Wang Shichong nodded: "It should be so, the protection of the flanks must be strengthened, and the rattan armor is soaked in tung oil, and it can be used for fire attack at that time." It's just that it's August now, the sun is like fire, and there is very little wind in this dense forest, I'm afraid that it will burn our army itself, so I should use this trick with caution when the time comes. ”

Shi Wansui finally spoke: "With the method you two said, the flanks should be safe and worry-free, but I want to ask, how do you think those barbarian soldiers will attack the front of our army?" ”

Yang Wutong instinctively replied: "They have cavalry, but they don't have strong bows and crossbows, they should be riding horses to assault and cover the infantry behind to follow." ”

Shi Wansui shook his head: "General Yang, do you think that a barbarian soldier who doesn't even have armor can make a surprise attack?" Even if they had horses, they would not be able to rush to the front of our army, so how could they guarantee that they would not be shot halfway through this impact distance? ”

Yang Wutong did not speak and retreated to his position.

Shi Wansui looked at Wang Shichong: "General Wang, what do you think, if you are the commander of the enemy army, how can these barbarian soldiers engage our army head-on?" ”

Wang Shichong thought for a while and said: "Maybe it's wearing rattan armor, maybe it's pushing a cart and a wooden plank forward, I don't think it's possible to assault the war horse, the southwest horse is short and sturdy, suitable for carrying goods, but not suitable for short sprints, this plain is empty, and the enemy army has no cover, so if I am the commander of the enemy army, I would rather ambush these cavalry in the dense forest than assault in the front." ”

Shi Wansui nodded: "It should be as you said, this commander is not sure what method the enemy army can use to break through from the front, but our army must be fully prepared." Now the people will obey the order!"

Wang Shichong stood back in his place. Join everyone in the process.

Shi Wansui said in a deep voice: "The enemy's war book has been issued. Tomorrow's decisive battle, each battalion tonight three watches to make rice, four watches to finish the meal, five watches out of the camp array, Shu army of 5,000 people for the first formation, 50 teams, 10 teams in front, the team stationed in the team. Dense formation to respond to the battle, adding up to a total of 25 platoons, by General Yang as the commander of the front army, General Xiaoyu, General Sima as the deputy, on both sides of each two hundred masked carts connected to each end as a cover, each car on the cloth crossbowmen two, archers, the outside of the chariot covered with wet cowhide to prevent fire, with the front army forward. There must be no mistakes. ”

The three generals who were named stood out of the queue and said in unison: "Order!" Then he stepped forward to take the order in hand. Return to the original position.

Shi Wansui picked up a few more arrows, his eyes blazing: "There are 3,000 soldiers in Guanzhong, for the second formation, 200 steps away from the front army, pure long lance soldiers, don't station, 20 steps between teams, if the front army loses, let the army rout through, block the enemy to chase and kill!" General Yu is the main general, and General Duan is supplemented. A hint of disappointment flashed across Yukura's face, but he stepped forward to take the order.

Shi Wansui pondered for a moment and said: "The main force of the Guanzhong soldiers is 5,000 people, the third formation, a hundred steps away from the front army, the first three rows are all crossbowmen and crossbow machines, and the front battle is supported by bows and crossbows. Ben Shuai personally sat in this formation, with General Feng and General Liu as the left and right. ”

Feng Xiaoci and Liu Quan realized that this team was the core lineup of the battle, and with a happy face, they stepped forward to take over the order.

Shi Wansui's gaze fell on Wang Shichong's body after the most gloomy gaze: "General Wang, you led two thousand cavalry in Guanzhong, quietly out of the camp at night, hidden in the dense forest behind the camp, saw my signal to act, took the opportunity to kill, shocked the enemy, and the capital governor Zhang Xutuo's department acted with you, allowing you to act cheaply." ”

Wang Shichong nodded, he knew that this army was the general reserve, the killer weapon in the decisive battle, the responsibility was heavy, the situation on the battlefield was ever-changing, and sometimes there may not be time to wait for the commander's order, and Shi Wansui gave himself the right to act cheaply, that is, to let himself lead the army to attack according to the situation, and even without waiting for his order, this is obviously to give the most important task to himself.

In a jealous gaze, Wang Shichong calmly stood out of the ranks, walked to the front to take the arrow, held it high in his hand, and retreated to his position.

Shi Wansui glanced at Wan Zhiguang, who was dejected, and said with a smile: "Wan joins the army, the defense of the camp will be handed over to you, and the three thousand Shu soldiers will defend the camp, especially to guard the sides and the back road, in case our army is defeated in front, your department also needs to mobilize archers to shoot the position and cover the retreat of our army." ”

Wan Zhiguang muttered in a low voice: "Is it possible to lose?" Then he stepped forward and took the arrow.

After the distribution was completed, Shi Wansui stood up, took out the sword in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, I waited thousands of miles away from home and came to this place just for the battle of tomorrow, whether we can replicate the great achievements of Zhuge Liang back then, it depends on your hard work." ”

The generals responded in unison: "Mighty!"

At the fifth watch, Wang Shichong had already taken two thousand cavalry to the grove, Zhang Xutuo also rode a horse, standing beside him with his whole body draped, today's Zhang Xutuo carried a wide-backed machete thicker than the door panel, and the secondary weapon hook on the saddle was hung with two sharp axes, because it was an ambush, the troops did not raise torches, and under the moonlight that had set in the west, the cold light on the axe was shining.

Wang Shichong looked at the horn in the camp in the distance, the Sui army and the barbarian army on the opposite side have already begun to act, the first formation of 5,000 Shu soldiers has been lined up, is stepping forward, the first two rows of soldiers holding spears and lances that are two feet shorter than the normal length, singing war songs and trumpets, in the direction of their respective governors and teams, steadily moving forward.

Behind them, the second and third Guanzhong sergeants were setting off in an orderly manner, everything was carried out according to the original plan, and in order to confuse the enemy, the soldiers of the Sui army were each carrying two torches, and from a distance, there were at least 30,000 men.

The barbarian army camp on the opposite side also began to move, and the chaotic bangzi and gongs sounded together, different from the rhythmic war drums of the Sui army, the barbarian army's gongs were one in the east and one in the west, chaotic, obviously the same as those slang people encountered in Lingnan back then, they were all gathered in villages and tongzi as units, and their respective commanders and leaders were the captains of the war, these people did not know the tactics of the regular army of the road and marched when they heard the drums, and retreated with gongs.

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth showed a slight smile, because he found that the dense forests on both sides also began to become lively, after all, it was a barbarian, even if he wanted to fight an ambush, it was impossible for every ordinary soldier to order and prohibit, seeing the Sui army dispatched, the barbarians in the dense forest were in a commotion, although there was no bang or gong like the barbarians in the camp, but it was also so shocked that a group of birds and beasts walked, the trees shook and the grass shook, and the experienced generals knew at a glance that there were a large number of ambushes in the forest.

Wang Shichong smiled self-deprecatingly, maybe he thought too much about the difficulties, after all, these barbarians are completely incomparable to the professional army that has fought for thousands of years in the Central Plains, they have seen the most of the kind of small fights between tribes, and they don't know what the real war is, since Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, there has not been a big war of this scale in nearly four hundred years, and today, the outcome of the war should not be any suspense.

Wang Shichong glanced at Zhang Xutuo beside him, and found that his eyes were blazing, staring at the enemy camp in front of him, motionless, but his expression was extremely serious, Wang Shichong laughed: "Zhang Dudu, take it easy, the enemy army should be easy to deal with, and even the ambush soldiers can't be hidden, what combat effectiveness can they have?" Also, I usually see that you use a spear, but why did you change it to this kind of machete today? Neither do you use an iron whip or a brass hammer for your secondary weapons, but what do you do with two great axes? ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head: "I always feel that today's battle is not so easy to deal with, after all, the number of barbarians is ten times that of our army, and it seems that their morale is high, they seem to be very confident, and they don't think that this is just a rattan armor or because of the increase in the number of barbarians coming to help." As a general, before thinking about victory, he should think about defeat first, Marshal Shi should also have this idea, so he asked me to wait for the elite cavalry as a reserve and hide here. (To be continued......)