Sometimes Wang Zheng had to admire the bravery of the cavalry of the Lu Long Army, and in the dark night when he couldn't see his fingers, he rushed out if he didn't want to, knowing that there was likely to be an enemy ambush outside.

In fact, Wang Zheng is also rare in the entire Changying Army.

Although Wang Zheng was also one of the 200 young men who followed Guo Rong from the grassland to Chang'an, unlike most of the orphans collected from the grassland by Lu Kang of the former Beiting Military Academy, Wang Zheng was not a simple orphan.

To be precise, Wang Zheng's father is a well-known horse thief on the Monan grassland.

The origin of the ancestral horse thief, the influence of LYB Lu Kang for seven or eight years, the strict military discipline of the Changying Army, and the baptism of the battlefield for five whole years......

If Wang Zheng can only barely pass the tough positional warfare, but in this kind of guerrilla warfare, it is different.

On weekdays, many of the peers of the Changying Army suffered under Wang Zheng, including the Shence Army, the Tibetans, the Uighurs, the Sogdians, and the nomads of the steppe, and countless people died under Wang Zheng's hands.

Targeted by a guy like Wang Zheng who doesn't play cards according to the routine, it is not surprising that Zhen Bingliang was pitted.

In fact, if it weren't for Zhen Bingliang, who had a calm temperament, and replaced him with a guy who was a little less cautious, Lu Longjun's loss would have hurt Tan Zhong long ago.

However, for Zhen Bingliang, being taken away by 600 riders in a wave also made him completely calm down and give up his unwillingness and dissatisfaction.

At least for Zhen Bingliang, who is self-aware, it is not difficult to admit that others are excellent.

This battle can't be fought anymore, or the war can't be fought like this, as far as the current situation is concerned, let alone retaliation, basically go out and send as much as you want.

Since you can't go out, and you can't decide the other party, you can only shrink up by yourself.

Of course, after determining the idea, Zhen Bingliang found that it was not without good news, that is, from the beginning of the battle to the opponent's sneak attack without martial arts, two quarters of an hour had passed.

After tossing for so long, as long as it is not a dead pig, it will more or less feel that there have been changes outside the camp, and with a certain amount of psychological preparation, the Xiaoying camp will not appear, and normal people will not be able to sleep.

So, without doing anything, without stopping, first let the existing heavy infantry, carrying the rain of arrows outside, work together to save several batches of wounded soldiers who fell outside the camp one by one.

Half of the Lu Longjun was directly awakened, and then began to deploy along the wall in formation, as long as they found any trouble, a round of arrows immediately passed.

Although this method seems a little stupid, even Wang Zheng has to admit that it does work.

The main force of the Changying Army is not afraid of this kind of turtle shell-like defensive tactics, after all, they have too many ways to pry open the turtle shell with the equipment battalion and the firearms battalion, and defending it is equivalent to a dead end.

But with these hundreds of people in Wang Zheng's hands, the turtle shell will also become a hedgehog, so he really can't do anything about this kind of defense.

It's just that in the face of the change in the opponent's tactics, Wang Zheng just smiled, and his own attack was just a matter of hitting the rabbit with grass.

If the other party is stupid enough, then hug two more, it doesn't matter if you stay up until dawn, you can't rest with more than 300 people who consume the other party's 30,000 people, no matter how you look at yourself, you won't suffer.

More importantly, his main task today is to cover Guo Zheng, Pei Song, and Ouyang Liang to complete their task, and judging from the situation that the other party wants to retrieve these wounded at all costs, his covering task has been completed.

Since the other party has changed his tactics and has perfect defensive means, he can't take advantage of it, so it's good not to take advantage, and Wang Zheng won't drag it out anymore.

After leaving a few war horses with a small trap, Wang Zheng gathered his men and quietly disappeared into the night.

As Wang Zheng led his troops to evacuate, under the night, everything seemed to be calm again, and in the wilderness outside Lu Longjun's camp, it was as if no one had ever come.

It's just that Zhen Shanliang, who suffered a big loss, didn't dare to relax.

Compared with the darkness and silence outside the camp, the inside of Lu Longjun's camp was brightly lit.

With the issuance of Zhen Bingliang's order, great

The number of soldiers was awakened, and the noisy voices under dissatisfaction and resentment could be seen everywhere, however, although Zhen Bingliang couldn't clean up Wang Zheng, it didn't mean that he was a mediocre and a waste.

If Zhen Bingliang is really a proper waste, a veteran like Tan Zhong, who has fought for decades, will not entrust him with important tasks.

A large number of archers and crossbowmen lined up in a queue near the wall, a large number of stalwart foot soldiers were patrolling the camp at all times, and thousands of cavalry were on standby at any time ready to attack.

In short, after a dozen bloody human heads hit the ground, everything quickly became orderly.

Listening to the camp from quiet to noisy, from noisy to chaotic, and then from chaotic to orderly, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the veteran Tan Zhong was quite satisfied.

No one is a victorious general, and no one is born to fight, who can command calmly and calmly, dare to counterattack, dare to counterattack when encountering a crisis, and be honest when he is sure that he is invincible.

There are no tactics that must win on the battlefield, and there are no tactics that must fail, everything is constantly changing, and the best commander is able to use the right tactics at the right time and in the right place.

From these two perspectives, Tan Zhong believes that although Zhen Bingliang's talent is average, he can be careful, cautious, down-to-earth, and conscientious, and he can do all of this, and he has surpassed most people.

After all, with the current tactics of the other party obviously playing scoundrels, to be honest, there is no good way to do it.

To be honest, it's not that Tan Zhong doesn't understand the speed of soldiers, nor does he want to ask Chang Wanchao about the information brought back from Guo Zheng and others now, but his years of experience have made him see too many uncertain questions from the word "trap" that Guo Zheng spit out, and he feels a strong sense of unease.

Therefore, before he made a sufficiently accurate judgment, he was not ready to lead his troops to attack, what if Chang Wanchao died unexpectedly, it was just a waste snack, and the anti-normal Wanchao people had already returned.

As the camp was completely quiet, Tan Zhong fell asleep, and the camp was still brightly lit, and Sergeant Lu Long, who had more than 10,000 people, was waiting for him.

It wasn't until the sky was slightly brighter that Zhen Bingliang still maintained a cautious style, first sending a small team of cavalry to patrol and probe along the camp, and after making sure that the forbidden cavalry had completely disappeared at night, he ordered to lower the level of vigilance, and soon the smoke rose.

Time flickered, the sun gradually rose, Tan Zhong, who had slept peacefully for about three hours, slowly got up, and then he asked the guards around him about the situation after he fell asleep, and then his face was full of doubts.

The other party's complete disappearance before sunrise was not unexpected by Tan Zhong, after all, the person who can play tricks with the attack is definitely not a fool, and it is strange that he can stay where he is and wait for death.

What really puzzled him was the purpose of the attack.

If the target of their pursuit was the cavalry sent by Chang Wanchao, then those cavalry had obviously entered the camp, and the target they were pursuing had disappeared, so why did they keep attacking?

If the purpose of the other party is to harass, then what is the purpose of the attack?

After thinking about it for a long time, Tan Zhong didn't think of a reason that could convince him, so he didn't think too much meaninglessly.

No matter how much you think about it, it's better to actually take a look, ask, check, Tan Zhong didn't believe last night's attack, and left no trace.

With the assistance of the guards, putting on his clothes and armor and matching his weapons, the veteran Tan Zhong slowly walked out of the tent of the Chinese army, and before he went far, he saw Zhen Bingliang, who was directing the aftermath of the soldiers according to his orders.

Just as Tan Zhong was about to listen to last night's battle in detail from the mouth of Zhen Bingliang, the real commander last night, two personal guards came to Tan Zhong's side.

After assigning the task, he came to Tan Zhong's side, and Zhen Bingliang heard what was in the mouth of the guard.

In fact, what the two guards said was almost identical, that is, the commanders of the two armies of the Cheng German Army and the Wei Bo Army came again to ask Tan Zhong what happened last night, whether he needed help, and whether he could continue to march forward today.

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After reading the content, before Tan Zhong could say anything, Zhen Bingliang, who suffered a big loss under Wang Zheng, and now he was still disgraced, scolded directly.

"These damn guys, all the attention of those forbidden cavalry was on us last night, but if they send troops in time and outflank them from both flanks, none of them will be able to escape!"

"Even if they don't send a large army, even if one or two thousand people attack and don't dare to face the enemy on their backs, they will definitely flee in the wilderness, why should we lose nearly a thousand people!"

"As a result, these damn guys, who didn't even fart last night, are better off asking about our losses."

Hearing Zhen Bingliang's scolding with thick anger and resentment, Tan Zhong just smiled, it was really not easy to force Zhen Bingliang's temperament to this level of scolding in front of him, of course, he could also read Zhen Bingliang's careful thoughts.

Including the 600 cavalry, a total of nearly 1,000 people were killed in the attack last night, and this kind of casualty was definitely not small, and as a commander, he could not escape the blame, and he could not escape the blame, and he could more or less reduce his own mistakes by shifting his attention to Wei Bojun and Cheng Dejun.

Tan Zhong actually didn't care about this, after all, this kind of bad battle would make anyone lose......

"I ask you, if they do send troops, will you dare to send troops?"

「……」

"Okay, it's okay, last night's fight was actually good, even if I personally commanded it, I may not be better than you, don't blame yourself, but now, you need to give me a detailed description of the battle situation from your point of view, the characteristics of the other party and the judgment you made."

"Just ......"

"What about casualties?"

"More than 200 foot soldiers, 600 cavalry,......

"What about the people sent by Chang Wanchao?"

"Combined with the corpses I sent to find outside the camp after dawn, a total of eighty-two people died, and less than forty people were left dead, the vast majority of whom died from arrow wounds, and a small number of them fell from their horses."

"Has the horse been checked?"

"Checked, some of the war horses were directly killed on the rejected horses, and the rest were basically exhausted, and in the end there were only two horses, but they were also scrapped......

It took a full quarter of an hour for Tan Zhong to listen to all of Zhen Bingliang's observations and thoughts, as well as other concerns, but Zhen Bingliang's words not only did not answer Tan Zhong's doubts, but made him even more confused.

Saying that pursuit is not like pursuit, saying that raiding is not like attacking, saying that sabotage is also like simple destruction, what is the other party's troops and horses here for?

"So, well, I haven't slept for a day and a night, can I still hold on?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, leave the affairs of the camp to An Wenzhao, you bring five hundred cavalry out of the camp with me, I want to see what kind of moths the other party has made!"

To be honest, Zhen Bingliang wanted to dissuade Tan Zhong, without a large army with him, it might not be safe, but after thinking about it, he still canceled this plan, mainly because of his veteran's personality, he probably couldn't stop him.

After all, this old man has always only believed what he saw with his own eyes, only what he heard with his own ears, and he could only say hehe for other things.

Of course, Zhen Bingliang also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that his disposal is quite appropriate, otherwise what he should get today is a scolding, not that he can go out to reconnoiter as a personal companion, but as soon as Zhen Bingliang turned around, he heard a voice from behind.

"But General, Chengde and Wei Bo, how do you answer over there?"

"How do you answer?" Glancing at the two guards beside him, Tan Zhong said directly.

"Tell them that the old man occasionally feels cold, feels unwell, and needs to recuperate, so he will not continue to pursue today, and whether he can attack tomorrow depends on the old man's physical condition, if they want to move forward, then they can do it at ease."

Listening to Tan Zhong's serious nonsense, Zhen Bingliang, who had just turned around, almost fell directly to the ground.

As Zhen Bingliang and the other two guards left, Tan Zhong walked out of the camp in advance with the remaining few people around him, carefully observing the traces outside the camp.

About a quarter of an hour later, the command was completed

Zhen Bingliang, who handed over the handover, led about 500 cavalry, left the camp and followed Tan Zhong's footsteps.

"You worked hard last night, if my guess is right, such a pure taste, the commander of the other party is probably a guy with a background of grassland barbarians, or directly a barbarian on the grassland."

This sentence was completely unexpected by Zhen Bingliang, he also thought of this possibility, but Guo Zheng said very clearly, the other party is the forbidden army of the imperial court, and the forbidden army in Shandong at this moment is only the Changying Army, which is really powerful, but it is said to be composed of the team of the former Shence Army.

"General, the other party is likely to be the one called the Long Silk Army, how could it be possible to let a barbarian ......?"

"I've fought with those barbarians for decades, and I know their style too well, and I can't be mistaken, but the other party ...... yesterday Forget it, let's go first!"

Although the body thrown by Wang Zheng along the way was taken away by Zhen Bingliang, the traces left behind are still there, and along this trail, the group walked all the way.

For the sake of safety, Tan Zhong deliberately scattered the team, and then found traces of yesterday's chase battle two or three miles next to the direction of the track.

"Right in the middle of the eyebrows, this is a marksman!"

"Marksman!!

Zhen Bingliang's exclamation directly attracted Tan Zhong.

"What?"

"I remember Guo Zheng told me yesterday that there was a marksman in the team chasing them!"

Tan Zhong nodded and didn't speak, but from the difference between the direction of the chase and the direction of the other party's retreat, as well as the sharpshooter who appeared at the same time, he had a guess in his heart.

After thinking about it, Tan Zhong gave up the direction where Wang Zheng was, and focused everyone on the traces of yesterday's chase battle.

In this way, while observing, they cautiously continued to move forward, and when it was close to noon, they finally arrived at the battlefield after Mo Lingjun led his troops to counterattack yesterday.

It's just that this battlefield has changed its appearance, and the original corpses are gone, leaving them only a blank field after being burned.

Seeing this abrupt white land, Tan Zhong seemed to understand something, and the brows that had been frowning finally relaxed.