In the thick military tent, Liu Siyuan used an iron chisel to insert a steamed bun, put it on the firewood and roast it repeatedly, until the outer layer was browned, then tore it off, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and then roasted it again. Eat a few bites of burnt skin steamed buns, and then drink a sip of warm rice wine, which is very pleasant.

The tent door was opened, and a cold wind blew in, which made him shiver involuntarily, and the flame of the burning wood rushed upward, almost setting his neatly trimmed beard on fire.

He looked up in annoyance.

A bloodstained man staggered in, followed by two Liu disciples with their hands on the hilt of the knife.

"Kanyan? You're alive? Liu Siyuan sneered, and slammed the rice wine in his hand to a few feet. Useless things, 20,000 against 5,000 people, I don't expect you to win, but you can't even support it for half a day, drag it out until dark, and form a stalemate with them, so waste, what use do you want? ”

Kan Yan stood with his head down, his face full of shame.

Not to mention for a long time, he didn't even resist for an hour, and he was crushed by the right Xiaowei army. When he fled, he didn't even dare to return to his dock fort, because he knew where the right guard would definitely be chasing.

Liu Siyuan glanced at Kan Yan in disgust, ignored him, and began to roast his own buns again.

It was supposed to be a seamless plan. As long as Kan Yan can persist in fighting until dark, the army under his command will surround Li Rui's troops from all sides, and then annihilate them with one blow.

After annihilating Li Rui's 5,000 elites, the standoff between Mozhou and Pingzhou will be easily resolved, so that their own side can regain some initiative on the strategic basis, and improve the current decline in the repeated defeats and low morale of Li Ze's troops, which makes the soldiers change color when they hear about it.

In order to achieve the goal of severely attacking Liu Chenglin's right guard, from a few months ago, Zhang Zhongwu and Deng Jingshan began to painstakingly plan this big show, and for this, they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to force guys like Kan Yan from Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other places to the border areas, so that they could become the pawns and cover of the headquarters, and of course, there was also the role of bait.

spent a lot of money and food, and provided a lot of ordnance to Kanyan's department, but in the end, it was still a failure, how could Liu Siyuan not be furious?

When Liu Siyuan, who was commanding the army to start encircling from afar, heard the news that Kan Yan was defeated so quickly, a mouthful of old blood almost didn't spurt out.

There was silence in the big tent for a long time, and then Kan Yan said in a low voice: "General Liu, at this moment, the Tang army has entered my dock fort, they have just won a big victory, they will inevitably relax their vigilance, it is better to march overnight and catch them off guard." ”

Li Siyuan laughed and glanced at the other party: "I still need you to teach me how to fight?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Kan Yan said continuously.

"Do you think Liu Chenglin's army is all rubbish like you?" Liu Siyuan said contemptuously: "Let me tell you, just after nightfall, my scouts and his scouts have had several fierce battles, killing more than thirty scouts on the other side, but many scouts have escaped, at this time, the department must have been heavily guarded." You asked me to brave the wind and snow, march dozens of miles overnight, and then attack a heavily guarded dock fort? ”

Kan Yan had nothing more to say.

"Get out of here, draw the details of your dock fort, especially those secret passages and the like, be sure to mark them clearly." Liu Siyuan waved his hand like a fly.

"General Liu, my subordinates haven't eaten for a day." Kan Yan said with a smile.

Liu Siyuan glanced at him viciously a few times, and finally said, "Give them some grain tents and the like, and let them camp five miles away from the camp." ”

"Yes, Master!" Behind Kan Yan, a Liu disciple bowed and said.

Kan Yan was taken down, Liu Siyuan snorted, if there was still a place to use this guy, I really wanted to kill him with a knife, out of sight is pure, and ears are not listening.

In Kanyanwu Fort, when he suddenly heard the news, Gu Han couldn't help but be stunned, looked at Li Rui, opened his mouth wide for a long time before asking, "What's going on?" ”

"My scouts went twenty to thirty miles in several directions. It was at this distance that a massive enemy was found. Li Rui sat down and said.

"Where did the enemy come from, didn't you say that Deng Jingshan's main force was completely pinned down by the general?" Gu Han was a little puzzled. "Could it be that Zhang Zhongwu has transferred a large number of troops, but such a large-scale transfer, it stands to reason that it can't be hidden from us!"

"It's not the troops sent by Zhang Zhongwu, it's Liu Siyuan." Li Rui said: "I underestimated this sect thief!" ”

"Liu Siyuan?"

"The largest wealthy clan in Mozhou, after we defeated Deng Jingshan in Mozhou, Liu Siyuan moved to Pingzhou with Deng Jingshan, it seems that after this person arrived in Pingzhou, the whole family has begun to be armed. According to the report of the scout who fled back, Liu Siyuan should have gathered the soldiers and horses of several major families who fled to Pingzhou together, plus some slave armies, to form this army. The scale should be no less than 30,000. Li Rui said.

Gu Han blinked his eyes: "Thirty thousand, it's not much, during the day, didn't we just defeat Kanyan's 20,000 soldiers?" ”

"Judge Gu, these are two concepts." Li Rui shook his head and said: "The descendants of these clan giants are armed with extremely strong combat effectiveness. They use the clan as a link to form an army, from high-level officers to ordinary sentry commanders and chiefs, all of them have the same surname, and in a team, fathers, sons, brothers, and uncles may all be in a team and fight, which is really fatal. What's more, when he was in Mozhou, although Zhang Zhongwu relied on them, he still had some restrictions, but now Zhang Zhongwu completely ignored them, and even helped them, which made these clan armies advance by leaps and bounds in terms of equipment, and it can be said that they have everything. ”

"At least the slaves are vulnerable, aren't they?"

"Before the war, the slave army is in the back, the slave army is in front, the slave army is a death squad, and the slave army is the supervision team, unlike those rabble in Kanyan, if they can't win, they will run, these slave army, desperately moving forward There is still a way to live, if they go backwards, their masters kill them, that is without blinking." Li Rui said.

"So, we don't have a chance to win?" Gu Han said with some dissatisfaction: "You are the main general, why did you lose your heart before you fight?" ”

Li Rui laughed: "Judge Gu is kind-hearted. Didn't I explain the enemy situation to you? Our luck is good, it seems that Liu Siyuan originally wanted to take advantage of our fierce battle with Kan Yan to wrap our dumplings, but he probably didn't expect Kan Yan to lose so quickly, so that his plan fell through. We're still passive, but with this bunker, it's a big difference. ”

"It's not like we're going to be surrounded here!" Gu Han said angrily.

"If it's a field to fight with it, I really don't have much confidence, but now that I am defending the fort, let Liu Siyuan taste what it means to be iron-walled." Li Rui said proudly.

"We don't have enough food, you just told me that all our food adds up to only half a month's ration!" Gu Han said.

"That was the normal algorithm, and now it's a different algorithm." Li Rui said: "I have ordered that all unnecessary livestock will be killed, and they will not be allowed to consume food. Half a month's grain, in fact, we save and can last for a month. ”

"One month, enough time for our reinforcements to come!" Gu Han said happily.

"For a month, if General Liu is just here to save me, is he still General Liu?" Li Rui laughed. "This is a big game of chess."

"What does that mean?" Gu Han was puzzled.

"Deng Jingshan pulled out the frame and restrained the main force of General Liu, Liu Siyuan quietly prepared to eat me, if Liu Siyuan couldn't eat me in one bite, but was restrained here by me, tens of thousands of troops, for Deng Jingshan, is not dispensable." Li Rui sneered and said: "Deng Jingshan doesn't know that Zuo Jin Wuwei, who is stationed in Xue Chong, Zhuozhou, is now about to Mozhou, right?" Just took this opportunity to clean them up fiercely, even if he couldn't eat Deng Jingshan in one bite, it was still no problem to beat him to five tuberculosis and seven injuries. ”

"Li Xiang has already mobilized General Xue's Zuo Jin Wuwei before?" Gu Han exclaimed: "Isn't it that Li Xiang had expected today's scene a long time ago?" ”

"Not really, it's just a coincidence." Li Rui smiled: "Actually, our son just wants to show off his strength to the other party, so that you can take more initiative in the negotiation." This is called the right time, an armed march into a general battle, haha, wonderful. ”

"That's what I said, but only if we can keep it!" Gu Han said.

"Judge Gu, you can rest assured, I still have a lot of experience in defending the city." Li Rui said. "Let that Liu Siyuan understand what is impregnable, what is obviously close at hand, but it seems to be a moat."

On this night, half of the thousands of right guards were asleep in the warm room, but the other half was busy all night, strengthening the city walls, arranging city defenses, and making all preparations to meet the enemy. By dawn, the half-rested Right Xiaowei had breakfast and appeared in good spirits at the head of the city, while those who had been busy all night fell asleep after a full meal.

By the time it was dawn, as the scout's fast horse galloped back, above the horizon, the black-pressed enemy finally appeared in the field of vision of Li Rui and the others.

Surrounded on all sides.