Due to the help of the Wuhuan cavalry before, the rebels were able to control the two counties of Yuyang and Beiping. But now that Wuhuan has withdrawn, the rebels' control has plummeted. Meng Yi led the Han army all the way to Feiru, and everywhere he went, he directly opened the city and surrendered, while the other cities were also through cavalry, depending on the rumor.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju naturally knew the current situation, and with their current scattered strength, they could not compete with the imperial court's soldiers and horses, so they concentrated all their forces on Feiru.

The 20,000 Han army and the 80,000 rebel army met at the wet water, thirty miles south of Feiru, and confronted each other across the river. The rebels destroyed all the bridges on the water, and not only that, but they also destroyed the ice before the arrival of the Han army to prevent the Han army from crossing the river.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju wanted to rely on the water to establish a defense, and rely on superior forces to hold on to Feiru. If they succeed in stopping the Han army, they will live, and if the Han army crosses the river, they will die.

In order to achieve real strict defense, Zhang Chun also set up a sentry post on the shore, placed a team of soldiers every fifty steps to guard, and lit a bonfire at every sentry post at night, illuminating the entire river very clearly and brightly, which was to prevent the Han army from sneaking up at night.

In this regard, Meng Yi and Gongsun Chan didn't have any good solutions for a while. As long as they move with their troops, the rebels on the opposite side will move with them. Gongsun Chan also tried to attack once at night, but only halfway through the river, he was discovered.

"Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, two shameless villains, will play this trick of indiscriminateness. They obviously have so many people, but they don't dare to fight us, they can't hide like turtles. Gongsun Chan angrily slammed the table in front of him.

It was only during the march that the other cities occupied by the rebels had been recaptured, and now there was only one fat left. But the army was held back, and three days passed, and no progress was made.

Meng Yi did look at the map in front of him calmly, and said to Gongsun Zhan: "General Gongsun don't worry, the initiative is in our hands now, and the fighter will come soon." ”

"Sitting here and waiting, where will there be any fighters, it's been three days." Gongsun Chan complained. He was now desperate to make a mark on his exploits in order to wash away the humiliation of his near-defeat and death.

"Is the general waiting for the rebels to run out of food?" Gongsun Chan asked suddenly.

Meng Yi said with a smile: "This is also a good idea, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju only relied on looting to maintain their huge army before. It had been a long time since they had received new supplies from elsewhere, and in a few days the rebels would collapse without a fight. ”

"The last general is just guessing, the general doesn't admit it." Gongsun Chan was a little embarrassed, "If there is really a shortage of food and grass, it is the rebels on the opposite side who are in a hurry now, not us." ”

"Report!" A scout walked in and reported to Meng Yi, "General Qiyu, your subordinates have already investigated clearly. ”

"Oh, how's it going?" Meng Yi asked.

"The rebels spread all over the checkpoints along the wet water, but only laid out our current north-south section of the river, which is about sixty miles long."

"Very well, you go down first."

After the scout left, Gongsun Zhan said angrily: "Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju are crazy, and they actually arranged a checkpoint sixty miles from north to south. Doesn't that mean that even if you walk along the river at night, you will still be found the next day? ”

Meng Yizhen said happily: "General Gongsun, isn't this good news? ”

"What's the good news?"

"This shows that the rebels are not guarding the entire wet water, and we can still cross the river as long as we go around it."

When Gongsun Chan heard this strategy, he was a little interested, but he immediately stopped fighting: "Although this strategy is feasible, the rebels will continue to move with our army. I'm afraid it won't work. ”

Meng Yi said: "General Gongsun, didn't your surprise attack fail before, do you want to do it again?" ”

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On the north bank of the river, a ten-zhang high platform towered in the rebel barracks, which was used to monitor the changes in the strength of the Han military camp opposite.

This is also one of Zhang Chun's defensive means, once the strength of the Han army on the opposite side increases or decreases, it can remind himself in time.

Because any change is a sign that the Han army has taken action, Zhang Chun must always be vigilant.

At this time, the soldiers on the high platform sounded the alarm: "The cavalry of the Han army has left the camp and is heading south!" ”

After Zhang Chun got the news, he immediately became alert.

South? Could it be that the Han army wanted to use fast and mobile cavalry to march to a place where there was no self-defense in the south, and then cross the river to the north to attack itself, creating conditions for the main force to cross the river?

Now the only cavalry of the Han army on the opposite side is commanded by Gongsun Zhan. Hmph, this must be his trick, and he wants to surprise himself again, how can this make him succeed!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chun immediately ordered a team of 10,000 people to chase after him to the south.

In the evening, the soldiers on the high platform sounded the alarm again: "The cavalry of the Han army has returned to the camp!" ”

After getting the news, Zhang Chun was secretly proud, and Gongsun Chan wanted to fight with him.

It's just that when the soldiers who went to block it came back the next day, they said that they had not seen the Han cavalry. This made Zhang Chun very puzzled.

Soon it was time for the Han cavalry to leave the camp yesterday, and at this time, the soldiers on the high platform sounded the alarm again: "The cavalry has left the camp to the south again!" ”

Zhang Chun then sent another 10,000 men to stop it, but the Han cavalry returned in the evening. The soldiers who came back the next day still said that they had not seen any cavalry.

"Gongsun Chan!" Zhang Chun gritted his teeth in anger, "I know your wishes, you want to use this method to exhaust my soldiers and hit my army's heart, I won't let you succeed!" ”

Sure enough, on this day, the Han cavalry came out of the camp again, and this time Zhang Chun directly ordered the southbound army to defend on the spot, and expanded his line by dozens of miles.

By the evening the cavalry had returned. In this way, it was repeated for half a month, and the Han cavalry went out early and returned late every day, and gradually all the rebels became accustomed to it, and felt that there was nothing to make a fuss about.

Even Zhang Chun no longer paid attention to the alarms raised by the soldiers on the high platform.

On this morning, Zhang Chun always felt that there was no sound missing, and when he passed by the high platform, he immediately remembered that the same moment today had long passed, but the soldiers still did not raise the alarm.

Zhang Chun called the soldiers down and asked, "Let me ask you, didn't the Han cavalry leave the camp today?" ”

The soldier replied: "That's right, general, the cavalry has not left the camp, and the Han camp has not changed much. ”

"Oh, really?" Zhang Chun laughed, this Gongsun Chan knew that his strategy would not work, and finally gave up. His mind was now full of Gongsun Zhan's self-defeating appearance.

"By the way, Han Qi did return to the camp yesterday, right?" Zhang Chun asked again in order to be sure, he was afraid that the soldiers would be perfunctory.

"Yes general, yesterday the Han cavalry returned to the camp, and I also reported it at that time." The soldier replied, without a hint of panic, for he was indeed looking very seriously.

"That's good." Zhang Chun saw that the soldier was not timid, indicating that he was indeed loyal to his duty, so he left with a spring breeze on his face.

The soldiers were indeed very attentive to monitor the Han army, but it was only during the day, and he couldn't see it at night. And just last night, Gongsun Chan quietly left with the cavalry.

These days, Gongsun Zan has been running back and forth with people, which has made this surveillance soldier misunderstood, and he only cares about seeing if the Han army leaves early and returns late, and no longer pays attention to the size of the Han army.

The departure of 3,000 cavalry is already an obvious lack for 20,000 Han troops. But not only did the soldiers not pay attention to this, but even Zhang Chun did not pay attention to it.

After traveling fifty miles south, Gongsun Chan finally came downstream, where he crossed the wet water without the hindrance of the rebels.

Then he immediately went north. On the way, he passed through the Lonely Bamboo City, where he stopped for a moment before leaving again.

A month ago, his surprise attack was a complete failure here. Now he is back here, still for the purpose of surprise fat. This time I will definitely succeed.

Zhang Chun was wrong about this, he thought that the Han army would still attack him by detouring and creating chaos, so as to create opportunities for the main force of the Han army.

But he forgot the strength of his own troops, and with 3,000 cavalry, it was impossible to cause too much disturbance, so that he could ignore the main force of the Han army.

The target of Gongsun Zhan's surprise attack has always been Fat as a city.

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As the only rear of the rebels, the city of Fat Rucheng provided a steady stream of supplies to the rebels thirty miles away. These supplies were all looted from various counties and townships in the two counties, and were distributed according to the ratio of Wuhuan 7 and rebel 3.

Although Wuhuan took the lion's head, the rest was enough to sustain the rebels' attrition for nearly half a year.

As the "Son of Heaven", Zhang Ju naturally would not go to the front line in person, he took 9,000 people directly under him to stay in Feiru City, responsible for transporting supplies every day, and then died drunk in the city himself.

Thanks to Zhang Ju's blessing, the defenders in the city also did the same, drinking and gambling. Those who are lazy and listless when on duty will be refreshed and energetic immediately after changing shifts.

Today it was the same, after loading the grain supplies, the grain transport team left the city and headed for the military camp thirty miles away. It's just that after half of the team left the city, thunder began to sound in their ears.

"Thunder in winter?"

"It's rare and weird, of course there will be thunder in winter, I've seen it."

"But the weather is good, isn't it?"

Some of the rebel soldiers were wondering when the ground began to shake again. Since this area is still plain, the field of vision is still quite open, and the soldiers with good eyesight have already spotted the cavalry that is approaching.

"It's not thunder, it's cavalry, the cavalry of the Han army!"

"Run!"

The rebel soldiers scattered and fled, but because the team was only halfway out of the city, a grain truck was just stuck at the city gate, which made the rebels unable to close the city gate for a while.

Gongsun Chan secretly said good luck. He was the first to rush into the city, and then the righteous servants also rushed in.

Looking at the panicked rebels, Gongsun Chan didn't even have the motivation to kill them. He ordered a rebel soldier to be captured and asked, "Where is Zhang Ju?" ”

"County, county, county!"

"Thank you." After saying that, Gongsun Chan killed the soldier with a sword.