The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The soldiers of Yingchuan County were under the command of Le Jin, which should be under the command of Sun Jian, the "prefect of Yingchuan", but Sun Jian knew that Le Jin was Xun Zhen's die-hard loyalist, so he would not make such a request, and of course Le Jin did not. Will take the initiative to run to Xun Zhen and say that he should obey Sun Jian's military orders.

Therefore, Xun and Sun Junzhong have now formed such an "abnormal" situation: the soldiers of Yingchuan did not obey the orders of the "prefect of the county", but instead obeyed the orders of Xun Zhen.

But having said that, despite this, Le Jin was commanding soldiers of Yingchuan after all, and although he himself was awarded the title of "School Captain" by Xun Zhen, he was also serving in the Yingchuan prefecture. After deciding to use Le Jin as the right wing of the formation, he did not directly use the method of issuing military orders, but asked Sun Jian's meaning in the tone of "consulting opinions".

Sun Jian had no objection.

Sun Jian may not know Le Jin's own military capabilities, but he already knows about Le Jin, Shen Yong, and Guo Yi's character. Anyone with such a character is by no means a mediocre person. The "old soldiers" among the soldiers of Chuan County, that is, the elite level of the more than 2,000 "authentic soldiers" that Le Jin has been training for all these years, Sun Jian has also seen with his own eyes.

With Le Jin and his headquarters Yingchuan soldiers coming to serve as the right wing of Xun Zhen's main formation, Xun Zhen was relieved, and so was Sun Jian.

The three armies of the left, middle and right have been settled, and the battle formation has been completed.

Xun Zhen was the main general and commanded the entire army, while Sun Jian and Le Jin led the elites and divided them into two wings.

As the main formation, the central army was responsible for the main attack, and there should be a little more troops. Xun Zhen selected 5,000 cavalry from the headquarters. , Le Jin each selected 2,000 elites from the headquarters.

In this way, the total number of the three armies who participated in the battle was 9,000.

Liu Bing's 3,000 headquarters was located on the south bank of Rushui, and its mission was to guard Dong's army in Liangxian City; another 2,000 people were left, led by Cheng Pu, a fierce general under Sun Jian's tent, and ordered them to be stationed outside Zhucheng City. Look at Dong Jun in Zhucheng City. After removing these 5,000 men, there were still more than 20,000 cavalrymen left, most of them new soldiers. These men and horses were the reserve forces for this battle, and they were led by Colonel Commanders Xun Cheng, Xie Rong, and Ding Meng.

The armies agreed, and Xun Zhen came to the map again.

He pointed to Dong's army camp between Yangrenju and Guangchengju, and said, "The north of Dongying is Rushui, the land is narrow and tidal, and the south is thirty li with hills, and the ground is rugged. It is as if I were fighting, and both the south and the north are bounded. It is not possible to form an array, and it is even more impossible to be in the west. The only optional battlefield is and can only be the east of Dongying. I have already sent scouts to investigate. The east of Dongying is a flat land, although there is quite a lot of farmland, However, the air is still cold today, and the land is not soft enough to fight on it. Therefore, I intend to form a formation in the east of Dongying and fight against it. What do you think?"

The north is Rushui, and "fighting against the water" is a big taboo in the military. Not everyone is Han Xin, and not every war needs to use this risk, so the north is not desirable.

Yingchuan County is mostly plain, but outside Yingchuan County, when entering Yindi, Henan, there are more hills and mountains. A little further away, like Luoyang, surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is a place with four fortresses. Near the county and Zhucheng, there is Huoyang Mountain in the southeast of Liangxian, Minggao Mountain 15 miles to the west of Zhucheng, and Kongtong Mountain 15 miles to the southwest. There are indeed many mountains within a hundred miles. Thirty miles to the south of Dongying, where Gao and Guangcheng gather, is a hilly area. The terrain here is rugged and obviously not a place for formation.

Neither the north nor the south can be taken, nor the west.

The west is behind this Dong army. Once it is behind this Dong army, it will be blocked by this Dong army in the past, and then threatened by the main force of the Dong army in Yique Zhuguan. This is the place to die. , in case the enemy's camp in front is not defeated, and the main force of Dong's army in the back is attacked, it must be defeated, which is even less desirable than "fighting against the backwater".

Therefore, in general, the battlefield for this Dong army can only be selected in the east.

Sun Jian and others have no objection.

Xun Zhen immediately said: "Since all the lords agree with me, then I will take a day off tomorrow, and I will wait around Zhucheng to take Dong Daying in the morning the next morning."

Sun Jian and everyone agreed in unison.

After sending Sun Jian and others away, Xun Zhen asked Xun Cheng, Xu Zhong and other generals from the headquarters to stay.

He first summoned Xun Cheng to come forward and told him: "The passes in Yique are only a hundred miles away from Dongying, where Yangrenju and Guangchengju are located. The cavalry can arrive in one day, and they can arrive in two days. Guanzhong guards. The commander Hu Zhenjiu fought against Dong Zhuo, although he was not a famous general in the world, he could still be called a 'good' character. In the past, he fought for the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou. , Wen Qian goes out to fight, you need to prevent Hu Zhen from sending his cavalry to come to help. You and the second Colonel Xie and Ding are behind you. You can't just watch the battle, but you also need to be prepared for battle. First of all, don’t let it attack me, Wentai and Wenqian.”

Xun Cheng complied with awe.

Dongying, where people gather from Yang and Guangcheng, are only a hundred or ten miles away in Yique, although they still don’t know that Xun Zhen and Sun Jian decided not to attack Liangxian or Zhucheng, but to attack directly. Dong Ying of Yangrenju and Guangchengju, but once the war begins, Hu Zhen, who is sitting in these gates, will be able to get the news very quickly. He is like sending horses to rescue, as Xun Zhen said, at most two days. arrive.

If Hu Zhen sent reinforcements, he would be able to arrive in two days, but because of the elite Dong army, Xun Zhen was not sure how long it would take him to defeat Dong Ying in Yangrenju and Guangchengju. Of course it would be best to defeat it within a day, or even within a day, but if it couldn't, it would be necessary to take into account the reinforcements that Hu Zhen might send.

Xun Zhen added: "There are quite a lot of barbarians in the valleys near Liangxian and Zhucheng. Today, I will fight against Dongying, and the barbarians in this valley must be guarded. and the savages in the valleys near the battlefield."

There are many mountains and long valleys to the south of Yique. As early as in the pre-Qin period, there were many barbarians living in the valleys, and there are still many barbarians. In the city of Lu Hun, a hundred miles northwest of Zhucheng, there was a barbarian governor, who was guarded by the barbarians and savages in the surrounding valleys.

Xun Zhen and the others are going to fight against Dongying, where Yangrenju and Guangchengju are gathered. From a common sense, in this fierce battle between the enemy and our tens of thousands of elite soldiers, the barbarians in the valley will definitely not dare to join in, but if they can defeat it, In case of defeat, this barbarian might take advantage of the opportunity to loot and attack the defeated army. Therefore, not only Dong Jun in the Yique Passes, but the barbarians in the valley also need to be on guard.

Xun Cheng agreed.

Xun Zhen said again: "Dong's soldiers are strong, I will fight against them, and there is a difference between victory and defeat. If I lose, Zhongren, you don't need to come to rescue me, you just need to be optimistic about the way back, I can retreat calmly. "

"promise."

"If I am victorious, you can't rush the army to chase after me, but wait for my army's order, and then all the troops will move."

"promise."

Most of the 20,000 people left to Xun Cheng, Xie Rong, and Ding Meng were new soldiers. The new soldiers had two characteristics. One was that they could fight against the wind, but they were difficult to fight against the wind. No matter how familiar you are, the first time you go back to fighting the enemy with real swords and guns, you will inevitably panic. This panic will definitely lead to various errors and loopholes, which may lead to chaos in the entire formation. Because of these two characteristics, so , Xun Zhen explained to Xun Cheng and told him that no matter whether he was victorious or defeated, he must never lead his troops into battle immediately, otherwise, if Xun Zhen was defeated, it would only make things worse, and if Xun Zhen was victorious, it was very likely that he would suffer from it. Turn victory into defeat.

Although Xun Cheng was in charge of the remaining army this time, it seemed that he didn't have to go into battle, and it seemed very easy, but in fact, his responsibilities were no lighter than those of Xun Zhen, Sun Jian, and Le Jin. Xun Zhen and the three just wanted to kill the enemy in front of them, but Xun Cheng was responsible for all possible changes.

After hearing Xun Zhen's words in the early years that "the troubled times are coming, no one in the clan must be in charge of the army", although Xun Cheng no longer wants to change his military career to a civilian career in these years, he has always been in charge of the military steadfastly. Leading troops and horses is quite military, but because of the great responsibility in this battle, Xun Zhen pondered for a while, and then said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, in this battle in the future, you don't have to follow me and join Zhong Ren. Also stay in the army, if things change, you can assist Zhongren."

Xun Yu knew that the task of staying behind was important, so he complied with his promise.

Xun Zhen also explained to Xun Cheng: "Zhongren, Wen Ruo is prudent in nature, and this gentleman knows it well. If something changes, you must listen to Wen Ruo's opinions, and you must not be lighthearted or disturbed. Remember: There are five things to be careful about, and the fourth is called precepts.”

"There are five things to be careful with", this is a sentence in the book "Wu Zi" written by Wu Qi, a famous general during the Warring States Period. The fourth is precept, and the fifth is covenant." "The prudent is to rule the multitude as if the few are to be ruled; the prepared is to go out as if seeing the enemy; the fruitful is to face the enemy without being alive; the precept, although restrained, is like the beginning of a battle; the covenant is to save the law. not annoying". The fourth of the five - "precept", Wu Qi said that although it is a matter after victory, it is also applicable in battle and after defeat. Be discouraged, and keep a calm, rational and calm attitude all the time.

Xun Cheng agreed.

This is the first time that Xun Zhen will engage in a "large-scale" battle with Dong Jun. Not only does the number of Dong Jun face to face far outnumber the Dong cavalry he encountered before leaving Yingchuan County, but he also adjusts his size in terms of "location". , it is no longer Xun Zhen occupying the land, but Dong Jun has become a "landlord", so it is no wonder that he is so careful ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ no matter how small or small, he repeatedly told Xun Cheng.

Measured by Xun Zhen's just mentioned "five things to be careful with", he did both "preparation" and "prevention" himself.

Seeing that Xun Zhen had finished exhorting Xun Cheng, Xu Zhong immediately got up and asked, "Your Majesty, the day after tomorrow, the three armies of the center, left, and right have been decided, as well as the generals and troops who will stay behind. What Fang Caijun said when he was discussing: 'Jun Hou has just defeated Dong Cavalry in Yingchuan County for a while, and Dong's army must be afraid now', although the three armies I am fighting today are less than 10,000 people, there are still 9,000 people in total. Dong Ying's soldiers are only less than 5,000, and we are still outnumbered. If he is still afraid and refuses to fight, what should we do?"

If all the soldiers and horses were pressed up, there would be 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, and the Dong soldiers in Dong Ying might not dare to fight. There are more soldiers, almost twice as many. If Dong Bing is still timid and does not dare to fight, what should he do?

Xu Zhong's question is a good one.

Xun Zhen laughed at Gu Xizhicai, Xun You and the others, then turned to Xu Zhong, and said, "If he is willing to fight, it is naturally the best, if he is still afraid of our soldiers and does not dare to fight, Junqing does not need to worry, ... ." He pointed to his belly and smiled, "I have a good plan here."