Chapter 250 Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
"Please come in quickly!" Liang Chu came back to his senses and ordered quickly.

A moment later, Yang Zhengshan strode into the tent, "Your subordinate Yang Zhengshan greets the Marquis!"

"Why did you come here suddenly? Didn't you go to the north of Fushan City?" Liang Chu was surprised and confused.

Liu Nanbo and Zhao Tianhai met each other again.

Went to the north of Fushan City!
That's not a good place!

"Fushan City sent troops to pursue us. General Wang led his troops to divert the pursuers. I came back with General Zhou!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Liu Nanbo and Zhao Tianhai next to him. He did not know these two people.

Liang Chu noticed his look and introduced them: "This is General Liu, and this is General Zhao!"

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized and immediately clasped his fists and said, "This humble official greets the two generals!"

"You are too polite, Lord Yang!" The two of them quickly clasped their fists in return.

Liang Chu ignored their politeness and asked, "Where is Zhou Lan?"

"General Zhou should be approaching the eastern coast by now!" Yang Zhengshan replied.

"Coast!" Liang Chu was slightly stunned.

Fushan City is more than two hundred miles away from the coast. Why did they go there instead of coming here to meet up?
He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any plans? By the way, Wang Bin won't be in danger, right?"

"There is a plan, but it requires the cooperation of the Marquis. As for General Wang, as long as they run fast enough, there should be no danger." Yang Zhengshan said.

Wang Bin actually doesn't have much of a problem. As long as they don't travel too slowly, the Hu cavalry behind them will never be able to catch up with them.

Liang Chu became interested, "What's the plan? Tell me about it!"

"Make a feint to the east and attack in the west to lure the snake out of its hole!" Yang Zhengshan said with a slight smile on his face.

There was a gleam of light in Liang Chu's eyes. He had carefully studied the "Thirty-Six Strategies" and had also devised a plan to sneak through Chencang through Chongshan Pass.

In fact, he was the first general in the world to use the "Thirty-Six Strategies" and win.

So Yang Zhengshan said frankly that apart from making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, he had roughly guessed Yang Zhengshan's plan.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan’s plan is not complicated.

The Hu army around Fushan City can be divided into two parts. One part is inside the city, that is, the Gorqin army, and they are responsible for defending the city.

One part was outside the city, namely the armies of Omubu, Chahar and Dosor. They were divided into three camps, all located to the west of Fushan City, only a dozen miles away from Fushan City.

The so-called feint to the east and attack in the west to lure the snake out of its hole was to let Liang Chu attack the three camps outside the city and force the Gorqin clan in the city to send troops out of the city for support.

Then, they would seize the opportunity and launch an attack when they were leaving the city. At that time, the city gates would be wide open, and as long as they could seize the city gates, Fushan City would be completely destroyed.

The reason for doing this is to reduce the difficulty of siege.

If they attack by force, the casualties among the soldiers will certainly be heavy. They may have to sacrifice thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers' lives to capture Fushan City.

In comparison, it would undoubtedly be much easier to lure the Gorqin clan out of the city and seize the city gate.

However, for this plan to work, there are two prerequisites. First, there is no barbican in Fushan City. If there is a barbican, even if the first city gate is captured, it will be impossible to capture Fushan City. Instead, the soldiers will become sitting ducks after entering the barbican.

The second is that the Gorqin clan will definitely send troops to support the camp outside the city. This is actually certain. As long as Mengtemu is not senile, he will definitely send troops to support, because once the camp outside the city is defeated, Fushan City will completely become an isolated city, and the Gorqin clan will be isolated and helpless.

In just a moment, Liang Chu figured out the plan that Yang Zhengshan had mentioned.

"Hahaha, okay, very good!"

"Great!"

He clapped his hands and laughed. This plan was better than the previous one Yang Zhengshan had made.

Yang Zhengshan had previously wanted to cut off Fushan City’s logistics, but plans were not as fast as changes. He did not expect that Fushan City would directly send more than 20,000 troops to pursue them.

However, war is ever-changing, and you have to revise your plans at any time according to fundamental changes. This is what it means to be adaptable.

From cutting off Fushan City's logistics to directly attacking Fushan City, this was a change in response to the situation.

However, Liu Nanbo and Zhao Tianhai next to them were confused. They had no idea what Liang Chu and Yang Zhengshan were talking about.

No, they still knew how to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, after all, they had also read the Thirty-Six Strategies. It was just that they did not understand Yang Zhengshan's plan for a while.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "It just so happens that the two generals are here too. This way, we will be more confident!"

"Yes, that's right!" Liang Chu glanced at Liu Nanbo and Zhao Tianhai, and asked, "When do you plan to start the action?"

"Well, we may need to rest for a day. How about tomorrow night?" Yang Zhengshan replied.

"Tomorrow night, Zhou Yuchun will be here soon!"

Liang Chu nodded, "Let's take action tomorrow night!"

Afterwards, the two discussed some details and Yang Zhengshan hurriedly left the camp.

The plan has been set, and now it’s time to act according to it.

……

At night, Yang Zhengshan rode quickly to the coast and found the place where he had agreed to meet Zhou Lan.

After running for several days, the soldiers were exhausted. Except for the necessary guards, everyone slept on the ground. However, the humidity on the coast was high, and the soldiers did not rest well that night. They could only barely relieve some of their physical fatigue.

Fortunately, they still have a day to bask in the sun.

On the other side, near noon, Zhou Yuchun led 6,000 soldiers to Fushan City and met up with Liang Chu.

Up to now, the army under Liang Chu's command includes 30,000 garrison troops, 5,000 Yunlong guards, and nearly 20,000 reinforcements, totaling 55,000 soldiers.

In terms of military strength, they are not much inferior to the Hu tribe in the East China Sea, not to mention that Liang Chu has the special forces of Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan under his command.

In the evening, the soldiers in the camp began to prepare for battle.

At about 11:00 p.m., Liang Chu led 30,000 soldiers from the garrison camp and rushed out of the camp in a mighty force, heading straight for the three Hu camps to the west of Fushan City.

Today's Zhenbiaoying is very different from the Zhenbiaoying during Zhang Shouwang's period.

When Zhang Shouwang was the general, there were five Zhenbiao Battalions in front, back, left, right and center, with a total force of only 15,000. But now the size of the Zhenbiao Battalions has doubled.

Not only the scale has been improved, but also the individual quality of the soldiers, their training, their weapons and equipment, and the number of war horses have all been greatly enhanced during Zhang Shouwang's period.

Yang Zhengshan spent three years training a garrison battalion of more than a thousand, Zhou Lan spent four years training an aid battalion of eight thousand, and Liang Chu also spent almost four years training a town standard battalion of thirty thousand.

In addition to the Zhenbiao Camp, the Yunlong Guards under Liang Chu are the elite among the elite. They are the elite cavalry he brought from the northwest of Dayong.

This cavalry not only has a glorious history and record, but also represents Liang Chu's greatest efforts.

It has always been said that Yang Zhengshan is good at training soldiers. Yang Zhengshan does have some experience in training soldiers. Combined with his experience and knowledge from his previous life, and with sufficient supplies and money, as long as he is willing to do it seriously, he will definitely be able to train an elite army.

But it is undeniable that the reason why he was able to train the garrison battalion to be so powerful was largely due to the assistance of the spiritual spring water.

Compared with him, Liang Chu relied entirely on his own real abilities to train his troops.

The Yunlong Guards were an elite force that he had personally trained. More than ten years had passed since he had taken up the post in the northwest of Dayong. He had spent more than ten years training five thousand Yunlong Guards, making the Yunlong Guards famous in the northwest of Dayong.

Simply put, the current Zhenbiao Camp can be called elite troops, and the Yunlong Guards are the elite among the elite troops.

At 11 p.m., 30,000 garrison troops joined forces with 20,000 reinforcement troops and turned into a rolling torrent, rushing towards the camps of Embu, Chahar and Dosol.

None of them expected Liang Chu to launch a sudden attack, so when they received the news, the three flag owners Bao Alang, Suo Chang'e and Gulhaci were all extremely surprised.

However, they did not panic and quickly calmed down and led the battle.

In the past two days, Dayong's three reinforcement camps arrived one after another. They all knew that there would be a big battle between the two sides. Although today's battle came too quickly and too urgently, they were not completely unprepared.

Soon, the two sides started fighting around the three camps.

The night was dark, blazing flames shone brightly, shouts and screams rang out one after another, and the battle entered its most intense stage right from the start.

The purpose of this battle is to force the Gorchin clan in Fushan City to send troops for support. Since they are forced to send troops, they must naturally do their best to attack the three Emu tribes. If it is a small fight, the Gorchin clan may not necessarily send troops.

Inside the royal court of Fushan City.

Mengtemu, who had just fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by a sound outside the door.

"what's up?"

Mengtemu sat up from the soft fur and asked with an unhappy look on his face.

"My lord, the enemy attacked the camps of Ombu, Chahar, and Dosor."

Meng Temu's expression changed slightly. He immediately stood up and opened the door. Looking at the people outside, he asked in a cold voice, "How many soldiers did they send out?"

"This seems like the whole army is out!"

Mengtemu took a deep breath and didn't feel too impatient.

"Pass the order down, prepare to leave the city to fight!"

He had anticipated this situation, and even thought about how he would act if he were in Liang Chu's position.

No doubt he would also choose to attack the camp outside the city first.

Compared to the walled Fushan City, the camp outside the city is undoubtedly easier to conquer.

Moreover, they had just transferred 25,000 troops not long ago, and reinforcements from the other side have arrived in the past two days.

The enemy's numbers increased while his were reduced, so he was not surprised at all that the enemy launched an attack at this time.

Mengtemu also wanted to start a war. The two sides were in a standoff, and they felt uncomfortable with the delay.

Now that Liang Chu took the initiative to attack the camp outside the city, he was relieved.

So Mengtemu put on his armor without thinking twice and prepared to lead his troops out of the city to provide support.

But when he arrived at the north gate of Fushan City, he suddenly felt uneasy.

Riding on horseback, watching the slowly opening city gate, Mengtemu frowned, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

Suddenly he hesitated, but he quickly dispelled the hesitation in his heart, because he had to send troops to rescue the three tribes' camps outside the city.

Even if he would suffer a crushing defeat, he had to go to support. Otherwise, once the three tribes of Ombu were wiped out, Gorqin would be unable to support themselves and would no longer have any chance of winning.

(End of this chapter)