Nanyang Mansion, forty miles north of Ye Xian, two armies are facing each other here. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The army in the south had a small number of troops, only more than 6,000 people, but everyone was dressed in black and tied with red scarves on their heads, which looked murderous. Obviously, this is the Red Turban Sergeant under Zhang Shihua. The army in the north was more numerous, with more than 10,000 people, and judging from the clothes and banners, it was needless to say that this was the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

The armies of the two sides confronted each other here, and it was obvious that Zhang Shihua would have a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers led by Gong Buban.

Yes, the supreme commander of this army is still Gong Buban, perhaps because it is considered that the change of generals in battle is not in accordance with the art of war, or perhaps the large amount of silver that Gong Buban has scattered has played a role. Therefore, the imperial court only let Gong Buban wear the crime and make meritorious service, but did not treat him for offense.

And Gong Buban himself, after experiencing such a series of blows, did not feel ashamed and brave, but was greatly couraged. After being defeated by Zhang Shihua and leading the army back to Xiangcheng, Gong Buban stationed the army outside Xiangcheng, but he always stood still, and even when Zhang Shihua led the army to capture Lushan City under his nose, he still only stood still.

At the beginning, for Gong Buban's shrinking tactics, Zhang Shihua himself couldn't help but feel a strong sense of powerlessness. After all, Gong Buban's current army is still twice as large as his, and under such a huge disparity in strength, no matter how good the soldiers under Zhang Shihua are, it is difficult to win a siege battle.

Therefore, in the days after the attack on Lushan City, Zhang Shihua only stationed the army in Yexian, and did not take the initiative to attack Gongbuban.

But this kind of calm obviously didn't last long, that is, when Yexian and their side successfully captured Wanqiu and divided their troops to attack Zhenshui, the soldiers and horses led by Yexian were blocked by Han Yan'er.

Although it is said that his strength is far superior to Han Yan'er, Han Yan'er is obviously not a vegetarian. As a fierce general of the Red Turban Army, Han Yan'er launched a counterattack when he was pressed by the imperial army, even if he had a large number of troops, it was difficult to take down Han Yan'er and them for a while.

Therefore, Ye Xian, who was in a stalemate for a while, couldn't help but put pressure on Gong Buban, who was the deputy route army, again. I hope that Gong Buban can defeat Ye Xian's red turban thief as soon as possible and then transfer to Yuncheng, attack Han Yan'er from the west, and share the pressure for him.

But Gong Buban, who was scared by Zhang Shihua, would not be willing to do this. After all, the officers and soldiers who were disabled by Zhang Shihua would not be the opponents of the Red Turban Army with high morale.

However, Gong Buban obviously did not have the qualifications to refuse, so after a few days of stalemate, Gong Buban could only scatter all the wealth in his hand and reward it to his soldiers, and then he led his soldiers to kill Ye Xian again.

And after knowing the news that Gong Buban led the army to kill, Zhang Shihua naturally couldn't help but be overjoyed. After all, Gong Buban's behavior is definitely drowsy for Zhang Shihua, sending pillows.

Therefore, as soon as he knew that Gong Buban was leading the army to kill, Zhang Shihua led all the soldiers under his command to kill Gong Buban's army. Zhang Shihua hoped that he could win the battle in the field and complete the battle.

But what Zhang Shihua didn't expect was that when Zhang Shihua led the army under his command out of Ye Xian, he found that Gong Buban, this guy, did not lead the army to fight with him, but instead set up a camp fifty miles away from Ye Xian, and put on a posture of wanting to attack but not attacking.

And for Gong Buban's posture of wanting to attack but not attacking, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but have a headache again. Because, looking at the way the bastard put on, Zhang Shihua can know that this guy is obviously preparing to defend the camp and fight with himself.

Therefore, after that, Zhang Shihua could only build a camp and prepare for a big protracted war.

After all, there are too many officers and soldiers, and with so many men and horses, if the officers and men are determined to defend and lead the attack with defense, it is impossible for Zhang Shihua to complete the battle.

Therefore, now Zhang Shihua can only wait for the opportunity through small-scale harassment, and after discovering the flaws of the officers and soldiers, he will come to the last one-hit killing attack.

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On the morning of the second day when Liu Futong received the appointment form of Emperor Xu Shouhui of Tianwan, that is, on the fifth day of the confrontation between Zhang Shihua and Gongbuban's army, Zhang Shihua's brother Zhang Shihui led his 800 soldiers to beat gongs and drums under the plundering array of more than 5,000 soldiers led by Zhang Shihua to the camp built by Gongbuban.

Looking at the war-free card hanging high above the Gongbuban camp, Zhang Shihui, who was a little irritable in his temper, couldn't help but ride his horse out of the column on the spot, holding the iron horn given to him by Zhang Shihua, and scolding Gong Buban who was guarding the camp like a turtle.

"Gong Buban, you maid raised, if you are still a leader, give it to your grandfather and I will come out. Grandpa didn't need a thousand people to fight with you this time, but used 800 people to fight with more than 10,000 officers and soldiers under your command. How about it, do you dare to come out and fight with your grandfather and me for 300 rounds? You dead kings. ”

Listening to the deafening loud shouts outside the barracks, the faces of the officers and soldiers guarding the camp couldn't help but become more and more embarrassed. After all, they are all upright seven-foot men, who can stand letting a group of thieves block your door and scold you for being a king all day long.

So when Zhang Shihui was greeting the daughters of this group of officers and soldiers one by one, Wan Hu, a short-tempered and impulsive officer and soldier, finally couldn't help it.

I saw that he walked in three steps and two steps in front of Gong Buban, who was sinking like water, knelt down on one knee in front of Gong Buban, and said loudly to Gong Buban: "Lord Privy Council, there are very few thieves outside, and even fewer of them are armored elite soldiers. Therefore, the last general dared to ask the Privy Counsellor to let the Privy General lead the cavalry of the battalion out of the camp, and the Privy General was willing to make a military order, and within two moments, before the thief chief and the army arrived, the last general would lead the cavalry to fetch the head of the thief who scolded the formation for the Privy Council. ”

Hearing the words of the ten thousand household officials, Gong Buban, whose face was as heavy as water, couldn't help but look down at the general who was kneeling on the ground, and then saw Gong Buban can't help but scold: "Suhe, don't you know the military orders that this privy council gave before?" ”

"No one shall go out of the camp to fight the thieves until the morale of the thieves has been demoralized. Don't you understand this military order of the Privy Council? ”

Sukh: "But, Privy Counsellor. You said you wanted us to wait until the morale of the thieves was down, but how many days have passed? The morale of our soldiers has been reduced, but the last general has not found the red turban bandits outside the camp, and the morale has been depressed. ”

Hearing Su He's questioning words, Gong Buban, who was already in a bad mood because of Zhang Shihui's repeated scolding, finally couldn't bear it anymore. I saw that when Su He finished saying this, his two eyes glared at Su He angrily, and he gritted his teeth and scolded Su He: "Bastard, are you questioning this privy military order? ”

"Come on, pull this guy who doesn't obey the military order down for me, and let him give me a boost memory."

"Yes!" Hearing Gong Buban's words, two pro-guard soldiers stood up behind Gong Buban. When these two soldiers walked in front of Su He, they naturally couldn't help but reach out to pull Su He, who was kneeling on the ground.

However, before the two guards could stretch out their hands, the ten thousand households Suhe stood up from the ground suddenly, and glared at the two guards and said, "Ben will leave, and you don't need to pull it." After saying this, the Sukh strode down, and was tortured to lead the army with a stick.

However, although Gong Buban's order this time did not convince the generals under his command. But Su He, such an example of being beaten with a military stick in vain, and the rest of the generals did not dare to lead the troops to fight.

And after seeing that his plan to kill chickens and monkeys worked, Gong Buban snorted coldly, and after instructing a general to guard the camp, he turned around and returned to his camp.

After Gong Buban went back, the Red Turban Army outside the city, under the order of Zhang Shihui, used the iron horn to scold for half an hour, and saw that the officers and soldiers were still guarding the camp, and not a single soldier left the camp, but they also spit out the old phlegm with hatred for the ground, so they also led the troops back to their camp.

After returning to his own camp, Zhang Shihui, who was depressed, couldn't help but find his eldest brother for the first time, and frowned, and said to his eldest brother in shame: "Big brother, this group of Tartar officers and soldiers are the same as his mother and Wang Ba, no matter how I scold, the old thief Gong Buban just doesn't lead the army out of the camp, how can this be good?" ”

Hearing his brother's words, looking at the other generals in the tent, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but bow his head and touch the beard on his chin, and then asked the many generals in the tent in a deep voice: "What kind of situation is it now, all the gentlemen also know it." So, I don't know what kind of strategy you can have to break the enemy now? ”

Seeing that Zhang Shihua did not express his opinion for the first time, but asked about them, Zhao Jiu, Guo Yu and others lowered their heads and pondered for a while, and then couldn't help but raise their heads and say to Zhang Shihua one after another: "Lord Hui, General, if the Tartars are so stubbornly defending the camp and not coming out, in order to avoid the demoralization caused by the long-term confrontation, now they can only lead their troops to attack." ”

Hearing Zhao Jiu say such words on behalf of several generals, Zhang Shihua couldn't help frowning slightly, and turned his gaze to Li Chongsan, Zhao Ziyu and the others sitting on the other side. Obviously, it can be seen from Zhang Shihua's actions that Zhang Shihua is not very satisfied with the methods of Zhao Jiu and the others.

But seeing Zhang Shihua's gaze turning towards them, Li Chongsan, who was sitting on the left, couldn't help but bow his head slightly with shame. After all, he is not the kind of person who is anxious and wise, and it is okay to handle some logistics and civil affairs for Zhang Shihua, but if he makes suggestions for marching and fighting, it will be really difficult for him.

However, although Li Chongsan lowered his head, Zhao Ziyu, who was sitting next to Li Chongsan, stood up at this time and hugged his fists at Zhang Shihua and said, "Return to the general." The Art of War says: 'Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.' According to the various events that have happened these days, the Tartar commander Gong Buban, as a partial division, can grasp the opportunity of the general's main force to go south and give priority to leading the army south. It can be seen from this that he is not a brave person, nor is he a timid and cautious person. ”

And the reason why he is so cautious these days is just because of the recent defeat, which made him timid. Therefore, this is the general who makes people scolded, but he can't defend the root cause. ”

"Therefore, if we want to lure Gong Buban out of the city to fight, we must let him get out of the fear of defeat not long ago. Only in this way did he dare to go out of the camp to fight in the field with our army. ”

Zhang Shihui: "Ziyu, what you say doesn't make sense." It is not easy to let this guy Gong Buban regain the courage in his heart. Besides, we are Gong Buban's enemies, how can there be a way for him to regain the courage in his heart. ”

However, after being abruptly interrupted by his future brother-in-law, Zhao Ziyu turned his gaze to Zhang Shihua, who was sitting in the main seat, with a smile on his face. Seeing this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but smile at Zhao Ziyu and said, "Ziyu, what you want to say is to use the method of deception to lure the enemy?" ”

"The general is wise, and that's exactly what the subordinate means." Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but bow to Zhang Shihua with a happy and convinced look.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but laugh aloud. However, after laughing, Zhang Shihua looked at Zhao Ziyu and said, "Ziyu, this plan to lure the enemy is very second." But if you use this trick on the battlefield, it will not be easy. So, I don't know Ziyu, which general do you think should lead the troops and use the strategy? ”

When Zhao Ziyu heard Zhang Shihua's words, he glanced at Zhang Shihui who was gearing up again, but he bowed to Zhang Shihua and said: "The lower officials think that the leader of the troops must use this trick to do this, and it must be General Zhao Jiuzhao." ”

Hearing Zhao Ziyu's words, the smile on Zhang Shihui's face suddenly froze. He really didn't expect that his future eldest brother would not recommend him at this critical time.

In fact, not only did he not expect it, but even Zhao Jiu, who was the party concerned, still had a look of surprise on his face. Because he didn't expect that this young man, who didn't know him, would respect him so much in front of everyone.

However, Zhao Ziyu didn't pay attention to the surprise in the hearts of the two of them, at this time, he still lowered his head and clenched his fists and said to Zhang Shihua in a respectful tone: "General, you know, the strategy of deception is extremely difficult to use, and it must be a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time. ”

"And the generals in the army who have been in battle for a long time, except for General Zhao, most of the remaining generals have fought against Gong Buban. Gong Buban suffered losses at the hands of General Guo, General Xiao Zhang and General Zhao Er, and if the three generals were defeated, under the performance gap between the two battles, Gong Buban would definitely not be fooled. Therefore, at this time, it is best for General Zhao Jiuzhao to lead the army to use the strategy of deception. ”

(To be continued............ ）