Chapter 343: Wang Dechen is in the middle of the scheme

Wang San was the first time to become a general and lead the troops to the battle, so he was actually a little uneasy in his heart. Although the 3,000 firearms soldiers under him are not Shi Bin's old base, they are also elite troops, and they cannot be destroyed by him, so Wang San did not dare to be sloppy on the way to the march, and they all came step by step.

After about three or four days, Wang San's heart finally let go, no longer so cautious like a frightened bird, and finally thought clearly and could analyze the problem well.

Since the dispatch of the army, what has made Wang San last reluctant is the information that Song Qian brought back about the amount of grain and grass of the Yuan people. After three months, there will be no food and grass, and most of them need to be collected on the spot. Wang Dechen, Kublai Khan, and Uliang Hatai are all battle-hardened generals, how could they make such mistakes?

Due to doubts in his heart, Wang San immediately sent one hundred and fifty scouts, and the five of them went in groups of three to inquire about the news of the Yuanren grain and grass to see if Song Qian's information was wrong.

Two days later, the scout cavalry sent back accurate information: the Yuan people did only bring grain and grass for March, but they almost encountered any resistance before reaching the capital of Dali, and the defenders either surrendered or abandoned the city and fled. Now there are 800,000 stone grains and grass, enough for them to use for two years.

Wang San, who heard the news, immediately became angry and scolded the Dali national guards for being all waste. Running for your life is running for your life, but you don't even know that you have burned grain and grass.

Knowing that the matter was urgent, Wang San had no choice but to immediately send the information back to Chengdu and ask Shi Bin to personally lead the army to come, while he continued to carry out the order to attack and harass the Yuan people.

Seeing Wang San's military report, Shi Bin couldn't cry or laugh, so he was put under house arrest by Jia Ling and Sai Xishi for a few days and had to go out in person again, only to say that the Yuan people might have to retreat due to lack of food and grass, but they immediately came out with an extra 800,000 stone of grain and grass.

Knowing that it was not the time to play with his temper, Shi Bin had no choice but to personally lead 5,000 of his own old bottom and 40,000 elite of the Sichuan army into battle. Shi Bin knew very little about Dali, and the only thing he remembered was the nonsense of Dali Duan's 'Six-Vein Divine Sword'. Therefore, when he entered the army, he was also anxious, for fear that one wrong step would be lost.

Knowing that the backing was coming, Wang San dared to continue to lead the troops forward, but fortunately, he was also a thoughtful general who had been on the battlefield, and he had stopped when he was still two hundred and fifty miles away from Wang Dechen's forward army. He was self-aware, knowing that even 3,000 firearms soldiers facing 10,000 troops would be a mortal situation.

Therefore, he immediately divided the three thousand soldiers and horses into six parts, each with five hundred men, and let them lie in ambush on the road that Wang Dechen must pass. And gave a very interesting order: only attack when the south wind is blowing, the duration of the attack cannot exceed a stick of incense, and never close combat, violators will be beheaded directly.

He himself disguised himself as a merchant, paid some incense money, and lived in a small temple with a few guards.

Due to the fast forward to summer, Dali is blowing the southeast wind, which makes the Song army ambushed in the south take advantage of it, because the Yuan army's bow and arrow attack against the wind is not lethal at all, they can only choose hand-to-hand combat, and there are many warriors on the way to this impact. But before he could fight with the Song army, the Song army had already run away.

Although Wang Dechen is a general, he can't resist the favorable time and place, and he can only advance cautiously in order to maintain his strength, but it greatly affects the speed of advance. This made Kublai Khan very dissatisfied, and Wuliang Hatai also took advantage of this to slander Wang Dechen and said that Wang Dechen did not want to make progress and feared the enemy like a tiger.

Of course, Kublai Khan did not believe that Wang Dechen was afraid of battle, but it was true that the march was too slow, so he sent ten heralds to urge Wang Dechen to speed up his march. As a last resort, Wang Dechen had no choice but to speed forward regardless of casualties and the safety of the two wings.

As a member of the general, Wang Dechen naturally still has some cultural cultivation, and after discovering that there is a temple nearby, this murderous butcher also became a pilgrim.

This made Wang San, who couldn't find a way to see Wang Dechen, overjoyed, and immediately led his men to ask for a meeting. Wang Dechen heard that a merchant had come to see him, and immediately raised his sword to kill, which frightened Wang San and fled.

This result was something Wang San didn't expect, even if he didn't meet, he actually raised his sword to kill himself and almost lost his life, which made Wang San deeply ashamed and vowed to take revenge. But for the time being, there was no way, so he had to report the matter to Shi Bin and let him decide.

Shi Bin, who received this report, felt speechless, he never expected Wang Dechen to be so arrogant that he didn't even see him. Since you don't meet, then it's impossible to make it into the trap, so you can only start fighting, Shi Bin suddenly felt helpless, and his brows furrowed.

Fighting, Shi Bin is not afraid, but he doesn't want to lose so much, he has never been forced to carry it to death, so he still doesn't give up and continues to think.

Not long after thinking about it, Xu Feng spoke: "My lord, it should be feasible to have a plan for humble duties. ”

knew that Xu Feng was also a resourceful and calm person, so Shi Bin immediately ordered him to come up with a plan.

"My lord, I think you still have to use the previous plan to meet Wang Dechen." Xu Feng said with certainty.

These words made Shi Bin feel very surprised and unhappy, Wang San went to almost be killed, can it be good to go by himself? Thinking of this, Shi Bin's face immediately turned like frost, and he looked at Xu Feng coldly.

But seeing Xu Feng smiled slightly, he said, "Why don't you use a Li Dai Taozhuang?" ”

Li Dai Tao stiff? Shi Bin vaguely understood what Xu Feng meant, but he was not sure, so he still looked at Xu Feng suspiciously.

"My lord, I am willing to pretend to be an adult and go to see Wang Dechen alone." Xu Feng said very firmly.

"This..." Hearing Xu Feng's words, Shi Bin felt in his heart that he was really lucky to have such loyal subordinates, but he still couldn't make a decision.

"My lord, that Wang Dechen is also a hero. I am afraid that he wanted to kill the king because he felt that his merchant was not strong enough and was afraid that he would be misunderstood by Kublai Khan. But if I pretend to be an adult and go alone, then Wang Dechen may not kill even if he wants to, and his identity is also to save face. ”

"That's true, but it's too dangerous. Even if I don't kill you, detain you, and give you to Kublai Khan, what will I do? Shi Bin asked.

"Hahaha, sir. I don't care about life and death since I followed the adult, if Wang Dechen detains me, then I will tell the actual situation and let him be discredited! Xu Feng laughed.

Shi Bin admitted that this was indeed a good way, as long as Xu Feng saw Wang Dechen in his own identity, whether he killed Xu Feng or not, it would cause a lot of waves, because Wang Dechen must have Yuan people spying next to him. Uliang Hatai would use this 'true situation' to slander Kublai Khan, so that Kublai Khan had to beware of Wang Dechen.

Knowing that he couldn't be emotional, Shi Bin immediately set a table of Zhuangxing wine for Xu Feng to cheer him up, and promised to take care of his family.

Wang Dechen, who had rested enough in the temple and was about to leave, was suddenly blocked by a man with a lupine scarf.

After chatting a few words, Xu Feng claimed to be Shi Bin, the commander of Sichuan, and Wang Dechen immediately held the hilt of his sword after hearing this, ready to cut down the person in front of him at any time.

As Xu Feng expected, Wang Dechen was also a face-saving person, and he didn't cut him on the spot. However, he repeatedly warned 'Shi Bin' to let it go this time because he hoped to compete for victory on the battlefield and would not take advantage of others. But if 'Shi Bin' didn't know each other, Wang Dechen would have kidnapped him and went to Kublai Khan to receive merit.

After Xu Feng returned, Wang Dechen immediately accelerated his march, and simply bypassed the capital of Dali and rushed directly to Panzhihua and Zhaotong.

Although Wang Dechen accelerated his advance, Wang San's attack did not weaken, and it still greatly reduced the morale of the Yuan people, after all, it was really embarrassing to fight back just by being beaten.

Soon, Wang Dechen's 10,000 troops arrived at the city of Zhaotong and shouted that the Song army should go out of the city to fight.

Because Shi Bin, a victorious general, was in charge, even if he did not fight behind closed doors, the morale of the Song army was not affected, but he ridiculed the Yuan people for being stupid and not knowing how to fight. Where is the reason that a strong city does not defend the city and fights in the field, isn't that a second stunned? Where can Wang Dechen endure such stimulation? Immediately ordered his subordinates to attack the city with all their might, and Shi Bin carried all the firearms he brought to the city wall, and attacked the Yuan people together with bows and crossbows and rolling wood and stones.

This kind of turtle tactic made Wang Dechen suffer huge losses, and his heart was bleeding. These are his family backgrounds, elites, not cannon fodder. But in order not to make Kublai Khan suspicious, and not to give Uliang Hatai the opportunity to speak ill of himself, he could only fight to the death.

But after a frenzied attack for more than ten days, until Kublai Khan led the follow-up army to arrive, Wang Dechen did nothing except attack the city wall once.

No commander would be satisfied with the results of this kind of attack, after all, Wang Dechen's troops were all elite, and they were actually blocked in a small county town for half a month. This is too different from the previous situation in Dali, which is unbearable. So Kublai Khan summoned Wang Dechen to the tent and severely reprimanded him, and ordered him to make meritorious service for his crimes. If Zhaotong cannot be broken within ten days, both crimes will be punished.

This is normal for a military general, so Wang Dechen has not been affected much. But it didn't take long for something very painful to happen. Kublai Khan came to patrol the camp as usual, but was attacked that night, and although he was not injured, he was frightened.

Early the next morning, the soldiers of the Song army on the upper floor of Zhaotong City shouted 'Wang Dechen is good'. As a result, Kublai Khan combined with Wang Dechen's slow march, meeting and letting go of 'Shi Bin', Zhaotong could not be attacked for a long time, he was still attacked in the camp, and Wuliang Hatai's slanderous rumors, he had to suspect Wang Dechen. However, for the sake of the overall situation, Wang Dechen was not detained, but decided to transfer him to the grain presser, and sent a deputy general to be the grain supervisor, and the soldiers and horses led by him were also reduced from 10,000 to 3,000.

Shi Bin, who received this information, laughed and said that the Yuan people had finally fallen into the scheme, and Kublai Khan had begun to cut off his arm. When Wang San was very proud, the wise man immediately reminded: "Great Shuai, Kublai Khan is a hero in the world, although he is temporarily unable to guarantee that some of his extraordinary people have seen your plan and have begun to relieve his doubts about Wang Dechen." His subordinates thought that it would not be long before Kublai Khan would come to his senses, regain his trust in Wang Dechen, and reuse him to attack us. ”

Of course, Shi Bin knew that Wang San's words were correct, but he still wanted to entertain himself, so he said with a smile: "Lord Wang, don't worry, Kublai Khan will make mistakes even if he is a hero. Besides, we're not going to stop there, are we? ”

Hearing that Shi Bin said that he would not stop there, Wang San finally put his mind at ease and immediately asked, "Dashuai decided what to do next?" ”

"What to do? Naturally, add more fire to roast Wang Dechen! So that there is no turning back! ”

"More fire?" Wang San groaned: "Reasonable, then where does this fire commander think it is appropriate to burn?" ”

"Huh." Shi Bin smiled slyly: "Since Wang Dechen has now become a grain presser, then we will burn the grain and grass of the Yuan people!" What does Lord Wang think? ”

Wang San naturally agreed with this method, if the grain and grass of the Yuan people were really burned, not only Wang Dechen would have no way to retreat, but the Yuan people would probably be in turmoil, even if there was Kublai Khan, the sea god needle, it would be useless. As long as you don't want to be destroyed, you must retreat, and you must retreat regardless of losses.