As I said it, I was actually a little apprehensive in my heart, thinking that if I really acted like this, it would not only be calculated by Xu Shao, but also by Zhang Xuanjing, who was related to him.

But the major affairs of the military state seem to be intolerable for half hesitation, since the matter has to be like this, so he said bluntly, if it doesn't work, it's not too late to think of other methods.

Who knew that after Xu Shao listened to my words, he didn't get angry, but touched his beard and chuckled: "I'll just say that Chen Yanshou will give advice for His Majesty, if you come to invite me alone, I'm afraid it won't be enough to fight against Xiao Mo, it turns out that he still has this idea, since he has already come up with such an idea, let's do it." ”

After speaking, he looked up at the door, pondered for a long time, and said: "Although I promised Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to follow me three things." ”

I arched my hand and said, "General Xu, please speak." ”

Xu Shao said: "First, I want Your Majesty to allocate 2,000 of my own soldiers; Second, please give me the right to dispatch, and there will be no supervising army; Thirdly, Tomohito Inuko, please allow him to serve in the military and train in His Majesty's army. If Your Majesty agrees, I will set out at once. ”

I agreed without thinking about it, and I realized that the first thing, he wanted soldiers, I am afraid that he would go to Kip Zhou alone, some people in Zhang Xuanjing's army were not convinced, and they were used to suppress the public, and the second thing was consistent with his character, he was probably extremely reluctant to be restrained by others, but I knew that the reason why Pei Renji was rebelled by the Wagang army back then was because of the chaos of Xiao Huaijing, who supervised the imperial history, and I would agree to this.

As for the third thing, he let his son be a hostage in my hands, and he did not want to supervise the army, but he was afraid that I would be suspicious of him, so he said this, and if I did not agree, he himself would be suspicious.

On the third day, I took Zimin out of the main gate of Daxing Palace, walked all the way to the outside of the city on Suzaku Street, and distributed 2,000 soldiers from Wen Zhen to Xu Shao, and he left without stopping.

Xu Zhiren stayed in our army and became my escort, not so much that he protected me, but that I protected him, if something happened to him, Xu Shao sat in Bashu, and he could completely oppose me.

I didn't care too much about this, knowing that Xu Shao didn't have any conspiracy, as long as he behaved well, there was nothing to worry about.

Xu Shao and his people set off for Kipzhou, planning to make a detour to the southwest side of Jiangling for a surprise attack, while I chose to go south along the Han River and compete with Xiao Mo head-on.

Although Wei Zheng is now in Jinyang to assist Li Yuanji in governing Shanxi, he once served as an official in Southern Liang, Xiao Mo is very fond of him, and he is still looking for him until now. And Wei Zheng's many suggestions in Southern Liang, such as letting Xiao Mo take back his military power, consolidate his imperial throne, and recuperate and not compete with the north, also bought a lot of time for the civil strife in the Tang court.

While I was heading south, I sent someone to inquire who the commander sent by Xiao Mo was, and after a short time, someone came to report, saying that Xiao Miao, like me, was also a royal driver, and it seemed that there was also a big move.

When I got the news, I quickened my march, and not long after, I encountered Xiao Mo at Xiangju, north of Jiangling.

Before I arrived, Xiangzhou had already been occupied by Xiao Miao's army of 400,000, and we came from afar, and the heavy rain still did not stop, so we could only set up camp far away from the city, while spying on the news in the city, while resting a little.

As a result, they were attacked on the first night.

Xiao Miao's detachment of less than 500 men actually took advantage of the night to touch a place less than fifty paces away from us, and a rain of arrows shot all the guards at the camp gate, and by the time the news reached my ears, these people had already withdrawn.

It was the same on the first night, the next day, the third night, but the time was different each time.

Before they had fully recovered, they were disrupted by the rain of arrows every night, and the morale of the army was unstable, and the people in the camp seemed to have begun to complain.

I knew that this would definitely not work, so after thinking about it, I found Dou Xiaochen in front of me and said, "The enemy comes to sneak attack every day, what countermeasures do you have?" ”

Dou Xiaochen is not a reckless person, when he saw me asking, he replied: "The last general thinks that this is just Xiao Miao's tired enemy's plan, if we are nervous and vigilant every night to take precautions, I am afraid that no one in the army can rest, and it is in Xiao Miao's arms." It's just that although he knows this, the general is stupid, but he can't think of a countermeasure. ”

I smiled and said, "I do have one in mind, but I want you to do it." ”

Dou Xiaochen said: "Your Majesty, please command." ”

I said, "I'm going to break the city in five days." You immediately go to the army and select four hundred and fifty capable people, remember, these people must be your father's cronies, I think you should know a lot, you think carefully, who to choose or not, it is up to you to decide, you don't have to ask me. ”

Dou Xiaochen agreed and asked, "What do you choose those people for?" ”

I said, "Elect these people first, then tie twenty scarecrows, disguise themselves as sergeants, and listen to my command tonight." ”

Dou Xiaochen agreed to go, and I came to the outside of the military tent, regardless of the rain, immediately ordered 2,000 troops, and asked these people to gather in the school field before night.

After everything was ready, I was a little relieved, and I went back to Zimin's camp and changed into clean clothes.

Zimin had already heard me talk about what had happened in the past few days, and when he saw me come in, he asked, "What time is it?" ”

I looked at the sky and said, "It's just past time." ”

Zi Min said: "Big brother has thought of a way to deal with it?" ”

I said, "I thought of it." ”

Zimin smiled: "Big brother, I also thought of an idea. ”

In fact, I already had a calculation in my heart, and seeing that Zimin was very interested, I couldn't bear to spoil her interest, so I said, "You can talk about it." ”

Zi Min said: "Xiao Mill is based in Xiangzhou, stick to the city gate and don't go out, the eldest brother can't break through the city gate, but these people who go out of the city to harass them, after they sneak attack, they must return, why don't the eldest brother follow them and see if there is a chance?" ”

I smiled when I heard this: "I also thought of this, but I am afraid that these people will not enter the city, but the garrison outside the city is on order, and they may not be able to knock on the gate of Xiangzhou." ”

Zi Min said: "If the garrison outside the city is in danger, won't they ask for help from the city?" Big brother might think about it in a different way. ”

I said, "What do you mean, it's ......" Halfway through the words, I understood in my heart, so I didn't say any more, but said, "It's okay, it's not too late to make plans when the soldiers are almost rested." ”

Although the soldiers are noble and fast, the soldiers from afar really can't directly confront him.

After nightfall, 2,000 people gathered in the school yard, and Dou Xiaochen also came to me and told me that what he had told him had been done.

I said: "Very good, you put those scarecrows outside the camp gate, as for the four hundred and fifty people you picked out, set out from the west of the camp tent, go around to the garrison outside Xiangzhou City and our camp, only ambush on the side road, if you see the retreating Nanliang soldiers, they will all be killed." ”

(End of chapter)