In an instant, Liu Jian made this battle clear and clear.

If the enemy's vanguard tries to break into the camp, the Great Song army will put on a posture that everything is under their control, and if they dare to attack, they will be cut off from the back road, so that they will not dare to easily come to the vicinity of Guazhou to harass and tempt.

After Liu Jian finished speaking, Yang Congyi and the others looked at the map without words.

This is a big deviation from the initiative they imagined before, they were originally going to kill the enemy, but Liu Jian just let them harass behind the enemy line and disrupt the enemy's plan to try to break into the camp, there is a big difference between the two.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, Liu Jian said, "What do you think?" ”

Chen Min raised his hand and said, "Great Shuai, if you don't kill the attacking enemy army head-on, even if you scare them away, it won't be long before they will come." In addition, if the enemy army is ambushed near the village, then they may set fire to the village wherever they go in the future, and when the enemy army retreats, the people will return to the old land, and there will be no place to stay. The last general suggested that the commander choose other plans and inflict heavy losses on the enemy's army! ”

"What do you think about the elite army and the Yangwu army?" Liu Jian was noncommittal to Chen Min's words, and asked the other two instead.

Yang Congyi raised his hand and said: "Marshal, the last general thinks that what Commander Chen said is reasonable, we should rely on the favorable terrain and inflict heavy damage on the enemy when the enemy army is coming, so that they will no longer dare to approach the Guazhou camp easily." You can even advance the battle line in the direction of Yangzhou City, put on a posture to recapture Yangzhou City, and force the enemy army not to dare to go out of the city! ”

Yuan Hua then also raised his hand and said: "The last general agrees with the proposal of Chen Tongzhi and Lord Yang, even if there is no return, we must fight to the death!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Jian became a little excited, and couldn't help nodding and saying, "Okay!" Good! Good! The old man really didn't misunderstand you! ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand again and pointed to the map, and said: "This place is more than 30 miles away from the camp of Guazhou, it is a large forest, and the road from Guazhou to Yangzhou City just passes through this forest, and the enemy army must pass through this place when they come to break into the camp." If you have 6,500 people in your three armies, if you are all ambushed in the forest, the forest is not big enough, and when the leaves fall, you can't hide so many people, if you want to defeat the enemy, you must be divided into three armies, front, middle, and rear, and fight together. The front army lay in ambush on the south side of the woods, and when the enemy front team came out of the woods, they immediately surrounded the front team, blocked the enemy's way, and forced them to return the same way. The Chinese army lay in ambush in the woods, and after the front army launched an attack, they immediately launched a deadly attack on the enemy army, mainly killing and wounding a large number of enemy troops. When the Chinese army engages the enemy and the enemy begins to retreat, block the enemy's retreat, cut the enemy in half with the woods as the boundary, and make sure that the front of the enemy army cannot exit the woods and the rear cannot enter the woods to support. The goal of this battle is to kill all the enemies who enter the woods! Can you have faith? ”

"Yes!"

Yang Congyi, Chen Min, and Yuan Hua spoke in unison.

This is what they want to take the initiative and defend actively!

"Next, do I assign you tasks, or do you decide for yourself?"

Liu Jian was very satisfied with the three people in front of him, because he saw in their eyes the fighting spirit and courage that a young general should have.

Chen Min said: "The enemy army is good at positional combat, please be the front army, and resist the enemy army head-on!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Congyi replied: "The Jingwu Army is good at mountain marching operations, please be the Chinese army!" ”

Yuan Hua continued: "The Yangwu Army is mainly defensive, and it is incumbent on it to serve as the rear army!" ”

"Good! Since each of your three armies has its own strengths, the commander will rely on you. ”

After speaking, Liu Kuang's expression suddenly became correct, and then he ordered: "Suppress the enemy's army, Jingwu army, and Yangwu army listen to the order, the enemy's front will soon attack the Guazhou camp, and hereby form a broken enemy army, with the enemy Chen Min as the front army commander, the Jingwu army Yang Congyi as the commander of the Chinese army, and the Yangwu army Yuan Hua as the rear army commander, set up a formation in the soaphorn forest, and repel the enemy army!" ”

"The last general will take the order!"

Yang Congyi, Chen Min, and Yuan Hua spoke in unison, clasping their fists to receive the order.

"Hurry up and prepare, and be sure to set up your position before noon tomorrow! If you need military support, get it from Liu Yan. Go, Ben Shuai, wait for the news of your triumphant return! ”

"Yes! Thank you, Dashuai! ”

After receiving the order, the three of them quickly left the council chamber.

As soon as they left the chamber, the three of them stopped in unison.

I saw Yuan Hua clasping his fists and saluting: "The last general, Yuan Hua, I have seen Lord Yang!" ”

Yang Congyi hugged his fists and said, "General Yuan doesn't have to be polite. I never thought that I would see the old people here. ”

Yuan Hua said: "I'm ashamed, originally we were stationed in Zhenzhou, but we lost the first battle, the Yangwu army dispersed, and most of them ran back to the south of the Yangtze River, I was unwilling, so I took the rest of the people to Yangzhou to pursue the enemy, waiting for the opportunity to fight with them again, but I didn't want to meet the retreat of the army, so I followed them to Guazhou." Lord Yang, haven't you been in Quanzhou all the time? When did you come to Yangzhou? ”

"This is a long story, but to put it simply, it is a matter of a paper appointment from the Privy Council." Yang Congyi was reluctant to say more.

"Lord Yang, are Su Zhong and Pan Cheng still in the Jingwu Army? Did you come to Yangzhou together? Yuan Hua asked again.

"It turns out that Yang and Yuan are old people, but now we should find a place to discuss how to break the enemy, right?" Chen Min, who was standing on the side, immediately interrupted the two of them to reminisce.

"Chen Tongzhi forgives my sins, I met my former superiors, I was so excited that I almost forgot about the big thing, please bear with me!" Yuan Hua hurriedly apologized to the other party.

Yang Congyi also raised his hand and said: "I haven't seen the deceased for many years, please let me know more!" ”

Chen Min raised his hand and said, "It's okay, it's understandable that people meet each other." ”

After speaking, he continued: "Look, where should we go to discuss the specific strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Yang Congyi immediately replied: "I thought we should first go to the soaphorn forest mentioned by the marshal, investigate on the spot, and then discuss specific strategies to break the enemy, so as not to make temporary changes and destroy the original deployment." ”

Yuan Hua immediately responded: "What Lord Yang said is reasonable, let's go to the soaphorn forest to have a look, and then discuss how to deploy the three armies." ”

Chen Min also felt that the two of them were reasonable and couldn't refute it, so he said, "Okay, then let's go to the soaphorn forest first." ”

After speaking, the three of them left the camp together, turned over their horses, and hurried to the soaphorn forest.

The Saponaria Forest is not particularly large, the road that runs through the forest is less than five miles, but the width of the forest is more than ten miles, the terrain is flat, not a mountainous area with complex terrain, and it is not an easy thing to ambush in the forest.

Fortunately, the forest is dense with trees, but most of the trees have fallen their leaves, only relatively low shrubs and miscellaneous trees, and they are still covered with dense green leaves.

Standing in the middle of the road, looking into the forest, the sight beyond five zhang was all blocked by the forest, and when I entered the forest, I couldn't see anything clearly.

Yang Congyi, Chen Min, and Yuan Hua carefully explored the road that ran through the soaphorn forest from south to north, and then jointly determined the ambush location of the three armies.

After returning to the camp, the three of them discussed the specific details of the operation and the timing of the attack of each army for half an hour, and after everything was decided, they agreed to set off together on the fourth watch and enter the soaphorn forest on the fifth watch, and then they returned to the camp and summoned the soldiers to announce the battle order.

Back in the battalion, Yang Congyi immediately summoned all the commanders and colonels and announced the battle order to them.

As soon as they heard that there was a battle to be fought, the generals immediately asked about the details of the battle, where to fight, how to fight, who to fight with, etc., and all kinds of questions instantly drowned Yang Congyi.

In the face of the high-pitched fighting enthusiasm of Su Zhong, Pan Cheng and others, Yang Congyi explained to them one by one.

When they heard that Yuan Hua was already the commander of the Yangwu Army, Su Zhong and Pan Cheng were obviously a little surprised, and even a little disappointed.

Yang Congyi was keenly aware of the mood fluctuations of the old generals of the Xuanwei Army, and immediately told them that as long as this battle was won, it would not be long before they could be promoted to commander, or even a military commander!

He also told them that the war between Song and Jin could not end overnight, and that they should take a long-term view, as long as they dare to fight, can fight, and fight well, there will be many opportunities for meritorious service and promotion, as long as they follow him all the way forward and do not fall behind, everyone can get ahead!

As soon as he heard that there were many opportunities for meritorious promotion, the morale of Su Zhong, Pan Cheng and other generals was quickly ignited.

In order to smoothly set up a formation in the forest tomorrow, Yang Congyi personally led the commanders or deputy generals to explore the soaphorn forest again before the evening of the same day, and determined the rough ambush areas of the commanders and soldiers one by one.

After returning to the camp, he ordered the whole army to immediately start preparing dry rations for three days to prepare for an ambush in the forest.

At the same time, Yang Congyi and a group of generals and colonels began to discuss the specific details of the operation according to the results of the on-the-spot investigation, deduce every possible situation, and formulate alternative plans one by one.

Soon, the entire army of the Jingwu Army received an order to leave the camp and go forward to fight.

It was night, and the camp of the elite army was brightly lit, and everyone from the commanders, generals and colonels to ordinary soldiers were making final preparations for the upcoming battle.

They polished their swords and guns, inspected bows and crossbows, and received arrows, and each person had five pots.

Almost no one slept that night, and until the fourth watch, most of the people still had their eyes open, not knowing whether it was because of excitement or because they were worried about the next battle.

After waiting for as long as a year, the quietest and darkest hour finally arrived.

Yang Congyi gave an order, and the first commander of the Jingwu Army led by Su Zhong quickly left the camp, carrying dry food, water bottles, bows and crossbows, arrows, swords and guns, and quietly marched towards the north.

Immediately after that, the commanders left the camp in turn at an interval of half a mile.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the whole army of nearly 3,000 men, except for a group of soldiers who remained in the camp, all with supplies and equipment, with two legs, left the camp and went to the established position, the soaphorn forest.

An hour later, the Jingwu army successfully entered the soaphorn forest after the Yangwu army.

Subsequently, in the darkness of the night, the commanders and colonels led their subordinate officers and men into the dim dense forest in the dark, and in the predetermined directions, they each looked for a suitable position and hid their figures.

When the sun rose, the saponaria forest was as quiet as usual.