"I was put on a ...... from the other side."

After returning to the Twenty-Mile Camp, Tian Zhang sat alone in the tent and suddenly laughed.

"Zhangzi?"

At this time, Zou Xi, Tian Touch, Tian Da and other generals who were standing in the tent raised their heads in shock when they heard the laughter, but saw Tian Zhang holding his beard and said to himself: "It is worthy of being 'Yingji', I want to make him obey with a little trick, and I really underestimate the heroes of the world......"

"Sickness?"

In the tent, Zou Xi, Tian Touch, Tian Da and others looked at each other and looked at Tian Zhang with strange expressions.

Of course, they knew who Ying Ji was, it was the famous general of the Qin State, and the question was what did this person have to do with this war? What's more, Ying Ji had died of illness a few years ago, and even this incident was when Tian Zhang, who led the combined forces of Qi, Wei, and Han to attack Hangu Pass of Qin State, delivered news from the battlefield to Qi State.

"Could it be that Zhang Zi is really old? Old fool?'

The generals looked at each other.

Of course, Tian Zhang didn't know that Tian Touch, Tian Da and others were guessing in an disrespectful way, and he only had Qiangyang City in his heart at the moment, and the Song army commander in Qiangyang City who was regarded as a disease than him.

I saw that he ordered the left and right to take the local marching map, and while looking at the map, he was thinking about the strategy of defeating the "Yingji" on the opposite side.

From yesterday to tonight's confrontation, Tian Zhang has actually been defeated for a while in terms of tactics, but a careful comparison of the losses of the Qi and Song armies is actually similar - the Song general Dai Yingzhi deliberately lost for a while in order to induce Tian Zhang to attack Yang urgently, so he lost some troops, and the Qi army was because of the strategy of the opposite side, which led to the sneak attack of his own twenty-mile battalion by the Song army.

However, after careful calculation, the losses of both sides are not serious, and it can be regarded as a point-to-point confrontation, or a trial.

I have to say that in this matter, Meng Zhong can be said to have taken advantage of it, because he knows very well that the main general of the Qi army is his brother-in-law Tian Zhang, and he also knows Tian Zhang's ability, so whenever there is any change in the Qi army, he only needs to think deeper, and he can roughly guess Tian Zhang's intentions; And Tian Zhang suffered a lot, because he didn't know who his opponent was and what kind of character he was.

But having said that, the confrontation between last night and the present day still allowed Tian Zhang to grasp a few clues.

For example, he already has a general understanding of his opponent - in his opinion, the "Ying Disease" on the other side is becoming more and more similar to the real Ying Disease, first of all, he has the city government and scheming that can see through his intentions at a glance, and secondly, compared to blindly defending, the other party seems to be more inclined to attack, otherwise last night would not have allowed Dai Yingzhi to hide his whereabouts in a deliberate rout, so as to achieve the purpose of attacking his twenty-mile camp of Qi army.

This is also the reason why he called the unknown Song army commander opposite him "Ying Ji" - because he found that the other party was really similar to the Qin general Ying Ji he had fought against, good at using tactics, and had a heart that was always waiting for an opportunity to attack, even when the situation on his side was unfavorable.

"To deal with such an opponent, you only need to make them "isolated......

After looking at the marching map in front of him, Tian Zhang showed a little smile on his face.

I saw him raise his head, beckoned to Zou Xi, Tian Touch, and Tian Da and said, "Come here." ”

Zou Xi and the others stepped forward according to their words, and at this time, they saw Tian Zhang pointing to the marching map and said with a smile: "That 'Ying Yi' must have thought that our army would be busy repairing the camp in the next few days, so he just took advantage of his negligence to take precautions and laid a net first. …… Zou Xi, you led 20,000 soldiers to camp here. ”

He pointed to a location on the march map that marked the hills.

Judging from the map, it is the "Dushan" to the south of Nanhu (Weishan Lake), and it is also the only section of Pengcheng to go to Qiyang.

"Taking advantage of the negligence of the Yang Dynasty, you immediately led the troops to this place quietly, set up camp in Dushan, and cut off the connection between Pengcheng and the Yang Dynasty." Tian Zhang solemnly instructed Zou Xidao.

"Obey!" Zou Xi hugged his fists.

Immediately, Tian Zhang turned his head to Tian Touch and said, "Tian Touch, order you to lead 10,000 soldiers and station here." ”

He pointed to the two hills in the southwest direction of Qiyang, these two hills are also located in the section of Pengcheng to Qiyang, the local people named the hills on the north side as "Ridge Mountain" because of the shape, and the hills on the south side were named "Dragon Mountain" because of the legend, the two mountains were about five miles apart, Tian Zhang ordered Tian to divide the 10,000 soldiers under his command into two branches, each with 5,000 soldiers to garrison a hill, further blocking the connection between Pengcheng and Qiyang City.

"I see." Tian Touch nodded.

At this time, Tian Zhang said to Tian Da again: "Tian touched the camp in the two mountains, even if the first few ** Yangcheng had no precautions, but I believe that it will not be able to hide it for a few days, in order to avoid the disease and plan to take the two mountains, Tian Da, you lead 10,000 soldiers to camp here." ”

The position his finger pointed to was more than ten miles northwest of Qiyang City.

"Dai Busheng's military camp has been conquered by our army, and the city of Qiyang should not be able to defend in recent days, you take the opportunity to build a camp here, and the two mountains of Tian Touch are on the side of each other: if the Song army of Forcing Yang plans to take the two mountains, then Tian Da will immediately attack Qiangyang; If the sun is forced to attack Tian Da, then Tian Touch you will lead the army to cut off its way back, join forces with Tian Da, and attack back and forth. ”

"Obey!" Tian Touch and Tian Da immediately responded with fists.

"For the time being, is there any problem?" Tian Zhang looked around at the generals in the tent and asked.

『…… Where did the disease come from in the city?'

Zou Xi, Tian Touch, and Tian Da glanced at each other, and after muttering to themselves, they shook their heads slightly.

"Then go down and arrange it immediately!" Tian Zhang stroked his beard and urged.

"Whoa!"

The three generals retreated with their fists clenched.

On that day, that is, on May 19, the Qi army did not move, and when it was night, Zou Xi, Tian Touch, and Tian Da quietly bypassed the west side of Qiyang City again according to Tian Zhang's instructions, and quietly came to the three locations indicated by Tian Zhang, and began to build a camp in concealment.

As Tian Zhang guessed, the Ying Illness in Yang City, no, it was Meng Zhong, and he really didn't expect this.

After all, in Meng Zhong's opinion, the twenty-mile battalion of the Qi army had just been severely damaged, and it stands to reason that Tian Zhang should repair the camp first, and then think about attacking the Yang - there must be at least a gap of four or five days in between.

Therefore, Meng Zhong seized the gap of four or five days, and after repelling the Qi army's attack on Qiyang City last night, he immediately asked Dai Busheng to lead his army to take the opportunity to take the "Tancheng" two hundred miles away.

I have to say that such a long-distance attack is actually very dangerous, but after repeated weighing, Meng Zhong thinks that the odds of victory are very high.

First, the garrison of Tancheng has been used by Tian Zhang to fight the Song State, and these troops are distributed in Xueyi, Tengxian, and Qiyang, so that Tancheng's current defense is empty, and Dai Busheng led nearly 8,000 Song troops under his command to attack, and Tancheng is naturally difficult to defend.

Second, no one would have thought that the Song army would make such a move, including Tian Zhang, who was garrisoned twenty miles north of Qiyang City at this time, it was difficult to guess that the Song army would dare to attack Tancheng, two hundred miles away, at this time.

As for the purpose of the sneak attack on Tancheng, in addition to reducing the pressure on the Yang side, it is mainly to put pressure on the Qi country.

After all, in Meng Zhong's conception, he was ready to drag Tian Zhang's main force in Qiyang, Tengxian, and Xueyi, and have a protracted battle with Tian Zhang's main force, and once he could take Tancheng, he Song would have the capital to counterattack Qi - when he was in Qiyang, Tengxian, and Xueyi, he was able to bypass the former's main battlefield and directly counterattack the hinterland of Qi.

Although the chances of winning a counterattack on Qi like this are not very good, at least it can be used to put pressure on Qi and force Qi to cease war with Song.

It was precisely because Dai Busheng went to attack Tancheng and took away more than 8,000 troops, so that there were actually only less than 20,000 troops in Qiangyang City at the moment, so Meng Zhong also cautiously cowered in the city, not daring to let Tian Zhang on the opposite side see any clues - after all, once Tian Zhang learned about this, whether it was Forcing Yang or Dai Busheng who went to attack Tancheng, he would face a huge crisis.

And what made him feel fortunate was that in the next two or three days, the Qi army on the opposite side honestly repaired its twenty-mile camp and did not attack the Yang, which made him secretly relieved.

However, in fact, Tian Zhang had already ordered Zou Xi, Tian Touch, and Tian Da to quietly set up camp in three locations in the northwest and southwest directions of Qiyang City, wanting to completely cut off the connection between Pengcheng and Qiyang.

Tian Zhang thought very clearly: since the "Ying Ji" in Qiyang City could see through his intentions every time, and it was difficult to defeat the other party in a short time, he simply put this person aside and directly opened up another battlefield with the other armies of the Song State - that is, the "Dushan Battlefield", and Tian Zhang was ready to force out the army left by the Song State in Pengcheng in that area.

As long as the army left behind in Pengcheng is defeated, can the "Ying Disease" of Forcing Yang recover its disadvantage?

On May 20, Song Wangyan recruited a group of clan soldiers from the eastern part of the Song Kingdom in Pengcheng, and gathered more than 20,000 troops, preparing to send this army to Qiyang to reinforce the crown prince Daiwu.

Fortunately, just as the 20,000-strong reinforcements were about to depart, Song Wangyan received a letter from the crown prince Dai Wu, learning that Tian Zhang might bypass the Yang and ambush the reinforcements sent by Pengcheng to the Yang.

"Is it a plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements?" Song Wangyan chuckled, and specially summoned the military Sima "Li Jun", who led more than 20,000 reinforcements to Qiyang, and instructed him to take precautions on the way.

Li Jun received the advice of Song Wangyan and led the army to Qiyang slowly, and sure enough, on the day of May 22, he met the Qi army led by the Qi general Zou Xi in Dushan.

In fact, the situation is different at this time: a few days ago, Zou Xi bypassed the Yang and went deep into the Song Kingdom, which was Tian Zhang's attempt to obtain the Yang Dynasty; But this time, Tian Zhang was in order to open up a second battlefield, exclude the "Ying disease" of forcing Yang, and directly engage the remaining army of the Song State.

Therefore, when Li Jun led more than 20,000 troops to the Dushan area, the Qi general Zou Xi had already built a camp at the foot of Dushan, and the road to Qiyang was tightly blocked.

In view of the fact that there was no way to advance, the Song general Li Jun could only stop the army and ask his army to set up camp at a distance of twenty miles from the Qi camp, and at the same time immediately sent two teams of envoys, one to Pengcheng and the other to make a detour to Qiyang, and inform Song Wangyan and the crown prince Dai Wu of this matter respectively.

On May 23, Qi Jiangtian touched the construction of a camp on two hills southwest of Qiangyang City, and was finally noticed by the Song soldiers on Qiangyang City.

It's no wonder, after all, the two mountains are not far from the city of Qianyang, the nearby "ridge mountain" is only more than eight miles, and the farther "Dragon Mountain" is only eleven or twelve miles, not to mention that the two mountains and the city are flat land, as long as the weather is clear, the Song soldiers on the city can even vaguely see the movement on the side of the two mountains, how can they always be kept in the dark.

After sensing that something was wrong, the Song soldiers in the city immediately reported to the crown prince Dai Wu, and the crown prince Dai Wu immediately climbed the city tower to take a look, and at the same time sent someone to invite Meng Zhong.

By the way, Meng Zhong and Le Yi stayed in the city in the past two days, not idle, but stepping up the training of soldiers - of course, the training of soldiers is mainly responsible for Le Yi, and Meng Zhong is responsible for inspecting all parts of the city to see if there are any defensive loopholes or something, so he and the two of them are not staying by the side of Prince Dai Wu all the time.

After a while, when Meng Zhong came to the city, the crown prince Dai Wu pointed to the southwest direction and told Meng Zhong about the strange situation of the two mountains of Ridge Mountain and Longshan Mountain.

At that time, the weather was not bad, Meng Zhong stood at the head of the city, put his hands on the tent in front of his eyes, and looked at the ridge mountain and dragon mountain in the distance.

Looming, he really vaguely saw many people cutting down trees on the two mountains to build camps.

"My righteous brother did not repair the camp on the north side, but sent men to build a camp on this side......

After looking at it for a while, Meng Zhong frowned slightly.

Because of those two hills, Meng Zhong had discovered them a few days earlier, and even he thought about whether to divide his troops to garrison, but considering that the defensive forces on the side of Forcing Yang City were actually quite tense, Meng Zhong gave up this idea - in the final analysis, it was because those two hills were in the southwest direction of Forcing Yang City, and it would not have much effect on resisting the Qi army coming from the north, otherwise, if these two hills were located in the northwest direction of Forcing Yang City, Meng Zhong would divide his troops to garrison.

Unexpectedly, he gave up garrisoning the two mountains, but the Qi army made a roundabout way and secretly built a camp on these two hills, which made Meng Zhong regret it a little.

"If we knew this was the case, we should have divided our troops and garrisoned them." Prince Dai Wu also said regretfully.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong shook his head slightly: "Actually, there is nothing to regret, the main thing is that our army is insufficient, if the troops are divided and stationed, if they are sent less, the Qi army can easily take it, which is of little significance; If too many troops are sent, it will weaken the garrison of Forcing Yang City in disguise, which will be even more dangerous. ”

Hearing this, Prince Dai Wu nodded, then frowned and asked, "Then what should I do now?" Sit back and let it set up camp on those two mountains? ”

"That's all there is to it for the time being."

Meng Zhong frowned and nodded.

At this time, he didn't have much to do, he thought that his brother-in-law Tian Zhang would have to stop at least four or five days to repair his military camp, so he sent Dai Busheng to lead more than 8,000 soldiers to attack Tancheng, but he didn't expect that only three days later, the army under Tian Zhang's command secretly built a camp on Ridge Mountain and Longshan - Meng Zhong suspected at this moment that maybe his brother-in-law Tian Zhang made such an arrangement on the day of the defeat.

The question is, what does Tian Zhang want to do?

Is the siege forcing the sun?

Frowning, Meng Zhong immediately sent someone to summon his clan brother Meng Hu, and instructed the latter: "Ah Hu, you take some soldiers out of the city immediately, and go around the four sides of Qiyang, I want to know how many camps the Qi army has built around my Qiyang." …… Be careful. ”

"Okay."

Meng Hu held his head high and took over the position.

A moment later, the west gate of Qiyang City slowly opened, and more than a dozen chariots left the city one after another, led by Meng Hu.

Before dusk that day, Meng Hu returned to Qiyang and told Meng Zhong the results of his investigation: "Ah Zhong, the Qi army has built two, no, three camps in the southwest and northwest directions of Qiyang City. …… One Ridge Mountain, one Longshan, in addition, about ten miles northwest of Qiyang City, the Qi army also secretly built a camp, a total of three. ”

At that time, the crown prince Dai Wu was also by Meng Zhong's side, and when he heard Meng Hu's words, he asked in shock: "Northwest direction?" Could it be near the old site of Uncle Busheng's camp a few days ago? ”

"About four or five miles further northwest." Meng Hu replied.

Yes, the camp that Dai Busheng built earlier was indeed in the northwest of Qiyang City, but in order to protect the city, the camp he built was slightly closer to the city, only five miles, so that he could support Qiyang at any time - although in Meng Zhong's opinion, this camp actually did not have much effect, including the military camp about five miles to the northeast where Dai Yingzhi was still stationed.

"Northwest, southwest, two directions, three camps...... Not. ”

Meng Zhong frowned and thought for a while, and then guessed: "It should be intended to put pressure on me......"

"But if you put pressure on me to force the sun and not set up a camp in the east?"

Meng Zhong was a little puzzled.

I have to say that Meng Zhong did not guess Tian Zhang's true intentions this time, because he did not know that Tian Zhang also sent Zou Xi to quietly lead the army to Dushan and build a camp in the Dushan area, so he mistakenly thought that the ridge mountain camp and Longshan camp of Qi General Tian Touch, and the Qi camp garrisoned by Tian Da - because it is only eight miles away from Nanhu, it is called "Bali Camp" - these three Qi camps are all to put pressure on Qiyang City.

Otherwise, if he could know that Zou Xi was guarding the "Dushan Qi Camp" in Dushan, I believe he would have immediately guessed that Tian Zhang's purpose was to cut off the road between Pengcheng and Qiyang, in order to isolate Qiyang City, and even, perhaps, he might have guessed Tian Zhang's ultimate intention: that is, to set aside Qiyang and open up a second battlefield with the Song army's remaining army.

But right now, Meng Zhong didn't know anything about it, just like Tian Zhang didn't expect Meng Zhong to send Dai Busheng to attack Tancheng, which was two hundred miles away.

On May 25, the envoys sent by Sima Li Jun of the Song State finally arrived at Qiyang after a roundabout journey, and reported the news of "encountering the Qi army in the Dushan area" to the crown prince Dai Wu and Meng Zhong.

After learning about this, Meng Zhong finally realized that something was wrong.

I saw that he immediately walked to the side of the marching map, carefully compared the terrain on the marching map, and immediately frowned.

"W-What's going on?"

Seeing Meng Zhong's serious expression, the crown prince Dai Wu was inevitably a little flustered, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Tian Zhang has any tricks against me to force the yang?" ”

I saw Meng Zhong frowning and exhaling, and said in a deep voice: "It's true that my righteous brother has a trick, but I'm afraid it's not aimed at me to force the yang...... Your Royal Highness the Prince, you see, the Qi army built camps in Dushan, Longshan, and Ridge Mountain, and these three camps just stuck the road from Pengcheng to Qiyang......"

The crown prince Dai Wu was not a stupid person, and immediately frowned and asked: "Does he want to isolate Qiyang and make Qiyang a lonely city?" After speaking, he was not stunned in his heart, and looked at Meng Zhong in confusion: "Wait, why did Meng Qing say that Qi Jun's move was not aimed at me to force the sun?" ”

"Very simple idea." Meng Zhong explained: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you think, the Qi army is camping in Dushan, and after the king learns about it, he will inevitably send troops to attack, and it is impossible to sit back and watch the Qi army safely stationed in Dushan and cut off the connection between Pengcheng and Qiyang, in other words, if Tian Zhang wants to keep the Dushan Qi camp, he must send heavy troops to garrison it, otherwise he will not be able to stop the attack of the Song army on the Pengcheng side with only one or two thousand troops......

As soon as he said this, Meng Zhong's voice suddenly stopped, and even his face became strange.

"I see!"

Before the strange crown prince Dai Wu could ask, he saw Meng Zhong with a strange expression and said, "I understand, Tian Zhang wants to leave me behind and directly start a war with the Song army on the Pengcheng side!" Ridge Mountain, Longshan and the Qi battalion on the north side of the two battalions, these three battalions are not here to put pressure on me to force the sun, but to contain me and prevent us from sending troops back to Pengcheng to help Pengcheng and flank the Qi army in Dushan......"

When he said this, Meng Zhong's expression was really a little strange.

In all fairness, he was also a little proud in his heart at this time, because he could guess that the reason why his brother-in-law Tian Zhang was forced to bypass Qiyang and directly engage the Song army left behind in Pengcheng was more or less because he was Meng Zhong in Qiyang, and Tian Zhang couldn't think of a way to capture the city in a short time; On the other hand, in this way, Qiyang City and he Meng Zhong were excluded from the main battlefield by Tian Zhang.

"He is worthy of being a righteous brother, and he is worthy of being a famous general in the world......

Meng Zhong couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Because he knew that he was tied to death by Tian Zhang in Qiangyang - if he dared to lead the Qi army in Dushan, the Qi army of the two battalions of Ridge Mountain and Longshan would definitely take the opportunity to attack Qiangyang, so he could not act rashly; But if he continues to defend in Qianyang, then he will be tied to death in Qianyang, and he can only watch Tian Zhang directly start a war with Peng Cheng, praying that Peng Cheng can block Tian Zhang's offensive, which is equivalent to being excluded from the main battlefield in disguise.

"I'm in trouble now......"

Meng Zhong frowned deeply.

As Meng Zhong guessed, under the guidance of Tian Zhang, the main battlefield of Qi and Song suddenly shifted from Qiyang to Dushan.

During this period, Tian Zhang transferred the 20,000 troops he had left behind in Xueyi to Dushan and joined up with the Qi general Zou Xi, totaling 40,000 Qi troops.

In addition to the 20,000 soldiers of various families led by Sima Li Jun before, Song Wangyan also transferred a regular army from Pengcheng to Dushan, totaling 30,000 troops.

On May 29, Tian Zhang led 40,000 Qi troops and 30,000 Song troops led by Song general Li Jun to start a major battle in the Dushan area.

After the war, Tian Zhang was also secretly happy in his heart.

It's not because he defeated the Song army, but because he played the "Ying Disease" in Forcing Yang City - no matter how powerful your "Ying Disease" is, isn't it that I am tied to Forcing Yang and don't dare to move? And I can take this opportunity to go straight to Pengcheng!

At the beginning of June, seeing that the Song army from Pengcheng had lost the battle, Tian Zhang, who was happy in his heart, decided to take Pengcheng directly.

However, at this moment, several soldiers hurried to the tent.

"Zhangzi, the big thing is not good, Dai Busheng of the Song State led the army to attack Tancheng, and Tancheng was captured by the Song army!"

“…… Ha? ”

Tian Zhang, who was originally full of joy and was about to lead the army to take Pengcheng directly, suddenly had a smile on his face.

Set a small goal first, such as remembering in 1 second: book guest residence