Wu Haogu didn't know how to fight, he just used Murong Wangwu, a foreign monk, to run a military academy openly, and used the knight system and knight school to resurrect the dead Privy Council Military Academy. Now, he has taken advantage of the opportunity of serving as the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the three straights, to practice a staff system and a combination of professional officers and compulsory soldiers.

And when it was necessary to make a major decision, Wu Haogu would usually first seek the advice of Zhao Zhongge, the commander of the military machine.

He glanced at Brother Zhao Zhong, who was frowning, and Brother Zhong shook his head, "The two tunnels in the west of Tongwan City can be completed today, and the engineer commander is deploying gunpowder, and the city walls can be blasted tomorrow." At this juncture, we must hold most of the armor in our hands to prevent all kinds of accidents.

Besides, as long as the blasting is successful, Tongwan City will be ours. There are many defenders in the city, and there are many civilians, so there must be a lot of reserves. With these reserves in hand, our army has been able to eat and drink for several months, and if the thieves want to cut off the grain route, they will cut it off.

Even if you want to cut off someone's head, let the armor ride to chase and kill the fleeing enemy. ”

Wu Haogu nodded and said, "Then don't chase it...... Let's prepare for the siege! Is there a strategy for combat? ”

Zhao Zhongge said: "Two sets of strategies have been prepared, one is to attack during the day; One is a night attack. ”

Wu Haogu thought about it and said: "Then early tomorrow morning, no, the night is long and there are many dreams, don't wait for tomorrow, we will attack the city tonight!" ”

"Whoa!" As soon as Brother Zhao Zhongge gave his hand, he could be regarded as receiving the general's order. However, later on, a written order and battle strategy will be sent to Wu Haogu's desk, waiting for him to sign and seal.

Tong Guan and Gao Yu glanced at each other, as if something was wrong! What exactly is the strategy of war? Brother Zhao Zhong didn't say it at all, how could Wu Dalang be accurate? Is there anyone like him who commands a war? He really can't fight.

"Wait," Tong Guan interjected, "Commander Zhao, you and our family talk about the siege strategy." ”

Tell me? How so? Brother Zhao Zhong glanced at Wu Haogu, and Wu Haogu said: "Let people copy two night attack strategies and send them to Tong Daguan and Manager Gao to see." ”

"Whoa!"

Brother Zhao Zhong took the order. Tong Guan and Gao Yu were a little stunned, it's just a siege strategy, why do they have to copy two copies? How thick are the two copies?

By the afternoon of the same day, they knew how thick the siege strategy had been drawn up by the military commander! It was a very thick hand-copied wire-bound book, with many illustrations in it, and it looked complicated. Fortunately, Tong Guan and Gao Yu are more patient, Gao Yu is still a clerk (his football player is an amateur, and his job in the early years was a secretary), so Du Zai took a closer look.

After reading it, Tong Guan found that he couldn't fight anymore, and Gao Yu suddenly realized that this was how the war was fought!

The mission of siege warfare can be broken down into various cities! Each has its own small plan, when to prepare, when to leave the camp, when to lurk where, when to charge, and the task after rushing into the gap, there are strict and detailed rules!

For all the troops that are commanded by the knights and the heads of the capital, the "small plan" will be issued to the commanders at all levels. If there is no knight as an officer, the commander of the warrior and the warrior will have the commander of the military commander to directly come to the team and be responsible for organizing the battle.

In other words, the attack on Tongwan City would be commanded in a way that the civil servants of the Privy Council coveted to "strategize".

It's just that there's no such thing as a decisive victory thousands of miles away...... The military opposition, which was planned, was only a thousand paces away from the battlefield at most.

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Although Wu Haogu, who couldn't fight, was assisted by a staff group that was probably the most proficient at fighting in this era, he lacked the intuition of a famous general, and he had no way to expect that at this moment, there were more than 70,000 Western Thief cavalry, divided into two ways, ready to eat his 25,000 army in one bite!

Wei Ming Chage and Xiao Heda, who commanded this huge cavalry group of more than 72,000 people, also drew up a strategy, but it was much simpler than the thick strategy drawn up by the commander of the three military commanders in front of the palace.

That is, the soldiers were divided into two routes, one side of the division of about 24,000 people, led by Xiao Heda, detoured back to the east and south of Tongwan City, and cut off the retreat route of Wuhao Gu's retreat to Shicheng in the east or to flee to Hengshan in the south; The remaining main force was led by Brother Wei Mingcha himself, and went straight to the bottom of the city, together with the 10,000 troops in the city, a total of 58,000 people, and attacked Wu Haogu's army of up to 30,000 inside and outside. Strive to destroy it in one fell swoop, so as to completely change the unfavorable situation of the Great White High Kingdom on the battlefield.

In order to achieve the surprise attack to the greatest extent, Brother Cha and Xiao Heda also made careful planning, sent light cavalry in advance, and tested the covering distance of the Song army's rangers. Then he led a large army, under the cover of the light cavalry of the garrison, and marched from the edge of the Hanhai Desert.

Early this morning, the sky-high dust that Li Yongqi saw was made by the 72,000 army commanded by Brother Wei Mingcha.

After arriving at Wangting Town, about 50 miles north of Tongwan City, near the source of the Heishui River, Wei Mingchage parted ways with Xiao Heda, who led an army of 24,000 to continue the detour. Cha Ge led the remaining 48,000 troops to rest in Wangting Town.

Rather than wanting his army to be exposed too soon, Chago wanted to wait until it was dark before making a quick march south. Fifty miles of meadow/sand marching, one night is enough. In this way, early tomorrow morning, his army will be able to appear in the north of Tongwan City!

Of course, a surprise attack was impossible, after all, the Song army's rangers were thirty miles away, and it was impossible not to find nearly 50,000 cavalry approaching.

However, the cover of the night can still achieve the maximum suddenness. Even if the Song army found out an hour at night, it could reduce the possibility of them breaking the siege and withdrawing.

After Chago's army stopped moving, a large number of scout cavalry belonging to the garrison were released and advanced all the way south, and soon collided with the scout cavalry in front of the palace.

The fierce conflict unfolded in full swing around the evening of February 19 in the first year of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty on the grassland north of Tongwancheng!

The so-called ranger remote barricade, also called scout, is actually the predecessor of the scout. You don't have to wander on horseback, sometimes you can lie in the grass and play an ambush.

A group of cavalry led by Wu Tian was now lurking in the grassland about 20 miles south of Wangting Town. They occupied a low hill, the horses were tied to the south slope of the low hill, and most of the knights also rested under the low hill, only Wu Tian brought a few companions up the low hill together, and crouched in the grass while munching on corned beef while looking at the opposite scene in the dusk.

His men couldn't bear it anymore and whispered one after another.

"Soon it will be dark, and even a bird will not be able to see clearly! Let's go a little further! ”

"There must be a big army in the north, you can't go wrong...... I heard it with my own ears in the morning. ”

"Brother Tian, my father-in-law's soldiers and horses are all in Nannan......"

"What do you say?" Wu Tianyi turned his head and glanced at the young knight who had just mentioned the "father-in-law", "I forgot what Mr. Murong told me when I left Jiehe Shang City?" ”

"But, but there are no outsiders here!"

"Bastard! A military order is a military order! Wu Tian said gloomily, "Ten lashes when I go back!" ”

"God, Brother Tian, can't I say it?"

"How many mouths?" Wu Tian shouted, "Do you think you have too few fights?" ”

The young knight grimaced, bowed his head, and did not dare to speak.

The False Legion has always been highly disciplined! Moreover, the prestige of the four fakes of "heaven, earth, Xuan, and Huang" is very high, and the "little fakes" below dare not disobey at all.

However, it is precisely because of the strict discipline that this youth army has exerted its combat effectiveness on the battlefield that shocked Wan Yan Xianye.

In Xianya's opinion, if the warriors of Wanyan and those young knights are allowed to fight one-on-one, they will definitely win, after all, those teenagers have not yet grown up. But if you want to select 200 warriors to fight the 200 young knights in the Wanyan Department, if it is not for the old forest in the white mountains and black waters, then there is really no chance of winning at all.

Because those young knights not only have first-class combat skills, but also have too good discipline, and they cooperate with each other to the point of perfection.

"Let's set off after dark, walk 20 miles north and come back."

"Walk 20 miles?" The young man who had just been fined 10 lashes for five days spoke again, "I'm afraid I'm going to hit the western thief." ”

"It's good to bump into it!" Wu Tian smiled, "Prepare gunpowder arrows and fire folds, let's disturb for a while and see how many torches we can light up!" ”

When the army is attacked at night, it is impossible not to raise fire, unless it is a false army so that the troops can be controlled. Therefore, Wu Tian wanted to have a night attack, as long as he forced the Western Thieves to raise fire and prepare for battle, he would be able to know their number.

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At the same time, Wu Song, the commander of the second commander, finally figured out his command's task tonight.

It is to take advantage of the night to touch the wilderness two or three hundred steps outside the east wall of Tongwan City, and then prostrate and wait for the city wall to be blasted successfully.

After the city wall was blasted and cracked, Wu Song had to lead 500 house slave warriors who had just come from Kaifeng Mansion to cut off people's heads - these warriors were newly selected in the imperial martial arts show held in the first month of this year, and they didn't have houses yet!

After arriving in Yinzhou, they had already learned that most of the previous batch of warriors had earned their houses in Kaifeng Mansion by cutting people, and had become a glorious house-owning family. Naturally, everyone's eyes are hot! So tonight, the 2,000 new warriors and about 500 old warriors who haven't gathered enough heads are the ones who will act as the pickers tonight.

"Brethren! Good news! As soon as he returned to the camp, Wu Song began to carry out the most simple political mobilization, "I will go and cut people tonight...... Five heads, one suite! To go or not to go? ”

"Go!"

A bunch of house slaves are so excited! It's finally time for your chance!

"Good!" Wu Song slapped his face and said boldly: "Don't say much about the rules, wait for the meal, there will be wine and meat tonight, and the white bun will be full." When he had eaten, he put on his armor and went out of the camp with me to ambush. ”