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Chapter 84 Stupid method, reckless plan

Seeing that a round of rolling stones and wood killed and injured 30 people, even Zhou Chengdong didn't need to say anything, Wang Yingtai ordered with a straight face: "Retract the troops, let the troops at the east gate also withdraw."

The exploratory attack resulted in nearly [-]% casualties. There was really no way to storm the Big Water Bottle Village.

Guessing that there was still an hour before it would be too dark, Wang Yingtai asked Zhou Chengdong to lead the army to camp outside Xiaoli Village - the mountain road was too narrow and there was no place for them to camp, so the only suitable place was outside Xiaoli Village.

He himself took a hundred servants and went into the mountains and forests to see if he could sneak in with a small group of elites from other places to carry out a surprise attack.

After this investigation, it was discovered that some parts of the city wall in Dashui Pingzhai were impossible to climb up without the use of ropes and other tools.Even if they go up, a few people can block a group of them.

One man can guard against ten thousand men, and his reputation is well-deserved.

Not to mention, the Red Lady has repaired all the walls of the Walled City, and each section of the wall has been decorated with civilian warriors.

The Walled City itself is not large. If one area is attacked, other areas can quickly come to support.

In short, after the investigation, Wang Yingtai found that it was impossible to launch surprise attacks from the west and south.He didn't explore the east and north sides, but he thought it was the same.

after dinner.

Wang Yingtai called Gao Xiucheng, Pan Zhuoer and several other guides to the big tent to find a solution.

Although these people have little experience in fighting, there is a saying that goes, three stooges are as good as Zhuge Liang. What if someone's advice inspires him?
Panzhuoer said: "There is really no way to attack the Big Water Bottle Village, so we might as well surround it. If the main force of the thieves and the refugees who were previously trapped are all inside, there may not be enough food in the walled city."

Gao Xiucheng shook his head, "The grain that the thieves looted from various places may not have amounted to tens of thousands of dan, which can last for several months, but the master only gave General Wang half a month."

Another person said: "I think the millet outside can be harvested in ten and a half days. Why don't we harvest their grain in advance and force them to come out to hunt."

Someone retorted: "How much food can there be outside the village? It is impossible for the rebel leader to lose a lot for a small amount."

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Several people argued in gibberish, without making any reliable suggestions. Instead, they made Wang Yingtai's brain hurt.

So he slapped the table and made these people disperse.

He calmed down and came up with a stupid idea.

The next day, he asked the auxiliary soldiers to collect a lot of shovels, hoes, bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, etc. from Xiali Village and other villages behind him. He also assigned manpower to continue logging and began to do soil work at the foot of the slope.

At the same time, let the auxiliary soldiers build ladders on the spot and prepare to attack the Xizhai Gate at the same time.

Pan Zhuoer and Gao Xiucheng were surprised and praised again.

"General, what a good plan. Building earthen fortresses one after another in this way will greatly reduce the power of thieves' wood and rolling stones, and it will also make it easier for officers and soldiers to avoid the rain of arrows."

"If the thieves and soldiers don't want to wait until the earthen fortress is built under the city wall, they have no choice but to go out of the city and fight with the officers and soldiers. Smart, really smart!"

"Hahaha," Wang Yingtai smiled proudly, but said with a false sense of humility: "This is a stupid method that he came up with out of desperation. If the thieves can't get out, it will probably take three or four days to build it under the city wall."

"It's already very impressive to be able to capture such a dangerous stronghold in three or four days."

Upstairs at the village gate, the red lady couldn't help frowning when she saw the actions of the officers and soldiers.

Faced with this situation, she couldn't think of any good way to deal with it, so she could only use the walkie-talkie to contact Liu Sheng.

On the intercom, Liu Sheng laughed and said: "This officer and general is indeed quite capable, but it's a pity that he misjudged our strength."

"What does the leader mean by this?"

Liu Sheng said: "My previous response was too cautious. The official army only had five to six hundred soldiers, one thousand auxiliary soldiers, and one thousand Wuxiang braves.

However, the troops were divided into two groups, and they still insisted on attacking Dashui Pingzhai, leaving the troops and horses blocked on the mountain road.

I transferred Peng Youyi and Wen You's two sentinels over. Now Liujiazhai has 120 standing troops and [-] personal troops.

I also transferred a 600-person fishing and hunting group from North America. The most important thing is that we have the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

In this way, we can seize the opportunity to block them on the mountain road and attack them from both front and back! "

After hearing this, Lady Hong pondered and said, "Isn't this too risky? What if the Xiangyong from the east gate takes the opportunity to attack Dashui Pingzhai?"

Liu Sheng thought to himself, those officers and soldiers looked very effective in combat, and after all, Dashui Pingzhai only had one hundred standing troops and three hundred civilian warriors.

The civilian braves have limited training and poor equipment, and they can only make do with defending the city. If they really want to be drawn out to fight against the officers and soldiers who are cornered, they will be in the tiger's mouth.

With only the [-] standing troops and three squatting tiger cannons led by the red lady, it is also very likely that they will be overwhelmed by the official army - after all, there are too few squatting tiger cannons and the firing interval is a bit long.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng said: "Then just hold on to the Walled City. Seeing that the officers and soldiers have also fled, then go out of the city to help chase the enemy."

"I understand."···
In order to speed up the construction of the earthen fortress, Wang Yingtai not only used most of the auxiliary soldiers, but even sent 100 people to Xiaoli Village and the villages beyond to recruit civilians.

In Xiaoli Village, Mrs. Sun remained silent after being insulted by two officers and soldiers yesterday. She secretly hanged herself at night.

Today, after Li Changgen took down Sun's body, he has been sitting in the room in a daze, not even caring about his sick son.

The officers and soldiers broke into the door, took Li Changgen away, and sent him to the civilian team.

After a while, except for the two families of Li Changwen and Li Fuchang, all the young men in Xiaoli Village were arrested by the officers and soldiers, and suddenly there was another cry in the village.

Twenty auxiliary soldiers tied forty or fifty men from Xiaoli Village into a string with hemp ropes and long bamboo poles, and then drove them on the mountain road to Shuipingzhai.

Unexpectedly, just one mile out of Xiaoli Village, arrows were shot from the forest on the roadside, and five or six auxiliary soldiers were shot down on the spot.

Then, Shen Zhaoxian led the hunting team and rushed out of the forest.

"It's a bandit! Run!"

Seeing this, the remaining auxiliary soldiers had no intention of fighting. They shouted and ran away.

Because the mountain road is relatively narrow, most of the auxiliary soldiers can only escape to the slope on the other side of the mountain road.

The slope was already steep, and there were many vegetation and rocks. Most of the auxiliary soldiers who came from the plains could not run fast at all.

What pursued them was the hunting team that had been in the woods for several months.

As a result, they were quickly overtaken one after another, and were either captured or killed.

Several auxiliary soldiers who fled to Dashui Pingzhai were captured by a hunting team ambushing further ahead.

Only then did Liu Sheng appear and let Ding Zhuang of Xiaoli Village go.

Most of the people went back, but Li Changgen stayed with a few other men with red eyes.

He came to Liu Sheng and said: "Good man, I want to fight the dog army with you!"

Li Changgen was the first person Liu Sheng met when he came to this time and space, so he was naturally impressed, but in his impression, Li Changgen was quite timid.

A coward took the initiative to challenge the officers and soldiers. Needless to say, something must have happened to his family because of the officers and soldiers entering the village.

Liu Sheng didn't ask him what happened at home. He directly gave him a seized auxiliary soldier's waist knife, pointed at the people in the hunting team and said: "If you want to fight against the official army, just follow them."

Li Changgen nodded, took the knife and went to report to Shen Zhaoxian.

"Master Liu, we also want to attack the army!" Upon seeing this, the remaining men also came to plead.

Liu Sheng sent them all to the hunting team.

Because the 200 people from the hunting brigade will be responsible for assisting in the next battle.

Liu Sheng's task for the hunting brigade was to first sneak into the woods on the slopes on both sides of the mountain road, detect the enemy's situation, and lay traps.When the officers and soldiers fled towards the slopes on both sides of the mountain road, they would then assist in hunting down and capturing the defeated soldiers.

After rescuing Ding Zhuang from Xiaoli Village, Liu Sheng appointed 20 pro-saber players (military soldiers) as the vanguard, followed by the four-post standing army led by Peng Youyi, and then followed by nearly a hundred pro-soldiers led by Liu Sheng-Hu. Artillery and musketeers were among them.

Wen You took two standing troops and escorted them back.

On the Liujiazhai side, only one standing army and a 400-man fishing brigade were left to defend.

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Wang Yingtai saw that the earth fortress siege plan was going very smoothly, so he asked people to build a pavilion a mile away, and drank tea while watching the auxiliary soldiers working.

Occasionally there is a mountain breeze, but it doesn't feel too hot.

Zhou Chengdong came over and took a sip of herbal tea and said: "General, our auxiliary troops can work so quickly. It will definitely be faster if we recruit hundreds of civilians. I'm afraid it won't take more than two days before we can officially attack the city."

Wang Yingtai thought so in his heart, but he still said calmly: "Don't be careless, the bandits won't watch us build the earthen fortress."

Zhou Chengdong smiled and said: "What can they do? How dare they go out of the city and fight with us?"

Before he could even finish his words, someone hurriedly came from behind——

"Report! A large group of thieves are attacking from the mountain road behind!"

Wang Yingtai and Zhou Chengdong were stunned after hearing this, with a look of astonishment on their faces.

After coming back to his senses, Zhou Chengdong couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, these thieves really dare to fight us outside? How dare they steal our retreat?"

Wang Yingtai stood up, frowned and asked, "Approximately how many bandits are there?"

(End of this chapter)