On the morning of the next day, Luo Chong led a small group of less than fifty ironclad heavy cavalry to sweep under the city of Dengzhou, coming and going like the wind, and did not approach the vanguard camp five miles away.

This was just to reassure Deng Hai and the others on the city wall: Lao Tzu did not escape, he was always there.

Sure enough, Deng Hai and Governor Chen were at ease, as if they had something to rely on all of a sudden.

The vanguard army in the west of the town did not make any move, and his subordinates came to report: the ironclad heavy cavalry appeared, the number was less than fifty, and the speed was too fast for our scouts to catch up.

Shi Luoyin sneered in his heart: If you catch up, can you still come back?

Therefore, the order issued by General Luoyin was: a small number of enemy troops must be lured by the enemy's plan to ignore it, and they cannot be led by the nose, and continue to send sentinels to search for their real camp.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, He Wanli's 40,000 troops and more than 10,000 people appeared in a mighty way, and set up several camps behind the vanguard army camp, forming a plum blossom array, protecting the Chinese army camp in the middle.

The Chinese army represents the heart and soul of the army, as long as the Chinese army is stable, even if the enemy cavalry attacks the barracks at night, there will be no collapse.

Shi Luoyin immediately went to the big tent of the Chinese army, came to He Wanli, and reported the news of the harvest in the past two days one by one. Even said that he sent Liao Zhong to attack the Luo family's manor and failed miserably, but he didn't say that Luo Chong entered the military tent at night to threaten and intimidate himself.

"Liao Zhong is dead?"

He Wanli's expression remained unchanged, and he asked calmly.

"I can't know for sure for the time being, but none of the team that was dispatched last night, along with the two scouts who led the way, returned. ”

Shi Luoyin's expression was also normal, and he replied calmly: "The marshal has not arrived, and I can't mobilize the army to besiege the Luo family manor at will." ”

"That's right"

He Wanli nodded with satisfaction, there was nothing wrong with visiting the Luo family's manor at night, and there was nothing wrong with the practice of capturing the enemy and coercing the family...... It can be said that Shi Luoyin's actions can't find any mistakes.

He Wanli admires Shi Luoyin very much, and his requirement for him is to master calmness, the scale of this factor, neither can be timid, nor reckless, if he can really master a stable word, he is also some credit for the height difference from the general.

"The other party has already taken precautions, the Luo family manor must be a trap left when people go to the empty building, and it is pointless to move it again. ”

He Wanli said in a deep voice: "What we want is the victory of the entire battle, not the battle of will, and the loss of dozens of men is nothing." Luoyin, you did a good job, you don't have to blame yourself, if it were me, you would be able to do this under the same circumstances. ”

"Xie Dashuai's grace of innocence. ”

Shi Luoyin half-knelt on the ground, very ashamed in his heart, he couldn't tell Luo Chong all the terrible things, but he was worried that his family had not escaped yet, or fell into the clutches of the devil again, and even had more fear in his heart.

What I should do is only to take last night's scene as a dream, how to fight this battle, how to fight, only consider various factors on the battlefield, and not consider what Luo Chong is like.

Anyway, that's how Luo Chong demands himself.

After Shi Luoyin got up and sat down, He Wanli asked again: "In your judgment, when do you think that heavy cavalry will appear?"

"The last general still doesn't have a clear understanding of the strength of the heavy cavalry, and there are only two guesses. ”

Shi Luoyin replied in a deep voice: "Now it can be determined that it is a scale of 1,000 people, one person and two horses, all covered with armor, that is, two thousand heavy horses." Suppose he has great confidence in his own combat prowess and will launch a surprise attack during the siege of our army; On the other hand, if he lacks confidence, he will rely on his speed advantage to launch a continuous assault of half guerrilla and half surprise attacks on the way through which our army will take Dengzhou City and continue to penetrate deeply, accumulating a small amount and inflicting a large number of casualties on our army......"

After listening to his analysis, He Wanli nodded lightly and asked again: "If it is really full of heavy armor, but it is faster than the light cavalry?"

"Much faster"

Shi Luoyin's expression showed a hint of solemnity: "The best Tanma can't catch up with them, and I understand that Lu Ketuo's two thousand light horsemen will be chased and killed all the way, almost all the troops will be wiped out, and they can't escape if they want to."

"Well, this is the most terrible cavalry, and it is also the cavalry we dream of, but it is impossible to create......"

He Wanli never underestimated his opponent, and said in a deep voice: "I'm not afraid of facing their frontal impact, but I'm afraid of the second possibility you said." ”

If the ironclad heavy cavalry, which is faster than the light cavalry, adopts guerrilla tactics and rushes all the way to kill, and does not fight you head-on at all, how long can tens of thousands of troops be killed and wounded by them?

In the face of their guerrilla tactics, our army could only defend itself against the enemy with bows and crossbows during the march, but how could the arrows break through their heavy armor?

The best way to deal with them is for the corps to line up and move like a mountain, so that they will be smashed to pieces. But in this way, it only relied on a strange army of 1,000 people, and it trapped the Zhenxi army in place and couldn't move.

You must know that the purpose of the Zhenxi Army's operation is not to be a remote city like Dengzhou City, but to continue to go deep and cut off the supply channel of the Song Dynasty's northern road front, how can it be trapped here

The wolves are terrifying, but this heavy cavalry is obviously not a wolf pack, but a group of lions, with a huge body, occupying the dual advantages of strength and speed, and is naturally the most powerful predator in nature. Just thinking about it, I feel that it is difficult to deal with.

"There's always a way. ”

After all, He Wanli was a famous general in the world, and he did not frown, but said with a relaxed expression: "So far, at least it can be proved that his target is not you, but me, so the siege of Dengzhou City will not need you." Luoyin, you lead the vanguard army to continue to go deeper, and explore all the way along the route of our army's march in the near future, looking for favorable terrain, at that time, you can set up a series of ambushes, so that he will suffer a big loss. What do you think?"

"Very good. ”

Shi Luoyin nodded and replied: "The last general also thinks that although our army has a numerical advantage, it still has to rely on strategy, take advantage of the terrain to set traps, and introduce him into it. ”

Saying this, Shi Luoyin felt bitter in his heart: Dashuai, you still underestimate him, it is very likely that he will not adopt guerrilla tactics at all, and he will not wait until our army continues to penetrate before making a move. I'm worried that he wants to eat you in one bite, right under this Dengzhou City

But when I think about it, I can't say these things, and I don't dare to say them, and some things can't be explained clearly.

Could it be that he said: Dashuai, I have been in contact with him in private, and I know him a little, and he also went to my house to visit the door...... This person is too terrible for us to deal with, so let's withdraw our troops quickly

This is all the truth, but once it is said, you will be beheaded on the charge of colluding with the enemy and disturbing the hearts of our army.

Okay, even if the commander is willing to believe in himself unconditionally, will he withdraw the army?

With the character and duties of the commander, it is absolutely impossible for him to withdraw the army.

Based on speculation alone, if you retreat without a fight, and fall into the reputation of fearing the enemy, even if the emperor is not punished, the reputation of the marshal will be ruined.

It is impossible to withdraw troops, you still have to face what you have to face, and you have to do what you have to do, so it's useless to say anything yourself.

Because of this, Shi Luoyin felt that Luo Chong was too terrible, he had calculated everything, and all he could do was to stay out of the matter, like a bystander, watching him open his fangs and bite the Zhenxi Army to death here.

If he succeeds, the army that can return to the Xia Kingdom at that time will only be his own vanguard army of more than 4,000. It wasn't that they fled back, but that they were deliberately put back when they were full.

After dark, Shi Luoyin returned to his camp with a heavy heart, feeling that the armor on his body was heavier than a mountain.

Rest for the night, and tomorrow, the vanguard army will leave here, bypassing the city of Dengzhou, and marching towards the next city of the Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, this task is also very heavy, and it is possible to encounter reinforcements from other positions in the Song Dynasty, but Shi Luoyin's current mood is that he would rather fight with the five major armies of the Song Dynasty at the same time than face that devil again.

"Dashuai, take care, I'm sorry for you......"

Looking up at the moon, two lines of clear tears slipped silently from his face.

At dawn, the vanguard army set out from camp, and half an hour later, 10,000 Zhenxi troops approached the city and made a sign of siege.

But before that, there were still people who rode to the city and persuaded them to surrender in a loud voice, which means nothing more than that: The garrison strength of your Dengzhou City is not even as good as an eggshell, and you will be crushed if you knock it lightly. If you don't descend at this time, after the city is broken, you and others will be unable to save your life.

At this moment, Deng Hai, who was standing in the city, had no fear, and as a general, he could only hold on to the end.

"Don't fall, let's fight"

Deng Hai only replied to this sentence, and prayed in his heart: "General Luo, my family, up and down the garrison, and even hundreds of people in the city, are all counting on you." When are you going to show up?"

"Attack"

Under the handsome flag, He Wanli, who was sitting firmly on Mount Tai, threw out an arrow.

Hulala......

10,000 people slowly approached with siege equipment, and it is said that with the sparse force on the city wall, the blow of the stone thrower, the crossbow or something, and a few waves of arrows, few people could still stand up. With absolute superiority, the besieging side will not suffer many casualties.

While besieging the city, He Wanli will of course guard against the elusive ironclad heavy cavalry, and the 30,000 army is centered on the handsome banner, forming a huge formation that takes into account all sides, and there is a hidden encirclement. He Wanli even had the courage to use himself as bait, lead that cavalry into the heart of the formation, and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

In addition, it was also taken into account that the heavy cavalry would take the 10,000 people who were attacking the city as the target of the attack, and He Wanli also responded to this.

On the city wall, seeing the dense siege troops slowly pressing, Deng Hai immediately ordered: Hide all for me, there is no need to guard the city wall at all, our task is just to save our lives.

What to prevent, in front of the regular army, our 2,000 people are purely old, weak, sick and disabled, and a small half of them will have to fall with a wave of blows, and before others can set up a ladder, they will almost die.

Let's all go down, hold your head and hide, whether you are dead or alive depends on the character of General Luo.

Dada......

The siege force had advanced to four hundred meters, and before it had reached the best position of the stone thrower, a fast horse galloped from a distance.

"Newspaper"

A scout of the Zhenxi Army, and a centurion, he rode his horse into the Chinese army's main formation, shouting: "To the west, the enemy is coming"