Zheng Ying reprimanded Mao Wenlong with a straight face. Mao Wenlong recalled Xiao Ruxun's words and knew what mistake he had made. He quickly apologized.
"This subordinate knows his mistake. Please punish me, Zheng Shuai!"
"Quick to admit your mistake!"
Zheng Ying rolled his eyes. "Don't even think about doing anything. Don't even think about going anywhere. Just obediently be a good advisor. Otherwise, see how I'll deal with you! I have the final say in your promotion. Do you believe that I won't send you to the Cooks' Army? "
"Don't! I'll be the advisor! "
Mao Wenlong quickly begged. "An advisor can at least participate in military affairs!"
"Participate in military affairs! Tell me, what did you come up with? What did you learn from this military conference? What do you think about the future war? "
Zheng Ying immediately asked.
"Err … That traitor Yang is insane. He sent troops to attack our army. This is simply courting death. We should wait for his army to arrive and deal with them. Then, we'll chase after them. We'll definitely be able to defeat them in one fell swoop.
Since they're coming from the Flying Training Fort, we'll directly rush there. We'll definitely be able to capture them. That traitor Yang will definitely panic and retreat. This will be our opportunity. We can directly attack the Bozhou Comfort Department and destroy that traitor Yang's lair. That traitor Yang will definitely be at a loss. "
"In your dreams. Do you think that what you said will happen?"
Zheng Ying looked at him from the corner of his eyes.
"Of course, just now Marshal Zheng also made the same judgment, and this subordinate also thinks so. That traitor Yang has already lost his composure. He clearly knew that a large army was coming to attack, but not only did he not use his advantage to defend the strategic area, he actually sent his elite troops to attack. This is not because he is bold but because he is strong in appearance."
Mao Wenlong's face was full of confirmation.
Zheng Ying didn't say anything.
"But …"
"But what?"
Mao Wenlong said with some uncertainty. "However, this subordinate feels that we don't need 160,000 soldiers to deal with Bozhou. With the sharpness of our Daqin army, 30,000 Sichuan soldiers will attack from Sichuan, while our main force of 50,000 will attack from Xinglong Garrison and Baini.
With this two-pronged attack, eighty thousand men would be enough to pacify Bozhou. A paper tiger like Yang Yinglong, who appears fierce but is actually weak inside, isn't worth our army's attention. To send out 160,000 soldiers to deal with him is giving him too much face. "
Zheng Ying smiled with a strange expression.
"You make it sound easy. Are you so sure that 80,000 soldiers against 100,000 soldiers?"
"His Majesty has even won a battle where a hundred thousand people fought against a million, let alone a mere Chieftain."
Zheng Ying couldn't refute Mao Wenlong's reason.
Pausing for a moment, Zheng Ying smiled mysteriously at Mao Wenlong and said, "Since you said that eighty thousand men is enough to take care of Yang Yinglong, then why do you think His Majesty doubled the number to one hundred and sixty thousand men and did not hesitate to mobilize all the granaries and civilians in the southeast to fight this battle? Such a battle array is enough to raze the entire Bozhou to the ground. "
"Yes, I think so too. Sending 160,000 soldiers to deal with Yang Yinglong is giving him too much face. With our elite troops who have been through hundreds of battles, this is like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken. Not to mention a small Bozhou, we can even plow the entire Guizhou. If we can't plow it, there's still Old General Deng from Yunnan in the south. If we attack from both sides, we can definitely cripple this gang … this gang … this gang …"
Mao Wenlong's expression suddenly changed. He remembered what Xiao Ruxun had said before, but he thought that Xiao Ruxun would have a follow-up plan and take it slow. He didn't expect that Xiao Ruxun wanted to finish the battle in one fell swoop.
Then, he looked at Zheng Ying with an incredulous expression.
"Zheng Shuai, did I say something wrong?"
"Wrong? You're right! I think you're right. With these 160,000 soldiers, not to mention Guizhou, we can raze the entire southwest, let alone a small Bozhou. Yang Yinglong thinks too highly of himself, and the people here think too highly of themselves. We need the Daqin Heavenly Soldiers to teach them a good lesson and let them know what the Daqin Army is! "
Zheng Ying's expression suddenly turned cold.
Mao Wenlong's pupils shrank, and then he trembled with excitement.
Could it be that this battle was just a prelude?
Mao Wenlong's guess was right. Yang Yinglong really thought too highly of himself. In the face of the new Daqin Army, his army was simply a disorderly motley crew. So what if they were valiant? They had no sense of organization at all. They only knew to charge forward when there were benefits. At first glance, it was obvious that they were tough, and everyone wanted to push others to the front. They were not a real army at all.
On the 27th day of the twelfth month of the first year of Longwu, Yang Zhu led his army to attack Longquan County. They fell into an ambush set up by Liu Gu and were surrounded by the troops under Liu Gu's command. After a day of fighting, they suffered heavy casualties and were almost completely wiped out. Yang Zhu's luck was not bad. He led a group of defeated soldiers and fought their way out of the encirclement.
Then, they fled in panic to the east bank of the Meitan River. Here, they were caught, and there was another round of fighting. No one knew how many people were drowned and how many were killed. Yang Zhu was not so lucky this time. He was shot full of holes, which made Liu Gu very unhappy.
"I said that I would personally chop off his head and use it as a chamber pot! Who killed him?! "
Although Liu Gu had achieved a great victory and annihilated the enemy, he was not able to kill Yang Zhu with his own hands to vent his anger. He was very dissatisfied and wanted to personally chop that bastard Yang Yinglong to vent his anger.
On the other side, on the 28th day of the twelfth month of the first year of Longwu, Yang Weidong led his army to attack the White Mud Division. He planned to clean up the audacious imperial army until there was nothing left. In the end, he just happened to run into Zheng Ying's main force. After fighting for only four hours, Yang Weidong's army was completely wiped out.
His defeat was even worse than Yang Chaodong's and Yang Zhu's.
The reason was that for some reason, this fellow did not leave any backup plans. He did not leave any troops behind to guard the retreat route. The moment he saw Zheng Ying's army, he rushed over and pressed forward with all his troops.
He planned to quickly take down the White Mud Division and then attack the Xinglong Division. He even personally supervised the battle, saying that simple and violent methods were the essence of battle in order to boost morale.
In the end, the retreat route was easily cut off by Zheng Ying's cavalry. They attacked from both sides. The front line collapsed under the bombardment of the cannons, and the rear line collapsed under the attacks of the cavalry. They ran towards each other, and this caused the middle line to be in chaos. They could not even resist.
On the west bank of the White Mud Division, Yang Weidong buried Yang Yinglong's third division. More than half of them were killed or injured, and less than three thousand managed to escape. Most of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Yang Weidong was also captured. When he was captured, he cried without any backbone and begged Zheng Ying not to kill him.
"No matter what, Yang Yinglong is still a character. Why is his son such a coward?"
Zheng Ying disdainfully ordered Yang Weidong to be imprisoned.
It was not that Yang Yinglong did not plan to fight against the Daqin. He had already given it his all. In an extremely short period of time, he had mobilized a hundred thousand soldiers. Only ten thousand of the most elite Tiger Division soldiers were left to guard the base. The other three divisions were all sent out. He then mobilized another twenty thousand soldiers to join the army guarding the base, intending to be firefighters.
In his opinion, although the imperial army was cowardly, they still had the numbers. It would not be good for him to be too careless.
Among the three divisions, he was most worried about Yang Weidong. This was because Yang Weidong was the least experienced, unlike Yang Chaodong and Yang Zhu who had been fighting alongside him for many years.
However, he had arranged for them to be assistants who were proficient in battle formations, so there should not be any problems.
However, Yang Yinglong did not consider whether his three generals would listen to his advice humbly.
Even if they did, what would be the effect?
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