In any case, in Su Yan's unquestionable tone, the tactic of taking the initiative he proposed was also determined and prepared to be implemented the next day.

After it was decided, the twelve falcon cannons deployed in Shanshan and Shangliao were all towed to the ploughing oxen, pulled down the mountain, and prepared to be transported to the Sijiao Forest under the cover of night after the sky darkened.

It wasn't until dusk fell that Su Yan finally ushered in the soldiers who had returned from Yongchun County, and after the latter returned to Yongchun, he inquired about the local Langzhong and bought all the laxatives from Langzhong.

According to the report of this pro-soldier, one of the raw materials of laxatives is the croton that Su Yan immediately thought of, which was called Bashu in this era. In addition to the powder made from the ground barrass, there are other herbs that neutralize the medicinal properties and delay the onset time.

When the laxative arrived, Su Yan handed it over to Lin Xingzhu, and asked Lin Xingzhu to lead the rattan battalion and all the cavalry to set off at night, bypassing the upper reaches of the Gangxi River, and ambushing on the mountain on the south bank at a certain distance from the Qing army camp.

Su Yan himself will directly lead the army to the north bank of the river, and build a camp on the north bank, attracting all the attention of the Qing army, so that the artillery and the rattan battalion can take this opportunity to arrive at the preparatory site.

So, the Qing army on the south bank of the river had just eaten dinner and was about to return to the camp to sleep, when they saw a series of fires suddenly lit up on the horizon on the north bank, and the number of those fires became more and more, and soon they gathered together to illuminate a large area of the north bank.

"Thieves are coming!"

The moment he saw the torches, the heart-rending shouts of the Qing army sentries sounded on the watchtower of the Qing army camp, and the warning gong was also frantically sounded, and the clanged into the sky.

Tong Guoqi, who was discussing the military situation with his subordinates in the big tent, rushed out at this time, he looked at the soldiers around him with a gloomy face, and before he could ask, he saw a sentry rushing over quickly, kneeling in front of him, and said:

"Lord Governor, the thieves are coming from the north and are lining up on the north bank of the river!"

"Damn Su Yi, come here at this point, can't you fight with our army at night?" Tong Guoqi gritted his teeth.

Then, he looked at the generals who came out behind him and ordered: "Gather all the troops and go out of the camp to meet the enemy!" ”

"Su Yi is so arrogant and arrogant, I vow to break it!"

With Tong Guoqi in charge, the Qing army quickly assembled, left the camp in an orderly manner, and set up a formation in the open space between the camp and the river, and confronted the righteous army across the river.

Although he had just shouted that he was going to break it, Tong Guoqi was not carried away by anger, and he also realized that if he ordered to cross the river at this time, it was very likely that he would be attacked by Su Yan halfway, and the loss would be great at that time.

At this time, a horse rushed out from the opposite side, the cavalry rode to the bank of the river, took a bow and arrows, and shot an arrow towards the south bank, and the arrow fell steadily in front of the Qing army.

"You, go up and have a look."

He sent one of his own soldiers to step forward and pull out the arrow from the ground, and there was indeed a note tied to it, and the personal soldier pulled out the note, sent it back to Tong Guoqi, and handed it to him for inspection.

Tong Guoqizhi glanced at it a few times, his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he stared at the rebels on the opposite side viciously, as if he could defeat them in this way.

"Back to camp! Tomorrow morning, the thieves will hunt the north bank of the river! He threw the note on the ground and ordered.

That's right, this note was written by Su Yan himself, a letter of request to Tong Guoqi, he asked Tong Guoqi to cross the river early tomorrow morning and fight a decisive battle with himself in a provocative tone, and said that if Tong Guoqi can defeat him tomorrow, he will personally take off his shirt and kneel under Tong Guoqi's horse to beg for surrender.

On the contrary, he asked Tong Guoqi to cede the entire territory of Quanzhou, and his attitude was extremely arrogant.

Seeing that the Qing army only left the necessary garrison troops, and the rest returned to the camp to rest, Su Yan retreated a few miles, leaving a safe distance for them to react, and set up camp.

……

Nothing was said all night.

Tong Guoqi thought that Su Yan would do a wave of things last night, but he didn't expect that they spent the night in fear, and nothing happened.

At that time, the soldiers of the Qing army climbed out of the camp tent one after another, and the men who were responsible for cooking the fire walked to the stream with wooden barrels and fetched a bucket full of water, and after carrying it back to the camp, they poured the stream water and rice into a large iron pot and boiled it into gruel.

"Gollum - phew."

Several Qing soldiers gathered around a wooden barrel, scooped some water into their mouths, rinsed their mouths and spit it out, and naturally drank some underwater stomachs on the way.

Similar things happened in the entire Qing army camp, many Qing soldiers drank the water salvaged directly from the river, the ancients of this era did not have the concept of boiling water before drinking, so in addition to the laxatives put by Lin Xingzhu, other germs also entered their stomachs along the stream.

"Master, please eat."

A quarter of an hour later, breakfast was finally cooked, Tong Guoqi's personal soldiers held a food plate, brought a bowl of gruel and a piece of sweet potato to the table, he put the two in front of Tong Guoqi in turn, and said respectfully.

Tong Guoqi nodded, put down the military book in his hand, picked up the sweet potato and stuffed it into his mouth, took a bite, chewed it, and after swallowing it, he asked, "Is the thief army on the north shore coming?" ”

"Master Qiqi, I haven't come yet." The soldier replied.

"Let the soldiers finish their breakfast as soon as possible, and we will cross the river first and line up on the north bank."

"Hey, the minion will give the order."

In the end, the Qing army failed to cross the north bank before the rebels, and it didn't take long for Su Yan to lead the army to the north bank of the river.

He stood under the military flag, looked coldly at the chaotic Qing army camp opposite, and slowly raised his right hand.

"Flag the artillery positions and shell the Qing army camp!"

"Yes."

Chen Ying agreed, and immediately personally raised the colorful flag and waved the flag in the direction of the Four Corners Forest.

The waving of the colored flags was not only seen by the artillery positions on the mountain, but also fell into the eyes of Tong Guoqi, who came out of the big tent, he looked at the constantly waving colored flags, and instantly thought of yesterday's battlefield, and his pupils shrank suddenly!

"Not good!"

He only had time to shout in such a voice, and from the direction of the Four Corners Forest, there were twelve earth-shaking shells, and twelve dark cannonballs immediately whistled towards the camp.

"Shelling by thieves!"

In the screams of the Qing soldiers, all twelve shells smashed into the camp, crushing the Qing soldiers running in the camp, and one of the shells even fell on the ground less than ten meters away from Tong Guoqi, smashed over a tent and rolled around on the ground, cutting off the thigh of an unlucky soldier.

"Ahhhhh

The terrible screams made Tong Guoqi's temples suddenly protrude, and at this moment, a general quickly knelt in front of him and shouted: "Lord Governor, the thief's firepower is too fierce, how should we deal with it?" ”

Tong Guoqi only hesitated for a second or two, and then made a decision that he regretted-

"Gather the army and cross the bridge! Bridge! ”