Chu Zhongchen persuaded again, and the king of Chu pointed to the distance and said: "If the city really wants to go out of the city for a decisive battle, he will definitely choose the time when the sky is about to dawn, and first attack and disturb with elite soldiers and soldiers, so that our army camp will be chaotic." ”

"When we are in chaos and the sky is light, we can send chariots in the city and gather the whole army to attack, but I am afraid that we will be defeated by then."

"It's just...... If it is dark today, even if those people attack and harass successfully, our army camp is in chaos, how can it be possible for the city to send troops at night? ”

"If the soldiers in Shangqiu City can fight at night, and they also know the ranks of the troops in the night battle, why defend the city? Only fight us outside the city! ”

"Tonight, the city must be trying to burn the grain and grass that was transported from Chendi, and the drums on the city wall are ringing in unison, but it is just to intimidate us and others."

"If those who attack calmly retreat, the morale of the army in the city will surely be great, and we will besiege the city for a long time, and once the morale is depressed, there will be resentment......

Speaking of grievances, King Chu let out a long sigh.

If it had been in the past, such a siege would have lasted for at least two or three months, and the resentment would have appeared, and the troops would have been withdrawn at that time.

But now it's different.

The words of the inkers in the city are like swords, and they have moved many people, and there is no way to refute those truths, although it has been forbidden to spread those words freely in the camp, but it cannot be forbidden.

Once the morale plummets, I am afraid that these messages that have been buried for a long time will be like those spring weeds: they are green from afar, and they are still dead grass when they get closer, but they don't know which day the whole field will suddenly become green.

It was about to be a rainy day, the trees outside the city had been cut down again, and the soldiers of the Chu army did not have enough tents, and some could only camp in the open air.

When the morale of the army is sluggish and the rain is like mildew, the words of those ink writers will be widely spread in the camp.

The King of Chu didn't like the truth of the ink at all, such as Shangxian, centralization, synonymous and other statements, which were extremely agreed.

These principles were interacted with by the gentry class, so they allowed the gentry to be loyal to the royal power and strengthened the royal power.

However, in addition to these truths, there are also a lot of truths for the peasants and businessmen, these truths are not liked by the nobles, and the king of Chu does not like to listen to them, so many of the remarks of the Moshi must not be spread at will because Shang Xian and the like are beneficial to the royal power.

If today's affairs cannot be handled well, the morale of the besieged city will drop at that time, and the consequences will be difficult to control.

He also knew that today's affairs were a bit dangerous, but he wanted to be the hero, so he understood that the more times like this, the more heroic actions he had to make to make the army worship.

The king of Chu not only explained the truth clearly, but also said it extremely arrogantly, and the surrounding nobles did not say much, and gathered their personal subordinates and armor one after another.

The chariot of the king of Chu, one hundred and twenty soldiers, also gave up the chariot and chose to fight at night with armor and spears and short swords, and the assembly was completed.

The rest of the camps did not move, but lit torches and bonfires, guarded the fortifications with good marksmen, pressed the formation with crossbowmen, and the rest gathered and did not move.

It's just that nowadays the herald is basically by roaring, and you can send someone to announce the order or use the flag as a signal during the day, but it is difficult to do it at night.

Moreover, no one knows exactly what happened during the night, and once something goes wrong, some people will think that the whole army will be defeated, which will trigger a chain reaction.

The king of Chu issued another order: those who go out to fight without permission will be killed, those who disturb the morale of the army with loud noises will be killed, and those who flee without reason will be killed......

Under the wooden tower, the private armor of various nobles was on standby, and the king of Chu was on top of the wooden tower, thinking of the strange thing that the ink master had shown before, "It can fly above the nine heavens", and said in his heart: "If that thing is made bigger, it can pass the order at night!" ”

The thought was just a flash, and he knew that the top priority tonight was to drive away those Song people who were harassing, so he personally put on his armor and held the battle.

He believed that the number of troops who could attack at night must not be large, and he also believed that if it was for the whole army to counterattack, he would never choose this time to go out of the city to fight at night, so he believed that tonight would be the time for him to gather his army's heart and gain prestige.

If he can kill one or two Song people who went out of the city to attack and harass, and personally lead the troops to fight in the face of danger, it will spread throughout the military camp tomorrow, not only will the morale be greatly boosted, but also many people will fall in love.

People love heroes and fearlessness.

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At the head of the city, the inkman of the secretary of Shihe Shu widened his eyes, observing the bonfire lit up in the Chu army camp outside the city.

Behind him, the water leak was ticking, and the time was being calculated, and the references that were faintly visible in the moonlight were also shadowed.

The torches in the Chu camp were lit in turn, and the bonfires in some places were also more vigorous, because there was not much firewood within a few miles outside the city, so the bonfires in the Chu camp had been reluctant to burn very vigorously.

It can be seen that the Chu people have chosen the most sensible way to deal with it: let the camp be bright first, stabilize the morale of the army, and let the soldiers see the people of their accomplices and teammates, so as not to flee in a chaotic and large-scale manner at night.

At the same time, it is also extremely wise to let the various camps hold on to prevent accidents: the more chaotic the night, the more chaotic it will be, and the only way to stand firm is to fight back, although it is not possible to fight back and win, but it is difficult to defeat it.

It is only necessary to calculate the time it takes for the torches to gather in the various camps of the Chu people, the time it takes for each camp to go from chaos to regain stability, and calculate the speed at which the Chu people can deliver the news.

There are also some ears that are easy to use, and they are secretly listening to the various drums coming from the Chu camp.

In the ticking of the water leak, Shi Shi took the pen and constantly marked on the paper, occasionally opened his mouth to ask, and the person behind would accurately report the time of the water droplet to determine the reaction speed of the Chu people.

The camp had to be prepared for night attacks, but even if the general knew, it would be extremely difficult for these conscripted peasants to be able to guard against it.

Coupled with the extremely slow transmission of news and the extremely chaotic night, the response of the Chu people was not slow, and it could even be said that it was so slow that it made Shixi smile.

After a while, I saw that many torches were lit up in the center of the Chu army's camp, and some torches were also gathering towards the center of the camp, but they were all not far from the center.

There is the camp of the king of Chu, which is suitable for visiting, and has left a lot of traces, so it can be roughly judged at the head of the city.

However, if you go out of the city to attack, you may not be able to find it easily in the chaos.

After watching it for a while, he heard Gongzaoye, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, praise: "This King of Chu is a little heroic. ”

Shi knew that Gongzaoye had experienced a battle array, so he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Gong Zaoye pointed to the torches that were gathering towards the center of the camp in the distance, and said with a smile: "Elsewhere they are camped and guarded, but they are constantly gathering and moving there, and there must not be many people." ”

"The king of Chu is only afraid that he is preparing to fight on foot, and uses Che Guang, close attendants, and the nobles around him to drive away the night attackers."

"If this is done......"

Gong Zaoye thought for a moment and said with a smile: "This matter must be done, tonight is just an attack, and it can be withdrawn in a short time, and the choice of the King of Chu can win fame." ”

"Tomorrow, the people of Chu will inevitably be greatly boosted, and the king of Chu will inevitably gain a lot of prestige...... It's the same in the city. With your Xuanyi Department, the morale of the army in the city will also be greatly boosted. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but want to laugh, and after a while, I finally couldn't help laughing.

Gong Zaoye waved his hand and said, "Don't laugh, what I said is the truth." The king of Chu can claim that he drove away the Song people in a night battle, and your Xuanyi Department can also publicize that the night battle out of the city last night made the Chu people tremble. ”

"If this matter is on weekdays, it is still the Chu people who have the advantage: as long as the besieging side ensures morale, it will last longer than the besieged side after all, and it is best not to give the besieging side a chance to do it."

"It's different now, and we don't have to keep it until the end......"

Shi pondered for a while, understood a lot, lowered his head and wrote down a few numbers, and said after a while: "I just don't know how much the close attendant Che Guang around the King of Chu can gather?" ”

Gong Zaoye said with a smile: "There will be thousands of people, and the Yue Gentlemen's Army is only those people, and there are not so many people around King Chu." ”

"Even if there are thousands of them, don't worry. In fact, many people are not necessarily stronger than the gentlemen of the near armours of various countries if they are judged by swordsmanship. It's just that it is in the queue, and there are orders to know the advance and retreat, once the city gate is breached, all the soldiers and nobles sent are skilled, and the martial arts are not low, but they still can't break through. ”

Shi didn't interfere with the armament of the ink before, and he didn't know much about some things, and he had the confidence to listen to Gongzaoye, so he settled down to the last of his heart, and continued to bury his head in recording the changes in Chu Ying's response.

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On the right flank of the Chu army, those Shangqiu soldiers who attacked the camp of the Chu army at night, the rise of killing, advanced all the way, and there was no obstacle.

It's just that the ink man who led the team couldn't help but curse.

These people are undisciplined and almost unorganized, and they have long been advised not to disperse, not to chase and kill, not to kill, and not to kill, and everything is subject to the leader of the group.

But half of the people who rushed to kill were so hot-headed that they completely forgot those words.

The ink man who led the team said in his heart: "If you are the ink master, the gentleman must reprimand you!" If you are martial arts, you are stronger than those Peixian righteous teachers; But when it comes to discipline, you are far inferior to them! ”

Even though he thinks so, he knows the difference.

Those who can advance in a fast march and march at a trotting speed are probably only armed with two or three hundred ink men who are dedicated to preparing the city gates.

They are at the level of a soldier in personal martial arts, have strong discipline, know things left and right, and are extremely obedient to the orders of their superiors, so they can maintain a formation and pursue in a jogging attitude.

Those Peixian volunteers who have been trained for a long time are far from reaching such a level. It is also possible to keep the formation neat by following the sound of the drums on a normal day, but once the speed increases, the formation will become chaotic, so you can only make a slow assault rather than a quick pursuit.

Now these soldiers who have entered the camp of the Chu army are rushing and killing at a fast speed, but the problem is that the formation is basically dispersed, and only more than 60 people left here are still obeying the orders of the ink watchers.

Gongsun Ze was still in the ranks, and although he rushed into the fleeing Chu army several times to slash and kill, he finally held back and obeyed the orders of the Mo Scholar.

When the two armies were fighting, there was often a way to cut off the ears after killing people to show their skills.

Gongsun Ze thought that this night attack would kill a few more people, cut off his ears, and throw them in front of Shi Shi when the time came, blocking his vicious mouth...... Maybe it's just to make his heart feel more comfortable, after all, he has fulfilled his obligations as a soldier.

However, except for killing one person and cutting off his ears at the beginning, Gongsun Ze has never had a chance to kill.

The ink man shouted again and again that he should not be ordered to rush and kill, but the rise of those people killing, and those Chu people fled in confusion, and there was no obstacle for the time being, and they had long regarded those words as the wind in their ears, and only thought about killing a few more people to make meritorious deeds.

When Gongsun Ze was thinking about whether to rush out and kill, he heard the ink man in front of him shouting: "There are people guarding in front, it must be Doctor Chu!" Today's work is here, if you can capture this person alive, you will withdraw immediately! Once the Chu people come around, those scattered will die! ”

"Before leaving the city, there was an order not to leave at will. If those people are surrounded, they will not be saved! Do only what you do. ”