Because Tian Zhang took the initiative to order the entire army to retreat to the twenty-li camp, the distance between the Qi army base and the city of Biyang increased to a full twenty-limits, which made Meng Zhong dare not attack the Qi army rashly at night.

After all, the situation was different from the two armies when they were ten miles apart. The distance between the two armies was twenty miles. Meng Zhong could not grasp what would happen on his way to attack the Qi army at night. In the end, the commander of the Qi army opposite was Kuang Zhang, the world-famous Kuang Zhang, and the only famous general who defeated the powerful Qin and broke through Hangu Pass so far. Therefore, even Meng Zhong had to take up a twelve-point spirit.

The Song army gave up the night attack on Qi army, and Tian Zhang felt that the night attack on the city was strong, and the night attack on the city was meaningless. Therefore, the Song and Qi armies temporarily entered a stalemate until the Qi army completely built the twenty-mile battalion, and there was no war on both sides.

On May 18, seeing that his camp had been completed, Tian Zhang decided to try to use troops to Biyang City.

As mentioned in the previous article, although the city of Weiyang is small, more than 280 years ago, the monarch of Weiyang had resisted the Thirteen Kingdoms army led by Jin for a month with this small city and its absolutely weak force. In the end, the Thirteen Kingdoms Alliance Army relied on its absolute advantage in military strength to attack the city, and then it was the city that was captured.

After that, after Duke Dao of Jin gave Wei Yang to Song, Song also firmly controlled the important way of attacking Chu for Jin, and sent people to strengthen the city walls of Wei Yang City, so that the city of Wei Yang after that was more solid than before and difficult to conquer.

There are generally three methods to deal with this type of strong city.

One of them is to lure the enemy, that is, to lure the defenders in the city out of the city and take the opportunity to annihilate some of their troops, which can greatly increase the chances of the siege.

The second is to siege the city, leading ten times the army of the defenders in the city, surrounding the city on all sides, cutting off its firewood, water and food. It can be as short as half a month or as long as several months, and the lonely city will be destroyed!

Third, the most common strategy is to attack cities without hesitation of casualties, just like the Thirteenth National Alliance Army more than 280 years ago.

As a famous general in the military, Tian Zhang's first choice was of course to lure the enemy with a plan, but he did not expect that someone in the Song army could see through his plan.

As for the siege, he could not do it for the time being. After all, in order to prevent troops from being bloody, his deputy general Tian Jing had already divided his troops to lead 80,000 troops to Tengland, which made Tian Zhang's command only 70,000 people, and 20,000 of them were still left by him in Xueyi to ease the people of the country and shock the little ones. In this case, what would he use to surround the Yang?

After all, although the Song army in Biyang is not as strong as the Qi army, it has nearly 30,000 troops. The Song State will inevitably send troops to help. Maybe in a month, the Song army in Biyang will reach 50,000, which will be completely equal to the army under Tian Zhang. In this case, choose to surround Biyang, which is just delaying the fighter plane and watching the reinforcements of Song State arrive.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Tian Zhang decided to try to attack Fengyang City to see if this strong city is as difficult to conquer as the rumor says.

By the way, you can also find the flaws of Biyang City.

However, to attack Weiyang City, Dai Busheng must first be defeated. The two camps established by Dai Yingzhi and the two men in the northwest and northeast corners of Weiyang City will become at least one of the cities in Xiying and Dongying. Otherwise, when the Qi army attacks the north side of Weiyang City, it is very likely to be attacked by Dai Busheng and Dai Yingzhi, causing the siege Qi army to fall into an unfavorable situation.

As for whether to choose to attack Dai Busheng or Dai Yingzhi's camp, there is no big difference. However, after thinking about it, Tian Zhang decided to attack Dai Busheng's Xiying. The reason is that Dai Busheng's army's combat methods are often as brave as ordinary men, and they may be able to open up the situation from this person. In comparison, Dai Yingzhi is not as impulsive as Dai Busheng, and it is more difficult to lure and take the bait.

On the morning of May 18, Tian Zhang left behind the 5,000 Qi army to guard the Twenty-li Camp, and led the 45,000 Qi army and slowly came to the city of Biyang, preparing to launch an offensive against Daibusheng Camp in the northwest corner of Biyang City.

Before ordering the attack on the camp, Tian Zhang summoned Tian Chu and the two generals Tian Da and told them: "I will attack Dai's unbeatable camp, force the prince Dai Wu in Yang City, and Dai Yingzhi in the northeast corner to lead the army to rescue him. You two will act according to your opportunity."

During this period, he emphasized to Tian Chu: "If the Song army in Yang City is forced out of the city to rescue, it is necessary to delay the Song army so that it cannot return to the city... The Song army here has suffered two consecutive defeats in Xueyi. If we cannot take advantage of the advantages of the Fengyang City Wall, we will inevitably be defeated by our army!"

"Abide by the order!"

Tian Chuan nodded, indicating that he had understood what Tian Zhang meant.

After giving instructions, Tian Zhang immediately ordered a general named "Zou Xi" to lead his army to attack Daibusheng's camp.

The camp that Daibusheng has a barn of only two meters high and is made of wooden structure, which is far less solid than that of Fengyang City. Therefore, although the Qi army does not carry any siege equipment, it only carries some long ladders, but with its advantage in military strength, it is enough to pose a sufficient threat to the Song army in the camp.

Amid the sound of drums, a soldier of Qi rushed to the outside of the Western Camp of the Song army with a long ladder, put the long ladder on the camp bar, and climbed up hard.

Although the Song army guarding the city also used crossbows to shoot hard and tried to repel the Qi army that came to attack, the camp was not a city after all. No matter where people could stand above the gate walls of the camp, or the guard towers in the camp, they could not be compared with real cities. This led to a large number of crossbowmen in the Song army being unable to stand in a favorable position to attack the invading enemy troops.

The archer is better. After all, the archer can use his shooting to attack the Qi army outside the camp, but the crossbowmen cannot do it. Although the crossbowmen shoots the crossbows with some arc, they cannot cross the enemy outside the camp.

What's even more serious is that Tian Zhang is well versed in using troops and has a rich experience in siegeing cities and villages. In addition to Tian Chu and Tian Da's army under his command, which were used to guard against the accidents of the princes Dai Wu and Dai Yingzhi, he devoted all the remaining 25,000 military camps in one breath, which was obviously to adopt a human-sea tactic to capture the Western camp with just one round of offensive.

Due to his rich experience in siege and siege, Tian Zhang did not doubt his chance of winning this attack. The only thing worthy of his deep thought was to forcing Yangcheng.

Yes, all the key points are concentrated on Biyang City. He needs to quietly observe the reaction of the Song army in Biyang City to make the next arrangements.

Just when the Qi army launched a large-scale attack on Dai Busheng, the soldiers of the Song army in Yangcheng had already reported the matter to the Crown Prince Dai Wu. The Crown Prince Dai Wu immediately took Meng Zhong, Le Yi and Meng Hu to the city wall to look at the battle situation.

Perhaps seeing Tian Zhang leading his army to attack today, he brought 40,000 or 50,000 troops, and Dai Busheng's command was less than one army of troops left, which made the prince Dai Wu feel a little panicked. After taking a few glances at the battlefield in the distance, he immediately said to Meng Zhong: "You, we should immediately support the uncle of the Busheng clan."

“…”

Meng Zhong carefully observed the battlefield in the distance, and suddenly shook his head and said, "Your Highness, if you believe me, please allow me to send someone to order the Sima of Dai Busheng Army to abandon the camp and retreat."

Prince Dai Wu was stunned for a moment and said with a puzzled expression: "Dai Wu naturally trusts you, but... he gave up the camp so easily?"

Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "To be honest, the two camps outside the city, in the following view, are actually not necessary....I know that Dai Busheng Sima suggested building these two camps to respond to Biyang City and to fight each other in a corner, but there is a very fatal problem among them, that is, our army must go out of the city to confront the Qi army head-on, so that these two camps can show their role. The problem is that our army was defeated in Xueyi and its morale was low, so it was not enough to fight the Qi army head-on... Anyway, it was something that could not be used, and it would be no pity to lose it."

"With that being said..." Prince Dai Wu was still a little unwilling to accept it.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong pointed at Tian Chu, the army led by Tian Da and the other two, and said to Dai Wu: "Did Your Highness see it? Tian Zhang could clearly conquer all his troops to attack Dai Busheng Sima's camp, but he deliberately left behind 20,000 people just to prevent me from forcing Yangcheng and Dai Ying's army from Sima... I can predict that if we send troops out of the city to aid Dai Busheng Sima, not to mention that the 20,000 Qi army would immediately intercept our army, just say Tian

Zhang, he would immediately abandon Dai's camp that could not defeat Sima and take the opportunity to attack Biyang. At that time, it would be difficult to distinguish between our soldiers and Qi army under the city, and it would be difficult for the defenders on the city to effectively repel Qi army. However, our soldiers under the city may be defeated by Qi army due to morale and confidence. By that time, our soldiers under the city panic and flee to the city, and Qi army, with our soldiers wrapped in our soldiers, took the opportunity to enter the city, and then the city of Fengyang will definitely fall..."

Listening to Meng Zhong's well-informed narration, the prince Dai Wu only heard a cold sweat on his forehead. Although he had seen some military tactics but had never had the experience of leading troops, how could he know that there was such a mystery in it?

"Then, what should I do?" he asked in surprise.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled and said, "It's very simple. Just let Dai Busheng Sima set fire to the camp and abandon the camp and retreat."

When the prince Dai Wu heard this, he asked again: "Then... what should Tian Zhang do if he sees me forcing Yang to send troops to rescue him and chase after the unsuccessful uncle?

"It's very simple. Just let Dai Busheng Sima lead his soldiers around the city. If the Qi army dares to pursue, the soldiers in our city can shoot them with crossbows." Meng Zhong replied calmly.

The prince Dai Wu suddenly realized and secretly admired Meng Zhong's strategy and calmness.

He secretly praised in his heart: He is worthy of being a general who can be the guard Sima beside King Yong of Zhao!

Immediately, Meng Zhong sent Meng Hu out of the west gate and rode his horse to Dai Busheng's camp.

After entering the camp from the Nanying Gate of Xiying, Meng Hu immediately found Dai Busheng, who was commanding the soldiers in the Beiying District, and conveyed the order of Prince Dai Wu to the latter, or simply Meng Zhong's order: "Dai Sima, the prince ordered you to set fire to the camp and abandon the camp and retreat!"

Dai Busheng was stunned when he heard this. Of course, he knew that the so-called prince's order should actually be Meng Zhong's intention. If it were in the past, he would have been furious at this moment. However, recently, he had gradually realized the ability of Meng Zhong's young man, especially the "tired enemy's strategy" that forced Tian Zhang to retreat ten miles to rebuild the camp without bloodshed, which made Dai Busheng even more amazed.

Therefore, when he heard Meng Hu's order, he was not angry at the first time, but was a little surprised: "This camp... doesn't want it?"

"No!" Meng Hu shook his head.

Seeing this, Dai Busheng turned his head and looked at the direction of Biyang City, and suddenly gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send the order and retreat to the Shaoying camp!"

With a command, the Song army under his command immediately set fire to ignite the buildings in the military camp. Immediately, Dai Busheng led these soldiers out of the camp gate on the south side.

『Uh?』

Tian Zhang immediately frowned when he saw a glimpse of the fire coming from Dai Busheng's military camp from afar.

You should know that at this moment, the Qi army has not yet attacked the Beiying District. In fact, the army under Dai Busheng can withstand for a while, at least for nearly half an hour, and there is no problem with resisting it. As for half an hour, the Qi army will gradually gain the upper hand.

But unexpectedly, Dai Busheng ordered his retreat so decisively.

『…』

Frowning, Tian Zhang turned his head and looked at the direction of Biyang City.

As Meng Zhong judged, Tian Zhang has been paying attention to Biyang City since the beginning, waiting for Biyang City to send troops to support Dai Busheng. Now Dai Busheng chose to abandon the camp and retreat, which undoubtedly means that Biyang City has sent orders to Dai Busheng. Otherwise, according to Dai Busheng's personality, how could he surrender so easily?

"It's not that easy to leave!"

After whispering, Tian Zhang immediately ordered: "Sorry Zou Xi to lead his army to pursue Dai Busheng immediately. Be sure to hold back the latter!"

"Here!"

The soldiers on both sides immediately went to pass the order.

In just a moment, Qi Jiang Zou Xi received Tian Zhang's order and led a large number of troops to chase Dai Busheng's army without saying a word.

At this time, Dai Busheng, who was quickly heading south to retreat to Yangcheng, noticed the pursuers behind him, turned to face Meng Hu, who was beside him, and said, "The Qi army is chasing him hard at this moment. I should not lead the army into the city, otherwise the Qi army will definitely take the opportunity to break in."

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Hu smiled and said, "Dai Sima, please rest assured. My brother did not plan to open the city gate and let Sima enter. Please order your soldiers to walk around the city."

“…”

Dai Busheng was stunned for a moment, feeling a little confused, but because of his trust in Meng Zhong, he still did as he did and ordered his soldiers to walk around the city wall.

However, after a while, when he looked up and saw the dense crossbowmen on the walls of Biyang City, the veteran who had been in charge of the army for many years quickly reacted, stood on the chariot and closed his fists and palms, and smiled and said, "So that's it! It's really a good idea!"

After understanding, he turned around and glanced at the Qi soldiers chasing behind him, and deliberately shouted: "Hurry! Enter the city!"

I could hear Dai Busheng's shouts vaguely in the distance. The general of Qi Zou Xi was overjoyed and mistakenly thought that Feng Yangcheng was about to open the city gate. So he wanted to take the opportunity to enter the city and ordered his soldiers to pursue them relentlessly.

However, what surprised him was that Dai Busheng and his soldiers did not stop at the Ximen Gate of Fengyang, and went directly to the distant corner of the city.

This made it difficult for the soldiers chasing them from behind. In order to take the opportunity to break into the city, some of the Qi troops had entered the shooting range of Biyang City. The Song army crossbowmen in Biyang City unceremoniously vented their arrows on their heads.

"ah"

"Ahhh"

In a moment, many Qi soldiers immediately fell to the ground and wailed.

"What should I do if this...

A little hesitation and struggle emerged in Qi general Zou Xi's heart.

Logically speaking, he should immediately order his retreat. After all, he was circling the city under the city of Yang, and chasing Dai Busheng, which was simply a waste of time to let his soldiers be shot and killed by the Song army on the city. But if he retreated, wouldn't Dai Busheng run away?

It has to be said that General Zou Xi of Qi was not a fool who was greedy for merit. After struggling and hesitating for a while, he finally gave up chasing and immediately ordered his soldiers to stay away from the city of Weiyang. In this way, he could not catch up with Dai Busheng and his troops.

At this time, in the northwest corner of Biyang City, Prince Dai Wu saw the Qi army that was chasing Dai cannot win from afar and immediately withdrew from the shooting range of Biyang City. He said regretfully: "Why don't you chase it? It would be great to chase it again."

When he heard the innocent and childish words of the Crown Prince Dai Wu, how could Meng Zhong and Le Yi beside him, Xiaoxiao, beside him, be able to cause heavy casualties to the Qi army with such tricks? Then the generals of Qi were too stupid!

After secretly having fun, Meng Zhong and Le Yi turned their attention to Tian Zhang in the distance again.

"You said, if he saw that the plan failed, would he attack the city?" Le Yi asked casually.

Meng Zhong certainly knew who Le Yi was talking about, shook his head and said, "Finally, test the virtual reality of the Yangcheng City defense, and will never attack forcefully, otherwise he would not be the famous general Kuang Zhang, the world-famous general..."

"Yes, with his little force, a strong attack is probably not enough to capture Biyang." Le Yi nodded slightly.

Just as they were chatting in a low voice, the soldiers sent by Zou Ji of Qi had already returned to Tian Zhang with a chariot and told Tian Zhang about the incident that occurred on the city wall on the west side of Biyang: "Qi Zhangzi, Dai Busheng led his soldiers to flee around the city, but did not flee into the city. Zou Ji Sima led his army to pursue him, but he was not careful for a while, but was shot and killed by the Song army crossbowmen in Biyang City."
To be continued...