There was no word all night, and early the next morning, fog rose outside the city of Mengzhou.

The fog is filled, covering the sky and avoiding the eyes.

Although it is not very strong, it is definitely a good cover for the Tang Army.

Cheng Yanjin stood in the barracks, looked at the vast white mist in front of him, and said, "Little God, if we attack the city at this time, it will be of great benefit to us." ”

They sneaked into the past like this, and the rebels were afraid that they would not see them, and suddenly attacked the city, and the odds were very high.

Qin Tian was standing next to Cheng Yanjin, but he showed a slight smile and said, "It's not time yet." ”

This sentence made Cheng Yanjin stunned for a moment: "What is not the time, is it not the time to attack the city, or is it not the time to take advantage of the fog?" ”

"It's not time, wait, wait until the fog clears, and then we'll attack the city."

Cheng Yanjin was puzzled by Qin Tian's arrangement, but he had always believed in Qin Tian's judgment, so although he was a general leading the troops, he was also willing to listen to Qin Tian's words at this time.

After a long stream of incense, the mist faded away, and after half an hour, it was gone.

Seeing that the fog dispersed so quickly, Cheng Yanjin was a little surprised, but he was also a little afraid, if they went to attack the city like this, they were afraid that the effect would not be great, and as soon as they walked under the city of Mengzhou, the fog was gone.

Fortunately, I listened to Qin Tian's words.

When the fog cleared, Cheng Yanjin gathered his soldiers and horses and rushed directly to the city of Mengzhou.

After coming to the city of Mengzhou, Li Yiyu, who had already received the news, was already standing on the city tower.

Cheng Yanjin glanced at Li Yiyu and shouted: "Okay, you Li Yiyu, you dare to rebel against the imperial court, today's saint is not thin on Li Jiancheng's old party, you don't go to serve the Tang Dynasty, but you are eating rebellion, if you know each other, go out of the city and surrender, the saint is merciful, and you can spare one, if not, when Mengzhou City is captured, I will kill you." ”

Cheng Biting Jin is eloquent, standing in front of the army, muttering and scolding, Li Yiyu stood on the city tower, but he was also angry, and scolded Cheng Biting Jin: "Phew, what kind of holy mercy, then Li Shimin can even kill his own brother, what kind of mercy is this?" The people in the Yellow River valley were affected, but he turned a blind eye and let the people starve to death. ”

“…………”

The two sides scolded each other, no one obeyed the other, and the last order was given, and the war immediately began.

After Cheng biting Jin's shouts, the Tang army immediately attacked Mengzhou City, and on the rebel side, Li Yiyu's heart suddenly became nervous.

Tang Jun was very powerful, and there was Qin Tian, he was a little worried and scared in his heart, so as soon as Tang Jun rushed over, he immediately shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Sharp arrows rained down, and the Tang army attacked under the city with some difficulty, and the Tang army was constantly injured and retreated.

Immediately afterwards, the Tang army rushed up, and the archers in the Tang army covered it, although they also shot and killed many rebels, but with the city wall, the casualties of the rebels were relatively small.

The two sides are fighting.

And at this time, Qin Tian frowned slightly, and said, "Lu Guogong, Mingjin withdraws his troops." ”

"Mingjin retreats?" Cheng Biting Jin was stunned for a moment, how long has it been since he started fighting, and he will withdraw his troops, which will inevitably affect morale.

"Xiaotian, aren't you kidding?"

Qin Tian smiled lightly: "It's a joke there, Mingjin will withdraw his troops, and after I go back, I'll tell you the reason." ”

Seeing this, Cheng Yanjin hesitated, but quickly ordered: "Mingjin collects the troops!" ”

The drums sounded, and after the attacking Tang army heard it, they were all a little dumbfounded, why did they just start fighting and have to retreat, this is too frustrating, right?

But the military order is like a mountain, although it is very frustrating, but the Tang army still immediately retreated, and Li Yiyu on the city tower saw that the Tang army had retreated, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"General, the Tang army is retreating, we might as well rush over directly and destroy them." A general spoke, very spirited.

Li Yiyu was very cautious and said: "No, the Tang army may be deliberately trying to lead us out of the city, don't be fooled." ”

Many rebel generals were a little angry when they saw Li Yiyu being so timid, but they didn't dare to do anything, so they could only endure it, they felt that they were afraid that they had lost a great opportunity.

After the retreat of the Don army, they returned to the barracks.

More than 10,000 soldiers were in the barracks at this time, and they all had some complaints.

"I really don't know what's going on, as soon as I rushed up, I Mingjin withdrew his troops, what did the general think?"

"That is, if we rush hard, we may be able to capture Mengzhou City."

"Alas, forget it, forget it, how do we know what the general thinks, we are just small soldiers."

Because of Mingjin's withdrawal, the morale of the army was a little low.

After returning to the army camp, Cheng Yanjin looked at Qin Tian and asked.

"What do you think, now that morale is low, it's not good to attack the city again."

Cheng Yanjin's expression was a little dignified, although he believed in Qin Tian, but now it has caused bad consequences, this responsibility is not small, he must let Qin Tian give a complete explanation.

In the face of Cheng Biting Jin's anger, Qin Tian seemed very calm and said, "Lu Guogong, fifteen thousand soldiers and horses, in your opinion, can you capture Mengzhou City?" ”

"This ......" today's situation, Cheng Yanjin also saw that the rebels were well prepared, and it was not easy to capture Mengzhou City, even if they could attack it, the losses would definitely be heavy, and at that time they didn't have much left, and if they wanted to fight with the rebels, they were afraid that there was no chance of victory.

Seeing that Cheng was silent, Qin Tian continued: "Our army is insufficient, and attacking the city is not the best strategy, the only way is naturally to lure the rebels out of the city, and at that time, they can be destroyed through some formations or other methods." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Yanjin's expression relaxed a little, and said: "What you said makes sense, but Li Yiyu is very cautious and doesn't dare to go out of the city to fight with my Tang army." ”

"It's true that Li Yiyu didn't go out of the city to fight with us today, but if our siege ends in failure in the next few days, do you think Li Yiyu will take it lightly, even if they don't go out of the city to attack, will they carry out a surprise attack?"

Speaking of this, Qin Tian said again: "What we have to do now is very simple, that is, to raise the enemy's arrogance, at that time, even if Li Yiyu is cautious, he will have some impulses, as long as their soldiers and horses go out of the city, we will destroy them all, and when there are fewer soldiers and horses in the city, we will attack the city again, and we will have a chance of winning." ”

Qin Tian's plan had already been said, and Cheng Yanjin felt more and more reasonable after hearing it, but his expression was slightly condensed, and he said: "But the morale of the lieutenant generals in the army is low, how can this be good?" ”

The morale of the generals is low, and this matter cannot be said for the time being, which will inevitably affect the morale of the army, and those rebels who have surrendered are afraid that there is a danger of rebellion.

For this, Qin Tian was still not very worried, and said: "It's a good thing to be demoralized at this time, and if they are left to death, they will be even more desperate when they finally make a move." ”

(End of chapter)