Chapter 373: The Silent Huilin Town

Lin'an City was quickly taken down by Shang Kexi, which was definitely something that everyone did not expect. Shang Kexi was naturally very excited, and after Tiemo, Xu Zhixin and the others entered the city, they couldn't wait to greet them, "Supervisor, the last general is fortunate to have taken Lin'an City." ”

Shang Kexi's tone was excited, and as he spoke, he looked deeply at Tie Mo with a pair of eyes. Tie Mo hung in the air with one hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "It's hard work General Shang, then General Shang can have a good rest." ”

"Huh?" Shang Kexi's face trembled, and the whole person was a little confused. He was bent on taking the opportunity to make a name for himself, the rogue was beaten out of Lin'an City, and the main army of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng was also withdrawn not long ago. I was puzzled, and naturally I was a little unhappy, "Supervisor, no, you promise to have an elite army, and the last general will promise to remove one of Gao Yingxiang's arms." ”

Shang Kexi was about to say something, but Geng Zhongming in the crowd glanced at him. Tiemo didn't say much, waiting for him to take someone to the old palace of Lin'an, Shang Kexi dragged Geng Zhongming, who was following behind, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Geng, what's going on?" ”

Geng Zhongming looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention to this, so he patted Shang Kexi's shoulder and said, "You, you're too anxious." You don't want to think about it, the thieves have just withdrawn, and the foothold on the hidden side is not stable, it is a good time to pursue, who doesn't understand such a simple thing, you don't understand it as a supervisor and Mr. Wang? The superintendent let the soldiers and horses of all departments rest in Lin'an City, and he was not in a hurry to use the hidden soldiers, obviously there were other arrangements. ”

"And ah, what can you do if you chase after it? Do you think the thieves will give you a chance? The thieves had suffered losses in Yuhang and other places before, losing a lot of supplies, and they didn't want to make the same mistake again. So, even if you want to fight, the thieves won't give you a chance. We can only wait now, Yu Qian's side doesn't need to fight, the thieves will let it out, I think, the overseer must want to let the thieves leave, and wait until he gets to the right place before he starts. ”

Geng Zhongming is extremely intelligent and has always had a unique vision, Shang Kexi still trusts him very much, thinks about it, and wonders: "According to your thoughts, where do you think the Inspector will do it?" ”

"According to my thoughts, coupled with the recent transfer of troops and horses in various ministries and the Beijing camp, it is estimated that the superintendent is going to compete with the Liukou in Chizhou Mansion" Geng Zhongming frowned lightly, and his expression became a little serious, "There are relatively few lakes in Chizhou Mansion, and there are more flat lands, which is the most suitable place to use cavalry in this area." A war in Chizhou Mansion can maximize our advantages. ”

Recently, Geng Zhongming has a deep understanding. The Yunfu cavalry that crisscrossed the north was like a little daughter-in-law with bound feet in the south of the Yangtze River, restricted everywhere. Don't look at Jiaxing Mansion and Yuhang, but in fact, it all depends on the mobilization of soldiers and horses to take the lead. To say that there are very few frontal fights, which also leads to the fact that the casualties of the rogue are not too large. Geng Zhongming also knew that the real purpose of the Xuanfu army coming to Nanzhili was to scrape money, but if you didn't hurt the Liukou, it would be almost impossible to scrape off a few catties of flesh on the Liukou. Liukou entered Nanzhili, burned, killed and looted, and most of the materials obtained were held in the hands of Gao Yingxiang's headquarters soldiers and horses, and the previous seizures were all small amounts.

After listening to Geng Zhongming's words, Shang Kexi also stopped thinking about continuing the pursuit. If Geng Zhongming didn't say it, he really couldn't see through the doorway here. At this time, Tie Mo, Xu Zhixin and Wang Zuojiao were discussing the specific plan for the next step.

It can be said that Shang Kexi's premature takeover of Lin'an City is not good news for Tiemo's overall plan. According to the plan, the army should stay in Lin'an for two days, as long as Lin'an is not broken, Gao Yingxiang and the others will stay in the dive for two more days. In these extra two days, Jingying and Cao Wenzhao, who was stationed in Qianshan, Anqing Prefecture, could do a lot of things.

But now that Lin'an City has been taken down prematurely, even if he doesn't do anything, Gao Yingxiang in Qiancheng will not stay in the city honestly. If he was Gao Yingxiang, he would definitely take advantage of the fact that the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu had not yet arrived, withdraw from Hangzhou Mansion as soon as possible and return to the Central Plains. After all, Lin'an City is not his own, do you stay in the diving area and wait to be beaten by others?

Wang Zuo was holding the tea, his forehead wrinkled into Sichuan characters, the first time he had a headache because he won the battle, and he blamed himself, he didn't tell Shang Kexi to fight leisurely. However, the matter has already happened, and we have to find a way to try our best to remedy it, "Supervisor, now Grandpa Xu and our people have not been able to reach the predetermined location, and, according to this situation, Gao Yingxiang will not stay in the area of Yu Qian, and it is estimated that he will leave to evacuate Yu Qian soon." For today's plan, we have to send a team of soldiers and horses to block the rogues. ”

Tiemo nodded bitterly, everything in Jiangnan is good, but it is not good for the cavalry. If this place is the same as the prairie in the north, you can let the cavalry play, you only need to wave your hand, the cavalry pounces up, and see if Gao Yingxiang dares to retreat boldly. Unfortunately, this broken place is full of potholes, either rivers and lakes, or soft fields, and there are mountains and hills everywhere, and if the cavalry pursues them all the way, it is equivalent to self-harm all the way.

Xu Hongji's soldiers and horses and his own dark chess are all useful, and they can't be easily mobilized, thinking about it, the only thing left to mobilize is to lead a team of soldiers and horses, "Find a way to tell General Cao about the situation here, and whether you can stop the Liukou next, it's up to General Cao to do so." ”

Xu Zhixin looked worried, she hadn't dealt with Cao Wenzhao and those people, so she naturally couldn't believe it, "Supervisor, can they do it?" You must know that if they can't complete the mission, once they let the rogues escape back to the Central Plains, it will be difficult to trap the rogues again. ”

"Miss, you can rest assured, Mr. Cao's ability can still be trusted, I believe Mr. Cao will definitely be able to think of a way!" Tiemo and Cao Wenzhao have known each other for a long time, and they are well aware of Cao Wenzhao's ability.

Soon after, an urgent letter was sent to Qianshan County, Anqing Prefecture, and at this time, in the second half of the first month, Qianshan County had already shown signs of warming. Different from the situation on Tiemo's side, since taking Qianshan County, Cao Wenzhao ordered all troops to stay in Qianshan County without moving, and all troops and horses stayed in Qianshan to eat and drink, but it was very idle. Sometimes, Qin Liangyu doubted whether he was here to fight or to enjoy.

However, an official document completely broke the good days of the soldiers and horses of all departments, and Cao Wenzhao pinched the official document, and suddenly had a big head. The matter was serious, so Qin Liangyu and Zhao Shujiao were called, "Two, according to the predetermined plan, our army should go south to Wangjiang in three days, turn to the northeast, and stop the Liukou in the territory of Chizhou Mansion." But now, the rogues have been evacuated earlier than scheduled, and we may not be able to follow the previous method. ”

"What the battle of Chizhou Mansion will be like this time, but it is related to how many things we can get in the end, and we must fight this battle well! I wonder what the two generals think? Cao Wenzhao already had an idea in his heart, but he was cautious by nature, and he also wanted to hear the opinions of Zhao Shujiao and Qin Liangyu.

Knowing that the plan was likely to be aborted, Qin Liangyu was the most anxious, she could point to this battle to get more benefits to solve the disaster in Sichuan and Shu. For this reason, he even put aside Sun Chuanting and offended the six cabinet departments, if he let the rogues withdraw easily, wouldn't he be a big loss? Therefore, she said urgently: "What is there to discuss, at this time, we have no way back, no matter what, we have to block the way of Liukou from Chizhou Mansion to the north." In my opinion, if it really doesn't work, we will storm Anqing, as long as Anqing is in our hands, we can enter Chizhou Mansion at any time. ”

Zhao Shujiao and Qin Liangyu had almost the same idea, he nodded, and said seriously: "Yes, for today's plan, we can only attack Anqing." If you take another detour, I'm afraid it's too late. Although Anqing is heavily guarded and He Yishan has recently strengthened its defenses, if we can work together and raise a good plan, it is not impossible to take Anqing City in a short time. ”

Seeing Zhao Shujiao and Qin Liangyu say this, Cao Wenzhao nodded secretly in his heart, he was afraid that the opinions of these two would be contrary to his own. Since the idea is the same, then it will be easy to do next, "Cao's idea is the same, as long as he can win Anqing City, all problems can be solved." Moreover, according to my observation, although Anqing City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we are not without opportunities. ”

Zhao Shujiao couldn't help but be curious, and wondered: "Mr. Cao, do you already have an idea?" ”

"Well, Anqing City is heavily guarded, if we want to forcibly break through and take it in a short time, it's not impossible, but I'm afraid the casualties are not acceptable to us. However, we can find a way outside Anqing City, this He Yishan can be said to be extremely stable, in order to ensure that Anqing City is safe and sound, not only the city wall was built, but also more than a dozen temporary camps were arranged around Anqing City to play an early warning role. As long as we use troops in any direction, the outer camps will warn Anqing City, and Anqing City will have plenty of time to react. This has led to the fact that we can't sneak attack Anqing City, and breaking Anqing City in a short period of time has become a utopia! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Wenzhao paused and continued: "He Yishan's arrangement can be said to have added a buffer zone to Anqing City, and I have to say that this trick is very clever. However, there is a way to solve any trick in this world. He Yishan was very confident in his arrangement, so he dared to hide in Anqing City and sleep. But just right, we can take advantage of this and surprise attack Anqing City. ”

Qin Liangyu frowned, she listened to it for a long time, but she didn't come up with a good idea, "Mr. Cao, don't sell Guanzi, how should you fight?" Qin has a headache, and the defensive strength of these camps on the periphery is not very good, but as long as we move, they will warn Anqing City, which is very annoying. ”

"General Qin, don't be anxious" gesture and asked Cao Bianjiao to spread the map on the table, he pointed to one of the places and said: "Two of you, please see, this is Huilin Town, and there is a distance between the camps on both sides of Huilin Town, this is our opportunity." As long as we can take Huilin Town quietly, so that the thieves in Huilin Town cannot warn Anqing City, then we have a great chance of sneaking up on Anqing. ”

Seeing the doubts on the faces of Qin Liangyu and Zhao Shujiao, Cao Wenzhao asked a few people to come over and narrate them in detail.

At night, the land was enveloped, and the small town of Huilin was quiet and peaceful. Huilin Town is a very small town, and there are more than 100 families in the town, but since Anqing City was occupied by the Liukou, the people in the town have fled. Right now, Huilin Town is occupied by more than 200 rogues. The town is a small military camp, and there are men guarding the door at the entrance of the village.

In the second half of the first month, the weather began to get warmer, but the wind on the side of Anqing Mansion was still not small, especially at night, when the cold wind was blowing in the ears. Except for the guards who patrolled the gate, the other rogues had already fallen asleep. At the end of the day, a team of patrolmen walked through the streets, a team of more than a dozen people walked slowly, and the person at the front whispered, "I don't know what the use of our patrols in this place is to prevent thieves?" ”

The leader of the team turned around and shouted in a deep voice: "Less nonsense, when it's our turn to patrol, you can be Rory." ”

Walking another street, someone at the back of the team suddenly squatted down holding his stomach, and the team leader saw this situation, and quickly surrounded the others, "Little dog, how are you?" ”

The man called the puppy was hunched up, his forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and he was shivering, "My stomach hurts..... I don't know what's going on..... I ......." Before he finished speaking, the little dog fell to the ground, the corners of his mouth began to foam, and the whole person twitched even more, how could he still speak.

What's going on? The team leader panicked in his heart, and just wanted to carry the puppy on his back, but saw that the other people in the team also fell to the ground one after another holding their stomachs, and many people were foaming at the mouth, and they didn't even have the strength to hum.

No, this is poisoning, and the people in the team have been poisoned, so doesn't that mean that the other brothers in the entire Huilin Town are the same? As soon as he wanted to get up, the team leader only felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and when it was over, he was also poisoned.

While he was still conscious and could control himself, he shivered and wiped it off his waist. An arrow was in his hand, and he was about to press it, when an arrow flew down the wind in the darkness. With a pop, the leader of the team lay on the ground in shock, blood oozed from his forehead, and the arrow in his hand slowly fell to the ground.

In the dark, several men quietly walked out, looking at the ringing arrow in the hands of the team leader, one of them sighed with palpitations: "It's so dangerous, I almost missed the patrol people, if this ringing arrow goes to the sky, then our brother's head will have to move." ”

In tonight's operation, Cao Wenzhao and others gave a death order, if they couldn't quietly take Huilin Town, all the people who participated in the operation would not end well.

Fortunately, the team leader was killed at the last moment. At this time, there was an unusually quiet and even a little weird in the entire Huilin Town. In some of the rooms, the doors and windows were open, but the people in the rooms were lying on their backs, and they were almost all wiped on their necks.

When it was ugly, the quiet Huilin Town suddenly began to become lively, and the sound of fighting spread far away, and at the same time, an arrow rose into the sky, stirring up the nervous nerves of Anqing City.