Even though the defenders of Yan'an Prefecture were well prepared, and even though they were in the refugee camp outside the city, they were well prepared and ready for the day when night came, but nothing happened until dawn broke all night long.
The people on the city who were responsible for observing the enemy's situation also found that there seemed to be a lot of emptiness in the messy camp of the rebels outside the city. A large piece of the place where there were soldiers and horses was missing. This discovery was immediately noticed by the watchers.
He reported it, and soon after receiving the news, Jiang Wan and other senior officers appeared at the top of the city.
"The enemy's flag is unknown, and it is difficult to judge the number of enemies from the flag. However, based on the experience of the last time against the bandits, the number of the bandits this time should be similar to last time, or even larger than last time.
A little more!"
Feng Wanli had a stern look on his face, pointing to an area of the enemy's camp and said: "It turns out that there are close exchanges of people in that place, and there are even cavalry. If my subordinate's judgment is correct, that's where the rebel army's center should be.
Although the distribution of the rebel army is messy, the general layout of the front and rear armies and the defending central army can still be seen roughly!"
Feng Wanli is the one with the highest military quality in the Three Thousand Houses. Although Xu Jian was also a member of the Imperial Guard, his background was too low. It might be possible to give him command of dozens or hundreds of people, but this kind of strategic judgment would be far away.
Far inferior to Feng Wanli. As for Gao Jin, let alone Gao Jin. He is a pure wild man. Although he is studying in Nanhai Guard to gain some military knowledge, this is different from coming from a military family. He has been studying since he was a child.
These things are not on the same level at all.
It's like one is from a major and the other is from a wild background, they are completely different.
Therefore, Jiang Wan attached great importance to Feng Wanli's judgment. Xu Xianchun and Xu Caining, who also had the same academic background as Feng Wanli, also nodded slightly and agreed with Feng Wanli's judgment.
"I don't know what happened to the rebel army, but last night, many people in the rebel army left the camp. These people and horses may even be important figures in the rebel army, so that the Chinese army is missing a lot of soldiers and horses.
few!"
"What do you think happened to the rebel army?"
Jiang Wan looked at the people in front of him with a serious face: "The changes in the rebel army have begun to appear since yesterday. I thought it was because the rebel army was cautious, but now it seems that is not the case!"
"No matter what happens to the rebel army, it is a good thing for us!" Xu Caining said in a deep voice.
Jiang Wan nodded slowly and looked at the people standing beside him with a stern expression: "Let the fourth thousand households outside the city guard the flanks, the first thousand households with the Feng Wanli tribe stay in the city, the second thousand households with the Xu Jian tribe, and the third thousand households with the Xu Jian tribe.
Hu Gao enters the army, assembles out of the city, and prepares to meet the enemy!"
"Follow your orders!"
The three thousand households received the order in unison, then turned around and went to carry out Jiang Wan's military order.
"Since we can't wait for them to attack the city, then we will go out and lure them to attack the city. Without the protection of the city wall, I don't believe that the thieves outside the city can stand it!"
Jiang Wan snorted slightly. If the formation in front of the city on the first day was to intimidate the enemy, then today the Nanhai guards came out of the city to prepare to defeat the enemy.
Of course, the premise is that the rebels still have the courage to cross the siege ditch.
Two thousand-household Nanhai Guards and nearly three thousand officers and soldiers slowly walked out of Yan'an Mansion, where the city gate was closed, in full view of everyone, and then leisurely formed an array in front of the city.
They simply ignored the enemy troops in front of them that were almost multiple times their size, and did not even take a defensive posture. They put out their soldiers and horses on alert, as if they were practicing on the school field, and walked unhurriedly and leisurely in front of the city.
Slowly they formed two square formations, one on the left and one on the right.
When the phalanx was taking shape, hundreds of soldiers armed with spears and knives also poured out of the refugee camp outside the city. Under the command of the officers, they began to assemble on the left and right of the two phalanxes of officers and soldiers.
and made a protective gesture.
It's just that there is a huge difference between them in terms of service and weapons, compared with the officers and soldiers with bright uniforms and high spirits. From the top of the city, they don't look like they are guarding the officers and soldiers on the flanks, but they seem to be guarding the two officers and soldiers.
Under the protection of the wings of the phalanx.
In the inner ditch behind the long ditch, there were also some sparsely defended refugees. At this time, seeing that their own troops had been dispatched in large numbers, they began to retreat towards the refugee camp as if they had completed their mission.
Soon, no one could be seen except for a long, lonely ditch between the two huge phalanxes of officers and soldiers and the army of thieves.
The bandit army began to make a noise, but the noise was soon suppressed. Correspondingly, on the officers and soldiers side, except for the drums at the top of the city that kept beating, the array of officers and soldiers was silent.
Amidst the sound of drums, the officers and soldiers just maintained a neat formation, standing there waiting for orders. The quieter they were, the greater the pressure they put on the army of bandits on the opposite side.
There are even many people who are quite resentful towards the long ditch that originally blocked them. They feel that if it had not been blocked by the long ditch, they would have broken through Yan'an Mansion and rushed into the city to plunder. However, the atmosphere at this moment and
Although many people didn't say anything about the pressure, they were secretly glad to have such a long ditch in their hearts.
Yes, this long ditch prevented them from entering, and it also prevented the officers and soldiers from coming out. Otherwise, with the apparent combat power of these thousands of officers and soldiers, I am afraid that many people would really die in this battle.
No one can guarantee whether they will survive. However, knowing that many people are going to die and still rushing forward stupidly is not something that can be done when there is no other way out. Who would risk their lives like this?
The bandit army was still watching and rejoicing. Suddenly, the sound of war drums on the top of Yan'an City became louder, and the officers and soldiers who had been maintaining the array actually began to move slowly towards the front.
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"What are you afraid of? The officers and soldiers don't have wings. How could they fly over the ditch they dug themselves?"
A bandit leader was loudly boosting morale: "They are just putting on a show so that they can take credit when they go back. Everyone should eat and drink, so just treat them as if they are singing a show!"
A lot of exaggerated laughter broke out among the bandit army. The momentum of the officers and soldiers was indeed a bit scary. Now that the leaders have said so, it must be true. They can't get through such a long ditch!
However, to boost morale, many people still discovered that many people with bows and arrows came from behind and ran towards the front. As a result, their morale became high again. These archers were among the soldiers.
My dear, even they have been transferred here. Those officers and soldiers, let alone the ditch, even if they are close to the edge of the ditch, I am afraid there will be many casualties!
They deserve it. Whoever told them to build such a long ditch has shot themselves in the foot!
Many people looked at the archers in front of them who had begun to form an array, and showed gloating smiles.