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On the north bank of the confused water, Wang Fuzhi sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he was very emotional.

After the camp was settled, the students of the Army Academy quickly shaped the sand table of the surrounding terrain, and gave Liu Tichun and Qin Zuoming the distribution of military strength on both sides, the fortifications, and even the character and ability of the enemy generals, the composition of troops, weapons and equipment, and the estimation of combat effectiveness.

And their own logistics, camping, forage, medical care, equipment, etc., are all in order. That kind of efficient and regular operation makes the army run like a machine, running accurately.

And most of these were completed by this group of staff officers, including the battle plan, and several copies were quickly prepared and handed over to Liu Tichun and Qin Zuoming.

It can be said that all the Lord will have to do is to make a choice, what plan to take, and when to go to war.

Wang Fuzhi felt that with the operational ability of the staff officers in the army, even if he was made the commander, I am afraid it would not be much worse.

Of course, Wang Fuzhi's idea is obviously a bit of a layman.

Whether or not these three key elements can be accurately grasped is not something that can be accomplished by these staff officers, but requires the commander to have a keen judgment ability and be able to make correct decisions in a timely manner in order to capture the fighter plane and win the victory.

The role of these staff officers is only to make the operation of the army more regular, more coordinated, and to make the commander less likely to make unnecessary mistakes.

The intelligence work of the Qin army has been done very well, Liu Tichun frowned and asked: "General Qin, Gu Xiancheng's guy is really vicious, this arrow is poisonous, you have to think of countermeasures in advance, otherwise it will definitely lead to a large number of casualties in our army." ”

Qin Zuoming nodded and said, "Yes, there is also this guy who dug the other bank like this, and everyone hid in the trenches, which greatly reduced the power of our army's guns." If you attack strongly, you have to face the poisonous arrows of the other side, which is really tricky. At the end of the year, the general Jianyi still sent a group of men and horses to seek an opportunity to cross the river from the upper reaches of the water. Raid from behind. ”

"I can only try, but Gu Xiancheng dug the fortifications on the other side so completely, it must also prevent us from sending people to make a detour upstream to raid, and the mountains and forests are dense upstream, there is no road to pass, and only a small group of people can pass, once Gu Xiancheng finds out, it will be a problem whether he can retreat with his whole body."

One of the staff officers named You Leming pointed to the sand table and said, "General Liu, General Qin, look. The south side of the ferry is sandwiched on both sides of the mountain, the middle is one mile wide, and the north wind blows in this season, why don't we use smoke to attack, there are many wet plants and trees on the north bank, and a large amount of smoke drifts to the south bank downwind, and the enemy will be able to smoke it unbearable. ”

Liu Tichun listened and high-fived and said, "This is a good idea, go and prepare wet firewood and grass to kill them." ”

With Liu Tichun's order. More than 10,000 Qin troops immediately took action, cut down a large number of branches and firewood from all around, and piled them on the north bank in less than half an hour. It's like a hill.

After the firewood and grass were lit, the smoke drifted down the wind to the south bank, where the terrain was not wide and the mountains were on either side. In the middle is a long and narrow flat land one mile wide. The smoke followed the passage, and even if the enemy was hiding in the trench, he was choked by the smoke and coughed.

The smoke also obstructed the view. Hardly able to see the situation in Jiangbei, Liu Tichun saw it and shouted: "Come on, beat the drum, pretend to cross the river in a big way." ”

"Yes, General."

The war drums of the Qin army were immediately beaten, and the rumbling sound was shocking, and thousands of Qin soldiers shouted in unison, as if they were crossing the river in a big way.

Gu Xiancheng on the south bank personally went to the riverside to inspect, his eyes were red and swollen, like two peaches, tears kept flowing, the river was full of smoke, and he couldn't see clearly;

"Cough, cough, cough" He coughed while scolding, thousands of calculations, I didn't expect the Qin army to come to this trick, this winter, the northwest wind blows, hiding in the trench, although the smoke is lighter, but it is always uncomfortable, inhaling this smoke for a long time, the soldiers still can't stand it.

"Big brother, what should I do?" Wei Sanguan asked uneasily.

"Panic what! Ahem, the Qin army just made a feint, and let everyone cover their mouths and noses with strips of cloth soaked in water, and lay down under the trench. ”

In addition, Gu Xiancheng has no good way.

Due to the inability to see the situation in Jiangbei, the Qin army from time to time the golden drums sounded in unison and shouted loudly, making the enemy troops on the south bank unable to live in peace.

The Qin army on the north bank was full of energy, constantly cutting down trees, finding wet straw, and doing it happily, and the billowing smoke blew towards the south bank, and the scene was very spectacular.

In this cold winter, although the junction of Hunan and Guangxi is not as icy and snowy as the north, it is common for snow to fall when the temperature is low, and the wet cloth covers the face for a long time, so that no one can stand it.

It's not okay if you don't cover it, withdraw the soldiers, the Qin army makes feints from time to time, and you can't see it clearly on the surface of the river, and the ghost knows when they will really cross the river, so you can't withdraw it, you can only endure it.

In this way, after being smoked for an hour, there were soldiers in the trench who couldn't stand the cold, and found dry firewood and grass to warm the fire, and someone suddenly found that sitting by the fire, the smoke was not so heavy.

This accidental discovery made Gu Xiancheng like a treasure, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to pile up a large number of dry firewood and grass on the south bank to light a fire.

As soon as the fire started, the smoke from the north bank was surrounded by the raging fire, and it was difficult to penetrate into the trench.

In this way, Gu Xiancheng's troops on the south bank not only solved the problem of being smoked, but the soldiers could also gather around the fire by the way to roast the fire, killing two birds with one stone.

This made Gu Xiancheng laugh out loud, and the soldiers under his command also cheered, and their morale immediately recovered a lot, and there were even casual laughter at the Qin army on the north bank.

"Come on, come on, put more cigarettes."

"Hehe, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder."

"Qin Jun has nothing to fear, just this little trick."

"Brothers, don't worry about it, catch a few rabbits, let's roast and eat them first."

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Gu Xiancheng and his subordinates rejoiced in their ingenuity and talent, and their morale soared, feeling that the Qin army was like this, and some of them were still yelling at the fire, and even found prostitutes to have fun.

But they were too happy, and after three hours of the fireworks battle between the two sides, Gu Xiancheng began to jump: "What's the matter, hurry up and add firewood!" Still stunned for what to do. ”

"General, the firewood and grass around here have been burned out, so we have to chop firewood from afar."

"Then let's go! Go ahead! ”

The "general" soldier looked very embarrassed.

Gu Xiancheng also realized that something was wrong, the wet firewood and grass used by the Qin army on the north bank to "make smoke" were just fine. But they had to let the fire burn brightly, in other words, the same pile of firewood and grass, if the Qin army's side could withstand it for an hour, their side would burn out with a cup of tea, and the consumption rate was several times faster than that of the Qin army.

At first, they were able to cope with it, but after a long time, after the surrounding firewood and grass were burned out, they had to go to a distant place to find firewood and grass, and there was a time difference back and forth. In this way, this battle was also fought, and it is estimated that just looking for firewood and grass will exhaust thousands of his men to death.

Now Gu Xiancheng don't laugh, he can't cry, why, why is it winter, how good it would be if the southeast wind blows in spring and summer

Wei Sanguan repeated the old tune, and asked anxiously: "Big brother cough, what should I do?" ”

"Fuck cough cough, you ask me, who do I ask?" Gu Xiancheng was furious, and he wanted to cut people with a knife.

As the flames on the south bank gradually subsided, the smoke on the north bank began to fill again, and Gu Xiancheng's soldiers had to cover the wet cloth again, and the cold feeling was more uncomfortable than covering the diaper.

This time, it was the turn of the Qin army on the north shore to be happy, laughing non-stop, the confused water was only forty steps wide, and the laughter came with the wind, which was clearly audible.

There is also Qin Jun shouting to persuade him to surrender: "Brother on the south bank, don't hold on, cut off Gu Xiancheng's head, and you can be added to the ranks." ”

"Brothers, we don't want to beat you, but Gu Xiancheng is a repeat offender appointed by our majesty, if you cut off his head, you can immediately make the marquis pay homage, the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will not come again."

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The time, the place, the people. The Qin army made full use of the time of the day, and persuaded him to surrender while releasing smoke.

Gu Xiancheng and the others couldn't bear the "gentle comfort" of the smoke, so they had to leave a small number of men and horses to defend and withdraw the team to a few miles away. At dusk, after launching a number of feints to paralyze the enemy, Liu Tichun suddenly ordered the Qin army to really cross the river;

The thousands of Qin troops who had already been prepared struggled to row small boats, quickly crossed the forty-pace-wide river, and captured the beachhead on the south bank in one fell swoop.

The Qin army rushed ashore in the smoke, and the small number of enemy troops left behind in the position were vulnerable and quickly routed, and Gu Xiancheng knew that he could not hold it, so he simply retreated to Qiyang City. The Qin army won the first battle, and Shun lì broke through the confused water, and there was thunder of cheers for a while

(To be continued......)