In fact, it was not that Wu Shaocheng didn't want to defeat Gao Yue, but that Huaixi's military strength was really limited, and even his own life, that is, the tooth soldiers, was entrusted to Dong Chongzhi to make a surprise attack on the eastern capital. To put it bluntly, now Huaixi has to deal with all four fronts, and the blood of Huaixi in the regular battle is simply not enough, so he draws his salary from the bottom of the kettle, drains all the regular soldiers on the western front, the eastern front and the southern front, and bets on the northern line of Yuncheng-Ruzhou-Dongdu to win a decisive victory.

1. Dong Chongqing's attack on Luoyang was a great success;

2. The other lines, namely Gao Yue, Yu Di, and the imperial court and Eyue, were not sensitive to reaction and unfavorable coordination, giving him a window period to implement this strategy.

Therefore, in Yingzhou, Wu Shaocheng can no longer care about Yu Boliang's victory or defeat, as long as he relies on 3,000 other troops to delay Gaoyue to the beginning of spring, the goal will be achieved, this is the Tian Ji horse race in the art of war, or to avoid the real and attack the false.

But Yu Boliang's envoy was no longer able to bring the commander's intentions back to Ruyin City.

As soon as he passed Xincai and entered the western boundary of Yingzhou, he was intercepted by the rangers (or mules) arranged by Xu Si, and all his entourage was killed, and he was captured and brought to Xu Si.

Li Yu, who participated in the military, suggested to Xu Si: "This thief will be available, let him lead our army to attack Ruyin." ”

Xu Si listened, so he gave the messenger hot meals and wine, and then comforted him, Li Yu also carried out a psychological war against this - this tactic was also organized by Gao Yue in Shouchun City, and many ink craftsmen in Xuanzhou were hired to set up a "carving workshop" in the Xichang Temple of Chuanguan Lake, printing various cultural products, and mastering the public opinion offensive.

Li Yu then handed over to this messenger a copy of the "Tou Shun Form", this document is written on jute paper, the title is four vermilion characters, said "Jing Loyal to the Country", and then the content is the same, leaving only a few blanks, fill in the identity of the Shun person, the position, and the name of his family members, after filling in one by one, Li Yu took the pen and wrote the words "Tou Shun in Ruyin" at the end, and signed and stamped it in one go.

With this situation, after the official army pacifies Huaixi, your family and land will not be taken away.

On the twenty-sixth day of November, the wind and snow weakened, and the elite foot soldiers of the four battalions led by Su Pu had reached the sleeping hill two miles southwest of Ruyin City and began to build fortifications.

In the city, Huaixi caught Yu Boliang off guard, before Gao Yue set up a pontoon bridge in Xia Cai, he sent 2,000 soldiers, stationed in Yingkou, and also got the assistance of the Huaishui River thieves, ready to rely on geography to block Gao Yue's main force.

But who would have thought that at this time, a strange soldier suddenly appeared in the flat land, braved the wind and snow for three days, traveled nearly 170 miles, and rushed all the way from Anfengjin to Ruyin City.

"General, the officers and soldiers are lined up at the sleeping hill, the mountains are undulating, the formation is tightly organized, I don't know how many soldiers and horses!" When the scout reported to Yu Boliang, Yu's mood was almost desperate.

Soon after, the second group of scouts came to report that the officers and soldiers at the sleeping hill seemed to be cutting down the timber around them, and with the support of the villagers, they were building flying stone cannons and ladders, and wanted to attack our city.

If the official army is allowed to approach the city wall, it will be even more passive, Yu Boliang can only leave 200 soldiers to defend the city, and take the remaining 800 soldiers out of the south gate of the city, with his back to Yingshui, and set up a formation against the sleeping hill.

In fact, the soldiers and horses that Supu arrived at Bedhill had a total of 1,200 soldiers from four battalions.

But these generals are the banner battles of the Dingwu Army, strong and capable to defeat Huaixi, after all, they have fought Dangqiang and Xifan, and the predecessor of the Dingwu Army, the White Grass Army, has long been defeated in Huaixi, and Li Xilie has also been captured, and the psychological advantage against the battle is also very great.

"Arrest Li Xilie first, and then arrest Wu Shaocheng!"

"Dip vinegar and eat celery, and fight the Huaining army!"

It was shouting such a slogan, the 1,200 generals went up to the sleeping hill, and then they held the shovels they brought, clicked and rubbed the snow and soil, and dug trenches in an orderly manner, while some other people came out in all directions to mobilize the villagers in the Ruyin area, "Fathers and villagers, follow the imperial court, assist Gao Tang Lao, we will not only help you get rid of the Cai thief, but also immediately exterminate the river thief and the mountain shed, and return you to live and work in peace and contentment." ”

Only then did the villagers realize that it was the real officials and soldiers who came, not Cai Thief, and soon changed from initial fear to support, not only lending food and equipment to the Supu tribesmen, but also helping their families cut down bamboo and wood, and showing them the terrain and roads on all sides of Ruyin City.

Originally, the people only naturally had a sense of identification with the imperial court, but the actions of this team of officials and soldiers also surprised and moved them: they used jute paper and seals to promise the villagers that those who gave help to the officials and soldiers would be reduced or exempted from the two taxes in the coming year to varying degrees.

A few lieutenant commanders timidly asked: "Is it feasible for the officers and soldiers to speak in Yingzhou?" ”

Because of Yingzhou, it was previously the Guanzhou of Xuanwu Town, and the Yingzhou assassin who escaped from the battle was concurrently served by the Xuanwu general.

Su Pu told them that in the future, whether it is Caizhou or Yingzhou, it will be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and we have come here to fight to achieve this.

As a result, in the end, the people of more than ten townships around Ruyin City sent all the door panels over to make fortifications for the officials and soldiers.

When Yu Boliang went out of the city to set up the formation, he noticed that on the sleeping hill, the formation and earth walls of the Dingwu army were extremely strict:

Under the mound is surrounded by the trench that has just been dug, the excavated earth ramparts are piled up with a long wall, and then the Dingwu army directly pokes out the holes one by one on the wall, erects the god thunder gun from behind, the four tiger artillery cars that go with the team are lined up, in the core, eight leather cars on each side of the two wings, act as the second line of the guard, more than 1,000 Dingwu army soldiers will line up in the meantime, more than 1000 flags are erected, from a distance, there are thousands of momentum.

Yu Boliang couldn't help but be frightened, and his subordinates were also demoralized, and they didn't dare to come forward to fight.

"Chuanyingkou's team is back here. On the other side of Yuncheng, I don't know if there are any reinforcements coming? Yu Boliang had no intention of taking the initiative to fight at all.

As a result, he didn't move, but Su Pu took the initiative to get up, and he waved the command flag on the mound.

The Dingwu army was in the form of several columns, from the earthen embankments between the walls and trenches.

Yu Boliang still leaned against the city wall and did not dare to fight back.

In the sound of drums and horns, the Dingwu army has been transformed into a horizontal team engaged in battle.

Yu Boliang still didn't dare to fight.

Soon, in the center of the Dingwu Army, the car gunners wearing felt hats approached dozens of paces away, knelt down one after another, began to load ammunition, and the tiger cannons unloaded from the car were also lined up.

The garrison of the Huaixi Army stepped forward and began to draw bows and crossbows.

At this time, the tiger artillery took the lead in firing artillery, and the first round of salvo fire overturned the flag of Yu Boliang's garrison, and then the Dingwu Army's guns sounded like a thunderous sound, and the lead pellets were in the smoke of gunpowder, and they densely hit the flesh and blood of the Huaixi Army.

In the direction of the two wings, the infantry of each battalion of the Dingwu Army, after the cannon fired, held a spear, turned a boring palladium, and stabbed into Yu Boliang's formation like a mad bull's horns.

Sure enough, Caizhou soldiers are still not the opponents of the Dingwu Army.

Besides, after so many years, your brother is no longer your brother, but has evolved into your uncle.

Yu Boliang's flanks began to rout in an instant, and the soldiers on the central front were also confused, "Go back to the city to defend, go back to the city to defend." Yu Boliang threw his whip and fled.