Jiang Yu thought about how to deal with the attack of the Luchuan army:

The first option was to garrison along the walls of the village and confront the Luchuan army's troops head-on, which had the advantage of weakening the morale of the Luchuan army to the greatest extent and causing them to suffer the greatest damage at the beginning of the battle.

There are two problems with this solution:

First, it will also cause a lot of damage to the defenders of the cottage on their side, and considering that most of their defenders are militiamen in the cottage, once there are more serious casualties, it may lead to a rout. The results were unimaginable.

The second is that if their own resistance really worked, the Luchuan soldiers were repulsed. In this way, Nansang Village itself will not suffer much damage, and after repelling the enemy, there is no reason for him to continue to maintain control of the cottage. In addition, the timely withdrawal of the Luchuan soldiers had no way to make them break their muscles and bones, and the actions of the Luchuan army after that became even more elusive.

Jiang Yugang's ultimate goal is to lure the Luchuan army into the cottage, and then the defenders of the cottage on his side escape from the secret passage, and finally complete the siege from outside the cottage.

In contrast, the second plan is more secure: the defenders of the cottage do not fortify the cottage as a whole, but lead the Luchuan army into the cottage, and then deal with the Luchuan army inside the cottage, and finally use the secret passage to escape, and go to the outside of the cottage to meet with the troops outside to complete the siege.

Because under in-depth investigation, the task of the defenders of the cottage inside the cottage is nothing more than a feint in the final analysis, and the real offensive lies in the re-encirclement of the Luchuan army that was attracted to the cottage from the outside of the cottage.

"But what if you don't give sufficient resistance, let the Luchuan army quickly occupy the cottage and rely on the cottage for defense?" Chen Ziyu listened to Jiang Yu's second plan, and asked anxiously: "In that case, wouldn't we give up Nansangzhai to others?" ”

"And what do you mean?" Jiang Yu took a bite of the barbecue on the bamboo skewer and asked unhurriedly.

"I think the first plan is the safest, before we resisted the Luchuan soldiers on the Manggu Mountain, we also had to fully consume the enemy's elite in the white-knuckle battle, and finally we could win." Chen Ziyu was in a hurry to speak, and he didn't even hold the bamboo stick in his hand steadily.

Jiang Yu waved his hand: "No." ”

"Why not?"

"Ziyu, think about it carefully, under the first plan, isn't it possible for the Luchuan Army to rely on the village guard to fight us after occupying the village?" Jiang Yuyan asked while biting the meat on the bamboo skewer, his voice a little slurred.

"We're surrounded by elite soldiers outside the wall, and they should... It was difficult to hold the stockade. Chen Ziyu hesitated.

Jiang Yuyan picked up Chen Ziyu's bamboo stick, stuffed it back into Chen Ziyu's hand, and said while instructing him: "Eat meat", "So, it's still possible." ”

"That's true." Chen Ziyu admitted.

"So the first solution seems reasonable, but in fact it is full of loopholes and hidden dangers, but the second solution is the only loophole you mentioned." Jiang Yu smiled mysteriously, "Moreover, this loophole can be solved." ”

"Resolved? How to fix it? Chen Ziyu asked curiously.

"Look around." After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he stretched his waist, lay down on the bluestone slab of the cottage path, and looked up at the clear night sky, dotted with stars. It was a sight he could hardly see in modern time and space.

Chen Ziyu listened to Jiang Yu's words and looked around, and the first feeling that came to his mind was bright, so bright. It was late at night, but it was reflected as if it were day by the paper lamps and fires everywhere.

From the vicinity of the bamboo building where they are located to the edge of the cottage, almost every household is covered with paper lanterns of various colors, and on the road is a lampstand, on which a large lantern is placed on a one-person high wooden shelf.

In the murmuring waterways of various streams, small paper boats float on them, and candles of different colors are placed on them. In the open space, which is a little wider, there are fires, around which people dance, and some people run with torches.

Chen Ziyu had been arranging tactics with the intelligence department personnel and the reliable leaders of the local villagers selected by Auma before going to the Ming army's Manggu Mountain camp, and he had not carefully seen the scenery in the village tonight, and he was really stunned when he looked closely.

"It's... What are they doing at the moment of the great enemy? Chen Ziyu grew his mouth, and said casually eagerly: "Baihu, quickly dissuade them, stop the joy, and prepare to fight against the enemy." ”

"Dissuasion? If I dissuade it, we won't have this fragrant skewer in our hands. Jiang Yu pointed to the many meat skewers on a fire in the distance, and a villager kept adjusting the posture of the meat skewers, busy in full swing. It seems that the meat skewers in Jiang Yugang and Chen Ziyu's hands are all from him.

Jiang Yu patted Chen Ziyu, who was a little flustered, on the shoulder, and explained with a smile: "I know Ziyu, you were busy arranging military affairs just now, and you don't know the strategy set by me, now I will explain it to you in detail." ”

"Hundred households, please speak?" Chen Ziyu frowned, and hurriedly asked Jiang Yu for advice.

"Do you know what day it is?" Jiang Yu asked a seemingly unrelated question.

Chen Ziyu replied honestly: "I don't know."

"Then let me tell you, today is the Shangyuan Festival." Jiang Yu squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, as if he was enjoying the night scene lit up by bright lights: "Here in Luchuan, there is another saying in the Shangyuan Festival - fire night. ”

"People pick up torches, dance around the fire, and make lanterns to illuminate the village, which is said to repel pests." Jiang Yugang continued: "The villagers came to ask me, today is the night of fire, but the Luchuan soldiers are coming, and the festival can't be over? ”

He suddenly stared at Chen Ziyu's eyes: "Ziyu, you say, this section can't be passed?" ”

All of Chen Ziyu's confusion began to disappear at this moment, and the whole person was enlightened, as if a drowning person suddenly breathed fresh air: "Pass, of course you have to pass!" ”

Suddenly, Chen Ziyu felt that the fire seemed to be burning himself, and the whole person was engulfed by the inexplicable heat. What was once a piece of iron was like scrap iron pieces that could not be linked together, but the blazing fire burned them together and forged them into an impressive divine weapon.

"That's right, this fire night is our key plan." Jiang Yu looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction: "This fire will burn down Nansang Village, so that the villagers can only choose to cling to us, and it will also devour all the Luchuan soldiers who entered the cottage and give us victory, no one will doubt it, and will stop, because this is their fire night." ”

Jiang Yu finished speaking, stood up, picked up the knife and walked to the depths of the cottage. Chen Ziyu watched Jiang Yu's figure leave, and commanded the black cloak given by the envoy to hang down to the ground, covering him from sinking into the deep night, and the inky sky and his back became one, as if he was a god walking in the world.

This scene pierced into Chen Ziyu's memory like a wedge, until many years later, when Chen Ziyu was faced with a choice, he chose to stand with Jiang Yugang, because he believed that Jiang Yugang would win after all.