The unknown makes people frightened, and the 40,000 imperial army that was full of confidence before suddenly suffered from "fear of Liang", and Liang Fangping did not dare to continue to move forward, so he had to camp in place.

Because the scouts are always sent out later, there is always no return, and the cavalry of a thousand people cannot be used all the time, without the protection of the scouts, the camp must be particularly strong, the fortifications are tightly constructed, the number of people on duty at night has also doubled, and there are many secret posts outside the camp.

It is said that all the defensive measures that can be done have been done, and this has just arrived at the border of Jeju, and the main force of the Yangsan Army dares to leave the lair without permission and attack it in a big way, but Hu Yanzhuo still can't sleep.

No, Hu Yanzhuo, who had just been on duty to continue his night patrol, was lying in the tent and was about to rest, but he didn't dare to fall asleep, forcing himself to close his eyes and squint for a while, and his heart was still unsteady.

After a while, the irritable Hu Yanzhuo simply turned over and sat up, rubbed a pair of big hands on his face a few times, and then got out of bed and lifted the curtain to go outside, as for the clothes and armor, he didn't take them off at all.

This is war, not taking off your clothes, and waiting for you.

Seeing that Hu Yanzhuo had just been lying down for less than half an hour, he came out again, and several guards standing guard outside the tent hurriedly followed, and one of the guards whispered: "General, why are you up again?" ”

Hu Yanzhuo stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, and whispered: "I can't sleep, I always feel unsteady, this gang of Liangshan thieves is too evil, I always feel that they will come to attack tonight." ”

Several guards hurriedly relieved: "General, isn't this better?" We have set up such and such secret sentry outside, trenches inside and outside the camp, horse pits, bamboo sticks, deer barricades all over, every hundred steps under the wall of the wall, there is a soldier waiting for them, as long as this gang of Liangshan thieves dare to come, Bao told them to come and go! ”

Hu Yanzhuo nodded, and said in his heart, I hope so, he really can't understand that this gang of Liangshan thieves has only been established for about half a year, and how can their combat effectiveness comprehensively crush the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

From this point of view, it was said that Guan Sheng's defeat of 25,000 troops was entirely due to Guan Sheng's deliberate defection to the enemy, is this statement still valid?

Hu Yanzhuo stopped talking, lowered his head and walked for a while, and soon came to the northernmost walled position, but here was another deputy general Liang Fangping, who should be under the control of Tianfu and Chen Yu, who was commanded by the commander of the army, was in charge again.

Seeing that Hu Yanzhuo had come back less than half an hour after changing shifts with him, Chen Yu hurriedly greeted him and said, "General Huyan, why is it not easy to rest in peace, I am here here, General Huyan is still not at ease?" ”

Hu Yanzhuo waved his hand and said: "I always feel uneasy in my heart, and I can't sleep when I lie down, so I just come out for a walk." ”

Chen Yu smiled and said, "General Huyan, you don't have to think too much about this group of Liangshan thieves, they are also poor in skills, and they are using a tired strategy." Otherwise, if they really have that ability, why don't they dare to fight with us openly? ”

Hu Yanzhuo groaned: "But their scouts ate more than 400 of us scouts at once, doesn't that explain the problem?" The combat effectiveness of this gang of Liangshan thieves should not be underestimated! ”

Chen Yu also frowned, he and Hu Yanzhuo's background is almost the same, they are both from a family of generals, the second generation of officials, they have been practicing martial arts since they were young, familiar with the art of war, relying on their father's shadow to become the post of the warlord at a young age, and then because of his meritorious service to suppress bandits, he was rewarded by the eunuch, the inner service province, and the Taifu Yang Jian, and he was promoted to the capital of Yingtianfu.

You must know that Yingtianfu is the Nanjing of the Great Song Dynasty (the Northern Song Dynasty Sijing, Beijing Daimyofu, Xijing Henan Mansion, Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion, Nanjing Yingtianfu), Yingtianfu's status as the capital is much higher than that of Huyanzhuo Runing County, and Chen Yu is less than thirty this year.

But this does not mean that Chen Yu is a lucky straw bag, Chen Yu still knows the art of war and understands the military.

So he naturally knew what it meant for more than 460 scouts to be eaten all?

It means that the scouts of the Liangshan army have completely crushed the court scouts in their personal combat power, and the number of them is far more than that of the court scouts, otherwise it is impossible to achieve this situation.

According to the general situation, the number of scouts in an army is numerous, generally fifty people with one scout, and there are 800 scouts in a 40,000 conquest army, but all scouts will not be sent out at once, and generally half will be sent and half will be left.

Today's situation was that none of the scouts sent to the front and the two wings came back, so they had to continue to send more scouts, and then these scouts did not come back, and as a result, they lost four hundred scouts at once.

Chen Yu felt that the Liangshan scouts could eat so many scouts of the imperial army at one time, and the number of people should be at least four times that of the imperial court scouts, that is, more than 1,200 (first 300 were scattered in front and on both wings and did not come back, and later more than 160 were sent one after another), and it was impossible for the Liangshan army to use up all the scouts at once, and there must be some left, so the scouts of the Liangshan army should be at least 1,600.

Doesn't that mean that the number of Liangshan's army is twice that of the imperial court's conquest army, that is, 80,000?

Chen Yu told Hu Yanzhuo his guess, but Hu Yanzhuo shook his head and said: "Impossible, this gang of Liangshan thieves has only been in the army for half a year, even if they continue to surrender and accept rebellions, it is impossible to have so many people, and besides, the 10,000 gate control troops who surrendered in Guan Sheng's army are all construction teams......"

Chen Yu nodded, and felt that it was impossible, and then his heart suddenly moved, and said, "Could it be?" ”

"What?"

"I'm wondering, isn't this gang of Liangshan bandits using the thousands of cavalry who harassed us a few days ago as scouts?"

Hu Yanzhuo's brain flashed, and he also felt that it was very possible, and then shook his head and said: "How is it possible, ordinary cavalry is used as scouts, how can the soldiers of the Liangshan Army have this level of training, this is incredible!" ”

You know, it's much harder to train a scout than it is to train a normal cavalryman.

Although there are also some cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty, such as this expedition against the Liangshan bandits, in addition to Guan Sheng's troops, Liang Fangping said that there were nearly 10,000 cavalry among the 40,000 troops under his command, and almost all the cavalry troops in the Gyeonggi area were transferred.

But these cavalry are mainly responsible for the task of guarding the flanks and rear of the infantry, and there are few long-distance marches, maneuvers, interspersed, and individual tasks, so the level of training can be imagined.

It would be good if the ordinary Great Song cavalry could keep the long-distance march unchaotic and not scattered, let alone disperse into a small team of ten people, or a small unit of fifty people and act alone.

It's simply impossible.

The imperial army can't do it, how can the Liangshan army do it?

Chen Yu became more and more sure: "How is it impossible, can you think of other possibilities besides this possibility?" ”

Hu Yanzhuo frowned and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head, and was about to say that there didn't seem to be, but at this moment, Hu Yanzhuo heard the sound of bowstrings jumping around the camp.

Hu Yanzhuo's face turned pale in an instant, and then he shouted loudly: "Enemy attack~~~"