Chapter 136: Fan Cheng
That rain of arrows was shot at the right time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Kuo Kuotai and the soldiers under the tent were difficult to rush through, and they couldn't help but have a face full of anger and curse loudly, but they didn't know what he was talking about.
When the rain of arrows stops, reorganize the soldiers and horses, and fight again.
The sun was setting in the west, and it was already past noon, and during this time, the two armies had only exchanged three times. And this triad is not a broad platform match. Seeing Lu Liangyi's strategy, Kuokuotai thought of a plan in his heart and led his troops to lie on the side of the valley.
But after waiting for nearly two hours, the arrival of the enemy army was not seen, and the sun was shining, and a sense of sleepiness hit my heart, and I slept beside the horse unconsciously, and the sound of thick snoring came from my nose. The loud snoring sound infected several generals around him, and they also fell asleep beside him...
Suddenly, a fierce cannon fire came out, waking Kuo Kuotai from his sleep, and also woke up the generals beside him, and also caused the two opposing armies to stop and look at the sound of artillery.
Rubbing his hazy sleepy eyes, he looked at the place where the cannon sounded: he saw a thick black smoke rising from that place, which seemed to be burning with a huge flame. After a closer look, Kuo Kuotai was suddenly frightened, and the color of panic instantly crawled all over his face: the place where the smoke came from was the place where Kuo Kuotai was garrisoned in the city, and how could he not be shocked when he saw the fire in the garrison?
Hurriedly jumped on the horse's back, and before he could urge the horse, he heard a shout of killing coming from behind.
It turned out that the department of the broad platform against Lu Liangyi, when they heard the sound of the cannon, they all looked back, and when they saw the firelight, they panicked, and the boss was not here, and they were shocked for a while, everyone was worried about Xiangcheng, abandoned Lu Liangyi, and looked at Xiangcheng and left. How could the general who commanded this team leave behind the panicked soldiers?
Seeing the thick smoke and the panicked rout of the enemy army, how could Lu Liangyi not chase after him? How could he let go of such a good opportunity?
The panicked soldiers joined forces with the military horses in the place of the broad platform, and walked straight to Xiangcheng. Before arriving at the north gate, I only heard a shout from the top of the city tower, and suddenly hundreds of Tang soldiers appeared, wearing the clothes of Kuo Kuotai's subordinates, holding bows and crossbows in their hands, and saw Kuo Kuotai leading his troops approaching. Just listen to an order. Arrows rained down on the city, shooting straight at the broad platform.
Kuokuotai was shocked and shouted loudly, only to hear a general above the city tower say, "I am the general of the Tang Dynasty, and I have recovered this city by military order, you are a thief, and you should not quickly dismount and surrender." After finishing speaking, I saw that the flags of Lu and Lu suddenly rose behind him.
When he heard this, he was even more frightened, and when he saw the flags, he was even more frightened. Turning the horse's head sharply, he looked east of the city and left.
Kuo Kuotai wanted to go to the west gate, but when he heard the sound of killing in the sky at the west gate, he didn't dare to go west, so he had to go to the east gate.
The Tang soldiers on the top of the city tower saw the broad platform walking westward, hurriedly planted the flag in their hands, put away the bow and crossbow in their hands, and walked away from the place where the fire broke out in the city. They were originally Tang soldiers who were mixed in the broad Taiwan army yesterday, and there were only a few hundred people. And that sentence is also a lie, a deception of the broad platform.
After noon, when the enemy troops in the city were sleepy, dozens of people stole into the enemy's grain and grass, set fire to the enemy's grain and grass, and quietly withdrew, shouting loudly in the enemy's army, "The enemy army is coming, the enemy army has entered the city." "Taking advantage of the panic of the enemy army, he took off his clothes and blended in with the people, waiting for the next military order. The other hundreds, falsely claiming to be sergeants of the enemy camp, were ordered by the enemy general to inform the city of the panic, and the camp was in a panic, as if there was an enemy invasion. The enemy general believed it and led his men to look at the camp and leave. The group, after the enemy general left, hurriedly jumped up to the city tower, cut off the dozens of people guarding the tower, took the bow and crossbow in their hands, and took out the flag hidden in their arms, replaced the enemy's flag, and when they heard the cannon fire in the city, and saw the fire rising in the enemy camp, they hurriedly followed the prior arrangement, and when they saw Kuo Kuotai leading his troops to come, they shot him. Seeing him looking eastward, he hurriedly walked down from the tower, took off the clothes of the enemy, put on the clothes of the people, blended in with the people, and waited for the army's life.
After the battle with Kuokuotai, Lu Xiaofeng quietly led a team of men and horses to come to the west gate, and when he heard the sound of cannons, he brought out the men and horses lying in the forest, looked at the west gate, made a siege momentum, shouted loudly, but did not really attack the city.
The soldiers on the enemy tower saw it, heard the sound of panic in the city, and saw the fire under the thick smoke, it was difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, and they were all terrified, so they had to shoot crossbow arrows to block Lu Xiaofeng's attack.
Seeing such a situation, and not seeing the army in the army, the commander had already left the city, and it was difficult for him to make the right decision for a while, and after hesitating, he suddenly thought of a word, and then called a confidant soldier, whispered a few words in his ear, and handed him a token in his hand, opened the south gate, and ordered him to go and send the news to Fancheng quickly.
Before that person came to Fancheng, a subordinate Lu Liangyi, who pretended to be an enemy soldier, came to Fancheng and told the enemy generals of Fancheng about Xiangcheng. Hearing this, there was still some hesitation and some doubt in his heart. At this time, the fine work sent to Xiangcheng and Jizhou hurried back, and told the enemy generals about the situation in the two places, and the news of Jiyao County and Luoshui County had already come yesterday, and he had to be convinced that these news were combined in one place. Just lit up the military horse and prepared to leave the city, it happened that the person who delivered the news of Xiangcheng came. Seeing the token in the man's hand, and hearing the expression in the man's mouth, he was already sure that Xiangcheng was in danger. Thinking in his heart, if Xiangcheng is in danger, Fancheng can be saved, and hundreds of thousands of troops will also be surrounded by enemy troops, and it will be difficult to return.
Thinking of this, I had to make a decision: almost all the troops of Fancheng, leaving only 5,000 men and horses to stick to Fancheng, leading his subordinates to rush to Xiangcheng with the person who passed the news from Xiangcheng.
And when he opened the east gate and entered the city, he saw the scene in the city, and saw that the fire in the camp had been extinguished, and the enemy army at the west gate had retreated, and he knew that it was the enemy's plan. On the one hand, he searched around the city for the fine work that had infiltrated the city, and on the other hand, because of the great anger in his heart, he led his subordinates to kill the large camp set up by the soldiers Lu and Lu on the mountain.
When I got to the camp, I realized that the camp was empty, and I couldn't find anyone. He was even more angry in his heart, and looked at the general beside him and said, "Kill all the people in the city." If not, I'll be angry at the South School..."
When the general heard this, he hurriedly said, "The general must not, the general of Mandula once said, 'Do not kill a single person in the city.'" If you want to truly win this city, you should not be violent, but benevolent. If it is violent, it will be difficult to win the hearts of the people. It is difficult to convince the people. Only benevolence can regain the hearts of the people and truly take this city into its hands. If anyone violates this order, he will not be spared. ’”
"Don't worry about him," a look of displeasure suddenly rose on the broad table, and he looked at the general and said, "Mandu is not here, I don't know the situation here." I am the commander here, and everything is up to me. If you disobey my command, you will be beheaded..."
The general saw the expression on the broad table, and saw the big knife in his hand, and his heart was afraid, so he had to nod his head and take the order.
When Kuo Kuotai saw that he had received his order, he said, "Go back to the city, and I will lead the people to catch up with that despicable enemy army and annihilate the enemy army." ”
Seeing the hideous expression on the broad platform, the general was afraid in his heart and did not dare to say much, so he had to go back to the city alone, thinking in his heart: To kill or not to kill? If he kills, he will inevitably violate the order of Mandula, and if he does not kill, he will violate the life of the broad platform. This matter is definitely a headache for him. Something that made it difficult for him to decide. With a thick voice of sorrow and grief, I have unconsciously come to the foot of the city. When he entered the city, he saw the people in the city, and saw the anger in the eyes of the soldiers in the city, and he seemed to see a spiritual light in his heart, but he was a little unbearable. In the midst of hesitation, a thought suddenly came to my mind, and I couldn't help but clap my hands with joy, as if I had gone crazy...
If you don't kill the people in the city, it is difficult to eliminate the anger in the hearts of the soldiers, and it is difficult to eliminate the resentment in the hearts of the soldiers, and killing the people will only make the people in the city panic and go against the words of Mandula. However, there is a way to deal with this matter: killing the people in the state capital is enough to vent the anger of the soldiers in the city, but not to terrify the people in the city. Innocent people from the state capital fell victim to this.
The reason why Mandula made that decision, that order, was only because he knew one thing very well, and if it were not for the fact that he knew this reason, how could he have been able to unify almost the entire grassland in just one year: to rule the people with violence, just like seeing the torrent rushing quickly, only blocking it with sand and stones, and not channeling the torrent. Sand and gravel can only be blocked for a while, but it is difficult to last for a long time, and it will inevitably break through the barrier of sand and gravel in the future. And at that time, that torrent must not be able to resist by manpower. If channeled, the torrent will inevitably become a small stream, to be accused, and even to be a beneficial irrigation water. And this guidance is benevolence, only benevolence can subdue the people's hearts, and can truly take a city.
Let's say that the soldiers of Fancheng have left, and the news has reached Dai Zhongyi's ears.
Dai Zhongyi ordered a team of men and horses to pretend to be enemy troops, wanting to open the city gate by fraud, and when the city gate was opened, he led the crowd into the city to recover Fancheng. Unexpectedly, when the group of men and horses arrived at the bottom of the city, it was difficult to open the city gate, and they were shot dead by the enemy troops on the upper floors of the city. If it weren't for the fact that the enemy army on the tower saw this group of men and horses wearing enemy clothes and speaking the enemy's language, it would not have been just a few arrows that were shot in vain. Seeing the enemy like this, he had no choice but to give up, Dai Zhongyi, who saw this scene, was full of surprise, and he couldn't find a good plan in his heart, and he was very distressed...
It turned out that when the enemy in Fancheng was about to leave, he specially ordered: If I did not come here in person, no one should open the city gate when they came to the city, and if this order was violated. Determined to be unforgiving.
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