Chapter 190 The title has changed completely [6000,
“If you are able, show your inability; if you use it, show it is not in use; if you are close, show you it is far; if you are far, show you how close it is;
Lure them with profit, take them with chaos, prepare them with actual force, avoid them with force, scratch them with anger,
Be humble and arrogant, take it easy and work hard, be close to it and leave it. Attack it when it is unprepared and take it by surprise."
This is the method Li Ziqiu plans to use.
Li Ziqiu felt that this section was tailor-made for him.
Li Ziqiu looked around at the imperial guards who were eating, and suddenly a plan came to mind.
Li Ziqiu waved to Qu Zhong and gave him direct orders.
Let Qu Zhong dig 300, no, 500, no, 800...a thousand more stoves every day from today on.
There aren’t that many people anyway, so you might as well dig more.
This is Li Ziqiu's way.
After listening to Li Ziqiu's words, Qu Zhong couldn't understand Li Ziqiu's order.
There are only 800 people on my side, and one stove is enough to feed ten people.
Even if they dig a thousand, they still don't have ten thousand people.
"Just dig it, it will be useful." Li Ziqiu said to Qu Zhong enigmatically.
Qu Zhong thought for a while, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Li Ziqiu: "Sir, if you do this, there will be a large army behind you. This is for the use of the army behind you. This time we will completely quell the Yuezhou banditry?"
Li Ziqiu remained silent, and Qu Zhong thought deeply.
Li Ziqiu knows very well what it means to be a soldier in a deceitful way.
This is Li Ziqiu's war alone, so Li Ziqiu naturally wants to make both himself and the enemy confused about his own path. This is the real trick.
After Qu Zhong confirmed his guess, he immediately went down to deliver the order.
Li Ziqiu didn't know how Qu Zhong told the people below.
Anyway, after Qu Zhong finished speaking to everyone.
Everyone put down the food in their hands, threw their arms away and started digging holes.
Just dig a thousand more holes.
It just takes a little more effort.
After digging the hole, everyone started eating again.
After eating, Qu Zhong came over and asked Li Ziqiu if he wanted to continue setting off now.
Li Ziqiu took a look at the sky and told everyone to rest.
This is called being close and showing what is far away.
Wait two days and come again to show how close you are from a distance.
Just think of it as practicing the art of war on your own.
Li Ziqiu can go back and forth like this.
But the bandits gathered in Yuezhou couldn't wait for this.
There is no other reason.
They have been waiting for almost ten days, but they haven't even seen the shadow of the imperial army.
As for the forbidden troops we were promised, why didn't we see even a single hair on them?
No matter how united they are now, in the final analysis, they are still a mob.
So without seeing the Imperial Guards for such a long time, it was inevitable that they would have various speculations.
The most speculated among them is that the imperial court may have mobilized a large army to completely solve the Yuezhou banditry problem.
Such speculation made them unable to sit still.
That's not the plan.
In fact, the jade-faced bandit leader was more confused than these people.
Because logically, the Imperial Guard should have arrived.
At least you should be able to see the shadow.
But now, it's really not even a shadow.
Now, rumors are flying among the bandits.
He knew he had to do something.
If they continue to do nothing, the bandits who finally gathered together will immediately disperse.
"Everyone, I have just received the latest information. The imperial troops sent here have been blocked by Marquis Dingguo. So we can now respond to Marquis Dingguo and attack Lanping Mansion directly."
Whether the imperial army comes or not actually doesn't matter to the jade-faced bandit leader.
The important thing is to attack Lanping Mansion, and then capture the other two mansions.
Directly ruining Wu Dynasty's luck is the key.
If the Forbidden Army can be eliminated, it will be just the icing on the cake.
Hearing that the jade-faced bandit leader said that there was going to be an uprising, the more than a hundred bandit leaders below were all excited.
The official attack is finally about to begin, and this is Conglong's work.
Give an order.
More than 10,000 bandits marched toward Lanping Mansion.
There are palace guards and some forbidden troops in Lanping Mansion, as well as two guerrilla generals who escaped before.
However, faced with the sudden increase of more than 10,000 bandits, they were quickly defeated.
In just one day, Lanping Mansion was occupied by bandits.
In fact, Lanping Mansion, as a provincial capital, is certainly not so weak.
But no one thought that more than a hundred groups of bandits would unite, let alone that they would actually dare to attack Fucheng.
Lanping Mansion was completely defenseless.
The Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards, and two guerrilla generals who escaped from Lanping Mansion.
He did not run into Yuezhou, but ran outside Yuezhou.
Lanping Mansion is the gateway to Yuezhou. If you run inside, you will find a way to survive.
And when they ran like this, they naturally bumped into Li Ziqiu and the others who had been wandering in the same place for several days.
These deserters were immediately disappointed when they saw that Li Ziqiu and the others were just government guards.
The key point is that even if it is not the Imperial Guards but the 800 Imperial Guards, it will not help the situation in their opinion.
After all, there are now more than 10,000 bandits.
Unless the Forbidden Army also sends out more than 10,000 Forbidden Army, it is possible to completely defeat the bandits.
In addition to the imperial guards, the palace guards and the two guerrilla generals, those who escaped naturally also included the governor of Lanping Palace and other senior officials of Lanping Palace.
Naturally, they had received a message from the imperial court, asking them to cooperate with a government guard force.
However, they were not sure whether it was the Fu Guards who were digging holes.
Soon they met Li Ziqiu under the leadership of Qu Zhong.
After meeting Li Ziqiu, they determined that it was this digging team that the court asked them to cooperate with.
It's just that they really can't see that this digging team is worthy of their cooperation.
Do you want to help them dig a hole together?
Li Ziqiu listened to Fu Yin and others talking about the situation in Lanping Mansion.
My heart trembled slightly, but my face remained calm.
"really."
Li Ziqiu only said two words.
Of course, Li Ziqiu didn't say the other word 'very dangerous'.
It's just that Li Ziqiu's words really confused the people who escaped from Lanping Mansion.
Judging from Li Ziqiu's attitude, it seemed as if he had predicted the bandits' movements in advance.
"May I ask Li Xuezheng, what should we do next?" What Li Ziqiu just said was true, but it blinded these people who escaped.
"You guys go to rest first." Li Ziqiu said calmly.
It’s time to rest at this time.
After all, it is far away from Lanping, so the bandits cannot catch up so quickly.
Taking advantage of this moment, Li Ziqiu could also weigh it up.
Is it possible for me to complete the task?
Li Ziqiu's attitude, coupled with the fact that they had been attacking for so long, was indeed a bit tiring.
So no one argued with Li Ziqiu, and everyone went directly to rest.
But before taking a break, these people still called Qu Zhong over and asked them why they were lingering here digging holes.
Li Ziqiu naturally saw Qu Zhong go, and he didn't know what the proud Qu Zhong said to them.
In short, when Qu Zhong left, these people who escaped from Lanping Mansion all looked excited.
Even the governor of Lanping Mansion, the captain of the Mansion Guards, the leader of the Forbidden Army, and two guerrilla generals.
He also came here specially to make up for Li Ziqiu's gift, and at the same time expressed his apology to Li Ziqiu for having slighted him just now.
Li Ziqiu naturally accepted this gift calmly.
Anyway, in the end, I won’t admit anything.
…
When Lanping Mansion was invaded by bandits, Qingniao sent a message to Fengjing overnight.
After Wu Zhao received the news.
All the officials were summoned overnight to discuss how to handle the affairs of Yuezhou.
Of course Wu Zhao knew the prudent approach at this time.
We should first summon Lin Dunxin and Bingxian and other big officials among the officials to discuss the matter of Yuezhou.
It was just this sudden incident in Yuezhou that made Wu Zhao smell something unusual.
So Wu Zhao chose a safer method.
Just call all the officials together.
The officials were informed by Sun Banban, who took his confidants from door to door.
An hour later, no matter who it was, the officials were dragged out of bed.
They all appeared in the Jinluan Palace.
When many people were confused, Wu Zhao directly announced the reason for inviting them over.
Lanping Prefecture in Yuezhou was attacked by a coalition of bandits!
Ning Chen was not sleepy anymore when he heard the news.
Are these Yuezhou bandits so powerful?
Just come right up and give yourself such a big gift.
I feel embarrassed for doing it.
Ning Chen originally thought that Li Ziqiu would give him a disastrous defeat at most.
As a result, Li Ziqiu was very helpful and gave him a city break.
And it’s not a county seat, but a prefectural city.
Or Lanping City, the gateway city of Yuezhou.
Ning Chen is not sleepy anymore, and Wang Lin is not sleepy anymore.
What is going on.
Not only did his own palace guards fail to stand up, but they also lost a palace city.
Fortunately, it didn't affect his life. If it had, he would have died.
Sure enough, when everyone realized what happened.
Everyone began to criticize Ning Chen and Wang Lin.
Even Lin Dunxin glanced at Ning Chen and couldn't help but sigh.
Under such circumstances, Lin Dunxin didn't know how to speak for Ning Chen.
If this just means that the Imperial Guards suffered a disastrous defeat, there is still room for recovery.
Now this is the gateway to Yuezhou, and the capital of Lanping Prefecture has been lost.
How should Lin Dunxin respond to protect Ning Chen?
Of course, Ning Chen himself didn't intend to say anything.
Besides, what else could Ning Chen say?
In just such a short time, [佞] exploded to 10,000.
According to this momentum, he will definitely surpass him very easily. Li Ziqiu doesn't know how he got more than 10,000 [loyalty].
In addition, I will settle the bill tomorrow.
Whatever Ning Chen says now is redundant.
This is definitely an unexpected and unexpected blood profit, even if it is only a few hundred points in the end.
Ning Chen made a profit.
As for reputation being damaged, I, Ning Chen, have never cared about my reputation.
So at this time, even in the face of various criticisms.
Ning Chen always kept his mouth shut and stood upright with his head held high.
Try not to make your smile so obvious.
"That's enough, now we are not discussing who should be responsible. If you are really responsible, I should be responsible. I have called you here to discuss how to solve the Yuezhou issue!" Wu Zhao said with a gloomy face.
After hearing Wu Zhao's words, everyone remembered that it was Wu Zhao who supported Ning Chen before.
Let Ning Chen use the Fu Guards.
So now they seemed to be scolding Ning Chen, but in fact Wu Zhao would also listen.
As a result, everything above the Jinluan Palace suddenly became quiet.
…
At the same time that Wu Zhao and the others were asking for advice.
Li Ziqiu and the others also had some small episodes.
The government guards on Li Ziqiu's side defeated a small wave of bandits who pursued them.
The only pity is that Qu Bo told Li Ziqiu that the bandits were not wiped out all, but a dozen of them escaped.
After hearing Qu Zhong's report, Li Ziqiu thought quietly for a while and said to Qu Zhong: "Leave a team of people to monitor the situation in Lanping Mansion, and the rest of the people will retreat."
Although Qu Zhong didn't know why Li Ziqiu gave such an order, he just obeyed it.
I believe Li Ziqiu is right after all.
Li Ziqiu and the others left a group of people behind and retreated.
The dozen or so bandits who fled back immediately blew up the bandits' den.
Because they directly brought devastating news to these bandits.
That is, more than 10,000 imperial guardsmen from the imperial court, disguised as imperial guards, have already arrived at the city.
At the same time, they also have very favorable evidence.
First, they saw those people fleeing hastily from Lanping Mansion and did not continue to flee.
Second, they saw more than a thousand stoves used for cooking.
If there weren't so many people, how could there be so many stoves?
Thirdly, as to why they think the Forbidden Army is disguised as the Imperial Guard. This is even simpler.
Because they did not believe that the imperial guards could defeat the bandits.
So those Imperial Guards must be the Forbidden Army in disguise.
Such explosive news was brought back to Lanping Mansion.
The bandits' den in Lanping Prefecture was immediately bombed.
Then they began to speculate as to why the imperial army arrived late.
It's not because the Forbidden Army was blocked, but because of the large number of the Forbidden Army.
When there are more people, the speed of action becomes slower.
Let’s think about it again: Marquis Ding sent someone to stop this.
I'm afraid that all the people from Dingguohou's faction have been wiped out by the imperial army, and even Dingguohou himself may not be able to protect himself.
They were just a bunch of people, and now they know such news.
Plus, they couldn't even find the jade-faced bandit.
With more than 10,000 bandits, there was naturally chaos.
Those who run away flee, those who rob are those who rob.
The government guards who were sent to monitor the city saw the situation inside the city.
He quickly went back to report to Li Ziqiu.
When Li Ziqiu heard this, he immediately understood that this was completely in line with the concept of "taking things by chaos" in the art of war.
It would be wrong not to take the victory that is delivered to your door.
Therefore, Li Ziqiu immediately issued a battle order, changing from retreat to a rapid charge.
Li Ziqiu's 800 people, plus the Lanping Mansion Guards, the Forbidden Army, and the remaining soldiers of the two guerrilla generals, the miscellaneous entourage totaled more than 2,000 people.
He went straight to Lanping Mansion with great vigour.
Who would have thought that among the more than two thousand people, more than a thousand were defeated the day before, and the remaining eight hundred guardsmen had never even been on the battlefield.
But there is no way, there are more than 10,000 imperial troops behind them, and they will arrive soon.
So you have to be tough.
At dawn, Li Ziqiu had already led his men back to Lanping Mansion.
At this time, the east gate of Lanping Mansion was open.
If the bandits gathered temporarily and fought with ease, there would definitely be no problem at all.
But the camp has been bombed now, so don't expect anyone to remember whether the gate is closed or not.
No matter how bad the government guards are, they are still regular troops.
The most basic military literacy is still there.
More than two thousand regular troops entered Lanping Mansion again.
The bandits were instantly invincible.
Let's put it this way, regular troops are better at fighting in a smooth battle.
The governor of Lanping, who was about to issue an order, glanced at Li Ziqiu, turned to Li Ziqiu and asked: "Li Xuezheng, what should we do next?"
"Guard the three gates, leaving only the west gate, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and don't let any bandits in the city go."
Surrounding three and missing one, this is what Xu Muzhi wrote in his military book.
The governor did not doubt his presence and directly followed Li Ziqiu's words.
This battle lasted from Lingchen to noon.
The bandits in the city were finally cleared out.
Of course, most of them escaped from the west gate.
However, despite this, more than two thousand bandits were captured and killed.
After confirming that there were no more bandits in the city, Li Ziqiu immediately ordered people to close the four gates of Lanping Mansion.
Fu Yin and others did not understand Li Ziqiu's order.
"Li Xuezheng, shouldn't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it now?"
After Li Ziqiu heard Lanping Prefecture's words, he immediately scolded:
"With only two thousand of us, how can we chase down an army of bandits that approaches six people?"
"Fight more with less, don't stick to the city walls, but take the initiative to seek battles.
This is a taboo for military strategists!"
"Even if you are a civil servant, don't you, as the chief official of a city, know this basic common sense?"
The governor of Lanping was scolded by Li Ziqiu, and he was completely stunned.
I understand the basic common sense you mentioned, but there are clearly 10,000 forbidden troops behind us.
Think about it when you have such an advantage, and don't take advantage of the victory.
Isn't it a waste of opportunity to allow the bandits to escape?
Li Ziqiu asked Fu Yin: "Where are the 10,000 forbidden troops? Who told you that we still have 10,000 forbidden troops?"
When Li Ziqiu said this, Fu Yin was stunned.
No Imperial Guard?
Impossible?
This is what your lieutenant-general Qu Zhong told me personally.
"Ask Qu Zhong when I told him that we still have 10,000 imperial troops behind us."
After hearing Li Ziqiu's words, Lanping Prefect was stunned for a moment, and soon his back was soaked with cold sweat.
There are no reinforcements at all.
He followed Li Ziqiu and led the Eight Hundred Mansion Guards to fight back.
If the bandit army had persisted for a moment, wouldn't he have confessed here today?
But on second thought, Lanping Fuyin felt that Li Ziqiu was really unpredictable.
With the help of these defeated troops and the eight hundred guards, they were able to fight back forcefully.
And he also took back Lanping Mansion again.
The key is that he also severely damaged the bandit army.
As for the bandit army now that they know the truth, he is no longer afraid.
He now has a strong city to defend, and he is fully prepared.
Not to mention the bandit army of 6,000, even 60,000, he was confident of holding on for ten to eight days.
Thinking of this, the governor of Lanping saluted Li Ziqiu and said, "Thank you Li Xuezheng for saving the 200,000 people in Lanping from water and fire."
Li Ziqiu nodded, which was regarded as a response to Lanping Prefecture.
…
At this time, the Jinluan Palace was on the way.
Everyone is still having a heated discussion on how to deal with the banditry in Yuezhou.
But this discussion obviously has nothing to do with Wang Lin.
It's not that you didn't give your guards a chance, but what did your guards do?
A city was lost directly.
Wang Lin, who was disappointed, looked back at Ning Chen.
I found that Ning Chen was lowering his head at this moment and his shoulders were shaking.
"Hey, it was all me who harmed Mr. Ning!"
Seeing Ning Chen crying bitterly, Wang Lin felt even worse.
Cry?
Absolutely not.
But it's true that I cried when I laughed.
After a night and a morning of fermentation, the [佞] point is finally at the last moment.
Beyond the point of [loyalty].
Although the number exceeded is not much, only 800 points.
But when it was finally settled, it also gave Ning Chen a full 80,000 reputation.
Ning Chen finally realized the feeling of making money with blood.
It is far from the invincible position Ning Chen imagined, although there is still a gap.
But this gives me a good start for a better life in the future, doesn't it?
As for the feeling of being a sycophant.
Ning Chen really doesn't have time to experience it now.
Now Ning Chen is thinking about it, which holy path would be more suitable for him.
"Whoosh!"
Just when everyone was having a heated discussion.
A small cyan bird flew directly into the Jinluan Palace from outside.
Bluebird message.
At this time, there will be bluebirds sending messages, but they can only be in the direction of Yuezhou.
So for a moment everyone's eyes fell on the blue bird.
Even Ning Chen looked at the blue bird, intending to see what tricks Li Ziqiu played on him.
Wu Zhao looked at the bluebird flying in, his face also became solemn.
Wu Zhao thought much more than Ning Chen.
Lanping has been lost.
At this time, there were bluebirds flying over Yuezhou.
If it is bad news, it is definitely more serious than the fall of Lanping.
Wu Zhao even wondered whether the other two mansions had also fallen.
If this is really the case, Wu Zhao's position as supervisor of the country will not be so easy to occupy.
When the prince and the vassal prince came to the capital before, he finally got the cooperation of Ning Chen.
Let those princes and vassals, whether they want to admit it or not, must admit the fact that they supervise the country.
Now if Yuezhou loses two cities in a row.
I'm afraid the princes have another excuse to attack.
The most important thing is that losing a state will have a huge impact on luck.
Wu Zhao took the blue bird with a serious expression.
Everyone held their breath and looked at Wu Zhao, although they didn't know the information in the blue bird.
But they can judge what happened in Yuezhou through Wu Zhao's subtle expression.
It was only after Wu Zhao read the information in Blue Bird.
The change in Wu Zhao's expression made it impossible for them to guess the situation in Yuezhou.
Wu Zhao's expression first turned to shock, then to suspicion, and then to uncertainty again.
Originally, everyone planned to judge by subtle expressions, but now Wu Zhao's expressions are all written on his face.
Instead, they had no way of judging.
"Your Highness..."
Seeing that Wu Zhao was lost in thought, Lin Dunxin couldn't help but call out softly.
Wu Zhao came to his senses when he heard Lin Dunxin's call.
Looking at the stern expressions of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Wu Zhao suddenly smiled brightly and said: "Thank you for your hard work from last night to today."
After saying this, Wu Zhao directly ordered the eunuchs in front of the emperor to order the food to be delivered.