Hearing the report, Yue Fei quickly asked,""Who is the vanguard of the Jin soldiers?"
"The vanguard is General Jin Ya Hu, and the deputy is General Yin Ya Hu!"”
"Alright, we'll investigate again and report back!"
"Yes, sir!" The scout horse replied and immediately rode away.
Niu Gao said, Let's run back!"
Yue Fei frowned and said unhappily,"Why?"”
"Their hundred thousand soldiers, just the vanguard alone has three thousand, we only have eight hundred, their hundred generals, we only have ten, the enemy outnumbered us, what if we don't run back?"”
"Bold Niu Gao, you want to flee at the last moment and disturb the morale of the army? Military law is merciless. If you say these words again, even if you're my brother, I'll definitely kill you!”
Seeing Yue Fei really angry, Niu Gao couldn't help being somewhat afraid, hurriedly smiling: "Big brother, big brother, I was just joking when I saw that the atmosphere was too serious! Actually, I'm not afraid! His head was no bigger than a bowl, and he would still be so old in twenty years. What was there to be afraid of? Besides, even if we were to fight, those trash from the Jin Kingdom wouldn't be a match for me!”
Only then did Yue Fei's expression relax and he smiled,"That's more like it! Since you have such ambition, I will give you twenty soldiers. How about you go and meet the gold and silver teeth?”
"How much?" "Twenty people? Brother, are you joking with my head? Twenty people against three thousand people? I'm not going!"
Yue Fei smiled and said," Don't be afraid, Brother. I'm not asking you to win this battle. You can only lose, not win!"”Then, he pointed at a tall mountain not far ahead and said," When you meet Jin Jun, fight dozens of rounds and retreat to that mountain. It'll be considered a meritorious service!”
Niu Gao still hadn't answered, but Chu Yunfeng's heart moved when he heard, asking: "Big brother Yue wants brother Niu Gao to lure the Jin army into the trap and then ambush them?”
"Not bad!" Yue Fei said solemnly," The Jin army has 3,000 vanguards, and we only have 800. We are outnumbered, so we can only use our wits, not our strength! I see that this mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, just suitable for an ambush. As long as Niu Gao can lead the Jin soldiers here, we can take them by surprise and attack them unprepared. The Jin soldiers don't know what's going on, and their morale will be in chaos. We can naturally succeed in one battle!”
The ancient art of war was not an easy subject to learn, and it was not easy to be a general.
It was just the most basic battle formation on the battlefield. The general had to consider all aspects. How many soldiers did he have, how many soldiers did the other side have, and what kind of soldiers did both sides have? Then, the terrain of both sides, the surrounding environment, and the traffic situation, such as whether the flank could be attacked, whether the rear could be outflanked, and so on. There was also the terrain of the battlefield between the two armies, including the geological state, the hardness of the ground, the water, the forest, and other conditions that needed to be paid attention to. The weather, including the time, the angle of the sun, the direction of the wind, the current weather and what the weather will be like in the future, and so on and so forth…
After deducing a series of extremely complicated questions, he could consider the need to set up a formation when facing an enemy. There were some formations in the military books that were very strange. For example, the front was a combination of spearmen and swordsmen, while the back was a combination of archers and firearms with a small number of swordsmen and spearmen. The cavalry team, which had always been considered the most lethal, was divided into two large formations and placed in the middle of the formation…Why was it arranged like this? The reason was that according to the factors mentioned above, one needed to act according to the situation.
When Zong Ze and Yue Fei first met, he had given him the formation map, but Yue Fei had rejected it. He had even told him that " battle after formation, the art of war is common, and the use of it lies in one's heart." This was what Yue Fei had said with a conscience.
The simplest problem was that the number of troops that the two of them brought was different, and the types of troops were different. Just this difference alone made it impossible for Yue Fei to copy Zong Ze's array map.
Yue Fei had high hopes for Chu Yunfeng and wanted to train him to be his right-hand man. Therefore, he often pulled him along to teach him the art of war during his breaks. Chu Yunfeng didn't know if he would need it someday, but he knew that it wasn't a bad thing to learn more, so he remembered it by heart.
However, this was similar to Zhao Kuo. He could only talk on paper and would be at a loss when it came to the real world. Just like how Yue Fei could come up with a plan to defeat the enemy after hearing the intelligence report, Chu Yunfeng didn't have the ability to do so.
However, he knew that since Yue Fei could assign this mission to Niu Gao, and moreover only gave him a mere twenty soldiers, that meant that this trip should be a surprise without danger, at least the danger wouldn't be too great.
This made Chu Yunfeng's mind spin.
He was leading the main mission. Although Jinya Hu and Yinya Hu had only led 3,000 soldiers, the vanguard was the courage of the army. Only the most elite soldiers were qualified to become a member of the vanguard camp. As the commander of the vanguard camp, Jinya Hu should be a general at the rank of a major general, which was very " valuable "!
Normally, if one wanted to kill a major general, they would have to risk their lives in the midst of an army. However, with Yue Fei overseeing the rear, the danger level was greatly reduced. It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
After Yue Fei explained, he immediately ordered,"Niu Gao, act according to the order and immediately go out!”
"Yes…"
Niu Gao's voice hadn't fallen when Chu Yunfeng hurriedly said: "Big Brother Yue, you promised to let me be the vanguard. Are you going back on your word?”
"Could it be that Brother is willing to go?" Yue Fei said happily.
In fact, according to Yue Fei's plan, Chu Yunfeng was the most suitable person to lure the enemy. Firstly, his martial arts were strong, far surpassing Niu Gao. Secondly, he was smart and flexible.
But Yue Fei didn't directly order Chu Yunfeng to lure the enemy, and instead let Niu Gao go, because he had no choice.
Chu Yunfeng wasn't Yue Fei's direct descendant after all, and in terms of feelings, he was a bit inferior to Niu Gao and Wang Gui, the brothers who had grown up together.
But it was precisely because of this that he had to bypass Chu Yunfeng and request Niu Gao to go.
If he sent Chu Yunfeng to lure the enemy, the soldiers would inevitably think that he was jealous of the talented and wanted to use the Jin soldiers to kill Chu Yunfeng, who was secretly the deputy general of the vanguard. As a general of an army, the most important thing wasn't martial arts or the art of war, but to be able to convince the masses. How could Yue Fei not know this? This operation seemed to be in the bag, but no one could predict accidents. If Chu Yunfeng went and succeeded, then it would be fine. But if he failed, then he really couldn't explain himself.
On the contrary, Niu Gao, his brother, he could order him around without worry.
This wasn't because Yue Fei was cold-blooded and didn't care about the life and death of his brothers, but because this was the fate of a battlefield warrior. On the battlefield, casualties were inevitable. Whether it was him or Niu Gao and his brothers, they had long since made mental preparations to wrap their corpses in horse leather.
However, since Chu Yunfeng had personally spoken, Yue Fei naturally didn't have to worry about all that!
"Brother, you must know that this trip is fraught with danger. If you make a mistake…"
Before Yue Fei could finish his sentence, Chu Yunfeng replied solemnly,"Big brother, as the saying goes,'If a pot doesn't leave the well, the general will inevitably die in front of the battle'. Since we've come to the battlefield, how can we be overcautious? Just like brother Niu Gao said, if his head fell off like a bowl, then twenty years later he would still be this old, what was there to be afraid of? Don't worry, big brother. I'm already mentally prepared!”
Yue Fei nodded and said seriously,"Since that's the case, I'll wait here with my brothers for you to lure the golden dog into your trap!" If I win this battle, I will definitely ask the old marshal for credit!”
"Haha, big brother, there's no need to ask for credit! " This little brother is only putting in a bit of effort. We still need to rely on big brother's command to win this battle. This little brother is not so thick-skinned as to take credit for big brother's achievements…" Chu Yunfeng smiled and then said," Big brother, the Jin army has 3,000 men. Even if 20 soldiers go, they won't be of much use. Instead, they might become a burden. Our team doesn't have many people. It's painful to lose even one soldier. It's better to leave them here to help!"”
Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said,"That's good!" However, you must remember that you are luring the enemy this time. If there is a chance, you may kill a few Golden Generals, but you must not linger in the battle to avoid accidents!”
"I'll go now!"
Chu Yunfeng saluted Yue Fei, Niu Gao, and the other brothers, then immediately mounted his horse and whipped his whip, heading straight north along the mountain road.
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