After leaving the village gate, Li Nengwei yawned and patted his mouth, "The village master was so fussy. It was still midnight that we asked us to go out of the city to check Nuanquan Peak. In my opinion, it was nothing more than that there were too many Song Dynasty households recruited in the past two months, so the Song people had to come and stop him."

Bai Quzi said: "To be honest, the Grand Marshal Qingning who came was dedicated to please the country, was extremely greedy, and recruited too many foreign households from the Song Dynasty. The officials of the Song State opposite were not blind, so wouldn't they be unable to see it? He would have to send someone to stop him no matter what."

Sun Du'er in front turned around and said, "It's a pity for us. Those nobles are determined to invite rewards and cause trouble. They enjoy the happiness in the village, but they ask us to get up early and go to bed late to check the whereabouts of the Song army."

While complaining, several people rushed their horses and heading north.

Some Dangxiang people have the surname Fan, mostly with identities and tribes. A large part of them have the surnames of Han, some come from Han people, some of them take it by themselves, or from other sinicized ethnic groups, especially the Western Regions and Hexi tribes that were sinicized during the Tang Dynasty. From the surnames, it is difficult to see whether a person is a foreigner or a Han person, but his names are somewhat different. The characters such as pig, dog, slave, etc. commonly used by foreigners are rarely used. However, some foreigners have a deeper degree of sinicization, such as Liu Sheng, and you will not be able to see from their names that he is a Dangxiang person.

When Yuanhao established the country, he once promoted the use of the surname Fan to choose the name Fan, but many people changed it, but the lower class people had little influence.

A group of eight racquets walked slowly in the dark, a little lazy. The Dangxiang people have always looked down on the Song army. After the great enemy Khitan negotiated peace, they all thought that they could be released from Nanshan. Will the Song army on the opposite side come over? They will be laughed at when they say this.

At this moment, more than a dozen riders suddenly rushed out of the dark shadow, and passed by the eight people with lightning speed, and threw them under the horse.

Before he could react, he saw more than a dozen knights dismount, step on them, and tied up.

Seeing that the person coming was in the costume of Song Army, Li Nengwei couldn't believe his eyes and whispered: "How dare you tie us up? How dare you! Three miles away is Universal Village. When the army comes out, you-"

Pan Li slapped Li Nengwei in the face and said in a deep voice: "Grandpa is here to take you from Dulun Village! What are you calling!"

After saying that, he said to the soldiers behind him: "After taking it to the sand pile over there, let the Tong Du ask for confession!"

The soldiers agreed and several of them took Dangxiang to the mountain and walked towards the pile of sand not far away.

When he arrived behind the sand pile, Li Nengwei saw that more than 20 people had been tied up on the ground. Judging from his outfits, they should be all merchants. From Dongshengzhou to Jinsu Army to Dulunzhai to go south, it was a commercial road, and you could go all the way to Xiazhou. The weather was cold and there were not many people going on business, so there were still some.

Tong Zhen sat on the ground, gnawing a piece of bread to satisfy his hunger, looked up at Li Nengwei and others who were escorting over, and asked in a vague way: "Where did these Party and Xiang army soldiers come from? When arresting them, did you see clearly whether there are any large enemies around you?"

The soldiers crossed their hands: "When they returned to Dutou, they came from Duluo Village! It has been found out that only eight of them left the city!"

Tong Zhen nodded: "Put the person here, you go back. I keep an eye on the village gate. As long as I am not a big player, no one is allowed to run away!"

The soldiers promised to hand over the eight Dangxiang people to the guards here, and several of them returned to report to Pan Li.

Tong Zhen raised his neck, swallowed the bread in his mouth, and said to Li Nengwei: "Look at you as the leader, I will ask you first. The rest of the people will be brought aside first, Peng Tong, you will interrogate there! We will tell the confession later, who dares to lie, and you will be slaughtered with one knife!"

After hearing this, several Dangxiang people were scared and trembled. These people were very experienced and asked their confessions separately. How could they dare to lie?

When someone brought Li Nengwei to his front, Tong Zhen said, "It's not clear, why are you going out of the village? If you dare not tell the truth, grandpa will cut off your head with one knife! To be honest, you will save your life!"

Li Nengwei dared not lie, saying, "Grandpa, please spare my life! Because three foreigners fled from Song yesterday, they said that the Song army went to the south of Nuanquan Peak to block the fleeing foreign households. The leader of the village told the younger ones to go to Nuanquan Peak to check if there was a Song army stationed. If so, it would be better to leave the army to expel them."

Tong Zhen said: "Only you guys? When is it expected to arrive? When will it return?"

Li Nengwei said: "I was going to Nuanquan Peak to come to Nuanquan Peak at dawn and report at noon. I don't want to meet my grandfather here."

Tong Zhen asked a few more questions, but there was no other news, and he said in a deep voice: "Peng Tong, come and talk!"

Peng Tong came over, Tong Zhen and him went aside and exchanged confessions with each other, which was completely consistent.

Tong Zhen said: "It seems that the news has not been leaked. It is too late to write a document. You bring a few people with you and send these eight Dangxiang Rangers back to the army. I will continue to bring people here. How to deal with it? Observe the general's military order!"

Peng Tong crossed his hands and responded to the promise, ticked a few familiar soldiers, tied Li Nengwei and eight others to the horse, and headed north.

Tong Zhen was the leader of the ranger who sent troops this time. He patrolled in front of the army, eliminated the enemy's spies, and reconnaissance movements. The combat regulations of the Yingtianxiang Army, military operations of different scales, have different reconnaissance ranges. This time, the three thousand soldiers and horses were organized by the first division to reconnaissance fifteen miles ahead and five miles on the flank. Out of this range, they were organized by Liu Ji in Dongshengzhou, and had nothing to do with Zhang Ji and Yao Shouxin.

It took more than ten miles to arrive in less than a long time, and it was still pitch black.

Zhang Ke was discussing tomorrow's war with Yao Shouxin in the patrol account. When he heard that Dangxiang Youqi had captured, he hurriedly ordered him to bring him over.

After asking Li Nengwei and others about confessions and taking the people away, Zhang Ke said to Yao Shouxin: "It seems that the Dangxiang people don't know that our army is coming, and they thought it was Jin Suzhou who was blocking the fleeing foreign households. In this way, I have an idea and can't make it."

Yao Shouxin said: "General said that. Our entire army rested at Nuanquan Peak yesterday and came quickly. It is normal that Dangxiang could not get news."

Zhang Ji said: "There are only more than 1,000 defenders in the Universal Village. If they can be led out, it will be easier to fight outside the village. More than 1,000 people defended the city by relying on the village wall. It is not that easy to break the city. However, this time we brought a hundred large and small cannons, which seemed not too difficult to break the village wall. You are an expert in using cannons. Let's talk about what to do? Let's talk about it."

Yao Shouxin thought for a while and said, "General, according to my opinion, there is no need to cause trouble and lead Dangxiang troops out of the city. First, if these cavalry return to the village to report the news, it is a bit unsteady. People's hearts are unpredictable. If they return to the village, what should we do if we say that our army is approaching? Second, the military information we obtained before we set out was not strong, and more than a dozen cannons would be enough to blow it away quickly. At this time, instead of fighting with Dangxiang's army, it would be better to surround the village and blast the city wall and use cannons to help."

Zhang Ke said: "The cannon master is to be honest. When I was practicing the volcano army a few years ago, I used cannons with him. But the cannons at that time were incomparable to the cannons now. The city walls of Tanglong Town could not be collapsed at all, and Universal Village should be similar to those there. The cannons said that they could collapse the city walls, but I think it would be impossible to get worse. Also, how to use cannons in wartime? I have never seen how to use cannons now."

Yao Shouxin drew a schematic diagram of Dulun Village on the ground and said, "Dulun Village is built on Dulun River, with two city gates, one south and one north. When the army arrived in front of the camp, Dangxiang Jian closed the gate and did not leave the city. I used twenty cannons to fire solid bullets and fire the Beizhai Gate with solid bullets. According to my estimate, at most three rounds of volleys can be broken. There is no wall city in the village gate, Dangxiang must gather troops and horses behind the gate, immediately change the flowering bullets, and disperse Dangxiang's troops. At this time, the general led the infantry into the gate and shot the soldiers on the wall with muskets. I cooperated with the cannon outside. Dangxiang's troops must not be able to withstand, and they should escape from the Nanzhai Gate. The general can send cavalry to gather outside the Nanzhai Gate to chase and kill the defeated troops of Dangxiang."

"This encirclement is one by one, and the cannon master is right!" Zhang Ji nodded. "Since it is not difficult to break the village gate, I won't have to do this for one move to lead the Dangxiang army out of the city! The single-wheeled village is only 800 steps around. Once you break the village gate, you can immediately step into powder!"

This kind of military camp is not large in size, and the Dulun Village is located in a remote location and does not have enough manpower and material resources to build a big city. The village is 800 steps in a circumference. If you break the north gate, you can see the south gate. The artillery can directly penetrate the entire village. As long as you break through one side, the cavalry is outside the other gate and prepare to intercept the defeated soldiers. In comparison, it may not be of any benefit to trick the Dangxiang troops out of the city.

Military villages generally do not have four city gates, and the smaller ones have two gates, just like a checkpoint. Even smaller ones have one gate. The two village gates will no longer surround three cubes and one, forming a circumference of one cube.

In addition to having city walls to guard the key areas, the military camp is more important to hoard troops and control all directions. Here, the upper reaches of the surrounding Dulun River and Quye River are all controlled by the Dangxiang. If you want to capture it, you must dispatch a large army.

The two discussed the specific steps of siege, and Zhang Ke suddenly said: "What if our army is in front of the camp? What if Dangxiang sends troops to fight?"

Yao Shouxin was stunned for a moment, patted his head and said, "It was my negligence! A small military camp with a single wheel, but more than a thousand troops stationed there, how could he not leave the city to fight? If he doesn't leave the city, there will be no use for so many military horses. What the general said is that we must also be prepared to fight Dangxiang in front of the village."

How could a small army camp with an area of ​​800 steps be used to defend the city? When the army arrived in front of the camp, Liu Sheng would inevitably lead troops to fight. The soldiers and horses guarding the city relied on the city camp, and only the front was exposed to the other side, and the rear and flanks were protected by the city camp. One thousand people could be used as thousands of people. Unless the few soldiers and horses guarding the city, the defenders would usually go out of the city to fight for a while, which would boost the morale in the city.

Yao Shouxin brought artillery, and he thought about the problem from the artillery, and did not think about this at all. If he was not Zhang Ke's deputy this time, he would not need to consider these issues.
Chapter completed!