Buliu Guli listened to the words of the third brother and felt quite helpless, he did not have an advantage in terms of troops, more than 30,000 cadres are not so easy to deal with, the two sides are separated by the Jing River, and they can't do it if they want to cross the river safely.

In an instant, Bu Liu Guli thought a lot in her mind, as long as she could prevent the cadres from crossing the river, Zhao Junsheng had no way to continue to go south, so she could only choose to retreat.

Thinking of this, Bu Liu Guli said to the third brother Bu Liu Guli, "The third child, now we have no way to take the cadre army, and the cadre army has no way to take us for the time being, but to prevent them from crossing the river and sneak attack, in addition to a few river crossing locations to send troops to garrison, along the river bank to send troops to patrol day and night not simply, to prevent them from secretly crossing the river, this matter is left to you to do, let's go down with Zhao Junsheng, so that he can't bear to take the initiative to retreat!" ”

"Understand, big brother, don't worry!"

Camp of the Dry Army.

Lu Shuang reported to Zhao Junsheng, "King, according to the report of the scout Yu Xianyun and others who came back, the last general sent people to explore Xiaohe Village and the surrounding area within a radius of twenty miles, and found that there were indeed traces of a large group of soldiers and horses. ”

After listening to the report, Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said, "The Wei army should have found that its whereabouts were exposed, and knew that the sneak attack could not succeed, and it might fall into the trap of our army, so they retreated!" By the way, did the Wei army have troops left to guard the river crossing site there? ”

"Yes, there are two places on that section of the river bank where you can cross the river, and Buliu Guli has deployed troops to guard it, and has also built simple fortifications!"

Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Send elite scouts to find out how many troops the Wei army has there!" ”

"Understood, the last general will do it!"

Two days later, at dusk, Lu Shuang came to report, "King, it has been found out that the Wei army has deployed a total of 2,000 people at the crossing site sixty miles away from the Jing River, divided into two places, six miles apart!" ”

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked around the big tent, he thought for a while, and ordered, "Order, after dinner, the whole army is ready to be pulled, set off at the beginning of the day, and send elite scouts to clear the surrounding Wei army spies before the pullout, to ensure that our army can reach the crossing site sixty miles away without the Wei army knowing!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Distance can produce beauty, but it can also be beyond the reach of people. Zhao Junsheng just wanted to use the distance of sixty miles to make it impossible for the Wei army to reinforce in time, as long as the cadres could quietly reach the crossing site sixty miles away, he would have a way to cross the river and break through the Wei army's defense line on the riverbank.

After dinner, it was already dark, and Shen Hui came to report to Zhao Junsheng, "King, there is news from General Wan's side, they have dug through the tunnel and sent someone to report!" ”

"Well done Wang Yu! Call the messenger in! Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered.

After a while, a swarthy man walked in and bowed to Zhao Junsheng and said, "The villain greets the king!" ”

"Get up!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, "When did you dig through the tunnel?" ”

"In the afternoon. At that time, there were Wei troops patrolling the river embankment, and General Wang was worried that the Wei army would find out, so we camouflaged and disguised the entrance of the cave with tree branches, and sent a few to stay at the entrance of the cave to guard, and the others withdrew to the cave to rest, until it was dark, and the general sent villains to swim across the river to report to the king! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked again, "What is the situation of the soldiers, and are there any casualties?" ”

"There was enough food left behind, and the brothers ate enough for every meal, but for many days they did not see the light of day, and some of the brothers were sick!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "Then the underground river can be explored clearly?" How long is it, and where are the exits and entrances? ”

The messenger replied, "It hasn't been explored yet, but the villain and others have found that the underground river passes through the underground of Pingliang City!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "In other words, if you dig a tunnel from the underground river, you can dig into Pingliang City?" ”

The courier nodded, "Yes, but we don't know exactly how high the underground river is from the ground."

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said to the messenger: "Okay, later, the Guhui will send a medical officer to follow you to cross the river to treat the soldiers, and when you go back, tell Wang Yu to let him and the brothers hold on for another two days." Late tomorrow night, there will be 3,000 people crossing the river from the river here, and Wang Yu will send someone to answer when the time comes! Don't think about other things, don't ask too much, just tell Wang Yu what Gu said! ”

"Yes, the villain understands!"

"Okay, go down to eat and rest, someone will call you when it's time to leave!"

After the messenger was taken down, Zhao Junsheng asked Shen Hui to send someone to ask the craftsman battalion to build a raft, and then send the messenger and the medical officer across the river after the time had passed.

Who will be left behind to cross the river into the tunnel tomorrow night with 3,000 soldiers and horses? Zhao Junsheng struggled for a long time for the selection of this commander of the army.

"Come on, go and call Li Yuande!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it and handed over this task to Li Yuande, two days ago he had ordered Li Yuande to select elite soldiers who knew water from the whole army, if it was time to change the generals, it would not be conducive to unity, and the new general was not familiar with these selected soldiers, so it was best for Li Yuande to be responsible for selecting them.

Another reason why Zhao Junsheng finally decided to let Li Yuande lead the team was that Li Yuande was quite calm, and Li Yuande was a general of the Southern Dynasty, and he wanted to show himself to be recognized in order to gain a foothold in Qianguo.

In just a moment, Li Yuande walked in, bowed down and hugged his fists, "Minister Li Yuande greets the king!" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand to signal him to be polite, and asked, "Li Qing, Lone asked you to select three thousand water-based elite soldiers from the whole army, how did you choose?" ”

Li Yuande replied, "Back to the king, the selection has been completed, in order to facilitate the command, in accordance with the regular establishment of our army, the minister has reorganized these 3,000 men and horses temporarily!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said, "Well done, you should have also received an order, and the army will be drawn later, but you and the three thousand elite soldiers you selected will stay, and you will have to wait here for another day." Tomorrow night, when you cross the river from your predetermined place, you will be met by the river. After entering the tunnel, arriving at the cave and the underground river, you will spend the night there, and the day after tomorrow morning, you will attack the Wei army camp from the exit of the tunnel on time! Your first task is to burn the grain in the Wei camp, the greater the fire and smoke, the better, and the greater the chaos caused; The second task is to kill and wound as many enemy troops as possible! ”

"But you must pay attention to the fact that Pingliang City is near the Wei army camp, once you launch an attack and cause chaos within the Wei army, the defenders of Pingliang City are likely to send reinforcements after getting the news, so your speed must be fast, once you can't resist it, you are allowed to retreat into the tunnel to defend it! And ······"

After hearing this, Li Yuande hugged his fists and promised, "The minister understands, please rest assured!" But ······"

Zhao Junsheng glanced at him, "If you have something to say, just say it!" ”

"Yes! The minister only didn't understand, since we had already dug the tunnel, why didn't we cross the river tonight and launch a surprise attack on the Wei army's camp through the tunnel? ”

Zhao Junsheng was silent for a few seconds, but still said his thoughts: "Three thousand people is not a small number, the patrols and vigilance of the Wei army have been significantly strengthened in the past few days, and it is not possible for all three thousand people to cross the river in a moment and a half, once they are discovered by the Wei army, we will give up all our efforts!" ”

Li Yuande somewhat understood: "Does the king want the army to cross the river from sixty miles upstream, so as to attract the attention of the Wei army?" If the Wei army learns that the main force of our army has reached their east, they will ignore or lower the vigilance of the river, increasing the chances of these 3,000 men and horses successfully crossing the river! ”

"Another ······"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, "You just know, you don't have to say it." Also, this matter must be kept secret, and the specific detailed plan of action and time are only known to you and me! ”

"Obey orders!"

At this time, the guards came in to pack up their things, and packed all the contents of the tent on horseback and carriage.

After another half an hour, Zhao Junsheng led the main force of the army to set off, and even the infantry and baggage were all taken away, leaving only Li Yuande and 3,000 selected elite soldiers in the entire huge camp.

When he arrived, while the Wei army patrol had just passed, the messenger and the medical officer were sent by Li Yuande to the other side of the river on a raft.

The next day, before midnight, the main force of the cadre army drove 60 miles under the command of Zhao Junsheng and arrived at Xiaohe Village overnight.

Zhao Junsheng walked into the village and found that it was pitch black, but there were strikers who arrived first in the village standing guard.

"What about the villagers?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Chang Kun replied, "A few days ago, when the Wei army came to raid our army, they rested again, and in order not to leak the news, they killed all the villagers!"

Zhao Junsheng scolded angrily in a low voice: "These damn people! Even if you don't want to leak the news, you just need to send troops to take care of the villagers, so why slaughter the village? ”

The generals and ministers accompanying the army all felt Zhao Junsheng's anger, and no one dared to speak out.

Chang Kun clasped his fists and said, "The minister has ordered someone to bury the slaughtered villagers!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath, turned his head and asked, "Have the infantry arrived?" ”

"It's already here!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered, "It's not yet the end of the day, but it's early dawn, and we don't have much time, so the order goes down and lets the infantry start eating immediately, give them half an hour, and after half an hour, cross the river to attack, and be sure to capture the fortifications on the other side of the river before dawn!" Lu Shuang, Lone gives you a chance, this time you will lead the team to command, if you successfully capture the enemy fortifications before dawn, Lone will be rewarded, if you can't succeed, you will be a pawn for Lone! ”

Lu Shuang had to take the order: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

After the cavalry soldiers entered the village, they began to hurry up and sleep, and Zhao Junsheng assigned a guard task and also seized the time to rest.

An hour later, Lu Shuang quietly arrived at the crossing site with thousands of infantry.

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