Thinking of this, Sikong Nandao

"Wang Taishou, in addition to receiving grain and grass this time, he was ordered to recruit five thousand young men in Shaoping, I wonder if Wang Taishou can make it convenient?"

Hearing the news that he was going to be conscripted, Wang Quan was a little sober at this time:

"Without the warrant of the Holy Yan Heavenly King, the official cannot do it."

"Humph!" Putting the chopsticks aside, Sikong Nan said unhappily: "I can't do it if I want the King of Heaven to come in person!" ”

Wang Quan said disapprovingly:

"The Shengyan Heavenly King has more than 500,000 male soldiers, and the logistics are extremely tight, if the official lets go of a person, the Shengyan Heavenly King will have to transport a few stones of grain and grass less, and if he lets go of 5,000 stones, it will be tens of thousands of stones, can the official afford to eat the crime.

Unless the Heavenly King of Longyuan obtained the warrant of the Holy Yan Heavenly King, this official could not do so. The 5,000 stone grain herb official has already been prepared, and he also asked General Sikong to escort him out of the city after finishing his light meal, and the rest of the matter will be forgiven by the official. ”

"You!"

Sikong Nanqi's teeth itched, even though Wang Quan despised the Longyuan Heavenly King and had a fart relationship with him, but this kind of behavior made him ashamed.

At this time, Cheng Ye said:

"General Sikong, hurry up and eat, after eating, the general can send the general out of the city to collect food."

Sikong Nan ignored it and argued:

"General Ben was on the road for a day yesterday, and was locked up outside the city at night and did not sleep for a night, at this time, let Ben General lead his brothers to carry grain and walk another thirty miles, even if Ben General agrees, Ben General's brothers cannot agree."

Sikong Nan found a reasonable excuse for himself and forcibly relied on Shao Ping, Cheng Ye didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he didn't refute it.

At this time, Wang Quan had already finished breakfast, and was destroying all the remaining beef, and said very happily:

"This official immediately ordered the baggage battalion to build a barracks outside the city, and General Sikong could rest as long as he wanted, and the grain and herb official was also sent outside the city.

Sikong Nan knew that this was Wang Quan's eviction order, and his face immediately sank and said:

"Then there are 5,000 strong men."

"Didn't this official say, as long as there is a warrant from the Holy Yan Heavenly King, this official will immediately transfer it."

"Well, Ben will sit in the city and wait for the Heavenly King of Longyuan to ask for the warrant of the Heavenly King of Shengyan, and then send the grain and grass to the camp. In this way, if the grain is mistaken, it will be the fault of your Lord Wang Quan! ”

When the words fell, Sikong Nan stood up and was about to leave, Wang Quan smashed his palm on the case in anger:

"Presumptuous! Shao Ping is under the rule of this official, and the Shengyan Heavenly King is ordered, and you dare to be so arrogant even if you are a little commander. If it weren't for the face of the Heavenly King, you would have been beaten with fifty sticks, stripped of your military position, and put into a dead camp. ”

"Hmph, with two thousand iron cavalry under the command of General Ben, it is easy to level your little Shao Ping battalion. In my opinion, Lord Wang dragged the grain and grass without distribution, and did not give the soldiers to the levy, but it was actually a rebellion and rebellion, and you were taken down by the Heavenly King, and the Heavenly King of Longyuan was the great explanation to the Shengyan Heavenly King, and he Shengyan Heavenly King had nothing to say! ”

Sikong Nan had already decided at this moment that there must be contradictions within the Black Turban Army, otherwise Wang Quan's unexpected toughness could not have been groundless.

As long as Wang Quan is rebellious, the Black Turban Army is not monolithic, and once Wang Quan dies, they will have to mess up themselves.

Seeing that Sikong Nan didn't eat it, Wang Quan was a little flustered, and wanted to drive him away, but he didn't want to stay in the city and didn't leave, which really made him unhappy. At this time, Cheng Ye carefully reminded:

"Lord Wang, the 50,000 iron horsemen of the Shengyan Heavenly King are camped thirty miles south of the city, if you really can't see grain and grass at noon, I'm afraid you will really have to enter the city to arrest Ding."

Hearing the news that the 50,000 army was stationed thirty miles south of the city, Wang Quan was suddenly taken aback, and couldn't help but think: This Long Yuan is quite knowledgeable, and he didn't directly drive the army into the city to forcibly conquer, if so, the Shengyan Heavenly King must be settling accounts with him.

Thinking of this, Wang Quan restrained his anger and said:

"That's it, General Sikong will rest for a day if he wants to rest for a day, and this official will send someone else to drive it."

"Humph!" Sikong Nan snorted coldly, and then brushed his sleeves away.

After leaving, Wang Quan and Cheng Ye said:

"Did all the scouts sent out last night return to the city?"

"Lord Yu, the two scouts who went to the camp of the Longyuan Heavenly King are far away, and they have not yet returned to the city, so I think it will take half an hour."

"Xianguo people have many different intentions, let people stare at this person, don't cause trouble."

"No, my subordinates immediately ordered someone to keep an eye on it."

Sikong Nan walked out of the administrative center and pulled the people to the nearby black turban military camp to rest, where the soldiers of the black turban army could be seen surrounding the school grounds, praying sincerely under the leadership of the holy envoy, and the streets and alleys were also filled with a strong cult atmosphere.

Every morning when the sun rises, the holy envoys of the Black Turban Army will hold a copy of their holy book and pray for the mercy of the Lord.

Previously, from the mouths of the captives, it was more or less known that the people in the area under the jurisdiction of the Black Turban Army had the habit of praying every day, and thousands of people crossed their hands in front of their chests, closed their eyes and silently recited prayers.

At first glance today, Sikong Nan, who had always been dismissive, remembered that Bai Liyan had warned before that solemn rituals could enhance the sense of mystery and unwarranted sacredness, and make people pious and lose their principles, but in fact they were despicable means of the Black Turban Army cult to drive the ignorant people.

When thousands of people stopped on the streets and prayed to the holy envoys, Sikong Nan felt an unprecedented solemnity and sacredness, and he couldn't help but wonder if there really was a god in this world.

At this time, he also prayed with the snake, and the soldiers of the Leopard Tao camp also put their hands on their chests, and silently recited prayers such as "May the monarch bless the father, and God bless" in their mouths.

Cheng Ye's spies paid close attention to the movements of the Leopard Tao camp in private, and always transmitted the news of Sikong Nan's department back to the Taishou Mansion.

As soon as the prayer was over, Sikong Nan settled the soldiers to rest, and at the same time, he ordered someone to go out of the city to report the news, and tell Bailiyan (Wei Xian) about Shao Ping's situation as soon as possible.

Bailiyan (Wei Xian) was ambushed in a grove twelve miles to the southeast, and it was already noon when he got the news:

"General, Brother Sikong sent someone to report that there are 150,000 people in this Shaoping City, half of whom are foreigners who moved from Sun Guozhiguo." Su Hong's tongue said quickly, and then continued: "There are 6,000 defenders, of which only more than 500 people from Sikong Nan's brothers are from Xianguo. ”

Bai Liyan frowned and said:

"So many people! It seems that the Black Turban Army can't trust the people of Xianguo. ”

"But it's not, Brother Sikong came to the news that all the strong men of Xianguo were caught and sent to death by the Yongxing River, and those who stayed in Shaoping were old, weak, sick and disabled."

"These bastards." Bai Liyan said: "Sikong Nan can say if he can pull him over." ”

"That's not to say, even if you pull it over, it won't help. If you really want to fight, Shao Ping said that he can gather 20,000 people. Su Hong worried.

"Then don't let them pull people up." Bai Liyan said resolutely: "Shao Ping has so many people, it's a pity not to fight." As long as Shao Ping is emptied, there will be a white land within a radius of several hundred miles. The blow to the Black Turban Army is undoubtedly huge. ”

"General, have you informed Governor Ye of this?"

Baili Yan twisted her short beard and was silent for a moment and said:

"Well, Governor Ye Dadu is going to ask Shao Ping about the grain keeper, and he can't hide it. But in this way, Governor Ye Dadu was afraid that he would retreat, and he had to let Shao Ping mess up first. ”

At this time, Lu Gao asked:

"General Wei, the enemy is outnumbered, and if you act rashly, the Leopard Tao battalion will not be able to win."

"That's true, but according to Sikong Nan, there is no harmony between the major heavenly kings of the Black Turban Army, and this can be exploited."

"The general is saying that let them rebel in their own nests?"

Bai Liyan smiled slyly, and her eyes fell on Lu Gao's face:

"General Lu has a long experience, and General Ben does have this intention." After speaking, Bai Liyan and Su Hong said: "Su Hong, quickly go back to the camp to find the general's items, among which there are a few gourds, and the gourds have the word 'potassium nitrate' on them, you take out one and hand it over to Sikong Nan's subordinates, so that he can bring it back." Then tell the person who came, so that Sikong Nan took the lead! ”

Su Hong scratched his ears and cheeks and said:

"General, what is potassium nitrate, and what is the noise?"

Bai Liyan did not say anything explicitly, but said:

"It's about military aircraft, don't ask more, go quickly! Remember, our army is about to be transferred, so don't come back to this place when you return to the camp. ”

"No!"

"Potassium nitrate" is a chemical term, where do people know what "potassium nitrate" is, and where do they know what nitric acid and potassium elements are, they don't know the reason, they don't know its benefits. Sikong Nan knew the secret of potassium nitrate ice making, but he only knew that this white powder was called potassium nitrate, which was a kind of saltpeter, where did he know the chemical concept.

At that time, people's perception of potassium nitrate only stayed at the level of easy combustion and toxicity, which was called white nitrate, and Bailiyan replaced it with potassium nitrate. One is easy to use, and the other is to hide people's eyes. To give this thing to Sikong Nan is to return it to his human body in his own way.

The Black Turban Army can use nitric acid to turn silver into inducing Sun Guo's army to mutiny, and Bai Liyan can certainly use magic skills to mutiny the Black Turban Army.

After Su Hong left, Bai Liyan and Lu Gao said:

"General Lu, let the brethren eat and drink enough and prepare to go on the road."

Lu Gao was taken aback, and couldn't help but think to himself, wouldn't it be revealing to hide in the woods and rashly appear, he wondered:

"Where to go?"

"Of course it's into Shao Ping."

"Into Shaoping?" Lu Gao questioned: "Didn't Sikong Nan say that it would be difficult to enter the city again?" ”

"Of course the men and horses of the Longyuan Heavenly King can't enter, can't the army of the Shengyan Heavenly King enter?"

Lu Gao suddenly felt wonderful:

"yes!" But I thought about it: "But where are we going to get in?" ”

"Naturally, we first went east to find a no-man's land and took a detour to the north. To the north is the direction of An Xing and Mogao, so naturally they are pretending to be Mogao to come to the army, so that they can find a way to sneak into the city and raise trouble. ”

"Then why didn't you ask Su Hong to tell Sikong Nan to answer us?"

"Never so." Baili Yan said, and continued: "The success or failure of our army's entry into the city is not yet known, if Sikong Nan is informed in advance that our army is going to enter the city, he will definitely be ready to enter the city.

Second, what if the sentry delivering the news was intercepted halfway through the road and said that he had leaked his mouth, wouldn't our army become a turtle in an urn.

If Sikong Nan does not know, he must think of a complete strategy, and if our army cannot enter the city smoothly, he can meet outside the city. If you enter the city, you must meet him, and then Sikong Nan will be in the light, and I will wait in the dark, and suddenly join forces to kill, who can think of it. ”

It will take at least two hours to detour from the grove to the north of Shaoping, and there is half a day, so Sikong Nan should have pulled him over and tried to disturb the morale of the army. At that time, as long as Bailiyan's 3,000 men and horses can enter the city smoothly, and five or six thousand people suddenly attack, they will definitely be able to take Shao Ping in one fell swoop.