, suffered heavy casualties, but failed to capture it. The Emperor of Southern Zhou Dynasty finally had to withdraw Prince Rui's military power and let Prince Duan lead the army. Prince Duan used his troops like a god, and after many consultations with Da Qi, he first carried out a two-month siege of the city, and carried out feint attacks every day to confuse the audience. Later, taking advantage of the lack of supplies in Ying City and the exhaustion of the entire army, he made a feint attack and turned it into reality. , captured Yingcheng in one fell swoop. "

You Hongyin said: "You have a very good sense of Prince Duan."

Yan Xingyun said: "Yes, seeing him is like seeing my father. Moreover, Prince Duan's mother was from the Lian family, which was also my maternal clan."

"It seems that you are very conflicted," You Hongyin said: "The emperor of Southern Zhou Dynasty can be said to be your former enemy, but because of Prince Duan's personality and background, you have a great affection for this member of the royal family. "

"None of your business!" Yan Xingyun seemed to be touched in his heart and retorted in a bad tone.

Humph, it’s none of my business, You Hongyin almost wanted to say, seeing as you care about him so much, why not let me help you send him into reincarnation to meet you quickly. Fortunately, Kankan remembered his duty as a mentor. He was already past the age of being negative and willful, so he refrained from saying anything.

"You haven't said how you died."

"When the coalition forces were about to capture the Golden Palace, the Emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty confiscated Prince Duan's military power with three imperial edicts, asked him to return to the border defense line, and transferred Zhou Yongsi back." Speaking of this, Yan Xingyun gritted his teeth: "Daqi That old thief Xia Houlie is cunning It was sinister. I saw through the lack of protection around the prince, and actually intercepted him halfway. I followed the prince back to the defense line, which was my last effort for the prince. Unfortunately, even though my martial arts skills were superb, I could not defeat him with two fists. Save the prince’s life.”

"If it were me, I would do this kind of business that is sure to make a profit without losing any money." You Hongyin said: "Prince Duan dares to return alone, so he must have something to rely on. However, I am afraid that this reliance may not work."

"I don't know." Yan Xingyun said in a daze after recalling for a long time.

"That's right, what can a person like you, who is full of muscles and muscles, know?" You Hongyin said leisurely: "How do you think you should live in the second life in order to be considered successful and unsuccessful? It’s a waste of time to travel this world.”

"At least," Yan Xingyun said, "at least we must save the prince. His life has been too miserable."

You Hongyin said: "Okay." He said word by word: "Then, Yan Xingyun, just open your eyes and see clearly how I made myself less incompetent in life and less unjust in death. of."

After spending so long, You Hongyin finally asked about the purpose of this life and sighed. Therefore, smart people are not scary, but stupid and average people are scary, just like Zhou Jilun, and like Yun Xingyun.

Chapter 36 It’s hard to cross the mountain (7)

Regardless of whether Zhou Jilun was right about flooding Yingcheng or not, after Prince Rui Zhou Yongsi came with his army, it would definitely be right. When Zhou Yongsi came and understood everything, he felt that Li Rui knew current affairs and knew how to favor Zhou Jilun. Not only did he not take credit, but he also helped clean up the mess, and he was a very good person. He likes such handsome men who know current affairs. If they are those who think they are noble, they may not have such a kind and appreciative attitude.

Others helped his son take credit, so he naturally reciprocated the favor and was quickly promoted to Li Rui's rank. Li Rui originally only had a staff of 20,000 people, but many of them were lost. Now he is commanding an army of 50,000 people. The commander of the avant-garde army sent.

"How could this happen?" Yan Xingyun was confused and began to doubt his own memory. Is Zhou Yongsi really a good person?

"You tricked his only son to death. Do you still expect him to let Li Rui, the actual person in charge here, even if you find evidence that he is Xi Fan's killer? For him, failure to protect his son is a crime. . As for the storming of Yingcheng, his sons are all dead. It is impossible for Zhou Yongsi to have another son at his current age, so it is natural for him to become so crazy. The lives of others are not his life, no matter how many people die, he will not feel bad about it," You Hongyin said.

Yan Xingyun fell silent.

Li Rui was promoted, and You Hongyin's status also rose accordingly. Although he did not mention his position again, Li Rui acquiesced in the position of his deputy and took him with him most of the time.

You Hongyin remembered that Yan Xingyun once said that Li Rui was from Prince Duan Zhou Shide, which was more interesting.

Zhou Shide, a prince who had no children, never married, and devoted all his energy to the country's frontiers, was he really as free from regrets and ambitions as he appeared on the surface.

But this is not the first thing You Hongyin has to deal with right now.

The main force of Da Qi had to travel farther than Southern Zhou, so it arrived later than Zhou's army. Zhou Yongsi does not talk about his military ability, at least his political quality is no problem. He cannot understand the long-term general trend of the world, but he knows that if he attacks Xifan alone, the losses of the Southern Zhou army will be very large, which is not cost-effective. Maybe someone from Daqi would take advantage of him.

Therefore, he set up camp in Yingcheng where the flood had receded, waiting for the arrival of Xiahou Lie from Daqi.

You Hongyin took advantage of this time to start training his soldiers.

Now that the army has arrived and the supplies have followed, everyone no longer has to lie down and rest on the bedding to save energy. You Hongyin specially selected a group of people with good enough physical fitness from the 4,000 people under his command. He also created a training program and got approval from Li Rui. They will eat better food and have enough energy. Ensure physical strength.

You Hongyin wanted to train this group of people as a mid-level attack team. There were not many of them, but they were highly skilled, responsive, and had been trained in many skills. At least one of them could pick three. It was impossible to train a top team in a short period of time. You Hongyin just used a quick method, which was more harmful to the body, but it could train a group of elite soldiers who could be used in a short period of time. In these days of war, no one knows whether they will be alive in the next second, so who cares about whether they are injured or not. When you have real skills and return home alive from the battlefield, you can consider such things.

The main force of Da Qi arrived a month later. A full 400,000 troops were already the strength of the country. It seemed that they were extremely eager to take down Xifan.

This was no wonder. Da Qi had been fighting continuously in recent years and occupied one piece of territory after another, but Shuzhong in Xifan was like a chasm, cutting off the two pieces of territory that Da Qi should have connected, making Da Qi feel like a thorn in the throat.

The Southern Zhou side was a little worried when they saw the 400,000-man army. The combat power of the Da Qi soldiers was originally higher than that of the Southern Zhou side, and the number of soldiers was nearly 100,000 more than their own side.

Fortunately, Da Qi and Southern Zhou are now allies, otherwise if they fight, Southern Zhou will be defeated. Therefore, the high-level officials of Southern Zhou are inevitably restless and short of breath.

Now You Hongyin can also follow Li Rui to participate in the "military meeting", that is, the high-level generals of Da Qi and Southern Zhou meet together to discuss countermeasures. This meeting uses the most complete and latest intelligence, which plays a decisive role in understanding the entire battle situation, and also allows You Hongyin to no longer be in the dark. It is not in vain that he has made so many arrangements before and has gained a certain position.

In addition to the generals, this kind of meeting must include military supervisors and military advisors in each team. But the biggest difference is that the responsibilities of the military advisors of Da Qi and Southern Zhou are different, so the opinions and plans given by the military advisors of both sides are also quite different.

On the Da Qi side, the generals only commanded the battle and were responsible for battlefield affairs, including arranging battlefield tactics, deploying troops, charging and attacking, training and guiding soldiers on weekdays, and sometimes calming the army. Logistics, such as collecting and transmitting military intelligence, transporting food and grass, and arranging the production of combat equipment, were all the responsibility of the military advisors in the generals' accounts. Some military advisors had outstanding strategic abilities and accurate grasp of intelligence, and would be separately arranged to be responsible for certain aspects. The military advisors of Da Qi had formal military positions. Although they were literati, they were classified as military generals. The most important thing was that although there were factional struggles between military and civilian positions in Da Qi, there was no difference in status. ▽思▽Rabbit▽Read▽online▽

It was different on the Southern Zhou side. Most of the low-level generals in the Southern Zhou fought on the battlefield and were promoted by relying on military merits. Few were promoted at a rocket speed like You Hongyin. Most of these people are illiterate and have low cultural literacy. Only a few of them have a certain overall view of the war. Many of the high-ranking generals are from literati backgrounds, and only a few of them really know how to fight. On the contrary, the logistics and internal affairs are handled well. Most of the military advisors equipped by these generals are similar to staff members, who are only responsible for making plans. At the same time, the Southern Zhou Dynasty has an additional position called the military supervisor compared to the Great Qi Dynasty. It is difficult to describe whether this position is good or bad. When it is good, the military supervisor can indeed prevent some wrong things from happening, such as small-scale rebellions, erroneous combat plans, etc., but sometimes, the military supervisor is more of a hindrance and a pig teammate who drags down the team. This depends on what kind of person is the military supervisor. Judging from the Southern Zhou Dynasty’s arrangement of the army and its trust in literati, the status of the difficult civilian position is much higher than that of the military position. The military position not only has little power, but also has difficulty in promotion, and is always suppressed by the civil service group. In this case, how many capable people will become military officers?

From the military systems of both sides, it can be seen that there is a reason why the Great Qi is strong, and there is a reason why the Southern Zhou is weak.

It took nearly half a month to discuss how many troops each side should send to attack Feiyuan Pass, because no one wanted to let their soldiers die in vain as cannon fodder. You Hongyin had already deduced nearly ten defense maps of Feiyuan Pass, and finally reluctantly determined the number of participants.

Xiahou Lie is very experienced. He is not only a good fighter, but also proficient in some political things. He has grasped the lifeline of Prince Rui Zhou Yongsi. On the one hand, he provoked Zhou Yongsi by saying how highly Zhou Shide was respected, and on the other hand, he kindly analyzed for Zhou Yongsi how much money and grain the Southern Zhou spent on this battle. If there is no result, those officials in the court who have always regarded the royal children as props to brush their reputation will not let go of this commander.

Even though Zhou Yongsi saw through the trap, he couldn't stand others saying that he was worse than Zhou Shide. Fortunately, he still had reason and didn't agree to attack Feiyuan Pass alone.

Finally, it was determined that Daqi would send 100,000 people and Nanzhou would send 150,000 people. Xiahou Lie said confidently that one soldier from Daqi could fight three soldiers from other places. So Daqi still made great efforts and suffered a great loss. Zhou Yongsi was speechless and didn't have the confidence to refute.

Zhou Yongsi still treasured the imperial guards brought out this time. The imperial guards were the most direct military force in the hands of the emperor. They didn't need to be controlled by generals from all over the country. They were also the backbone of the royal family. How could he consume them in such a battle to seize the pass where many people would die? Therefore, the 150,000 people drawn out were all local wing troops, including Li Rui's 50,000 vanguard troops.

Li Rui got the news and was angry for a long time in the big tent.

Zhou Jilun had made contributions and was escorted back to Beijing by Prince Rui. However, for Li Rui, after finally sending Zhou Jilun away, he met Zhou Yongsi again.

Li Rui also felt sorry for the soldiers in his hands. You know, with soldiers comes power. He was afraid that more than half of the 50,000 people he had just obtained would be lost after such a toss. Nowadays, the world has been at war for a long time, and the source of soldiers is scarce. It is actually very difficult to replenish them after the loss. Although Yingcheng has been captured and there are still many people in Yingcheng, it is clear that this piece of fat meat cannot be eaten now. You can't recruit people from Yingcheng to attack their homeland. When this battle is over, it will not be his turn to eat this meat.

Unlike Li Rui, who can understand the situation, ordinary soldiers in the camp do not understand these strategic matters. They just think that there is safety in numbers and they don't have to starve in the near future. The morale is okay.

But this kind of morale is false. Once the attack on Feiyuan Pass fails and some troops are lost, the morale will drop rapidly.

You Hongyin was silent.

The soldiers of the Great Qi army still had their military spirit. From their high morale, conscious observance of military discipline, and eager eyes to kill the enemy, it can be seen that their mental outlook is not bad.

However, the military spirit of the Southern Zhou Dynasty had long since disappeared. He didn't know that Prince Duan

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