Cheng Mingzhen's idea was very bold, he wanted to take advantage of the shallow mud in the lower reaches of the Lishui River, which was not conducive to the other party's rapid breakthrough, and ate Chai Shaobu in one fell swoop.

There are three reasons that prompted him to make this bold decision: first, the current disparity in strength between the enemy and our two sides is huge, the number of the two sides of the Yuzhou battalion and the Shijia army together has just reached half of the Chai Shao department, and the dignified array duel is basically equivalent to stretching out the neck to find death. Therefore, the only way to win is to use trickery to achieve victory. Second, the enemy army under Chai Shao's department came from a long distance, and there was no good rest along the way, and now it has become the end of the crossbow. This can be clearly seen from the fact that they were able to take Xianyu City but were helpless against the wooden bridge defended by Wu Tianxi with hundreds of people. If you can grasp the fighter and give it a blow, it is likely to have a miraculous effect. The third and most important point is. He didn't have time to spend it with Chai Shao. Li Zhongjian and Luo Yi's soldiers and horses may be killed at any time, once the three-way "Li Jiajun" surrounds the Zhouzhou camp, there will be no place to bury.

The specific measure to accomplish this idea was to have Shi Zan lead about 5,000 soldiers and horses to block the line of the white sand beach with Wu Tianxi, Shi Chong and others, and resist Chai Shao at any cost, so that the other party could not land smoothly. And Cheng Mingzhen himself took all the men and horses of the Zhaozhou battalion and the remaining Shi family disciples to kill from the wooden bridge that was still in his hands, and detoured back to Chai Shao's back to give him a two-sided attack.

Once Cheng Mingzhen returns to his position, Chai Shaobu, who is surrounded by the enemy on his back and cold autumn water under his feet, will definitely collapse. But in case before Cheng Mingzhen reached the designated position, the Baisha defense line was broken through by Chai Shao, and the entire tactical action would be declared a failure, and Shi Zan and Wu Tianxi and others would also die.

"The outcome of this plan may only be between five or five, Brother Shi ......," after a rough introduction of his thoughts, looking at Shi Zhan's eyes, Cheng Mingzhen whispered to ask for the other party's opinion.

"Gan Sensei said that there is a 20% chance of winning, and he will do it! I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf. Shi Zhan slapped the table and made a decision without hesitation. His idea is far simpler than Cheng Mingzhen's. Lao Tzu was a mountain king, and he thought that there was nothing else except that this life was his own. Now Lao Tzu has eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas, beautiful women have also played, and officials have also done it, and he has lived enough in this life. You, Chai Shao, dare to block Lao Tzu's retreat, and Lao Tzu will fight with you. After losing the fight, his head fell off, but the bowl was big, with a scar, and he was a good man after 20 years. In case God bless you Chai Shao boy and cripple me, Lao Shi will earn it. From now on, no matter where you go, everyone mentions who defeated General Zuo Yiwei with fewer strikes and more blows, and you have to say the name of our old stone first when you pick it up with your thumb. It's not greed, who makes our Lao Shi's soldiers more than Cheng Xiaojiu's soldiers now! Of course, the main force cannot be counted as the side with fewer troops.

In any case, the goal of the two is basically the same: to defeat Chai Shao's subordinates and break out a way out of life for the brothers of the Dou family's army. Adjust the deployment in a hurry at the moment. Send your cronies on fast horses to call out the brothers who have been sent to ambush in various places, and rush to the white sand beach and the nameless wooden bridge. The two commanders themselves led their soldiers to the meeting place of the brothers.

This is a simple thing to say, but it is quite hasty to execute. Shi Zan hurriedly drove away for most of the day, and finally arrived at the white sand battlefield in the evening. Looking at the two armies that were still facing each other across the river, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, threw his stirrup off his horse, pulled Shi Chong, the henchman general who came to greet him, and asked, "Why did you run over?" What should we do if the brothers in front of us are in a mess? When did the guy surnamed Chai start attacking? ”

After a series of questions, Shi Zhong didn't know which one to answer first. After thinking for a moment, he responded: "Chai Shao arrived at noon. The people were sleepy and tired, and they saw that our army was already prepared, so they did not attack for the time being! The subordinates heard the scout's report that you are here, so they will temporarily hand over the brothers to Wu Tianxi to take charge......"

"Okay, the surname Chai hasn't attacked yet! Long-winded! Shi Chan waved his hand impatiently to interrupt Shi Chong's explanation. Then he grinned his teeth and smiled: "Hehe, I'm still afraid that as soon as he arrives here, he will cross the river immediately, you kid can't stand it." It's good that we haven't started yet, let's put the soldiers together and serve the people surnamed Chai! ”

"Dashuai......" Shi Zhong looked around and shouted in a low voice. There is a sentence in my subordinates that I don't know whether to say it or not! ”

"If you have something to say, just say it. Who did you learn this from? Shi Zhan's brows immediately straightened up, and he scolded with a calm face.

Shi Chong's face immediately turned red after being reprimanded. However, he was still very careful to sweep around, and there was no Brother in the nearby battalion to keep his voice very low, and he added at a magnitude that only two people could hear: "My subordinates find it difficult to hold the river beach. There are too many soldiers and horses surnamed Dou, and although the river in front of me looks wide, the river is not very deep! ”

"I think your kid is underdrawn. Before the war, we will mess with our army's heart! Shi Zhan frowned, and scolded in a low voice: "Wu Tianxi took a few hundred people to stay for an afternoon plus a night. Counting the new ones I brought, we have more than 5,000 brothers in our hands, and then let Chai Shao break through the defense line, and we can all jump into the river! ”

"It's different!" Shi Chong took half a step back, and then retorted with a smiling face: "I have seen Wu Tianxi's soldiers, all of them are heavily armored Mo swordsmen. How can we have such good equipment in our hands? Besides, he guarded a bridge yesterday, taking advantage of the terrain, although there were many people with Chai Shao, he couldn't swing it at all. There are only a dozen of the two sides who really fight each other at the same time! That's why they were evenly matched. And now, look into the middle of the river......"

"So what!" Shi Zan responded very unconvinced: "Brother Cheng brought together all the family resources to save such an elite army. Our equipment is inferior to his, but our number is several times his! Well, the tiger can't stand a pack of wolves, you little rock, why are the people bolder and going back?."

While counting the stones, it was not Shi Zhan who was heavy, and he looked up at the middle of the river. If you don't look at it, you will immediately gasp when you look at it.

It is true that Chai Shao's soldiers and horses have not yet begun to cross the river, but not all of them are recuperating on the other side of the river. There were many soldiers, and many captured civilians, and at least seven or eight thousand ants were busy on the other side of the river. Bags of sand are thrown into the middle of the river, and then the freshly cut trees are spread section by section.

The stretch from the river to the white sand beach has expanded to more than five times the size of the river. However, the corresponding depth of the river is only one-fifth. A few sandbags smashed down, and an improvised bridge pier was immediately smashed. The big tree was on the two piers, and in the blink of an eye, the wooden bridge made of sandbags and big trees "grew" a lot forward.

Shockingly, there is far more than one such improvised wooden bridge under construction. Shi Zhan counted roughly, and from east to west, there were six wooden bridges going hand in hand. According to Shi Chong's statement, Chai Shao rushed to the south bank, that is, it took more than two hours. In just two hours, the bridge deck has been paved to one-fifth of the river.

Now it's a bit of a problem. If Chai Shao made a stupid trek on foot, with the advantage of the terrain, Shi Zan still had the confidence to block him. But he stepped on the bridge to make up for his inconvenience in the river mud, and the terrain was almost level with the defenders on the north bank, and it was difficult for the defenders to take advantage of it.

"Why don't you stop it with a bow and arrow?" Turning his head and accusing, words rushed out of his mouth.

The handsome man was angry. It is difficult for a big feather arrow to hit the target on the wind. And we don't have as many archers as we have on the other side. Greeting each other with feathered arrows will definitely suffer! Shi Zhong sighed and explained in a low voice. Before Shi Zan came, he and Wu Tianxi had already adopted various methods to try to delay the enemy's construction of the bridge. But none of these methods worked, and dozens of brothers were caught up in vain.

“！” Shi Zhan was so worried that he pouted his teeth. The six pontoon bridges are going hand in hand, and according to the current situation, they will definitely be able to connect with the north shore in the second half of the night. At that time, he could only divide his troops into six roads, block six bridgeheads, and fight to the death with Chai Shao. But Chai Shao estimated that he would not be so stupid, and he had to transport troops along the bridge. He only had to stretch the bridge across most of the river to attack. Some of the brothers rushed along the bridge and jumped onto the beach on the north shore. Others waded under the bridge, taking advantage of the confusion between the brothers and the defenders on the bridge and rushed to the riverbank.

As long as there are more than 1,000 soldiers of the Li family on the shore, they can resist the 5,000 brothers under their command to the death. And the follow-up Li Jiajun can calmly cross the river and use the advantage of numbers to "drown" the five thousand brothers under his command on the white sand beach!

"I also discussed it with Brother Wu just now, and I think I will definitely not be able to hold it." As if he had guessed what the coach was thinking, Shi Zhong reminded in a low voice.

"And what do you want to do?" Shi Zan was furious at the new situation, frowned, and asked his subordinates for countermeasures.

"Wu Tianxi means that in the middle of the night, he took the initiative to attack the battalion that robbed Chai Shao." Shi Zhong gritted his teeth and replied in a very low voice: "But my subordinates feel that since the wooden bridge upstream is still in our hands, it is better for us to leave!" Anyway, Dou Jiande is average to you, whether he dies or not, it's our! ”

"No, no, no! Absolutely not! Shi Zan shook his head again and again, his brows twisted into a pimple, "Lao Dou is indeed kind to us, but he doesn't treat us badly." Besides, without Lao Dou, we can't jump around in Hebei for a few days. I'm afraid it's not much fun to sneak up on the river. Chai Shao is also a big general, and he won't have any precautions at all! Sizzle"

While inhaling the cold air, he pondered. It's already at this time, and it's definitely too late to ask Cheng Mingzhen for advice. I have been fighting for more than ten years, and I have never encountered such a hard stubble. “！” Suddenly, Shi Zan gritted his teeth and shouted, "If he wants to cross the river, let him cross." Remove all the brethren from the shore to rest. Don't stop. Who is afraid of whom, let him go ashore, and Lao Tzu will play with him in a real way! ”