When Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan led their troops to Gu'an City, they had already drunk Laba porridge in Yanjing City. It's just that Yu Liyan hasn't come back yet, and I don't know if it's muddy after the snow on the road, or if something has delayed.

Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan had to accompany Xiao Laoliu for a Laba Festival, and then left Yanjing. Fortunately, the news from the eastern sentinel came back that it was only that the Xi Ren Da army did not send troops to attack the city again.

In this era, Gu'an County, Anci County, Yongqing County, and Guoyin County all belonged to Nanjing Daoxijin Prefecture. The four counties of Guoyin, Anci, Gu'an, and Yongqing, in turn, from north to south, constituted a barrier, although now Zhou Nan only sent troops to occupy Gu'an County, but it just blocked Xiao Gan's Xi Ren Da army westward passage.

The city of Yanjing is strong and difficult to capture; Yongqing was in the southernmost part and could not be attacked for a while; Guo Yin is the gateway to Yanjing City, and Xiao Gan naturally will not easily pick up the tiger's whiskers. Therefore, Xiao Gan chose the middle line of Anci and Gu'an to plunder westward.

The defender of Gu'an City was a pro-army leader under Yang Keshi, who led 1,500 infantry troops to garrison Gu'an City. This time, he and Yang Keshi and others took their families to the cottage, hurriedly settled down, and returned to Gu'an alone.

Thanks to Zhou Nan and others for rescuing their relatives, after returning to Gu'an, they sent hard detectives again and again to detect Xiao Gan's movements, and transmitted the information of Xiao Gan's army to Yanjing in time every day. It's just that I'm worried that there are few soldiers in the city, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stop Xi Renda's army from attacking the city.

Today, I suddenly received a report from the defenders of the city, saying that General Zhou and General Gao led 5,000 cavalry troops to rush out of the city to welcome them.

This time, the cavalry led by Zhou Nan was the 2,000 black iron army in Yanjing City, and the 10 million victorious army in Zhuo Zhou City, and the threat of the Southern Dynasty no longer existed, so he simply transferred the 2,000 cavalry army in Xincheng and the guard Gao Shouzhong together.

The defenders of Gu'an City told Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan the latest movements of the two generals Xi Ren Da's army, but it was still 20,000 troops stationed in Anci City, and Gu'an City was across the Yongding River.

Xiao Gan's 80,000 army, in addition to guarding his "national capital" of Jianke Mountain, most of the troops are in Jizhou and Jingzhou, this time with 20,000 soldiers and horses to capture Anci City, it is Xiao Gan's henchman Yelu Aguzhe. As for Xiao Gan, he was stationed in Jizhou to deal with the scattered and plundering generals.

Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan, under the leadership of the defenders of Gu'an City, rode across the river and came to a short distance from Anci City. On the horse, I saw that the Anci City in the distance was not very tall, and the area was not wide, and it was similar in size to Gu'an City and Guoyin City. At the head of the city, there were quite a few defenders, but most of them were tribal troops without armor, and there were not many banners, and the city gates were closed. The capture of the Xi army has made all the people of Anci City flee.

Zhou Nan said to Gao Yuan: "A city wall like this will explode with a single shot of an explosive arrow. It's not a lot of effort at all. The difficulty is that there are many Xi troops in the city, more than 20,000 people, even if you shoot all the explosive arrows you bring, you can't kill them all! Besides, these soldiers were just coerced out by Xiao Gan, and they were just ordinary people in Yanjing, so why bother to do this? ”

Gao Yuan knew Zhou Nan's temperament, and said with a smile: "If you don't start this killing, how can you retreat Xi Jun?" If Xiao Gan personally leads a large army to attack, will you kill or not? ”

Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "These people are useless to kill, and they will only increase their sins. If you want to withdraw from the army, of course, you have to find another way. ”

Gao Yuan listened to Zhou Nan's tone, and seemed to have a way, so he hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

"The trees are falling and scattering." Zhou Nan said, "This is a solution. ”

"How many ideas did you come up with?" Gao Yuanwei asked, screaming.

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "That's natural, the easiest and quickest way is to go straight in with a single knife and capture the kings of the four armies, just like dealing with the three princes of the Southern Dynasty." There are also many ways to capture Xiao Gan, such as luring him out of the city, digging pits on the way, pulling stumbling ropes, and hanging nets from trees, but he can only use them when Xiao Gan has few people. There is also the fact that I took the Eagle Guards and infiltrated Jizhou City, and then sneaked into Xiao Gan's residence, and took Xiao Gan while everyone was unprepared. The Xi army has no leader, and if you lead the army to intimidate, most of these Xi troops will flee back to their tribal land. If you think it is troublesome to capture Xiao Gan alive, you can also directly stab him to death with a knife and throw Xiao Gan's body on the street, which is neat. ”

Gao Yuan was dumbfounded when he heard what Zhou Nan said, and then heard Zhou Nan say that he wanted to blend into Jizhou, shook his head again and again, and said: "This method is not good, change it." ”

"Another way is to ask Lao Zheng Tou for some medicine, give them some medicine in the water, and they can't die after eating, but they have weak limbs, or they vomit and diarrhea."

Gao Yuan looked at Zhou Nan in surprise, and suddenly laughed: "There are 20,000 horses in this Anci City alone, if you are drugged, at least more than 100 catties, where can Lao Zheng Tou find medicine for you?" ”

Zhou Nan thought about it himself, laughed at himself twice, and said: "Then cut off his grain and grass, so that Xiao Gan retreats without a fight." ”

"Grain and grass are available in all states and cities, and they don't need to be transported from outside, so how can they be cut off?"

"When I say broken, I mean the root is broken, not the truncated one; As soon as the fire is burned, the food will naturally be cut off. ”

Gao Yuan retorted again: "The Xi army is stationed in various places, even if it can be burned, it only burns the grain of one city and one place, and the rest of the places are on guard, how to burn it again?" ”

"Naturally, they went to burn it separately." Zhou Nan actually just said it casually, but as Gao Yuan continued to refute and ask, Zhou Nan answered them one by one, and he also had a general idea in his heart.

It's all about trying to figure out how to kill less.

It's not just a question of being merciful or not. When he has pacified the eastern states in the future, there will always be people who will work and produce all kinds of work. In this era, only with manpower can we develop. Otherwise, they are all empty cities, and there is land and there are not enough people to cultivate them. You can't go somewhere else to rob people when the time comes, right?

Gao Yuanjian couldn't say anything about Zhou Nan, and there was no other way at the moment, so he just muttered and said, "It's a pity that those grains." ”

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be burned." Now there is no need to send troops, send people to the cottage, and transfer the three Eagle Guards. This time, I'm going to use it. Jizhou, Jingzhou, and the Anci in front of them, just three teams of Eagle Guards, acting separately. ”

Gao Yuan also felt that Zhou Nan's method was feasible, so he transferred the Eagle Guards over, just looking for an opportunity to spy on the location of Xi Jun's grain and grass, and then burned them separately. Spying, rescuing, and infiltrating such things are only suitable for the Eagle Guards trained by Zhou Nan at the beginning.

Zhou Nan said: "Go back to the city." ”

"I haven't used this baby yet." Gao Yuan took out an explosive arrow from the leather bag, loaded it on the shaft of the arrow, drew out his bow, and ran towards Anci City in front of him. After the city wall of Anci Castle entered the range of bows and arrows, Gao Yuan shot out the explosive arrow, hitting the wooden pillar of the Anci Castle Tower. Listening to the sound of "boom", half of the city tower will fall and crumble. Frightened, the soldiers on the castle tower who were about to return fire fled in all directions.

"Hahaha, tell your king, Wansheng Army is here!"