Wang Rong said: "What is the best plan for Xeno? ”

Kuai Yue said: "Captain Zhao's strategy is certainly safe, but what if the enemy army sees that our army is strong, what if he doesn't fight with our army?" What if they retreat and return to Xiangxiang City? ”

Zhao Chou couldn't help but be dumbfounded, Kuai Yue was right, if the rebel army drove to Huyang, the siege of Huyang would be solved, but Zhao Ci was not stupid, he saw that the enemy was strong, would he still fight hard? What if he retreats?

Xiangxiang City is now in the hands of Zhao Ci, and Xiangxiang City is only dozens of miles away from Huyang City, and they are all plains, it is also very convenient to retreat, Wang Heng's hands are full of infantry, which is not conducive to pursuit, if Zhao Ci sends troops to break off, at least most of the troops can return to Xiangxiang City, and Xiangxiang City originally had a thousand soldiers and horses left behind, adding up to about 10,000 people, and at that time it will be troublesome, and the counter-rebellion army is only more than 13,000 people, and nearly half of them are not long-trained elites, Can you imagine what a big price it will cost to defeat Xiangxiang City, which has a similar number of troops?

And this is a loss that Wang Rong cannot afford at present.

After rejecting Zhao Chou's plan, Kuai Yue asked Wang Rong: "Can Zhao Ci's rebellious army know that our army has arrived in Nanyang now?" ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "I don't know this. ”

Wang Ei's rebellion army from Zhao Ci rebellion, to arrive in Nanyang, it took less than a month and a half, this speed is very fast, in real history, Jingzhou's state soldiers arrived in Nanyang in June, and the Nanyang soldiers of Yang Xu joined forces to defeat Zhao Ci, it took nearly four months, in fact, this should be the normal speed.

Just imagine, Wang Rong has only been in office for a few months, and he wants to establish state soldiers and train, and when he is still just starting, he got the news of the Nanyang rebellion, how can he send troops so quickly?

And now, due to Wang Heng's crossing, Huang Zhong came to Wang Heng's men, which greatly shortened the process of establishing and training state soldiers, thus advancing the time of dispatching troops, and the marching speed on the way was still relatively fast, so he arrived in Nanyang so quickly, which Zhao Ci could not have imagined.

There is another point, at present, the two cities of Huyang and Caiyang are still in the hands of Yang Xu, blocking Zhao Ci's way to the north, and the battlefield is obscured, and the scouts of Zhao Ci's army will not and cannot operate north of Huyang, so it is impossible to know that such an army is coming from Nanyang County.

Therefore, at present, the existence of Wang Ei's state soldiers is still a secret.

Kuai Yue keenly pointed out this point, everyone's eyes lit up, now the enemy is bright and I am dark, it is obvious that I can use this to make a fuss, and I can make a big article.

Next, Kuai Yue said his plan, in fact, the plan is also very simple, that is, to contact Nanyang County Shouyang, Wang Rong's state soldiers from Caiyang in the southwest of Huyang to guò, move to the south of Huyang, block the retreat of the rebel army, and then wait until the evening to launch a surprise attack on the rebel army camp, so that the Nanyang county soldiers in Huyang City also launched a surprise attack at the same time, under the front and rear attacks, plus the rebel army is not psychologically prepared, caught off guard, it will be able to defeat the rebel army in a battle.

After defeating the main force of the rebel army, the rebel army did not occupy many troops in the five cities, only a few hundred to a thousand people, and the dragons were leaderless, so the rumor could be determined.

This plan is simple to say, but all good combat plans in these years must be made simple, and if it is too complicated, the backward means of communication will not be able to support it, and the success rate will be too low, and it will be self-defeating.

The key point of this plan is that the whole army should move to the south of Huyang, and its whereabouts should be concealed so that Zhao Ci could not find out, and after the whole army was in place, there should be reliable means of contact, so that the sheep in Huyang City could send troops to cooperate in time.

In fact, even if Yang Xu did not send troops, Zhao Ci's chaotic army would not be able to escape defeat, but the effect of the front and rear attacks was of course much better.

After Kuai Yue said his battle plan, everyone's eyes looked at Huang Zhong.

The stronger the execution of the generals, the higher the probability of success of the battle plan, and when the battle plan is implemented, many unexpected situations may occur, which requires the leading generals to have the ability to adapt to changes and revise the battle plan at any time according to the accidents that occur, which is a big test for the generals.

Huang Zhong groaned slightly, looked at the sand table, nodded and said: "There is no problem in concealing his whereabouts, there are many hills and woods south of Huyang, after I only take 5,000 troops to the south of Huyang, I can find a forest to hide and wait until the evening to launch a surprise attack; As for contacting Yang Junshou, you can send someone to Huyang City now, and agree with Yang Taishou to raise fire at the third watch in two days later and send troops together. ”

The south of Huyang belongs to the Zaoyang boundary of the later generations, here is the remaining vein of Tongbai Mountain, it is a typical gang terrain, there are many hills, there is no problem in finding a place to hide the five thousand troops, as for the scouts of the enemy army, not to mention whether Zhao Ci has such a military element, send scouts within the area controlled by his own side, even if he takes a step back, he sent scouts, as long as our scouts carry out a short period of battlefield covering, do not let the enemy scouts go north to report to Zhao Ci, and wait until the third watch that night, the overall situation has been decided.

In fact, even if he took 10,000 steps back, Huang Zhongjun was discovered by Zhao Ci, and when there was a blockade in front of him and the retreat was blocked, how long could a group of rabble who could only fight with the wind support? Their collapse is conceivable, and it will only take some more time.

Wang Rong asked, "Han Sheng, is it enough for you to bring only 5,000 soldiers?" ”

Huang Zhong arched his hand and said, "Enough!" The remaining 8,000 soldiers were personally led by the envoy to block the passage between Huyang and Zhangling, so as to prevent the rebellious army from fleeing south. After Zhao Ci was defeated, the Emperor could first recover Zhangling, so as not to fall into the hands of thieves for a long time. ”

Wang Heng secretly admired when he heard it, who said that Huang Zhong would not be a man? That's just because he didn't meet the lord who was willing to reuse him, his hands are very beautiful, he gnaws hard bones, he does dangerous things, and of course such a beautiful thing as recovering the emperor's hometown will be handed over to Lord Thorn Shi to do.

Sure enough, Wang Rong listened to Huang Zhong's words, and after a little hesitation, he twisted his beard and smiled, and approved this battle plan.

The battle plan was set, and without further ado, Wang Rong sent several scouts with the soldiers of Nanyang County to Huyang and Caiyang respectively to contact Yangxu, and then the army marched towards Caiyang.

The next day, the army moved to Caiyang County, Caiyang Guard General had already gotten the news, he went out of the city to meet the assassin Shi, the excitement was overflowing, he didn't expect the state soldiers to come to the aid so soon, now the pressure on the Nanyang County soldiers is still very great, the chaotic army is still fighting a qiēshun lì, their morale is also very high, so the offensive is very fierce. Now that the state soldiers have come to help, the strength and weakness have changed hands, and he also sees the hope of victory.

Huang Zhong led the 5,000 elites he recruited at the earliest, heading to Huyang in the northeast, while Wang Rong personally led the remaining 8,000 troops to the southeast, preparing to cut off the retreat of the main force of the chaotic army.

Zhao Chou and Wang Yao followed Huang Zhong's action, Kuai Yue also stayed in Huang Zhong's army, as a military member, Wang Heng also asked to follow Huang Zhong's action, Wang Heng originally had some worries, did not want Wang Heng to follow Huang Zhong's army, but under Wang Heng's strong request and Huang Zhong's strong guarantee, he finally agreed to this request.

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Two days later, in the afternoon, Huang Zhong's army moved to the south of Huyang County, in order not to alarm Zhao Ci's rebellious army, Huang Zhong let the army hide in a mountain forest more than 20 miles south of Huyang City, let the soldiers rest on the spot, and wait until the third watch is about to arrive.

Huang Zhong also carefully instructed the soldiers who dragged behind to remove any traces that might expose them, such as horseshoe prints, and horse feces, etc., fortunately, it has not rained recently, and the soldiers he led are all elites who can strictly implement orders, so there are very few traces left.

As Huang Zhong expected, Zhao Ci did not send scouts in this direction, which is not surprising, Zhao Ci was just a commander in the Jiangxia County soldiers before the rebellion, although the martial arts are good, but the art of war and military strategy are still insufficient, he didn't think that the enemy had touched his back, so it was impossible to release scouts behind him.

In Zhao Ci's cognition, all the troops of Nanyang County are now in the two cities of Huyang and Caiyang, as long as he captures Huyang, there will be no military force in the entire Nanyang that can threaten him, how can he know that he is already facing annihilation?

Originally, it should be the pinnacle of his Zhao Ci's life now!

Huang Zhong's army hid on the hill, and the dense mountain forest provided them with good cover, so that they could rest at ease, and recover the body that had been expended by the rapid march of the past two days, in order to wait for the surprise attack of the third watch.

Of course, Huang Zhong did not forget to send scouts, of course he would not make the same mistake as Zhao Ci, in the afternoon, the scouts came to report that a grain team of Zhao Ci's army was going to pass through here, Huang Zhong ordered them not to startle the snake, so Huang Zhongjun let this grain team pass here.

Huang Zhong personally crouched on the tree, a pair of eagle eyes stared sharply at the grain team leading to guò from the path under the hill, this grain team was driven by Ding Zhuang grain cart, escorted by hundreds of soldiers, the posture of the soldiers marching was very loose, in the direct sunlight of early summer, the lazy expressions on the faces of the soldiers were clearly seen by Huang Zhong.

The facial expressions and body expressions of the soldiers all indicated that they did not expect to encounter enemy troops here, and their casual military appearance and lazy marching posture also proved that Zhao Cijun's military discipline was very average, and the training level was not high, although the grain transportation team was generally not elite, but it was still helpful to understand the overall level of Zhao Cijun.

It seems that Zhao Cijun's combat effectiveness is really as expected, not too strong, but Huang Zhong did not despise his opponent for this, he always adheres to a creed with his soldiers, the lion fights the rabbit, and he also uses all his strength to never make the mistakes that the opponent has made.

Wang Heng has been following Huang Zhong's side, the first time he experienced a real war, although he has not yet entered the battle, but his body is still so nervous that he can't help himself, looking at the enemy army at the bottom of the mountain, his hands are clenched into fists, and his body involuntarily trembles a little, making the branches tremble slightly.

Huang Zhong turned his head to look at Wang Heng, he reached out and grabbed Wang Heng's fist, Wang Heng's trembling calmed down at once, under Huang Zhong's signal, he tried to adjust his breathing evenly, so that the true qi ran in his body, and sure enough, he immediately felt that the stiffness of his body was much better.

Wang Heng understands that this is a special class for Huang Zhong, a special teaching for him, such a battlefield experience can not be experienced in the backyard of Huang Zhong's house no matter how he teaches, only he can experience it on the battlefield himself, and this experience is also very precious to him, after this time, the next time he goes to the battlefield, he will not be so nervous.

On the battlefield, it is very good to relax, and too much tension will make you unable to play six points at your strength. This is one of the reasons why on the battlefield, the survival rate of veterans is much higher than that of new recruits.

After this time, I'm also a veteran, right?

Wang Heng nodded to Huang Zhong, then let go of Huang Zhong's hand and continued to stare intently at the grain transport team under the mountain.

After Zhao Ci's grain team passed through guò, there were no accidents until nightfall, perhaps because of the existence of the chaotic army, so there were no pedestrians here.

When the two and a half watch, Huang Zhong took all the officers to wake up the sleeping soldiers one by one, Wang Heng also followed behind him, most of the soldiers had the experience of being woken up in the middle of the night, and they were already very adaptable, and immediately turned over and sat up after being woken up, and began to sort out their armor and weapons, and eat dry food, but there were still a few soldiers who were not very adaptable, and they reacted more after being woken up, and some even wanted to shout.

At such times, Huang Zhong or those officers would cover the soldier's mouth with his hand to prevent them from calling out, and then slap them in the face to help them sober up.

In ancient times, waking up soldiers in the middle of the night was also a very dangerous thing, if it was not done well, it would cause a camp roar, and even a case of the whole army being wiped out because of the camp roar in the middle of the night, and Huang Zhong's practice could prevent such a thing from happening to the greatest extent.

Wang Heng watched silently beside him, learning bit by bit, these things can't be learned in military books.

More than 300 officers quickly woke up all the non-commissioned officers, and after arranging their armor and weapons, and after eating their dry rations, they stood by in a group on the hill.

When the scouts confirmed that there was no danger nearby, Huang Zhong asked the officers to lead their troops out silently.

The third watch is approaching, and Huang Zhongjun has come to a place one mile south of Zhao Ci's military camp, which is already very close to the enemy army, and it can be said that it is within reach. The sky was also beautiful that night, and there was no moon, which made Huang Zhongjun's actions hidden in the black.

It's time for people to sleep very well, Zhao Cijun's barracks are dark and dreary, obviously the rebels are sleeping very soundly, even if they are on guard, they are all aimed at Huyang City, no one would have thought that the danger would come from behind them.

Huang Zhong made a gesture, and several soldiers behind him began to set up a pyre, poured clear oil, and then lit a fire, and the huge light of the fire suddenly burned, reflecting the dark and dreary night sky.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to ignite the fire, the soldiers who had just marched for more than 20 miles took a breather, seized the precious time to recover their bodies, and prepared to launch the final surprise attack.

When the fire was fully lit, Huang Zhong waved his hand, rode his horse forward, and rushed to Zhao Cijun's military camp, and Wang Heng also rode a horse and followed Huang Zhong's side.

In the past few months, in addition to practicing martial arts with Huang Zhong in the middle of the night, Wang Heng will also practice equestrianism with Huang Zhong during the day, and Huang Zhong has chosen a relatively docile horse for him, and Wang Heng also secretly asked the craftsman to build a pair of stirrups and put them on his own horse, which also played a very important role in his control of horses.

So Wang Heng has been following closely behind Huang Zhong.

The soldiers shouted to kill and rushed to the camp of Zhao Cijun, and it was only at this time that Zhao Cijun noticed that there was an enemy attack, but at this time it was too late.

Just when Zhao Cijun's soldiers were still scrambling to find clothes and weapons, Huang Zhongjun had already rushed into Zhao Cijun's barracks, they did not encounter any effective resistance, in the dark night, Zhao Cijun did not know where the enemy came from, and those who were awakened would only run in panic, and those who were not awakened went to see the king of Hades in their sleep.

Each of Huang's soldiers carried a torch in his left hand and a knife or spear in his right hand, which were the most effective weapons for such a raid. When they saw the tent, they set it on fire, and when they saw the enemy running out of the tent, they took a knife or a shot.

Huang Zhong himself didn't care about killing the enemy, for him, it didn't make sense to kill these defenseless opponents, he had always focused on Wang Heng in the first battle, and he must protect Wang Heng's safety.

And behind Wang Heng, Deng Zhan and Yao Gang and several other nominal servants also followed Wang Heng closely on horseback, their main task was not to kill the enemy, but to ensure Wang Heng's safety, even if Wang Heng had a little accident, then no matter how many enemies they killed, they couldn't offset it.

Wang Heng held a one-stone bow, although Huang Zhong had not officially taught him archery, but in the past few months of unremitting hard practice, he had practiced hundreds of thousands of bow-opening movements, and after practicing his true qi, his eyesight also became very good, his bow-opening action was already as steady as a rock, and by the light of the fire that was ignited in the camp tent, he opened his bow and shot an arrow at an enemy who ran out of the camp tent.

This enemy was only a dozen steps away from Wang Heng, such a big target, such a close distance, of course Wang Heng would not miss, his arrow shot out steadily, and his sharp eyes could clearly see that the sharp arrow drilled into the enemy's chest.

This enemy was not wearing armor, his chest naturally could not resist the arrow, he screamed, staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground, his hands and feet twitched for a while, and then he lost his life, and by the light of the fire, Wang Heng could see a pool of blood gurgling out from under his body, wetting the ground.

Maybe it wasn't a close-range killing, but a sniping with a long-range weapon, Wang Heng didn't have the discomfort of the first killing, but his blood was boiling, he raised his bow and aimed at the next enemy.