As soon as they heard the word "surrender", the entourage was taken aback.

"General, do we really want to surrender to the state of Wu? I heard that it is difficult for the generals who surrendered to Wu to have any future, has the general really thought about it? "It doesn't matter to the retinue themselves, they have a lower status anyway, no matter where they are.

"What's this? Ben Jiang had no ambition in the first place, so what is the difference between playing for Wu and Liang? With the courage of this general, don't you need a general who can charge into battle when you arrive in Wu? Lu Shunmi said disapprerovingly.

The attendants each nodded.

Lu Shunmi continued: "Then Liu Suiyan and Yan Kai usually treat their subordinates harshly, and the general has long been dissatisfied with them; And now that the Wu army is strong, we might as well surrender the Wu army directly, why bother to work for Liu Suiyan and the others. Alright, that's all that needs to be said, you all start to prepare, and we'll be out of town tonight. ”

"General, in that case, why don't you just make a big ticket?" Someone's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said.

"Do you have a big ticket? You mean open the gates and surrender? Lu Shunmi's expression froze, and then he shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not easy, the city gates everywhere are held by Liu Suiyan's henchmen and generals, and we don't have much chance to seize them; And we didn't have time to discuss with the Wu army in a hurry, even if we could capture the city gate, but if the Wu army couldn't enter the city in time, it would be us who would be unlucky at that time. ”

"The risk of capturing the city gate is too great, but in the past two months, Ben General has been paying attention to the deployment and movement of the defenders in the city, and he has an understanding of the character of the guards of the city gates everywhere, as long as he informs the Wu army of this information, this is a great achievement, why take more risks?"

Lu Shunmi is not stupid, the kind of thing that seizes the city gate is too risky, and it is easy to make mistakes if you start an incident in a hurry; In addition, he had a bad relationship with Liu Suiyan and Yan Kai, and the other party had always guarded against him, so it was difficult for him to succeed.

All he had to do was surrender to the Wu army and tell the Wu army about the reality in the city.

The retinue didn't have any opinion after hearing this.

That night, the gate of the southern city was quietly opened, and a cavalry team of more than 100 people suddenly rushed out of the city and was heading towards the Wu army camp.

This movement was quickly discovered by the Wu army, and without the orders of the generals, the team in charge of the guard immediately divided 500 people to intercept it.

However, contrary to what they thought, this army surrendered without the slightest resistance after encountering the Wu army, and claimed that they had come to surrender on their own initiative, and provided important information about the deployment of defenses in the city.

The situation was quickly reported, and it didn't take long for Yang Wu to receive the news.

"More than a hundred cavalry, who took the initiative to surrender? It can't be a scam, right? Shi Hongyi frowned.

"Probably not, although cavalry is difficult to play a role in defending the city, it is still very useful if you use them to break through the siege and ask for help, or to launch a counterattack at a critical time. The enemy could not afford to surrender with a hundred cavalry. Guo Chongtao analyzed.

"Yes, and it is said that this cavalry team did not hide its tracks at all after leaving the city, and swaggered directly towards our camp, and when they met our people, their bows and crossbows were not wound. All this shows that they have no intention of fighting at all. Liu Xin also added on the side.

Yang Wu nodded after hearing this, and said, "Since this guard named Lu Shunmi took the initiative to surrender, then Gu will see him and see what he has to explain." ”

That being said, Yang Wu didn't have much hope in his heart, after all, a general who only commanded a hundred cavalry was not of a high level, so he shouldn't know much important news.

Not long after, Lu Shunmi was taken to the main camp tent of the Chinese army.

To Yang Wu's surprise, this Lu Shunmi really brought him a surprise, and after some conversation, the reality of the defenders in the city was completely known to Wu Jun; The counsellor of the Privy Council even drew a map of the defense of Yunzhou based on the information provided by Lu Shunmi.

With the help of detailed information, it will be much easier to capture the city.

"King, according to what Lu Shunmi said, the defenders on the Beicheng side are relatively small, and the defender Liu Quanquan's defense is relatively lax." Guo Chongtao pointed to the defense map and said, "If we send troops to raid Beicheng overnight, maybe we can make a breakthrough?" ”

"Yes, although the general also launched an attack on the northern wall, the west of the city is close to Jishui; There were many mountains to the north, which were not conducive to the use of troops, so at that time the general made some attempts, but when he saw that no progress had been made, he gave up, leaving only a thousand troops to garrison there. ”

"Now that a month or two has passed, presumably the enemy army over there will not expect that our army will concentrate its forces again to raid." Liu Xin nodded.

As the commander of the navy, He Jingzhu even stood up and said: "King, we can use warships to transport our troops along the Jishui to the north of the city, just to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy." Moreover, the officers and men of our navy have rested for many days, and it is time to go into battle to kill the enemy. I asked the king for his approval, and let my sailors take charge of the raid. ”

……

The generals said a few words and quickly came up with a plan; Ho Kyung-so's navy got permission to carry out the mission.

That night, 3,000 officers and men of the Wu army quietly left the camp and moved north along Jishui in a small boat.

It happened that there was no moonlight tonight, and the dark night provided excellent cover for the Wu army, allowing the Wu army to move to the north of the city without alarming the defenders, and landed safely.

After waiting for the shore, He Jingzhu, who insisted on personally leading the troops, took 500 people as the vanguard and quietly approached the city wall under the guidance of Lu Shunmi.

At this time, the defenders on the city wall, as Lu Shunmi said, had no vigilance at all, and there was no fighting for more than two months, so they all relaxed and did not guard against the Wu army sending troops to raid the northern city.

The guard general Liu Quanquan even took a few cronies to hide in a warm house near the city gate to drink and have fun.

After confirming that the enemy was defenseless, He Jingzhu immediately led people to climb the city wall.

Their actions went very smoothly, and it was not until they had fully climbed the city walls that the defenders reacted, and the panicked Liang army was immediately in disarray; It didn't take long for the city gate to be captured by the Wu army, and the 3,500 men who had been waiting outside the city immediately followed the open gate into the city.

For a time, there was chaos in the city, and there were shouts of killing everywhere; The southern side of the city had long been prepared to attack the city, and the Wu army immediately launched an attack to cooperate with the action in the north.

It didn't take long for the southern city gate to be breached, and a large number of Wu troops entered the city.

By daybreak, the defenders in the city had basically been cleared, and most of the more than 5,000 defenders were taken prisoner, except for more than 1,000 who were killed.

Liu Suiyan opened the east gate in a panic and wanted to escape into the mountains, but was raided by the cavalry of the Wu army, which had long been ambushed there, and finally the whole army was annihilated, and Liu Suiyan himself was taken prisoner.

As for Yan Kai, another important general, he happened to lead his troops to patrol the west of the city when the city was breached, and after getting the news of the fall of the city, he immediately led people to break through the west gate; However, not far from the west of the city is Jishui, and the Wu army has long blocked Jishui, and the rout army has no way to retreat.

In a hurry, Yan Kai jumped into Jishui, but was fished up by the Wu army, and finally became a prisoner.

At this point, this important town along the Yellow River completely fell into the hands of the Wu army; And the news that Yang Wu, the king of Wu, seized the city shortly after his personal conquest of Yunzhou, further enhanced his prestige.

After entering the city, I saw that the city, which had been besieged for more than two months, was already full of flies, and the people in the city were skinny, ragged, shivering in the cold wind.

Seeing this situation, Yang Wu ordered to pacify the people in the city, and on the other hand, ordered the government treasury to be opened to help the victims, and allocated a part of the warm clothing from the military baggage to the poorest people, so that they would not freeze to death and starve to death.

In addition, Yan Kai and Liu Suiyan, the two generals who held the city and resisted the Wu army, were all beheaded by Yang Wu as the object of erection of majesty, and they were also beheaded along with their cronies and some greedy and lawless people, and some of the gangsters in the city took advantage of the fire to loot when the Wu army broke the city, and they were all beheaded.

These actions soon had an effect, and the people immediately warmly welcomed their arrival when they saw that Wu Jun was strictly disciplined, that he had committed no crimes, and that he had given relief to the poor people in various ways.

……

When the Wu army captured Yunzhou, more than 7,000 reinforcements led by Wang Yanzhang and Dong Zhang had just arrived in Yuncheng.

At this time, although they had not received the news that Yunzhou had been lost, the two had a disagreement on how to rescue Yunzhou.

At the beginning, Dong Zhang led more than 10,000 troops south to rescue Songzhou, but was ambushed by Chai Kehong, and was captured more than 7,000 people in the first battle. When Wang Yanzhang was appointed as the rescue envoy of Yunzhou, Zhu Youzhen transferred hundreds of cavalry from Luoyang to him.

So now the strength of this support army has reached more than 7,000 people.

If more than 7,000 troops can play a major role at a critical moment, or even turn the tide of a major war in one fell swoop; However, the armies that can play a role in turning the tide are often elite soldiers.

However, the main force of this support army was more than 6,000 remnants of the defeated army under Dong Zhang, who had long been demoralized and had no will to fight; Even when Dong Zhang announced that they had been ordered to rescue Yunzhou, there were soldiers in the army who continued to flee, even if Dong Zhang ordered all the captured deserters to be beheaded, they still couldn't stop the deserters who kept appearing.

As for the more than 500 cavalry led by Wang Yanzhang, this army was completely newly formed.

A few months ago, the envoy of Xiazhou paid tribute to the court of Liang with a hundred war horses, plus Liang and Li Maozhen united and got more than 200 war horses from him, in addition, Liang originally had a small number of war horses, so Liang gathered these war horses and re-formed a cavalry to fight against the cavalry of Wu and Jin.

More than 6,000 demoralized remnants of the defeated generals, plus more than 500 cavalry that had just been formed, this strength could not be compared with the Wu army.

You must know that the Wu army on the Yunzhou side has tens of thousands of troops, and it has just recently been reported that Yang Wu, the king of Wu, has personally led his troops to Yunzhou; It can be expected that the strength of the Wu army in Yunzhou must be extremely strong, and it is impossible for them to lift the siege of Yunzhou with more than 7,000 people alone.

Therefore, Dong Zhang thinks that they should stay in Yunxian County now to observe the situation and wait for the opportunity to change; If the tide of battle is unfavorable, they can also preserve their strength.

However, Wang Yanzhang believes that Yunzhou has been besieged by the enemy for more than two months, although the strength of the defenders in the city is more than that of Songzhou, but after more than two months, the defenders must have been exhausted.

Whether to immediately send troops to rescue Yunzhou, or to wait and see the situation for the time being, waiting for the development of the war situation, Wang Yanzhang and Dong Zhang argued endlessly.

From the perspective of qualifications, Wang Yanzhang's qualifications are older than Dong Zhang; From the perspective of rank, Wang Yanzhang has served as a solicitation envoy before, and now Wang Yanzhang is also a support envoy, and Dong Zhang is only a deputy envoy, it stands to reason that Dong Zhang should obey Wang Yanzhang's command.

However, from the point of view of troops, although the more than 6,000 people under Dong Zhang are the remnants of the defeated army with low morale, after all, the number of troops is there, and they are the main force in this rescue of Yunzhou, and the 500 cavalry under Wang Yanzhang that has just been formed is not of great use at all.

Therefore, even though Wang Yanzhang was higher than Dong Zhang in terms of qualifications and position, Dong Zhang insisted on refusing to obey his orders, and as a result, the support soldiers stayed in Yuncheng for more than ten days, but there was no further action.

On this day, after ending the argument again, Wang Yanzhang, who was dizzy, returned to his camp and ordered someone to take the map and began to look at it in detail.

"The situation in Yunzhou is critical, but Dong Zhang wants to sit in Yuncheng and watch the situation change, if he continues to watch, I am afraid that the news of the fall of Yunzhou will come." Wang Yanzhang didn't know that Yunzhou had fallen at this time, but he felt that he couldn't continue to sit back and wait, and he had to do something.

"Dong Zhang's more than 6,000 people are all under the command of his cronies, and the generals are not in command; The only thing that can be relied on now may be the five hundred cavalry in the hands of the general. ”

"Yunzhou is more than eighty miles away from Yuncheng, if Ben would have suddenly killed the city with 500 cavalry in his hands and launched a surprise attack on the enemy, would he be able to achieve victory?" Wang Yanzhang planned in his heart.

He was already known for his bravery, and even though he is almost sixty years old now, it has not diminished his courage in the slightest.

With 500 cavalry to raid tens of thousands of Wu troops, and tens of thousands of elite Wu troops personally led by Yang Wu, the king of Wu, such a bold thing may only be thought of by a fierce general like Wang Yanzhang.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Wang Yanzhang found that if he did this, the probability of success was still too low, and it could even be said that he would die without life.

At the beginning, Li Cunxian raided Zhu Wen's army of more than 100,000 with 800 cavalry, and used the false news that "the main force of the King of Jin has arrived" to scare Zhu Wen into fleeing overnight, and finally fell ill in shame and anger.

This seems to be a miracle, but an important prerequisite for Li Cunxian's success is that Liang Jun himself is demoralized and afraid of the Jin army, and various coincidences finally allow him to succeed.

However, the current situation is that the morale of the Liang army is low and the morale of the Wu army is high; If these 500 of them go on a surprise attack, there is a good chance that they will not return.