Just like Shen Xi said, he doesn't need to know where the water veins on the island are, he just needs to know what water sources are near the Yangyu Mountain Bandit Village, put the laxative into the water, just wait for the cottage to send someone out to fetch water, and the thief will drink the water doped with laxatives, and then attack the mountain on the 25th, and the effect will be twice the result with half the effort. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Shen Xi's trick was a bit yin, but Ma Jiu also admitted that Shen Xi's strategy was very clever, and it was too difficult to find the water vein, so it was better to play some tricks.

Ma Jiu said: "Master, in fact, the villain thinks it is safer to stay on the island for a longer time...... Two days later, even if the thieves took laxatives, the officers and soldiers would inevitably still be killed and wounded. ”

Shen Xi bowed his head: "Brother Jiu is right, surrounding the mountain is actually a good choice, but I am afraid that the rainy season will come in a few days, and when it rains heavily, they can receive the rain, and the springs on the mountain will also resurge, and it will be very difficult for us to attack again at that time." ”

"Moreover, there will always be death in war, either now, or in the future in Fujian and southern Zhejiang, staying in Nanao Mountain for so long, it is also time to do the last actual combat drill class - attacking tough battles!"

"Those thieves have taken laxatives and are physically exhausted, so we have taken advantage of the time, people, and geography, so give them the right place, otherwise this battle will be too unfair to the thieves!"

Ma Jiu looked at Shen Xi with an incredulous gaze, he had heard for the first time that he was going to talk about fairness with the thieves, originally the enemy and me were not in an equal fair contest in terms of the number of soldiers and horses, weapons, armor, etc.

"Then master, the day after tomorrow, what should the villain do?" Ma Jiu asked the question he was most concerned about.

Shen Xi said: "Due to the limitations of the terrain and terrain, it is better for the artillery battalion to wait and see...... However, it is still necessary to send a small team to send some firewood, grass and gunpowder up the mountain tomorrow night under the cover of night. ”

Ma Jiu asked, "Master, why is this?" Do you want to attack the thieves at night? ”

"Night raid? As soon as there is a movement, the thieves in the cottage will be alert immediately, and there is little hope of success. It's just a matter of sending a few men to bring firewood, grass and gunpowder, and then light them when the war starts the day after tomorrow, and raise smoke to block the sight of the thieves, and then their arrows, stones, and rolling logs will lose their accuracy......"

"Of course, it is also necessary to come to a few feints tomorrow night, no matter what, you have to disturb the thieves in the cottage and keep you awake at night, and stimulate their anger!" Shen Xi said with a smile.

Because what Shen Xi said was too complicated, Ma Jiu was in a fog when he heard it, and he couldn't get the gist for a long time, and finally agreed to it.

Shen Xi patted Ma Jiu on the shoulder: "Tomorrow night and the day after tomorrow, you don't need to go into battle in person, I don't want Sister Xiaoyu to be a widow." ”

Ma Jiu couldn't help but look embarrassed when he heard this.

Before joining the army, Shen Xi taught him to fight bravely on the battlefield and move forward, but now he made him retreat, because he was afraid that he would die and let Xiaoyu be a widow, and he couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart.

Could it be that I relied on my wife to be reused by my master? The master is responsible for my life, just to give an explanation to Xiaoyu?

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Ma Jiu was full of doubts, but he would not back down, if it wasn't for Shen Xi's special suggestion, he would definitely go up the mountain to deliver firewood, grass and gunpowder in person.

Shen Xi did not reveal his plan for the time being, and only a few people in the army knew about his plan.

The next day, Shen Xi continued to lead his men to various places on the island to find water veins, but this time he brought twenty hundred houses in one go, and the camp was almost empty.

Sure enough, as Shen Xi expected, the thieves in the cottage were condescending, and after sensing the intentions of the officials and soldiers, after a day of observation, they decisively sent people down the mountain the next day to fetch water from the pond only a mile away from the road up the mountain.

The thieves were quite confident, because they sent more than 50 people in one go, and most of these people were supervising with swords, indicating that most of the people who came out to carry water were slaves, so that even if they were ambushed by the officials and soldiers, there would be no big losses on the part of the thieves.

Now there are not many officers and soldiers left behind in the camp, and they need to be vigilant at any time to be on the mountain bandits rushing down, and at the same time, they have not received the order to take the initiative to attack, so they can only watch these bandits carry water back, and then go down the mountain again to continue to grab water, and send them up the mountain one after another.

When Shen Xi was digging a pit outside to find a water vein, he couldn't help but smile when he heard the news.

Jing Yue didn't know the truth, he was angry, and he was furious: "These thieves are shameless, and they dare to go down the mountain to carry water at this time...... My lord, this is enough to show that there must be a serious shortage of water in the thief's village, we might as well stay there for another three or five days, and when there is a serious shortage of water in the camp, we will definitely be able to capture it in one fell swoop! ”

Shen Xi glanced at him and asked, "Do you know how much water is stored in the village, and the water they brought back this time is enough for them to last for a few days?" Even if they only have water for three to five days, can you make sure that it won't rain for a few days? If it rains, do we have to wait a few more days? ”

Jing Yue was speechless when asked, and finally smiled helplessly and said, "Everything is up to the orders of the adults." ”

Shen Xi said: "It's not too early, go back and rest early in the afternoon, let the soldiers prepare, and attack the thieves' cottage for the last time tomorrow!" ”

"Attack...... A thief's cottage? Jing Yue thought he had heard it wrong, didn't he say that he would withdraw his troops on the twenty-fifth day? How did it become a cottage where twenty-five was going to attack the thieves?

Shen Xi scolded angrily: "Even if you want to evacuate, you have to leave a little parting gift for the thieves on the island, so that you can explain to the imperial court after you go back...... You don't want to just walk away, turn around and wait for the official to be punished by the court, right? ”

Knowing that there was a thief's cottage on Nanao Island, he chose to evacuate without even trying to attack, if this matter was known by the imperial historian and impeached, Shen Xi would have to bear some responsibility.

Although the imperial court did not explicitly stipulate that the suppression of bandits must be ********, it could not tolerate the general of the army to avoid the thief Kou Feng and retreat from the battle, even if Shen Xi achieved great military achievements in the future, once it was exposed, he would face a big trouble.

Jing Yue scratched his head with a smile and said, "What the adults said is true." If you don't think about it, even if you want to withdraw your troops tomorrow, you have to give those thieves a little bit of power...... But the mountain is majestic, easy to defend and difficult to attack, three or five people can defend the slope, if you want to attack forcibly, don't leave corpses all over the ground. ”

"You just have to do what you are told, and it won't be your turn to charge into battle, but you'll have to be busy tonight." Shen Xi said with a smile.

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Just after noon, the soldiers returned to the camp, but at this time, the thieves had already picked up hundreds of loads of water to go back, and the water in the cottage should be enough for the time being.

But no one knows that these waters are mixed with laxatives, and drinking them will make people have diarrhea all day long, and the body will collapse directly.

After dinner in the evening, Shen Xi held the last pre-war mobilization meeting on Nanao Island.

Shen Xi concealed the nature of the battle, only saying that it was a tentative attack before leaving, and did not tell the participating generals that he would not stop if he did not capture the thief village this time.

After hearing Shen Xi's characterization of the battle, the soldiers had relaxed expressions, in their opinion, since it was a tentative attack, it was basically a formality, in order to have an explanation with the imperial court.

The idea of the generals and soldiers was very simple, since Shen Xi helped the soldiers get military merits and rewards, in order to satisfy Shangguan, then "help" Shen Xi once, waving flags and shouting around the thief village in Yangyu Mountain for a while, firing guns in the morning to bluff, and after noon, they took boats in batches and evacuated Nanao Island.

However, Shen Xi's request was a bit "excessive"; Shen Xi did not send officers and soldiers to attack in Japan, but on the night of 24 April, he went to a place more than two miles outside the Yangyu Mountain Bandit Village to build momentum, beat drums and sounded gold, and trumpets were repeated, only to build momentum and not attack, and they came in batches, in short, to disturb the cottage for a night.

At the same time, Shen Xi sent men to transport firewood, gunpowder, and tung oil from both wings to a range of two miles from the cottage under the cover of night. (To be continued.) )