Fortunately, Yelu Daqi is very skilled, and he is on guard in time, and the arrows will be swept away in a few strokes.

Yelu turned his horse's head, retreated to his own camp, and threatened: "When Ben Shuai breaks your city, you will know that you are wrong!" ”

The soldiers and civilians in the city cheered in unison when they saw that the banner of Yelu was shot in disarray.

Lord Zhizhou couldn't be happy either. If this Yelu banner didn't have two brushes, Prince Xiang would not recommend him as a northeast envoy, and he would not have taken Xingqing Mansion in the clouds.

I don't know how many times I can withstand the brush of Yelu Daqi?

Geng Zhong looked at the fifty or sixty thousand enemy troops under the city, and his heart was already panicked, his three thousand officers and soldiers plus thousands of enthusiastic people, I am afraid that they are using their mantis arms as a car!

However, we are full of sage philosophy, and we will swear to defend the people of the city to the death, defend the orthodoxy of the imperial power to the death, and never let the traitors succeed, let alone let the enemy look down on their integrity!

Soldiers can be killed, but integrity cannot be lost!

If you die in battle today, I hope the emperor and the people can remember their loyalty!

Geng Zhong was already determined to die, just waiting for the banner of Yelu to attack. Even if the enemy army is twenty times larger than myself, for the sake of loyalty, I will go! Death must be worthy of your name, Geng Zhong, loyal Geng Geng!

Yelu rode back to his camp, feeling in a bad mood and feeling embarrassed in front of the soldiers. Yelu Daqi ordered an arrow to wave, and waved his army to attack Zhaozhou City.

In this war, there was originally a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. By the time the soldiers of the banner crossed the dry moat and set up the siege ladder, the battle was already a third of the way.

The Song army and civilians in the city hated the same enemy and resisted desperately. However, the manpower and material resources were exhausted, and only a few hundred people were killed, and the soldiers of the Great Banner of Yelu had already stormed the city, announcing that the battle was over two-thirds of the way.

Seeing that the soldiers of the banner of Yelu attacked the city tower, the defeat was decided.

Even if Geng Zhong is powerless, he has a scholarly spirit and enthusiasm. He hurriedly picked up a long sword from the ground and led a few personal soldiers to kill the enemy, but the civilian official next to him couldn't pull it.

The battle ended hastily in less than an hour.

Yelu Daqi rode a tall horse, entered Zhaozhou City with his head held high, took over Zhaozhou City, and ordered Zhang Bang to calm the people, and did not commit any offense to the people. He wanted to tell the people that he really went to the side of the Qing monarch, not for his own selfish desires to become the emperor.

Another important thing is to let Lord Geng Zhong see with his own eyes that his strength is enough to wrestle with Zhang Jun.

However, the general reported: "Lord Geng Zhong has killed himself. ”

"He's a terrier!" Yelu Daqi sighed, and ordered someone to clean up Geng Zhong's body, return it to his family, and explain the bereavement work.

The capture of Zhaozhou City marks that the clutches of Yelu's banner have stretched farther and farther, and it is impossible to recover it, and it has completely become a thorn in the eye of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is unpleasant not to pull it out.

Yelu Daqi learned from the Zhaozhou officials that Zhang Jun's 50,000 troops and horses would arrive in Zhaozhou in about five days.

"General, the Song army has artillery, and our army must prepare as soon as possible!" The ministry general reminded worriedly.

This is the only constant danger factor between the Song army and his own troops, and it may be the weight that determines the battle.

If you want to take down Zhang Jun, you must first find a way to take down the cannon of the Song army!

Yelu Daqi pondered for a long time and finally came up with a solution.

His own army clothing and weapons are all uniformly compiled by the Great Song Dynasty, and in terms of appearance, he can't distinguish between friend and foe at all. He only needs to leave 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the remaining 40,000 withdraw to the outside of the city, pretending that he has not attacked Zhaozhou City, and Zhaozhou is still the original Zhaozhou.

As long as you find a way to trick Zhang Jun or Zhang Jun's cannon into the city, won't you catch a turtle in the urn when the time comes?

This trick was so brilliant that Yelu Daqi couldn't help but rejoice in his idea. He left his lieutenant Lin Tong to pretend to be Zhizhou in the city, and he led an army of 40,000 to retreat to the east of the city twenty miles away.

Lin Tong waited for Yelu Daqi to withdraw from the city, sent one to pretend to ask Zhang Jun for help, and then closed the city gate, waiting for Zhang Jun to lead the army to come.

Zhang Jun and his general Yang Yizhong led 50,000 elite soldiers and ten cannons on a long journey, and when there was still a day's journey from Zhaozhou, the spies in front reported and brought back a messenger from Zhaozhou City, saying that they had found Yelu banner thieves in a hundred miles outside the city, and the defenders of Zhaozhou City were insufficient, so General Zhang Jun was asked to come to the rescue quickly.

Zhang Jun first arrived, he was not familiar with the topography of the northeast and the layout of the city defense, and after he asked someone to understand the situation of Zhaozhou City, he did not suspect that there was a falsehood, and ordered Yang Yizhong to be the vanguard, and first led 10,000 people to rush to help, and then arrived with cannons.

The pioneer Yang Yizhong led his troops to follow the messenger to the outside of Zhaozhou City, only to see that the city gate was ajar and no one entered or exited.

The messenger said, "Because the thief army is about to enter the city, Lord Zhizhou has ordered that the people are forbidden to enter and leave. ”

Yang Yizhong has been born and died on the battlefield for many years, and he has always maintained vigilance. He looked at the sparse defenders at the head of the city, and there was a dull feeling in the sky with gray clouds and low pressure.

The messenger urged, "General, enter the city." ”

Yang Yizhong said: "You go back to the city." The thieves came from the east, and I led my army to the east of the city to garrison it. ”

The messenger didn't dare to say more, for fear of revealing the horse's tracks and arousing Yang Yizhong's suspicions. Anyway, if Yelu Daqi is Zhang Jun and cannon, it is useless for him Yang Yizhong to enter the city, so as not to be discovered by him in the city.

The messenger said, "Well, then I will go back to the city and tell your lordship." We prepared meals for the generals and soldiers in the city and talked about our hearts. ”

"No need, we brought rations, and we will cook our own food." Yang Yizhong directly refused.

In this case, the messenger's mission was completed, and he took his leave and returned to the city. Chase the book

Lin Tong in the city heard about the messenger's return, and couldn't help but look at Yang Yizhong, this person was so cautious!

In the evening, Lin Tong sent people to send a few carts of food to the position of Yang Yizhong in the east of the city, and observed the formation of Yang Yizhong by the way.

Yang Yizhong saw that the food was sent from the city, and said in his heart, he said no, why did he send it?

Someone said that Lord Zhizhou has always been benevolent and wants to improve the food for everyone.

Yang Yizhong refused: "The soldiers are marching outside, so naturally there are unified regulations, and clothing, food, housing, and transportation must be in accordance with the rules." Even Ben Jiang and Lie Guogong are no exception! Bring the food back and give it to the defenders of the city or to the people who are helping! ”

The person who delivered the food had no choice, Yang Yizhong was simply monolithic, so he had to pull the food back to the city as it was, and then return to Lin Tong.

Lin Tong suddenly felt a lot of pressure, Yang Yi did not enter the iron plate, and he couldn't find a breakthrough from him at all.

Lin Tong asked again: "Do you have any clarification about the deployment in the Song army's barracks?" ”

"Back to the general, we didn't even enter the Song army camp, and we were driven back."

"How can it be!" Lin Tong scolded and ordered: "Zhang Jun's army will only arrive tomorrow, you hurry up and sneak out of the city, report the situation here to the general, and ask the general, do you want to attack Yang Yizhong back and forth?" ”

"Order!"

Lin Tong climbed the city tower to the east, looked at the lights in the Yangyizhong military camp five miles outside the city, and calculated the deployment of the enemy camp in his heart.

If Lin Tong can attack Yang Yizhong before and after Yelu Daqi, he will definitely be able to eat Yang Yizhong steadily.

After listening to the secret report, Yelu Daqi considered that Zhang Jun and the cannon had not entered Wengzhong, and now he dared to attack the central part of Yang Yi, so he would be startled, and he would have no chance to deal with Zhang Jun and his cannon in the future.

Therefore, Yelu Daqi decided to temporarily let Yang Yizhong take a horse and continue to lay out his pockets, so Zhang Jun and the ten cannons.

Lin Tong waited until midnight, received a reply from Yelu Daqi, sighed, and secretly said that it was a pity.

If you can't eat what is in the bowl, then wait for the pot!

On the second day, it was almost noon, and the sky, which had been overcast for a day and a night, finally began to rain, and the sky was filled with rumbling summer thunder from time to time.

Zhang Junbu stepped on the muddy road and finally arrived outside the city of Zhaozhou.

Lin Tong pretended to be Geng Zhong of Zhizhou, and with more than a dozen people, he waited for Zhang Jun outside the West Gate.

Zhang Jun didn't know Geng Zhong either, let alone Lin Tong, and when he heard the officials in Zhaozhou call Lin Tong "Geng Zhong Geng Lord", he naturally recognized him as Geng Zhong.

"Geng Zhong" sent someone to hold an umbrella for Zhang Jun, received it under the city gate, and said: "Lie Guogong has worked hard, Geng Zhong, the governor of Zhaozhou, is here to welcome the Lord Guogong for a long time." ”

Zhang Jun patted the rain on the battle armor, took off the armor on his head and held it in his hand, looked at the hazy sky, and said, "It turned out to be Lord Geng." What is the situation in Zhaozhou City now? Can the thieves appear? ”

"How can the thief army march so vigorously and unstoppable? Plus it's about to rain hard, so they must be hiding somewhere to take shelter from the rain! Lin Tong said.

Zhang Jun said casually: "Lord Geng still has a lot of research on the thief army?" ”

"Where, where, Xia Guan guessed. Thief nature, it's all the same. Bullying. ”

"Then you're wrong, they're no ordinary thieves!" Zhang Jun corrected, "They are thieves who steal the country!" ”

Lin Tong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Lord Guogong taught very much. My lord, now that it is raining so heavily, you can bring your soldiers and cannons into the city together. The lower officials are worried that if the cannon is wet, I am afraid it will not work. ”

Zhang Jun thought for a while and said, "It's okay." ”

When Lin Tong was secretly happy, he heard Zhang Jun say again: "The cannon is wrapped in oilcloth, as long as it is not a storm, I am not afraid." Or place the cannon in the camp of General Yang in the east of the city first, in case the thief army suddenly attacked. ”

Lin Tong was disappointed: "However, the city also needs to be armed, why not put the cannon in the city tower, this is also safe." ”

"Ben Shuai is here to exterminate the thieves, not to defend the city!" After Zhang Jun finished speaking, he said to a general beside him, "General Guan, you take my men and cannons to the Yang Yizhong military camp." When Ben Shuai arrived here, he didn't enter the city, which seemed to be too bad for Lord Zhizhou. ”

Lin Tong said embarrassedly: "Where is it, the lower official still has to ask Lord Guogong for the layout of the city defense." ”

General Guan received the order and commanded the soldiers and horses to go to the Yang Yizhong military camp with ten cannons.

Zhang Jun took more than a dozen guards and followed Lin Tong into the city.

Lin Tong said: "Xia Guan has prepared more than ten tables of wine and food in the palace, originally thought that it was not enough to treat you and the generals, but now it seems that it is a big waste." ”

Zhang Jun taught: "Ben Shuai is here to fight, not to drink wine and eat meat." You might as well put more energy into how to arrange the city defense, how to spy on the enemy's military situation, and how to properly handle the people in and around the city! ”

"Xia Guan knew that he was wrong. Unexpectedly, Lord Guogong not only gave a military lesson to the lower officials, but also an ideological lesson. The lower officials will always keep it in mind. ”

Zhang Jun continued to teach: "Those who are good at government teach according to the customs, observe mistakes and stand on defense, and the virtue is more prosperous, and the civil and military are used." Do you know where this phrase comes from? ”

This is stumped for Lin Tong, he is not a scholar in the first place, let alone from the imperial examination, where can he know so much.

Lin Tong scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, and said, "Li"? "Spring and Autumn"? The Analects ......"