." You Xianwang said: "This is just a trick of the Great Jin people, with the goal of blocking our army's advance. Just like those empty animal cages on the road we came from, according to what I said, regardless of everything, use troops to attack recklessly. At that time, no matter whether the enemy's numbers are true or false, we will have the confidence to eliminate them."
The Xiongnu army was strong and fierce, especially skilled in field battles. They were not afraid of the large Jin army in the wilderness, thinking that even if there were tens of millions of Jin troops here, they could still defeat them.
These flags were made by Wang An overnight and set up here, and Jiang Cai also raised questions about this. He said: "Brother Wang, the Xiongnu army is strong in combat, even if there are hundreds of thousands of Jin troops here, they dare to launch an attack. So your arrangement of military flags to intimidate the enemy is useless." Wang An said: "Try it out, use a dead horse as a living horse doctor, otherwise what good way do you have?" Jiang Cai and others looked at each other in dismay, they really didn't have any good way, because with 500 soldiers blocking the advance of nearly 450,000 Xiongnu soldiers was an impossible task.
The Xiongnu sent out soldiers, with tens of thousands of troops rushing towards the mountain. Jiang Zuo let out a long sigh in his heart, thinking that once the Xiongnu army arrived nearby and discovered that these soldiers were fake, they would no longer care about these flags and continue to advance. Wang An also knew that the current situation was indeed extremely dangerous, and he said to his soldiers: "We must give the advancing Xiongnu a head-on blow, repel the enemy's second attack, otherwise the enemy will discover that our flags are fake and advance towards Miyang, then Miyang City will be in danger."
Liu Jiao was furious, and she said to Du Lin: "Jiang Yan is really too much. He told us yesterday that we could arrive in Yu Yang today, but now he says that the army's advance has been blocked by a river and it will take another day to get there. This is clearly an excuse." Du Lin said: "Jiang Yan must think that this time Yu Yang is doomed, so he doesn't want to come and rescue us. I think his idea must have been supported by his soldiers, who also don't want to go to Yu Yang to die in vain." Liu Jiao sighed and said: "What a pity for Wang An. He fought hard to gain so much time for the Guannei region, but it's still useless in the end." Du Lin said: "Your Excellency, why not send another letter to Jiang Yan, sternly warning him that if he doesn't come, we will report to the imperial court and have him punished. Even if he escapes this disaster in Yu Yang, the imperial court will find him and execute his whole family unless he really wants to betray us and surrender to the Huns." Liu Jiao's eyes also showed a hint of...
The Xiongnu army approached the forest, at which point a dense barrage of crossbow bolts shot out from within the forest, instantly causing heavy casualties among the Xiongnu troops. Some soldiers were also pierced by wooden caltrops set up on the ground, causing their warhorses to fall over and throwing them to the ground. The scene was one of utter chaos, with the Xiongnu army reeling in shock from the sudden attack. When a second wave of dense arrow fire shot out, the Xiongnu army immediately retreated.
The arrow rain in the forest also shocked Zuo Xianwang, You Xianwang and Chanyu. They had always thought that these were all tricks of the Great Jin, like empty cages on the road, which was a deliberate attempt by the Great Jin army to intimidate them, without thinking that there really were troops here. The Xiongnu Chanyu stopped You Xianwang, who was shouting and continuing to attack, saying: "Our army has an advantage in the plains, but now it's mountainous terrain, and the Jin soldiers have occupied the advantageous terrain, attacking us from a high position, we are at a disadvantage, absolutely cannot be reckless, otherwise our army will pay a huge price." You Xianwang saw that what the Xiongnu said was true, and slowly suppressed his impulse to rush up and fight a battle. Wang An, who had repelled the Xiongnu's attack, also felt tense in his heart, thinking: "I have set up military flags on the nearby hills, creating the illusion of several hundred thousand troops, but there are no troops inside, once the Xiongnu army attacks, it will pierce through the facade, and our situation will become even more severe. The Xiongnu will advance towards Puyang without any worries, and as long as they send out a few thousand cavalrymen, they can eliminate us, after all, the wilderness is the Xiongnu's domain."
The Xiongnu's Left Wise King, Right Wise King and the Shan Yu gathered together to discuss their next move. The Shan Yu said: "I just observed the mountain in front of us, there are not many troops inside, according to their arrow shooting ability, only about 500 people, we will divide our army into 10,000 men to quickly occupy this mountain, and then continue to advance forward. I myself will lead 50,000 soldiers to attack the middle mountain, Left Wise King you go to attack the right mountain, we will split into three routes, quickly open up the road ahead, defeat the Jin army in front of us. The Left Wise King and Right Wise King nodded in agreement, the situation was developing towards Wang An's worst-case scenario.
The Xiongnu army divided into three routes and charged towards Wang An's three mountain heads. As soon as Jiang Cai saw this situation, he said: "It's bad, our Western-style mirror will be pierced by the Xiongnu army." Wang An thought to himself: "Not only that, once we expose our weak military strength, the Xiongnu will send out tens of thousands of cavalry to attack us, and at that time we will be annihilated."
The Xiongnu cavalry was getting closer and closer to Wang An's forest, while other Xiongnu troops were also rushing towards the forest where the flags were set up. Once the Xiongnu discovered that these were fake, the enraged Xiongnu army would annihilate them without mercy, and they would accelerate their advance, at which time Youyang would be in danger.
At this time, Jiang finally put everything down and just wanted to have a fierce battle. Wang An also felt tense at this time, thinking that their mission was impossible to complete, but they couldn't let the Xiongnu off easy either. The Xiongnu were getting closer and closer, and many of the Xiongnu soldiers were wondering in their hearts why the Jin army didn't attack them, wondering if everything was just a ruse.
At this time, the flag of Great Jin was suddenly erected on the mountain behind the Huns, and the sound of drums came faintly. The Hun's Khan immediately became confused and said: "It's not good, we've been tricked! The army of Great Jin lured us to attack, with the intention of surrounding and ambushing us. Order an immediate retreat, occupy advantageous terrain, and prepare to fight the army of Great Jin." The Huns' troops retreated like a tide, and Wang An and others felt relieved, only then realizing that their clothes were soaked in sweat. In his heart, Wang An secretly wondered who was helping them behind the scenes.
The Xiongnu occupied a favorable terrain and prepared to meet the impact of the Jin army, their hearts also had some anxiety.
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