145. The Conspiracy of the Cave Court
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Outside the city, the Song army formation, the front five poles fluttering, the palace in front of the Si Jing army, the guard army, the Xingguo army, the beggar army, and Zhao Dongting's dragon flag.
This was followed by an endless army and a variety of black, gold-encrusted banners. Zhao Dongting's chariot sat in the Chinese army, and the flying dragon soldiers were protected.
When Ali Hague received the movement of the Song army, Zhao Dongting also learned from the scout that the Yuan army had entered the city.
This made him frown and sigh slightly, "Hurry up, I didn't expect it to be a little slower......"
If he was given a choice, he would naturally be willing to fight against the Yuan army in the wilderness. Although the Yuan army was numerous, it was tired and demoralized, and it was bound to be defeated.
Now that the Yuan army has entered the city, if they want to defeat them, they must break the city, which is undoubtedly much more troublesome.
Zhao Dongting sat in the chariot and pondered alone.
When the sun was sinking in the west, the army arrived outside the city of Lipu.
Su Quandang, Wen Tianxiang and others stopped their horses one after another, and then ran towards Zhao Dongting's chariot.
Naturally, they have already received the news that the Yuan army has entered the city, and now the gate of Lipu County is closed, and there are countless Yuan troops in the city, and it is not easy to break the city.
Wen Tianxiang and the others all felt sorry, if the march was faster, it would be good if they could drag the Yuan army out of the city.
However, now that it is a foregone conclusion, they can only report to Zhao Dongting and then discuss.
The generals successively arrived in front of Zhao Dongting's chariot, and Zhao Dongting heard the sound of horses' hooves and walked out of the chariot.
Yue Peng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Yuan army has entered Lipu County, how should we be?" β
He didn't have any good ideas in his heart, so he hurriedly asked, and he wanted to ask Zhao Dongting if he had any good ideas.
Although Zhao Dongting is young and the emperor is the emperor, in the eyes of Wen Tianxiang, Yue Peng, Su Quandang and others, he is not just able to govern the country. Regardless of the previous battle of Qizhou, taking the battle of conquering the south and defending the south in Guangxi, Qin Han did not make any plans, but followed Zhao Dongting's method to attack the Jesur camp, and the fireworks Dapo Ali Hague tunnel plan, and successively achieved great victories.
They also admired Zhao Dongting's art of war very much, the emperor's thinking was unbridled, often unexpected, not comparable to them.
Zhao Dongting's eyes swept over Wen Tianxiang and the others, and found that they were all staring at him, and his heart moved slightly.
During the journey to Lipu County, he had naturally thought about how to break the city, but he didn't want all these generals to become wooden people who didn't want to use their brains and would only act according to orders. If so, how can they rely on them to break the Yuan army in the future?
Zhao Dongting never thought that he would always follow the army on the expedition, he was an emperor, not a general. Ride out on the expedition, once in a while.
At that moment, he asked, "Do you have an idea?" β
Yue Peng, Dongheli and the others, you look at me, I look at you, they all frowned.
Their thinking has almost been solidified, thinking that they have 60,000 people, but they want to attack Lipu County, where 80,000 or 90,000 yuan troops are stationed, there is really no proper way.
After a long time, Yue Peng said: "Your Majesty, why don't we bombard Lipu County with the Divine Dragon Cannon again?" β
Previously, when they were in Jinjin County, they used this method to forcibly break the city and drag Yuan General Ebony out of the city and kill him. Thinking about it now, Yue Peng still feels full of comfort, such an unscrupulous break of the city, it is really majestic!
Zhao Dongting pursed his lips and asked Zhao Da and Zhao Hu, "How many Shenlong shells are there in the army?" β
Zhao Da scratched his head and said: "There are less than ten rounds left, and they were all used up in Pingnan County to resist the Yuan army's breakthrough." β
"Why don't you know how to save it?"
Yue Peng almost jumped to his feet.
Zhao Da said aggrievedly: "At that time, the Yuan army was menacing, weren't we afraid that they would break the city!" β
Wen Tianxiang and the others all smiled bitterly when they heard this, and indeed Zhao Da and Zhao Hu could not be blamed for this. At the beginning, the Yuan army attacked the city, and the scene was indeed terrifying.
The generals pondered again.
After a while, Su Quandang hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, why don't we use the way of others to govern others?" Ali Hague sent a master to attack my Pingnan county at night, why can't we send a master to attack the county seat of Lipu County at night? As long as the city gate can be broken, with the rainbow momentum of our army, it is still possible to break the Yuan army. β
Zhao Dongting did not speak, noncommittal.
Dongheli said: "But in this case, even if our army breaks the city, the loss is not small." β
Su Quandang frowned slightly, and said, "Then our army is besieging but not attacking?" The Yuan army was short of food and grass, and they were only waiting for food to run out, and they would definitely run out of the city by themselves. β
"No, the Yuan army has no food, and it will definitely rob the army of food, and it will only suffer the people in the city at that time." Wen Tianxiang sighed beside him.
Su Quandang stopped talking.
Yue Peng was so annoyed that he stomped his feet, "It's not okay to attack, it's not okay to encircle, can we withdraw the army?" β
Wen Tianxiang looked at Zhao Dongting with a smile in his eyes, and said, "The emperor is calm, he should have a good plan in his heart, right?" β
Zhao Dongting saw them going around, and they all looked at him, he couldn't cry or laugh, shook his head and sighed: "Except for Yue Peng, all of you are familiar with the military books, but don't be imprisoned by all the things in the military books. β
Yue Peng was regarded as a typical, his face was full of ridicule, and Su Quandang and the others couldn't help laughing.
Zhao Dongting said again: "It is the best policy to surrender the army without a fight, although there are many Yuan troops, but we may not have no way to divide them." β
When the generals heard this, their eyes were full of light.
Wen Tianxiang said: "Right now, the people of the Yuan army are panicking, and the emperor means to send someone to persuade him to surrender?" β
"Nope."
Zhao Dongting shook his head, "Ali Hague, as the commander of the Yuan Army, has a high position and power, and it is impossible to be demoted." We have taken the liberty of sending messengers in, but we have only brought humiliation on ourselves. However, there is a way to try, Ali Hague is a Vulture, but the generals under his command are all ethnic groups, and the most important ones have been killed by Ebony Tuo, Jesur, Toheti and others, and he is unwilling to surrender, but the generals under his command may not be willing to follow him to defend the city. Even if the generals were willing, the soldiers might not be willing. If you can't fill your stomach, who is willing to die for him Ali Hague? β
All the generals looked at Zhao Dongting fixedly, and the light in their eyes was even worse.
Zhao Dongting said: "Let's send hundreds of people to shoot arrows in the city, and the arrows are tied to letters, and the letters write that those who surrender are not to blame in the past, and those who do not want to join the army can be distributed to let them return home, and those who are willing to continue to serve in the army can stay in our army and continue to be entrusted with important tasks, just like the Wanyan Zhang of the Anti-Yuan Army." In this way, the Yuan army will not say that there will inevitably be a mutiny, but the army's spirit will definitely be more dispersed. β
The light in the eyes of Wen Tianxiang and the others reached its peak at this moment, "The emperor is talented!" β
Zhao Dongting nodded, "Order all the soldiers to rest on the spot, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu, you two take people to shoot arrows in the city!" β
"Yes!"
Zhao Da and Zhao Hu, two copper-faced ugly men, grinned widely, and happily beckoned the flying dragon soldiers to go.
They don't know any art of war, but they only know that there is nothing wrong with listening to the emperor.
Zhao Dongting didn't have any pride in his heart. This method was also seen in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life. When LΓΌ Bu retreated to Xiapi, Cao Cao used this method to mutiny in LΓΌ Bu's army, causing LΓΌ Bu's 10,000 enemies to be tied up out of the city by his lieutenant general and killed in Huangquan.
Although what is written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is probably conjecture and not true, this method may not be unusable.
On the march just now, Zhao Dongting didn't think of a better way.
Su Quandang is right, attacking, even if the city is broken, it is bound to suffer heavy losses. Siege, the people in the city are bound to suffer, this is not what Zhao Dongting wants to see.
Thinking of the people, he suddenly thought of another thing, what if the Yuan army used the people in the city as a threat?
Zhao Dongting has been in such a dilemma twice.
But then I thought about it, how can the Yuan army say that there are also 80,000 or 90,000 people, it shouldn't be used in such a way, right?
He waved his hand and asked Su Quan and Yue Peng to go down and arrange for the soldiers to set up camp, and then got back into the chariot.
There are always many variables in war, and he can't strategize like Qin Han, he can only do his best.
Up to now, Zhao Dongting has actually seen a lot, or in other words, has been assimilated a lot. War, some losses are inevitable.
He wants to save the lives of all the people and all the soldiers, but even if he is an immortal, he can't do it. And he is just a person who has crossed over, except for some ideas and insights that are ahead of the times in his head, compared with these ancients, he actually does not have too many strengths.
In terms of the art of war, don't say Wen Tianxiang, Su Quandang and others, Zhao Dongting is estimated to be only compared with Yue Peng, and it is only a little stronger.
Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven.
When the sunset was still a little afterglow, the Song army camped and the Flying Dragon Army galloped out.
Zhao Da carried Zhao Dongting's dragon flag and galloped in front. The soldiers behind them carried bows and arrows, and the arrows were tied with white cloth. These fabrics are letters of persuasion, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu are illiterate, so the accompanying officials in the army hurriedly wrote hundreds of copies.
The Yuan army on the wall of Lipu County was a little stunned when they saw that hundreds of Song Military districts rushed to attack the city.
With such a number of duels between the two sides, what can hundreds of people do?
A sneak attack might still work, but wouldn't a blatant siege be a death sentence?
Even the sentries on the watchtower didn't blow the horn, and they didn't take Zhao Da and Zhao Hu seriously at all.
It wasn't until recently, when they saw the dragon banner carried by Zhao Da, that the generals and soldiers of the Yuan army defending the city looked slightly grim. It turned out to be a messenger.
Before the ancient wars, it was not strange to have emissaries to negotiate.
When Zhao Da and Zhao Hu led the Flying Dragon Army only more than 20 meters away from the city, the Yuan soldiers and soldiers set up their bows and arrows, and the generals defending the city shouted: "Stop!" β
"Stop!"
Zhao Hu shouted loudly.
The flying dragon sergeants immediately brushed together.
They received special forces-style training in Leizhou, and their quality was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers.
As soon as they reined in their horses, hundreds of people pulled their bows and arrows, and hundreds of arrows tied to the letter of surrender shot towards the city wall of Lipu County.
They shot at an extremely high angle, and the arrows rained down, without the intention of harming the Yuan army in the city.
"Retreat!"
Then, without waiting for the Yuan army to come back to his senses, he slapped his horse and retreated backwards.
The general of the Yuan army stared at it with puzzled faces, and it was not until a soldier found the letter of surrender and presented it to him that his face changed slightly.