Yang Kaiyuan really decided to strike at the same time in three ways, but as a veteran of the battle formation, of course he would not use even force on all three roads. Yang Kaiyuan knew that if these three directions could be opened, the most strategically significant would of course be to the west, because the northeast and Shandong could actually be connected by sea, while Hedong could not. However, going west will also be the most difficult way, because Zong Bi is also guarding against it!

If it was Xiao Tienu who came to use troops, maybe he would choose to be desperate and concentrate his forces to rush west, but Yang Kaiyuan was not, he still preferred the mode of using troops first and then difficult. His deployment was: to enter the river with sixty percent of the mobile force, to attract the attention of the Zongbi army here, and to take the south of Cangzhou, Binzhou, Dizhou, and Shandong with a small number of troops, and finally the least number of troops along the way, is the surprise army to attack Luanzhou. Yang Kaiyuan actually did not have great hopes for this army and horses going north, and the focus of this troop operation was to contain Zongbi with a large army, and the results of the battle were in the coastal prefectures and counties of the Bohai Sea in the south of Tanggu. Of course, if the attack on the river goes well, then try to go west.

Yang Yingqi smiled when he saw this plan, and said secretly: "The army entered Hejian Mansion to attract Zong Bi, but in fact, it still ran to the battlefield to 'defend'. The third brother is still the third brother, even if he attacks, he also uses 'defense' to attack. ”

At the same time as Yang Kaiyuan was doing it, Yang Yingqi's civil official system was not idle. Behind Yang Kaiyuan's three-way army, they were all followed by a fairly large-scale civilian group. For example, on the way to the south, as long as the army enters Binzhou to sweep away the Jin army's entrenchment here, the civilian groups that follow it will immediately take over the land, and will be responsible for the pacification of the people, the transportation of money and grain, the rectification of the criminal law, and policy propaganda. The Han court center has been preparing for these administrative talents for many years, and most of these civil officials who entered with the army were Han court centers absorbing their local talents to Tanggu political science or Guanning school for training, and then delegated to the local experienced cadres, with these people following behind, Yang Kaiyuan's army may really be able to do a place, expand a place, and even do it because of the grain to collect troops in the mainland, the more the war will become stronger!

The three forces acted almost simultaneously, and the secret operation to the north was led by Zhang Zhonghan, with 5,000 soldiers and horses, marching by sea, and after landing on the shore, they went straight to Macheng, a stronghold in the south of Luanzhou. Yang Yingqi's privy system provided a strategic aid to this operation, that is, one of the guards of Macheng once had an eye-to-eye with the officials of the Han army, and promised to open the door to welcome the soldiers once they came to the city.

Li Shifu is also in Zhang Zhonghan's team, he leads a team of 100 people, if it weren't for the unfamiliarity with the terrain in this area, he would have to rush to be the vanguard!

About 30 miles away from the mouth of the Luanhe River, these 5,000 people quietly landed at night. Although the Jin army had to defend against the Han army from attacking from the sea, with the current strength of the Jin army, after all, it was impossible to have heavy troops guarding every step of the coastline of hundreds of miles, so it could only set up a sentry post at intervals.

In fact, there are sentry posts to monitor the place where the Han army landed, but because the guards have long been bought by the secret son of the Han army, this Han army can come unnoticed. However, although the straight-line sea distance from Tanggu to this is not long, because there is no suitable port, the unloading of soldiers, horses, and supplies is very slow.

Li Shifu was one of the first five hundred people to go ashore, and when he came ashore, he saw that more than 20 small boats were busy going back and forth between the big ships and the coast, and he didn't know how long it would take to unload the men and horses, so he came to see Zhang Zhonghan and asked him to allow him to lead his troops to take Macheng first.

Zhang Zhonghan was taken aback and said: "Now that the supplies on the ship have not been unloaded, and only five or six hundred soldiers and horses have gone ashore, how can we get there?" ”

Li Shifu said: "Our northward trip this time is a surprise attack, if we lose the opportunity, this surprise attack will not be done." We only have 5,000 men, and if Di Gu Nai's side is prepared, then even if all the supplies are complete, he will not be his opponent. ”

Zhang Zhonghan glanced at Li Shifu twice, and did not trust this young man who came from the west to receive "key training", a general like him who rose from the grassroots level step by step, is generally not very optimistic about the children with family backgrounds, but in addition to Li Shifu, there are two squad leaders who also agree with Li Shifu's proposition, and are willing to accept Li Shifu's moderation to take the city. Zhang Zhonghan said: "The army is fighting logistics, grain and grass!" On the general's side, even because of the lack of food and grass, there are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals who can't go south, you young people, don't take the war too seriously! ”

Li Shifu said: "How is it the same! The general's side couldn't go south, precisely because it was a big army, and it couldn't easily move without food and grass. But we are a 'small army', and as long as we get a little supply, we can last for ten days and a half months. We now carry dry food with us, and that's enough for us to survive until the day after tomorrow! Although Macheng is small, as long as we can enter it smoothly, hundreds of us will be able to feed the local area! ”

Zhang Zhonghan is a tough hand in the war, but he can't say anything, and Li Shifu's words are not completely unreasonable, he hesitated for a moment and finally agreed, and said: "Okay, you set off first, but not to capture the city, but to explore the way." ”

Li Shifu thought to himself: "When the military horse moves, then you can improvise." Then he said: "The last general is ordered!" ”

He used the secret son who was connected with the general of Macheng as a guide, and led 300 people to set off overnight. The hundred soldiers under his direct command have only been with him for seven or eight days, but these soldiers are all young people, Li Shifu is a passionate man, and it is easy to get along with them, and the other two squad leaders are also compatible with Li Shifu, so they were so helpful just now. After the three hundred people walked out of a distance, Li Shifu ordered a stop in the uninhabited wilderness, and said: "The Liaokou military school and the birdmen always say that our Tanggu army will only defend and not attack, and even say that we have not won a battle, so let them see if we will win the battle today, how about it?" ”

Erecting an angry object, is the only way to stimulate morale, all the soldiers in Tanggu service, naturally have a self-esteem and pride in the Tanggu military situation, so after hearing the Liaokou military science criticized Yang Kaiyuan's remarks, they all jumped to their feet, at this time listened to Li Shifu's words, anger and pride burst out together, and said: "I am willing to make contributions with Captain Li!" ”

After rectifying the hearts of the people, the march began again. The guide, Mizi, knew the road very well, took a shortcut, and by daylight, he was already outside the city.

One of the captains, Xu Changzhi, said to Li Shifu: "We just got off the boat and marched, and after walking all night, the men and horses were tired. Besides, General Zhang only ordered us to explore the way, but he didn't let us take the city, so it was better to find a remote place to rest first, and wait for reinforcements from behind. ”

Li Shifu looked at the faces of the soldiers, and saw that although they were gasping, they were in good spirits, so he said: "Everyone still has the spirit and can fight!" Although General Zhang has orders, we are all on the edge of the enemy city, how can we still hesitate? ”

Another school captain, Huang Zhen, also agreed with Li Shifu's statement: "We asked for orders first, we were originally taking risks to take credit, is it really to explore the way?" The previous lieutenant was speechless when he heard this.

Li Shifu ordered everyone to rest before the battle, ready to move at any time, and sent that Mizi into the city to contact the general Zhou Jiaqi, who intended to defect. Namizi soon returned, conveying the news: "Zhou Jiaqi was happy and worried when he heard that we were coming, and complained: 'Why did you come so late! ’”

Li Shifu asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

Na Mizi said: "The general sent by Di Gu Nai to patrol the city is in the city, so Zhou Jiaqi doesn't dare to do it. ”

Li Shifu asked: "Did the man sent by Di Gu Nai bring soldiers and horses?" How many soldiers and horses are there in Horse City? How many Han Chinese? How much is Khitan? How many Jurchens? How many are under the command of the Zhou family? Which gate does he control? ”

Na Mizi said: "That man only brought a dozen horses, there are only more than 800 soldiers and horses in the horse city, most of them are Han people, there are not many Jurchens, and there are more than 100 Khitans." There are more than 300 people under the direct command of Zhou Jiaqi. There are only two gates in Macheng, east and west, and Zhou Jiaqi controls the west gate. ”

"Good!" Li Shifu said: "You go and tell Zhou Jiaqi immediately, I will enter the city now!" Let him order people and horses to prepare to open the city to answer. ”

Mizi set off for a while, and Li Shifu did not wait for him to come back and ordered to set off to the west gate of Macheng, and three hundred men and horses arrived at the gate of Decheng. The city wall of Macheng is not high, and there are a number of soldiers standing on the city, and they don't shout when they see Li Shifu and others coming, they must all be Zhou Jiaqi's people. A general poked his head out and said, "General Li, why are you here?" Now is not the right time! The voice was very hesitant, and there was a secret son standing next to him, presumably this person was Zhou Jiaqi.

Li Shifu said: "Why is the timing wrong? The army is about to arrive, such a small city, even if you go all out to prevent it, you can't stop the army from rushing! If you want to do miraculous feats, you have to rush before the army arrives. Open the gates and let me in!" ”

Zhou Jiaqi couldn't, so he had to open the city gate, Li Shifu entered the city, and asked Zhou Jiaqi: "Where is the envoy sent by Di Gu Nai to patrol the city now?" Where will the lord of the city be? ”

Zhou Jiaqi said: "The general who patrols the city is now resting at the house of the main general Oro. ”

Li Shifu said: "Then you send someone to show me the way, and I will go to get the heads of the two of them." Zhou Jiaqi pointed out his deputy. Zhou Jiaqi had 300 people under his command, and at this time they had all ended their standby, Li Shifu divided the manpower into three groups, and every 100 Tanggu regular troops were equipped with 100 surrendered troops, Xu Changzhi stayed to guard the west gate, and Huang Zhen followed Zhou Jiaqi to persuade other soldiers in the city to surrender.

At this time, the sky was bright, and the soldiers and civilians in the city who were not on duty had not yet gotten up. Li Shifu and his entourage stepped in front of the Oro Mansion, and a leader of the surrendered army slapped open the door, and the door opened the door with a yawn, and said unhappily: "What are you doing!" Such an early morning...... Yes! You ......"

It had already been trampled over by Li Shifu's horse, and dozens of soldiers watched the front door, the back door, and the corner door of the side door, and a leader of the army forced the family of Oro to identify the room where the envoy who patrolled the city was sleeping, and rushed in to pull out the two northern men who were still in the bed and tied them up.

Li Shifu asked Zhou Jiaqi's deputy: "Recognize clearly, are these two people?" ”

Zhou Jiaqi's deputy said: "Yes! Absolutely, yes. ”

"Good!" and did not listen to the shouts of the two men, so he had his men cut off their heads and proclaimed them to the city.

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