Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 152

Chapter 152

The evacuation of the people in Jiyang city and Xiao Jue took over the Jiyang city army almost simultaneously.

The people will not refuse to obey the orders given by the prince’s daughter herself. Even if there are more puzzles and doubts, he will leave temporarily to save the lives of his family when he hears of the turmoil in the city. Those who do not leave are the old, weak, sick and disabled who can’t travel far. They cannot move because of various reasons.

The most difficult thing to do is probably that some of the aristocratic families in Jiyang City have been unhappy with Mu Hongjin over the years, and they have secretly developed strange feelings. It’s just that Mu Hongjin has always been vigorous and resolute. Although she is a woman, she has never forcefully suppressed all the voices of opposition. However, the crisis in Jiyang City is coming so fiercely, Mu Hongjin is a little bit incapable of doing it, and these family members are ready to move, intending to take this opportunity to use their hands and feet.

Mu Hongjin could not leave Jiyang City. Once she left, not only did she give those who secretly opposed her a chance, but it also meant that she gave up the city and the people in this city. As the prince and daughter of Jiyang City, she enjoys the love and respect of the people. At this time, she should take responsibility.

An unremarkable carriage in disguise slipped away from the gate of the palace.

Mu Hongjin, dressed as a maid, stood at the gate of the palace, hiding most of his body behind the pillar, looking in the direction where Mu Xiaolou had left.

Mu Xiaolou didn’t even know the crisis in Jiyang City. He naively thought that he was leaving this time just to take the place of his grandmother to participate in the birthday of the king. I am afraid that it will be summer when I return, and Mu Hongjin will accompany her to make sweet ice cream.

It wasn’t until he could no longer see the back of the carriage that Mu Hongjin looked back. He was about to turn around and walked into the mansion. At a glance, he seemed to see a man in white standing on the opposite side. He couldn’t help but stop and look over.

It was a man dressed in white. He couldn’t see his face clearly. He was hiding in the yard on the opposite street. The sun shone from the roof and cast a large shadow. He stood in the shadow. He couldn’t see his face clearly, so he could only see clearly. He wore a long sword around his waist and a piano on his back.

In the wide streets, the crowd was turbulent, and among the people coming and going, he raised his head slightly, as if looking at her from the crowd, as if he hadn’t.

A carriage pulling goods slowly drove past.

When Mu Hongjin looked up again, there was only the dazzling sun, and the shadow of no one on the street, as if it was just her illusion just now.

She stood quietly for a moment and walked away.

…

At night, the oil lamp in Cui’s study was still bright. Big lanterns were placed on the four corners, and the room was shining brightly. Cui Yuezhi’s study room is more like a weapon storehouse than a study room. Desolate and square, except for a few scrolls piled up on the table, and the dark wooden shelf where books are placed, there is really no place for elegance.

But he is not a person who loves to read.

A map is hung on the wall. The map is so big that it occupies half of the wall. There is a river in the middle, and the water swirls and reef piles near the river are clearly drawn.

There were more than ten people sitting in the room, all martial arts like Cui Yue. These are Cui Yuezhi’s colleagues and subordinates. If Utuo enter the city this time, these people will act as the deputy heads of the Jiyang City Army and cooperate with Xiao Jue.

He Yan and Xiao Jue sat on one side, while Feinu and Chiwu stood behind with arms folded. Cui Yuezhi took the charcoal pencil and drew a circle in a prominent place on the map.

“The only place on the canal is the most suitable place to go ashore,” Cui Yuezhi pointed at the place he drew. “If you go ashore from here, the two armies will meet here. This place is flat and suitable for the formation of Jiyang City Army, but… …” He glanced at Xiao Jue, a little guilty, “We are not enough.”

There will not be too many soldiers and horses in Jiyang City at all, and Emperor Wen Xuan will not allow this to happen. In order to protect himself, how many generals of the feudal lords disbanded, and Mu Hongjin did the same, leaving the Jiyang City Army with less than 20,000, which is already a special favor from Emperor Wen Xuan.

In the case of 20,000 soldiers and horses, the rebellion is not enough to make a big wave, but the same is true for Utopians who are used to resist perhaps tens of thousands of murderous soldiers. Cui Yuezhi also understands this. It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Even if you have General Feng Yun who is a soldier, but you don’t even have a soldier, what should he use to fight against people? Use that face?

“It’s not that there are not enough people and horses,” Xiao Jue cast his eyes on the map and said quietly: “It’s not enough boats.”

“Ship?” One of Cui Yuezhi’s men looked at him, somewhat puzzled.

Don’t blame them, Jiyang City has been peaceful for so many years, except for the older ones like Cui Yuezhi, I am afraid that the younger ones have never even gone to the real battlefield.

Xiao Jue tapped his finger lightly on the teacup in front of him, and said, “Say it.”

He Yan: “Me?”

Cui Yuezhi and the rest of his men looked at He Yan together.

He Yan has now changed back to the dress of women’s clothing, and everyone in the audience has also heard about the defeat of Mu Yi in the martial arts field today. But what an outstanding female subordinate can do is to protect the master’s safety, a little more, and kill a few people on the battlefield.

Arranging troops and analyzing battle reports, this kind of thing is not something ordinary people can do. Moreover, men, probably in the military, were born and consciously superior to women, and for Xiao Jue’s move, they had a bit of urgency. Thinking that the rumors are not true, the world says that General Feng Yun is indifferent and ruthless, not close to female sex. It turned out to be fake, but now it has become stunned. It is the female subordinate who has a “very close relationship” with him to make trouble. .

For a while, everyone looked at Xiao Jue’s gaze, as if looking at the subjugated monarch who was bewildered by the fox’s favorite concubine.

Over the years, He Yan has seen the eyes of men despising women many times. I wanted to teach these people to straighten their minds. After thinking about it, they didn’t refuse, stood up, and walked to the map with a smile.

Cui Yuezhi retreated to his position, and the rest of them all looked at He Yan, with an expression of “waiting to see what she said nonsense”.

He Yan didn’t even look at the map, but only faced the crowd, saying, “These are not important.”

Everyone did not understand.

“There is no other skill in the battle on the water. A big ship beats a small boat, a big gun wins a small gun, many boats defeat a few boats, and many guns defeat a few guns.”

“You are small boats, small boats and few boats. How you look at it, where you go ashore, how your troops are arranged, are not the most important. In addition to the imperial imperial forces, Wei Wei banned firecrackers, so he only talked about boats, as long as the Utopians With enough ships, they can win.”

“If you want to fight more battles with less, you can’t have a boat.”

“On the water, they have a lot of boats, and on the shore, they have a lot of people. This map is not useful at all.”

Although those present here have not fought in these years, they are not fools either. He Yan knows if He Yan is talking nonsense. She hit the nail on the head and pointed out the key to the problem. For a time, everyone’s contemptuous heart received a lot.

“Girl He,” Cui Yuezhi said: “But you also know that in recent years, your Majesty has forbidden to raise the army privately, let alone warships. The boats on the canal are used to transport goods, or to carry people for long journeys, Jiyang City Li didn’t dare to build his own navy, let alone use fire guns.”

He Yan sighed in her heart, she naturally knew this. After all, there have been vassals in the previous dynasty, and since the first emperor took the throne, he has paid special attention to reducing the power of the vassal. Today’s great feudal lords are actually like the nobles in Shuojing.

“Dare to ask Governor Xiao,” one of Cui Yuezhi’s men looked at Xiao Jue, and asked cautiously, “It is conservatively estimated that the Utuo’s soldiers and horses are probably geometric.”

Xiao Jue: “One hundred thousand, only a lot more.”

Everyone took a breath.

Such a difference in military strength makes it difficult to teach people to give birth to hope.

“The people in the city have now been arranged by His Royal Highness to evacuate and leave behind the city gate.” A deputy soldier said dryly, “Let’s… try our best to delay for more time.”

The meaning of the words, everyone is ready to sacrifice. The people evacuated from the city, as well as the little majesty, are all preserved fires. What they can do is to buy more time for the people, and the city will be captured, but it will only happen sooner or later.

Xiao Jue’s eyes lightly swept over the crowd, and he sat upright slightly, about to speak, suddenly, the woman’s crisp voice sounded.

“It’s not a good thing that morale is low. You have to know that there are famous generals here. Do you know what a famous general is?”

Everyone was taken aback.

“Wars that should not be lost will not be lost. Wars that cannot be won have a chance to win. This is called a famous general.” He Yan raised his eyebrows. There is a famous general who turned things around with one person. How do you tell others to deal with themselves?”

She thought to herself, there is more than one celebrity here, it is a pair, and Wei’s two big celebrities are all here. If you can lose this, don’t be a man if you say it.

Everyone didn’t know her details, they only looked at Xiao Jue, and said in their hearts, Xiao Jue’s men really spared no effort to praise him. Even this kind of terrible chess game can firmly believe that Xiao Jue can turn defeat into victory, which is usually worshipped. he?

Cui Yuezhi was silent for a moment and asked Xiao Jue: “So, Governor Xiao, how should we turn defeat into victory?”

The world does not know that Xiao Jue won more with less in the first battle. After all, to outsiders, at that time Xiao Jue brought a hundred thousand soldiers from Nanfu to the victory of Guocheng. But at that time, water was poured into the city, it was siege rather than defense. In addition, Jiyang and Guocheng have different environments. Jiyang is a water city. Although it is a water attack, it is actually quite different.

Xiao Jue leaned on the back of the chair, his left hand joint slightly raised, stroked the tea cover, looked at He Yan, there were countless deep emotions in his beautiful eyes, and said: “Say it.”

He Yan frowned slightly.

He said: “You have fought with Utuo people, and understand Utuo’s methods better than others.”

The Uto’s methods are rude and direct, which is related to their own style of behavior. Hidden in the dark for so many years, from time to time temptation and harassment, both arrogant and inferior. After a long time of planning, he chose Jiyang City as his first military exploit. This will inevitably be a vigorous and powerful battle.

He Yan said: “Water overcomes fire, water and fire are not tolerant, so it is better to attack with fire.”

No one spoke in the study for a while.

“Troublesome girl, say it more clearly.” Cui Yuezhi.

His attitude towards He Yan became more respectful, and he felt that this girl was very different from other women, and also very different from Xiao Jue’s other subordinates. For example, Feinu and Chiwu are also Xiao Jue’s subordinates, but they only follow Xiao Jue’s instructions to do things. Xiao Jue will not let them express their opinions as they are now. Although He Yan always seemed to be very respectful to Xiao Jue, he looked carefully, and it didn’t seem to be a relationship between superiors and superiors. Cui Yue has a big heart, and he can’t tell whether he loves or not, but he can feel that He Yan regards himself and Xiao Jue in the same position.

If she is a man, she is probably more like a brother and friend than a master and servant with Xiao Jue.

“The boats used by the Utuo people may be very large. At least it is not like the boats that consign goods or carry people in the Jiyang City Army. The Utuo country is far away on land and there is no sea around, so it is not as good as Jiyang City. The people here are water-through. I think they will take a big boat to the edge of Jiyang City. They will go ashore from the place pointed out by Cui Zhongqi,” she pointed to the place just marked by Cui Yuezhi, “if…if Their boats are very close to each other and can be attacked by fire. Once the fire spreads, Jiyang’s small boat can quickly leave, but the Uto’s big boat can’t. We can take the opportunity to destroy the Uto’s main force.”

Attacking with fire on the water, this method has not been tried in the past, and everyone did not speak for a while, but He Yan’s words made everyone suddenly open up, and their hearts were vaguely excited, secretly thinking about where this plan is feasible.

“Utuo people are more powerful than us, and we know that Jiyang has been peaceful for many years, and they are not opponents of Utuo people. They must be proud and short-sighted. This is their shortcomings and our strengths.”

When she spoke, her voice was soft and firm, clear and organized. A word by word seems to give people infinite confidence. The people who thought that this battle would be defeated just listened to her few words, and they felt that perhaps they could create a battle in the history books that wins more with less. For the admiration of the world.

It’s just… Cui Yuezhi looked at He Yan with doubts. In such a short period of time, he came up with a way to deal with it. Although it was not without loopholes, it was a unique way and pointed out the key to victory or defeat. An ordinary woman can really do this. ? Don’t say it is a woman, even if it is a man, the general soldier who has been in the army for many years may not be able to react so quickly. After all, being a general needs not only experience, but also a little talent and unique vision. But how old does He Yan look like? I heard that a seventeen-year-old girl is already so powerful?

Xiao Jue’s men are so powerful, isn’t it Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Jiuqi Camp, Cui Yuezhi’s heart felt a little chill.

“I just put forward this idea,” He Yan said, “I can’t figure out whether it can be implemented or how it will be implemented.” He Yan knew that he had said a little bit more, and consciously handed it to Xiao Jue, “This is not a plan. Feasible, it depends on the decision of the governor.”

She could not say this, but it is the responsibility of every general to take every battle seriously. What’s more, Jiyang City is very good, and the people are very enthusiastic and honest. She is not willing to let this beautiful place like a paradise be destroyed in the hands of Utuo people. You know, when the Utuo occupy Jiyang, they will only travel north, and the entire Wei people will suffer.

She will fight to the end.

Everyone looked at Xiao Jue, Xiao Jue’s gaze passed He Yan, stood up, and walked to He Yan’s side.

He Yan bowed his head, avoided his thoughtful gaze, and returned to his position.

He picked up the charcoal pencil that was just put aside by Cui Yuezhi, circled it in front of the mark Cui Yuezhi had just made, and made a brand new mark.

The new mark is in front of the old mark, that is, in front of Jiyang City docking, there is a narrow exit. This is the place where the canal and the river in Jiyang meet, like a gourd mouth, pointed and thin. Only after passing this gourd mouth can you reach the real canal.

“Fire attack is feasible, you can set up an ambush here. This is a narrow road, big ships cannot enter, small boats can go through it.”

Cui Yuezhi’s eyes lit up, and Xiao Jue’s eyes were very poisonous. This place is very suitable for ambushing troops.

“As for the fire attack,” Xiao Jue said: “It depends on the direction of the wind and the terrain.”

“There are people in Sitiantai who are responsible for watching the direction of the sky and wind in the city!” said a Jiyang soldier: “It is good for planting paddy fields in farms on weekdays.”

Another person asked hesitantly: “But what if the wind direction is opposite that day?”

“Then you can’t attack by fire.” Xiao Jue said: “After all, war is about the right time, the right place and the right people.”

He Yan said in his heart, this is true and it is indispensable. Of course, Xiao Jue didn’t finish his sentence. If the wind was in the opposite direction, there would naturally be other ways.

But things like war are just a little bit of luck. If God doesn’t let you win, there are so many examples of failures in the history books. What they have to do is to minimize these uncertain possibilities.

This discussion about the water attack lasted until midnight and the crowd dispersed. From the beginning, everyone was listless, pessimistic and disappointed, to the later spirits and spirits, it was only because of a “ridiculous” idea put forward by He Yan.

When Lin Shuanghe saw this group of people came out, the expression was very different from the beginning, and asked them in surprise: “What’s the matter? What are you doing inside, why are they so happy?”

He Yan yawned, “Of course Xiaozhi moved with reason and affection.”

“That’s not enough.” Lin Shuanghe muttered, “Those who don’t know thought you had a drink of flower wine in it.”

He Yan: “…”

She said: “It’s getting late, I’ll go to rest first, let’s talk about something tomorrow.”

Lin Shuanghe nodded: “Okay.”

He Yan returned to the house, corrected the Jiyang City Army’s formation in the martial arts field during the day, and discussed the map at night, already feeling very sleepy. After freshening up, when she walked out, she saw Xiao Jue still sitting at the table in the back room, writing something with a pen.

He Yan leaned over and took a look. He didn’t know where he got a rubbing of the map that Cui Yuezhi had just hung on the wall of the study. It was only one size smaller. Put the rubbings of the Utuo soldier defense map that Chu Zhao gave to Mu Hongjin before, and compare it with something.

What he wrote was just proposed by He Yan, about the various aspects of the fire attack that may need attention. For example, how many calabash mouths should be set, the wind direction, city gates and city guard arrangements that day. Because there are too few troops in Jiyang City, even if it is to arrange a soldier, it must be extremely cautious.

She’s like a little daughter-in-law who saves her clothes and manages her family.

He Yan said, “Captain, are you still asleep?”

“You go to sleep.” Xiao Jue didn’t look up.

He Yan sighed in his heart. The first thing he had to do when he was a teenager was to be talented, and to be able to get ahead in class even after a good night’s sleep. But it takes many years to maintain the number one position from time to time. It is really not something that can be done only by talent. I think she was also in the Fuyue Army back then. She has seen the moon in the middle of the night when the ugly and the yin is.

Thinking of this, he said: “The Governor, I will help you.”

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and it was Liu Buwang: “Ahe, can you stop now?”

It’s so late, Liu Buyang is still looking for her? He Yan and Xiao Jue looked at each other and said, “No, Master, wait a minute.”

She put on an outer dress and opened the door. Liu Buwang stood outside the door. He thought he had just returned from outside the house, and his clothes also carried the cold dew of the night. He Yan looked outside the door and said, “Come in and talk. ”

Liu Buforg entered the door, saw Xiao Jue, and slightly nodded to Xiao Jue, which was regarded as a courtesy. His gaze fell on the scroll in front of Xiao Jue, he paused slightly, and then said: “Can the governor have a way to deal with the battle in Jiyang?”

“A little bit,” He Yan said.

“What’s the odds?”

He Yan: “At most 50%.”

The best is only half and half.

Liu Buqiang was silent for a moment, and said, “Utuo people may soon start their hands.”

Xiao Jue looked at him: “What did Master Liu found?”

“The Utuo people I tracked have gone in one direction now. Some of them went outside the city, and some of them disappeared. They noticed my whereabouts, and the evacuation of the people by Her Royal Highness could not hide the news.” Liu Bu Forgot to say: “The Uto boat hasn’t arrived yet, now it’s a fight for time.”

“In the shortest time, the people in Jiyang can evacuate as far as possible, but there are civilians in the city who can’t leave.” Liu Buyang’s voice sank.

He did not want civilians to become lambs slaughtered by the Uto.

“Master,” He Yan said, “You don’t know how to help you divination, but have you ever counted whether this battle is lost or won?”

“No solution.”

He Yan: “No solution?”

In fact, as early as many years ago, when Liu Buwang was still a teenager, he used to divination Jiyang City on the mountain for the next few decades. The hexagrams show that decades later, there is a catastrophe in the city, and there are no more chickens and dogs. Even with Da Wei, the dynasty’s aura was gradually exhausted, and he wanted to watch again. The tortoise shell was smashed into pieces by the Taoist Yunji who happened to see him, and he scolded, “Heaven is impermanent, can you see the secret of heaven?”

Nothing more.

A lot of things happened later, and he also knew that the world is impermanent, and the manpower is too small compared to the way of heaven. Liu Buwang hasn’t forged a divination for many years, but since seeing He Yan this time, he knew that there was a war in Jiyang City and that when the Utuo people were not good, he couldn’t stay out of the situation, so he divination secretly.

In the hexagram image, the cause and the passage have never been seen, only the ending can be seen. He still remembers the results of divination years ago, but after decades, the hexagrams are completely different.

This was a dead end, and the vitality was gone. He still saw the same picture as before, but in the picture, there was a pair of vague shadows. The shadow is golden and brilliant, it seems to have infinite merit, panic like the sky, like two bright golden lights, illuminating the dead and heavy hexagram.

A dead end, because of this pair of vague shadows, it became “unknown”.

He can’t see the end.