On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Junsheng led a large army from Licheng to Qingzhou, and took his wife and children out of the city under the escort of the cavalry on the way to the barracks, and the people in the city saw them off along the streets.

"Hey, how come there are women and children in this army?" Someone in the crowd asked his companion suspiciously.

"You don't even know that? It is said that this is the wife and children of King Qian," someone next to him explained.

Some of the people were surprised and said, "Going out to fight with your wife and children?" This King is really interesting! ”

"What do you know, that's family harmony and husband and wife love!"

"Cut, I think this Qianwang is acting a little absurd, how can there be a general who has fought with his wife and children since ancient times? Isn't this nonsense? ”

"It's just that you are lonely and unheard, and you have fought a lot with your wife and children! Besides, people are not only generals, but also kings! ”

Zhao Junsheng took his wife and children, as well as the accompanying officials and staff, escorted by light cavalry, out of the city to the military camp outside the city, and Sima Chuzhi and the officials from Licheng saw them off all the way.

The 60,000 cadres outside the city plus Wang Huilong's 3,000 men and horses were ready to go.

Since the recovery of the counties and counties of Qizhou, Zhao Junsheng did not send troops to garrison, but directly enabled the surrendered state and county soldiers to guard these cities, in order to prevent these people from rebelling again, Zhao Junsheng gave an order, and replaced all the generals and officers of the state and county soldiers, and appointed the state and county officers in two ways: the appointment of superiors and the recommendation of the soldiers, and then sent a small number of officers to be responsible for the rectification of military discipline, using this method to firmly control the state and county soldiers, and the newly appointed generals and officers will do their best to maintain their status. Do everything you can to restrain the soldiers and officers below.

The advantage of this is that Zhao Junsheng does not need to draw troops from the main army to garrison, and directly throws all the tasks of defending the city to the state and county soldiers, and the main army can be used for the expedition without wasting troops.

When they arrived at the barracks, Yuan He, who was appointed by Zhao Junsheng as the military commander, and the generals greeted him with a fist and reported: "King, the whole army is ready and ready to be drawn at any time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers and horses of each army left the camp in turn and headed southeast.

Zhao Junsheng waved to Sima Chuzhi and other Qi Prefecture officials and generals: "You don't have to send it, go back!" After speaking, she took the lead in catching up with the team, and Hua Mulan held her son and other officials and staff to follow on horseback.

Sima Chuzhi and the others clasped their fists together and shouted: "The ministers wish the king a victory and return with a great victory!" ”

Soon after the army left the camp, the surrounding terrain was open, and the view was unobstructed, and Yuan He, as the military commander, ordered the cavalry to be on the two wings, with the infantry in the center, and the baggage last, so that the deployment could dispatch the cavalry in time to fight when attacked by the enemy, and protect the infantry in the middle and the rear baggage.

The terrain changed, and the army formed a long snake formation.

After three days of marching, the army arrived at the camp outside Linzi City, this marching speed frightened the defenders of the Southern Dynasty stationed in Linzi City, from Licheng to Linzi at least there are two hundred and seventy or eighty miles, the speed of the infantry cavalry is about seventy miles a day under normal circumstances, and eighty miles a day is already very fast.

Even if the cadres travel 80 miles a day, it is impossible to reach Linzi City within three days, not to mention that in the current weather, the smell is slightly warmer, the snow on the ground is melting, and the road is full of thin mud, which has a very great impact on the speed of the march.

On the upper floor of Linzi City, Xue Tong, the general of the Southern Dynasty, held the hilt of his sword and watched the cavalry of the cadres outside the city galloping back and forth on the flat ground, showing off his might, and he was angry, anxious and frightened.

Xue Tong turned his head to look at the soldiers on his side and behind him, his heart was a little relieved, Tan Daoji gave him 10,000 horses to garrison here, this Linzi City in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Western Jin Dynasty has been the state of Qingzhou, the city wall is still relatively tall and thick, this month or more, he has been stationed here to build a lot of city defense equipment, I believe that with these city defense equipment and his command and the heroic battle of the soldiers, it is impossible for the cadres to capture Linzi City in a short period of time.

Ten miles outside Linzi City, Zhao Junsheng ordered to camp under a forest at the back, the woods can block the cold wind blowing from the north for the camp, although the ice and snow melt, but the temperature seems to be colder, the north blows on the face and body, the taste is not pleasant.

Night.

The lights in the tent were bright, a fire was burning in the middle of the tent to dispel the cold, and the staff, officials and generals of the army were separated on both sides, and Zhao Junsheng was holding the child and Hua Mulan sitting on the top.

Zhao Junsheng asked the logistics quartermaster: "How long will it take for the siege equipment to arrive?" ”

"Back to the king, the parts of the siege equipment are too bulky, all of them are pulled by horse-drawn carriages, and the ground is muddy, and the speed is slightly slower than that of the main army and the baggage team by two days, and it can be delivered within two days!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Well, I ordered the soldiers to rest for two days, but they didn't care about the ducks, and the morning drills were as usual, and the drills were drilled for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon, whether it was infantry or cavalry!" ”

Jun Sima Yuanhe stood up and promised: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng continued: "We have arrived in Linzi, but there are many cities around, and we can't leave these cities alone, otherwise even the scouts will be discovered as soon as they show up, so we must send troops to knock down the surrounding cities, and after defeating the surrounding cities, we will spread our eyes and ears to monitor the movements of the Southern Dynasty army, and prevent Tan Daoji, an old fox, from sneaking up on our flank!" Who led the troops to attack the surrounding cities, and which general was willing to take the initiative to ask for help? ”

The surrounding cities are all small county towns, and it is easy to fight and fight, and when you encounter a soft egg guard, you can take a city by scaring it; It's hard to fight, it's hard to fight, and when you encounter a defender with a strong will to fight, although there are not many defenders in the city, it is not so easy to take down if you don't use siege equipment, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive! It's also some cities with only a few hundred people stationed, and the fight is hard and there is no sense of accomplishment, and the generals in the tent don't want to go, and no one makes a sound.

Zhao Junsheng found that no one stood up to take on this task, and he was a little unhappy, and knocked on the table: "What's the matter, I don't want to do it because it's troublesome and I don't want to do it?" ”

Hua Mulan looked left and right, and spoke out to resolve the embarrassment: "That's it, I haven't moved much these days, I have long wanted to move my muscles and bones, you give me 5,000 men and horses, and I will command the attack on the surrounding cities!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and finally agreed: "Give you 10,000 horses and take the surrounding cities as soon as possible!" ”

After the military meeting, everyone dispersed, and several of the main staff members were left behind by Zhao Junsheng.

"There are many cities around Linzi City, although they are not strong cities, but they are also cities, and there are many of them, it is not so easy to take them down as soon as possible! Mulan, what do you think of yourself, and how do you plan to take these cities? If you have any good ideas, please tell us! ”

Hua Mulan smiled and said: "Husband, didn't you send someone to check last time, most of the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty suffer from night blindness, I plan to use some brains in this regard, if you want to sneak attack a city with many garrisons and strong defenses at night, this method may not be possible; But if you want to take advantage of the defect of the Southern Korean Army to attack the county-level city, you are still very sure! ”

"Hey, how did I forget about this? Listening to what you say, it is indeed a good way to take advantage of the defect that the Southern Korean army generally suffers from night blindness to launch a night attack on the surrounding cities! ”

Cui Hao stroked his palms and smiled: "This is the shortness of attacking the enemy with your own strength!" Wonderful, wonderful! ”

The next day, Mulan ordered 10,000 infantry in the army and called the generals and commanders to the camp tent for discussion.

Originally, the Northern Dynasty did not have the military position of a commander, and there was no commander in the army, but this was still a position that Zhao Junsheng allowed the general of the first army to temporarily set up for the convenience of command, between the general and the military master, and the commander of the army was basically concurrently held by several prominent generals in the army, and they were all appointed by the military lord or town general at the next level.

Hua Mulan looked at the generals and asked, "You and your soldiers and horses were all selected by General Ben from the army, do you know what General Ben called you here today?" ”

The generals shouted in unison: "Attack the surrounding cities!" ”

"That's right!" Hua Mulan nodded and said: "These cities are basically some county seats, even if there are county seats, there are not many defenders, our task is to pull out these county towns one by one and capture them!" There are not many Southern Korean troops stationed in these cities, but if you want to capture it with ordinary siege methods, it will take a lot of effort and effort, and you will definitely have to die a lot of brothers, but this general knows that the soldiers of the Southern Korean army generally suffer from night blindness, what is night blindness? Does anyone know? ”

One of the generals raised his hand and said, "I heard that this night blindness seems to be black in the night when the light is dim, and you can't see anything!" ”

"That's right!" Hua Mulan reaffirmed, "We are going to take advantage of this defect of the Southern Korean army to attack the city they are stationing, how to fight?" Unleash a Night Raid! ”

Immediately, some of the generals had their eyes lit up, clapped their hands and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of it!" ”

Someone next to him mocked: "If you can think of your wooden fish head, sows can go up trees!" ”

"What do you say? Kind of say it again! ”

"Say it······"

"I'm going to kill you!"

Mulan's face changed, and she slapped the table: "What do you want to do?" Do you think that General Ben's law enforcement team is an ornament? ”

The arguing generals immediately shut up and obediently retreated to their original positions.

Hua Mulan's eyes swept over the faces of the generals and said, "Commanders all stand up!" ”

Wow, the ten commanders stood up together and stood in two rows.

Hua Mulan waved her hand and asked someone to bring a clay pot, she cut out ten pieces of paper with a knife, wrote the name of a city on each piece of paper with a brush, and then kneaded them into a ball and threw them into the clay pot, and after throwing all ten paper balls into the clay pot, she said to the commanders: "See, each paper ball has the name of a city written on it, now you line up to draw lots in turn, and you will take your own men to attack this city with the name of which city is written on the lot you caught." General Ben can only give you some simple siege ladders, and there are no other siege equipment! ”

"General Ben reminds you that whether it is a siege or a frontal battle or encounter in the field, you must use your brains, you can't do brute force, especially siege warfare, if you blindly do it brute and don't use your brains, not only will you not be able to capture the city, but you will also lose your troops!"

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