latelenovela Chapter 818 Deployment
Chapter 818 Deployment
"Oh, Marshal, let's just call ourselves rats. Being scolded by the enemy is better than losing our country and our race, right?"
"Yes, Marshal, don't hesitate. Just assume that we didn't receive the carrier pigeon message and that the pigeon was killed by hunters on the way."
"We can all testify that you didn't receive the letter!"
"What's more important, the millions of people of Daqian, or a little reputation? Will the enemy step on our heads and praise us as gentlemen?
Even if they did, so what?
People are dead, why bother about these things? "
"Yes, Marshal, let's launch a sneak attack."
The generals talked to each other for a long time.
Jin Haoqian finally made up his mind, stuffed the note into his arms, and said,
“Then proceed as planned.
Tomorrow, our army will go to war. The fifth, sixth and seventh legions will hold the defense. Zhou Tai will lead the eighth legion and quietly set out from Dongbao Village, go around to the rear of the enemy, sneak attack the enemy camp, and capture Emperor Qian alive.
In addition, we must find a way to delay time and buy time for the Eighth Legion."
At this point, Jin Haoqian suddenly had an idea, turned his head and looked at Xing Kebi, and said with a smile,
"General Xing, you've always said that you're incredibly brave, and that killing generals on the battlefield is a daily routine.
Tomorrow the Yan army will be dispatched, and I will allow you to lead your troops to fight against the enemy.
Go and kill a few generals to strengthen our army's might!"
Xing Kebi immediately cheered up and said,
"Don't worry, Marshal. With this pear blossom axe in my hand, I will make sure that Yan thief never returns!"
"Okay, tomorrow morning, I'll prepare a farewell drink for you!"
Afterwards, Commander Jin Haoqian strengthened the defense to guard against a night attack by the Yan army.
Outside the city, the Yan army camp.
The number of Yan troops was simply too large, and they set up camp wherever they went, occupying a huge area. When they were not fighting, they could only set up camp as far away from farmland as possible to reduce damage to the fields.
This time, they camped outside the city, and the area of the camp alone far exceeded the area of the enemy's entire defense line.
In the central army commander's tent, Yan Fuyao, who was seven months pregnant, sat on the commander's chair with her big belly and called all the generals to a meeting.
There were more than a dozen commanders alone, and they could hardly fit in two rows.
In front of Yan Fuyao, there was a map of the enemy's city defenses, and he said,
"Everyone, you have all seen the Qian army's three-point and one-line defense. Since the two princes are away, I will lead the army in person and serve as the temporary commander.
Let's talk about how to fight this battle."
Everyone looked a little strange.
Throughout thousands of years of history, there has never been a female emperor who led an army to war while pregnant.
This incident was recorded in history books, and future generations will probably say how incompetent these generals were.
With so many grown men, they actually let the empress be the commander-in-chief. Listen, this is a slap in the face.
Moreover, the emperor did not know how to fight a war. According to history books, emperors who did not know how to fight and personally led the army usually ended up in a miserable defeat, and were then nailed to the pillar of shame in history and were scolded as tyrants.
But this emperor was different. She knew she was not good at fighting, so she listened to advice.
The two famous generals of the Yan army, Guan Shouchang and Yu Huatian, sat in the front row. After looking at each other, Guan Shouchang spoke first.
"Your Majesty, the enemy's pass stretches twenty miles between two mountains. There's no water source nearby, and without heavy rain, flooding is definitely not an option.
We must either attack with force or with fire.
If they were to attack by force, each legion would deploy its troops and determine the area it would be responsible for attacking. There were five areas in total, and each area could be easily captured even with only one or two legions.
If the attack was to be carried out by fire, sufficient kerosene would be collected from various counties and prefectures, carried by hot air balloons, and flown into the sky to burn the enemy.
Your Majesty, what do you think our army should do?"
Guan Shouchang was very humble, understood human nature, and knew the limits. He knew that a fire attack was impossible and the only option now was a force attack, but he still proposed two plans and let the emperor make the decision.
After all, she is the emperor, and she has to consider the emperor's face. She can't let the ministers make decisions on everything. Wouldn't the emperor seem like a tool?
The best way is for the ministers to put forward several suggestions and let the emperor make the decision.
This is how to be an official, this is emotional intelligence.
Of course, this does not mean that such officials are treacherous. If the decision is wrong, they will also argue for it.
Yan Fuyao thought about it, shook his head and said,
"The army consumed a lot of kerosene along the way, and the remaining kerosene had to be supplied to the hot air balloons.
If heavy taxes are levied on the surrounding areas, it will probably cause public outrage.
Let's just storm it out. The enemy has only 400,000 men in total, while ours has over a million more men than them.
Even if we storm them, we can wipe them out in one fell swoop.
The troops of Great Yan are all veterans, so we should have no problem defeating Lingling.
There are five lines of defense. Everyone, tell me which legion is best to attack which one? "
Yu Huatian immediately stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, the enemy's strongest line of defense is undoubtedly Lingling City. You can leave it to my Tianyu Army to attack."
Guan Shouchang also said,
"My mighty tiger army is also invincible!"
The armies under the two famous generals are all iron-clad armies, and they are not afraid of fighting tough battles at all.
Bai Wuan stood up and said,
"My Dragon Army can attack the fort on the far right."
When Yu Ziling saw everyone standing up, she immediately said,
"My Yuying Army can also go out to fight and attack the enemy camp's defense line in the east."
Are you kidding? There are more than a dozen legions, but too many people and too little food. If we don’t grab it, it will be gone.
As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her with confused and surprised expressions.
Yu Ziling saw their looks and asked,
"Why are you looking at me? You can fight, but I can't?"
Zhang Han asked directly and casually,
"If you go to the battlefield, who will stay to protect His Majesty?"
Hearing this, Yu Ziling immediately became angry and said with glaring eyes,
"During the Battle of the Three Armies in Shaanxi City, and even during the entire war against Chu, my Yuying Army did not take part in the battlefield. I was the one who protected His Majesty the entire time.
Now it’s time for the battle against Qian, the last battle between two nations, and you won’t let me join?
Do you think that the responsibility of protecting His Majesty is the responsibility of our Yuying Army family, and you have no responsibility?
I have to do this, so no one else can do it?"
Everyone hurried to comfort her, saying that it was certainly not her responsibility alone.
Yan Fuyao smiled and said,
"At first, because Yu Ziling was pregnant and unfit to go to the battlefield, I asked her to lead the army to protect me.
Now her child is two months old and her body has recovered. In addition to the previous war! She has never been allowed to participate in the Yuying Army and has not made any contributions. It is really unreasonable not to let her go to the battlefield.
I cannot favor some over others and keep them in the dark, which would chill the hearts of the soldiers.
How about this, I will personally make the arrangements."