According to the intelligence of Hu Zhi County, at this time, the official army has entered the territory of Yanchang, and it is expected that they will be able to reach the county seat of Yanchang County by this time tomorrow, and with the virtue of the official army, they will at least have a reception banquet in the county town that night, and will not attack Wang Zhi immediately, so at most they will not send troops until the day after tomorrow, and if Wang Zhi stays in the camp and prepares to defend to the death, he will not meet the official army until the night after tomorrow.

But obviously Wang Zhi would not do this, because the camp had no city walls, and the enemy was too numerous, if he fought with the enemy outside the camp, even if the field battle was won, he could only defeat it and could not completely annihilate it.

Therefore, Wang Zhi did not intend to let the enemy army approach the camp, but chose to snipe them on their way to the march and fight a decisive battle in the field.

In ancient times, the army marched and camped according to the rules, whether it was marching or camping, it was generally chosen a place with water and a wide field of vision, the former for needless reason, and the latter was to prevent enemy attacks.

From the county seat to Wang Zhi's camp, the most suitable for these two points is the bank of the tributary of the Yan River next to the camp, for the army, this kind of flat and open riverbank is the best to walk, so they will definitely go here, Wang Zhi decided to wait for them by the river five miles away from the camp, seeking a decisive battle.

In order to wipe out the enemy, Wang Zhi also planned to send five tractors, each carrying a team, to form a rapid reaction force to pursue the rout after the enemy's rout.

As for why only five tractors were sent, because Wang Zhi's men were too few, there were only four companies of 600 people in the battle this time, and there were not too many people. This time, Wang Zhizhen felt that the troops under his command were a little insufficient, if he had 3,000 troops under him, where would he be so troublesome, just go directly to the door and push it.

After setting a strategy, Wang Zhi began to act, first sending scouts to the county seat, keeping an eye on the official army, and then summoning all the people in charge of the camp and telling them about the imminent attack of the official army.

"Officers and soldiers are not terrible. Even though they have five times as many troops, I am now worried that if I lead my troops to ambush the officers and soldiers, the newly accepted homeless people will be in chaos. Wang Zhi was not very relieved about the newly accepted refugees, and if he took all the troops with him. It's not good for them to mess around.

"Don't worry, my lord, only we know the news of the attack of the official army, and we can block the news of the attack of the official army." Zhong Yicai suggested.

"Then block the news, but just in case, be prepared to quell the chaos. You select some trustworthy people who will not work that day to assist the remaining troops in guarding the warehouses and schools. ”

Wang Zhi ordered, and the whole camp was busy, who could trust it, who couldn't believe it, although there was already a draft, but it still had to be carefully screened.

In the midst of this hectic, soon, the time came to the third day. Wang Zhi took Lilia and sat on the top of the warehouse, listening to the news brought back by the scout.

"Report to the general, the officers and troops have set out and are marching along the river bank to attack us."

Hearing this, Wang Zhi immediately flew above the army that had already been prepared, and announced: "Three to six companies will follow me to meet the enemy, and one or two companies will be stationed in the camp. ”

Hearing the order, the soldiers who had been mentally prepared for a long time behaved very calmly. But the solemnity on their faces was still indispensable, after all, this was the first time most of them had gone to war.

Wang Zhi has always done things neatly and neatly, and after the announcement, there was no lecture. Without taking an oath, he set off directly, arrived at the predetermined ambush site, stood on the river bank openly, and waited for the battle.

At this time, the officers and troops who set out from the county seat were walking on the road. A group of people were scattered, dressed in tatters like beggars, and there were all kinds of weapons in their hands, some with big knives, some with wooden sticks, and even those with flat hoes, which really made people believe that the people who could not be compared to this motley army were actually the official soldiers of the imperial court. In fact, this is the norm of the Ming army in this era, if a disciplined military horse appears, don't think about it, it is definitely a traverser.

Gathered in the middle by the beggar-like army were more than 200 cavalrymen riding tall horses, compared to those tattered beggar-like foot soldiers, these cavalry were well-dressed and well-armed, but most of them were not armoured.

Wearing armor, only a few people, the most conspicuous of which is a tall man riding a red horse, wearing mountain armor outside, lined with robes on behalf of official positions, mighty as a heavenly soldier and a general, this person is the commander of Yan'an Wei Tongzhi Wu An, is the commander of this official army, and the few armored generals next to him are Benwei Qianhu.

"Lord Wu, the prefect and the Lord of the capital are enjoying themselves in the city, but they sent me and others to fight the rogues, such a small rogue is not very oily and water, and it is worth sending a large army to fight, it is really a waste of money and food." A thousand households complained that as soon as the army moved, the money and food were poured out like water, and if the target was not oily or water, the capital would not be returned.

Hearing this, Wu Tongzhi glared at the thousand households: "The prefect has a life, even if there is no oil and water, do you dare to disobey the order?" ”

"How dare your subordinates?" Qianhu sneered, and then asked: "Lord Wu, do you know why Lord Fuzun wants to send me to exterminate this stream of rogues, this extension of the county order and not reported it, it is really unruly, and it is at the critical juncture to appease that prince Shun, we left Yanchuan, if the king thief has a change, it will not be good." ”

The feudal bureaucrats, generally in line with the idea that more things are better than less, and the prefect who suppressed thieves in another county suddenly wanted to lead troops to a neighboring county to fight a group of rogues who had not been reported by the local magistrate.

"You know a fart, the prefect is far-sighted, how can you wait for speculation." Wu Tongzhi scolded, obviously not wanting to answer the question of the thousand households.

"My lord, I heard that this group of rogues is only 3,000 people, but they sent me and other 5,000 troops to fight, is it a little fuss?" Another Qianhe also asked.

"Don't underestimate this army of thieves." After thinking about it, Wu Tongzhi still decided to tell these thousand households about this matter: "Although there are only more than 2,000 people in this thief army, there are nearly 1,000 armored soldiers among them, which is why the prefect and Lord Dusi want to come here to exterminate them." ”

"Armored soldiers, are all nearly a thousand people wearing armor?" A thousand households asked in disbelief, as a military attache of the imperial court, there are not more than a dozen armored soldiers in his family, and there are nearly a thousand armored soldiers in a group of rogues, who is the rogue in the end?

"It's not just armor, it's iron."

"Lord Wu, you're kidding!"

If you can't believe it before, now you don't believe it directly, how much silver does a pair of iron armor cost, the entire Yan'an Guard, counting the officers, may not be able to make up five hundred iron armor soldiers, where did this rogue come from so many iron armor?

Because of productivity, in ancient times, iron armor is difficult to manufacture, is a treasure class of things, in Japan, a pair of iron armor may be some daimyo as an heirloom, hidden at home to worship, even if it is the Ming Dynasty, iron armor is not something that ordinary people can have, 100 level military attaches do not necessarily have iron armor to wear.

Wu Tongzhi looked at Zhu Qianhu coldly: "Are you kidding? Otherwise, do you think that you have to send all your troops to fight this small group of rogues? ”

"Lord Wu, you are harming us, how can we beat against nearly a thousand ironclad soldiers!" A thousand households said with a sad face.

His words expressed the hearts of thousands of households, they are still somewhat self-aware of their own strength, so they use these guards under their hands to bully and bully unarmed rogues, and against well-equipped ironclad soldiers, they are bullied.

"Do you think I don't understand this, do you think this official will take the initiative to ask Ying to send him to death?" Wu Tongzhi looked at the thousands of households like an idiot.

Hearing this, everyone immediately remembered that before leaving today, it was this Wu Tongzhi who took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the troops, and he would definitely not take the initiative to send him to death, there must be some way.

Thinking of this, Zhong Qianhu calmed down a lot, and asked with a smile: "What kind of trick do you have to break the enemy?" ”

"What a clever plan, according to the news, that gang of rogues originally only had nearly a hundred armored soldiers, but later recruited hundreds of people from the homeless, issued armor weapons, and trained for only a month, are you still afraid that you can't beat this kind of goods?" Wu Tongzhi said with a smile.

"Really?" A thousand households asked in disbelief, who would equip recruits with iron armor with the wealth!

"Haha, this matter is true, you remember that after breaking the thief, you must capture the thief chief alive." Wu Tongzhi smiled very happily, if it weren't for this, he would dare to take the initiative to ask for help, and this time he could swallow hundreds of pairs of iron armor without saying anything, which was always valuable.

"Haha, if it's really such a thing, I'm afraid that if you rush with cavalry, the thief army will collapse." The thousands of households also laughed very happily, even if the rabbit put on the armor, it would still not be the opponent of the wolf.

Just as everyone was thinking about how much armor they would have to swallow this time, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and a cavalryman came running from afar and rushed into the formation, which was the scout he had sent out to explore the way.

The scout royal horse rushed to more than ten meters in front of Wu Tongzhi, stopped the horse with a shout, turned over and dismounted, and ran quickly in front of Wu Tongzhi, and reported: "Tell your lord, the thief army was found five miles ahead. ”

"How many are there and how are they equipped?" Wu Tongzhi asked.

"About 500 men, all in armor and spears, were stationed on the banks of the river." The scout replied.

"It's waiting for us, it's crazy."

Knowing that he was attacking and not defending the city, and dared to wait halfway, Wu Tongzhi felt that he was being looked down upon, and ordered: "All the armies go forward and fight to the death with the thief army." ”

As for what ambushes, sneak attacks and other schemes, they can only be used in large-scale wars, and small legions like this duel, if you want to engage in ambushes and sneak attacks, are you blind when you think the enemy?

The two parties discover each other's existence, either avoid it or fight a decisive battle, and there is generally no third option.

At this time, both sides were interested in seeking a decisive battle and crushing the enemy in one battle, so there was no suspense that after an hour, the two sides met on the beach. (To be continued.) )

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