PS: The mother-in-law is here, it's late today, and the number of words is less, please don't be surprised."

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In the early morning of 27 February, Yang Ding, the county commander of Yexian County, woke up again in the military tent.

The first thing he did when he woke up was to ask the guards, "Has the Black Tiger Thief ever moved?" ”

The guard's answer made Yang Ding fall into deep thought: "Lord Hui, the Black Tiger Thief has not made any abnormal movements. ”

No changes?

Yang Ding frowned, walked out of the tent, and looked at the hill occupied by the Black Tiger Thieves on the west side - it was originally an ordinary hill in the mountains of Eastern Yingshan, but because the Black Tiger Thieves built the main village on it, more and more people called it 'Black Tiger Mountain'.

"Black Tiger Thief, don't you send someone to attack at night?"

Yang Ding exhaled slightly.

As Zhao Yu guessed, the reason why he did not gather the officers and soldiers of the five counties together, but divided them into five battalions, was actually mainly to sell a flaw in the black tiger thief, and wanted to lure the black tiger thief down the mountain to attack him.

You must know that the tigers in the mountains are very terrifying, and so are the black tiger thieves - this group of thieves has been active in the mountains of eastern Yingshan all the year round, and is very familiar with the local terrain, on the other hand, the officers and soldiers of his five counties do not know much about the terrain of the nearby mountains, once they choose to attack, it is not difficult for Yang Ding to guess what the result will be.

Therefore, after thinking about it, he decided to deliberately expose the flaws, and ordered the officers and soldiers of the five counties to build a camp in a 'W' shape, which was neither close nor far from each other, in an attempt to lure the black tiger thief down the mountain to attack him.

Once the Black Tiger Thief descends the mountain and sneaks attack, then he will start a follow-up plan, try to lure the Black Tiger Thief who attacked his officers and soldiers to the encirclement, and then wait for the opportunity to surround it and eradicate it in one fell swoop.

However, it turned out that his previous idea was too optimistic, and although he had deliberately sold a flaw, the black tiger thief on the mountain remained indifferent.

To be honest, the indifference of the black tiger thief is quite an anomaly.

Because he has studied the tactics of the Black Tiger Thief.

Up to now, the black tiger thieves have been attacked a total of four times, the first three are related to Kunyang County, and the last time is that Ji Rong, a partial general of the Nanyang Army, led 2,000 soldiers to encircle and suppress alone, and he Yang Ding organized the officers and soldiers of the five counties to encircle and suppress, this is the fifth time.

In the first four encirclement and suppression, the Black Tiger Thieves launched two sneak attacks, one was against the Kunyang officers and soldiers led by Ma Gai, and successfully forced Ma Gai to withdraw his troops; The other time was to be excited by the generals of the Nanyang Army, and a sneak attack caused nearly 500 people to die in the Nanyang Army.

It can be seen that the black tiger thief still likes to use sneak attack tactics.

But this time, he waited for two days and two nights, and he didn't see the Black Tiger Thief attack him at night, Yang Ding immediately realized that his intention to deliberately divide his troops to sell flaws and lure the Black Tiger Thief to attack at night was probably already seen through by the Black Tiger Thief opposite, or rather, by Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thief.

"On paper......

Yang Ding shook his head.

At this moment, he was deeply aware that it was not so simple to lead troops to fight, although he had also read many military books, but after all, it was just a paper talk, and it might not be effective to encounter bandits who have been encircled and suppressed many times such as the Black Tiger Thief.

"Come on, please come to my tent to discuss matters."

He commanded the guards behind him.

After a while, Gao Chun, the county governor of Yexian County, came to Yang Ding's tent, and at the same time, Yang Ding invited him, as well as his generals Wei Dong and Wei Chi father and son.

The four of them discussed the current situation.

After waiting for the three of them to arrive, Yang Ding said with a wry smile: "The black tiger thieves were originally used to sneak attacks, but this time they didn't see the slightest movement for two days and two nights, which shows that they have seen through our intentions......"

Hearing this, Gao Chun, Wei Dong, and Wei Chi were all frowning there.

Because before that, the three of them all felt that Yang Ding's strategy to lure the enemy was very good, and he had a good chance of success.

But as it turned out, they were too optimistic.

Of course, although there were some regrets, the three of them were not discouraged, and even Wei Dong stroked his beard and praised the black tiger thief opposite: "It is worthy of the fierce man who made the two thousand Nanyang troops hit the wall......

Father's words of praise for the black tiger thief made the young Wei Chi a little unconvinced, he hugged his fists and said to Yang Ding: "Young master, it may not be that the black tiger thief has seen through our intentions, it may be that they are afraid to come out." Since they won't go down the mountain, let's attack it...... Dry consumption is not the way to go. ”

Wei Chi's words made Yang Ding, Wei Dong, and Gao Chun fall into deep thought.

In all fairness, these three people were not inclined to storm Thief Mountain, for the simple reason that the Nanyang army had hit a wall on this road.

Even the regular army has run into a wall, how can the officers and soldiers of their five counties believe in themselves?

But Wei Chi's last sentence was right: you can't spend it, right?

Thinking of this, Yang Ding said: "In this case, convene the county governors of the five counties to discuss, and we will try to attack the mountain." ”

"Yes."

About half an hour later, in view of the news sent by Yang Ding, the four county lieutenants Ding Wu, Huang Ben, Ma Gai, and Zou Bu came to the camp of the Ye County Army from their respective camps one after another, and came to Yang Ding's tent.

In this meeting, Yang Ding did not mention anything about 'failure to lure the enemy', he only said to the county lieutenants: "According to the officers and soldiers of our five counties who went here that day, two days have passed, and I believe that the soldiers of the counties have been fully recuperated, and they should try to use troops against the black tiger thieves. …… I wonder what you think? ”

Hearing this, Ding Wu, Huang Ben, Ma Gai, and Zou Bu each had their own ideas.

These four county lieutenants are all people with relevant experience in suppressing thieves, and they naturally have some guesses about Yang Ding's practice of standing still for two days, but Yang Ding doesn't say it, and they are naturally not good at unwarranted speculation.

After hearing Yang Ding's inquiry, Huang Ben glanced around at everyone and took the lead in saying: "Yang County's order intends to attack, Huang does not object, however, the risk of forcibly attacking the mountain is not small, as far as I know, since the Black Tiger Thief made a comeback in Kunyang last year, the Black Tiger Thief has stepped up the construction of all kinds of defensive ...... on the mountain."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Ma Gai and asked, "Ma Gai, have you ever sent someone to inquire in Kunyang?" ”

As soon as he heard Huang Ben's tone, Ma Gai knew that Huang Ben was also a little suspicious of him, obviously he had gone a little too far a few days ago.

After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "Yes, as far as I know in Kunyang, the Black Tiger Thief has built many mountain roads on the mountain that are like spider webs and rat roads, which are either passable or dead, densely packed, called 'spider web narrow road', and it was here that the Nanyang army suffered a big loss." ”

"Huh?"

Yang Ding was surprised that Ma Gai would take the initiative to reveal the secret of the Black Tiger Thief, and he asked curiously, "Why does County Lieutenant Ma know so much?" ”

Ma Gai replied calmly: "Yang County Order, as I said that day, I, Kunyang, have been trying to recruit An Zhou Hu and recruit An Black Tiger Thief. Moreover, most of the mountain defenses of the black tiger thieves were built with the help of young people from the nearby villages, and it was naturally not difficult for me to send people to investigate......

Before he finished his words, Wei Chi, who heard Yang Ding's participation in the meeting, frowned and asked, "County Lieutenant Ma, you knew that the villages in your county assisted the Black Tiger Thieves in building mountain defenses, but you didn't stop them?" ”

Ma Gai chuckled lightly and said lightly: "This little brother, there are various reasons, if I don't order it, I will prevent the nearby villages from sending young people to contribute to the black tiger thief." ”

Hearing this, Wei Chi frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Ma Gai's explanation, but Huang Ben, Zou Bu, and even Gao Chun nodded slightly.

Although he was suspicious of Ma Gai's collusion with the Black Tiger Thief, Gao Chun still explained for Ma Gai at this moment: "Wei Guard, Ma County Lieutenant is right, Xiangcun, Fengcun, Cen Village, Xuxiang and other places near this place are close to the Black Tiger Thief but far away from Kunyang County, in order to avoid angering the Black Tiger Thief, these villages will inevitably succumb to the Black Tiger Thief, which cannot be stopped." ”

Hearing this, Huang Ben and Zou Bu also nodded slightly, but Ding Wu touched the beard on his chin and looked at Ma Gai with interest.

Among the people at the scene, Ding Wu was the only one who could determine that Ma Gai was a black tiger thief, on the one hand, because of Yang Ding and others' strong suspicion of Ma Gai, and on the other hand, because of other reasons.

However, what surprised him a little was that Ma Gai, who was the internal response of the Black Tiger Thief, actually took the initiative to reveal the secret information of the Black Tiger Thief - the mountain formation called the 'Spider Web Narrow Road' can be called the secret of the Black Tiger Thief, right?

So the question is, why did Ma Gai take the initiative to reveal this, did he betray the Black Tiger Thief?

After thinking about it, Ding Wu immediately understood: Ma Gai's move may not be to betray the Black Tiger Thief, but to make Yang Ding 'retreat in the face of difficulties' and give up forcibly attacking the mountain.

『…… It seems that the second prince should have instructed Ma Gai to do this."

Ding Wu stroked his beard and guessed secretly.

He also has his own judgment on why he delayed: it is likely to be related to the actions of the rebel army this year.

After all, at the end of October last year, Zhao Yu had talked in detail with Liu Wei and Ding Wu about the threat of the rebel army this year, hoping that the two would be prepared to prevent Luyang County from being taken advantage of by the rebels.

I have to say that Ding Wu guessed very accurately, the reason why Ma Gai took the initiative to reveal the existence of the spider web narrow channel was to make Yang Ding 'retreat in the face of difficulties' and give up taking the initiative to attack the mountain.

Because he has learned Zhao Yu's policy of resisting the enemy this time - drag! The situation dragged on until the rebel army launched a large-scale counteroffensive became clear.

In this case, taking the initiative to reveal the strong defensive mountain formation of Black Tiger Mountain and making Yang Ding throw a rat trap is not a strategy.

As long as Yang Ding can't make up his mind to forcibly attack the mountain, then don't talk about being able to exterminate the black tiger thief, and in this way, Zhao Yu and Ma Gai's goal will be achieved.

By the way, it can also redeem Huang Ben, Ding Wu, Zou Bu, and Gao Chun's unfavorable views of his 'passive thief', which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Speaking of which, Ma Gai is still quite insightful, worthy of Zhao Yu's attention and appreciation for him.

As it turned out, after listening to Ma Gai's description of the narrow passage of the spider web, Yang Ding also fell into hesitation.

This hesitation can be roughly divided into two parts, one part is naturally aimed at the cobweb narrow passage mentioned by Ma Gai, and the other part is the suspicion of whether Ma Gai is the internal response of the black tiger thief - after all, according to common sense, Ma Gai, as the internal response of the black tiger thief, really has no reason to reveal such an important matter.

"Ma Gai's matter can be put aside for a while, and the black tiger thief must be persecuted first......

After pondering for a moment, Yang Ding said in a deep voice: "Thank you to the county lieutenant Ma for telling me, the words of the county lieutenant Ma are enough to reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers of our five counties by half." However, even if the Black Tiger Thief has an impregnable defense, we must not be afraid to retreat, and we should rise to the challenge and do our best to eradicate it. ”

Hearing this, the county lieutenants in the tent nodded one after another, including Ma Gai, who actually disdained this in his heart.

Suddenly, Huang Ben clenched his fists and said: "Yang County Order, before attacking the mountain, there is something that must be informed of the county order." From the beginning of last winter to this year, there have been people suspected of black tiger thieves in our county, luring county people to defect to the black tiger thieves, especially after the first month of this year, this phenomenon has become more and more serious, until Huang led the county soldiers to respond to the Yang County order to suppress the thief, I still have the black tiger thief in Runan......"

Before the words fell, Zou Bu, the county lieutenant of Xiangcheng, also spoke: "My Xiangcheng is in the same situation. ”

Glancing at Zou Bu, Huang Ben continued to say to Yang Ding: "Therefore, Huang suggested that before Yang County's order to attack the mountain, he might as well use the trick to separate the black tiger thief. …… Counting the days, from my Runan, and from Xiangcheng to the black tiger thieves, in view of the short time, these people may not be very loyal to the black tiger thieves, today I learned that the officers and soldiers of our five counties are encircled and suppressed, they must be frightened, Yang County ordered to send people to shout before attacking the mountain, with threats and threats, if these people flee in fear, not only can effectively reduce the number of black tiger thieves, but also may also shake the morale of the black tiger thieves. ”

"That's a good idea." The old man praised Wei Dong with his beard and looked at Huang Ben with appreciation.

Yang Ding was also very satisfied, nodded and said, "Okay, just do it!" ”

On the same day, Yang Ding made a decision to first gather the officers and soldiers of the five counties to go to the foot of the Black Tiger Mountain to call out the formation, and intimidate the newcomers among the Black Tiger Thieves with momentum.

Around the middle of the day, the officers and soldiers of the five counties set out together and lined up at the foot of Heihu Mountain.

I have to say that 2,200 officers and soldiers went out together, which is really not small, after learning of the movement of the officers and soldiers under the mountain, the Black Tiger Village is inevitably like a big enemy, not only Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Yan, the three commanders immediately led people to guard the main road in the mountains, Guo Da, Chu Jiao and others who stayed in the main village, also issued an order to 'prepare for battle'.

However, to the surprise of the Black Tigers, the officers and soldiers of the five counties under the mountain did not immediately attack the mountain, but Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Ye County, shouted loudly at the bottom of the mountain.

"Listen to the black tiger thieves on the mountain, this time, my Ye County and the four counties of Luyang, Kunyang, Runan, and Xiangcheng have worked together to organize the five counties to encircle and suppress Er, etc., aiming to arrest and kill the thief Zhou Hu and the general leader, and have nothing to do with the rest of the people, if you want to live, leave the mountain quickly, our officers and soldiers will not be held accountable."

After shouting, Gao Chun took out a list of 'no forgiveness', and began to read the well-known leaders of the Black Tiger Thief, except for Zhou Hu on the list, the rest of Guo Da, Chu Jiao, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Yan, Liu Heimu, Liu Tu and other big and small leaders are all on the list.

After reading the above list, Gao Chun looked up at the Black Tiger Mountain in front of him and shouted in a deep voice: "Except for the above people, as long as you draw a line with them immediately, you can be forgiven!" ”

However, before he could finish speaking, he heard a shout from Black Tiger Mountain: "Fuck you!" ”

Before the words fell, a rain of arrows was sparsely shot down the mountain.

It turned out that Wang Qing was tired of hearing this, and ordered the bandits under his command to shoot a bunch of arrows, but unfortunately they didn't hit Gao Chun.

In the face of 2,200 officers and soldiers, the old villagers in the Black Tiger Village did not care, but those who had newly defected to the village were inevitably shaken in their hearts.

After all, in this era, the main thing to fight a war is the number of people, and the number of people in the Black Tiger Village is far inferior to the officers and soldiers under the mountain.

"It's not good......"

Chu Jiao whispered to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, and looked solemnly at the bottom of the mountain through the two holes on the mask.

People are not in harmony, this is really one of the shortcomings of his Black Tiger Village.

"We have to find a way to stabilize people's hearts."

He thought to himself.