The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

"Thank you, Lord Cai. I will definitely lead the soldiers to kill more enemy soldiers." Zhao Mu saluted Cai Shao with his fists clasped.

During this period, after Cai Shao came to Pingxi County, he also demonstrated strong political ability. Many people planted crops and waited for the harvest in autumn.

He left his backup supplies to Cai Shao, and could go into battle and kill the enemy with complete peace of mind.

Normally, he and Cai Shao do not interfere with each other.

Cai Shao was in charge of the local area and was responsible for training soldiers.

"I will not disturb you generals from deploying your troops. I will leave first."

Cai Shao also had a lot of things to do. The food could only last for one month, and he had to quickly persuade the people to lend out their stored grain!

You know, food is more important to any ordinary family than their lives. It is not an easy task to convince them, and he still needs to do a lot of ideological work.

After Cai Shao left, Zhao Mu took a deep breath and looked at the four deputy generals beside him: Chu Yuxin, Cai Chengping, Fang Ziqiang, and Qu Yu.

"Chu Yuxin, Cai Chengping, Fang Ziqiang, Qu Yu, listen to my orders!" Zhao Mu said loudly, and naturally began to deploy his troops.

"Order!"

The four of them have followed Zhao Mu for many years, and have long been like brothers to each other.

"The four of you will each lead 20,000 soldiers and quietly ambush in the four directions of Hua County, east, west, south, and north."

"The terrain of Hua County is like a gourd mouth. Directly in front is General Zhao Long's hill, which should be left for the light cavalry to charge."

"As long as Zhuang Yan dares to lead the army and enter Hua County, we must be determined to fight the enemy to the death."

Zhao Mu knew very well that when two armies fought, victory or defeat was often decided in a matter of moments, and morale was very important. He was still studying the tactics that Ye Feng had mentioned before, "make a strong attack at the beginning, then weaken, and finally exhaust your strength", and he had benefited a lot from it.

"As ordered!"

The four men followed the order without any hesitation and walked out of the central military tent.

"General Zhao, I am going back to my hill too."

Zhao Long also withdrew from the central army camp.

Zhao Mu watched the five people leave without any hesitation and walked out of the central army tent. He still had 40,000 troops left in his hands. If he added the more than 10,000 constables and yamen runners that Cai Shao had just mentioned, that would be more than 50,000 troops. He must hold the position where Hua County and Pingxi County intersect to prevent Zhuang Yan from leading the army into Pingxi County.

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"Order the army to set up camp!"

Zhuang Yan was riding a pitch-black warhorse, wearing black armor. Perhaps because he had been wearing it for too long, the surface of the black armor had become smooth and translucent, emitting a cold light. He was holding a spear, the tip of the spear was flashing silver, and was filled with murderous intent.

There was a gleam of caution in those old eyes.

"General, why don't we take advantage of the fact that the garrison of Hua County in Pingxi County is not prepared and surprise them?"

Next to Zhuang Yan, Deputy General Yuan Tai frowned slightly when he heard the other side's order to set up camp. He felt that it was better to take Hua County in one go and rest than to set up camp in the wilderness.

"otherwise!"

Zhuang Yan flatly refused, saying, "It has been more than ten days since our three dynasties issued a manifesto, formed an alliance, and attacked the Song Dynasty. This is enough time for the Song Dynasty to dispatch troops and guard Pingxi County."

"Report! Repay!"

At this moment, a scout quickly came to Zhuang Yan. It was the scout he sent out to investigate the situation in Hua County.

"General, from a distance, there are not many soldiers in Hua County, and it doesn't look like they are on high alert." The scout quickly reported to Zhuang Yan.

"you sure?"

Zhuang Yan frowned slightly and asked the scout.

"Well! I observed for a long time and found that those soldiers were just a patrol team." The scout said firmly.

"It's quite interesting. Believe it or not, there is a trap inside Hua County, waiting for us to break in!"

Zhuang Yan had a smile on his face. He had fought in many battles over the years and had seen all kinds of battles. He spoke with confidence.

"General, the military book says: Our army has an absolute advantage, so it's useless for the enemy to ambush, right?" Liang Kai, a deputy general next to him, was puzzled. They had studied the geography and location of Hua County in detail. Even if a large army was ambushed, it would not be able to accommodate too many.

They were all generals who had fought in battles, and they all knew that if the enemy's numbers were too large, an ambush attack would be useless.

"Liang Kai, you have been with me for six years. Do you know why I never let you lead troops into battle alone?" Zhuang Yan looked at Liang Kai beside him and continued without waiting for his answer: "The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Military books are dead, but people are alive. I often warn you that the most important thing in marching and fighting is to learn to control the weather, terrain and people!"

"Think carefully about the terrain of Hua County in front of us. What does it look like?" Zhuang Yan respected Liang Kai very much and gave him patient guidance.

"like what?"

Liang Kai shook his head in confusion. He had never been to Hua County, so how could he know?

Zhuang Yan nodded to the scout next to him and said, "Tell General Liang what Hua County looks like from a distance?"

"General Liang, it looks like the mouth of a gourd, narrow on the outside but wide on the inside." The scout who had just reported the news bowed and quickly reported back.

"The mouth of the gourd?"

Liang Kai was a little stunned. No wonder the general ordered to set up camp. The terrain of Hulukou was so bad that once they rushed in and encountered an ambush, a situation would arise where the subsequent troops would not be able to rush in quickly, and the troops that rushed in first would be quickly destroyed by others.

"You have great talent in martial arts, but you just don't like to use your brain. When we send scouts out to investigate the enemy, we must learn how to extract useful intelligence from the various messages they say."

"Otherwise, there is no need to send scouts at all. According to your idea, we will send troops to you and sweep over with them."

Zhuang Yan criticized Liang Kai in a serious tone.

"Thank you for your teachings, I will keep them in mind!"

Liang Kai quickly bowed.

"Come on, let me go and see the situation in Hua County in person."

Zhuang Yan signaled the scouts to lead the way, and several people walked towards Hua County. After about half an hour, they followed the scouts to a hill on the left side outside Hua County, from where they could have a complete view of Hua County.

In Hua County, apart from the troops patrolling back and forth, there was no one to be seen on the streets.

Zhuang Yan's brows knitted slightly, his eyes fixed on the hill in front of Hua County, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Yuan Tai, if I send you to guard Hua County in front of us, how would you deploy the defense?"

This time, Zhuang Yan seemed to feel that there was no correct answer if he asked Liang Kai, so he simply didn't bother to ask and asked Yuan Tai instead.

"General, if it were me, I would retreat to the city of Pingxi County and abandon Hua County."

Yuan Tai replied that as long as they retreated to the city of Pingxi County, they could use the high city walls to defend the city, and the difficulty would be much lower.

"I didn't expect that after the King of Pingxi was destroyed by that Zhenguojun, there are still capable people in the Song Dynasty. It seems that if we want to capture Hua County, we will have a hard battle."

Zhuang Yan knew very well that the streets of the entire Hua County were deserted with civilians, leaving only patrolling soldiers. This meant that there was a high possibility that Hua County was a network, and it happened to be a gourd's mouth. It seemed that he had no choice but to leave!

Caught in a dilemma, the person guarding Hua County is not a simple person!

"Let's go back!"

Zhuang Yan originally thought that the Song Dynasty was in chaos, and it would be easy for him to capture Pingxi County with an army of 300,000. However, he did not expect that the situation would become a little tricky as soon as he arrived in Hua County, which was a bit unexpected for him.