I really can't control myself

Although his appointment was a bit sudden, Xu Jing took over quite quickly.

This time the troops were dispatched by Li Ying "in person", and the commander was of course himself. However, after losing two battles in a row, he was a little discouraged.

The actual situation is that although he was originally a general who was good at fighting, he had not fought in a war for more than ten years, and he was somewhat unable to adapt.

Yes, Li Ying has basically never been out of battle since the current emperor came to power. What worried the emperor the most about Li Ying was his relationship in the army. Naturally, it was impossible for him to continue to lead troops and accumulate relationships.

So although his connections in the military have remained over the years, he himself has indeed not fought in a war for a long time. As a result, as soon as he came out of the mountain, he was greeted by two big defeats. He originally thought that he could make a name for himself once again by returning to the world, but as a result, he was really a little discouraged by the current situation.

Just as Linton appeared, he could only rely on Linton now, so the command was almost given to Linton. Linton obviously didn't know how to lead troops, so the command was actually handed over to the newly promoted Xu Jing. He is now a vanguard general in name, but in fact he is in charge of the overall coordination of the entire army.

To be honest, some of the soldiers here don't want to go out anymore. After all, there are many people on the opposite side. Of course they have learned the lesson. If they are allowed to take the initiative, doesn't it mean that they will die?

Now the morale of this group of soldiers is so low that they are about to run away. The reason why they haven't completely escaped is because Linton showed up here, and of course they all know Linton. Li Ying must talk about Linton's side of things, otherwise how can he convince such a right person to accompany him in the rebellion? This is a matter of beheading, okay?

On the other hand, aren't there tens of thousands of troops on their way here? After all, they are just the vanguard. What if they escape and encounter the troops behind them? Wasn't this being treated as a deserter?

It's just that most of the soldiers are thinking about whether they should wait for the troops behind to come over. Now they don't even have food and grass, so why are they taking the initiative?

The person who came forward to organize and persuade these soldiers was Xu Jing, and of course he somewhat borrowed Linton's name.

To be honest, Xu Jing actually didn't know what Linton was planning, but he knew that Linton was the being known as the God of War, and that the other party was kind to him. What does it mean to sacrifice one's life? He was ready to sacrifice one's life for Linton.

Along the way, Xu Jing here also introduced the actual situation of the battlefield to Linton very seriously.

According to Xu Jing's introduction, Linton knew that the person currently commanding the troops on the opposite side was called Wang Men. This is another long-famous general and one of the current pillars of the imperial court. He is known as the Daning Pillar.

This Wangmen general is naturally good, otherwise with Li Ying's ability, even though he has not been on the battlefield for more than ten years, he would not be easily defeated twice in a row.

According to Xu Jing, the king's general's art of war focused on quickness, accuracy and ruthlessness. You see, he just arrived with his soldiers, and without even taking a break, he started fighting with Li Ying's troops. After defeating Li Ying in the first battle, they attacked the camp again that night, without giving them any chance to breathe.

Li Yingqian was autistic after one set of both elimination and injection, and he still hasn't recovered yet.

Facing such a famous general, Linton and the others had gathered all the unfavorable factors. To be honest, Xu Jing had been talking for a long time, but he himself had not thought of how to make a comeback. In fact, he had been asking Linton what he wanted. manage.

Linton's expression didn't change much. It seemed that he still had to turn the tide on his own. But just as he was thinking this, a horse suddenly came to report from the front.

"Report, general, the enemy army is found in front, but the enemy is crossing the river!" the scout said anxiously.

"What?" Everyone looked at the detective in surprise, with shock on their faces. How is this... possible?

Everyone naturally knows that there is a river ahead.

This river is called Wutao River, which is a relatively large river. It is a branch of Wujiang River, the largest river in Daning. Because the place it passed was formerly called Tao County, it was named Wutao River.

Everyone knows this river because they just escaped from the other side yesterday.

Yes, the location of the previous decisive battle was on the other side of the river. The location where everyone camped and was attacked at night was actually on the other side of the river.

The specific situation is this. At that time, Li Ying's troops advanced all the way, directly towards the imperial capital, basically without much hindrance. After all, Li Ying's rebellion was somewhat sudden, which made the emperor a little confused.

However, Li Ying's troops were eventually stopped. It was the natural chasm that stopped him, not the troops. The Wutao River could not be bypassed no matter what.

It's just that the route was planned from the beginning, and Li Ying was naturally prepared. So he immediately asked the engineering team to start building the bridge. After taking some time to build a simple pontoon bridge, he led his troops across the Wutao River.

However, in this wasted time, the Imperial Capital took the opportunity to mobilize troops. Didn't the Wang Clan bring 150,000 vanguard troops to stop them?

Not long after Li Ying crossed the river, he ran into the main force on the plain to the west, resulting in a major defeat.

Just after escaping from the battlefield and setting up camp, they were attacked again at night and the camp was blown up. At that time, Li Ying could only retreat all the way back.

Fortunately, the temporary pontoon bridge built before crossing the river was still there, so Li Ying's troops crossed the river smoothly, and then turned around and burned the pontoon bridge.

The purpose of burning the bridge was naturally to stop the pursuing troops. Otherwise, if the king's troops were not chasing and killing them one by one, how could they dare to stop and gather troops. This is not all because they know that the opponent cannot catch up, so they stop with peace of mind and wait for the army behind to join up.

However, what they didn't expect was that the king's army was already crossing the river?

You know, the other party just attacked them at night last night, and now one night has passed, and the other party was already crossing the river early in the morning? The other party probably had to build a bridge to cross the river. When did the other party build this bridge? You can't build a bridge overnight, right? Is the other party too hasty?

It was impossible for them to imagine that the Wang Clan opposite could become like this so quickly. Everyone took it for granted that the other party was blocked by the Wutao River, which would delay them for at least several days. After all, they had spent a long time building the bridge before.

Thinking of this, everyone suddenly seemed to have thought of something and looked towards Linton. Yes, just now everyone didn't understand why Linton suddenly wanted them to send troops now. But looking at it now, could it be said that Linton had already expected this?