In the afternoon, a large group of cavalry were crossing the river in a small river section, and the horse's hooves stirred the mud at the bottom of the river, making the originally clear river water turbid.

More than a hundred steps away, the cavalry who had already crossed the river in the upper reaches of the river continued to ride horses and some of them drank horses and people also rested.

In the distance is a fortress, a settlement of military farms. Some fields have been initially reclaimed around it, but they are still surrounded by water and woods.

Liang Sen, who led his troops to attack, looked at the fortress in the distance and thought of the fishing village on the shore of Pengli Lake.

Settling by the water is damp and there are many mosquitoes when it is hot. The body is itchy all day long. It tastes bad.

However, if there are fish in the water, there will be fewer mosquitoes and will attract many frogs to "settle". Every night, frogs will scream one after another by the water, which is very lively.

Snakes will be attracted in places with many frogs, so snakes can often be seen near villages by the water, so you must be careful when walking.

He grew up in Baishi Village, so he is very familiar with life by the water. Whenever winter comes, it is the busiest fishing season on Pengli Lake.

The water is cold in winter, but the deep water is warmer than the shallow water, so fish gather in the deep waters of the lake for winter, which is most suitable for fishing with large nets.

Every winter, fishermen gather, row boats, form fleets, and cast nets on the vast Pengli Lake to catch fish.

When fishing, you must first find the location of the fish. In order to gather the fish, the fishermen will divide the work and cooperate, and the fleet will have their own tasks.

The fleet responsible for surrounding the fishing school, where the fishermen beat drums and drums, or beat boat gangs with objects such as paddles to create huge noises, with the purpose of scaring the fish.

The frightened fish flee in a certain direction, and in that direction, a large number of fishing boats have prepared fishing nets and are waiting for the fish to crash into the fishing net array.

Liang Sen retracted his thoughts, looked at the fortress in the distance, and thought about the situation of the battle.

The enemy attacked the purpose of raiding the military farmland area in the northwest of Xuzhou. The opponents were all cavalry or infantry riding horses, so they moved very fast.

The Military Governor’s Office has established a generally complete warning system in the Military Governor’s Area, so military settlements in various places can be promptly warned, and military and civilians in each settlement can rely on the fortress to guard the gates.

The invading Qi army did not carry large-scale siege equipment, so even if some long ladders were temporarily built, it would not pose a substantial threat to the solid military farmland settlement fortresses.

However, the opponent used cavalry to conduct unscrupulous harassment of the military farm area, which would greatly damage the confidence of the military and civilians in the military farm.

In the first one or two years, because it was a land reclamation, there was no harvest in the fields that were reclaimed. Then even if the enemy attacked, the loss of military farming would not be too great.

However, in a few years, when the fields cultivated, the yield of wheat planted gradually increases.

When the military and civilians who had worked hard for half a year were looking forward to the harvest, they were ruined by the attacking enemy troops. Such loss will be a serious blow to people's confidence.

At least one must be self-sufficient in the military farming industry to maintain the situation, because it is impossible for the government to pay for food to raise military farming settlements that do not have much harvest.

The State of Qi understood this, so since the first year of large-scale farming in Xuzhou, it sent cavalry to harass him.

If the government forces deal with it improperly and make the military farmland area a "public toilet" that the other party can come whenever they want and walk when they want, then for the military and civilians in the military farmland area, the expectation of opening up a new home may be the shadow of the moon in the water.

Therefore, the Military Governor's Office and the Xuzhou Military Office have formulated a series of combat plans. In the first one or two years of the military farming, they will first build a settlement and a warning system. As for how much farmland can be reclaimed in each settlement, it doesn't matter.

The strong settlement fortresses are about ten miles away, forming a large fortress group between them, which is the skeleton.

The towering viewing towers on the settlement fortress are equipped with large kilometer mirrors and simple lights/flagship ‘communication machine’, just like the eyes and ears.

These sentries on the tower can observe the movements and stills of miles around through the Thousand Mile Mile Mile, and transmit the movements they "see" and "heard" through the "communication machine" without moving.

Therefore, the vast area of ​​military farms is now "transparent" for the government army, and the movements in this area cannot escape the observation of settlements and fortresses.

After entering the military farmland area, the invading Qi cavalry flowed in the unobstructed plains like prey entering the hunting ground.

What greeted them was a ready hunting team.

Liang Sen guarded Yanzhou, but he did not defend Yanzhou to the death. He wanted to cooperate with the military governor's office to capture all the enemy cavalry that came and attacked him.

The local conditions are similar to those of fishermen in Pengli Lake. They find the approximate location of their prey, and then circulate left and right, and drive the other party in a certain direction.

Hurry up to an area and annihilate it.

But their opponent is a cavalry with very fast movement speed, so they must be adaptable and have multiple minds when fighting. After all, the attacking enemy must be short of experienced elite cavalry.

If you are not careful, you will be bitten if you beat the dog.

The barking of dogs sounded one after another, one after another, and the hunting dogs were roaring.

The hunting dog stayed in a special horse-carrying dog cage and followed the cavalry to move. Now he came out, got off the ground, untied his bridle, drank water, fed, and moved his limbs.

The enemy cavalry is cunning and has a vague whereabouts. In order to pursue these "prey" that may have a mutton smell, bringing a hunting dog may have a miraculous effect.

However, the hunting dog was unable to travel long distances with the cavalry, so he asked the horse to carry a special dog cage and carry a large number of hunting dogs to follow the army.

Before the battle, the hunting dog was released, and the prey was encircled and suppressed as if hunting.

The cavalry attacked with the hunting dog (military dog). This is a tactic tried by the Xuzhou army. The effect can be tested now.

Several cavalry squad leader reported to Liang Sen based on the information obtained from the nearby settlement and combined with the enemy situation that had been obtained before.

And give a draft combat plan.

"The enemy is very likely to be here, at the southern end of the fifth district, where there are many hills and woods." A team leader pointed to the map and reported to Liang Sen.

There are grids on the map representing "plots", and "Tun Wu District" is about thirty miles southeast of this place.

The cavalry of Liang Sen's troops came from the east.

Liang Sen looked at the map and frowned: "In other words, they secretly turned their heads and took the initiative to lean towards us. Want to get dark under the light?"

"It's possible, and..." The young team leader looked at his companions, confirmed his eyes, and told Liang Sen what everyone had reached after discussing:

"They are not hiding or escaping, but looking for opportunities to eat the pursuit of the government troops."

"How can I see it?" Liang Sen asked.

"The envoy, after seeing the enemy's traces, he did not warn him with the beacon, but used a thousand-mile mirror and light communication machine to convey messages in order to pretend to be deaf and not to alarm the enemy's cavalry."

"Even if the other party doesn't know that our army has such a means, since we dare to come, we are not a waste, nor a fool. It is very likely that we can judge what our army wants to do based on our experience."

"They wander around without any gains. They should withdraw their troops early and withdraw from them so as not to be cut off by our army."

"But I can't stay and wander around the hinterland of the military farmland area. This is not a mangy dog ​​that is too hungry to walk. This is a wolf who deliberately makes a fool and waits for the meat to come to the door. They are luring our army to pursue it."

"They must have set up an ambush somewhere!"

Liang Sen nodded. He thought so too, because the trail of the prey was a bit weird. There was obviously a problem.

However, based on the reasons for training talents, he needed these cavalry captains to use their brains more.

When cavalry and cavalry fight, they are "moving against movement". The attack and defense are very fast, and the winner will be decided in a short time.

This requires grassroots generals to have the ability to adapt to changes and cannot ask the chief general for instructions in everything, and only take action after receiving orders.

Therefore, the team leader of the Xuzhou Army's grassroots cavalry organization must have a strong combat awareness, but not many people can teach this awareness, so they can only rely on actual combat training.

And hold more discussion meetings before the battle to brainstorm.

Now, the enemy's traces have been initially found by them, so a fierce battle is inevitable.

Liang Sen made an arrangement and decided to launch an assault on the enemy tonight. The soldiers would eat dry food, take care of the mounts, organize their weapons, and prepare for the upcoming decisive battle.

After a while, Liang Sen used a quill to write the same content on two small paper strips, rolled it up, and put it in two reed tubes.

Then, take out a pigeon from the dove cage carried by the accompanying horse, tie a reed tube to its right foot, and then release it.

The gray-black dove flew high and headed southeast.

Liang Sen tied another reed tube with a note onto the legs of another pigeon and then released it to the legs of another pigeon.

He heard from Li Li that pigeons have the habit of returning to their nests. Even if they are hundreds or thousands of miles away, they can still fly back and find their home accurately.

Then, if you use the habit of returning pigeons to raise pigeons somewhere in advance, then when the pigeons become adults and recognize their homes, they can achieve "fixed-point communication".

Li Li raised many pigeons, and Hanshan also had pigeon lofts. The "carrier pigeons" raised in them were indeed capable of returning to the nest hundreds of miles away after training.

Many carrier pigeons were transported to various parts of Xuzhou in advance, and Liang Sen had many of them in his hands. They could release the pigeon at any time and let them bring simple news back to Hanshan.

He had discovered the traces of the enemy cavalry that raided the Tuntian area. In case of precaution, he would send the news before the war.

If he loses the battle, Li Li, who knows the enemy's traces, will have the opportunity to dispatch troops and "stay" the other party in Xuzhou.

In any case, we must "stay" the invading enemy, or at least annihilate most of them.

With a solid record, the military and civilians who were in the military farm believed that under the wings of the Xuzhou army, the invading enemy would never return.

Let them believe that the fields they have worked hard to open up and the houses they have built will definitely become a beautiful new home where "chicken and dogs hear each other, and fields are connected by the sky".
Chapter completed!