Chapter 240 There is a southeast wind tonight
into the night.

The candles in Dobato's tent were still brightly lit.

Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan led a large army to the border, making the entire Korcha clan feel heavy pressure.

According to the day's exploration, Dobato already knew that the attacking army was about 8,000 to 10,000 strong, all of them cavalry, and also included the Anyuan City garrison battalion that had defeated eight tribes in a row.

When scouts detect enemy strength, they naturally cannot count each one of them. Instead, they estimate the strength based on the scale of the enemy's march, the number of flags, the area of ​​the camp, and analysis based on information obtained in advance.

Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan deliberately displayed large flags and set up large camps, easily creating the illusion that they had nearly 10,000 troops.

If Dobato knew enough about the military strength of the eastern route of Chongshan Town, he might have doubts, but unfortunately his understanding of the eastern route of Chongshan Town was only superficial.

Chongshan Town's eastern route can indeed muster tens of thousands of troops, but it does not have tens of thousands of cavalry.

"Captain, why don't we attack the camp now!" a burly man inside the tent suggested.

"No!" Dubato refused without thinking: "If you can think of it, they can think of it too. If we go there now, it will probably play into their hands."

Night attacks are risky, so proceed with caution.

On the surface, they are now waiting for the opportunity to tire themselves out, and a sudden attack is likely to have the effect of surprising their opponents.

But Dobato felt that Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan would definitely be on guard. If he were in their shoes, he would also make preparations in advance.

"Then what should we do? Just fight them directly?" another person stood up and asked.

"Although the Rong army has 10,000 soldiers, we have more troops. If we fight head-on, we still have the advantage!"

"You are right, but have you ever thought about it? If we fight head-on, even if we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory. Once we suffer heavy losses, our Korcha clan's position in the capital may be lost!"

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. What do you think we should do?"

For a while, the senior leaders of the Korcha clan in the tent were talking and arguing.

Dobato felt a headache.

The current situation is indeed difficult.

In fact, the biggest problem is not how to fight, but whether we can fight.

Although the Gorqin clan has now established the Daling Dynasty, and the other six major clans have also recognized the legitimacy of the Daling Dynasty, because the Gorqin clan was defeated at Chongshan Pass three years ago, the major clans have some strange ideas about the Gorqin clan's throne.

Nowadays, each major clan has its own thoughts and calculations, and Dobato is no exception.

He wanted to defeat the invading enemy, but he didn't want to inflict too much loss on the Korcha clan.

The noise annoyed Dobato, and he shouted angrily, “Enough!”

The tent fell silent. Dobato paused for a moment and said, "Wait a little longer. Let's find out the other party's situation first!"

Since I can't make a decision right now, let's wait and see.

Dobato was thinking of using stillness to overcome movement, but he didn't know that this was exactly what Yang Zhengshan wanted.

……

In the following days, the two armies were in a state of confrontation, but the Korcha clan was very cautious and they vigorously built defensive facilities around the flag area.

They certainly didn't have time to build a city wall now, but they could build some horse traps, chevaux de frise or low walls.

These things help with defense, but the effectiveness depends on the situation.

Just like a low wall, there is no cement in this world, so it was hastily built with stones and soil, and it is not too thick, so you can imagine its defensive power.

As for why they didn't build a wooden wall, that would require them to have enough wood.

They had used up all their wood to build some chevaux de frise, and they were unable to build any more walls.

Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan were both happy to see this happen, because the focus of Korcha's defense was on the eastern part of the banner area, and the western part of the banner area was simply built with some earth walls.

In order to better confuse Dobato, they made their scouts more radical, and at one point Korcha's scouts were unable to leave the door.

Such performance made Dobato even more cautious about acting rashly.

The more arrogant they are, the more uncertain Dobato will become.

For several days, there was a lot of noise in Dobato's tent, but no consensus was reached.

Until the afternoon of May 20th.

Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan once again came to the slope outside the camp and looked at the Korcha clan's flag land.

"They must have arrived at the designated location, and we can take action tonight!" Wang Bin took a deep breath and said nervously.

Yang Zhengshan looked up at the sky, feeling the wind blowing towards him.

"Southeast wind tonight!"

Such an answer made Wang Bin a little confused, and he looked at Yang Zhengshan with a questioning look.

"The wind is quite strong!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile, stroking his beard.

Seeing Wang Bin's puzzled look, he continued, "Southeast wind, fire bull formation, burn the camps!"

Wang Bin's eyes lit up and his nervous expression immediately relaxed.

"Interesting, interesting!"

He laughed.

Yang Zhengshan's mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes were full of interest. Southeast wind, fire bull formation!
Really exciting.

As night falls, everything returns to normal.

The Korcha clan is still hiding in the banner area, and the scouts of the reinforcement camp are still roaming around the banner area.

The half moon rises from the southeast. Will the drifting clouds cover the hazy moonlight, plunging the world into a dead silence and darkness?

In the southeast of the Korcha clan's banner, bursts of cattle mooing were heard, and then noisy sounds spread.

The soldiers from the reinforcement camp drove the cows out from behind the hill and approached the Korcha clan's flag area.

Fifty miles is not a far distance. It would take about two hours if walking, and about the same if riding a cow.

Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu each rode on a cow, looking at the huge herd of cattle in a somewhat lazily manner.

"Hey, I've always wanted to be a cavalryman, but today I'm riding on a beast, but it turns out to be a cow!" Zhang Chengzhi was very depressed.

He is really depressed.

In the past two years, Wang Bin has been working hard to build cavalry. In two years, he expanded the reinforcement battalion from one thousand cavalry to three thousand. Originally, Zhang Chengzhi thought that it would soon be the turn of the reinforcement battalion under his command.

However, he did not expect that before Wang Bin could help him form a cavalry, he received news of the expedition against the Hu people.

The result is like this now. Others ride horses, he rides a cow. Others charge into battle, he helps from behind. Alas, how unfair!
Sometimes he thought that if Chongshan Town waited another year to conquer the Donghai Hu tribe, he would have at least a thousand cavalrymen under his command. Although the number was smaller, he would be able to lead the cavalrymen to charge into battle and would not be bored riding a cow like he was now.

Zhang Yuanwu next to him felt even more aggrieved. He looked at the Anyuan City garrison camp and then at his Qihe City garrison camp.

There is really no way to explain this gap!
The two brothers looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

The herd of cattle moved forward slowly, and at this time the reinforcements in the camp were also preparing for battle.

In the garrison area, the soldiers were already prepared. They all leaned against their horses and waited quietly. The reinforcement camp seemed a bit noisy, but fortunately nothing went wrong.

Wang Bin stood in front of the tent and glanced towards the garrison camp area.

It was as quiet as before, without any movement, as if the soldiers in the garrison camp were all asleep, while the sound of noisy noises could be heard from the reinforcements camp in front of him.

Fortunately, they have suppressed Korcha's scouts these days, otherwise, with so much noise, Korcha would have noticed something unusual before they even set out.

"Ah, the skill is shown in the ordinary, and the truth is revealed in the subtleties. I didn't realize it before, but now I see that the difference is really huge!"

Wang Bin couldn't help but sigh.

The more he learned about the garrison camp, the more surprised he was.

The soldiers of the garrison battalion seemed to have discipline engraved in their bones, and every moment and every move demonstrated the strict military discipline.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan was unaware of Wang Bin's sigh. He was adding spiritual spring water to the bucket beside the stove.

After adding the spiritual spring water, he immediately asked the fireman to move the bucket to where the soldiers gathered, and then lined up the soldiers to start filling their water bags with water.

Yang Zhengshan required that the soldiers drink boiled water. As long as conditions allowed, the water they drank must be boiled water. Of course, this was also convenient for mixing spiritual spring water into the water.

The effect of spiritual spring water is to heal injuries and enhance physical potential.

Soldiers drank the spiritual spring water before the battle. If they were injured in the battle, the healing effect of the spiritual spring water had not completely disappeared, which would be beneficial to the healing of the wound.

Although this effect is not amazing, even a small effect is extremely beneficial.

It can allow soldiers who are doomed to die to survive for a while, waiting for a chance to be rescued. It can turn a serious injury into a minor one, and a minor injury into a lighter one.

This is also one of the important reasons why the casualty ratio of the garrison battalion has been kept relatively low.

After many soldiers had fetched water, Yang Zhengshan came to Hongyun and waited quietly.

The bright moon in the night sky sometimes shows a cold face, and sometimes shyly hides in the clouds. The cool night breeze brings the unique coolness and fragrance of grass in the north, making people feel a touch of tranquility and peace from the night.

But this silence was soon broken. At about 1:00 p.m., a burst of rapid clapper sounds rang out.

At first there was only one, but then one after another, and soon the camp where the garrison was located was filled with the sound of rapid clappers.

The peaceful atmosphere suddenly changed, and a murderous aura instantly spread.

"Mount!"

Yang Zhengshan jumped on his horse, picked up the gilded flying fish spear standing on the ground, and then drove his horse out of the camp from the north side.

On the other side, Wang Bin led a battalion of 3,000 reinforcements out of the camp from the south side.

Although both sides will attack at the same time, their attack positions are different.

They certainly would not launch an attack from the west of Korcha's banner, as the west had the most defensive measures and was least conducive to attack, so they had already agreed to attack Korcha from the north and south directions respectively.

At the same time, ten miles east of Korcha, Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu were directing their soldiers to tie hay to the tails of cows and pour kerosene on them.

"They're all tied up!" Zhang Yuanwu walked up to Zhang Chengzhi and reported.

Zhang Chengzhi took a deep breath, and his tense mood relaxed a little.

He raised his head and looked towards the Korcha clan's banner in the west. At this time, a faint fire could be seen in the banner, but the fire was mainly concentrated in the western part of the banner, and the eastern part was particularly quiet.

Henry Zhang grinned, “The show is about to begin!”

"ignition!"

(End of this chapter)