My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 185 You play with my mind, I destroy your body!
Before the Song Dynasty, people generally lacked understanding of night blindness, and generals did not improve the nutrition of their soldiers from the dietary level, so soldiers with night blindness abounded.

Only elite soldiers like Qingshe's troops, who all come from wealthy families, can maintain basic combat effectiveness at night.

And without light pollution, moonlight, and starlight, the night would be extremely dark.

Generals at the middle and lower levels cannot read the flags clearly and act according to orders.

Senior generals cannot clearly see the enemy and our armies in the distance, making it difficult to command accurately.

Therefore, it is the default practice for all generals to withdraw troops at dusk.

Pang Nuan originally thought that Ying Chengyu would loosen the military formation and let the Zhao and Wei coalition forces return to the city. The two armies would rest for a night and continue fighting.

But Pang Nuan didn't expect that the intensity of Ying Chengyu's attack would reach another level!
Wei Qi asked in a low voice: "General Pang, there are so many people in our army who are bird-blind (night-blind), do you want to forcefully withdraw the troops?"

Pang Nuan smiled: "There are many people who are night-blind in the Zhao and Wei army, but there are only a few people in the Qin army who are night-blind?"

"Since Lord Chang'an invites you to fight, how can I not accompany you?"

"Order! The chariots return to support, and the sword points at the center of the Qin army!"

But Pang Nuan didn't expect that this battle would last until the next day!
The next day (3:00).

Meng Wu paced back and forth in the camp: "General, why don't you allow me to leave the camp?"

"Could it be that we should first eliminate my presence in the army, and then choose the opportunity to kill me?"

"Or is it possible to impeach the general for dereliction of duty after the war?"

"No, the King will not agree to this impeachment."

Ying Chengqiu issued a military order that Meng Wu was not allowed to leave the camp and had to sleep all day.

But our army is fighting a bloody battle with the enemy. As a deputy general, how can Meng Wu sleep?

After barely sleeping for nine hours, Meng Wu could no longer sleep.

Due to military orders, he could not leave the camp and even had difficulty observing the battle situation, which made Meng Wu anxious.

He was anxious and had nothing to do, and Fan Yuqi had learned from the past, so Meng Wu could not help but think too much.

Suddenly, the voice of the soldiers came from outside the camp: "General, it's time to reach Pingdan!"

Meng Wu immediately left the camp and sighed: "It's finally peace!"

After solving the three urgent problems, Meng Wu hurriedly asked: "Where is the coach?"

The soldiers responded: "We are still organizing an siege outside Xiuyu City."

Meng Wu was shocked: "At Pingdan, are you still attacking the city?"

"Take me quickly to find the coach!"

After getting on his horse, Meng Wu rode towards the central army.

Far away, Meng Wu saw that every commander of the Qin army was holding a torch. The nearly ten thousand torches on his own side and the thousands of torches at the head of Xiuyu City illuminated the area near Xiuyu City as bright as day.

The soldiers of the enemy and ours also attacked each other as they did in the daytime, killing each other endlessly.

Quickly rushing to Ying Chengxuan's side, Meng Wu bowed his hands and saluted: "Commander, the end of the day has arrived, and the general will come as ordered."

After issuing another military order, Ying Chengyu looked up at the sky: "It's already Pingdan? Time flies so fast."

Meng Wu said helplessly: "The coach thought time passed so quickly, but the soldiers probably didn't think so."

"Since the siege began before dawn yesterday, the soldiers have been fighting continuously for more than ten hours. I'm afraid the soldiers are exhausted."

Ying Chengyu nodded slightly: "It is true that the soldiers work harder than the general."

"I will order the soldiers to retreat now."

"General Meng, go and wake up the [-] soldiers in the rear army."

Meng Wu:? ? ?
I can understand the first sentence, but I really can’t understand the next sentence!

Now is Pingdan!

Who is a good general who would let his soldiers get up at three in the morning?

Meng Wu hesitated and asked: "General, do you want me to wake up the soldiers in the rear?"

"General, do you have any plans that need to be executed by the general?"

Ying Cheng nodded slightly: "Please General Meng lead the rear army to take over our army and continue to attack the city!"

"Sufficient pressure must be put on Xiuyu City."

Meng Wu suddenly realized: "General, is this a strategy to weaken the troops?"

Now the major advantage of the Qin army compared to the Zhao and Wei coalition forces is the superiority in military strength.

The Qin army attacked the city day and night, and the Zhao army had to accompany it to defend the city day and night.

But the Qin army can divide the 20 soldiers and horses into two groups of [-] each, rotating every day.

Zhao Jun can only rotate at most [-]% of his soldiers to rest every day.

If things go on like this, the Zhao army will inevitably accumulate more fatigue and pressure than the Qin army.

But Meng Wu still felt that this strategy was somewhat inappropriate.

Just as he was about to remonstrate, Ying Chengyu smiled and said: "Weary soldiers are auxiliaries, but tired generals are the master!"

Meng Wu looked puzzled: "Tired General?"

"How will it be tired?"

The corner of Ying Chengyu's mouth raised slightly: "Zhao General Pang Nuan has extremely rich battle experience."

"But there is one drawback that no famous general can overcome, and that is aging!"

"Zhao General Pang Nuan is over ninety years old. No matter how much experience he has, he still has to use his brain to put it to use. Can he sustain his energy?"

"I consider myself inferior to Pang Nuan in the military, but how can Pang Nuan's energy and physical strength compare to you and me?"

"So the most important thing in this battle is to survive!"

"Stay until Pang Nuan's physical strength is gone, and wait until Pang Nuan's energy is gone, that's when our army will win!"

Pang Nuan believes that the key to this battle lies in Ying Chengyu's mentality.

Ying Chengyu believes that the key to this battle lies in Pang Nuan's body!

Meng Wu was stunned: "What is this plan?"

Ying Chengqiu smiled and said: "There is no such strategy in the military manual. I will call it the War Eagle Fighting Technique, or the Eagle Fighting Tactics!"

After a day of fighting, Ying Chengyu had already made a judgment on the strength comparison between the enemy and ourselves.

There is a certain gap between Ying Chengxuan's command ability and Pang Nuan's, but the gap is not big, and there will not be a situation that will collapse at the touch of a button.

Although Pang Nuan repeatedly took the initiative to attack, he was using offense as defense. His offensive desire was actually insufficient, and he would not reveal too many flaws to give Ying Chengyu a chance to win with one blow.

Judging from the current situation of the war, the war will inevitably continue to drag on.

The longer the delay, the more problems the two sides will expose, further highlighting the gap in capabilities between the two sides and reducing Ying Chengyu's chances of winning.

So Ying Chengyu decided to target Pang Nuan's age!
The two of them are like two chess players playing against each other.

Ying Chengxuan is a newbie with extraordinary talent but only two and a half years of practice.

Pang Nuan is a veteran who has dominated the chess world for seventy years.

Unable to find a way to turn the tables within the chess game, Ying Chengyu decided to look outside the chess board.

For example, stealing the opponent's takeaway food makes the opponent unable to fight again due to hypoglycemia.

For example, playing a square dance at a loud volume outside the hotel where the opponent is staying, causing the opponent to be in a trance due to lack of sleep and make the wrong chess piece.

This is the tactic that Ying Chengyu tailored for Pang Nuan today!

Meng Wu was stunned: "How shameless!"

Meng Wu really wanted to ask Ying Chengyu, how on earth did you come up with such a shameless plan?
People can't!
At least not!
Ying Chengyu said shamelessly: "Although it is shameless, it is useful!"

"So I will divide our army into two armies, each with 10 troops."

"In the future, you and I will each command an army. Each will command the battle for one day, and then the other will take turns."

"In order to prevent the enemy from figuring out the pattern, they occasionally join forces or divide them and change generals."

"But Ben will need to carry out continuous attacks day and night, every day, and continuously!"

Meng Wu shook his head: "Now our army is facing the Zhao Wei coalition. Although Pang Nuan is not energetic, the Zhao and Wei armies rotate, and Pang Nuan has enough time to rest."

"The general's strategy may be feasible, but it is useless in this battle!"

Ying Chengyu looked at the top of Xiuyu City: "There are indeed Zhao and Wei coalition forces in Xiuyu City, but in today's battle, both Zhao and Wei armies will fight, and the generals of both Zhao and Wei armies will also stand at the top of the city." "This is. I will boldly guess that the Zhao and Wei coalition forces have joined forces and are under joint command."

"And the common commander is Pang Nuan!"

"And what if Pang Nuan really lets Wei Qi defend the city alone?"

"Wouldn't that be an opportunity to destroy the city?"

Meng Wu still didn't think Ying Chengyu's strategy was effective: "Pang Nuan's troops are only the front troops of the Zhao army."

"Faced with the coach's plan to weaken his generals, Pang Nuan will definitely summon Hu Lu and request Hu Lu to come to his aid immediately."

"Once the main force of the Zhao army arrives, or even just sends an additional general to lead a partial division, the general's strategy will be ineffective!"

Ying Chengyu smiled: "Then our army has better achieved the goal of this battle, involving more troops and generals of the Zhao army."

"This battle is lost, and our Great Qin has also won!"

"The punishment for excessive battle losses will be borne by me. There is no need for the general to worry."

Meng Wu was convinced and sighed helplessly: "If we use this method, I'm afraid everyone in the world will revile the general."

Ying Chengyu said calmly: "Then let them scold you!"

"This strategy is what I thought, so everyone in the world reviled me. It has nothing to do with General Meng!"

Will Ying Chengxuan care about the insults from people in the world?

I don't care at all!

As long as you kill hard enough, those enemies will be too scared to curse!
Seeing that Ying Chengyu was firm and prepared to suffer the loss of reputation, Meng Wu had no choice but to hand over: "Wei!"

Ying Chengyu also bowed his hands and said, "I'll have to worry about General Meng next."

After bidding farewell to Ying Chengxi, Meng Wu immediately rode back to the rear army and sighed deeply: "I think my grandfather was also a great Confucian in the Qi State, and my father was also a Confucian in the Qi State. Even if he switched to the Qin Dynasty, he would become a refined general. "

"Now this general is going to do such a sloppy thing!"

"I will be ashamed of my ancestors!"

Feeling strange in his heart under the pressure, Meng Wu looked at the generals and shouted in a deep voice: "Send orders to transport supplies to the camp and bury the pots to make rice."

"Instruct all the generals to prepare the entire army in half an hour!"

"Prepare to attack the city!"

……

Instead of calling for gold and retreating troops directly, Ying Chengyu commanded the troops and horses to cover the staggered retreat.

An hour later, Ying Chengyu's men finally got out.

Looking at the Qin army retreating like a tide, Wei Qi breathed a sigh of relief: "The Qin army has retreated!"

Pang Nuan also directed the troops who had left the city to return to the city, but there was no smile on his face.

After the orders were issued one after another, Pang Nuanhu's eyes were full of deep thoughts, and he murmured to himself: "The battle is at sunrise (5:00), the sun is about to rise, but the Qin army has withdrawn?"

"What exactly does Lord Chang'an mean?"

Wei Qi guessed: "Maybe the Qin army is better at fighting at night, so they set the fighting time at night?"

Seeing that Qingshe had returned, Pang Nuan summoned Qingshe and asked directly: "How does the Qin army's night combat power compare with our army?"

Qingshe cupped his hands and replied: "General Qi, the Qin army's night vision is obviously better than ours."

"Fortunately, it's not that strong. I still can't see the flags clearly. I need to use torches to give orders."

Pang Nuan frowned and stroked his beard: "It seems that what Mr. Pengcheng said is reasonable."

It makes sense, but it's just an insufficient reason.

Pang Nuan still felt something was wrong.

Night blindness is only part of the reason that affects night fighting. Did Ying Chengyu choose to fight at night just because his soldiers had better night vision than the soldiers of the Zhao and Wei coalition forces?

Could it be that Ying Chengyu wanted to drag himself into a field unfamiliar to both parties in order to smooth the gap in capabilities between the two parties?
Wei Qi suddenly felt inspired.

General Pang praised me!

I've made progress!
Wei Qi immediately handed over his hand and said, "Thank you, General Pang, for your compliment."

"It's already dark, General Pang. Let's go and rest first. Later, General Pang will organize his troops to clean up the battlefield."

Pang Nuan shook his head: "No problem."

"This general can only sleep peacefully when he hears that our troops have suffered losses..."

Before he finished speaking, Pang Nuan saw a hundred figures running towards Xiuyu City, and he could occasionally hear the sound of wind blowing in his ears.

"First board! First board!"

"Don't shout, just attack quietly!"

"Pick up the ladder, resist the big shield, and rush forward when the enemy is unprepared!"

The hundreds of warriors who arrived first picked up the ladders and shields dropped by Paoze who died in battle, and rushed towards Xiuyu City in a sneaky manner.

Pang Nuan's eyes widened and he shouted: "Quickly go to the four gates to check whether there is a Qin army attacking first!"

Qingshe immediately accepted the order and galloped away on horseback.

After circling the city for a week, Qing She had no time to dismount and spoke loudly: "General, there are Qin troops outside the city gates on all sides. They are rushing to the city first!"

Wei Qi was stunned: "Didn't the Qin army withdraw?"

"Why are they starting to attack the city again!"

Pang Nuan had no time to be confused and shouted: "Crossbowmen, stop the enemy!"

As the first row of crossbow bolts were fired, the Qin army knew that they had been exposed, so they simply stopped hiding and started running wildly.

Taking advantage of the slack period after a day of fierce battle between the Zhao and Wei coalition forces, the first warriors actually hung the ladder directly on the city wall!

It was obvious that Qin Jun was also a little unbelievable.

After more than ten breaths, a main force of the Qin army rushed towards Xiuyu City.

Qingshe yelled angrily: "You are a thief with no virtue!"

"Paoze men, follow me and charge to kill!"

Qingshe personally led his troops to block the city wall, and the Qin army also began to increase its strength.

In an instant, the temptation once again turned into a decisive battle!

Wei Qi murmured: "Could it be that the withdrawal of the Qin army just now was a lie, and that it was true that we were deceived into letting our army relax?"

However, as the sun rose, Wei Qi's guess was shattered.

What they saw lying outside the west gate of Xiuyu City was a new force with high spirits.

The person standing on the command platform of this army was also replaced by a middle-aged, handsome uncle with elegant temperament.

Wei Qi was shocked: "The Qin army changed generals?!"

Pang Nuan looked at Meng Wu opposite him with a serious look in his eyes: "This man is the deputy general of the Qin Army, the son of the former Qin General Meng Ao, General Meng Wu!"

"If my prediction is correct, since your army was defeated yesterday, Lord Chang'an has been intending to wear down our army by means of fatigue."

"Every day in the future may be like today, day and night!"

"Pengcheng Lord!" Pang Nuan said seriously: "We must divide our troops!"

"You and I should each lead a troop and fight against the enemy in turns, otherwise our soldiers will not be able to hold on!"

Thinking of yesterday's Yellow River fire, Wei Qi whispered in fear: "General Pang, the last general may not be able to face Lord Chang'an!"

Pang Nuan smiled warmly: "No problem."

"Then I will lead the Zhao army to face Lord Chang'an, and Lord Pengcheng will lead the Wei army to face General Meng Wu."

However, the fear in Wei Qi's eyes did not diminish.

Wei Qi has never fought against Meng Wu, but Wei Qi is very familiar with Meng Ao.

How familiar is it?
Wei Qi could see Meng Ao in nightmares every night for half a year!

In a battle at Chaoge, Meng Ao beat Wei Qi to the point where he doubted his life. This was also the starting point for Wei Qi to lose his self-confidence.

How can a tiger father have a dog son?
Let me face Meng Ao's son?

I'm afraid of my child!
Swallowing with difficulty, Wei Qi said with shame, "I'm not sure I will be the last general!"

(End of this chapter)