In the mushroom Yu City, as soon as Wei Zheng's front foot left the city wall, the personal guards of the military advisor Zhou Shuyuan followed closely behind. With a complicated expression of joy and incomprehension, he reported: "General, the Tartars have stopped attacking, and the military advisor asked me to ask you to go to the city wall immediately." ”

"Stop attacking......" Hearing these words, Wei Zheng's brows immediately furrowed.

With a puzzled face, he muttered to himself: "What does he Dolgon want to do, he finally has a way to reduce the casualties of his troops, and he has taken down more of the defensive lines we have built outside the city in one go...... Could it be that there is some new conspiracy in Dorgon? ”

After saying that, Wei Zheng turned around and trotted in the direction of the city wall.

On the city wall, after seeing the solemn expression on the face of the military advisor Zhou Shuyuan, Wei Zheng didn't even say hello, and directly raised the monocular to look at the second line of defense that had been occupied by the Tartars.

With the help of binoculars, Wei Zheng clearly saw that in the trench as wide as one zhang, dense infantry had gathered. Under the supervision of the Tartars around them, these infantry followers were wielding shovels to widen and deepen the trenches under their feet. As for the large amount of loess dug up by the infantry followers, like the Haw Par Army, a three-foot-high retaining wall was piled up on the side facing the Haw Par Army.

Perhaps in order to prevent himself from launching another terrifying night attack on them tonight, a large number of dry materials were also collected by the infantry in front of the position, preparing to illuminate the position with bonfires at night.

At this time, the military advisor Zhou Shuyuan first broke the solemn atmosphere around him, and said to Wei Zheng: "General, the Tartars are obviously the attacking side, but now they are putting on a posture of long-term defense against us, is there any conspiracy against us by Dorgon?" ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied, "I don't know what Dorgon's plot is......"

"One thing is confirmed, though, that after several of our night raids, Dorgon has grown terrified of our night fights. The various defenses he is preparing now, without exception, are formulated against our night attacks. ”

After letting out a sigh full of helplessness, Zhou Shuyuan sighed to Wei Zheng and said: "This kind of battle that puts the initiative on the battlefield in the hands of the enemy is really not easy to fight, we have to guess the enemy's next move all the time, how can we guard against the enemy, otherwise, there will be no way to fight this battle......"

"Now, we haven't even figured out the ultimate purpose of Dolgon's sudden cessation of attack and going on the defensive, and we can't make relevant preparations at all. General, are we just holding our positions, watching the Tartars build defensive positions, waiting for them to attack us at the right time......"

Wei Zheng shook his head again, and said with a strange expression: "Strategist, when did you see that my Wei Zheng is so fond of being beaten passively." ”

"The initiative on the battlefield is indeed in Dolgon's hands, but we can also think of some ways to disrupt Dolgon's battle plan and force him to fight this battle according to our ideas and take back the initiative on the battlefield."

Hearing this, Zhou Shuyuan's head shook like a wave drum, and he asked with an incredible face: "General, it's impossible, absolutely impossible." Now it is the Tartars attacking us, how can the initiative on the battlefield be in our hands, how can the Tartars, who have the superiority in troops, listen to our call, and he will fight whatever we let him fight. ”

"If that were the case, Dolgon the Tartar would not have attacked us. Of course, even if we attack us, we can make him withdraw on his own initiative. ”

After a strange smile flashed across Wei Zheng's face, Wei Zheng replied to Zhou Shuyuan: "Nothing is impossible on the unpredictable battlefield. As long as we do it, as long as we work hard, we can do something that everyone thinks is impossible. For example, more than a month ago, did you think that our Tiger and Leopard Army would be under the siege of the heavy troops of the Tartars, and the stronger the more they fight, the more troops they fight, the better the equipment, and even the approval of the court and the emperor? ”

Seeing Zhou Shuyuan shaking his head, Wei Zheng pointed to the second line of defense that was busy in front of him, and then asked Zhou Shuyuan: "Strategist, judging from the battlefield situation, no matter what conspiracy Dolgon has against us, what he thinks now must be to hold the defense line that just occupied us." Otherwise, he would not have changed his position to guard against our night attack. ”

"What if we find a way to disrupt Dolgon's play?"

Zhou Shuyuan replied thoughtfully: "Although I don't dare to guarantee that this will not destroy Dolgon's conspiracy against us, it is still possible to disrupt Dolgon's tactical tactics and let Dolgon take care of one thing and lose the other." ”

Speaking of this, a trace of solemnity suddenly appeared on Zhou Shuyuan's face, and he asked Wei Zheng with a worried face: "But, general, what the Tartars are doing now is to guard against us." In such a situation, how could it be possible to destroy the tactical tactics of the Tartars. ”

Wei Zheng replied confidently: "No, Strategist, what we have is a way to disrupt Dolgon's battle plan. ”

"Not only that, but I also want to fight Dolgon in a-for-tat night attack, and in terms of morale, I will give Dolgon a severe blow. Sue Sù Dolgon, in addition to the true strength of our Tiger and Leopard Army, which has already been shown on the battlefield, there are many others that have not yet been expressed. ”

The worried expression on Zhou Shuyuan's face instantly became thicker, and he persuaded Wei Zheng: "General, the preparations of the Tartars outside the city are all aimed at our night attack without exception. Knowing that the Tartars are guarding against our night attacks, they still have to launch a night attack on the Tartars-for-tat. Will we succeed, and will the losses of the brothers be great?

Wei Zheng shook his head and continued to affirm with a confident face: "Of course, I can say for sure that even if the Tartar repairs its position for another two days, I can easily attack it at night. “

The confidence on Wei Zheng's face made Zhou Shuyuan's eyes light up, and he asked with anticipation:

"General, what's the solution?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said with a mysterious expression: "Strategist, no matter how well the Tartars are prepared on the battlefield, it is the bow and arrow that can threaten us at night with a long-range killing weapon. As long as we can break the threat of the Tartar bow and arrow to us, then the grenade we have just equipped will become a Grim Reaper specializing in harvesting the lives of the Tartars......"

"My idea is very simple, just five words, trench and grenade."

"As long as we use these two things well, we can not only deal a devastating blow to the Tartars at night, but also recapture two lines of defense along the way and crush a series of Dolgon's battle plans."