Chapter 66 Entering the city for the sake of merit
Fu Youde won a big victory, and the whole camp was naturally very lively. The soldiers did not expect much from the commander, only that they would be able to lead themselves to victory, because only in this way would they be able to survive, build up their deeds, and be rewarded.
Fu Youde is such a general, his own bravery is convincing, and he is also very good at commanding battles. His performance in this battle was perfect, and the soldiers naturally loved him.
Di Qing arrived at Longshu on the afternoon of Fu Youde's departure, and as soon as he arrived in Longshu, he couldn't help but praise: "Youde is really a good general, but he won Longshu in one day." β
Shi Jin on the side said angrily: "The general is wrong, Longshu City is small, and there are not many defenders, so I can also take Longshu if I come, and he Fu Youde is not a good general." β
Di Qingyi frowned and asked, "Are you sure you can take down Long Shu?" You must know that there are still hundreds of soldiers in Long Shu, if it weren't for Fu Youde sending people into the city, if you want to take down Long Shu, you will have to waste a lot of hands and feet. β
Shi Jin said wildly: "Sneak into the city, I can too." The general, the last general, asked for his life, and wanted to bring people into Shu County and open the city gate for the general. β
Di Qing was slightly angry and reprimanded: "Captain Shi, the days you have been following are not short, why are you still so reckless?" How can the army joke? β
Shi Jin was also carried away by anger for a while, he followed Di Qing longer than Fu Youde, but Di Qing made Fu Youde a pioneer, and he won a lot of credit, originally this credit was his Shi Jin.
Originally, after saying it, Shi Jin felt speechless. But as soon as Di Qing said this, Shi Jin couldn't hold his face, "The last general didn't joke, if it doesn't work, dare to be a military order!" β
Di Qing was also angry, you kid, you won't go down the stairs if I give you the steps? "Okay, you can bring people into Shucheng, if it doesn't work, see how I clean you up!"
Shi Jin and Di Qing had just gotten on, and as soon as they gave up, they left with their own soldiers, "The last general will leave!" β
As soon as Shi Jin left, Di Qing regretted it a little. There is nothing wrong with Shi Jin, he just loves face. Usually the relationship between the two is very good, but this time he is jealous that Fu Youde has made a great contribution, so it will be like this.
After thinking about it, Di Qing began to think of countermeasures, he recruited his own soldiers, and whispered to him: "You take some marksmen and secretly follow Shi Jin, in case Shi Jin fails, take them back." β
"Yes!"
Shi Jin didn't know that Di Qing sent people to protect him secretly, he led people to the city gate, and when he walked to the door, he was not only worried, how should he sneak into Shucheng?
With a sweep of his eyes, there were a few woodcutters from outside Long Shu City. After seeing the woodcutter, Shi Jin's eyes lit up, and he decided to pretend to be a woodcutter.
Why? Because the woodcutter used a flat pole to pick firewood. At this time, the flat pole was actually a stick, and Shi Jin's weapon was also a stick.
As long as he is dressed as a woodcutter, he can bring his weapon into the city. Shi Jin believes that as long as he can enter the city, he can definitely open the city gate in the middle of the night and let Di Qing in, so as to achieve immortal achievements.
Moreover, the gang under his command also used sticks, so Shi Jin bought the firewood and flat poles of those woodcutters, and handed over the firewood and weapons and armor to the soldiers guarding the city, and carried a few flat poles towards Shucheng.
Shi Jin only has twenty personal soldiers, but there are only a few people who can dress up as woodcutters, after all, there are so many people who use firewood in a city, and many woodcutters with fresh faces suddenly appeared, which is very suspicious.
As for the others, they can only enter the city dressed as passers-by, and as long as they don't carry weapons, it is still easy to enter the city.
After coming to Shucheng, Shi Jin saw 5,000 men and horses heading west, and they should have gone to deal with Fu Youde. Shi Jin laughed mockingly, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at Fu Youde who deserved it, or if he was laughing at Li Shu's inadequacy.
Soon, more than twenty people mixed into the city, Shi Jin gathered them, then found a courtyard where no one was around, and hid in it.
Over there, Di Qing's personal soldiers saw that Shi Jin had mixed in, and immediately took people back to Longshu and reported to Di Qing.
Di Qing breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Shi Jin had some accidents. The reason why Shi Jin was not allowed to be a pioneer at the beginning, Di Qing still considered it. Shi Jin can be said to be his confidant, this person is more than brave, but his strategy is insufficient, and he is not suitable for leading an army alone. It's okay to face an enemy who is not good at scheming, but once he encounters a very smart enemy, Shi Jin may be fooled. This is not what Di Qing wants to see, being fooled on the battlefield means failure, and failure sometimes requires a price, and this price may be life.
Di Qing wanted to take Shi Jin with him, so he just left him under the tent to obey his orders. But he didn't expect Shi Jin to be so arrogant, and hoped that he could suffer some setbacks this time, otherwise, he might have to make a mistake in the future.
However, Di Qing didn't say much, but let the army rest for a day, and immediately sent troops to Shu County the next day.
Di Qing took 7,000 people with him, and as he marched, he gave Fu Youde an order to move closer to Shu County. And Di Qing also contacted Wei Wentong and asked him to block the south of Shu County from the south.
The reason why Di Qing dared more than 10,000 people to besiege more than 30,000 people in Shu County was actually confident. First, according to intelligence, Li Shu did not control all the soldiers in Shu County, and many people thought about the Sun family. Di Qing's timing to attack at this time was the best, and the number of troops was also very good. If there are more, it may be possible for the soldiers and horses in Shu County to unite, and after repelling the incoming enemy first, they are engaged in internal fighting.
And Di Qing's troops are less than those in Shu County, and Shu County will not pay attention to it, both sides want to solve each other first, and then repel Di Qing.
Shi Jin took people to rest for a day, and found that the outside had been surrounded by Di Qing, but what was strange was that the people in the city did not panic too much, and they didn't even take the enemies outside the city in their eyes.
Shi Jin arrived very strangely, so he wanted to ask the reason, and after inquiring about the reason, Shi Jin felt a little funny.
Both Li Shu and Xiang Sun faction had their own reasons. Li Shu is very confident here, although Li Shu is not a fierce general, but he is also a general under Sun Ce, otherwise Sun Ce would not let him sit in Lujiang. And the Xiangsun faction is trying to find a way to solve Li Shu, and then repel the soldiers outside the city, and even they are still fantasizing about crossing the river from the Jiangdong side to attack Xuchang.
Regarding the ideas of these two parties, Shi Jin really wanted to scold him for being naΓ―ve. But it's just right, when it's night, you guys look good!
Shi Jin immediately took people back to rest, and when it got dark, he took people to the north gate, which was the city gate where Di Qing was, and he wanted to open the city gate to let Di Qing enter the city.
Shi Jin used the flat pole to knock out a soldier guarding the city, successfully touched the city, and then asked his own soldiers to pick up the torch and shake it three times below, and then began to prepare to raid the city gate and let Di Qing enter the city.