Just as Jia Junshi obtained the information from the "intelligence office" in Nanhai Town, the Eastern Navy led by the Dream of the East China Sea Team and Li Wei's Lizhou Army are now besieging Weicheng, the location of the Weixian Governor's Office.

At this moment, the rebel general who is sitting in Weicheng is actually Du Ziteng, the general of Wanghui City, who can be regarded as an old opponent. On the night of the Second Battle of Weidongguan, after successfully leaving the battlefield with 500 men and horses from his cronies, he went straight to the empty defense of Weicheng, waiting for an opportunity to seize control of the city.

It can be said that after the Eastern Navy captured his Wanghui City, it did him a great favor at Weidongguan, almost killing all the leaders of the rebels. In the following two days, before the arrival of the Eastern Navy and the Lizhou Army, he gathered some of the rebel stragglers who had escaped from the defeat of Weidong Pass, and the number of them had expanded to nearly 2,000.

He knew better than anyone else about the ability of the Eastern Navy, and at the moment he was defending Tail City, and at the same time he asked people to go to the north of Tail County for help. As long as he can block the attack of the coalition army, his voice in the rebels will be greatly strengthened in the future, and he will even have the opportunity to become the number one person in the rebels.

As for the original leader of the rebel army and his subordinates, a total of 15 generals and generals, they had been captured by mistake after the fall of Weidongguan, and were handed over to Li Wei by the Donghai team early the next morning. Li Wei specially sent an escort team of up to 100 people as soon as possible to escort his "war exploits" back to the state capital to ask for merit.

After deducting this part of the military exploits given to Li Wei, the actual result of the Eastern Navy was that more than 1,700 enemies were killed, more than 900 were captured, and nearly 3,000 were defeated. Among the 3,000 people, only 500 of Du Ziteng's people were formed, and more than 1,000 people were absorbed by him after fleeing back to Weicheng, and the rest took the opportunity to take off their military uniforms and return to the people.

The weapons and baggage captured by the Eastern Navy were enough to arm a full 5,000 men and horses, which was a great harvest. If you add Li Wei's gift, it is not impossible to immediately expand the Eastern Navy to 5,000 people.

However, the three stinkers paid more attention to the overall quality of the Eastern Navy and the loyalty of the soldiers, rather than blindly expanding the army. Increasing the financial burden is still a minor problem, and it is fatal that it leads to a decline in the overall quality of the armed forces. Although they did not know that in the north of their territory, nearly 2,000 miles away, the Yellow Sea team was completely defeated because of their reckless force, but they undoubtedly made the right choice. With the remaining military strength of the current rebels in Weixian County, plus Li Wei's 1,000 troops from the state capital, the Eastern Navy has 2,000 men and horses.

Leaving the second battalion of the Eastern Navy Chen Chuang to guard the two passes, and to guard the leaderless rebel prisoners, the East China Sea team took 1,000 Eastern Navy and Li Wei's 1,000 Lizhou Army, marched nearly 200 miles between two nights, and finally came to the end of the city.

Although they had come quickly, they found that Du Ziteng had already covered the tail city so much that not a single fly could fly in. The perimeter of the Tail Castle was cleared of the ground for several miles, and not a single tree was left, so that the defenders of the Tail Castle could be seen from afar as anyone entered the range.

Moreover, after Tanma reported that the coalition forces were approaching the city wall, any stranger was not allowed to approach the wall of the city at will, even if they were wearing rebel uniforms, as long as they could not prove their identity, they would all be shot under the city wall, let alone sneak into the city.

According to this situation, even after nightfall, it is difficult for Xiao Qi to rely on his "stealth" skill that only has an E rank to get close to the wall of the tail city. It seems that Du Ziteng has learned the lesson of the previous time, and strictly prevents the dream man from infiltrating the tail city by all means.

And the coalition forces have lost the unconventional means of relying on the people of their dreams, and they are left with only one way to attack. It's just that there is a cloud in the art of war, "ten are to encircle, five are to attack, and twice are to fight", at this moment, the coalition forces do not say anything ten or five times, not even twice as many as the rebels. In addition to the fact that the morale is higher than the other party, and the quality is higher than the other party, there is no advantage in numbers. With such troops, even field battles are difficult, let alone siege cities.

Faced with this situation, Li Wei had already flinched a little, "Du Ziteng is really cunning, he actually ran so fast!" I said, General Sima and Brother Shixin, if it really doesn't work, let's retreat to Weidongguan first. ”

On the surface, he said so, but in fact, his subtext was, "Let's withdraw, I have such a little capital in my hand, if I lose it here, it will be a waste of rice." Although it's good to be able to take Tail City, but with the victory of Tail Dongguan, plus the rebel army and all the big men in one pot, I have enough money, and there is really no need to risk it for Tail City. ”

The three stinkers ignored him, staring at Ojo a few miles away in deep thought. Now that you're here, there's no reason to retreat without trying. Li Wei can pat his ass and leave, but the East China Sea territory is adjacent to Wei County, if he doesn't take this opportunity to cripple the rebels, I'm afraid he will have endless trouble in the future.

"Are you sure the rebels' wealth is hidden in this city?" Huang Zhi confirmed this information to Li Wei again.

Li Wei hesitated for a moment before swearing to reassure, "This information must be fine, our officers and soldiers have spies in the rebels." It's just that we can't take Tail City now, so let's give up. At the end of the day, he still didn't have confidence.

"Nothing is impossible! Don't forget that we captured Weidongguan with 500 men. Two days ago, with 1,500 men, he once again captured the heavily guarded Weidong Pass. Zhang Wei stopped him and continued.

It doesn't matter if Li Wei's arguments of giving up are said in front of them, if they are heard by the soldiers of the coalition army, it will be very demoralizing. If there is no help from the state army, there are only 1,000 people in the east navy, and it is really not easy to deal with it when it goes deep into the hinterland of Wei County.

Seeing that the three stinkers of the East China Sea team were so confident, Li Wei also had a little more hope. Although I don't know how the Eastern Navy managed to win Weidongguan twice with fewer victories, it is obvious that they have some special means that ordinary people do not have, and maybe they really have a way to take Weicheng.

If he could take Tail City, he didn't want to run for nothing like this. Anyway, the number of rebels in Weicheng is not very large at present, and they will definitely not dare to take the initiative to attack, and the rebels in the north of Weixian will not easily leave the northern defense line and go south. Therefore, even if the defenders of Tail City cannot be helpless for a while, it is unlikely that the two thousand allied forces will encounter any danger.

"Then let's see what is so magical about these dreamers......" Li Wei made up his mind.

After thinking about it for a while, and having no clue for a while, Sima Fuqiang asked Liu Yuanzhi and Li Erhu to be called, hoping to understand Du Ziteng's combat style through these two former rebel officers. I believe that with his understanding of history and the analysis of the surnames and characteristics of thousands of famous generals in ancient and modern times, he will definitely be able to find corresponding restraint methods according to Du Ziteng's characteristics.

After a while, Li Erhu rushed over first in a hurry, and handed over the troublesome matter of setting up camp to his new deputy in the Eastern Navy. And Liu Yuanzhi was originally the commander of the Eastern Navy, and he was waiting for the summons nearby, and he arrived early in the morning.

Seeing that both of them were coming, Sima Fuqiang opened his mouth and asked, "Erhu, you have been following Du Ziteng for a while, you should know his combat style and characteristics, let's hear it." ”

Li Erhu scratched his ears and thought for a while, and then replied a little lacking in confidence, "Boss Du, I used to know about him, but now I don't know a little anymore......"

"What's that called?" Huang Zhi looked at this stunned man with a smile, "You have only been away from him for less than half a month, how can you forget his style so quickly." ”

"Boss Shixin, I didn't mean that second tiger." Li Erhu scratched his head anxiously, "Let's put it this way, I used to think that Erhu was a very cunning person who could attack and defend well, but after following the three bosses, I realized that it was not like that." Boss Du neither has the cunning of the three bosses, nor can he defend the attack of the three bosses, so I don't know what to say about him. ”

For Li Erhu Lala, Sima Fuqiang finally lost his surname, "Forget it, forget it, it's still Liu Yuanzhi." ”

Liu Yuanzhi looked at the innocent Li Erhu and smiled bitterly, and then spoke, "My subordinates don't know Du Ziteng very well, but they know a little bit about his style." Compared to the three adults, his advantages are indeed nothing, but among the rebels, he is still quite an aggressive person. Erhu followed him to conquer a lot of cities from the hands of the officials and soldiers, and he was also good at surprise attacks in the field. ”

"That's right, that's right! That's what I mean. Following Liu Yuanzhi's analysis, Li Erhu now has some clues, he is just not good at organizing language, "Boss Du is very insidious, and he has asked me to sneak attack other people's camps at night several times. Well, the three bosses are more insidious than him, and they always beat people at night! ”

"......" Li Erhu's words brought a cold field for a while.

Regarding Li Erhu's "insidious" evaluation, the three stinkers are really at a loss for words. These two stunned people used a derogatory term to say such an admiring tone, it is really impossible to accuse him of a slip of the tongue.

Zhang Wei thought for a moment, and first spoke from this awkward silence, "Let's put it another way." Assuming that Erhu is still following Du Ziteng now, under the same circumstances, will he send you to steal the camp tonight? ”

Hearing this, Li Erhu looked at the tail city a few miles away, and then looked at the wilderness where the coalition army was located, and then nodded, "It will definitely be, your camp is not in danger to defend, plus Lian said that he was marching in a hurry, he must be quite tired tonight, and Boss Du will definitely steal the camp." ”

I have to say that although these two stunned people are not good at words, they are still quite sensitive to the matter of war, and they can see the hidden dangers of the coalition forces at a glance.

Zhang Wei was very satisfied with Erhu's answer, "Since Erhu thinks so, we must make some necessary arrangements for Du Ziteng's characteristic tonight." ”

Regarding Zhang Wei's proposal, not only Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang, but even Li Wei had no objections. At that moment, they let most of the coalition soldiers rest on the spot at once, and only a few of them pretended to be in charge of setting up camp in order to trick the rebels who were watching from a distance.

Because the coalition army was rushing overnight, it was noon when they came to Tail City, and after most of the day's rest, by the evening, although the coalition soldiers had not yet recovered to their best condition, they were basically ready to fight.

After nightfall, the coalition forces quickly organized men to dig a series of pits around the camp, and the camp was equipped with a number of horses to prevent the cavalry from attacking. All the cavalry quietly moved behind a small hill more than a mile from the camp, and the foot soldiers waited in the camp for the arrival of the rebels.

Just as Li Erhu knew about Du Ziteng, this guy would not give up such a great opportunity, and immediately sent the only five hundred cavalry in Weicheng to carry out a sneak attack. This tactic of his is a remarkable stroke in the history of ancient warfare, but it is a pity that his military talent, two generals in the Eastern Navy who knew his style helped three stinkers, which caused his night attack camp to become a failure.

When the five hundred cavalry quietly went out of the city, quietly touching the distance more than a mile from the coalition camp that was most suitable for the horses to accelerate the sprint, they did not know that they were approaching death step by step. When the five hundred cavalry began to charge, they did not see the panic they expected in the camp ahead, and they were greeted only by deathly silence.

The cavalry general in charge of the night attack suddenly felt a little weak at this moment, but there was no chance to turn back. Once the war horse sprints with all its might, it is not easy to turn around, and it is even more impossible to turn back. All he could do was slow down his speed a little and let his men run ahead.

In the blink of an eye, less than fifty meters away from the coalition camp, he realized that there were several scarecrows erected outside the simple gate.

"Hit the mark!" As soon as he reacted, he saw that the cavalry in the front row suddenly became shorter, and then there was a series of mournful neighing sounds of war horses. The cavalry that followed was also doomed by either tripping over their companions in front of them, tumbling and falling forward, or colliding with the horses next to them while dodging.

Only a few cavalrymen reacted quite quickly, and when they pulled the reins, they controlled the horses under their crotches to leap forward and avoid the row of pits. However, they had barely taken a few steps from their mounts when the second row of pits caused them to repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.

The cavalry general frantically tugged at the reins until the horses under his crotch rose up, took a few more steps, and finally stopped on the verge of disaster. At this time, he looked around, and there were about seventy percent of the cavalry that could be stopped like him, which was not too bad.

"The other party is on guard! Let's withdraw! He had just given the order when he heard a loud "whoosh" sound close at hand. Before he could react to what it was, he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and he pulled the reins and turned his horse's head around, and the cavalry that could keep up was instantly reduced to thirty percent. The vast majority of them fell in this wave of arrow-covered shots.

Fleeing with the remaining hundred or so horsemen, the second wave of arrows fired from the coalition camp could no longer cause any damage to him, and the cavalry general finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He galloped his horse for a mile, when suddenly there was a louder sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and his face finally turned extremely pale. In the same white moonlight, he saw two cavalrymen in front of him, dressed in the uniforms of the Eastern Navy and the uniforms of the officers and soldiers, from the left and right sides.

"Fight!" He raised the spear in his hand, clamped his legs into the belly of the horse, and rushed forward frantically. In a dozen or so meters, he will be able to penetrate through the gap between the two armies and escape.

At this time, in the Eastern Navy on the left side, a man dressed differently from ordinary soldiers raised the compound bow in his hand, and at the same time put on five arrows and shot arrows.

The sound of "whoosh~" is louder than a single arrow, and it is not like the sound of covering the shot. The rebel rider looked sideways, and the five bright spots reflecting the moonlight took on the shape of plum petals, covering all angles and directions of his path.

"It's over...... the rebel rider thought, and then he felt his mount tremble violently and fall forward, tumbling forward. Then he flew up, and was thrown in an arc on his head and feet. During the flight, he saw that his men who had been left behind were finally engulfed by two cavalry armies.

I have to say that he still had a little bit of luck, he landed in a very good position, although he landed on his back, but it happened to be a relatively soft grass, and he slid forward for a distance, but he was not injured.

Shaking his still dizzy head, he tried to sit up, but heard a string of horses' hooves approaching him. He didn't have to look to know that this was the enemy who was chasing him, and when he realized that his weapon had already been thrown away without a trace, he decided to play dead and see how the other party reacted.

The rebel cavalry squinted his eyes and peeked at the man, a stocky man with no weapons in his hands. He secretly sighed that he was still lucky, and at the same time he was a little puzzled, since the other party was here to chase and kill him, why didn't he bring any weapons. But no matter what the other party thought, this was a good opportunity for him, and he was immediately ready to get up and snatch the other party's war horse.

But at the moment when he was about to get up with his arm on the ground, the man conjured a sledgehammer in his hand at some point and smashed it down. The rebel cavalry watched in horror as the moon overhead vanished under the cover of the sledgehammer and was replaced by pitch black, eternal pitch black.

On the southern wall of the city, hundreds of rebel soldiers were waiting for the good news from their colleagues, but what they saw was the scene of the horseman's head being smashed, and at the same time, the sledgehammer of the waning moon was smashed by their confidence, and the scene of the forced end of the east pass haunted their hearts again.

This is an irresistible group of enemies!

The rebel cavalry was wiped out, and not a single one of them was able to flee back to Tail City, which was more than a mile away.

Du Ziteng was extremely chilled at the head of the city, and he recognized several people in the Eastern Navy Cavalry Team, who were the same guys who had captured his Wanghui City in the first place. Stealing chickens and rice is not enough, and the rebels in Tail City will only have 1,500 people left, and he will no longer tolerate any losses.

"From now on, all the combatants will be divided into three shifts, with 500 people in each shift, and they will be on duty in turns, and those who neglect their duties will be beheaded!" After giving a strict order, Du Ziteng left the tower at the south gate of the tail city in a huff.

(To be continued)