Chapter 357: Leaving the Empty City Behind

Xiao Ding explored Dingchang City alone at night, and was accidentally discovered, which provoked the soldiers in the city to chase and kill. Fortunately, with his own exercises and force, he successfully escaped from the tiger's mouth and returned to Shaoxian County safely.

At this time, it was already the second half of the night, Xiao Ding walked into the county hall and found Yue Yurou still sitting in the hall waiting for him to come back. Xiao Ding's heart couldn't help but feel a warm current.

"Brother Ding, are you okay?" When Yue Yurou saw Xiao Ding walk into the hall, she quickly stood up, looked Xiao Ding up and down, and saw that his black clothes were full of holes, so she was a little worried about Xiao Ding.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, I'm now invulnerable." Xiao Ding said that he didn't hide his exercises from Yue Yurou.

"Brother Ding, then you are tired, sit down and have a cup of tea first!" Yue Yurou saw that Xiao Ding was fine, so she helped him pour a cup of tea and brought it over.

After Xiao Ding sat down obediently, he ordered the guards at the door to gather all the generals in the camp. He planned to divide his troops and send generals overnight, ready to intercept and kill Da Chunlu.

After all, this is the news that I risked my life to find out, and I must not miss this opportunity to intercept and kill. As the saying goes: the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will never come! Once you miss the opportunity, it's hard to meet it again next time.

Originally, the sleeping generals were all sleeping soundly. Suddenly, someone came to wake them up and said that the deputy commander was going to send troops to fight. As soon as they heard about the battle, all the generals were in good spirits.

Soon everyone gathered in the county hall and waited for Xiao Ding's assignment.

Xiao Ding saw that all the generals were here, and he didn't talk nonsense, so he immediately explained his combat strategy in detail, and then picked up an arrow and said: "Han Qi and Han Qi listen to the order!" ”

Seeing that Xiao Ding was the first to name him, the Han brothers were very happy, and hurriedly took two steps forward, and both saluted: "The end will be!" ”

Xiao Ding pointed to the military map spread on the table and said: "In the south of Shao County, on the way to Longxing County, there is a place called Lao Wankou, I order you to lead 10,000 forbidden troops in the city, bring a crossbow cart and a medium-sized Lianzhu crossbow, ambush the thatch in the old Wankou, wait for Da Chunlu's team to enter the Lao Wankou, you will organize soldiers to ambush." ”

"The last will be ordered!" Han Qi and Han Qi were ordered to retreat.

Then Xiao Ding picked up the second arrow and said, "Yang Yueling, Yang Jingtian, and Yang Jingze listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!" The three sisters and brothers of the Yang family came out of the line.

"After Da Chunlu was ambushed halfway, the whole army would inevitably be in chaos, and they had no intention of fighting, and they would most likely lead the army to flee to Longxing County, because Longxing County was relatively close to Laowankou, only thirty or forty miles away. Therefore, I sent your three brothers and sisters to lead the 5,000 Xiang army to ambush the section of the road between Laowankou and Longxing County, and also brought more bows and crossbows, and when they deserted, they would intercept and kill. Do you understand? ”

"The last general commands!" The three sisters and brothers of the Yang family also took the arrow, turned around and went out to prepare.

"Luo Sikou and Gao Hongxiu obey the order!" After Xiao Ding arranged the Yang family's siblings, he picked up the arrow again and said.

"The last general!" Gao Hongxiu and Luo Sikou came out of Shi Lidao.

"Da Chunlu's army is full of 30,000 people, and our army ambushed only 10,000 people in the middle of the way, so when our army ambushed the other side, the other party's team walking behind must not have entered the old bowl. And when these troops in the back saw that the troops in front were attacked, they would inevitably be distraught, and then instinctively retreat backwards. Even if Da Chunlu asked the troops to rush forward, the troops who walked behind would not go forward to die. So I sent the two of you, leading 3,000 Xiang troops, to ambush on the road between Laowankou and Dingchang County, when Da Chunlu's troops passed, you should not move first, just wait for them to retreat, and then you two will lead troops to stop them and beat the water dogs! ”

"The last general commands!" Luo Sikou and Gao Hongxiu were ordered to retreat.

Then Xiao Ding shouted loudly: "The rest of the generals and soldiers, when the time comes, follow me to capture Da Chunlu alive." ”

At this time, Song Yinzi, who had not praised anything before, suddenly opened his mouth and said: General Tian, you will also go out of the city tomorrow? Who's going to defend the city? ”

Xiao Ding glanced back at Song Yinzi, and then said: "Your Royal Highness, of course, you are guarding the city by sitting in the county government and guarding the county seat." ”

Song Yinzi said puzzledly: "But, there are no more guards in this city?" ”

"Your Royal Highness the prince don't worry, don't be afraid if you don't have a defender, no one dares to come and attack my Shaoxian County." Little Ding Zhizhu said in his grip.

"Okay then, I'll trust General Tian again!" Song Yinzi said helplessly.

That night, all kinds of soldiers and horses secretly went out of the city and ambushed in advance. Xiao Ding went back to his room to sleep.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Xiao Ding took Yue Yurou to organize the only fifty or sixty old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the city, and took them out of Shaoxian County and walked in the direction of Longxing County.

At this time, in the huge Shaoxian County, only Song Yinzi and a few civil officials in the yamen were left, and the others did not even have a single soldier, and even the soldiers who usually watched and watched the sentry at the head of the city were gone at this time.

It seems that Shaoxian County has become an empty city at this time.

If someone comes to attack the city at this time, it only takes about 100 people to break open the city gate and occupy Shaoxian County.

However, Xiao Ding was relieved and boldly left Shao County with those veterans and wounded soldiers, and along the way, he marched towards Longxing County unhurriedly.

Looking at the traces on the road along the way, it can be judged that Da Chunlu's troops have not passed here at this time.

After all, even if Da Chunlu wanted to go to Tingzhou Pass to join Song Yinpan today, he would need to have breakfast before he could set up camp. An army of 30,000 is not a small number, where can you just say go, all kinds of trivial things will pass.

Coupled with the distance from Dingchang County to here, it will take at least half a day for the army to travel.

Therefore, Xiao Ding guessed that it would take until noon for Da Chunlu's troops to reach the vicinity of Lao Wankou.

When Xiao Ding took the dozens of people to Lao Wankou, he carefully looked into the dense grass on both sides of the road, and saw that the 10,000 forbidden troops led by the Han brothers were still very hidden, even if he didn't use his divine sense to scan, it would be difficult to find that there would be ambushes hidden in the grass.

The Han brothers saw Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou leading a team of remnants of soldiers to come over on horseback, and hurriedly got out of the grass and took the initiative to greet Xiao Ding. Ding just waved his hand and told them to just follow the original plan.

So the two brothers retreated again.

Walking forward again, less than ten miles away, there is a mountain beam, which is connected with the mountain beams on both sides of the old bowl mouth, enclosing a bowl-shaped terrain, which is also the origin of the place name of the old bowl mouth.

Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou led people to cross the mountain beam along the official road, and found Yang Yueling's ambush army hidden behind the mountain beam.

When the Yang family sisters and brothers and many soldiers saw Xiao Ding and the two coming, they also took the initiative to greet Xiao Ding and the two, but Xiao Ding still waved his hand and asked them to ambush each other, just follow the original plan.

In fact, the terrain here in the old bowl is like a huge bowl mouth placed there, but the bowl mouth is too big, and it is easy to accommodate 100,000 troops inside, not to mention the 30,000 troops of Da Chunlu. If this bowl mouth is smaller, the Han brothers don't have to ambush Da Chunlu's troops in the bowl, they can also hide behind the mountain beam like the Yang family sisters and brothers, just wait for Da Chunlu to lead the troops into the bowl, and then ambush.

It's a pity that this bowl mouth is too huge, and Xiao Ding's troops don't have so many troops to set up an ambush outside the bowl, so they can only arrange for the Han brothers to lead the forbidden army to ambush inside the bowl.

Xiao Ding continued to walk forward with dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, and when he walked forward for a distance of more than ten miles, an abandoned tea shed appeared on the side of the road. Probably because of the war, the owner of this tea shed has long since left here, leaving only a few grass sheds, an iron stove for boiling tea, and a dozen broken tables and chairs under the grass shed.

There is also a well behind the hut. Xiao Ding saw that this was on the side of the road, and there was a grass hut to shade the sun, so he could wait here to intercept the remnants of Da Chunlu's army. So he ordered these old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to stop, rest in this tea shed, and also go to fetch some well water to quench their thirst.

On a hot day, after such a long journey, the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers were already physically weak, so they just sat here to rest for a while, drink some cool well water, and blow a little cool breeze.

Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou also sat down, and some soldiers brought some well water with their water bags and gave them to Xiao Ding and Yue Yurou. Xiao Ding was also not polite, took out two bowls from the jade pendant space, put them on the table, and then poured a bowl of cold water for Yue Yu to soften himself.

Yue Yurou was already sweating a little at this time, after all, it was summer, and after walking all morning, the sun was shining, how could it not be hot.

After a few sips of cold water, I felt a lot more comfortable.

After Yue Yurou put the water bowl on the table, she looked at Xiao Ding and asked, "Brother Xiao Ding, do you think that the general named Da Chunlu will lead the troops to take this route?" Will he change his mind temporarily and attack Shaoxian? After all, you had already alarmed him last night, so it was not impossible for him to change his plan temporarily? ”

"I guess he doesn't have that guts yet!" Xiao Ding said with certainty, "If he had the guts, last night's plan was not to go to join Song Yinpan first, but to attack Shaoxian County." ”

In fact, this is a psychological implication, if you don't choose the first time, then you still won't choose the second time.

That's why Xiao Ding is so sure and boldly leaves an empty city.

However, did Da Chunlu really dare not go to the empty city of Shao County?

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