Zuo Shaoyang said: "This plan is quite high, I only care about treating the wounded soldiers, I don't know how the battle situation is?" ”

"What else, you have also seen it, our army has been defeated! I don't know what's going on, anyway, I led the troops to go around in circles, out of the east city around a circle to the west city ambush, the enemy army came, the war drums rushed down, I didn't expect this enemy army to be cavalry, not only brave and abnormal, but also very cunning, not in love with the war, immediately retreated, this Hezhou fucking is high mountains and valleys, our army ambushed in the mountains did not dare to get too close, rushed down, people have escaped from the encirclement, but did not flee back to Taihe County, just outside the encirclement and our army to fight. The number of this attacking enemy force is small, estimated at three or four thousand. Our army is pouring out of the nest, there are too many people, and the mountains and fields are full of our people, but the mountains are high and the water is deep, and the troops cannot be spread at all, so what is the use of having more people, they are all blocked behind. There are only a few thousand people who can fight against the enemy head-on, not to mention that they can't take advantage of it, they are not other people's opponents at all! ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Are the rebels very powerful? ”

"Awesome! As I said, the rebel leaders Feng Li and Xue Wanzhuan turned out to be fierce generals of my Tang Dynasty, wise and brave, resourceful, and we are all old and weak soldiers, and the army has been short of food for several days, his grandmother's, the brothers can only eat one meal a day, hungry with gold stars in their eyes, and their feet are weak, how can they fight with others? ”

"Take advantage of the numerical advantage and concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation."

Fan Hei smiled and said: "I can't see it, you still know a little bit about the art of war." That's what our generals did. Originally, the number of enemy troops in Taihe County in the west that our army concentrated on dealing with was only less than half of our army! And this time the enemy army who came to attack Hezhou was only three or four thousand, and our army was dispatched, all the troops were used, tens of thousands of horses, the general wanted to concentrate superior forces to eat the main force of the enemy army in Taihe County before the enemy army in Shuanghuai County in the east got the news and rushed to reinforce it! Therefore, there was not even a single soldier to intercept the enemy army in the east, and all of them surrounded the enemy army in Taihe County in the west. If the enemy army in Shuanghuai County in the east is killed at this time, there will be an empty city in Hezhou, and it will be taken in one fell swoop without blowing the effort, and the boldness of the general's soldiers is really jaw-dropping! ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Yes, it is really bold to use troops like this, fortunately, the enemy army in the east did not come to reinforce, nor did they take the opportunity to seize Hezhou." ”

"People are not as good as heaven, such a good strategy, the enemy army was also fooled, but still did not eat the enemy army, but defeated the deficit, lost the army, you said this battle is not a nest?"

"What's going on?"

"According to my estimates, the enemy may have guessed the intentions of our army, so they only sent three or four thousand men and horses, and they were all cavalry, and they were stretched along the mountain road for a long time, and after finding that they were ambushed, they immediately followed the front team, faster than the rabbit escaped, we didn't even catch the tail, we could only cover up the past, they didn't flee back, and we fought hard, we couldn't spread our troops, so they outflanked from both sides, the enemy army was very cunning, and fought and retreated, and led us to their ambush circle!"

"Huh? There are also ambushes for enemy forces? ”

"Not really! If you don't say that Feng Li is powerful, I led the army to rush forward to kill, and I heard the war drums sounding in unison, and the hula on the mountain was full of torches, all of them were rebel soldiers and horses, it is estimated that not only from Taihe County, but also the enemy troops in Shuanghuai County had already rounded back to this side of the pocket formation, waiting for us. They occupied the commanding heights of the hills on both sides of the official road, rolling logs, rocks, flying arrows like rain, the enemy army on the official road took advantage of the situation to return to the iron cavalry to rush and kill, our army is a rabble put together from all over the place, the old and the young, have not gone through a big battle, they have long been frightened, turn around and flee without a low price. And the army was afraid of chaos, the front was in chaos, and the back didn't know what was going on, so they also turned around and ran back. It was really a mountain of defeat, the enemy army took advantage of the situation to cover the kill, our army was defeated, and fled all the way back to the city. ”

"How's the casualty?"

"There weren't many deaths, only a few hundred, but there were a lot of injuries, and most of them were serious injuries with broken hands and feet, at least thousands! The enemy was merciful, and did not kill our wounded soldiers, nor did they take them prisoners, but stayed where they were. ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "When I treated the wounded soldiers, I also found that many of the wounded soldiers in our army were injured hands and feet, and when we withdrew, the battlefield was full of our wounded soldiers, almost all of them were injured hands and feet, and many of these wounded soldiers were disabled and could only walk on crutches or lie in bed forever in the future." After hearing you say this, I realized that the enemy army was not merciful to our wounded soldiers, they deliberately did not kill. ”

"Deliberately not killed? What do you mean? ”

"I've heard that a wounded soldier needs to be cared for by an average of three people, and now there are thousands of wounded soldiers in the city, so tens of thousands of people have to take care of them. First, the enemy army uses the tactics of wounded soldiers to contain our army from acting, and secondly, if it does not kill wounded soldiers, the wounded soldiers will consume food, and there is already a food shortage in the city, and the army only eats one meal a day, how long can it last? ”

Fan Hei slapped his head: "His grandmother, as soon as you say that, I finally understand, these dogs don't kill our wounded soldiers, they just want our wounded soldiers to have no way to fight, but they have to be fed with military rations, consuming our army's grain and grass!" They want to starve us to death! ”

"That's right! The enemy army in Shuanghuai County in the east actually didn't know that Hezhou City was empty, Shuanghuai County was very close to Hezhou, with the strategy of these two generals, how could they not know to take advantage of the weakness to attack the city, the reason why they didn't move was that they didn't think about capturing Hezhou City! ”

"What do you say? They don't want to seize Hezhou? ”

"Yes, the last time the enemy army attacked the city in Shuanghuai County, I went to rescue the wounded, and I peeked at the battlements on the city gate tower for a while, and found that the enemy army didn't want to attack the city at all, but just used a lathe to shoot rockets into the city, the purpose was to mess up the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city. There are very few people who send sieges to the city, if they use their ability, when they are called breaking the city, it is not a problem, why is it that the thunder and rain are still loud and small? It's the same this time, it's obviously an empty city, it can be easily broken but not attacked, why? ”

"Why?" Fan asked with a stunned face.

"Encircle the point and send reinforcements!" Zuo Shaoyang raised his head, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Since they are the men and horses of the former crown prince Li Jiancheng, they naturally want to destroy the strength of the Tang Dynasty army and finally seize power!" What is the purpose of them trapping hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hezhou in the city of Hezhou, and not blocking those sent out to ask for help? It is to let the imperial court send troops and horses to relieve the siege, and then take advantage of the terrain of Hezhou's high mountains and deep waters to gather and destroy reinforcements of officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers who come to reinforce must be the elite of the imperial court, and that is the object they want to focus on. Only by destroying the elite of my Datang can we sweep the road to seize the world! ”

Fan Hei laughed with a big face: "Little brother, you are too alarmist, surround the point to send reinforcements, good idea, it sounds like that, but it's too exaggerated." Forget it, you're just a little Langzhong, I'm just a small team, we're all small people, just live our life, as for the big things in the country, it seems that we don't need to think about it. ”

"That's just as well." Zuo Shaoyang's heart was heavy, if this was the case, I was afraid that this war would be more difficult to end in a short period of time. I was afraid that the basic ration of four months that I had prepared would need to be further adjusted. Be prepared!

Fan Heimian saw that his face was cloudy, and said happily: "Forget it, don't talk about it, when it comes to these, I feel very angry!" ”

At this time, the concoction room squeaked open, and Bai Zhihan came out with the bag of ears and handed it to Fan Heimian.

Fan Hei's face immediately looked at Bai Zhihan's stunning face, and he was stupid again.

Bai Zhi snorted coldly, put the bag of ears at the feet of Fan Hei's face, still held Zuo Shaoyang's arm, twisted his face, and hid behind Zuo Shaoyang's shoulder, Fan Hei's face was invisible, so he laughed dryly twice, squatted down and opened the package, and it was full of ears inside, counting, twenty-eight pairs!

Fan Hei said happily: "Okay, I'll take it back to the meritorious reward office in a while, and I will give it to Miss Miao after receiving the reward." - Also, little brother, you were bravely wounded and almost sacrificed in order to treat the wounded soldiers. I'm going to report it too, I've already reported it last time, and I'm too busy to take care of it. Rest assured, the superiors will not treat the brothers who have made meritorious contributions, including the local people, and there are special people in charge of this matter. ”

Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: "I don't need to report it, Miss Miao's reward is indispensable, her family is poor, and she is anxious to use the money." ”

"Don't worry!" Fan Hei slapped his chest, "I vouch with my head, I'll do this here, and I will get the reward as soon as possible!" With that, he took the bag of ears and walked away with his own soldiers.

Zuo Shaoyang picked up the bronze mirror again, looked at his lips, and said to Bai Zhihan: "Help me into the room!" ”

Bai Zhihan helped Zuo Shaoyang into the room, took off his armpit crutches, and helped him sit on his bed on the ground.

Zuo Shaoyang pointed to his upper lip and said in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”

Bai Zhihan glanced at it: "What's going on?" ”

"I ask you, did you bite my lip?"

Bai Zhihan said lightly: "No." ”

"Really, not?"

"Hmmm......"

Zuo Shaoyang stared at her for a moment, picked up the bronze mirror, and looked at his two swollen lips like two big sausages in the mirror: "I must have bitten Pei Lan on the following one, - I lost too much blood at that time, and the weather was cold, I was about to fall into a coma, pinching the blood vessels with my hands, and once I fell asleep at that time, as soon as my hands were loosened, the blood flowed endlessly, and I couldn't wake up again." She bit my lip in order to sober me up and save my life. However, I vividly remember that she was biting my lower lip, not my upper lip. There are only three of us on the hillside, and you say that you didn't bite it, but I couldn't bite it myself? ”

"Yes!" Bai Zhihan replied simply.

(To be continued)