"Camp commander, it's really happy!" Chen Tai's face was dark, and there were still a few places in his hair that were burned by the fire, but these were not important, and he was extremely excited now.

"Are any of the brothers injured?" Zhou Bo immediately asked.

"Please rest assured, only three brothers accidentally burned when they lit the fire, and they were slightly injured and did not get in the way. Chen Tai replied. He admired Zhou Bo very much at this time, not all because of Zhou Bo's courage in attacking Qi Ying at night, but because the other party was very concerned about the comfort of his subordinates. He himself is a northerner, and the soldiers under his command are also northerners, but Zhou Bo, who is a southerner, does not discriminate against northerners at all, which is rare.

When Zhou Bo crossed the Hanchuan River with the night raid team and returned to the front camp in Sizhou, it was just the second half of the night. The soldiers left behind in the front battalion were standing outside the camp, looking forward to the other side of the Hanchuan River, at this time, the camp of the Qi army on the other side of the Hanchuan River was already on fire, even if they stood here, they could see it clearly.

After Zhou Bo returned to the camp, he ordered the soldiers who participated in the night attack tonight to go to sleep and rest immediately, and the soldiers who did not participate in the night attack continued to stand guard. At the same time, he called the six escort teams to the Chinese military tent again to discuss the next plan.

"Bi Jin, is there any damage to the cavalry?" Before starting to discuss, Zhou Bo was still very concerned about the casualties of his subordinates. For a young general who has just experienced the defeat of Xiangyang, a full force is not easy to come by, so it is naturally cherished.

"Back to the camp, there are no casualties, and the cavalry led by a certain family is much more powerful than those rabble of Qi dogs. Bi Jin said proudly.

"Good. Tonight we are only waiting for a small victory, and it is only a matter of a day or two for the Qi soldiers to rebuild the camp, so you must not be arrogant. Zhou Bo said calmly. "Still. It's worth saying. After this disturbance tonight, the soldiers must be uneasy, but they are afraid that they will be busy fighting fires for a while. ”

The six escort teams all laughed, they now have some understanding of this new battalion commander, this person is really two-hearted, and he is by no means the kind of person who talks on paper.

Zhou Bo paused, and then said: "This night attack is just the beginning, and there are more good shows to be staged in the future." It's just that Ben Shuai is worried that you will not have enough energy. It's hard to deal with the situation, so it's decided to divide you into two groups and take turns to carry out the next strategy of harassing the enemy. ”

Zhou Zuo said solemnly: "Camp commander, you are too underestimating a certain wait, our family is all masters, and there is no cowardice." Even if the battalion commander asks you to wait for three days and three nights without resting, you can still hold your waist and kill the dog!"

Zhou Bowei smiled and said, "The courage of the Zhou team is commendable, but this time we are facing tens of thousands of enemy troops, and we must not underestimate them. So everything is still according to Ben Shuai's orders. From now on, Chen Tai, Bi Jin, and Zhou Zuoyou will be the first class. Zhao Yan, Jiang Kai, and Lu Qiji are the three of you for the second shift, taking turns to rest and act. ”

The six escort teams naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and they all hugged their fists to take their orders.

Zhou Bo nodded and said, "Well, it's good." Now, the first squad will take the lead to rest, the second squad will stay, and the commander will have other plans. ”

Since Chen Tai, Bi Jin and Zhou Zuo had agreed to obey the order, although they still wanted to continue to act, they couldn't immediately regret it, so they had to sue and withdraw from the Chinese military account.

Zhou Bo continued: "Zhao Yan, you wait for the war drums sent by Dong Shuai and the gong ringing device collected from the county town this afternoon for the soldiers to move out and place on the shore on the east bank of the Hanchuan River. When it was time to arrive, the soldiers who had not rested were beating drums and singing gold on the side of the Han River, and shouted loudly, insisting on retreating for a moment. ”

Zhao Yan responded: "Obey!"

Zhou Bo said to Jiang Kai again: "At noon, you will take the soldiers to the east bank of the Hanchuan River, and you will also beat drums and shout loudly, and this time you will insist on two minutes before withdrawing." ”

Jiang Kai also responded: "Obey." ”

At this time, Lu Qiji, the last escort team, hurriedly asked: "Battalion commander, what is the task of which humble position?"

Zhou Bo smiled and said, "You don't do anything for the time being, and you should make other arrangements after noon." ”――

After Zhou Bo retired from the three escorts, he was tired all night, and he was already tired, and he was about to lie down and rest for a while. But at this moment, the herald outside the tent suddenly ran up and reported: "Battalion commander, the Chinese army battalion has sent someone to question." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" asked Zhou Bo as he sat on the couch.

Dong Shuai was asking about the fire in the camp of the Qi army on the west bank. The herald said.

"Hehe," Zhou Bo smiled, it seems that the fire he set up tonight finally gave Dong Jiajun some hope. Immediately, he said, "You can tell the person who came truthfully, and in addition, on behalf of Dong Shuai, a certain family will go to the Chinese army camp before sunset to personally report the battle situation to Dong Shuai." ”

"Obey. The herald knew that Zhou Bo was going to rest, so he didn't let the people sent by the Chinese army battalion see the battalion commander, so he retreated.

Zhou Bo was beaming with pride in his heart, and it wouldn't be long before his reputation spread to Ezhou. Those old men in Ezhou City looked down on them before, but this time they must let you know what a virtuous person is! Although he knows that his current mentality is a little jealous, as a person of the 21 st century, how can he be willing to let these ancients, who have been backward for several hundred years, look down on him? Now that it is the beginning of Shaoxing, he must make a name for himself together with all the famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty.

He didn't think much of it, he immediately lay down and went to sleep, there was more to do tonight!

didn't sleep for long, suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside the camp, Zhou Bo slept a little dazed, Chad thought something was wrong when he heard it, and just sat up to remember that it was what he had ordered. Immediately, he smiled, turned his head and continued to sleep.

Just when Zhao Yan was beating drums and shouting on the bank of the river, all the Qi army camps that were only ten miles away were stunned. Since it was discovered last night that the Song army had secretly crossed the river and set fire to two large camps that had not yet been repaired, the Qi army had been busy all night. It was necessary to extinguish the fire again, and to be on guard everywhere, searching for the Song army and probing horses, and finally at dawn, the various armies settled down and were ready to rest.

But at this moment, the Song army actually beat the drum and shouted to kill!

War drums are the rallying cry to attack and are used to boost morale, usually according to the size of the army. How many war drums are allocated. The Dong family army had a total of 2,500 people. Only one war drum was prepared for each battalion. A total of five rang out at the same time. Because the Qi army was too far away to understand the real situation, they thought that the Dong family army was going to raise troops to kill them.

The generals of the Qi army thought that this was not impossible, and the sneak attack was successful last night, and the morale of the Song army must be high, and it was expected that they were now tired so they had to be unprepared. Immediately, the various large battalions of the Qi army immediately combined all the foot soldiers and lined up in front of the camp, ready to meet the enemy.

However, the Qi army did not expect it. The sound of gongs and drums and shouts had just lasted for a moment, and suddenly stopped, and there was no sound on the east bank of Hanchuan. Immediately, the Qi army sent a probe to the Hanchuan River and the surrounding forests to check the situation, but found that there was no shadow of the Song army at all.

Immediately, the generals of the Qi army knew that they had been deceived, and this was the tired plan of the Song army, so they had to withdraw all the soldiers from all departments in a foolish manner, and only sent a horse sentry to reconnoiter on the west bank of the Hanchuan River, beware of what tricks the Song army used again.

At noon, the drums were heard again on the east bank of the Hanchuan River. It's just that this time, the Qi army's horse scouts immediately learned the authenticity and immediately sent people back to the camp. The Song army again used the tactic of exhausting troops and reported it to the commanders of the battalions.

In the afternoon of this day, the large battalion of the Chinese army of the Qi army summoned the generals of each country to come to the Chinese military tent to discuss the matter.

This time as the commander-in-chief of the former army is Yingzhou town guard Fang Mingkui. He is the first general under Li Cheng. This time, Li Cheng mobilized 50,000 troops to press on the west bank of the Hanchuan River, firstly, to cooperate with the Jin Wushu to march westward, and secondly, after capturing Xiangyang Mansion, the morale of the Qi army was high, and he also wanted to further open up the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty.

According to the original strategy, after the construction of the military camp was completed today and yesterday, the other 40,000 troops in Yingzhou City immediately entered the front line camp, and then took Sizhou County within two days. After all, Yingzhou and Sizhou are separated by the Hanchuan River, and although the Hanchuan River is not as choppy as the Yangtze River, it does have some obstacles. If you want to attack Ezhou, you must find a place to settle on the east bank of the Hanchuan River, and this place is naturally Sizhou.

It's just that the situation has changed a little now, last night the Song army suddenly attacked, burned down two large camps, and the soldiers were exhausted all night, and it seemed impossible to cross the Hanchuan attack today. However, as the saying goes, it is up to people to plan things, and things that people plan can naturally be modified by people.

No matter how ignorant Fang Mingkui is, he can clearly see the intentions of the Song army, it is nothing more than that Sizhou's current strength is not enough to resist the Qi army, so he uses the strategy of delaying the army, expecting Ezhou to send reinforcements as soon as possible. Now that he learned of Song Jun's intentions, he naturally would not let Song Jun succeed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Song army has continued to deceive, and the intention is already obvious, and these thieves are precisely because they are afraid of the army of Ben Shuai! This Shuai has already issued an order to Yingzhou early this morning to transfer all 40,000 troops out. Behind the handsome case, Fang Mingkui looked solemn and said to all the generals in front of the tent.

"Fang Shuai, it's just that the barracks haven't been repaired yet, and all the 40,000 troops have entered, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be crowded. A lieutenant general in charge of logistics said.

"It's not in the way, because tonight Ben Shuai is going to launch a night attack and cross the Hanchuan River to take Sizhou. Fang Mingkui sneered and said.

All the generals in front of the tent began to talk to each other, and most of them agreed to send troops to attack immediately, after all, the art of war is cloudy: soldiers are noble and fast. However, there were also a small number of conservative generals who thought that the soldiers had just passed through the Battle of Xiangyang and had not rested from afar, so they were eager to fight, fearing that it would backfire.

Fang Mingkui stopped the discussion of his subordinate generals and said loudly: "A small county town of Sizhou, does it still need so many taboos? This commander only needs to send 10,000 troops to cross the Hanchuan River, and he will be able to take Sizhou tonight." Once you have the foothold of Sizhou, it's not too late to rest. ”

The conservative generals had no choice but to say no more.

After Zhou Bo woke up in the afternoon, the first thing he did was to find Lu Qiji and order him to lead a few cavalry to the west bank of the Hanchuan River to see what the current situation of the Qi army was.

Lu Qiji was bored for most of the day, and immediately set off to investigate after receiving the order.

Zhou Bo found Jiang Kai and Zhao Yan in the Chinese military tent again, and asked them: "How is it, the two of you each beat the drum and beat the gong before, what do you think?" ”

Although Jiang Kai and Zhao Yan are still young in Rong's qualifications, they have experienced last night's night attack, and then beat drums and sound gold once at noon, even if they are ignorant, they also understand the purpose of doing this. Jiang Kai immediately took the lead and said: "Battalion commander, if you are not mistaken, this should be the battalion commander's tired tactic, so as to delay the pace of the Qi army's attack." ”

Zhou Bo didn't show a relieved look on his face, just nodded slightly, and continued: "You are right, this is indeed a tired plan of a certain family. But let me go on and say what you think of this strategy. ”

Jiang Kai pondered for a moment, stepped forward and arched his hand, and said with a slightly serious face: "Battalion commander, I can't hide it, my subordinates feel that this strategy is not successful. ”

Zhou Bo raised his eyebrows, smiled slightly, and asked, "Tell me, why didn't you succeed?"

Jiang Kai couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that Zhou Bo was not angry when he objected to him, but on the contrary, he was also full of interest. He remembered what Zhou Bo said when he first arrived six days ago, as a subordinate, he could have doubts about the general, and gradually felt that the other party was really such a person.

"Battalion commander, there are two bad tactics for this tired army, one is that there are too few war drums and gongs, and the effect is not obvious; second, the Qi soldiers on the west bank of the Hanchuan River have already gained insight into the situation in our Sizhou, and the number of troops is only 3,000, so there is no fear at all, so even if the strategy of exhausting troops is used, as long as the 50,000 troops of the Qi army drive straight in, they can still easily capture Sizhou. Jiang Kai said all his inner thoughts at once.

Zhao Yan on the side was rough, and he didn't think about it so much before, but after hearing Jiang Kai say this at this time, he also felt that it was very reasonable, and nodded his head again and again.

Zhou Bo was even happier now, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Okay, Jiang Kai, that's right! You can frankly say that a certain family is very happy." ”

Jiang Kai and Zhao Yan were stunned, since there was a loophole in the plan to exhaust the soldiers, why was the battalion commander so happy?

Zhou Bo continued: "That's right, this strategy is indeed too simple, if the commander of the Qi army is an expert, he may even laugh at a certain naivety. However, this strategy of exhausting troops is only a part of the whole plan of a certain family, and a certain family is deliberately releasing flaws, the purpose is to let the Qi army know that our Dong family army is lonely, and only wants to delay their speed and wait for reinforcements. ”

Jiang Kai and Zhao Yan were both shocked, wasn't the original plan like this?

Zhao Yan asked again and again: "Battalion commander, if the Qi army sees through some kind of strategy to delay the army, won't it immediately send troops to attack? Sizhou is a small county, and there is not even a city wall here, so I am afraid that it will not be able to defend it for even a day." ”

Zhou Bo smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Don't worry, since it is such a calculation, of course it will not let the Qi army succeed." Now just wait for Lu Qiji to return from the investigation, and he will start the next plan. ”

Although Jiang Kai and Zhao Yan were still a little nervous in their hearts, they could finally find some words to comfort themselves when they saw Zhou Bo so confident and slow. They didn't say much, and now they could only see how the battalion commander could turn the tide.

An hour later, Lu Qiji, who had gone to the west bank of Hanchuan to reconnoitre, returned to the front camp, his face was not very good-looking, and his eyebrows were a little worried. When he came to the tent, Zhou Bo was eating lunch slowly.

"Battalion commander, something is wrong, the Qi army has mobilized another 40,000 troops from Yingzhou City, and at this moment, they are reorganizing their troops and horses in front of the camp, and it is clear that they are about to attack. Lu Qiji said in a very eager tone. (To be continued.) )