The place of Anyang City, for Yuwen Shangyun, is the first step in his set goal.

This will be a springboard for him to enter Jizhou, and Anyang is equivalent to having a lot of security, whether it is manpower, material resources or financial resources.

Once in his plan, Anyang was an extremely important part.

And after easily taking Anyang, during that period of time, both Yuwen Shangyun and his subordinates were very happy.

Before they went north to Jizhou this time, in fact, from top to bottom, everyone was a little depressed in their hearts, because they were squeezed out.

When they fought against the big Kou Li brothers and tigers in Yangzhou, although they faced a strong enemy, they also managed a territory that belonged to them.

The location of this site is also very special, to the southeast is Yangzhou, to the northwest is Xuzhou, and to the north is the important land of Jingzhou.

Such a place, as long as it is properly run, has a lot to offer.

However, as soon as Prince Wu Yang Jiju arrived, he drove them to the north to guard Yuzhou, and ran all the way over, unfamiliar with the place, and did not necessarily have local support.

This kind of depression was relieved by the whole army after Yuwen Shangyun decided to no longer work for the court and no longer work for the emperor.

Most of his soldiers and horses were recruited from Jiangnan, half of them were from Yangzhou, and they left their hometowns to this place.

When Yuwen Shangyun was on the south bank of the Nanping River, he informed the whole army that they would march into Jizhou.

At that moment, morale was restored, and even higher.

However, at this moment, Yuwen Shangyun knew that he might face the most difficult choice in his life, and he couldn't choose the right one.

If they defend Anyang, it won't take two months, and the Ning army will be able to consume them to death.

If you give up Anyang, as Yu Wendian said, march eastward and then make a plot, you will not only lose Anyang but also lose Yuzhou.

Now that Yuzhou is empty, his team is trapped in Anyang City, there are no soldiers to defend in Yuzhou, and it is not difficult to take the entire territory of Yuzhou with the leading forces of Tang's rivals.

"General."

Yuwendian looked at Yuwen Shangyun, lowered his voice and said: "Please also ask the general to make a decision as soon as possible, the news that there is no food will not be suppressed for long, and the army's heart will be chaotic at that time." ”

Yuwen Shangyun nodded, why should Yuwen Dian remind him, doesn't he know it himself.

So Yu Wendian's reminder only made him more upset.

After a long time, Yuwen Shangyun's mind finally cleared up, and he began to think about the third option.

Neither flee nor defend, because both of these choices are resignation.

He once said in front of the whole army that what he Yuwen Shangyun was doing was fighting for his life against the sky.

"If ......"

Yuwen Shangyun looked at Yuwen Dian and said, "I asked you to lead the troops to join Li Qi, are you willing?" ”

Yu Wendian was stunned, and his face changed instantly: "What does this mean, General?!" ”

Yuwen Shangyun said: "We are facing a dilemma at this time, whether it is to the east, north or south, we will all suffer heavy losses, and even the whole army will be wiped out, in fact, the only chance to survive is to fight." ”

He said to Yu Wendian: "If you lead an army to take refuge, Tang Pidi will not trust him, but as long as he accepts, he must assign a part of his troops to take care of it." ”

Yu Wendian said: "But what if they don't surrender? ”

"No, it won't."

Yuwen Shangyun said while thinking: "Li Qi's subordinates don't have many troops, and if he has the heart to compete for the world, it is impossible not to seek development. ”

"He wants to get Yuzhou, because Yuzhou is the granary of the world, and he doesn't have to worry about grain and grass on the edge of Yuzhou, but there are no male soldiers with grain and grass, he only has the heart to compete for ambition and has no strength to fight for glory."

"If you go, Tang Pidi may turn you away, but Li Qi won't, because Tang Pidi wants to be an invincible general in the world, and Li Qi wants to do it

Monarch. ”

Yuwen Shangyun said as he walked around: "As long as you lead the army to vote, Li Qi feels sorry for this army and is good at fighting the government soldiers, and will definitely leave you behind, so that the Tang enemy will divide the troops to take care of it, and the strength of the Ning army in the north of the city will be greatly reduced." ”

"You go and surrender first, I will arrange for Yu Wenjing to lead the army to chase and kill, and then Yu Wenjing will also pretend to surrender...... In this way, there are two of our armies in the Ning army. ”

Yu Wendian's eyes lit up.

He asked Yuwen Shangyun Dao: "What the general means is that if you arrange people to surrender one after another, Li Qi will take in the soldiers who want to be good at fighting, and our grain and grass problem will be solved, go eat Li Qi's grain and grass!" ”

Yuwen Shangyun nodded, feeling somewhat relieved because he thought of this weird and wonderful method.

According to the information reported by the scouts, the Ning army in the north of the city did not exceed 50,000 people, but according to Yuwen Shangyun's speculation, the Ning army did not even have 40,000 people.

The two Chu armies surrendered in the past, and the more than 30,000 Ning troops were responsible for guarding the surrendered troops of more than 20,000 and nearly 30,000 people.

What to fight with?

Yu Wendian said: "The general's plan is incredible...... But it is precisely because of this unbelievable that Li Qi and Tang should not be able to see through it. ”

Yuwen Shangyun said: "Even if you see it, what's the matter, he doesn't accept your surrender, and you come back, but you just go outside the city for a walk." ”

Yu Wendian said: "But if Tang is ruthless, accept surrender, remove our weapons and armor, and then kill the killer ......"

Yuwen Shangyun frowned, he hadn't thought of this possibility.

But he felt that neither Li Qi nor Tang could do such a thing.

If you don't ask about the indiscriminate killing of tens of thousands of soldiers, the reputation of Li Qi and Tang will immediately be stinky all over the Central Plains.

Li Qi is a person with big intentions, and he cherishes his reputation, so he will definitely not allow such a thing to happen.

"Let's try it."

Yuwen Shangyun said: "You send someone first, pretend to contact Li Qi in secret, and say that I vomited blood three times, and then I was furious and killed people indiscriminately, see how Tang Pidi replied...... If Li Qi was not in the Ning army at this time, Tang Pidi would not dare to make his own decisions, and he would have to send someone to Jizhou to ask for instructions, so that he could buy us some time. ”

Yu Wendian nodded and said, "Then I will do it according to the general's instructions, write a letter to Tang Pidi first, and send someone to send it secretly tomorrow." ”

"Don't send it during the day, send it at night, and say to Tang Pidi, it's to let your people go out of the city to deliver letters while you are leading the army to guard the city...... In this way, Tang Pi knows that you have the right to defend the city, and he will also move his mind. ”

Only then did Yu Wendian understand that the general's strategy was not just a goal, but a changeable move.

If Tang agreed, he would lead the army to eat the food of the Ning army, which was naturally a good thing.

If Tang Pi felt that he could use Yuwendian's right to defend the city on duty, and let Yuwendian open the city gate to let the Ning army enter the city, then the Chu army could take the opportunity to set up an ambush in the city, and maybe there was a real chance to turn defeat into victory.

"Go ahead."

Yuwen Shangyun said: "The grain and grass in the city have been counted, and it is enough to hold on for more than ten days, if you can't hold on, you can only reach out to those rich households, those who want to ......."

Yu Wendian was taken aback: "But the general, if you do this, won't you lose the hearts and minds of the people and lose your support?" ”

Yuwen Shangyun smiled bitterly: "When you can't live, you still care about what you do." ”

Yu Wendian thought about it, if the army has no way out, it still cares about what the rich people in the city do.

He bowed down and left Yuwen Shangyun's study, thinking about how to write this letter to Tang Bi as he went.

This move is indeed unexpected, but this move is indeed dangerous.

That night, a letter left Anyang City and was sent to the Ningjun camp.

Half an hour after the letter arrived, the main generals in the Ning army had already arrived in Li Qi's big tent.

Li Qi handed the letter to Tang Pidi, who smiled slightly after reading it and did not comment.

Mr. Wu also smiled after reading it, and he said to Li Qi: "Your Highness, Yuwen Shangyun is already cornered, and he wants to use this strategy to disperse the forces of our army, so he is looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle." ”

Li Qi nodded and said: "Mr. Wu is right, his only chance of winning is to fight me in a decisive battle before the grain and grass run out, if they can win us in one battle, they don't have to care about the soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Yangtze River." ”

Mr. Wu said: "Since Yuwen Shangyun thinks this plan is feasible, let him come." ”

Let's look at Tang Pit, not at Li Qi.

When he glanced at Tang Pidi, Li Qi knew what Mr. Wu was thinking.

Kill.

Kill as many as you want.

And he looked at Tang Pi Rival instead of Li Qi, because this notoriety should not be borne by King Ning.

"I'll do it."

Tang Pidi nodded and only said these three words.

"Not necessarily."

Li Qi shook his head and said: "Yuwen Shangyun doesn't dare to fight a decisive battle easily, if his army attacks me as much as possible, he will be killed by Tantai in the back, so to deal with this plan to surrender troops, it is not necessary for anyone to bear the notoriety of indiscriminate killing." ”

Tang Pi said: "This is not a burden, that's what I think, how much come, how much to kill." ”

Everyone here knows that in military affairs, Tang has always been cold and ruthless.

Li Qi said with a smile: "You can write back to this person, tell him that he only comes to his army, which really has little impact, and ask him if he has the ability to persuade more people to surrender to me." ”

Tang Pidi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Li Qi continued: "The strength of the Chu army in Anyang City is no less than 100,000, and Yuwen Shangyun is conceited. ”

Tang Pidi looked at Li Qi, but Li Qi shook his head: "I can't guess what this back hand is, so I will reply to Yu Wendian like this first." ”

After finishing speaking, he got up, looked at Mr. Wu and said: "War, to kill the enemy, I know this truth, if it is a black warrior, a person from the Western Regions, it will be done according to Mr. 's idea, but this is an internal fight...... If you can kill less, kill less. ”

Mr. Wu clenched his fists and said, "Your Highness......"

Before he could say his words, Li Qi had already shook his head: "Let's not discuss this matter today, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

Li Qi tidied up his clothes and walked out: "Let's go and rest first." ”

A moment later, the Ning army was in the camp.

Tang Pidi walked to Li Qi's side, and the two stood side by side.

Li Qi spoke to Tang Pidi first, "I know you're right. ”

Tang Pidi's mouth had just opened, and he couldn't even utter a syllable.

He looked at Li Qi and smiled, "You think I'm here to persuade you?" ”

Li Qi nodded.

Tang Pi said: "War is based on killing the enemy, there will never be anything wrong with this, it just depends on whether you are willing to preach it...... In the era of melee between the countries before the Zhou Dynasty, as long as there was an opportunity, they would definitely kill the enemy army on a large scale, and there were 200,000 soldiers who surrendered. ”

"There is no doubt that this may seem cruel, but it is actually the most effective...... But. ”

Tang Pidi looked at Li Qi and smiled: "I know you're right." ”

Li Qi laughed.

Tang Pidi asked him: "Can you think of what Yuwen Shangyun's later move is?" ”

Li Qi shook his head: "It's almost a pot of wine and three catties of meat, otherwise I can't think of it." ”

Tang Pidi turned around and shouted, "Come!" ”

Yu Jiuling trotted over with wine and meat.