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Yuan Shichuan has a strong and brave temperament, and there is no big obstacle from the rebellion to the present, so it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and arrogant.

He heard that Zhong Ye had attacked Dianyang Mountain, with 18,000 heads, and he was furious when he arrived, and ordered 50,000 troops to fight Zhong Ye to the death.

The previous spies reported that Zhong Ye had only brought 3,000 people from Beijing, and those from Dianyang Mountain were less than 20,000.

One of the adjutant generals beside Yuan Shichuan said: "Even if you add those stragglers, there are no more than 30,000 people, and he is stationed on the high ground, which is a taboo for soldiers!" All we have to do is intercept them at the bottom of the mountain, trap them on the mountain, and don't believe they can fly to the sky! ”

Yuan Shichuan said: "I think I will meet that Zhong Manlang, he had better go down the mountain to fight, so as not to starve to death on the mountain and die a nest." ”

Although Zhong Ye brought military rations, there was always a day when they would finish eating, and now it was winter, and the mountain generals would not be able to receive them for half a year, and they would be finished in less than a month.

At this time, Zhong Ye was leading the soldiers to build a fortification, and the two stations were far away from each other, so they could rescue each other.

The bones of the soldiers who died in the war could not be sent back to their hometowns, so they had to be buried here.

Zhong Ye personally carried the corpse to be buried, filled in the soil and erected a monument.

"General, the rebels are thirty miles away!" The soldier in charge of the sentry rushed back to report the news, and at the same time, the watchman from the hill also saw that a group of people were coming this way.

"How many are there?" Zhong Ye was not in a hurry.

"About forty or fifty thousand!" The soldiers couldn't help but panic, it was more than twice as many as them.

"Our industrial defense is almost built, just enough to inspect the work." Zhong Ye still talked and laughed freely, as if it was not 50,000 enemy troops but 50,000 clay puppets.

"General, what should we do? What kind of posture should you put up to meet the enemy? The adjutant asked.

"Let's all go to the mountains," Zhong Ye said, "according to the previous deployment, each will perform its own duties." ”

"Aren't there any people left in front of the battle?" Another lieutenant asked.

"What do you do with people? Sent to death? Zhong Ye asked with a smile: "Yuan Shichuan punched hard, I want him to punch the air." ”

After saying that, he called everyone up the mountain.

When Yuan Shichuan brought people to him, he didn't see anyone, and ordered people to shout and curse at the bottom of the mountain for a while, but found that no one paid attention to them at all.

If you want to lead the troops to attack and are afraid of an ambush, after all, a bottom-up attack is not an advantage, if the people above throw stones and shoot arrows downward, then the casualties will be heavy.

"This Zhong Manlang really has two hits," Yuan Shichuan looked at the fortifications built by Zhong Ye, and found that he couldn't attack with fire.

Originally, there were dense forests here, and in winter, if you attack with fire, you have a good chance of winning, as long as the wind is in the right direction.

But Zhong Ye had already ordered people to cut down the trees every other distance, leaving an open space of about three feet. Anyone who has lived in a forest area for a long time knows that this is the most effective way to isolate fires.

What's more, there was a foot of snow on the ground, which covered all the grass on the ground.

Those who scolded the formation had already said all the insults they could think of, but they found that the officers and soldiers were unmoved.

Seeing that it was almost noon, there were bursts of cooking smoke wafting from the mountain! From time to time, the smell of barbecue came, and it turned out that Nakano led people to hunt in the mountains, slaughtering the prey they caught and roasting it on the fire.

The more leisurely they were, the more suspicious the rebels were that they had an ambush and did not dare to attack them.

The rebels were originally very demoralized, but who would have thought that there was no way to start here, and they couldn't help but gradually lose their temper.

Seeing this, Yuan Shichuan's lieutenant knew that he couldn't go on like this, so he picked out some people to scold him. In order to make the officials and soldiers hear more clearly, he ordered these people to climb the trees and scold, saying that there would be a reward for scolding the officers and soldiers.

So the scolding went around, and it became more and more ugly.

Many people in the official army couldn't stand it and took the initiative to ask Zhong Ye for battle, but as soon as anyone opened his mouth, Zhong Ye handed him a piece of meat and let him taste whether it was delicious or not.

"General ......" another anxious son couldn't stand it anymore: "Those traitors have already scolded their ancestors." ”

"Are you missing a piece of meat?" Zhong Ye asked him with a smile: "Just think that he is a donkey and howls as a wolf, do you really want to be like a beast?" ”

"But...... Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated......" The soldier still felt depressed.

"The two sides fight, and the winner is king," Zhong Ye said, "If you knew that the other party was a dead man, would you still care how he shouted before he died?" ”

The crowd stopped talking.

Until the afternoon, the scolding array was replaced several times, and there was still not half a figure on the mountain.

Yuan Shichuan was silent, and the military advisor on the side stepped forward and said, "General, this Zhong Ye is unmoved, he just blindly can't shrink out." Either he was dodging the edge, or he was invincible, so he didn't dare to fight. At this time, we should not take our precautions lightly, especially at night. ”

Yuan Shichuan naturally couldn't go back home at this time, so he ordered people to surround the two places of the official army garrison.

After hastily eating dinner, he kept a strict guard, and he was not allowed to slack off.

Zhong Ye, on the other hand, only ordered a small number of people to be on duty at night, and the rest of them all slept in saddles.

After the night, the soldiers led by Zhong Ye were all in good spirits.

On the other hand, the rebels, because they were afraid that Zhong Ye would raid at night, most of them stayed up all night.

It's not that they are too careful, and whoever they are, it is impossible to take 18,000 people who were beheaded the day before to take it lightly.

"General, I'm afraid it won't work if this continues," Yuan Shichuan's lieutenant suggested, "We have to change our tactics." ”

When the other heard this, he said, "You mean to storm it?" Can you afford to be ambushed? ”

"Then keep around?" This one is also anxious: "The soldiers are getting tired day by day, and they were finally defeated by them in one fell swoop?!" ”

"Isn't it possible to go back?" Another one mixed in: "It's time to drill the army, and there is nothing to lose." ”

"What do you mean by no loss? Isn't low morale a loss?! "The grumpy lieutenant has already jumped to his feet.

Early in the morning, Yuan Shichuan's subordinates quarreled into a pot of porridge.

After arguing for more than an hour, he did not withdraw the army, but only sent an envoy up the mountain to deliver a gift to Zhong Ye.

Zhong Ye's men stared at the box of gifts from the rebels, and inside was a set of women's clothes.

This is to ridicule Zhong Ye for not being a man enough, as cowardly and timid as a woman.

"That's insulting, isn't it?!" Finally someone spoke.

"Besides, this dress is too small, and the general can't wear it at all!" A somewhat straightforward young general said.

Zhong Ye only read on the sidelines and didn't even look at it.

The gourd walked over, picked up his clothes and looked at them, and said with a smile: "I'm embarrassed to take out this needlework!" Yuan Shichuan, don't they even have a decent embroiderer? ”

So they put on the woman's garments to the messengers of the rebels, blindfolded, and led her down the mountain.

"General Qiyu, his subordinates didn't see Zhong Ye's face at all, but they were humiliated!" The messenger cried: "They also say that the garment is too ugly, and that the material is cheap and the workmanship is poor. ”

"How can it be!" Yuan Shichuan was finally angry: "Send three thousand to dismantle his defense!" Let him be busy for nothing! ”

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