Although this Lou Shifan has the temper of a young man, he remembers every word he said very clearly.
After coming out, she called her favorite Ah Jiao and said:
"Grandma Qi said, no one is allowed to talk nonsense about her situation, otherwise they will be thrown into the toad pond and sink! Pass this word on, and make sure everyone who saw us in the morning hears it!"
"Yes, Third Marshal. Do you have any other instructions?"
"To the outside world, it is said that Grandma Qi has been exposed to the tide, is sick, and is nowhere to be seen."
"Yes, is there any more?"
Lou Shifan looked at these big black eyes and whispered: "And from tonight on, you will come to my tent to serve me."
"Yes." Ajiao lowered his head and paused for two breaths before agreeing.
Lou Shifan's tent is right next to it, separated only by a fence. He walked back to his tent, called a soldier and said, "Go and ask Shan Bao for help. Tell him that I want to ask him for military advice."
The word "please" made the mountain leopard come quickly, clasping his fists in front of his chest and saying in a hearty voice:
"Third Marshal, Mr. Chen is here to listen to the mission. I wonder if Marshal has anything to discuss? You are too polite. Where is the use of the word 'please'?"
This is a short, sturdy man with a beard, thick eyebrows and a big mouth. He stands firmly on the spot, and you can tell at a glance that he has martial arts skills.
"I'm not being polite, but you are being polite, Uncle Chen. Come on, come on, please take a seat!" Although Lou Shifan was arrogant, he was also good at pleasing people.
He pulled the mountain leopard to sit down and said, "I'm very happy that Uncle Chen and Qiniang came to help in the battle. Unexpectedly, Qiniang got wet last night. Shortly after going out this morning, she felt dizzy and couldn't stand on a horse, so she hurried back to the university. The tent was rested.
But the military situation is so fierce that we cannot delay, so I invite you to come here to discuss how to defeat the enemy in Nanshan. "
Guoshanbao nodded after hearing this: "I also went to Nanshan this morning for a walk. The government troops occupied the ground. This battle is not easy to fight. Fortunately, the third marshal withdrew his troops here in time, otherwise it would be dangerous to be attacked from both sides!" "
He didn't say this clearly, but it made Lou Shifan feel as if there were bugs crawling behind his back. He nodded quickly and said:
"Yes, the Nanshan guard named Sheng is the commander-in-chief of the army. It is said that he came from the border army and has rich experience.
There is also a Geyang regiment training defense envoy named Li Sanlang, who is young and extremely cunning and difficult to deal with. Putting these two people together, and the difficult terrain of Nanshan, it would be difficult to attack. "
"Didn't Third Marshal think of occupying such a terrain?"
"Well, I sent people up. But firstly, I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to come so quickly. Secondly, I didn't expect so many to arrive. Plus, they attacked at night, so they lost the position that night."
The mountain leopard smiled slightly and nodded. In fact, he had heard about the story from many soldiers, but he didn't want to expose him face to face, so he continued to talk about the attack on the mountain.
When he heard that Guanzha had been reoccupied and that Tuanlian had built a new rammed earth wall inside, he couldn't help but frown:
"This group of officers and soldiers is so powerful. They are closely linked and pressing every step of the way. They are very sophisticated and should not be underestimated!" After saying this, he looked at Lou Shifan, cupped his fists and said:
"A certain person originally read Lou Shuai's letter and thought he was underestimating the enemy. Now it seems that you are not entirely to blame."
Lou Shifan quickly handed over his hand: "I hope Uncle Chen can help me break down a few sentences in front of my father. Shifan is very grateful!"
"No need to tell me, I will send someone to deliver a letter to Lou Shuai when I get back later.
It's just the Third Marshal, it's easy to say good things. It's fundamental to actually occupy Nanshan, defeat the army and seize Fengqiguan, and realize Commander Lou's plan of cutting off the grain road, encircling Shangrao, and defeating Guangxin! "
"Don't worry, little nephew, everything depends on Uncle Chen!"
Regarding Lou Shifan's humility and sincerity, Guo Shanbao put on the airs of an elder and was very satisfied with his performance. So the two gathered two hundred soldiers, went out to the camp again to conduct field surveys, and planned ways to capture Nanshan.
At this time, the fog in the mountain had dissipated, and the observation post on Laifeng Pavilion immediately discovered the movements of the two hundred people.
"Sir, the red flag is waving in the attic!" A soldier rushed to the door and shouted.
Sheng Huaien picked up a strange novel from somewhere and was reading it with relish. Although he is not a well-educated Confucian scholar, his ink is enough for reading such books.
Hearing this, he jumped up from his chair, rushed to the attic and asked a small flag officer: "What's going on?"
"Sir, the brothers above said that they saw a pair of enemy troops leaving the camp and coming down our mountain. There are about two hundred people."
"I'll go up and have a look. I'll immediately send someone to pull the rope and send a message, asking Li Feng to come up and have a look!"
"As you command!"
It turns out that in order to facilitate communication between the mountain and the bottom, Li Dan used an old trick from the east mountain of Lingyan Temple and placed sentries at intervals on the stone stairs, a total of five sentries from bottom to top.
Pull a rope from one sentry post to the next one. Hang a few metal pieces on the rope and make a "squeaking" sound when you pull it, and the sentry will know that a message is about to be sent.
It only takes a few hundred steps for a sentence to be transmitted from the top of the mountain to the Chinese army camp at the foot of the mountain, or vice versa to the ears of Sheng Huaien above.
But if you send an order to climb up and down the mountain, it is impossible to take less than half a quarter of an hour one way.
Although such a messaging system requires several manpower, the advantage is that it is fast and quick, and can obtain the shortest response time to solve problems.
Sheng Huai'en didn't take it seriously at first, but after using it, he felt that this method was good. It was so damn fast and convenient to send a message! It's quite enjoyable to use now.
"Defense, there is word from above that there is movement in the enemy camp. Please go up and take a look!" A messenger rushed into the big tent and said.
Li Dan was listening to Huang Qin's report that he had recruited and selected fifteen archers from among the people. After hearing this, he immediately stood up and walked out while saying:
"Okay, hurry up and let them join the team and train. The prisoners will see if they can also select fifteen people, so that the archery team will be fully established."
"It's probably too much! The prisoners have been skipped two or three times, and the rest are just crooked melons and cracked jujubes. I would rather not live with them!" Huang Qin shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. You can recruit hunters on the spot after posting the list, or you can wait until the next battle is over. Anyway, there will only be more prisoners!"
Li Dan smiled and waved for him to go down, then called Wu Mao and Zhao Jingzi to come up the mountain.
After watching the mountain for a while, the group below returned to Dazhai. Sheng Huaien asked everyone to come down from the attic, go outside and stand in the thatched cottage, and asked several people: "What do you think?"
"The thief looked very carefully. He must be a veteran." Wu Mao said.
"This group of rebels must not give up and want to avenge that bitch!" Zhao Jingzi touched his cheeks.
His beard has grown a lot these days and he has no tools to repair it, so he feels quite uncomfortable with it.
"I think looking at it now, they won't attack in the morning. If they want to attack, they will have to finish the morning food, around noon."
"Xianfu is right!" Li Dan nodded: "I just saw two enemy generals, the one riding the flower horse must be Lou Shifan, but I don't know who the other one is.
After five nights of investigation, he came back and asked what the name of the gold-promoting lieutenant was called Guoshanbao. I wonder if it was him? "
"I have an idea." Wu Mao suddenly raised his head: "I just saw that they sent people into the water, they must be testing the current and depth.
Do you think the enemy will cross the river and attack? Or feint to attack along the west side, and then suddenly cross the river to attack Laifengge Road with the other group? "
"Then go straight to the north gate and occupy the north intersection?" Li Dan gasped.
"Sanlang, the only way to go from the northern cliff is Laifeng Pavilion Road. It's difficult for them to use it. What do you have to worry about?"
"No, Shanda people," Zhao Jingzi said hurriedly: "I personally went to see it and found that a section of the cliff on the north side collapsed to form a slope.
Although it is not easy, people can still get up, which is much easier than climbing a steep wall. "
"real?"
Li Dan nodded: "We heard what Mr. Dou Qi from the army said, and we went down to see that it was indeed the case. That's why we decided to build the North Gate.
But now the north gate has just been erected, and the walls on both sides are only three feet. It must be too late! If the enemy wants to attack here, he will hit our weak spot! "
Sheng Huaien looked back at where the stone stairs came up and walked a few steps there. He pointed with his finger and asked, "Do you think they will come up this way?"
"Judging from the actions just now, the enemy probably hasn't discovered this road yet." Wu Mao said.
"Okay! Then," Sheng Huai'en turned around and walked back: "You go down and make arrangements, and follow the plan that they will attack across the bridge from the west.
How about I select a team of elites to lead them down personally and place them in the north gate as the second line of defense? "
"It's certainly good to have a team of reinforcements, but do you want to go into battle yourself?"
"Five thousand people is not a small number, it is enough to attack a county town." Sheng Huai'en frowned and said: "The people guarding the north gate are all officers and soldiers. Naturally, it is safest for me to go down and give unified command."
Li Dan looked at Zhao Jingzi and Wu Mao, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll bring up Ma Jiu's escort team and have the Chinese army on standby to reinforce your side at any time!"
Sheng Huai'en was overjoyed: "This is better!"
"Then Xianfu will go and deliver the order. Another 200 people from the front camp will be left to guard the Xishan camp, and 100 people will be reinforced at Fengqiguan to cooperate with the actions of the right camp.
You take Heimu to the right camp. Zhou Ying is injured. His former battalion deputy, Zhu Erye, has now gone to the engineering team. The two of you will temporarily act as his battalion deputy. Don't let him charge into the battle himself. "
"Here!" Zhao Jingzi turned around and hurried down the mountain to execute.
"Brother Maocai, take Yoshi to Xiaobeiqiu to supervise the battle. Urgently mobilize a copper gun to the northeast. If necessary, you can concentrate firepower to block Laifengge Road."
Wu Mao turned around and left in agreement.
Li Dan handed over to Sheng Huaien: "Do you have any other instructions, sir?"
"Brother, it's not easy for you and I to come this far hand in hand!" Sheng Huai'en sighed with his hands on his hips and looked at the mountains:
"To have the opportunity to fight against five thousand bandits with hundreds of troops and a thousand regiments, I, Sheng Huaien, deserved my life!
Anyway, I can see new things every day when I'm with your brother, it's very interesting! To say something unlucky, if I can in my next life, I would like to fight as a partner with you. "
"Bah, bah, bah! Before this fight even starts, you're talking about your next life. Even if you are a rough man, you can't be so ungrateful, right?"
Sheng Huaien laughed loudly, and the laughter echoed on the top of the mountain and spread to the mountains in the distance.
Mountain Leopard's plan was not complicated. He still asked Lou Shifan to attack from the west. This time, he asked him to lead 3,000 people and another 700 people to guard Fengqiguan.
At the end, he led his team, Lili Lala, out slowly and walked along the river at the intersection of the road. At this time, the front battlefield was full of killing sounds and flags were waving wildly.
This time, Lou Shifan led a frontal attack with two thousand men, and hundreds of men on each flank made detours to attract the opponent's attention.
Just as the two sides were in full swing, the rear group of mountain leopards suddenly rushed to the river and quickly built a pontoon bridge with the wood and bamboo rafts they carried.
Within a quarter of an hour, two hundred people had already swam across the river without waiting for the pontoon bridge to be built, rushed up the slope, smashed the bamboo nails, and threw down the ropes tied in advance.
These people then picked up the weapons on the ground and quickly rushed towards the north gate along Laifengge Road.
As Li Dan told Sheng Huaien, the north gate has not yet been completed, and only a simple door made of bamboo is used.
Sheng Huai'en, who had already come down the mountain to take charge, saw that the enemy had indeed used this hand. He sneered and ordered his troops to abandon the gate and earthen wall after a short resistance and move to the fence (erdaozha) about 20 steps behind to defend.
Seeing the commandos rushing into the north gate, Guoshanbao was overjoyed that his clever plan finally worked. He shouted, brandishing his blade, and led dozens of followers into the north gate. Just when I raised my head, I heard two loud noises.
"Bang, bang." General's gun! His mind buzzed. If it's broken, how come the officers and soldiers have big guns?
Immediately afterwards, a "crack" was heard, and screams continued to be heard from outside. A confidant stumbled over and ran over:
"Colonel Lieutenant, the army has blunderbuss, blunderbuss! The general's blunderbuss, and a lot of bird blunderbuss. Many of our brothers were killed!" He was shouting because the "crackling" in his ears never stopped. .
As soon as he finished speaking, there were two more "bang, bang" sounds, and then someone shouted: "The pontoon bridge is broken, the pontoon bridge is broken!"
Why didn't these three young marshals say they had big guns? Miscalculation, mother, I actually miscalculated! The mountain leopard suddenly felt a mixture of anger, humiliation, depression and regret.
"Charge, rush up, either they will die or we will fall here!" He greeted his men loudly.
