Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Two days later, [-] volunteers and supplies arrived at Yujia Village. Peng Tianxian was ordered by Defang to let Wei Jingtian return to the capital first, and then Jinhu rectified all [-] soldiers and horses. Everything was ready, and Defang led the army to Meizhou City to wipe out all the troops. Many scattered troops remained, and when they approached most of the rebel army, Defang ordered the whole army to set up camp, and then sent someone to inform Li Jian, the governor of the city. Get out of the way.

Jin Hu in the camp asked, "Your Majesty, there are still nearly 2 rebel troops at this time. They are besieging Meizhou from three sides. If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid they will gather and our army may fall into a fierce battle."

"As far as King Gu knows, the rest of the rebel army has been here for nearly a month. It is very difficult to supply food and grass. At present, there is only one meal a day. Now you ask the deputy general to bring 1000 people to cut off all possible roads for transporting food and grass. Army, those who do not surrender will be shot to death!"

"Yes!" Jin Hu immediately dispatched a lieutenant to carry out the order, and Peng Tianxian said, "My lord, what if the rebel army rushes over?"

"Of course it's going back." Defang looked at Peng Tianxian and smiled, "Master Peng, don't worry too much. The Xingyuan army is all well-trained soldiers. How can they compare with the untrained army? What's more, there are still soldiers in Meizhou City. A few thousand soldiers and horses are not very different from the number of rebels."

"The prince said so." Peng Tianxian nodded, and Defang got up and said, "Master Peng, there is something that the lonely king wants you to do."

"My lord, please order."

"The sky is going to get dark soon. You immediately order people to prepare torches, the more the better, and then lead 1000 people to insert the torches into the soil at intervals of three feet. The wider the range, the better. The torches should not be too close together. You can get as many as you can fit inside, let’s go.”

Peng Tianxian was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood Defang's intentions. It turned out that Defang wanted to use the night to set up unmanned torches to confuse the rebellious army, making the rebel army think that the imperial army had arrived and that there were a large number of them, which made them tremble. Immediately lead people to prepare torches. At night, the Defang army camp is full of torches. The rebel army was in chaos when they saw it. Thousands of people fled in one night. , The rebellious army has lost its momentum.