After Fang Yuan and his entourage left Huai'an Mansion, Lu Wang Zhu Yihai was taken back to Suzhou Mansion by Jinyiwei, and Fang Yuan led 3,000 special combat troops to Suzhou, where he met with Jing Jie, who was stationed in Suzhou, and discussed the next step after falling out with Sun Chuanting.

Jing Jie learned the information that the negotiations between the two sides finally broke down, so he invited Fang Yuan to the sand table map of Fengyang Mansion, pointing to Xuzhou north of Suzhou and Huai'an Mansion west of Suzhou, "Boss, since the negotiations have broken down, Sun Chuanting may go south to rescue Fengyang City at any time." Sun Chuanting has two routes to the south, one is to penetrate Fengyang Mansion through Xuzhou, and relieve the siege of Fengyang Mansion head-on, and the other is to go south from Huai'an Mansion to Yangzhou Mansion, forcing our army to move east to meet the enemy, which is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. ”

Fang Yuan looked down at the sand table, silent in thought.

What he was thinking about was not which route Sun Chuanting would take to enter the army, anyway, the soldiers would block the water and cover the earth, and such a large-scale military operation would never be hidden from his ears and eyes. The most important thing at the moment is whether the besieged Fengyang City will be directly captured by the Xuanjia Army, or whether it will continue to besiege and carry out the military plan of encirclement and reinforcement arranged before.

By storming and capturing Fengyang City as soon as possible, you can avoid fighting on two fronts and concentrate on dealing with Sun Chuanting's reinforcements going south. But what cannot be determined is that if Fengyang Mansion falls, whether Sun Chuanting's reinforcements will continue to move south, or stay still.

If Fengyang City is only besieged and not fought, the biggest advantage is, of course, that it can induce Sun Chuanting to go south to come to the decisive battle, but a large part of the troops must be left to besiege the city in case it is attacked by the tens of thousands of defenders in the city.

These two military plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult for Fang Yuan to weigh them for a while.

Jing Jie obviously thought of a place with him and asked, "Boss, let's take advantage of Sun Chuanting's southward journey to capture Fengyang City first!" The 50,000 defenders in the city, as well as Huang Degong, who is proficient in military affairs, are really a great threat to the besieging army. With such a huge threat behind him, how can he fight Sun Chuanting in a decisive battle?! ”

If there were only Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng in Fengyang City, Fang Yuan would be sure that these two would never dare to go out of the city to attack the Xuanjia Army. But if you add Huang Degong, an old soldier who has been in the barracks for more than ten or twenty years, it is very difficult to predict.

Fang Yuan asked in a deep voice, "Third brother, did you send someone to persuade Ma Shiying and Huang Degong to surrender during the siege?" ”

Jing Jie replied truthfully, "Our side is persuaded to surrender on the fifth day, and Ma Shiying and Huang Degong refuse to surrender, it seems that they are ready to resist stubbornly to the end." ”

Fang Yuan had to admire this Ma Shiying, although this person had no military talent, he also liked to fight for power and profit on weekdays, and since Fang Yuan arrived in Jiangnan, he has always been incompatible with Fang Yuan. But in this desperate situation, he still holds on, and his loyalty to Daming is beyond doubt!

Although he and Shi Kefa are a eunuch party and a Donglin party, they are essentially the same kind of people, and they are both loyal ministers with great ambitions and talents!

Fang Yuan was silent for a while, and then asked, "Now our army is besieging the city from all sides?" ”

Jing Jie nodded and said, "Yes, except for the Huaishui that flows through the city, not a single fly can fly out on land." ”

Fang Yuan continued to ask, "Did they send someone to ask for help from the waterway?" ”

"Yes, there are often spies who go out of the city at night and go north by water."

"Do our troops have any spies that have been caught?"

"Yes, we've captured five or six spies, and they're watching and interrogating the city."

"Do these spies have confessed?"

"Yes, there is a spy Niu San who has recruited all of them, and the rest would rather die than recruit, and even committed suicide by two people."

Those who can go out of the city to ask for help, the ten ** are all dead soldiers selected in the city, and it is reasonable not to be defeated.

Fang Yuan sighed lightly and explained to Jing Jie, "Third child, immediately torture this confessed Niu San and ask him to find out where his family is." ”

Jing Jie immediately ordered the sergeant to do so, and in less than half a day, the tortured sergeant came to report that Niu San was a native of Suzhou, and his family was in Suzhou City.

Fang Yuan ordered the sergeant to go to Suzhou City, captured all the family members of Niu San's family, a total of twelve people, to the barracks, and then ordered Jing Jie to escort Niu San up.

When the spy Niu San was escorted to the Chinese military tent, he saw the family members who were brought to the barracks at first sight, and he was so frightened that he was scattered, and he kowtowed to Fang Yuan and Jing Jie again and again, crying and begging for mercy, "Master Jun, I'm just an errand runner!" I've recruited everything, so let my family go! ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Niu San, right! Do you want to be prosperous and rich, or do you want to cut off your children and grandchildren, and the whole family will die?! ”

Niu San said in a loud voice, "The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life!" ”

Fang Yuan continued, "I'll give you a chance to live, immediately return to the city with a letter, and tell Ma Shiying and Huang Degong, who are defending the city, that Sun Chuanting's reinforcements will arrive in Fengyang City in ten days and light a fire on the Wolf's Den Mountain in the south of the city. As long as the fire is together, the defenders in the city will immediately organize an attack, and the internal and external attacks will be flanked to defeat the Xuanjia army besieging the city. ”

Fang Yuan wanted to imitate Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan and Yijing, and came with reinforcements, leading to the main force of Gongsun Zan in Yijing City and gathering annihilation in one fell swoop. deliberately sent spies to bring back false information that Sun Chuanting had sent troops to help, luring the defenders in the city to attack and inflict heavy losses.

Even if it can't wipe out the defenders, at least it can greatly weaken the defenders' military strength, so that the defenders in the city can no longer pose a threat to the besieging army.

As soon as Jing Jie heard this, he knew that Fang Yuan's plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and he ordered the sergeant to take Niu San and his family to other military tents for placement, and then added, "The boss's plan is very good, but some details still need to be considered. Ma Shiying and Huang Degong, one is an old oilman who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and the other is a veteran general. Also, dozens of spies were released in the city, and only this small clan returned safe and sound, isn't it suspicious? Will Ma Shiying and Huang Degong strictly ask about the details of this Niu Sanmi's meeting with Sun Chuanting, and even torture Sun Chuanting and his generals about their appearance, words and deeds? Also, if Sun Chuanting wants to contact Fengyang City to attack inside and outside, he must have a credential, or a token, if he has no evidence, why would the city believe it? ”

Fang Yuan nodded, Jing Jie's concerns were very reasonable, and the success of the counter-plot was only due to the plot in the TV series. In the real environment, Ma Shiying and Huang Degong will never be easily tricked.

Unless it is a cronie among the cronies, otherwise, just like the return of these ordinary spies, if it is replaced by themselves, they will also strictly interrogate the details of the interview with Sun Chuanting, and even Sun Chuanting's appearance, words and deeds, in order to distinguish the authenticity. Even from Niu San's eyes, you can judge the truth of what he said.

When Jing Ke assassinated King Qin, Qin Wuyang, who thought he was full of courage, was so frightened that he peed his pants before he saw Qin Shi Huang. This Niu San knows that he is going to throw himself into the net, and if he does not succeed, he will definitely die, and when he is on the scene, it is a high probability event to be scared.

Therefore, in order to arrange this plan to lure the snake out of the hole, it is necessary to conduct all-round training and packaging for this spy Niu San, especially the memory of various details, and even the training of courage.

Fang Yuan still thought about this anti-plot too simple before asking himself, completely underestimating the IQ of Ma Shiying and Huang Degong, fortunately Jing Jie reminded him in time, otherwise he would have made a big mistake this time.

He groaned and said, "What the third brother said is very true, there are three days to go to Fengyang City all the way, and we must step up the training of this Niu San, so as not to show the horse's feet at that time." ”

Jing Jie shook his head and said slowly, "No, boss, it is unknown whether this temporary grinding gun can hide from Ma Shiying and Huang Degong." Since the camouflage is difficult to pass, it is better for us to plan and make a trick to lure Ma Shiying and Huang Degong to take the bait. ”

Fang Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said happily, "Third brother, come on, what is the plan?!" ”