With the scale of the Tang army, it also needs three meals a day, and the baggage and supplies it carries are definitely not a small amount, of course, the Tang army's astonishing number of carriages also verifies this.

Therefore, as long as the Tang army wants to advance, it is impossible to get out of the only relatively flat official road, otherwise the Tang army will be tantamount to self-destruction after losing supplies.

After repeated temptations, he avoided the northeast direction of the official road where the carriages could pass, which seemed very abnormal, and there were no silver three hundred taels touched here.

In other words, Tang Jun is confusing himself, and Tang Jun's purpose is definitely official!

The direction of the official road needs to be strengthened, and the problem is that the Tang Army, which came out of the camp gate and felt in other directions, could not completely ignore it.

"Eight Geya Road, damn Tang Jun!"

After a few scoldings, Hattori had to send out separate men, one team to block the Tang army on the detour, and the other to lurk directly near the trap area.

After another round of firing, the fourth Tang army retreated to the camp, but there was no figure of half of the Tang army in the ambush area.

Before Hattori could come to his senses, news came that the fifth Tang Army had left the camp again......

Hearing this, Hattori felt his brain buzzing!

Tang Jun is grasping the seven inches of his own undermanpower!

This is a naked conspiracy!

Rao knew that Tang Jun was deliberately cheating himself, but Hattori didn't have any way, because he couldn't afford the price, so Hattori had to grit his teeth and squeeze out manpower again.

In this way, from after sunset the previous day to sunrise the next day, the islanders tossed all night and forced the Tang army, which had been attacked for a full eight, back into the camp.

As the sky turned white, in the camp of the Changying Army, a voice suddenly came into Lu Xiaobing's ears.

"Lao Lu, how many widows did you estimate last night?"

"How much?" Lu Xiaobing turned around and saw Meng Qian, who had a complete stomach and was full of energy, walking towards him.

"It's pitch black, how do I know, but there should be about three or four hundred."

However, when he saw Meng Gan, Lu Xiaobing's face was already full of smiles, and while responding to Meng Gan's question, Lu Xiaobing lazily snorted.

"Ah~~, I'll hand it over to you during the day, Meng Qian, I went to sleep, stayed up all night, and trapped me......"

Looking at Lu Xiaobing, who was yawning and lazily returning to the military tent, Meng Qian also looked helpless.

It stands to reason that refueling tactics, increasing troops for the first time, and repeatedly using the same strategy are all taboos for soldiers, but this great immortal uses it in the opposite way.

The same tactic was used eight times in one night, and as a result, the islanders followed honestly eight times, and being able to do this was definitely a dead end for the islanders from the beginning.

What's even more powerful is that last night's eight sorties, this great immortal personally led the team.

In the dark midnight shooting, no one in the eight hundred-man teams was killed, which was no longer something that ordinary people could do, at least Meng Qian knew that he didn't have the ability.

It is said that after the attack, the soldiers who withdrew said that when he commanded the battle last night, Lu Xiaobing's eyes were almost bright, and he could accurately judge the direction of the Japanese people every time, and under his direct command, every salvo would kill the islanders.

After all, as long as the general direction is found, under the accumulation of hundreds of crossbows and arrows, there is only one possibility of turning into a sieve......

Originally, Meng Qian was more or less dissatisfied with why he replaced Guo Rong as the commander of the Eastern Front, but after the experience of the past few days, Meng Gan already admired this great immortal who only wanted to be a company commander.

It's just that what Meng Qian didn't know was that Lu Xiaobing's prediction of his battle results was a little conservative.

When the Tang army once again raised the smoke and the battle was completely over, Hattori also learned from his subordinates the final casualty data after the fierce battle of this night.

Of the more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, only a few hundred scouts hiding in traps, ambush areas, and tunnels did not suffer losses according to Hattori's orders, and the rest of the part responsible for blocking the Tang army suffered heavy losses.

The two sides did not have any direct contact, but in several rounds of firing, the islanders lacked both armor and stomach, strong bows and crossbows, and did not have such a lyb commander as Lu Xiaobing.

At least 400 people were killed directly, and then more than 100 were killed by excessive bleeding from arrows, more than 300 were wounded to the point that they completely lost their combat effectiveness, and more than 600 were slightly injured.

If you add exhaustion, this is equivalent to the price of the thousand men that Sakagami had just replenished to himself, which were lost in the night battle.

Just one day ago, Hattori's mind was still full of fantasies, but at this time, after Lu Xiaobing tortured for two days and two nights, he was already immortal and wanted to die, but he didn't know what Tang Jun wanted to do, all Hattori's illusions had disappeared.

All he thinks about is to drag the Tang Army!

It's just that all he has left is five hundred and three days of scouts who barely close their eyes and have not eaten, and more than 400 tired wounded soldiers.

Looking at the smoke rising from the Tang Army camp in the distance, this familiar style, familiar rhythm, made Hattori feel that it was indeed the fear of the unknown.

Within an hour of dawn, Hattori sent three teams of messengers in a row to ask for help in the direction of Wenden, and at the same time, Hattori also adjusted its deployment and hid the only hundreds of scouts who maintained their combat effectiveness.

Immediately afterward, while Ashi Takayo was asleep, Hattori Masasaemon stared at him with red eyes, and spent a sunny and incomparably calm morning in panic and anxiety.

Compared with the panicked and restless Hattori, in the warm afternoon sunshine, the sleeping Lu Xiaobing was awakened.

"Old Lu, all the black powder has been configured!"

Hearing such a sentence, Lu Xiaobing, who was sleeping soundly, jumped up with a bang.

"Why is it so fast, doesn't it mean that it will take at least tomorrow to finish?"

"It's definitely not enough to rely on a few of us alone, but didn't Uncle Chai call a lot of people to come over and help...

Lu Xiaobing suddenly realized that he had forgotten about this god-level figure, since the preparations had been made in advance.

"According to Uncle Shi's suggestion, I tested it and found that the power of the direct explosion after adding frosting will be slightly reduced, but the increase of frosting will increase the adhesion and burn for a longer time."

"So we took out thirty percent of the black powder."

"Thirty percent? So much, it's not that the power will be ......"

"Don't worry, the part you want to use hasn't moved, the adjustment is the preparation part for the Eight Bull Crossbow and the Catapult, this part has adjusted the ratio and added a little frosting, so the final amount is a little more than expected."

"How much?"

"The two versions add up to about 3,000 catties, about 100 catties more than expected, and because the container is not enough, there is a little left in the end."

"And then, are you here now?"

"I'll make sure when you're going to go, and if time is enough, I'll consider experimenting with this new gunpowder with frosting."

"This, I won't leave tomorrow, but ......" Seeing Xiao Junpeng's somewhat excited state, Lu Xiaobing still reminded him.

"You'd better take it easy, this is a military camp, not Mobei, not a test area of the Forbidden Garden, the current situation is enough, don't ...... it"

"Don't worry, it's not an experiment with gunpowder, the effect has been tested when you were looking at the sun, and the general didn't propose a bomb that can be used by individual soldiers."

"Since you have enough time, then we will temporarily build a kiln, fire a little clay pot, put the remaining gunpowder in it, install a fuse, and when you go into battle, you can borrow me a few archers to try the actual combat effect."

"No problem, don't blow up the big camp for me, you can do whatever you want."

Without waiting for Lu Xiaobing to finish speaking, Xiao Junpeng had already run out of the military tent in a hurry, looking at Xiao Junpeng's back, a smile hung on the corner of Lu Xiaobing's mouth.

Originally, he was going to stop for a day and let the islanders who were about to be dragged to death take a little relief, but now that Xiao Junpeng has prepared in advance, he might as well add to the islanders.

Judging from the situation of the islanders' blocking last night, the other side's troop build-up may have reached a critical moment, otherwise it would not have been so cost-effective that even a single person would not want to let go.

After several rounds of tossing, especially last night's tossing and turning, the number of islanders with combat effectiveness may not be much.

In Lu Xiaobing's view, in this situation, if the islanders still want to maintain the blocking posture, it is necessary to replenish reinforcements.

It is about sixty miles from Zetou to Wendeng, and it is only more than fifty miles at most from here to Wendeng, with the speed of the messenger, the other party's messenger for help has probably arrived, and the reinforcements of the Japanese people have probably set off.

In that case, let's aim for reinforcements from the other side.

In the plan, the cavalry also had to attack in advance to establish a blockade line to prevent the scattered island scouts from escaping back to Wendeng County after being defeated.

Advance the time of the sortie for a while, it will not affect the actual effect, after all, the islanders do not dare to show their heads during the day, and even if they attack, it will definitely be placed at night.

Just try what Xiao Junpeng said about the actual combat effect of the bombs thrown by individual soldiers.

After confirming the idea, Lu Xiaobing no longer hesitated, and walked directly to the door of the military tent and shouted.

"Someone, drumming, gathering generals!"

With Lu Xiaobing's order, the rumbling drums sounded, and the generals and colonels in the large camp quickly assembled in the direction of the big tent of the Chinese army.

At the same time, on the mound outside the camp, Hattori, who had been sleepy and tired to the extreme, had just fallen asleep for a short time, was awakened again.

Hearing the rumbling drum, Hattori's whole face turned pale instantly, and he understood the meaning of this drum, this is a gathering general, and gathering a general is likely to be a precursor to the expedition.

At this point in the afternoon, it is not suitable for a large army of 10,000 people like the Tang Army, thinking of the Tang Army's soldiers and horses that didn't look normal at the same time yesterday afternoon, Hattori felt that the Tang Army was going to be a demon again!

Without any hesitation, Hattori immediately ordered to send his subordinates to assemble all those who still had combat effectiveness into a state of battle, and at the same time, based on yesterday's experience, ordered hundreds of scouts with complete combat strength to enter the tunnels directly into the trap area of the official road and wait for the attack.

After completing the arrangement, Hattori focused all his attention on the Don Army camp.

About a quarter of an hour after the drum sounded, the camp of the Tang army was busy.

Half an hour, the door of the Tang Army opened again.

It's just that this time it was not the heavy infantry that had been active in front of Hattori who had been attacking, but a group of cavalry with one person and two horses, or even one person and three horses.

The moment he saw the cavalry attacking, Hattori's brain was buzzing, and it wasn't until dozens of breaths later that Hattori came back to his senses under the call of his subordinates.

Faced with the inquiries of his subordinates on what to do, Hattori focused his eyes on the cavalry in the assault, and when all the cavalry had left the camp, he visually measured the number of more than 800 horsemen, and Hattori Shozaemon closed his eyes.

It was not a small island cavalry riding a short horse, it was a cavalry of the Tang Army with at least 801 horses, armor, spears/lances, and bows/crossbows!

The entire 800 cavalry was an invincible force in the eyes of Hattori, and the moment he closed his eyes, Hattori's heart was filled with despair.

After dozens of breaths, Hattori opened his eyes and saw that after the Tang cavalry left the camp, he quickly divided into two teams, left and right, bypassed the trap area carefully set by himself, and rushed straight to the northeast.

Seeing such an action, Hattori's eyes, which had already fallen into despair, were suddenly filled with a gleam.

Northeast where is that?

That's Wendeng County!

Last night's losses were not in vain, their own resistance was effective, and in desperation, the Tang army came up with their last killer move.

At this moment, looking at the cavalry of the Tang Army, which had gradually disappeared in his eyes, the fear in Hattori's eyes had been replaced by another hope, because he found that the strength of the Tang Army, and the invincibility of the Tang Army was not a bad thing until now.

That's the 800-strong Tang Army cavalry, which is not at all something that can be resisted by the combat power at hand, let alone himself, even General Sakagami himself probably doesn't dare to say that he can easily kill these 800 Tang Army cavalry.

If General Zhengyi and Prince Yuansheng, who had an army of nearly 70,000, could not deal with the 800 Tang cavalry, then what qualifications did they have to punish themselves who had already blocked the powerful Tang army for three whole days?

Hattori, meanwhile, felt he had found an opportunity that might change the tide of the war.

The Tang army found the trap in the previous day's attempt, which is beyond doubt.

It is also for this reason that the cavalry of the Tang Army will bypass the trap area and fall into it, after all, the traps one by one are only stronger than the traps, not weaker, and it can be said that the cavalry of the Tang Army made a detour.

It's just that the Tang army seems to have only discovered the trap, but not the secret of using the "Escape Technique", because until now they have not discovered the tunnels in their camp.

Combined with the current situation, Hattori remembered the sneak attack plan that had been abandoned by him.

I gave up two days ago because that plan was too risky, and I thought I had an advantage, and it was worth the loss to take such a risk to sneak attack.

But now, the situation has changed, the advantage has turned into a disadvantage, the eight hundred Tang Army cavalry has left, even if Sakagami and Yuansheng punish themselves, but Yin Heshou is definitely gone, all this is tantamount to futility.

Instead of working in vain, it is better to take your own name, family name, and even the future of Yin He Scout, and if you win the bet, there may be more than one Yin He Shou waiting for you, and the family and Yin He will completely stand up from the island country.

As for losing the bet, Hattori didn't think he would lose!

At the same time that Hattori made up his mind, Lu Xiaobing and Meng Gan were gazing at the smoke and dust left behind by the cavalry from the watchtower in the main camp.

"Lao Lu, are you sure that the Japanese will definitely attack tonight?"

"Not sure!"

Meng Qian: ......

"Not too heavy?"

"Not heavy?"

"Anyway, Xiao Junpeng, they have already prepared what I need, if they don't come, we will follow the plan and march to Wendeng normally, anyway, we can run the monk, but we can't run the temple."

"Could it be that the clowns who jumped off the beam in the island country and their clumsy 'escape technique' can really stop the advance of the army?"

Listening to Lu Xiaobing's mocking words, Meng Gan couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the truth was right, but Meng Qian always felt weird.

Seeing Meng Qian's affection, Lu Xiaobing suddenly put away his somewhat lazy and casual state, became serious, and his expression became extremely serious.

"Meng Qian, do you know why I admire the general?"

"Huh?"

"The general knows what he wants to do, and he lets everyone know what he wants to do?"

"Anthy?"

Meng Qian said subconsciously, and Lu Xiaobing nodded after hearing the response.

"Although no one has ever said it publicly, the origin of the general is actually an open secret in the army, since we all already know, how could the Emperor and His Majesty not know?"

"The Emperor Taishang and the general both know that they know that fighting back to Anxi cannot be completed overnight, and they need the support of the entire Tang Dynasty!"

"Therefore, the general hopes to completely settle down Datang as soon as possible, so that Datang can regain its strength, so as to support him to fight back to Anxi!"

"Otherwise, why do you think Your Majesty and the Emperor Taishang dare to put the fate of most of the Tang Dynasty in the hands of the general, without worrying about the general's merits!"

"You mean, at least in ......"

"It's enough to know, you don't need to say it, in the same way, what is the purpose of the general sending us to Jiaodong?"

"This ......"

Meng Qian was really a little confused for a while, the reason is simple, but the root cause is ......

"Stupid, I have already said the reason just now, and you have not found it, the general seems to have an unforgettable hatred for the people of the island country."