Immediately after the left three phases laid down the wheel, ten beacon forts were built along the Tarim River near the wheel, and each beacon tower was equipped with a hole in the ground to lead to the river.

The wheel is surrounded by flat grasslands and loam soil, which is suitable for grazing and farming. Zuo Sanxiang traveled around and said with emotion: "The strength of the Han Dynasty is only seen today!" I don't want to have this fertile land thousands of miles away, it's really better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles! If thirty percent of the ministers in the court knew that this wheel was not a desert, why would they abandon it for three hundred years! ”

"The predecessors built the Fengsui Fortress in Tuntian, and they also wanted to live in the Western Regions for a long time, but unfortunately they couldn't keep it later, I think there is still some reason for this?" Liu Jingchuan picked up the dirt and tossed with it, while answering with Zuo Sanxiang.

"In fact, there is no other reason, Luntai, Luntai, take turns to defend this place for the country, if there is turmoil in the Central Plains, or disasters for many years, the rotating army in the Western Regions will not be able to hold on! Let's just say that the thousands of children we brought with us will not be able to stand it for five years at most, and they will not be able to stand it and have to go back. People pay attention to falling leaves and return to their roots, and everyone has parents, wives and children in the Central Plains, it is impossible to give up their family business to guard here for a lifetime! ”

The analysis of the left three phases is indeed true, and many people are already asking when they will return to Luoyang.

No matter what method is used, if you can't keep people, normal people will not leave their homes and children to stay.

The perimeter of Luntai is very flat, the river meanders to the east, the mountains are faintly visible in the distance to the west, the snow-capped mountains are vaguely visible to the south, and the endless fields are to the north.

There are many poplar trees on the flat land, and patches of golden color dot the land outside Luntai City.

Zuo Sanxiang drew his sword and cut off a piece of poplar wood, and looked at it, "The texture of this tree is too messy, I'm afraid it can't be used as wood, so I can only make firewood!" ”

Liu Jingchuan looked at the poplar wood, "That's not necessarily, there is always something that can be used, some time ago, when the new beacon castle was built, some wreckage of wooden boats was dug up, and it was this poplar wood." Lao Zuo, have you ever thought about building a naval army on this Tarim River? ”

Zuo Sanxiang looked at the Tarim River, which was not wide, "The water army in this small river is tantamount to the ditch dragon king, although the name is loud, it is really useless!" ”

Wang Xiaokuang, who accompanied him, looked at the river, "Lord Zuo, I think Lord Liu's suggestion is very good, fighting here, the cavalry is naturally the most important, but the cavalry on this water can't go!" If there can be a naval army in a wide area of the water, it is possible to transport food, deliver news, and ambush. The dense waters of this poplar forest, ambushed"

Zuo Sanxiang shook his head, "It's okay to transport grain and deliver news, if you are ambushed, if the enemy attacks with fire, won't we become braised fish?" ”

Everyone laughed, "This wet poison can't fight, we've learned it a few times, and Zuo Shuai takes them too seriously!" ”

The left three prime ministers took a long breath: "The arrogant soldiers will be defeated!" Guys, never take your opponent lightly and don't pin your hopes on their stupidity and incompetence. It is necessary to consider the various possibilities of the opponent's use of troops and obtain all the information about them in order to keep yourself alive. Only an army that knows how to survive is qualified to win the battle! ”

Liu Jingchuan picked up a poplar tree, "This kind of tree is really good for firewood, if someone sets it on fire, the people who are ambushed in the forest will only have a dead end!" We really shouldn't underestimate the enemy, the country of wet poison is a big country with a territory of thousands of miles. We can mobilize more soldiers and horses than our 4,000 men and horses! ”

MCA is still a little contemptuous of the damp poisoners, "The damp poisoners are well-equipped, I admit this, but our army will fight against ten of them one by one, and they will not make an army of 40,000 to fight us in such a short time!" ”

"That's not going to happen, if I'm the emperor of the Wet Poison Country, I'll gather an army of 100,000 and rush over with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai!" Zuo Sanxiang sneered

"Fortunately, I didn't make an opponent with Zuo Shuai on the battlefield, otherwise it would

Died a terrible death! Wang Xiaozhun said with a smile

"I want to meet an opponent who uses soldiers like a god, so that I know where I didn't do a good job" Zuo Sanxiang said seriously, and in everyone's ears, this is not a lie.

The third phase of the left is arrogant and conceited, but he never despises any opponent in terms of using troops.

The enemy who was able to defeat several times before was determined by the tactics of the left three, relying on him to remember a few ways and fight to the death all the way.

The coalition forces fought, there were early arrivals and late arrivals, and the three coalition armies of the wet poison people that day were kicked and killed by MCA before they could take a stand all the way in the morning, and they collapsed in an instant.

When the two roads came from behind, the Western Army had almost cleaned up the battlefield.

However, now that ten beacon forts are being built, everyone feels that this is against the way of using troops in the left three phases, the left three phases have always concentrated on assaulting and defeating the enemy, and this time the four thousand men and horses were split, I don't know what the reason is.

At this time, Zuo Sanxiang himself mentioned the use of troops, and Fu Dingyuan, who had been promoted to the commander of the Dingyuan battalion, couldn't help but ask him, "Zuo Shuai's use of troops has always paid attention to concentrating superior forces to attack the enemy, and this time he scattered thousands of people into ten beacon castles, is it against Zuo Shuai's way of using troops?" ”

Zuo Sanxiang did not answer directly, but pointed to the ten beacon castles along the river: "Look at these ten beacon castles, take a closer look, if you lead the army over, what will you do?" ”

Everyone looked at the fingers of the three phases on the left, and saw that the ten beacon castles were all staggered, five on the north bank and five on the south bank, and they were not in a straight line.

The brilliant thing is that the distance between each two Beacon Castles is fixed, and if you want to hit one of them, you will inevitably be attacked and disrupted by the other two.

Ma Hua patted his head, "If I come to fight, I will pull it out one by one!" Ten Beacon Castles, it's a big deal to leave 5,000 people here! ”

Zuo Sanxiang smiled and didn't comment, but continued to ask the others: "Wang brothers, tell me, how to fight?" ”

Wang Xiaoming shook his head, "This is a hard bone, one side can't get in by the water cavalry, and the other three sides will be attacked by the rest of the Beacon Castle, if it were me, I would rather come to fight Luntai first, but I am worried that the people of Beacon Castle will go out to cut off the grain route!" Only build a dam and divert water to besiege these ten beacon castles, and then concentrate on attacking Luntai City! ”

Zuo Sanxiang nodded, "Very good, it is worthy of being from the Wang family, who has been in charge of military affairs for a long time, and smart generals usually do this!" Filial piety, filial piety, Dingyuan, you all talk about it! ”

Wang Xiaozhun thought for a while, "As far as my ability is concerned, I can't think of a better way than Brother Xiaoming, at most, I will send someone to pretend to capture the Beacon Castle, and the main force will attack the city with all my might, as long as the Luntai City is broken, the ten Beacon Castles will be out of food and the lord!" ”

Zuo Sanxiang nodded and motioned for the others to continue, Wang Xiaokuang looked at the distribution of the beacon fort again, "These beacon forts, if they are cut off by manual trenching, then it will be difficult to attack outward, a long ditch can reduce many casualties, and then attack the city with all your might!" ”

Zuo Sanxiang smiled slyly, "So, everyone has to come up with ideas about the march and battle, this is a good idea, dig a long trench to cut off the connection between Beacon Fort and Luntai!" Let's not look at each other! When the enemy uses this trick, we have to take the initiative to defuse it, and if we take the initiative to attack, we will fall into a heavy encirclement and fight for consumption! Well, you've got a problem for me! ”

The left three phases began to pace back and forth, and everyone was silent, this time the left three phases were really stumped.

Ma Hua shouted, "Isn't it just digging a ditch?" They dig it, we can't dig it? They can build the dam, or we can build the dam first, and wait for them to dig the trench halfway through digging and dig the dam to release water, haha! ”

Everyone looked at MCA, but MCA took a few steps back, "Did I say something wrong?" I just said casually, this is what they can do

means, we also make! ”

Zuo Sanxiang came over and patted MCA on the shoulder, "Very good, from now on, the barrage will be dammed and the water will be stored, let's store five dams in a row, just wait for them to come!" ”

Everyone sighed again, "Commander Ma, Commander Ma, why did you bother to find this hard labor errand for your brother!" ”

"Look at what you can, you will find a way, you will come up with ideas!"

"Well, if you are wise and foolish, come on, go back and build a dam!"

Seeing everyone return to the Beacon Castle under their jurisdiction, the third minister on the left asked Liu Jingchuan, "Old Liu, how long can the grain and grass we seized last?" ”

Liu Jingchuan rubbed his hands, "It's not much, Yicheng stayed as a trial planting in Tuntian, and the rest can still last for four months, just until next year's spring sowing!" If Gaochang doesn't transport grain, we will have to withdraw our troops in two months! ”

Zuo San looked at the sky, "The big hero is hard to stop the hunger, cold and poverty, there is no food and grass, this wheel will eventually be gained and lost!" It seems that we have to send someone to Gaochang to urge it! ”

The more than 500 expeditionary troops left by Gao Chang were unable to control the whole city, so they had to co-govern with Ju Yongwen and let Gao Chang restore his army.

The leader of these more than 500 people is called Tuoba Han, and he is good at martial arts, but he is far behind in handling military affairs and affairs.

His subordinates suggested that Tuoba Han send the surplus grain from the Changping Protectorate to Luntai, but Tuoba Han insisted on waiting for the order of the three prime ministers.

But the imperial court did not allow Gaochang to regain the army, but Tuoba Han waved his hand and asked Ju Yongwen to recruit an army of 1,000 people.

With an army of 1,000 people, some of the remnants of Gaochang secretly went to Ju Yongwen and asked him to expel the army of Daliang and cut off the grain route of the Western Army.

Ju Yongwen thought about it for a while and vetoed it, "Gao Chang and Da Liang are originally of the same language, if Gao Chang betrays Da Liang, he will inevitably incur the revenge of Da Liang in the future, and the enemy in the west is also very strong." Only with the help of the power of the Great Liang can Gaochang be preserved"

However, everyone felt that this Ju Yongwen had taken refuge in Daliang, ignored his words, and secretly began to plot the deposition of Ju Yongwen.

In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of October, and in the third year of Liang Hongde, the scouts of the Western Army reported that "more than 100,000 troops of the Wet Poison Country have crossed the Green Ridge to kill Luntai"

This time, even MCA didn't dare to say big things, and the rest of the people advocated withdrawing the troops, Zuo Sanxiang looked around at everyone and smiled, "Weren't you afraid before?" How come it is that as soon as I heard that there are 100,000 enemies, they all become cowards? ”

"The enemy is outnumbered, and the strength is very different, Zuo Shuai, didn't you also warn us not to underestimate the enemy?"

"Zuo Shuai, I think it's better for us to retreat to the front line of Fairy Village, the grain and grass are easy to transport, and the terrain is dangerous!"

"Zuo Shuai, withdraw now, the prestige of our Western Army is still there, if you don't leave, you will be ruined!"

Zuo Sanxiang stood up, "This time, listen to me, aren't your dams all built one foot high?" It's October now, and if they come to catch up with the heavy snowfall, will it be possible for the 100,000 of them not to eat or drink? I will order all beacon castles to stock up on good grain and grass from today onwards and stand by! ”

"Zuo Shuai, they can't attack our beacon castle for a while, and we can get away, but you are sitting in Luntai City, there is no danger to defend, and the city wall is not high, if you have a case"

Zuo Sanxiang smiled, "If I have a case, Wang Xiaoming will temporarily act as the general of the west, and I will be the bait myself in this battle to turn Luntai City into their guillotine." When they are tired, you will come out and destroy the enemy! ”

As soon as they heard Zuo Sanxiang say that he was going to be bait, everyone hurriedly dissuaded him, and Zuo Sanxiang waved his hand, "For the general, you are greedy for life and afraid of death, can you still expect others to sell your life to you?" When the time comes, I will light three fires at the head of the city, and when I see them burning at the same time, you will kill them together. ”