: Going to the Battle

The spring breeze passed by, which made Chen Yuan feel very comfortable, but the helmet on his head was a little heavy. He didn't want to bring it, because Manager Chen was not ready to have a one-on-one fight with Li Yuanhao on the battlefield in person.

But Song Qi told him that he must be worn with a helmet because this is the rule.

Chen Yuan's troops were just vanguards, and Fan Zhongyan's army had not yet set off, so few people were seeing off. However, when Lu Yijian came, Bao Zheng came, and Mu Guiying came. The rest were people with good relationships with Chen Yuan or Song Qi, such as Zeng Gongliang and Wen Yanbo.

Oh, Mu Guiying was not here to see him off, she caught someone! Yang Wenguang wanted to run away first without telling him, but with the lessons from the last car, Mu Guiying easily caught him this time.

After Bao Zheng and Lu Yijian were simply polite, they came to Mu Guiying who was teaching Yang Wenguang a lesson: "Master Mu!"

Mu Guiying was busy returning the gift: "Sir Bao, I really didn't expect you to come to see Chen Shimei off."

Bao Zheng smiled: "The Marshal led the troops for many years. Bao Zheng asked for advice, can these people fight?"

Mu Guiying nodded: "No, it's much better than I thought. Although Chen Shimei doesn't know how to train soldiers, he can be very good at it."

Bao Zheng nodded slightly: "That's good, by the way, Marshal, why don't you let the little marquis go out for some experience? Didn't the son of the Yang family grow up in his infancy?"

Yang Wenguang hurriedly said, "Yes, mother, look at Master Bao, who said that!"

Mu Guiying was not polite to him: "Shut up!" After saying that, he clasped his fists at Bao Zheng: "Sir Bao, the Yang family is now in a small population. If there is anything wrong with Wenguang, I really don't know what to do with the Yang family in the future!"

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "So you married the seventh wife for Wenguang, right? Haha, Marshal Mu, I'll say don't be surprised. I'm afraid the heroes of the Yang family have spirits in the sky. They would rather Wenguang have only a gun left in their hands than watch him sit at home with his seventh wife in his arms? Is the one you keep for them really the son of the Yang family?"

Mu Guiying was stunned for a moment. It was not that she didn't understand this principle, but that every woman was selfish after becoming a mother.

Seeing that Mu Guiying didn't speak, Yang Wenguang stepped forward: "Mom, just let me go. I went to Liao Kingdom last time, didn't I come back safe?"

Mu Guiying turned around: "Only half of his life is left, is that called peace!"

Yang Wenguang smiled embarrassedly: "That's careless. Don't worry this time, you must be fine!"

Mu Guiying thought for a while and finally let go: "Hey, since you like it, just go. If you fight well this time, I will recommend you to the emperor."

Yang Wenguang was very happy: "Thank you mother! Thank you Mr. Bao!"

Bao Zheng nodded, and his dark face smiled.

Mu Guiying patted her son on the shoulder: "Remember, when you go to the battlefield, a coward will die the fastest!"

Yang Wenguang nodded: "I understand."

Ten days later, Chen Yuan brought three thousand to Qingzhou, and Di Qing's two thousand men had already received the order to wait here for three days.

When I saw Di Qing and Chen Yuan, I was very happy: "Brother Di, this time my brother asked the emperor for Li Yuanhao to fight, and I didn't have much confidence, so I specially pulled you to help the boxing. You won't blame me, right?"

Di Qing smiled: "Where? I'm thinking about whether I can find an opportunity to avenge Mikawaguchi. Brother Chen asked me to order my troops. Brother is very grateful."

Chen Yuan didn't say anything, and pulled Di Qing into the military camp: "There is more than 500 miles away from Yan'an Prefecture. Brother Di came a few days ago. I wonder if there was anything abnormal?"

Di Qing shook his head: "This area is quite calm. After the defeat of Sanchuankou, Lord Fan and his 800 soldiers guarded Yanzhou for seven days. Our reinforcements gradually arrived, but the other two troops that were originally planned to be encircled by us were defeated by us, so Li Yuanhao had retreated from Yanzhou."

Di Qing is a qualified general. Even if he is just a commander, he always understands the entire battle situation!

The two walked into the military tent together, with a military map on the table and an oil lamp next to it. It was obvious that Di Qing was studying the current form when Chen Yuan came.

After Chen Yuan, Yang Wenguang and others entered the house, they went directly to the map: "What's the current situation?"

Di Qing bit his teeth and shook his head slightly: "Although our army has defended Yanzhou now, its morale is sluggish. The devastating defeat in Sanchuankou is like a shadow, which makes the soldiers feel inexplicably fear. Lord Fan's command is not very flexible, so we can only defend passively until now. I hope that after Brother Chen comes, the situation will improve."

Song Qi, who was standing beside him, immediately shook his fists and said, "Long live to send us here to boost morale first and let all soldiers know about Long live's determination. This time, we must give the Dangxiang people a favor!"

After hearing this, Di Qing said, "Well, this is the best. But I don't know what you want to do?"

As he spoke, his eyes looked at Chen Yuan, and Chen Yuan's brows were tightly locked together: "I am an amateur in the war. Brother Di has any suggestions for a while but it doesn't matter. Now I just want to know where Li Yuanhao is and what he is doing."

Di Qing's hand drew on the map and placed it on the Dingbian Army: "The latest news is that he appeared in the Dingbian Army three days ago and attacked one of our military camps. More than a thousand brothers were killed in battle, 30,000 people were looted by the Dangxiang people, and countless property losses were lost."

Song Qi was stunned for a moment: "What did he do to steal the people?"

Chen Yuan answered Di Qing: "Li Yuanhao fought with Liao Kingdom last year, and his vitality was severely damaged. His population was seriously insufficient, so he plundered some people from the Song Dynasty to make up for it."

Song Qi's mouth moved twice, obviously he was quite dissatisfied with what Chen Yuan knew without telling him.

Chen Yuan just knew it! Before entering Qingzhou, he met the person who stayed here in Chai Yang. It was the man who told Chen Yuan about Dangxiang that he had some understanding of Li Yuanhao's purpose!

Di Qing nodded and said, "Li Yuanhao can be said to have all the initiative this time. After breaking the Jinming Village, the defense line of the Song Dynasty was in chaos. He obviously made up his mind to rob it. He specially set up an army called the Capturing Army. The number of people is the largest. If you don't fight, you will be responsible for robbery. Wherever this army passes, there is basically nothing left."

Di Qing said this, looking a little angry: "Li Yuanhao formed a unit of the Song people he stolen by him, called the Chaoling Army. Whenever he encountered difficult cities, he would let these Song people go first. Dangxiang elites were mixed in it. When we guard the city, we saw that they were their fellow villagers, and most of them were unwilling to shoot arrows. Many castles were broken in this way."

Yang Wenguang was very angry when he heard this: "It's so despicable!"

Chen Yuan smiled: "There is no despicable thing to be despicable. This is the battlefield. As long as you can beat you, you are a hero. Brother Di, Xixia is known as 500,000 soldiers, but in fact, all his men of the right age can be counted to reach this number. How many people do you think there are in Xixia now? I mean the real army."

Is this question really Di Qing? He thought about it for a long time and shook his head and said, "I can't explain this clearly. If you ask me how much he has come, I can tell you a prepared number, a total of 80,000. Including the 100,000 Qiang soldiers who surrendered, Li Yuanhao's available troops now is 180,000."

After hearing this, Chen Yuan shook his head slightly: "I have different views on this point! Li Yuanhao brought 80,000 people to fight to this level. On the surface, it seems that the reinforcements from Xixia have been continuously driven over, but the second batch of troops he drove over were basically those "life-capturing troops" and did not have much combat power. The real elite on the front line is probably only 70,000 people left."

Song Qi interrupted: "Where are the 100,000 Qiang soldiers?"

Chen Yuan said: "Li Yuanhao is born suspicious. How could he be assured of those who have just surrendered? Those 100,000 people were just behind him and shouted, and he even had to send some troops to guard him. In this way, Li Yuanhao could fight at most 50,000 troops!"

After hearing this, Di Qing nodded: "Brother Chen said it very reasonably. Actually, I don't think there is much difference between 80,000 and 50,000 people, and it is impossible to fight a war with the Song Dynasty in a dignified manner! Therefore, when Lord Fan Zhongyan comes, what Li Yuanhao has to do must be seeking peace."

Chen Yuan looked at Di Qing with his eyes: "Brother Di, you are better than me in war, but my guesswork is that brothers think they are better than others. The difference between 80,000 and 50,000 is big. If Li Yuanhao had 80,000 people to use, I would stay in Qingzhou now and wait for Lord Fan to come before leaving. But if he only had 50,000 people, we would be in war soon! I dare to bet with you that Li Yuanhao would definitely not let us walk into Yanzhou City so smoothly!"

Li Yuanhao dared to run to Qingzhou to attack them? Even Di Qing thought this was absolutely impossible. Because the reinforcements sent by the emperor must be not ordinary weak troops. If they can't eat them, they may be besieged by the Song army in the heart of the Song Dynasty! It's too risky!

From a military perspective, it is absolutely impossible, but Chen Yuan knew that Li Yuanhao is now a gambler, and he only measured the ratio of risks and interests. If he killed this reinforcement army, the morale of the entire Song Dynasty front line would fall to the lowest point! This would be very beneficial to Li Yuanhao! He could achieve unexpected results before Fan Zhongyan arrived! Perhaps, by the time Fan Zhongyan came, the Song Dynasty front line would have collapsed.

Chen Yuan didn't care about everyone's surprise expression, looked at Di Qing and said, "If we were to ambush us on the road from Qingzhou to Yanzhou, which one is the most suitable?"

Di Qing shook his head: "Nowhere is suitable! It's a smooth road from Qingzhou to Yanzhou, and there is no place where Li Yuanhao can ambush. Lord Fan Yong has sent Huang Hede and his 5,000 troops to meet us at 200 miles outside Yanzhou City. We can only walk more than 300 miles to join them. The Song army has 50,000 or 60,000 to support us at any time on these 300 miles. Once the fight starts, as long as we persist for an hour, Li Yuanhao can't escape even if he wants to run!"

Chen Yuan was shocked: "Huang Hede? Is it the supervisor who was asked back from Mikawaguchi?"

To be honest, although Chen Yuan did not know the details of the Battle of Sanchuankou, he believed that Guo Zun, who was the bravest of the three armies, and Liu Ping, could not escape. The luck of this military supervisor to come back!

Di Qing responded: "It's him."

Chen Yuan pondered. Li Yuanhao is very good at fighting wars. Just look at fighting Jinmingzhai. He is a person who can use factors outside of war to solve the war. Di Qing and the others did not believe that Li Yuanhao came to fight this reinforcement army, which was from a military perspective. What if Li Yuanhao had other ways? Li Yuanhao must have other ways!

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Chen Yuan's lips. He wanted to give Li Yuanhao a surprise and Renzong a surprise! He said confidently: "He will come! If he doesn't come, it means he is just a little robber and has no courage to make the transaction bigger! I'm too disappointed with him."

Everyone did not speak, and Chen Yuan obviously did not convince everyone, but he still insisted on his opinion: "Let's set off tomorrow and head to Yanzhou! Be on guard all the way, the soldiers were unsheathed and the arrows were on the string, so don't be careless!"
Chapter completed!