Chapter 459: Luring the Enemy Deeper
Yun Fan nodded, and glanced at the two beauties: "You go to the reception room to rest first, I have something important to discuss with General Niu." β
"Yes. β
The two beauties also gave him face, and they went out first after a reply.
But Niu Hongjiang didn't know that these two beauties, one was the master of the fake prince, the first beauty in the world, Bixia Fairy.
One is the real emperor's own sister, Princess Ziyu.
When the two beauties went out, Yun Fan said: "General Niu, then I'll make a long story short, please call all your most trusted generals, I have something to tell you." β
"Yes. β
Niu Hongjiang bowed and replied.
Subsequently, Niu Hongjiang called all five of his henchmen in.
The defenders of Liaocheng had a total of 20,000 people, but in fact, most of them were loyal to the empire.
They don't want to go to the enemy.
It's just that they don't have that much power and can only go with the flow.
But General Niu and these five henchmen are the voters.
Most of this is also for their own interests, because there is money to take and high-ranking officials to surrender.
Yun Fan looked at the five of them and said, "Everyone, the matter has been negotiated, and it will be up to you to do it later." β
"I'll listen to His Royal Highness the Prince and His Majesty the King. β
The six of them replied at the same time.
These are just clichΓ©s.
"That's good, then I'll say it bluntly, the Heavenly Sage Empire will attack the day after tomorrow, and the defenders of Liaocheng alone will definitely not be able to hold it, so we ......"
Yun Fan told everyone about the next plan.
Everyone nodded, no objections.
Anyway, don't let them work hard with others, and there will be high-ranking officials after the fact, so why not.
General Niu thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, take the initiative to pull Suicheng, in case the Holy Empire is defeated, the Aosheng Empire will definitely come back to clear our Xiao Kingdom." β
"I've also considered this, but don't worry, the Aosheng Empire will lose this battle, because this time the Heavenly Saint Empire is uniting the northern barbarians to attack the Aosheng Empire. β
Yunfan cheers everyone up.
"That's fine. β
Everyone laughed.
"Okay, let's go and prepare, the day after tomorrow, as soon as the Heavenly Saint Empire's army arrives outside the city, we will start retreating. β
Yun Fan commanded.
Everyone went their own way, and it was not difficult to mobilize 20,000 troops, but it was difficult to persuade the soldiers below to take the initiative to evacuate.
In this case, if anyone dares to oppose it, the best way is to deal with it by military law, directly execute them, and make an example of them.
"What, General Niu, as the commander of the garrison, you actually ordered the army to withdraw from Liaocheng and retreat directly to Suicheng, a thousand kilometers away, do you know what this means? β
In another tent, an angry voice rang out.
These words were heard by many people outside.
The person who said this was Zheng Mingke, the deputy general of the Liaocheng garrison.
Niu Hongjiang reprimanded: "General Zheng, don't be alarmist, what is treason, this is to lure the enemy into depth, this is the highest decision made by the military department, you don't be obsessed, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law immediately." β
"Treason is treason, and what you say is so high-sounding, you can kill if you want to, and this general will never be in the same league as you who are greedy for life and afraid of death. β
Zheng Mingke's great doctor Ling Ran is not afraid of life and death.
"Okay, since you want to die, then I will fulfill you, come to someone, take off his military uniform, take him out, and deal with it immediately by military law. β
Niu Hongjiang ordered loudly.
Yun Fan also heard these words, and he walked in.
"Your Highness. β
Niu Hongjiang hurriedly bowed down and shouted.
Zheng Mingke snorted coldly, and said angrily: "As the prince of Prince Xiao, it is shameful that you are willing to be in the company of such traitors. β
"Why did General Zheng say this, we are just formulating a plan to lure the enemy into the depths, as a deputy general, you should cooperate well with General Niu, how can you spread rumors to shake the hearts of the army. β
Yun Fan walked over and patted Zheng Mingke on the shoulder, and said seriously: "I know your loyalty to Xiao Guo, but loyalty must also be used in the right place. β
At the same time, Yun Fan heard to him again: "I know that General Zheng is a righteous and loyal person, don't worry, I won't let the soldiers suffer this grievance, you listen to me, withdraw from Liaocheng, I will definitely let the army of the Heavenly Sage Empire have no return." β
Zheng Mingke glanced at him, then snorted coldly and shook his hand away.
Niu Hongjiang said: "Your Highness, just let him go? β
"Out of the way, I think he'll figure it out. β
Yun Fan smiled knowingly, and added: "After all, he is a deputy general in the army, if we deal with him at this time, what will the people below think, as long as we can stabilize him, those who oppose him will naturally be obedient." β
"Your Highness is still thoughtful. β
Niu Hongjiang replied with admiration, this also has the meaning of sycophancy.
In the evening, Yunfan and they returned to the hotel.
After taking a bath, Hui Shangbi lay on the bed and said, "Come, give me a massage." β
"I think you're addicted. β
Yun Fan smiled.
"Yes, it's addictive, hurry up. β
Hui Shangbi glanced at him, then rolled over and lay on the bed.
Yun Fan sat on top of her and began to massage her.
"Ah......h
The voice of ecstasy sounded again.
Wu Ziyu, who was eavesdropping next door, couldn't help but clench her hands, a little impatient: "This dead woman, she started screaming again, it's really so cool, really, I don't know how to be reserved." β
In the second half of the night, when Wu Ziyu fell asleep, Yun Fan left the hotel and arrived at the top of a mountain.
Zheng Mingke is already waiting here.
When he was in the barracks, Yun Fan told Zheng Mingke through the sound transmission that he wanted him to come here to meet.
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince invited me here late at night, I don't know if there is anything important to tell me, if you are persuading me to be in the same stream with you, then I advise you to deal with it directly with my military law. β
Zheng Mingke is neither humble nor arrogant, and even a little mocking.
"General Zheng is such a loyal and good general, how can I bear to be dealt with by military law. β
Yun Fan walked up to Zheng Mingke, pointed to the west, and said, "The Heavenly Saint Empire is eyeing the Osheng Empire, if we don't inflict heavy damage on them, they will attack the Osheng Empire sooner or later, and when the time comes, the lives will be destroyed and the people will be displaced." β
"Now that you know, you still tell the defenders to retreat?"
Zheng Mingke asked.
Yun Fan shook his head helplessly: "If you don't retreat, how long do you think the 20,000 defenders can hold it?"
Zheng Mingke said: "Naturally we can't stand it with just 20,000 defenders, we can ask the empire for help and wait for imperial reinforcements." β
"The Heavenly Sage Empire colludes with the northern barbarians, and the Heavenly Sage Empire attacks Liaocheng, even if we defend it, the empire will only send reinforcements to the north, and there will simply not be enough troops to send to Liaocheng at that time. β
Yun Fan was a little helpless, and continued: "When Liaocheng is broken, the enemy army will definitely kill the people of Liaocheng on a large scale, and we will take the initiative to retreat now, and the enemy army will quickly pass through Liaocheng without causing harm to the people of Liaocheng. β
"What you say is true?"
Zheng Mingke was a little suspicious, he heard that the Xiao royal family was intent on surrendering, and the so-called luring of the enemy into the depth was all fake.
Yun Fan asked rhetorically: "As the prince of Xiao, would I joke about this kind of thing, what is the benefit of this to the Xiao country, and what is the benefit to the royal family?"
"It's the last general who didn't think it through, and asked His Highness to atone for his sins. β
Zheng Mingke was a little convinced, knowing that he had offended the prince, so he showed his apology.
"It's fine. β
Yun Fan smiled and said, "In the future, we will have to bother General Zheng to win the hearts of the army, and there are indeed some surrender factions in the army, and we must get rid of them secretly." β
"The last will understand. β
Zheng Mingke replied.
The two discussed some specific plans and went back separately.
When it was dawn every day, the defenders of Liaocheng began to withdraw and retreated in the direction of Suicheng.
An empty city was left behind.
At this time, the people of Liaocheng were still asleep, and they had no idea that Liaocheng was about to undergo earth-shaking changes.
When the army of the Heavenly Sage Empire effortlessly broke through the city gate and entered Liaocheng in a mighty way.
The people were pleasantly surprised from their sleep.
At first, they were scared and panicked.
But then, they found that the enemy army did not kill in the city, but advanced quickly in the direction of Lucheng, and had no intention of stopping in Liaocheng at all.
Lucheng is only more than 200 kilometers away from Liaocheng, and the speed of the army is 80 kilometers per hour, and it takes more than two hours to arrive.
Although Lucheng has begun to be deployed, tens of thousands of disciples of Sheng Zhimen have been dispatched.
But everyone knew that Sheng Zhimen could not resist the army of the 500,000 Heavenly Saint Empire.
However, the reinforcements of the Osheng Empire did not come, and the Osheng Empire did not seem to care about this matter, because the Osheng Empire had already sent a large army to the north to resist the barbarians.
This information was also known to the Military Aircraft Department of the Heavenly Saint Empire.
Therefore, the Heavenly Saint Empire was sure that this plan was very successful.
Now wait for the breakthrough of Lucheng, step on the Shengzhi Gate, and then you can drive straight in.
Just as the 500,000 troops of the Heavenly Saint Empire were about to arrive outside Lucheng City, in a valley a hundred kilometers away, Yun Fan came here with 20,000 defenders.
"Your Highness, this is not right, this is not the direction to Suicheng. β
Niu Hongjiang was a little puzzled, looking at the map and feeling more and more wrong.
"You can also go to Suicheng here, although it is a mountain road, but it is relatively close. β
Yun Fan pointed to the map on the communicator, and his finger drew the route on it.
Niu Hongjiang nodded approvingly after reading it, and then gave a thumbs up: "Your Highness is still wise, I haven't found a small road here in Liaocheng for so long." β
Yun Fan nodded knowingly, and said, "General Niu, tell the army to repair on the spot, and ask your people to come with me." β
"Yes. β
General Niu answered the order, ordered the army to repair on the spot, and then called a few of his henchmen to follow Yun Fan to a corner.
Hui Shangbi and Wu Ziyu also followed.
Niu Hongjiang looked around and asked tentatively, "Your Highness, do you have anything important to tell us?"
"No, I just want to tell you one thing, you defect to the enemy and deserve to be put to death, so now, you go to hell. β
Yun Fan's words were very plain.
This kind of blandness makes people feel an incomparably dignified deep cold, and people can't help but shiver.