In the evening, the injured thieves supported each other, and the more seriously injured were carried back to Fugu on a simple stretcher, their return caused panic among the ordinary thieves, and they had heard the news that the people who went out on the expedition were killed and injured by the shells that fell from the sky before they saw the officers and soldiers, and the thieves and generals were more angry, and the generals who were recruited to the palace by Wang Jiayin were full of anger, and the grumpy ones had already opened their mouths to scold Zhang Chu for not preaching morality, and more were there to scold the deputy general who led the troops to the expedition. Nearly twice as many men and horses as the enemy, almost wiped out, and having the face to come back by himself, he should kill himself in front of the battle.

Wang Jiayin still has a commanding bearing, and his majestic gaze swept away and the generals closed their mouths. Seeing that the scene was quiet, Wang Jiayin spoke: "Those who dare to go against our righteous army, no matter who they are, must be eliminated." The security forces took advantage of the artillery's long reach, and the adjutant general did not notice it, and led the team into the range of the artillery, causing confusion before failing. All the units immediately went down to prepare, and the whole army set out early tomorrow morning to destroy the security army in one fell swoop and capture the thief alive. ”

The thief general promised loudly to go down and prepare.

Early the next morning, some soldiers were left to guard Fugu City, and the remaining more than 20,000 thieves came straight to Zhang Chu's camp under the leadership of Wang Jiayin.

Wang Jiayin rode on a tall horse, his generals crowded around to follow, and there were more well-armored and well-armed soldiers in front of him, which looked majestic. The line of soldiers under his command could not be seen for a moment.

Wang Jiayin felt complacent, the whole person was full of energy, since the incident and the official army has been fighting for many years, the east and the west are fighting, the team is getting stronger and stronger, the officials of the court have killed a lot, Zhang Chu only brought 3,000 people and horses, Zhang Chu only brought 3,000 people and horses, and dared to take the valley with him, it was really the birthday star who was hanging himself and was impatient.

There was a talking general next to the walking room, and said: "With the majesty of the king, the thieves everywhere in the army must have been frightened and fled." ”

"It's better that he doesn't run away, I hope that he will lead his troops out of the camp as he did last time, and fantasize about a decisive battle with our army, and our 20,000 troops can trample all his 3,000 men into the mud with his feet. If we don't run away without a fight, we will have to work hard all over the world to catch it, how troublesome it will be. Wang Jiayin's words drew laughter from the generals.

Fifty miles of road is not far away, at noon the thief brigade arrived at the opposite side of Zhang Chu's camp, Zhang Chu did not flee with the team, nor did he line up outside the camp to meet the battle, but led people to shrink in the camp It seems that he does not dare to fight.

The thieves learned the lesson of the last time, and did not dare to get too close to Zhang Chu's camp, so they chose a favorable terrain to set up the camp from a distance. As soon as the army arrived, Wang Jiayin came to the front of the formation with his own guards, and he wanted to observe the terrain and Zhang Chu's camp to prepare for the next attack.

The weather is fine, the sun at noon hangs high in the sky, illuminating everything in the world clearly, looking at Zhang Chu's camp has an excellent view, and looking at Zhang Chu's camp in full view. Wang Jiayin looked at Zhang Chu's camp a little confused. Wang Jiayin has been in battle for a long time, but he has never seen the formation of the security army in front of him.

Confused, the deputy general who led the troops last time called over, and the deputy general was also at a loss after looking at the battle, yesterday was not like this at all.

Zhang Chu's camp was indeed very different from yesterday, the flat ground was dug by the security forces, and the original scenery was unrecognizable. A trench was dug around the outermost part of the camp, and the width of the trench was certainly not allowed for men and horses to cross.

This is still a more conventional setup, and there should be a sharpened stump at the bottom of the trench or something. What is puzzling is that on each side of the trench are three rows of sparsely pulled wooden piles, and there is a large gap between the wooden piles, which cannot play the role of interception at all. Wang Jiayin cautiously approached and observed, and found that there were things like ropes connected between the stakes. Wang Jiayin secretly laughed at Zhang Chu's defense like this. When the army attacked, as long as the soldiers were ordered to carry dirt bags to step forward, a charge could cut the ropes between the stakes, fill in the passage in the trench, and Zhang Chu's formation would be broken.

Looking further in, Zhang Chu's defense project is even more cut corners, inside are some low walls made of earth, not only not half a person high, but also twisted and crooked not connected into one, the low walls have been built a lot between the trench and the camp wall, ordinary soldiers can jump over, there is no defense at all. It seems that the time is too short, and the security forces have not had time to build the earthen wall.

When you look closely, there are still people digging there.

Seeing this, Wang Jiayin was relieved, Zhang Chu asked the soldiers to repair these useless walls, and he must have driven the soldiers to work overnight, and they are still doing it, the soldiers can't get rest, they are physically and mentally exhausted, and what strength do they have to fight.

Wang Jiayin felt that the victory was in hand, so he immediately returned to the camp, and ordered the Huotou army to prepare a meal, so that the soldiers could prepare for an attack in the afternoon after eating, and must not let the security army build those low walls high, although they did not know the intention of repairing those low walls, it was definitely not a good thing. Take the security army by surprise when they are tired, and victory is in sight.

Wang Jiayin's guess was a little wrong, and the security soldiers were not tired at this time, they were hiding in the trench behind the low wall to chat and sleep, waiting for the thieves to attack. Struggling to dig in the earth are the prisoners captured yesterday by the security forces.

The low wall is a trench dug in the ground, and the earth is piled on the outer side, and the earthen wall is very low from the outside, and the soldiers of the security army stand in the trench and add the earthen wall to be more than half a person high. It can completely cover the figure of the security army soldiers.

After the thieves were defeated yesterday, Zhang Chu began to prepare for the attack of more thieves.

The soldiers began to build fortifications, not only to strengthen the walls of the battalion, but also to dig a trench on the perimeter and erect six rows of wooden piles, connected by barbed wire. Trenches and communication trenches were dug between the trenches and the camp walls according to the practice of later trenches.

The armament shovel produced by Zhongyang was equipped in the hands of every soldier of the security army. Ordnance shovel by Zhang Chu with reference to the appearance of later generations design, shovel head made of stainless steel, considering the difficulty of manufacturing Zhang Chu simplified many functions, only require the shovel head and the wooden handle can be folded, the side of the shovel head is cut on one side, and one side is made into a serration. The sapper shovel has the functions of sawing, chopping, and digging. Soldiers use it to dig up dirt with ease. There is also an extra weapon for hand-to-hand combat, and everyone loves another artifact given by the handsome like a baby.

Of course, Zhang Chu of the excavation project couldn't forget those captives, but he didn't force it, he only let people carry out a basket of mixed noodles and pickles, and announced the conversion relationship between the amount of earthwork and the nest, and after digging a certain amount of earthwork, you can get a nest head and a piece of pickles, completely voluntary, but this time the work is done I don't know when there will be more work. If you don't work, you don't have anything to eat.

Most of the thieves' captives rebelled because they had no food to eat, and they had an awareness of hunger beyond ordinary people. Without mobilization, they quickly dug up the soil under the supervision of the security forces.