For a person not to do the same thing, he must have a hard memory of the event, for example, a person who has been bitten by a dog rarely takes the initiative to tease the dog again, except for the owner and dealer of the dog.

Solving the anti-army in Yicheng is just a symptom, and it was Wang Jiayin, who was entrenched in Yangcheng.

Tang Xidong didn't want to go back by himself, and then run back and forth because the rebels re-entered Pingyang Mansion.

Therefore, he planned to smash Huanglong and attack Wang Jiayin's lair, only if the other party was afraid, could Wang Jiayin not dare to touch the tiger's whiskers easily.

Yangcheng is located in Zezhou, outside the boundaries of Pingyang Prefecture.

It is the western boundary of Zezhou and is adjacent to Binh Duong Province.

It is two hundred miles away from Yicheng, and the middle layer is stacked with mountains, and the road is bumpy.

Out of Yicheng, Tang Xidong garrisoned outside the city, set up camp, and waited for the baggage team to return to Pingyang to transport property, and also took advantage of the situation to let the soldiers of the new army repair.

A day and a half later, a baggage team that had re-delivered the supplies arrived.

Tang Xidong began to lead everyone along the road leading to Yangcheng Mountain.

There is also a Qinshui between Yicheng and Yangcheng, which is already difficult to walk, and if it is intercepted by the rebels who occupy Qinshui along the way, it will inevitably be pulled into a journey, and the other party's tired tactics will be hit.

Therefore, Tang Xidong led the army to look for nearby villagers along the road, looking for hunters who were familiar with the terrain and roads, and leading the way in front to bypass Qinshui and reach Yangcheng directly.

Originally, the three-day trip, because of the cautious march, took a lot of detours, and suddenly extended the time by more than double.

In the evening, the 5,000 new troops crossed the mountains and came to a valley fifteen miles away from Yangcheng.

During the six-day trip, Yangcheng was in sight, and the sergeants were tired.

Tang Xidong ordered to repair on the spot, build a pot for cooking, organize a vigilance, and send scouts and spies to investigate around Yangcheng.

At night, the scouts returned to the camp to report on the military situation.

Wang Jiayin led 20,000 rebel troops to garrison Yangcheng, and the northwest Bajiakou, the south Shijialing, and the northern Wanning Mountain were all guarded by the rebels.

Yangcheng City is three zhang high, after Wang Jiayin occupied, he wanted to be his nest, so he strengthened the city wall day and night, the city wall was thick, and the anti-army in the city was elite, because the Ming army was always put to attack, the security was strict, there were ten cannons in the city, and there were firearms soldiers.

Hearing the information, Tang Xidong was silent for a long time, the power in Wang Jiayin's hands was stronger than he imagined, and it was understandable to think about it, after all, the other party, as the strongest anti-army in Shaanxi, had been fighting in the south and north over the years, if there was no family background, it would have been wiped out by the Ming army long ago, how could it come to the point where he occupied two cities today.

It's just that there are only 5,000 new troops in his hands, and the opponent's city is strong and heavily garrisoned, and Tang Xidong wants to face a hedgehog for a while, but he can't speak.

The afterglow swept over Zhang Xiahai, and Tang Xidong saw that he was thoughtful, so he asked: "Is sincerity a good plan?" ”

Sincerity is Zhang Xiahai's word.

Zhang Xiahai returned after pondering: "Sir, Xia Hai does have some ideas, but I don't know if it is in line with Mr. Care." ”

"Tell me about it!" Tang Xidong is sitting.

"The Art of War: Ten are encircled, five are attacked, and multiple is divided, now the new army is only 5,000, but the opponent has four points of strength, blindly attacking, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, and it is difficult to capture the loss of the army, so Xia Hai thought, it is better to outwit, outwitting can be divided into two strategies, luring the enemy out of the city and besieging the city to help."

"The new army is stationed under the city, day by day but does not attack, the other side sees that the new army is few, will go back out of the city to kill, all can be followed by fast guns and artillery to kill and wound the opponent's soldiers, as long as the other party feels the crisis, will inevitably order the reinforcements stationed outside the country to come back, then ambush on the way, take the opportunity to kill, can severely defeat the enemy reinforcements, but in this way, it will inevitably take time, consume ammunition, fatigue the new army. Whether this plan is feasible or not is still up to the gentleman to decide. ”

Tang Xidong thought for a moment, and then felt that this plan was feasible, so he nodded and let Zhang Xiahai be fully responsible, and it was time for this good talent to pull out and practice his hands.

The next day, after eating and drinking, the army began to go out of the mountain and kill in the direction of Yangcheng with great fanfare.

Avoiding the hot afternoon, the new army rushed to two miles outside Yangcheng and set up camp.

Then the cavalry went out of battle and killed the city of Yangcheng.

The war horses were galloping, and the city had already been defended, but looking at the rushing cavalry, all the rebels sneered, and they had never heard of attacking the city with cavalry.

A hundred steps away from the city, the cavalry was divided into two teams, galloping along the city wall, and then the bowstring sounded, and one after another bows and arrows were shot on the city wall, and suddenly the city began to counterattack, but the distance between the two sides was too far, there was no strong crossbow, and the arrows shot had lost their strength when they reached the other side.

Zhang Xiahai ordered the cavalry to attack, which was just a declaration of war, and the arrows shot were only tied with paper, and the book read: shameless anti-thief, jumping clown, kill my caravan, rob me of money and food, today the grandfathers of Luoliang Mountain came to teach you disobedient grandsons, and teach you how to be a person.

After the paper was found in the city, the leading general was furious and directly ordered an artillery bombardment.

By the time the shells flew out, the cavalry under the city had already scattered and ran away, but they had done useless work.

In the city, Wang Jiayin convened a group of self-proclaimed civil and military ministers to discuss the court, and all they did was to gather in the hall to quarrel with each other.

Wang Jiayin's face was gloomy, but after killing more than 500 people on the other side, he lost a Yicheng and lost more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians.

The deception was too much, and he was bent on making friends with the Luoliang Mountain bandits who occupied Pingyang, and he was willing to accept it, and he didn't want to send envoys, but the other party still met each other in arms, and he also hurt his muscles and bones.

The soldiers who fled back were afraid of Wang Jiayin's punishment, so they naturally had full authority to shirk it, only saying that the other party used tricks to enter the city, and the two sides fought for a while, but unfortunately the other party should cooperate with the outside and set fire to chaos, Wang Guozhong drank and had fun, and it was difficult to command the army when he was drunk, so he was captured by the thieves.

But he didn't say that the other party's guns were sharp, like heavenly soldiers.

Wang Jiayin couldn't get the correct information, and he thought that he was the only person who could fight against the Ming Court today, so he naturally despised it.

Listening to the quarrel below, saying everything, Wang Jiayin slapped the table irritably: "The other party is only about 5,000, so I scared you out of proportion, ah?" It's really useless to ask you. ”

He casually turned his head and asked the silent Wang Ziyong: "Monk, you can talk about it!" ”

Wang Ziyong's nickname is Monk Wang, who is the most valued person under Wang Jiayin, brave in battle, and a little scheming, and favored by Wang Jiayin.

"When the enemy army came, they first shot arrows and sent insults, as if they had the intention of luring me out of the city, but the other party did only have 5,000 people since Yicheng, and for some reason, they were so confident. The other party provokes, the soldiers in the city know it, naturally we have to fight, otherwise it will be cold morale, but we need to be cautious before the war, it is better to send a large number of scouts out of the city to inspect and see if the other party has hidden the rear team, if it is really only 5,000 people, you can open the city gate and gather a large army to fight a battle. Wang said slowly.

Wang Jiayin nodded in agreement.

The response was thus determined.

The four gates of Yangcheng, Tangxi East camped outside the north gate, so the anti-army scouts began to go out of the city from the rest of the city gates and went around the city to investigate.

Zhang Xiahai had already taken precautions, and also sent scouts, as soon as a foreign enemy approached, he intercepted and shot them, and the two sides were entangled, each with casualties, but the result was still not to let the other party's scouts approach the camp.

At night, the rebel scouts returned to the city to report, and the thieves did not ambush reinforcements.

So the king used his own strategy again, and when he was ugly in the middle of the night, he went out of the city to steal the camp, and if the other party was prepared, he would attack fiercely.