"Oh, please speak. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Nie Shicheng immediately made a gesture of invitation, his expression was very serious. As for Dong Fuxiang himself, it can be regarded as convincing, because since he arrived on the north bank of the Yanghe River, he has not thought about his opponent well, maybe even if he thinks, he can't come up with a strategy like Lord Yuan.

"First, it is necessary to strengthen cavalry scout reconnaissance. The method of the prince Shaobao sending the personal guard cavalry to reconnoiter was originally very good, but the general who led the team lacked the ability to change the opportunity in the battle, and was led by the Xu bandits, and finally rushed into the ambush circle laid by the Xu bandits, this, to the whole army to make it clear, there will be no strengthening of the cavalry scout reconnaissance, and there is no need for a large army of hundreds or thousands of people, so the result of going out, either the enemy's strength is too small and fled early, or the enemy seized the opportunity to have an operation, the best way is a small detachment of a few people and a dozen people to reconnoitre, this kind of reconnaissance team can be sent a little more, The detachments should not be too far apart, based on the distance from each other to hear the gunshots, as long as a large number of enemies are found, the guns will be fired immediately to warn;

Second, when the enemy is discovered, do not rush to annihilate the enemy, and do not pursue excessively, so as not to give Xu bandits an opportunity to take advantage of, according to my estimates, the overall strength of the Xu bandits is limited, as long as our army can advance to Mengyin step by step, coupled with the arrival of green battalions from all walks of life, Xu bandits will definitely not be able to stand up and jump out of the decisive battle with me, at that time, it is the time for our army to completely annihilate the Xu bandits;

Third, the camping troops should pay attention to preventing enemy attacks and disturbances, and in this regard, obstacles and traps can be set up in front of the camp, waiting for the Xu bandits to jump in. Judging from the examples of the past two days, the Xu bandits' troops are very good at night attacks and night battles, which is the weak point of our army, but as long as we strengthen the preparations of the camping troops to prevent night attacks, and even light a few rows of bonfires hundreds of meters in front of the camp, the Xu bandits' night attack strategy will be self-defeating!

Fourth, the commander ordered the green battalions in all provinces to speed up their advance towards Mengyin and smash the nest of Mengyin bandits! ”

"Okay, well, there is a consolation pavilion plan, Xu Bandit can't escape!" Nie Shicheng heard that Yuan Shikai was so cunning, and his originally depressed mood suddenly dissipated, and at the same time, a trace of doubt arose in his heart, is he really old?

"This plan is good, this plan is good! Marshal, Brother Weiting, in tomorrow's battle, my army is willing to be the first to attack! After Dong Fuxiang listened to Yuan Shikai's strategy, he was also very excited, Mao, with such a military strategy, can't he still win? Therefore, he immediately asked Nie Shicheng to fight.

"Okay, tomorrow, the Gan army will be the first to attack! The New Army and the Wu Yi Army assist in the defense of the two wings! Nie Shicheng made the final decision.

Originally, Nie Shicheng wanted Yuan Shikai's new army to make the first attack tomorrow, but Dong Fuxiang took the initiative to ask for help, and Nie Shicheng was not easy to oppose, however, Nie Shicheng added that the new army and the Wu Yi army assisted in defending the two wings, which means that if the Gan army is not effective in attacking, the new army and the Wu Yi army can also participate in the attack to disperse the enemy's forces.

What's tomorrow's first attack?

The target of the attack was the Yanghe defense line.

Yanghe is a natural river, at the turn of summer and autumn, the Yanghe River is the most turbulent time, in the original plan, Xu Lie did not pay attention to the natural defense line of the Yanghe River, but after ambushing the forward battalion of the Wuyi Army, especially after blowing up the only bridge on the Yanghe River, Xu Lie suddenly felt that the Yanghe River seemed to be able to be used as a line of defense.

At this time, the Yanghe defense line can be described as an excellent natural defense line, because the water is huge, it cannot be waded, and the bridge must be built, and the place suitable for building a bridge is within dozens of miles up and down, but only a few places, therefore, Xu Lie decisively arranged a defensive position in these places suitable for building bridges to block the Qing army from crossing the river.

As for other places where the terrain was relatively dangerous, Xu Lie set up many mobile posts to monitor the Qing army.

Of course, in the battle of the Yanghe defense line, Xu Lie had to fight. Because the Qing army had to be stranded outside the Rhine City and the Qing army was encircled, tired, delayed, and killed, the Qing army could not be allowed to cross the Yanghe River.

Yuan Shikai led the arrival of the new army, so that the Qing army suddenly became stronger, the total number of the three armies reached more than 40,000 people, even if the Mengshan army had knocked out two or three thousand people, the Qing army was still powerful, more than ten times the strength of the Mengshan army, and the arrival of Yuan Shikai's new army made the morale of the Qing army, which had been frustrated, be restored to a certain extent.

However, Yuan Shikai could not change the fate of the Qing army.

Although the Qing army made a lot of preparations that night, such as lighting bonfires in some possible directions outside the camp, and setting up various obstacles outside the camp like the ancient army camped, these methods may not be a problem to deal with ordinary bandits, and it seems that they are not enough to deal with the Mengshan army.

The fact is that what the Qing army has done has always been under the surveillance of the Mengshan army. Because the gap between the equipment level of the two armies is more than 100 years, the Qing army is almost blind to the surveillance of the Mengshan army. If it was daytime, the Qing army could also push the guard post farther away, but this was the night, and the place where the bonfire could illuminate was only twenty or thirty meters away.

In the middle of the night, in several dense forests, the three companies of the Mengshan Army Guard Battalion, under the leadership of their respective company commanders, quietly touched the Qing army camp.

Tonight, it's time for the guard barracks.

According to the battle plan on the outer front, one battalion of troops will be dispatched for each night's raid. Last night, the reconnaissance battalion mainly attacked and harassed the soldiers of the Qing army's large camp, mainly to fatigue the enemy and harass the enemy, but tonight the task of the guard battalion has changed, and their task is no longer to exhaust the Qing soldiers, but to directly target the Qing army's baggage supplies.

Its specific task is to infiltrate the Qing army camp, tie up all the Qing soldiers who guard the grain and grass supply, and kill those who dare to resist immediately!

Isn't that a strange task? When the task was given, there were guards battalion soldiers pondering.

"The orders of the superiors must be carried out unconditionally? If you think you can't complete this mission, you can ask for leave and not go to the battlefield! Lou Ming, commander of the guard battalion, threatened.

Of course, Lou Ming and a few officers knew what the commander was going to do when he gave such an order, and the soldiers of Xu Lie's personal guard platoon also knew what Xu Lie was doing when he gave such an order, but this matter could not be publicized in a big way.

But no matter what Xu Lie wants to do, the first point of this task is not to make a sound. Therefore, when the reconnaissance battalion was on duty last night, it made the Qing soldiers panic and couldn't sleep, and the Qing troops who participated in the pursuit suffered many casualties; But tonight it was very strange, the Qing army's large battalion several miles long and wide, except for the sound of the Qing army's own patrols and the sound of bonfires crackling, did not find a single enemy trace, and there was not a single unexpected gunshot.

Nie Shicheng, Dong Fuxiang, and Yuan Shikai, after arranging the night guard, trap, and counterattack, gathered in a camp tent to drink tea and play chess, waiting for the Mengshan army to take the bait.