Chapter 232 Attacking Yuncheng and Using Soldiers is Unlucky III
Before the battle started, the big tent was filled with the smell of gunpowder, which was really an unpleasant thing. At present, Zhujiazhuang and others had just surrendered. Although the officers and soldiers in hand had already submitted the certificate of surrender, but under their In my heart, the original battle with Liangshan was not something that could be laughed off and forgotten. After all, there were casualties and injuries, and there was resentment. These all need to be diluted with time and brotherhood. If there is no gap between the two groups, Shi Jindu feels that this is deceiving himself and others, but tolerance and love are needed to make up for it tonight. If this kind of internal conflict continues, it will be like pulling the gap between them apart, and the harm will be mutual. Yes, it won’t benefit anyone, and it will ruin big things.
When Shi Jin thought of this, he had to smooth over the matter. Considering Zhu Biao's feelings, he continued: "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Those who achieve great things must have such courage. If they want to achieve great achievements in the world, , such a reserve army is even more needed. If everyone is sloppy and flatters everyone, wouldn't it be following the footsteps of the Song Dynasty? You and I will never have a word of advice in our ears." After saying this, Shi Jin looked at Li Kui He was not convinced, and seemed to want to stand up to refute. He kept talking without giving him a chance to interrupt, and Li Kui did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Shi Jin. Shi Jin continued: "Besides, Zhu Biao's words are not unreasonable. Logically speaking, although Yuncheng County's troops and horses are weak, they have taken advantage of the location. After attacking the city gate, it's easy to say, but how to approach the city gate is going to take a lot of thought."
Zhu Biao heard Shi Jin's words and support for him, and the face he had just lost was greatly restored. He was no longer as angry as a bullfight, and he knew how to restrain himself. He sat down calmly and stopped talking.
Song Jiang could hear what Shi Jin was thinking, and he had unconsciously put the people from Sanzhuang and Shi Jin in the same circle, as if they were not on the same path. Although he felt unhappy, Shi Jin's words were not exaggerated. , but still making sense, and could no longer criticize Shi Jin at the moment. How to attack the city has really become an immediate problem.
Song Jiang pursed his lips tightly and was silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "Do you have any good ideas?"
"There is no shield to cover us now. Otherwise, if they shoot down random arrows, what's the point?" Deng Fei said.
Song Jiang said: "I have thought of it a long time ago, but there are some in Shield Mountain, but they are just round shields, and the number is less than 500. Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near. Does anyone have any better ideas?"
"It would be great if we could push it out for a few days. We could dig a tunnel into the city. This would save a lot of effort," Ou Peng said.
Lin Chong said immediately: "We have used this method before, Wu Songhe..." Lin Chong originally wanted to say Zhang Qing, but Zhang Qing had "defected" to the imperial court to become an official, and he did not want to mention these extraneous matters at the moment, so he insisted immediately. He swallowed the last name and said, "Brothers entered the Haunted Mansion Alley through a tunnel. Speaking of which, this tunnel is nearly ten miles long. It took more than 500 people to build it for seven days and seven nights."
After listening to this, Song Jiang felt that building a tunnel was absolutely impossible, but it would be of reference value in the future. However, the Wu Song brothers had taken refuge with Shi Jin, which really made him a little "heartbroken". Originally, he had been asking around for Wu Song's whereabouts. , originally wanted to win over Wu Song to do something for him. In this way, his strength will be much stronger than it is now. Song Jiang immediately asked casually: "I wonder how Brother Wu Song fought in that battle."
"He captured the city with less than a thousand men. The Wusong brothers were extremely brave. Later, wherever the soldiers pointed, the officers and soldiers were frightened and abandoned the city and fled," Shi Jin said.
Song Jiang nodded, seeming to be disappointed, and said with his usual smile: "That's good, that's good,"
Shi Jin continued: "Now that brother Gongming is determined to attack the city, I have a plan in mind."
Song Jiang raised his eyes and looked at Shi Jin and said, "My dear brother, I would like to hear the details."
Shi Jin said: "I see that there are many flat chariots in the army. Why don't we slightly modify the chariot tents so that they can withstand arrow feathers?"
Yang Lin was greatly inspired after hearing this, and immediately said: "The commander is right, we can remove the wheels of the flat cart, and it will be a huge flat plate. If it is held by several people, it can withstand arrow feathers."
Song Jiang nodded and said, "That's it." He immediately gave the order: "Li Kui, Li Jun, Mu Hong, Deng Fei,"
"Here," all the generals named stood up.
"You lead two thousand soldiers and horses as the vanguard, attack the city gate and attack the city," Song Jiang said.
"Here,"
"Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Huang Xin, Ou Peng, Yang Lin,"
"exist,"
"You take two thousand troops and divide them into two wings. Spread the troops widely, carry more flags and torches, beat the war drums, and use bluff to frighten the thieves."
"Here,"
"Qin Ming, Hua Rong, Dai Zong, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, Ma Lin, Wang Aohu,"
"Yes," the generals responded.
Song Jiang said: "I will also give you three thousand soldiers and horses. Once the forward captures the city, you will follow closely behind, rush into the city, wipe out the remaining soldiers, and control the remaining three gates. Please remember not to harm the magistrate of Yuncheng County, and the rest Those who give up resistance and lay down their weapons will not be killed; those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy."
"Here,"
"Let's go," Song Jiang stood up and shouted loudly. Everyone clasped their fists and hurried down to gather troops.
Just after everyone got the generals and all jumped out, the remaining people in the big tent were all Shi Jin's people. Lin Chong said at this time: "We..."
Song Jiang smiled and said to everyone: "Brothers, you have worked hard before, so you will stay at the camp tonight to recharge your batteries."
Zhu Biao and Hu Sanniang were furious when they heard this. Huo Di stood up and were about to explode. Shi Jin stretched out a hand, as if invisibly suppressing their impulses in the air, and said: "Gongming Brother, there are a lot of variables in this battle, so be careful. Don’t worry, I have control of the camp at the rear. I’m here to make sure everything is safe. However, there is one thing I hope my brother will do for you.”
Song Jiang nodded.
Shi Jin said: "When we were at Hujiazhuang, I promised the Hu family that they would kill their enemy Pi Guangqiu. I also hope that my brother will tell the brothers to capture this guy and leave him alive for Hu Sanniang to deal with."
Song Jiang turned his eyes and looked at the female general who had escaped from his camp. His original unhappiness about being forced to leave resurfaced, but he still smiled and said: "Since it is Miss Hu's business, it is naturally my Song Jiang's business. Don't worry, this revenge will be avenged." After saying that, Song Jiang turned around and left.
Shi Jin looked at Song Jiang's back, and an inexplicable ominous feeling lingered in his heart. The moment Song Jiang raised the curtain and went out, Shi Jin blurted out: "Brother Gongming,"
Song Jiang stopped and turned around, looking at Shi Jin.
"Be careful,"
Song Jiang nodded and walked away, but after a while, he heard the neighing of Song Jiang's army horses in the camp, and after a battle horn was blown, there was the sound of footsteps and horse hooves, until it became farther and farther away and could no longer be heard.
Shi Jin immediately ordered Lin Chong to arrange the defense of the two battalions, and everyone followed Shi Jin back to the main camp of the Green Forest Army.
Shi Qian was captured for the second time. When he was rescued, he obviously didn't look like a pickled cucumber the first time. After this disaster, Shi Qian became more and more calm. During this period, Shi Qian was in the middle to help him. The relationship between Shi Qian and others and everyone in the Zhu family has obviously eased, and they are all willing to put aside their past grudges and work together to achieve great things. Although Shi Qian was captured and suffered some physical hardships, compared with the previous time, fortunately, the Zhu family did not suffer much. After torturing him, Li Ying secretly took care of him. He also took care of those festivals indifferently. Instead of complaining, he felt happy that his eldest brother could recover so many generals. After a good meal, his face became more and more beautiful. Look radiant.
When others didn't interrupt, Shi Qian spoke up and said, "Brother, is Yuncheng County really as bad as them?"
After hearing this, Shi Jin looked at Shi Qian. Everyone sitting there turned to look at Shi Qian. Shi Jin knew that there must be something behind Shi Qian's words, so he asked seriously: "Brother, dear brother, Maybe you know something,,"
Shi Qian nodded cautiously and said: "When I first walked to Yuncheng County, I discovered a very strange thing. There were not many officers and soldiers on the top of the city, but there were many more officers and soldiers out of thin air on a remote school field in the west of the city. There were earthen stoves, but there were no tents or soldiers on the scene. I was surprised at first, so I took a closer look and counted them. Half of them were buried in the ground and the other half were left on top. The smokeless stoves are all brand new and do not have any soot on them. They have obviously not been used yet. There are almost more than 500 stoves. If we count the meals of our Green Forest Army, at least there will be 5,000 or 6,000 people here. "
"Five to six thousand people," Shi Jin also saw doubts in his heart and frowned slightly.
"That's what I think, but I'm not sure how many there are," Shi Qian added, "Brother, you said they only have less than two thousand soldiers and horses in the city. How could they build such a force?" With so many earthen stoves, wouldn't it mean that we need to recruit more soldiers and horses? At that time, I thought that this must be important information, so I walked around Yuncheng County a little more,"
Shi Jin knew that the Yamen was a place where Shi Qian would come uninvited, so he asked, "Is there anything special in the Yamen?"
"There isn't one in the yamen, but when I lurked into the county captain's house, I found a copy in front of this guy's case," Shi Qian said: "The copy is preceded by a bunch of polite words, some of which I don't know. I know, I just said something about the great power of Liangshan, and then I mentioned that the imperial court will have an army of ten thousand troops coming to support, and the leader is a guy named Lin, who is not what you said at the banquet."
"Ten thousand people," Shi Jin was a little surprised. Counting the soldiers and horses stationed here now, there are 6,500 people that Song Jiang brought before. After a lot of fighting, there are barely 6,000 people. Now they are all brought. There was a night attack, and the only people left in the camp were the two thousand men and horses that Chao Gai had allocated to Shi Jin. The total number was only eight thousand. If the ten thousand men and horses really came, then there would be ten thousand in the city. There were more than 2,000 defenders, the force was huge, and the general was not Pi Guangqiu, but a man named Lin... All of this made Shi Jin feel sensitive, and he couldn't help but think of everything that happened in Zhujiazhuang. , could it be that this is just a fishing ploy.
Thinking of this, a shiver suddenly ran through Shi Jin's body, and he stood up suddenly: "Not good,"