Under the response of Lu Shi with the brothers of the bow battalion, the safe withdrawal of the old camp from the Tianxing and others was still the result of the slow preparation of the officers and soldiers, or if it were not for the 10,000 officers and troops under the drive of the 1,000 cavalry standard battalion, it would be difficult for the 1,000 people in the Tianxing District to retreat in their entirety.

Signing Ding and the guards have never seen a battle, and they have just fought bloodily, which has already chilled their guts. Even with the Overseer team behind, they still cowered and didn't dare to move forward, which gave Tianxing a chance.

However, Yang He did not give up, since the thieves retreated back to the old camp, the small hill is not difficult and dangerous, and it can be surrounded by groups, which is better than rushing around in this wilderness, and at the same time, it also just fills the shortcomings of signing Ding and others who cannot fight against the thieves in the field.

With this decision, Yang He immediately moved the big hill forward, led the Chinese army into the river valley, commanded more than 13,000 officers and troops to line up in the river valley, and surrounded the old camp of Woniu Mountain like an iron bucket.

Straightened out the formation, arranged the strategy of defending the siege, mainly to prevent the thieves from breaking through, and the original Qian Tong drove the displaced people to consume the pole grain and grass, thinking that the thieves did not have much food and grass, right here, even if they were trapped, they could be trapped, and in case the thieves broke through, they should also try their best to drive the thieves south, the south is the strong and dangerous Yanchuan City, in the face of the fortified city, the thieves are a dead end.

However, the original 20,000 officers and soldiers, after the first battle, there were only 13,000 left, and in the face of the powerful thieves, they could only dig trenches and besiege them, waiting for their own backhands to be used.

So the military orders were handed down one after another, commanding the men and horses to be on strict alert, and arranging manpower, began to dig trenches around the hillock occupied by Woniu Mountain to erect deer bars, and then arranged for the army to rest and eat, and prepare for the siege.

In the old camp of Woniu Mountain, as soon as the army returned to the old camp, the brothers who had fought fiercely in the morning immediately collapsed to the ground, and the women's army immediately stepped forward and began to bandage and apply medicine to those wounded brothers, and the mothers-in-law and girls of the old camp also brought hot meals and boiled rotten horse meat, so that these brothers who had been tired from the long war could eat and drink well, and recharge their energy and prepare to fight again. The survival of the cottage depends on them.

Although this battle repelled the ambush of the officers and soldiers, it did not tear through the enemy's encirclement, and the fiercer fighting will continue.

The leaders of the cottage all gathered around Lu Shi, standing on the top of the hill, looking at the layers of official and military barracks outside, discussing the strategy of breaking through.

The third uncle and the fourth elder are now remorseful, if it weren't for the fact that these misers were reluctant to give up those altars and jars, why would the army be trapped here.

Lu Shi smiled and comforted: "Don't blame yourself, uncles, in fact, the official army will not let us go to Weinan smoothly no matter what, anyone with a little common sense knows that once we enter Weinan, it will be to let the tiger return to the mountain, and it is inevitable to encircle and suppress us." ”

"However, if it weren't for our greed for money, we wouldn't have entered the mountains, why bother in this place of Ma Pingchuan—"

Lu Shi hurriedly stopped the third uncle and continued to blame himself, changed the topic, frowned and asked Zhao Xingdao: "The prison sergeant sent to find Geng Kui's brother hasn't come back yet?" ”

Zhao Xing replied with a frown: "Qiqi Military Division, there is no news yet, and at the same time, even if there is news from them now, it will not be able to break through the encirclement of the official army to deliver the news."

Lu Shi nodded, and no longer spoke, just observing the movements of the encirclement of the official army.

The current official army, on the west side leading to the mountain, is arranged with the most elite of the official army, Yang He's big banner is also there, along the south side of the river valley most of the signing of the Ding military households, after these military households signed Ding is a group of elite officers and soldiers, their attack is not the main force, the main thing is to play the role of supervising the team.

In the north, however, only a few officers and soldiers shouted back and forth, presumably because they knew that they would not return Mizhi, and because there were 20,000 border troops blocking the road on the retreating road.

There is no containment in the east at all, because further east, there is the Yellow River moat, which is a dead end.

"Look, Grand Commander." Lu Shi pointed to the encircled officers and soldiers and said to Guo Tianxing: "This arrangement shows that the officers and soldiers don't want us to break out of the encirclement and enter the mountains, and want to force us south." ”

Guo Tianxing frowned and said: "What Mr. said is true, but to the south is Yanchuan County, and there is a dead end." ”

"Yes, so, now we should make up our minds to resolutely go west, break through the encirclement and enter the mountains."

Guo Tianxing looked at the officers and troops in the west, and after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but smile: "The west is indeed the main force of the officers and troops, but it is only a few thousand people, with our strength, only a few charges can penetrate them." ”

Chen Ce stepped forward and said: "Great Commander, although this is the case, we can't just defeat them, our soldiers are still easy to do, but once the old battalion behind us moves, the officers and soldiers will definitely launch a decisive attack on our old battalion, making us difficult to care about." ”

"It's a tough thing to do." Zhao Xing also frowned and whispered, a little helpless.

"Actually, we can do that." Lu Shi thought for a while and then spoke.

"What can you do, sir?"

"Let's take out a detachment of men and horses, or first hit the officers and troops in the south, defeat them, and then chase them all the way to the south, so that the officers and troops in the west have to follow us south, and then the old battalion will be killed in one fell swoop, regardless of going directly into the mountains."

"Good way." The stars high-fived in agreement.

"It's just that this brother to the south has to pay a considerable price." Lu Shixin had an unbearable way.

"But what the military advisor said is not right." Chen Ce retorted: "Actually, the people who led the enemy in the south are safe. Without waiting for everyone to ask, Chen Ce continued: "The task of luring the enemy to the south is just to fight, as long as you take most of the enemy to the south, as long as you go to a certain place and suddenly turn into the mountain, even if you get out of danger, even if there is a large group of officers and soldiers entangled, because it is a light elite, it is easy to get out, and then go to Weinan to make peace with us as agreed, but it is extremely difficult to take the old camp with you, this leader must have the ability to adapt to the situation, and also to eat and drink in the old camp at any time, once it is pursued by the officers and soldiers, it must be taken care of from beginning to end." ”

Without waiting for everyone to express his position, Chen Ce smiled and said: "Therefore, this general who goes south is none other than the commander, and I am willing to follow the commander to help left and right, but I am also lazy to flee, this old battalion is just for the brothers to listen to the dispatch of the military division." ”

As soon as these words came out, how could Lu Shi not know that this was Chen Ce trying to risk himself as a bait? What else can Lu Shi say? In fact, the thousands of people in this old camp are indeed important, especially the student army of the children's regiment has to take care of themselves, and they really can't rest assured when they leave, so they were not hypocritical at that time and had to nod and agree.

"What's next?" Everyone asked for Lu Shi's opinion together.

Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him with trust, Lu Shi thought for a moment and said, "Then divide the troops into two ways, and quickly open the encirclement if Deputy Commander Zhao Dahai can still hold on." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"The Grand Commander has two more teams with cavalry." Thinking about it, he denied his own thoughts: "It is the three teams of elite spearmen who are going south, and when they go south, they must attract the enemy with great fanfare, and they must take most of the enemy away." ”

"No problem." Guo Tianxing is full of confidence.

"Remember, once you break out of the encirclement, look for an opportunity to enter the mountain immediately after dawn, your goal is to make peace with Weinan and us, but in the process of marching, you can make more detours, so that the officers and soldiers do not know your action goal, so that he can not start an encirclement of you again, this is the key to using troops. At the same time, we must search for the whereabouts of the Geng Kui brothers along the way, we are already sorry for the brothers lying on the battlefield, and we must not abandon the other brothers. ”

"Don't worry, I will remind the Grand Commander of this at any time." Chen Ce said firmly, but he had no hope for Geng Kui's survival in his heart, in the battle just now, Geng Kui rushed to more than 10,000 officers and soldiers with three hundred light cavalry in order to eliminate the fire commanders and crossbowmen who posed the greatest threat to the spearmen, and just think about the result, of course, no one doubted that Geng Kui and their brothers would surrender, so no one gave up this hope.

"Sir, I won't be reckless, it's just that the military advisor has to worry about the old battalion."

"It doesn't matter, there are still seven hundred and three teams of spearmen in the old camp, as well as more than 1,500 brothers in the new annexed army, plus five hundred intact archers, this is completely enough, after all, the official army is only 134,000, if you take a batch, it won't be too much for me here, and it should be easy for me to protect the old camp with close to three thousand brothers."

That's all there is to it, and that's all there is to it.

"When to act? How to act? ”

"Acting when it is dark today, the general unification is one step ahead, making a big noise, attracting the officers and troops in the west, as long as the officers and troops move, I will quietly go down the mountain with the old battalion here, and rush through when I get close to the enemy camp, this is not far from that section of the mountain, at most five or seven miles, as long as we rush into the mountain with all our might, we will succeed, and at that time, I will put a few bonfires on the mountain to inform you."

"Okay. That's it. Guo Tianxing punched his thigh excitedly.

"Also, we carry the banner of breaking the word." Chen Ce reminded again.

"No." Guo Tianxing was against it at the time. "That's the gentleman's big man, and no one can move it."

"The commander misunderstood, I thought that in order to cause the transfer of officers and soldiers, it is necessary to let the officers and soldiers know the location of our main force and important figures, so that they can abandon the old camp to chase us, then this has to use our banner."

At that time, what was emphasized was that the Chinese army was the soul of the army, and the core leader was located, so as to calm the army's heart.

"Nope." Lu Shi resolutely opposed it, and played a big game, that is, he set the target, and at that time, it was not to attract the officials and soldiers, but to put those brothers in the public target. "We put away the banner this time, so that the officers and soldiers could not find our main force."

"Military advisor, how can you mobilize the officers and soldiers if you don't have a big word? At this time, for the sake of tens of millions of fathers and elders, let's fight. ”

Lu Shi resolutely did not allow it, but Guo Tianxing and Chen Ce insisted on it, and in the end almost everyone agreed to this method, Lu Shi had to compromise, but repeatedly demanded that once the old camp escaped, he must put away the big hat and go into the mountain.

"Okay, that's it, sir." Guo Tianxing promised on the spot, which somewhat reassured Lu Shi.

"Okay, now everyone hurry up and rest, recuperate, and wait for it to break through after dark."

"Yes." Everyone agreed.

Lu Shi watched everyone go away, and he couldn't help but set his eyes on the north, Brother Zhao, you must hold on for everyone all night, as long as one night.