On the tenth day of the 10th month of the 11th year of Xiangxing, the Jiagou Ji siege and annihilation battle entered the second day. Ni Liang stood on the platform and looked at the battlefield. As the sun rose, the mist in the valley gradually dissipated, and everything appeared clearly in his eyes. The corpses everywhere, the flames of the embers and the thick bloody smell filled the valley all showed the fierceness and cruelty of the battle.

Yesterday, the fierce battle lasted, and the trapped enemy troops launched repeated attacks on the two mountain passes. The Song army defended their positions without giving in. While constantly strengthening the defense line, they launched counterattacks at the right time, blocking the enemy's tide attack. The war between the two sides fell into a stalemate. The enemy could not regain the mountain pass that the Song army was defending and opened the road to advance south; and the Song army could not rush into the valley and annihilate the enemies in the encirclement.

At this time, the battlefield was calm. Glittering of blue smoke floated from the town. There were enemy soldiers shedding horses by the lake, and soldiers outside the camp were wiping the weapons. And while the mountain pass where the Song army was guarding, the soldiers also took advantage of the rare moment of truce to strengthen the fortifications, repair the destroyed horses in front of the formation, transport ammunition, and wipe weapons. But he knew that a new war was brewing in peace.

Ni Liang put down the telescope, rubbed his dry eyes, and rubbed his face hard to make himself more energetic. Last night was not peaceful, and the enemy took advantage of the darkness to launch many night attacks to try to capture the mountain pass. There was even an enemy army that touched the East Mountain and attacked the command post. The guns and cannons rang all night, and the guard camp cleaned the enemy soldiers who had sneaked into the mountain in the early morning, so he naturally couldn't sleep all night.

Although Ni Liang felt a little tired and anxious, and even though they finally trapped the enemy troops coming to Xuzhou to support him in Jiagouji and tightened his pockets, he knew that there was not much time left for him. The enemy troops in Yingtian Prefecture had already set off before they set off, and they also entered the Suzhou territory. The news was cut off, and he was not sure whether the Sixth Brigade and other units that left the ambush carried out their operations as planned, whether they could intercept the enemy, and whether they could wait for their arrival.

Ni Liang knew very well that the difficulties faced by the sixth Brigade and other units in charge of ambushing Yingtianfu were much greater than theirs. First of all, we must consider how to conceal the enemy and march for hundreds of miles without being discovered by the enemy; secondly, it lacks the available terrain, but it has to face the enemy that is twice as big as theirs. No matter how ambushed is set up, it cannot encircle the enemy with its existing forces; in addition, whether the enemy continues to go to Fuli or retreat to Yingtianfu, it may find a way to break through when the troops are superior, and whether it can hold the enemy back and wait for them to arrive...

Thinking that Luo Datong and others would face one of the difficulties, Ni Liang couldn't help but feel a little sad and regretted it. When formulating a combat plan, he had considered these issues and had corresponding plans. However, what he didn't expect was that the enemy troops who came out of Xuzhou delayed their departure for two days, which led to a deviation in his plan. He changed from using the time difference to fighting each other to the two groups going to war almost at the same time, which caught him off guard.

This reminded Ni Liang of what His Majesty said: Plans will never keep up with changes. In other words, no matter how perfect the combat plan is, it is difficult to be perfectly implemented during implementation, and accidents will always occur. The most effective way to solve this problem is to keep a reserve team so that it can deal with possible accidents at any time. However, the enemy I faced this time was too powerful, and the mobile force he had was too few, so he could only play the cards at one time, and there was no battle reserve team left, resulting in the current dilemma of no troops to adjust.

"Du Shuai, the scouts sent by him returned. The Fifth Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade and the Artillery Brigade may have set up an ambush in Liuzi Town, cutting off the retreat of Tutuha." Li Mao, the commander of the scout camp, came over to report.

"Maybe?! What does this mean?" Ni Liang's face turned dark after hearing the inaccurate news. He asked in a deep voice.

"Shishen, that's right!" Li Mao added his lips, "The scouts we sent found the Tutu and Ha army camping in the wild in the south of Liuzi Town and were on high alert. The people who followed the escape from Liuzi Town said that the Song army raided the Yuan army marching brigade in the early morning and seized the town. They also tried to cross the defense line to contact our army in the town, but failed. They could only judge from the sound of gunfire that the Fifth Brigade and the Artillery Brigade, but it was difficult to confirm whether the Cavalry Brigade was in the town!"

"They cut off Tutuha's retreat in Liuzi Town..." Ni Liang immediately turned around and entered the command post, leaned over and looked at the map to find the location of Liuzi Town, and then pointed out.

"DuShuai, Liuzi Town is a Jushi Town in Huaibei. It has built village walls and city defense facilities, and the houses are dense. The intention is to use this as a basis to defend it to make up for the shortcomings of military strength." said Xiao Ting, Sima of the DuShi.

"Sun Datong's meaning is also very clear. He uses his troops and artillery brigade to defend Liuzi Town. Let the cavalry travel away from outside the town to protect the flanks and block the enemy's attempt to return by taking a detour." Ni Liang said bitterly again, "He is also preparing to use the complex streets and dense houses in the town to fight with the enemy streets, drag the enemy down, annihilate the reinforcements of Xuzhou for us, and rush to the battlefield to encircle and annihilate the earth and soil to win time!"

"The Fifth Brigade has to hold the enemy at all costs. They are now facing the danger of being attacked from both sides. Fighting against troops that exceed several times his several times, even if we persist until we arrive, we are already tired. Although we have the advantage at the moment, we have to march nearly a hundred miles behind the annihilation of the enemy to the battlefield, which is also exhausted. The officials thought it was difficult to annihilate the enemy as planned. Should we ask His Majesty to send reinforcements?" Xiao Ting responded with a wry smile.

"No! Your Majesty has strengthened the Fifth Brigade to us. At present, there are only personal guards and baggage regiments around you, and you must not be transferred anymore. Your Majesty's safety is the safety of the country. The first responsibility of the guards in front of the imperial army is to protect the emperor. You must not forget any time, anywhere, or any situation. This is also the value of our existence!" Ni Liang raised his waist and said solemnly.

"Yes, what Du Shuai taught is that our duty is to defend the emperor, and the officials must keep it in mind and never forget it!" Xiao Ting immediately answered attentively.

"What are the movements of the enemy troops in Fu Li?" Ni Liang nodded and turned to ask Li Mao who followed him.

"DuShip, according to the reward, Fu Li's enemy has reduced its troops under the oppression of the second army and dared not move rashly. The whistle cavalry dared not exceed twenty miles from the camp!" Li Mao replied.

"Hmph, Yuwahu's life is not easy. He dared not fight with our army, nor did he dare to send troops to support Tutu, otherwise he would be attacked by the second army. However, he was worried that Tutu, after being ambushed, he would not dare to continue moving forward and return to Yingtian Mansion. Then he would not get reinforcements and could only sit in the lonely city!" Ni Liang snorted coldly.

"Supervisor Du, if Tu Tu Ha was cut off regardless of the way home and insisted on reinforcement of Fu Li to fight our army?" Xiao Ting asked. This was also what he was most worried about. At present, there was only the Second Army and the newly recruited Du Ge army troops outside Fu Li. If they went to Fu Li to fight for the final battle without regard to the harassment, then the Second Army would probably be unstoppable. They could only retreat to Zero Wall and even retreat to Sizhou to gain a foothold.

"This is also the cleverness of Sun Datong. If he set up an ambush on the enemy's march route, then Tutuha would immediately think that our army was empty and would send troops to intercept his troops to reinforce Fu Li. And when he set up an ambush on the way back, he would be suspicious and thought that our army wanted to attack Yingtian Mansion while he reinforced Fu Li. But at present, there were only a few thousand miscellaneous soldiers in Yingtian Mansion, like an empty gate. Once he lost his real gold and wanted to cut off his head, he would also be trapped here. This made him undecided and difficult to decide!" Ni Liang said with a smile, and there was no shortage of praise for Sun Datong in his words.

"Oh, this is also the reason why Tu Tuha was not in a hurry to attack Liuzi Town and open up the way back?" Xiao Ting also reacted immediately, but he was not sure.

"How could Sun Datong be smart?" Ni Liang praised again and said with a smile, "The reason why Tutuha has not launched a fierce attack on Liuzi Town is because he is waiting for the news of Xuzhou reinforcements. Once he confirmed that Tiemaichi did not arrive at Fuli on time and was also ambushed by our army, he would return to Yingtian Mansion desperately. And by this, Sun Datong had bought a day to build fortifications, improve the defense system, and also gained an extra day for us to annihilate the enemy!"

"In the past, I always thought that Sun Datong was a native of Lu, with courage and little strategy, but from this point of view, he was also very smart!" Xiao Ting also said.

"Speaking of this, he has not been with His Majesty for nothing during this period, and has understood a lot of ways to use troops. His Majesty used to say that in the past, wars must not only count military strength, materials, weather, but also people. He dared to do this, but actually understood Tu Tu's thoughts!" Ni Liang said.

"In this way, Your Majesty has trained another famous general. Sun Datong will definitely become famous in this battle!" Xiao Tingshen thought it was authentic.

"Sima Xiao, after the war, I want to recommend you to serve in the imperial court. I don't know what to do?" Ni Liang asked suddenly.

"Why are you talking about this? Did I do something wrong or have any incompetent?" Xiao Ting was stunned, and asked anxiously.

"No, no, you are skilled in military affairs, meticulous in thinking, diligent in doing things, and very competent. I have no intention of blame!" Ni Liang waved his hand repeatedly, "Your Majesty is too tired now. Not only should you worry about national affairs, but you also have to plan wars. Jingsheng is enthusiastic and lacks talent, which forces His Majesty to do everything himself, or to entrust him to do it with Tan Fei, but his small matters are OK, and planning the overall situation is still not good. So I thought to let you go to the imperial front to counsel military affairs, assist His Majesty in handling military affairs, and transfer Tan Fei to the guards to work and exercise!"
Chapter completed!