Chapter 1601 1603【One wave has not subsided, but another wave has arisen】
"This matter must be kept secret and no one is allowed to tell it outside." Liu Jin immediately ordered after the quartermaster left.
?Now the morale of the soldiers has hit rock bottom. If they know that food has been robbed and they may not be able to eat in the next day or two, the soldiers will have to rebel.
All the subordinates obeyed the order one by one.
However, as the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall in the world. Soon, word of the hijacking of the grain truck spread among the soldiers, further affecting morale.
As a result, large-scale desertion occurred again at night.
Liu Jin had already been prepared for this, and had already ordered the team to guard all the passes.
?Anyone who dares to go down the mountain privately will be killed without mercy.
Unexpectedly, this would cause a roar in the camp, and the soldiers would get into chaos and kill each other.
Liu Jin was shocked when he saw this.
Since ancient times, once a roar occurs, if it is not calmed down in time, it will cause extremely serious consequences.
?Just in time for this troop dispatch, all eight major auxiliary sword commanders were killed in the battle, leaving a vacuum in the middle ranks of the army.
??Although Liu Jin accepted his appointment as the temporary deputy sword commander, after all, his ability was insufficient and his reputation was limited, so he did not win the recognition of the soldiers.
So when these temporary deputy commanders went to suppress the soldiers and try to restore the chaotic order to normal, no one listened to them at all.
??On the contrary, everyone with red eyes attacked them. Several assistant swordsmen were chopped into pieces, and their parents could no longer recognize them.
"Father, this place is dangerous. You can''t stay here for a long time. It''s better to withdraw." Liu Jin''s personal guard captain asked for instructions.
??If the camp roar continues to spread, even they may not be able to protect Liu Jin''s safety.
"It''s definitely not feasible." When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately waved his hands and said, "It''s so easy to attack here, how can we give up halfway. Our family will stay here, I will see who dares to offend."
As he was talking, several people rushed over and were immediately hacked to death by the personal guards.
Their skills are better and their cooperation is more tacit. Moreover, whoever''s food is short will not be short of theirs, so they still have plenty of physical strength and are naturally more lethal.
?This actually intimidated many people, making them afraid to approach the commander''s camp again. But far away from the commander''s camp, the roar of the camp continued.
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It was not until early in the morning, when the sky turned brighter, that the roar of the camp gradually subsided.
There were dead bodies and wounded everywhere, and only a few of them were still standing.
At the last o''clock, more than 2,000 people died, hundreds more probably fled down the mountain, and only more than 3,000 people were left alive. And most of them are injured.
Seeing this, Liu Jin couldn''t help but his eyes turned red with anger.
Unexpectedly, ten thousand troops attacked the mountain, and most of them were killed or injured before they even reached the top of the mountain.
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?These are the soldiers he has worked hard to recruit and train. He originally planned to use them to conquer the world and live out the addiction of being an emperor. I never expected that there would be such a big loss on this humble mountain.
At this moment, Ye Bu received the report.
??A group of rebels invaded the county town of Song County, killed the county magistrate, county magistrate, chief secretary, etc., and robbed tens of thousands of taels of official silver in the government treasury, causing heavy losses.
It turns out that the magistrate of Song County was also supported by Liu Jin. He had always been corrupt, perverted the law, and oppressed the good. This time, in order to transport food to Liu Jin, he sent out most of the soldiers in the county. The result was that the county was empty and defenseless.
?Hence, he was attacked into the city, pulled out of the yamen, taken to the street, and killed on the spot. They even ransacked the treasury and lost tens of thousands of taels of silver. "This...damn it!" Upon hearing the news, Liu Jin couldn''t help but his eyes darkened.
Unexpectedly, before the Taiji Sect was eradicated, there would be new rebels. This is really one wave after another.
"Father, in my humble opinion, if we continue to fight, we will no longer be sure of victory. It is better to retreat temporarily and wait for the future." The captain of the personal guard advised.
They only have 3,000 wounded soldiers left, and it would be useless to continue the attack. Even if we fight to the last soldier, we can never reach the top of the mountain. In this case, it''s better to withdraw our troops.
Otherwise, if you continue to stay here, other places will be in chaos. At that time, even if Laojun Temple is captured and all other places are rebels, it will not be considered a success.
Liu Jin thought about it for a long time and finally nodded.
?The last time we built a stone forest plank road, more than a thousand people were killed or injured on the 300-meter road. This sky road is longer than the stone forest plank road, so even if ten thousand people fill it, they may not be able to attack it. In this case, if a good man doesn''t suffer immediate losses, he might as well forget it.
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Liu Jin then announced his withdrawal and returned to camp. But he still stationed a team of 1,500 people at the foot of the mountain. Prepare to use the tactic of surrounding but not attacking to trap Xiang Nan and others in the mountain.
When they learned that Liu Jin actually withdrew his troops, everyone in the Taiji Sect felt a little incredible.
Because they had prepared for the worst, they not only moved away food, gold, silver, fine goods, etc., but also buried explosives in the Sanqing Palace, preparing to blow it up with fire, so as not to be taken advantage of by the eunuchs.
?But I didn’t expect that his 10,000-strong army would actually withdraw like this.
“Master, you are really good~” Deng Changdu said with admiration.
?Ten thousand troops are enough to conquer the world. Unexpectedly, they didn''t even conquer Laojun Mountain. What a waste.
Xiang Nan smiled and felt a little incredible.
After all, if there are a thousand people, it will spread to the sky. Ten thousand people, boundless. It''s really surprising that an army of tens of thousands of people didn''t take advantage of him in Laojun Mountain, but instead killed and injured most of them.
But when he thought about it carefully, he smiled again.
Actually, this is all because Liu Jin doesn’t know how to use troops.
There is a saying in the art of war: if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Liu Jin knew almost nothing about Taijimen and had no idea about the terrain of Laojun Mountain, so he drove tens of thousands of troops to attack the mountain, but naturally he couldn''t get any good results.
If it were him, even if he wanted to annihilate the Taiji Sect, he would never be so reckless. We will definitely send someone to explore the terrain first, and if possible, we will also deploy undercover agents as a response.
??Moreover, the attack will not be so grand, but elites will be sent out to sneak attack at night, taking advantage of people''s unpreparedness, and cooperating inside and outside to achieve success. Just like in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", the bandit suppression team wiped out Weihu Mountain.
?Of course, this cannot be blamed on Liu Jin’s incompetence.
?After all, he was not a scholar. He was born in a poor family. Because he couldn''t bear the poverty, he worshiped the **** as his godfather and entered the palace. Naturally, he had no knowledge, let alone the art of war.
In addition, he only gained power after Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne. It has been less than five years since Zhengde took the throne, and he has not yet organized his own think tank. Therefore, his subordinates lacked military advisors and naturally encountered obstacles everywhere.
? Comparatively, although Xiang Nan did not know much about military affairs, he had the right time, place and people, so it was not surprising that he won.
"Okay, don''t be careless." Xiang Nan waved his hands and said, "It''s not the time to let go of Nanshan yet. Liu Jin may come back at any time. We still have to be cautious."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded.
(End of this chapter)