The next day, An Renyi ordered to speed up the advance, and asked the soldiers to throw away all the unnecessary things, and the marching speed was suddenly much faster than yesterday. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info And with the acceleration of the march, there are also some loopholes in the formation of the team, and it is no longer as strict as yesterday.

Five miles later, Yang Wu couldn't help but ponder when he heard the new situation that the scouts had discovered.

"Did An Renyi realize that something was wrong and speed up the march, or did he deliberately show his flaws to lure our army to attack? If they realize that something is wrong and speed up the march, then the flaws they reveal may be true; But it's also possible that he did it on purpose! Well, although An Renyi is not as wise as Li Shenfu, he is also a veteran who has fought for many years, and he must have felt the danger before speeding up the march, but it should be true to lure our army to attack! This is a ploy to kill two birds with one stone! ”

If Yang Wu took the opportunity to attack, he might be defeated, but if he ignored it, An Renyi might return to Runzhou ahead of schedule. In particular, there are still 5,000 defenders in Runzhou, and as long as these people send a part to meet the enemy's forces, they will have more troops, and it will be more difficult to eat them. So if you want to go on the offensive, it's best to choose today.

Yang Wu was still pondering, and Hou Zan on the side had already spoken: "Shizi, since the enemy army has revealed flaws, our army should immediately launch an attack, and the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again!" What's more, the enemy army must not know that the reinforcements led by General Chen have arrived, and at this time, the attack will definitely be able to break through the enemy formation! ”

Yang Wu shook his head and said: "It's not appropriate, the enemy army suddenly accelerated the speed of the march, which is only afraid of fraud, and our army should be careful." Anyway, it's still early, let's take a look first! ”

Li Yu on the side obviously thought of this as well, and said, "General Hou doesn't need to be anxious. However, Shizi, in my opinion, since An Renyi is likely to deliberately expose flaws, why don't our army come up with a general plan? ”

"Will it be calculated? I don't know what Li Yuanjun's plan is? Yang Wu became interested and hurriedly asked.

"Simple, let General Hou and Zai Xia lead the army to raid, General Chen led the army to ambush behind, if the enemy army is deliberately luring our army forward, then we will pretend to be defeated and retreat, and in turn lure the enemy army to General Chen's ambush; If the enemy army is really defenseless and defeated by our army in one fell swoop, then with General Hou's cavalry, it will be enough to expand the results of the battle. What does Shizi think? ”

Yang Wulian said: "This is a good idea, if the enemy army is luring our army to attack, then when they see our army's plan, they will definitely follow and pursue, so as to create an opportunity for General Chen's ambush." However, there are two key points in this, one is that General Chen must hide well and not let the enemy find out in advance; The second point is also more important, that is, since you want to pretend to be defeated and lead the enemy army to come, you must pretend to be a little more like, otherwise you will definitely be able to see that something is wrong with An Renyi's prudence. ”

"It's not easy to pretend to be like without losing too many soldiers!" Hou Zan frowned.

"Then fight a real defeat, General Hou's cavalry should not be busy investing, and personally lead the troops to attack first, An Renyi saw that he was personally present in Xia, and he must think that our army was in the middle of the plan, so he sent troops to attack our department; When the infantry under my command was defeated and fled, because General Hou's cavalry had not yet appeared, An Renyi would not dare to pursue with all his strength, which also gave our infantry the opportunity to distance themselves from the enemy's pursuers. Li Yu said with a smile.

"After our army and the enemy army opened a little distance, the general's cavalry will respond again, and An Renyi will relax his vigilance after seeing the cavalry dispatch, he didn't expect that General Chen's Suzhou reinforcements have arrived, and after seeing the Changzhou army and General Hou's cavalry appearing, he must have thought that our means have been exhausted. At this time, he will definitely divide some of his troops to intercept you, and the rest will continue to pursue. At this time, the rest of the enemy army can be lured to General Chen's ambush point. ”

His plan is not complicated, and it is very feasible, and Hou Zan and others on the side also agreed again and again.

"Will this make the Junsuo Department lose too much? You must know that the envoy lost a lot of money when he defended the city a few days ago, and if he deliberately loses again, he is afraid that the loss will be even greater, and even if our army defeats the rebels, I am afraid that it will be a little more than worth the loss. Yang Wu was a little worried.

If the Changzhou army lost one or two thousand people in order to lure the enemy, plus the losses in the subsequent battle, it would be ridiculous not to defeat the enemy army with ambushes when the time came, only to find that their own losses were even greater than the enemy's.

"Otherwise, if General Chen can successfully ambush the enemy army, and General Hou's cavalry will be able to kill again, he will definitely be able to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy army, and the enemy's casualties will definitely be greater than ours. Moreover, even if the enemy's losses were smaller by then, our goal of weakening the enemy outside the city had already been achieved. Every additional rebel soldier killed outside the city now will lose at least two less of our soldiers in the future siege, and this exchange is worth it! Li Yu smiled and shook his head.

According to the siege efficiency of this era, the losses of the besieging side were generally more than twice the casualties of the defenders. Although Yang Wu is going to blast the city wall with black powder this time, black powder is not omnipotent, if there are many enemy troops and the morale is enough, even if the enemy army blows up the city gate, the enemy army can block the attack of the Huainan army at the city gate.

This was the case in Hangzhou in the rebellion of Wuyongdu, the outer city of Hangzhou had been broken by Tian Yan, Xu Zaisi, and Xu Juan, but Qian Biao took the inner city as the foundation and Tian Yan's soldiers fought on the streets of the outer city, because of the terrain restrictions, Tian Yan's military advantage could not be brought into play, and as a result, he could not capture Hangzhou with heavy losses.

An Renyi's rebel morale is definitely not as good as Qian Bi's, but if the generals under An Renyi's command resist desperately, it will be a trouble.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but nod, "Li Yuanjun is right, it is indeed important to weaken the strength of the enemy army as much as possible outside the city. However, it is too dangerous to let Li Yuanjun personally take on the task of luring the enemy, and if there is a case, it will not be easy to explain it to his father. Li Yuanjun should let the generals take on this task. ”

"The prince has a good intention, and he understands it in his heart. However, to take on this task, he must come forward in person, and he has known An Renyi for many years, and only in person can he anger him and make him chase after him; And only by personally appearing can he let down his vigilance and pursue our army with all his might. Li Yu said with a smile: "What's more, the prince of the world should not look at the history of assassination for many years, and now he looks like a scribe, but he has also experienced a hundred battles when he followed the king in the next year, and this little thing is still difficult to live in, and the prince can rest assured." ”

At Li Yu's insistence, Yang Wu finally agreed to his plan. Immediately, Yang Wu accelerated his speed and followed An Renyi forward, and when he arrived at a place called Jiagang, Yang Wu saw that the terrain here was undulating, coupled with lush trees, it was a good terrain for ambushes, and was about to order Chen You to ambush him, when the scouts suddenly came to report that the rebels had set up camp, and their defenses were not tight, and the soldiers had loose arms, and it was a good time to raid.

"Sure enough, it seems to be with me." Listening to the news brought by the scout, Yang Wu couldn't help but laugh. An Renyi must have taken a fancy to the terrain here and wanted to ambush them here, but he didn't know that Yang Wu also had this idea.