Chapter 14: Longshan Camp, Black Armored Strange Soldiers

The next day.

In the central army tent at the Longshan camp.

Chen Huaian, wearing golden armor, sat in the center of the tent. Standing on his right was the elegant Confucian general Chen Qingzhi in a white robe. Standing on his left was the cavalry commander of the Longcheng Po Lu Army, Fan Wuji.

Further back were more than a dozen Po Lu Army generals who had followed Chen Huaian out of the city yesterday.

At this moment, even after a night of calming down their shocked and surprised mood, the Po Lu Army generals present could not hide their excitement and their respect for Jin Wang Chen Huaian was beyond words.

Not only because Chen Huaian led them to defeat the bandit army yesterday, he showed on the battlefield a terrifying force and battlefield dominance that was no less than that of the previous king Chen Po Lu at his peak, but also because of Chen Huaian's ability to plan and win thousands of miles away.

Especially for Fan Wuji, the commander of the Dragon City Iron Cavalry, the experience of following Chen Huaian in the Dragon City to rise up and fight against the rebellion in the south for just over ten hours was much richer and more exciting than his experience in the first half of his military life.

To sum it up, it can be summed up in sixteen words: heart-wrenching, twists and turns, blood boiling, and can't stop.

Yesterday evening, when Chen Huaian personally led the Dragon City Iron Cavalry to defeat the enemy outside the city, and then confronted the enemy's Yunzhou cavalry in Beichuan, Fan Wuji thought that Chen Huaian would lead the Dragon City Iron Cavalry to penetrate the enemy cavalry in one go, and then bypass Jinyang to raid the enemy's food route to force the enemy to retreat without a fight.

Or break the enemy's blockade, go straight to the Western Regions countries that had been blessed by the previous king to ask for help, and recruit righteous armies from all over the world to "obey the will of heaven to quell the rebellion and clear the emperor's side".

At the very least, it should be to break through the siege and preserve strength before dealing with the court and the enemy.

But what he didn't expect was that after encountering the enemy cavalry, Chen Huaian would turn around and lead the Longcheng Iron Cavalry to the Longshan Camp, which had long been abandoned and in ruins.

For Fan Wuji and more than a dozen generals of the Po Lu Army who followed Chen Huaian to fight out of the city, going to the Longshan Camp was undoubtedly a dead end.

They could neither defend the dangerous place nor find a secret passage to escape. The enemy only needed to surround Longshan, and the 3,000 Longcheng Iron Cavalry would starve to death in the camp without food or grass for seven days.

For a moment, Fan Wuji and the generals of the Po Lu Army couldn't help but sigh to the sky: King Jin is incompetent and killed the three armies!

But when Fan Wuji and the generals of the Po Lu Army followed Chen Huaian into the Longshan Camp, they were shocked by the scene in front of them and almost fell off their horses.

On the parade ground of the Longshan camp, a Confucian general with a fluttering white robe and elegant demeanor led tens of thousands of black armored warriors to kneel and welcome the King of Jin, Chen Huaian.

At that moment, Fan Wuji and a group of generals of the Po Lu Army realized that they were too narrow-minded, and there was only one thought left in their minds: King Jin is wise, and the three armies are lucky!

At the same time, all the generals were afraid.

Fan Wuji was sweating coldly.

The day before yesterday, after the emperor's imperial edict to seize power was sent to the Jin Palace, His Royal Highness Chen Huaian stayed at home. Among the thirty-six generals of the Longcheng garrison, Fan Wuji made the most trouble. It was also he who proposed that Pang Xianchu take over the job and make a decision for Chen Huaian on whether the Po Lu Army should stay or go.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Pang Xianchu kept his heart and woke Fan Wuji up with a word.

It was not until yesterday that Fan Wuji and the generals of the Po Lu Army suddenly realized that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin had already had a plan to deal with the difficult situation of the treacherous and corrupt officials in power and the emperor seizing power.

The 80,000 black armored warriors who entered the Longshan camp without anyone noticing were the basis for His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to go south to fight against the rebellion.

From then on, Fan Wuji really got to know Chen Huaian again.

It turned out that the waste who was "a weak and weak son of a tiger father" in the eyes of the world was actually a real "talent of heaven and earth, with the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers"!

Fan Wuji secretly made up his mind to follow His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin until his death.

Wherever His Royal Highness points, I will go wherever the iron hoof goes, no matter if I am a minister of the dragon or die on the horse, I will never regret it!

"Report--"

"Your Highness, the enemy troops in Beichuan have already set out in two groups one stick of incense before. One group has about 50,000 to 60,000 troops with heavy siege equipment heading straight for Longcheng, and the other group has about 10,000 Yunzhou cavalry and about 20,000 infantry heading straight for Longshan Camp!"

At this time, a messenger wearing armor and carrying a sword broke into the central army tent, first knelt down to Chen Huaian, and then breathlessly reported to Chen Huaian the movements of the Yunhui Army that the scouts had discovered.

Hearing this news, Chen Huaian smiled and was confident.

Wu Qingyun divided his Yunhui Army into two groups, attacking Longcheng and Longshan Camp respectively, and every move was within Chen Huaian's expectations and control.

Even after the Yunhui Army was divided, the number of troops in each army was almost the same as he expected.

"The Art of War" says: Therefore, the method of using troops is to surround them if they are ten times as many as you, attack them if they are five times as many as you, and fight them if they are twice as many as you...

Such a simple way of using troops, Wu Qingyun, the general of the northwest army of the Great Xin Dynasty and the general of Huwei, could not have been unaware of it.

And as a time traveler, Chen Huaian had already predicted Wu Qingyun's prediction.

That is why he personally led 3,000 Longcheng cavalry out of the city to fight yesterday, and then after defeating the 10,000 vanguard troops of the Yunhui Army, he deliberately spared the life of his deputy general Chang Chenghu.

He also threw the head of Wu Fengxian, the eldest son of Wu Qingyun and the major general of the Yunhui Army, to Chang Chenghu, and asked him to bring a message to anger Wu Qingyun, and finally led his troops into the Longshan camp.

All that Chen Huaian did was step by step and linked together.

From the beginning, he was setting a trap for Wu Qingyun, asking him to divide his troops into two groups, so as to create conditions for Chen Huaian to concentrate his superior forces and defeat each of the 100,000 Yun troops.

As for Pang Xianchu, the general who led the remaining 5,000 Polu troops to stay in Longcheng, Chen Huaian had already given him instructions before leaving, telling him that he only needed to lead his troops to hold Longcheng for three hours.

Within three hours, Chen Huaian will surely lead his army back to aid Longcheng, cooperate with the Polu army guarding the city inside and outside, and annihilate the Yunhui army attacking the city in one fell swoop.

With the commanding ability of the brave general Pang Xianchu and the five thousand elite soldiers defending the city, Chen Huaian fully believed that they could withstand the attacking enemy forces for three hours.

As a result, Chen Huaian was able to defeat the 100,000 troops under Wu Qingyun who invaded Dragon City with his inferior strength.

"Your Highness, General Fan Wuji is requesting orders!"

At this time, after hearing the news that the enemy troops were divided into two groups and that the army was approaching the border, the commander Fan Wuji took the initiative to stand up and ask for orders, saying:

"Your Highness, a mere 30,000 thieves are nothing to worry about. General Liang Erhu, the leader of the Yunzhou Cavalry, is even more of a grassroots bandit. The last general is willing to lead 3,000 Longcheng cavalry out of camp to fight and break through the enemy's formation, buying time for the army to return to Longcheng's aid! "

Seeing this, Chen Qingzhi, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, stood up without hesitation, bowed to Chen Huaian, and said:

"His Royal Highness King Jin, Dragon City is the foundation of our army's rear and cannot be lost. However, there are only more than five thousand soldiers defending the city. Facing a sudden and fierce attack by ten times the enemy, the soldiers defending the city may not be able to withstand it!"

"The last general Chen Qingzhi is willing to lead the front army and the middle army back to aid Dragon City and try to protect Dragon City!"

"The last general——"

"Final general!"

Seeing this scene, the other generals of the Polu army wanted to stand up and ask for orders to fight, but they didn't even have a single soldier in their hands, and they didn't know how to speak when the words came to their lips.

Chen Huaian saw the dilemma of the generals, and he already had a good strategy in mind to defeat the enemy. He immediately raised his hand and pressed down to signal the generals to be quiet, and then said:

"Everyone, the thief divided Wu Qingyun's troops into two groups, attacked the city with heavy troops, and marched to Longshan with elite cavalry. They just want to capture both people and the city!"

"It's a pity that Wu Qingyun underestimated the determination of the Dragon City defenders, and he has never seen the bravery and skill of my black armor warriors. Three thousand Dragon City cavalry and 80,000 black armor warriors faced Wu Qingyun's 10,000 warriors. Yunzhou's sudden cavalry and 20,000 infantry will always give us the advantage in this battle."

After a pause, Chen Huaian continued domineeringly: "Therefore, I have decided that in this battle, I will not use inferior troops to lure the enemy deeper, nor will I divide my troops to return to Longcheng to support them. Here, in the Longshan camp, the entire army is elite. Let’s go out and decide the outcome in one battle, and then we can kill the rebel army’s 30,000 soldiers and horses in one go!”

"My king orders——"

brush!

In the big tent, all the generals stood up and straightened their backs, waiting for military orders.

"Fan Wuji, commander of the cavalry of the Polu Army!"

"The general is here!"

"I will immediately promote you to the rank of deputy general of the former army. You will command the Dragon City Iron Cavalry and the 20,000 light cavalry of the Xuanjia Army. You will accompany me to fight against the Yunzhou Cavalry!"

"The last general takes command!"

"General Chen Qingzhi of the Xuanjia Army!"

"The general is here!"

"I order you to lead the center army, with 50,000 infantry from the left and right armies arrayed behind the front army. Once the cavalry of the front army breaks through the enemy's defense line, you will immediately lead the army into battle and strive to annihilate all enemy infantry!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Guard Zuo Liangcai!"

"The general is here!"

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