I really can't control myself

On the east side of a hill east of Yongjin City, many soldiers gathered here.

At this time, at the pass of the mountain peak, a large number of soldiers were sitting on the ground with dejected faces, while others were just lying on the ground to rest. A group of soldiers were all poorly armored, and most of them didn't even have weapons. It was obvious that this was a broken army.

Yes, this defeated army was the Yongjin City army that had just been defeated by the Tianfeng Kingdom troops led by Linton. Most of the soldiers had fled all the way from the battlefield to the east, and of course they were all in such a state of abandoning their armor.

The reason why they gathered at this pass was mainly because of the terrain.

There is a small north-south ridge here, the only flat entrance and exit, which is also the location of the official road. You can reach Yongjin City all the way from here to the west.

Although this place sounds good, it is actually not an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack location, and there are no passes set up here. The main reason is that the mountains on both sides are actually not very high. It is actually easy to climb over the mountains. Not only does setting a checkpoint here not play a defensive role, it may even be occupied by enemies rushing up to the ridge next to it. The high ground brings down the low ground.

However, the reason why these defeated soldiers did not choose to climb mountains, but chose to take a very obvious pass, was mainly because... they really couldn't climb anymore.

The troops who were sent out at noon yesterday marched all night without any rest. I had just rested for a while in the morning when the camp was immediately attacked and then exploded. They managed to escape in a mess, and they were really exhausted when they came here. No matter how high the mountain next to it is, they can't climb it.

In this situation, General Ma Jun, who had just retreated from the east, also thought so.

Ma Jun, formerly known as Tian Jun, is the adopted son of Ma Yixiong, the lord of Yongjin City. Because he was brave and good at fighting, he gained Ma Yixiong's trust and was adopted as his adopted son. He was also sent to assist his adopted brother, Ma Tianyong, Ma Yixiong's eldest son.

Ma Jun naturally followed Ma Tianyong for this expedition. Unexpectedly, they suffered such a defeat in their own territory before they even arrived at Tianfeng Kingdom.

The situation at that time was impossible to save, no matter how brave and skilled Ma Jun was. So he led his own bodyguards and charged all the way, and finally fought out after paying a huge price.

Fleeing all the way to the west, when he came near here, he encountered a large number of his own troops who had also escaped, and most of them were concentrated near here. He understood the reason as soon as he thought about it, so after thinking about it, he quickly gathered the troops on the spot before it was too late.

Ma Jun naturally wants to gather troops and fight back. After all, he has not waited for Ma Tianyong until now, and he doesn't know how his sworn brother is doing.

Although they were defeated by the opponent's troops before, Ma Jun's military formation was experienced and he could tell that the opponent's troops attacking them were not actually many. At this moment, the other party should still be clearing the battlefield and gathering prisoners. However, the other party only has so many people, so it will definitely take a long time to do this work.

And as long as he regroups his troops here, it is still possible to gather the scattered troops immediately. If we cross this pass, there will be a vast plain behind. We don't know where these defeated troops will go. It will be really difficult to gather them together.

So he directly raised the Taoist flag and began to gather the remaining troops and reorganize the army. At this time, the group of defeated soldiers who had just escaped were all in trouble. They are all frightened now. To be honest, their courage has been defeated by the other party. Of course they don't want to fight anymore at this time, they just want to escape home.

But it happened that I met Ma Jun here. The opponent was gathering troops here. If you were caught, you could still be a deserter in front of him, but you would be directly dealt with by military law.

There was really no choice, so I had no choice but to stay and form the team again. So a group of soldiers quickly gathered, and within a short time, more than 10,000 troops had been gathered.

Although a large number of people gathered, the situation of the troops at this time was obviously quite bad.

First of all, the organization of the army has been completely broken up. The original 55,000-strong army now only has more than 10,000 left. A large number of organizations are either short of soldiers, generals, or captains, and have to be reorganized.

On the other hand, these soldiers were so exhausted that they had not rested at all. They had just run away desperately after being attacked, and now they would never get up if they sat down, and they really couldn't move.

Most of the soldiers fell to the ground at this time, and the reorganization work was naturally even more impossible.

Ma Jun was really anxious about this situation, but these soldiers were really exhausted. Even if he forced them to whip and urge them, it would not be of any use to scare the monkeys. If they can't get up, they just can't get up.

Not to mention that it was raining all night, and just when Ma Jun was gathering his troops and was exhausted, many soldiers lying on the ground suddenly woke up. It wasn't that they had rested enough, but that the ground suddenly began to shake at this time.

Most veterans on the battlefield immediately knew what the shock was. It was the cavalry coming. Everyone subconsciously looked to the east, and sure enough, an army appeared on the other side of the horizon. Needless to say, the cavalry troops that appeared at this time knew where they came from.

"How... how is it possible?" Of course Ma Jun also knew that the troops that attacked them before were coming, but how could they come so fast? Didn't the other side need to prepare? Don't need a rest? Don’t you need to deal with prisoners?

It's a pity that Ma Jun couldn't imagine how willful the commander of the opposite army was. Linton waved his hand, what preparations were there? No need; rest? No need; captive? unnecessary.

With a wave of my hand, everyone followed me to watch me show off, and the army marched directly towards Yongjin City to kill them. Linton did not take the baggage, food, grass and equipment left all over the place. Release all the prisoners on the spot and run away on your own.

Originally, such a situation was obviously unlikely to happen. There was no way to win the battle without asking for anything. But Linton can be so willful, and he doesn't really fight for the interests of Tianfeng Kingdom, so what's the use of taking captive supplies.

And because the generals below now blindly worship Linton, Linton's behavior in their view implies the art of war, such as the importance of soldiers, speed like wind, aggression like fire, and movement like thunder. .

But when he saw the army of more than 10,000 people gathered on the opposite side, this blind worship came to its peak again. The prince-in-law really had a clever plan.