Liu Ji was hesitant about the ministers' suggestions.

Now the hundreds of thousands of central troops left in the capital are the last trump card in his hands, and they naturally have to stay to protect the capital.

"Alas!" After thinking about it, Liu Ji let out a long sigh and said, "This matter needs to be carefully considered by this king, and then discussed it in the future, and retreat!" After speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and turned to leave.

The ministers' proposal was not adopted by Liu Ji in the end, and the news quickly spread from the mouth of the Jin army's spies to the ears of Lin Haotian, who stayed in Jiangxi.

In these few days, the strength of the Jiangxi battalion was replenished a lot, first, the second batch of reinforcements from the Jin country arrived, so that the strength of the third and fourth army corps was restored to 100,000, and second, the newly formed fifth army corps.

The soldiers of the Fifth Legion were all recruited locally in the Wood Country, down to the soldiers, up to the commander of the thousand commanders and even the commander of the corps, all of them were wooden people, only the corps commander was a golden man, and Ling Hugao, who was personally appointed by Lin Haotian.

Since the last time Lin Haotian brought Ling Hu Gao's parents to Liaodong City, the former had no worries, and Ling Hu Gao resolutely decided to stay in the army to serve the court in order to repay Lin Haotian's great kindness.

Having said that, in fact, the Fifth Legion is far from reaching the establishment of the corps, and the title of Ling Hugao, the corps commander, is also far from Ding Feng, Bi Wu, Dou Bo and others, and in fact, the military rank is only slightly higher than the corps commander.

The rank of its commander can also be seen from the current status of the Fifth Army in the Jin Army.

After receiving the summons, Lin Haotian's eyes rolled, and he immediately felt that this was a great opportunity to divert the tiger from the mountain and his own army to break through the wooden capital Xiangyang City in one fell swoop, but the key to the problem was how to make Liu Ji believe that his own men and horses could not pose a threat to Xiangyang.

After thinking about it, Lin Haotian decided to let the Third Legion and the Fifth Legion join forces to attack Wangfeng County, with Dou Bo as the main leader. Ling Hu Gao is supplemented, like last time, this battle is only allowed to lose, not win, but how to do it look like a big defeat but in fact the loss is not big, it depends on Dou Bo's ability.

After receiving the order. Dou Bo and Ling Hu Gao got together to discuss the plan of the battle.

Ling Hu Gao was very self-aware and understood what the role of the Fifth Legion was, he smiled at Dou Bo and said: "General Dou, this time my Fifth Legion will take the lead, and it will definitely be completely defeated, and the defeat will be a mess." ”

When Dou Bo heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said, "The Fifth Legion is all wooden people. Let you take the lead, and let you go for the big defeat, then our intentions seem too clear?"

Ling Hu Gao scratched his hair and smiled embarrassedly: "General Dou, what do you say?"

Dou Bo shook his head and said, "On the battlefield, the situation between the enemy and us is changing rapidly, and I am not an immortal. How can you make predictions?"

"That ......"

"One step is one step. See the moves, guess the moves, see the battle, fight!" Dou Bo said ambiguously.

The 3rd and 5th Corps were ordered to march and again attack Wangfeng County.

At the beginning of the battle, the two armies were like bamboos, and without much resistance, they hit the city of Sifang.

The people of Sifang City have long since run out. Only the defenders of the Wood Country were left inside, and the two sides launched a fierce battle.

The battle lasted for more than an hour, and the 20,000 defenders in the city finally could not resist it and abandoned the city and fled west.

The Third and Fifth Legions naturally did not give up, and then pursued and killed.

But at the time of the hunt. Dou Bo passed the general's order, once in an ambush, do not fall in love with the battle, the rear team of the whole army will become the front team, and retreat immediately.

For his order, Ling Hu Gao was very puzzled, and asked: "General Dou, do you think the enemy army is deliberately deceitful and leads our army to the ambush place?" After speaking, without waiting for Dou Bo to answer, he shook his head again and said: "If it is a fraud, the camp should not be dispersed, and the banner should not be chaotic, but the enemy army ......."

The 20,000 wooden troops who abandoned the city and fled had become a pot of porridge, and when they fled, armor, weapons, and flags were thrown all over the ground, and the soldiers pushed and crowded people, and there were not a few casualties who trampled on each other alone.

Dou Bo smiled and said, "The enemy army is indeed really defeated, but that doesn't mean that it must not be Cao Xiong's plan to lure the enemy. ”

"What do you mean by that?" asked Ling Hu Gao, puzzled.

Dou Bo didn't answer directly, but asked, "How many Mu soldiers are there in Wangfeng County?"

"Uh...... It was reported that there were about 60,000 or 70,000 people. ”

"Yes, there are only 60,000 or 70,000 troops in the whole county, and there are 20,000 people in the wooden army of Sifang City, how could Cao Xiong's mind throw so many troops in a lonely city and sit back and watch it perish? If I am right, he must have a backhand, and it is most likely that he will set up an ambush in the middle of the road. Dou Bo analyzed with a smile.

"However, the 20,000 wooden troops in Sifang City really don't look like a deceit!"

Dou Bo rolled his eyes and said: "I have just said that the Mu army is indeed not a fraud, but a real defeat, Cao Xiong's plan is likely to keep the 20,000 Mu army in the dark, and its purpose is to make the defeat of the Mu army more real, so as to lead our army to chase and kill." Through the defeat of Xiao Ling last time, it can be seen that Cao Xiong is good at making trade-offs and knows how to sacrifice part to win the greatest victory, and the 20,000 wooden army is just a victim he used to lure our army into the bait. ”

"Ah! I see!" Ling Hu Gao suddenly realized, and finally understood what Dou Bo meant, and pondered his words carefully, Ling Hu Gao couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and praised: "General Dou is clever and strategic, and he really deserves to be the first wise general in my Jin Army!"

Dou Bo shook his head and smiled, and said, "I don't dare to take the title of the first wise general!"

The First Army, the Second Army, and the vanguard officer of the army, Ling Wuya, none of these people were given for nothing, and among the talented Jin Army, Dou Bo was walking on thin ice, conscientious, and did not dare to have the slightest thought.

The next battle was almost exactly the same as Dou Bo's speculation, when the Jin army chased the wooden army to a place where there were dense forests on the left and right, the sentinels in the forest on both sides sounded, and for a while, arrows rained down in the woods, and at the same time, countless wooden soldiers and generals rushed out.

Because they had been reminded by Dou Bo in advance, the Third Army Corps and the Fourth Army Corps had already taken precautions, and at this time they encountered an enemy ambush, and the whole army did not show the slightest panic, and immediately changed the rear team to the front team, and retreated back the same way.

The two sides did not fight at all, and even before they came into contact with each other, the Jin army withdrew, but in the process of retreating, in order to speed up and get rid of the pursuit of the wooden army, Dou Bo gave the order to go down, and the baggage of the whole army was discarded, and he fled lightly.

The Jin army fled, not only returning the Sifang City that had just been captured to the Mu army, but also fleeing back to Jiangxi from the hinterland of Wangfeng County.

Along the way, the Jin army abandoned countless baggage, armor, and weapons, but the real casualties were not much, such a result was exactly what Dou Bo wanted, baggage, grain and grass, and materials could be supplied and plundered, but once a person died, he could never get it back, and talent was the most valuable wealth in the war.

Lin Haotian was also very satisfied with this battle, and rewarded Dou Bo and Ling Hugao.

On the other side, Dou Bo passed the battle report of defeating the Jin army again to Xiangyang.

In this battle, the wooden army did not kill or wound many Jin troops, but there were too many materials and grain and grass captured, and it took 300 carts to load.

But the battle report to Xiangyang was inevitably exaggerated, and when the battle report arrived in Xiangyang, it had to be exaggerated by the ministers, and when it reached Liu Ji's hands, the battle report became Cao Xiong's rebuilt Third Army again, killing and wounding tens of thousands of enemy troops, and seizing countless materials.

This battle report made the court of Muguo, which had been cloudy for several days, rarely see a glimmer of light, and there was also a rare laughter of the ministers in the court.

Liu Ji carefully read the battle report three times, and then looked up to the sky and sighed, his face was happy, and he praised it three times in a row.

Cao Xiong was able to defeat the Third Army led by Dou Bo again, Liu Ji was deeply surprised by this, and he couldn't help but be impressed by Cao Xiong's use of troops.

Seeing Liu Ji's great joy, the ministers on the left and right stood up again, arched their hands and said: "King, Lord Cao defeated the Jin army twice in a row, so that the Jin army lost countless soldiers, greatly increased the morale of our army, and destroyed the prestige of the gold thief. ”

"En! that makes sense!" Liu Ji, who was in a happy mood, nodded his head, and then lifted his pen, without thinking about it, he wrote down an edict of reward: Feng Cao Xiong is the marquis of heaven, and he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!

The name of Tiantonghou is taken from Tiantongxing, this star is a lucky star, symbolizing the elimination of disasters and disasters, Liu Ji named Cao Xiong as Tiantonghou, implying that he can help Muguo to resolve the crisis and overcome difficulties.

It can be seen that now Liu Ji is full of confidence in Cao Xiong, at this time, some ministers who are worried about it once again took the opportunity to admonish, and said: "King, there is Lord Cao in the east to guard Wangfeng County, which is impregnable, and it is difficult for the Jin army to cross the thunder pond by half a step, although the east is worry-free, but the situation in the south is precarious, the Jinmu coalition army is constantly attacking, our army is struggling to support, and I hope that the king will think of a countermeasure!" (to be continued......)