- Ma Xiling

Goryeo is mountainous, the territory occupied by Wang Yu at this time is surrounded by the three major mountain ranges of Maxi Ridge, Ahufei Ridge and Dafeng Mountain, and the passes are stationed with soldiers and horses, and the beacon towers are built everywhere, plus the inexhaustible rocks and rolling logs on the mountain, which makes it extremely difficult to break.

Under the Maxi Ridge, tens of thousands of Liangshan soldiers and horses are stationed in the mountain pass, looking at the lofty mountains in the distance, Jiang De couldn't help but sigh and said, "The ancients said that the Shu road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, although there is no danger of Sichuan and Shu here, but it is also very dangerous, if we want to break this mountain, I am afraid the loss is not small." ”

Xu Guanzhong took the map and walked up and said, "My lord, this Wang Yu has already suffered the loss of our sailors, and he has been investigating every day in Changping, Yuzhou and other coastal cities, and he has set up an early warning network with fishing boats at sea, if our army wants to attack from the waterway, I am afraid it will not be easy." ”

Jiang De couldn't help but miss the warships of later generations, and under the strong ships and guns, all the walls were built in vain.

"How many troops does Wang Yu have, and if he deploys defenses everywhere like this, the result will only be defenseless everywhere, right?" Jiang De drew a large circle on the map, these three mountain ranges plus several large cities near the sea, there are at least a dozen places that need to be deployed by troops.

"Nature is not enough." Xu Guanzhong asked the two sergeants to spread out the map and said, "My lord, please see, because of the sudden retreat of Wang Yu, the main force did not suffer much loss, and there are more than 100,000 troops, plus the later forced conscription, about 200,000, in the various passes of the three major mountain ranges, nearly 100,000 tun, nearly 50,000 tun on the seaside, and 50,000 in his office and state, the 100,000 troops of these three mountain ranges seem to be many, but when it is apportioned, each mountain range is only 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and the pass in front of us is only more than 20,000 soldiers.

But this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and more than 20,000 troops also make it difficult for our army to advance, and as long as our army launches an attack here, other armies under Wang Yu will inevitably come here in a steady stream of reinforcements. ”

"Armies are all fought, and siege warfare is the most exhausting... Who are the enemy defenders? Jiang De asked.

"Yin Yanmin! That is, the son of Yin Qian and the younger brother of Yin Yanyi. Xu Guanzhong replied.

"Oh? His brother should have been unjustly killed, didn't he have a grudge against Wang Mata? Is there something you can do about it? "Jiang De wants to outwit it.

"There must be." Xu Guanzhong said with a smile.

"Is it possible to use it?" Jiang De squinted his eyes and asked, "Do we have any friends of this person in the capital, if we can say that this person is here, our army will save our strength." ”

Xu Guanzhong replied, "I think the same way below, his friend is not someone else, it is Zhao Kuang." ”

"I remember this person, where is this person now, what official position?" Jiang De asked.

"This person is in the army, and he is now the deputy division commander of the Goryeo Army."

"Do you have complaints?" Jiang De asked again.

"This person gave the fourth prince to our army, and the prince can't tolerate him, and it will be fine." Xu Guanzhong knew what Jiang De was worried about, and said with a smile.

"Okay, let him come over, I'll talk to him, and if it's really possible, send him to see Yin Yanmin."

was summoned by Jiang De, Zhao Kuang hurriedly came after a while, his face was a little red, it can be seen that he was still very excited to be summoned by Jiang De.

"General Zhao, how does it feel about this expedition, we can gain a firm foothold here, you have a lot of credit, but I have been a little rusty with you recently." Jiang De waved his hand and motioned for him to come closer, and Zhao Kuang saw Jiang De's attitude, but he twisted a little.

"The commander is busy, but he can still remember the young general, which makes the young general so moved."

Looking at the big man who was twisting, the corners of Jiang De's mouth twitched, and he almost wanted to vomit.

"General Zhao... Please drink tea. Jiang De waved his hand to shut him up when he drank tea, and then calmed down himself before saying, "General Zhao, I heard that you are very familiar with Yin Yanmin?" ”

"Bang dang" Zhao Kuang's teacup was almost frightened, and he hurriedly denied it, "No, the commander doesn't want to listen to other people's words, I don't share the sky with these thieves, and I will definitely not have any dealings!" ”

Xu Guanzhong couldn't stand it anymore, where did this kid hide the wit of the fourth prince? said, "General Zhao don't panic, after Yin Yanmin is loyal, the commander also admires him very much, so I hope you can go to Maxiling and say that Yin Yanmin came to surrender, if you can say it, you are the first merit in this battle!" ”

"First merit?" Zhao Kuang's eyes lit up a little.

"If there is the first merit, everyone will not be unconvinced if they want to remove the sub-word." Jiang De promised.

Zhao Kuang rubbed his hands, and said embarrassedly, "That Yin Yanmin's family has been loyal and good for generations, I'm afraid that they will fight to the death to the end, and they will have a good reputation behind them. ”

"It's okay, even if this matter doesn't work, you will be credited." Jiang De said comfortingly.

Only then did Zhao Kuang stand up and pat his chest and say, "Since this is the case, the last general will go for a walk." ”

Waiting for Zhao Kuang to walk out of the big tent, Jiang De asked, "How many people think Zhao Kuang goes, may succeed?" ”

The flower carving next to him shook his head and said, "This person is rude, I'm afraid he won't be able to do anything big." ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled and said, "The student has another opinion, this person is wise and foolish, the lord thinks about it, if he is really a reckless man, will he think of hiding the fourth prince?" ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Then let's wait and see." ”

- Ma Xiling

Maxi Ridge stretches for hundreds of miles, and the only few roads have been built into passes, and the best of these roads, and the place where Wang Yu's army is most concentrated, is Zhenming Pass.

In the Zhenyin Pass, Yin Yanmin was dispatching troops, and tens of thousands of Liangshan troops under the pass gave him great pressure, and of the more than 20,000 people in his hands, at most less than 5,000 were qualified soldiers, and the rest were just farmers who trembled on the city wall.

"Report! General, there is a person who claims to be the general's old man, and he has come to visit! ”

Yin Yanmin raised his head and said suspiciously, "Old man? What will happen at this time? What's his name? What does it look like? ”

The sergeant replied, "It's a strong man, and he holds this thing, and says that the general will see him when he sees it." ”

As he spoke, the sergeant handed over an object, Yin Yanmin looked at it, and immediately shouted, "It's actually this person!" This person still has the face to come to see the general, give me a charge... Invite me up! ”

The sergeant retreated, and Yin Yanmin said again, "Someone, set up a pot for me, fill it with hot oil, and call a hundred swords and axes to listen to the order!" ”

After a while, the pot was set up, and the person also arrived outside the door, Yin Yanmin squinted his eyes and looked, sure enough, it was the person he thought of.

Zhao Kuang came in with a smile and said, "General Yin, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you want to kill my old Zhao." ”

"Bold! You still dare to come to see me, come here, set him up for me and throw him in the pot and blow it up! Yin Yanmin shouted angrily.

The sergeants next to him shouted and were about to come up to arrest someone, Zhao Kuang hurriedly dodged and shouted, "The surname Yin, I came to you with good intentions, if you don't give me a mouthful of pulp to drink, forget it, what does this mean?" ”

"You and I are fighting against each other, you are just here to be a lobbyist, who will you kill if you don't kill you!"

"Ahh Zhao Kuang sighed and said, "This lobbyist is a lobbyist, the person who comes is a guest, you don't let me speak, how do you know that I am a lobbyist, besides, if you don't have a ghost in your heart, why don't you dare to let me say it?" ”

Yin Yanmin squinted his eyes and looked around, and said, "Okay, I want to see what you can say!" With that, Yin Yanmin let him enter the big tent, and hundreds of sword and axe hands stood on both sides, as if they would kill people at any time.

Zhao Kuang smiled, walked in nonchalantly, sat down and poured the tea himself, took a sip and said, "Yin Lao Wu, we are all brothers, you also know that my Lao Zhao is a rough person and will not make any circles, I will ask you a word, do you still want to avenge Yin Laosi's revenge?" ”

As soon as Yin Yanmin heard his brother, his eyes suddenly turned red, he gasped for breath, and then said, "The ancients, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers do not die for disloyalty, my brother died loyally, and he died as he deserved, what revenge do I have to avenge?" ”

"Ahh Zhao Kuang stood up and said, "I said Yin Lao Wu, I thought you were a man, but I didn't expect Lao Tzu to be a hero bastard, the son of the dragon will make a hole, what a hero you Lao Tzu is, your brothers are not bad breeds, why did you come here, so useless?"

What else does a king want his ministers to die, and if a minister does not die because he is disloyal, who is the king? As for that Wang Yu, haven't you heard the son say, the way of the monarch and the minister, kindness and righteousness are rewarded? The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. What Wang Yu is doing to your Yin family, you should know best in your heart. ”

Saying that, Zhao Kuang took a step forward and said, "Your old son Yin Wenjing has tried his courage and opened up the Nine Cities, what is the result?" was dismissed by the king and cut down, so that he died with hatred.

If this is just to block those leisurely mouths, what is the sin of your fourth brother? But he was cut off and hung on the flagpole, does he still have a little affection? ”

Yin Yanmin tilted his head, stared at the ground, stared at his eyes, his hand tightly squeezed the armrest of the chair, his teeth rattled, how could he not be angry or hateful.

"Your family is now in Xijing, all in the hands of the Jurchens, what are those Jurchens like, you also know, if you want to rescue them, who can you rely on? Rely on Wang Mata? In the past, when he controlled the whole of Goryeo, he was not an opponent of the Jurchens, not to mention that now he is just surviving between the three mountains, and the Jurchens have risen to the point of breaking through the Liao Kingdom of Tokyo, do you think it can be done by relying on Wang Mata? ”

Zhao Kuang arched his hand at Tiangong and said, "The commander of my family, you have also fought with him, that is the real heaven and man, let alone you, even the Jurchens can only retreat in front of the commander of my family, if you want to deal with the Jurchens, it is only possible to rely on the commander of my family." ”

Speaking, Zhao Kuang said again, "General, please take a look, after the commander of my family occupies Kaijing, the life of the people everywhere is better or sad, for the people, for the world, I hope that the general will lead the army to join my general, if Yin Laowu, you think what I said is wrong, just cut off my Zhao Kuang's head and give it to Wang Yu, and let the people of the world see who made them unable to live a good life." ”

Yin Yanmin was not a strong-willed person, but when he saw Zhao Kuang like this, he didn't know what to do, and he said, "Why should General Zhao be like this... I don't know what you said, since the king entered Hezhou, his temperament has changed greatly, and he beats and scolds the people around him, seeing that everyone wants to rebel, and he is afraid that everyone will rebel, so he will be punished today and rewarded tomorrow, but... My family has been loyal to Goryeo for generations, and I can't tarnish the name of my ancestors and ancestors. ”

When Zhao Kuang heard this, he knew that Yin Yanmin was already moved, otherwise why bother to talk about his ancestors.

"General, this is not a stigma, but a good name, the Qin generals who wanted to switch to Han Gaozu in the past, who said they were disloyal?"

Yin Yanmin frowned, obviously doing the final ideological struggle.

Zhao Kuang sighed again and said, "Old Five, if you insist on fighting, it's okay, but in the future, when you think of the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives that died in this battle, don't regret it!" ”

Zhao Kuang said as he walked out, "Don't say that my brother didn't remind you, my family commander brought hundreds of cannons in this battle, you should also know what a cannon is, okay, that's it, brother, I quit." ”

Zhao Kuang walked while paying attention to the movement behind him, and finally, when he walked to the door, he heard the words that made him wait for a long time.

"General Zhao and slowly... At this time, we have to think about it in the long run...."

Zhao Kuang hurriedly turned around, saw Yin Yanmin with a somewhat regretful face, and knew that he couldn't let him eat back what he just said, so he said, "I know that there must be a prison sent by Wang Yu in your army, and if you want to succeed, you must kill these people first." ”

Yin Yanmin knew that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then first wronged General Zhao, I will tell them that there are lobbyists, trick them into coming here, and then kill them to sacrifice the flag!" ”

Jiang De at the foot of the mountain sat in the big tent and waited for a day, without waiting for any news, and sighed to Xu Guanzhong, "Mr. Xu, it seems that this battle must be fought, how do you say we will send troops?" ”

Xu Guanzhong comforted, "The way to use soldiers is to win with the right match, don't care too much about the lord, I think this battle still has to start from the Zhenyin Pass."

"Newspaper!! There is movement in the mountains! A sergeant rushed in to report, Jiang De got up with a slump and asked, "What's the change?" ”

"There's a horse coming down the mountain."

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "Summoning the kitchen, preparing to eat and drink, and then ordering the troops to go into battle!" ”

"Eat... Commander, is it to eat and then fight? Niu Gao patted his belly and asked.

"Hit? I can't afford to fight, go out and have a look! Jiang Dehaha walked out with a smile, and Xu Guanzhong, Hua Diao, Niu Gao and others followed.

The gate of the wall opened, the three armies went out, and in front of the array army, the flag was unfurled.

Jiang De saw that there was indeed a man and horse coming down from Maxi Ridge, and he galloped forward, Jiang De looked at it with a telescope and said with a smile, "Okay, Ma Xiling is broken!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what was going on, and they all smiled, and after a while, they saw the opposite army getting closer and closer, and the general who was galloping in front came to him, turned over and dismounted and said, "Sin General Yin Yanmin, I have heard of Jiang Gong's benevolence, and I feel that Wang Yu has no virtue, forcing my father to death, killing my brother, leaving my whole clan in the hands of a foreign race, and the sin will be willing to defect to Ming Gong, and I wish Ming Gong to take him in!" ”

Jiang De dismounted with a bang, Niu Gao and Hua Diao hurriedly dismounted to guard, Jiang De picked up Yin Yanmin and said, "The general is here, like a long drought and a rainy day, I have set up a banquet, hurry up and go inside to drink." As he spoke, he took Yin Yanmin's hand and walked inside, took a step, and then turned back and said, "Where is General Zhao?" ”

Zhao Kuang came out and said, "The last general!" ”

"In this banquet, you are the second in the right hand, only under General Yin!"

"Thank you, Commander!" Zhao Kuang said excitedly, left Wen and right martial arts, this means that Jiang De has memorized his great achievements, how can he not be excited.