A fire destroyed nearly 10,000 troops under Yan Liang's command and killed Yan Liang's right-hand man, Hebei general Tu Xiong. For the Xuzhou Army, which had been suppressed by the enemy, this battle was more than just a pleasure.
Can you tell me everything?
The problem is that a fire not only burned Tu Xiong and his soldiers, but also burned Taishi Ci and his Xuzhou army into homeless orphans with nothing left.
After cleaning the battlefield, Taishi Ci hurriedly went to the pottery merchant and said, "Third brother, what should we do now? Where should we stay?"
Tao Shang also knew everything about Taishi Ci's fierce battle. While he praised Taishi Ci for his skillful use of troops and his extraordinary bravery, he also kept thinking about his next plan.
After going through several deductions in his mind, the pottery merchant was fully prepared to deal with various situations that would happen next.
He said to Taishi Ci: "First clean up the wounded soldiers under our command, and send those who are injured and unable to fight back to Xuzhou first. In the future battles, we must do our best to ensure that there are not too many burdens in the army, so as not to
The march was impeded."
Taishi Ci was a little confused when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Then what should we do next?"
Tao Shang blinked and said, "The Tu Xiong you killed must be Yan Liang's right-hand man, right?"
Taishi Ci nodded and said: "Yes, this man is very skilled in martial arts. It is said that he is Yan Liang's right-hand man. I fought with him and I feel that he is indeed not an ordinary warrior."
Tao Shang said slowly: "Such a big fire, such a tragic defeat, a dead arm, and so many defeated soldiers who escaped. If there is no accident, the news will definitely spread back to Yan Liang. I heard that Yan Liang's character is
He is so strong and irritable, how could he endure such a tone? Let alone him, I couldn't bear it! I will definitely gather troops and attack again."
"Oh?" Taishi Ci secretly thought it made sense after hearing the potter's analysis.
"Third brother, why don't we avoid the edge for now?"
The pottery merchant chuckled and said, "We have even burned Dazhai, what else can we avoid?"
"Then what should we do?"
Tao Shang ordered someone to bring the picture over, and then pointed to a Zhuangzi in the middle of the four villages set up by Yan Liang on the picture, and said: "Let's take advantage of Yan Liang to avenge Tu Xiong and attack here.
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After hearing this, Taishi Ci was stunned. He opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't recover for a long time.
"Third brother, what is there to do in this village? Why should we go and fight it?"
Tao Shang explained to Tai Shici: "Although Yan Liang is a brave man, he is still a general who has commanded the army for many years. He still knows some things. He forced to cross the river this time and spent more than 40,000 troops on food and supplies.
, where to set up camp? If it is divided into four battalions, it will hurt the body, consume energy to manage and operate, and it is easy to go wrong in the middle. If a separate granary is built, it may be too obvious, and then it will be necessary for our army to find out whether it has been robbed.
He sent heavy troops to defend him. As my guess was correct, he built four battalions around this village. This village should be his place to store grain. This move is called darkness under the lamp, which is also a clever plan... at least he himself can do it.
Just focus on fighting and don’t worry about anything else.”
Taishi Ci suddenly said after hearing this: "What the third brother means is that if we send troops to capture this village, it will cut off Yan Liang's supply. Then Yan Liang's army will be like us?"
The pottery merchant nodded and said: "Yan Liang sent four battalions of soldiers and horses to attack in turns several times before. It would be even more difficult to sneak attack on this village. Now Tu Xiong is dead, and the soldiers and horses in his camp have been burned by us.
Turned into ashes and smoke, how can Yan Liang still hold on after such a huge defeat? He will definitely gather his troops to attack! When the time comes for his rear to be empty, we will take the opportunity to go in the opposite direction and attack him too. This is called using
Fight for your life."
Taishi Ci grinned when he heard this. He, his third brother, looked gentle and gentlemanly, but he didn't expect that at the critical moment, without any ambiguity, he was actually a gambler who could give up and give up.
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According to Tao Shang's wishes, Tai Shi Ci led the powerful cavalry to wander around the burned camp to attract the attention of Yan Liang, who was about to arrive there, while Tao Shang and others led the rest of the army to ambush in secret.
Sneak and quietly go to Zhuangzi where Yanliangtun grain is stored.
This strategy of secretly marching troops can be easily detected by enemy scouts, but one pottery merchant concluded that Yan Liang was in a hurry to go to Taishi Ci's military camp for revenge and had no time for him. The other two mountain barbarian camps were in the mountains and forests all year round.
The Baiyue people on the move are good at hiding. Using this army as a guide, the hidden work can be done with half the effort.
As expected by Tao Shang, Yan Liang was horrified when he learned that Tu Xiong had failed and his entire army was wiped out. He immediately ordered the generals of the other two battalions to set off with his own battalion. The troops of the three battalions were mighty,
He walked straight towards the old site of Taishi Ci's military camp.
After the scouts sent out the third battalion of troops led by Yan Liang, Tao Shang immediately ordered a group of troops under his leadership to attack Zhuangzi where Yuan Jun was stationing grain.
A group of people, mainly composed of the Shanman camp and four military princes, were full of murderous intent, and with a fierce look on their faces, they rushed into Zhuangzi surrounded by the four camps set up by Yan Liang.
The people who originally lived in Zhuangzi had been driven away by Yan Liang long ago, leaving only a few thousand soldiers to guard the place and be responsible for allocating food and grass to the fourth camp.
When the leader of the soldiers on duty saw a group of soldiers and horses rushing towards Zhuangzi, he thought at first that they were sent by his own soldiers and horses to transport grain and grass, and then asked loudly: "What are you doing here..."
Before he could finish his question, Ma Zhong from the opposite side shot an arrow, hitting the soldier who asked the question in the heart.
"Come to kill!"
After a simple answer, the soldiers from the Shanman Camp rushed into Zhuangzi with a roar of mountains and tsunami, like tigers coming down the mountain, biting everyone they saw.
There were not many Yuan troops left in Zhuangzi to take care of them. In addition, they were unprepared at first. Wherever they were prepared, the Xuzhou army's opponents were wiped out and wiped out in a short time.
When the Xuzhou Army inspected the village, it turned out that as expected by the pottery merchants, there was a large amount of grain, grass and baggage stored in the village.
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At this time, Yan Liang's army had already reached Taishi Ci's military camp.
The military camp that we attacked in the past few days has already been burned down by fire. Even now, this huge fire has not been extinguished and is still burning slowly. Within the camp, what is blown out by the wind is
It's a nauseating burning smell.
Outside the camp, there were corpses everywhere, most of them belonging to Yuan Jun.
Yan Liang shivered all over after seeing it.
"What a son of a Taishi, he is still burning the boat! You can do it! You win this battle, but now that you don't even have Dazhai, let me see what else you can do to stop me from going south!" Yan Liang gritted his teeth and roared loudly.
Yan Liang then sent people to inquire about Tai Shi Ci's whereabouts, and learned that a group of his cavalry were currently rushing south, not very far from Yan Liang's current location.
When Yan Liang heard this, he was overjoyed.
"Taishi Ziyi, it turns out you haven't gone far yet! Okay! It's bad luck for you this time. I won't kill you this time, but will take your last name later!"
Just as he was about to command the three armies to go south with him, a scout hurriedly came to report to Yan Liang.
"General Qi, the place where we were storing grain in Zhuangzi was burned by the Xuzhou army!"