"Sir, although there are many thieves, they do not belong to each other." Watching the retreat of the Lingling soldiers and horses, Huang Zhong looked at Liu Yi and said: "The commander of the thief army obviously also found out, the last general thinks that he can't give the commander of the thief army a chance to reorganize the army, tonight should send a group of men and horses to raid at night, no need to kill the enemy, just kill the enemy camp and set fire everywhere, it is enough to force it back, and our army can take advantage of the situation to advance!" ”

Although the fire attack is not good, but such a huge and complex battalion, it is too easy to attack at night, and if you kill it and set fire everywhere, you can make the opponent advance and retreat, and at this time take the opportunity to attack, with the opponent's military discipline, there is basically no suspense.

Huang Zhong's idea is very simple, since the other party's coach has seen his own problem, he will definitely find a way to solve it, and what they have to do is not to give the other party time to solve the problem, and to do it immediately.

"Okay, Guan Ping, Liu Feng!" Liu Yi also felt feasible when he heard this, and shouted outside the tent at the moment.

"The last general!" Liu Feng and Guan Ping came in from outside the tent, bowed down and said, "Sir, what do you command?" ”

"You two each lead a thousand soldiers and horses, tonight to lead the army into the enemy camp, remember, only need to set fire, no need to entangle with the enemy, after arson, quickly kill out of the camp, and join the main force of our army!" Liu Yi looked at the two of them and said solemnly.

"Sir, rest assured, the last general will not fail in his mission!" The two agreed, bowed and retreated, and went to count the soldiers and horses on the hour, preparing for the night attack.

Liu Yi looked at Huang Zhong and said with a smile: "The general will sit in the Chinese army with me, and when the enemy camp is on fire, he will wave his troops to attack the camp of the thief army and destroy the thief army." ”

"Dare to disobey!" When Huang Zhong heard this, he hugged his fists.

That night, after Liu Xian collected his troops and returned to the camp, he summoned Xing Daorong and several confidant generals to discuss: "A group of sect marshals are fighting on their own, if this continues, no matter how many troops our army has, it will be difficult to conquer the enemy camp, do you generals have a strategy to teach me?" ”

Xing Daorong gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you kill all those thieves and generals and collect their subordinates?" ”

This is a simple and crude approach, but it is also the most unrealistic approach, Liu Xian is obviously not the kind of strong character, he can suppress the three armies, once he does this, he is worried that the troops will mutiny, and before he can fight with the enemy, he will be in chaos first.

Shaking his head, Liu Xian looked at the rest of the generals.

A general said to Liu Xian: "Why don't Gongzi recruit a group of sect marshals to one place and let the soldiers under his command command, in this way, Gongzi gives orders, and those sect thieves think that their sect marshal gives orders, and they will naturally die." ”

Liu Xian groaned slightly, this method sounds much more reliable than Xing Daorong's method, but will those sect commanders agree?

Just as Liu Xian was thinking about it, he suddenly felt that the sword on the table trembled, Liu Xian frowned slightly, and he didn't take it seriously, but just continued to discuss with the generals.

It's just that after a while, there was a sound of fighting in the distance outside, Liu Xian and the general in the tent finally changed their faces, and they went out of the camp to investigate, but they saw that the east and west were already in flames, and because they were too far away, the sound over there did not come, and now when they found out, the camp over there was already a mess.

"Quick, gather troops and horses, enemy attack!" Liu Xian scolded secretly, he should have thought that the other party might take advantage of his flaws and take the opportunity to attack.

As he spoke, the chaotic voice had quickly rolled to this side, and by the light of the fire, he could see a group of men and horses clashing back and forth in the crowd, and he did not fight with the soldiers in the battalion, but threw torches at the tents around him every time he arrived, and those tents were all anointed with oil, and they would burn when they caught fire.

Liu Xian was shocked and shouted: "Don't panic, the number of thieves is not large, and they are arrayed to resist the enemy!" ”

It's just that in such chaos, who would listen to Liu Xian's command, plus Guan Ping and Liu Feng's two teams of men and horses were arson at the same time, they kept charging the Lingling soldiers who gathered together, and they couldn't gather at all for a while.

"Childe, withdraw!" Seeing that the two teams of centaurs are killing this side, in the dark night, the chaotic barracks can't see how many people and horses are coming from the other side, and at the same time, the main gate of the camp is also breached, and a large number of Liu Yi's troops poured in, this group of centaurs is not here to set fires, cut people when they see them, and the clever soldiers kneel directly to ask for surrender, and they can still leave a life, and the stupid ones, or the soldiers who intend to resist, are directly killed by the people and horses who come in, leaving no mercy at all, in this case, even if you know that the other party is not as many as your own, it is useless, Those soldiers who scattered and fled didn't know so much.

Liu Xian was unwilling, and the 20,000 army was chased and beaten by 7,000 men and horses, what is the reason? Angry, he wanted to gather troops and horses to fight the enemy, but was forcibly driven by several generals to kill outside the camp.

"Let go of me, I'm not defeated yet, why run away!?" Liu Xian roared unwillingly.

"Childe, if you don't escape, you will become a prisoner!" The two generals who drove him felt quite laborious, and couldn't help but complain, it's all at this time, what can they do?

Liu Xian stopped talking, compared to defeat, being captured was more unacceptable to him, and he no longer struggled, someone brought a horse, rode straight with the rout, and ran until Zhaoling, before stopping, and ordered people to use Zhaoling as a stronghold to gather the defeated soldiers around, and prepare to block Liu Yi in Zhaoling.

Liu Yi naturally did not charge, last night's main force was brought by Huang Zhong, in one night, not only captured the opponent's camp, captured countless grains and grass, but also captured more than 3,000 routs, killed a lot, more than 1,000 casualties, and most of them were wounded, not many were really killed, it can be regarded as a big victory.

Liu Yi ordered those leaders of the thieves to be executed secretly, and counted as killed, as for the defeated soldiers of those prisoners, they were disorganized and reorganized, and they were incorporated into their own army, and the soldiers and horses in their hands suddenly reached nearly 10,000 people.

"Sir, after this defeat, the Lingling soldiers and horses are no longer afraid, it's time to defend and attack." Huang Zhong, Guan Ping, and Liu Feng came in and smiled at Liu Yi.

"Take a day off, send someone to find out the whereabouts of Liu Xian's subordinates, and tomorrow the troops will be drawn out of the camp, Guan Ping, this time you are the vanguard, give you a hundred craftsmen, and look for the underground village." Liu Yi got up and said to Guan Ping.

"Whoa!" Guan Ping received the order and went to count the people, as for the craftsman, Liu Yi directly paid the employment funds for three days, and in three days, the vanguard troops should have been able to find a suitable place to go to the village.

Liu Yi really rested for a day, but Huang Zhong was busy, and in the evening of the next day, the sentry sent news that Liu Xian had regathered his troops and horses in Zhaoling, preparing to continue to block Liu Yi with the help of Zhaoling's terrain, and at the same time, Liu Du in the rear also sent a team of men and horses to support, Huang Zhong heard the news, and immediately came to report Liu Yi.

"The people of Guanping should be able to arrive in Zhaoling tomorrow!" Huang Zhong said with a smile: "With the morale of the enemy, when we will not fight with General Guan, but refuse to defend the city, our army can calmly send troops." ”

Just experienced a fiasco, where did Liu Xian dare to go out of the city to fight at this time? So at the moment, Liu Yijun doesn't need to be in a hurry.

"You mean, Liu Du sent another team of men and horses to support?" Liu Yi stood up and looked at Huang Zhongdao.

"Yes, now Liu Xian has built two new camps in Zhaoling relying on the mountainous situation, and Zhaoling is a horn to each other." Huang Zhong nodded.

"Order the three armies, send troops overnight, and we must arrive at Zhaoling tomorrow!" Liu Yi said with some excitement.

"Why is you in such a hurry, sir?" Huang Zhong was a little stunned, not understanding why Liu Yi was so impatient.

"Wei Yan's soldiers and horses, now I am afraid that they have arrived in the territory of Lingling, our army is entangled with that Liu Xian at the moment, the rear of Lingling is empty, and Wei Yan's side must have a better chance of winning." Liu Yi said with a smile: "There is no need to fight him this time, just make him dare not act rashly, and wait for Wei Yan's news." ”

"Sir, ......" Huang Zhong looked at Liu Yi in amazement when he heard this, but he didn't expect Liu Yi to finally choose this risky move, and he didn't know how to say it for a while, he was obviously a very cautious person, and he couldn't figure out why he would agree to Wei Yan's radical approach.

"The general doesn't need to say much, I have arrangements in Changsha, and nothing will happen." Liu Yi shook his head and said with a smile, so far, I can only say this, I hope that Zhao Fan is interested, and I also hope that Mi Zhu can gather some militia, at least to hold Linxiang, Lingling direction, victory or defeat is only in these few days.

"Whoa!" Huang Zhong smiled bitterly and nodded, the matter has come to this, the wood is finished, what else can he say? At the moment, he said goodbye to Liu Yi, and went to order the three armies to pull out the camp overnight and rush to Zhaoling, Liu Yi asked people to pull their own carriages, let Huang Zhong come in to rest, Liu Feng and Liu Sandao were responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses, and hurried away, and finally arrived outside Zhaoling before dusk the next day, Guan Ping had already started to go down the village outside Zhaoling, I didn't expect Liu Yi to come so quickly, I couldn't prepare, and hurriedly came to ask for guilt.

"Tan Zhi doesn't have to blame himself, I ordered the army to rush overnight, let the soldiers work hard all night tonight, and send more people to the village tomorrow." Liu Yi stretched out his hand to help Guan Ping and said with relief.

Guan Ping thanked Liu Yi, and then said: "Then Liu Xian is quite cautious this time, the two camps and Zhaoling are each other's horns, and it is not easy for our army to attack them." ”

Liu Yi looked left and right, this Zhaoling City is built on the mountain, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now the two camps are connected to the city, not to mention that Liu Yi does not have enough manpower at hand now, even if there are 100,000 troops, it is difficult to besiege Zhaoling, but he is not ready to attack.

"Send men to set up sentry posts on the top of the hills on both sides, to monitor the enemy's movements, and if the enemy does not move, then ignore it, and if the enemy withdraws, immediately send a message to me." Liu Yi nodded, the key to this battle is not how the opponent's city defense is, but in the rear, so Liu Yi doesn't care too much about the defense of Zhaoling.

"Withdrawal?" Guan Ping looked at Liu Yi blankly, with a good geographical advantage, how could the other party withdraw the army?

Liu Yi didn't want to explain too much at the moment, just smiled and said: "Tan Zhi will do as I say, as for the rest, I will explain to you after our army breaks the enemy." ”

Guan Ping silently bowed and said, "Oh! ”