On the tenth day of April in the 11th year of Xiangxing, the siege and annihilation battle of Jiagou entered the second day. Ni Liang stood on the high 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 gas filled in the valley all showed the fierceness and cruelty of the battle.

Yesterday's fierce battle, the trapped enemy army launched attacks again and again on the two mountain passes, the Song army held the position without retreating, while constantly reinforcing the defensive line, while launching a counter-assault at the right time, blocking the enemy's tidal attack, the two sides fell into a stalemate for a while. The enemy army was unable to recapture the mountain pass held by the Song army and open the way to the south; And the Song army could not rush into the valley and annihilate the enemy in the encirclement.

At this time, the battlefield was calm, with curling green smoke rising from the town, enemy soldiers grazing horses by the lake, and soldiers wiping their blades outside the camp; In the mountain pass where the Song army was stationed, the soldiers also took advantage of the rare moment of truce to reinforce the fortifications, repair the destroyed horses in front of the battle, carry ammunition, and wipe weapons. But he knew that a new great war was brewing in the calm.

Ni Liang put down the binoculars, rubbed his dry eyes, and rubbed his face vigorously to make himself feel more energetic. Last night was not peaceful, and the enemy took advantage of the darkness to launch several night attacks in an attempt to seize the mountain pass. There was even an enemy army that touched the east mountain and attacked the command post, and the guns rang out all night, and the personal guard battalion only cleared the enemy soldiers who had sneaked into the mountain in the early morning, and he naturally couldn't sleep all night.

Although Ni Liang felt a little tired and anxious, although they finally trapped the enemy troops from Xuzhou in Jiagouji and tightened their pockets. But he knew that there was not much time left for him, and the enemy army from Ying Tianfu had already set off before they set off, and they had also entered the Suzhou realm. At the moment, the news was cut off, and he did not know whether the Sixth Brigade and other units left in ambush would carry out operations as planned, whether they could intercept the enemy troops, and whether they could wait for their arrival.

Ni Liang knew very well that the difficulties faced by the Sixth Brigade and other units responsible for ambushing Ying Tianfu Road were much greater than their difficulties. First of all, it is necessary to consider how to meet the enemy in concealment, march hundreds of miles without being detected by the enemy; secondly, they lacked the terrain to be used, but they had to face an enemy force that was twice as large as theirs, and no matter how they set up an ambush, they could not encircle the enemy with their existing forces; Moreover, whether the enemy army continues to go to Fuli or retreats back to Tianfu, it is possible to find a way to break through when the strength is superior, and can it drag the enemy and wait for them to arrive......

Thinking that there was a difficulty that Luo Da and the others would face, Ni Liang couldn't help but have a headache, and also faintly regretted that when formulating the battle plan, these problems had been considered, and there had been corresponding plans. What he didn't expect was that the enemy army sent by Xuzhou to help was delayed for two days, which led to a deviation in his plan, from taking advantage of the time difference to send reinforcements separately to fighting almost simultaneously on two roads, which caught him off guard.

This reminded Ni Liang of His Majesty's common saying: plans can never catch up with changes. That is to say, no matter how perfect the battle plan is, it is difficult to be perfectly executed in the implementation, and there will always be accidents. The most effective way to solve this problem is to have a reserve in case of any contingencies. However, the enemy he faced this time was too strong, and he had too few mobile troops, so he could only play the cards at one time, and did not leave a battle reserve, resulting in the current dilemma of having no troops to adjust.

"Du Shuai, the scouts sent are back, and the Fifth Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, and the Artillery Brigade may set up an ambush in Liuzi Town, cutting off Tutuha's retreat." Li Mao, the commander of the scout battalion, came over at this time to pray.

"Possibly?! What does that mean? When Ni Liang heard this inaccurate news, his face turned black and asked in a deep voice.

"Du Shuai, that's it!" Li Mao pursed his lips and said, "The scouts we sent found the Tutuhabu army camping in the field in the south of Liuzi Town, and they were heavily guarded, and the people who escaped from Liuzi Town said that the Song army raided the Yuan army's marching brigade in the early morning and seized the town. They also tried to contact our troops in the town through the defensive line, but they were unsuccessful, and they could only judge from the sound of gunfire that it might be the Fifth Brigade and the Artillery Brigade, but it was difficult to determine 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 to look at the map to find the location of Liuzi Town, and nodded again.

"Du Shuai, Liuzi Town is a giant town in Huaibei, with walled walls and city defense facilities, and dense houses, its intention is to use this as a basis to defend it, so as to make up for the lack of troops." Du Si Sima Xiao Ting said.

Sun Datong's meaning is also very clear, with the headquarters of the soldiers, horses and artillery brigade to guard Liuzi Town. Let the cavalry tour away from the town to protect the flanks and block the enemy's attempts to return by detour. Ni Liang said a little bitterly, "He is also preparing to use the complex streets and dense houses in the town to fight with the enemy once the walled wall is lost, drag the enemy army, annihilate the Xuzhou reinforcements for us, and rush to the battlefield to encircle and annihilate Tutuha to win time!" ”

"The Fifth Brigade is holding back the enemy at any cost, and they are now in danger of being attacked on both sides, against forces that are several times more than him, even if they hold out until we arrive, they are already exhausted. And although we have the advantage at the moment, we are also exhausted from marching nearly 100 miles to the battlefield after destroying the enemy. Xia Guan thought that it would be difficult to destroy the enemy according to the plan, so did he ask His Majesty for reinforcements? Xiao Ting responded with a wry smile.

"No! His Majesty has strengthened the five brigades to us, and at the moment there are only the guards of the pro-guard regiment and the baggage regiment around us, and they must not be transferred again. And the safety of His Majesty is the safety of the country, the first duty of the imperial army is to protect the emperor, at any time, in any place, in any situation can not be forgotten, this is also the value of our existence! Ni Liang straightened up and said solemnly.

"Yes, the lesson of the commander is that our duty is to defend the emperor, and the officials will keep it in mind and never dare to forget!" Xiao Ting immediately replied.

"What are the movements of the enemy forces on the Fuli side?" Ni nodded brightly, turned his face and asked Li Maodao, who followed up.

"Du Shuai, according to the report, the enemy army has shrunk its strength under the pressure of the second army, and it does not dare to move, and the sentry cavalry does not dare to leave the camp for more than twenty miles!" Li Mao replied.

"Hmph, Yuwa is not having a good time, that is, he does not dare to fight a decisive battle with our army, and he does not dare to send troops to meet Tutuha, otherwise he will be attacked by the second army. But he was worried that after Tutuha was ambushed, he didn't dare to continue to move forward and return to Yingtianfu, so he couldn't get reinforcements and could only sit in the lonely city! Ni Liang snorted coldly.

"Du Shuai, what if Tutuha is cut off regardless of the way back and insists on reinforcing Fu Li and fighting a decisive battle with our army?" Xiao Ting asked. This is also what he is most worried about, at the moment there is only the second army outside the city and the newly incorporated army Dugebu, if it goes to the decisive battle of Fuli regardless of the attack, then the second army may be difficult to resist, and can only retreat to Lingbi, or even retreat to Sizhou to gain a foothold.

"This is also the cleverness of this kid Sun Datong, if he sets up an ambush on the enemy's route to block it, then Tutuha will immediately think that our army is empty, so he will send troops to intercept his reinforcements Fu Li. And if he sets up an ambush on the way back, then he will be suspicious, thinking that our army is trying to attack Yingtianfu while his reinforcements are leaving. But at present, Ying Tianfu is only a few thousand miscellaneous soldiers stationed in it, like an empty door, once he loses not only real gold to cut off his head, but also he will fall here, which makes him indecisive and difficult to decide! Ni Liang said with a smile, and there was no lack of praise for Sun Datong in his words.

"Oh, that's why Tutuha didn't rush to attack Liuzi Town and open up the way home, right?" Xiao Ting also reacted immediately, and he didn't dare to be convinced.

"How else to say that Sun Datong is smart!" Ni Liang praised it again and said with a smile, "The reason why Tutuha has not launched an onslaught on Liuzi Town now is because he is waiting, waiting for news of Xuzhou reinforcements. Once he confirmed that Tie Maichi had not arrived at Fuli on time and had also been ambushed by our army, he would return to Yingtianfu desperately. And he waited for Sun Datong to buy a day to build fortifications, improve the defense system, and also buy us an extra day to destroy the enemy! ”

"In the past, I always felt that Sun Datong was a Lu man, brave and resourceful, but from this time, it seems that he is also resourceful!" Xiao Ting also said.

Speaking of which, he has not been by His Majesty's side for this period of time, and he has understood a lot of ways to use soldiers. In the past, His Majesty used to say that a war should not only count troops, materials, weather, but also people. He dared to do this, in fact, he understood Tutuha's mind! Ni Liang said.

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

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

"Where did the commander say this, did I do something wrong, or was there something incompetent?" Xiao Ting was stunned, and asked slowly and urgently.

"No, no, you are good at military affairs, thoughtful, diligent, very competent, I have no intention of blaming!" Ni Liang waved his hand again and again, "Your Majesty is too tired now, not only to worry about state affairs, but also to plan for war." And Jing Sheng is more than enthusiastic about doing things, but his intelligence is insufficient, so His Majesty has to do everything himself, or entrust Tan Fei to do it, but his little things are okay, and he still lacks the heat to plan the overall situation. So I thought about letting you go to the Imperial Counselor for military affairs, assist Your Majesty in handling military affairs, and transfer Tan Fei to the army to exercise and exercise! ”

"Thank you for raising the handsome, if Your Majesty thinks that the lower officials are useful, they will definitely live up to the grace of God!" Xiao Ting thought about it, and he also knew that although Ni Liang didn't say it explicitly, he also knew that Ying Xi was indeed incompetent. As for transferring Tan Fei away, I'm afraid it's still the disobedience that makes Du Shuai suspicious, so he has to be transferred......

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