Lu Heng had just returned to the tent, and before he could sit down and take a sip of tea, the door curtain was lifted, and Duan Peng ran in happily.
Duan Peng chuckled, ran to Lu Heng, looked at Lu Heng eagerly, and asked expectantly: "Commander, what's the good news!"
"Huh..., how do you know something good happened?" Lu Heng was quite surprised. He looked at Duan Peng curiously and asked with a smile.
"Hehe, the general can guess it!" Duan Peng scratched his head and replied with a smile.
He raised his head and saw that the military advisor was tilting his head and looking at him. There was a look in his eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Duan Peng quickly admitted: "The soldiers who ordered the order couldn't even close their mouths when they smiled. So, hey, it's probably a good thing for me to be the last general!"
Lu Heng shook his head with a smile and slowly sat down. He took the tea handed to him by Ouyang Ruolan, took a sip, pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down!"
After seeing Duan Peng sit down, he still looked eager. His eyes were like those of a child waiting for candy.
"Okay, okay! I won't tease you anymore!" This fiery and resentful look made Lu Heng feel uncomfortable all over. He put down the tea cup, glared at him angrily, and said with a smile: "You
You guessed it right, it’s indeed a good thing!”
Lu Heng smiled, then took out the letter from the flying eagle from the table, threw it into Duan Peng's arms, and said with a smile: "Just now, Wang Xirang sent back news that the 10,000 rebels who were reinforcing Taiyuan surrendered.
Yes! Now, His Highness the Crown Prince has gone to appease the ten thousand brothers who surrendered. Moreover, I believe that Jinzhou will be recovered before tomorrow morning!"
"Really?" Duan Peng was immediately delighted when he heard this. He stood up and looked down at the military report in his hand, his eyes filled with disbelief.
This incident is really the biggest good news I have heard in the past few days. If Wang Xi allows his troops to capture Jinzhou without a bloody blow, it will be equivalent to providing a base with logistical supplies for the army's Northern Expedition. Moreover, as long as
If the Nanying soldiers guarding the south bank of the Yellow River break through the Yellow River defense line, then the southern part of Shanxi will be connected, and it will be just around the corner that the entire Shanxi will be under the rule of the imperial court again!
Lu Heng nodded slightly, picked up the steaming tea cup, took a sip, looked at Duan Peng with a smile and said: "Wang Xi made his troops recover 10,000 rebels without losing any blood. Now we can capture Jinzhong immediately. This is a great achievement."
Moreover, this guy has now ordered his 20,000 troops to rush to Jinzhou. I guess, on the one hand, this guy is so thunderous and popular, on the one hand, in order to capture Jinzhou as soon as possible and prepare a stable rear for the army. Secondly,
Come here, hehe... I must have the intention to compete with you. After all, your aura is so dazzling. So, Duan Peng!"
Lu Heng blew the tea, raised his head, looked at Duan Peng and said: "If you don't want to be outdone by Wang Xi, I will show off like you when I come back. You must win the battle of Taiyuan as soon as possible, and you must fight beautifully!"
"
Passing through the mist-like water vapor, Lu Heng asked Duan Peng with a smile: "How are you, General Duan, are you confident?"
Lu Heng's words had already ignited the competitive spirit in Duan Peng's heart. Although he didn't understand what the military advisor meant by the halo, he saw Lu Heng's smiling eyes filled with seriousness and hope.
Peng's heart suddenly shook, and his blood boiled all over. He stood up in a hurry, put one hand on his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, military advisor, I promise that we will capture Taiyuan Mansion before Yin time tomorrow morning! We will never let Wang Xi let that bird be underestimated.
us!"
After hearing this, Lu Heng nodded slightly, his eyes full of expectation, looked at Duan Peng, and said with a smile: "Oh, that's the case. Then Lu will hold a banquet here tonight and wait for your good news!"
"Okay!" Duan Peng exclaimed, clasping his fists to accept the order.
…
The sky is clear and the sun is high.
The strong wind blew by, and the flowing clouds in the blue sky were like white veils, spreading from one end to the other.
Under the sky, the wind picked up the snow and blew it across the ground, floating like light mist. In the distance, the lines of the mountains, like ink paintings, were faintly visible in the swirling snow and mist.
Ahead, the Taiyuan City shrouded in flying snow is majestic, tall and solemn.
"Boss Duan, what should we do?" Ma San was riding a horse, carrying two large axes as big as door panels. He glanced at Taiyuan City in the distance, turned around, and asked Duan Peng beside him eagerly.
Ma San was also anxious after hearing the news that Duan Peng told them that Wang Xi had asked them to capture the rebels, who were already attacking Jinzhou at this time. It is a small matter to be embarrassed, but it is a big matter to lose integrity! If Wang Xi lets the bird sing first, what will happen?
Maybe that guy was mocking him. Thinking of the sinister and cunning smile on Wang Xirang's honest face, Ma San felt unhappy for a while. At this time, he heard Boss Duan say that Wang Xirang had already arrived before him.
In front of me, Ma San couldn't sit still.
After asking, there was no answer from Boss Duan. The anxious Ma San turned around and took a look, only to find that Boss Duan was frowning and squinting, obviously thinking about countermeasures.
How can I do?
Duan Peng frowned and thought hard, his mind racing, thinking of ways to break the city.
Just now, when he was at the Chinese army camp, he talked to the military adviser about the method of attacking the city.
When he asked about this matter, Lu Heng smiled slightly, pondered for a moment, stared at him, and said lightly: "Attack what you cannot defend!"
This sentence comes from Sun Tzu's Art of War, and Duan Peng, who is familiar with the art of war, naturally knows it. However, at this time, facing Taiyuan City, which is fortified on all sides, there is no defensive weakness at all, let alone an attack.
Where is the point of failure?
"Can't you create conditions to make him give up some of them?" Lu Heng picked up the tea, blew on the tea, and said lightly. Then, seeing Duan Peng still frowning and thinking hard, Lu Heng smiled and pointed to the northwest of the camp.
Said: "Don't forget, those seven hundred paratroopers are still waiting on the high ground outside the city!"
After saying these words, Lu Heng smiled and turned his head to joke with Ouyang Ruolan.
The inquiry was unsuccessful, and the military advisor seemed to be interested in testing himself. Duan Peng opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know how to ask. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out, and finally had to withdraw.
Now, looking at the Taiyuan City that was defended on all sides in front of him, Duan Peng recalled the words of the military advisor, thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
Attack what is not defended and create conditions!
Yes, how the hell did I forget!
Along the way, the military counselor has been emphasizing the newly formed paratroopers. It is obvious that the military counselor's intention is to let these five million paratroopers, selected from thousands, act as surprise troops and break the stalemate.
Now, the four city gates are tightly defended, so, in other words, the defense in the city will be relatively weak. If you create conditions and attract the defenders in the city to the city gate to set up defenses. Then wouldn't the city...
A flash of light flashed through his mind, and Duan Peng, who was thinking of something in his mind, instantly changed his gloomy look and became happy and smiling.
Turning his head, he said to the ordering soldier with high spirits: "Command, all the generals from the four gates will start a feint attack on Taiyuan City after dark. Tell them to do it more realistically. Bring all the siege equipment! It's necessary.
Sometimes, there is no need to hesitate to make sacrifices. However, we must let them know that even if there are sacrifices, what they are going to do is just a feint attack! Do you understand?"
"Yes!" the ordering soldier heard the words, cupped his hands and replied in a deep voice.
After receiving the order, the messenger rode away without stopping for a moment.
"Feint attack?" Ma San next to him waited until the ordering soldiers left, then asked with a puzzled face: "Why do you have to feint attack? Can't we just attack directly?"
"You know what the heck!" Duan Peng scolded him angrily, and then asked: "Do you know how many archers are hidden on the city wall, and how many things that defend the city are hidden? Do you know how many archers are hidden on the city wall?
Where are you hiding it, where are all the things?"
After hearing this, Ma San thought about it carefully, then shook his head like a rattle and said, "I don't know!"
"Isn't that enough?" Duan Peng scolded angrily: "We make a feint attack. Firstly, we can paralyze the enemy. Secondly, we can also test their, uh, that's called firepower point! As long as it is detected, it can be detected at such a short distance.
, our artillery can complete precise strikes! After pulling out the archers and supplies guarding the city, it is equivalent to pulling out the tiger's teeth. By then, the grandchildren huddled in the city will not let us
Slaughter?”
"What's more important!" Duan Peng took a deep breath and glanced at the sun setting in the west. He smiled mysteriously and said: "What's more important is that if the four gates are in trouble, King Jin will definitely send other troops in the city to support the four gates.
At that time, the inner defense of the city will be empty, and it will be time for our seven hundred elite paragliders to show off their skills!"
"Ah, attack what is not defended. What a clever plan! Haha!" At this moment, Duan Peng completely understood what the military advisor meant when he said, create conditions and attack what is not defended.
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A hundred miles away, Jinzhou.
The sun sets in the west, and the sunset dyes the sky and the earth red.
The red sunset shines on the vast land, dyeing the whole world red.
In the dry woods, more than 10,000 soldiers gathered together, squatting around the big pit, looking at the brothers who were working hard and digging, their eyes full of curiosity.
"Everyone, work harder, dig faster!" The old wolf, who was bent over and standing in the pit, breathed into the palm of his hand, raised the half of the horse's stem in his hand, dug twice hard, and turned it to his side.
the soldiers shouted.
Ding-ding-ding-ding.
The sound of weapons hitting the hard frozen soil was particularly crisp.
The soldiers who were digging the hole were sweating profusely. They raised their swords and dug hard into the frozen ground.
Some soldiers have taken off their shirts and are going into battle shirtless in this winter.
A shirtless soldier raised the spear in his hand and thrust it down hard.
There was a ding, and a crisp sound came from below.
"Hey, what is this?" The soldier was surprised for a while, then quickly dropped the spear in his hand, squatted down, and began to pull at the frozen soil with his hands.
"Dig!" The others looked happy when they saw this. They hurriedly stepped forward, squatted down, and started digging with their hands.
Dozens of people worked together to dig out the soil, revealing a square stone slab.
"Old Wolf, look!" The soldiers were delighted when they saw the stone slab. They hurriedly turned their heads and called to the old wolf who was drinking water.
When the old wolf heard this, he quickly handed the water bag to the soldier beside him, then leaned over and said, "Let me see, let me see!"
The soldiers quickly moved out of the way and let the old wolf in.
After seeing the neat square stone slabs, Old Wolf was immediately overjoyed and laughed and said: "This is it!"
After laughing, the old wolf spat into the palm of his hand, rolled up his sleeves, stepped forward and began to press the gap between the stone slabs with the blade of his knife, turned his head, and said to the brothers behind him: "Brothers, work harder and cut this
The stone slab is opened. There is a passage inside!"
"Everyone, come on together!" After hearing this, the soldiers quickly went up and began to use their own tools to knock on the gaps in the stone slab.
Half an hour later, dozens of soldiers shouted a slogan and worked together to push in.
With a bang, the stone slab fell to the ground after being pushed in for half a foot.
What was exposed in front of everyone was a deep and dark passage five feet square.
"Is this the passage?" A soldier rubbed his eyes and asked in disbelief as he looked at the deep passage in front of him.
"Yes!" Old Lang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded with a smile, and pointed at the passage: "This passage leads all the way to the outside of the Jinzhou County Government Office, to a Guanyin Hall three miles away."
When he first discovered this secret passage, Lao Lang took Xiao Wang Er inside for a trip. Therefore, he knew the exit of this secret passage like the back of his hand.
However, thinking that Little Wang Er was already buried deep in the loess at this time. The look in Old Wolf's eyes darkened, he lowered his head, shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed.
"Really, what are we waiting for? Let's go in quickly!" After hearing this, the soldier suddenly became happy, lowered his head and walked inside.
"You're looking for death!" The old wolf, who was feeling a little sad, was shocked when he heard these words. He quickly stretched out his hand, grabbed him back, and cursed angrily: "Do you want to die?"
"What's wrong?" The soldier asked in confusion when he saw the reproachful look on Old Wolf's face.
The old wolf glared at him, then turned his head, looked at the deep passage, and said with lingering fear: "I heard from the old people in my hometown that there are ghosts in places that have not been opened for a long time. As long as strangers enter, their souls will be absorbed by the ghosts.
, death will not lead to rebirth!"
"What should we do?" After hearing this, the soldier's face turned pale with fright. He quickly stepped back and asked in horror.
"Wait, let's go in again when there is some ventilation!" Old Wolf glanced at the passage, smiled, waved his hands and said: "Old people say that ghosts' bodies are very light and they will die if they are blown by the wind. So,
Let it be ventilated, and when all the ghosts inside are dead, everything will be fine!"
"Oh!" When the soldier heard this, he suddenly understood and nodded. He turned his head and glanced at the deep hole. After thinking about it, he pouted and blew towards the entrance of the hole.
"What are you doing?" Old Wolf looked at the soldier who was blowing into the cave blankly and asked in confusion.
"General, didn't you say that ghosts are afraid of the wind? If there are so many of us blowing in together, wouldn't the ghosts die faster?" the soldier said, shaking his head like an old scholar.
Hearing this, the old wolf groped his chin and thought for a while, then his eyes lit up and he said to the soldier approvingly: "That makes sense!"
Turning around, he waved to the tens of thousands of soldiers behind him and said, "Come on, come on, let's all blow in together!"
Ever since, in the next period of time.
In the dry and dense woods, the dark soldiers gathered around the big pit, one hundred of them in groups. Under the command of the old wolf, they took turns jumping into the pit, staring, mustering up their energy, and headed towards
Blow out the hole.
After half an hour, the blowing was so intense that the soldiers' eyes turned white and their mouths became dry.
"Old Wolf, can you do it now?" A soldier asked weakly with his eyes black from exhaustion.
"Come on!" After the old wolf gestured, he took the lead and got in.
Behind them, a long line of people, like poisonous snakes entering a hole, all got in.
…
Half an hour later, Wang Xirang and his army finally arrived here after a long journey.
However, I forgot to take a look. I saw the deserted wilderness under the cold moonlight. Only the city in the distance stood solemnly in the sky and the earth, and there was not even a single figure in the rest.
"Where are the people?" Wang Xirang rubbed his eyes, opened his mouth wide, looked in front of him in astonishment, and asked in confusion.
"General, there is a hole there!" At this moment, the soldiers in the woods rushed over on horseback. After jumping off their horses, they ran to Wang Xirang, pointed to the woods on one side, and said in surprise: "It seems to be a secret cave."
road!"
"Secret passage?" Wang Xirang was suddenly startled. He turned his head and glanced at the forest as silent as water in the night. In his heart, anxious, he patted his horse on his hip and headed towards the forest: "Come on, go and have a look!
"
The group of people, following Wang Xirang into the woods, gathered at the entrance of the cave and peered inside.
"There are still a large number of footprints on the ground, which should be left by Lao Lang and the others!" Liu Sanbiao, who was standing outside the big pit, looked at the densely packed footprints at the entrance of the cave under the moonlight. After analyzing it for a moment, he turned around and said to Wang Xirang: "
If the general’s prediction is correct, Lao Lang and the others should have entered this secret passage!”
"You mean, this secret passage leads directly to Jinzhou City?" Wang Xirang frowned and thought, hearing another meaning in Liu Sanbiao's words. He turned his head and looked at Liu Sanbiao.
"Yes!" Liu Sanbiao nodded, focused his gaze, looked at the footprints, smiled and said: "Moreover, the exit of this secret passage should be not far from the government office! The general guessed that Lao Lang and the others wanted to arrest him directly
County magistrate, and then force the garrison to surrender!"
"But..." Wang Xirang was not happy after hearing this. Instead, he said with a worried look on his face: "There are 20,000 defenders in the city, and there are still elite soldiers passing by. If Lao Lang and the others go in, wouldn't they be throwing themselves into a trap?
?What's more, the Jinzhou garrison may not be coerced by Lao Lang. He may very well directly order the killing of the county magistrate. Afterwards, by shifting all the responsibility to Lao Lang, the relationship can be cleared!"
"What should we do?" Liu Sanbiao was startled after hearing this. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and asked worriedly: "Aren't they very dangerous, Old Wolf?"