When the two saw each other saying the same thing, they couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Fa Miao took the first step and humbly said:
"Since General Wang is the chief general in suppressing the rebellion, he will give the order as the king.
I'll just wait for General Wang's order and then see if we both have the same idea. "
Wang Ping was not pretentious and said with a hearty smile:
"Okay! Then I'll show my shame!"
After saying this, Wang Ping pointed to a relatively narrow place in Lushui south of Daying and said:
"I want to make a move to 'make a sound in the east and strike in the west'. I will first bluff from a place closer to Li Chengzhi's camp and make a show of trying to cross over here.
When the enemy determined that we wanted to force a crossing here, they sent a small number of elite troops to sneak into the shoal to the north of the camp and quickly occupied the shoal on the west bank.
Then the east and west shores cooperated to build a pontoon bridge between the two shoals.
At this time, when the barbarian soldiers saw that we were building a bridge upstream again, they would definitely head north to prevent our army from building a bridge.
When the enemy divides his forces, our bluffing troops in the south will also divide their forces and head north.
The small number of troops who arrived at the shoal first on the west bank only need to hold the landing point on the west bank. When the pontoon bridge is erected and reinforcements arrive from the south, they can work together to occupy the west bank in one go.
Then fight all the way from the west bank to the enemy camp from north to south, and then something big can be accomplished. "
Fa Miao smiled and nodded when he heard this:
“General Wang’s thoughts coincide with mine!
The key point of this plan is to "seize time" and erect the pontoon bridge before the enemy troops arrive.
Then when the enemy arrives, the advance troops on the west bank must hold off the enemy so that the reinforcements can have enough time to cross the river.
As long as we are fast enough, we will definitely win this battle! "
Wang Ping first nodded in agreement with Fa Miao, then looked at the three young generals of the Guan family and said:
"In the past, General Guan Yunchang had dominated the world for more than thirty years and rarely encountered an opponent.
He was even more able to kill Yan Liang in the midst of tens of thousands of troops. Later, in the battle of Jingzhou, seven armies were flooded and killed, leaving Yu Jin frightened.
The descendants of such loyal and brave heroes must also be brave people.
After thinking about it, I think that the feinting needs to be done by people with rich experience and good planning.
Among us, Fa Miao and I are both capable of this task. Besides, I am the commander-in-chief of the army. With me in the south, it will be easier for the enemy to be fooled.
Therefore, I would like to ask three young generals to go to the northern ford to build a bridge and block the enemy.
I wonder if the three of them are willing to show off their talents and recreate the power of General Guan in the past? "
Several young people were already full of enthusiasm. With Wang Ping's encouragement, the three of them were even more eager to give it a try and agreed immediately.
When Wang Ping saw this, he felt reassured and told several people that if something couldn't be done, they should not act recklessly and hurt their lives. In the worst case, they would come back to think of a plan.
Although the three of them agreed verbally, they had already made up their minds in their hearts. Even if they risked their lives, they would still have to complete this task.
After several people agreed on the time and specific plans, they went to make preparations individually, waiting for everything to be ready to put down the Yueyong Rebellion in one fell swoop.
Late at night the next day, the three men from Guan and Tong led the "Wudang Feijun" under Wang Ping's jurisdiction in Santun, a total of 300 people, as well as several civilians and craftsmen who were good at building bridges and paving roads.
The group of people took advantage of the darkness and quietly came to the shallows in the north to hide.
Wang Ping and others, with great fanfare, cut down trees in the south to build rafts at night, pretending to be trying to cross the river by force.
The scouts under Li Chengzhi's tent were patrolling along the coast when they suddenly heard faint voices on the opposite side and saw what seemed to be a little fire on the east bank.
Several scouts suddenly became alert. While asking people to report back to Li Chengzhi, they approached the shore and tried to explore the situation on the other side.
Wang Ping and others have already secretly sent agents to hide on the other side.
Seeing that the other party's scouts had discovered the situation, Sesaku sent a signal in the dark to alert Wang Ping and others on the other side.
Wang Ping received the secret signal and ordered the soldiers to increase the momentum in order to make the scouts on the other side more sure that the army would force a crossing here.
Not long after, another group of people came out of Li Chengzhi's stronghold and rushed all the way to the location of the incident.
As soon as they arrived, the scout hurriedly reported to the leader of the pair:
"General, we have been observing here for a while. The opposite side seems to be cutting down trees to build rafts. We were afraid of alerting the other side, so we did not say anything."
The leading barbarian general nodded and ordered:
"The commander-in-chief has orders, but the officers and soldiers are cunning. I am afraid that the officers and soldiers will try to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
Just keep your eyes peeled here. If the officers and soldiers want to cross the river, they will immediately report back to the camp.
However, I divided the troops under my leadership into several groups and conducted patrols along the west bank of the Lushui River. After confirming the intentions of the officers and soldiers, the commander made his own decision. "
After receiving the order, the scout and his men quietly hid in the vegetation and quietly observed the movements of the officers and soldiers on the other side.
At this time, when the officers and soldiers saw that the barbarian general was leading his team away, he quickly separated one person to find a safe place and returned to the other side to report to Wang Ping.
By dawn, Li Chengzhi's stronghold had successively dispatched many teams of troops to patrol the surrounding areas where the river could be crossed repeatedly throughout the night.
After the last group of barbarian soldiers patrolling farther away reported back, Li Chengzhi concluded that the spot discovered by the scouts last night was where the officers and soldiers wanted to forcibly cross.
After thinking about it, Li Chengzhi ordered a small number of scouts to continue to patrol nearby and report any situation immediately.
Then Li Chengzhi personally led the Chinese army, using the cover of dense forests on the shore, to quietly approach the place where the officers and soldiers wanted to cross.
Wang Ping and Fa Miao, with the cooperation of Xi Zuo, constantly adjusted their own army's actions according to the enemy's reaction.
After a busy night, finally at dawn, I received news that Li Chengzhong's army was dispatched.
After confirming that Li Cheng had fallen into the trap, Wang Ping ordered his subordinates:
"Now that the enemy has taken the bait, please go quickly and inform the Guan brothers and let them act according to the plan.
Remember not to make any noise along the way, and only travel in dense forests and mountain valleys in a hidden way. "
Several subordinates took the order and headed towards the forest on the shore.
In the early morning, Guan Tong and others received news from Wang Ping and knew that the time had come.
"Everyone! Now that Li Chengzhi has fallen into the trap of our general, we must act quickly without further delay.
All the unworthy flying troops obeyed the order and left 20 soldiers to guard here. The rest took off their clothes, raised their clothes and weapons above their heads, and followed me across the river! "
After everyone heard this, the people and craftsmen began to use local materials to build the pontoon bridge.
The three men from Guan and Tong led the remaining "Wudang Feijun" to cross the river.
Not long after, Guan Tong and others crossed the Lu River and reached the shoal on the west bank.
Guan Tong ordered the sergeants to wipe off the river water and quickly put on their armor.
He took Guan Yi and rode horses to explore the surroundings.
At this time, Wang Ping and others saw Li Chengzhi's team arriving, so they ordered the rafts they built to be pushed into the water, and then gathered the soldiers and pretended to cross the river in batches.
Li Chengzhi and the mountain forest saw from a distance that the rafts of the officers and soldiers had entered the water.
Immediately, he ordered the barbarian generals around him to lead a group of soldiers and sneak to the left and right respectively, hoping to form an ambush on the officers and soldiers on three sides.
Just when everything was going as expected by Wang Ping and others, suddenly a group of scouts came from the north on the other side.
The team of scouts moved in a hurry. As soon as they arrived near the place where Li Chengzhi ambush, they disappeared into the dense forest and disappeared.
Wang Ping saw it clearly from the other side, and couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.
He hurriedly called Fa Miao to come and discuss it.
"Just now the enemy scouts came in a hurry from the north, fearing that the whereabouts of the Guan brothers have been exposed.
Now we must also be prepared for emergencies and secretly gather the main force in the dense forest behind us.
If the enemy troops don't move, then we will continue to act with them. If the enemy troops go north, then we will abandon this place and go north immediately. "
When Fa Miao heard this, he said quietly:
"I hope Guan Tong and others have built the pontoon bridge by now, otherwise when Li Chengzhi leads his army and rushes there, the Guan family brothers will be in danger."
"If the pontoon bridge is not built and the Guan brothers go deep alone and are unable to wade back during the melee, I'm afraid..."
While the two were talking, there was a commotion in the dense forest opposite, and then a group of cavalry led by a barbarian general galloped away to the north.
As soon as the cavalry left, the large group of infantry followed Li Chengzhi and rushed north.
Wang Ping was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly sent his 3,000 "Wu Dang Fei Army" to the north to support the Guan brothers.
Fa Miao ordered the remaining soldiers to push all the rafts into the water, and then stood ready to confront the barbarians staying on the other side.
Not long after, at the shoal, the pontoon bridge was about to take shape, and a group of soldiers and horses were seen galloping towards them from the south.
"The enemy's vanguard has arrived, and Guan Yue led his people to guard the shore to prevent the enemy from destroying the pontoon bridge.
Guan Yi, follow me and lead the troops to intercept the enemy soldiers at the pass ahead! "
At this time, when all the civilians and craftsmen saw the enemy soldiers coming to kill them, they felt panic in their hearts and couldn't help but pause in their movements.
Then a commotion broke out.
"The thieves are coming, but General Guan has few soldiers. I'm afraid he won't be able to resist the enemy. It's important for us to save our lives."
"Now that the pontoon bridge is about to take shape, if we all scatter and run for our lives, wouldn't we be trapping our own soldiers in a desperate situation?"
Just when everyone was wavering, Guan Yue stood on the shoal on the west bank with a gun and a horse and said loudly:
"Don't panic, everyone. Now that General Wang Ping's plan has been completed, when he sees the enemy's troops moving north, General Wang Ping will definitely lead his troops north to help at the same time.
The enemies here are just barbarian vanguards. From what I can see, there are only three to five hundred people.
My brothers from the Guan family treat me like a piece of grass! You don't need to panic, just rest assured and build the bridge so that General Wang Ping's reinforcements can cross the river! "
After everyone heard this, they first looked at the barbarian soldiers galloping towards the pass, and found that they were indeed only a vanguard force of three to five hundred people.
Seeing this situation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Since there was no danger in a short time, everyone began to speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge.
Guan Yue looked happy when he saw that everyone was building the bridge with peace of mind. He directed the soldiers around him to lean against the pontoon bridge and protect the pontoon bridge behind them.
Guan Yue had just settled down, and there were shouts of killing from Guan Tong.
Just as Guan Tong was commanding the nobles to attack the enemy, a barbarian general in the barbarian formation held a mace, leaped on his horse and rushed to Guan Tong. Without saying a word, he struck Guan Tong on the forehead with a club.
Seeing that the opponent was strong, Guan Tong did not dare to take on the opponent head-on. He only ducked to the right on horseback, crossed the spear in his hand and followed the opponent's strength with a tilt to the left, and skillfully removed the opponent's spear. Great.
When the barbarian general saw that he missed a hit, his eyes widened, he took back the mace in his hand, and used his waist strength to sweep out a blow from right to left.
At the same time, he shouted: "Go!"
Seeing that Guan Tong had not straightened his body and was no longer able to block his sweeping blow, the barbarian general couldn't help but said proudly: "Are you still alive after this?"
