Around two or three o'clock in the morning, two batches of eight-bow small fishing boats docked at the Zhulin Pier. They transported a total of forty shi of grain, which is more than 4,000 kilograms. In addition to the ten shi of grain shipped last night, It was enough to feed the entire army for two or three days.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Du." Gao Bufan was pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect Du Ruhui to get so much food in just one day. This execution ability is really impressive.

Du Ruhui's face was full of exhaustion, his eyes were still bloodshot. He probably hadn't slept all day and all night. His sweat-soaked scholar's shirt seemed to be able to squeeze out water. He steeled himself and smiled and said: "It's just a small effort, it's not worth mentioning. If the food is If it’s not enough, Ruhui will go back and buy some more.”

"That's enough. Come and take Mr. Du down to take a bath and rest." Gao Bufan ordered.

Du Ruhui was really exhausted. In order to purchase these grains, he traveled to several towns, almost non-stop day and night. He only ate a little dry food and drank more than ten kilograms of water. The weather was too hot. Now he stopped. He felt unbearable hunger in his belly, his throat was on fire, and his hands and feet were extremely sore, so he didn't refuse, bowed his hands to Gao Bufan, and followed the soldiers down to rest.

Early the next morning, smoke was everywhere in the Sui army's camp. The Huotou army dragged seven or eight injured horses to the most conspicuous place and slaughtered them. They skinned and cut the meat in full view of the public. Soon, the sky above the camp was filled with the smell of temptation. The aroma of human rice and meat could be smelled even in Li Mi's camp when the wind blew.

"Pu Shanggong, the Sui army is killing horses for meat." The soldiers immediately reported this information to Li Mi.

Li Mi was moved when he heard this. He took Wang Bodang, Cai Jiande and others out of the camp, climbed up to the balcony and looked at the Sui army camp. Sure enough, he saw the Sui army queuing up to receive meals. There seemed to be a few hanging on the bamboo poles nearby. Bloody horse head.

Li Mi was slightly happy when he saw this, stroking his beard and said: "The Sui army killed horses and ate meat. It is estimated that after eating this meal, they will break out of the encirclement or cross the river. With the order, the whole camp is on alert and ready to fight at any time. There is a tough battle to be fought today."

Cai Jiande and Wang Bodang couldn't help but gear up after hearing this. They had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Well, Wang Xuba, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande are ready to fight." After Li Mi gave the instructions, he went down from the balcony and returned to the camp. He put on his armor, took his weapons and sat down in the camp to wait quietly.

Let's talk about the Sui soldiers. They have been starving for a long time after eating porridge these days. Today they can finally eat a delicious and full meal, and there is also meat. They are all extremely happy, holding their rice bowls and chopping into large pieces, I almost chewed my tongue off.

After half an hour, everyone had eaten and drank enough, and was full of strength. After waiting for another half an hour, after the soldiers had rested, Gao Bufan gave an order, and more than a dozen bamboo stools were pushed into the river. There were five people on the bamboo raft and they rowed towards the other side.

"Da Sima, the Sui army has crossed the river!"

"Donghai Gong, the Sui army has crossed the river!"

Dou Jiande and Gao Shida, who were stationed upstream and downstream respectively, immediately received the news and hurriedly sent people to inform Wang Xuba and Li Mi.

Li Mi was overjoyed when he heard this. He thought Gao Bufan would break out from the front, so he prepared for it. Unexpectedly, the other party chose to cross the river. In this way, he could beat up the drowned dog. Not only would the casualties be much less, but he might even be able to capture him alive. All the opponent's horses.

"attack!"

Li Mi decisively gave the order to attack, and the first batch of 300 cavalry rushed towards the Sui army's camp. At the same time, Wang Xuba, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande also launched an attack, obviously hoping to take advantage of the Sui army to cross the river. On this occasion, they broke through the Sui army's camp with thunderous force.

Little did they know that the Sui army was just pretending to cross the river. They sent dozens of water-savvy soldiers to paddle up and down the river with bamboo rafts, pretending to be a large army crossing the river to escape. In fact, most of the main force was unsheathing their bows and unsheathing their swords, waiting.

The enemy is coming to attack the camp.

First, pretend to cross the river to attract the enemy to attack, then use the favorable terrain to eliminate and weaken the enemy's effective forces as much as possible, and finally break out head-on. This is Gao Bufan's strategy - attack from the east, attack from the west, and secretly cross Chencang!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...

The big bamboo bow was the first to show its power. The huge bamboo spear roared out and shot hard at Li Mi's cavalry team. It knocked over several horses on the spot. The horses behind them couldn't get out of the way, causing a chain reaction and immediately tripping over ten more horses.

Several cavalry horses were beaten to pieces, crying for their fathers and mothers.

Buzz buzz...

The archers on both sides began to shoot at each other. Amidst the buzzing of the bowstrings, waves of arrows were thrown into the sky, darkening the morning sun.

The men and horses from all directions were like huge waves, overwhelming the Sui army's camp, but the Sui army's camp was like a rock in the roaring waves, always standing. The bamboos outside the camp were densely pointing toward the sky.

As soon as the guns were cleared, another wave of bamboo guns flew out from the camp, killing and injuring the enemy and "planting" rows of "thorns" at the same time.

A fierce and bloody battle lasted for more than an hour. The bamboo thorns, bamboo sticks, Juma Tieliangli, etc. outside the Sui army camp were finally almost cleared. The three coalition forces finally reached the trench of the second line of defense, but they also

A great price was paid.

Li Mi lost more than 100 riders and horses, and more than 300 more suffered injuries of varying severity. Wang Xuba's men suffered between 500 and 600 casualties, and even the most conservative Dou Jiande lost 50 to 60 lives.

Li Mi was in great pain. He spent a lot of effort to build these two thousand light cavalry. They were supposed to charge into the battle and be invincible. However, there was a flaw in the plan from the beginning. Gao Bufan did not go out in the open space on all sides.

Being overtaken by his cavalry, he found such a bamboo forest and defended it, which prevented his cavalry from functioning as it should. The field battle turned into a fortified battle, and he suffered heavy losses.

However, the damage had been done. If Gao Bufan's Sui army could not be completely eliminated, wouldn't it mean losing his wife and losing his troops? So Li Mi could only bite the bullet and continue to attack, and even more aggressively!

Although the losses of the three families were heavy, the losses of the Sui army were also considerable, and the pressure was high. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the number of casualties had reached four to five hundred. All those killed and injured would be immediately moved to the bamboo forest for resettlement and treatment.

The second batch of fresh troops immediately rotated and blocked the enemy in front of the trench.

At noon, with the scorching sun in the sky, the three men who had been unable to attack for a long time finally lost their momentum and retreated like a tide. The Sui army finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately re-reinforced the fortifications, while the gang leader buried the pot to cook.

At this time, in Li Mi's camp, Dou Jiande, Gao Shida, Wang Xuba and others were gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

"We have fallen into the trap of that kid Gao Changqing. Crossing the river is fake, but luring us to attack is real." Dou Jiande said a little bitterly.

Gao Shida's face was even more ugly. After a fierce battle for half a day, his subordinates probably lost three to four hundred people dead and wounded. Wang Xuba was even worse, killing and wounding nearly a thousand people. Who made him hate Gao Bufan so much that he was the most aggressive in attacking?

, and suffered the heaviest losses as a result, followed by Li Mi, who suffered more than 500 cavalry casualties, and Dou Jiande who suffered the least losses, with over a hundred casualties.

Ma Xingkong said with a sullen face: "This guy surnamed Gao has always been cunning. He pretended to cross the river to lure everyone to attack and consume our strength. It is estimated that the next step will be to break through, so everyone must be careful."

Li Mi nodded and said: "What Duke Gao Yang said is true." After speaking, he glanced at Dou Jiande and continued: "Donghai Duke and Brother Dou's soldiers are familiar with water warfare, why not attack from the river?"

Dou Jiande spread his hands and said helplessly: "Where did the boat come from?"

Gao Shida also said in annoyance: "If I had known there was going to be a water battle, I would have brought the boat."

Cai Jiande sneered: "You have to use boats to get in and out of Gaoji Moor. Where are the boats?"

Gao Shida said displeasedly: "What do you mean? We originally agreed to be surrounded by wheat fields, but who knew that in the end we would have to use a boat to come here?"

Li Mi quickly shouted: "Cai Jiande, don't be rude!" After saying that, he cupped his hands to Gao Shida and said: "Cai Jiande is outspoken. I hope Mr. Donghai will bear with me."

Gao Shida snorted and said nothing, Dou Jiande said with a sincere face: "Good advice to Mr. Pu, it's not that we are unwilling to contribute, but we really didn't expect that this encirclement would involve a water battle, so the ships were not brought and all stopped.

It's near Gaojibo, why don't you send someone back to get it now?"

Li Mi shook his head slightly and said: "Don't bother, there are bamboos nearby, just make some bamboo rafts. Now that we are riding a tiger, I believe everyone doesn't want to waste all their efforts, so I hope everyone can work together to completely eliminate Gao Changqing, which will be beneficial to everyone."

It’s a huge benefit.”

Wang Xuba glanced at Dou Jiande coldly. In his opinion, among the four men, Dou Jiande was the most cunning and shrunken, and could not do his job well, so the damage was minimal.

"Okay, I will go back and build bamboo rafts to attack from the water." Dou Jiande obviously did not offend the public, so he readily agreed.

Gao Shida didn't have many opinions to begin with, so when Dou Jiande agreed, he nodded in agreement. When Wang Xuba saw this, his face looked better.

Everyone discussed for a while and then went back to camp. In the afternoon, the Sui army pushed bamboo rafts into the river again, pretending to be sheep to cross the river. Li Mi was worried that Gao Bufan would really cross the river to escape this time, so he had to launch another attack, only this time

The intensity is much lower.

The next morning, the Sui army repeated its old tricks. This had been repeated several times. The three coalition forces finally stopped being fooled and just sent people to stare at the river. It is estimated that the Sui army did not have more than a few hundred people to cross the river, so they would not attack.

Already.

In the afternoon, Gao Bufan was too lazy to pretend to cross the river anymore, because this trick had failed. He let the soldiers eat and drink enough, rested for another half an hour, and was about to order a frontal breakthrough.

At this moment, an eagle cry came from the sky above the bamboo forest. Gao Bufan quickly looked up and saw two white eagles circling and chasing each other in the sky. He couldn't help being surprised and happy.

Lu Sheng blurted out: "Everyone, look, it's Fuyao, it's Fuyao who's back!"

All the young generals were overjoyed. Fuyao's appearance, does it mean that General Yuchi is nearby? Haha, great!

"Master Tongshou, a large number of bamboo rafts have appeared upstream and downstream. The enemy probably wants to attack our rear from the river." A soldier hurriedly ran to report.

Gao Bufan quickly ran to the dock behind the bamboo forest, and sure enough he saw a large number of bamboo rafts upstream and downstream. It was obvious that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida were going to attack from the water. Their soldiers were both familiar with water warfare and should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, this is an offensive and defensive battle, rather than a head-on battle between the two sides on the water. The defending side on land has a great advantage, so Gao Bufan only sent a team of archers, a team of sword and shield players and a team of spearmen to guard the dock.

, the terrain here is narrow and there are too many people to spread out, that’s enough!

"attack!"

Before Gao Bufan could give the order to break out, Li Mi took the lead in launching the attack, and the bamboo rafts on the river were heading towards the bamboo forest like arrows...
Chapter completed!