Pei Jian took Yang Xuan's sword and mounted his horse to ask questions.
"Where is the forward?"
The officer accompanying the army was stunned for a moment, obviously not used to changing the target of the report. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "The forward has already engaged the enemy."
Pei Jian glanced at the front and said, "Sima Zhen did not send anyone for help, so we are evenly matched. Reinforce with a thousand cavalry, and the enemy will retreat. Do not pursue them. If the enemy does not retreat, entangles, and fights in a melee, I will lead the troops and defeat them in one fell swoop."
enemy!"
This arrangement is stable and not lacking in sharpness.
If you think about it more carefully, this arrangement actually contains various plans for dealing with the enemy generals.
The enemy troops withdraw and do not pursue them - if the sheep are defeated, troops on both sides of Chengyang City will prepare to ambush and rush out... Zhen Siwen is in danger!
Zhen Siwen did not call for help, which shows that fighting with the enemy is inextricable.
On the basis of this judgment, a thousand cavalry were ordered to reinforce. If the enemy did not withdraw, they would be entangled and not give the enemy a chance to escape.
Later, Pei Jian arrived with his army and covered up the incident.
Yang Xuan smiled and asked somewhat complacently: "How is it?"
Han Ji praised: "The calculations of the human heart are over!"
The art of war is the calculation of the human mind.
The so-called exhaustive strategy means that you have thought of all your opponent's thoughts. If you can make the best response, you will be a famous general.
Military generals have done their best, and civil servants have done their best. They all reach the same goal through different paths.
This kind of people are also prime ministers if they are thrown into the court.
Han Ji smiled and said, "This man is a great talent."
However, experience is less interesting.
Han Ji didn't remind him, but reminding him now would interfere with Yang Xuan's determination.
Experience is all earned.
A thousand cavalry were dispatched.
Immediately, Pei Jian raised his hand to Yang Xuan, who was under the banner.
Yang Xuan raised his hand.
"Just go!"
The army was dispatched, leaving only a few thousand riders behind Yang Xuan.
"Lang Jun, Jiang Cunzhong is an old man after all, and he has a close relationship with Lang Jun..."
Han Ji reminded, "I'm just afraid of being separated."
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "As an emperor and a courtier, after taking over northern Xinjiang, I ordered Nan He to command the entire army. This is what it should be. Even if Huang Xianggong and Liao Zhongcheng came, they would not comment.
Jiang Cunzhong is the deputy, but he has actually been promoted two levels.
Furthermore, if Jiang Cunzhong is allowed to command the Northern Xinjiang Army, those generals who are worried about being the emperor and his ministers will gather around him, what is this?"
"Set up another mountain!" The old thief smiled at Han Ji.
Han Ji was smart and had some contact with He Lianyan. He even deliberately distanced himself from other people in the small group, which was to actively avoid suspicion.
"Jiang Cunzhong, I don't dare!" Han Ji said.
"Does he dare to say otherwise? As the lord of Northern Territory, I shouldn't use such things to test my subordinates."
These words resonated with the old thief, and his face turned red.
"Old thief, what did you think of?"
The second child is really the best follower.
The old thief said: "There was a famous prostitute in a brothel in Taoxian County. She was a close friend of a scholar, and she promised to redeem her life at the turn of the new year. The two of them were like husband and wife, and they even promised to get married as soon as they redeemed themselves.
The prostitute was obsessed with the scholar, and a female prostitute she was friends with said that it was time to test the scholar. The prostitute believed it and asked her to take action..."
"how?"
Tu Chang couldn't help but asked.
"Tu Gong, are you going to the brothel too?" Wang Laoer asked.
Yang Xuan saw the five fingers of Tu Chang's right hand pressed together and exerting force.
But Jiang He'er couldn't help but ask: "Old thief, what happened in the end? Are you two married?"
The old thief sighed, "The prostitute wanted to redeem herself at the beginning of the New Year. When the New Year came, she happily waited for her lover to come and redeem her body. However, she saw the scholar and the female prostitute he had befriended get into the carriage, and then
Go away."
Jiang Heer was furious, "Where is your loyalty?"
"What a sense of loyalty!" The old thief's eyes looked bleak, "My sense of loyalty has been eaten by dogs!"
Jiang He'er stomped her feet angrily, "People are so heartbroken! It's unbelievable!"
Wang Laoer said: "I believe in you!"
Everyone looked at him and laughed.
Yang Xuan smiled and ordered: "Second son, lead the scout sentry to explore the surrounding areas and isolate the enemy's eyes and ears."
"yes."
Wang Laoer happily set off with his people.
"The second child doesn't seem to know what sadness is."
Han Ji looked a little envious.
"With less desire, you can do this." Tu Shang stroked his beard, feeling quite proud.
He Lianyan asked: "Do you want to find out about the war ahead?"
"No need, I believe him!"
…
The two armies were fighting inextricably.
Zhen Siwen led his men to charge repeatedly, while Zhao Dora refused to retreat even an inch amid the sound of drums at the top of the city.
"Zhen Siwen, brave!"
At the top of the city, Xiao Hongde gave Zhen Siwen the final word.
Peng Zhi said: "He occasionally goes crazy."
"Um?"
As he was talking, he saw Zhen Siwen suddenly galloping towards Zhao Dora.
Encountered constant interceptions along the way, Zhen Siwen ignored them and slashed desperately, and he actually cut out a passage.
Just when Zhao Dora was about to take action, someone shouted: "The enemy's reinforcements have arrived."
Zhao Dora waved her hand, and her subordinates rushed forward to block Zhen Siwen.
"How many men and horses?"
"A thousand riders!"
Dora Zhao was stunned.
Four thousand versus three thousand, the two sides were inextricably killing each other.
The Tang army came with another thousand troops, so it should be... still difficult to distinguish.
If they were to evacuate, the defenders' momentum would be significantly weaker.
——Four thousand versus four thousand, still in front of Chengyang City, the defenders retreated unexpectedly.
Xiao Hongde could skin him alive!
Winter winter winter!
The drums rumble.
At the top of the city, Xiao Hongde said: "Three thousand cavalry came out quietly from the side gate, hiding on both sides, waiting for an ambush."
"yes!"
This means that Zhao Dora is not prepared to retreat.
A thousand cavalry joined the battlefield, and the defenders were immediately suppressed.
Moreover, the Northern Xinjiang Army was so powerful that it actually divided into small groups and penetrated into the middle of the defenders.
"This is chaos!"
Peng Zhi said: "Yang Gou's handiwork!"
"The two sides were entangled, and then the army arrived to cover up the killing." Xiao Hongde's eyes were gloomy, "Instruct Zhao Dora to retreat slowly. Prepare for an ambush."
The horn sounded.
"withdraw!"
Zhao Dora and his men tried their best to retreat, but the Northern Xinjiang Army was already tightly entangled with them.
Every step back comes with a price.
"retreat!"
Dora Zhao shouted.
On both sides of Chengyang City, thousands of cavalry were in position.
Attack or wait?
"Tell him to withdraw regardless of everything!"
Xiao Hongde gave up his plan to kill Zhao Dora with the help of the Northern Xinjiang Army.
"withdraw!"
Zhao Dora led her men to turn around.
Woohoo!
The sound of the trumpet comes from the south.
Then, the sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder.
Zhao Dora looked back, just glanced at it, her face was pale.
A large group of cavalry is coming.
If he had arrived a moment earlier, he would have evacuated with his men without hesitation.
A moment later, ambushes from both sides attacked, and Zhen Siwen's entanglement became a cocoon!
The time for the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack is neither early nor late.
It was so accurate that it made him despair.
"Yang Gou!"
Zhao Dora glanced at the city head.
Xiao Hongde climbed up and looked far ahead, and discovered the appearance of the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army earlier than he did.
"Please be careful, Yang Gou is here!"
The general under his command said: "Should the ambush troops attack and respond?"
The ambush troops were originally preparing to ambush Zhen Siwen, but at this moment they became a support force.
Damn!
This battle was a waste of time!
"If you change the generals, I can ask them to take over. Zhen Siwen is a madman. If not, he will risk everything, entangle the ambush, and wait for the main force to arrive.
If I don't attack and thousands of cavalry are wiped out, how can we fight this battle? If I attack, this will be a decisive battle. I am sitting in a strong city, why are you fighting in the wild with Yang Gou? Are you crazy?"
Xiao Hongde shook his head, "Withdraw!"
The city head is ringing with gold.
The ambush troops on both sides immediately retreated.
Zhao Dora said bitterly: "Old dog! Get out!"
Pei Jian galloped his horse in the middle of the army. When he heard the sound of gold, he said in a deep voice: "There are too many defenders and horses. If we attack the city step by step, we will definitely pay a huge price. I wanted to lead the defenders to attack in a large scale, but I didn't expect Xiao Hongde to cut off his wrist!"
"
"Yang Gou!"
At the top of the city, Xiao Hongde sneered, "Warning."
Clang clang clang!
The bell rang, and a cavalryman in the city shouted: "From now on, I will kill you when I go out!"
"Yang Gou is here!"
The people were panicked.
Xiao Hongde was unhurried.
"Yang Gou..."
A sergeant shouted: "Xiangwen, it's not Yang Ziqi!"
Um?
Xiao Hongde asked: "Who is that?"
"Yes...it's Zhou Ziqi!"
It’s not Yang Xuan?
Zhou Ziqi, there is only one Zhou Jian in Northern Xinjiang.
This man was called a swordsman by the Neizhou Army. His swordsmanship was extremely sharp and he could be regarded as one of the few masters under Yang Xuan.
This person rarely commanded a fight, and the only time he led a ranger was to go into battle.
"Does Yang Gou want to humiliate me?"
Even Xiao Hongde's city government could not suppress the humiliation.
Yang Xuan is here, this has been confirmed by countless scouts.
But he didn't know where to act, so he left his army to a mediocre Zhou Jian and ordered him to attack Chengyang City.
Xiao Hongde seemed to see Yang Xuan smiling contemptuously.
——To defeat you, I don’t need to take action!
The two armies faced each other, and the general of one side suddenly waved his hand lazily, "Xiao Hongde, you are a nobody! Zhou Jian, you go!"
This was a slap in the face.
And who can understand this slap in the face?
The two armies were fighting, and morale was the first priority.
At the beginning, Yang Xuan slapped Xiao Hongde hard.
The kind of beating that makes him unable to fight back.
In front of the Neizhou Army, Xiao Hongde's face turned green.
Then return to normal.
"Who knows Zhou Jian?"
The Eagle Guards and Scouts are both responsible for inquiring about information, and among them, the civil and military officials of Northern Xinjiang are on their roster.
The people from the Eagle Guard in Neizhou were called.
"Zhou Jian... this person is very good at swordsmanship. Our people said that this person's cultivation level ranks among the top three next to Yang Gou."
"Who else is in the top three?" Peng Zhi asked.
"Ning Yayun is first. I don't know who is higher or lower between Huang Linxiong and Zhou Jian."
"Continue." Xiao Hongde looked at the city - Zhou Jian did not rush to attack the city, but calmly commanded his men to strangle the defenders who were entangled by Zhen Siwen.
Zhao Dora has already entered the city.
"Close the city gate!"
The last sergeant fled in, and the general at the city gate shouted.
Buzz!
The soldiers pushed the city gate frantically.
But the Northern Xinjiang Army didn't pursue them at all.
My heart is in chaos!
Zhao Dora glanced at these panicked sergeants, stamped her feet, and walked towards the city with a calm face.
"...During Huang Chunhui's period, Zhou Jian had never been heard of. Only after Yang Xuan arrived in Taoxian did Zhou Jian appear beside him, like a guard."
Eagle Guard continued to talk about Zhou Jian's origin.
Xiao Hongde glanced at Dora Zhao who came up and said, "Continue."
Old dog!
Dora Zhao suppressed her anger.
"Zhou Jian's swordsmanship is excellent. He served as an arrow strike several times and was invincible. The only time he led the army in a fight was to strangle our scouts. In that battle, Zhou Jian commanded it well."
"Appropriate?" Xiao Hongde frowned.
In a previous fight in the air, Zhou Jian gave him a blow.
This is more than appropriate!
"Yes." Eagle Guard said, "Yang Gou has many talented people around him. Even the old thief and Wang Laoer have more opportunities to lead the army than Zhou Jian."
"So, you just used an appropriate comment for him?"
Xiao Hongde shook his head.
"yes."
Eagle Guard didn't think there was anything wrong.
Xiao Hongde pointed to the big flag under the city, "Yang Gou ordered him to lead the army to attack Chengyang City. Isn't this a proper evaluation? Eagle Guards have neglected their duties!"
If this comment is given to Ning Xing, everyone in Yingwei Neizhou will be in bad luck.
Zhao Dora had shrunk to the back and sneered at her confidant: "Xiao Hongde is using the topic to throw the blame on the Eagle Guard first. However, the Eagle Guard is not a vegetarian. If he does this, the Eagle Guard will definitely fight back."
"Assemble!"
Outside the city, following Pei Jian's order, the army that had strangled the remaining enemies gathered under the city.
"Prepare!"
Xiao Hongde stared at the Northern Xinjiang Army under the city, "Get the upper hand, or what?"
"Not in a hurry."
Under the banner, Pei Jiandan said calmly: "The morale of the defenders is good at the moment, so the trebuchets and others are in place."
"Take orders!"
Everyone is looking at Pei Jian.
The Duke is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, no one dares to question this.
But who is Zhou Jian?
Why did the Duke let him take charge of the army?
In the previous battle, Pei Jian used his command to dissipate some of this doubt.
But the real test will come.
Chengyang is a fortified city!
How to break the city?
There is only one way to attack.
Anyone can conduct a serious attack, the key is the timing of commanding before the battle.
That is micromanaging.
The trebuchet is in place.
Boss Yang is still wandering behind, looking like the leader of the scouts.
Time passed, and when the trebuchet was ready, the sun was setting.
"put!"
Stones flew up to the top of the city.
Most of the defenders had already withdrawn, and the remaining people were squatting behind the battlements, praying and shivering.
Once the battlements are hit, you can't escape even if you hide behind them.
Xiao Hongde is on the top of the city, and his cultivation is enough to avoid the stones calmly.
Buzz!
A stone flew over, and Xiao Hongde's body flashed, but the person behind him did not have this level of cultivation, and was thrown away by the stone alive.
Xiao Hongde was looking at Zhou Ziqi.
He was waiting for Zhou Jian to make a move.
"attack!"
Zhou Jiandan said calmly.
"Take orders!"
Suoyun was also a little listless.
Crossbow arrows densely covered the city head.
Then the death camp attacked the city.
This is the traditional craft of Tang Jun.
"Prepare!"
The defenders came up.
The stairs were erected on the top of the city, and the soldiers from the death camp swarmed up.
The defenders had sufficient numbers and worked in small groups to kill the enemies who rushed to the city.
The two sides were entangled in each other. Occasionally, the death camp made a breakthrough, but was then driven back by the defenders' counterattacks.
"That's it?"
This was a mediocre and boring offensive and defensive battle, with no faults to be found, but no bright spots to be found, and Dora Zhao was not put to use.
Clang clang clang!
An hour later, Pei Jian ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.
"withdraw!"
Suoyun yawned.
The death camp did not suffer much losses, but they felt that this battle was a useless one.
The same goes for the defenders.
"It's so boring!"
Xiao Hongde's heart moved slightly, but he felt that his morale was gradually rising, so he put that idea aside.
"withdraw!"
Pei Jian took his men back.
When he returned to the camp, he went to report it first.
"good!"
Yang Guogong just smiled.
After Pei Jian left, people came one after another to report.
“Nothing outstanding.”
"keep."
"mediocre……"
Pei Jian found that something was wrong with the way his subordinates looked at him.
From curiosity and suspicion, to indifference.
In the military, strength is respected.
Pei Jian's performance today was disappointing.
Pei Jian remained silent and went to get food by himself later.
Several generals in another row looked at him and just sneered.
"inability!"
“I don’t know what I relied on to bewitch the Duke!”
"This is the lucky person!"
The discussion couldn't stop.
There is a tendency to gradually expand.
"The Duke is here!"
Boss Yang, who rarely queues for food, is here.
The scene fell silent, but the weird atmosphere could be felt.
Is it time for the Duke to regret it?
A general was thinking.
It's the right time to make a substitution!
When they saw Yang Xuan walking toward Pei Jian, the generals all smiled at Jiang Cunzhong.
This battle should have been led by Jiang Cunzhong.
Jiang Cunzhong remained silent.
Yang Xuan walked up to Pei Jian.
Pei Jian salutes.
Yang Xuan spoke.
"Come with me!"
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