Chapter 68: It is indeed an opportunity not to be missed
Qiu Fu was defeated? And he was defeated in Jiangdu?
If Lu Yang remembered correctly, Zhu Di's order to Qiu Fu was to seize the title of Shaobo Town and station it on the spot, and did not allow the vanguard army to attack Jiangdu, the capital of Yangzhou.
"Bad?" Zhu Neng seemed to feel extremely unbelievable.
What a strange thing to win?
However, since Zhu Di started his army, in more than a year, he won the victory, and the difference was a big victory or a small victory.
It is a fact that Qiu Fu disobeyed the order. If he successfully seized Jiang, he would be considered to be incompetent and unfair, and defeat would be the result of two crimes being punished together.
And the most important thing is that Qiu Fushou set a precedent for the defeat of the Yan army. It would be fine if he died on the battlefield. Once the headquarters was too damaged and alive, Zhu Di would not want to kill this confidant general and shock the rest of the general who became elated.
Lu Yang asked someone to call info over.
"The general easily captured Shaobo Town. The scouts found no trace of the enemy's army along the way. The city gates of Jiangdu were also wide open, and there were no too many flags on the top of the city. The general thought that the opportunity should not be missed, so he led 10,000 people to attack, and then the news of the defeat of the army came."
"When the news of the defeat in Jiangdu arrived, the enemy army appeared in the rear wing of our army..."
It sounds not that complicated. Simply put, Sheng Yong first used Shaobo Town as bait to let Qiu Fu eat it easily, and then made the illusion of Jiangdu's emptiness to lure Qiu Fu to attack. Then, Sheng Yong probably asked some of the troops to detour to Qiu Fu's main force in advance. After they set up a plan to defeat Qiu Fu's partial army in Jiangdu, they took advantage of the news of the defeat to the Yan army camp of the Houyi Yan army, causing the Yan soldiers to be unstable.
In short, Qiu Fu was really arrogant. While despising the court army extremely, he was too eager to make contributions and fell head-on into the trap prepared by Sheng Yong.
"There is no news of the general's life and death..."
Zhu Neng was a little overwhelmed after listening to a series of news.
"No defeated soldiers came to me." Li Bin said a very critical topic.
The place where they were stationed was about ten miles east of Shangguan Bridge. In terms of the local terrain, the defeated Yan army still had organizational degrees. They retreated to the west and would not choose the north and east of the lakes. If they had reason, it would be even more impossible to go south and fall into the trap.
Then, Lu Yang did not forget to sprinkle scouts to investigate the surrounding areas, and no news of discovering the enemy was reported. They had also begun to be stationed in the camp, and it was the best time for the enemy to seize the opportunity to raid. Still no enemy troops appeared.
Liu Sheng said: "There are still cavalry in the Southern Army?"
It shouldn't be possible? Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong were defeated again and again. Among the nearly one million troops they threw in, there were nearly 60,000 horse troops. Yingtian...or how many horse troops can be gathered in the south?
If Sheng Yong's horse army was not large, how could he intercept the defeated Yan army fleeing westward?
Lu Yang really couldn't understand why there were no defeated soldiers coming, thinking to himself: "Even if Sheng Yong has tens of thousands of horse troops, it is impossible to catch all the defeated soldiers."
No matter what happened, the most important thing they should do now is to send someone to report to Zhu Di, and they will inevitably discuss and come up with another countermeasure.
Liu Sheng asked, "Maybe you can attack Jiangdu?"
Even if the imperial army won one game, Qiu Fu had 50,000 troops along the way. The imperial army that won the battle could not have no losses. Besides, the imperial army that had just fought also needed rest.
There has been something that Qiu Fu may have been wiped out. The unknown situation made Zhu Neng dare not make a decision easily, thinking to himself: "Do you want to wait for Your Highness's order?"
Lu Yang and Liu Sheng looked at each other for two breaths, looked at Zhu Neng and said, "Running to Jiangdu overnight!"
"Ah?" Zhu Neng looked at Lu Yang, then looked at Liu Sheng and Li Bin, and his eyes fell on Lu Yang again, gritted his teeth, and said, "I will follow the advice of participating in politics!"
This "participation in politics" is not a common position as a local official, but rather a deputy.
Lu Yang's participation in politics was a temporary position, and he would no longer be a deputy general in the future.
Of course, it’s not like running the mouth to finish it.
Zhu Neng first concentrated the horse army and the infantry in the army, while Lu Yang distributed the dry food and various materials that had been prepared in advance.
To put it bluntly, the action of running is to force the marching, reach the target position at the fastest speed, and have enough physical strength to carry out the subsequent battle.
They selected only 7,000 people to attack along the way. After nightfall, marched under the moonlight, and the remaining 43,000 people fired torches to make the illusion of approaching Shaobo Town.
Lu Yang did not stay behind, and he followed Zhu Neng to attack Jiangdu.
Gu Cheng was the one who stayed in the rear to command 43,000 troops, and Zhang Fu was also left by Lu Yang.
Zhang Fu's responsibility is to monitor Gu Cheng, and if necessary, he can directly draw a knife to kill Gu Cheng.
In fact, Gu Cheng also knew that Zhang Fu stayed behind to monitor him, and he showed a little dissatisfaction, but he didn't say much.
The 7,000 raid troops accounted for 2,000 horse troops, and the rest were followed by hiking and running.
"The blessing of heaven is Thirteen..." Zhu Neng would look up at the sky from time to time, and more often he would scan the surroundings.
The moon at Thirteen is already very round, and it can be used to show people's sight in the night, but relatively speaking, it looks blurry when you look far away.
Zhu Neng actually didn't know if it was right to march into Jiangdu. Just Liu Sheng's proposal would not agree with anything, and Lu Yang's proposal would be a bit different.
Who doesn't know that Zhu Di faced many difficult choices? All of them were Lu Yang's suggestions that Zhu Di could tilt the scale? The suggestions that Lu Yang gave were proven correct. Zhu Neng was willing to take risks out of trust in Lu Yang.
They set out when the night fell, and people fell behind again and again in a forcible state. The people riding horses changed their horses twice within an hour. The moon in the sky was almost to the west, and the river in the distance was already blurred.
The Jiangdu was not brightly lit under the night sky, but you could see a brazier about a hundred meters away from the city.
Until they approached within three miles of Jiangdu, they were still not exposed for the time being.
"How to attack the city?" Zhu Neng drove his horse to Lu Yang and asked loudly.
Pretending to pretend that the imperial army deceived the city gate? This is an idea that only people without military knowledge would come up with.
In non-war situations, there will be city gate control at night. Unless there is a person who is in a hurry and has a high enough status to endorse the city gate, the city gate may be opened, otherwise the person guarding the city gate will be severely punished.
When we reach a state of war, even if there is a 100,000-year-old situation, the city gate cannot be opened at night. If you want to go in or out, you can only rely on a hanging basket.
So, it’s impossible for the city gate to pretend to be an enemy, let alone pretending to be successful or defeated, pretending to be reinforcements and it’s impossible for the city gate to open.
How could Lu Yang not think about it in advance? He had already prepared accordingly, and said, "Those who are good at climbing can make the flying hooks and walls and grab the door..."
Next, there is no need to say more about Lu Yang. Being able to seize the city gate and open it will definitely be to break into the city. If it doesn’t mean that this raid failed. Just look at how strong Jiangdu’s defense is and how alert the defenders are…
Chapter completed!