At night, Pan Zihuang in the big tent was looking at the picture with a lamp, although he felt that everything was arranged, but he was still a little worried, it was a good thing to be experienced and experienced, but it would also lead to his overconfidence.

And then if you are not careful, you will be taken advantage of, and once this kind of thing happens on the battlefield, you will have to pay the price of your life.

Pan Zihuang is a general of the Qi State, but his reputation is not as big as those commanding generals, and he has experienced many large and small wars for decades, and there is nothing brilliant about it, but he can see it very clearly, after all, Sun Tzu's art of war is cloudy: those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements.

Others are governors of Youzhou, and they like to send troops from time to time to crusade against the Khitan, the Yan and even the Turkic tribes, and use the other party's head as their own promotion, which makes the Youzhou border restless, and in the end has to be exhausted in order to prevent the other party's harassment.

However, he adopted a strategy of appeasement, and for several years he had exchanges with the leaders of the Khitan and the Ya tribes, ensuring that the border of Youzhou was safe, and there was no good news of "beheading several levels", but there was no constant smoke in various places.

Therefore, this time leading the troops south, he did not force any miracles, but to fight steadily, even if it was just to force the enemy army back, it was much better than rushing forward to lead to the annihilation of the whole army, and the thing to do now is to guard against the enemy's sneak attack.

If the opponent really wants to sneak attack, he has to determine the possible direction of the attack and the way of attack.

Shaoling, located in the middle of Yecheng in the west and Ruyang in the east, is about the same distance from the east and west cities, and the three cities form a horizontal line running east-west, connected by rivers flowing from west to east.

And Pan Zihuang led his troops to garrison Shaoling, and he could calmly respond to the east and west directions, so as long as he didn't have an accident, he could ensure that the Yecheng-Shaoling-Ruyang defense line was impregnable.

His plan is to be stationed in Shaoling for a period of time, and then go south when the Bozhou army and Yangzhou army move, and then attack the hanging gourd on three sides, which is nine out of ten, so as Liu Ziang said, we must beware of the enemy dog jumping over the wall in a hurry and making a desperate sneak attack.

With the help of the oil lamp, Pan Zihuang looked at the sketch on the case, this is the layout of his own camp, he has seen it many times, all kinds of defense facilities are in place, Pan Zihuang does not think that the enemy can succeed in sneak attack, otherwise the decades of military career will be in vain.

Twelve years ago, on the eve of the fall of the Qi State, he was the servant of the Youzhou Road of the Qi State, and the history of the Youzhou Assassination.

However, as soon as he arrived halfway, he learned that Yecheng had been lost, and seeing that the general trend had gone, Pan Zihuang led his troops to surrender.

The state of Zhou unified the north, and seeing that the state of Chen was almost over, Pan Zihuang thought that he would live a peaceful life from now on, but he did not expect to fight for several years, and he originally thought that the Yu Chi clan could destroy the Yuwen clan without much effort, but as a result...

That is, it is more troublesome, Yuwen's will be finished sooner or later, this is the opinion of most people, and Pan Zihuang is no exception,

The lights flickered, Pan Zihuang's eyes moved to the map next to the sketch, a conspicuous mark on the map, representing the Yuzhou Prefecture Hanging Gourd, seeing this familiar name, he thought of his father who had died for many years.

His father Pan Le fought for many years from the Six Towns Rebellion, Qi received Wei Chan, Jin was crowned the king of the county, and finally went out of the town to hang the gourd, and died in office, so after many years, he went to the hanging gourd again, Pan Zihuang was quite emotional.

That year, he went south with his father to Hanging Gourd, passing through Lekou outside Shaoling, which is now where the army was stationed, and heard about a fierce battle that took place here.

At that time, Wei divided the east and west, and the Western Thieves (Western Wei) invaded and occupied Yuzhou, capturing more than 1,000 officials, generals and their families of Qi State, and then the other party sent troops to escort these people to Chang'an.

Pan Zihuang still remembers the situation of this battle, dozens of horsemen can break through more than 1,000 soldiers and rescue hostages, which really makes people's blood boil, and now he is camping in Lekou, but he must be cautious and cautious, beware of another sneak attack by the enemy army.

If the other party wants to sneak attack, how will it be carried out?

On the east side of the camp is Shaoling City, Pan Zihuang pondered that if the enemy army had an internal response in the city, he could first set fire to the city and cause chaos in the city, and then lead his soldiers and horses out of the camp to rescue, and then fish in troubled waters.

However, this strategy is afraid that it will not work, because Pan Zihuang sent troops and horses to be stationed in the city to assist in the defense, once someone has something to do, they can be immediately suppressed, and there is no need for reinforcements, of course, it would be better if the main force was stationed directly in the city.

At first, Pan Zihuang wanted to let soldiers and horses enter the city and station, but the Shaoling city was small and the dwellings were disorganized, so it could not accommodate 20,000 people stationed at all, even if it took a lot of time to clear some open space, it was better to camp outside the city, and it was convenient to get water near the river.

Thinking of "being close to the river", Pan Zihuang began to ponder again, there are pros and cons to camping by the river, and the convenience of getting water is the most important, but it is easy to be flooded in the rainy season, and if the enemy army builds a dam upstream to store water, he can come to a water attack.

And where is the upstream of Lekou (Shaoling)?

More than 100 miles to the west from Shaoling is Yecheng, there is Kunshui flowing east into Rushui in the north of Yecheng City, there is Lishui in the south of Kunshui, which also flows to the east, and Rushui meets at the mouth of Shaoling Lekou.

Rushui continues to flow to the south after passing Lekou, more than 100 miles downstream is the hanging gourd, Lishui continues to flow to the east after passing Lekou, called Lishui or hidden water, and its downstream more than 100 miles and Yingshui intersection is Ruyang County to govern Ruyang.

Lekou is the confluence of Rushui and Lishui, in addition to the convergence of many side branch rivers, it is a dense area of water network, so it has the nickname of "Huanqu", and it is easy to send big water in the rainy season.

If the enemy wants to build a dam and attack the water, it has to march to the upper reaches of Shaoling, and the two upstream directions, Yecheng on the west side and Xiangcheng on the northwest side, are all controlled by the imperial court, and they are only more than 100 miles away from Shaoling, and it is impossible for the enemy to build dams in the upper reaches of Rushui and Lishui.

Recently, there has been no continuous rainstorm in various places, the water level at Lekou is normal, and Pan Zihuang's department will not be stationed here for too long, so I don't think there is anything to worry about.

Pan Zihuang looked at the sketch of his camp and felt that the east and south sides were heavily guarded, and it was impossible for the other party to approach easily. Then there is only a sneak attack in the water.

Either a few miles downstream of the Rushui River, let the soldiers with sharp knives go upstream, and land from the west of the camp; Either send people to bypass Shaoling and swim south from the north of Lekou to land and touch the camp.

This possibility is not impossible, but Pan Zihuang has already made arrangements, so that the soldiers are full of bamboo sticks on the beach outside the river camp fence, and the width of the bamboo stick array is more than 20 steps.

After thinking about it, Pan Zihuang felt that his arrangement was foolproof, and the enemy army would not be able to succeed in a sneak attack no matter what method he used, so there was no need to be so suspicious.

Before he knew it, it was late at night, Pan Zihuang turned out of the tent, and saw that except for a few corners of the camp under the night, there were sporadic fires, and the rest of the place was in darkness, and the dense camp tents stood like small hills.

The sound of snoring comes and goes, and the night wind blows, bringing various smells such as sweat and foot odor, Pan Zihuang is very familiar with this mixed smell, because this is the taste of the barracks, and the soldiers who have brought them for so many years will never forget it.

Transferred to the tent, Pan Zihuang slept in his clothes, remembering scenes of the past.

His father was a Xungui of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he married the princess of the Gao family, and then surrendered to the Yuwen clan on the eve of the fall of the Qi state, and then put himself under the command of the Wei Chi clan.

The world has been divided for hundreds of years, and many imperial courts have changed in both the north and the south, and if they fight for two more years, the world may really be peaceful at that time, and it doesn't matter who sits on that throne.

The lights flickered, and after a moment the snoring began, and after a while, the oil ran out, and the tent fell into darkness.