It is not a simple matter for tens of thousands of people to set up camp, and camping is not just a matter of finding a piece of land to set up a camp tent, and the camp must take advantage of the terrain to have a certain defensive capability.

In order to prevent the sneak attack by Liu Songjun's army, Zhao Jun's soldiers built the camp in a zigzag shape, backed by a hill, because of the terrain, the entire zigzag camp is not connected together, but divided into three parts, which can support each other, and the entire zigzag camp covers an area of ten square kilometers.

The strength of Liu Song's army was twice that of the cadre army, and the camp area was larger, and the entire camp was divided into five parts, covering an area of 16 square kilometers.

At night, the lights in the camp of the cadres were dim, and only the tent of the commander of the Chinese army was brightly lit.

In the middle of a huge wooden frame, snow was used instead of sand to make a sand table, on which mountains, rivers, plains, and forests were outlined, and stones were used instead of camp tents, and the camps of the two armies appeared on the sand table.

Dong Min, the general of the scout camp, pointed to the sand table and said to Zhao Junsheng and the generals: "King, generals, please see, this is the camp of our army, this is the camp of the Liu Song army, the camp of our army is in the shape of an inverted product, and the camp of the Liu Song army is in five directions, southeast, northwest, and middle, and because there are ditches, ponds, farmland and woods, this camp is not connected, but the two nearest camps can support each other!" ”

Wang Huilong asked: "How is the patrol situation of the guards in Liu Songjun's camp?" ”

Dong Min said: "The guards are tight, there are many sentry posts, and all the camps are brightly lit inside and outside!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "The lights are bright?" ”

"Yes, it's brightly lit, and all the places have fires, torches, and oil lamps in the tents!"

Zhao Junsheng said to the generals: "It seems that Liu Songjun's night blindness is a common phenomenon, otherwise they would not have been able to make the entire camp brightly lit, doesn't this expose the situation inside and outside the camp to our army scouts?" So, do you think you can take advantage of Liu Songjun's vulnerability of general night blindness to crack down on them? ”

Dong Min shook his head and said: "Great King, the last general thinks it is unlikely, if you want to take advantage of their weakness of night blindness to sneak attack, then you must first extinguish the fire and torches, but there are arrow towers near these locations, and once someone approaches, they will definitely be discovered and shot." In addition, there are braziers in the camp, and from time to time another patrol passes by adding wood to them, which can be lit until dawn! ”

The brazier in the camp is to use a wooden frame to prop up the iron basin, which is more than one person high, and burns wood in the iron basin, and the ancient army used this lighting when camping.

The veteran Guo Sheng said: "The old minister thinks that he can give it a try, the guards have bows and arrows, we have shields, find some clever soldiers to carry a kettle in a group of three or five with shields and touch it, and a few pots of water can extinguish a pile of firewood!" By the time Liu Songjun sent troops out of the camp, our soldiers had already extinguished the fire, and since they had night blindness, how could they be our army's opponents in the dark? ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said to Guo Sheng: "Old general, let's make a big fuss today, so that Liu Songjun can't rest, how about it?" ”

Guo Sheng asked: "How is the king going to make trouble?" ”

"First extinguish the fire outside Liu Song's camp, shoot their sentry and observation posts on the wall, let them lose their eyes and ears, as long as there is a movement, Liu Song's army will inevitably be ready for battle, if our army has the opportunity to kill it, if there is no chance to attack outside the camp, as long as they relax, we will give them a hard blow!"

Guo Sheng touched his snow-white long beard and nodded, "This method should be fine, if you make trouble overnight, Liu Songjun will be out of energy tomorrow!" However······ What if Liu Songjun also attacked our army? ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "They don't have this condition, first of all, their soldiers will generally have night blindness, and secondly, they have too few cavalry, and it is easy to be chased and defeated by our army with infantry attacks!" ”

"Okay, this battle is fought!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered Chang Kun to be Guo Sheng's deputy general and gave them 3,000 cavalry.

In the cold night when the wind was howling, the flames on the fire outside the camp were blown and whirred.

Suddenly, some black shadows quickly and lightly approached the fire, and an archer on the arrow tower spotted these black shadows and shouted, "Who is it? ”

An arrow swished towards some black shadows, and one of them blocked the shield in front of him, and with a "bang", the arrow was nailed to the shield.

The archers on the arrow tower immediately shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack-"

The archers on the walls and on the towers shot arrows at the approaching shadows, who put their shields together and quickly approached the fire.

The lid of the kettle was twisted open, and a jug of ice water was poured over the fire, "sneering ······" The burning fire was poured with water and then rattled and quickly smoked and extinguished.

After the fires outside the camp were extinguished, it was pitch black outside, and the archers and sentries on the wall and the arrow tower could no longer see the situation outside, so they could only keep firing arrows at the place where the fire was extinguished by their impressions, and the sound of arrows hitting the shield could be heard from time to time.

At this time, outside the dark camp, some archers quietly appeared, and they opened their bows and arrows to the Liu Song army sentry on the wall and the arrow tower to fire arrows, and one by one Liu Song army sentry and sentry were shot.

The camp was already noisy, and the soldiers were assembled and lined up under the command of the commanders and generals to be ready to engage the cadres at any time.

Tan Daoji had already heard the movement, and he came to the wall of the wall under the escort of his own soldiers and generals in a big coat and asked, "What happened?" ”

One of the generals clasped his fists and replied: "Commander, the cadres have extinguished all the fires we have outside the camp, and they have also shot many of our sentries and archers!" ”

Tan Daoji frowned: "What are the cadres doing here?" It's not a night raid, what's the use of extinguishing the fire and killing a few sentry posts? ”

Xue Tong clenched his fists and said: "Great marshal, the Qianjun is much more cunning than other Wei troops, and it is not easy to deal with, the last general thinks that it is better for us to be careful!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the camp, a large number of horses' hooves, there was no shouting of killing, only countless "swishing ······" sounds.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Xue Tong's face changed greatly, and he turned around and yelled.

The rain of arrows came faster than Liu Songjun imagined, and as soon as Xue Tong finished shouting, the arrow rain of the cavalry of the Qianjun army fell, and the Liu Song generals near the wall were killed and injured by a large number of arrows.

Some of the generals of Liu Song protected Tan Daoji to evacuate near the wall, and the other part hid under the wall with a shield, after all, the wall was made of wood, and the shield and the wall could effectively resist arrows.

The cavalry of the Qianjun army ran back and forth in front of the wall twice, released six waves of arrows, and then flew away, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually disappeared.

The camp of Liu Songjun was in shambles, and the noise and wailing were constantly heard.

Tan Daoji Tie walked over with a blushing face and looked at the wounded and corpses all over the body, some of the generals were helping the wounded, and some of the soldiers were carrying away the corpses and cleaning up the weapons and arrows on the ground.

"How many casualties?" Tan Daoji Xue Tong beckoned over and asked: "Back to Dashuai, more than 200 people were injured and 186 people died!" ”

At this moment, the camp to the northeast, two miles away, was also attacked, and a large number of horses' hooves and shouts of killing were heard.

Xue Tong reacted quickly, and he didn't need Tan Daoji's orders, so he immediately sent someone to investigate the situation.

Soon after, the spies came back and reported: "General, the camp in the north has been attacked by the cadres, the fire outside the camp has been extinguished, many sentries and guards on the arrow tower and the wall have been shot and killed, and the soldiers who rushed to the wall to prepare the camp have also been attacked by the cavalry of the cadres, causing more than 400 casualties!" ”

After hearing this, Xue Tong said to Tan Daoji: "Marshal, I see that the cadres are attacking everywhere to disturb our sight, they must have another plan!" ”

Tan Daoji thought for a moment and said: "The number of these people is not large, they fight here and there, I am afraid that they want to attack us and make our soldiers unable to sleep!" In this way, all the archers in all the camps were ordered to be on standby, and as long as the cavalry of the dry army released arrows into the camp, the archers were ordered to release arrows and counterattack! ”

"Yes!" Xue Tong agreed.

Outside the camp, a stone's throw away from the camp, the cavalry of the cadre army pacified the war horses.

Chang Kun said to Guo Sheng: "Old general, looking at the situation in the camp, the crossbowmen of Liu Song's army are already in full array, if our army rushes over at this time, it will definitely be hit by a rain of arrows!" ”

Guo Sheng smiled: "Can a living person suffocate urine? Order, let the drummers beat the drums, but the soldiers can't move! ”

Chang Kun was stunned when he heard this, and a smile immediately appeared on his face, "Understood!" ”

Orders were given one step at a time, and the drummers began to beat the drums when they received the order.

"Knock ······"

The faces of the Liu Song generals in the camp changed greatly when they heard this, and one of the generals immediately ordered: "Everyone is ready to meet the enemy!" ”

The infantrymen approached with shields and spears in the direction of the wall, which was the last line of defense of the camp and could never be breached.

The adjutant general said to the leading general: "General, if the lights are dark outside, the cadres will be able to see us, but we can't see them, if we wait until the cadres rush to the vicinity of the wall, it will be too late!" ”

When the general heard this, he thought it was true, and immediately ordered: "The archer releases the arrow!" ”

"Shoot the arrows—"

"Whoosh ······" A large number of arrows flew from inside the camp to the pitch-black outside of the camp, one after another.

The arrows shot for about half an hour before stopping, and the shadows of the Qianjun cavalry did not appear, Liu Songjun was certainly not a fool, the arrows had been shot for so long and had not moved, and they must have found that they had been deceived.

The grass outside the camp was full of dense arrows, and Guo Sheng laughed: "Quick, let the soldiers go and get the arrows!" ”

"Yes!"

The officers and men of the cadre army returned with a full load and harvested a large number of arrows.

Chang Kun said to Guo Sheng: "General, why don't we do it again?" ”

"Again?" Guo Sheng was stunned, "Do you think Liu Song's generals are all fools, will they still be fooled?" ”

Chang Kun said: "Old general, just now we just beat the drum, did not attack, if this time we beat the drum, and order the soldiers to gallop back and forth in the land of a stone's throw away?" The sound of a large number of horses' hooves will definitely make Liu Songjun suspicious, they are not sure, they can only release arrows to defend against the enemy! ”

Guo Sheng clapped his palms: "Okay, do it again!" ”