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Chapter 17: Counsellors (2): 7.29

In Rencheng, Zhao Kuangyin commanded this army to defeat Murong Yan, and then Cao Ying, the commander of the guard infantry army of the "Commander-in-Chief of the Thieves", commanded a large army to surround Yanzhou City.

After Cao Ying and the other armies set up camp, they gathered the generals to discuss the siege of the city. This discussion is roughly similar to Guo Wei's crusade against Li Shouzhen back then, that is to say, before Cao Ying took command and set out on the expedition, the Great Emperor Guo Wei repeatedly explained that this war should be governed by movement and slow. When Guo Wei was in Bianjing, he judged that if Murong Yan went out of the city to fight, his army would definitely not be able to defeat our Great Zhou army, whether in terms of quantity or quality, this conclusion was correct and objective; However, once Murong Yan was defeated and the turtle retreated back to Yanzhou, the next thing would be troublesome. Murong Yan must want to delay time, and want to delay the war as much as possible, and it is best to get rid of Liu Chong in Hedong or Ma Yun in Jiangnan to send troops to help.

However, from the perspective of the Great Zhou, the war must be fast, and it must be strong before Hedong and Jiangnan can react, and end the offensive in Yanzhou. It's too late for Hedong and Jiangnan to want to help. After all, for Guo Wei, his pressure is also very high, the military operation on the front line of the Huai River is a double-edged sword, it can indeed deter Jiangnan, but if a little deterrence is too much, a little spark will be rubbed between Chu and Zhou, and this powder keg may explode. The decisive battle with the Chu army is not far from the time for Da Zhou.

Based on this idea of fighting fast and slow, the scope of Cao Ying's convening of the generals to discuss was greatly reduced, and the strategies offered by the generals could only revolve around how to attack the city quickly and how to take Yanzhou as soon as possible.

The generals discussed for a long time, this siege is nothing more than a few means, digging tunnels, hitting the city gates, and erecting cloud ladders to attack. These are the basic courses of siege, the basic method of siege, it is not interesting, whether it has any effect, it can only depend on the comparison of the execution of your own army and the resistance of the opponent's army.

Just when Cao Ying was a little disappointed, Zhao Kuangyin stood up and came up with an idea: three loose and one tight, tired of the enemy. What does this mean? That is, when attacking the city, three times are general attacks, and one is a rapid attack, the general attack fatigues the enemy's body, and the rapid attack suppresses the enemy's morale. Because the number of the Zhou army was far greater than Murong Yan's strength, based on this consideration, Zhao Kuangyin offered another strategy, on the basis of three loose and one tight, set up a wheel battle, and constantly sent troops to attack Yanzhou from different city gates at different times, so that the Yanzhou army was at a loss, and could only continue to send troops to reinforce in the four city gates, so that the rebels were completely tired.

Cao Ying immediately adopted Zhao Kuangyin's idea and constantly sent troops to harass Yanzhou City. And Murong Yan in Yanzhou City is very unhappy, he is also a veteran of the battlefield, although his grasp of the military heart is not very accurate, but what the soldiers like and how to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers, he still understands.

Since the rebellion, Murong Yan boasted that Haikou rewarded the army, and since he was besieged by the Zhou army under the city of Yanzhou, he even encouraged the army and said: "I have thousands of ingots of silver, as long as the soldiers defend the city well, all the silver is yours." ”

But he didn't seem to think that the sergeants wouldn't sell his account at all, and some people said disdainfully: "Those iron tires of silver, we want it to have a fart." "It turns out that everyone has known about Murong Yan's counterfeit money for a long time.

Murong Yan didn't fool the sergeant, so he had no choice but to find a way to raise silver taels from the people of Yanzhou. Ordered the army to loot the people's money and use it as military supplies. In Yanzhou City, a man named Yan Honglu was the rich man of Yanzhou. Of course, Murong Yan's eyes were fixed on this rich man. Because Murong Yan was notorious, Yan Honglu had to donate all his family property in order to buy a life, but Murong Yan didn't believe it, so he sent his judge Cui Zhoudu to inquire about the matter.

Cui Zhoudu knew that Murong Yan was really using the topic to wave, if he did this well, then he would be safe and sound, and if he messed up, then the old accounts of the previous days would be settled together today. Cui Zhoudu found Yan Honglu and said to him: "Brother, don't hide, if you want to die, give all your family property." ”

Yan Honglu is an honest man, this property has indeed been fully revealed, and he honestly explained to Cui Zhoudu. Cui Zhoudu went to Yan Honglu's house to search again, and sure enough, there was no family property. reported to Murong Yan, but Murong Yan just didn't believe it, put Yan Honglu and Cui Zhoudu in prison, and whipped Yan Honglu fiercely. This made Yan Honglu's family cry bitterly and had no choice but to do anything, when Yan Honglu's wet nurse found a gold bracelet (possibly left) in the roadside grass in Yan's mansion, and took this gold bracelet to bribe Murong Yan, wanting to redeem Yan Honglu. Murong Yan was furious, didn't you kid give all your family property? Why do you have a gold bracelet for your nurse!

The angry Murong Yan arrested Yan Honglu and Yan Honglu's wife, whipped them to death on the street, and ordered Cui Zhoudu to be beheaded.

Yanzhou City was lost, and Murong Yan was captured alive, and this process only took half a month. Guo Wei was overjoyed when he heard the news, at this time, he was no longer close to Murong's younger brother, and directly ordered the extermination of the clan!

Not to mention Guo Wei's killing of Murong Yan's family. For Zhao Kuangyin, who is garrisoning Yanzhou, this should be a revisit to his hometown.

Six or seven years ago, Zhao Kuangyin, Guo Rong, Ma Yun and other brothers broke through Bianjing, fled to Yanzhou, worshiped as brothers in Yanzhou, and vowed to save the people of Li. When he had nothing to do, Zhao Kuangyin rode out of Yanzhou City on horseback, wanting to go to the Confucian Temple on the outskirts of the city to see, and the little brothers worshipped in that Confucian Temple. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was high-spirited, and he had the momentum to look down on no one in the world, but unfortunately, the time was also fate, Ma Yun, who was the least seen by Zhao Kuangyin back then, actually became the emperor of Da Chu, and the third brother Guo Rong also quietly became the actual crown prince of Da Zhou. And only he has the ambition to help the world, but he is a small festival. People are more angry than people!

Before arriving at the Confucian Temple, this Confucian Temple is even more dilapidated than a few years ago, I wonder if there are still many refugees inside? He dismounted, climbed the stairs, and strolled into the Temple of Confucius. It was empty, except for the ruined wing room on the left, where there was a complacent sound of reading.

If you haven't been verbose for two days, will you not be used to it?

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