At night, Zhang was appointed as a temporary battalion, and all the soldiers were fully armed, ready to meet the incoming enemy troops at any time.

Zhang Ren also sat in the center of the tent, and his armor never took off.

"General, General Lingbao sent someone to report that the water of the Luo River has been cut off, and he is waiting for the general's orders at any time!" A scout came to report.

"Well, good, General Ling Bao did a good job. As long as they resist Liu Cong's army for another hour, they will definitely camp here tonight. When the time comes, the trick will come true. "Zhang Ren heard that Lingbao has cut off the Rujiang River, as long as Liu Cong camps here tonight, he will quietly retreat to the high slope in the north and then let Lingbao dig the river......

Zhang Ren immediately ordered the officers and men of the whole battalion to cheer up and resist the enemy attack before dark no matter what. Soon, there was a report from the Malay Explorer that Wei Yan had already led his team back, and Liu Cong's army was preparing to camp south of Zhang Ren's camp. Zhang Ren couldn't help but turn up the corners of his mouth after hearing this, victory was just around the corner!

"Someone, the herald General Lingbao is ready at any time. An hour later, the army began to quietly retreat to the northwest slope as originally planned, without alarming the enemy! After Zhang Ren finished arranging, he closed his eyes and recuperated, he was destined to be sleepless tonight, he wanted to take time to rest and recover his strength.

Wei Yan was arranging for the soldiers to set up camp at the moment, although he was unwilling, Liu Cong's reminder and Pang Tong's analysis were reasonable. This Zhang Ren is a famous general in Shuzhong, and there are dangers on all sides of the city, how could Zhang Ren lead the army to a decisive battle with Liu Cong so early? Even in a decisive battle, it is impossible to bring only 10,000 men. So although he was unwilling, he still set up camp honestly.

If he was in Jingzhou, or if there was no lesson from the day before yesterday, he would have dared to camp under Wei Yan's nose so blatantly, Wei Yan would have led the army to attack at night, no matter whether it could be done or not, he would never be allowed to live in peace.

And Liu Cong's side is also puzzled, especially Pang Tong, dangling back and forth beside Liu Cong, as a military advisor with the army, although he has come up with three strategies for Liu Cong to attack Chengdu, Liu Cong has now taken the middle strategy, but he has not effectively stopped Wei Yan from being ambushed, and now he can't see through Zhang Ren's strategy, so he feels a lot of pressure.

"Lord, I implore the lord to send a few personal guards to reconnoiter everywhere, so what does the discoverer Zhang Ren want to do?" Although there is a topographic map of Yizhou by Zhang Song, there is no obvious sign here on the map, and Liu Cong is also at a loss, but the night is already thick, and Liu Cong does not dare to let Pang Tong take risks. The legend of Liu Fengpo made Liu Cong too taboo, although the army had bypassed Luofengpo, but Yizhou was undecided, and Pang Tong was not safe......

"Shi Yuan, rest for the time being, Fa Xiaozhi will come in the evening, he is a local, ask him when the time comes." Fa Zheng was a local and knew more about Zhang Ren's temperament and temper, so Liu Cong sent people to inform Fa Zheng to come to the camp on the day Wei Yan was ambushed.

"But...... Lord, this Ren came here today is extraordinary, there must be a fraud! ”

"I also think so, but as long as we are careful and the soldiers work together, I expect that he Zhang Ren will not be able to help our army." Liu Cong still decided to adopt the daytime method, and the generals in the army were each responsible for one place, and he was not afraid that Zhang Ren would attack the camp at night.

The two were discussing, and the Malay newspaper said: "My lord, Mr. Fa has arrived!" ”

"Okay, good, Shiyuan, Fa Xiao is here, he must have a way!"

"Hmm." Pang Tong muttered in his mouth, obviously a little reluctant, if Fa Zheng could really see through Zhang Ren's plan, Pang Tong would naturally be a little embarrassed.

"Lord, how do you set up camp here?" Fa Zheng walked all the way and saw Wei Yan and Yu Ban encamping with soldiers, and hurriedly quickened his pace to find Liu Cong.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with camping here? Liu Cong said this as soon as he saw that Fa Zheng came, and when he looked at Pang Tong again, he felt that it was right for the two of them to decide not to rush forward.

"Lord, this place is only a mile away from the Luo River, why doesn't the lord urge his subordinates to cross the river and then choose a place to camp?"

"Oh, that's the case...... Liu Cong patiently explained to Fa Zheng what had happened in the past two days.

"My lord, our army must retreat quickly! Don't stay here for long! ”

"Xiaozhi, Shi Yuan and I have always suspected that Zhang Ren was cheating, so we didn't pursue, but Zhang Ren also camped here, and the surrounding probes and horses have been searched, and there is no ambush?" When Liu Cong saw that the Fa was so firm, he knew that something must be wrong, but these 40,000 troops, seeing that it was already dark, wanted to re-establish camp, and it was easy to talk about peace?

"Lord, this is Zhang Ren's trick!"

"Please also be filial and straightforward." Liu Cong and Pang Tong hurriedly came over.

"My lord, this place is called Xidoumen. The river has been winding in a southeasterly direction through the city, but when it flows through this place, it turns northeast. The place we are in now is a funnel that winds through the Rujiang River.

And this funnel is on the west side of the Rujiang River that is rushing forward, and the flat land here is lower than the surrounding area, and an inverted funnel shape is formed from the Rujiang River to the north slope, and the mountain road in the north is like the mouth of the funnel. Zhang Ren tried his best to block the advance of the army, and he must have attacked it with water! ”

"Water attack?" After listening to Fa Zheng's analysis, Liu Cong suddenly realized that in this era of cold weapons, less wins more, often relying on ambushes, fire attacks, flooding and other strategies, which have been tried and tested repeatedly. Now it seems that Zhang Ren's various suspicious actions during the day also have an explanation. The purpose was to prevent Liu Cong's army from crossing the river so that he could successfully carry out the flooding.

"Lord, please look at ......" Liu Cong pondered for a moment, Fa Zheng had already drawn a topographic sketch.

Liu Cong walked in and saw that his army was stationed in the middle and lower part of the funnel, while Zhang Ren in the west was on the edge of the funnel, and it was close to the only high ground in the northwest. He wanted to see and slip away, it was easy.

If Zhang Ren flooded it, Liu Cong's subordinates could only flee in all directions in order to avoid being drowned, and the south and east were the Luo River, and the northeast was the small road when it came, and only the northwest was high and relatively flat......

"Damn, Zhang Ren's plan is very poisonous!" Liu Cong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of the flooding of the army. If Fa Zheng hadn't arrived in time this time, and after everyone was asleep in the second half of the night, Zhang Ren would have flooded it, and then stationed in a high position, chasing and killing all the way, these 40,000 troops would have lost more than half!

"My lord, don't panic. At present, the lord can order General Wei to attack Zhang Ren's camp, so that Zhang Ren cannot evacuate for the time being. As long as Zhang Ren did not retreat to a safe place, the soldiers upstream would not break the embankment. At the same time, the general was sent to bypass Zhang Ren's camp to check along the river, and if he encountered enemy soldiers, he would defeat them, and Zhang Ren's plan would fail. As long as the upstream is safe, the lord can surround Zhang Ren overnight and eat these 10,000 horses! ”

"Well, according to what Xiaozhi said, come to someone and pass on my general ......"

Wei Yan, who was leading the soldiers to dig a drainage ditch, was confused again when he heard that the lord asked him to lead troops to attack Zhang Ren? Then he asked the herald, "What is the desire of the lord?" ”

"The villain doesn't know about this, but not long after Mr. Fa came back, the lord ordered the army to start retreating quietly."

"Oh, is Fa Xiaozhi?" Seeing that the lord was highly respectful of the law, Wei Yan naturally did not dare to slack off, and often discussed the art of war with him. After getting along for more than a year, Wei Yan naturally knew Fazheng's talent, and this Fazheng happened to be an old man in Chengdu and knew Zhang Ren very well. At that moment, Wei Yan did not hesitate any longer, and began to gather troops and horses to prepare for the attack on the village.

"The general is not good, Wei Yan is coming to attack the village!" The herald ran to Zhang Ren's rest place in a panic to report.

"What's the panic, didn't you attack several times during the day? Resist it! "Zhang Ren only thought that Liu Cong sent Wei Yan to come to test. This is normal, the two armies are only a mile apart, and Liu Cong has a lot of people, so naturally Zhang Ren will not rest at ease.

However, Zhang Ren is not worried, as long as he repels one or two more attacks from the enemy, the enemy will be tired, and he will rest tonight. Stay until the middle of the night...... Thinking that there might be a more fierce battle in the second half of the night, Zhang Ren didn't even move: "Just order the soldiers to take strict precautions!" ”

After speaking, continue to close your eyes and recuperate.

Because it was getting late, the two sides could only fight with torches, and because they were separated by a simple camp fence, Wei Yan could only use archers to open the way first. The other side did not show weakness and relied on the fortifications to fight back. Because Wei Yan's task this time was to drag Zhang Ren, it was not as fierce as attacking the camp during the day, which was also to reduce losses. At most, as soon as there is a chance to get closer, let the archer light the rocket.

The two sides seemed to be nervous, but tepidly offensive and defensive. Zhang Ren, who was resting in the camp, even fell asleep to the accompaniment of the screams of both sides. Liu Cong's army, under the cover of Wei Yanbu's agitation, quietly retreated to the northwest highlands. Wei Yan's troops attacking the camp gradually decreased from the original 10,000 people, and later only 5,000 people remained.

Although the number of people was a lot less, Wei Yan let them concentrate and narrow the range of attacks, and the noise was still not small. Finally, as if exhausted, Wei Yan retreated with unwillingness.

"General, the enemy has withdrawn!"

"Well, wait a little longer...... Zhang Ren was woken up from his sweet dream and asked about Wei Yan's attack on the village, he was afraid that Wei Yan would come to make trouble if he didn't give up. I wanted to wait a little longer, wait for the enemy camp to be quiet, and then withdraw.

Sure enough, after a few pillars of incense, Wei Yan went and returned. This time, a large number of rockets were prepared, and the archers stood outside the camp and fired indiscriminately. Zhang Ren's camp caught fire from time to time, but Zhang Ren didn't feel distressed, just ordered his subordinates to control the fire and not let everyone burn up and connect into pieces. These soldiers had no intention of spending the night here, and they did not panic at all when they saw the camp tent burned.

Soon, after the unsuccessful attack, Wei Yan led his army to retreat. Everything is developing in the direction that Zhang Ren envisioned. If Liu Cong's army didn't move at all, Zhang Ren would have sent a sentry a long time ago, and now Wei Yan attacked the camp twice, which shows that Liu Cong has doubts in his heart, and if he is not down-to-earth, he will take attack as defense and warn Zhang Ren not to attack at night. Zhang Ren naturally understands these. So Wei Yan attacked twice, and he didn't even show up. And Zhang Ren's subordinates also seemed calm and calm, and they were able to deal with it easily.