After Li Yan's soldiers saw that the thief's cavalry did not attack, they all relaxed. Many of them were thirsty because of their nervousness, so they naturally reached their waists to get the water bags. But they all came to naught. Only then did they remember that before the enemy's cavalry attacked, their water bags had been taken away, and each person had been rationed to drink, and it was not yet time to drink.

The troops from the north let the cavalry back, and then closed the gap again. The soldiers were ordered to sit down and begin to rest. The baggage soldiers are still assembling the shed. Others are digging and spreading the soil on the roof of the shed, and some are putting it in bags on the edge of the shed, ready to be used to extinguish the fire.

The shed was built by wrapping it around a wagon and erecting it with the wood it carried in a pre-dug hole in the cart. The horses and mules that were pulling the baggage were also driven into the shed at this time, and were guarded by two baggage soldiers to prevent the mules and horses from running away in fright.

The shed surrounded by more than 30 carts is large enough, and there are six load-bearing columns in the middle. This is also Li Yan's headquarters, and there is still an observation post on top. Such a shed was made by Master Huang of the carpentry workshop according to Li Yan's prompts, and the main joints were iron parts provided by the blacksmith workshop. The whole shed is well-structured, strong and sturdy, and it is a good mobile disassembly shed.

Li Mu returned to the headquarters, looked around, and said in surprise: "This thing is really good, and it can be built in a while." ”

At this time, the baggage soldiers and Li Yan's personal soldiers were busy carrying supplies in, and people came and went, which seemed a little crowded. So Li Yan and Li Mu left the headquarters, and he asked, "Are there any casualties?" ”

"No," Li Mou replied, "they are all fighting behind the backs of the thieves, and they have no ability to fight back." It seems that few of them can ride and shoot, and many of them just know how to ride horses. ”

Li Yan shook his head with a smile and said, "How can riding and archery be so easy to practice?" Their cavalry is not strong, so our pressure is less. Now it's up to them to see if they have artillery, and if they have a cannon with a range similar to ours, then this shed is a good target. ”

Li Mu comforted: "They have never captured the county seat, and the officers and soldiers in the field are all small Franky guns, and they shouldn't have large Franky guns like us." ”

"There is no best." Li Yan looked in the direction of the south and ordered: "Let the cavalry also come to help, the thief's infantry is about to come." ”

Li Mu agreed, and went to ask the cavalry to help.

Li Yan went to the four corners of the phalanx, where four large cars were used to build four small sheds. These four small sheds also serve as storage sites for ammunition and crossbow arrows, which can be replenished more quickly during battle. And the artillery positions deployed in the four corners are also just right for the loaders to reload here to avoid accidents.

After Li Yan's inspection, he found no problems. The ammunition was wrapped in oiled paper, and the roof of the shed was covered with a layer of earth, and there were bags of dirt in sacks around it, so that the fire could be extinguished at any time.

"General", Sun Sifu reported: "The observation post reported that the thief infantry army has arrived. ”

Li Yan returned to the headquarters, but instead of returning to the shed, he went up to the roof of the shed. He must clearly observe the situation on the battlefield before he can make accurate judgments.

But Yuan Laoshan and the others moved forward in surprise on the horse. They all saw Li Yan's phalanx, and they also saw the shed in the phalanx.

"What is this?" Yuan Laoshan asked incredulously, "How did you get it like this?" ”

Shi Qian frowned and said: "I didn't expect it, we have already acted in advance, I didn't expect him to build a village by himself without occupying the village." ”

"The name is well deserved," Yuan Shizhong exclaimed: "Li Yan is really powerful." Look at the corpses around, there are quite a few cavalry lost. ”

At this time, Yuan Laoshan still had time to notice the corpses on the ground, and they were all shocked and distressed to see it. The cavalry is their treasure, not to mention them, even the officers and soldiers, and the cavalry are all superior. But now the corpses densely packed outside the phalanx made them feel distressed.

But no matter what, they have much more troops than Li Yan. They immediately divided their forces, bypassed the phalanx from a distance, and surrounded them on all sides. Yuan Laoshan was the most powerful, he was in charge of the south and east, Yuan Shizhong was in charge of the west, and Shiqian was in charge of the final important north. Because Li Yan's retreat direction is in this direction, and the reinforcements coming may also be in this direction, the north side is the most important.

When he moved to the north, he gathered up his cavalry, counted the number of people, and found that there were only about a dozen missing. He was satisfied, at least preserved the strength of the cavalry. Immediately after that, he sent out sentry scouts to guard against reinforcements from the official army.

The rest of the cavalry also returned to their respective units. The biggest loss this time was Yuan Laoshan's cavalry, because his cavalry was at the front, and there were nearly two hundred horsemen in total. Yuan Shizhong only lost seven or eight cavalry, after all, his cavalry only had more than a hundred people, and only a few were shot down when they went around to the north.

After that, the three of them got together again to discuss how to attack. This gave Li Yan another period of time, so that he could move all his baggage into the command headquarters.

Li Yan's troops were still sitting on the ground resting, and if they found that the thieves were attacking, they would be notified. At this time, they still have to conserve their physical strength, so as not to turn into soft-footed shrimp during the battle.

Li Yan looked at the team of thieves with a telescope, and he found that the thieves began to gather troops in the south, mainly archers. There was also movement in several other directions, and they all began to line up in formation, preparing to attack.

"Get the troops ready." Li Yan instructed: "The artillery is transferred to the south, and when the enemy's archers stop, they will fire grapenail shells." Note that it is the grapeshotfire that fires with all its might to give the enemy's archers the maximum damage."

Sun Sifu immediately went down to give orders, while Li Mu frowned and watched the movements of the thieves in all directions.

"They're going to attack from all sides," Li Mu said nervously, "It seems that they plan to go down in one go." ”

Li Yan sneered and said, "I'm still afraid that they won't come." That's fine, just to be afraid of them at once. After they were heavily damaged, they did not dare to commit a large force to attack. ”

Li Mu reminded: "But in that case, they will definitely besiege them." What do we do at night? What if reinforcements from Guide City don't come? We've got to do some preparations."

Li Yan took a few deep breaths, and then said softly: "Don't move for the time being, it's such a big place, you can't hide it." We just need to know it in our own hearts, and don't make it public. ”

"I understand,"; Li Mu nodded and said, "As long as you stay awake, Fourth Brother." ”

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