Chapter 380: Take Zhengzhou City

After reaching an agreement acceptable to both parties, Shi Bin immediately asked for more detailed information related to Zhengzhou City. Shi Bin's attitude made Yang Heihu believe that Shi Bin would definitely help him avenge himself, so he also answered the question very seriously.

"Yang Heihu, you said that Hülegü is addicted to alcohol?" Shi Bin asked with a little doubt, obviously a little unconvinced. In Shi Bin's concept, drinking like life is an extremely bad habit, and it is difficult for such a person to walk steadily, how can he lead the troops? Although he didn't think that Yang Heihu would fool him, he couldn't help but ask.

"Lord Shi, our Yuanren drink well. I drank a pound or two of wine casually, and I didn't have anything at all. Yang Heihu said very arrogantly, "Unlike you Song people, you can't walk steadily after drinking three or two wines." ”

This kind of obviously contemptuous language made Shi Bin not very happy, but it was also the truth. But now we are discussing big things, and even if we suffer such a few words of conflict, we must bear it, and we can't lose big because of small things. So Shi Bin's face did not change, and he nodded very calmly, indicating that he understood.

"Then how much do you say Hulegu usually drinks before he gets drunk?"

"Back to my lord, Hülegü drinks a lot, and he will only get drunk if he drinks more than five catties of spirits. Ordinary rice wine may not get drunk if it comes to six or seven catties. Yang Heihu said with certainty.

Five catties of spirits will be drunk, and six or seven catties of ordinary rice wine may not be drunk... Is this Hülegü a wine jar? Shi Bin said secretly. Because he remembered that kind of small jar of wine, one jar was exactly ten catties.

"Yang Heihu, according to what you said, then Hülegü usually doesn't get drunk at all?" Shi Bin asked with an unhappy face.

"My lord, I'm afraid that's the case. Even if he is drunk, it is difficult to get drunk, because he is still a responsible person, and he will leave a hand somewhat. At least the villain rarely sees him drunk. ”

It's rare to see Hulegu drunk? In other words, Hülegü was still drunk. Shi Bin, who grasped this, immediately asked Yang Heihu when he was drunk. Because if you can find out the law, it will not be difficult to kill Hülegü and capture Zhengzhou City, and it can even be said that it will be as easy as picking up mustard.

Because he followed Hülegü all the year round, Yang Heihu thought carefully for a while, and finally summed up a rule: he was drunk and unconscious almost every time at a formal banquet, and sometimes he didn't even want to get up after sleeping for two days.

"Yang Heihu, do you mean that Hulegu will definitely get drunk as soon as he has a formal banquet?" Shi Bin asked.

"Yes, there is no doubt about it. As long as it is an official banquet of more than twenty people, he will inevitably be drunk and unconscious. Yang Heihu said with certainty.

An official banquet for more than 20 people? The number of people does not seem to be large, and it seems that if he wants to kill Hulegu and seize Zhengzhou City, he only needs to do it on the night of his official banquet. When will this feast be held in the near future? So Shi Bin asked: "Yang Heihu, tell me, when will the official banquet be held in Hulegu Usually?" ”

"My lord, Hülegü usually does not hold official banquets casually, but always holds this kind of banquet a few nights before big things. In this way, you can have a good drink with friends and colleagues without delaying your business. ”

is really a shrewd guy, come to work and live at the same time, Shi Bin said secretly.

"Then let me think about it, will he hold this kind of official banquet in the near future?" Originally, he already had the answer in his heart, but Shi Bin didn't want to say it, he wanted to test Yang Heihu's loyalty, so he asked deliberately.

Yang Heihu is also a smart person, he didn't believe that Shi Bin didn't think of the answer, in order not to appear capricious, Yang Heihu quickly replied: "It should be held soon, and it shouldn't be more than half a month." ”

"Oh, so sure?" Shi Bin was both satisfied and surprised by Yang Heihu's answer.

"Yes. The adults have already guessed that General Hulegu will lead his troops to the west, and since the westward expedition will of course hold a farewell banquet. And Möngke's order will arrive probably when I leave with you. Now we have been away from Zhengzhou City for four or five days, and there is already a lot of grain and grass in the city, so the time for raising grain and grass should not exceed half a month. So that within a month the army will be drawn out, hence my opinion. ”

"Okay, that's good. Then please tell me how to take Zhengzhou City the easiest. I'm sure you understand that since I'm looking for you, it means that I don't want too many casualties. Shi Bin smiled.

originally wanted to deal with things, but after listening to Shi Bin's words, Yang Heihu was woken up, so he had to think about it carefully, and finally put forward a suggestion: it is most appropriate to sneak in from the south gate, because the guard of the south city gate is a corpse vegetarian, and he can enter the city almost as long as he gives money. The soldiers did not dare to disobey this commander, so they all pretended to check and deal with the matter.

didn't expect that there would be such a big flaw in the city defense of Zhengzhou City, Shi Bin and Wang San couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and scolded Xu Liewu for being ignorant.

Then Shi Bin dragged Wang San out of Yang Heihu's tent under the pretext of fatigue, and said after a few steps away: "Wang San, knowing such a big loophole, you said that it is better for us to kill Hulie and seize the city." ”

"Big brother, little brother thought that he had to quickly send a thousand foot cavalry to support, and at the same time send someone to inform your father-in-law, Lord Jia, and ask him to send a thousand elite soldiers to support him."

"Will the transfer of 2,000 soldiers and horses be too obvious? It's not good to arouse Hülegü's vigilance. ”

"Big brother, let them go slowly, only two thousand soldiers and horses will not pay attention to it when they come from two directions, and it looks like a change of defense. But before you can do that, you'll have to ambush at least 300 elite soldiers in the city. It is necessary to ensure that the south gate of Zhengzhou City will not be lost within one day after seizing it. And it's best to be on the night of the killing of Hülegü, when our reinforcements are attacking the city. Wang San said with longing.

It is not very difficult for three hundred elite soldiers to guard a city gate for a day. The difficulty was that the time when his reinforcements arrived was the same day as the time when he killed Hülegü. If it weren't for the same day, many of his 300 elite soldiers would have died. Those are the descendants of the lineage, and Shi Bin is reluctant to let them fight a war of attrition.

Seeing Shi Bin's worries, Wang San could only persuade: "Big brother, since ancient times, Ci has not been in charge of soldiers and righteousness, and has not been in charge of wealth. If those elites are gone, let's be kind to their families. To be a soldier has always been to be prepared for a horse leather shroud. ”

I have to admit that Wang San was right, but in the end, he added a little bit to make up for the loophole: once Zhengzhou started fighting, he would immediately notify Li Zengbo and Jia Yidao to send at least 10,000 elite soldiers to support, and they would go on the road with grain and grass, and they would never allow the slightest delay. and must arrive within six days, otherwise they must retreat.

After discussing it, in case Shi Bin sent Yang Heihu and Yang Mingzhu back to Chengdu directly, and did not let them participate in this operation. The two knew what Shi Bin meant, neither cared nor got angry, and left in an orderly manner.

Zhengzhou is a big city, with a permanent population of 6.7 million in the city, and the floating population is naturally even more. Through various methods, Shi Bin finally stuffed all three hundred elites into Zhengzhou City, and did not let the Yuan people find out.

Soon it was the day of Hülegu's farewell banquet, and because Shi Bin repeatedly emphasized the time, his two reinforcements also arrived at Twenty Lipu outside Zhengzhou at dusk that day.

If such a good situation could not be killed, and Hulegu could not take Zhengzhou City, Shi Bin would want to kill himself with a knife. Therefore, he gave Xu Feng, who was on the assassination mission, two more orders: Hülegü must be killed no matter what, and if Hülegü is not killed, he will come to see him after the war. The assassination did not attract the attention of the Yuan people and withdrew as soon as possible, and commanded the capture of the city gate. If it attracts the attention of the Yuan people, send some people to create as much chaos as possible in the city, and it is best to set fire to it; Most of the rest seized the gates.

This kind of cruel order Shi Bin has never given before, but now it has been given. It can be seen how strong his desire to succeed in this battle is. Therefore, Xu Feng agreed without hesitation after hearing the order, saying that he led all the dead soldiers this time, and even if all the people were martyred, they would kill Hülegü and seize Zhengzhou City.

These words relieved Shi Bin, and he issued an attack order at the second moment. At this time, people sleep the deepest and attack the most. Shi Bin was not disappointed, and the south gate was taken by his men in less than a quarter of an hour after the signal was issued. There was another circumstance that made Shi Bin ecstatic, because the city was still quiet, which indicated that Hülegü was dead.

The reason why this judgment can be made is because Shi Bin's order is: Only Xu Feng is dead, and the one who commands the battle is the commander of the battalion. And once Xu Feng dies, Zhengzhou City will definitely be in chaos. Now the city is quiet, but the city gate has been taken again, so Hülegü must have seen the king of Hades, if there is no accident, Zhengzhou City is already in the bag.

At this time, the first reinforcements rushed to Zhengzhou from two directions to support the soldiers who were seizing the city gates. Because there were still more than 10,000 yuan troops in the city, the battle was very fierce. Shi Bin couldn't, so he could only wait for the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Li Zengbo and Jia Yidao to arrive early.

Jia Rudao is Shi Bin's father-in-law, of course, he will try his best to help Shi Bin, and as soon as he receives the news, he immediately sends his subordinates to lead 15,000 elites from Nanyang, Zhumadian and Fuyang to Zhengzhou. In order to repay Shi Bin's kindness, Li Zengbo immediately sent Sai Zilong and Sai Zhangfei to Zhengzhou with 5,000 elites each after receiving the news.

This kind of battle is a discerning person who knows at a glance that it is not a sacrifice of the city, but a capture of the city. But it also makes sense to dedicate the city gate, so Jia Rudao and Li Zengbo, the two feudal officials, are not worried about leaving people to talk about. And before the army was raised, he encouraged the soldiers to be warriors who recovered the land, and each of them was given five taels of silver.

As a result, the morale of the two supporting armies was high, and the speed of the march was greatly increased, and the original five-day road was completed in only three and a half days. Seeing that the reinforcements not only arrived early, but also had five thousand, this made Shi Bin completely relieved.

No one wants to face this kind of situation where the main general is dead, the city gates are lost, and the enemy is two or three times his own. Because there is only one result if you continue to fight like this - to be completely annihilated.

Therefore, after Shi Bin's reinforcements arrived, the deputy general defending the city immediately ordered to abandon the city and retreat north. Although Yuan Ren was brave, he was not a fool and would spare his life, so he naturally quickly carried out this order. However, they all withdrew from Zhengzhou City in an hour and fled quickly.

Shi Bin's subordinates, who were red-eyed, wanted to kill all the thousands of people in the city who didn't have time to escape, but under the stop of the law enforcement team, they finally avoided the crazy massacre that almost happened.

After taking Zhengzhou City, everyone was overjoyed, because now nearly half of the Central Plains region was in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and the recapture of the lost territory of the Northern Song Dynasty was just around the corner.