The night was filled with darkness, and the crescent moon, which had not been revealed for a long time, finally smiled, walking naughtyly through the dark clouds in the sky, and the light of the lights were shining on the ground, flashing and dark. However, the Tang army's warehouse was brightly lit, and hundreds of torches shone like the daytime.

A team of Tang army guards patrolled back and forth near the camp gate without any slackness. Ten other 100-person brigades formed a patrol team and patrolled back and forth within two miles outside the camp, and outsiders were not allowed to approach.

Four or five miles south of the camp, there was a mountain stretching for more than ten, with lush trees on it. At this moment, the 20,000 Sui troops commanded by Luo Shixin had entered the hills and trees, leaning on the trunks in groups of three or three to rest, without saying a word, making the entire forest very quiet, as if there was no human existence.

The Sui army is an elite army selected after the military reform. The number has indeed dropped sharply by nearly 200,000, but its combat power has not decreased again. Especially for more than a year since members of the "Military Affairs Department" entered the battalion, the Sui army's self-discipline and loyalty concept have reached a higher level. In terms of ideological awareness, the Sui army is definitely the best in the world! These veterans know how to cherish every breath before the war, and know how to take a look more, and they will have more vitality when they arrive on the battlefield!

Li Zhengbao stood in front of the mountains with wide vision, silently staring at the Tang army camp in the distance. What appeared in front of him was not the regular military camp, but the main grain and grass area of ​​warehouses. The Tang army lived in important roads everywhere, but from the perspective of camp decoration, the person who set up the camp was obviously an expert in camping.

This grain and grass are heavily distributed on the north bank of Luoshui, extending nearly ten miles. The first line of defense is a four-foot-wide and three-foot-deep trench. The trench is neither deep nor shallow nor wide, and is slightly wider than the length of an ordinary war horse. Once the horse falls down, it will be stuck in it and unable to move.

The second line of defense is the camp fence, surrounded by fences built with tree trunks. One end is firmly penetrated into the ground, and the other end is sharpened, forming an "x" shape. Each "x" is stable by a beam, with a spacing of not enough for adults to penetrate. After that, there is a slightly low deer-point fence that is set up with it. If it is suddenly forced into the outside, it will be pierced by the sharpened wood inside. There is a sentry every thirty steps, and the guard is very strict. According to Guan De's instructions, the Tang army also had caltrops underground, which were set up by the Sui army with sufficient cavalry defense.

The entire camp is divided into three parts, distributed along the Luoshui River with the word "Pin". The camp of the defenders is located at the northmost point of the warehouse group, about two miles away from the warehouse group. The dock and the warehouse group are on the river bank at the top and bottom. The wharf are located in the lower reaches. The reason why the warehouse group is higher than the Lu County County. If the Sui army attacks, it is common to destroy the various materials in the warehouse group. If it is in the upper reaches, if it is attacked, the Tang army in the county can also quickly go out of the city to rescue and attack the invading enemy with the defenders of this camp. If the Sui army attacks the dock first, the defenders can divide their troops to meet the enemy, and the Tang army in the county can come out to protect the warehouse group.

Standing at a high place, Li Zhengbao could clearly see the huge warehouses in the camp, which contained 400,000 stones of grain and hundreds of thousands of dan of forage from the Tang army, as well as countless tents and weapons.

He sighed slightly and shook his head. The camp was indeed full of everything, but there was a big loophole in the arrangement of the Tang army. That is, the soldiers who deployed the troops ignored the seven or eight miles distance between the county town and the camp. Moreover, the army in the city was infantry. When they ran here, they were exhausted. It would be good to be able to protect half of the combat power. If the invading enemy had sufficient troops, they could even ambush him on the way. When the troops were insufficient, they could also destroy the Tang army coming to aid first. The method was

The Tang army in the county was attacked by a small group of soldiers and alarmed the two sides of the garrison. Seeing that there was any movement here, the Tang army in the county did not dare to come, so they were caught off guard by the ambush in the middle. How could the defenders on this side sit and wait and see if there are no people coming to the enemy, and go to rescue friendly troops without caring about the food and grass? They will only form heavy troops to defend the warehouse county. After the invading enemy annihilate the reinforcements, they can easily kill the other two parts of the word "Pin" one by one, thereby eroding the Tang army's strength, morale, and combat will one by one!

If it were Li Zhengbao who came to deploy troops, he thought he would arrange all the defenders of the county town to the corner of the warehouse group! Because compared with this, the county town has no strategic value at all. Using five thousand soldiers to defend is purely a waste of manpower. There is no perfect thing in the world. Zhang Liang pursues everything, but in fact he is not in everything. This is not to say that Zhang Liang is incompetent, but a lack of experience.

At this point, Li Zhengbao, who was commanding the army on behalf of Luo Shixin, breathed a sigh of relief. This seemingly unbreakable camp seemed to have become loopholes everywhere.

At this time, a few black shadows ran from the foot of the mountain. This was a scout who was ordered by Luo Shixin, who had entered the enemy camp, came to deliver the letter.

"Report to General Li, the general has passed the post of the bandit army. Before leaving, the general told him that as soon as General Li took action, he would catch him off guard from the inside."

Li Zhengbao was overjoyed and resolutely ordered: "Send the order and the whole army prepares for combat! Mainly attack the intersection of the defensive garrison and the warehouse area. Remember, only the heavy grain and grass areas can be burned to the northern area."

From a tactical perspective, Luo Shixin and Li Zhengbao both wanted to completely destroy the Tang army's food and grass, which was important, but for strategic considerations, the two finally left this warehouse group unanimously. Only in this way could Li Shimin's army be restrained in Hongnong. If there was no such important grain area, if the "water attack" plan might have failed, Li Shimin would have fiercely attacked Yang Shanhui's army with a destruction and boat-walking force. Once Yang Shanhui learned of the existence of the embankment, he would inevitably retreat to a high place. This gave Li Shimin an opportunity to take advantage of it. Under various unfavorable situations, it was very likely that Li Shimin would succeed. The existence of this important grain area would have a more thoughtful Li Shimin's determination to die would not be so strong. Therefore, the two decided to have a plan to annihilate the enemy's vitality, and the food and grass in the camp were no longer important.

This is also the difference between a general and a general. A general only needs to obey the coach's arrangements and completely follow the tasks of his own. A general needs to consider the overall situation, and if the task details are not considered carefully, you can lose all the game.

Zhang Liang is undoubtedly the mentality of the general. His obvious task is to defend everything from the Lu family, and to ensure a smooth road for the evacuation of the army, so he arranged defense step by step according to the task; while Luo Shixin received the order to destroy everything, but he and Li Zhengbao were able to adjust Yang Tong's orders according to the current situation. Compared with Yang Tong's arrangements, the effect was undoubtedly better. This is the quality of judging the situation for the commander and being able to make good decisions...

"Here!" The signaling was sent away in a hurry.

Li Zhengbao said again: "General Xin Liao'er!"

The strong Xin Liaoer stepped forward with energy: "The last one is here!"

"I will give you five thousand elite soldiers, and be sure to annihilate the enemy who came to the county town to help."

The Tang army of Lu's family had a total of 15,000, while the Sui army had a total of 20,000 people. If Li Zhengbao threw all 20,000 troops into the battle of the camp, he would be too careful and underestimated the combat power of the Sui army too much. Therefore, he decided to fight to determine the world and complete his efforts in one battle, thus saving more time. This was a conditioning made by Li Zhengbao against the combat power of the Sui and Tang armies, which was different from the previous setting. He now took the baton from Luo Shixin and had the power to make decisions.

"Here!" Xin Liao'er responded excitedly and retreated. Both came from the Liang Shidu master. Li Zhengbao had the ability to fight; while Xin Liao'er was a brave warfare faction, commonly known as a kind of brain muscle.

Li Zhengbao's calmness and grandeur can make up for Luo Shixin's strategic shortcomings and impulses in temperament; Xin Liao'er can play the fierce role of Luo Shixin. Although he is not as fierce as Luo Shixin, there is such a tiger general who charges on his behalf, which also ensures that Luo Shixin's fierce fighting style can be guaranteed when it is not suitable to go forward to fight.

It can be said that the core teams of the Great Sui army were all coordinated after Yang Tong and the Pushe of the Three Provinces and Nine Ministry of the Shangshu. The Shangshu had thought and discussed it after several discussions.

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As usual, a team of Tang soldiers patrolled along the fence to the west, next to a lush jungle hill, which was one of the key points of the Tang army's defense. Outside the fence, not only were the soldiers of the third brigade stationed and patrolled for a long time, but also built three sentry towers. The soldiers observed the situation in the mountains in batches day and night.

First, the Tang army commanders of these three brigades were fulfilling their duties, but in the nearly one month when they were stationed, the entire Lu family did not find the Sui army. In private, the soldiers thought that Changyuan County was the first choice of Sui army, so they slowly slacked off. Even if they were patrolling continuously, everyone was talking and laughing, and did not watch the surroundings seriously.

Just as the patrol team was walking to the middle of the sentry tower while talking dirty jokes, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the mountain, and the sentry on the sentry rolled down from above with his chest covering his chest.

The heavy sound of falling to the ground alarmed the soldiers patrolling below. They were elite soldiers sent by Zhang Liang. Although they had been lazy, the veterans showed their quality at this moment. They did not scatter in fear, but quickly formed a formation to gather in the direction of the sentry tower, preparing to cover the team to climb the tower. However, the Sui army, who had sneaked to the nearest, obviously would not give them a chance to ring the bell and warn them.

Just when they were still dozens of feet away from the mail tower, accompanied by the sound of the "Swish Swish Swish Swish", crossbow arrows with blue poisonous light shining under the moonlight swept across. The Tang soldiers were wailing and fell to the ground one after another. The Tang soldiers in front of them were helped by their comrades behind them, and temporarily escaped, but the sudden change also made them lose their minds for a moment. When they remembered to raise their shields and arrows, a rain of arrows came again, poisoning more than half of the survivors, resulting in the complete 100-person brigade, only a dozen people escaped by chance.

"Enemy attack! An enemy attack!"

The Tang soldiers ran wildly and shouted: "Bang the bell to warn!"

"Dangdangdangdang!" As the soldiers shouted loudly, the alarm bell of the whistle tower finally rang. The crisp and rapid bell sounded in the night sky, and the sound spread throughout the camp. In just a moment, the quiet Tang army camp seemed to be coming to life. The noise, shouting, and footsteps tear through the tranquility of the night.

Between the camp and the reservoir area, Zhang Liang arranged a thousand Tang soldiers. They were closest to the site of the incident. He rushed from all directions to the accident when he heard the news.

The Sui army, who had already succeeded, threw out the rope, tied it firmly to the fence, and quickly retreated. Countless war horses retreated together. There was a loud "boom" sound, and a large area of ​​the camp was pulled down, and a gap of five feet wide appeared. Another team of Sui army acted accordingly and pulled down the second camp.

Another 500 Sui soldiers who had prepared had filled the trench with sandbags and covered the wooden boards with caltrops. Thousands of elites were led by General Yingyanglang (the chief general of the thousand guards) and rushed into the warehouse. At this time, Tang soldiers came from all directions.

"Form a formation!"

The cavalry quickly divided into ten teams, each with a hundred people. The soldiers held battle spears and crossbows in their hands, and urged the horses to kill forward with arrows. The Sui soldiers were extremely brave. They cooperated tacitly and skillfully used the advantages of the cavalry. After a moment, they reversed the situation and killed a thousand Tang soldiers so that they ran around in a panic.

The Sui army, who was supporting, continued to kill in and widen the gap.

At this time, some soldiers lit the fire rods in their hands. Their fire rods were dried with oil-soaked linen cloth and stuffed them into the dry bamboo tube with sulfur powder, and wrapped them with oil paper outside. This kind of fire rods were easy to burn and could burn rapidly. They were an excellent fire-attracting object. The Sui army had a hand. They threw the lit fire rods into a warehouse full of grass. The soldiers followed suit and quickly lit more than twenty warehouses.

After burning down the warehouse in the North District according to the order, they turned their horses and rushed to the camp of the Tang Army's garrison.

The alarm bells sounded in the warehouse and the rolling smoke alarmed the Tang army in the camp two miles away. However, the Tang army commander Zhang Liang was wearing Taoist robe, thin-soled cloth shoes, and unarmed. He was respectfully waiting for Taoist Zong Yang's arrival on the passage one mile away from the central army's tent. The personal guards accompanying him were also dressed in this outfit. They heard the alarm bells coming from a distance, and they were stunned. They looked up and some soldiers came to report: "General, it seems that something happened in the warehouse's main area."
Chapter completed!