Pei Xingjian glanced at the generals one by one and said in a concentrated voice: "If the city is broken, the problem lies either with Fuyu City or with the general. Like General Luo, I believe in the general's ability to use troops. I believe the problem must be
Out in Buyeo Castle."
Yuan Biao was startled and said: "Are you saying that there is a problem with the army in Fuyu City?"
Russell said coldly: "That must be the case, those Koreans cannot be trusted at all!"
Hou Yanjing folded his arms and muttered: "If there is a problem with the defenders in the city, either one of the generals will defect, or Mr. Yuan will rebel."
"It won't be the generals who defected, the problem lies with Mr. Yuan!" Pei Xingjian answered firmly.
"How do you know?" Hou Yanjing asked.
"Think about it. Before the general's reinforcements arrived, some generals might have surrendered in order to survive. But when the general's reinforcements arrived, it would only be exciting for the soldiers who were defending. Since there was no betrayal before, this
It’s even less likely to betray you now!”
Hou Yanjing thought for a while and said in a low voice: "You are right. From this point of view, the problem must be with Mr. Yuan."
Pei Xingjian sighed and said: "It is not easy to persuade someone like Yuan Nanjian. It is impossible for him to surrender to Yuan Nanjian only after the general rushed to help. In my opinion, the Koreans can only surrender after
Within three months before and after the Chinese New Year, Mr. Yuan was persuaded to surrender."
He blamed himself slightly and felt that he should have thought of this beforehand and sent more people to keep an eye on Mr. Yuan to avoid this happening.
Russell's eyes turned red and he said: "That means that the news that they asked for help is false, and they deliberately lured the general there just to surround him?"
Pei Xingjian said slowly: "This should be the situation. If I were the enemy commander, I would first send troops to block the general's retreat, and then find a way to trick the general into the city and capture him in one fell swoop!"
Russell clasped his hands tightly together and gritted his teeth: "So, the general has been captured by them, and our 20,000 cavalry have also been wiped out?"
Pei Xingjian smiled slightly and said: "If they really caught the general, it would have been known to the whole world, and then they would use the general to bargain with the court. How could they set up such a scheme?"
Hou Yanjing laughed and said: "Come on, since they haven't spread it everywhere, it means that the general and the others are fine!"
Yuan Biao scratched his head and said, "But if the general is fine, why doesn't he send someone to contact us?"
Pei Xingjian took a picture of the map and said with a smile: "The answer lies in this picture!"
The three people immediately surrounded them, and Pei Xingjian analyzed: "In my opinion, the general did not see through their ambush in advance, otherwise he would not have lost contact with us."
Hou Yanjing looked at Fuyu City on the map, touched his chin and said: "So, the general was still ambushed by them, but he finally succeeded in breaking through!"
"Yes, this is the only explanation at present." Pei Xingjian pointed at the map and said:
"As long as the general reaches the foot of Buyeo City, the retreat will be blocked by the opponent in the west, making it impossible to break out. To the south is the main force of Loeb's army, and it is even more impossible to break out. Only the Mo Brown people are in the north, which is the weakest side. If I were the general
General, you will definitely choose the north."
Russell clapped his hands and said happily: "Yes, the brown people are vulnerable. The general must have succeeded in breaking through from the north." He was relieved when he learned that Wu Chengsi was safe and sound.
Pei Xingjian smiled and said: "Look here. There is a Sumo River in the north. The general can escape north, cross the river and burn the pontoon bridge to block the pursuers, and then fight the Mo brown people on the other side of the river!"
"Yes, yes, the general must have been unable to get across because the pontoon bridge was burned down, so he didn't send anyone to contact us!" Russell nodded repeatedly.
Hou Yanjing and Yuan Biao both breathed a sigh of relief.
Hou Yanjing said with a smile: "That boy Le Bo is really insidious. He guessed that after the general lost contact with us, we must be very anxious, so he used the strategy of luring the enemy to ambush us. Hey, we didn't fall for the trick, so we just let them there.
Drink the northwest wind!"
Pei Xingjian smiled slightly and said: "No, this is a good opportunity. It's rare that Le Bo would set up this plan. We just give him a plan to use it!"
…
In a dense forest near Nangou Valley, Lebo and his army had been lying in wait here for several days.
To see the Golden Crow sinking in the west, the day passed, but there was still no news of the arrival of the Tang army. He sighed and said: "Retract the troops."
"General Le, just wait a little longer, maybe the Tang army will come later!" Xuan Gong advised.
Le Bo shook his head and said: "I have heard about Pei Xingjian's name a long time ago. A general like him is not easily fooled. If they really believed that Wu Chengsi was trapped, they would have come to the rescue long ago. Since they can't do it now, they will come to the rescue later.
He won’t come either.”
Xuan Gong smiled bitterly and said: "If Wu Chengsi and Pei Xingjian are allowed to join together, it will be difficult to defend Yalu City."
Lebo was silent.
At this moment, a scout came flying from the road in the distance. Xuan Gong was surprised and happy. When the scout came, he quickly asked: "Has the Tang army arrived?"
The scout said anxiously: "Yalu City...Yalu City has been lost!"
Xuan Gong was dumbfounded.
Lebo felt cold all over, and a deep feeling of powerlessness came to his heart, and he said hoarsely: "They... how did they do it?"
The scout said: "The Tang army spread rumors that our army besieged Wu Chengsi in the Nangou Valley. Then Pei Xingjian led his troops to rush to the rescue, and Wu Chengsi attacked from both inside and outside, and our army was surrounded."
Le Bo smiled bitterly and said: "What a man who uses his own tactics to trick us, what a man, Pei Xingjian actually used the rumors we spread against us. But I don't understand how Jie Heng, who has always been calm and composed, fell into the trap?"
The scout said: "After the defenders of Yalu City learned the news, General Eulchito and General Jieheng had a disagreement. General Eulchito insisted on rescuing, but General Jieheng was unwilling to send troops. Later, General Eulchito came with five thousand men and horses alone.
Rescue, but was ambushed by the Tang army."
Le Bo said coldly: "Sure enough, it was the idiot Euljita who caused the trouble."
"The Tang people persuaded General Eulchito to surrender and let him trick him into opening the city gate. The Tang army swarmed in, and General Jie Heng led the defenders to retreat from the south gate."
Le Bo's eyes lit up and he said: "Okay, as expected of Chie Heng, pass on the order and the army will march to Yalu City immediately."
Xuan Gongsi failed to follow him for a moment, and said, "General Le, do we want to attack Yalu City?"
Le Bo narrowed his eyes and said: "Yes, as long as the main force of Jie Heng is still there, we only need to send people to contact Jie Heng and ask him to attack the city with us. The people in Yalu City support us, and the two armies will attack together."
Next, the Tang army is determined not to be able to defend the city, and Yalu City will become their prison. This time, I will let the Tang people steal the chicken but lose the rice!"
Xuan Gong said happily: "Yes, the common people are all Koreans, so of course they will help us."
Le Bo's army immediately marched towards Yalu City. A few days later, the army arrived at the city gate and saw the city gate wide open. Le Bo was stunned.
A Goryeo sergeant ran out of the city and said: "General, the Tang army has withdrawn. They have returned to Linjiang City. General Chie Heng's army has also entered the city from the south gate."
Le Bo said in a deep voice: "Did the Tang army take anything away?"
The Goryeo sergeant said: "The Tang army only took away the rations and ordnance in the treasury. Many people in the city were praising them."
Xuan Gong was furious: "Are those people crazy? What are you praising the Tang people for?"
The sergeant replied in a low voice: "I heard that during the two days that the Tang army was in the city, no common people were robbed. On the contrary, when the generals withdrew, many soldiers robbed civilians of their property.
Moreover, before the Tang army left, they distributed some food to the people and told them that the war would be over soon and they would not be hungry by then."
Xuan Gong was furious: "Those stupid people, don't you know that the food distributed by the Tang army was snatched from the hands of us Koreans? How stupid they are to be grateful to them!"
Le Bo shouted: "Shut up!"
Xuan Gong's face darkened and he said angrily: "General Le, I am the supreme commander under Zuo Molizhi, not your subordinate. You'd better be polite to me."
Le Bo ignored him, waved his hand and said: "Enter the city!"
Tang Jun was so good at buying people's hearts that it made his heart become heavier and heavier.
He knew very well the role of these people in attacking and defending the city. If they were bewitched by the Tang people, it would be even more difficult to defend the city.