New and dark light years

Chapter 383 The Tang Army: A Pretty Face with No Substance

Huang Ling, accompanied by her servants, arrived at the Huang family's gate, only to find it tightly shut.

She knocked hard several times, and soon the doorman opened the door.

"So it's Miss Seven, come in quickly." The gatekeeper stepped aside.

"Is my mother home?" she asked as she walked inside.

“Of course, Madam is here.”

Huang Ling breathed a sigh of relief and headed straight for the back room.

The Huang family mansion in the capital is very large; it's not just a house with many gates, but a small mountain villa in itself.

Many servants greeted her along the way, but she paid no attention and went straight to her mother's residence.

Upon arriving at her destination and seeing that the door was open, she went straight inside.

Then I saw my mother in the main hall, wiping away tears with a handkerchief.

“Mother…” Huang Ling stepped forward.

"Ling'er, you've come." Madam Huang blinked her red eyes and forced a smile.

"About my father..."

Madam Huang knew what she was going to say and couldn't help but cry out, "We have already sent someone to deliver a letter by carrier pigeon, begging your father to come back, but he replied that he would live and die with Jin County. Don't you think he's stupid?"

Huang Ling swayed, her face even paler: "Father... and eldest sister!"

Seeing her like this, Madam Huang cried and tried to persuade her, "You know your father's personality; he won't listen to our advice."

"What about my eldest sister? If the rebels attack Jin County, she's beautiful, she'll definitely be targeted by those bandits. I told her she shouldn't have married into the Southern Frontier, but she wouldn't listen, and now look what's happened!" Huang Ling screamed angrily, "That Li Lin is a jinx! Father and my eldest sister were both dragged down by his bad luck, otherwise they wouldn't have encountered such a thing. Our family has always had a smooth and successful life..."

Seeing her angry expression, Madam Huang said, "This is not Lin'er's fault!"

"It's him, it's him! No wonder I always disliked him, now I know why. He's a jinx, a harbinger of disaster!"

Snapped!
Madam Huang slapped her.

Huang Ling quieted down and just covered her face and cried.

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In the era of cold weapons, the deployment of troops and generals took days.

Four days passed before Li Lin's order was relayed and the three supervisors, Mu Tian'en, Ji Bo, and Zhang Qi, left the city.

They obeyed Li Lin's orders, simply leading their men out of town and assuming a posture of preparing to attack.

They did not go forward to fight.

However, this very posture aroused the attention of the Tang family army. The troops defending Jin County originally numbered only 10,000. As soon as these three armies left the military town from different directions, the Tang family army was immediately put on high alert.

Furthermore, at least 30,000 troops were urgently recalled from the front lines to guard against the Jin County troops that seemed poised to attack from three directions.

Ji Bo settled his 10,000 troops on a high hill.

He stood on a boulder, looking at the Tang family army in the distance.

As a general who came from the Tang family army, he was very familiar with the Tang family army.

Everyone says that the Tang family army is very strong, but... he knows that the Tang family army is actually just so-so.

In his view, the Tang family army's military strength was simply no match for the Jin County government army, given the same number of troops.

This may sound counterintuitive, but it's true.

The Tang family army is rumored to have around 200,000 troops, a very large number.

But he knew that most of the Tang family army soldiers were actually starving.

At least a year ago, when he was a captain, all he saw and heard were soldiers who were starving.

According to the prevailing ideas of that era, people were considered full if they ate only two meals a day.

We usually don't eat dinner in the evening.

Even with such simple conditions, the Tang family army did not meet them.

Most soldiers could only eat one full meal a day.

The rest of the time they're hungry. There's hardly any training; they only train once every ten days or so, just to make a show of it.

But in the Jin County government army, the soldiers eat three meals a day, all of which are dry, and each person also gets a piece of mutton.

Although it's very thin, it is indeed meat.

How strong is an army that can eat its fill, has some meat to eat, and trains every day?
At least from Ji Bo's perspective, he did not find an army stronger than the Jin County government army.

Ji Bo said to the officers and adjutants beside him, "Send the Seventh and Third Battalions to sneak into the woods. I estimate that the rebels will launch a surprise attack around dusk. At that time, you can take action directly to scare them away."

The two captains nodded.

After thinking for a moment, Ji Bo said, "Make sure everyone is ready for battle and a charge."

Upon hearing this, a captain said, "The commander-in-chief's orders are for us to simply hold off the enemy."

Ji Bo said, "No, the Chief Supervisor is right. Let us decide for ourselves."

"Commander, you're not really going to fight, are you? That's the Tang family army."

Ji Bo smiled and said, "I don't think they're any good... Our Jin County Army is stronger than them! The Commander-in-Chief is feeding and taking good care of us. Now that someone is trying to cause trouble for the Commander-in-Chief, it's time for us to repay him and help him out."

Upon hearing this, no one had any objections.

Mobilize the soldiers immediately.

The time soon came to evening.

Suddenly, shouts of battle erupted from the left and right flanks below the mountain.

Standing on high ground, Ji Bo sneered, "As expected, they launched a sneak attack under the cover of night. I know the Tang family army's style and habits all too well."

He then drew his longsword, pointed it sharply forward, and shouted, "Use flag signals to give the order to charge forward! We will fight to the death to repay Commander Li!"

Once the signal was given, thousands of soldiers charged down the hillside, but even so, they maintained their basic formation.

The two sides engaged in battle.

The balance was maintained for less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before the Tang family army was routed.

Even the kind of defeat that is like a landslide.

Ji Bo's gleaming armor was covered in blood. He held up his long sword, looked at the retreating Tang family army, and laughed heartily.

"So what if they're the world's strongest army? They're nothing special."

Ji Bo's army only pursued for one mile before withdrawing.

Ji Bo looked at the edge of the battlefield, his eyes filled with pride.

"Commander... the initial kill count should be around two thousand enemy soldiers. There should still be six thousand enemy soldiers left. They have now retreated to a county town and are staying inside."

Ji Bo smiled broadly: "First, clean up the battlefield and take care of the wounded brothers. Then write a battle report to the Commander-in-Chief, saying that we have won a battle."

About two days later, Li Lin received the battle report, looking puzzled.

"They won, and it wasn't a siege?"

To be honest, Li Lin didn't really know how strong his army's fighting capabilities were.

The main reason was that the Tang family's border army was too famous.

After all, the Tang family has been stationed on the frontier for over a century and has fought countless wars. How could they not be strong?

But now it seems that this is not the case.

Overall, Ji Bo anticipated the enemy's moves and gained the upper hand.

However, after the two sides engaged in battle, our side only suffered 300 casualties, all of whom were minor injuries, and only more than 40 people died.

Such battle losses are far too small.

It's so small it's almost unbelievable.

Was our side too strong, or was the Tang army too weak?

Or perhaps the Tang family army looked down on them and sent some logistics soldiers instead!

Li Lin frowned.

(End of this chapter)