In the afternoon of the same day, Hu Yanlei led thirty of his men to put on the armor of the puppet Qi army and join Sun Jian's army. Sun Jian organized them into an independent unit and put them under his direct control.
The key to the success of tomorrow night's mission lies in Ren Li.
Ren Li is Ren Dejing's second nephew and Sun Jian's immediate boss. Sun Jian is most worried about drawing lots in the morning. If Ren Li is not chosen to be on duty at night, things will be in trouble.
But that’s the thing, often what you fear will come to you?
Early the next morning, Sun Jian returned to the military camp with a solemn look, found Hu Yanlei and said, "It's a bit troublesome. Ren Li was drawn to be on duty during the day. I have no chance to defend the city tonight."
Hu Yanlei had weathered the storm for a long time. He did not panic and asked in a deep voice: "Then who is guarding the city tonight?"
"One is Ren Quan, who is also Ren Dejing's nephew, and the other is Xue Xiaoping, who is Ren Dejing's eldest son-in-law."
"If something happens to one of these two people, who will take over?"
"Then it can only be Ren Li. The other two were already on duty last night. It was supposed to be Ren Li tonight, but he has a bye."
"What are the hobbies of Ren Quan and Xue Xiaoping?" Hu Yanlei asked again.
Sun Jian understood what Hu Yanlei meant and dealt with one of these two people so that they would not be on duty tonight.
He thought for a while and said: "If you want to start, let's start with Ren Shen. This person is dissolute and extravagant. He especially likes to visit brothels. You can attack him. Moreover, he has killed many women from good families and has many enemies. If something happens to him, it will be very difficult."
normal."
"Then which brothel will he hang out in?"
Sun Jian sneered, "I won't go anywhere else except Baifeng Tower!"
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Baifeng Tower is located in the middle of Huangzhou City. It is one of the three major brothels in Huangzhou. It is the property of Ren Dejing's second brother Ren Dezhong. Ren Dezhong is Ren Quan's father. As the young host, he naturally has unique advantages in the brothel and can do whatever he wants.
, and it doesn’t cost money.
Ren Quan was also very young, only in his early twenties and had not yet married, so he was naturally more indulgent. Early in the morning, he went into a brothel and mingled among them.
At noon, Ren Quan was drunk in the restaurant of the brothel. With the help of two beautiful prostitutes, he went back to his room to rest. He was on duty tonight and had to have a good sleep in the afternoon.
But less than half an hour after sleeping, Ren Quan's screams suddenly came from the room, followed by the frightened shouts of several prostitutes. The madam was so frightened that the madam rushed into the room with more than a dozen brothel guards.
The room was full of blood. Ren Quan's lower body had been completely cut off. The blood was gushing out like a fountain. The blood could not be stopped at all. The madam was so frightened that she hurriedly sent people to find a doctor for treatment, but it was of no use. Ren Quan had already lost blood.
Death from too many.
This news immediately caused a sensation in the whole city. Ren Quan, who had done many evil things and harmed countless women from good families, actually had his private parts cut off and died. This news was very satisfying.
Ren Dejing was furious. He arrested a group of prostitutes and interrogated them carefully, but he had no clue. No one knew what the murderer looked like or how he got into the brothel. Of course, there was no need to mingle in the brothel. There were so many people coming and going.
Check it out.
Ren Dejing was so angry that he ordered the brothel madam to be beaten with a hundred sticks, and she was beaten to death on the spot.
Ren Quan died, and Ren Dejing had to re-adjust the army deployment. Ren Quan's two thousand troops were handed over to the command of his father, Ren Dezhong, and could not be handed over to outsiders. However, Ren Dezhong wanted to attend the funeral for his son, so he was temporarily not responsible for night duty.
Tonight, Ren Li and Xue Xiaoping were in charge. Ren Li was in charge of the West City and North City, and Xue Xiaoping was in charge of the East City and South City. Each section of the city wall had a thousand troops stationed.
Ren Li personally led a thousand troops to take charge of the west wall and gates, while Sun Jian was in charge of the north city.
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As night fell, Chen Qing personally led an army of 20,000 people to arrive as scheduled. When Chen Qing's army was discovered by enemy spies, it was already two hundred miles away from Huangzhou City. The spies took two days to rush back to Huangzhou City to report, and two more days passed.
Genius sieges the city. In fact, in the past four days, Chen Qing's army was unable to cover a distance of two hundred miles.
Twenty thousand troops were stationed in a forest twenty miles northeast of Huangzhou City. This forest was almost close to the Huangshui River. The Hehuang Valley refers to the triangle between the Yellow River and the Huangshui River, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters.
km, with fertile land and sufficient irrigation, it is one of the three major agricultural areas in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the other two being the Hetao Plain and the Yinchuan Plain, and Huangzhou City is the center of the Hehuang Valley.
Xixia and Chen Qing competed for Xihe Road, largely to compete for the Hehuang Valley and Tao River Valley, but Chen Qing had a deeper intention. He wanted to control part of the pastoral area, which would help ensure the source of his war horses and troops.
supply of meat.
You must know that the nomadic people have strong fighting power. In addition to the war horses, another important reason is that they have sufficient meat supply and strong physiques.
The soldiers were resting in the woods. Around Hai hour, Gao Ding hurried over with one of Hu Yanlei's men.
Since Sun Jian controls Beicheng, it will be easy for Hu Yanlei to send people down to the city to report.
Chen Qing immediately met the soldier.
"Don't be impatient. Speak slowly. Which city gate does General Huyan want to meet?"
"Reporting to the capital, there is no chance at the city gate, but we control the northern city wall."
The messenger told Sun Jian's story in detail. Chen Qing was really pleased that Hu Yanlei was becoming more and more mature. He no longer relied on his own strength to break the city, but persuaded the local wealthy families to help. This was the way to go to war.
Conspiracy!
"Tell me about the condition of the northern city wall. How wide is the moat?"
"Let me talk about the moat first. The moat is relatively deep. The Huangshui was diverted from the north to form the moat and the Cao River. However, it does not affect the siege. The moat is two feet wide and wooden planks need to be prepared in advance.
The city wall is about three feet high, but we lowered two ladders from the top, a little east of the center, and most of the soldiers slept under the city wall.
There are only two patrol teams at the top of the city. General Hu Yan leads thirty brothers to patrol the eastern half, and Sun Jian personally leads another team to patrol the western half. They all can send people to the city at the second watch. Tonight
The password is 'King of Qin Jiangshan'."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "Why is the password the king of Qin? Does Ren Dejing want to be the king of Qin?"
"I don't know what a humble job is!"
Chen Qing nodded, "It doesn't have to be too early, just around midnight."
"I humbly obey my orders, what else does the governor have to say?"
"There is nothing else. Let General Huyan tell Sun Jian that he has made great contributions and I will continue to let him serve as the commander of the Song Army."
"Follow the order!"
The messenger quickly left, and Chen Qing ordered people to find Yang Zaixing and Gaoding.
"You two each lead an army of 3,000 troops to the city from the north wall. General Gao is responsible for capturing the east city gate. General Yang leads an army of 3,000 troops to attack the General Manager's Mansion. Bring cyclone cannons and gunpowder barrels. You must kill any of them before the whole city is in chaos.
Respectfully, I don’t want street fighting to break out across the city.”
The two of them saluted at the same time, "I humbly obey my orders!"
"Now you go and prepare some two-foot-five-foot wooden planks to cross the moat. It's midnight at midnight. It's located in the east of the north city wall. There will be two ladders hanging at the top of the city. Above is Huyan Lei. You can go directly
Go to town!”
The two agreed with a bang and each led their troops into action...
Midnight is midnight, when everyone in the city is sleeping soundly, but Ren Dejing sleeps very uneasily. He is afraid that the sergeants will slack off during the night, so he sends his own soldiers to supervise Ren Li and Xue Xiaoping and ask them to strengthen their efforts.
Supervision of soldiers.
Ren Li was also very sleepy, but his uncle sent someone to supervise him, so he had to brace himself up and come to inspect Xicheng and Beicheng.
When he reached the foot of the north city, he unexpectedly found that the soldiers were wrapped in blankets and sleeping soundly under the city wall. He was immediately furious, grabbed one of the captain's heads and asked, "Who told you to sleep under the city wall?"
Dutou said tremblingly: "It was Dutou's arrangement. It's too cold at the top of the city, so he asked us to sleep under the city. If anything goes wrong, he will notify us immediately."
Although the words were good, this kind of decision-making should be issued by himself. Sun Jian made the arrangements without asking for instructions.
The Ren family attaches great importance to power and will not trust anyone outside the family. The same goes for Ren Li. All matters big and small are decided by him. Sun Jian has no power arrangements. Now Sun Jian actually lets soldiers go to the city without permission.
Taking a rest, this undoubtedly offended Ren Li's temper. Ren Li was furious and rushed up to the city with more than a dozen soldiers.