On March 29, the weather in Chuzhou has begun to have the breath of summer, at noon under the direct sunlight, the officers and soldiers wearing more than 20 catties of armor have already sweated, after completing the final deployment, Ningshan Prefecture 100,000 Ningjia troops finally set up camp in the southwest ten miles outside Chuzhou City, Chuzhou City under the scorching sun is in full view.

The location chosen by Xu Xuanjie to camp is located on a high ground in the southwest, from here you can overlook the city of Chuzhou ten miles away, the hill is from bottom to top, behind you is a cliff of more than 20 zhang, and the 100,000 army has opened the peony formation.

Among the 100,000 troops, the Chinese army is in the big tent for the phalanx, each with 2,000 men and horses in eight directions, 1,000 steps away from each direction, each with 5,000 people as a circle formation, every 5,000 people are 1,000 steps apart from each other, and the remaining 4,000 people are divided into tail formations to prevent a sneak attack in the rear, and the remaining 20,000 people are divided into two wings, and 20,000 people are concentrated in the front in the shape of an arrow, which is a decent formation that can be attacked and defended.

Ascending high and looking into the distance, Xu Xuanjie asked, "Second son, do you recognize this formation?" ”

Ning Yuanwu looked around at the 100,000 army in front of him, and said with a smile: "Naturally, I know that on the basis of the peony formation, the teacher has added two square and circle formations, and set up a tail formation and a wing formation, which can be attacked when advancing and defending, and the students think that it is a little conservative." ”

"Oh? If it were you, what formation would you use? Xu Xuanjie asked lightly.

"If it were me, I would use the crane wing formation to cover the front arrow formation, and directly choose to attack, sooner or later it will be a battle, it is better to attack directly, choose to attack the city with absolute superiority, and after the crane wing arrives, I will feint and outflank, a test, I can find the weak point of his defense, and attack with the front arrow formation, and the city will be broken." Ning Yuan Martial Dao.

"What you said is not bad, but this march and war, not child's play, 100,000 troops, are real people and horses, the ancients, the soldiers who surrender without a fight are the law of the top, we only have 100,000 troops, and this Chuzhou city is a horse and a flat river, easy to defend and difficult to attack, first do a good job of defense, in preparation for a sneak attack, and then make an offensive plan." Xu Xuanjie said: "Or hold the troops, harass with strange soldiers, and lure the enemy out of the city to pursue, we try to capture, first know the defense in the city." ”

"Teacher, you are too conservative, our army has just arrived, morale is high, everyone is following the path of avenging the princess, again and again, without morale, this city will not be broken...... "Ning Yuan Wudao.

Xu Xuanjie smiled: "What you said is certainly reasonable, but this is the first battle, we can only win, we can't lose, and we have to win a big victory." ”

Ning Yuanwu was about to speak again, but was interrupted by Ning Yuanwen: "The teacher has assisted my father for more than 20 years, and has experienced countless battles, this line of work is to obey the teacher, Yuanwu, you don't have to say more, I know that you are anxious to save your little sister, but this march and war are not as good as deduction, this matter is so decided, what the teacher orders you to do, you will do it, don't say much." ”

Ning Yuanwu frowned, although he was reluctant, what Ning Yuanwen said was also the truth, so he had to give it up.

In the night, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly sounded on the right side of the army, and after a while, the flag died down, Ning Yuanwu got up, but saw a cadre of people waiting for dozens of prisoners to walk towards the tent of the Chinese army, and immediately followed.

"Report, the enemy army of 200 people attacked and harassed, and has been repulsed by our troops, one hundred and thirteen have been killed, twenty-six have been captured alive, and the rest have all fled." The general who took the lead said with a smile, it was the deputy general Zhang Xiaochang.

Ning Yuanwu entered the tent, but saw that Ning Yuanwen and Xu Xuanjie were already there, and kneeling under the tent was a man in a night suit, with his hands and feet tied, looking at them viciously.

"This is their leader, Yu Xin." Zhang Xiaochang pointed to the human.

Xu Xuanjie opened his mouth and asked: "Hehe, the 100,000 army in the city, only more than 200 people have been sent, hehe, do you want to take a look at the formation of my Ning family's army?" Or do you want to explore the real and the virtual? ”

"Bah, lackey, the general will send troops tomorrow, and he will definitely break you into pieces." Yu Xin took a sip and scolded viciously.

"It's the priest who guards the city?" Xu Xuanjie asked.

Yu Xin sneered: "The name of the generalissimo is also your name?" If I were you, surrender now, and maybe leave you with a whole corpse. ”

"Fuck, dare to be hard on the verge of death?" Zhang Xiaochang kicked Yu Xin to the ground, stepped on his head and scolded.

"Eh, Hyochang." Xu Xuanjie waved his hand and motioned to Zhang Xiaochang not to move.

Zhang Xiaochang scolded two more sentences before removing his feet from Yu Xin's head and straightening him.

"That's the Si Xingfang, the four generalissimos under Fang La, it's not in vain, I heard that you took Chuzhou City in three days, and the 100,000 troops besieged it for two days, and directly forced away the 10,000 defenders in the city, which is also very glorious." Xu Xuanjie smiled.

Yu Xin glanced at him, but did not speak.

"I have a few questions, if you tell a lie, I will cut off the heads of your twenty or so brothers one by one, and put them in cages to feed the dogs." Xu Xuanjie's face changed, and he said extremely coldly.

Even Ning Yuanwen and Ning Yuanwu had never seen their teacher's appearance like this, which was really terrifying.

"You have the ability to kill me, besides, the lives of our sect members are the Holy Father's, so what if you kill us? Hahaha......" Yu Xin laughed.

"Oh?" Xu Xuanjie slowly squatted down and said with a smile: "If you are not afraid of death, I don't believe that they are not afraid of death......

He immediately stood up and shouted, "Come on, tie them up and kill them one by one...... Kill until someone is willing to say ......"

Zhang Xiaochang laughed, turned around and walked out of the big tent: "The military advisor has an order, if he can provide available information, he can avoid death, if he can help break the city, the official will be promoted to one level, and the others will ......be killed."

Immediately afterwards, there was a group of curses, then the wailing of being hacked to death with a knife, and then there was a deathly silence, the crackling sound of the torch and Zhang Xiaochang's machinery: "Say it or not?" Don't say? There was the sound of a knife swinging.

I said...... I know ......"

When Yu Xin heard this sentence in the big tent, he got up suddenly and rushed out of the tent: "Damn, Lao Tzu killed you......"

Ning Yuanwu flickered the spear in his hand, and a shot pierced his heart, and Yu Xin was killed before the big tent.

You may have experienced life and death, but you have not seen the tragic situation of other people, the shock brought to them by the 100,000 army with strict military discipline is far more direct than the death brings, this sense of oppression can make them clearly know that the 100,000 Manichaean religion in Chuzhou City is not comparable to them, and the 10,000 soldiers who fled are even more rabble, and the real combat effectiveness can be seen.

People who have experienced the battlefield understand this, Xu Xuanjie understands, these people who are caught by him also understand, and he just wants to use this sense of oppression to force them to speak, as long as one person opens his mouth, there will be a second and a third, the more he knows, the better.

In Chuzhou City, Si Xingfang listened to the report of the people who came back in the hall, and couldn't help but squint his eyes, and the people around him began to mark the location and formation of the Ning family army on the map on the wall.

He knows very well what kind of existence the Ning family army is, it was invincible twenty years ago, and ten years ago it was the only team that could fight back and forth with the Turks, but at that time they only had 10,000 people, and now they have developed into 100,000 people, ten years of comfort, this kind of aura must be a lot weaker, but no matter how weak it is, it is stronger than that of the military department.

Chuzhou City, he had to defend it, and Jinling, two hundred and fifty miles behind him, was the capital of the Yongle Dynasty that they had worked so hard to take.