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Jin army camp.
"Report~~"
"Reporting to the general, the sentinel came to report that there were more than a thousand iron pots set up in the enemy's camp, and they all heard the sound of the enemy's hustle and bustle."
Zhang Gui heard this and asked: "Can you find out the truth?"
"The enemy has set up cavalry outside the military camp, as well as people who are good at shooting. Whenever they approach the military camp for a hundred steps, they will be driven away by the enemy's cavalry. There are already eighteen cavalry sentries in the army who are looking for death and falling under the enemy's arrows and crossbows."
Zhang Gui fell into deep thought after hearing this.
Gu Ertai said: "General, it seems that what Ji Sang said is true. There are tens of thousands of enemy troops. If not, how could there be such a tight garrison?"
Zhang Gui didn't answer and shook his head for a long time: "This is the enemy's plan."
Gu Ertai: "How can the general see you?"
"I haven't been close to the Dongyi military camp, so I really can't judge the truth."
Having said this, he immediately looked at the messenger and said: "Let me ask you, can you roughly find out the layout of the enemy camp?"
The sentry nodded: "We have roughly found out, but my subordinates have never seen the fortifications set up by the enemy."
"Let's talk about it."
"The Dongyi camp stretches for several miles. There are wooden stakes set up every twenty steps. There are many lines surrounding the wooden stakes, three levels above and below, criss-crossing like hedgehogs."
"In addition, there are several trenches one person high in the enemy camp area, which is not conducive to cavalry charges."
"Hmm~"
Hearing this, Zhang Gui fell into deep thought again.
He could understand that the trenches were dug mainly to prevent cavalry attacks.
But what's the purpose of those stakes and lines? He doesn't know.
Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Send orders to Ruijian Camp to follow me to the enemy camp to investigate the truth."
Hearing this, Guertai hurriedly said: "General, let the last general go. As the commander-in-chief of the army, how can you come to the front line in person?"
Zhang Gui said: "Will you come with me? These barbarians are by no means simple. I must find out their intentions in forming the formation so that I can make tactical adjustments and prepare my horses."
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Han army camp.
Sun Zhong came to report: "General Yue, a large group of golden soldiers were found in front, approaching our army's station!"
Upon hearing this, Yue Shaomu immediately stood up and said, "Follow me, General, to take a look."
On the high slope, looking at the black mass of golden soldiers with thousands of soldiers, Yue Shaomu let out a sigh of relief and put down the looking glass: "I didn't expect that there was such an elite division among the golden soldiers. Could it be Zhang Gui?" Xishan Ruijian camp under his command?"
Sun Zhong: "It seems so. I heard that Xishan Ruijian Camp was Zhang Gui's life-long effort, and all the officers and men in the army were carefully selected by Zhang Gui.
After twenty years of hard work, they became the best of the best in South Australia. "
Yue Shaomu took over the words: "Ruijian Camp in Xishan is not so much a battalion as it is an army. It is stationed in Xishan, totaling thirteen battalions.
The total number of soldiers in one battalion is 2,500. Everyone is skilled in bow and horse, and there are many generals in the army. With this army, the myth of the Jin Kingdom's invincibility in Nanyang was created.
Only with the presence of this army can Nan'ao have the confidence to look down on the various countries in Nanyang. "
Sun Zhong said disdainfully: "But compared with my big Han Jingwei camp, there are many shortcomings."
"It's different." Yue Shaomu explained, "The Jingwei Battalion is personally commanded and led by His Majesty, in order to wipe out the world and clean up the Liuhe.
The sergeant knew the reason for World War II, so he was invincible. There is no soldier with such a military spirit in the world. Without the Jingwei Battalion, there would be no Han Army that is now famous. "
Jingwei Camp has long been a totem belief, infused into the souls of all Han soldiers.
Then he looked at Ruijian Camp in the distance: "Although Ruijian Camp is not as good as Jingwei Camp, it is still rare and elite. Whether Lu City can be defended this time depends on whether I can defeat the Wei Army with my back."
Sun Zhong immediately clasped his fists and said: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard. Please give the general an order!"
"Don't act rashly!" Yue Shaomu shook his head, "Ruijian camp has more than 20,000 troops, but now there are only a few thousand in front of him. Zhang Gui's intention is to explore the camp, not to scare the snake, and ordered the entire army to defend to the death. No enemy was encountered. If you attack, you cannot fight fiercely."
"Here!"
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One mile away from the front line of the Han army's garrison, Zhang Gui immediately ordered the entire army to stop.
He took Guertai and more than ten soldiers to the unknown mountain and began to look at the Han army camp from a distance.
"General, do you think there is smoke billowing from Dongyi's cavalry behind, and there is the faint sound of horse hooves accompanying them? There must be a large number of people on standby. It seems that there is an ambush in the dense forest of Lucheng."
Guertai said, pointing to the smoke and dust spreading in the distance.
Zhang Gui frowned for a moment and couldn't help but pat the riding crop in his palm.
For a moment, he was not sure how many troops the Han army had.
Zhang Gui has two characteristics in his military use. First, he is extremely brave.
Every time we encounter a difficult battle, we should take the lead and rush to the front, with the whole army following closely. We can defeat the enemy ten times as much as we encounter it.
Another characteristic is stability, never fighting an unprepared battle.
For example, when attacking Sealand, we did not launch an offensive rashly because we were looking for the enemy's fire cannons. It was not until we understood that fire cannons were limited by natural environmental factors that we decided to send troops during the storm. Unfortunately, the success was foiled by an imperial edict.
At the moment, he was unable to determine how many enemy soldiers there were. He was just looking at the smoke and the billowing dust in front of him in trance.
"General, please say something!"
Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't speak for a long time, Guertai couldn't help but become anxious.
"Don't be impatient. Don't you understand why a general should not be alarmed?"
Zhang Gui scolded Gu Ertai, then pointed to the wooden piles that stretched for miles and said: "Did you see those threads? It seems like a joke, but when I climbed up and took a look, there was a faint air of chilling. If I didn't expect it, If it's bad, it must be woven from iron material."
"Iron material?" Gu Ertai's face was full of disbelief, "The general made a joke. Iron material is so hard, how can it be wrapped around a wooden stake?"
Zhang Gui: "Although I don't know how they made the iron material into such a thread shape, ancient books record that there is a method similar to soft iron in the Central Plains.
For example, if a piece of iron is cooked, the craftsman can get twice the result with half the effort by forging it. Isn't this how we get the weapons in our hands? "
Gurtai: "Even so, if the iron material becomes soft, doesn't it lose its advantage? How can it defend against the enemy?"
Zhang Gui: "All swords have toughness. This is roughly the saying that they are strong but easy to break."
After speaking, he observed for a while, and then said: "Instruct the whole army to return to the camp, and order people to go to the enemy camp. I want to meet with the Han army general."
"Ah? Meeting Dongyi enemy generals?" Guertai was surprised.
Zhang Gui: "Now that the enemy's defense is so tight, how can we know the enemy's situation if we don't invite him out? Only by using this strategy can we learn a little bit about it, which is better than not knowing anything at all."
At the same time, he sighed: "Just seeing the strict garrison of the Han army, I know that there are many capable people in the Han army. It deserves to be a great Chinese nation. If we, Dajin, want to be strong, we must not rest on our laurels."
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In early November, in the south of the Kingdom of Jin, by the Shengtian Canal.
Diaoman Tu, who was in charge of river transportation, was sitting in the brothel, listening to the ditty and enjoying the wine served by the beauty.
Just when he took a fancy to a young singer who was playing the piano and was about to force the bow, a river officer suddenly came to report: "Sir, military information, urgent military information..."
