"General! Checkmate! While Cao Zhongzong was having breakfast, a soldier hurriedly ran into his big tent and shouted, "The Wei army is here!" ”

This news made Cao Zhongzong almost choke on the food in his mouth, and he hammered his chest while asking with difficulty, "Are you ...... Where is it? ”

"Coming towards our army, I can already see their banner!"

"How many people?"

"Smoke and dust are billowing out, it should be a big army."

At this time, Chen Qingzhi, Wei Fang and a group of generals also hurriedly rushed into the tent.

"General Cao, the Wei army is coming!" Wei Fang took a step forward and said to Cao Zhongzong.

"I already know." Cao Zhongzong threw away the chopsticks in his hand, "You guys came just in time, hurry up and discuss, how to deal with it?" ”

"General Cao, our army's camp is well defended, and we have built an earthen rampart and wooden fence in advance, as long as we stick to it, the Wei army is helpless." There are generals who make suggestions.

"Never!" Wei Fang immediately objected, "The defense built by the camp is the bottom line of our army, how can we expose the defense of the camp to the enemy as soon as the war starts?" Moreover, if our army retreats into the camp, the enemy will surely attack us with impunity, and if anything goes wrong, will it not cause a great disaster? ”

"You mean, you want to meet the Wei army?" Cao Zhongzong looked at Wei Fang thoughtfully.

"That's right! This battle is the first battle with the Northern Wei army, but it is not the time to cower! Wei Fang said resolutely.

"I also agree with General Wei's opinion." Chen Qingzhi spoke, "The Wei army is by no means here to fight to the death with our army today, their purpose should be to let the defenders of Wuyang see that reinforcements have come, in order to strengthen their determination to defend the city, but also to see the reality of our army. ”

"But the terrain of this vortex sun is flat, and if you fight against the Wei army in the field, it will not be easy to fight against their cavalry." Some generals raised concerns.

"I don't mean to be too far away from the camp to fight them." Chen Qingzhi explained, "We only need to go out of the camp, back to the camp in front of the earthen ramparts and wooden fence array, and then use chariots and heavy shields as the first line of defense against cavalry charges, so that there is no depth for cavalry to penetrate, even if they break through the first line of defense, they will immediately fall into the rain of guns and arrows of our army, lose speed, and the cavalry without impact power is not to be afraid." ”

"Well, that makes sense." The rest of the generals exchanged their heads and expressed their approval.

"Imperial Envoy Chen, General Wei, this marshal remembers, you were against fighting the Wei army head-on before, right?" Cao Zhongzong squinted at the two of them.

"We are against directly pulling the army out and fighting the Wei army head-on!" Wei replied in a loud voice, "But we will not avoid war." ”

"Our army went out to make a posture of facing the Wei army and the defenders of Xiangxuyang, so that they could understand that our army would never retreat half a step." Chen Qingzhi also said to Cao Zhongzong, "Besides, we are lined up with our backs to the big battalion, which is also to increase the level of defense, and the Wei army will definitely try to attack, but as long as we stabilize our position, we can at least be invincible." ”

"Hehe, since the two of you have made up your mind, as long as it is beneficial to the war, this commander will adopt your suggestion." Cao Zhongzong sneered, "But if you don't come out of the camp and don't do a good job of enlightenment, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it." Both of them are good at fighting, and the soldiers under their command are all elites, such a key task, it is none other than the two generals, I don't know what to do? ”

Of course, Chen Qingzhi and Wei Fang knew what Cao Zhongzong was thinking in his heart, and it was nothing more than pushing them out to be a shield, but where was there time to argue at the moment, so the two of them happily accepted the order, said goodbye to Cao Zhongzong, and turned around and went out of the camp to prepare.

"General Cao, what should we do then?" After the two left, the rest of the generals looked at each other and asked Cao Zhongzong blankly.

"We?" Cao Zhongzong smiled weirdly, "Let's not be idle, let's go and cheer for the two generals." ”

Coming out of the tent, Wei Fang gritted his teeth and said to Chen Qingzhi as he walked, "This Cao Zhongzong is really hateful, he just wants to deplete your and my troops. ”

"Brother Yuan, don't be angry," Chen Qingzhi smiled and comforted, "We are fighting for Daliang, just seeking victory." ”

"That's all I can think about." Wei Fang sighed, "Ziyun, I have a suggestion. ”

"Brother Yuan, please speak."

"How the Wei army will attack, we don't know yet, and we don't know how determined they are to fight this first battle, so the matter of the front line of the camp is handed over to my troops, you lead your troops, waiting for the opportunity to move, I believe that you will be able to seize the most favorable opportunity."

"Brother Yuan, then you have to be prepared for a hard battle."

"Rest assured, my brethren are not a bad breed either!" Wei Fang smiled and slapped Chen Qingzhi's chest, "But don't let me down in the hard battle, you must give Wei Jun a head-on blow at the right time!" ”

"Okay, Brother Yuan, be careful, take care!" Chen Qingzhi bowed his hand to Wei Fang, and then the two went their separate ways.

At this moment, at the head of the city of Vortex Yang, I heard that the reinforcements had arrived, and Wang Wei rushed up with a roll, following the direction of the soldier's finger, Wang Wei looked around, only to see the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the Wei army brigade was like a black cloud, overwhelmingly surging in the direction of Vortex Yang, waving flags, swords and guns, and a majestic momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers.

"Great! We are saved! When Wang Wei saw this huge military momentum, he couldn't help crying with joy, and his hands were folded and swayed, "Buddha bless, I finally waited for this day!" ”

When Wang Wei was rejoicing, the military general who was in charge of defending the city next to him pointed with his hand, "Taishou, look, the Liang army is out of battle!" ”

When Wang Wei heard this, he hurriedly restrained his excitement, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and looked in the direction of the Liang army's camp.

The Liang army brigade poured out of the camp, but they did not stay away from the camp, but lined up in front of the camp, at the front of the formation, the Liang army pulled out the chariot, even the baggage carts were used, connected with ropes, forming a defensive line, and the gap between the vehicles also set up a thick heavy shield.

Behind the formation, across the earthen ramparts and wooden fences, the Liang army also deployed a large number of crossbowmen, ready to rain arrows on the enemy's heads.

The Wei army on the opposite side also stopped at a certain distance from the Liang army.

Yang Zhao rode on his horse and carefully studied the situation on the opposite side.

Not far behind him, Yuan Zhao lazily reclined on his car, and shouted to Yang Zhao with a big grin, "Yang Yushi, since Liang Jun has put on a posture to meet the attack, let's just cover up the past with all our might. ”

"Your Highness, don't rush to kill!" Yang Zhao categorically vetoed, "You see, the Liang army formed a formation with chariots and backed by the camp defense, so rushing over like this would only make the cavalry fall into hand-to-hand combat, and they would immediately be put in a disadvantageous position." ”

"Yang Yushi, it's an exaggeration," Yuan Zhao didn't think so, and said in an arrogant tone, "I'm invincible in the world with the Great Wei Iron Horse, these four-legged ones, are you still afraid that those two-legged ones won't work?" ”

"Your Highness......"

"Fei Mu!" Yuan Zhao didn't want to pay attention to Yang Zhao's persuasion at all, and directly interrupted him, "You lead the cavalry to rush him for a while, this king wants to see how capable these Liang troops are!" ”