Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

During the ten days of confrontation between the two armies.

On both sides of the river, shouts and screams were heard one after another.

The Di Gui army and the Tatar army's scouts continued to fight, and Di Gui's familiarity with the terrain allowed him to set up ambushes in every place suitable for crossing the river.

As soon as the Tatar scouts appeared, they would fire arrows at them and then fight with swords.

But even so, both sides only suffered damage to each other.

On the evening of the tenth day, lights flickered in the Tatar commander's tent.

The Tatar Left Wise King stared at the map on the sheepskin in front of him with a gloomy expression.

"Kou Yu, it seems that we can't cross the river at the nearby crossing point. Otherwise, if we are attacked by the enemy halfway across the river, the losses will be too great."

Zuo Xian Wang frowned.

Upon hearing this, Kou Yu replied respectfully, "Your Highness, I have accurate information. The enemy army has only about 20,000 combat-ready infantry. Our scouts have horses, so even if we're ambushed while crossing the river, most of them will be able to escape unscathed. Furthermore, the enemy's forces are constantly being depleted. Once their forces are sufficiently reduced, Your Highness can cross the river again. Even if we attack them halfway across, they won't be able to stop you."

As Yang Dechang's confidant, Kou Yu was able to gain access to some information channels after entering the capital area and knew the situation of the Di Gui Army.

"But my own troops are also being killed. This is not right. I need to find a place farther away and force a crossing."

Zuo Xian Wang felt sorry for his subordinates. These were all elite soldiers, one in a hundred, and many of them were given to him by the Chanyu.

Upon hearing this, Kou Yu stopped persuading him and helped Zuo Xian Wang choose a suitable ferry crossing.

Just as the two were discussing finding a place to cross the river, behind the entire Tatar army.

Han Cheng, who had passed the imperial examination but did not rank high, was teaching in the village and was quietly moving forward with a hundred militiamen.

The cover of night provided them with cover, and the militiamen moved forward cautiously, not daring to make any noise.

Thanks to his familiarity with the terrain, Han Cheng did not take the wrong path and soon saw the target.

It was a small camp for storing food and fodder, surrounded by simple fences and guarded by one hundred Tatar soldiers and three hundred civilians.

Han Cheng's eyes were determined as he whispered to the militiamen around him, "Fellow villagers, this operation is crucial to whether we can drive all these barbarians out, so we must succeed."

"Well, Mr. Han, tell us what you say, and we'll do what you say."

The militiamen behind Han Cheng nodded, and one of the leaders responded.

Hearing this, Han Cheng nodded heavily and turned to look at the camp.

As night fell, there was silence around the Tatar army's food storage camp.

It's not just Han Cheng.

There were also more than a dozen militias nearby, led by many students, who quietly lurked in.

These militiamen all ran out of the tunnels, as silent as ghosts, so the Tatar scouts were unaware of them. Most of the Tatar soldiers and civilians in the camp were sleeping and were completely defenseless.

Suddenly, on the high ground not far away.

A beam of fire slowly rose into the sky.

Kongming lantern.

This is the signal to act!

In an instant, more than a dozen militia teams sent out ten people as vanguards at the same time.

These people quickly rushed out of the camp, and iron hooks flew out like lightning and hooked the camp wall.

Those walls were originally built in a hurry.

After being hooked by an iron hook and pulled hard, a large section of the wall collapsed to the ground.

The Tatar soldiers were awakened and rushed out in panic, but they saw a large number of people running towards them from all directions, as if there were thousands of them.

In the darkness, there seem to be thousands of troops!

"Kill!"

The militiamen were in high spirits, and their shouts of killing shook the earth.

Countless rockets shot into the camp like meteors.

The fire immediately ignited!

Burn food!

Suddenly, the Tatar soldiers were in a panic.

The militia began a siege.

The Tatar soldiers suffered heavy losses. When the fire broke out and the Tatar soldiers fell into chaos, the Tatar general could only command his own soldiers.

As for the civilians, they were running around like headless flies.

The food in the camp was burned for half a night and then all was burned.

Not only this camp, but that night, a large number of militiamen, under Ye Chen's mobilization, attacked all the grain storage areas behind the Tatar army.

There were not many Tatar soldiers in the camp where grain was stored, and most of them were civilians recruited from Bingzhou.

Naturally, they were unable to resist these militiamen who were well-prepared, familiar with the terrain, and attacked at night.

At one time, there were twenty-eight burning camps.

It was not until the next morning that the Tatar Left Wise King learned the news.

He was stunned for a moment and immediately asked someone to call Kou Yu.

After Kou Yu came.

Zuo Xian Wang asked Kou Yu loudly: "Where did these soldiers who attacked our army's food supply route come from?"

Hearing this, Kou Yu's face became solemn. He had known that Ye Chen would defend the city and clear the countryside, and he also knew that Ye Chen would organize militia, but he didn't expect that these militia would dare to attack now.

The militiamen of the past didn’t have such courage.

"Your Highness, the young emperor is treacherous and cunning. He must have set up an ambush somewhere we don't know about."

Kou Yu gritted his teeth and said.

Upon hearing this, King Zuo Xian felt that Ye Chen was indeed too insidious, so he immediately sent his personal soldiers to various camps to take inventory.

After the inventory was completed and the statistics were taken, it was found that 90% of the food was missing.

Most importantly, the food supply is no longer safe.

"Your Majesty, the army's food supply will run out in a few days. We must fight quickly at this time. I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Kou Yu immediately gave his advice.

Upon hearing this, Zuo Xian Wang was silent for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth.

"I cannot return empty-handed this time, or I will be unable to explain myself to the Chanyu."

"Kou Yu, don't choose a river crossing point that's far away. Tonight, I will lead the entire army across the river. I'm going to attack the Di Gui army camp at night!"

"promise!"

In the Digui army camp.

In the main account of the Chinese army.

Ye Chen stood in front of the sand table, looking solemn and lost in thought.

Suddenly, he pointed at the sand table, turned his head to look at Di Gui, and spoke in a low voice.

"Immediately take 8,000 elite infantry and set up an ambush here."

Di Gui was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, why is it here?"

Ye Chen's eyes were deep and his tone was firm: "The Tatar army's food supply route was attacked, and the army was isolated and deep in the enemy's territory. They must want to fight a quick battle. Since they want a quick victory, they will lead the entire army across the river."

"Therefore, the crossing point chosen by the Tatar army should not be too far away from our army."

"There are eight locations nearby that are suitable for a large army to cross the river. However, after crossing the river, they will need time to organize the troops and boost morale, so the place they choose should be some distance away from our army."

"And this place I'm pointing to is the only suitable place to cross the river!"

Upon hearing this, Di Gui's body was shocked, and he immediately clasped his fists in conviction.

"Your Majesty is wise. I will go down and give the order right away!"

Di Gui took the order and left.

Ye Chen turned his head and looked at Shen Qiu again.

"Qiu'er, prepare the horses, I want to watch the battle tonight!"

"promise!"