……

Gao Jinxia once told Gao Wenyuan that for generals, they must have the ability to calculate, but they cannot have the confidence to calculate.

In fact, even those classic generals in history have calculated them, but they may not have been able to lead the troops at the moment of inspiration. As soon as the plan is made, the general must think of so many "generals", and then think of so many "plans". If you calculate far, it is likely that you will have to think of a few more "generals" for "just counting". Therefore, instead of admiring the sudden inspiration of the enemy general after defeat, it is better to hone your basic skills in controlling the situation in advance.

The ancients said: "More wins, less wins, and nothing counts?" ”

Cao Yan did not mention Gao Wenyuan's various provocations in detail in his war report to Nanzhou, perhaps because he thought it was meaningless, but would lose face. Of course, it is also possible that he is a consequentialist and does not pay attention to the process or anything.

So, what role did these provocations play in Gao Wenyuan's strategy?

Disguise emptiness.

That's right, before Nanzhou knew it, there were no longer 40,000 troops in the camp south of Huoxian. The main force of Gao Wenyuan's army, unconsciously, had been broken into pieces, and rushed to the west flank of Nanzhou one after another, and camped in the mountains. At this time, if Gao Wenyuan directly attacked Yixian without concealment, although he could win the battle, it was difficult to ensure that his combat strength did not match his expectations.

So all three of his attacks were either at night, or he took advantage of his unpreparedness and did not love to fight. This made it difficult for the defenders of Huoxian to judge the strength of Gao Wenyuan's army, and therefore, the entire Nanzhou still believed that Gao Wenyuan was still waiting for the results of the test south of Huoxian.

This is the most standard "bright plank road, dark Chen Cang".

Since Cao Yan and Gao Wenyuan were defeated in the "decisive battle" at the head of the city that day, they have cowered in the city of Huoxian and have been refusing to fight. The morale of the defenders in Yixian County is also quite low, and some folk scholars in Nanzhou have been spreading some remarks, and the defenders are gradually having two hearts.

Three days later, that is, on the second day of the second month of the leap month, reinforcements from all over Nanzhou were almost ready. But the quantity and quality of these reinforcements made Cao Yan's heart more than half cold.

"This ...... I can't hold it. Cao Yan rubbed his haggard and bloodshot eyes and sighed. He hadn't slept well for several days, although Gao Wenyuan hadn't come to harass him for the past few days. Today, he felt a little choked in his chest, and his head hurt for no reason.

Speaking of which, how did he stand on the opposite side of Zhao? It's really hard to understand. "Zhao's governance is rotten, and Qian Nanyan is doing the right thing for heaven" and other statements Cao Yan doesn't believe it very much, but it's not so much that he doesn't believe it as it doesn't matter. At first, his position as the county guard of the county forced him to join the rebellion in order to protect himself. As for the following, "three hundred and sixty lines, the line is food and clothing", for him, obedience is the source of his food and clothing, which has nothing to do with who obeys.

Anyway, it's been 30 years of obedience, and it's really boring in this life.

The teahouse where I used to listen to the storytelling has long been desolate, whether it is the shopkeeper of the teahouse or the storyteller who walks the rivers and lakes, I don't know where to go in order to avoid the war. The same goes for roadside noodle restaurants. No matter how long you sit at the blackened wooden table, you will never see the somewhat rich proprietress holding two bowls of hot noodles and swaying over the somewhat high threshold.

Cao Yan sat on the bench of the noodle restaurant, supported her head with her hands, and closed her eyes for a while. For a while, he seemed to have some emotion in his heart, but unfortunately he was just a rough man, and he was very stupid both in his mouth and in his heart.

The sun was so good that Cao Yan wanted to sleep here.

Then fall asleep, someone will naturally come looking for something.

My heart hurts, and my temples are beating dizzy.

Don't make a fuss, squint for a while.

……

An hour later, Gao Wenyuan launched an attack on Huoxian County and broke the city in one fell swoop.

……

Wang Lian followed Gao Wenyuan into the newly occupied county town of Huoxian, where the Zhao army on the side of the road was holding a large number of prisoners. A few officers led the team to inspect the remnants of the defenders around the city, cleaning up the battlefield of street fighting by the way, and investigating the civilians who remained in the city, which seemed to be very busy.

Although the sun is good, the air has a faint smell of blood, which is not good. Gao Wenyuan walked on the streets of the county town, which was the first city to be occupied under his command, and some of the scenery was still very foreign to him.

When fighting on the Congzhou defensive line, he almost always followed his grandfather before and after the saddle, and strictly speaking, he was not even a general with troops. And in Yunnan, in the face of foreigners, there is no chance to attack the city at all.

At this moment, an officer under his command ran up and said that Cao Yan had been found, and that it was a prisoner who testified.

Led by this officer, Gao Wenyuan trotted all the way to a noodle restaurant. The dusty and oil-stained noodle shop now has only a few soldiers under Gao Wenyuan. The owner of this shop has been gone for a long time.

There are several tables under the shed outside the store, one of which has two people next to it. One sitting, one standing.

The one who sat was more paralyzed than sitting, and his body twisted strangely, presumably turned face up by the soldiers. His eyes were closed, and he knew it was a corpse at a glance.

"Exhaustion, commonly known as exhaustion. This really makes me wonder what the hell you did to him, Wu Quan. The standing man raised his head from the side of the corpse and looked at Gao Wenyuan with a faint smile that was half teasing.

"Brother Tang Su? How did you end up here? ”

"Ah, I originally wanted to go to Liangjing, but Liangjing was besieged, and I kept going south, and Nanzhou rebelled again. I can't do without Nanzhou, I've been hanging around in the north for the past few days, and I heard that you came from the south, so I wanted to come to Huoxian. ”

"Brother Tang Su, you're a little unlucky."

"It's not just a little ......," Tang Su smiled bitterly and said helplessly.

……

Two days later, Nanzhou City, the state capital Yamen

"This kid is exactly what I expected." Qian Nanyan smiled and said to himself, "Then don't think of Liang Jing in his life." ”

"As soon as Liang Jing falls, Gao Wenyuan is planted here again, the strength of the king of Yunnan will be greatly reduced, and those wall grasses will know where to go. In this way, the destruction of the Zhao Kingdom is just around the corner. ”

"As for the swallow...... Forget it, it's good to let Yan unify the world. ”

At this moment, a person walked in from outside the door, it was Liu Feiyu.

Qian Nanyan was a little strange, because since he had his own personal guard, Liu Feiyu had to report to his guard if he wanted to see him. His guards came to tell him that Liu Feiyu could only see Qian Nanyan if he allowed it. Today, he neither received a report nor an approval, and he didn't even hear the noise caused by the guards outside the door when they stopped Liu Feiyu.

"How did you get in?"

"Ah, this is a bit long, and the result is that I finally found an opportunity to knock down your guards, or cut them or poison them, ah, to make a long story short, the king of Hades can't wait for you dead old man." After that, as soon as he flipped his wrist, he saw that there was a bright crescent moon scimitar in his palm. I didn't see how he made a move, but as soon as Qian Nanyan reacted, the tip of the knife had pierced his chest.

"Any last words?"

"It's Yan...... Want to kill me? Qian Nanyan struggled to spit bloody words from the corners of her twitching mouth, with great doubts in her pain.

"If you have a last word, say it as soon as you can, maybe I can tell it for you." Liu Feiyu said impatiently.

Qian Nanyan slowly closed his eyes, "No, I'm ...... Nothing more to say. ”

Hearing this, Liu Feiyu pushed the scimitar back and pulled out a few pieces of lung flesh. Most of the blood flowed into the lungs and no pools of blood formed.

Liu Feiyu took off a piece of white cotton cloth from his body, carefully wiped the scimitar, and confirmed that Qian Nanyan was indeed dead, so he stole the horse of the state capital, left the yamen, and ran all the way south.

……

A day later, on the fifth day of the second month of the leap month, Gao Wenyuan's feint troops were surrounded in the hinterland of Nanzhou and were attacked on all sides.

Two hours later, the Nanzhou soldiers who surrounded them were attacked from behind, and taking advantage of their confusion, they feinted to launch a breakthrough counteroffensive and defeated the Nanzhou army. On the same day, Liu Feiyu arrived at Gao Wen's distance.

Two days later, on the seventh day of the second month of the leap month, the leaderless city of Nanzhou announced its surrender.

……

On the eighth day of the second month of the leap month, the Yamen of Nanzhou Prefecture.

"So, the leader of the rebels is really Qian Nanyan?" Gao Wenyuan asked.

Yulin nodded, "It's indeed him, but I don't know exactly why." ”

"Since the son of the Liu family who has been following me doesn't know, let alone me, just a passerby." Tang Su still looked lazy, dressed in white, squinting and sitting on a chair with squinting eyes, shaking a folding fan that had no wind at all.

"Tang Gongzi, don't make fun of it, what is the son of the Liu family. However, I feel that Qian Nanyan doesn't seem to deal with the sons of the family very much, since before I came to Nanzhou, has any of the sons of the family been to Nanzhou? ”

"You came at the beginning of the thirteenth year of Wankang, when I was still in my grandfather's army, so I don't know." Gao Wenyuan thought for a while and said.

“…… Twelve years or so? I seem to be a little eyebrow-raising, but I'm not sure, maybe I can ask when I return to Liangjing. ”

"People from the Tang Mansion?"

Tang Su nodded, "I remember that Tang Ze came to Nanzhou once that year, but I don't remember it clearly, maybe Qian Nanyan was because of him." But compared to this, your soldiers are already so tired these days, don't you need to take a break? ”

"It is best to sweep it away in one fell swoop, the defeat is like a mountain, the resistance of Nanzhou will be very weak in the past few days, let Wang Lian go to clear them one by one, the problem should not be big."

"Well, I'm not a soldier after all."

……

On the fourth day, on the 11th day of the second month of the leap month, under the oppression of the 40,000-strong army with high morale, the resistance forces in Nanzhou were basically eliminated, and most of the Nanzhou soldiers chose to surrender.

At this point, the rebellion in Nanzhou was basically quelled. The Nanzhou rebellion began on February 2, the 14th year of Wankang, and lasted for 38 days until the 11th day of the second month of the leap year.

To quell the rebellion in the state capital, and to add the rush time, this is really fast, like destroying the ancient era.