Hong Chengchou's army pressed the realm, which made Li Xiuwen feel the pressure. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, according to Li Xiuwen's estimate, Hong Chengchou claims to have an army of 50,000, but the actual strength should only be about 30,000. If you gather the three guards and horses of the Zhou Wangfu by yourself, plus the Shenji Battalion, you will not be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

But the most important thing is that Yang Sichang is also here.

Although the other party went straight to Huguang and was restrained by Zhang Xianzhong, there was no need to worry too much. But who can guarantee that this Yang Sichang will stay in Huguang honestly and will not sneak attack him?

This person is quite deep in the city, insidious and cunning, and it is not good to take advantage of his unpreparedness to march to the south of He1, so that he will be attacked by the enemy.

Therefore, Li Xiuwen did not dare to gather all the troops that could be fought at all, but left a guard and horses to garrison, and only brought 20,000 people to Cizhou.

If Yang Sichang calls from the rear, he can at least resist for a while, and he can adapt to the situation.

Previously, Li Xiuwen had sent someone to Huguang to contact Zhang Xianzhong to seek cooperation, but there was no news yet. But he is not too worried about this, after all, everyone is also a thief, and they are the targets of the imperial court's encirclement and suppression.

As the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, this is a matter of mutual benefit, Zhang Xianzhong will be willing to cooperate with him as long as he has a little brain.

Zhang Xianzhong is not the only one who has recently rebelled, and other forces, large and small, have more or less cooperated with Zhang Xianzhong, and they can be regarded as allies.

Li Xiuwen didn't expect that he would also become a member of the anti-thieves, you know, he didn't look down on the rebels before, because their combat power was too weak.

However, cooperation is not a joint effort, Li Xiuwen only hopes that Zhang Xianzhong will not accidentally break into his own territory and attract Yang Sichang over. As long as the other party can contain a force of the imperial court, he will not be defeated.

What Li Xiuwen needs now is just a little bit of time to train his soldiers and horses and develop and grow. No matter how rich he is, if he doesn't have time to train his troops, it will be difficult to resist the Ming court.

What made him a little helpless was that this Zhu Youzhen was in a hurry, and he wanted to extinguish himself quickly, and before the soldiers and horses had time to practice, they called again.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered to discuss the strategy against the enemy, and Han Lin, as the deputy chief of the three guards, was also among them.

Although he had arranged his own cronies in each army, Li Xiuwen knew that none of them were familiar with military affairs, and he had told them before they took office that they should first learn some experience before they could take charge of themselves in the future.

As for military affairs, there is no need for them to interfere too much, and they only need to play a supervisory role in case of accidents.

Li Xiuwen believes that the chief generals he has appointed are all capable of leading troops. If you let your henchmen interfere with them too much, it will easily backfire. The Ming Dynasty's large-scale appointment of eunuchs who did not understand military affairs to supervise the army, which led to frequent crushing defeats of the army, is the best example.

Several people discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with any strange schemes, except for He Renlong, these generals rarely experienced battle formations, and the suggestions put forward were all decent.

Li Xiuwen had already planned in his heart, and when he saw that everyone had discussed it almost at this time, he spoke: "I plan to surprise the enemy camp tonight, what do you think?" ”

There was a look of surprise on everyone's faces, but they didn't think it was a feasible plan.

The requirements of the night attack on the command of the general are too high, and it is difficult to convey the order in time without the light of the fire, and if one is not grasped well, it is likely that the enemy will not suffer any losses, and he will be completely annihilated.

Moreover, most of the generals who lead troops to fight have some experience, and night attacks may not allow them to mess up their own positions, and it will be difficult to succeed.

However, although they tried to persuade them, it was not easy for them to say too ugly words, otherwise it would not be good to offend the lord. Several of Li Xiuwen's subordinates tactfully persuaded Li Xiuwen to understand the difficulty of the night attack more deeply.

In fact, he only has such an idea, but he is not too conceited about his ability to fight, and he can still listen to persuasion. But at this moment, He Renlong spoke: "General, the last general thinks that the night attack may not be successful!" ”

A puzzled look appeared on everyone's faces, and Li Xiuwen hurriedly asked, "What good strategy did General He come up with?" ”

He Renlong nodded solemnly, thinking that he finally had a chance to perform, and immediately expressed his thoughts to everyone.

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It was night, just after the fourth watch, and a team of light horses slowly moved forward in the night.

The team tried not to make too much noise, and quietly leaned towards the camp in front.

The leader of the team was Li Dong, the general of the cavalry battalion, who only brought 2,000 cavalry this time. After the order was issued, he took the lead and led his men and horses to charge the camp of the Ming army.

"Kill—"

The western camp of the Ming army was attacked, and when it was caught off guard, there was a brief scene of chaos.

The sound of shouting and killing, screaming, mixed with the sound of gold and iron clashing.

"Enemy night attack, enemy night attack—"

"Straight lady thief, dare to sneak attack at night, kill me-"

"Kill—"

Cao Bianjiao, the chief military officer, was awakened by the noise, and did not ask for help from the friendly troops on the side, but quickly organized the troops and horses of his headquarters to resist. Under normal circumstances, there will not be too many enemies attacking at night, just hold the base camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Hong Chengchou also woke up the noise outside. Those who march and fight are very sensitive to the sound of the night, and such a big movement should be the enemy's night attack.

Sure enough, the soldiers opened the tent curtain and entered, and reported: "Lord Qiyu, the enemy army has attacked the west camp at night!" ”

Hong Chengchou's face was not panicked, he put on his battle armor under the service of his own soldiers, and walked out of the camp quickly, and he could vaguely hear the sound of killing in the direction of Xiying.

"Huh-"

Hong Chengchou smiled confidently, climbed the watchtower and looked in the direction of Xiying, and sure enough, he saw the faint light of the fire, and said to himself: "Night attack? Isn't this a trick played by Lu Xiangsheng? Your Li Xiu's literature is decent, but it's a pity that the form is similar but not the god. ”

If the camp attacked by Li Xiuwen was not Xiying, Hong Chengchou would still be a little worried, but the other party didn't seem to be very lucky, and he bumped into Xiying all of a sudden, what bargain could he get?

On the Xiying side, there are elite troops stationed, Hong Chengchou's most powerful subordinate, Cao Bianjiao.

This Cao Bianjiao is a fierce general, the nephew of the famous general Cao Wenzhao, Li Xiuwen attacked his station at night, can he still get a good deal?

Don't say it's the western camp, even if the other camps are attacked at night, they won't be too flustered. The generals who led the troops to fight in the war in these years, even if they didn't know much about military affairs, all of them had a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", how could this little night raid trick be so easy to succeed?

If you encounter an inexperienced general, it is very likely that you will be disorganized and discouraged, resulting in cannibalism, or you may fall into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain and fall into an ambush, and the whole army will be defeated.

If the opposing commander is not in a panic, and each battalion is guarded separately and organizes a resistance, it is difficult to cause large-scale lethality by relying on a small number of cavalry to charge the camp. Once the general who commands the night attack is inexperienced, it is easy to bury all his cavalry in the hands of the enemy.

Hong Chengchou watched from the watchtower for a while, and saw that no enemy had come to attack his Chinese camp, and the battle on the west side seemed to be about to end, so he was relieved to go back to his camp for the first time, disarmed and slept.

However, in less than half an hour, Hong Chengchou was woken up again.

Hong Chengchou never thought that Li Xiuwen would play the trick of attacking the camp twice and hit himself by surprise. The previous time, it was probably just a cover, but now it's the back hand!

Just now, the personal soldier came in again, and reported in an anxious tone: "Lord Ministry, thousands of enemy cavalry attacked our army and kicked the company camp, it seems that they are planning to pass through the front camp and kill our own formation, please decide!" ”

"Hmph-"

Hong Chengchou sneered: "Li Xiuwen, I actually underestimated you!" Give me commands, and keep your own formation, and do not mess with your own formation. ”

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PS: Thanks to "choonjin" for the tip! (To be continued.) )