On the sixth day of September, in the Changsha military camp on the south bank of the Shahe River, in the grass hut that served as the tent of the Chinese army, Qu Shuai Guan Shuo summoned all the generals under his command to make pre-war deployment arrangements.

In addition to Xiang Xuan, who was sent to lead nearly 20,000 troops to contain Xuchang, Tian Xu was also sent to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Zhanshui, responsible for cutting off the connection between Yexian and Kunyang.

At this moment, in the Guan Shuo army, there are only four generals: Liu De, Xu Bao, Zhai Shang, and Huang Kang.

After these four generals and the two leaders of the Green Forest Army, Zhang Tai and Xiang Hu, arrived, Guan Shuo made deployment arrangements in a deep voice: "According to the discussion a few days ago, in this operation, Zhai Shang stayed in the camp and guarded the direction of Yexian, and Liu De, Xu Bao, and Huang Kang followed me to Kunyang. ”

After that, he glanced at Zhang Tai and Xiang Hu, who looked at each other unpleasantly, and did not forget to remind the two of them their respective duties: "Zhang Tai, Xiang Hu, you two also lead your men to move with the army." ”

"Yes."

Xiang Hu hugged his fists, and after glancing at Zhang Tai, who had a calm face, there was a little banter on his face, and he said with a smile: "Guan Shuai, with Zhang Tai's subordinates now having only a thousand people, I think it is better to ask him to stay in the camp to assist General Zhai Shang......"

Zhang Tai's face changed suddenly.

You must know that if he is left in the camp, then he will not be able to participate in the battle of Kunyang, and naturally, the post-war interests of capturing Kunyang have nothing to do with him, which means that he will not be able to replenish his manpower in Kunyang County and make a comeback.

Just when he was anxious to speak, Guan Shuo immediately raised his hand to interrupt the two.

I saw Guan Shuo glance at Zhang Tai and Xiang Hu expressionlessly, and said with a slight warning: "You two are competing in private, Guan doesn't want to interfere, but this attack on Kunyang is very important, if anyone plays any tricks at this time and spoils the big things of the righteous army, then don't blame Guan for turning his face." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Tai again, and said with a bit of envelopment: "Leader Zhang is for the great righteousness, and he has lost a lot of manpower in Kunyang this time, and Guan will not turn a blind eye." ”

His words were obviously acquiescing to Zhang Tai's ability to arbitrarily capture strong men and replenish manpower after the army captured Kunyang.

"Thank you, Qu Shuai."

Zhang Tai was grateful.

From the side, Xiang Hu pouted, but didn't say anything more.

Although he failed to take this opportunity to completely trample Zhang Tai under his feet, in fact, Guan Shuo's attitude also made Xiang Hu secretly relieved, after all, Guan Shuo's attitude meant that this Qu Shuai still acquiesced to his Green Forest Army as an 'ally' of the Changsha Army, rather than discarding it after using it.

At this time, Guan Shuo continued to assign tasks.

“…… Last time, Huang Kang attacked Kunyang, due to various reasons, and finally suffered a defeat, which shows that Kunyang County still has some strength to arrive, so this siege, we must go all out. …… Liu De. ”

Liu De clenched his fists and stood up: "The last general." ”

"You will lead 10,000 soldiers to attack the southern city wall, and I will plunder the battle for you."

"Yes!"

"Xu Bao!"

Xu Bao clenched his fists and stood up: "The end will be!" ”

"You also led 10,000 soldiers to attack the eastern city wall."

"Yes!"

"Huang Kang!"

With a little apprehension, Huang Kang clenched his fists and got up: "The last will be." ”

"I'll divide your 5,000 troops again, and you will attack the western wall."

"Yes!"

After glancing around at the generals, Guan Shuo said in a deep voice: "In this attack on Kunyang, our army adopted the method of encircling three and one, Liu De and Xu Bao were responsible for the main attack, and Huang Kang was responsible for the feint...... Zhang Tai, together with Huang Kang, set up an ambush in the north of the city, if you see Kunyang open the north gate and escape, lead people to ambush as appropriate......"

"Yes." Zhang Tai hugged his fists.

After giving the order, Guan Shuo sent everyone back and told them to go and prepare.

In the early morning of the same day, around midnight, Guan Shuo led more than 35,000 Changsha troops and nearly 10,000 green forest thieves to cross the Shahe River and go straight to Kunyang.

At that time, on the north bank of the Shahe River, there were scouts sent by the Kunyang County Army to monitor the rebels on the other side of the river.

About half an hour later, Zhao Yu received news from the county army scouts in Heihu Yishe, and learned that the rebels on the south bank of the Shahe River had finally acted.

He immediately ordered: "Pass my order, ring the alarm bell, the whole city enters the preparation for war, and then call Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Ma Gai, Sun Xiu, Chen Cai, Ma Hong, Zhang Feng and others to gather at the South City Gate Tower." ”

After a pause, he added: "I also invite Liu Xian Ling and Li Xiancheng to gather at the South City Gatehouse." ”

"Yes!"

After passing down the order, Zhao Yu took Jingnu and Niu Heng to the South City Gatehouse.

"Bell, bell, bell—"

"Bell, bell, bell—"

Almost when Zhao Yu and his party climbed the city wall, alarm bells sounded everywhere in the city.

The guard of the south city gate was the black tiger thief Liu Tu, after seeing Zhao Yu and his party, he immediately stepped forward, hugged his fists and saluted, and asked: "Big leader, have the rebels moved?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "A scout of the county army sent out to investigate told me that the rebels on the other side of the Shahe River have made a big move, obviously to attack my Kunyang. …… Compared to the last time, I am afraid that today will be a fierce battle. "52 Literature

"Hey."

Hearing the word vicious battle, Liu Tu grinned and said, "It's just right, I haven't killed the addiction last time......"

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and asked Zhao Yu again: "If I kill dozens or hundreds of him in this battle, I can become a big Benmu, right?" ”

"Of course." Zhao Yu nodded, and then said with a smile: "However, when the time comes, you have to learn to read and write first......

Liu Tu's face changed slightly when he heard this.

He had heard some rumors that one of the mandatory requirements for his promotion from Benme to Daibenme was to know how to read and write, but he still couldn't even write his own name.

As if he had guessed Liu Tu's thoughts, Zhao Yu smiled and said with relief: "Don't worry, when the time comes, I will ask Mr. Jiaoshu to teach you how to read and write, and I will definitely let you learn to ......."

Hearing this, Liu Tu's face showed a look of panic.

Not only him, in fact, there are few people in the Black Tiger Village who are not afraid of reading and writing, and the whole village hopes that Zhao Yu will postpone this provision.

While the two were chatting, Chen Cai and Zhang Feng took the lead in coming to the city gate tower.

Seeing that Liu Tu's face was ugly, and there was even some cold sweat in his head, Zhang Feng was inevitably a little nervous, and asked Zhao Yu in a low voice: "Big leader, looking at Liu Tu's expression, what is the number of rebels dispatched?" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned and explained with a smile: "No, I just told Liu Tu that if he wants to be promoted to Daibenme, he must learn to read and write......"

"Uh-oh."

Zhang Feng suddenly realized, and immediately looked at Liu Tu with a gloating gaze like Chen Cai.

It's no wonder that they gloat, because as early as a few months ago, they were asked by Zhao Yu to learn calligraphy, after all, they are an official in the Chen Zu Mansion, and they need to deal with the big families in Kunyang, and the other is the chief steward of the brotherhood, who is in charge of thousands of workers under him, how can they be illiterate?

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Feng and Chen Cai are now one of the few literate people in Black Tiger Village, especially Chen Cai, who not only memorizes a lot of words, but also has mastered a lot of simple arithmetic, and is one of the few cultural people in the cottage.

Not long after, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Sun Xiu, Ma Gai and others also came to the Nancheng Gate Tower one after another, including the county commander Liu Bi and the county Cheng Li Xu.

These people had already learned that the rebels on the south bank of the Shahe River were coming towards them in Kunyang on a large scale, so they were not in the mood to talk and laugh, and stood in the empty space in front of the South City Gate Tower with Zhao Yu, looking into the distance, quietly waiting for the arrival of the rebels.

About half an hour later, a 'gray line' suddenly appeared as far as the eye could see from the south.

"It's coming!"

As Ma Gai reminded in a deep voice, everyone immediately retracted their minds and looked into the distance with serious expressions.

Gradually, the 'gray line' expanded, and it was immediately more real, it was a rebel soldier with a weapon, slowly coming towards him in a neat procession.

"Goo-"

I don't know who swallowed the spit, breaking the dead silence on the city wall.

It's, it's too much......

Rao is Zhao Yu, and his eyebrows under his mask are also deeply wrinkled.

Don't look at the fact that Guan Shuo only dispatched 35,000 Changsha troops and nearly 10,000 Green Forest troops today, but the scene of about 45,000 people still shocked Zhao Yu and others on the city tower.

As far as they could see, one-third was the sky, one-third was the earth, and the remaining one-third was a dense tide of enemy troops—from their vantage point, it was impossible to see how many soldiers there were in the distance.

It's no wonder, after all, as the saying goes, more than 10,000 soldiers are boundless, let alone 45,000 people?

"Zhou, Zhou Leader ......"

The county commander Liu Bi and the county magistrate Li Xu were a little panicked, their faces were pale with fright, and cold sweat flowed from their foreheads.

They felt that the exaggerated strength of the rebels in the distance was simply more than all the soldiers and civilians in his county combined, which ...... How do you keep this?

As if guessing the panic in the hearts of these two people, Zhao Yu smiled lightly: "Don't be impatient, the matter of fighting is not just about the number of people on both sides, otherwise how can there be countless sages who have passed down the military books that have been passed down for centuries?" …… The fact that the rebels had sent so many troops proved more and more that they were not sure about the capture of my Kunyang, otherwise why would they need to send so many troops? ”

"Uh......"

Liu Bi and Li Xu glanced at each other, feeling that the thoughts of this black tiger thief leader were a little different from ordinary people, but they couldn't refute it, they just vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Compared with these two civil officials, the rest of the people in front of the city gate tower were not frightened by the large number of rebels outside the city, such as Wang Qing, he licked his lips and smiled sadly: "Hmph, it seems that this time you can kill a good ......"

Although Chen Mo didn't say a word, looking at his posture with his hands around and his head tilted back slightly, it could be seen that he was not frightened by the number of rebels outside the city.

The rest of Ma Gai, Sun Xiu, Chen Cai, Ma Hong, Zhang Feng, Liu Tu and others also looked indifferent one by one, just looking at the rebels in the distance outside the city, not showing any timidity.

At this time, the rebels in the distance suddenly divided into three, coming towards the southern, eastern, and western walls of Kunyang.

Among them, the rebels who came towards the southern wall were the most numerous, followed by the eastern wall, and the west wall.

But according to Zhao Yu's observations, the rebel army was divided into three, and the soldiers of each army carried a considerable number of long ladders, and even a few rushing vehicles.

"Are you ready to attack on all three sides?" Also, there's no need for any temptation this time......

Nodding slightly, Zhao Yu reviewed the crowd: "Okay, taking advantage of the fact that the rebels have not launched an offensive yet, please go to the city gate tower with Zhou to sit down for a while, and Zhou will arrange some defensive deployments......"

After that, he took Jingnu and Niu Heng to the city gate tower first.

Seeing this, the people on the city wall took one last look at the rebels outside the city with solemn eyes, and then immediately followed Zhao Yu and walked towards the city gate.

Looking at the rebels outside the city, they all realized that this would be an extremely difficult battle to defend the city.