As a famous general in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xin Wenli knew when it was most advantageous to launch an attack. When the sun was rising, the general army would arrange breakfast at this time. Even if there were arrangements for patrols, there would not be too many soldiers. Attacking at this time would undoubtedly be more
Divide the odds of winning.
Rushing up from the foot of the mountain, it was only 500 steps away from where the Youwu Army was. If there had been no fog, Xin Wenli would not have taken such a risk to get so close.
The edge of Zhongtiao Mountain is not very steep to begin with, it just gradually extends and rises. For war horses, the distance of 500 steps can be reached in two breaths, and they can take advantage of the chaos of the formation to kill the enemy.
It is unbearable, even though the military quality of the officers and soldiers is good.
It was not as chaotic as expected. The officers and soldiers in black clothes and armor did not run around and shout, but retreated in an orderly manner. There were no obstacles such as horses in front of the formation, and there were no tents behind.
Xin Wenli couldn't see through the situation in front of him, so he had to rein in the horse with all his strength and looked at the hundred-square lawn in front of them. More than a hundred steps away from them, there was a knight standing next to a large stone half a man tall. He was standing among the horses.
He was holding a flower-white porcelain jar the size of a human head in both hands. A young face under a white helmet was looking at him with a smile, as if to say: "I've been waiting for a long time, why are you here now?"
Xin Wenli immediately felt bad. The porcelain jar put too much pressure on him. This was an instinct he had honed on the battlefield for more than twenty years. The huge danger was slowly approaching. He regretted that he had ignored the bias in order to perform meritorious service.
Due to the opposition of the generals, the leader of the army personally led the charge, but now he was unable to stop riding a tiger.
The knight behind stopped because the front army stopped advancing, so he had to stop his horse halfway up the slope. The horse's body would unconsciously maintain its upward momentum, and the knight had to pull the reins tightly to prevent the horse from going forward. It was difficult to control the horse.
He would take a few steps back and bump into his companions behind him. As a result, before the officers and soldiers could launch an attack, the rear group was already in chaos.
Xin Wenli also knew that he could only charge forward now, otherwise the rear army would be more chaotic. There were still thousands of cavalry at the foot of the mountain charging up. I hope they could detect that something was wrong with the front army.
No longer thinking about it, he knocked the war horse's belly hard with both feet, raised the horse's claw in his hand, and rushed towards the knight holding the porcelain jar, hoping to snatch the porcelain jar and eliminate the danger.
Xue Li was arranged by Luo Yu to lure the enemy in front of the formation. Before leaving, he handed him a porcelain jar and a fire stick. Luo Yu pointed to the white lead and said to him: "When they are not far away from you, light this thread."
Run immediately after that, as far as you can, remember! Never throw it out, the porcelain jar will be useless if it breaks..."
Xue Li nodded. Although he didn't know what it was, he just followed the military affairs arranged by joining the army. Watching the brothers enter the mountain one by one, and when he was the only one left in the end, he was very nervous, but he had no time to think about anything else.
, because the enemy has arrived.
No longer hesitating, as soon as the fire stick came close to the fuse, a string of sparks flashed, and the fuse burned quickly. Because it was mixed with oil, a burst of green smoke rose. Xue Li hurriedly leaned over and placed the porcelain jar on the big stone, turning it around.
The horse's head forgot its fate and galloped away in the direction of retreat.
A deafening loud sound sounded behind him, and there were echoes of explosions all around. A gust of hot wind blew, and Xue Li felt that his hair was curled up. The horse did not need to be urged by him, and its four hooves flew so fast that it felt like flying in the clouds and mist. The animals themselves are better than humans.
I'm even more afraid of this loud noise.
This was the first time that an explosion occurred without any obstruction. In an instant, iron nails and broken pieces of ceramics were scattered in all directions, and the sound generated by the explosion scared the two or three rows of horses in front of the rebels out of control.
He ran back wildly, and then the iron nails came quickly, piercing the human body and driving into the horse's buttocks, making the war horses even more crazy. They rushed towards the formation with the dead bodies on their backs. The cavalry rear team could no longer control it. For a moment, people fell on their backs and their horses turned upside down.
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Xin Wenli was the closest and the most alert. Seeing that the porcelain jar was already smoking, he hurriedly reined in his horse. The horse stood up in pain, neighing, and blocked the fatal iron nail for him.
After the fire, a heat wave hit, burning his three-inch beard and the hair on his forehead. Before he could make any other moves, he stepped off the horse and couldn't hold on any longer. He fell to the ground with a crash, and his huge body pressed him down.
He tried to pull out his left leg but was unable to do so. The screams coming from behind made his heart hurt, his vision went dark, and he fainted.
There was another loud noise in the distance, followed by the messy sound of horse hooves that echoed throughout the valley. Luo Yu must have arranged for another person to detonate another explosive pack to assist Xue Li in retreating.
Xue Li galloped his horse regardless, and did not stop until there was no road ahead. As far as the eye could see, there were tall rocks. On the left was a towering cliff, and on the right was a small lake. The lake
On the open ground beside him, Luo Yu and a special forces member were waving to him on horseback. Xue Li hurriedly rode over and asked: "Joining the army, what is that?"
Luo Yu said: "Don't ask, knowing too much will not do you any good. Let's go, our camp is ahead." After saying that, he asked the special forces member to lead the way, and took Xue Li on horseback deep into the woods.
As soon as they arrived at Li Xiuning's station, two special operations team members rushed over and reported that the Yuwang Town Dou and Li coalition forces had stopped advancing for some reason. The two armies were now dispersed. From time to time, there were small bloody conflicts between the two armies.
The fight started. The Yuncheng direction was injured due to Xin Wenli's defeat, so they had to change their generals on the spot. Cheng Zhijie led the Dou King's coalition forces to King Yu to suppress the battle. Now there are only a few Dou troops at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain to monitor.
Interests always change people's minds. Li Mi was a tycoon. He quickly captured Changzhi after raising troops in Huguan. Then he recruited troops and recruited many green forests and ruffians around Changzhi, gathering nearly 20,000 people.
People's hearts are always greedy. He wanted a bigger territory and more soldiers and horses. Hearing that Dou Jiande was worried about the lack of major generals to encircle and suppress the army, he left five thousand soldiers and horses to guard Changzhi and personally led 15,000 soldiers.
The horse took refuge with Dou Jiande.
As for how Li Mi persuaded Dou Jiande to form a coalition, Luo Yu didn't know who Qin Qiong was leading the army, and there was no information to confirm it. At this time in Luo Yu's time and space, Qin Qiong was still a headcatcher in Licheng and was not in the army at all.
Since they have the possibility of civil strife, they must make good use of it. Dou Jiande wants to consolidate his power and drive away or destroy the Youwu army who has penetrated deeply at all costs; Li Mi wants to use conspiracy to seize Dou Jiande's territory, so this relationship should not be used to set the fire.
I feel so sorry for myself.
Luo Yu was furious when he remembered that Dou Jiande had used a small Xiaoxia County as bait, and then he bit the hook so cleverly that the whole army was almost annihilated. You are a master at playing with people's hearts, and I will treat them the same way.
As a human being, try to play with the ambition of the hero Li Mi. Can you also play with it?
Just in case, fearing that the Dou and Li coalition forces were deliberately pretending to be at odds to confuse themselves, they called the two special forces members and asked them about the situation carefully before feeling relieved.
Suddenly I remembered Li Mi's identity. He was an official of the Sui Dynasty. He was convicted for his outspoken opposition to the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo. He was demoted by Yang Guang to be the magistrate of Huguan in Changzhi County. He happened to be in chaos in the world. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
Raise troops, capture Changzhi, and act as rebels.
When he came to Li Xiuning who was looking at the map, he raised his hands and said, "General, it seems we have to start again..." Li Xiuning was startled and looked at Luo Yu blankly, wondering what he meant.
Luo Yu smiled and said, "General, can you write a letter to Li Mi?"
Li Xiuning understood Luo Yu's intention, but if he didn't use counterintuitive tactics well, others would take advantage of them. In the end, he would be the unlucky one, so he asked, "How sure are you?"
Luo Yu said: "It depends on the general..."
Li Xiuning was so smart that he understood Luo Yu's meaning in a blink of an eye and said with a smile: "It seems that Yuchi Heitan can also make use of it, so it's not in vain for us to let him live."
Luo Yu felt sorry for Yuchi Jingde. Since Li Xiuning knew what he meant, he didn't say much more. He first went to arrange tasks for the special forces members.
At a quarter past noon, an arrow shot into Cheng Zhijie's camp in Yuwang Town. The patrol sergeant immediately came over to check and saw a letter tied to the arrow. He picked it up and saw that there was no writing on the envelope, only a letter in the lower left corner.
With a small bee mark, he hurriedly opened and took out the letter. There was a piece of white paper with nothing on it. He was confused, so he had to give it to Cheng Zhijie and let him make a decision.
Outside Jiezhou City, a little beggar in ragged clothes handed a letter to the sergeant guarding the city gate, and then asked the sergeant for a reward.
The sergeant sent the little beggar away with two cents. He took a closer look at the envelope, which had a few big words written on it by General Yuchi. He raised his head and looked around, but found nothing unusual. There were not many people at the city gate.
Most people gathered at the south gate to build the new south gate. General Yuchi seemed to be supervising the work there.
Cheng Zhijie looked at the envelope and white paper in his hand, feeling puzzled. He smelled it with his nose and found that there was a faint fragrance on the paper, which seemed like jasmine but not an unforgettable fragrance.
He set up his military camp in the open space due south of King Yu Town. The tents set up by fifty or sixty thousand people were almost three miles away. He could shoot arrows into his tent without any noise. This archery man was very good at risking it.
It's a bit strange that a blank letter came through such a high risk. Your Majesty, please be careful about Li Mi. Could this letter be related to Li Mi?
By the way, bees? Who would draw a little bee on an envelope? Li Mi? Bee? It's a bit far-fetched. If you use this reason to question Li Mi, you will laugh to death.
Suddenly I remembered where I had read that some secret techniques could make the ink stains disappear after drying. If you want to restore it, you have to spray it with clean water. Thinking of this, I quickly asked my guard to bring me a bowl of water, and slowly wet it with a cloth.
I patted it lightly on the paper, and sure enough the writing appeared. Maybe there was too little water and I couldn't see it clearly.
So, he balled up the cloth, let it absorb the water, and then patted the letter paper gently again. After the water passed, only the first few words could be read clearly: Uncle Li Shi, Xiuning paused ten miles away... The rest of the words could not be read clearly.
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Cheng Zhijie's heart moved and he asked his guards to bring a basin of water and put the whole piece of paper in, and the handwriting was fully revealed: I heard that uncle Shi suffered injustice, and my father was very angry. After you and I both belong to the Eight Pillars, why did it happen?
A meeting between swordsmen and soldiers? If Uncle Shi can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, Xiu would rather help Uncle Shi. When the day comes tomorrow, he pauses again. The signature on the back is Li's eldest daughter.
The handwriting in the letter is elegant, small and well-proportioned. It is obvious that it was written by a woman. I heard that Li Xiuning was a rare general with both civil and military skills. In this secular world where men are in power, he can be said to be unparalleled among women.
After Cheng Zhijie read the letter, he wanted to pick it up and dry it, so as to use it as evidence against Li Mi. He never thought that as soon as his hand touched the paper in the water, the paper actually dissolved in the water like ice and snow, and in the blink of an eye, all that was left was
One third of it.
Yu Chigong still didn't believe it when he took the letter. Who would write to him at this time? Could it be the Lord? Thinking about it, it seems impossible. How could the Lord let a little beggar deliver the letter? Judging from the handwriting on the envelope, it should be for
Could it be that the woman's hand is Li Xiuning? Why is she writing to me?
Li Xiuning's heroic face and crisp temperament came to mind, and she felt that she was no worse than a man. The man named Luo Yu also said that everyone is their own master, and there is no blame. Could it be that now she is threatening to repay the favor?
No more guessing, you will know after reading the letter. Yuchi Gong returned to the main account and took out the letter. It read: General, we had a hasty farewell the day before yesterday, and I was very worried. As a woman, Xiuning should be doing embroidery and raising grass at home.
, serve your parents, or marry as a wife, take care of your husband and raise your children, but in today's troubled times, you have to follow the imperial edict to fight against thieves. The general is an outstanding person, and he does not want the brothers of our country to kill each other. Xiu Ning also does not want to be an enemy of the general. He hopes that the general will
Think twice.
There was no signature, no greeting, just the truth. Yu Chigong sighed deeply, burned the letter with fire, and then closed his eyes and began to think.
Cheng Zhijie looked at only one-third of the letter. Now only he knew the entire content. He didn't even have a personal ID to prove it. Using this secret letter with a beginning and an end to question Li Mi would trigger a counterattack from him. He had ten thousand
Five thousand men and horses are currently camping fifty miles ahead, joining forces with the Linfen Army. Although we are sure to eliminate them, no one can guarantee a complete annihilation. If one or two escape, the situation here will be revealed.
Although I am not afraid of them, my lord has always been based on benevolence and righteousness. In the absence of insufficient evidence, I can't do anything to Li Mi. If I kill Li Mi, it will damage my lord's image as a benevolent and righteous gentleman. Who will dare to join him in the future?
Suddenly he thought that Li Mi was in the distant Changzhi now, so even if he wrote a letter, he would not write to him. Could it be Li Xiuning's counterintuitive plan? On the battlefield, as long as it can weaken and attack the opponent, no method is too much. After all,
It's a life-and-death contest.
What kind of splash does Li Mi want to make with these fifteen thousand soldiers and horses in front of King Dou's hundreds of thousands of coalition troops? But with the addition of seventy or eighty thousand officers and soldiers, it's different. He will be flanked at any time. It's better to believe that this is true.
, If you don’t believe it, you should first invite Qin Qiong over to test it out.
Yu Chigong thought about it all night, and in the early morning of the next morning, he came to the east gate of Jiezhou facing the rising sun. All he wanted was to make contributions. The situation at the moment was a bit complicated. When Dou Jiande started the army, he was a blacksmith and was specially recruited into the army.
, responsible for making swords and guns. During the Battle of Linfen, he seized the city gate on flying horse and was appreciated, and received the title of captain.
He was given the title of Captain, and then he was ordered to guard Jiezhou until he was captured alive by the officers and soldiers.
I thought I was going to die, but I unexpectedly found life in a desperate situation. On one hand, it was the Lord’s grace of knowing me, and on the other hand, I was the grace of rebirth. It’s wrong for everyone to be caught in the middle. It’s better to go back!
He took one last look at Jiezhou City, knelt down on his knees, bowed three times to the north, turned around, walked down the city, and walked towards the central military tent. The guards around him looked at each other, not knowing what he was doing. Seeing him
As he walked away, he hurriedly followed him.
After Li Xiuning finished writing the letter, he has been discussing with Luo Yu how to maximize the harvest of the counterintuitive scheme. Cheng Zhijie is a famous general. He will not easily believe the letters written by Li Xiuning. Judging from the suspicions he published in Yuncheng and Xia County,
He is a smart man and has a thorough understanding of human nature. It is not easy for such a person to be fooled.
The leader of Dou and Li's coalition forces is the famous Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao. Because we don't know which camp he belongs to, there will be many variables in the countermeasures. According to the current intelligence, he should be under the command of Li Mi, because Dou's army has 35,000 soldiers.
The current leader of the horse is Zhu Yuanzhang, the famous Ming Taizu Zhu Chongba.
Luo Yu was stunned for a while when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's name on the intelligence. He was a ruthless man, and he didn't know if he would be as powerful as him in time and space. He went from being a beggar to being the supreme emperor in the Nine-Five-Year Plan, and founded the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years. In his lifetime,
They are all legends.
He doesn't know if the Zhu Biao he sacrificed is his son. If he is, it will be even more troublesome. He will blame all the pain of losing his son on Li Xiuning. Who knows what he will do.
Before I knew it, it was completely dark. Now in the mountains, I was not afraid of their sneak attack. In the afternoon, the whole army finally had a hot meal. At this time, the torches were lit, and the special operations team sent out to inform other military leaders had returned one after another.
Have a good rest tonight. At dawn tomorrow, the entire army will be dispatched to attack in the direction of Yuncheng.
The army leaders didn't understand what kind of medicine the general was selling in his gourd, and they were relieved not to stay in Zhongtiao Mountain to fight guerrillas. The superiority of the officers and soldiers made them look down on the grass and green forests, and they always felt like nesting in the mountains.
I fell into the grass, feeling unspeakably aggrieved.
In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang and Qin Qiong came to Cheng Zhijie's central army tent. The three of them had their own concerns, but they talked happily. Cheng Zhijie smiled and said: "The army is simple and the wine and food are poor. I hope the two generals will not dislike it. Come and have a drink."
!" After saying that, he drank the white wine in the bowl in one breath, and then said with a drunken breath: "Two generals, drink up!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was in his thirties, with a short beard and a long face, a burning gaze, a tall figure, a suit of earth-yellow armor, and a white tasseled helmet. He stretched out his hand and saluted Cheng Zhijie, then picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp, saying only "Okay"
"Wine" and looked at Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong is in his mid-twenties, has a handsome face, a short beard, and phoenix eyes. He is a standard Shandong man. He is dressed in blue uniforms, with a bare head and a jade hairpin. Other than that, he has no other features.
Long things.
Qin Qiong didn't say much, and saluted Cheng Zhijie Brigade: "Thank you, elder!" After saying that, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, stood up and said: "Qin is involved in mundane affairs in the army, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he went back first and said goodbye.
!" After saying that, he turned around and left the tent, regardless of Cheng Zhijie's plea to stay.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Qin Qiong did not give Cheng Zhijie any face, he felt happy. He had always wanted to win over Qin Qiong's fifteen thousand troops. Originally, he was the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, but for some reason he was replaced by Qin Zheng, Deputy Zhu. So far.
Later, the two armies disliked each other, and provocations occurred from time to time. In order to avoid the situation from expanding, they had to be stationed in separate camps, and he became the top leader of Dou's army.
Cheng Zhijie sighed, picked up a piece of wild boar meat, chewed it and said softly: "It's a good thing, it would be a pity not to eat it..." After that, he stopped caring about Zhu Yuanzhang, drank a bowl of wine, and went back to the back tent to rest.
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The three of them broke up unhappy. Cheng Zhijie felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was too murderous and the city was too deep for him to be friends with. He returned to the back tent and took a look at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was feasting on wild boar. He sighed and no longer hesitated, calling for his soldiers.
After calling all the military leaders, he announced that he would immediately return to Junyun City at night.
After listening to the report of the special forces team members, Luo Yu learned about Cheng Zhijie's return to Yuncheng. He couldn't help but admire this general's feeling. Zhu Yuanzhang would attack Qin Qiong tonight, 35,000 versus 15,000, and he would attack in the dark. He had a great chance of winning.
, I don’t know if Qin Qiong can escape.
The original plan was to break out to the west via Weichigong's defense area, avoid the center of Dou's army, go north to Luliang and then transfer to Taiyuan to join forces with Li Yuan. It is no longer necessary. After tonight, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not succumb to others and launch a surprise attack.
After Li Mi's soldiers and horses, he might turn north, heading towards Houma and Yicheng, then turn to Changzhi, take Li Mi's back road, and secure a piece of territory of his own.
And Luo Yu can rest assured and follow Zhu Yuanzhang northward, bypassing Linfen and going directly to Taiyuan in the direction of Hongdong. There are no high mountains and dangerous passes on this road, so it will save a lot of trouble.
After passing on the new order to the special forces team members, they stopped caring about anything else and only had enough sleep to have the energy to watch the show. It was really a desperate situation with no way out, but there was a bright future after another.
King Yu Town is destined to be a Shura field tonight.