Lord Thorn Shi's visit to Hecheng County greatly boosted the spirits of the military and civilians in Hecheng, and the low morale rose, and everyone had an inexplicable trust in this Thorn Shi, and the originally dull air began to become relaxed, and laughter began to flutter in the night wind.

Jiang Anyi inspected the fortifications accompanied by Fan Shiben and others, Feng Dingzhong introduced the loss of Jingmen Pass on the side, and when he heard that the number of Rong Mi light cavalry was about 40,000, and the four pro-army banners of Flying Tiger, Fei Biao, Flying Lion, and Flying Eagle Rong Mi all appeared, Jiang Anyi's expression was solemn, and there was a huge difference in strength.

Seeing that it was almost midnight, Jiang Anyi asked everyone to go back to the city to rest and save enough strength to deal with tomorrow's war. In the lobby of Hecheng County, Jiang Anyi discussed with Jiang Anyong, Siyu, Fan Shiben, Feng Dingzhong and others how to resist the enemy.

Feng Dingzhong took the lead and said: "Lord Jiang, the enemy is outnumbered, and our army lacks bows and arrows, it is difficult to resist the army of Rong Mi, it is better to let Tunding and the people retreat first, leaving only the light cavalry here to stay in the enemy's army, once the city is broken, the light cavalry can quickly escape, and Tunding and the people will inevitably be poisoned." ”

Jiang Anyi fought with Jusu and Weiche's army in Shasu, and when he fought Jusu's army, he relied on a hard-won surprise attack, but when he broke into Weiche's camp, he relied on a bit of luck, if it wasn't for the arrow wounding Weiche's marshal Ba Kehan, the victory would have been reversed. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and with only the men and horses in his hands now, Jiang Anyi does not dare to say that he can defeat the Rong Mi army no matter how brave he is.

Fan Shi himself is the county commander, so he naturally thinks more about the people under his rule, and when he heard this, he said: "The two armies are fighting, and the ordinary people are not very helpful, otherwise let them go out of the city overnight now, lest the county seat be besieged, and they can't leave if they want to." ”

Park Tianhao accompanied Jiang Anyi to Shasu together, and made suggestions with Jusu, Weiche and later in the conquest of the Rong Mi people, and gradually built up confidence, he adjusted his position around Jiang Anyi from the chief of the guard to the minister, and the battle with the enemy was the time when he showed his talents, and Park Tianhao did not want to let go of the opportunity.

Thinking in his heart, Hecheng County and Huiye Mansion are more than 300 miles apart, and the news of the loss of Jingmen Pass should be able to reach Huiye Mansion tonight, and Guan Ping Zhong will send troops tomorrow morning. The 300-mile light cavalry can arrive in one day and one night, but the infantry takes three days, and Guan Pingzhong has 15,000 garrisons under his command, excluding the 1,000 light cavalry under Jiang Anyong's department, there are 2,000 light cavalry, and they can reach the battlefield as soon as the day after tomorrow. There are 3,000 light cavalry, with 10,000 soldiers, barely able to fight with the Rong Mi people. If more than 10,000 people can be dragged to Guan Pingzhong to enter the battlefield, the hope of the Rong Mi people to advance eastward will almost be shattered, even if they can defeat the defenders of Hecheng, it will take a few days, and then loot the grain in the Tuntian Yamen, calculate the time, and the reinforcements of the Anxi Protectorate should almost arrive.

The court's reward for military merits has always been generous, with the power of a county to block the army of Rong Midong's invasion, this merit is enough to make everyone here rise to a few levels, Park Tianhao's eyes showed hope, as long as the command is done properly, Lord Jiang will never hide his credit, maybe this time he can be promoted from Captain Renyong to Captain Xuanjie, and even Captain Yilu is unknown.

Taking a deep breath, Park Tianhao let his fiery mind cool down, everyone wants credit, the greater the credit, the greater the risk, the key to this big battle is time, the most important thing is the first three days, the most difficult thing for Hecheng County is tomorrow. Feng Dingzhong's method of digging trenches, trapping horse pits, and digging roads was very clever, and he could delay the Rong Mi people for two to three hours, but after the Rong Mi people paved the road, Hecheng County was in danger.

Jiang Anyi pondered for a moment and said: "The two armies are fighting, the people are innocent, Brother Fan, you have people tell the people in the city to retreat back, and then send people to notify the nearby counties to dig up roads and dig trenches and horse traps like Hecheng County." ”

When I first entered Huazhou, I passed through Shihe Town, and the road leading to the town was covered with fences, sand bags, trenches, and wooden planks to facilitate passage. Jiang Anyi said this method, and everyone praised it, so that the light cavalry of the Rong Mi people who came and went like the wind was restricted by countless trenches, and it was difficult to spread out in Huazhou, while the Zheng army could pass quickly through the planks on the trenches, which hardly affected the speed of reinforcements.

"To make use of the river," Park Tianhao said, "If there is a river along the way, you might as well channel the river water into the ditch to form a muddy ditch, so that it will be more difficult for the horses of the Rongmi people to pass." ”

Fan Shiben clapped his hands and praised: "This method is wonderful, five miles northwest of Hecheng County is the Bisi River, I will let people introduce the water of the Bisi River into the trench, tomorrow Rong Mi people will see a muddy outside Hecheng County, and they will be helpless." ”

The sky was bright, and Lu Leda took 15,000 Rong Mi troops from Jingmen Pass to Hecheng County, and half an hour later, Hecheng County appeared in front of Rong Mi Army. Although he was born in Orion, he was thick on the outside and fine on the inside, and he followed the side of King Hu Dare of Rong Mi after joining the army, saying less and seeing more and doing more, and even Hu dared to like it. Tiger dared to go out on the expedition, and Le Da occasionally showed his skills, attracting the attention of Tiger Dar, let him command the battle, and made many achievements. Under the expectations of King Rong Mi, Lu Le Da made many military exploits, and in less than 20 years, he became one of the top ten golden generals.

From the hunting guard to the golden protection general, the king is loyal to the tiger dare to die, seeing the king sad that the prince died and fell ill, the heart of the king is like a knife, he doesn't read much, I don't know what the king humiliates the death of the minister, but the mind is the same.

The scout cavalry in front galloped over and reported: "General, there is a mud outside Hecheng County, and the five-mile range is full of ditches and horse pits, please make a decision." Sure enough, large and small ditches and horse traps were all over the front of Hecheng County, and river water was introduced into the ditch, and the ditch was muddy, and I didn't know the depth.

"Muhe and Gari, each of you will lead 3,000 men to the nearby villages to arrest the Zheng people, and ask them to demolish their houses and transport wood and stones." He ordered with a blank face.

At the beginning of the war, Fan Shiben had already sent officials to the four villages and eight townships to inform the people to avoid disasters, but there were always some people who could not leave their homeland and hid in the mountains with money, food and food, and were caught by the Rong Mi people. When the sun was rising, the Rong Mi army successively captured nearly 1,000 Zheng people, dragging more than 100 troops loaded with planks and stones.

With a wave of his hand, Rong Mi Jun forced the captured Zheng people to fill the trench, and some people did not support it, Rong Mi people stepped forward and killed them, and the corpse was thrown into the ditch, and the blood and water mixed with the muddy water became more and more dirty. As more and more Zheng people were arrested, the speed of filling the ditch became faster and faster, and it seemed that it would not take until noon for the ditch and horse trap outside the west gate of Hecheng to be filled.

Jiang Anyi stood on top of Xicheng, looking at the crying people not far away, and felt powerless. It's not that he doesn't want to rescue, it's just that these people and horses in his hands will be surrounded when they go out of the city, and he already knows that no matter how high his martial arts are, the final result in the face of thousands of troops is a dead word.

Jiang Anyong said on the side: "Brother, when the trench is filled, I will take the light cavalry to rush and kill for a while to frustrate the spirit of Rong Mi people." ”

Jiang Anyi glared at him and scolded: "The courage of the horseman, thousands of light horsemen rushed to kill tens of thousands of Rong Mi troops, do you think that Rong Mi Jun is muddy?" ”

Park Tianhao's head has been thinking about the strategy of defending against the enemy, he originally thought that the trench after adding water can delay the Rong Mi army until the evening, as long as the sun goes down, it is unlikely that the Rong Mi army will attack the city at night, and he will be able to survive this day, maybe the 2,000 light cavalry of Huiye Mansion will arrive in the middle of the night. However, Rong Mi's army broke the house and filled the ditch, and even killed the Zheng people and threw them into the ditch, so that the progress of filling the ditch was accelerated, and seeing that the team filling the ditch was close to two miles outside the city, the ditch could be filled in at noon.

Jiang Anyi frowned and was also thinking of a way to retreat from the enemy, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he really thought of a way. It is recorded in the history of the Warring States period, "...... More than 1,000 cattle in the city, the blade of the soldiers is in its horns, the reeds are greased in the tail, the end is burned, the cattle are longitudinal at night, the ox's tail is hot, and the anger is forward, and then the strong man is killed and the enemy is defeated. Jiang Anyi knew that there were thousands of cattle transporting grain and grass in Hecheng County, although it was daytime, it seemed that he could also use a fire ox.

One person is short, Jiang Anyi summoned Feng Dingzhong, Fan Shiben and others, and said that he wanted to use the ox to disrupt the formation of the Rong Mi army and take the opportunity to rush and kill for a while. Fan Shiben obviously read this record, and said with a smile: "Wonderful, the ancients used fire oxen to break the enemy, and Anyi did not let the ancients specialize in beauty, wonderful." ”

Park Tianhao admired him so much, he deserved to be the lord, and he had no way to break his head, but the lord could get inspiration from the book and come up with a clever trick, it seems that he has to read more to become a famous general.

Jiang Anyong said with some embarrassment: "Where can I find reeds in Hecheng County?" ”

Siyu was so angry that he patted Jiang Anyong's head and scolded: "You Yulin braincase, there are no reeds, there are not many wheat stalks in the field, and I am afraid that I will not be able to find something to start the fire." ”

"There are also firecrackers", Park Tianhao added: "I heard from Fan County that the firecrackers set off that day caused the Rong Mi people's war horses to be frightened, it can be seen that the Rong Mi people's war horses are afraid of the explosion of firecrackers, you might as well wrap more firecrackers around the cow, maybe it can have a miraculous effect." ”

Soon is the Shangyuan Festival, after the Shangyuan Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival, many shops in Hecheng County bought firecrackers and fireworks, the people have been sent away, Fan Shiben let the Ya Servant enter from the shop, as for the loss and wait for the enemy to compensate.

Outside the city, the Rong Mi people stepped up to fill the ditch, and the people in the city began to dress up the ox, tying sharp blades to the two horns, stalking soaked in soybean oil and tying the tail of the ox, and then draping firecrackers on the ox, just waiting for the Rong Mi people to attack the city.

As soon as noon arrived, a road about seven zhang wide was paved, and Xue Leda raised his sword and ordered: "Let the remaining Zheng people be in front, rush behind, and the archers prepare, and then have lunch after attacking Hecheng County." ”