One morning, Luo Chong led a small team of less than fifty-man armored heavy cavalry to sweep past Dengzhou City, coming and going like the wind, and did not get close to the Pioneer Army Camp five miles away.

This is just to reassure Deng Hai and others on the city wall: I didn't escape, I've been there all the time.

Sure enough, Deng Hai and Prefect Chen were very calm and seemed to have a reliance all of a sudden.

The Zhenxi Pioneer Army did not move any action, and the subordinates came to report: The iron armored heavy cavalry appeared, with a number of less than fifty, and the speed was too fast, so our snooping horse could not catch up.

Shi Luoyin sneered in his heart: Can you come back if you catch up?

Therefore, General Luoyin issued an order: a few enemy troops must be the trick of luring the enemy, and they cannot lead them by their noses, and continue to send whistle probes to search for their real camp.

At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, He Wanli's 40,000 troops and more than 10,000 civilians appeared in a mighty manner. Several camps were set up behind the Pioneer Army camp, forming a plum blossom formation, and protecting the central army camp in the middle.

The central army represents the morale and spirit of the military. As long as the central army is stable, even if it is attacked by enemy cavalry at night, there will be no collapse.

Shi Luoyin immediately went to the central army tent, came to He Wanli, and reported the news he had gained in the past two days one by one. Even the failure of his dispatch of Liao Zhong to attack the Luo family manor was said, but he did not say that Luo Chong entered the military tent at night and threatened him.

"Is Liao Zhong dead?"

He Wanli's expression remained unchanged and asked calmly.

"It is not certain yet, but the team that dispatched last night, together with the two scouts leading the way, did not return."

Shi Luoyin's expression was also normal, and he replied calmly: "I cannot mobilize the army to siege the Luo family manor before the commander arrives."

“That’s right”

He Wanli nodded with relief. There was nothing wrong with visiting Luo Family Manor at night, and there was nothing wrong with the act of coercating the enemy and the family. If something happened, the army kept holding the troops and waited until the reinforcements were handled more calm... It can be said that Shi Luoyin's actions could not find any mistakes.

He Wanli admired Shi Luoyin very much, and his requirement for him was to master calmness. The scale of this factor was neither timid nor reckless. If he could truly master the word "stability", he would have made some contributions to the height difference between him and the general.

"The other party was prepared for a long time. The Luo Family Manor must be empty and there is only a trap left. It is meaningless to move it."

He Wanli said in a deep voice: "What we want is the victory of the entire battle, not a battle of will. Losing dozens of people is nothing. If you do well, you don't have to blame yourself. If it were me, you would have done this under the same circumstances."

"Thank you for your unsincereness."

Shi Luoyin half-kneeled on the ground, feeling very ashamed, wishing to reveal the terrible things of Luo Chong, but he was worried that his family had not escaped or fell into the clutches of the devil again, and even more fear was deep in his heart.

What I should do is to treat the scene last night as a dream. How to fight this battle and how to fight it, only consider various factors on the battlefield, and not consider what Luo Chong is like.

Anyway, Luo Chong asked himself this way.

When Shi Luoyin got up and sat down, He Wanli asked again: "In your judgment, when do you think that heavy cavalry will appear?"

"The last general still has no clear understanding of the strength of the heavy cavalry, so he can only have two guesses."

Shi Luoyin replied in a deep voice: "It can be confirmed that it is a scale of thousands of people, one man and two horses, all covered with armor, that is two thousand heavy cavalry. Assuming that he has super confidence in his combat power, he will launch a surprise attack during our siege. On the contrary, if he lacks confidence, he will take down Dengzhou City and continue to go deeper. Relying on his speed advantage, he will launch a continuous impact of half-guerrilla and half-raid, which will accumulate a lot of casualties for our army..."

After hearing his analysis, He Wanli nodded slightly and asked again: "Is he really heavy armor on his body, but he is faster than the light cavalry?"

“A lot faster”

Shi Luoyin's expression showed a hint of solemnity: "Even the best provokers can't catch up with them, I then understood why Luketo's two thousand light cavalry were chased all the way, almost wiped out, and he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

"Well, this is the most terrifying cavalry, and it is also the cavalry we dream of wanting to have but cannot create..."

He Wanli never underestimates his opponent and pondered: "I'm not afraid of facing their positive impact, I'm just afraid of the second possibility you mentioned."

If an iron armored heavy cavalry, which is faster than a light cavalry, adopts guerrilla tactics and rushes all the way, and does not fight you head-on, how long can an army of tens of thousands of people be killed by them?

Faced with their guerrilla tactics, our army could only use bows and crossbows to defend the enemy during the march, but how could the arrows break through their heavy armor?

The best way to deal with them is to form a formation, keep moving like a mountain, so that they can be smashed to pieces. But in this way, it trapped the Zhenxi Army in place with only a thousand-man surprise force, and was extremely moved.

You should know that the purpose of Zhenxi Army's combat is not a remote city like Dengzhou City, but to continue to go deeper and cut off the supply channel of the Song Dynasty's northern front line. How can you be trapped here?

The wolves are terrible, but this heavy cavalry is obviously not a wolves, but a group of lions with huge bodies and dual advantages of power and speed. They are naturally the most powerful predator in nature. Just thinking about it, they feel that it is difficult to deal with.

“There will always be a solution.”

After all, He Wanli was a famous general of the world. He did not frown, but said with a relaxed expression: "So far, at least it can prove that his target is not you, but me, so you don't need you in the siege of Dengzhou City. Luoyin, you will lead the vanguard army to continue to go deeper, explore along the marching route of our army soon, looking for favorable terrain. At that time, you can set up a series of ambushes to make him suffer a big loss. What do you think?"

“Very good.”

Shi Luoyin nodded and responded: "The last general also believes that although our army has the advantage of numbers, it still has to rely on strategies to set traps with the help of terrain advantages and introduce him into it."

Speaking of this, Shi Luoyin felt bitter in his heart: Master, you still underestimate him. It is very likely that he will not adopt guerrilla tactics at all, nor will he wait until our army continues to go deeper before taking action. I am worried that he wants to eat you in one bite, just under this Dengzhou city

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't say these words, nor dare to say them. Some things can't be explained clearly.

Could it be that: Dashen, I have had contact with him in private and have some understanding of him. He even visited my house... This person is so terrible that we can't deal with it, so we should withdraw our troops as soon as possible

This is all the truth, but once you say it, you will be charged with collusion with the enemy and disrupting our morale. You will be directly dragged out and killed.

OK, even if the Grand Marshal is willing to believe in himself unconditionally, will he withdraw his troops?

With the character and responsibilities of the Grand Marshal, it is absolutely impossible for him to withdraw his troops.

Just by guessing, you will retreat without fighting and lose a reputation for fear of enemies. Even if His Majesty the Emperor does not punish him, the general's reputation for life will be destroyed.

It is impossible to withdraw troops. You have to face what you should face and do what you should do, so it is useless to say anything you say.

Because of this, Shi Luoyin felt that Luo Chong was too terrible. He calculated everything correctly. All he could do was to stay out of it, like a bystander, watching him open his fangs and bit the army to death here.

If he succeeds, he will be able to return to Xia's army at that time, it will only be his own vanguard army of more than 4,000. It is not because he fled back, but because he was full and deliberately put it back.

After dark, Shi Luoyin returned to his camp in a heavy mood, feeling that the armor on his body was heavier than a mountain.

After resting for a night, tomorrow the vanguard army will leave here, bypass Dengzhou City, and head towards the next city of the Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, this task is also very heavy, and it is possible to encounter reinforcements from the Song Dynasty from other locations. However, Shi Luoyin is now in a mood that he would rather fight with the five major legions of the Song Dynasty than face the devil again.

"Master, take care of me, I'm sorry for you..."

Looking up at the moon, two lines of clear tears fell silently from their faces.

As soon as dawn was dawn, the vanguard army set out. Half an hour later, the 10,000 western troops approached the city and made a statement of siege.

But before that, someone rode a horse to the city and persuaded surrender loudly. The meaning was nothing more than: the little garrison power of your Dengzhou City was not as good as an eggshell, and it would be crushed to pieces with a slight knock. If you don't surrender at this time, after breaking the city, you will be unable to save your life.

At this moment, Deng Hai, who was standing on the city, was no longer afraid. As a general, he could only hold on to the end.

"If you don't surrender, come and fight"

Deng Hai only replied this and prayed in his heart: "General Luo, my family, my family, the garrison camp, and even the countless people in the city, are all counting on you. When are you planning to appear?"

"attack"

Under the handsome flag, He Wanli, who was sitting firmly on Mount Tai, threw his command arrow.

Hulala...

Ten thousand people pushed the siege equipment slowly approached. In theory, relying on the sparse power on the city wall, stone throwing machines, vehicles and crossbows, and a few more arrows were fired at once. Almost few people could stand up. With absolute advantage, there would be no casualties on the siege side.

While sieging the city, He Wanli would of course be on guard against the elusive iron-armored heavy cavalry. The 30,000 army set up a huge formation with the commander's flag as the center, and had the potential to encircle. He Wanli even had the courage to use himself as bait to lead the cavalry into the heart of the formation and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

In addition, it was also considered that the heavy cavalry would regard the 10,000 people who were sieging the city as the target, and He Wanli also responded to this.

On the city wall, as the dense siege troops slowly came, Deng Hai immediately ordered: I would hide all of them, and there was no need to guard the city wall at all. Our mission was just to save our lives.

What to guard against? In front of the regular army, these two thousand of us are purely old, weak, sick and disabled. A small amount of them will fall down with just one blow. Without waiting for others to set up a ladder, we will die almost the same.

Let's go down and hide with your head in your arms. Whether you die or live depends on the character of General Luo.

Dada dada dada...

The siege troops advanced to four hundred meters, and before they could reach the best position of the stone thrower, a fast horse rushed from a distance.

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