Returning to the Acropolis of Bronze Drum again, Wang Chaofeng felt a little strange!

Not long ago, he led his troops in the city to resist the Ming army's attack, and he also repelled several Ming attacks.

Now that he has returned here, he has become an attacker, of course, he is only making an offensive gesture, but he does not intend to really attack.

Because his task does not include such a thing as conquering the Tonggu Acropolis, it can even be said that it is explicitly forbidden to conquer the Tonggu Acropolis or defeat the defenders in the city, because Hao Bonian wants to use the Ming army in the Tonggu Acropolis as a temptation to attract the main force of the Ming army in the north to the south.

The task of his 5th Infantry Battalion was only to make a gesture of attacking the Tonggu Acropolis and force the Ming troops in and around the Tonggu Acropolis to retreat back to the Tonggu Acropolis.

And now it seems that his task has been perfectly accomplished!

According to the report of the scouts, the Ming army, which had fought with them before but fled after only a minute of fighting, had already returned to the Acropolis of Tonggu in the morning.

Moreover, there were at least nearly 1,000 Ming troops in the city, so if you calculate it, the number of Ming troops in the city at this time should be about 3,000.

That's quite a lot!

However, what made him feel a little strange was that there were 3,000 Ming troops in the city, but after he arrived at the Acropolis of Tonggu, he only closed the city gate and deployed fortifications on the head of the city, but did not go out of the city to expel his own troops.

According to common sense, the Ming army has so many troops, as long as the main general is not too timid and afraid of death, he will generally not shrink so much, originally he thought that after arriving at the Acropolis of the Bronze Drum, there would be a hard battle to be able to contain the defenders in the city.

Now it seems that the reality is different from the prediction!

Wang Chaofeng didn't know that at this time, most of the Ming troops in the city were already frightened, and their morale was almost unimaginably low.

To put it mildly, when they heard the words of the pseudo-Tang thief army, their first reaction was to want to escape!

The defenders who were originally in the city had not fought with the puppet Tang thief army, so it stands to reason that they would not be demoralized, and they would be afraid of the five hundred puppet Tang thief army outside the city.

However, in order to cover up their behavior of fleeing without a fight and retreating back to the Acropolis, Qiu Yu and his subordinates said with an exaggerated component.

In addition to saying how sharp the firearms of the puppet Tang thief army were, Qiu Yu also said that there were at least 3,000 puppet Tang thieves who chased him to the Tonggu Acropolis, and the 500 thieves outside the city were just vanguards.

Qiu Yu was not worried that his lies would be discovered, because he was very sure that there would definitely be the main force of the puppet Tang Thief Army behind the five hundred thief army.

Because it can be confirmed from all sources that there are at least thousands of pseudo-Tang thieves on the side of Liping Mansion.

And he didn't believe that the puppet Tang thief army would only send such 500 people to resist in the face of the attack of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers in the imperial court, which was impossible, and there would definitely be the main force of the puppet Tang thief army in the future.

It's just that he doesn't know where the main forces of the puppet Tang thief army are? How long it will take to arrive!

But does it matter?

It's not important, the important thing is that there must be the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army behind these five hundred people, in order to avoid going out of the city to fight, or simply being ambushed or something, it's better not to go out of this city.

In fact, Qiu Yu wanted to fight to the death with the pseudo-Tang thief army in his heart, but after yesterday's absurd battle, he already knew that the soldiers under his command were already like frightened birds, and if they were allowed to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy at this time, I am afraid that they would have to collapse as soon as they left the city gate.

And it is more likely that as soon as his order was issued, the soldiers of his subordinates mutinied!

After a series of blows, the psychology of the subordinate soldiers has become extremely fragile, and they are afraid when they hear the puppet Tang thief army, at this time, let them take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with the puppet Tang thief army, they will think that Qiu Yu is asking them to die, and no one wants to send them to death.

Qiu Yu and others exaggerated the puppet Tang thief army, saying that the puppet Tang thief army seemed to be invincible, which caused the defenders in the original city to be cautious.

Although they have some contempt for Qiu Yu and the others' worries, but contempt is contempt, but everyone is not stunned, since Qiu Yu said that the pseudo-Tang thief army outside the city is so terrifying, and also said that there are more main forces of the pseudo-Tang thief army behind, they will naturally become more cautious.

The city will not go out first, first consolidate the city defense and see the situation, in addition, the main force of the puppet Tang thief army may be not far away, and they also sent fast horses to report to the 20,000 main forces more than ten miles away.

The Ming army in the city did not go out of the city, and Wang Chaofeng naturally would not stupidly lead the troops to take the initiative to attack the Tonggu Acropolis, but stationed about 800 meters away from the city.

Interestingly, the place where the Fifth Infantry Battalion was stationed was the same camp where Qiu Yu's unit had been stationed a few days ago.

In the afternoon and even in the evening, whether it was the Tang Army or the Ming Army, the busiest people were not the soldiers on both sides on the front line, nor the senior generals, but the heralds who rode fast horses and shuttled between the various troops.

The Ming army had to report the news to the main force behind them, and let the adults above have their ideas.

Wang Chaofeng also wants to report the relevant situation to Hao Bonian!

That night, Hao Bonian received the news that the Fifth Infantry Battalion had rushed to the Tonggu Acropolis and drove nearly 3,000 Ming troops into the Tonggu Acropolis.

After hearing the news, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

He has been worried that the Fifth Infantry Battalion will not be able to complete its mission effectively, and this worry is not to say that he is worried that the Fifth Infantry Battalion will have an accident and be attacked by a large number of Ming troops, in fact, if this kind of thing happens, he will be even happier.

Because in this way, the pace of the Ming army's southward march will be faster than he expected, and in this way, the time of the decisive battle between the two sides will be able to advance by a few days, which is of great benefit to the overall strategy of the new army of the Tang Dynasty first in the north and then in the west.

What he was worried about was that the Ming army ran away when they saw the Fifth Infantry Battalion, and even directly abandoned the Tonggu Acropolis and fled, because yesterday he had already learned that more than 2,000 Ming troops had run away without fighting after encountering the Fifth Infantry Battalion.

So he was very worried that these Ming troops would be wiped out together, so he ran away!

Now that these Ming troops have hid in the Acropolis of Bronze Drums, since these Ming troops have hid in, then don't think about running away, let's obediently use them as their own bait!

That night, Hao Bonian ordered the Second Infantry Regiment to send another infantry battalion to reinforce the Fifth Infantry Battalion, and also sent an additional half of the grenadiers.

In this way, by tomorrow, there will be thousands of soldiers under the Tonggu Acropolis, and the strength is not weak, which is enough to deal with any abnormal movement of the Ming army in the Tonggu Acropolis.

As for himself, he led the remaining main force to continue on the road, but he did not intend to go directly to the Acropolis of Tonggu, but prepared to set up an ambush about five miles south of the Acropolis.

Since you want to attract and defeat the main force of more than 20,000 Ming troops, you have to let them go south, once the main force of nearly 5,000 led by yourself appears, even if the Ming army on the opposite side is stupid, you can guess that you are going to surround the point to send reinforcements, and it is strange that you will come to the Tonggu Acropolis again, even if you come, it is estimated that you will be cautious, if you delay it for four or five days, it will have a certain negative impact on your follow-up strategy.

So the more he gets to this time, the more he can't be in a hurry, he has to take it easy!

After Hao Bonian made relevant tactical arrangements, he also reported the relevant situation to Li Xuan in the rear.

At this time, the Chinese army led by Li Xuan was more than twenty miles behind them, and they were still on the way!

When Hao Bonian's herald arrived at the position of the Chinese army, it was already the morning of the next day, riding a fast horse and galloping all the way, the herald went directly to the Chinese army camp tent, and Hao Bonian's handwritten letter was handed over to Zeng Ziwen.

Zeng Ziwen did not open it without authorization, but carefully monitored the wax seal on the letter, and after confirming that it was not opened without authorization halfway, he took Zeng Ziwen's letter and walked a few steps quickly, and handed the letter to Li Xuan before and after Li Xuan!

At this time, the army was on the way, Li Xuan was wearing a military uniform and riding on a horse as usual, and the military uniform on his body was similar to that of other senior generals, except that the golden dragon embroidered on the military uniform was more conspicuous, and he also wore a wide and long winter cloak.

Taking off the leather gloves in his hand, Li Xuan first glanced at the envelope, this standard military envelope used to transmit important military information, was thickly wrapped in waterproof kraft paper, and the opening was sealed by wax, and the seal was also covered with Hao Bonian's private wax seal with dense lines.

After opening the thick envelope, Li Xuan took out the letter inside, first glanced at the handwriting and the seal on it, and confirmed that it was Hao Bonian's handwriting and the official seal of the First Step Corps and Hao Bonian's personal seal, and then carefully looked at the contents.

Identification of handwriting, confirmation of seals This is a necessary measure to prevent the military intelligence report from being replaced, private demolition, etc., the handwriting of the middle and senior generals in the army, as well as the private seals and wax seals are all stored in the official base, and the seals of the senior generals Li Xuan can be recognized at a glance.

This kind of private seal can not be carved casually to be officially recognized, unified by the official carving, the texture is extremely complex, if the seal is damaged, even Hao Bonian has to report, abolish the effect of the original seal, and engrave a seal.

Of course, even if it is a seal with a complex pattern, it is not difficult to imitate it, but if you have a seal, and at the same time, you have to have a special herald to help you deliver fake letters, and the handwriting is still the same, so it is more difficult to combine the three.

After reading Hao Bonian's letter, Li Xuan handed Hao Bonian's letter to other generals to circulate it one by one!

When everyone read the letter, Li Xuan turned his attention to the north!

This strategic decisive battle, which I have been carefully planning, will start to be staged in two or three days if nothing else, and if nothing else, this is another battle for the whole country!