In the afternoon, in the wilderness on the east bank of Sashui, on the mound called "Qiujia", the Zhou cavalry could clearly see the whole picture of the Goguryeo army moving north and south in front (east).

The Goguryeo army had already crossed this hill, shaped like a threshold, but it stopped at the foot of the hills and lined up to fight.

The battle formation runs north and south, stretches for more than ten miles, facing the west side, that is, the Sashui direction, and is divided into three parts: left, middle and right. There are about 10,000 left troops, mixed infantry and cavalry, and nearly 20,000 middle troops, all of which are infantry and cavalry, and about 10,000 right troops, and also mixed infantry and cavalry.

This is the front army, with a total force of about 40,000. The left, middle and right armies each have a back army. The Zhou cavalry cannot see the situation of the back army clearly on the mound. It is estimated that the back army has a total force of 30,000, which means that the total force of the Goguryeo army is no less than 70,000, mainly infantry, but there are also many cavalry.

In terms of number of people, Goguryeo has an advantage in military strength.

The Goguryeo army that stopped advancing was about seven miles away from the Zhou army formation. The hill behind them was waving, and it seemed that the commander was the place where his commander was.

The Zhou cavalry tried to approach and disperse the Goguryeo cavalry. After this brief reconnaissance, the Zhou army discovered that the Goguryeo soldiers set up a horse with spears on the outer edge of the military formation, which seemed to be preparing for overnight stays.

Wang Shiji, the marching chief manager at the "Qiujia", looked at the formation with a thousand-mile mirror, saw the banner raised by the Central Military Office, and received the latest order: rest on the spot and must guard the "Qiujia" tonight.

The main forces of the two armies confronted each other and had no tentative confrontation. Just rested like this?

Wang Shiji didn't find it strange, because the Goguryeo army fought this idea and he also followed the trend.

It is fourteen:30 p.m. The distance between the two armies is still seven miles. When the distance is equally shortened to one mile of the battle, it may be dusk by then. If the war begins, it will be dark before long, so the battle cannot be fought.

Therefore, tonight, the soldiers of both sides have to spend one night in this wilderness, using the sky as the quilt and the earth as the mat, and waiting for the decisive battle to come.

This situation is rare, but it is not impossible. No one knows whether it can be spent safely tonight.

Even if there is no night battle, it is not easy to spend the night in this wilderness. Now it is summer, and there are many mosquitoes in the wilderness. Regardless of our enemies, the soldiers will be bitten to death.

The Zhou army was located in the riverside, which was muddy and even more uncomfortable.

Wang Shiji felt that this was probably one of the goals that the Goguryeo coach wanted to achieve: he tried every means to make the Zhou army soldiers in a bad condition.

The Zhou army crossed the river and landed on the bank, formed a formation with its backs, and put on a defensive posture, waiting for the Goguryeo army to attack, but the opponent was slow to go, and after half a day, he dragged the decisive battle to tomorrow.

If the Zhou army did not want to spend the night in the mud, they had to seize time to attack, so they had to turn the "Qiyue Formation" that focused on defense into a horizontal formation that facilitates attack.

It takes time to change the formation, and the two sides are still seven or eight miles away, so after the Zhou army changes the formation, they can't actually attack, but the defensive formation becomes an offensive formation. They have to worry about the attack of Goguryeo cavalry at night, so it's better not to change the formation.

Just stayed by the river, and the soldiers of the army were suffering in the mud.

There were already many mosquitoes by the river. The soldiers curled up in the wet mud and were bitten by mosquitoes and were covered in all their bodies. They couldn't sleep well all night, and they would definitely be in bad condition tomorrow.

This kind of loss seems to be avoided, but the Zhou army that crossed the river and advanced eastward did not have the principle of retreating back to the west bank to camp, so no matter how reluctant this loss, it would have to bite the bullet and eat it.

Thinking of this, Wang Shiji looked at the Goguryeo military formation, looked at the location of his commander's flag, and thought about it:

The coach of Goguryeo is very capable and can try every means to put the opponent in an unfavorable situation and constantly strive for chips for his own victory. It seems to be a character.

So you must not take it lightly tonight!

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At night, the sky is full of stars, and the wilderness that should have been pitch black is like a mirror, reflecting the stars in the sky on the ground.

The stars on the ground are actually torches. Two armies confronting each other are camping in the field. The countless torches lit in their respective armies are like stars in the sky, which looks very spectacular from a distance.

At the Zhou army camp site, Yuwen Weihan used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the sparks in the enemy camp. This scene reminded him of a summer night when he and his brothers and sisters gathered beside Ye Niang, watching countless fireflies flying around him. The spectacular scene made him unforgettable.

With a "bang", Yuwen Weihan slapped himself in the face and spread his hands, but saw a little blood in his palm and the remains of a mosquito.

A buzzing sound came from my ears, which was mosquitoes wandering around. Yuwen Weihan clapped his hands and smelled the smell of mugwort cigarettes, and felt helpless: Isn’t this mosquito afraid of mugwort? Why did the mosquito dare to come after lit so much mugwort fragrance?

Putting away the Qianli Mile Mile, he looked around. At this time, the soldiers of the army were basically sleeping in armor and waiting for the dawn. Except for the soldiers on the night, everyone else was asleep, snoring like thunder, one after another.

Compared to mosquitoes, snoring makes it harder to fall asleep, but this is the life of the army. Even if you sleep in a tent, as long as one person snores in the tent, others will be in trouble. There is no other way except to adapt.

The same is true now. In this muddy place, the soldiers will fall asleep as soon as possible. Fortunately, they were prepared and it was not difficult to deal with it.

Yuwen Weihan personally patrolled the night to see how the soldiers sleeping on the ground were sleeping. Now all the soldiers maintain the formation of the Queyue Formation and slept directly in the wilderness, but because of the special bedding, they did not have to sleep in mud and water.

A sturdy canvas with special long iron nails connected to the four corners. Then the iron nails are nailed to the ground as a foot to open the canvas, so there is a simple camp bed.

The soldier in armor lies on a simple camp bed, his body will not touch the ground, nor will he suffer in the mud.

As for mosquito bites, at least there is plenty of mugwort fragrance in the army. At this moment, mugwort smoke is everywhere in the camp, dispelling most of the mosquitoes. On average, it is no big deal for everyone to bite a few bags of mosquitoes by remaining mosquitoes.

Yuwen Weihan looked at the soldiers who were asleep, and then looked at the large number of torches around him, and was very satisfied with his full preparation.

When marching and fighting, everything must be considered, so that the soldiers can be put into operation in the best condition. Therefore, everyone thought clearly about the possible strategies that the Goguryeo Army might have adopted in the military discussion before the war.

One strategy that the enemy commander may adopt is to delay the decisive battle until tomorrow in order to achieve a special effect: the Zhou army soldiers slept in the mud by the river tonight, and were bitten by mosquitoes and made it painful, resulting in poor rest. The next day, the soldiers of the army were in a state of dismay.

Zhou Jun naturally prepared for this, and the other party's tricks could not succeed at all.

Yuwen Weihan took out his pocket watch and looked at the time in the fire. He was about to return to the Central Military Office to rest, but his followers reminded him that the time was up.

He stopped and looked east. After a while, many fireballs suddenly appeared on the outer edge of the Zhou army's formation, flew forward, and then landed in the wilderness.

It was the soldiers on night time that launched "flares" at a certain time interval, illuminating the field with their light. If an enemy attacked at night, in this wilderness without any obstacles, the uninvited guests would be illuminated by the light of the "flares" and be left without any escape.

Not only the original team, but also the teams stationed in "Qiu Jia" and "Qiu Yi" also have such lighting methods.

Cooperating with barbed wire, it was enough to make the enemy troops attacked at night go back in vain.

Yuwen Weihan picked up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile again and looked at the "Qiu Jia" with a flashing light in the distance, and the "Qiu Yi" position became more and more at ease.

Our side was well prepared, and considering all possibilities, they all prepared measures to deal with it. The soldiers had a high desire to fight, and their fighting spirit could never be defeated by the Goguryeo army using some tricks.
Chapter completed!