Efforts to kill the enemy is not as good as the full level of tea art

With the lessons learned from the past, there were no more riots in this march.The soldiers knew the hard work of running day and night, and they also understood that there is no benefit in running away. Two days later, the army reached the border of the plain.

Zhuo Yue's left army deviated from the main army and surrounded them from the left.This piece of city cluster is dotted with dots, there are dozens of different sizes, gathered together like stars holding the moon to the main city Danji in the center.This time, the Chinese army will currently besiege Danji, cut off its water source, food and grass, and the left and right armies will outflank and clean up the surrounding small towns to cut off its support. After seven days, the three armies will join Danji and attack the city together to take this plain.

The size of this piece of city itself is small, but densely distributed, the nearest two cities are only two miles away from each other.It is easy to attack a city alone, but the enemy is very likely to flee from one city to another, exhausting the strength of the army with guerrilla warfare.This time, the left army decided to attack the city at the same time with a unit of hundreds of sentries, and at the same time stationed a large army on the main road to prevent the enemy from fleeing.

Zhuo Yue received the order to attack a small town together with another sentinel with [-] troops.

On the first day, they were stationed a mile away from this small town, and they climbed up a small mound together to have a look.However, as far as the eye can see, there is no grass and gravel everywhere, and the small mud-like city is gray and dirty, as if it is completely made of mud.The whole city is short and small, without even a serious parapet or urn, and even the gates are made of wood.The entire city wall is no more than nine feet high, and it looks like a small sand dune from a distance, completely submerged in the dusty plain background.

"There are only three guards in the city. Well, it looks very tired. There shouldn't be heavy guards in the city." Li Hanlu next to Zhuo Yue set up an awning and squinted into the distance, "Brother Zhuo, in your opinion, it should be how?"

Zhuo Yue stood beside him with his arms around his shoulders, and said plainly: "The Chinese army ordered us to besiege the city on three sides, leaving only one side open. Wait for two days. If the defenders flee the city after two days, we can attack the city; If the enemy troops in the city are closed, they will ask for more troops and make a decision."

Li Hanlu smiled and said: "I know, these are all rules. But I thought, with brother Zhuo here, and so many brave soldiers, can we find another way - just break into the city directly, which is considered a great achievement ah ha ha ha..."

Zhuo Yue glanced at him, turned around and walked down the mound without saying a word.

Li Hanlu caught up with him in a few steps, and said in a low voice earnestly: "Brother Zhuo's name, I have heard about it long before the big rehearsal. With Brother Zhuo's talent, if he can make great contributions this time, it won't be easy for him to be promoted again." Things... As our mere sentry officer, it is really not easy to make meritorious service on weekdays, but this time to attack the city alone is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don't worry, I will take Brother Zhuo as the leader in everything. If you forget about us, hahaha..."

Zhuo Yue stopped, looked back at him and said, "Put me first in everything?"

"Yes, it is inevitable."

"Then I will say, act according to the military order." Zhuo Yue said indifferently, "Zagaan people can't get out of the closed city, we don't know how many troops there are in each city, that's why the Chinese army ordered us to 'besiege first and then attack' If you rush forward rashly, you may fall into the enemy's trap."

Li Hanlu was a little disapproving, and said with a smile: "This is just a small city the size of a palm, and there will be no heavy guards at all..."

Zhuo Yue responded perfunctorily, and turned around to arrange the siege of the city.Zhang Laohei followed him, and when he walked away, he complained: "Then Li Hanlu is a poor bastard who came out of some corner, and the people who talk about Zhihu are also eccentric. It sounds annoying. It's like Xiaoguan."

Guan Ximing shouted from the side: "Brother Hei, how did I offend you again!"

"Hey, I'm talking about the way you two talk." Mr. Zhang said, "But I don't dislike his idea. It's much more enjoyable than besieging the city."

Guan Ximing worried: "It's okay if we win this battle, but if we lose, we will disrespect the military order, and the consequences will be disastrous. Hasn't Li Hanlu thought about this?"

"Your brain is twisted and twisted, it's even more sour than Li Hanlu..."

"Or—" Li Changxing suddenly said slowly, "Li Hanlu praised and praised Brother Zhuo today because he wanted him to take the lead in leading this matter. If it happens, the two of them will inevitably be promoted at the same time for a great achievement; But if things fail, he can also turn around and beat him back, biting brother Zhuo for his greedy progress. No matter what, he has nothing to lose."

The brothers stopped and slowly turned their heads to stare at Li Changxing.

Li Changxing was a little surprised: "Well... what's wrong?"

Zhang Laohei patted him on the shoulder vigorously: "You boy, you are a corrupt official with a black heart."

Li Changxing laughed, and turned to look at Zhuo Yue: "Brother Zhuo, what should we do?"

"Follow the military orders." Zhuo Yue said coolly.

The last time Danji was besieged, the troops were also divided into three groups, but Zhuo Yue was still a barefoot soldier at that time, and he followed his general to besiege the city for two days honestly, and then captured a small group of Zhagan people who fled alive. .

But now it seems that it is not as easy as imagined to take down this small town rammed with earth.

There are more than 100 people in the two outposts, which is not too much manpower, but fortunately, this small town rammed with earth is a small place with the size of a projectile. If they really have large siege equipment such as trebuchets, a flying stone will smash the city wall .That night, Zhuo Yue assigned 100 people to camp in place, twice the actual number, and another [-] people to besiege the city and patrol the city, each with two torches in their hands.In this way, the enemy in the city can be given the illusion that they have twice the number.

When Zhuo Yue gave the order, Li Hanlu stood aside with cold eyes, without interjecting.He seemed to know that his abilities were limited, and interrupting Zhuo Yue rashly would only cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers.But he still seemed to have a lot of objections to Zhuo Yue's conservative tactics. After watching it for a while, he kept moaning, and finally walked away.

"Brother Zhuo..." Guan Ximing was a little uneasy, looking at Li Hanlu's back, and then at Zhuo Yue.

Zhuo Yue patted Guan Ximing on the shoulder, and said coldly, "Let him go."

It's not like he hasn't seen this kind of greedy villain in his previous life.Treating war as a joke, looking down on anyone with eyes above the top, thinking that he can repel [-] enemy troops with a single wave of his hand, but he has no flesh and can't even carry a big knife. It's really funny.

That night, Zhuo Yue ordered all the soldiers to sleep with their knives on their pillows, and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.After sitting in the tent for a while, he decided to get up and go outside to check around.Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he saw a light flickering at the door, and it was Li Changxing standing at the entrance of his tent holding a light.

"Brother Zhuo." Li Changxing raised his eyes and smiled at him, his brows and eyes soft.

"Why are you here?"

"It's cold at night. Someone brought some highland barley wine. I'll bring you a pot to warm you up." Li Changxing glanced at him up and down, "It's so late, do you want to go out?"

"...Where's Xiao Ga?" Xiao Ga used to do the work of delivering water, wine, and food at night, but at some point this kid took the lead.

"Brother Zhuo, did you forget? Brother Gazi led his troops out on patrol, and he hasn't come back yet." Li Changxing took another step forward, "Let me walk with you."

Zhuo Yue nodded.The two of them left the tent with their lamps, and climbed up to the small mound that they had visited during the day, and looked up from it.Tonight is a rare night with clear moonlight and luxuriant stars. You don’t need to lift your eyes to see the river of stars cascading down from the dark dome, all the way to the end of the horizon. The appendix. ①

And the small city rammed with earth stands quietly on the distant plain, under the bright river of stars.Without the direct light of the sun, the small town lost its humble appearance, leaving only a dark silhouette in the light of the moon and stars.From this point of view, there is a bit of loneliness and aloofness.

Zhuo Yue raised his eyes to look, and could vaguely see a solitary lamp shining on the top of the earthen wall of the small town.In the silvery night, the warm orange firelight became the only bright color in the world.

At this time and night, it seemed that someone in the city was standing beside the candlelight, looking up, quietly looking in their direction.

The two stood in the darkness for a long while in silence, Zhuo Yue suddenly asked, "What do you think?"

He asked this question without thinking, but Li Changxing understood what he meant: "It's hard to say."

"Since we arrived here, the city has been terribly quiet. If there are not enough troops in the city, it is inevitable that soldiers will come to the city to watch for an opportunity to break through; if there are enough troops in the city, they should deploy defenses early to prevent us from attacking the city by surprise." Li Changxing He said slowly, "But in this city, there are less than ten soldiers guarding the city during the day, and all of them look calm and composed. They don't look like they are going to abandon the city, nor do they seem to be preparing to defend the city."

Zhuo Yue smiled and praised: "That's right, the observation is meticulous."

"There should be an expert in the city." Li Changxing looked at Zhuo Yue, "What are you going to do?"

Zhuo Yue lazily said: "Stay unchanged, respond to all changes."

Li Changxing smiled dumbly: "I thought if you had this chance, you would—"

"What will happen? Will that idiot like Li Hanlu rush to attack the city for the sake of greed?" Zhuo Yue patted him, "Just do what you're supposed to do. If there is any change, contact the army for support .”

When he was reborn once, he had already understood the battlefield - there is no good strategy that suddenly dawned on him. On the battlefield, following instructions and acting according to the strategy can greatly increase the winning rate.Most of those fiasco failures come from people's self-consciousness.

Li Changxing nodded, and suddenly said, "If you think so, Li Hanlu may not think so."

"Him?" Zhuo Yue was a little disdainful, "A short-sighted villain can't get out of the sky."

Li Changxing smiled and said nothing.The two of them stood silently for a while in the breezy and moonlit night, but saw that the light on the tower in the distance went out, and it seemed that even the defenders of the enemy army had rested.

"Let's go." Zhuo Yue patted Li Changxing.

The tents of the Central Plains people and the Tucheng of the grassland people were all immersed in the tranquility of the night.The Milky Way was hot and silent, rolling and flowing quietly on the Cangxiong above the head, watching the sleeping people.In such a night, if one can sleep well all night, when one wakes up, one will be able to see a clear sky with no clouds and a clear blue sky.

But some things are not as expected.

Sleeping until midnight, Zhuo Yue suddenly felt that someone was patting him: "...Brother Zhuo...Brother Zhuo, wake up."

Zhuo Yue had always been in a light sleep on the battlefield, but he woke up almost immediately, only to see Xiao Ga frowning and shaking his shoulders in the dark.But at this time, outside the tent, which should have been pitch black and silent, there was flying fire flashing around the tent.

Surprised, Zhuo Zhuo sat up suddenly: "What's going on!"

The camp tent was raised suddenly, and Zhang Laohei strode inside holding the torch. In a flash, Xiao Ga's livid face was illuminated like lightning and flint: "... Li Hanlu led his troops to attack the city privately."

At the beginning of January, Yinshi in northern Xinjiang is still like night.The Yinyue Galaxy in the first half of the night seemed to be a dream, and now they are hidden in the thin clouds like wisps. On the sky wall in the far east, there is a light blue halo that is slowly expanding, but if It was a long time before the day broke.

The sky is still hazy, but the ground is burning like a beacon.

Zhuo Yue put on his armor and strode out of the tent, but saw that almost all the soldiers had been awakened and were standing in the open space at a loss.At this time, even the patrolling personnel should have returned long ago, and everyone except those who took turns keeping watch should be in the camp.But at this moment, Zhuo Yue glanced wide, but there were only ordinary people present - it was self-evident where the others had gone.

Zhang Laohei's face was tense, and he looked like cast iron in the firelight night.He held up a torch to lure Zhuo Yue to Yingkou, Zhuo Yue raised his eyes and almost exploded his lungs——

The distance between the two armies was only one mile. At this time, the lights on both sides were brightly lit, and the overall situation was clear at a glance.Jumping over the ditch of the camp and looking away from the horse, I saw that the small city rammed with earth had become a melee at this time, and the screams of killing and the neighing of horseshoes resounded through the sky.Originally, the small town was as quiet as stagnant water, but out of nowhere, a large number of Zhagan soldiers appeared.Crowds were crowded on the city tower, cold arrows were shot everywhere, and Zhagan's arms were terrifying. Zhuo Yue saw with his own eyes that a man threw a javelin from the top of the city and pierced two Central Plains soldiers into a string.And the situation under the city tower is not much better, a mere hundred soldiers, and they are new recruits, how can they fight against the brave grassland warriors?Seeing that it has become a sea of ​​blood.

The sound of mingjin urging their lives sounded over and over again. The soldiers in front of the formation wanted to flee back, but they were entangled tightly by Zhaganbing's long sword.

Zhuo Yue turned around sharply and ordered the whole army to regroup.Xiao Ga followed closely beside Zhuo Yue, frowning and asked, "Brother Zhuo, do you want to save him?"

"This bastard, he led troops to attack the city without consulting you! Let him die." Zhang Laohei said angrily, "But we don't have to be afraid of barbarians."

Guan Ximing ran over without knowing when, and listened to the conversation of the next few people, and immediately said urgently: "You have to save! The military law clearly states that if you see a fellow soldier who does not save, you will be beheaded!"

Zhuo Yue frowned, his handsome and thin side face looked extraordinarily resolute in the firelight.He tilted his head slightly, staring at the front line that was shouting and killing, and fell into a short thought.

At this time, the situation cannot be delayed, but the more you are the main general at this time, the more calm you need to be.In many cases, it is not that people who have lost battles have never learned the art of war, nor are they not smart enough, but they are killed by the thundering cannons and drums as soon as they go to the battlefield. A lifelong regrettable decision.

Just like the choice Zhuo Yue is facing at this moment—to save, or not to save?

There is nothing wrong with not saving one's feelings, Zhuo Yue thought that Li Hanlu was just a greedy villain, but he was also a fool with no idea.How dare you carry him behind your back and privately lead troops to attack the city late at night.

He could guess what Li Hanlu was thinking—this small town was as quiet as a dead city, and it was estimated that there were not many guards and no generals in it.He suddenly attacked the city at Yinshi when people were sleeping soundly, if the troops in the city were really weak, it is unknown if he really succeeded.

But who knows, he was bitten back by the fierce tiger dormant in the city.

And according to the military law, if they refuse to save them, they will also be dealt with by Lian Zuo's military law.

But how to save it is another good question.

The blue veins on Zhuo Yue's forehead twitched lightly, he raised his voice to call the team captains, and ordered in a deep voice: "Reorganize the army in a while, form a 'turtle' formation!"

Turtle formation, with ten people as a small team, the rattan players are on the outside as the first layer, the first player is behind as a cover, and the gunners are in the middle and long-range.This formation is mainly defensive and carries out long-distance attack. It is suitable for the time when the two armies are not close to each other.

This formation had already been rehearsed on the practice field, and the captains took orders to leave.Guan Ximing followed Zhuo Yue and stretched out his ears to listen, taking advantage of the short gap between Zhuo Yue's voice, he interjected and asked, "Shouldn't we just rush up to save people?"

Zhuo Yue raised his hand and gave him a thought: "Where's your usual guts? Are you afraid of cutting someone's sword?"

After more than ten years of martial arts career, Zhuo Yue has already concluded that if he can deal with grassland people, he can attack from a distance and not attack close.The Zhagan bone splitting knife has the power to break mountains and rocks. Ordinary rattan cards are no match at all. In addition, the army in the Central Plains is mostly infantry, and the prairie people are good at riding and shooting. The speed is much faster. The only chance of victory is when the distance between the two sides is not close enough. When it is close, it will take the lead in overpowering the enemy.

And he also had a guess in his heart - there must be an expert in this humble small town rammed with earth, and he was unlucky enough to bump into him.It's just that although the people in the city are smart, there are also clues in their behavior that reveal the fact that his troops are insufficient.

If there are enough troops in the city, facing their hundred-man army with the straight-forward bloodiness of the Zhagan people, they must choose to break through the siege head-on.But since yesterday, there has been a lot of empty plans in the city, just to lure them to attack the city late at night and then catch them all from the top.

And at this time, if you look ahead carefully, you can also find that although there are many people in the shadows of the city, there are not many arrows actually shot down.The cold arrows are sparse, and there are javelins mixed in to make up the number. It has to be suspected that not only the defenders in the city are scarce, but even the armaments are in a hurry.

Zhuo Yue really doubted that those bewitching shadows on the top of the city might be made by straw men.

interesting.

Obviously, now the city lord wants to lure him to the city, and then use the terrain advantage to catch the turtle in the urn.It's too naive for this person to dare to think so. What do you think of him, a fool with a brain swapped like a pig like Li Hanlu?

In just a moment, the whole army was ready to go.Zhuo Yue took a firecracker, and this confrontation probably wouldn't be a hand-to-hand fight, but he still habitually carried the Xuanhua ax behind his back.Before putting the saddle on the horse, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly turned around and asked, "Where is Li Changxing?"

Normally, this kid would follow him like a dog's skin plaster if there was any trouble, but now the whole camp was in chaos, but he disappeared as if he had escaped without a trace.

Hearing Zhuo Yue's question to Li Changxing, Xiao Ga's expression turned slightly cold: "I haven't seen him."

Zhuo Yue frowned, feeling a little uneasy.But this kid has become a ghost, so there is no need to worry about his safety, you can ask him again after this time is over.

Xiao Ga held the bridle, looked at Zhuo Yuefei on the horse, raised his head and asked, "Do you want to move the Chinese army to rescue the soldiers?"

Before the dispatch of troops this time, it was said that if the troops are insufficient to attack the city and cannot make up their minds to attack by force, they must send a signal to move the Chinese army to come to support them.

Unexpectedly, when Zhuo Yue pulled the rein, the horse neighed a little restlessly and paced back and forth, but he heard him from above lazily laughing and said: "Move it as you like. It's just that the army closest to us sets out and comes here, at least it takes An hour, and our battle is almost over by then."

Like the campfire of the flame of the red ghost in the myth, it burns grandly and mysteriously, illuminating all the soldiers in line and the weapons in their hands, in this night, it seems to be a nocturnal ghost army climbing up the abyss of the underworld.And at the head of them, the young general sat on a tall and fierce horse with his backlit, and the Xuanhua ax on his back gleamed with a ghostly cold light.His whole body was dyed crimson by the flames. When he tilted his face slightly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised and his cold eyes looked like Yama descended into the world. Wherever his eyes looked, everything was nothing but dust.

"Come on, boys."

He raised his head and smiled, the slender neck was like drinking blood.

"Let's go to the battlefield to play!"

The author has something to say: ① ("Tianjingsha", Meng Fang)

Brother Zhuo is bright!So handsome!Brother Zhuo is the most handsome on the battlefield!Continue to the next chapter~

ps. Brother Zhuo's old enemy is about to go online (this chapter has already revealed a shadow?)