[Red Chamber] Jia Huan's Army

Jiahuan's army took advantage of the time when the army in the city was restraining the Tatar army, and tried to go around quietly to the rear. Cooperating with the opportunity, they and the defenders in the city attacked the Tatar army back and forth, in order to annihilate them in one fell swoop.In order to ensure that the plan was foolproof, the army that went around the enemy's rear was divided into two groups, and Jia Huan was on the left side of them.

Jia Huan has been in the army for nearly four years, and the battles against the enemy have been particularly frequent in these two years, but even today, he is still not used to such a silent march.In order to ensure the secrecy of the team, they chose to march quickly at night. No one spoke during the whole process, and the sound made by the well-trained horses was very small, only the rustling of the infantry accompanied by the summer night wind on the border. Bring something different to the march.

The summer night close to the grassland has a suitable climate, and the sky is high and far away because of the dotted stars. It's a pity that no one in the whole team is willing to enjoy such a night. There is not much time left for them, and they need to find it before dawn. The opponent's garrison, and join the army on the right.

As time passed, Jia Huan's army still hadn't found any trace of the enemy, and things became a little tricky.The leader of the team ordered all the staff to rest in place, and then gathered all the officers and officers in the team together to reconfirm the route of the army, and even called in experienced local veterans to conduct surveys.After confirming that the behavior of his army was correct, the general then relaxed a little, and then said to himself: "It's strange, I should have been able to see the opponent's camp long ago..."

Jia Huan also frowned, he was still inexperienced, at least he had never encountered this kind of situation.He always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that the other party had already transferred the army ahead of time?Thinking about the fact that the Tatar army did not act abnormally during the day, I immediately denied this seemingly impossible guess.

The participating general is also a veteran under the King of Nan'an, and he didn't dare to rush forward in such a situation, so he decided to follow the direction, first find the place where the army was hidden, and then send a team to explore the way forward.In this way, even if there is a change, most of the soldiers and horses can always be preserved.

Jia Huan felt faintly uneasy. Since the marching route was correct, what went wrong?He couldn't figure it out, but as time went by, this ominous premonition became more and more obvious.

Fortunately, although the nerves were tense along the way, nothing unexpected happened. Except for the most important point, the camp of the Tatar army seemed to disappear out of thin air, without a trace.Finally, according to the advice of the general, the army hid in a dense forest. Seeing that it was almost dawn, the general didn't care about taking any risks, so he directly assigned Jia Huan to lead a team to investigate the situation.In fact, the general had a premonition in his heart. I am afraid that the attack plan has been leaked. If so, returning without success may be the best result, and he does not know the situation of the army on the right.If it was him, since he knew the enemy's plan, he would definitely choose to use his tricks to let the enemy go and never return.Although he guessed like this, he has always been cautious, so in order to confirm this conjecture, he had to send out Jia Huan, who was proficient in covert detection tasks in the team.He also specifically asked Jia Huan not to rush in, and to report back as soon as the situation was confirmed.

Jia Huan was not dissatisfied with such an assignment. As a vanguard, he was already familiar with detecting the enemy's situation, so he quickly recovered his mood and led the troops towards the place where the Tatar army camp should have been.It was already Yin time, and it would be dawn in less than an hour. If the news could not be sent back in time, the ambushing army would be in danger.

Fortunately, Jia Huan did not do what he feared. The team didn't march for long before they saw the lights of the Tatar camp in the distance.The camp had indeed changed places, but Jia Huan didn't understand what kind of medicine the other party was selling in the gourd.

Jia Huan and the others were lurking in the grass, watching the shadows in the Tatar camp, feeling something was wrong.So he motioned to the soldiers around him, and sent two people who were nimble and good at concealment to quietly approach and have a look.

After a while, the soldiers came back and reported: "They seem to have been prepared for a long time. The camp is heavily guarded, and they can't find out the inside story."

Jia Huan didn't make things difficult for the soldiers, and signaled to retreat.It seems that today he can only return in vain. He knows that most of the troops are traitors, and he needs to inform the army to make an immediate decision, otherwise his old background will be found out before the battle is fought.

Just when Jia Huan's army on the left was at a standstill, the army on the right was ambushed before they even saw the opponent's camp.Although the unprepared team defeated the Tatar sneak attack team after a near-death battle, less than half of the fighters in the team still had combat effectiveness.The coach on the right made a decisive decision, reorganized the army, and returned to Datong City.

When King Nan'an saw the disgraced army from the right, he was furious: "You bastard! What is a military order? If you retreat casually, what will you do if you let the left? I don't think you have brought your brains with you?"

Geng Yuan felt anxious when he thought of the left army who didn't know where he was. This was the biggest crisis he had encountered since leading troops to defend the border.He has already found the traitor who sent the news to the outside world, and sent someone to guard him strictly. He even thought of a strategy to use this traitor to lure the enemy into a trap. As a result, the irresponsible commander of the right army is now in charge Back to town.It completely ruined his plan.

"Take it down and take care of it." Geng Yuan swallowed the breath stuck in his chest, his voice was as cold as ice, and ordered: "No one is allowed to touch without my order."

The general also seemed to know that he seemed to have made a big mistake, so he didn't make any excuses, and retreated with the guards with a frustrated face.He knew that if this war was won, it would be fine, but if it failed, what awaited him would not only be the punishment for violating military orders, but he might even be charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason.What the general didn't know was that it was precisely because of this command error that he put himself in a more terrifying situation than he imagined.

Jia Huan returned to the army station with his troops and reported the situation to the general.

"What should we do now?" Jia Huan asked, "If the army on the right cannot find this place, can we win by fighting alone?"

The general frowned, and he never thought that the current situation would happen.Now that the army has traveled here and managed to find their camp, something needs to be done to make it worthwhile.The officers who were summoned also generally agreed with this idea, so the left army decided to attack the opponent according to the plan.It's just that because of the lack of support from the right, their chances of winning are not great.For the current plan, we can only send someone to inform the defenders in Datong City, hoping that they can change their plan and send reinforcements out of the city.

It was the end of Yin time at this time, and the sky was already dawning.However, it happened to be the most difficult time for the guards on duty at night in the camp, and the defense at this time was the most lax.

The army on the left was separated, a small group of people went to the barracks to set fire to provoke, attract the attention of the other side, and then the remaining people took advantage of the chaos to attack the camp.It's just that when the army arrived in front of the opponent's camp, they were surprised to find that the opponent was gathering on a large scale and seemed to be preparing to set off.

This made the people on the left confused, so they could only restrain their temper and wait and see what happened.

It turned out that Geng Yuan changed his plan as soon as the army on the right retreated. He sent someone to pretend to be a traitor and spread the news that "the army retreated, the king of Nan'an was furious, and he was about to send troops to attack."Geng Yuan hoped to draw out the Tatar army and relieve the pressure on the army on the left.

Sure enough, as soon as the Tatars received the news, they immediately prepared to send troops to ambush on the only way the army of King Nan'an must pass.Only then did the army build up that surprised Jia Huan and the others.

The commander-in-chief of the left army just seized the opportunity. He let the army wait and see what happened, and waited until the Tatars assembled and left the camp. Then the left army attacked the enemy's base camp.Needless to say, since the main force of the enemy army had already moved out, the remaining defenders in this barracks were naturally no match for the left army that had been prepared for a long time, and the army easily captured the camp.

It's just that people always make some unexpected decisions when they are most proud, and the so-called "extreme joy begets sorrow" is just like this.I don't know which general instructed the soldiers to set fire to the grain and grass stored in the enemy's camp not long after the enemy's departure.

When Jia Huan found out, it was too late to stop it, and the billowing smoke had already floated out. Isn't this telling the other party that your camp is under attack, and come back quickly to rescue?Jia Huan scolded his mother secretly, the matter has come to an end, if the food and grass are burned, let’s burn it, anyway, the army without food and grass can’t last long, if the Tatars can’t keep up with the food and grass supplies, they will naturally withdraw their troops.Their first priority now is to escape.

It was too late for the commander to be angry when he saw the food and grass being burned. He immediately assembled the army and planned to burn the enemy's camp and retreat.

It's a pity that the Tatar army returned to the defense too quickly, as if it had been prepared long ago, and surrounded the army that had not yet evacuated, and the leader was the newly appointed Great Khan Batu Mengke of the Tatars.

This Khan was shot and killed when he first went to the battlefield. He managed to save his life, but because of this, his prestige in the army was greatly reduced.Seeing the Nan'an Wang Zhili army surrounded in the middle, he smiled ironically, and his young face looked even more gloomy under the light of the camp in front of him, "Unexpectedly, the invincible Geng's army is here today, and the food and grass I lost are not in vain. Spy." The young Khan planned to give up on the traitor from the very beginning, so he had expected that once the army on the left retreated, the traitor would definitely be caught, and he didn't believe the urgent report sent by the traitor at all.Naturally, there is no such thing as being transferred from the mountain.This empty camp is simply a trap.

When Jia Huan heard this, he knew that it was not good. I am here today, I am afraid that there will be more bad luck than good luck.