Zong Ze, Xu Guanzhong, Li Yanxian, Yang Cun and others led an army of 100,000 people, all the way out of Tokyo and went straight to Wanzhou, and killed the border of Wanzhou in less than a day.

Wanzhou is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is like a big bowl, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has always been a strategic place to go south to Jingxiang or north to Luoyang and Tokyo, so it is a place where soldiers must fight.

When it was dark, Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong sneaked out of Wancheng and secretly entered Zong Ze's tent, Zong Ze caught it and inquired about the situation between Wancheng and Huaixi.

The three of them, Dai Zong, Dai Zong, Gushang Flea Shi Qian, and Bai Sheng, the White Day Mouse, had already lurked in Jingxiang half a month in advance, and were responsible for investigating the news of Wang Qing in Huaixi.

Huaixi, which refers to a large area west of the Huai River, is basically the northern part of Jingzhou, and is the mainstream name of the Song people in this era.

Dai Zongdao: "There are 60,000 thieves in Wancheng, 20,000 are bandits and officials who defected to Wang Qing, and the remaining 40,000 are young and strong people recruited later. The guard is Liu Min, known as Liu Zhibo, who is clever and wise, and is good at strategy; There are six fierce generals under the account, including Lu Cheng, Zheng Jie, Kou Meng, Gu Cen Han Zhe, and Ban Ze, but I haven't seen their martial arts, and I don't know the depths. ”

Zong Ze asked, "How is the morale of the Wanzhou sergeants?" ”

"The morale is not bad! Liu Min has some skills, he never withholds food and salary on weekdays, and he also asks people to go hunting in the surrounding mountains and forests to improve the food for the army, and his generals not only obey him, but even the sergeants also admire him. ”

Zong Ze frowned.

"What is the heart of the people of Wanzhou City?"

Dai Zong sighed: "Wanzhou City is close to Tokyo, and in the past, it was looted by those corrupt officials and local tyrants and gentry, and everyone hated the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. When Wang Qing's subordinate Du Xue attacked Wanzhou, the people were unwilling to help the Song army defend the city, and some people even secretly went out of the city to leak the news, so that as soon as Du Xue arrived in Wanzhou, the official army suffered a defeat and fled the city. ”

After Liu Min arrived in Wanzhou, he not only harmless to the people, comforting the army and civilians, but also confiscating the money and grain of the wealthy households in the city to help the people, and killing many corrupt officials. Now everyone in Wanzhou City respects Liu Min as his parents, and we want to take Wanzhou, facing not only 60,000 troops, but also the people of the city. ”

The crowd was silent.

A moment later, Li Yanxian took the case: "Corrupt officials and corrupt officials mislead the country and the people, and they really deserve to be killed!" This Liu Min is so powerful, and he is really a big problem for Da Song, and he must be eliminated as soon as possible! Zong Shuai, why don't I sneak into Wancheng with a few hundred people and kill Liu Min? ”

"No!"

Xu Guanzhong said immediately, and then felt that his tone was a little hard, and then softened.

"There are three inappropriate ways to do this!"

"According to what General Dai said, the hearts of the army and the people of Wanzhou City were all obtained by Liu Min, and General Li infiltrated Wancheng to assassinate him, no matter whether he succeeded or not, it would be difficult to retreat with his whole body, and this is one of them."

"When the two armies clash, they not only look at the victory or defeat on the battlefield, but also care about the people's hearts to the north. Liu Min has become a climate in Wanzhou, and we can only get the land of Wanzhou and the people of Wanzhou by properly disposing of it, otherwise even if we get Wanzhou, it will be difficult to govern, and it will leave a big disaster, which is also very unfavorable to the prestige of our Song Dynasty. This is also the second. ”

"Three?"

"The third is His Royal Highness the Prince's love for talent, and he never cares about his background. If it is turbid today, there are few talents like Liu Min, if His Highness is here, he will never allow us to harm his life, and we must plan properly. ”

Li Yanxian was silent, sighed and sat down.

"Thank you General Xu for reminding me, I was reckless!"

Xu Guanzhong comforted: "General Li can be promoted by His Royal Highness the Son of Heaven to be the chief general of the forbidden army, is he a reckless person? It's just a meritorious service! ”

"In fact, we don't have to grow the ambition of others and destroy our own prestige, mortals in the world are not immortals, and there must be something inferior. No matter how powerful he Liu Min is, I don't believe that there are no flaws. Moreover, according to General Dai's words, this Liu Min can be regarded as an honest official, but marching and fighting may not be invincible in the world. ”

"Oh? Is Guan Zhong a good plan? Zong Ze said happily.

"It's not a good idea!" Xu Guanzhong said, "The art of war is 'move because of the enemy', and only when the enemy makes a move can we see the flaws; if the enemy does not move, it is useless for us to want to break our heads." In the student's opinion, it is better to lead the army to fight with Liu Min first, find his flaws, and then plan. ”

"What Guan Zhong said is true! But since Liu Min is known as a wise man, we are not familiar with geography from afar, so we need to guard against him stealing the camp first. ”

Zong Ze agreed with Xu Guanzhong's opinion, so he ordered Xu Guanzhong to take Wang Huan, Wang Wende, Chen Xizhen and other generals tomorrow to lead 20,000 horses to go to the battle, and ordered Li Yanxian to lead 20,000 horses to ambush on the left, and Yang Cunzhong to lead 20,000 horses to ambush on the right, to see Xu Guanzhong's victory or defeat; Guarding Dazhai by himself. Dai Zong was ordered by Zong Ze to go north to contact the crown prince Zhao Huan.

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Besides, Liu Min of Wancheng got a report from Tanmalai that the Song army had arrived at the border of Wanzhou, and he was busy gathering generals to discuss military aircraft, and at the same time sent more scouts to find out the details.

After an hour, the scouts reported one after another, detailing the details of the Song army: "The Song army is encamped at the foot of the mountain, and the number of camp tents should be around 100,000. The grain and grass are all in the Chinese army, and the guards are very strict! ”

Lakh!

Hearing this number, Liu Min felt quite heavy.

There are only 60,000 horses in Wanzhou, and most of them are people who are not familiar with the war.

Song Jun came from afar, and he didn't know if he could defeat him for a while, and improve his morale.

He asked the scout again, "Is there any wind now?" What is the direction of the wind? Is it dark enough? How far can you see? ”

"Back to my lord! It's a northwest wind now, and the wind is not too big or small! Because there is no moon in the sky, you can only walk with torches, and you can't see people! ”

"Great!"

Liu Min was overjoyed, this is really God's help and gives him a chance to achieve great success.

"Song Jun is not familiar with geography, but we are familiar! Tonight, while the Song army is tired from afar, and the moon is dark and the wind is high, let's go out of the city and kill him first! ”

"The last general waits, but listens to orders!" The generals stood up.

"Good! Pass on my military orders! ”

"Lu Cheng! You take 3,000 people, bring more things that cause fire, and set fire to the mountains northwest of the Song army! ”

"Yes!"

"Zheng Jie! You bring 5,000 people, and you also bring things that ignite fire, and when Lu is done, you will sneak attack the camp of the Song army, and you don't have to kill anyone, just burn their grain and grass for me! ”

"Yes!"

"Kou Meng, Gu Cen! The two of you each take 10,000 people, sneak around the back of the Song army, and wait for the Song army to cover up and kill when the Song army is in chaos, and you will be a great success! ”

"Yes!"

"Han Zhe, Ban Ze! Each of you will take 5,000 men and horses to meet Lu Cheng and Zheng Jie, and if Lu Cheng and Zheng Jie succeed, you will lead the army to chase and kill; If Lu Cheng and Zheng Jie lose, you will cover their retreat into Wancheng! ”