Seven Old Tu Mountain.

Just when Shan Xi was slaughtering the city in Danzhou, the army led by Zhang Zhifang was still wandering around the mountains.

One day passed without results, two days passed without results, and today is the third day.

"Report to General --,, there is no trace of the enemy within ten miles ahead." The scouts had returned, and there was no sign of the enemy within ten miles.

"Then send scouts to explore from all directions, southeast, north, and west, and expand the search area to within fifty miles, and in any case, we must find traces of the enemy." After wandering around for a few days and still not finding any trace of the enemy, Zhang Zhifang was already anxious.

It's been a few days since I came out, and I haven't even found the shadow of the enemy, so what kind of battle are you fighting!

Now we have to expand the scope of the search, and maybe there will be gains.

At noon, the scout who was looking for him from the south came with a ** soldier covered in blood.

"General, there is no trace of the enemy within fifty miles, but we have found our men in the Qilaotu Pass."

Our people?

Why does that sound so strange?

You were going to go out and look for the enemy, but you found your own people instead of the enemy.

What's going on? What about your own people playing hide and seek with your own people?

Under the gaze of Zhang Zhifang and others, the ** soldiers from the south stumbled to Zhang Zhifang, and knelt down in front of him with a "poof", "Lord Deputy Envoy, it's a big deal, it's a big deal." ”

Big things are wrong?

What could be wrong? Isn't it just that the enemy was not found? What's the big deal?

Zhang Zhifang said to the ** soldier: "Don't be in a hurry, take your time." ”

"Two days ago, my Danzhou City was conquered by the soldiers and horses of the Shanxi brigade, and the enemy was slaughtering the city when the small one escaped."

Yes?

Hearing such news, all the ** soldiers were stunned.

Massacre of the city?

Zhang Zhifang knew that the mountain thieves were basically some uncivilized savages, and once the city was conquered by them, it was inevitable to slaughter the city.

What Zhang Zhifang didn't expect was that these mountain thieves were not only savage, but also more intelligent than before.

Hooligans are not scary, they are afraid that hooligans are educated.

Once this mountain thief uses culture to deal with Datang, he will be stunned by the dignified Datang all of a sudden.

Hearing the news of the slaughter of the city by the mountain thieves, Zhang Zhifang's hair stood up. God-damned mountain thieves, don't you stay in the mountains well, what are you going to do in Danzhou? Is it any wonder that there has been no enemy to be found these days? It turned out that they had gone to siege the city, and they had already conquered it.

Zhang Zhifang thought about it for a long time, but he didn't expect that the enemy would come to this move, and it was also a yin move, a poisonous move, a black move that led to his own death.

"General, send troops to the rescue quickly, now that the enemy has conquered Danzhou, the next step is to attack Youzhou."

That's right! Hearing the report of the Danzhou soldiers, Zhang Zhifang was really anxious in his heart! He knows very well what the current situation in Youzhou is, and he knows how many soldiers and horses there are in Youzhou at the moment, and whether he can keep the city under the attack of the enemy.

"All the soldiers, immediately straighten out the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and rush back to Youzhou with the generals." Zhang Zhifang did not dare to hesitate and immediately ordered his soldiers.

The enemy has conquered Danzhou and is marching towards Youzhou. You, Zhang Zhifang, as the deputy envoy of Youzhou, continue to lead the troops around the mountains, can this be said to be in the past?

Judging from the current situation, returning to rescue Youzhou seems to be Zhang Zhifang's only choice.

"The last general has an order--" Zhang Jianhui and other generals replied, and then turned his horse's head and prepared to rush back to the headquarters.

"General --, Slow, don't rush to the aid of Youzhou." Just as Zhang Zhifang was about to lead the army to Youzhou, a voice stopped him.

Well?

The situation is so critical, and there are still people who dare to raise objections, who is so ignorant of current affairs and dares to go against the tens of thousands of troops, what is his intention?

Zhang Zhifang turned his head to look, and it turned out that Zhang Wei had stopped him.

"What do you mean, why do you want to stop Ben from rushing to the aid of Youzhou?" Zhang Zhifang looked at Zhang Wei very dissatisfiedly and said.

If you don't rush to the aid of Youzhou, will you continue to wander around in the mountains? Do you want to help the mountain people reclaim the terraces or do you want to take care of the homes of the wild people in the mountains?

Zhang Zhifang was surprised, several days passed, and he didn't even find a shanxiren's hair. Now that I have clearly known the whereabouts of the enemy, but you don't let me lead troops to help, are you waiting for the mountain thieves to conquer my Datang Youzhou?

"Don't rush to help Youzhou, what do you mean, what do you want to do?" Zhang Zhifang's words already had a taste of anger, "You know no, the enemy has conquered Danzhou, Youzhou is in danger, if the rescue is slow, my Youzhou City is in danger." You say that our army does not go to the rescue of Youzhou, what is the point of continuing to stay in this mountain? ”

Although Zhang Zhifang was impatient, Zhang Wei was not in a hurry at all, and said slowly: "General, the enemy has conquered Danzhou, if nothing else, their army should rush to the city of Youzhou at this time, and our army is still in the mountains, even if you want to rescue Youzhou, you can't get connected." ”

Zhang Zhifang knew that Zhang Wei was telling the truth, if the Shanxi army wanted to attack Youzhou, it had already hit the city of Youzhou at this time. In the Tang Dynasty, where there were no modern means of transportation, Zhang Zhifang's army had no way to stop Shanxi's army from attacking Youzhou anyway.

"And what do we think we should do?" Zhang Zhifang didn't just ask.

"Continue to search for the nest of the Shanxi people, destroy their nest, and force the enemy to retreat." Zhang Wei said.

Destroy the mountain Xi's lair and force the enemy to retreat.

It's definitely a good way to be one of the best. The enemy can surprise Danzhou in the Tang Dynasty, why can't he also do the opposite and attack the enemy's lair? If it can be like this, it can not only blow the arrogance of the enemy, but also force the enemy to withdraw his troops from Youzhou.

It's better than chasing the enemy behind the buttocks, and besides, chasing the enemy is actually led by the enemy's nose, and destroying the enemy's nest is definitely an active act, and it can have the effect of dialing thousands of pounds.

After all, Zhang Zhifang is a soldier who fights in the war, and he can still hear what is a good idea and what is a good method.

"You're right, it would be nice if you could do that, but we've been searching in the mountains for days, and there's no news at all. Every day that passes, Youzhou is in danger for a day, and we can't afford to delay! Zhang Zhifang said to Zhang Wei.

"The general's worries are normal, but I also have a kind of worry, worrying that the enemy's attack on Danzhou this time, and then threatening Youzhou, is actually a temptation." Zhang Wei said.

Tempt?

Zhang Wei actually used a word called temptation.

"Temptation, what do you mean by that? What exactly is the enemy trying to tempt? Zhang Zhifang couldn't help asking.

"General, just imagine, Shanxi is a nomadic people in the north, they mostly fight cavalry, field warfare is their strength, siege warfare is their weakness, in such a difficult situation, the enemy does not choose his own strengths, but chooses weaknesses to attack our cities, the purpose is certainly not simple."

After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Zhang Zhifang and the others immediately realized that this was indeed not a simple question, it seemed that they were indeed a little anxious just now, and almost fell for the enemy's conspiracy, "You are right, we really can't despise the enemy, according to your opinion, what is the enemy's hidden purpose?" ”

"Lure our army out of the mountain, ambush halfway, and defeat our army in one fell swoop." Zhang Wei said, "After the last time our army defeated the powerful Yuan Qi Zhebu in the upper reaches of the Daling River, the Shanxi nobles realized that they had little chance of winning in a head-to-head confrontation with our army. In order to achieve the goal of defeating our army in one fell swoop, they jumped over the wall in a hurry and came up with such a move, deliberately capturing Danzhou and threatening Youzhou to lure our army out of the mountain. ”

The sound of east strikes west, and half of the ambush is carried out.

Understood, completely understood.

Zhang Zhifang thought for a while and said, "You are right, judging from the battle of Dalinghe, the enemy army in Shanxi is not as strong as imagined, and our army will be defeated with one blow." This battle made the enemy realize that our army was in full swing and could not confront our army head-on, so he came up with such a method to lure our army. They expected that for the safety of Youzhou, our army would definitely go out of the mountains to rescue Youzhou, and then they would ambush our army halfway. ”

"What the general said is that in such a situation, we must not rush to make a decision, let alone fall into the hands of the enemy. They wanted us to go out of the mountains to rescue Youzhou, but we didn't fall for them, and doing the opposite was the best way to retreat from the enemy. ”

"The general thought that what you said was correct, but our army has been in the mountains for several days, and there is no information about the enemy at all, and after a long time, the enemy will definitely conquer Youzhou." Although you can realize the seriousness of the problem, if you can't find the enemy's lair for a long time, it's no wonder if you don't worry.

"What the general said is very correct, it is normal to worry about the safety of Youzhou, in fact, I am also very worried, but the city of Youzhou is tall and the city walls are thick, I firmly believe that the Lord of the Jiedu will definitely block the attack of the mountain thieves. General, the harder it is, the closer it is to success. As long as we find the right direction, we will be able to find the enemy's lair. Zhang Wei said.

Everyone understands the truth and can say it, but how to solve the current dilemma?

"Find the right direction, where is the direction? For several days, we have been trying to find a hiding place where we have never found the enemy. Zhang Zhifang not only said.

I didn't find the right direction before, not because everyone wouldn't look for it, but because the mountains and ravines were deep and the road was not easy to walk; In addition, in the four aspects of the southeast, northwest, ** I don't even know the basic direction of the enemy's hiding, where to look?

All efforts will not be in vain, and all hardships will be rewarded.

After a few days of searching, Zhang Wei slowly sorted out his thoughts, "General Zhang, let's imagine it, maybe we can judge the eyebrows." ”

"You say." Zhang Zhifang said.

Zhang Wei began to state his thoughts, "At the moment, our army is coming from the east, and there is no trace of the Shanxi people along the way, so there will be no enemy in the east; Moreover, the fact that our Danzhou defenders were able to flee all the way from the south means that the enemy's lair will definitely not be in the south. In this case, I suspect that the enemy's lair must be in the north or west. As long as we continue to look west or north, we will definitely be able to find the nest of the Shanxi people. ”

Fighting a war requires not only bravery, but also wisdom; Finding the enemy requires not only spirit and perseverance, but also direction and brains.