111. Hit with one punch to avoid a hundred punches
As soon as they walked out of the woods, they saw Wu Yuan and his group. The mountain people trembled in fright, and then froze there.
Wu Yuan coughed dryly, and was about to continue pretending to be a commoner who had escaped from Fenggao and came forward to talk to him. However, he saw an old man in the crowd opposite had already taken the initiative to step out of the queue, bowed and said, "Greetings to the military masters!"
Forehead...
Was his identity revealed in just one encounter?
Wu Yuandeng was startled and was silent for a while, then smiled to himself and said: "The elder has good eyesight."
"But I don't know where our flaw is, why is it so obvious?"
He was really puzzled. Most of the members of the Heavenly Army were refugees not long ago. Speaking of which, this was not a disguise at all, but rather a performance of his true self.
"There is nothing wrong with the military master and others." The old man said: "But this place is not far from the Jizhou Army's barracks. What's more, there are so many soldiers and horses at the foot of the mountain. If ordinary people are afraid to avoid it, how can they still do it?
Are you going to stay here forever?"
I see.
Wu Yuan laughed dumbly and was about to nod when he saw the old man continuing: "The military master came to inquire about the strength of the Jizhou army? But I don't know which general's troops they are?"
Wu Yuan hesitated a little after hearing this, and the adjutant on the side said: "Such an elder, we are Yan..."
Before they finished speaking, Wu Yuan cut them off with a wave of his hand. According to their plan when they came out, considering that Wang Zheng had committed massacres in Fenggao before, in comparison, Cao Cao was quite generous in Taishan County when he was the shepherd of Yanzhou.
The reputation was better, so the adjutant thought of pretending to be a soldier from Yanzhou.
The reason was simple. They said that Cao Cao wanted to seize the opportunity to recapture Mount Tai, so he sent them to investigate. If the people of Mount Tai missed their old master, they would surely know everything.
After all, ordinary people may not know that Cao Cao is still in an alliance with Yuan Shao at this time.
But Wu Yuan thought about it and decided to give up and tell the truth instead.
People are old and spirited, and ghosts are old and spirited. The old man in front of them has just seen through their disguise at a glance. Instead of using clever words and tricks, it may be easier to win favor by being honest and honest.
"I am a lieutenant under the command of Mu Wangzheng of Xuzhou. My surname is Wu Mingyuan." Wu Yuan clasped his fists at the old man and said, "Because Yuan's army invaded our territory and harassed the people, I was ordered to come to spy on the enemy."
"I wonder what you call the elder?"
"I am the village leader here. My surname is Lu. Not long ago, this village was occupied by Yuan's army."
When he heard "intruding the people", the old man's expression changed and he said slowly: "Wu Xiaowei is staying here, but is he thinking about how to avoid Yuan Jun's eyes and ears and go up the mountain?"
"Exactly." Wu Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this and blurted out: "Does Mr. Lu have any idea?"
Immediately he realized what he was doing and looked at the old man with some suspicion. This was a high place.
Compared with Xuzhou, people in Taishan were less submissive not long after they were newly attached, and this was probably even more true in Fenggao. Since the village leader surnamed Lu knew that they were subordinates of Wang Zheng, how could he cooperate so proactively?
Seemingly seeing Wu Yuan's doubts, the old man smiled bitterly and suddenly said: "Does the captain know how many families there are in Tuqiu Village before me?"
Without waiting for an answer, Wu Yuan stretched out five fingers: "More than five hundred..."
That is an absolutely big village with a population of over a thousand. Wu Yuan was slightly surprised and nodded: "Your village is indeed prosperous, but..."
But he saw the old man pointing behind him and looking at Wu Yuanshi with a sad expression: "But now, the group of people in front of the captain are the only remaining people in Tuqiu Village."
this...
After hearing this, Wu Yuan subconsciously glanced behind the old man. After a brief glance, he roughly counted these people, including women and children, there were only a dozen people in total. He immediately took a breath and understood.
, after Yuan Jun occupied Tuqiu Village, it seemed that he was killing people on a large scale.
And this was the reason why the old man was so proactive.
As for the meeting on the left side of the road today, this group of people must have wanted to keep the last hope of the village, so they finally chose to escape on their own initiative.
Immediately his doubts disappeared and he asked directly: "Does Mr. Lu know if there is any other way up the mountain nearby?"
"There is indeed a trail." The old man lowered his head and pondered for a moment before replying: "There is a trail on the back of the mountain. It was accidentally discovered by previous hunters. It is extremely hidden and may not have been discovered by those Jizhou troops. However, the road is extremely narrow and rugged, making it difficult to
Walk."
It doesn't matter if it's rugged and difficult to walk on. Many of the Heavenly Army are mountain dwellers, and with their physiques blessed by the system, climbing is not difficult.
It's just that it's on the back side of the mountain and it's narrow...
That means that at most a small force can only climb up, but a large army cannot pass.
This answer made Wu Yuan a little regretful, but even if he could only go up the mountain to investigate and find out what was going on inside, it would be better than wandering around the mountain in vain!
"Elder, I have a heartfelt request." Thinking of this, Wu Yuan said to the old man in a deep voice: "Can you arrange for a villager to lead the way for us and go up and have a look?"
"If we defeat the enemy in the future, I will report the merits of Minggui Village to Zhou Mu. Zhou Mu is always generous with rewards, and I will definitely give him gold and silver!"
"Ha." The old man smiled and said calmly: "When I was escaping, I met the captain. It shows that God has eyes and does not want us commoners to leave with a grudge."
"We don't want gold, silver, treasures, food or cloth, we don't want anything. As long as the captain promises me one thing, I can lead the way."
"oh?"
Wu Yuan glanced at the old man and saw that although his expression was calm, the overwhelming hatred revealed in his eyes could not be concealed, and he immediately began to make assumptions.
"What Mr. Lu said is..."
"Simple." The old man stared at Wu Yuan and said word by word: "If, as the captain said, we can defeat the enemy and win in the future, I just want all Yuan's troops on this mountain to die here!"
...
Under the leadership of Orion, Wu Yuan selected a few heavenly soldiers, and a group of people sneaked around to the back mountain and found an extremely hidden trail.
After a strenuous climb in the forest, the embarrassed Wu Yuan finally climbed onto Tuqiu Mountain, and then patiently lurked until dark, and then took advantage of the cover of night to secretly arrive at the outskirts of Tuqiu Village.
, with the help of Orion's guidance, as well as the moonlight and the bonfire between the camps, the trained Wu Yuan made repeated observations and roughly calculated the number of defenders along this route.
Roughly two thousand people.
Including several guards at the foot of the mountain, the mountainside and the top of the mountain, the total number has exceeded 3,000!
After observing the terrain here, as well as Yuan Jun's equipment and equipment, Wu Yuan did not dare to stay for a long time, and rushed back to the connection point set up in front of Gaixian County with the precious information and the old man who insisted on accompanying him.
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Afterwards, some detectives rode fast and delivered the information obtained from Tuqiu Village to Wang Zheng.
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The tenth day of the siege!
Through continuous attacks, the Jizhou Army firmly occupied most of Chang Xi's attention, and finally secretly dug a tunnel under Fenggao City.
However, this time, Mu Lin made a meritorious service again!
This once again proves that opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
Because he successfully predicted the enemy's invasion from the north, Chang Xi suddenly changed his view of Miao Lin. He began to feel that this Confucian scholar might actually have some abilities. Although he was not a king, he could not directly express his importance by promoting him, but
In the days that followed, both Chang Xi and the personal guards around him became much more polite to Miao Lin, and even began to call him "sir".
Miao Lin, who finally saw the light of day, was even more energetic and full of fighting spirit. Anyway, he could not climb to the top of the city to fight the enemy. During this period, he continued to study the theories of gods and ghosts and Feng Shui while doing nothing.
At night, I stretched my neck and stared at the stars to study.
To be honest, this time it was a mistake, and even Mu Lin himself began to believe in those illusory things.
So he started to explore not only astrology and astronomy, but also geography and dragon veins, playing with bottles and jars, doing divination and asking questions.
As a result, it happened to be like this. He discovered the abnormal noises coming from the earth urn several times in a row. After reporting it to Chang Xi, the two of them figured out what Yuan Jun was doing after a while!
So when Yuan Tan sent 500 elite men in an attempt to sneak into the city through tunnels at night, the Taishan Army, which had been well prepared, poured water and smoke at the critical moment, directly leaving hundreds of Jizhou soldiers buried in the loess forever.
Soon after, the water from the moat seeped into the soil and poured into the tunnel, completely giving up the idea of Jizhou troops entering the city through tunnels.
Seeing that this move was not working, Yuan Tan had no choice but to order to continue the frontal attack.
The earthen hill outside the moat had been piled up to the level of the city wall, or even slightly higher. Thousands of Jizhou infantry archers, who had been prepared for a long time, took turns to climb the earthen hill and began to attack the soldiers on the city wall.
The power of Jizhou's strong crossbows finally emerged. After the height advantage of the Taishan Army in defending the city was greatly weakened, the death toll increased rapidly!
The fifteenth day of the siege!
With the addition of the second batch of rush-made trebuchets, the Jizhou Army's siege firepower greatly increased. After continuous attacks, huge stones smashed the walls of Fenggao City into craters, and some sections were even knocked out of the fingers.
Thick cracks.
The suitable large rocks that could be collected nearby had been basically thrown away by the Jizhou army. In order to maintain the offensive, they had to recruit manpower to quarry and transport rocks here from a hill more than ten miles away.
Day 20 of the siege!
After paying a heavy price, the Jizhou Army's army smashed down a section of Fenggao City's wall for the first time. Even though it was only a small part of the top, it still greatly boosted the morale of the Jizhou Army.
At the same time, the news was quickly transmitted back to Gai County by the Heavenly Army sentries outside the city.
Wang Zheng realized that it was not long before their surprise army officially entered the scene!
In the early morning of the next day.
The Heavenly Army, which had been prepared for a long time, quietly set off from Gaixian County. In order to avoid the Jizhou sentry cavalry near Laiwu and Mou County, Wang Zheng deliberately did not take the official route, chose to take a detour, and quietly headed towards Tu.
Qiu slowly approached.
This time Wang Zheng personally went out to support Feng Gao, which was actually against all the opinions.
After all, today is different from the past. Today's Wang Zheng is no longer the poor man with nothing to offer, but one of the few powerful men in the world. He can be said to be the one who truly depends on the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians. He personally leads the army, and in Guo Jia
, Zhang Zhao and even Mi Heng and others seemed to be a bit rash.
What's more, with this small force, in the eyes of most people, even if the Heavenly Army has outstanding combat power, the Jizhou Army is not a good opponent. Under such circumstances, the chance of winning is not great.
As the saying goes, prevent disasters in advance so as not to cause harm later. Act with knowledge and caution. A gentleman cannot take risks lightly without standing under a dangerous wall.
It can be said that, to a certain extent, this was Wang Zheng's most adventurous military operation since his visit to Xuzhou.
But there was nothing Wang Zheng could do.
Among the cities within its territory, compared to Xiapi, Pengcheng, Kaiyang, Tancheng and other places, Fenggao is indeed not as important as it is the only Taishan capital outside Xuzhou.
But it is precisely because it is located in Yanzhou that if it falls, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's territory will be bordered...
It is possible that the two parties will take the lead in internal strife for profit, but it is also possible that they will work together to deal with his side first, then discuss how to divide the spoils, and then fight because of the uneven distribution of the spoils.
And compared to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's current power is indeed stronger. If Yuan Tan really gains a foothold, the entire Taishan territory may fall, and then this evil wolf will naturally keep its eyes on Xuzhou.
,ready!
So the good situation of Xuzhou's stable development will only be reflected in the mirror, and it will come to naught once Jizhou's military front touches it.
So from the first moment he received the news, Wang Zheng actually made a decision in his heart!
There is no room for failure in holding high!
Yuan Tan must fight!
Not only to fight...
We must fight quickly! Decide quickly!
General Yuan Tan, even the Jizhou Army, and even Yuan Benchu, the fourth generation and three princes, were thoroughly beaten and beaten!
This is exactly the wise saying that Taizu of the later dynasty said.
Hit with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches coming!
As for the enmity that deepened after the beating, Wang Zheng didn't mind at all, and was not worried about the other party's failure to do so and kept silent.
What he hopes most is that the other party will always consider the overall situation, hold back for the time being, and wait for an opportunity to retaliate in the future!
And this is exactly the common problem of some so-called heroes and politicians.
But the problem is that as long as the conflict can be resolved temporarily, the further the time is delayed, the advantage will always be with Wang Zheng who holds the system.
With this consideration in mind, it is not difficult to understand the urgency in Wang Zheng's heart.
He didn't have time to spend too much time with Yuan Tan.
Although Beihai said it was easy and gentle before, Wang Zheng really allowed Wang Zheng to completely let it go, but it was also a little bit arrogant.
It's just that the situation does not change according to human will. Although I want to burn the opponent's granary immediately and rush to the battlefield to deal with Yuan Tan, the soldiers have to deal with important matters and cannot rush.
Especially when there are not enough troops, it is even more necessary to take advantage of surprise and attack unpreparedness!
The first time Wang Zhenghe's 3,500 soldiers appeared in front of the enemy was also the time when they showed their greatest strength.
Therefore, the march must be sufficiently concealed, otherwise once the Jizhou Army learns about it and takes precautions in advance, its effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and there may even be a risk of being surrounded and suppressed by the enemy.
In addition, the timing of taking action is also important. It doesn't work if it's too early or too late.
Only when Changxi's side becomes unsustainable and Fenggao City may be breached at any time, will the Jizhou army press forward in a large scale, and the defense of the rear will be the most lax and empty.
At this time, it was the best time for the Heavenly Army to sneak attack on Yuan Jun's granary.