The biggest feature of the Jin army is that intelligence comes first, and Hanzhong is no exception, the intelligence point of Jin Weifu in Hanzhong is in Nanzheng County, it is a martial arts hall, called Xifeng Martial Arts Hall, and the owner of the martial arts hall is called Liu Cheng, who is a native of Nanzheng.

The Liu family is quite powerful in Nanzheng, is a famous head snake, opened a martial arts hall, has more than 200 disciples, even the Liangzhou government also relies on them, usually they will also assist the county government to maintain local order.

Liu Cheng is about thirty years old, burly, big shoulders and round waist, martial arts are very strong, he is the second son of Liu Wanshan, the head of the Liu family, was the general of the Hanzhong army, five years ago after the defeat of the Northern Expedition of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he fled from the battlefield and returned to his hometown, unwilling to join the army again, so he opened a martial arts gym in the county and accepted more than 200 apprentices.

It was the decision of the Liu family to defect to Guo Song, and the martial arts hall of the Liu family naturally became the intelligence point of the Jin Wei Mansion in Hanzhong, and the Jin Wei Mansion also installed eighty elite scouts in the martial arts hall at the same time, pretending to be martial arts students.

That afternoon, Zhang Yun followed two merchants into the city of Nanzheng, Zhang Yun had been training recruits since returning from Bashu last year, and his wife had also given birth to a son, so Guo Song let him accompany his wife with peace of mind, and did not let him participate in the campaign to capture Zhaozhou and Hanoi.

This raid on Nanzheng, Zhang Yun repeatedly applied to get this opportunity, he needed to enter Nanzheng City first.

Zhang Yun was not hindered, and directly entered Nanzheng City, and immediately found the Xifeng Martial Arts Hall located in the north of the city.

Liu Cheng, the owner of the hall, invited him to the Guike Hall at the back, and the two sat down, Liu Cheng asked in surprise: "Does General Zhang have any advice when he comes to Nanzheng?" ”

Zhang Yun smiled faintly: "In fact, the military operation to capture Nanzheng will break out tonight, tens of thousands of troops are already thirty miles away, we need the help of Pavilion Master Liu!" ”

Liu Cheng perked up and hurriedly said, "Please give the general's orders, I will definitely go all out!" ”

At this time, Li Chuan, the intelligence head of the Jin Palace's palace in Hanzhong, also heard the news and hurried over, Li Chuan was about forty years old, he was Mr. Wenmo of the Xifeng Wuguan, writing things and keeping accounts, etc., his main task was to investigate all aspects of information in Hanzhong, and after sorting it out, he regularly sent people to Chang'an Jinwei Mansion.

Therefore, Wen Miao knew that the Hanzhong Jiedu Mansion had been replaced, and only then did he know the details of Cao Liwei, and these were all the information that Li Chuan usually collected and sorted.

Li Chuan knew Zhang Yun and hurriedly said, "General Zhang is here, but there is an important action?" ”

Zhang Yun smiled and nodded, "I already told Pavilion Master Liu just now that there will be a major military operation tonight, and we will take Nanzheng City." ”

This news really made Li Chuan feel sudden, he had remained calm for so many years, without any signs, how could he say that he came?

"Did something happen?" Li Chuan asked.

"Mr. Li should know about Cao Liwei's seizure of 60,000 catties of saltpeter!"

Li Chuan nodded, "I heard, 60,000 catties of miscanthus salt, Cao Liwei suspects that it is used in the military!" ”

"He didn't doubt it, saltpeter is indeed an extremely important military resource, and there is no room for loss, so to be precise, we want to recapture saltpeter and capture Hanzhong at the same time."

"So what do you need to do?"

"First of all, I need you to inquire clearly, where are these 60,000 catties of saltpeter? This is important. ”

Li Chuan thought for a while and said: "I heard that it seems to be stored in the warehouse of the state government, and it is said that this saltpeter is very dangerous when it encounters fire, so Cao Liwei refused to put it in the barracks." ”

Liu Cheng next to him said: "If it is in the state government warehouse, then it is not a big problem, my second uncle is in the state government as a cangcao to participate in the military, just ask him." ”

Zhang Yun was overjoyed, "It's best to find out the exact news as soon as possible, and then protect it well." ”

"I'll go later, what else does the general have to explain?"

Zhang Yun pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Li's intelligence said that the Hanzhong Army was stationed outside the city since October last year, is it still the same?" ”

Li Chuan smiled slightly: "In the past, Guo Yuanjun was very cautious, and he always let the army be stationed in the city, but Cao Liwei was different, he thought that the military camp in the city was too small, there was no martial arts field, and the soldiers' residence was too crowded, so he moved the military camp to the outside of the city, and the soldiers were usually stationed outside the city, and once there was any change, they would quickly enter the city." ”

"So he has a garrison at the North City Gate!"

"Exactly, there are a thousand garrisons."

"What about the South Gate?" Zhang Yun asked again,

Nanzheng City is a strategic place, there are not many city gates, only two city gates in the north and south, since the other party has hoarded heavy troops in the north city gate, Zhang Yun of course has to inquire about the situation of the south city gate.

"The army at the South City Gate is very small, two or three hundred people at most."

Zhang Yun nodded, and said to Liu Cheng again: "The brothers' armor can be hidden in the martial arts hall?" ”

"In the basement, there are a total of two hundred sets of armor."

"Assemble my men! I will give them a lecture. ”

.........

The 20,000 troops led by Pei Xin and the 3,000 scout new army had arrived thirty miles away from the Nanzheng military camp, and the 3,000 scout new army was led by Zhang Yuanzhi, the general of Zhonglang.

When the time came, the army began to set out, and the horses were strangled with reins to prevent them from neighing, and cloth was tied to the horses' hooves to keep the sound of their hooves as low as possible.

The three thousand scouts set off as soon as it was dark, they were on foot, but the speed was not slow, under the leadership of Zhang Yuanzhi, they trotted all the way, and within two watches, they arrived in the south of Nanzheng County, and lurked a mile away from the city gate, waiting for the signal of the main general.

At this time, Zhang Yun led eighty heavily armed men to approach the south city gate.

Liu Cheng led his subordinates to ambush near the gate of the state government warehouse under the pretext of catching thieves, their task was to protect the 60,000 catties of saltpeter in the state government warehouse without accidents, the warehouse door was closed, and the key was in the hands of Liu Cheng's uncle, but in order to prevent accidents, Liu Cheng still led more than 100 disciples to come to guard.

The south gate is very quiet, there are two hundred soldiers guarding it, but after all, there has been no war in Hanzhong for decades, and there is no sign of the Guo Song army attacking Hanzhong, and there is almost no defense at night in Nanzheng City, only a few soldiers on duty take turns keeping vigil at the head of the city, and the rest of the soldiers sleep in a nearby mansion.

"It's the yard!"

A soldier pointed to the gate of the courtyard with a lantern hanging under the eaves and said, "Two hundred soldiers are sleeping in the courtyard!" ”

Zhang Yun's task is to capture the city, not to destroy the enemy, he is a scout, and the first principle of the scout is to complete the task and not meddle in irrelevant things, so he has no soldiers for the two hundred soldiers for the time being.

He ordered two of his men to keep an eye on the house, and he led the other soldiers to run along the upper city road to the city gate, and when they reached the city, Zhang Yun slowly looked up, and at the same time waved his hand back gently, and the soldiers stuck to the city wall, waiting for orders.

At the head of the city, you can see a soldier walking around the city wall, yawning constantly, Zhang Lei waved back, two soldiers bent down and flew up, hiding behind the city tower, they are experienced, first determined that there is only one soldier, this is outflanked from both sides, and before the soldier can react, he was thrown to the ground, covering his mouth, and a sharp dagger was inserted into his heart.

Zhang Yun led his men to rush up, surprisingly, there were no soldiers in the city tower, the city was empty, there was not a single defender in sight, and a crescent moon hung in the air, sprinkling the earth with cold silver frost.

There was no snow in Hanzhong, a thin layer of ice formed in the moat under the city, the drawbridge began to be lowered slowly, the city gate was opened, and some soldiers lit torches and waved them vigorously three times.

The three thousand scouts in the distance immediately rushed towards the city gate, and at this moment, a scream suddenly came from behind them, which was particularly clear in the quiet night.

Zhang Yun was taken aback, walked quickly to the female wall, looked down, and saw a person lying on the street, it should not be his subordinates, there were two people standing next to him, and he hurriedly gestured to him, Zhang Yun understood, it was a soldier who came out of the courtyard, maybe he came to change the guard, and was killed by his own men, but he didn't deal with it well, and let out a miserable scream.

Looking at the side of the enemy camp, there was a sudden movement in the courtyard, and someone must have been alarmed.

Zhang Yun immediately shouted: "Follow me!" ”

He led eighty of his men to the city, and rushed to the front of the small courtyard in one breath, and the soldiers fell to one knee and raised their crossbows.

The door of the small courtyard creaked open, and out of it came out a dozen soldiers, who were alarmed by the screams and came out to check the movement.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Zhang Yun gave an order, and dozens of arrows rained down on more than a dozen Hanzhong soldiers at the door.

More than a dozen soldiers were caught off guard, they were hit by arrows, and the screams rang out, at this time, Zhang Yuanzhi took the lead and led 3,000 soldiers into the city.

Zhang Yun said to a school captain: "Kill in, don't leave a single one!" ”

The captain waved his hand, "Follow me in!" ”

He led dozens of soldiers into the courtyard.

At this time, Zhang Yun took over the command of 3,000 soldiers, and immediately ordered: "Divide the troops into two routes, I will lead 2,000 troops to block the barracks, and Zhang Yuanzhi will lead 1,000 troops to seize the north city gate. ”

"Obey!"

Zhang Yun immediately divided his troops into two ways to kill the military camp and the north city gate.

(End of chapter)