Hidden in the court

"Just fight those on the shore. Hit them if you can, and leave after the fight. If you are discovered in advance, split into two teams and fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains. Make your own decisions and adapt to circumstances."

"Yes, as ordered."

Liu Dong also knew that when the gap between the two sides' military strength, soldier quality, and weapons and equipment was not large, morale, the commander-in-chief's command, and the abilities of generals at all levels became particularly important.

"Let me ask you, based on your understanding of Lu Peng, what will he do?"

Liu Dong frowned and pondered after hearing this. After a long while, he replied, "The owner of the goods is playing it safe. He will not move until he gets the news from us."

"Then can we deliberately leave some traces for him? I think we should just split up the troops, each taking half of the troops, and cooperate with each other in the open and in the covert."

Liu Dong thought about it and nodded.

"Then I will lead 20,000 men north and show him the situation."

"Okay, from now on, until the end, it's best not to contact you and fight on our own."

"it is good."

……

Within two days, the spies sent by Lu Peng and Chen Ju discovered the small group of cavalry used as bait and the location of Liu Dong's camp.

"Damn it, this guy must know that our camp is here! So, should we fight or not?"

Chen Ju roared, referring to the cavalry coming towards their camp.

"Fight, why not! But don't expose our secret sentries. Tell them not to move. We will march directly from the main camp."

But it takes time for the message to be delivered.

At this moment, the troops farthest in ambush have already engaged the bait.

"Centurion, we spotted a group of light cavalry about ten miles ahead, about a dozen of them. What should we do? Should we fight or not?"

"More than a dozen people? Fight, why not? Brothers have been hiding for a few days. How can we get military merit if we don't fight?"

"Centurion, mighty."

But the centurion went up and slapped him on the neck.

"Stop talking nonsense and prepare the tripwire. If they get away, I won't let you go."

"Yes."

Soon, a rumbling sound came from the ground, and a group of cavalrymen tied with white cloth appeared in front of them.

Getting closer……

"pull!"

Ropes emerged from the ground, and the cavalrymen in front were unable to react and were tripped, falling off their horses. Their horses neighed and screamed, but the ones behind them stopped their horses in time and escaped the disaster.

Dozens of people suddenly jumped out from both sides of the road, blocking the way forward and the retreat.

The centurion looked at the horse lying on the ground and cried out distressedly, "My horse!"

Then he looked at the cavalrymen.

"Listen, we are surrounded now. Surrender immediately and hand over your horses, or we will send you home."

The cavalrymen saw that they couldn't leave, but they refused to surrender and drew their swords. "Impossible, brothers, kill them. Kill a few more and you can get meritorious service!"

Just as he finished speaking, three or four white marks appeared on his body.

"Don't move, you've all been 'killed in action', don't talk, bring the horses over. Oh, keep the rations for one day, and hand over the rest."

He took the horses and food from them and hid in the mountains and forests again.

"Comfortable, is this a merit?"

The person next to the centurion smacked his lips and said, "I didn't even get a chance."

"Don't say that. If you hang out with me, you'll have plenty of opportunities."

At the same time, the same thing happened in two or three other places. Some were ambushed successfully, while others were killed by cavalry. Both sides made achievements.

The White side's 1,000 heavy cavalry are on the march.

"Sir, we found traces of the enemy in the woods on the other side, about a hundred people."

A soldier with a white cloth tied around his arm and a musket on his back reported to a centurion.

"Are you sure you haven't been discovered?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Take your musket battalion and attack quietly. Hit the vital points. After two rounds, no matter how many hits you have, run back and lead the way here."

"understood."

"Bang bang bang..."

Bursts of gunfire rang out, and the faces and backs of the heads of the Xuanfang soldiers who were ambushing in the woods were covered with white ash.

As soon as the gunfire stopped, I heard a loud shout behind me.

"withdraw"

The centurion in the woods was so angry that he called on the surviving soldiers to chase after them.

"Go after him!"

The two groups of people shuttled through the woods, one chasing and one fleeing, and after walking a few dozen steps, they suddenly saw the light.

All I saw was a black mass in front and behind, all of them were heavily armored cavalrymen wearing white cloth.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap. Run!"

The cavalry charged forward and more than a dozen people were "killed" on the spot.

"Run to the woods!"

Someone shouted, and everyone immediately followed his orders, as if heading into the woods.

"Don't chase, just keep going."

The centurion gave an order and continued to move forward.

……

"General, just tell me, who should we let our fellow villagers fight? There is absolutely no one in our village, young or old, who is afraid of death!"

"My fellow countryman, we are not really fighting here, bah! We are fighting, but this is not a real fight. Look, we are all holding blades without tips. Hey, calm down..."

At this time, Chen Ju was worrying about how to explain to the villagers who had already picked up hoes and shovels that this was a martial arts performance.

It took a long time of explaining before the entire village laid down their weapons.

"Oh, General, how do you say we should cooperate? Let's cooperate."

"Okay, we'll hide in the village for a while. Folks, everything will be normal. If anyone comes, answer them and lead them into the village."

"Okay, General, you watch it."

After a while, a group of people really came to the village entrance. The village chief reacted immediately when he saw the white cloth tied around the man's arm.

A centurion stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Uncle, did you see a group of people with black cloth tied on their arms passing by?"

The village chief listened to this, but seemed not to hear clearly, and replied: "What did you say?"

"I said, has the person who tied the black cloth gone over?"

"Well, what happened to the one with the black cloth?"

"Have they ever been there?"

"Oh, it's past, it's past, it went straight through the road in our village."

"Okay, thank you uncle."

Seeing that the village chief finally heard clearly, the centurion couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then gave orders.

"Go, keep chasing."

As he said this, he led a hundred people to cross the village to pursue them. But when they reached the middle, they were caught off guard by a group of people who suddenly rushed out and killed them.

Although they put up a great resistance, they were still unprepared and had a huge numerical disparity, so they were soon wiped out.

The centurion threw his gun away in indignation, "Hmph..."

"That's enough. I lost dozens of people. Be content."

Chen Xing smiled and comforted.

"General, what should we do next?"

A soldier asked Chen Xing.

They had just wiped out a team of more than a hundred people. Their morale was high and the soldiers had smiles on their faces.

At this moment, an immature idea suddenly came to Chen Xing's mind.

"Take off all the white cloth from their bodies..."