Shen Duchi rushed to catch up, at this time the rebels did not know the situation ahead, only to see one hundred and fifty or sixty war horses running in front of them, followed by more than two hundred, when they got close, the rebels were taken aback, and before they could recover from the shock, a large handful of pearls flew out of the hands of the Xian army, shouting while scattering:

"Whoever surrenders to our Xianjun army will be rewarded with a pearl ......"

Shouting while sprinkling, shouting and sprinkling, Shen Duchi was furious when he saw this scene, but at this time, he found that Bailiyan had run a mile away, and the speed was jaw-dropping:

"Damn, he fell for his evil like this!"

Shen Dui's teeth itched, and then he sent two thousand fastest cavalry to chase after him, and after a quarter of an hour, he was thrown off three miles, and he couldn't catch up no matter what. Not only that, but the originally orderly team was in chaos because of the pearl, which really made Shen Duchi very angry.

"General Shen, Baili Yan is really hateful, he has escaped, what should I do now!" The Guardian was busy.

"What else can I do, immediately collect the pearls, return to Yin Qu quickly, and punish anyone who disturbs the army's heart."

"No!"

At this time, Bailiyan had already fled, and after running out of ten miles, he stopped the horse team, and took out an eight-fold telescope from the leather box on his waist to look west at Shen Dusk's army, and then Jiang Jie said:

"Master Hou, it's a pity that the pearl just got there, how much silver is it worth."

Bailiyan put away the binoculars, it didn't matter at all:

"It's just a few hundred pearls, and Benhou has it, and he still cares about these. If a pearl can buy a soldier, it is worth it even if Ben Hou is bankrupt. Let's go, go to Pyeongchang. ”

"No!"

Bailiyan brought 100,000 pearls with him this time, of course, it is not a good color, and the remaining fourth-class goods are selected, and they are backlogged in the Hou Mansion waiting to make pearl powder.

At present, the concept of "money" is still stuck in the basic level that money is good, and money can buy things, even the rulers and bureaucrats do not have a deep understanding of money.

The essence of money is that it has no value in circulation, and in order to promote the circulation of valuable goods, money is endowed with the equivalent circulation function of special objects.

Therefore, money can buy everything that is valuable in the world, but if there are no valuable things to consume, money has no meaning.

If there is only one bite of food left in this world, and everyone holds a kilogram of gold in their hands, the value of this meal is far more than the value of a kilogram of gold, because gold cannot be eaten in the stomach and continue life, but rice can.

However, the reality is often the reverse development, people's demand for wealth stays at the monetary level, and the understanding of material needs is not sufficient.

As a result, items linked to gold and silver often have potential substitute properties for gold and silver, such as jade, precious stones, pearls, etc. In particular, items with a smaller texture and higher value, and easy to trade into gold and silver, are more popular with all walks of life.

Compared with the fake gold refined by the Black Turban Army, Baili Yan's pearls are light in weight and high in price, and can be cultivated and produced in large quantities, with prices ranging from twenty or thirty inches of silver to hundreds of hundreds, which is obviously more convenient than fleeing with a few catties of gold and silver.

Rather than being in the hands, it is better to spread out to buy people's hearts and disturb the morale of the army, Bai Liyan believes that it will not be long before those soldiers in Shen Duchi's army who have hidden pearls will soon desert and then slip away.

From Zhongtan to Pyeongchang County, it took half an hour at full speed, and the baggage team strengthened its defense after avoiding Pyeongchang County, and because it could not use artillery, the artillery was still covered with oil and wrapped in oilcloth.

Shen Duchi fled north from Zhongtan, and when he arrived at Langqiu at noon the next day, Ye Xin arrived at Langqiu one night in advance and set up camp, and waited for half a day until Shen Duchi arrived.

At the same time, Xiao Qu's 50,000 infantry troops received an order from Bailiyan to move north, cutting off Shen Duchi's southward retreat, and Shen Duchi had to move westward, keeping a distance from Ye Xin's cavalry, and did not dare to fight easily.

Bai Liyan personally escorted the baggage team and set off from Pyeongchang to Lintai, and Shen Duchi's sneak attack failed, but the news that he was targeted by Ye Xin was learned by Shentong on the third day of the failed sneak attack:

"Heavenly King, Shen Duchi is now being targeted by the cavalry of the Xian army for sixty miles northeast of Lintai and can't get out, and another 50,000 Xian troops are pressing step by step from the south, continue like this, if Lintai sends troops again, Shen Duchi's 30,000 people will be completely finished!" Captain Song He said.

"Do you still need to remind this Heavenly King!"

The supernatural power was not unhappy, and glared at Song He sharply, and Song He hurriedly retreated to the side and continued to stand.

Shentong spread out the topographic map, and his eyes fell on the sixty miles north-west of Lintai, where Pingchuan is close to Lintai, and far away from Yinqu and Gongcheng, Shen Duchi was besieged between Yexin, Xiaoqu, and Lintai, and the defeat of Pyeongchang was not expected by Shentong.

After thinking for a moment, Shentong said solemnly:

"Immediately transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses from Gongcheng into Yin Qu, and two days later, the Yin Qu defenders and the soldiers and horses of the Heavenly King's headquarters will go south to Lintai to prepare for a decisive battle."

Song He was taken aback when he heard the news:

"Heavenly King, there are only 20,000 defenders of Yin Qu, not counting the 30,000 people of Shen Duchi's army, only 70,000 people go south, plus Shen Duchi is only 100,000 people, and the Xian army has 160,000 people, this battle will definitely be defeated?"

Song He's voice did not fall, and he immediately exchanged for a miraculous and ruthless look:

"Then according to General Song's meaning, do you want this Heavenly King to respect your orders?"

Hearing that Shentong's tone was cruel, Song He's scalp suddenly went numb, his chest was cold, and Nuo Nuo said repeatedly:

"No, no, no, how dare the last general trespass, everything must be obeyed by the orders of the king."

"Hmph, send an order immediately, and the defenders of Gonggong City will arrive within two days, otherwise they will be severely punished."

"No!"

A day later, Bailiyan escorted the baggage back to Lintai, and just entered the governance office, he got the news of Gongcheng:

"Deputy marshal, I came to report this morning that there were 10,000 defenders in Gongcheng who suddenly left the city yesterday and marched to Yin Qu, and judged that the magic power was to go south from Yin Qu to fight a decisive battle with me."

Guan Longxiang explained the details in detail, Bai Liyan took off his helmet, came to the topographic map and asked:

"Where is Shen Duchi's department today?"

"Governor Ye has forced him to fifty or sixty miles from Lintai, and General Xiao Qu is only more than forty miles away, and he can be reached in half a day by a rapid march."

"Continue to press, pass on my military order, transfer Ye Xin back to the city to sit in the town, and order Xu Jin to take over Ye Xin's command of the cavalry. At the same time, Gu Zhong led an infantry army of 50,000 and went to Zhaocheng with his commander, preparing to attack Zhaocheng. ”

Guan Longxiang was taken aback when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked:

"Deputy marshal, the magic power is to fight a decisive battle with our army in Lintai, at this time, 50,000 soldiers and horses will be transferred, our army near Lintai will only have 110,000 people, and there are 30,000 defenders in Zhaocheng, even if 50,000 people have artillery, I am afraid it will be difficult to bite."

At this time, Zhao Anling approached the map, looked at Zhaocheng twice, and said:

"Shentong hopes to engage our army in order to boost its morale, and now that Shen Duchi is surrounded, he can only seek a decisive battle with our army. To the west of Zhaocheng is Xingcheng Port, if our army does not block in the direction of Zhaocheng, it is very likely that Shentong will draw troops from the upper reaches of the Sishui River or west to land in Xingcheng, and advance east through Zhaocheng, forcing our army to fight a decisive battle with it.

And Zhaocheng is located in the hilly forest, the hills and forests are luxuriant, the city wall is built on the high hills, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the 50,000 army can not be deployed, if it is surrounded, 50,000 horses surround 30,000 is a little reluctant, once the rebels land from Xingcheng, 50,000 soldiers and horses are difficult to parry, let alone capture Zhaocheng.

If my expectations are good, Hou Ye will lead 50,000 troops to Zhaocheng, and most of them will not besiege the city. But is this the case with Master Hou? ”

"What Mr. Zhao said is that the main hills near Zhaocheng are all under the city walls, and there is no place for our army to stand at all, let alone besiege the city, so it can only be taken by tricks, not by force. I expect that the supernatural power will come to a decisive battle, and it will not be able to fight for a while, and it will not attack our army until reinforcements arrive.

Therefore, when it begins to attack, it can make Xu Jinbu and Xiao Qubu retreat to the vicinity of Lintai, let the way of birth, and let Shen Duchi's cavalry return, so that they can avoid the battle as much as possible. ”

Zhaocheng is more than 180 miles away from Lintai, it takes two days to march urgently, and the cavalry also needs a day and a half, the Xianjun cavalry pinned down Shen Duchi, and at the same time was also restrained by Shen Duchi's Xianjun cavalry, if the supernatural power landed reinforcements from Xingcheng and went straight to Zhaocheng, together with the 30,000 defenders of Zhaocheng, the Xian army then transferred cavalry to intercept, but it may be bitten by Shen Duchi.

If only the infantry army is dispatched to attack or besiege, it will not be able to fundamentally solve Zhaocheng, but it will have to divide troops to intercept the black turban reinforcements from Zhaocheng.

In this way, the Xian army inside and outside Lintai was greatly reduced, and the main force of Shentong was pressing southward, and the Xian army had no troops to make a detour to attack Gongcheng and Yinqu.

At this time, Zhaocheng's status of not being embarrassed or embarrassed was undoubtedly highlighted, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses placed in Zhaocheng could turn into a sharp knife at any time and insert it into the life gate of the Xian army.

During the discussion, Jiang Jie entered the room to report:

"Lord Qiyu, Zhijun Gongliang Xiu has arrived at the governance office, do you want to come here?"

"Oh, Gongliang Xiu is here. Please! ”

"Yes."

Bailiyan went to Lintai for as many as ten days, Gongliangxiu did not come early or late, and the cannon came as soon as it arrived, either for the cannon or for the Zhi army to capture the whole county of Changyin.

When he was young, Gongliang Xiu entered the hall, his eyebrows were slightly anxious, and he saw Bailiyan sitting in the hall and raised his hand and bowed:

"Yongxing Hou is unharmed."

"Doctor Gongliang is so well-informed, Benhou Xinzhu artillery has just arrived, you came, Doctor Gongliang didn't come to borrow the cannon."

"Yongxing Hou is too worried, if you open your mouth for a hundred inches a month, where will Doctor Ben dare to speak."

"Huh...... In fact, 100 inches of silver is not expensive, please take a seat. ”

When Gongliang Xiu was young, Bai Liyan continued to ask:

"Doctor Gongliang is here, I don't know what is going on?"

"Two days ago, I heard that Shen Duchi was surrounded by your army, and I expected that the supernatural power must be going south to Lintai for a decisive battle, so I came to find out the situation."

"So, the Zhijun will also have an operation in the near future?"

"It's no secret that the thousand-year-old Heavenly King had already written a war letter to his father a few days ago, and his father had already responded to the battle and was ready to fight with him. Now that I suddenly heard about the battle in Lintai, my father was worried that there would be a mistake in the battle on both fronts.

Once there is a change, you and my two armies are in danger of being attacked by the enemy, so I came here to persuade Yongxing Hou to wait for the battle situation of our army to be clear, and then fight a decisive battle with Shentong, in case our army falls into passivity, the Xian army can still send troops to rescue. ”

"In fact, Ben Shuai doesn't want to fight a decisive battle immediately, but the supernatural power is very pressing, and if he approaches the periphery of Lintai City, the decisive battle will be unavoidable. If it drags on for a long time, the supernatural power will definitely use Lintai as a springboard to divide troops to the east to sneak attack behind Gongliangchen, or rush to the back of your army in Sakura City, and the battle situation will be unfavorable. ”

"But the supernatural power will dispatch at most 120,000 soldiers and horses, and you have 160,000 horses in Lintai, and the troops will be stationed inside and outside the city, and the supernatural power can still surround you Yongxinghou."

"Do you know that there is a swarm of bees and a crossbow in the hands of the supernatural powers, which can send hundreds of thousands of arrows in each battle, even if they do not besiege the city, they only need to approach two hundred steps in front of our army's formation, and attack our garrison with a swarm every day, and our army will either be killed or wounded.

And your army has tens of thousands of crossbows, and the Black Turban Army has to weigh and weigh it to some extent, while our army can only be beaten passively, if you don't take the initiative to attack, you won't sit back and wait for death. ”

"You have artillery, and you're afraid of a swarm?" Gongliang Xiu asked rhetorically.

"No matter how powerful the artillery is, it is not a magic weapon. What's more, a swarm of bees can fire tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rounds in a short period of time, and artillery only has dozens of rounds, which can not be compared. ”