The fire in the granary of the Yuan army was not extinguished until almost dawn.

Although the inspection loss was not as much as Zhao Guo expected, because there were too many fires, and with the help of gunpowder and "fierce fire oil", nearly half of them were burned. The loss is not small, but if you compare it to morale, it is not a small loss. If the grain is placed in the city, it can be burned by the Yan army, and the blow to morale is too great. Only in the middle of the night, all kinds of rumors spread throughout the army. It's not that the Yan army will call for wind and rain, that is, the Yan army has the help of heavenly soldiers and generals.

Yes, Sain Chida suddenly found the ten paragliders that flew into the city and the ten dead soldiers of the Yan army, but the dead soldiers were either killed in battle or committed suicide, and there was not a single one alive; The paragliders were burned to the point that there was only a bit of wreckage, and it was impossible to make out what it was. How do you explain it to the soldiers?

Take 10,000 steps back, and besides, even if you catch the live mouth, even if there is a paraglider that is not burned, you can take it out and explain it to the soldiers, will they believe it? Even if someone believes it, will they be able to stop the rumors? Rumors stop at the wise. Not everyone is a wise man. What the army fears most is rumors and rumors.

At the beginning of the rumors, if they can be controlled, they can also re-stabilize the overall situation. Once the rumors spread, even if his grandson is reincarnated, Kong Ming will come back, and there will be no way to do it.

Because of this, after receiving Wang Baobao's invitation to fight, Sainchi gave him an affirmative reply after careful consideration and discussion with his staff: "What Wu'er said is very true, the grain has been burned, the rumors are rampant, and the morale is low, and it is time to go out of the city to challenge, in order to regroup and regain momentum." "There is only one way to restore morale again, and that is to reinvigorate morale by fighting the enemy and winning. Otherwise, it is equivalent to sitting back and waiting to die.

Sainchi Dahu and Wang Baobao are also really good generals. Wang Baobao was defeated and retreated to Shanzhou, defeated but not discouraged, but still able to stabilize his position, and it was not easy to take charge for the first time. It is important to know that it is easy to win a battle, but it is difficult to defeat a war. After losing the battle, most of the strength can still be preserved, and on the way to retreat, Zhao Guo has no chance to make persistent efforts to expand the results, which is very remarkable. After arriving in Shanzhou, Sainchi took over the defeated army and lost in Sheephorn, but in such a situation, he was able to skillfully revive the morale through the Xiyuan oath, which is also very remarkable. However, no matter how great it was, it couldn't stop the grain from being burned, and rumors were spreading, so there was no choice but to change the strategy set by Chahan to deal with the enemy.

"How is Father going to challenge?"

"Shoot the archery book with the outside of the city first, and make an appointment with the thief."

"When?"

"......, sooner rather than later."

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"Soldiers, murder weapons, saints have to do it. I heard: 'Where the teacher is, thorns are born; After the great army there will be a year of calamity.'" If you want to fight, please meet outside the east gate tomorrow. Wouldn't it be fast to decide the winner in a battle? If you can not displace the people, so do my wishes. ”

Hearing Pan Xian'er explain the meaning of this "arrow book", Tong Shengyang scoffed and said disdainfully: "Obviously, the granary was burned, and I couldn't hold on anymore, so I had to come out to fight with us; But he still writes like this, like this,......。 Lao Pan, how do you say that word? What's the crown? ”

Pan Xianer made up for him: "High-sounding." ”

"Yes, yes. Sounding! I don't want the people to suffer, so I came out to fight with us to determine the winner? Haha, haha. ”

Zhao Guo smiled slightly.

He was in a good mood, no matter how Tong Shengyang looked down on the Yuan army, at least the arrival of this "arrow book" showed that the operation of burning the granary last night was successful, and said: "Look, watch and read this article, it is expected that it must be from Zhao Heng's hand." Listen, I heard, he is the best reader of "Lao Tzu" in Tartar. ”

Zhao Heng always dressed up as a fairy and was deeply influenced by Taoism. "Where the teacher is, thorns are born; After the army, there will be a year of calamity", this sentence is from "Lao Tzu".

Zhao Guo paused, and then said: "The Tartars and Tartars have been in the city for many days, and they are finally willing to come out to fight. Judging by me, although there is a reason why the granary was burned last night, there must also be factors that they rely on the elite of their subordinates. The long and pikeman armies, the ironclad armies, and the gods and divine crossbow armies are all good at field warfare. Therefore, although I and our army finally urged him out of the city, we must not be careless! ”

"Yes, that's what the general said."

Everyone thinks so.

Pan Xianer said: "In the past few days, most of the soldiers of our army have been busy building fortifications and piling up dirt mountains, and their physical strength has been greatly consumed. Perhaps, the Tartars are willing to go out of the city to fight, and there is also this meaning inside. I want to take advantage of the fatigue of my soldiers, and they have enough cultivation in the city, so they will wait for work at ease and beat me! ”

Hu Zhong nodded again and again and said, "Mr. Pan is right. The cavalry is not enough, the foot soldiers are really tired these days. It is almost noon, and by tomorrow morning, there will be only one night and a half day of rest. General, we have to hurry up and let the sergeants rest. Or? Order now, order a halt to the fortifications? ”

"Most of the elites of my army, and I, were brought over from Haidong by the lord. In the bitter cold land of Liao and Liaodong, the soldiers are the most able to bear hardships and stand hard work. Mr. Pan and Mr. Pan may not know something, but General Hu, it is difficult, have you forgotten? I think that back then, when the conquest and conquest of Liaodong and Haidong were at their tightest, one or one unit could fight continuously for more than half a month, or even more than a month, and it was rare to fight in three or four places one after another! Compared to these, repairing and building some fortifications is nothing! A night's rest is enough. ”

In that year, Deng She Yongping raised troops, drove more than 1,000 miles, walked the plateau, passed through the deserted places, and arrived at the twin cities, but he didn't have time to rest, and even fought for several months, and the armor didn't have time to take off, and there were lice inside! In the end, a foundation was laid. In the battle to capture South Korea, Yang Wanhu led the crowd to travel thousands of miles in five days, and even broke through seven or eight cities, especially in a battle to break Hanyang Mansion. In the battle of defending Yidu, Guo marched from Longxue, hundreds of miles a day and night, and it was also a battle to take Wendeng. Continuous combat is the true color of Haidong!

Pan Xianji said: "The general is very true. However, as you said, General, the Tartar armies are really good at field warfare. Tomorrow will hunt, how should our army respond? ”

"First, write a palindrome, shoot it into the city, and answer and agree to what the Tartars ask."

"Yes."

Pan Xian'er waved his pen, wrote a palindrome, and someone caught it and shot into the city.

"Again, send another order, order Yang Wanhu and Fu Youde, who are stationed in Jinxiang, to watch Chengwu Tartar, no, don't call them to help, and guard the right flank of our army."

"Yes."

"Again, give another order, choose a thousand foot soldiers, move eastward, and camp on the main road from Giethoorn, watch and watch Babusha, so that he cannot come to help. Defend the left flank of our army. ”

"The army also watched Giethoorn? That Wu Jun often meets spring? ”

"Send and send the military document to him, and say that the Tartar is scheduled to fight tomorrow, and please, invite him to come to our camp to discuss the plan to destroy the enemy. This battle must be won, not only to win, but also to strive for the total annihilation of the Tartar army out of the city. Otherwise, if you want to urge the Tartars to go out of the city, I am afraid that it will be very difficult. ”

"Yes, I hope the Tartars can send out the main forces. A battle has wiped it all out, and it is easy to take the city again! Even, it can be self-defeating. Pan Xianer agreed with Zhao Guo's opinion very much, he chose two people to send a letter to Wu Jun, changed the topic, and asked, "Our army in Sheephorn Village has stopped." So, does the general want Wu Jun? ”

"Together with the elite of our army, we will be the main force to break the enemy."

Several orders were passed down, and then the soldiers were ordered to suspend the construction of the fortifications, and the whole army rested. Of course, in order to prevent the night attack of the Yuan army, sufficient reaction troops were also prepared. Subsequently, in addition to the people in the tent, Zhao Guo summoned Gao Yanshi and others who were patrolling the camp outside, spread out the map, and everyone discussed carefully.

Soon, someone from Wu Jun came, but it was not Chang Yuchun, but the deputy general Feng Guosheng, and a few staff members.

It was not the first time that Zhao Guo and Feng Guosheng had met, and when the two armies would join forces to besiege the city, he would come to the Yan military camp on behalf of Chang Yuchun. After a few words of greeting, there was no nonsense, and the people on both sides gathered together and continued to discuss how to set up the formation tomorrow and how to fight the Yuan army. It wasn't until late at night that the plan was finalized.

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Needless to say, the overall plan is divided into two steps.

Feng Guosheng relayed Chang Yuchun's opinion, and asked the Wu army to fight first, and after disrupting the enemy position, the Yan army would be dispatched again. The responsibility of "fighting first" is very great, and only when the beginning is well fought can the latter be fought well. Zhao Guo had not seen the combat effectiveness of the Wu army with his own eyes, and to be honest, he was a little hesitant about it. However, in the end, I agreed. The two sides agreed: the Wu army attacked from the south and was the vanguard; The Yan army attacked from the north, which was a general attack.

After Feng Guosheng left, Zhao Guo discussed with everyone.

Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong, Gao Yanshi and others can't understand Chang Yuchun's thoughts, how can they compete for the vanguard? Regardless of success or failure, the losses of the vanguard will certainly not be small, and it is too unlike the identity of the "guest army". Although Yan and Wu are both Anfeng's courtiers, their friendship with each other is not so good.

Pan Xian'er saw blood for a while, pointed out Chang Yuchun's thoughts, and said: "The first time the Wu army crossed the river to the north, the first enemy was Chahan. Chang Yuchun's move was nothing more than to start Wu Jun's prestige. ”

"Why do you want to make the prestige of the Wu army in the north?"

"This ,......。" Pan Xian'er didn't know either, he said guessingly, "Maybe, Wu Guogong has some other ideas?" ”

Wu Jun must have other ideas, only from the main generals who crossed the river to the north and went north, Chang Yuchun and Feng Guosheng. But what exactly are their thoughts? For a while, it was difficult to understand.

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When the appointment is due, it is not possible to set up the formation until the hour.

The next day, Yan and Wu made rice at the same time. After the whole army had eaten, they left the camp at midnight.

It was not yet dawn, it was dark, and a cool breeze was blowing.

There was an endless stream of soldiers out of the camp, the infantry first, the cavalry behind, and then behind were large weapons such as horses, artillery, and catapults. Although there are many people, they are not noisy and orderly.

Zhao Guo led the horse, stood by the gate, watched the soldiers out of the camp, looked at the sky, saw that the clouds had not disappeared, and said to Pan Xianer beside his entourage: "The sky, the sky is still cloudy, it hasn't rained much in the past two days, and I don't know if it will rain today." ”

"The lowly has ordered the preparation of supplies to protect against the rain. Please rest assured that even if it rains, it will not affect the use of crossbows, firearms, artillery, mines, grenades, etc. ”

"Well, that's good."

Turning his head and looking in the direction of Wu Jun, he saw that the fire was bright, and he should be out of the camp and preparing to line up.

The barracks of the two armies were more than ten miles away from the city and four or five miles away. In order to facilitate the battle, the enemy and us specially chose an open, flat place, which was large enough. It is about four or five miles away from the east gate of the city, four or five miles away from the main camp of the Yan army, and the distance from the main camp of the Wu army is closer, less than three miles.

Pan Xian'er squinted, looked at the east gate of the city for a while, and said, "General, please look, the Tartars have also begun to line up out of the city." ”

The east gate of Shanzhou slowly opened, and a group of cavalry, about seven or eight hundred people, fully armed, armed with bows, rushed out first, put down the drawbridge, crossed the moat, and lined up the defensive formation.

Then, a group of foot soldiers carried torches and flags, and to the sound of drums, they rushed out. It should be out of the city according to the scale of a thousand households. When they came out to have enough for a team of 1,000 people, they crossed the river neatly. As the number of foot soldiers who came out gradually increased, the cavalry team that came out first gradually moved forward. The cavalry covered the foot soldiers out of the city, and the foot soldiers out of the city lined up in formation. The formation is lined up, and the foot soldiers behind continue to come out.

The foot soldiers are finished, and the cavalry is again. After the cavalry, there were large weapons.

The order in which the Yuan army went out of the city was roughly the same as that of the Yan army and the Wu army.

It was not until dawn that the soldiers of the two sides and the three armies finished their battles and gathered at the place of the battle.

Thousands of thunders, 10,000 Yuntun. The flag covers the sun, and the drums and horns are noisy. The spears erected are like trees that cannot be seen at a glance; The armor connected together is like a black cloud that is about to crush the city. Artillery, crossbows, and catapults are entrenched in the army, like crouching monsters, pointing at the enemy's camp. There were nearly 20,000 soldiers on each side of the camp, lined up in a phalanx, and at this moment before the battle, they all raised their spirits.

The city on the west side is silent, and the river on the north side is like a belt.

The drums and horns of the Yuan army stopped. Yan Jun's drums and horns stopped. Wu Jun's drums and horns also stopped.

Clouds shrouded the eastern plains, and thousands of troops were silent.

The commanders of the three armies led their men separately and each came to the front of their own army.