At night, Pan Zihuang was looking at the picture with a light on the lamp in the big tent. Although he felt that everything was arranged properly, he was still a little worried. It was a good thing to have experienced a lot of experience, but it also led to overconfidence.

Then if someone is not careful, he will take advantage of the situation and once such a thing happens on the battlefield, he will have to pay the price of his life.

Pan Zihuang is a long-time general of Qi, but his reputation is not as good as that of those powerful generals. He has experienced constant wars for decades and has no excellence. However, he is very open-minded. After all, Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Those who are good at fighting will have no great achievements.

Others governors Youzhou like to send troops to attack Khitan, Mart and even Turkic tribes from time to time, using the other party's heads as their promotion resources, which made the Youzhou border restless, and in the end, they had to run around to prevent the other party's harassment.

However, he adopted a pacification strategy and exchanged rituals with the leaders of various tribes of Khitan and Marine for several years, ensuring that there was nothing wrong with the Youzhou border. There was no frequent news of "beheading several levels", but there was no constant wars everywhere.

Therefore, this time he led the troops south, he did not force any extraordinary achievements, but wanted to fight steadily. Even if he just forced the enemy to retreat, it would be much better than fighting for success and causing the entire army to be wiped out. What he needs to do now is to beware of the enemy's sneak attacks.

If the other party really wants to attack, he must judge the possible direction of the attack and the method of the attack.

Shaoling is located between Yecheng on the west and Ruyang on the east. It is about the same distance from the east and west cities. The three cities form an east-west horizontal line, connected by rivers flowing from west to east.

Pan Zihuang led his troops to Shaoling and could calmly respond to both east and west directions, so as long as nothing happened, he could ensure that the defense line of Yecheng-Shaoling-Ruyang was as solid as a rock.

His plan was to station in Shaoling for a while, and wait for the Bozhou army to move south before moving to attack Xuanhu on three sides, which would be sure to win. So as Liu Zi'ang said, we must beware of the enemy's desperate attempt to jump over the wall and make a desperate attempt to attack.

With the help of oil lamps and lights, Pan Zihuang looked at the sketch on the table. This was the layout of his own camp. He had seen it many times and various defense facilities were well done. Pan Zihuang didn't think that the enemy could successfully attack, otherwise his decades of military career would have been wasted.

Twelve years ago, on the eve of the demise of Qi, he was the master of the Youzhou Daoxingtai in Qi and the governor of Youzhou. Hearing that the Zhou army broke through Jinyang and approached Yecheng, he organized troops to go south to serve the king.

However, as soon as we arrived, we learned that Yecheng had fallen. Seeing that the situation was over, Pan Zihuang led his troops to surrender.

Zhou unified the north, and seeing that Chen was almost finished, Pan Zihuang thought he would live a peaceful life from now on, but he had never expected that he would fight for several years. He originally thought that the Yuchi family could destroy the Yuwen family without any effort, but the result...

That is to say, Yuwen will finish sooner or later, this is what most people think, and Pan Zihuang is no exception.

The light swayed, and Pan Zihuang's eyes moved to the map beside the sketch. A conspicuous mark on the picture represents Xuanhu, the capital of Yuzhou Prefecture. Seeing this familiar name, he thought of his father who had been dead for many years.

His father Pan Le fought for many years since the rebellion of the Six Towns. He was granted the title of Wei Chan in Qi, and was promoted to the prince. Finally, he left the Zhen Xuanhu and died on duty. Therefore, after many years, Pan Zihuang was quite moved.

That year, he followed his father south to Xuanhu, passing by Lekou outside Shaoling City, which is the current place where the army is stationed. He heard about a fierce battle that took place here.

At that time, Wei divided the east and west, and the Western thieves (Western Wei) invaded Yuzhou in the east, captured officials of prefectures and counties in Qi State, and more than a thousand generals and their families. Then the other party sent troops to escort these people to Chang'an. When they passed by Lekou, they were defeated by Wei General Yao Xiong (Eastern Wei) leading dozens of cavalry.

Pan Zihuang still remembers the situation of this battle. Dozens of cavalry can defeat more than a thousand soldiers and rescue hostages. It is really exciting to hear it. Now he is camping in Lekou, but he must be very cautious and beware of the enemy's sneak attack.

If the other party wants to attack, how will it be carried out?

On the east side of the camp is Shaoling City. Pan Zihuang thought that if the enemy had internal support in the city, he could set fire to cause chaos in the city first, and then lead his troops out of the camp to rescue him, and then take a fishing waters.

However, this strategy is probably not feasible, because Pan Zihuang sent troops to station in the city for defense. Once someone has a life, he can immediately suppress it and there is no need for reinforcements. Of course, it would be better if the main force was allowed to garrison troops directly in the city.

At first, Pan Zihuang wanted to let the troops enter the city to station, but Shaoling's city was small and the houses were chaotic, so it could not accommodate 20,000 people to station. Even if it took a lot of time to clear some open space, it would take a lot of time. It would be better to camp outside the city and make it easier to get water near the river.

Thinking of "near the riverside", Pan Zihuang began to think about it again. There are pros and cons of camping by the river, and it is most important to facilitate water withdrawal, but it is easy to be flooded in the rainy season. If the enemy builds a dam upstream to store water, it can attack water.

And where is the upstream of Lekou (Shaoling)?

More than a hundred miles west of Shaoling is Yecheng. In the north of Yecheng, Kunshui flows eastward into the Rushui River, and to the south of Kunshui River, Lishui also flows eastward, intersecting with Rushui at the Lekou of Shaoling.

After passing through Lekou, Rushui continues to flow southward. More than a hundred miles downstream is Xuanhu. After passing through Lekou, Lishui continues to flow eastward. It is called Lishui or Yinshui. More than a hundred miles downstream is Ruyang County, the intersection of the Yingshui River is Ruyang.

Lekou is where the Ru River and Li River meet. In addition, there are many side rivers gathering, which is a dense area of ​​water networks, so it is also called "Huiqu". It is easy to cause heavy water during the rainy season.

If the enemy wants to build a dam and attack water, they have to march upstream of Shaoling. The two upstream directions are Yecheng on the west side and Xiangcheng on the northwest side. They are both controlled by the imperial court and are only more than a hundred miles away from Shaoling. It is impossible for the enemy to build a dam upstream of the Rushui River and Lishui River.

There has been no continuous heavy rain in various places recently, and the water level at Lekou is normal, and Pan Zihuang's troops will not be stationed here for too long, so after thinking about it, I don't think there is anything to worry about.

The enemy's chance of using water attack is very small, so if you want to attack sneakily, you have to rely on elite soldiers to touch the camp. Pan Zihuang looked at the sketch of his camp and felt that the east and south were closely guarded, so the other party would never be able to approach easily. Then there was only a sneak attack by swimming.

Either they were several miles downstream of the Ru River, and they asked the soldiers to carry sharp swords on their mouths and landed from the west of the camp; or they sent people to bypass Shaoling and swim south from the north of Lekou to land in the camp.

This may not be possible, but Pan Zihuang has already made arrangements to let the soldiers put bamboo sticks on the outer bunk flasks of Linhe Yingzha. The width of the bamboo stick array is more than twenty steps. If someone really wants to attack, he can only slowly pull the bamboo sticks, which will soon be discovered by the sentries on the arrow tower.

After thinking about it, Pan Zihuang felt that his arrangement was foolproof and that no matter what method the enemy used, he could not successfully attack, so there was no need to be so suspicious.

Before we knew it, it was already late at night. Pan Zihuang left the tent and saw that except for a few corners of the camp, there were scattered fires, the rest of the camp was in darkness, with dense tents standing like small hills.

Snoring sounds one after another, and the night wind blows, bringing all kinds of smells such as sweat and feet. Pan Zihuang is very familiar with this mixed smell, because this is the smell of the military camp. After so many years of soldiers, I will never forget it.

When he entered the tent, Pan Zihuang and Yi fell asleep, remembering scenes of past events.

His father was a honorary from the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He married Princess Gao, and then surrendered to Yuwen on the eve of the fall of Qi. Then he joined the command of Yuchi. After several changes of ownership, he really doesn't know when it will be.

The world has been quarrels for hundreds of years, and many courts have been changed from north to south. If the war is fought for another two years, the world may be peaceful. As for whom it sits on the imperial throne, it doesn't matter.
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