Let the soldiers eat the light cakes they carried with them, Li Deyi rested for a while, and then led the team to continue on the road. At this time, www.biquge.info the sun was already setting in the west, and it would be dark after a while, so Li Deyi asked the soldiers to take out ropes and tie them around their waists, and they were strung together in groups of five. The soldiers of the Weibei battalion have always carried complete combat equipment, ropes, knives, first-aid kits, water bladders and other items are the standard equipment of each soldier.

After dark, the speed of travel slowed down, there was no way, for the sake of secrecy, he couldn't light a torch, only Li Deyi could barely see the road clearly. Every hour he walked, Li Deyi had to stop and send a special scout to carefully identify the direction by the starlight, and then confirm it again himself, and then continue to hurry with the soldiers behind him. After a night of traveling, when it was about to dawn, Li Deyi finally led the team to the place agreed in the letter with his senior brother. In the letter, Dr. Liu told Li Deyi that he had made a mark on a bald stone hill in the mountains, and asked Li De and his entourage to ambush the soldiers when they arrived here, and only wait for his signal before acting.

It turned out that Medical Officer Xiao Liu attacked Shuo County this time, and according to the agreement with his junior brother in advance, he did not attack desperately, but divided his soldiers into several waves, took turns to go into battle, and exercised the basic process of attacking the city. Therefore, in the past few days under Shuoxian County, such a strange scene can be seen. Medical Officer Xiao Liu led nearly 3,000 men and horses from the Weibei Battalion to eat on time every morning, and then marched with drums, surrounding the county seat of Shuo County like a tide. When the defenders of Shuo County saw the enemy's momentum, they all chose to shrink and defend, anyway, there is a city wall, just to defend.

The soldiers of the Weibei battalion neatly arranged all kinds of siege equipment, and then put on a scattered siege posture. Seeing that the army was ready, as soon as the drums sounded, the first wave of soldiers shouted and killed, and rushed to the city wall of Shuo County with murderous spirit. The guards on the city wall saw that the enemy army was menacing, and they couldn't fight with it, so they had to avoid its edge and frustrate its spirit! Urgently ordered the Jin army defending the city to use long-range strike weapons such as arrows, fire oil, rolling wood and stones, and then beat their sharp spirit first. As soon as the military order was given, the defenders of the Jin army prepared various long-range strike weapons, and waited for the soldiers of the Weibei battalion to rush closer, and ten thousand arrows were fired together, and the oil and gold juice were poured down together.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers of the Weibei battalion seemed to have calculated in advance, and as soon as they entered the range of the Jin army, they turned their heads and ran, and this turn of their heads suddenly made the guards of Nashuo County angry. It turned out that the soldiers of the Weibei battalion seemed to be ready to escape in advance, and the attacking soldiers all carried a wooden shield behind them. As for the rolling wood, stones, fire oil, and the like, they were all prepared in vain.

Medical Officer Xiao Liu looked at the soldiers who fled back unhurriedly on the horse, waved his hand, and naturally there were people who had arranged in advance to guide these retreating soldiers to run to both sides before the formation, so as to prevent them from impacting the formation. The first wave of 300 soldiers went down to rest, followed by the second wave and came up, still shouting and rushing to the city of Shuoxian.

Now the defender of the city was a little confused, and he thought that he had seen through the enemy's plan. The enemy was obviously planning to use a small force to consume the stock of rolling wood, fire oil, and arrows used to defend the city, and then send a large army to pounce on it when it was almost consumed. So he became cautious this time, and strictly ordered the soldiers not to fire arrows in advance, and to wait for the enemy soldiers under the city to rush to the base of the city wall before shooting.

The second wave of soldiers in the Weibei battalion obviously received the military order in advance, and when they rushed to fifty steps away from the city wall, they all stopped, drew their bows and arrows from behind, and actually took the lead in shooting a wave of arrows at the city. At this time, the defenders on the city wall were still holding bows and arrows, fire oil, rolling wood and stones, and gold juice waiting for the Weibei camp to approach...... As a result, this wave of arrows rained down, and the defenders were immediately shot on their backs. A soldier holding the oil pot was shot in the cheek and fell to the ground with a bang, but the oil pot fell directly to the ground, and the hot boiling oil was sprinkled on the ground, causing the defenders around the ground to jump. After the soldiers of the Weibei battalion under the city shot this wave of arrows, they didn't talk nonsense, they just turned around and retreated, and when the people in the city reacted and wanted to release arrows to retaliate, they couldn't find a shadow of anyone for a long time.

Doctor Xiao Liu divided his soldiers into ten teams, each team of about 300 people, leaving two teams as a reserve, and the other eight teams took turns to attack the city. said that it was a siege, but in fact, it was better to say that it was a drill in Shuo County. These eight teams of soldiers have their own tasks, some are specially fiddling with siege equipment, some are specially practicing the siege of the city with ladders and ants, and some are specially practicing archery to the city to provide long-range suppression. There is even a special team, whenever the Shuo County defenders are numb by the Weibei Battalion, they come to scold the formation and provoke their anger.

The defenders at the head of the city were also dumbfounded, he was also old in the army, and had fought all his life, but he had never heard of this child's play-like siege method. But seeing that the morale of his soldiers was completely demoralized by this shameless tactic, he had to cheer up, personally supervise the battle, and deal with it with all his might.

This is the tactics that Li Deyi and Dr. Xiao Liu discussed in advance, and Dr. Xiao Liu also frowned when he first heard it, thinking that it was too child's play. How can a war be like this, fighting like this, the soldier's sword can't even get blood. couldn't stand Li Deyi's vigorous lobbying, and repeatedly nagged that there were not many soldiers and horses in the Weibei Battalion now, and it was already a little broken to save up the current 10,000 new soldiers. Dingbei County is now a little nervous even the young and strong people who work in the fields, if the five thousand soldiers brought out of the belt die another thousand people, it will be really fatal, and Dingbei County will really not be able to draw troops to replenish in the short term.

It is said that there are men in Dingbei County, why is there not enough soldiers in the Weibei Battalion?

This is related to the military strategy left by Di Dashuai back then. Di Dashuai recruits soldiers, and he has always been young and strong between the ages of sixteen and thirty, and he is not required for other ages. Not only that, but there are more rules and regulations, don't be an errand in the yamen, don't be on the streets, don't be a bachelor without a family business, don't be too smart, don't be handsome, don't be timid, don't be strong-tempered, don't like to brag, don't be good at practicing flower boxing and embroidering legs 1. Take a look, now I know why it is so difficult to expand the army of the Weibei Battalion, there are too many restrictions.

Besides, you don't want this in the Weibei Battalion, and you don't want that, what kind of soldiers do you want? The recruitment of soldiers in the Weibei camp has always only recruited families who have a family and a business, have been farming for generations, are strong, and are honest and obedient.

The Weibei battalion is the original team left by Di Dashuai, so it naturally adheres to this strategy, and it is strictly controlled when recruiting troops. Therefore, the source of troops is not very extensive, and it is somewhat difficult to expand the army. It is not easy for the Weibei battalion to recruit 10,000 new soldiers today. If you look at the warlords in other places, there are no such rules and regulations. A few days ago, when Xin County was attacked, Li Deyi saw with his own eyes an old man who looked to be in his sixties, with gray hair and a bent waist, who was still serving in the army in Nashimai Prefecture.

Therefore, after listening to the words of his junior brother, Doctor Xiao Liu weighed the pros and cons, and chose the lesser of the two evils, and finally chose this seemingly child's play, but the safest way to play, with the preservation of the soldiers' lives as the first priority.

At this time, the guards of Shuozhou City had obviously received the news from the rout of Xin County, and knew that there were several fierce generals in this team under the city, who could enter the city at night and open the city gate. Therefore, after witnessing the siege of the city like a child's play, the Shuo County defenders were even more sure that the enemy was deliberately showing weakness, in order to let his guard down and want to raid again at night, in order to use the method of capturing Xin County again. Thinking about this section, the Shuo County guard also made up his mind, only defended during the day, and strictly ordered the soldiers to save arrows, fire oil and other materials for defending the city. Patrols were strengthened at night to prevent the enemy from stealing the city again.

In this way, for several days in a row, Medical Officer Xiao Liu asked the soldiers to take turns to attack the city every day, all of them were touch-and-go, and several temporary artillery trucks were also let the soldiers take turns to practice and launch. As for what the projectile is made of, it doesn't matter. From rocks to dirt, and even wooden stakes, catch what you shoot.

Because the Shuo County guards made up their minds to defend only during the day, they actually let Medical Officer Xiao Liu complete the siege drill of his men and horses so smoothly. Medical Officer Xiao Liu successfully practiced the soldiers and horses under Shuo County for six days, and felt that the reinforcements from Shimai Prefecture should almost come, so he secretly sent out a large number of sentry scouts to reconnoitre, and he still sat in the army every day, and sent soldiers to Shuoxian County to "attack the city" in turn, in case the city guards could not bear it one day and came to a surprise attack or something.

Within three days, the sentinel sent by Medical Officer Xiao Liu discovered the movement of reinforcements sent by Shimaizhou, and this support army did not care about Xin County at all, but went all the way along the official road and rushed straight to Shuo County. It seems that the generals of this reinforcement army are also knowledgeable soldiers, knowing that Xin County has been broken, and the aid has no intention, it is better to save Shuo County first, and maybe they can keep the county seat from loss, which is also a credit.

After getting the news, Dr. Xiao Liu thought for a while, and the junior brother should also come with the follow-up people, so he wrote a note and sent one of his most powerful sentries to contact the junior brother in person. Li Deyi followed the mark left by his senior brother, found the agreed ambush location, and hid nearby with the soldiers.

Less than an hour after resting, Li Deyi heard the noisy sound of a large group of people passing by on the official road under the mountain, and hurriedly led a few soldiers to climb the heights to watch. When I saw the banner of this group of people and horses under the mountain, it was indeed the reinforcements sent by Emperor Shimaizhou there. Li Deyi ordered the soldiers to start eating in a low voice, and specifically emphasized that each person was only allowed to eat half a bare-bread. This is also a particular point, if you eat too much before the war, the soldiers will be weak and unable to fight later. If you don't eat anything, the soldiers will be short of strength after a long battle, so they can only eat half full.

While the soldiers of the Weibei battalion were eating, the reinforcements of the Jin army under the mountain had already walked over and rushed to the direction of Shuoxian County along the official road. Li De glanced at them and walked away, and took a bite of the light cake in his hand, "Order the brothers to set off immediately, we have to follow them!" "The men and horses of the Weibei battalion received the military order, and immediately picked up the road, along the mountain road, far behind the enemy.

It was almost noon, and the men and horses of Medical Officer Xiao Liu encountered this Jin army that came to help. Last night, Medical Officer Xiao Liu left a hundred soldiers to make noise under the Shuoxian camp, with many flags and stoves, pretending to be full of people and horses. He took advantage of the night to quietly lead most of his men and horses to the northeast, in order to snipe this enemy reinforcement.

At this moment, the guards of Nashuo County have long been accustomed to not being able to hold out during the day these days, seeing that the enemy camp under the city is a little empty, and they refuse to be "fooled", "I just don't go out, what can you do to me?" Hum! However, at this moment, Medical Officer Xiao Liu had already led his soldiers to meet the reinforcements of Emperor Shimaizhou.

Medical Officer Xiao Liu ordered the soldiers behind him to set up a position and block the front of the enemy's inevitable road. And the generals who led the reinforcements were also cautious along the way, and when they saw that the road ahead was blocked, they immediately issued a military order and prepared for battle.

This official road has not been maintained for many years in the Ping Zhou Dynasty, and it has been destroyed by war in recent years, and now it is already dilapidated, and it is impossible to make the army fully deployed. The people and horses of Emperor Shimaizhou here obviously knew this, so they were not in a hurry to quickly set up a formation, but only let more than 300 soldiers in the front line spread out, put up a defensive formation, and planned to hold on for a while, and wait for the soldiers who fell behind to catch up, and then counterattack in a big way.

It is said that the enemy generals make this plan, which is also an old policy, and the long-distance march is already scattered, and there are often soldiers who cannot keep up and fall behind, so it is the safest tactic to hold first, and wait for the soldiers to gather almost, and then try to counterattack. Moreover, this official road is broken, there are hills and forests on both sides, and the army cannot be spread, even if the opposite side has been prepared, it is only a few hundred soldiers rushing up at a time, and these soldiers under his own command are enough to resist the soldiers behind After the assembly is completed, at that time, relying on his own large number of people, he can break through the enemy blocking the road in one go.

The general of the Jin army thought very well, but unfortunately, Medical Officer Xiao Liu did not plan to give him this opportunity. "I'm waiting for you, the support army!" Xiao Liu said in his heart. Seeing that the formation on his side had been set up, Doctor Liu waved his hand and gave the order to attack.