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Chapter 671 [Long-legged Dragon]

However, the world battlefield of [Long-legged Dragon], which was highly anticipated, was not going smoothly.

Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Zou Run and Zou Yuan were teleported from Liang State to the battlefield. They saw a pine forest in front of them with twisted branches and numerous strange shadows.

Three thousand troops cannot be deployed.

As they were watching, they saw seven or eight people in the shadows of the trees, peeking around. When they saw Li Zhen and his soldiers, the leader spat and disappeared into the woods.

[Unicorn] Zou Run cursed: "How dare these birds be so rude!"

In the woods, [Long-legged Dragon] Zhou Bi and Mao Xi were also discussing. They had less than a thousand men under their command, and they were able to survive in the [Land of Chaos] because of the geographical advantage.

The area here is full of mountains and forests. After the two settled here, they also built a mountain stronghold on the top of the mountain, and surrounded it with wooden fences. The mountain is overgrown with vegetation and there are many pits. If you are not familiar with the terrain, even if tens of thousands of people come, they will not be able to move. There is no main road on the mountain, only a few small paths for cutting firewood, which have long been made of rocks and broken wood to form intersections.

Three walls were built in strategic locations, with battering rams, cannonballs, crossbows, strong bows, and bitter bamboo spears densely stacked on top.

Secondly, the men under their command were all from poor farmers and hunters, and they could run and jump like the wind in the mountains and forests.

Unfortunately, they had too few soldiers and armor, so they dared not invade the prefectures and counties. They could only rely on the terrain to lure others to attack. However, the two of them led others to lure them into the mountains, circled around, and injured them with hidden arrows and crossbows.

If you see an opportunity, gather the minions on the mountain and plunder the food and grass on the opposite side.

In the woods, Zhou Bi said, "Brother, look at the soldiers on the other side. Most of them are wearing leather armor or rattan armor. They don't have spears or swords, but steel forks and axes. I'm afraid they are also from the fight on Guanhui Mountain."

Mao Xi said, "I have seen it too. I thought it was a newly established small country, and the ruler had never heard of it. Looking at the flag, it is called "Mountain Camp", which must be about fighting in the mountains. The strange thing is that judging from the attire, the other side seems to be wearing the attire of the Song Dynasty. It can't be that they broke away from the Song Dynasty."

Zhou Bi said, "Who cares about him? Let's lure him out and see if we can take advantage of him. If he doesn't fall for it, we'll withdraw our troops and return to the mountain to guard the stronghold. We'll just have to get through the one-month deadline."

At the foot of the mountain, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Zou Run, Zou Yuan and the other eight people, the "Four Tai of Pang", sat in a circle, looking at the mountains and forests, and discussing how to advance.

[Unicorn] Zou Run said angrily: "Even if three thousand of us were to fill this forest, we wouldn't be able to create even a single wave."

Jie Zhen sighed and said, "Don't enter the forest when you see it." This is not just talk.

The [Mountain Camp] led by the two men fought bandits in the mountains of Yizhou. Every time they did so, they made sufficient preparations, with guides leading the way and hunting dogs and lion-headed geese paving the way. Only in this way could they slowly clear out the bandits entrenched in the mountains.

Now it seems that the plan of the king and others to achieve a quick victory here has long failed.

Fortunately, the military advisor was cautious and still asked them to bring enough food for a month.

Therefore, Jie Zhen said, "It's not like we haven't suppressed bandits before. But the original plan of a quick victory is no longer possible. We still use the same tactics as in Yizhou. We form a group of fifty people and use hunting dogs and lion-headed geese to scout the way and guard. When we see someone, we shoot the crossbows in our hands first, and don't chase them, so as not to fall into a trap."

"There is no need to rush up the mountain today. Let's cut down trees and set up camp. We will explore the mountain tomorrow. Even if we cannot win, we cannot let the people on the mountain get the upper hand. While exploring the way, cut down trees and clear the road. When we leave, we cannot take any captives with us. It would be better to bring back some trees. We must not let the people on the mountain have an easy time."

When everyone heard this, they all laughed and said, "Brother is right."

Zou Yuan weighed the axe in his hand and said, "I will use this axe not to chop people, but to chop trees instead."

Zou Run said: "Uncle, when we go to Liang State later, we won't be known as the woodcutter's personal attendants, will we?"

Everyone laughed when they heard it.

At that moment, everyone separated and led the soldiers to cut wood and set up camp. Liang State also had rules for setting up camp. Jie Zhen and Jie Bao also led an army. [Mountain Camp] Although it was called a camp, there were actually 2500 soldiers.

The two of them also learned the method of setting up camps. The method of setting up camps in Liang State was completely learned from the "Wu Jing Zong Yao" of the Song Dynasty.

"Wujing Zongyao" is divided into two volumes, each with 20 volumes.

The first 20 volumes record in detail the military system of the dynasty, including the selection of generals and the use of troops, education and training, troop organization, marching and camping, ancient and modern battle formations, communications and reconnaissance, city attack and defense, fire attack and water battle, weapons and equipment, etc., especially in the parts about camp formations, weapons and equipment, each item is accompanied by detailed illustrations.

The 20 volumes of the later collection compile stories about military operations throughout the ages, analyzing and commenting on battle examples and the gains and losses of military operations throughout the ages.

This book was a copy of the book that Zhao Zhen's maternal father-in-law had secretly copied and sent together with the Seven Military Classics, a compilation of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, "The Art of War by Wu Zi", "Six Strategies", "Sima Fa", "Three Strategies", "Wei Liaozi" and "Questions and Answers by Li Weigong".

Zhao Zhen never publicized the discovery of this item in Tong Jiaoxiu's dowry.

He only taught Zhu Wu, Wu Yong and others to copy, and when he was training the soldiers, he also taught the generals.

According to the regulations of the Liang State, there are nine ways to set up camp when going on an expedition or stationed in other places.

For long-term camping, one of the five camping methods was chosen according to the terrain: camping with firewood, digging, building fortification, wooden fence, and rope camping. For short-term camping, four methods were chosen: standing guns, lances, chariot camps, and chevaux de frise.

When they arrived, the camp had prepared spears and caltrops, and a group of soldiers were assigned to spread the caltrops and set up the spears.

Then, they started cutting down trees, intending to build a village.

In the woods, Zhou Bi and Mao Xi whistled and lay in ambush.

More than a dozen skinny and agile minions, wearing animal skins, came out of the woods and shouted to the soldiers who were camped in the distance.

When Zou Run saw this, he pulled [Pang Shi Si Tai] over and gave him some instructions.

Each of the four men brought more than ten people, some leading hunting dogs, some leading goose hunting, driving the lion-headed geese, along the edge of the forest, and lurking through the woods on the side.

However, Zou Run was in front of the camp, pretending to gather troops.

After an incense stick of time, Zou Run came over here with fifty soldiers.

The lured minions saw this, but they were not in a hurry to hide in the woods. The brave ones even took off their pants and urinated in the direction of Zou Run. All the minions laughed.

Zou Run seemed to be irritated. He let out a strange cry and rushed forward suddenly.

When the minions saw this, they pulled up their trousers and tried to run into the woods.

Before they could run into the woods, they saw a wave of crossbow arrows coming towards them, and then more than 20 big men rushed out, with axes and forks in hand. Before anyone could react, they killed more than a dozen minions.

Zou Run gave orders to collect the abandoned weapons, strip the killed minions naked, hang them on pine trees, and return to the camp in a swagger.

In the woods, Zhou Bi, Mao Xi and others only heard a scream, and then there was no sound.

(End of this chapter)