Chapter 4: The Battle Begins
Time flies, and another half a month has passed in a blink of an eye. The weather in the west is different from that in the south. It takes a long time to start winter before it gradually becomes colder, and the colder is limited. The weather in the west begins to gradually get colder before winter begins. When it is completely winter, the normal temperature will not be lower than minus ten degrees.
At this time, an important figure, Gong Ming, came from the temporary command of the Zhenxi Army in Shacheng's inner palace.
Gong Ming got up very early today because there was an important meeting to be held today. He still convened all the generals of the entire western army of Zhenxi, which means that all the generals above the rank of the fifth rank must be present for a meeting.
Gong Ming hurriedly finished the breakfast delivered by his servant and immediately walked towards the command center.
Why should such a meeting be held? Or is it a meeting where all the senior generals of the Zhenxi Army were present? Gong Ming received a latest military newspaper yesterday evening. The scout found the traces of Western Liao horses fifty miles away from Shacheng. This is not a trivial matter. As the deputy commander of the Zhenxi Army, Gong Ming could not ignore it. He knew more than anyone what this military newspaper represents, so he immediately notified the emergency meeting.
...When Gong Ming walked into the conference room, the long table inside was already full of military generals, each wearing armor and stomach, and only a few of them were not wearing armor.
Shacheng belongs to the military barrier and does not live in the people, so only soldiers can sit here.
Gong Ming walked into the conference room.
Everyone stood up as the "military deputy".
Gong Ming waved his hand and signaled everyone to sit down.
"I believe you already know what you are going to talk about at this meeting, so I don't talk nonsense. What do you think about this combat plan? Don't tell me what you can't beat and you can retreat to Shacheng.
You guys must have heard the news, right? My father may be almost out of reach. After breaking out in the decisive battle forty years ago, his secret injury has not healed. Over the past ten years, my father's health has been getting worse and worse, and even I have replaced the command of the war. Fortunately, I did not lose Shacheng. When my father could move, Western Liao did not dare to take action. After taking over the Zhenxi Army, Western Liao often invaded. I always defended the city, and I have fought enough such battles.
I, Gong Ming, believe that my ability is indeed limited. Now my father is 76 years old, and he has a recurrence of his physical illness. He may not even be able to hold on next year. I really want to earn him a good job. Now you all think about the plan for me."
After saying that, I took a sip of tea, closed my eyes and thought, waiting for the generals to decide on the battle plan.
In fact, Gong Ming was not the source of war at all. When he was young, his family was very poor. In order to support his family, his father Gong Tian went out to join the army. Gong Tian was highly appreciated by the veteran general Guan Hou in the army and was promoted to deputy general. As a result, Gong Ming's family had a wealthy income, and Gong Ming also went to study for several years. Later, Gong Ming followed his friends to do business in the south. Although he did not lose money, he did not make much money.
With the decisive battle between Guan Hou and the Western Liao Dynasty, the news of the annihilation of the entire army came. Gong Ming's heart was cold, and his father was also in charge of the Western Army! The young Gong Ming decided to sell his shares the next day and hurriedly embarked on the road to the West.
But after arriving at Yuxia Pass, I realized that the pass had been closed for half a month and the entire Yuzhou had fallen. Gong Ming waited for many geniuses in the pass before he waited for the switch to leave the pass and came to Yuzhou.
After arriving in Yuzhou, I was shocked. The entire Yuzhou was full of corpses. Whether it was a town or a village, there were dead everywhere. And my father still didn't know if he was alive.
After walking for several days, whenever he saw the defeated army in military uniforms, he would go up to ask, do he know about General Guan and Deputy General Gong. It was not until he met a military officer who led the team to break out that he realized that his father had also successfully broken through. He was now in the mountain city, confronting the Western Liao army in the direction of Shacheng. Gong Ming was very happy and followed the officer's team to meet his father. At the moment he saw his father, Gong Ming almost collapsed because the father he saw was covered in blood, and he lay on a stretcher. I don't know if he was dead or alive. It was not until the guards told him that Vice General Gong withdrew from Shancheng, and brought hundreds of thousands of people in Yuzhou to knock out the Western Liao people out of Shacheng. He was seriously injured, but he was still alive. Only then did he feel relieved.
After more than half a year, Gong Tian's injury was only half healed, but he was no longer in danger of his life. When Gong Ming told his father that he would not fight and resign and return to his hometown... his father just said to him: General Guan's revenge has not been avenged, his hometown? Haha! I will never go back. General Guan used his life to attract the enemy's main force, which gave me the opportunity to break through and be kind to me. If I don't avenge, then am I still considered a personal person? Besides, when he is a deserter, he is not my style of Gong Tian. The most important thing is... Who is betraying us? Who is leaking military information?... Who is it?... Who is it?
At that time, Gong Tian turned around and asked Gong Ming: Isn’t he 16 years old this year?
Gong Ming naturally nodded and said yes, but what Gong Tian said to him was: Tomorrow, you should join the army from tomorrow. I want to reorganize Zhenxi Army, and I will also report to the court tomorrow to see if I can ask for some military expenses. It is estimated that the court will allocate some military expenses. After all, the court still needs Zhenxi Army to restrain Zhenxi Hou and Xiliao.
Even so, Gong Ming became a member of Zhenxi Army.
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As Gong Tian grew older and his health became worse, Gong Ming gradually took over the Zhenxi Army. However, his abilities were limited and he had no military talents to be useful. In the past decade, Western Liao invaded him several times in the past few times, Gong Ming had never left the city to take the initiative to fight in order to ensure insurance.
The court seemed to have forgotten that Yuzhou still belonged to the territory of the Great Wei, with less and less military expenditure and worse equipment. Now it has turned Yuzhou into a place where the Great Wei exiled.
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The 26th year of Tianyuan is not a good year for Gong Ming.
Because Gong Tian was no longer able to do it, Gong Tian fought for countless secret diseases throughout his life. In addition to being able to live to the age of 76, he was not only open to God, but also insisted on hatred. He did not accept it when he saw the enemy fall to the ground, and he was afraid that he would not have the face to see General Guan when he died, and he could not face his 270,000 robes.
Now Gong Tian can't hold on anymore, and he has reached his limit and is about to die. The task of revenge is also handed over to Gong Ming, but Gong Ming is now unable to explain it to him.
Gong Ming also understood that even if he continued to investigate, there would be no more results. He had been investigating for forty years, but all the clues found disappeared inexplicably. Now he is in his fifty years, and he does not know whether he can fulfill his father's long-cherished wish in his lifetime. He has never married in his life, and has no children, so he has cut off the inheritance root. He is not afraid of breaking the root. But he is afraid that he cannot fulfill his father's long-cherished wish. He urgently needs a successor and needs a successor. Yuzhou can have no him or the Zhenxi Army, but he cannot have the successor who has long-cherished wish. Now that his father is leaving, he wants to give his father the last gift. So, this time he doesn't want to defend, he wants to win a big victory in the field and see off his father off.
An hour passed in the conference room without realizing it. When Gong Ming, who was thinking, opened his eyes, interrupted the generals' discussion and took a sip of tea.
"What? Everyone has thought of any way to break the enemy? Wang Ju, let me talk about it first."
Wang Ju is a brigade commander of the Central Army, and the Central Army can also be said to be the strongest combat power of the Zhenxi Army. Wang Ju raised his body and bowed his hand, walked to the map of the back wall, and pointed to the topographic map of Yuzhou.
"Everyone, this is the way for our middle army to discuss." Wang Ju pointed to the map with his finger.
"This place is called Shagu. This valley is large enough. The middle terrain is relatively low and concave, but the surroundings are relatively high and convex. This terrain is not conducive to the cavalry's rushing and rushing. Our middle troop army can be arranged here in advance. When the Western Liao cavalry rushed up from below, we are responsible for blocking them. Fang Yue's right troop army will take our cavalry to attack from the right, and strive to disrupt their right flank.
The problem is that the Western Liao cavalry charges very strongly, and our middle lane army will not last long. Therefore, the right lane army must be fast. When the enemy has not come back to its senses, it will rush forward and disrupt the enemy's right wing in one fell swoop. After the enemy comes back to its senses, there will definitely be only two choices, either return to the right wing or directly break through our middle lane in one fell swoop. If the enemy chooses to return to the right wing, they will definitely be defeated. But if they choose to break through the middle lane in one fell swoop, it will be troublesome. The middle lane army will definitely not be able to withstand it. Once the middle lane is dispersed, the enemy will come out, and then it will be a bad thing. Only the left lane army can support us. What do you think?"
At this time, Fang Yue looked at an old man opposite him
"Old Li, can your cavalry battalion cooperate with the Right Army to disrupt the enemy's flanks?"
The old man named Lao Li, hesitate to smoke a dry tobacco
"Our cavalry battalion has only 5,000 horses, and the opposite one is at least 50,000 horses. Not to mention rushing to the enemy's flank, I guess I will be shot and killed by the enemy's cavalry crossbow before I even ran to the enemy's flank. However, if the central army can hold the enemy's main force, I think I can give it a try."
Everyone felt silent when Old Li said this, and looked at Gong Ming collectively. Gong Ming rubbed his temples and looked at Wang Ju.
"Wang Ju, if you transfer the other three independent camps to you, how long can you last in the middle?"
"The three independent battalions have less than 20,000 people, plus my 30,000 people in the middle, which is probably an extra hour and a half. This is already the limit, and the independent battalions are not equipped with armor. If they don't mention combat power, they are just too poor in defense. It's okay to rescue, but they are not enough to charge, if there are too many people who are not afraid of death."
Gong Ming looked at the three independent battalions generals, "Now the southern part of the Central Plains rebelled, and some refugees have come to Yuzhou now. In addition, those who have been exiled for many years and those who have returned to their hometowns, Yuzhou has now slightly recovered its population. After the war, I will do my best to make up for you. What do you think about it?"
The three battalion commanders just frowned but didn't say anything.
"Then the central army will drag down the enemy's main force, and our right army and the cavalry battalion will rush to the enemy's flanks as fast as possible. Once the enemy is disorganized, the left army will immediately suppress the enemy and defeat the enemy.
Chapter completed!