Chapter 123: Zhang Miao's Defeat (II)
But things are far more difficult to deal with than he imagined, these heavy armored soldiers in front of him are really a bit of a headache, not to mention the method of cracking, even if you want to delay their advance speed a little, it is quite difficult, Zhang Miao really has no soldiers in his hands who can deal with it, but the personal guard cavalry is not without effect, although it has paid a great price.
But Zhang Miao knew very well that if he couldn't delay the advance of the trapped camp, then it would only be an overnight matter to break his formation, but what should he do? Zhang Miao suddenly felt that it was his Xu Ji who went out of the camp was a huge mistake, this heavily armored foot soldier had already made himself completely helpless, so it seemed that Xu Ji didn't need a back hand at all, and Zhang Miao thought about it like this, Xu Ji's purpose of seducing himself out of the camp had actually been achieved, and this heavy armored foot soldier was completely able to crush all the soldiers under his command, there was no doubt about it.
Therefore, although Zhang Miao felt very troubled about the trouble in front of him, he also put his mind at ease, Xu Ji did not have more back-ups, so the problem in front of him was easier, the so-called hidden danger was the most feared, as for the matter in front of him, it was obviously easier to solve.
And Zhang Miao finally came up with a temporary solution, that is, to load the baggage trucks used by the army to transport grain and grass on sand and gravel in front of the army, of course, this only stopped Gao Shun's advance but did not substantially solve the problem, but Zhang Miao is not thinking about solving these pawns now, he is still a little worried about Xu Ji, and this way of dealing is nothing more than to see if Xu Ji has the next response.
Although Xu Ji was in the camp, he also understood this, and directly ordered Mingjin, and it didn't make sense for Gao Shun to continue like this. It's better to retreat directly. As soon as Zhang Miao heard that Xu Jiming Jin was suspicious at first, and then saw the retreat of these pawns in front of him who gave him a headache, he immediately ordered the pursuit. Although it can't be effective, at least Zhang Miao conveyed an attitude that he might continue to attack.
Of course, this is exactly what Xu Ji wants. Le Jin led his troops from the flank to support him, and Zhang Miao saw that the situation was like this, and he simply withdrew his troops. Xu Ji really has an arrangement, and he doesn't have any point in continuing to attack, and without the success of the equipment, it is impossible for him to use his life to pile up victory, not to mention how to deal with this infantry under the command of the opponent even if he breaks the camp?
In this way, Zhang Miao's confident attack had to end in a hurry, but Zhang Miao felt that he had gained a lot, first of all, he was almost sure what Xu Ji's arrangement was, it was nothing more than approaching his own camp to force himself out of the camp to fight with it, and then with the elite infantry under his command to advance, if Xu Ji recalled the cavalry under his command again, he really did not have any possibility of winning in the frontal battlefield. But this is just the best situation for Xu Ji. Zhang Miao soon ordered to send someone to send Chen to send a batch of siege equipment to come, and he wanted to take the initiative to attack. Although Gao Shun's trapped camp is troublesome, it only needs to be contained, once the camp is broken, Zhang Miao can wave his army to cover and kill to form a pursuit momentum, and then these foot soldiers who are dragged down by heavy armor are just targets to dispose of at will.
It's just that this is just Zhang Miao's idea, but in fact, it may not be so simple, but Zhang Miao naturally doesn't know the way, in his opinion, his plan can be regarded as effective and effective, of course, the premise is that Xu Ji is really just these arrangements.
After the two sides collected their troops and returned to the camp, they naturally buried the pot and cooked food. But Xu Ji's side has already started other actions, Gao Shun's soldiers have gained a lot of rest time because they have been fighting fiercely for a long time and are only responsible for the frontal advancement, but most of the remaining soldiers have been dispatched to fill all the sacks transported from Yuxian yesterday with sand, this order is naturally puzzling. The soldiers really didn't know what they were doing it for.
The soldiers under Xu Ji's command were divided into about five parts, one of which was Chen Zhi's cavalry, which was now in charge of the task of harassing Zhang Miao's grain road; The second is Gao Shun's trapping camp. Today's war has shown its full power, so it is natural that it has been treated well enough; The third is the personal guard battalion under the command of Dian Wei and Le Jin. All of these soldiers are only under Xu Ji's orders, and they can be regarded as transcendent existences; The fourth is these soldiers brought by Xu Qian from Xiangyi. These soldiers are considered to be the most average combat effectiveness under Xu Ji's command, and they are also responsible for some regular garrison and sundries; The fifth is the guards of the counties.
Liang Dian was one of the soldiers who was brought to Yuxian by Xu Qian from Xiangyi, he came to the front line of Yuxian with his own dream, but after coming to Yuxian, not only did he not get the opportunity to go to the battlefield, but he was disappointed to do some groceries. But he had nothing to say, because among all the troops, only their combat effectiveness from Xiangyi was the most ordinary, and it was a matter of course that they were not valued by the superintendent, but Liang Dian never regarded his colleagues who came to Yuanxian with him as the same people, he was better at martial arts, and he had studied books, these were the places he grabbed more than others, so he had always been very depressed. It's just that he hides these emotions very well, and his colleagues don't know Liao Dun's heart.
And the task he received today seemed meaningless, but Liang Dian had a strong feeling that what he did might have a lot to do with defeating Zhang Miao, although he didn't know how the two could be related, but Liang Ton's feeling has always been very accurate, and he was sure that this time would be no exception. So when the colleagues around him were amazed, he didn't join in, but went on with what he was doing more seriously, which was more meaningful to Liang than complaining.
Xu Qian is the person in charge of supervising these soldiers, of course he won't let these guys idle and talk, so he immediately scolded: "You people who only know how to eat and don't know how to do things, don't you know that this matter was ordered by the superintendent himself?" Give me a little bit of money! Naturally, they didn't dare not listen to the orders of their immediate superiors, so they immediately didn't dare to step up the work in their hands. Xu Qian put down his stiff face slightly, and at this time he also noticed a Liang Dun who didn't say a word, he had an impression of this young man, among the thousand people brought from Xiangyi, he was most optimistic about this young man, he was more calm than the rest of the soldiers and knew what he should do. To be honest, if you don't know the plan of your own master, Xu Qian also feels that the matter in front of him is boring and useless, so it is good for these soldiers under his command to complain. Whether he is dissatisfied, he can understand and accept it. But Liang Dan's performance is a little strange.
So Xu Qian walked up to Liang Dian and asked, "Ziwen, why didn't you say a word from the beginning?" If you're not satisfied, you can say it. Liang Duan looked up at Xu Qian and replied with a smile: "The general's words are wrong. As soldiers, we should have followed orders, but we are all soldiers, so we should obey orders. As for dissatisfaction, the general still doesn't want to joke, Ziwen doesn't say a word just to finish these things faster. Xu Qian said in surprise when he heard this: "Mo Fei Ziwen is not surprised, what does the lord mean by ordering this?" ”
Liang Dun smiled, and then Zhengse replied: "Ziwen is not a smart person, but he also knows how to guess Shangguan's mind, even if this matter is really meaningless, as a subordinate, I can only do it, and although Ziwen doesn't know what the meaning of this matter is." However, he told Zi Wen that what Master Wen was afraid of was to defeat Zhang Miao. Liang Duan lowered his voice in the last half of the sentence, and Xu Qian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said calmly: "Don't guess, do a good job, you will naturally see what Lord Postmaster means." With that, he turned around and left, but Liang Dun's eyes behind him were already firm and convinced, his feeling was indeed right, although Xu Qian did not have a clear confirmation, but his attitude had already shown that his guess was correct.
And in fact, of course. The reason why Xu Ji needed so many sacks full of sand and gravel was precisely to defeat Zhang Miao. And after today's First World War, Zhang Miao is naturally more determined to hold on, at least Zhang Miao will never go out of the camp to fight Xu Ji until he has a solution, but it is obviously not conducive to Xu Ji to drag on like this, so Xu Ji's plan is also revealed. He's going to steal the camp!
But this problem came, Zhang Miao even specially increased the solidity of the camp in order to hold on, and he grasped it very closely. It is obviously unrealistic to want a regular camp, so Xu Ji set up so much foreshadowing to make Zhang Miao take it lightly. The first is to force Zhang Miao to fight head-on, so that he understands that his chances of winning a head-on battle with Xu Ji are slim, and at this time, Zhang Miao's mind is all on how to break Gao Shun's trap camp. That night, a "road" was forcibly laid through the camp through sacks filled with sand and gravel. And the reason why Xu Ji kept moving his camp was not only to force Zhang Miao out, but also to facilitate his actions tonight!
Obviously, from the beginning of the plan to the present, it has been perfectly executed, and Zhang Miao does not have the slightest awareness, which is simply the biggest good news, and once it crosses the strong camp set up by Zhang Miao, and then Zhang Miao's troops who have lost the protection of the camp will have to face the almost insoluble strangulation of Gao Shun's sinking camp, and in order to avoid Zhang Miao's escape, Xu Ji also arranged Chen Zhi to cut off the path of his retreat, Xu Ji has exhausted himself for the purpose of defeating or even killing Zhang Miao, And now it seems that the success rate of this plan is also very great, at least for now, Zhang Miao is still unconscious, and he does not know that death is imminent.
So what is Zhang Miao doing at this time? Since the collection of troops back to the camp, Zhang Miao has been staying in the big tent by himself, of course, not disappointed because this battle was not won, but thinking about how to deal with this headache under Xu Ji's foot soldiers, unless there is an elite with the same equipment, Zhang Miao does not think that there will be a chance of victory, but the cost of such a soldier is definitely not lower than that of the cavalry, compared to such a foot soldier Zhang Miao is obviously more inclined to the cavalry, not to mention that he has no time to form such a foot soldier, so he still has to find another way to solve it.
But this is just a few words, and in fact, Zhang Miao still doesn't have any very good solution, and the cost of solving this foot soldier is probably not small, either it is a strong crossbow, or it is also a foot soldier who makes it himself, otherwise it will cost him twice the price of his number or even more if he wants to solve the trapped camp, and such a foot soldier is indeed an extremely reliable reliance, Zhang Miao believes that trapping the camp is Xu Ji's real killer move, at least for now, it seems that he seems to have a fundamental reputation for the solution.
Indeed, it is a helpless thing to face such an army, but Zhang Miao is not helpless to solve it, he still has to face Xu Ji head-on after all, so before that, he must find out what is the shortcomings of this seemingly unsolvable foot soldier or an opportunity to take advantage of, and Zhang Miao has been thinking about it for several hours, but he still has nothing. In other words, he can only use the most stupid method, with the help of weapons. Of course, this time he also had people transfer the only two bed crossbows in Chenliu County. The power of this thing is amazing, imagine what kind of power the crossbow used to fire a spear would be? Once these ordnance arrived in Yuxian County, it was the time for Zhang Miao to solve Xu Ji, so in order for these critical ordnance to arrive safely, Zhang Miao even did not hesitate to send his own pro-army escort, which shows that he attaches great importance to this.
But Zhang Miao is destined not to wait for that day. Night fell, at this time the camps of both sides were full of lights, the two sides fought fiercely for half a day, although the victory and defeat were not divided, but they were a little tired, at this time it seemed that the two sides were unexpectedly harmonious, but this seems to be harmony but there is a turbulent undercurrent.
Nearly three watches. There were only patrolling torches and fires at the camp gate in the camps on both sides, and at this time Xu Ji finally started to move, and there were faint figures from the camp coming out of the camp, and the same thing was that they were all carrying a sack full of sand and gravel, and it may be difficult for those who have not seen it to imagine what the scene of hundreds of people carrying a sack looks like, and now the soldiers under Xu Ji's command are doing this,
And the direction these people are going in is Zhang Miao's camp! Speaking of which, thanks to Bocai, although the shadow can't touch Zhang Miao's camp, these guys are all like human spirits, and there are some craftsmen among them. These people knew at a glance where a camp was least populated, and Xu Ji chose a place near the side gate of Zhang Miao's camp that was almost unmanned, and the fence here was lower than the rest of the place, which was originally a pond. Later, it was drained of water and discarded, although the soldiers under Zhang Miao filled it up, but after all, it was the soil that was moved later, and it was inevitable that it was not strong, so the fence was not very stable. However, because Zhang Miao ordered reinforcement, although it was not heightened, the second layer of wooden fence was thickened.
The height of the fence was only one and a half heights, and because it was close to the river, it was not well guarded. Therefore, Xu Ji's corporal touched the fence of the camp, and no one noticed it.
Liang Dun was also among the soldiers transporting sand and gravel, and at this time he finally figured out Xu Ji's plan. This postmaster is indeed a bit bold, if this kind of behavior is detected by Zhang Miao, these soldiers transporting sand and gravel will be no different from sending them to death. But what made Liang Dian wonder was that he had touched the fence of Zhang Miao's camp but the other party still didn't realize it, which was simply a taboo for marching generals, but Zhang Miao really committed it.
Under Xu Qian's supervision, these soldiers quickly piled these sacks full of sand and gravel to two-thirds of the height of the fence, and this height was enough, and the soldiers could easily jump over, just when Liang Dian thought that Xu Qian would order them to turn over, but Xu Qian ordered to withdraw to the camp, Liang Dian was of course puzzled, he even had an urge to ask Xu Qian on the spot to ask clearly, but he knew that now was not the time, and it was the plan of the post superintendent who was ruined by making trouble here. Liang didn't think he was qualified to do that.
But soon Liang Dian understood why he was evacuating, although the light of the fire from Zhang Miao's camp was not clear, but he still saw a familiar figure, this person was none other than Le Jin, the deputy commander of the post supervision and guard battalion! Seeing the appearance of Lejin, Liang Duan already knew that the post superintendent obviously sent a more elite guard battalion to ensure that there were no mistakes.
In fact, Liang Dian only guessed half correctly, there are many people who can do this, the reason why Xu Ji wants to use the personal guard battalion to do this is very simple, there are bad people in his personal guard camp who are originally Jianghu rangers, and they are familiar with doing these things, and more importantly, these people are quick and ruthless. What these soldiers who broke into Zhang Miao's camp needed to do was to open the door of Zhang Miao's camp, and ordinary soldiers might not be able to have such excellent skills as these rangers, so naturally they couldn't do it so quickly.
Of course, Le Jin will not live up to Xu Ji's expectations, these Jianghu rangers are used to being fast, accurate and ruthless, and after breaking in, they easily solved the nearby patrol soldiers, this is a relatively remote place in Zhang Miao's camp, so the soldiers are not too many, Le Jin simply did not do two things and directly ordered his subordinates to change into the clothes of Zhang Miaojun's sergeant, his plan is not just to open the door of the camp.
This time, there are not many people brought by Le Jin, and he is only close to a hundred people, and after the soldiers under Lejin under his command have changed their clothes, he ordered the soldiers to divide into two ways, all the way to solve the garrison soldiers at the nearby side gate, and then open the camp gate and wait for Gao Shun and the camp to trap. And he himself continued with the other part of the camp into the depths of the camp.
Le Jin had heard of Xu Ji's deeds of course Changshe's fire, and today he also planned to emulate his lord, and the sunny days for two consecutive days also made Zhang Miao's printing paper Zhou originally damp and dry, which was a good time to attack with fire.
At this time, Zhang Miao was already asleep, and he didn't know that he had been put on the death row by Xu Ji! (To be continued......)
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