Xu Guangzuo laughed and said: "Recently, the Marquis of Song has made a lot of money in the city, and it is said that he has made a lot of money, and he is really rich. Did Marquis Song regard the arena of the Beijing Camp Martial Arts Competition as a business field? Still want to make a salvage here? ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "No, if I win the championship, all the money I win will be donated to build a nursing home and take in the widowed and lonely, I personally will not take anything." ”

The ministers erupted in cheers, this stroke is big enough, and if you win, it will be more than one million taels of silver, and you can donate it, and the rich are so domineering.

Xu Guangzuo nodded and said: "It turns out that Marquis Song still has such a benevolent heart, it's just that the old man doesn't like to gamble in his life, but today he has to gamble with Marquis Song, one million taels is one million taels, and the old man won't take a penny, so he will donate it to the inner carrier warehouse for the repair of the palace and the expenses of the queen mother and concubines of the harem?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "This is a good use, it is much more than what I donated to the nursing home, so let's gamble." ”

Xu Guangzuo didn't say a word, grabbed a pen and wrote down the amount, and signed the name, but his hands trembled a little when he signed, he was the Duke of Dingguo, and his family property naturally had a lot, but if he lost this million taels of silver, I am afraid that he would have to sell a few manors and a few businesses; At least one-third of the family property has been removed. But since he is on the bar, in front of the ministers, how can he admit it.

The last item before noon is the draw, take turns to draw the bag, the bag is written who the opponent is, the attacker or the defender, when to start and other information, the side that is drawn naturally does not need to draw again. Song Nan really wanted to face Xu Guangzuo in the first round, but unfortunately it backfired, Xu Guangzuo faced Chen Houye of Liwei Camp, Zhang Lun faced Jiao Zhengtai, Gao Hu faced Bazhou Wei in the four guards, and Qian Taichang faced Datong avant-garde; And the Shenshu camp is opposite the Shenwei battalion led by Ma Zhifang.

After all the draws were made, the eighteen leading generals looked at each other a little wrong, looking at the opponent who was drawn, there were some blue flames jumping in their eyes, in a sense, he was the enemy.

After lunch, the whole army marched to the battle site, because it was an offensive and defensive operation, and it had to use the checkpoint about Badaling, which was 50 miles north of Beijing. The mountains around Badaling stretch out, not only guarded by the main Great Wall, but also built on seven or eight peaks inside and outside the Great Wall, which is just the best place for this offensive and defensive competition.

At the beginning of the afternoon, 500 elite soldiers selected by each battalion gathered in the vicinity of Badaling, and with an order, they rushed to their respective locations and quickly completed their preparations.

The opponent drawn by the Shenshu Battalion was the Shenwei Battalion, which was the defending side, and the location was on a mountain peak less than 300 meters above sea level at the west end of the Badaling Great Wall Pass. The pass on the top of the mountain is a square building, all of which are huge bluestone barriers, and there is only one walled gate, which is made of huge logs, and is very strong.

Although the fort is square, the radius is only a hundred steps, but in this kind of competition, it is obvious that the defender is more dominant, there are no firearms, no bows and arrows, and no real swords. guns, some are just wooden knives, wooden guns, wooden swords, bows and arrows, but they are arrows without arrows, and the blunt head is smeared with colored powder, and it is shot on the mark of the vital point, so that it will be recognized by the counterinsurgency groups accompanying the two sides as being shot and pulled out of the battlefield; The same is true for wooden knives, wooden guns, and wooden swords, which leave marks at critical points before they are considered seriously injured or killed.

But this is not a problem, the attacking side of the mountain will not be able to take these forts without strong weapons, and the defenders are condescending, and there is almost no need to do any protection, just shoot arrows without arrows at their heads, the defenders have too much advantage.

Ma Zhifang, the commander of the Shenwei Battalion, obviously understood this, and he only made a little effort, and then chose to give up, not wanting to waste his efforts and efforts in vain, so the two sides looked at each other on the mountain and down the mountain, one slowly attacked, the other carelessly defended, and soon survived to the limited time limit of one and a half hours.

Before dark, all the soldiers and horses retreated back to the camp, Zhengde sat in the big tent, Zhang Yong summarized the battle report on the big board, and the generals also knew the battle situation this afternoon.

As Song Nan expected, almost all the defenders were victorious, the only exception was the five hundred guards led by Xu Guangzuo, who was on the Liwei battalion, and they actually attacked the fortress within half an hour, and then captured the fortress and took the fortress.

The first reaction of Song Nan, Xu Taijiangbin and others was: This old dog must have cheated, and he must have colluded to win. Song Nan didn't think about this problem, he gambled with Xu Guangzuo, Xu Guangzuo naturally wanted to instruct the Hou Ye in the regimental camp to release the water, if he was out, it would mean that Song Nan was in a place where he would not lose, as long as he held out longer than Song Nan, the initiative was on his side.

There is also an accident that the Bazhou guards and horses on the defending side were captured by the little grandfather, and the little grandfather sent half of the men and horses to feint to attack the front, and the other half led half of the soldiers and horses to climb up from the rear cliff, and took advantage of the defenders' inattention to board the walled fort, and finally captured it. It was only during the climb that two soldiers fell off the cliff and died, which was the first time that there were real casualties since the beginning of the competition.

The defeat on the defending side indicates that the elimination is not far away, and it is almost certain that Zhang Lun and Xu Guangzuo will definitely enter the next round tomorrow morning, and the rest of the soldiers and horses who have successfully defended will be their real test tomorrow; The rules stipulate that if the soldiers and horses of the switching side fail to attack tomorrow, the final decision will be based on the battle losses of both sides.

Only then did Song Nan understand why the Shenwei battalion would rather sit at the foot of the mountain than attack, he must have known this rule in advance, and this rule was temporarily added by Lu Wan according to the big rules of Zhengde, and it is very likely that Lu Wan had already informed some of the commanders of the regiment and battalion of this rule. Song Nan had a heart for this Lu Wan.

In the early morning of the next day, when the morning sun was sprinkled in the valley, the various armies were transposed in attack and defense.

Song Nan and Jiang Bin Xu Tai nested at the foot of the mountain with 500 soldiers, looking up at the high hillside and the hillside staring at the soldiers and horses of their Shenwei battalion, and then realized how difficult it would be to take the walled fort so barehanded.

It seems that the best way is to stay put, avoid battle damage, and then draw lots with the Shenwei battalion to decide the victory, but how can Song Nan use this method? Jiang Bin and Xu Tai are also face-saving people, and they would rather lose than do this.

"What do you think?" Song Nan asked as he bit the grass stem.

Xu Tai said: "The chance of winning the strong attack is not good, at least half of the manpower will be lost if you climb up, and then you will be defeated." ”

Jiang Bin said: "I have a way, they are easy to deal with when there are many people, if I take a few people to rush up, if I can rush to the walled fort, I can hold them for a long time, and you will have a chance." ”

Xu Tai was stunned and said: "Are you a hero of the world?" You alone hold off five hundred? Just kidding. ”

Jiang Bin chirped: "You know a fart, brother, I'm ...... in Ulzhou."

Xu Tai waved his hand and said: "We don't have time to listen to the glorious history you blow in the past, who knows if it's true or not, anyway, everyone is not there." ”

Jiang Bin scolded, but he was helpless, Xu Tai said: "Lord Song, do you have any good solutions?" ”

Song Nan said: "I have a lot of methods, but I can't reveal it for the time being, this time I want you to find a way, my method has to be kept for later, if you can't even pass this level, let's just admit defeat." ”

Xu Tai and Jiang Bin were excited by Song Nan, and their hearts were full of bad feelings, the two calmed down and secretly walked aside to discuss for a while, and soon after Xu Tai came over and said, "My lord, we have discussed a way, we should be able to attack." ”

Song Nan listened quietly.

"We ordered someone to cut down the small trees, small branches, dead vines and other ......things here," Xu Tai said, Song Nan's eyebrows raised, as if he was a little surprised.

"Use these things to form a shield to defend against arrows, and feint to attack the hillside; Send another team of men and horses to weave straw ropes around the back of the dangerous place to attack, where the humble look is all rocks and bushes, conducive to covering and climbing, and there will be no casualties. ”

The surprise on Song Nan's face receded, he still thought that the idea that Xu Tai and Jiang Bin came up with was consistent with the idea in his stomach, but unexpectedly it was not what he thought at all, such a method was not ingenious, it was still a hard attack, and it was a stupid method at all.

"The method is feasible, but the success rate is not high, after all, you have to attack the walled fort to fight hand-to-hand on the other side, do you want to use ropes to climb the high wall of the walled fort? I'm afraid it's delusional. In fact, you don't need to be too persistent in this kind of competition, we just need to gain an advantage. Remove the second half of your plan, just use the first half, weave a dozen large teng shields and wooden shields, go up to the front, and order dozens of brothers who shoot with bows and arrows to shoot the defenders on the city wall after reaching the firing range, remember to shoot the vital points, and then you can retire and rest. ”

"Huh? Retire and rest? Don't you siege the city? Jiang Bin was stunned and said, "What's the point of not exterminating them." ”

Song Nan sighed: "Brother Jiang, as long as they are attritional, according to the rules, we will win at the end of the consumption, what do you think they will do?" ”

Xu Tai jumped up and said: "They will not be able to hold back and give up the walled fort to find us desperately, otherwise they will lose." ”

Song Nan spit out the grass stalk in his mouth and said, "Yes, why do you have to attack it so hard?" If they don't want to lose, they will naturally come down to us, telling the brothers to recharge their energy and wait. If we lose, then I have nothing to say. ”

Jiang Bin laughed, patted Song Nan's shoulder with his big hand and said, "It's still Brother Song's ghost, this method is so tight, it's wonderful." Don't worry, if they dare to fight us face to face, will I still have the face to see you if I lose? Rest assured. ”

Song Nan's shoulder was patted in pain, and he hurriedly turned around and walked away, and if he stayed any longer, he was afraid that his bones would fall apart.