Datang New Order

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After three days of tentative attacks on the Pingqiu camp of the Yan army, Zhou Dewei discovered that there were not as many Yan troops in the Pingqiu camp as imagined.Zhou Dewei was not as good at calculating as a staff officer like Yan Jun, but he had extremely rich combat experience. Judging from the strength of the opponent's defense, it seemed that there were less than [-] people.

Zhou Dewei even guessed that the Yan army in the Pingqiu camp might not have even 7000 people, because the number reported by Li Siyuan should be very watery—even if he repeatedly emphasized that the Yan army's resistance was extremely ferocious.

However, although the estimated enemy strength was nearly half less than originally expected, the defense facilities of this camp were very well built, and they were very layered, making it impossible to attack easily.If you attack forcefully, it is likely to cause huge casualties.

Therefore, Zhou Dewei quickly adjusted his plan, changing the main combat objective from conquering the Pingqiu camp to ambush the Yan army cavalry.

On September [-]th, the three armies of the Shiyu Daying Camp went out together and launched a feint attack on the Pingqiu Daying Army of the Yan Army.In this battle, Zhou Dewei mobilized [-] infantry to attack from three directions, while Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao and himself were still in charge of one direction.Zhou Dewei's request was that the attack should be more violent than the previous days, but the loss must be minimized as much as possible, and everything should be based on creating momentum.He hoped that through the siege of the Pingqiu camp, the Yan army cavalry would be transferred out of Xijiayan village.Of course, if you can open the gap, don't give up the opportunity to break the stronghold.

Zhou Dewei's real main force set up an ambush beside the passage between Xijiayan Village and Pingqiu, preparing to gather and annihilate the cavalry of the Yan army. Beside this Nangouhe passage, which is five miles long and two miles wide, there are several high mountains extending from Shiyu. , Zhou Dewei hid [-] infantry and [-] cavalry behind Gaoling, and took [-] cavalry to the entrance of Xijiayan Village as bait.

The number of eight hundred cavalry was decided by Zhou Dewei after a long time of calculation. If there were too few soldiers or no troops were sent at all, the trap would be more obvious and it would be easy for people to see the flaws; if there were too many soldiers.He was also afraid that Zhao Zaili from Xijiayan Village would not dare to stand out, and would continue to sit and watch the friendly troops of Pingqiu Camp besieged—this kind of behavior was quite normal for a military leader.The bait of [-] cavalry should be regarded as suitable. It can reduce Zhao Zaili's doubts, and it is just the limit that the cavalry of the Yan Army can barely swallow. Facing such a temptation, Zhou Dewei thinks that Zhao Zaili is likely to be tempted.

Once Zhao Zaili is dispatched, the [-] cavalry will retreat to the north and lead the Yan army cavalry into the Nangou River channel. At that time, this cavalry will rush up and entangle them, which can cover the Gaoling where [-] infantry are hiding from the side. Kill it everywhere.Block the return route of the Yan army.With the cooperation of five thousand horsemen, Zhou Dewei believed that Zhao Zaili would have to shed his skin even if he did not die.

One day passed, another day passed, for two consecutive days, no matter how far the battle in Pingqiu Daying went, Zhou Dewei's attention was always fixed on the direction of Xijiayan Village.Tanqi kept feeding news to Zhou Dewei, and all the news claimed that the cavalry of the Yan Army in Xijiayan Village did not move at all.

But Zhou Dewei was not in a hurry, he had some patience and continued to wait.In the second year of Qianning.Zhou Dewei followed Li Keyong to attack Wang Xingyu who forced Chang'an. Zhou Dewei spent twelve days setting up an ambush and defeated Wang Xingyu's main force in one fell swoop. In the first year of Tianfu, he faced the siege of Jinyang by Zhu Youning and Shi Shucong.Zhou Dewei resisted Li Keyong's strict order and waited patiently for more than a month. Finally, he found a good opportunity to send surprise soldiers from Jinyang to outflank Shi Shucong's flank.One hundred thousand Xuanwu troops were forced to withdraw from the siege of Jinyang.

Compared with these two classic fame battles of Zhou Dewei, what is waiting for a few days?

Another two days passed, and the direction of Xijiayan Village still remained unchanged.Zhou Dewei didn't mind, and planned to continue to wait patiently, but the feint attack of Pingqiu Camp achieved unexpected results.

The Zheng army under Li Sizhao and the Jin army under Zhou Dewei's own command made breakthroughs in the north and west of the Yan army's Pingqiu camp respectively.Among them, the Zheng army broke into the Yan army's camp three times, and the Jin army also broke into it once yesterday afternoon.It's a pity that because it was a feint attack, the follow-up troops were not invested enough, and all the Yan troops defending the camp were beaten out, and they failed to take down the Pingqiu camp.

Li Sizhao personally rushed to Zhou Dewei's place, and discussed with him about changing the strategy and trying his best to win the Pingqiu camp.Li Sizhao said excitedly that the Yan army is not as powerful as imagined. Although the equipment is excellent and the advance and retreat are orderly, they lack the will to die. achieved great results.Li Sizhao believes that as long as sufficient troops are invested to maintain the intensity of the attack, taking Pingqiu camp is a matter between Gu.

Zhou Dewei was not distracted by Li Sizhao's excitement. What he paid attention to was the important information revealed in Li Sizhao's words—the Yan army was far less than expected, not to mention 7000, maybe not even 5000.So Zhou Dewei sent someone to invite Li Siyuan, wanting to hear about his feint attack.

Although Li Siyuan's Han army did not attack as fiercely as Zheng's and Jin's troops, after many days in a row, they had already noticed the abnormality of the Pingqiu camp.Li Siyuan had been going south for almost two months. He knew the actual strength of the Yan army. He knew that there should be tens of thousands of Yan troops stationed in the Pingqiu camp. This number is likely to be more than 5000.However, the Yan army's defensive strength cannot match this figure at all. It can be seen just by saying a few words. In so many days of fighting, the Yan army has not organized a single flanking attack from the camp!

Hearing that both the Zheng army and the Jin army had successfully intruded into the Pingqiu camp several times, Li Siyuan's mind immediately became active.In fact, Li Siyuan had already rushed over before the messenger Zhou Dewei sent to him had left the camp.

The three got together and reported the situation of the battle to each other, and they came to the conclusion that the Yan army in the Pingqiu camp was weak, but they could go down with one drum!

Li Sizhao repeatedly incited to take Pingqiu camp immediately, but was stopped by Zhou Dewei.As a general, you must not easily change the original deployment, this is a big taboo for military strategists!Moreover, Zhou Dewei always believed that the key to the battle was not a Yan Army camp, only by eliminating the Yan Army cavalry in Xijiayan Village could the initiative be seized on the battlefield, which was the most important thing.Therefore, he tried his best to persuade Li Sizhao not to act rashly, but to remain patient and continue to wait, using the Pingqiu camp as bait to attract the Yan army cavalry into the ambush circle.

At the same time, Zhou Dewei also reminded Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan not to underestimate the enemy and act rashly.You must think about it carefully, how could the enemy's troops stationed in Pingqiu be far lower than expected?

When Zhou Dewei repeatedly persuaded him, Li Siyuan burst out into a burst of laughter, which made Zhou Dewei's face very ugly.Li Siyuan didn't mean to laugh at Zhou Dewei, he couldn't bear it anymore, an inexplicable ecstasy welled up in his heart, and suddenly washed away the depression that he had been suffocating for nearly two months, how could he not stop laughing?

At this point, Li Siyuan already felt that there was no need to hide it anymore, and the great merit had already been firmly in his hands.Maybe Licheng, no, maybe even Luzhou has already been taken down by An Chonghui's surprise soldiers, what needs to be done now is to mobilize these two allies as soon as possible, and immediately send troops south to support An Chonghui.

Li Siyuan fully moved out his plan to send An Chonghui to attack Licheng from the small road in the Zhuozhang River Valley. The enemy's rear.The main force of the enemy must have been transferred back to the south.In a word, this is the time of sweeping, so don't be indecisive!

Only then did Zhou Dewei understand Li Siyuan's strange behavior during this period, and he couldn't help sighing.He ordered to change the original deployment, and demanded that the Pingqiu camp be taken immediately, and then march south.

Seeing Li Siyuan leaving the big tent in high spirits, Zhou Dewei suddenly felt very uncomfortable.It seems that the big victory is coming, but why is it so awkward in my heart?Looking at Li Sizhao, he saw Li Sizhao spit heavily on the ground.He said bitterly: "Miao Jilie Lizi! How dare you do such a thing against one's heart and morality, for one's own selfish desires, and even conceal such a major military matter, you will die in the future!"

Li Siyuan was originally a Sha Tuo slave, and "Miao Jilie" was his real name. After his success, Li Siyuan changed his name, and he was very jealous of others calling him by his original name. At this moment, Li Sizhao secretly called him "Miao Ji Lie", the name of a Sha Tuo slave. , obviously hate it.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Dewei adjusted his guilty conscience and comforted Li Sizhao for a while, then Li Sizhao left angrily and went back to prepare to attack Pingqiu.

In Xijiayan Village, Zhao Zaili stood on a hill outside the village, staring anxiously in the direction of Pingqiu.It has been many days, and I don't know how Zhou Kan's defense in Pingqiu is, how many casualties are there, and whether the consumption of supplies can still support it?

Li Xiaoxi's Youyan Security Army and Gao Xingzhou's Guizhou Army's left wing were transferred from the Pingqiu Camp one after another. The Yan Army in the Pingqiu Camp had only more than 4000 people, of which only the four soldiers on the right wing of the Guizhou Army The pawn battalion is soldiers, and the remaining 2000 people are supplementary battalions temporarily pulled up from Luzhou.With such a small number of troops to resist the attack of more than 5 elite forces of the Three Kings Alliance, Zhou Kan's pressure can be imagined.

The communication between Pingqiu and Xijiayan Village has been blocked for seven days. The military report that Li Xiaoxi and Gao Xingzhou succeeded in attacking Wuxiang has been sent, but Zhao Zaili cannot deliver it to Zhou Kan.In addition to this good news, Gaoping, where His Royal Highness King Yan is located, also sent a military order from the General Staff General Administration regarding a major change in the overall strategy of the battlefield. This military order was also placed in the hands of Zhao Zaili, and Zhou Kan knew nothing about it. .

According to the agreement between Zhao Zaili and Zhou Kan, Zhou Kan will try his best to hold back the Allied Forces of the Three Kings in Pingqiu to buy more time, and when he can't hold on anymore, he will call Zhao Zaili to support him with the agreed signal and help him withdraw Pingqiu camp.This is why the ambush strategy arranged by Zhou Dewei has never been successful - Zhao Zaili did not receive Zhou Kan's signal, so he would never come out by himself!

What Zhao Zaili was worried about was that if Zhou Kan defended himself in order to procrastinate for more time, he might not be able to retreat under the onslaught of the enemy.

Mao Zhang came over with a bowl of soup and several noodles, and handed them to Zhao Zaili: "General Zhao, it's time to eat."

Zhao Zaili took it and ate it. While eating, his eyes kept looking in the direction of Pingqiu.

"The enemy is still provoking a mile outside the entrance of the village, should we send troops to expel them?" Mao Zhang asked.

Zhao Zaili replied indifferently: "Don't worry about it, it's probably the enemy's trick to lure the enemy. Let them make noise first, and when the time comes, it will be broken in one fell swoop."

At this moment, a white smoke suddenly bloomed at high altitude in the direction of Pingqiu, and then from the top of the big tree next to him, the shout of Yuanwang sentry: "Boss Zhou has sent a signal!"

Zhao Zaili's anxious expression changed instantly, and he said happily to Mao Zhang: "Hurry up and send an order to meet Chief Zhou's withdrawal!" (To be continued...)