Chapter 287: Outwitting Simon

The soldiers of Liangshan Manor pressed the border, the officers and soldiers of Beijing City were defeated in successive battles, and the two generals of the army, Dadao Wenda and Li Cheng, the king of heaven, were beaten and did not dare to go out of the city, and the people in the city were panicked. Liang Zhongshu was even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and for several days, he continuously sent people out of the city to ask for help from all over the city.

Due to the limited number of troops, Liangshan's team was unable to besiege the city, so it was only led by the intelligence department, and organized manpower to guard at various key intersections to intercept people who went out of the city to ask for help, and they also caught a lot of them in a few days, but after all, the Daimyo's Mansion was located in a key area, and the water and land transportation was developed, so there would definitely be people who slipped through the net.

It is necessary to solve it quickly, otherwise it will change for a long time, Gu Haotian and Xu Guanzhong, Wu Yong and others are aware of this problem.

On this day, Gu Haotian held a military meeting in the Chinese military tent to discuss the siege of the city, with the participation of Xu Guanzhong, Lin Chong, Bian Xiang, Wu Yong, Shi Qian and others.

"Brother Shiqian, how are the preparations in the city?"

Shi Qian is responsible for the transmission of information inside and outside the city these days, and how to prepare inside is the key to the siege of the city, so Gu Haotian was the first to ask him.

"Director Gongsun has already arranged the manpower of the two battalion commanders, Gu Bo and Han Shizhong, near the West City Gate as planned, and the Shi Wengong brothers and Yan Qing and the Lu family are also hiding next to the official camp, and now the city is just waiting for an order."

"That's great!" When Gu Haotian saw this, he had a number in his heart, and asked Xu Guanzhong again, "When will the fleet of Yinmachuan arrive?" ”

"I received a report three days ago that I have arrived in Qinghe County, and I should be here tomorrow."

Due to the need to receive displaced people, all the sailor battalions were stationed in turn, but this time it was the fourth battalion of sailors of Fei Bao and Ni Yun. Originally, when formulating the battle plan, the General Staff Office took into account that if the Daimyo's Mansion was captured, the materials in the treasury, Liang Zhongshu's family wealth, etc., were not comparable to ordinary places, and it was impossible to take much by relying on a few battalions to carry with them.

"Director Wu, how is the investigation of the military horse farm of the Daimyo Mansion?"

This Daimyofu is a military town, there is a military horse farm, Du Qian went to Cangzhou to pass through here, there was a special inquiry, Gu Haotian has been thinking about it, although there is no shortage of horses in the manor now, but this kind of strategic materials is not too much, and it is still free, so this matter was handed over to Wu as soon as possible.

Wu Yong has also put a lot of effort into this these days, and during this time, he also took the intelligence officer to go in person, and when he saw it, he said confidently:

"The military horse farm of the Daimyo Mansion is more than 20 miles north of the city, a place called Yaowang Valley, this valley is long and narrow from north to south, about six or seven miles, and there are three or four thousand war horses in it, and a partial general leads more than 1,000 people to guard there, and it is not too difficult to start."

Gu Haotian knew that Wu Yong had already calculated, so he didn't ask, and immediately said to everyone:

"Since everything has been prepared, without further ado, the siege of the city is scheduled for tomorrow night, and the battalions and all parts will quickly carry out operations according to plan."

All the people present received the order and immediately went separately.

It is said that Gongsun Sheng has been sitting in Beijing recently, and after he received the summons of Shi Qian at night, he arranged for capable people to transmit the information everywhere overnight.

Han Shizhong took more than 50 people, pretending to be a porter who transported goods, a few days ago, he carried more than ten carriages, and lived in the Zhang's carriage and horse shop in the west of the city. The shopkeeper saw that this group of people had a lot of money, and they spent a lot of money every day, and they only regarded them as the owners of money, and they were very reluctant to stay, so it didn't matter where they came from.

Gu Bo and Yang Zaixing took more than 70 people to live in the Qinglong Temple on the left side of the West City Gate. They chose an elderly man from the team, pretending to be a big housekeeper, and hypothetically recruited dozens of homeless people in the city, ready to take them to the country manor, and now they were in the midst of war, and they were temporarily staying for a few days. When the viewer had received a large sum of money, he turned a blind eye to an old house in the backyard and tossed it with him.

Some of the remaining people also disguised themselves as people from all walks of life, and mingled around the West City Gate.

That night, people everywhere received instructions to start tomorrow night, so they all made careful preparations.

It is said that the guard of the west gate of Beijing was originally Li Cheng's nephew Li Ji, but a few days ago he was split in half by an axe outside Feihuyu. After the siege of the city by the people of Liangshan, a new guard was transferred here, called Zhang Quan, but this guy is the brother of Zhang Kongmu, a henchman of Liang Zhongshu, born a greedy and afraid of death, and loves money like life.

This Zhang Quan has only been in office for three or five days, but he has no intention of defending at all, and he has been busy "visiting" the surrounding merchants and shopkeepers these days, and he has made a lot of extra money openly and secretly.

On the evening of this day, Zhang Quan had nothing to do, so he took two cronies to "visit" the merchants. Just as he walked in front of Zhang's carriage and horse shop, he suddenly saw a carriage full of heavy goods entering. At that time, his eyes lit up, and he thought that there must be good goods here, so he took advantage of the wartime inventory to rub a handful of oil. So he made a slight gesture, and two subordinates immediately stopped him.

"Who are you? Why stop my carriage? ”

The two young men who were driving the car asked loudly when they saw that there were suddenly two officers and soldiers in front of them.

"Why! Just because the old man is an officer and soldier of the Daimyo Mansion, and now that the bandits are besieging the city, we suspect that there are illegal items in this car, so stop and check quickly. ”

The two officers and soldiers replied coldly as they got into the car to search.

"We are just drivers who transport goods for others, and I dare not agree if the owner is not there, but if I want to investigate, I will go to the owner."

The two drivers refused to give in, and for a while the two sides quarreled in the courtyard, and after a while, the courtyard was full of people watching the excitement.

Zhang Quan couldn't imagine that the two subordinates would dare to resist the search of the officers and soldiers, he couldn't help but get angry, so he walked in a few steps, and was about to get angry, but he saw a stout young man coming over and said to him:

"This Shangguan is invited, Han Wu is the owner of this carriage of goods, this car is full of coarse cloth purchased recently, and it doesn't hurt for Shangguan to check it, but the two subordinates don't know the etiquette, and they are deeply disturbed by offending Shangguan, and please sit inside, and it is not too late to check after the small ceremony."

Zhang Quan saw that this man was talking and his eyes were frequently, and he already understood what the other party meant, so he said:

"Let it go for now, and I'll hear what you have to say."

After that, he followed Han Wu into the store. And Han Wu seemed to be relieved when he saw his response, and then served the food and wine with the guys. Zhang Quan sat on the top with a grin, without any prevarication, under Han Wu's flattery, he gradually had five or six points of drinking, and then Han Wu took out a silver ticket and handed it over.

One hundred taels! Zhang Quan squinted at it, and was suddenly startled, this guy was so generous, he couldn't help but look at this rugged man differently.

"Tonight's preparation is not thorough, the ugly food and bad wine are not a tribute, tomorrow night Piaoxiang Pavilion will have another table below, the general must come."

At this time, Han Wu opened his mouth to invite again. Zhang Quanjian was located in the number one green building in the west of the city, and he felt that this person was interested, so he did not hesitate to respond at that time.

Then the two ate and drank for a while, Zhang Quan was already drunk when he left, Han Wu sent him to the courtyard, and specially opened the curtain of the carriage to ask him to check. But he said with a big tongue, you and I have been brothers since tonight, and we have to check something, and then I don't look at it.

Han Wu is also Han Shizhong, and at this time, he stood in front of the door and watched Zhang Quan and the three of them go away, and then he let out a long breath. It turned out that the carriage was loaded with a new type of plate armor, and tomorrow night to capture the city, he sent someone to the intelligence department to retrieve it and prepare it for use, who would have expected to encounter this kind of thing. If it weren't for the haste just now, if something big would happen tonight, the entire siege plan would have been affected. However, this guy is worthy of the name of the general, but he can stay in danger at a critical moment, and he can also turn danger into a disaster, and now this matter is used properly, which will be of great help to the siege of the city tomorrow night. At that moment, Han Shizhong explained his subordinates, and then personally went to Gongsun Sheng to discuss countermeasures.

There was nothing to say for a day, and soon it was the evening of the next day. Zhang Quan had been thinking about tonight's happiness all day, and as soon as the sun went down, he took a few cronies to find Han Wu.

Sure enough, this surnamed Han did not disappoint him, not only did he choose a first-class sister to accompany him, but he also got several bottles of sought-after goods on the market - fairy drunk. He was overjoyed, and for a while he hugged the beautiful woman and held the wine in his hand, but he hated his parents for missing a pair of hands.

And this Han Wu is really generous, not only did he wait for Zhang Quan, but he didn't even despise a few cronies who came with him, and the same wine and beauty waited for him, and he won everyone's praise for a while. In this way, from the time of unitary time to the beginning of the time, under the double stimulation of fine wine and beautiful people, several officers and soldiers were not drunk.

Zhang Quan looked at the beauty in his arms with drunken eyes, and only felt that the more he looked at it, the more beautiful he was, he was very reluctant, but he still remembered that the post at the city gate could not be left lightly, and he did not dare to stay overnight, so he was entangled for a while.

And at this time, Han Wu seemed to see something, only to see him whisper in Zhang Quan's ear:

"This sister has already paid the silver for the night, if there is any inconvenience here, it is better to be quietly sent into the camp by staying in the next place, and then quietly brought out after the general enjoys it, so that the general is unaware of the ghost, and the general's reputation can be preserved."

Zhang Quan couldn't imagine that there were such interesting characters, and he only hated that it was too late to get acquainted, and at that moment he reluctantly let go of the beauty in his arms, and said to Han Wu:

"Brother Han's love and righteousness are rare in the world, but they hate to see each other late, tonight's events will be according to what you say, I will wait and take the first step."

Zhang Quan said that he had a warm stay with the beauty, and was about to leave with his subordinates, but he saw Han Wu and said in his ear:

"A small barracks that you can get into?"

"But I'm confused, this is my waist card, and no one dares to stop me in the past."

Zhang Quan immediately took off a sign from his waist and stuffed it to Han Wu without thinking about it.

Not long after, three carriages came in front of the barracks by the west gate, and the driver easily went in after flashing the sign in front of the guard sergeant. Not long after, more than a dozen soldiers holding his warrants came out of the barracks of the guard general Zhang Quan, climbed the city wall and headed for the city tower.

After a few moments, there was a slight noise in the tower, but it quickly fell silent. When they arrived, a red lantern appeared on the castle tower, and the drawbridge outside the castle fell without warning. The guards in the city gate seemed to feel abnormal, and were about to go up to the city to investigate, but they saw that in the darkness around the city gate, countless figures suddenly appeared, rushing towards the city gate.

Not good! Someone has attacked the city gates! Several soldiers were about to give warnings, but they saw a group of officers and soldiers rushing towards the city gate, and the first one in front was the guard general Zhang Quan.

"General, someone is sneaking up, hurry up and warn."

The leading ten generals hurriedly ran forward to report, but before he could notice the abnormality, he was already in two places.

Then these people quickly seized the city gate, and after a few breaths, the heavy gate slowly opened. It's a smooth road inside and outside the city.

The battle at the city gate woke up many of the soldiers defending the city, and they all realized that the city gate was being robbed, and immediately organized themselves to take it back.

At this time, Gu Bo and Yang Lin had already led people to the city gate, and more than 300 people were immediately divided into two pulls, Han Shizhong and Yang Lin led the officers to teach the battalion to guard the city gate, and Gu Bo and Yang Zaixing led the personal guard battalion to guard the city tower.

However, the defenders of Xicheng did not give up, nor did they dare to give up, after they realized the seriousness of the situation, they immediately organized a frantic counterattack, and the nearby garrisons also rushed after learning about it.

Just when everyone was tired of coping, they heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the west gate like a rainstorm, and a moment later I saw a horse appear at the city gate, and I saw him shouting loudly:

"Brothers, get out of the way, I'm coming!"