Chapter 827 [Yitou]
"What you said also makes sense, but now the infantry is getting farther and farther away by us, we only have one or two thousand cavalry, and at this time we are killing under the city of Yecheng, isn't it asking for a dead end?"
"It is not impossible to surprise and attack unprepared, and win more with less."
"Okay, then listen to the military advisor, leave now, pass the order, and the whole army will ......"
"Boom! Boom! Knock ......"
A rapid drum beat in an instant, interrupting Yuan Tan's words, and many Yan cavalry emerged from all directions, Chen Zhi came from the front, Wen Ping was in the north, Liao Hua was in the south, Lu Heng was in the west, and Lin Yang was killed from the east, and Yuan Tan, Wang Xiu and others were surrounded in an instant.
Wen Ping, Liao Hua, Lu Heng, and Lin Yang each brought 1,000 people to surround them, while Chen Zhi and another 1,000 people stood on a high post, pointing to Yuan Tan, who was surrounded, and said loudly: "I've been waiting for you here for a long time, you have been surrounded, and if you don't want to die, surrender quickly!" ”
The sudden appearance of Yan Jun surprised Yuan Tan and the others, and their subordinates were also very panicked. He hurriedly pulled out the sword in his waist, turned his head to Wang Xiu, and said, "Military Master, what should I do?" ”
Wang Xiudao: "Only by fighting out of the encirclement, it seems that our arrival has been known in advance, and we can only kill back, not forward." ”
Yuan Tan gave an order and shouted loudly: "Kill out!" ”
Chen Zhi and the others arrived here two days ago, but it had rained heavily in the past two days, and they didn't wait for Yuan Tan, until today, when they met Yuan Tan passing by from here, they immediately flashed out and surrounded Yuan Tan and the others on all sides. Seeing that Yuan Tan wanted to break through, he held the mandarin duck double knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Kill!" ”
Under the order, Chen Zhidang rode down from a high place first, and the four generals Wen Ping, Liao Hua, Lu Heng, and Lin Yang also began to cover up with their own soldiers. The 5,000 people they led were all elite Flying Feather Army. Killing the exhausted Yuan Tan and the others was like chopping melons and vegetables, and a massacre without suspense began.
As soon as the melee began, Yuan Tan, Wang Xiu and their subordinates were at a disadvantage, one was that there were few people, and the other was that the army was discouraged, and those soldiers who were not determined. Seeing that the Feiyu Army rushed over violently, they immediately disarmed and surrendered, without even symbolic resistance.
Some of the soldiers of the Zhao Army symbolically resisted, but as soon as they resisted here, they were killed by the soldiers of the Feiyu Army who rushed over.
Yuan Tan broke through to the side with his personal entourage, he turned his head and saw that he and Wang Xiu were separated by the soldiers of the Feiyu Army, and his heart was broken, and he no longer paid attention to Wang Xiu, and only cared about taking more than a hundred personal cavalry to kill violently.
Chen Zhi swooped down the high slope. After shouting "dodge", the soldiers of the Flying Feather Army in front quickly gave way to a road, and he rushed through that road alone, shouting at Yuan Tan, who was breaking through: "Where to go?" ”
Yuan Tan heard that he was fighting with the soldiers of the Feiyu Army, and he attacked several times in a row without even hacking an enemy to death, and couldn't help but secretly curse. As soon as his scolding fell, he heard Chen Zhi rushing from the front, and at the same time, he heard Chen Zhi's loud shout. He thought to himself, "Capture the thief and capture the king first." As long as you kill the enemy's main commander first, the enemy army will collapse and retreat......"
"Who's going to escape. Come on, I'm not afraid of you. Yuan Tanyi was bold, he relied on his own force, and with a loud shout, he rode his horse and ran towards Chen Zhi.
The two horses intersected, and Yuan Tan made the first move. The long sword in his hand stabbed Chen Zhi's ribs.
With a crisp sound of "dang", Chen Zhi blocked Yuan Tan's attack with the mandarin knife held in his right hand, he held the horse's belly between his legs, and the duck knife held in his left hand quickly slashed out towards Yuan Tan's neck.
The sharp duck knife emitted a ray of light under the refraction of the sun's rays, stabbing Yuan Tan's eyes from opening. This light was fleeting, the duck knife slashed across Yuan Tan's neck, a human head broke away from the body, and blood spurted out from the arteries of the neck like a fountain, splashing more than two meters high.
Yuan Tan's head was still flying in the air, and Chen Zhi hurriedly stabbed out with the mandarin knife he was holding in his right hand, directly stabbing the face of Yuan Tan's head, and the tip of the knife stuck in Yuan Tan's head and ran with his horse.
Chen Zhi hurriedly reined in the horses, glanced at the chaotic battlefield, raised the mandarin knife held in his right hand high, and made Yuan Tan's head lit up high, and shouted loudly: "Yuan Tan is dead, if you don't put down your weapons and surrender, when will you wait?" ”
The sound shook every Zhao soldier present like rolling thunder, and when they saw Yuan Tan being beheaded by Chen, they lost their fighting spirit and surrendered one by one.
"Let go of me!" Wang Xiu was firmly grasped by Liao Hua's body, and he couldn't break free, so he couldn't help shouting loudly.
Chen Zhi turned his head to glance at Wang Xiu, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
"He is Yuan Tan's military advisor, don't drive Wang Xiu in Qingzhou!" Liao Hua pushed Wang Xiu in front of Chen Zhi and said loudly.
Chen Zhi glanced at Wang Xiu and asked, "Are you willing to surrender?" ”
Wang Xiu said: "I'd rather die than surrender!" ”
Chen Zhi sneered and said to Liao Hua: "This person is a righteous man, General Liao, you can let him go." ”
Liao Hua said curiously: "Let him go?" ”
Chen Zhi nodded and explained slowly: "Yuan Tan has lost Qingzhou, Jizhou is about to be divided into two, the Yuan family has gone away, and he can't afford to drive much wind and waves in Qingzhou." Let the king go, and let him do what he wants. ”
Liao Hua let go of the hand holding Wang Xiu and shouted at Wang Xiu: "You go, don't let me meet you again in the future." ”
Wang Xiu not only didn't leave, but knelt on the ground with a plop, and said with a sad face: "I, Wang Xiu, am incompetent, unable to turn the tide, resulting in the loss of Qingzhou, I'm sorry for you, my lord......"
"Oh......" Chen Zhi suddenly interrupted Wang Xiu's words, and said lightly, "I forgot to tell you Wang Beijia, now your lord is Yuan Xi, not Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and his youngest son Yuan Shang passed away together." Now I killed Yuan Tan again, Yuan Xi is left alone in this Yuan family, and he is still surrounded in Yecheng, even if you die, you will die in vain, no one will see you die for the Yuan family, I will only announce to the outside world that you have defected to the enemy, and you were killed after being discovered by Yuan Tan......"
"You...... You...... You are so vicious......" Wang Xiu pointed at Chen Zhiqi and couldn't say it well.
"Hahaha! Is it vicious? You so-called celebrities only know how to improve your reputation all day long, and you only think about how to leave a name in history all day long. If you die today, you'll be stinking for thousands of years. My father-in-law is now employing people. What is lacking is a scribe like you, and if you surrender to my lord, you will not only be able to save your life, but you may also be able to make a name for eternity. Chen Zhi said with a smile.
Wang Xiu thought about it carefully, then sighed and said slowly: "That's it." I'm willing to surrender......"
Chen Zhi turned over and dismounted, grabbed Wang Xiu's hand, and said with a smile: "Great, don't drive, I just have something for you to do, just take it as a great gift to surrender to my lord." ”
Wang Xiu said with a smile: "The general doesn't need to say anything, Wang Xiu knows what to do, isn't it just the four thousand infantry behind." Give me a horse, and I can lobby with just one mouth. ”
"Very good, General Liao, prepare a war horse for Wang Bei and send him out." Chen Zhi said with a smile on his face.
Liao Hua said "promise", then brought a war horse and handed the reins of the war horse to Wang Xiu. At the same time, he said: "This is a high-grade war horse, raised by the Xianbei people outside the Saiwai. It's stamina, enough for you to run back and forth. ”
Wang Xiu took the reins of the horses, glanced at Chen Zhi, and asked, "General, aren't you afraid that I will never return, or lead the 4,000 remnants of the army to avenge Yuan Tan?" ”
Chen Zhi smiled and said, "You have your freedom." And this is also the best time to show your heart, even if you bring troops to attack me, my subordinates will all be a hundred, and it will be easy to deal with your little infantry, and their life and death are in your hands. ”
Wang Xiu sneered. Said: "Although the general didn't kill me, it was already equivalent to killing me several times, every word the general said could make me go to a dead end, and I Wang Xiu admired." Before sunset, I will come with the remnants of the 4,000 troops to surrender, and if I delay for a moment, please behead me. General, take your leave! ”
As soon as the words fell, Wang Xiu rode on horseback and walked out of the encirclement under the escort of Liao Hua, and then galloped out on the road he came from.
"General Chen, will Wang Xiu really bring his troops to surrender?" Lin Yang rode his horse to Chen Zhi's side, and when he saw Wang Xiu's back, he opened his mouth and asked.
Chen Zhi smiled and replied, "He is a smart man, and smart people have a smart way of living." What's more, before leaving, the lord had confessed that he would recruit more soldiers and celebrities from Qingzhou, and he would rely on them to fight back to Qingzhou in the future. ”
Although Lin Yang has been by Lin Nan's side for a long time, he is not good at figuring out Lin Nan's thoughts, just a good soldier who obeys orders. Lu Heng is also the person Lin Nan relies on the most, at the beginning he was the captain of Lin Nan's personal soldiers, and then his official position gradually rose, and he once became a general who guarded Fan Yang, after listening to Chen Dao's words, he could guess the meaning of Lin Nan's heart in his heart.
"Collect the troops and return to the camp!" Chen Zhi shouted loudly.
In the evening, Wang Xiu really brought 4,000 remnants of the army to find Chen Dao, and successfully persuaded the 4,000 people to surrender. Chen Zhi saw that Yuan Tan's matter was over, so he decided to take his troops back to the Yan army camp outside Yecheng and prepare to participate in the general attack on Yecheng.
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There is an ocean inside and outside Yecheng, the flood pouring down from the Zhanghe River rolls down along the river channel that has been dug for a long time, the moat is overflowing with water in an instant, after surrounding the city for a week, the endless flood is blocked in the way, and there is no place to vent the ferocity of the flood, so it begins to spread to the ground, and soon flows into Yecheng along the gap under the city gate.
He never dreamed that there would be so many floods, the gap in the city gate was still too small, and the flood that could not be vented rose at the base of the city wall in an instant, and the water level rose higher and higher.
He stared at the earthen walls connected together outside the city, and then looked at the flood, he understood, and couldn't help but sigh heavily: "I see, Lin Nan's resourcefulness is really far superior to mine several times, it turns out that from the beginning of the siege, he has calculated that he will use the water of the Zhanghe River to irrigate Yecheng......"
Han Meng stood behind Fu Zhi, and after hearing Fu Zhi's words, he asked, "Military Master, what did you just say?" ”
Fu Zhi sneered, raised his right hand, stretched out his index finger and pointed to the earthen wall outside and said slowly: "General Han, the deep ditches and high fortresses you see outside are actually calculated by Lin Nan in advance, his purpose is not to besiege the city, but to flood Yecheng, you look around, the originally intermittent earthen walls have been connected into one." Those deep ditches act as cisterns when the flood comes, which can reduce the water on the ground, and I really admire Lin Nan for being so thoughtful......"
When Han Meng heard this explanation, he glanced at the earthen walls outside the city and saw that those earthen walls were tall and thick. It forms a parallel line with the moat, and it also surrounds Yecheng for a week, although the flood that pours down quickly overflows the moat, but it is blocked by this earthen wall, and the water cannot flow out, but can only flow into Yecheng, so that the water level continues to rise, and more and more water flows at the city gate.
"Strategist, is Lin Nan really that godly?" Han Meng asked puzzled.
Frustrated, he said, "General Han." You are now the backbone of the entire Zhao army, Wen Chou surrendered, Yan Liang died, the only one who can rely on you is you, please get ready, maybe tomorrow at dawn, Lin Nan will do his best to attack the city, can Yecheng survive this crisis. It's hard to say. ”
Han Meng said: "It seems that the decisive battle between me and Zhang He should also begin......
The Yan army camp outside Yecheng was unharmed. Because Lin Nan had people surround the moat with an earthen wall in advance, and the place where the camp was located was heightened, the water seeping out in time did not have the slightest impact on the camp.
In contrast, the Jin army camp outside the west gate was not so ideal, the entire camp was a Zeguo, and the water on the ground had already reached the knees. The place where the grain and grass were stored was also soaked in floodwater, and although there was an earthen wall outside to block the overflow of the moat, the water flowing from other places still made a mess of the Jin army's camp.
Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse, took Chen Gong and Wen Chou out of the camp, and let Gao Shun and Zhang Liao be responsible for guarding the camp. They galloped towards the north gate where Lin Nan was.
It's already late, the sunset spreads all over the sky, reflecting the sky red, the flood inside and outside Yecheng reflects the sunset in the sky, but the whole Yecheng is set off with a piece of blood red, from a distance, at first glance, people feel that it is not the flood surrounding Yecheng, but the ocean of blood gathering.
In the Yan army camp outside the north gate of Yecheng, Lin Nan climbed the watchtower, and behind him stood Jia Xu, Xun You, Xun Chen, Xu You, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Bai Yu, Li Yulin and others, all looking at Yecheng not far away.
The north gate of Yecheng was the most severely damaged, so as soon as the flood came, it immediately rushed into the city along the opening of the north gate, and directly hit the gate of the urn city, and the water flowed from the city gate of the urn city to Yecheng little by little.
Hai Dongqing flew over from the sunset, flapped its wings, hovered in the air for a while, let out a few sharp calls, and then flew high again.
As the owner of Hai Dongqing, Li Yulin knew very well what Hai Dongqing meant, took a step forward, and arched his hand: "Lord, as expected in advance, Yecheng has now become a Ze country, the entire city is full of water, and the water level is still rising, and it is about to overflow people's waists. ”
After hearing this, Lin Nan showed a strange smile on his face, and said loudly: "I think, it's time, after waiting for two days, I can finally act." Bai Yu, Li Yulin, this time it's up to you, whether you can completely disintegrate the expectations of the people in Yecheng for the Yuan family, it's just one move, harass first tonight, after one night, the flood will gradually recede, and we can launch a general attack. ”
After Bai Yu and Li Yulin said "promise" at the same time, they turned around and went down the watchtower.
After a while, everyone standing on the watchtower saw Bai Yu and Li Yulin running in two different directions on a fast horse, Bai Yu rode forward to the earthen wall by the moat, and Li Yulin ran towards the woods behind the Yan military camp.
Bai Yu arrived at the earthen wall, jumped directly on the earthen wall from the horse, sat cross-legged on the earthen wall, took out a horizontal flute from his waist, and began to play. As soon as the flute sounded, strange notes spread out of the flute and spread out in all directions.
After a while, I saw snakes writhing on the water in all directions, the snakes were huge, and they were summoned by Bai Yu, and soon climbed over the earthen wall, directly entered the moat, and swam towards Yecheng along the water in the moat.
On the other hand, Li Yulin arrived in the woods, he whistled loudly, and used a very skillful ** to control a group of birds that had already stopped in the woods, all of them were vultures, goshawks and birds of prey, these birds of prey took off from the woods as soon as they were controlled by Li Yulin, about two or three hundred such birds of prey took off one after another, soaring into the sky, the difference is that they all grasp an extremely small bag on their claws.
The birds of prey flew from the sky to Yecheng. Hai Dongqing, who had been waiting in the sky above Yecheng, was very excited when he saw this group of birds of prey flying, and directly joined the ranks of this group of birds of prey, flying in front of this group of birds of prey, like a leading wild goose. Flocks of birds of prey soon flew over the walls of Yecheng and saw the soldiers of the Zhao army stationed on the walls of Yecheng. He began to keep throwing his claws into Yecheng, grabbing small things in his paws.
As soon as the packet was dropped, the packet, which was not very tight, spread out, and white powdery objects scattered from the packet, filling the sky with smoke for a while.
On the walls of Yecheng, the soldiers of the Zhao army looked up at this never-before-seen spectacle, the vultures actually flew with the goshawks, and what was even more surprising was that the birds of prey threw those white powdery objects from the air like well-trained soldiers, and then turned back from both sides.
"It's weird. How do these big birds sprinkle flour? The soldiers of the Zhao army were all confused, and many people said this incomprehensibly.
However, when the white powdery object fell, they inhaled it into their noses and sprinkled it in their eyes, and immediately felt very uncomfortable, and there was a burning sensation in their eyes, and it became extremely difficult to breathe. One by one, they covered their eyes and screamed in pain from the walls.
"My eyes...... My eyes...... It hurts......"
The shouting came and went, and it didn't stop here. The soldiers under the gate suddenly shouted, "Snake...... There are snakes...... A lot of snakes...... Ah......h
Hundreds of fanged snakes poured into the city through the cracks under the gates, and as soon as they met someone, they opened their blood basins and bit them, and some of the larger ones directly wrapped their bodies tightly around the soldiers' bodies, and then opened their fanged mouths and bit down.
One by one, the soldiers of the Zhao army fell, but those poisonous snakes poured into the city mercilessly, continuing to poison more soldiers with their fangs.
The soldiers guarding the north gate in Yecheng suddenly fell into a great panic. The situation is also extremely chaotic.
Jiang Ji and Xin Ping were in the city tower, and when they heard a shouting outside, they walked out and saw the soldiers on the city wall covering their eyes one by one, while the soldiers under the city fell into the water. There was a burst of blue on their faces, and the floating poisonous snakes were scourging more soldiers, and both of them were dumbfounded.
"Where did so many poisonous snakes come from...... Xin Ping was only halfway through his words, when he suddenly saw a poisonous snake in front of him with its bloody mouth wide open, he drew his sword without hesitation, his body flashed, and he cut off the poisonous snake with a swing of his sword.
The poisonous snakes climbed up the city tower one after another, and the more they gathered, the more poisonous snakes began to pounce on Xin Ping and Jiang Ji.
Jiang Ji also drew his sword to slash the poisonous snake, he and Xin Ping still couldn't resist the huge group of snakes after all, after killing five or six poisonous snakes in a row, one was bitten by the poisonous snake without paying attention, and then more poisonous snakes crawled over, entwining the two of them, densely packed with goosebumps at a glance.
Jiang Ji and Xin Ping screamed in pain, fell to the ground and kept rolling their bodies, but unfortunately to no avail, a few snakes drilled into their noses, mouths, and ears when they saw them, and tortured these two people to death in a short time.
There was unprecedented chaos in the urn city inside the north gate, and some soldiers ran away, never caring about the city gate anymore.
On the watchtower in the Yan army camp, Xu You saw the white powder scattered by those birds of prey, so he asked, "Lord, what is that white powder?" ”
"Lime powder!" Lin Nan replied very refreshingly.
Xu You let out an "oh", looking at Lin Nan's confident face and the chaotic situation in Yecheng in the distance, he secretly thought in his heart: "Lin Nan is really insidious, he actually used poisonous snakes and birds of prey to attack the city, this trick is really unseen and unheard of." He is not an old man in the use of soldiers, but he can always come up with some strange tricks unexpectedly, which always gives me a sense of mystery......"
"Lord, I think it's almost there, if you continue to kill like this, if those poisonous snakes get out of control, they are likely to attack the people in the city, and then I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." Xun Chen comforted.
Lin Nandao: "Don't worry, Bai Yu is a talent I discovered in Dongyi, and controlling snakes is his proud skill, and there will be no problems." I just want Zhao Jun to know that I, Lin Nan, am not an ordinary person, everything in the world can be controlled, and those who are enemies of me have only one way to die! ”
The words fell, and Lin Nan's eyes glanced at Xu Yu beside him. The second half of the sentence seemed to be said to Xu You.
Xu You felt Lin Nan's hot gaze, and since he returned from Cao Cao, he had been resting in the barracks, and Lin Nan had neither assigned him tasks nor summoned him, which made him feel very distressed. He listened to the second half of Lin Nan's words. I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and secretly thought in my heart: "The lord seems to have said this to me, does he know that I want to betray him?" Impossible, absolutely impossible, this is my personal thoughts, how can others know? Can the Lord read my mind? It's terrible, my lord is terrible, I ...... If I defect to Cao Cao, I'm afraid I'll die worse than Jiang Ji and Xin Ping......"
Xun You arched his hand and said, "Lord." The subordinates thought that it should be done in moderation, anyway, in order to teach the enemy a lesson, wouldn't they have to go to other city gates, just let the defenders in the city know that they are powerful, there is no need to slaughter them all, and, I believe. After tonight, a large number of soldiers will inevitably flee Yecheng. Come to the lord. ”
Lin Nan heard that Xun You was also comforting him, so he said: "Okay, send a signal to Bai Yu and Li Yulin, let the two of them go to the south gate and the east gate, and the west gate will be exempted, and the Jin army will let them attack by themselves." ”
"No!"
The voice fell. Lin Nan saw Lu Bu coming from afar, Chen Gong and Wen Chou followed closely behind him, and said with a smile: "It seems that Lu Bu can't sit still, he has come to me to discuss how to attack Yecheng, and he will go down with me to meet Lu Bu!" ”
Jia Xu, Xun You, Xun Chen, Xu You, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong replied in unison: "No! ”
Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse. After dripping all the way to Lin Nan's camp, he saw that the terrain where Lin Nan's camp was located was about a zhang above the ground, so he said angrily: "This bastard is so shameless that he has raised the terrain of the camp himself, but he doesn't tell me." ”
Chen Gong followed closely behind Lu Bu and said loudly: "Lord, Lin Nan is the most insidious and cunning, and he will inevitably become the great enemy of our army in the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains in the future. ”
Wen Chou said: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate, Lin Nan and our army are still in the alliance, this Yecheng has not yet been captured, it will be treacherous, I am afraid that it will be ridiculed by the people of the world, my subordinates think that it is better to capture Yecheng first, after occupying half of Jizhou, recuperate for a period of time, and then wait and see what happens after recruiting troops." ”
"You know what? For the sake of the great cause of the lord, if he doesn't take advantage of the situation to sneak attack Lin Nan at this time, it will be difficult to inflict a heavy blow on him in the future. Although Lin Nan has a lot of soldiers and horses, but half of them are Zhao army surrenders, you turned out to be the general of the Zhao army, as long as we defeat Lin Nan's main force, as long as you open your mouth, those soldiers will inevitably surrender immediately, if it is delayed, I am afraid that I will be hit by Lin Nan's counterattack in the future, and it will be too late to regret it. Chen Gong was furious, and scolded Wen Chou when he saw his head and face.
Wen Chou is no longer what it used to be, after all, his identity is a general, and Chen Gong's official position is above him, plus Lu Bu trusts Chen Gong very much, so he no longer speaks, for fear that he will anger Lu Bu.
Seeing that Wen Chou was silent, Lu Bu turned his head to Chen Gong and said: "Well, what the military advisor said is very true, but Wen Chou's words are not unreasonable, you don't have to quarrel, I have my own decision, just listen to my orders." ”
Chen Gong saw that Lu Bu didn't say yes, nor did he say no, so he had a rough idea in his heart, only sighed softly, shook his head helplessly, and secretly thought: "If you listen to me in everything and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, our army will not have losses, just wait for Lin Nan to send the city up, as soon as you receive the city, you can fight back, and you can capture Lin Nan and kill him in a battle." It's a pity...... After the Yuan clan is eliminated, there will be a situation of two heroes in Jizhou, and between Lin Nan, there will inevitably be a fierce battle, I must plan a good plan for the Lord in advance, if I don't kill Lin Nan, it will definitely become a trouble for our army. ”
"Lord, Lin Nan has taken Wenwu to the Zhaimen!" Wen Chou pointed ahead and said to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu said "um", but stopped talking.
After a short time, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Wen Chou galloped to the Yan military camp, got off the horse, and saw Lin Nan coming out with many civil and military forces to greet him, Lu Bu politely bowed his hand and said: "I haven't seen you for two days, Yan Hou is not harmed?" ”
Lin Nan smiled and said, "It's okay, Marquis of Jin, please come inside!" ”
After a period of greetings, Lin Nan glanced at Wen Chou, who was standing behind Lu Bu, and sighed: "Isn't this Wen Chou, the first general of the Zhao Army?" It's been a long time. ”
Wen Chou's face was expressionless, but he bowed his hand very politely: "I have already returned to the tent of the Marquis of Jin, and I am no longer a member of the Zhao army, and Wen Chou, the tiger wing general of the Jin army." Meet Yan Hou. ”
When Lin Nan heard Wen Chou's name as a general, he smiled and said, "General Tiger Wing...... The Marquis of Jin got Wen Chou, but it is really like a tiger with wings, this tiger wing general is very appropriate! ”
Lu Bu smiled: "Yan Hou has won the award. ”
The group walked while talking, and before they knew it, they entered the big tent and sat down with the guests.
Lin Nan saw everyone sitting still. Then he arched his hand and said, "Is there anything important for the Marquis of Jin?" ”
Lu Bu nodded and said, "I'll get straight to the point, I came here this time to discuss with Yan Hou how to attack Yecheng. ”
"Oh, isn't the matter of attacking Yecheng already decided, the Marquis of Jin will attack the West Gate, and our army will attack the other three gates......"
"Hehe, now I want to change it, our reinforcements are coming. Brought a lot of siege equipment, the strength has also increased a lot, after the capture of this Yecheng, it will belong to our army, but let Yan Hou lose the army to attack, I feel a little unhappy, so, I want to ask Yan Hou to only attack the north gate. The remaining three gates were all handed over to our army to attack, after breaking the city. According to the agreement between me and Yanhou, the grain, grass, gold and silver treasures in the city were divided in half as a gift to thank Yanhou. Yan Hou, do you think this is okay? ”
Lin Nan squinted at Chen Gong and saw that Chen Gong's face was gloomy, and Lu Bu said it so smoothly. Then he secretly thought: "I'm afraid this is Chen Gong's strategy, once they attack Yecheng, they will occupy the granary and the treasury, and when the time comes, it's not what they say?" ”
"Hehehe. In that case, then I might as well be respectful and obey my fate, but isn't this half too little? Our Yan army went all the way south, and there was no less tossing in the past month, the soldiers were exhausted, the transportation of grain and grass was difficult, and many people were killed in the battle, in order to compensate the families of these fallen soldiers, it was a large expense. What's more, after Yecheng was captured, not only would I not occupy it, but also gave it to the Marquis of Jin, in addition, I gave half of Jizhou to the Marquis of Jin, no matter what, I am a loss-making deal, Marquis of Jin does this, don't you think it's a little too stingy? After Lin Nan thought about it, he said-for-tat.
Lu Bu was short of words for a while, hesitated slightly, squinted at Chen Gong, but couldn't speak.
Chen Gong hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "Yan Hou, if it weren't for our army, I'm afraid that it would be difficult for Yan Hou to capture Yecheng on his own, right?" Even if Yanhou can capture Yecheng, if my lord should not be invited to send troops and instead attack Yanhou's empty Youzhou, then the loss will be even greater than that of Jizhou, right? In exchange for half of Jizhou's entire Youzhou of Yanhou, my lord is already a lot of enough, how can Yanhou be said to be stingy? ”
Jia Xu suddenly stepped forward, sneered, and said Lang Lang: "I'm afraid that it may not be, right?" Our army had already taken precautions before leaving Youzhou, and secretly arranged 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry in the area of Daijun, Shanggu, and Zhuojun, which you don't know, if you attack rashly, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated. My lord feels that he is a brother with the Marquis of Jin, and he has a deep brotherhood, and he does not want to see the two families raise swords, so he strongly invited the Marquis of Jin to attack Jizhou, and is so generous to divide half of Jizhou to the Marquis of Jin, brotherhood, and interests, but the brothers also settle the accounts, this month, our army has spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources when attacking Jizhou, in order to fight this battle, has been levied in advance Youzhou for three years of taxes, if we can not get the corresponding return from Yecheng, then our battle is not in vain? ”
Chen Gong said: "So my lord understands your difficulties, and lets you only attack the north gate, and also give you half of the grain, grass, and treasures, can this be called a vain fight?" ”
Jia Xu said: "Even if the grain, grass, gold and silver treasures of the entire Yecheng are added together, they will not be able to exchange for the tens of thousands of soldiers killed in our army, not to mention that there is not much grain, grass, gold and silver treasures in Yecheng at all, even if all of them are given to our army, we will not be able to make up for the financial gap of our army, and in the next two years, I am afraid that our army will have to live a long period of poverty, and the taste of not having enough food is not pleasant." ”
Chen Gong said with a smile: "The matter has come to this, if you are willing to attack Yecheng, you can only attack the north gate, if you are unwilling, please evacuate this place, and our army will take over, and after Yecheng is captured, our army will naturally divide half of the grain, grass, gold and silver treasures to your labor army......"
"Gongtai!" Lu Bu's head was big when he heard it, he had long known the situation in Yecheng, including grain, grass and gold and silver treasures, all of which were told to him by Wen Chou, and as Jia Xu said, there was indeed not much savings in Yecheng, and Yuan Shao spent a lot of money to build Zhao Wangfu.
Chen Gong was interrupted by Lu Bu's shout, so he asked, "What did the lord call me?" ”
Lu Budao: "Sit! It's up to me to decide. ”
Chen Gong was taken aback, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Lord, you can ...... it."
"Sit!" Lu Bu turned his head, and a pair of eyes full of fierce light stared directly at Chen Gong's body, shooting out Dao Dao Senhan.
Chen Gong was pressed down by Lu Bu's aggressive momentum, sat down, and stopped talking, but secretly thought in his heart: "Lord, lord, what's wrong with you, why don't you even listen to me?" ”
Lu Bu stood up and arched his hand towards Lin Nan and said: "Yanhou, it's decided, our army will only attack the West Gate, and the remaining three gates will be handed over to your army to attack, after capturing Yecheng, all the grain, grass, and money in the city will belong to the Yan army, you just need to hand over Yecheng to me." ”
Lin Nan said: "The Marquis of Jin is quick to talk, I won't say anything anymore, then it's decided, tomorrow at noon, we will start attacking the city from the four gates." ”
Lu Budao: "Well, Chen Gong, Wen Chou, let's go, go back to the camp and arrange the siege." ”
Chen Gong and Wen Chou followed behind Lu Bu, and after bidding farewell to Lin Nan, they left the Yan army camp together.
"Why, lord? Why did you agree to Lin Nan's greedy request? Chen Gong asked puzzled.
Lu Budao: "What I want is Yecheng, and the real wealth is invisible, only the grain and grass and the gold and silver treasures in the treasury can be seen, and these things are all counted for Lin Nan." ”
"Invisible?" Chen Gonghu said suspiciously.
Wen Chou explained: "Military advisor, few people know about this matter, when Yuan Shao built the Zhao Palace, he buried a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry under the palace, which is more than ten times the wealth in the existing Yecheng Mansion, except for Yuan Shao, Yan Liang, Xian Pei and me, no one else knows. Yuan Shao, Yan Liang, and Juan Pei are all dead, and only I know about this wealth. ”
Chen Gong glanced at Wen Chou, and judging from what he had learned about Wen Chou's situation in the past few days, he came to a conclusion, and then asked Wen Chou: "You arched Yuan Xi to the throne, is the purpose of the treasure buried under the Zhao Wangfu?" ”
Wen Chou smiled and did not answer, but said to Lu Bu: "Lord, this is my Wen Chou's loyalty to the lord!" ”
Lu Bu said: "Hehe, go back to the camp, start attacking the city tomorrow, be sure to get that treasure as much as possible, start recruiting troops and horses, and win the Central Plains." ”
Bai Yu and Li Yulin used the same method to drive poisonous snakes and birds of prey to repel the Zhao soldiers stationed at the south gate and the east gate, Zhang He at the south gate, Tai Shici at the east gate, and Huang Zhong at the north gate were all actively preparing for tomorrow's siege under the instruction of Lin Nan.
Lin Nan had the catapults evenly distributed outside the three city gates, and transported the rafts, bamboo rafts, canoes, and other things that had been made a few days ago to the three city gates, and feasted all the soldiers, and then began to boost morale, so that the soldiers were full of energy.
In the second half of the night, Chen Zhi led Wen Ping, Liao Hua, Lin Yang, Lu Heng, and the general Wang Xiu and thousands of soldiers to rush back, and after eating and drinking, he began to rest, looking forward to a battle to destroy the country tomorrow. (To be continued......)