"Hang up the war-free card?" Zhao Junsheng was stunned when he heard this.

He used to watch the romance and knew that there was a saying that the two armies were free from war, but this kind of thing would never happen on the real battlefield, and a large-scale war was a life-and-death event that decided the fate of a country, and it would cost countless grains, grass, ordnance, and materials, and how many soldiers would be killed or wounded? You said if you don't fight, you won't fight? Why should I listen to you?

Zhao Junsheng asked Cui Hao: "Cui Gong, you are a person who has a university question, Tan Daoji hangs a war-free card outside the camp gate, what kind of charter is this?" Since Ben Wang joined the army, he has never heard of any high-hanging exemption cards. When the two armies face each other, is it possible that if one side hangs up the card of exemption from battle, the other side can only withdraw and stop fighting? ”

Cui Hao smiled and said: "King, of course there is no such thing as a war-free card, but there is a war-free card." For example, now, Liu Song's army is cowering in the camp and does not come out, and our army's heavy siege equipment will not be transported until tomorrow, if they forcibly attack their heavily defended camp, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, Tan Daoji saw this, so in making such a thing of hanging up the war-free card, our army is helpless, the king can't ignore the life and death of the soldiers and forcibly attack the village, right? ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned, "Tan Daoji is doing this just to delay time, wanting his soldiers to recuperate, and after dark today, our army can still attack at night, tomorrow his people are still exhausted, and our army's siege equipment has also arrived, can he still retreat inside the camp and come out?" ”

Cui Hao said: "If the minister's expectations are not bad, Tan Daoji must have a way to deal with our army's night attack!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a long time and said, "This king wants to see what he can do to deal with the night attack of our army!" The order is that the front team will become the back team, and the back team will be the front team, and the troops will be collected and returned to the camp! ”

Tan Daoji soon got the news that Zhao Junsheng had collected his troops and returned to the camp, and after listening to the scout's report, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Haven't you found out where the camp of the cadres is located?" ”

The scout shook his head and said: "It's roughly determined, but there are too many scouts in the Qianjun, and they have two horsemen and spare horses, once we get close to being discovered by them, it is difficult to escape, and they seem to have deployed a secret outpost, we have lost more than a dozen people, and there is no news until now!" ”

Tan Daoji waved his hand with a sad face and sent the scout away, this was Xue Tong walking in, he asked: "From last night to today's dawn, how many people did our army lose in total?" ”

Xue Tong hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Counting the sentries and archers who were shot by the cadres, there are a total of 10,126 casualties, and more than 7,000 deaths······

Tan Daoji listened to this result and felt that his heart was hammered violently, what does this result mean? It shows that everyone in the East Camp has not been spared, either dead or injured! The entire East Battalion was basically injured.

Tan Daoji has not experienced such a large casualty, he quickly regained his composure and ordered the deployment of defense facilities in an orderly manner.

The Qianjun scouts soon discovered Liu Songjun's actions and sent someone to report to Zhao Junsheng.

"King Qiyu, Liu Songjun is digging horse traps inside and outside their camp and arranging tripping horse ropes!"

After listening to the scout's report, Zhao Junsheng said, "Could it be that Tan Daoji thinks that this can deal with our army's night attack?" ”

Cui Hao stood up and arched his hand and said: "King, the number of soldiers and horses sent by our army to attack and harass Liu Song's army is not large, Tan Daoji ordered the soldiers and generals to dig horse traps inside and outside the camp, stumbling horses and letting our scouts see it, which is enough to make our soldiers and generals feel timid!" And the minister thought that today's generals and colonels of Liu Songjun will not be as flustered as they were last night, today they will definitely rest in batches, their strength is twice that of our army, they can let half of them rest, and the other half of them are consumed with us, they can even use only a quarter of the strength to guard the camp without leaking, after all, the wall and fence are not paper-paste, we need some time to kill it, they have enough time to deploy troops! ”

At this time, the colonel outside the door walked in and reported: "King, Liu Songjun sent a messenger!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng was stunned when he heard this, looked at each other with Dongfang Chen, Cui Hao and others, and then raised his hand and ordered: "Go and bring people in!" ”

After a while, an officer of Liu Songjun's army walked in and saluted Zhao Junsheng: "The lower official came to the king with the order of my marshal, and my marshal asked the king to fight tomorrow, and then the two sides set up a battle for a showdown!" ”

The pro-soldier next to him took the battle book and turned around and handed it to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng took the war book and looked at it, handed it to Dongfang Chen, and said to the messenger: "You go back and tell Tan Daoji, see you on the battlefield tomorrow!" ”

"The lower official must bring the words, and the lower official will retire!"

After Liu Songjun's envoy left, Zhao Junsheng asked his staff: "Do you think Tan Daoji's words are credible?" ”

Cui Hao said: "King, the minister thinks that since Tan Daoji has issued a war letter, he should be trustworthy!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Are you so sure? I can't guarantee that this will not be his plan to paralyze the king! The two armies are at war, and the stakes are very high, so it's not uncommon to do everything, right? ”

Dongfang Chen said at this time: "The king's doubts are not unreasonable, the minister thinks that if Tan Daoji wants to cheat, there are only two situations: first, he wants to send troops to attack our army, and use this tactic to paralyze the king, so that the king will relax his vigilance tonight!" Second, he wants to withdraw to Dongyang City to confuse the king with this tactic, and tonight is the best time for him to withdraw to Dongyang City! No matter which one it is, our army can take precautions in advance and increase vigilance, so that he will not find a chance! ”

Chang Kun next to him asked, "Will that old guy Tan Daoji want to send someone to attack Linzi City?" You must know that almost all of our army's baggage is in Linzi, and my wife and son are also ······."

Zhao Junsheng denied this possibility, "Although there are not many defenders of Linzi City, they are too close to here, even if they go to attack Linzi City, if our cavalry spares no horsepower, they can arrive in an hour." Besides, with Mulan here, the defense will not be too lax, and it is not so easy for Liu Songjun to succeed. In addition, Liu Songjun's soldiers generally suffer from night blindness, and they can't see at night, so how to sneak attack? In the afternoon, all armies and departments should be vigilant, and if something is found to be wrong, they will immediately warn! ”

"Yes!"

At night, Zhao Junsheng did not send cavalry to attack and harass Liu Song's army, Tan Daoji already had effective means of defense, and the night attack did not play a big role in Liu Song's army, so it was better to let the soldiers rest and raise their spirits to fight with Liu Song's army tomorrow.

There was nothing wrong all night, the cadres did not send troops to attack and harass Liu Songjun, and Liu Songjun did not send people to trouble the cadres, and the two sides were at peace that night.

Early the next morning, the cadres and soldiers got up early to check the condition of their weapons, bows, crossbows, horses, and saddle stirrups.

Before eating, everyone feeds the war horse, and the essence of the war horse is generally beans, which is good for the war horse to recover its strength and maintain its condition.

The breakfast was very rich, the steamed cakes were full, there was meat and soup, and everyone ate with their mouths full of oil.

Even the cadres and generals who have experienced many major battles are still very nervous before this war, this is human nature, no one can ignore life and death, last time on the battlefield did not die, this time no one can guarantee that they will not die, so before the start of every war, every soldier is inevitably afraid, but experienced soldiers know how to adjust their mentality, this is the difference between veterans and new soldiers.

After drinking and eating, Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to assemble, leaving 5,000 infantry to guard the camp, and he set off with 35,000 men to advance towards the camp of Liu Song's army.

"The king, I guess Tan Daoji chose to give the king a war letter today, and he was forced to fight a decisive battle today, he didn't have many cavalry, he lacked the offensive initiative in the field, coupled with the huge pressure on him from the Liu Song court, he was afraid that he had to do it as a last resort!" Dongfang Chen said to Zhao Junsheng as he walked on horseback.

Zhao Junsheng said: "No matter what his reason is, the decisive battle is also undesirable for our army!" ”

"Newspaper—"

"King Qiqi, Liu Songjun is arranging troops outside the camp tent, rushing over at the current speed of our army, their formation will just be arranged!" A scout beat Ma to report to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to speed up the march, and increase the marching speed just to warm up!" ”

The army accelerated forward, when Zhao Junsheng led the army to arrive, Liu Songjun was still arranging troops, but it was almost completed, and he was not afraid that Tan Daoji would take advantage of his unstable foothold to attack at this time, Tan Daoji couldn't do it, Liu Songjun only had a small number of cavalry, and they were all killed by the cavalry of the cadre army at present, that is to say, Liu Songjun had no ability to attack while he was unstable, two or three miles away, the infantry rushed over and had exhausted their physical strength, fart?

In the middle of the military formation, Dongfang Chen said to Zhao Junsheng: "King, this big array set up by Tan Daoji is not simple, it can be attacked, and it can be defended, if they are still waiting for our army to attack, if our army does not know how to break the formation, it will be difficult to get them!" ”

Zhao Junsheng observed for a while and frowned and said: "This is an improved five-element array, with the five armies of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth each occupying a corner, the main general is in the middle, attacking any corner, it will be attacked by the two adjacent armies!" ”

Cui Hao asked, "How does the king plan to break the formation?" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head, he knew the method of cracking the ordinary Five Elements Array, but any general who was proficient in the formation would not use ordinary conquest, and it must have undergone some improvements, and the method of cracking was only known to the person who arranged the formation, and if others wanted to know the method of cracking, they must carefully observe the operation of this formation, and keep tempting.

Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Send two thousand light horsemen to test the left and right corners, and if you encounter a large-scale bow and arrow attack, withdraw immediately!" ”