When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack.
This is a sixteen-character mantra summarized by great men of later generations, mainly to consume the invaders' vitality.
But at this time, Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin obviously did not dare to fight with Liaodong Zhenzhen, so they would only execute the first eight words, which is "the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy retreats and we advance", trying to delay as much time as possible
, by the way, Liaodong Town is disgusting.
In the end, Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin also successfully achieved this goal.
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Speaking of which, Bandit He personally monitored Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin as they led their troops back to their respective camps, and then quickly led the Liaodong Town army to turn around and run toward the dense forest, hoping to return to their own camp as soon as possible to take control.
However, the Liaodong Town army had just returned for more than 20 miles and had seen their own camp in the distance. They were about to enter the camp gate. He heard spies from the rear hurriedly came to report that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin had returned.
Not long after they reached their respective camps, they came out of camp again to form a coalition army and once again pushed towards their own camp.
After hearing the report, Bandit He was immediately furious, thinking that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin had betrayed their trust and rules and were causing trouble again.
Therefore, He Bandit immediately ordered the entire army to turn back and once again confronted the Fang and Wu coalition forces.
When the two armies faced off again, He Bandit soon saw Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin again.
But before He Bandit could make any accusations, Fang Zhenshan directly expressed his apology, saying that they did not intentionally break their promise, but that they still had something to discuss with He Bandit, and that was the hope that Liaodong Town could provide them with a clear time limit.
Otherwise, if Liaodong Town is still unable to successfully rescue He Yu, Fang Zhenshan, Wu Shilin, and all the forces in Liaodong, won't they have to wait endlessly?
Fang Zhenshan's reason was quite reasonable, so He Bandit suppressed his anger and promised a ten-day time limit, indicating that no matter whether Liaodong Town had successfully rescued He Yu after ten days, the restriction would not continue.
Freedom of movement for all parties.
Fang Zhenshan was quite satisfied with He Bandit's reply, and soon withdrew his troops and returned to the camp.
Originally, Bandit He thought this incident was just an accident, so after seeing the coalition forces of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin begin to retreat, he once again led the Liaodong Town army to retreat back to camp.
However, the same story soon happened again.
When He Bandit once again saw his camp from a distance and was about to enter the gate of the camp, he once again heard spies from the rear army coming to report that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin had once again led troops out of the camp to form a coalition, and once again they were heading towards the camp.
Pushing in the direction of our own camp.
Naturally, He Bandit became angry again and led his troops back again to confront Fang and Wu coalition forces again, and then negotiated with Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin again.
This time, Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin were still very polite, saying that they were not deliberately provoking, but had remembered another urgent matter and needed to discuss it with He Bandit.
That is, all the forces in Liaodong have been trapped in Hujiazhuang for too long, and the money and food supplies are about to be exhausted. It is absolutely impossible to persist for another ten days, so I hope that Liaodong Town can provide help.
Such a request was still reasonable, and He Bandit still couldn't fault it, so he had no choice but to directly agree to the other party's request, and urged Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin to lead their troops back to the camp as soon as possible and never leave the camp at will again.
Faced with He Bandit's urging, Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin said that they could retreat and return to camp, but they had to wait until tomorrow morning.
This is because, after all kinds of twists and turns and incidents, it was already dark at this time. Even if they were only more than ten miles away from their own camp, they were unwilling to take the risk of marching all night. They could only stay where they were and wait for dawn.
This reason given by Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin is still reasonable.
People in this era generally suffered from night blindness. Even powerful armies such as the Guanning Cavalry and the Liaodong Cavalry would try to avoid marching at night.
For this reason, even if He Bandit was filled with rage, he could not force or threaten the other party.
The army of this era has no confidence even in night marches, let alone night operations, which only exist in legends. They dare not even think about it, so seeing that the sky is already dark, why bother?
They also dare not start a war lightly.
In the end, He Bandit had no choice but to agree to allow the coalition forces of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin to stay where they were overnight and wait until the next morning before leaving.
That night, the two armies seemed to be in peace.
However, no one noticed that a group of Guan Ning cavalry under Wu Shilin took advantage of the cover of night to quietly leave the coalition station of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin, bypassed the Liaodong Town army station, and then headed towards
He Yu sneaked away in the direction of the dense forest where he was kidnapped.
This team of men was none other than the Wu family's dead men who had been secretly sent to Wu Shilin's command by Fang Guangchen, the Wu family's chief strategist.
It goes without saying what the actual goals of these Wu family soldiers were.
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The night passed and time quickly came to the next morning.
He Bandit stayed up almost all night. After seeing the sky getting brighter, he couldn't wait to come out again to urge Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin to withdraw their troops and return to the camp.
Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin still happily agreed, and then marched slowly back to their respective camps under the "escort" of the Liaodong Town army.
After once again monitoring the coalition forces of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin as they returned to the camp, He Bandit deliberately waited for a while this time. After there was no more movement in the camps of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin, He Bandit hesitated for a long time before finally letting go.
With a straight face, he led the Liaodong Town army to retreat back to the camp.
Then, the exact same thing as yesterday happened again.
The third time, our own camp was already in sight, and just as He Bandit was about to lead his troops back to the camp, he heard a report from spies from behind, saying that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin had once again left the camp to form a coalition and were advancing towards our position.
This time, Bandit He was finally able to confirm that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin were not only deliberately breaking their promises and deliberately provoking, but they also just wanted to play a trick on themselves!
For a moment, He Bandit laughed angrily, turned to look at the senior officials of Liaodong around him, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that a fight is necessary! Only by completely defeating them can they learn to respect us.
Liaodong Town, and then we can make them extinguish their delusions and stay in peace!"
Upon hearing He Bandit's decision, several high-ranking military attaches in Liaodong Town nodded slowly with serious expressions.
No one could have imagined that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin would be so shameless and resort to such ruthless means.
Under such circumstances, Liaodong Town has only two choices left, either to continue to waste time and patience and accompany Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin to advance and retreat, or to fight directly, just like He Bandit
Just as he said, hit the opponent directly so that Fang and Wu would never dare to act rashly again.
If there is a direct fight, there will definitely be casualties on both sides, and they will be held accountable by the central court afterwards. The consequences are not unserious. But if they continue to entangle with Fang and Wu and let the other party's ghost linger, time will
If the delay continues indefinitely, the consequences will become even more unacceptable to everyone in Liaodong Town.
At this moment, no matter He Bandit, He Rensheng, Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, or Xu He, they were all eager to return to their own camps and implement their next plans. They had no time to waste with Fang and Wu.
Therefore, we can only fight with real swords and guns!
Among the military attaches in Liaodong Town, only He Rensheng lacked courage at this time. He couldn't help raising objections and advised: "But if we start the war lightly like this, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles... After the war begins, we will definitely
If you lose troops and generals, you will be held accountable by the imperial court, and you will also create a lot of deadly enemies in Liaodong Town..."
Before He Rensheng could finish speaking, He Bandit had already waved his hand to interrupt and said sternly: "I have made up my mind, don't stop trying to persuade me! If you just let them advance and retreat over and over again, leaving the camp and returning to the camp,
We can only accompany them back and forth, back and forth, it’s endless! How can we have time to spend with them? "
He Rensheng wanted to persuade again, saying: "We can send troops again to force Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin back to the camp, and then divide the troops into two, with one part of the troops staying outside their camp to be responsible for surveillance, and the other part of the troops rushing back to the camp to take charge."
The situation can also be..."
Still not waiting for He Rensheng to finish, He Bandit interrupted angrily: "You were kicked in the head? Divide the troops? How can we divide the troops under the current situation? We only have 5,000 troops under our command. How many people should be allocated to monitor Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin?
?Although there are still troops in the camp, there was a mutiny not long ago. They must be closely monitored, how can they be deployed at will?
If after the troops are divided, too few troops are left to monitor them, they may be defeated by Fang and Wu in one fell swoop, and they will only lose their troops in vain! If too many troops are left to monitor them, the situation in the camp will be dire.
It will be unstable! At this time, if you still want to cover everything and only know how to look forward and backward, you are simply reading and reading to make your brain stupid!
What's more, after the troops are divided, who should be responsible for monitoring Fang and Wu's troops? Is it you? Do you have the courage to make a sudden decision? Is it me? Then do I still have to find a way to rescue the commander-in-chief?
Sir? Or do you want the generals to take over the military power again? Are you not afraid of causing more trouble?"
Speaking of the latter part, He Bao roared angrily: "If you try to persuade me again, don't blame me for whipping you with a horse whip! Send my military order, and the whole army will turn back and prepare for war! This time, no matter what, we must let those two rats Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin
I know how powerful it is!”
As he spoke, He Bao's originally ferocious face became even more distorted, his eyes were already showing signs of congestion, and he was obviously extremely angry.
Seeing He Bandit's appearance, He Rensheng was startled, and naturally he did not dare to persuade him.
In fact, everyone can understand He Bao’s anger!
Yesterday morning, He Bandit was still full of confidence and did his duty. He wanted to oust all the high-level military attachés in Liaodong Town and personally take over all the affairs of Hujiazhuang. However, before he could even enter the camp, he was forced to leave because of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin.
Lead the troops and leave.
Up to now, because of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin's desperate efforts to repeatedly leave and return to the camp, He Bandit has been about to enter the camp three times in a row, but was forced to return halfway. Let alone take full control of the camp now.
With great power, even the gate of one's own camp has no chance to take a step forward.
In ancient times, when Dayu was controlling floods, he once "passed through the gate of his house three times without entering." But now, because of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin, He Bandit actually went a step further and achieved the achievement of "looking around at the gate of the camp and retreating"
, but Dayu's "passing through the gate three times without entering" is a beautiful saying praised by all generations, while He Bao's "looking around at the gate of the camp and retreating" will inevitably be endlessly ridiculed by others!
Therefore, even if there is no urgent need to rescue He Yu, He Bandit will definitely be intolerable after encountering such a situation.
Fight! We must fight! This is He Bandit’s only thought at the moment!
However, the subsequent performances of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin turned out to be far more despicable and rogue than He Bie had imagined, and He Bie's decision to start a war failed once again.
It turned out that after Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin saw the menacing advance of the Liaodong Town army from a distance, they immediately guessed that the bandits had lost their patience and wanted to fight with their own side, so this time they did not approach the Liaodong Town army at all, nor did they
He planned to negotiate with He Bandit again, but retreated directly back to the camp. His performance could be described as cowardly to the extreme.
But after Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin retreated and returned to their camps, it was He Bandit's turn to be dumbfounded!
If it were a wild plain, the Liaodong Town army under He Bandit's command would naturally have a high chance of winning if it fought with Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin's coalition forces, and they would not be afraid at all.
However, when Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin each returned to the camp and closed the camp gate to defend to the death, if the bandit wanted to fight with the other party, they would have to attack the other party's camp, and they would have to face various fortifications. Then
That's another story.
What's more, the two camps where Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin are located are still at odds with each other and can easily support each other. If the bandits send troops to attack, they will easily be attacked from both sides, making it more difficult and risky.
Under such circumstances, if He Bandit insists on starting a war with the other party, he will inevitably suffer more casualties and his chances of winning will be greatly reduced.
After being stunned for a long time by this cowardly and cheap approach, He Bao had no other choice but to send people to shout and scold him, hoping that this method could anger Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin and lure them out of the camp to fight.
However, Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin certainly would not be affected by a few shouts and curses. They stayed in the camp like this and continued to waste time with the Liaodong Town army, leaving He Bandit to be incompetent and furious.
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Although Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin have their own plans, they both know that delaying time is more beneficial to them, because behind them stand Zhao Junchen and Wu Yingxiong respectively. These two big shots are ambitious and will definitely not miss it.
Opportunities will soon take action, and the situation will soon change again!
In this way, another day passed quickly.
He bandit can still only be wasted.
Then, just when He Bandit couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to attack by force, the changes that Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin expected did indeed appear!