The question of direction is fundamental.

As long as the direction is right, all difficulties will become easier.

After listening to Zhang Wei's analysis, Zhang Zhifang suddenly became enlightened, "Zhang Gongzi is right, this time we will also use our power again on the basis of destroying the enemy's lair last time, burn down their lair, kill their people, and force the enemy to withdraw from Youzhou." Where is the scout, according to what Zhang Gongzi said, immediately send people to the northwest to continue to search. ”

A lesson from the past, a teacher for the future; Once it works, it works every time.

Due to the success of the last sneak attack, Zhang Zhifang was very addicted to the sneak attack.

If you can succeed in another sneak attack this time, you don't have to worry about it, the enemy will definitely run back crying and screaming.

"General, although we are looking to the northwest and the north, the focus is to the north." Zhang Wei suggested.

"Why?"

"For to the north of this place is mountainous, and it is good for hiding; The westward direction is relatively gentle, which is not conducive to hiding. Does the general think it's okay? ”

Zhang Zhifang looked at the surrounding terrain, as Zhang Wei said, so he said to Zhang Jianhui: "General Zhang, you lead the troops to the west to search, and the general will personally lead people to the north to search, the distance between the two armies should not exceed ten miles, communicate with each other in time, and once you find the enemy's nest, inform immediately." ”

"The last will understand." Zhang Jian will say goodbye and lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to the west. At the same time, Zhang Zhifang led the Liaodong Army and his own soldiers and horses to the north to find it.

As Zhang Wei said, the direction was correct, and things were going quite smoothly, and the scouts who had walked out of less than a hundred miles and were looking for the enemy to the north soon had news.

When night began to fall, the scouts from the north returned, "Report to the ——, general, that the area of Bangmao Mountain, which is less than a hundred miles away, has found traces of the enemy. ”

Found, finally found the traces of the enemy.

Zhang Zhifang looked at Zhang Wei happily after hearing this, "Brother, you are amazing!" The enemy's tail has finally been caught by us. ”

The nest is also called the nest, under normal circumstances, it is the place where the other party's grain and grass, family members, children, relatives and friends and other close people stay, and it is also the foundation of no mountain Xi people.

"How many soldiers and horses does the other side have?" Zhang Zhifang asked.

"There are not many soldiers and horses, most of them are old people, children, women, cattle, sheep, tents, etc., and they stretch for miles along the river valley." The scout replied.

The tent procession that was miles long was definitely not where the ordinary tribes were, and the crowd was mostly women, children, old people, cattle and sheep, and so on.

Absolute old nest, real old nest!

"Brother, you are really amazing, this time we found each other's nest again, as long as we take the enemy's nest, we are not afraid that they will not retreat." Zhang Zhifang said happily to Zhang Wei.

You slaughtered our Danzhou City, we took your nest, and we won the back and forth.

Zhang Zhifang is very good at settling accounts, Danzhou is just a city under it for the entire Youzhou, and it is nothing to the entire Tang Dynasty; But the nest is different for Shanxi, that is their base, where the foundation is, where the foundation is.

As long as they copy their old nest, why worry that the enemy will not be destroyed.

The night in the mountains is earlier than the coming up of the plains, and as the sun sets, the mountains cover the remnants of the sun in the west, and the surroundings are darkened.

The moon is dark and kills the night, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire.

In every sense of the word, tonight is a good time to kill and set fires, and if you miss it, you will never come back.

Under the cover of night, tens of thousands of ** led by Zhang Zhifang quietly came to the area of Bangmao Mountain, the main peak of Qilaotu Mountain.

Along a small river, a large group of filthy mountain taunts lived a difficult life in the twilight, the old people sat in front of the tent to mend clothes, groomed the cattle and sheep, the younger women were milking the sheep, and the children were the happiest at all times, chasing each other outside their tents, playing, laughing, carefree, unrestrained.

Zhang Wei could see that the people here were obviously much larger than the last time they attacked Yuan Qi Zhebu, at least several times more. A rough estimate should be more than 10,000 people.

It seems that there should be not just one tribe here, but several tribes staying here.

Looking at these people hiding in the mountains, Zhang Wei felt a little desolate in his heart, in fact, they are also a group of poor people! Not to mention the dirty things all over his body, more importantly, from these people, he saw the most real side of the lives of the lower class people. No matter how arrogant and ambitious their men are outside, for the elderly, children and women, what they pursue is nothing more than a warm home and a peaceful life.

Even if life is a little harder, the conditions are a little worse, the food is less, and the clothes are a little worn, it doesn't matter, as long as you can live a peaceful life with your husband and children.

Immediately this peaceful life will cease to exist.

Because when the husbands of these women were disrespectful to Datang, Datang also raised bricks to them. And the raised brick was about to smash into their heads.

Speaking of which, no matter what era it is, women are very pitiful, and things are caused by men, but when punishment comes, women and children have to bear it. If you know this, you should have persuaded your husband not to cause trouble outside, once you get into trouble, the man runs away, but the woman and the child have no way to escape.

Now Zhang Zhifang has led the troops to their side, and on behalf of Datang, he has moved bricks to them, "Attention to the people under the mountain, I am Zhang Zhifang, the deputy envoy of the Datang Youzhou Festival, on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, I will move bricks on you, and those who know each other will stick their heads over for me to smash, and those who don't know each other will also be smashed until they are all stoned to death." ”

Of course, Zhang Zhifang didn't say that, but the meaning is similar to this, anyway, so many people under the mountain are going to die, and the death will be very miserable.

At this time, Zhang Zhifang was already thinking about how to deal with them.

Zhang Zhifang knew that the people living here were not hundreds, nor thousands, but tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of people live together, even if they kill with knives, shoot with arrows, smash with bricks, and chop with axes, it is very laborious and time-consuming.

In order to simplify the time and procedure of killing, Zhang Zhifang gave full play to the principle of using more brains and less hands, and being able to work as simple as possible.

It's good to burn! The method is simple and saves raw materials, neither afraid of dulling one's own knife, nor afraid of missing one's own arrows, and does not have to work hard to pick up stones and bricks.

Take advantage of the darkness to send a few soldiers with quick hands and feet down the mountain, put a few fires on the enemy's tent, and then lead the troops to guard the mountain pass, so as not to let the people inside run out.

The rest is a matter of fire, and if it burns so brightly, the whole valley will be clean and lifeless in one night.

If the fire is not prosperous, it is nothing more than sending a few more people down to add a few more firewoods.

There was no such thing as forest fire prevention during the Founder Datang period, and even if it caused a forest fire, no one would trouble you.

Hahaha, hahaha, I'm so smart, Zhou Yu burned Cao Ying back then, and today I, Zhang Zhifang, want to set fire to the enemy's camp, and create different achievements in different eras.

Zhang Zhifang even thought of the future, after this fire tonight, I am a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and my credit can almost be compared with Li Jing of the Taizong Dynasty and Guo Linggong (Guo Ziyi) of Zhongxing.

Compared with the second elder, my Zhang Zhifang's method is simple, the effect is obvious, and it also saves Datang's troops and financial resources, which is not easy to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Oh, the famous Tang Dynasty general Zhang Zhifang, hum ——, how majestic and powerful.

In the future, as long as I mention the name of Zhang Zhifang, it will be a symbol of merit and achievement, representing the honor and dignity of Datang.

The battle has not yet been fought, Zhang Zhifang has already begun to dream, dreaming is dreaming, but there is one thing Zhang Zhifang still remembers very clearly, that is, this fire must be sounded, it must be more vigorous than when he burned Yuan Qi Zhebu, and after this battle, the world became famous.

"Zhang Jianhui, you lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to outflank the past from the left. Remember, you must not set fire in advance without my orders. Zhang Zhifang explained to Zhang Jianhui.

"The last will understand." Zhang Jianhui replied.

"Shi Xiong, you led the Liaodong soldiers and horses to outflank the past from the right, and before you officially set fire to the enemy, you must not let people discover our traces."

The reason why the Liaodong soldiers and horses were handed over to Shi Xiong to lead was because Shi Xiong was Zhang Zhifang's brother! Handing over the Liaodong soldiers to their trusted leaders is the most basic way to be a general.

"The last general understands that the general means to kill all the people he meets on the road, right?" In the end, it is his own person, Shi Xiong said it to Zhang Zhifang's heart in one sentence.

Good brother, you have a strong comprehension ability!

"Exactly. In addition, after our army sets fire, we must send people to guard all exits, and we must not let the mountain thieves escape from your defense area. Zhang Zhifang continued to explain.

"The last will understand."

"Go ahead." Although Shi Xiong was stationed in Dalinghe, Liaodong, because he was about the same age as Zhang Zhifang and had been growing up in Youzhou, his relationship with Zhang Zhifang was quite iron.

For many years, the envoy of the Tang Youzhou Festival has been served by Zhang Zhongwu, and after a long time, it is inevitable that personal forces will be formed, and Zhang Zhongwu is a delicate person in all directions, whether it is with the above or below, he is a very good person. So, with Zhang Zhongwu's efforts, his own son Zhang Zhifang, who had been in the army, was promoted all the way, and finally achieved the position of deputy envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, and his status in Youzhou was second only to his father Zhang Zhongwu.

Youzhou is the Youzhou of the Tang Dynasty, not your Zhang Zhongwu's Youzhou; Youzhou is the Youzhou of Youzhou people, not the Youzhou of your Zhang Zhifang family.

Just when Zhang Zhongwu was about to turn the Tang Youzhou into his family's Youzhou; Zhang Yunshen, a native of Youzhou, was not happy, and took his children to work in many ways, operate in many ways, work hard in many ways, and make meritorious contributions to many wars, coupled with the principle of checks and balances of the Tang Dynasty, so outside of Zhang Zhongwu's family, Zhang Yunshen's family began to emerge.

Zhang Yunshen has a lot of children!

In addition to Zhang Yunshen himself, his sons Zhang Jianhui, Zhang Jianzhen, and Zhang Jianshou were all in important positions in Youzhou in the end, and all of them were important military cadres.

In addition to developing his own children, Zhang Yunshen gave full play to the advantages of a large number of family members, and actively encouraged family members to participate in politics.

After decades of hard work, Datang Youzhou finally formed a situation where the two old Zhang families paid equal attention, although Zhang Zhongwu's family temporarily held a high position, but the number of people was small, and the descendants were not prosperous; Although Zhang Yunshen's family is inferior to Zhang Zhongwu's family in status, they have a large number of people and a large base.