"How far are we from Xu Wu, who will Xu Wushou be, and how many people are there." Zhang Chun asked the soldiers beside him.

"Back to the general, we are still 40 miles away from Xu Wu, and Xu Wu's guard is a person named Tang Zheng according to what we have found. Now Xu Wuyi has a total of more than 9,200 people, including Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 White Horse Yi Army, Tang Zheng's 3,000 Mo Sword Soldiers and 3,000 Cavalry, and the rest are Xu Wuxian Ya Capture Fast and Auxiliary Soldiers. ”

"Oh, who is this Tang Zheng, how did he become Xu Wushou's general?" Zhang Chun asked.

"General, this Tang Zheng according to the information we have gathered, this person is only sixteen this year, originally the lieutenant of Tuyin County, because of his meritorious counterinsurgency, he was promoted by the imperial court to the right Beiping agricultural lieutenant in charge of the right Beiping agricultural affairs and military, and his subordinates have a Modao battalion of 5,000 people and a cavalry of the same number, this person first appeared in people's field of vision when he was the lieutenant of Tuyin County, he led his Modao soldiers to exterminate all the bandits in Tuyin, so that the security in Tuyuan was greatly improved for a while. General, this is what our people are finding out now, and more information has not been heard yet. ”

"Well, I know, what about this Gongsun Zhan, where is he now." Zhang Chun continued to ask.

"General, Gongsun Zhan is still in Xu Wu, but I heard that Tang Zheng drew 2,000 cavalry from him and belonged to him."

"This Gongsun Chan can't be underestimated, he still has some skills, and the three thousand white horses under his command are even braver, and they are rare warriors." Although Zhang Chun looked down on Gongsun Zhan, he still admired his leading ability.

"By the way, what kind of class is the Mo Dao Soldier, have you ever had this kind of class before?"

"General, this Mo knife soldier heard that it was created by Tang Zheng, it is said that it is named after the weapon they use, but we have not collected this Mo knife, but according to others, this knife is about seven feet long and weighs about 18 pounds, and the handle is about 2 feet. The Mo knife soldiers are fully armored for heavy foot soldiers, and I heard that they are also equipped with a large shield to resist the frontal charge of the cavalry, and Deng Mao of the Yellow Turban is said to have been defeated at the hands of the Mo knife soldiers. The soldier replied.

"Oh, this Tang Zheng is so powerful, he actually trained a heavily armed foot soldier all the time, and he can also resist the cavalry head-on. Interesting, I didn't expect that there was such an interesting person in Youbeiping, and even I wanted to see it earlier. Zhang Chun said with a smile.

"The order is to go down and set up camp today, so that the soldiers can recuperate and recharge, and tomorrow they will take Xu Wu in one go."

"No." The soldiers turned around and went down to convey Zhang Chun's order. In Tang Zheng's camp tent in Xu Wu County, Zhang Chao hurriedly ran in,

"Childe's enemy has stopped 40 miles from us, and is now encamped."

"Well, I know, you go down and send someone to pay close attention to the enemy's movements, and ask Brother Wu and Han Dang Chengmo to come to me together."

"My subordinates will do it." Zhang Chao was ordered to go out. After a while, the three of them came to Tang Zheng's tent together,

"I guess you already know what I've called you for."

"Well, Zhang Chao has already given us a rough explanation when he came." Wu Yifan said.

"Well, then tell me how to arrange it." Tang Zheng asked the three of them.

"How Childe arranges, we will obey the order." Han Dang said directly. Tang Zheng looked at Han Dang weakly, he called the three of them over to hear their opinions, not to let him come over with only one pair of ears.

"Brother Tang, I don't think we have to take the initiative first, we will defend the city. The enemy has 100,000 people, and we only have less than 10,000 people, although the number of 100,000 has a lot of water, but I estimate that there are still 60,000 or 70,000 people, which is not like Deng Mao and the like we encountered, these are all veterans who have been on the battlefield after a long period of training, and they are not comparable to Deng Mao's Yellow Turban outcasts, so I still advocate defending the city. Wu Yifan said.

"Well, since Brother Wu is also in favor of defending the city, then let's prepare like this. Brother Wu, you go and check the city defense again. For defending the city, you are the only one who has the experience of defending the city, and these will trouble Brother Wu. ”

"Brother Tang is polite, since I am already from Rinshan, I naturally have to consider our Rinshan, Brother Tang can rest assured that I will go." Wu Yifan confessed to everyone, turned around and left.

Cheng Pu was discussing with everyone how to deploy the defense in the Tuyin Rinshan military camp, when a soldier came in and said to Cheng Pu: "County Lieutenant Cheng, Tang Gongzi has a letter." After the soldier finished speaking, he handed the letter in his hand to Cheng Pu.

Tang Zheng's current official position is the right Beiping Nongdu Lieutenant, in normal times this official position is only in charge of Nongsang, because Tang Zheng is by virtue of the counterinsurgency and the governance of the people to get this official position, so Emperor Han Ling threw the military part to him when he was promoted to the official, and now the right Beiping does not have the right to guard Tang Zheng as a lieutenant, to put it bluntly, this is also a test for Emperor Han Ling to determine whether he is really a capable person, Tang Zheng has not appointed his subordinates to the official position, he feels that it is too troublesome, and he did not let his subordinates call him an official position, has always been called by the usual habits.

Cheng Puming is still the county lieutenant of Tuyin on the face, so his soldiers are still commensurate with the county lieutenant. Cheng Pu took the letter and read it, and after reading it, Cheng Pu said to everyone: "The letter said that the 100,000 troops of Qiu Liju who invaded the mound this time were Qiu Liju, and we don't have to use the previous method. Cheng Hu, you go and install all the remaining bed crossbows on the city wall, Cheng Gang you go outside the city to arrange a few tripping ropes, and dig a few more trenches, remember to be sure to insert sharpened wooden stakes at the bottom of the pit. Cheng Pu said to Cheng Hu and Cheng Gang, and the two were ordered to go out.

Cheng Gang is the son of Cheng Pu's third uncle, he has been working with Cheng Pu in Tuyin County before, this time Cheng Pu came back to Rinshan and called him back, and now he is learning the way of the military formation with Cheng Hu, now Tang Zheng's subordinates can use too few people, Cheng Pu is also helping Tang Zheng to train the team, and his own brothers who used to follow him in Tuyin were also called back by him and followed everyone to learn.

Even the eldest coarse Han didn't let him go, and arranged for the two brothers to go over. Cheng Pu knew that his brother would become bigger and bigger in the future, and his subordinates must also have their own team, so Cheng Pu is now helping Tang Zheng cultivate talents.

Cheng Pu watched the two go out, and he also turned around and went to the weapon workshop, since he came back and told the effect of the fire oil bottle to the beater Xianhe, now the weapon workshop is increasing production.

Cheng Pu is going to see how many there are, he only has 3,000 people, and Qiu Liju, who is defended by cavalry with the walls of Rinshan City, should not be a big problem, but what he wants is not to defend Rinkan Mountain, he also wants to teach Qiu Liju a profound lesson.

Only by beating him up, he will not dare to commit it next time.

"Childe, the enemy's vanguard has arrived and is camping five miles away." Zhang Chao walked into Tang Zheng's tent and said to Tang Zheng.

"Oh, it's slower than expected, yesterday it was 40 miles away, and today the pioneer arrived. Come with me up to the city wall and see. After speaking, Tang Zheng and Zhang Chao walked towards the city wall together.

Tang Zheng went up to the city wall and found that Gongsun Zhan was already on it, and Gongsun Zhan also saw Tang Zheng so he said: "Brother Tang is here, come and see if we can catch the enemy off guard if we let the cavalry attack at this time." Tang Zheng first looked around, the area around Xu Wu County was relatively flat, only 3 miles away from the county seat, there was a soil slope with a height of about 400 meters in front of the left, and it was about seven or eight kilometers away from the location of the enemy's camp.

Tang Zheng didn't believe that Gongsun Zhan wouldn't be able to see the problem here, the enemy was 40 miles away yesterday, but the pioneer only arrived today, and the ghosts didn't believe it.

So Tang Zheng smiled and said to Gongsun Zhan: "Brother Gongsun, don't fool the little brother, Deng Mao of the yellow turban has already used this trick on the little brother, but the little brother was not fooled." ”

"Hahaha, I'll just say, such a simple plan to lure the enemy Brother Tang won't fail to see it, he Zhang Chun thinks that everyone is as simple as he thinks." Gongsun Chan laughed three times, and then sneered at Zhang Chun.

"Brother Gongsun, since the enemy wants to give us a plan to lure the enemy, why don't we also come up with a plan to give him a dismount." Tang Zheng smiled and said to Gongsun Zhan, but no matter how Gongsun Zhan looked at it, he felt that Tang Zheng's smile was a little creepy, and he didn't know how this kid wanted to trick Zhang Chun, so he asked: "Brother Tang, how to plan the law, let's talk about it, if it is feasible, I will arrange manpower." ”

"Brother Gongsun also saw the hillside opposite, the enemy was still 40 miles away from us yesterday, but today they are almost past the front to arrive, this is not sure to take us for fools, if I expected that the enemy's army must be behind that slope, wait for us to attack their vanguard and then suddenly kill and catch us by surprise."

"Well, I think so too, but Brother Tang, you should talk about your plan first." Gongsun Chan said to Tang Zheng.

"Actually, it's very simple, we first sent cavalry to lure Zhang Chun with the appearance of attacking their forwards, and then sent a small group of men and horses to detour behind his strikers to burn their grain and grass, I think Zhang Chun must have regarded the place where they camped as a big camp, and if he can lure us to attack, it will not be a big loss to him if he can't lure, and now his army is behind the dirt slope ready to ambush us, presumably there are not many people guarding the grain and grass."

"Wonderful, I didn't expect Brother Tang to have such a scheme, so I'll arrange it." After Gongsun Chan finished speaking, he laughed and prepared to turn around and leave.

"Brother Gongsun is slow." Tang Zheng stopped Gongsun Zhan, who was about to leave.

"Brother Tang, what's the matter?" Gongsun Zhan paused and asked Tang Zheng.

"Brother Gongsun, let Guo Mingda do the arson, he is the best at this kind of thing."

"Well, I know, I'll arrange it." After saying that, Gongsun Chan turned around and walked down the city wall.