The night was dark, and across the ravine in Caixian was the habitat of Wang Baobao's army. All the way down from Lanzhou, he robbed and occupied many places and seized a lot of food and grass, enough to feed an army of 100,000 for a while. Now his

The army was waiting for work, and had occupied all the important roads in Chaoxian. As long as Xu Da's army took the initiative to attack, he believed that with his 100,000 Mongolian cavalry, he would not have to fear Xu Da's infantry.

Furthermore, the reason why he chose the Chaohyeon area was not only because of the dangerous terrain of this generation, but also because it was located in a condescending position and had the advantage of using his crossbows to have a far longer range than the Ming army to control the deep ditch between the two sides.

This created a situation that was extremely favorable to him. He had many soldiers and horses.

It is the cavalry. Because they occupy a favorable terrain, their cavalry can cross the ditch at any time to fight against the Ming Dynasty's army. However, Xu Da's army cannot break through its strong crossbow defense on the edge of the ditch and pose a greater threat to itself.

A decisive battle in a place like this is undoubtedly the most advantageous to him.

What's more, there are hundreds of deep trenches ahead? The trenches are crisscrossed vertically and horizontally. The Ming army is mostly cavalry. If you want to attack him, you have to fill up these trenches. But is this possible? In front of your own army of hundreds of thousands, under the attack of powerful crossbows.

, this is simply idiotic talk, so, how will this battle be?

I, Wang Baobao, won the final victory. Looking at the growing number of Ming troops outside the tent, he was not worried at all, but rather happy. Once Xu Da was defeated, the morale of the Ming army was bound to be low. Our army just took the opportunity to regain Gansu, Shaanxi and Shanxi.

area, and then take the opportunity to recapture most of the capital and restore the Yuan Dynasty.

I don't know when a full moon quietly broke through the clouds and jumped out. The bright moonlight shone on Shen'er Valley and also shone into Xu Da's tent.

At this moment, Xu Da was under the lamp, repeatedly checking the terrain of Shen'eryu. Xu Da was not worried at all about the ambush of Wang Baobao's army and the leadership of Shen'eryu's opposite lane. The current situation between the two sides was like a chess game, spanning the two sides.

The realm between people is the realm of Chu, River and Han. This is where the outcome of the battle between the two will be decided. Rarely

If you are not careful, you will be completely defeated. In the current situation, due to Wang Baobao's careful planning, the situation is very favorable to Wang Baobao. Unfortunately, he has overlooked one point. The high basic salary has advantages, but once the food and grass are exhausted, there is only a dead end. This is also

Why was he so happy when he heard that Wang Baobao's army was encamped in the driveway?

According to the current battle situation, Wang Baobao will never retreat, but it is impossible for him to sit guarding the road and wait for the food and grass to run out. Therefore, at the moment, Xu Da has not yet understood Wang Baobao's intention, so he decided to let people test it first.

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And this time, in addition to him, the army also included Tang He, Deng Yu, Xiao Yun and other fierce generals. After the army set up camp, he secretly sent Deng Yu's troops to drive to Chaixian overnight to camp. If Wang Baobao did anything at night,

, Deng Yu must have known that, and there were many ravines between the two of them. Deng Yu's arrival did not pose a great threat to Wang Baobao. He did this purely because he wanted to see Wang Baobao's offensive against him.

Now that it was almost midnight, Deng Yu still hadn't come back. It could be seen that he had encountered the Yuan army, which made him feel relieved. At the same time, he gradually got some outlines of what Wang Baobao wanted to do.

Xu Da stared at Chaixian for a long time, and finally withdrew his squinted eyes. It seemed that he was going to concentrate his troops to block the exits on all sides. What kind of trouble could Wang Baobao make if he had no food and grass?

Xu Da clicked heavily on the military map, and a sneer escaped from the corner of his mouth.

On the second day, the sky had just turned fishy white. Wang Baobao and more than 100,000 of his troops were dispersed and stationed on the edge of the lane with dense forests, difficult terrain and convenient transportation. He believed that after a night of rest, the Ming army would be well fed and drunk. , a war must begin. If the Ming army wants to attack him, it must seize Chaoling, and he can use it to raise troops and kill him.

But what happened next was beyond his expectation, and he almost didn't understand what Xu Da was going to do.

I saw hundreds of thousands of troops on the opposite side, and there were no signs of siege operations. They were very indifferent. The troops were walking back and forth, setting up stoves, building simple fortifications, the neighing of horse hooves, the shouts of personnel, the sound of horns, and even There are also many shouts of the Ming army training, which are deaf to the ears. The whole Shen'er Valley is very lively. This is not a war, it is clearly a border market? "

Forget it, he also saw that the first mission of the Ming army was not to capture the main roads in Shen'eryu on the other side, but to look for wood everywhere, build houses and camps, and build stoves. The unusual behavior made him a little puzzled.

"Is this Xu Da crazy, or does he want to imitate Zhuge Kongming's empty city strategy?" Wang Baobao couldn't help but murmured as he stared at the seemingly chaotic, but actually orderly, army.

The Ming army stayed like this all day long, calmly building houses, camps, and stoves.

Wang Baobao stared at it for a whole day, and it was not until dusk that he suddenly realized that he understood Xu Da's intentions. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This Xu Da is indeed a man who is well versed in the art of war! By doing this, it seems that he is going to stick to it. "Damn it!" Wang Baobao sighed. His purpose of guarding Shen'eryu in Dingxi was to lure the enemy to attack and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. He thought that his plan was perfect, but Xu Da had already seen through it, and he was not fooled at all. Now it is Set up camp opposite him and hold on to Shen'er Valley.

"Xu Da, Xu Da, you are really difficult to deal with!" Wang Baobao gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do about it. Xu Da's actions made it clear that his actions were taken into account. If he were to rush out, he really didn't know what would happen. There was some kind of ambush waiting for him, so he strictly ordered the three armies not to act rashly. But he didn't fight, but it didn't mean that others didn't fight. In the first three days, both sides didn't know what their intentions were. It was a courtesy exchange. One day, the horns of the Yuan army sounded, and the Ming army who was stationed on the opposite side began to form a formation to wait. The formations in the army changed many times. Sometimes it was a long snake formation, sometimes a kid's horse formation, sometimes a six-flower formation, and so on. On the last day, Xu Da built a battle fortress for three consecutive days, with various weapons, shields, and tight barriers, allowing a hundred thousand troops to guard the four directions, while the cavalry following them were not surging. As long as they listened At the sound of the trumpet from the opposite side, rows of Ming army cavalry armed with muskets would conduct "short assaults" in small formations from time to time. They fought for a while and then quickly retreated into the formation.

This series of actions gave Wang Baobao a headache, but there was nothing he could do about it. The ravine across both sides was not something that his cavalry could easily rush through. He endured it for a few days. On the fourth day, he couldn't help it anymore and immediately asked the soldiers to fill in. Many ravines were leveled and a large number of horse paths were leveled on both sides of the deep trenches. This way, his cavalry could resume fighting on the grasslands.

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