Just when Yang Tong was touring the west with his family, Dongyang County had been raining heavily for five consecutive days. In the past few days of confrontation, although the Sui army has not engaged in large-scale battles with the combined forces of Meng Haigong and Feng An, there have been constant skirmishes. There is a difference of 150,000 or 60,000 troops between the enemy and us, and the Sui army, which is at a disadvantage, has always maintained a defensive posture, Zhang Zhenzhou, Qin Qiong, and Fang Xuanling used the large camp as bait to contain the main force of the coalition army, and then used the cavalry to encroach on the coalition scouts roaming abroad and suppress the opponent's grain route. Although the coalition army also has horses, but compared with the war horses of the Sui army, it can only be regarded as a horse, and the coalition army is not good at riding and fighting, and the bow and crossbow are not as good as the Sui army, and thousands of people have been annihilated by the Sui army's elite cavalry these days.

Early in the morning, the rain finally stopped, Zhang Zhenzhou took dozens of relatives out of the city to observe the terrain, unintentionally saw a group of people helping the old and the young from the front of the official road in a hurry, Zhang Zhenzhou stepped forward to ask, only to know that a village was flooded by a mudslide, more than 100 households in the village, more than 500 people, only more than 50 people escaped.

Zhang Zhenzhou hurriedly ordered Xin'an County to order the county lieutenant to resettle the refugees, and at the same time sent a thousand soldiers to dig in the village flooded by the mudslide, hoping to rescue some survivors, after the unremitting efforts of the soldiers, they really let them rescue a family, their home is far away from the collapsed mountain, and because the house is built relatively firmly, so it withstood the power of the mudslide, but also because the Sui army rescued in time, otherwise the family would have suffocated to death. In the reassuring chat, the owner's unintentional words touched Zhang Zhenzhou's nerves.

The people told Zhang Zhenzhou that flash floods break out in Xin'an County every summer, and roads and bridges are washed out every year, but the entire village is flooded for the first time in his memory.

This common man was originally admonishing and admonishing, but Zhang Zhenzhou was so moved that he immediately sent someone to send the survivors back to the county seat, and risked the rain to approach the coalition camp, carefully inspecting the mountains on both sides of the official road, and finally found a steep mountain seven miles away, standing on the mountain, you can see the coalition camp three miles away.

After heavy rain for several days, the mountain formed by the loess gravel, not only thousands of ravines, the mountain has also become very soft, if the heavy rain comes again, there is an external force to push a hand, maybe a large-scale mud and rock torrent erupts. Zhang Zhenzhou immediately no longer hesitated, and after discussing with Qin Qiong and Fang Xuanling, he sent troops to quietly go up the mountain to dig embankments and drain the streams, and guide the mountain streams to wash the mountains on both sides of the official road with all their might.

Their intention is very obvious, that is, to create a large-scale artificial mud and rock torrent, to deal a heavy blow to the coalition battalion three miles away, not to seek the annihilation of the whole army, but only to injure the enemy, wash away the baggage grain of the coalition army, and once the mud is filled, the grain of the coalition army will be inedible.

However, it is not easy to create an artificial mudslide. Although heavy rains fell for three days in a row, and the Sui army also diverted the stream to wash the mountain as much as possible, the expected mud and rock torrent did not show any signs.

In the early morning of the fourth day, the heavy rain suddenly stopped, and the wind and sun were beautiful.

"Knock, knock, knock, knock."

The coalition camp sounded the rumbling war drums, which was the drum of the army's assembly, which meant that the coalition army would soon send troops to storm the Sui army camp, and Zuo Tiancheng, who was in charge of digging, had no choice but to withdraw to the camp in disgrace.

"I'm sorry for the hard work of the soldiers for a few days in vain." Hearing that the mountains were standing still, Zhang Zhenzhou said with a bitter face: "It seems that we can only fight a tough battle." ”

"That's fine." Fang Xuanling smiled and comforted: "If the artificial mud and rock torrent is successful, we will be able to inflict heavy losses on the enemy army without spending a single soldier, and in the head-on decisive battle, we will also reduce a lot of damage. ”

"If our army is based on a camp, it can resist with a strong camp, and it can inflict heavy losses with a strong bow and a hard crossbow. And the rabble that the enemy army has just put together is only because of the large number of people, and this kind of army is completely dependent on a single blow, and it is unbearable to fight for a long time. Therefore, even if they occupy the advantage, it is in vain, it is okay to fight a good battle, once they cannot attack for a long time and suffer heavy losses, their morale will be lost, and that is when our army will break the army. "Qin Qiong has been under Zhang Xutuo for many years, dealing with anti-thieves like the coalition army almost every day, and every time he can defeat the strong with fewer strikes and more with 'weak', he knows the temperament of this kind of soldier very well, and he also smiled in this regard:""

"Not bad." Zhang Zhenzhou is not a hypocritical person, so when he heard the words, he was no longer entangled, pondered for a moment, and asked Qin Qiong modestly: "General Qin, how did you fight the Wagang thieves before?" ”

"General Zhang Da and Shengshang's fighting style is similar and very simple, either he uses an elite division to break the enemy's Chinese army; Either it is to cut the general before the battle, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and then the army covers it, and when the thief army faces the division of the imperial court, there is always, there is always a feeling of being shorter, so the thief army generally needs to boost morale before the battle, as long as the general of our army goes out to call the battle, they will respond to the battle. These two tactics against the rabble have repeatedly been unpleasant. Qin Qiong said with a smile.

When Zhang Zhenzhou heard this, he had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "The siege equipment of the thief army is sufficient, if the thief army is allowed to attack, my army may also have a lot of losses, I plan to use the second method to destroy its siege equipment in the field." Presumably General Qin is also very itchy, right? ”

Qin Qiong laughed: "I heard that Meng Haigong is a ghost from his younger brother Meng, Feng An's eldest son Feng Zhiji, and his second son Feng Zhidai all have the courage to be unstoppable, and they are rare enemies of 10,000 people, I also want to see what level this so-called 10,000 enemies is." ”

"Fang Shangshu, what do you think?" Zhang Zhenzhou asked.

"As the saying goes, if you defend for a long time, you will lose, and it is not the style of our army to be beaten passively, if you win a battle in a dignified manner, destroy the enemy's equipment, and frustrate the enemy's spirit, it will be easy to do next." Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling suggested again: "There is a dense forest three miles upstream of Dingyang Creek, we should deploy a fine cavalry there, the number of people is three thousand, or we can achieve unexpected results." ”

Zuo Tiancheng on the side clenched his fists and begged: "General, the last general is willing to lead this army." ”

Zhang Zhenzhou patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "If the enemy army is divided into two, and one breaks through the defense line to attack the camp, how can it be resisted without a fierce general like General Zuo?" The periphery is either harassment or pursuit; There is no need for a tiger general like General Zuo, just an ordinary general. ”

Zhang Zhenzhou's praise made Zuo Tiancheng very satisfied, and said with a smile: "The last general obeys the general's arrangement!" ”

Zhang Zhenzhou nodded, and then ordered: "Invite General Xu to me!" ”

After a while, Xu Shiji rushed over and saluted with his fists: "The last general Xu Shiji see General Zhang, General Qin, and Fang Shangshu." ”

"The thieves are coming to attack the camp. I'm going to break the army head-on, and I need a good cavalry to stand by on the periphery. Zhang Zhenzhou smiled slightly: "But there won't be many troops, only 3,000 people, is General Xu willing to receive the order?" ”

Xu Shiji has not had a chance to go into battle since he arrived in the south, of course, this is not that Zhang Zhenzhou looks down on him as a general, but because he needs a period of time to adapt to the Sui army's tactics and combat style, and now this task is not heavy, if Xu Shiji is really as powerful as Yang Dong said in the letter, it should be easy, even if Xu Shiji is famous, the three thousand Sui troops who are all riding will not have major losses.

"The last general obeys!"

This is also the opportunity that Xu Shiji has dreamed of since his surrender to Sui, and he also knows that this is the opportunity that Zhang Zhenzhou specially gave him, and his heart is full of gratitude.

"Although your task is light, it is also extremely important, because the purpose of this battle is to defeat the enemy's spirit head-on and destroy the siege equipment of the thief army, I give you the right to decide the timing of the army, I hope you will not disappoint us." Zhang Zhenzhou said solemnly.

"Please rest assured General Zhang, the last general will definitely not disappoint the general." Xu Shiji saluted, respectfully took the arrow from Zhang Zhenzhou's hand, hurriedly went out to order 3,000 fine horsemen, sent troops from the back door of the camp, quietly bypassed the mountain beam, went straight to the west of the camp, and chose a place to ambush.

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