Zhao Bing and others left the camp and entered the front army's camp to the north. The army camped at the time, and the terrain outside Yangzhou City was flat, so they set up a "Fang Camp" westward along the canal. In theory, camping on the river is a taboo. Once the camp is broken, it has to fight against the water, and there is a risk of being completely wiped out. The Song Shui Army now has an absolute advantage. Taking the camp on the river can not only facilitate water supply, but also provides convenience for the army to use water.

What is a "Fang Camp"? In fact, it is a camp that looks square. The main force is arranged in the center of the camp and spread out layer by layer. The more elite vanguards and the right and left Yuhou troops of the hall and rear troops are arranged on the periphery of the camp. In this way, in the event of a night attack, the main camp can gain time for the main camp to restore order and counterattack the enemy.

After the basic camp is arranged, it is not a complete one. In ancient military camps, at least the arrangement of Chinese military camps, there are actually a large gap between each camp. In the "Weigong Military Art", it is clearly required that "the camp is wide and not narrow." Although this arrangement makes the camps huge and more susceptible to enemy attacks, it also facilitates the army to respond quickly, and soldiers have enough space to gather, arrange, and then "have to be controlled and rescue urgently.

In addition to the well-known watchtower in the military camp, the Muzha also has horse-resisting horses. If the camps are built during long-term siege wars, trenches will be dug. On the one hand, when attacking, it can facilitate soldiers to avoid arrows on the city, and on the other hand, it can also hinder the enemy from leaving the city to attack at night. In addition to the trenches, if one side of the siege has sufficient troops and plans to siege for a long time, a wall of sheep and horses will be built outside the military camp. This will completely turn the entire military camp into a small city, so that the enemy will have no opportunity to take advantage of it.

In addition to the army's camp, corresponding "auxiliary camps" must be arranged, that is, external camps outside the main camp. The function is that when a night attack occurs, you can attack the enemy from the rear of the enemy in time, which is what is said in the "Weigong Art of War": "If a thief attacks a large camp at night, and the outer shop watches the thief fight with the camp, that is, the drums are yelling, and after attacking the thief, you must seize the opportunity to win." In fact, there are many specialties in the arrangement of the military camp itself.

In general, a military camp with proper defense and managed by qualified commanders is basically capable of resisting the enemy's night attacks. But the most terrifying thing is often not just the night attack itself, because when a general decides to launch a night attack on the enemy, he often conducts a series of secret activities, including intelligence collection and bribing spies, on the targets of the night attack.

After all, even with strong defense, there will be loopholes. Therefore, once the enemy catches this loophole, it will not only be the general's arrangements for the camp, but more tests the general's ability to respond and command and luck.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Bing and his party arrived at the tent of the front army. After receiving the report of the emperor's patrol, Tian Zhong, the commander of the First Brigade of the Guard, came to greet him immediately and stood attentively saluting.

"It's not rest yet, thank you for your hard work!" Zhao Bing followed the lights in front of the tent, looked at Tian Zhong's neatly dressed and mud on his boots, obviously not a temporary preparation, so he raised his hand and said with a respect.

"The enemy is on the side, and the subordinates dare not be careless. They have just returned to the tent after inspecting them!" Tian Zhong replied.

"Ni Dutong went out to attack the enemy but had not returned. You temporarily take over the position of the chief general. You must take charge of the commander's tent and do not leave the post without permission!" Zhao Bing reminded.

"Du Shuai had already explained it when he left the camp, so I will keep it in mind. But Your Majesty..." Tian Zhong said with a smile.

"Cough..." Tian Zhong had not finished speaking, but Zhao Bing showed embarrassment and coughed a few times to cover it up.

"What? General Ni's intercepted the enemy reinforcements in Taizhou, but they had not yet returned to the camp!" Wang Yinglin asked in surprise after hearing this, "Your Majesty personally fought, but there was something to say first. The Empress Dowager also repeatedly reminded General Ni to protect His Majesty's side at all times and recall him to the camp quickly."

"Governor Wang, the matter is confidential at this time. Do not speak loudly. I will explain later!" Zhao Bing heard Qi's yelling in a hurry, and hurriedly pulled Qi's sleeve and whispered.

"Your Majesty must give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise don't blame me for reporting to the Empress Dowager." Wang Yinglin knew that the two armies would send spies to each other. If the enemy spies were infiltrated into the camp, it would be inappropriate for him to speak loudly. He looked around and lowered his voice and said angrily.

"In this way, Your Majesty will ask for a rest in the camp, and don't let the subordinates do it!" Tian Zhong said with a smile beside him.

"If camping in the wild, the main general must patrol at night. This is the military rule. How can I know that the law is broken!" Zhao Bing said in a deep voice. The camping in the wild must also be equipped with corresponding patrol teams, and the head generals of each battalion are often in charge. Their tasks are generally responsible for checking whether soldiers are absent or fleeing, and at the same time they are responsible for checking whether horses and other materials are stored safely. Since these patrol teams are basically elite, they often have to prevent the enemy from infiltrating into the battalion, or when the enemy suddenly launches a night attack, they must be the vanguard of the troops.

"As far as my subordinates know, Your Majesty promised all the ministers to command and dispatch the troops fifty miles away from the battlefield, and then led the army to personally fight. At the moment, the camp was only ten miles away from Yangzhou City, and it had already broken its promise. But his subordinates temporarily took over the commander of the southern camp, and patrol the camp was his subordinate's duty. How dare you let Your Majesty do it for him!" Tian Zhong was not afraid, and he also raised his face and grabbed the emperor's braid and pulled it.

"You..." Zhao Bing was choked and said, but he had no choice but to whisper half begging and half ordering, "I am the commander of the three armies, so I naturally have the responsibility of inspectors. Of course, patrol patrol is also a matter of duty. How can you limit it? Get out of here!"

"Your Majesty, there is also a commander before leaving. If Your Majesty approaches the frontier, he will chop off his subordinates' heads." Tian Zhong stood attentively and reported, and then he looked like you were watching it.

"Oh, I originally wanted to be more comfortable after leaving Beijing, but I didn't expect that I was still restricted and I didn't have any of my own!" Zhao Bing was so angry that he sighed.

"Your Majesty's dragon body is in the country, and you cannot tolerate any damage, let alone take risks. Please move to the camp!" Wang Yinglin also realized that he had been deceived by the emperor and said with a stern face.

"Then...then I can always look upstairs and see!" Zhao Bing still didn't give up and pointed at Wanglou, who was used by the Central Army to dispatch the entire army.

"This... OK, but Your Majesty must return to the camp as soon as possible!" Wang Yinglin saw the pleading look on the little emperor's face, hesitated for a moment but still softened his heart and agreed.

"Okay, okay, I will return to the camp immediately after seeing it, and I will never lose my word!" Although Zhao Bing was not willing to do so, he stopped it as soon as he knew it was better, otherwise it would be difficult to think about it in the future.

The tower was seven or eight feet tall. Accompanied by Tan Fei and Tian Zhong and others, he climbed the tower and looked away from the railing. In the nights of light pollution in the previous life, the night might not be so dark, but at this time, despite the stars, the visibility at night can be said to be quite low, and it often provides a great hidden effect for the enemy's attack camp.

Zhao Bing looked west and saw the mast lights on the canal flashing, and lights were lit in the Xiying camp. Looking north, you could see the lights on the head of Yangzhou city ten miles away connecting them into a line, illuminating the city up and down. However, the lights in the camp were sparse, but a bonfire was lit every twenty steps in front of the trenches around the camp, making the village brightly illuminate, and there was nowhere for people and horses to escape.

To prevent night attacks, the most important thing is to do a good job of warning at night, so good sentry is very important. In addition to the patrol team, there are also special night watchmen. Zhao Bing knew that there were arrays of "Tingzi" in the darkness a hundred steps away from the village. Each group of two people, one update and one substitute, monitoring the enemy situation. Once someone explores the camp, they will suddenly rise up and kill the enemy.

There are also reconnaissance cavalry "each leads five horses, and go to the camp ten miles away to travel to the camp to prepare for the extraordinary situation." When the sentry found that the enemy was approaching, "if there is a policeman, run and report to the army." At the same time, the attacked military camps must beat drums and send police. This way, the attacking direction can be transmitted in time, and at the same time, it can warn other camps to strengthen their vigilance and send reinforcements. The drum beat can not be stopped until the enemy attack is over.

But even so, when the army camps at night, it often needs to set up "dog assistants", that is, military dogs to assist sentinels. On the one hand, the excellent sense of smell of dogs can make them discover enemies earlier than humans in the dark or unfamiliar terrain environment. There is another important reason, that is, humans often find it difficult to concentrate in the darkness of the night due to the biological clock, and dogs are much better.

However, the role of Zhao Bing dogs on the battlefield was not just to guard and keep watch. In fact, in ancient times, there were examples of letting dogs fight side by side with soldiers. In the ancient Roman era, the Romans not only asked dogs to assist sentries to keep watch, but also let these dogs take the lead in attacking to disrupt the enemy's formation during combat.

As Zhao Bing knew, the Mongols also raised a "mass dog legion" during the war and followed them to fight south and north. The first to form a mass dog legion was the Dangxiang people living in the northern part of the Tibetan area. During the period when Genghis Khan commanded the army to conquer Greenwich, the Dangxiang community was recruited by them and as the vanguard army on the northern route, they were approaching Europe.

The "mass legion" in this army "leads more than 50,000 soldiers, all of them Tibetan mastiffs. They used the enemy's corpses as food and drink, covered the sky and swept the way, and established the merit that made Genghis Khan amazed and envied. He sighed: After hundreds of battles, the heroes will be thousands of men. The giant mastiff helps me, and the God of War helps me!
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