"The big husband was born for the battlefield." As a professional soldier, Qi Fang was the first to take a stand, "If you can make a shrunken turtle today, even if you save your life, you will have no face to stand in the army in the future, let alone go home to see your mother." In this battle, I have to fight. ”

Zhang Wuzhu glanced at Qi Fang with a firm gaze and said, "Brother Qi, although there are many disputes between our two groups on weekdays, I am on your side when it comes to right and wrong. ”

Liu Yu set his eyes on Su Yan, he was the commander of this cavalry battalion, and everything had to wait for his decision. As long as he said that he wanted to stay, Liu Yu, Sui Yi and Li Mi had no reason to retreat.

"I ......" Su Yan obviously has never made such a "major" decision, and he doesn't seem to have much confidence, "I will fight, but ...... Master, are we the ...... I can't ...... it."

"Since you have decided to stay, you have to think about it in the long run." Liu Yu took out a slightly more detailed map of the local army, outlining the tributaries of the Huai River and the two surrounding mountains, "The post station is not far away, and the official road is twenty miles south of Huaishang City in Huaixi County, and our ambush fortifications will be here on the bank of the river...... At the foot of the mountain, in order to prevent the Turkic cavalry from raiding the woods, the woods were also filled with torches and tung oil in case of emergency. ”

Qi Fang said: "Liu Shenzuo's opinion is very good, but ...... This requires a large number of manpower, and the destination of our trip is to Wanzhou, and I am afraid that we will not be able to support the local officials, let alone mobilize the local garrison. Also, if we don't follow the orders of the military department, I'm afraid ...... Even if they succeed in intercepting this Turkic cavalry, they will be punished for disobeying military orders. ”

"I've thought about that a long time ago." Liu Yu showed a sly smile on his face, "We march every day, if nothing goes wrong, we can travel more than one hundred miles a day, and if we catch up a little, we can travel more than one hundred and twenty miles a day." In other words, even if we stay here for ten days, we can still arrive in Wanzhou on time. In the name of the local bandits making a rebellion and cooperating with the local bandits, the county lieutenant of Huaishang City and the local garrison came to ask us to cooperate and suppress the bandits together. If the Turkic cavalry does not pass through here after ten days, then we will continue our journey and arrive on time. If it comes, it is also because we accidentally encountered a Turkic iron cavalry when we were suppressing bandits, and we were forced to fight back in desperation. Remember, at no time can we admit that we have disobeyed military orders to be stationed here. ”

Hearing Liu Yu's words, the people in the entire military tent showed a knowing smile.

As long as the "reasons are appropriate" and they are "coordinating to suppress bandits," the military department will not be able to hold them accountable, and the localities will cooperate to the greatest extent. After all, local banditry is not fiction.

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Overnight action.

The days before the arrival of the Turkic cavalry could be as short as three days or as long as five days, and everything had to be done urgently.

Li Mi and Su Yan's task was to rush to Huaishangcheng overnight, ask the county lieutenant of Huaishangcheng to help in the name of coordinating the suppression of bandits, and recruit people and local defenders to set up an ambush on the riverbank. and provide the greatest possible assistance. Su Yan has the prince and the military department clerk who was ordered to transfer Wanzhou, and only he can support the county lieutenant who moved Huai Shangcheng, with the assistance of Li Mi, and there will be no chaos.

And Liu Yu, Qi Fang and others inspected the terrain overnight, after all, the battle in a few days is likely to be a night battle, and all factors that may occur in the place at night must be taken into account, such as water flow and weather.

Here is only a tributary of the Huai River, unknown, this section of Huaixi County is the upstream, the river is not wide and the water flow is not deep, the horses can easily flow through, and then go a few miles downstream, the horses are not easy to cross the river, which is also the reason why this place is chosen as an ambush point.

Before noon on the second day, Li Du, the county lieutenant of Huaishangcheng, arrived first with more than 600 people. It turned out that the flood season was approaching, and in order to control the flooding of the Huai River, the local government was recruiting and dispatching people to repair the embankment on the Huai River.

At a glance, the county lieutenant Li Du knew that Lu Dao was a snob, he liked to flatter and bully, and when he heard that Su Yan was a prince, he didn't know if he was powerful, so he flattered him to the extreme, and he was busy with Zhang Luo.

About a mile away from the riverbank is a continuous hill along the river, and the woods on the hill are densely wooded, which is the area where Liu Yu must be ready to "set suspicious soldiers at night" and "set fire to the forest during the day" to prevent the Turkic cavalry from passing through the mountains. The hill to the river is the tail section of the Taihang Mountain, this section of the water flow is turbulent, the cavalry must cross the river in advance to pass through this area, there is a low-lying area between the hill and the river, about two or three miles long and one mile wide, this section of the road is the location of this ambush, all the ambush works are built in this area.

Behind the hill there is a valley, surrounded by woods, where it is easy for the people and artisans to hide. It is in it that the craftsmen make tripwires and "special tools", and the opening and storage of goods are all in the valley. There are a lot of people in the valley, and it is necessary to be quiet.

In the afternoon, the first batch of 500 villagers in Huaishang City also gathered in full gear, and within a day or two, there were still villagers from distant towns and villages who came in groups. In the evening, the first batch of craftsmen, about seventy or eighty people, also rushed over from the direction of Huaishang City.

The local people in Huaishang City heard that this army was coming to "suppress bandits", and they cooperated unexpectedly, which was also related to the vigorous cooperation of the county lieutenant Li Du. After all, the local mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and it is the only way for merchants to come and go, and the large number of mountain bandits has long been a local trouble. This time, the regular army of the imperial court came to suppress the bandits, which was a fortunate thing for the local area. No one knew the truth, but the real purpose of this army was to resist such a terrifying opponent as the Turkic Iron Wolf Guard.

Sui Yi and Li Mi were responsible for contacting the county and procuring some other tools needed. Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu were responsible for mobilizing the people, the townspeople, and the more than 200 soldiers to dig the pit, and all the personnel who participated in the ambush on the front of the hill must wear a straw hat at the request of Liu Yu, and also know how to communicate with each other.

Because the Turkic sentinel scouts will come to explore the way at any time, they cannot be detected in advance.

With the development of the ambush work, Liu Yu completely handed over the ambush work to Qi Fang, and he asked to transport all the gunpowder that could be called in the city to make fireworks and firecrackers, and put these gunpowder into bamboo tubes one by one to make "firecrackers". Although the power of this firecracker is limited, it is very useful for frightening Turkic horses, and when the horses are frightened, people will panic, and their combat power will be greatly damaged.

In addition, a large amount of tung oil was to be prepared, which was used to prepare torches and burn forests, and many of it were sprinkled in "traps", and once the Turkic cavalry entered the ambush circle, they would shoot rockets and turn the entire ambush circle into a sea of fire.

All ideas are good, but they are very difficult to implement.

After all, Liu Yu's available manpower is limited, and counting on this person to fight against tens of thousands of fierce iron wolf guards, even if he can lure the enemy into the ambush circle, it may not have a surprising winning effect.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.