Duyang City is not big, it is an irregular rectangle, the east and west sides are the shortest, the city wall is only three or four miles long, if you want to attack the hole, the tunnel must be attacked at night after digging through, it cannot be in the daytime.

And Duyang City is small, it was originally a transit station for grain and grass turnover, except for the garrison, there are not many ordinary people, once you enter Duyang City from the tunnel, such a palm-sized place, even if the Jin army is only stationed in 5,000 people, the density is incredible. What's more, the Jin army is afraid that there are more than 10,000 people in the city.

Launching a cave attack in such a small place, even if the sneak attack is successful and the gate of Duyang City is opened, the Jin army only needs to retreat to the city wall and shoot the Xian army in the city with bows and arrows. If the Xian army invaded the city in a big way, it was just right, the Jin army outside the city also attacked the city, and it could have been decided through the field battle, and the Xian army still had room for war by relying on the numerical superiority, and now in order to capture Duyang, it had to send troops to attack.

In this way, the Jin army also sent troops into the city, and the two sides became a disorderly hand-to-hand fight face-to-face in the city. Even if the Xian army has a numerical advantage, most of the recruits will be defeated under the confrontation between the recruits and the elite soldiers of the Jin army, and then the Ding Yang Hou's method of attacking the cave will not only fail to succeed, but will also bury the Xian army.

"General Zhao, forgive the offense, but you have to prepare early."

"You mean, this battle has been lost!" Zhao Xun couldn't help but be stunned, even if he had always thought that the Xian army would definitely win this battle, but now, he had no confidence.

"General Zhao, the plan for today is to retreat to Feicheng, retreat to Feicheng to recover the north of Feicheng, and take the west of the city as the foundation, maybe you can still hold the coastal area, if you continue to fight a decisive battle, the Xian army will be defeated."

"Is there no other way?"

Bai Liyan (also Wei Xian) was silent, and after a long time said:

"It's hard, it's hard."

If there was a 50% chance of winning before the Battle of Duyang began, and now it is only 40% of 5, it is estimated that in two days, 40% of the chance of winning may be gone.

At this moment, Zhao Xun's face turned pale, and he muttered:

"Okay, you go wash up first, and then we will think about it."

"No!"

Bai Liyan raised her hand and saluted slightly, feeling how heavy, and then went to the camp tent to see Xiao and took him to the river to wash the blood. The river was to the south of the rear camp, where the wounded battalion was stationed. It is said to be a river, but in fact it is a small stream, which is knee-deep, and it cannot drown people.

When he came to no man's land, Bai Liyan put his weapon aside, put the torch on the ground, and took off his leather armor and bloody clothes, but at this time, he saw Xiao carrying himself on his back and walked away for more than ten meters to hide in the dim place where the torch could not be illuminated at all, as if he intended to avoid himself.

Bailiyan was worried that something would happen, so she stepped forward barefoot, Xiao was stripped naked, and was about to go down the river with her cloak scattered, Bailiyan suddenly appeared, and Xiao shrank back in horror:

"Brother Wei!"

He looked at him in horror, his face was red in the dimness, Bai Liyan stretched out his hand to tease him, but Xiao stepped back:

"Xiao, it's too dark here, beware of the scouts of the Jin army who have captured you."

"Brother Wei, wash it yourself, Xiao can do it alone."

Bai Liyan couldn't help frowning, although the rear camp was far away from the Jin army, the scouts on both sides were haunted at night, and it was so dark that a careless person could be hacked. Bailiyan couldn't rest assured, and reached out again to tease, just like this, he was stunned:

"You...... You are ......"

At this time, Xiao suddenly cried:

"Brother Wei, I ......"

Xiao whimpered and squatted on the ground, his chest was faintly different from the man's, Bai Liyan is a doctor, of course he knows what it means.

"Don't cry, big brother won't hurt you. Tell Big Brother how you got into the barracks. ”

Xiao also sobbed twice, squatted on the ground and covered his lower body and chest with his hands, and looked at Bai Liyan timidly:

"Yes...... It's for my brother, he's only thirteen......"

Bai Liyan's heart was extremely heavy, and he choked up and said:

"So you disguise yourself as a man and serve as your brother's army, right?"

"It's my mother, my mother in order to keep a seed for the family, and also to be able to eat a full stomach. My father died on the way to deliver food, my eldest brother died in Anping, and my second brother also died in Changting River, leaving my younger brother and mother at home. ”

Hearing this, Bai Liyan choked again, and a stream of sour water gushed out of his throat and rushed to the tear ducts, he held back his tears and said slowly:

"Then why didn't you be discovered by its soldiers, and how did you hide from others when you saw red every month."

Xiao looked at it in a daze, and his mood eased a lot:

Wei ...... Brother Wei also knows that he is red. This voice was very twisted, maybe shy, and his heart was like a rabbit jumping around at the moment, and his face was slightly flushed.

"Brother Wei is Langzhong, of course he knows that women must be popular every month."

Seeing red is a period, and according to Xiao's own statement, he doesn't see red every month, which means that he may be malnourished and menstrual irregularities. Or that the amount of malnutrition is very small. If you don't have a period, the accompanying menstrual pain will be much lighter. So in the three or four months since the army was charged, there has been no flaw. It's very inconvenient to and pee, so it's all hiding in a place where no one is there to solve the problem.

"Brother Wei, will you kill me?"

Bai Liyan squatted down with a slight smile, her eyes full of determination:

"Silly girl, why did Brother Wei kill you."

"Women are not allowed in the army, if the general knows, Xiao will die, Xiao just wants to eat a full meal, and wants to save a seed for the family."

Xiao said it really, and his stupid eyes flashed with fear and timidity. Bai Liyan changed his words:

"From today onwards, don't leave with Brother Wei, you know."

"Uh-huh." Xiao nodded, his face was much more relaxed, and a pure and sweet smile was faintly revealed.

"Let's go, go to a bright place to wash up, Brother Wei promises not to peek at Xiao taking a bath."

Bai Liyan turned his body around, Xiao timidly picked up the bloody clothes and wrapped his body, and followed him to the shore with firelight. Bai Liyan turned his back and stood guard nearby, and it was not until Xiao was sparse and clean that he went into the water to clean himself.

When I returned to the shore, I saw Xiao Phi drying her hair with a torch, and her childish face was clear and beautiful, if it weren't for the war, she might be able to marry a good family.

Putting on her clothes and sitting back on the shore, Bai Liyan slowly asked her:

"Xiao, apart from your mother and brother, is there anyone else in the family?"

"Yes, they've all fled."

"Yes."

Bai Liyan groaned, and Xiao asked rhetorically:

"What about Brother Wei's house?"

She looked at it stupidly, and Bai Liyan smiled slightly:

"Perhaps, perhaps, there are many more."

In fact, he doesn't know whether the royal relatives living in the country are his own family, maybe they are also like all the monarchs in this world, no one knows the suffering of the common people and the turmoil of the country.

That night, Bai Liyan and Xiao slept all night in the camp tent arranged by Zhao Xun, Xiao was like a child, hiding in his arms and sleeping very soundly.

The next day, the Xianjun buried the corpses overnight, and the burial was not finished until dawn, and yesterday a total of 7,325 people were killed in the battle, and only more than 200 or so were still angry from the pile of dead people, and more than one-third could not be rescued.

The scouts sent by Zhao Xun overnight kept shuttling back and forth, and from the information that had been detected, it was shown that the two large battalions outside Duyang City of the Jin Army did not find Shuai Qi or Shuai Tent, but there were more people than in Duyang City.

Of course, Duyang City is too small, and there are not many people stationed. At most, it will not exceed 20,000, but even if it is 20,000, yesterday's siege will undoubtedly be a catastrophe, and even if only 10,000 people of 20,000 people defend the city wall, it will not help if a few thousand people take turns to attack the city.

As soon as the morning dawned, Bai Liyan took Xiao to the camp to eat, and just after eating, Zhao Xun's personal soldiers arrived:

"Wei Xian, General Zhao is invited."

"I'll go over here."

gave the remaining half of the light cake to Xiao and took her to Zhao Xun's tent, while Xiao was left outside the tent.

"I've seen General Zhao."

gave a salute, and Zhao Xun's face was full of sadness:

"You may be seated."

The Baili Yanjing sat down, and Maza seemed to be not set up, and made a squeak.

"General, please come down, but it's for the sake of the Jin army."

"Exactly. It is reported that the Jin army's military tent is set up in Duyang City, with about 20,000 horses. ”

Hearing the news that the Jin army placed the Chinese military tent in the city, and there were 20,000 horses, Bai Liyan was slightly surprised, and he said:

"You can go into the city and investigate it yourself."

"No, but the east gate of the city is open, and it can be seen that the handsome flag and handsome tent are placed in the city."

"In case it is a trick, this news will be reported to the Marquis of Dingyang, I am afraid that the Marquis of Dingyang will be able to attack the city."

"yes, Ben is worried about that. If it is in the city, not only will the general's previous assertions become a laughing stock, but I am afraid that the whole army will be harmed, I don't know what your Excellency thinks. ”

Bai Liyan was silent for a moment, and then said:

"Ding Yang Hou is anxious for quick success and quick profit, and it is said that he will attack Duyang City with a hole first, this plan is indeed a good plan, but no matter how good the plan is, it will not help if it is not detailed and thoughtful.

Now that it is difficult to ride a tiger, Han He put the handsome flag and the handsome tent in the city, I am afraid that Han He saw through the person of Ding Yang Hou, and deliberately designed to lure Ding Yang Hou to attack Duyang City.

If you want to say that there is a solution, it is not that there is no solution, but if you act according to the next strategy, the Xianjun army is afraid that it will be greatly damaged. ”

"Your Excellency, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Catch Gongzichang."

"Catch Ji Chang!" Zhao Xun was stunned: "How can this be caught." ”

"General Zhao must send people to find out the two battalions of the Jin army outside the city, there is no doubt that the Han He Chinese army will be outside the city, and Xi Chang will also be in the Chinese army. As long as it is caught, Han He will never dare to attack the Xian army. But at present, Han He put the handsome flag and the handsome tent in the city, I am afraid that the general will find out that Han Hezhen's Chinese army is located outside the city, and with the temperament of Ding Yang Hou, I am afraid that he will not believe the general's words, and he will still attack the city.

In this case, the general can do what he wants. ”

"How do you count it?"

"Ding Yang Hou suffered a big loss under the west city yesterday, so he learned that the Jin army commander banner and the handsome tent were placed in the city, and next time he would not only attack the west of the city, but the west of the city, the south of the city, and the north of the city attacked from three sides, in order to prevent the two battalions outside the Jin army from attacking my siege team, Ding Yang Hou must divide his troops to intercept.

In this case, the general can ask for orders to attack the Jin army camp outside the city, kill the enemy at all costs, and capture Xichang, so that the Jin army will be broken. ”

"But our army is in decline at the moment, what if the Jin army forcibly fights our army."

"Resist. After capturing Xichang, he immediately withdrew to the camp and held the camp without leaving. Then he was escorted out of the front of the battle to deter the Jin army and hit its morale and military prestige. As soon as the morale of the Jin army was broken, even if our army was defeated in this battle, it was still won.

At that time, he coerced the Jin State to make a truce and make peace, and only in this way did the Xian State still have a glimmer of life. ”

"This ......"

Zhao Xun hesitated, and Bai Liyan saw the clue and said:

"I know that the general's soldiers and horses are now less than 20,000, and if a number of men and horses are sent to attack the city, it will be difficult to continue to attack the Jin army, and it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. But this is the only way to do it right now. If it succeeds, as long as our army sticks to the camp and waits for the Jin army to run out of food and grass, we can force the Jin army to stop fighting.

Of course, Han He was sure that our army would not dare to kill Xichang, so he would inevitably counterattack frantically during the period to recapture Xichang, so the army needed to be prepared for a long time. ”

[Note] As for why the place where the Shuai Banner is so important in ancient times, we must first clarify that in ancient times, communication and transportation were backward, and the Shuai Tent meant a command center. Therefore, the commander's account, the commander's flag, and the Chinese army are the core of the entire army, and the so-called fake commander's flag can often play a surprise role, but it will also lead to changes in the existing communication system because of the dislocation of the commander and the Chinese army.

At present, Han He is in the city and the Chinese army is outside the city, so it is possible to take convenience nearby and set up real and false marshal tents. If the various departments of the army are hundreds of kilometers apart, and then set up a fake Chinese army, it will show flaws, because it is impossible to send military intelligence information to the fake Chinese army, of course, you can pretend to send a message to the fake Chinese army to pretend to be the density of contact and communication, but it is very difficult for the real Chinese army to hide the density of communication, especially in the era when there is no wireless communication, it is all passed on by people and horses.

Finally, the change and concealment of the Chinese military will inevitably lead to a change in the national liaison system, and the farther the distance, the greater the impact of this change.

Imagine that the monarch gave an order to the front line, but the Chinese army hid hundreds of miles away, and the news was sent to the fake Chinese army, and then when it was forwarded to the commander, it had to run hundreds of miles, and the best opportunity was missed. Therefore, changes in the position of the Chinese armed forces often bring about inconveniences in communications, intelligence, and logistics, and changes in the entire system will expose the location of the Chinese armed forces. Therefore, the hiding of the Chinese army, the handsome flag, and the commander requires a specific environment and elements to be realized.