Out of the gate, Li Nengwei yawned, patted his lips and said: "The owner of the village is too fussy, it is still the middle of the night, so let us go out of the city to check Nuanquan Peak." According to me, it's just that there are too many Song Realm households recruited in the past two months, and the Song people have to come to stop them. ”

Bai Quzi said: "Speaking of which, Captain Qingning, who is not here yet, is bent on pleasing the country, is greedy, and recruits too many households from the Song Realm. The Song officials on the other side are not blind, so can't they not see it? Someone must be sent to stop you in any case. ”

Sun Du'er in front turned around and said, "It's a pity for us." Those nobles were bent on inviting rewards and causing trouble, they enjoyed happiness in the village, but they asked us to get up early and be greedy for darkness to find out the whereabouts of the Song army. ”

A few complained while urging the horses, all the way north.

Some of the party members have the surname Fan, and most of them have identities and tribes. There are also a large number of Han surnames, some of which are from the Han people, or taken according to the Han people, or from other Sinicized ethnic groups, especially the Sinicized ethnic groups in the Western Regions and Hexi during the Tang Dynasty. From the surname, it is difficult to tell whether a person is a fan or a Han, but the name is a little different. The characters such as pig, dog, and slave commonly used by the Fan people are rarely used by the official names of the Han people. However, some people have a deeper degree of sinicization, such as Liu Sheng, and he can't tell from his name that he is a party member.

Yuan Hao founded the country, and once promoted the use of the surname Fan to take the name of Fan, many people changed it, but the people at the bottom had little influence.

A group of eight people rode unhurriedly in the dark night, a little lazy. The party members have always looked down on the Song army, and after the great enemy Khitan negotiated peace, they all thought that they could release Nanshan. Will the Song army on the other side take the initiative to call? People will laugh at it.

At this moment, more than a dozen horsemen suddenly rushed out of the dark shadows, swept past the eight people with lightning speed, and threw them under the horses.

Before he could react, he saw a dozen knights dismount, step on them, and tie them up.

Seeing that the person who came was dressed as a Song army, Li Nengwei couldn't believe his eyes, and said loudly: "How dare you tie us up?" How dare you! Three miles away, is the Dulun Village, and when the army comes out, you-"

Pan Li slapped Li Nengwei in the face, and said in a deep voice: "Grandpa is here to collect you from Dulun Village!" What is the nonsense! ”

After speaking, he said to the soldier behind him: "After being escorted to the sand pile over there, let Tong Dutou ask for a confession!" ”

The soldiers agreed, and a few of them rode to the back of the sand pile not far away.

When he got to the back of the sand, Li Nengwei saw that more than 20 people had been tied to the ground, and looking at the outfits, they should all be businessmen. It is a trade route from Dongshengzhou to the south of Dulun Village, which can go all the way to Xiazhou. The weather is cold, there are not many merchants, and there are always some.

Tong Zhen sat on the ground, nibbling on a piece of bread to satisfy his hunger, looked up at Li Nengwei and the others who were escorted over, and asked vaguely: "Where did these party soldiers come from?" When you capture them, do you see if there are a large number of enemies around? ”

The soldier forked his hand: "Back to the capital, it came out of the Dulun Village!" It has been found out that only the eight of them are out of the city! ”

Tong Zhen nodded: "Put people here, you go back." staring at the walled gate, as long as it is not a large group of people, no one is allowed to run! ”

The soldier promised to hand over eight party members to the guards here, and several of them went back to report to Pan Li.

Tong Zhen tilted his neck, swallowed the bread in his mouth, and said to Li Nengwei: "Seeing that you are a leader, I will ask you first." The rest of the people will be brought aside first, Peng Tong, you are interrogated over there! After a while, we will confess, who dares to lie, and slaughter with a knife! ”

Hearing this, several party members trembled with fright. These people are very sophisticated, and when they ask for confessions separately, how dare they lie?

asked Li Nengwei to be brought in front of him, Tong Zhen said: "The sky is not clear, what are you going to do when you go out of the village?" If you dare not tell the truth, grandpa will cut off your head with a knife! Tell you the truth, spare your life! ”

Where did Li Nengwei dare to tell a lie, and said: "Grandpa spares his life!" Because three people fled from the Song Realm yesterday, it was said that the Song army had arrived south of Nuanquan Peak to block the fleeing Fanhu, and the owner of the village ordered the small ones to check whether there was a Song army stationed in Nuanquan Peak. If so, let out a large army to drive them out. ”

Tong Zhen said: "Just a few of you?" What time is it expected to arrive? When will I return? ”

Li Nengwei said: "I was going to go to Nuanquan Peak at dawn and return at noon, but I didn't want to meet my grandfather here." ”

Tong Zhen asked a few more words, but there was no other news, and said in a deep voice: "Peng Tong, come and talk!" ”

Peng Tong came over, Tong Zhen and he went to the side, and exchanged confessions with each other, which was completely consistent.

Tong Zhen said: "It seems that the news has not leaked. It's too late to write paperwork, so you take a few people and send these eight party rangers back to the army, and I'll continue to take people here. How to deal with it, wait for the general's military orders! ”

Peng Tong agreed with his hand, ordered a few familiar soldiers, tied Li Nengwei's eight people to the horse, and rode north.

Tong Zhen is the leader of the rangers who sent the troops this time, patrolling in front of the army, eliminating the enemy's eyeline and reconnoitring the enemy's movements. The operational regulations of the battalion and field van army, military operations of different scales, and different reconnaissance scopes. This time, 3,000 soldiers and horses, organized according to the first division, reconnoitred the front 15 miles and the flank within 5 miles. Beyond this range, it was organized by Liu Ji in Dongshengzhou, and had nothing to do with Zhang Qi and Yao Shouxin.

More than ten miles away, it didn't take long to arrive, and it was still dark.

Zhang Qi was discussing tomorrow's battle with Yao Shouxin in the Shuai tent, and when he heard that he had captured the party rangers, he hurriedly ordered to bring them over.

After asking Li Nengwei and others to confess and take them away, Zhang Yu said to Yao Shouxin: "It seems that the party members don't know that our army is coming, and they think that Jinsuzhou is blocking the fleeing Fanhu." In this way, I have an idea, and I can't figure it out. ”

Yao Shouxin said: "That's what the general said." Our whole army rested at Nuanquan Peak yesterday and came in a hurry, and it is normal for the party to not get any news. ”

Zhang Qi said: "There are only more than 1,000 defenders in the Dulun Village, if you can lead them out and fight in the field outside the village, it will be much easier." More than 1,000 people were guarding the wall, and it was not so easy to break the city. However, this time we brought a hundred large and small artillery pieces, as if it was not too difficult to break through the wall. You are an expert in using cannons, what should you do, let's listen to it, we will discuss. ”

Yao Shouxin thought for a while and said, "General, in my opinion, there is no need to make extraneous branches and lead the party's troops out of the city. First, if these rangers are allowed to return to the village to report that our army is now stationed at Nuanquan Peak, it will be a little unstable. The hearts of the people are unpredictable, what if they return to the village and say that our army is near? Second, the military information we got before we set off was that the Dulun Village was not strong, and a dozen guns were enough to explode quickly. At this time, instead of fighting in the field with the party army, it is better to surround the wall, and use artillery to help after blasting through the city wall. ”

Zhang Qi said: "Gun master, I can't hide it, when I knew about the Volcano Army a few years ago, I used a cannon with him. But the cannon at that time could not be compared with the current cannon, and the city wall of Tanglong Town could not collapse at all, and the Dulun Village should be similar to there. The owner of the cannon said that he could collapse the city wall, and it would definitely not be bad. Also, how to use artillery to help in wartime? I have never seen how to use the current cannon. ”

Yao Shouxin drew a schematic diagram of Dulun Village on the ground, and said: "Dulun Village is built according to Dulun River, with two city gates, one south and one north. When the army arrived in front of the wall, the party closed the gate and did not come out of the city, while I used 20 cannons to shoot a salvo at the north gate with solid bullets. In my estimation, a maximum of three volleys would be enough. There is no urn city at the walled gate, and the party will gather soldiers and horses behind the door, and immediately change the bullets to break up the party's soldiers and horses. At this time, the general led the infantry into the gate of the wall, and shot the soldiers on the wall with muskets, and I cooperated with the cannon outside. The party soldiers and horses will inevitably be unable to resist, and they should flee from the Nanzhai Gate. The general can send cavalry to gather outside the Nanzhai Gate to chase and kill the party's rout. ”

"This encirclement is one and the same, what the gun owner said is reasonable!" Zhang Qi nodded. "Since it is not difficult to break the gate of the village, then it is not too much to lead the party out of the city! The single-wheel village, but 800 steps per week, once the village door is broken, it will be a powder! ”

The scale of this kind of military village is not large, the single-wheel village is located in a remote area, and there is not enough manpower and material resources to build a big city. The circumference of the village is 800 steps, and the south gate can be seen after breaking the north gate, and the artillery can directly penetrate the entire village. As long as one side is breached, the cavalry is outside the other city gate, ready to intercept and kill the rout. Compared with this, it may not be beneficial to deceive the party soldiers out of the city.

The military village generally does not have four city gates, and the small ones have two gates, just like a checkpoint. Smaller, there is also one with a door. The two walled gates will no longer enclose three ques and one, and become a trend of encircling one que.

The role of the military fortress, in addition to having a city wall to guard the key places, is more important in the military is to hoard soldiers and horses and control the Quartet. A Dulun village is here, and the upper reaches of the surrounding Dulun River and Quye River are all controlled by the party, and if you want to capture it, you have to send a large army.

The two discussed the specific steps of the siege, and Zhang Qi suddenly said: "Before our army is in the village, what if the party sends troops to meet the battle?" ”

Yao Shouxin was stunned for a moment, patted his head and said, "It's my negligence!" A small military village in one wheel, but more than 1,000 soldiers and horses are stationed, how can they not go out of the city to face the battle? If you don't go out of the city, so many military horses will be useless. What the general said was that we should also be prepared to fight the party in front of the village. ”

How can a small military village with a circumference of 800 paces use more than 1,000 people to defend the city? When the army arrived in front of the village, Liu Sheng would inevitably lead his troops to battle. The soldiers and horses defending the city rely on the walled city, and only the front is exposed in front of the other party, and the rear and flanks are all protected by the walled city, and a thousand people can be used as thousands of people. Unless there are few soldiers and horses defending the city, the defenders will generally go out of the city for a while to boost the morale of the city.

Yao Shouxin brought artillery, and when he thought about the problem, he started from the artillery, and did not think about this aspect at all. If he is not Zhang Qi's deputy this time, he doesn't need to think about these issues.

There is nothing for the two armies to face each other head-on, and the Song army's 100 artillery pieces can cover the entire front of the party's army formation. As long as the position is set up and Zhang Qi protects the artillery, the artillery can beat the party army back.