Chapter 854 Defection

Entering the camp, Wang Yan ordered: "The whole army must prepare meals with meat and fish soup. Eat well at noon, send troops in the afternoon, look for opportunities to fight, and do not let the war hinder our people. The Xuanjia Battalion was transferred to Huang Zhong and ordered him to lead I will attack without waiting for the enemy to attack me. I will attack the enemy first, or rush to support Taishi Ci's troops, attack from the front and back, defeat the enemy in Juyong, and then attack Jixian in one go."

The purpose of this arrangement is to locate Jixian. Huang Zhong has 3,000 men, Xuanjia Camp has more than 800, and more than 2,000 militiamen. Together, there are more than 6,000 soldiers and horses. Huang Zhong is quite capable of fighting. He is the top general of the Three Kingdoms, and cooperates with Xuanjia Camp's troops. Penetrating power, four thousand can penetrate an enemy formation of two to thirty thousand without much problem.

And once Huang Zhong reaches Jixian and Juyong, and cooperates with the actions of Taishi Ci and Zhou Cang, they still have 15,000 soldiers and more than 6,000 militiamen, totaling more than 20,000 troops. It is only a matter of time before Jixian is defeated.

Fei Ru faced an army of 20,000 people here. Wang Yan led 3,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 militiamen, totaling more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to deal with it. Not to mention that General Wang himself is more capable of fighting. Even if he is not, with more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, as long as they are not fools, they can survive for a few days.

As long as there is one more day, the 3,000 Yingwu guards will be mobilized, and they can be drawn out to fight after a short rest. In addition, the 3,000 militiamen recruited were mobilized from many places. It would take a longer time to assemble and march. Even so, these 3,000 soldiers and horses would reach Feiru in four days.

In addition, if the matter is urgent, there are also logistics militia units to escort supplies. Each of these people is also armed and well-trained. They will arrive in Linyu one after another in the next few days, but they are a little younger. , are less than twenty, but their combat effectiveness is not weak. The strength of the logistics militia force is more than 10,000.

It can be said that if he really fights desperately, Liu Yu will be destroyed in a matter of seconds. It’s just that the investment is too big and not worthwhile.

"Yes, General." An officer in the military tent consciously accepted the order, got up and went out to arrange orders and other matters.

Wang Yan unified the thoughts of the officers in the tent, emphasized military law and discipline, and then waved the officers away, letting them go about their business.

As the troops were busy, the aroma of food began to waft out of the military camp. If you are about to fight for your life, you will naturally have a good meal. Regardless of whether they were the regular soldiers of Xuanwu Guard or the recruited militiamen, they all had the same food, and one portion was brought to Wang Yan.

Compared to its contemporaries, the food now is pretty good. I killed ten pigs and prepared pig-killing vegetables, heavy salt and oil, dry millet rice, mutton and fish soup, and dry millet rice.

Cabbage is a native Chinese dish and is now called wok. And the shape is different from the later Chinese cabbage, there is a big gap, but it is not impossible to use. A lot of this vegetable was grown in Liaodong, and it was a winter storage vegetable just like later. Wang Yan tried pickling sauerkraut and only implemented it after he found it feasible. In addition, agricultural doctors are also doing research and are working on improvement and breeding, hoping to make the current Chinese cabbage look like the Chinese cabbage in the future.

The taste of the food is pretty good. After all, the rice is cooked in a big pot and heavy on oil and salt, so it's hard not to be fragrant. And the most important thing is that the cooks who make big pot meals in Liaodong are all taught by the fat cook of the General's Mansion, and they must all be of the generation of General Wang's disciples. They study on their own on weekdays and develop new tricks based on frying and frying, and are forming a new food culture.

After having lunch and resting for half an hour, the army marched lightly, and Wang Yan also put on armor and went into battle as a vanguard, riding slowly forward.

The enemy's situation had been detected by the rangers. There were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, only thirty miles away from their previous military camp. Now Wang Yan took the lead, marching at the normal speed of a brisk trot. When they arrived, it was almost dusk, and they could start fighting directly.

Wang Yan went into battle, and he thought very simply. Today he defeated more than 20,000 people, and tomorrow he will directly kill Benji County. There is definitely no need to worry about the rear. After all, the logistics team and volunteer soldiers and horses are on their way, and not all the local militia have been recruited, just to guard against the possibility of a rout.

"General, the enemy has detected our army's movements and has formed a formation, waiting for me to attack." The ranger ran back to report.

General Wang nodded. They were now only five miles away from the enemy. If they could not detect their movements at this distance, there would be a big problem.

He made no other arrangements and continued to march at a steady pace.

After walking for more than half an hour, finally, the enemy troops that filled the field of vision were now in the distance, waiting in full formation.

This place belongs to the Lingzhi area and is Gongsun Zan's hometown. Taking advantage of their large number of people, they arranged into three military formations, with more than 10,000 troops in the middle and several thousand on each side. They opened up their posture and set up a charging battle array. At a glance, there were enemies everywhere.

Youzhou is mostly in plains and hilly areas. The enemy has 20,000 troops, while we have less than 6,000. The enemy seems to be quite confident. Instead of fighting in the city, they have opened up their posture and fought in the field. This kind of head-to-head confrontation is of no use in the art of war. The enemy's division into three formations is nothing more than a basic operation by a qualified general, in order to disperse the forces and attack from multiple sides.

If 20,000 people formed a military formation, it would be a huge waste of force. After all, there are only a limited number of soldiers fighting in the front, and more people are invisible behind. The best option is to divide your forces and attack together from multiple directions.

Wang Yan didn't pay attention and didn't change his formation. Different from the two previous night attacks in Liaodong, we can take advantage of the enemy's panic and attack from multiple directions, taking advantage of the darkness to create the illusion of more troops. This time it was a serious battle between soldiers and generals. His troops were originally small, and there were half of the local Youzhou militia. It was said that they would be trained for a year, but without farming and other work, the actual training time was It has only been two months, and he is still not a qualified soldier.

In other words, Liaodong had saved up his family fortune for six years, and equipped these militiamen with armor and weapons, which seemed to be more combat effective than many militiamen opposite who only wore single clothes. If we really divide the troops, these people are still not disciplined enough, so they can only be disrupted and charged together by the veterans.

Leading the team, Wang Yan stopped a stone's throw away and looked around at the enemy troops. They seemed to be surrounded at this moment.

Wang Yan waved his hand gently, and the guards around him waved the yellow flag with black characters on the yellow background of General Tianwu. Immediately afterwards, drums sounded from behind the military formation, and more than 5,000 soldiers began to shout again.

"I am the king's strategist. Today, the two armies are fighting, and I have some good advice to give you. I was born in the capital of Guizhou. I was defeated by the Yellow Turban and Zhuojun, and I gathered my own troops. Now I occupy thousands of miles of fertile land in the east of Liaodong in the north and 500 miles of grassland in the west. What I did They are all common people. Under my rule, we will not do anything to bully the people, abuse the people, and harm the people, let alone anyone who bullies the people, abuses the people, and harms the people.

You and I were born together, so you should share our fate. Why should we work hard for those who enslave us? Even if you kill me here today, what good will it do to you? There is still no food to eat, no clothing to cover the body, no medical treatment for the disease, and all the children are slaves of the powerful family.

Today, those of you who have served your destiny have taken away your land, tyrannized your wives and daughters, and done many evil things. Why should you fight with them? You will definitely know in detail how I am going to govern. If you abandon darkness and turn to light today, you and others will inevitably live like the people of Liaodong in the future. If I and you have the opportunity, I will seize the people around you who are bullying the people. I will punish myself and make them die of cold and hunger for you to cut mountains and build roads and water conservancy.

I don't want you to lay down your weapons, and you must protect yourselves. When those who bully the people are dealt with, you should share the military rations with you and return home to protect your parents, wives and children. When I conquer Youzhou, I will definitely be clear with you.

At that time, we distributed farm tools, planted grain, and redistributed the fields. We taught you that your illnesses could be cured and that you would not suffer from cold or hunger. We shared a common destiny and fought for a better life. If your resistance is not surrendered, and the two armies are engaged in battle, with swords and guns without eyesight, then your parents will have no children, your wives will have no husbands, and your children will have no fathers. You will all die in vain, and you really don’t want to.

Since my words are clear, why don't you take action? "

More than five thousand soldiers shouted three times in a row, and the sound was like thunder, shaking the surrounding areas.

Wang Yan had written this long ago and asked the sergeants to memorize it. When the two armies are fighting, the priority is to attack the heart. Since fighting can be avoided, there is no need to fight. So I urged the sergeants to recite it skillfully, and now they shouted surrender together.

Although the transmission of sound is limited, this is an open plain area. But six thousand people shouted at the same time, and the sound could travel five to six hundred meters, which was enough.

Now surrounded on three sides, the distance is only about five or six hundred meters. The Chinese army is closest, only more than 200 meters away, and many people are already within the coverage of the sound.

Of course the effect is there and quite good. Wang Yan has very good eyesight and can see very clearly.

When he said it for the first time, the enemy's formation was in chaos. Some officers were yelling and cursing loudly, and some were even beating people. The second time, the formation became more chaotic and loose, and there was even some distance left in some places. The third time, it was already dead. Some officers were surrounded in the middle, looking at them with hatred in their eyes, they were so angry that they killed them with a sword.

After three calls to surrender, the enemy made noise for a while. Wang Yan waved his hand, the guards waved the flag, and the sergeants at the rear began to line up, silently forming General Wang's favorite arrow formation. He acted as the forward, and the people behind him followed suit. , simple and direct.

The world was silent and no one spoke. Only Wang Yan's side of the two armies was lining up silently. The sergeants on the opposite side exchanged glances with each other. After a moment of silence, the general on the opposite side finally reacted and scolded loudly. As they stood, the people around them kept waving their flags, and the team became noisy again.

But there was no response to Ling Qi's order.

Until, Wang Yan saw in the military formation opposite, under the reflection of the setting sun, a man picked up the sword in his hand and slashed directly on the neck of the officer who had his back turned to him. It's just that because of the armor and neck protector, there was no blood. The officer was just chopped to the point where he staggered, leaving him in a daze for a moment.

But before he could recover, a soldier came over with a gun, followed by several knives and guns, and several more people stabbed him with a gun in the gap. In the blink of an eye, people are completely dead.

This seemed to be a signal. Not far away from them, another officer was stabbed to death. The soldiers further away also began to take action. Little by little, shouts of killing were heard from the military formations on the left and right wings. The generals in the front row who finally spread to the rear, perhaps because of their increasing prestige, actually turned into a confrontation for a while.

Then someone took action and was killed, and more people took action. Unable to resist, they gritted their teeth and rushed towards Wang Yan with red eyes. They looked so ferocious that they wanted to eat Wang Yan.

The general was very calm and didn't even need him to wave his hand. His own bodyguards came to stop him. He himself picked up a bow and arrow, and before the battle started, he fired three arrows in succession. The enemy general dodged one arrow and blocked another, but the third arrow pierced his throat and he fell off his horse. Being able to escape with two arrows in a row is considered to be somewhat capable.

After all, fighting depends on reaction speed. Wang Yan used a three-stone bow, which had faster arrows and greater power. He was able to dodge two arrows in a row, which was good enough. Unfortunately, General Wang’s archery skills were superb, and the interval between the three arrows was too small, so the enemy general had no chance to use them.

When the guards were fighting, Wang Yan shot cold arrows from behind, one arrow per person. The battle broke out quickly and ended quickly. None of the guards died, and the battle ended without any injuries.

In fact, his guards were very powerful, and he had trained them. The guards were all professional soldiers. Of course, they did raise chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, etc. for a few years, but they had been with Wang Yan for a long time and had longer military training. His guards were only 500.

One could beat four or five elite soldiers. If they formed a military formation, one hundred could beat one thousand. Five hundred certainly could not beat five thousand, but there was no problem in a free fight. They could also defeat two or three thousand people in a head-on fight. They were all very strong.

At the same time, they were constantly selecting from the entire army, and those with strong personal abilities were here. From time to time, a few of them would be transferred to serve as officers, and they all performed very well, which was a good thing to kill two birds with one stone...

The internal fighting of the enemy army continued, and Wang Yan did not move his troops and just watched until the sunset disappeared, the whole army lit torches, and the riots stopped. The final result was that only a few people wearing armor survived, and most people were killed.

Among them, there must be people who died in vain. After all, not wearing armor means bullying, but the people who were forced to come here in a blood-thirsty manner don’t care much, after all, there are no good things in the soldiers at this time.

Although these people are under Liu Yu’s command, they may be stronger than Gongsun Zan, but their strength is limited. After all, deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates is a basic skill of managers. Liu Yu is a confused and smart man. His subordinates cater to his preferences, so he thinks that he is in a great order under his rule, no one picks up lost items on the road, no one closes the door at night, the people are rich, and the soldiers are not guilty. But this kind of thing, in this era and the current situation, is really difficult for people.

As for Liu Yu being killed by Gongsun Zan, many people avenged Liu Yu, and even the Wuhuan people sent troops. There are many relationships involved. If you want to say that there are people who are really just avenging Liu Yu, there must be some, but definitely not all of them, but they are all under this banner. More reasons are actually very pure, just to kill Gongsun Zan.

There is nothing new under the sun, fighting back and forth, all for themselves.

General Wang did what he said. Seeing that these people's emotions had stabilized, he immediately organized people to appease them. He also organized people to count the money, food and weapons, and began to organize the cooks to bury the pots and cook, and sent people back to Feiru to send meat urgently.

While cooking here, people dug pits to find firewood, burned and buried the bodies. The air was filled with the smell of human flesh. But the soldiers pretended not to smell it. The two armies, about 30,000 people, all surrounded the cooks, waiting for food.

After counting the food and leaving enough for the next day's breakfast, the military Sima began to distribute food to the people. The food brought with the army was not much, that is, less than half a month's worth, and more food had to be delivered slowly by the food transport team.

But this half-month's worth was for fighting. After all, fighting consumed more food. Although it was still not enough to eat, it was definitely better than the usual food. So this half-month's worth was distributed to the soldiers, and they took it back to eat porridge every day, which could last a family for half a month.

The comparison between these two and a half months showed that people's current living conditions were not much better than a family with only one set of clothes...

Wang Yan did not eat. He took six guards with him, and under the light of torches, he chatted with the people who were sitting in the cold wind waiting for food and turned back to the shore and abandoned darkness to join the light. He even broke up the soldiers and militia teams, sat down with them, and answered their questions.

The reason why he brought six guards was not to guard against the people holding weapons, but to pull up the pomp and let them know that he was the Tianwu general. Instead of him going over and explaining to people. At this time, although the six guards were few, they were also many. They definitely represented more than just the identities of six guards. Following them was the absolute power will that controlled life and death.

He chatted with the people as a Yellow Turban rebel from the common people, and also talked with the people under his rule as the Tianwu general. Although these people could not feel it, these were two different things. Their cautious eyes, trembling and excitement when they spoke, all proved this point.

"I have seen the general."

When they came to another group of people, they hurriedly got up.

But before they could stand up, General Wang sat down on the ground: "Don't be so polite, sit down, sit down."

Looking at the people who sat down again, he saw the face of one of them in the light of the torch, pointed at him and said with a smile: "What is your name?"

"General, my surname is Chen and my name is Chong, and I am from Yuyang."

"Don't you have a courtesy name?"

"My father was a tenant of a large family. I chose my name after I learned a few words, so I don't have a courtesy name."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "I am the same as you. I also chose my name and my courtesy name was chosen by myself after I learned some writing. In this case, I will choose it with you. Chong means emptiness. Laozi said that the great fullness is like Chong, and its use is endless. Are you the eldest son?"

"My eldest brother died young, and I am the second son."

"Since that's the case, I'll give you the name Zhongying." Wang Yan wrote these two words on the ground with his fingers, waved his hand to stop Chen Chong from kowtowing and thanking him, and said with a smile, "I saw you draw your sword first in the middle army when I was in the army before, and I was very relieved. If we were brothers, we would also have to fight with swords and fight for life and death, how sad it would be. Fortunately, you have the courage to draw your swords and save your own lives.

How I treat the people, Zhang Kun has already told you, so I won't say it again. After you return home, you should spend the winter in peace. I said before that after we take over Youzhou, civil officials will go to your villages to assign work. Work hard, survive the cold winter, and wait for the coming spring. You all have weapons. After returning home, if there is bullying, you should unite and kill with swords.

How can we, the common people, survive? One is the sword in our hands, and the other is the unity of all brothers, so that people dare not bully each other..."

Wang Yan smiled and did ideological work for these people, and took the opportunity to paint a picture of the future, asking them to work for him, so that their lives will get better and better, and not be ridden on their heads by others...

Zhang Kun sat aside with a smile, and his heart was very beautiful at this moment. Because he was a regular soldier of Xuanwuwei, he accepted the assignment of the military steward and came to tell these people how good life was in Liaodong.

But what he didn't expect was that General Wang actually called out his name, and he was just a soldier at the grassroots level. The general did see him, but that was four years ago, when the general inspected Pingguo and went into their house to see the situation. At that time, he was not old enough and had not joined the army, and their family was still Wuhuan, and later changed their surname to Zhang.

But now the general actually called out his name. This is the general who governs millions of soldiers and civilians, and works hard all day long just to make them live a good life. Now he is fighting on the front line for more people. The general they worship in their family called out his name...

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