Shengdu and Jialan are far away from the east and west, there are countless cities in the middle, there are many passes, and it is not easy to attack, especially after capturing several cities near Jialan, Shengdu urgently dispatched heavy troops over, and the large and small passes and towns are heavily guarded inside and out......

"Zheng Jue brought most of the old departments of the Wang family from Gaochang this time, and after a few months of getting along, those old departments seem to regard him as the new master." Li Yiming said to Gongsun Hao, "Hao, when everyone discusses it together for a while, you should propose that the main general be rotated......

Gongsun Hao refused: "No need." Zheng Jue's personality, I can trust it. ”

Li Yiming said no more.

……

As soon as the news of the fall of the towns near Jialan reached Shengdu, Shengdu urgently dispatched troops to set up thick defenses in various fortresses outside Jialan and the towns along the border, each fortress was heavily guarded, and it was obviously not as easy to continue the assault as before.

After discussing with everyone, Gongsun Hao unanimously decided to attack Yongcheng first, because Yongcheng is the thoroughfare of the four states, and if it is advantageous to get this place, it will belong to the four states.

At this time, it is facing a problem of anxiety, the importance of Yongcheng's geographical location is well known, how can Shengdu not know that Yongcheng will bear the brunt, the strange thing is that Yongcheng is not heavily guarded, is it deliberately to lure them deeper?

Lou Qin said: "It's better for me to take a light horse to explore the city first." ”

"Let's let my father go," Lou Xiao said, "although you don't lose to a man, if you are captured, won't you be insulted?" Lou Xiao then begged Gongsun Hao: "Marshal, let me go, I'll go to the city to find out the situation." ”

Li Yiming saw that Gongsun Hao was silent, and answered: "It is indeed necessary to send someone to find out the situation first, but General Lou is very old, and it may not be appropriate to let General Lou go." ”

Xu Lingjian said: "Then I'll go." ”

"You, you don't seem to be right, you have always been in charge of defending the city, the task of finding the way is not easier than defending the city, and others have no experience in defending the city."

"General Zheng, General Zheng has." Xu Lingjian said.

"Then let me go." Zheng Jue said, his eyes swept over the eyes in front of him, and smiled proudly, "Let me go!" ”

Li Yiming stopped talking, and his eyes echoed Lou Xiao's distance.

Zheng Jue looked at Gongsun Hao, waiting for his reply, but Gongsun Hao twisted his eyebrows, a little worried: "Let Zhong Huan go with you." ”

Zheng Jue patted him on the shoulder: "No need. I'll just take some light bikes with me. ”

Gongsun Hao repeatedly told him: "Then you be careful." ”

Zheng Jue glanced at Li Yiming, turned around and walked to the camp to select soldiers.

An hour later, Zheng Jue only led ten light horsemen to appear near Yongcheng, he explained that the selected two archers who were proficient in archery and could penetrate Yang quietly lurked on the top of the Yongcheng city tower to hide, and ordered two soldiers who had achieved light skills to also go upstairs to hide, and he led the remaining six people to slowly enter the open city gate with light horses, and entered the city gate, Zheng Jue deliberately suppressed the speed of the horse, and the pinna was always alert and upright, and he was engrossed in watching every move in the city, obviously this empty city was not as quiet as it seemed.

The sound of the wind whistling sharply along the empty corridor, but the sound of hunting flags hanging from the upper floors of the city was heard. Zheng Jue took the reins and stopped moving forward, took out the Wanshi bow from under the saddle, took the arrow up, and sent it hard at the Zhu Zhi on the platform in front of him.

With the roar of the flag breaking, there were black heads pouring out of the city like an overflowing flood, and the sound of bows and arrows set off like firecrackers one after another, in an instant, the city gate was closed, and with the sound of successive sounds, Zheng Jue's head was pointed at by ten thousand arrows.

Someone on the tower of the city shouted: "Those who know each other will put down their weapons and dismount, and they will be captured." ”

Zheng Jue smiled at the people shouting on the city tower, let go of his fist, and the Wanshi bow fell to the ground, Zheng Jue raised his hands together: "Don't act rashly, don't let go of the arrow, don't let go of the arrow, I'll get off the horse!" ”

The general at the gate of the city shouted again: "And the people behind you, disarm quickly!" ”

"Do you hear me! If you want to stay alive, you won't lose your weapons! Zheng Jue turned his head, his eyes quickly glanced over the city gate, and the six people behind him dropped their weapons. The seven men dismounted, and only halfway down the stirrup was picked, and the six arrows flew out of the city gate, and the towers on both sides of the road screamed in pain, and the corpses fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! In a panic, someone shouted hoarsely: "Quick! ”

Zheng Jue quickly turned over and hid below the horse's belly, avoiding the rain of arrows, and at the same time, hooking his feet on the horse's back, the horse turned its head and rushed towards the city gate, and the six of them did the same.

"Defend the gates! Don't let them run! ”

The soldiers who had hidden above the gate had already jumped down and quickly killed the gatekeepers, opening the gate before the pursuers arrived.

Zheng Jue and the others took the opportunity to rush out......

"As soon as I entered the city gate, I was tempted, and I was ambushed," Zheng Jue said, "and the city is heavily guarded, and it is not easy for us to storm it." ”

"Heavy troops?" Li Yiming said, "If there is really a strong army that is enough to make people fearful, can General Zheng come back unscathed?" The old man really didn't believe it. ”

"It's kind of unbelievable. General Zheng only brought ten light horsemen this time, and encountered an ambush in the city, and General Zheng's eleven people were unscathed, the old man thought, if it was really a heavy army that we couldn't deal with, it shouldn't be so easy to get out of danger. Lou Xiao also said.

Xu Lingjian also smiled: "If there are really heavy soldiers stationed in Yongcheng that we can't deal with, then Zheng Jue, I will admire you so much." ”

Who knew that Zhong Huan kicked him below and reminded him in a low voice: "Don't underestimate others." ”

"What are you kicking me for?" Xu Lingjian didn't hear it, and glared at Zhong Huan angrily.

Zhong Huan was extremely embarrassed, pursed his lips, straightened his back, and honestly met Gongsun Hao's gaze.

It's not that we can't deal with it, but it's not worth attacking strongly, and if we insist on attacking, it may hurt our vitality." Zheng Jue said.

"General Zheng is so determined?" Li Yiming said, "General Zheng, don't exaggerate, General Zheng-"

"Father," Gongsun Hao interrupted Li Yiming's words and said coldly, "General Lou didn't lead troops with General Zheng back then, so he didn't know General Zheng. But Yafu was a soldier with General Zheng, and Yafu was under General Zheng back then, didn't Yafu forget that Yafu should know that General Zheng is ......"

"The old man just raised his own doubts for everyone to discuss, and the marshal should not be angry." Li Yiming apologized, but made a straight face.

"Oh?" Lou Xiao was surprised, laughed and eased the atmosphere, "It seems that General Zheng is very respected and trusted by the marshal, since the marshal has said so, then General Zheng should have something extraordinary, and the old man will have a good understanding in the future." ”

Lou Qin glanced at Zheng Jue: "According to what you say, if we don't attack, then we have to think of other ways, but there is really no better way at the moment, unless we change our strategy and don't occupy Yongcheng first." ”

Gongsun Hao thought for a while: "Then don't attack Yongcheng first, turn to attack the surrounding ones, you can take it separately and then form a siege of Yongcheng, then Yongcheng will be easy to take." ”

"The method seems to work, but after taking it, it may not be able to form a siege of Yongcheng, because: if Shengdu sends troops to set up another defense line from the periphery of these towns, we will be attacked by the enemy on our backs, waiting to be flanked," Zheng Jue said, "Yongcheng still has to be taken first." ”

"If you want to take Yongcheng first, but you can't attack it, how can you take it? Is there any good way to do it? Xu Lingjian asked, "Ruined the grain and grass?" But if you want to go into the city, do you have to work hard for General Zheng to attack at night? ”

"The old man thought of a way," Li Yiming said: "It's better to start from the water source, cut off the water source or poison the water, the water source of Yongcheng is introduced from the canal outside the city, there is no need to enter the city, we just need to find the culvert outside the city and fill it, no water source is worse than no grain and grass." ”

"No way!" Gongsun Hao vetoed, "There are still people in Yongcheng, and there is a shortage of water here, destroying the culvert is tantamount to destroying a city." ”

Zhong Huan muttered: "The means of cutting off water sources and poisoning are despicable, which will make the people complain, and they will definitely support Gongsun Er, which is not good for the marshal." ”

"So what to do?" Lou Qin: "This can't work, that's not okay, I really can't think of any other way." ”

Zheng Jue: "I have a way. ”

Gongsun Hao: "With ......"

The two spoke almost in unison.

"What's the solution?" The crowd looked at them expectantly.

Gongsun Hao smiled, looked at Zheng Jue and said, "I think I think the same thing as General Zheng." ”

"What the hell is the solution?" Zhong Huan couldn't wait, and kept urging Gongsun Hao, "I'm in a hurry, marshal, say it quickly." ”

Gongsun Hao smiled, but he didn't say it.

Zhong Huan scratched his ears and cheeks again: "Why can't I think of it?" ”

"Heh-" Xu Lingjian stretched out his leg and kicked him, "Alas, alas, let me tell you, people, you are self-aware." ”

Zhong Huan glanced at Xu Lingjian.

Lou Qin couldn't help but sneer: "Look at you two flirting all day long!" ”

"Who flirts with him!" Zhong Huan and Xu Lingjian blew up together.

"I was wrong," Lou Qin said, "you are not just flirting, you are still smart, tsk, so unanimous." ”

"The same voice is the marshal and General Zheng!" As soon as Zhong Huan blurted out, he quickly covered his mouth.

Gongsun Hao and Zheng Jue looked at each other and smiled, and once again said in unison: "The culvert ......"

"Culvert?" This time, everyone who still didn't know why was in unison. (.)

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