The camp that Xiao Temo left and returned to Liao all the way east.

Wei Ming Renming waited with a group of people above the city to watch the Liao envoys go east.

"Dashuai, why did the Liao people go back shortly after they came?"

Wei Ming Renming frowned and replied: "Zheng Zhi is not as good as others, he is a person who dares to die, and he is afraid that the upright person is afraid that he does not want to be threatened by the Liao." The Liao people were angry and went east. ”

"Boss, how should this be? If Zheng Zhi doesn't listen to the Liao, he will inevitably attack the city. ”

Wei Ming Renming was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "You have all been eaten by dogs? If you don't have the Liao people, you can't fight? Zheng Zhi attacked the city, and you guarded the city, but the Song people had no wings, why did they enter the city? ”

The man was shocked when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "What the marshal said is very true, and what he said is very true. ”

The tunnel outside the city was dug dozens of steps away, and he didn't dig it any further, but Wei Ming Renming was even more puzzled in his heart, and invited a few cronies to speak: "Send someone to go down to the city with a rope tonight to check forward, and see what is going on with the tunnel dug by the Song people." Digging dozens of steps in front of the city and then stopped, which is really puzzling. ”

Wei Ming Renming was naturally puzzled, but he didn't know that the tunnel was not really stopping, but it was transferred underground and began to dig the tunnel.

As the head coach, if you don't figure it out, you won't be at peace in your heart.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the bonfires at the top of the city to prevent the enemy from sneaking up were very bright, but tonight it was much darker.

In the middle of the night, three men in white slid down the rope from the battlements. Crawling on the ground and slowly moving forward. Why white? For the earth was covered with snow, and the white clothes were prostrate on the ground, and it was difficult for the naked eye to see them.

The tunnel dug by the enemy in front of the head was only fifty or sixty paces away, and it would not take much time to crawl away like this.

The three of them slowly crawled forward, the closer they got to the front the more they felt that something was wrong, and there was silence all around, but they could hear heavy wheezing and footsteps coming from the pit not far in front of them.

The three of them were even more puzzled, they went out of the city tonight to find out what the Song people were doing in this deep tunnel. Hurriedly quickened his hands and feet and climbed forward.

After the three of them reached the edge of the tunnel, they got up and walked over the pile of dirt.

Under the moonlight, everything was clear at a glance, and the men who came and went in the tunnel carried burdens on their shoulders, and the burdens were dirt.

The three of them were even more puzzled, the tunnels had stopped digging, where did so much dirt come from.

The soil naturally comes out of the tunnel, and the soil in the tunnel cannot be piled up directly to the edge of the tunnel, but must act in secret and carry the soil along the tunnel to a distant place.

Confused, the three of them wanted to go to the end of the source of the dirt.

There were also men with armor-piercing and leading soldiers patrolling back and forth in the tunnel, and it seemed that they did not notice that there were enemies crawling on the tunnel.

The three white-clothed men crawled for a moment, and finally figured out the fact that the Song people were digging tunnels.

The matter had been clarified, and the three of them slowly climbed towards the city wall again.

Wei Ming Renming heard the report, and he was also thinking in his heart, always feeling that Zheng Zhi would not do such a stupid thing.

"Dashuai, then Zheng Zhi must have no way to do it, so he made this decision. It's ridiculous to enter the city through tunnels. ”

Wei Ming Renming still felt that things were not so simple, and said: "Zheng Zhi should not be underestimated, quickly send someone to dig a deep ditch along the inner city wall, the ditch should be a little deep, and the width can only accommodate one person up and down." Excavate four or five steps away from the city wall, and do not dig the foundation. ”

"Dashuai, will you start tonight?"

"Start digging tonight!" Renming nodded and said. Although he knew that it was not feasible to enter the city through tunnels. But Wei Ming Renming still made a countermeasure, digging such a deep ditch around the inner city wall, even if Zheng Zhi dug the tunnel in, he would be immediately discovered, a ditch wide by one person, the enemy came up, and one would die. It was also inevitable that the Song army would not be able to storm the city.

After making such an arrangement, Wei Ming Renming's heart settled down. As long as the enemy can't enter the city, everything is nothing.

Tunnels are in full swing outside the city, and tunnels are also in full swing inside the city.

For a while, the battle turned into a battle of digging. The soldiers on both sides were struggling to dig through the dirt in the field.

The tunnels in the city are naturally faster than those outside the city, and they do not need to be zigzag-shaped, and tens of thousands of people can start work together, and they will be formed in two days.

Wei Ming Renming continued to send more people to patrol the tunnels in the city, just to find the first time to discover the place where the Song army entered the city outside the city.

A few days passed, and Renming began to wonder again, and no abnormalities were found in the tunnels in the city.

"It's been a few days, and the Song people should dig into the city, why haven't they discovered the Song people's tunnels yet?" Wei Ming Renming saw left and right, and also expressed the doubts in his heart.

"Dashuai, it is obvious that the Song people are afraid that we will find out, and they are digging extremely carefully, so the progress is not fast. It's just useless. ”

"Dashuai, according to the last general's opinion, it is not a question of how fast or slow the Song people are digging, but that Lingzhou City has a deep foundation, and the Song people have encountered obstacles."

Wei Ming Renming nodded, feeling that what the two of them said made sense, and only said: "Well, it makes sense, the Song people didn't dare to let go of their hands and feet to excavate, and they encountered foundation obstacles." Send more people to inspect, and within a day or two, the Song people will probably dig into the city. ”

The words are right, the tunnel has really encountered obstacles, and the old foundation of the city wall is really not shallow. At this time, it is still digging deeper.

Gunpowder packs are also being delivered into the tunnels.

The day passed in this quiet atmosphere. The tranquility during this period of time gave Zheng Zhi some leisure, and the course of this martial arts academy has advanced a lot.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wei Ming Renming got up early and went to the top of the city, which is what Wei Ming Renming must do every day. It's also Wei Mingren, who really can't sleep well at night. The army is besieging the city, how can you still sleep peacefully.

"Is there an anomaly in the deep ditch?" The first problem is the authentic problem.

"Dashuai, there are people patrolling day and night, and there is nothing abnormal. The Song people are probably still helpless under the foundation of the city wall, which is really a foolish method. ”

Wei Ming Renming sighed and said, "Well, send someone to inspect again to make sure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Wei Ming Renming didn't think that Zheng Zhi was the stupid person in his heart, so he treated it more and more cautiously.

At this time, the Song Dynasty Dazhai, which only listened to the sound of drums outside the city and the smoke had just risen, had already seen the sound of countless footsteps, and the footsteps were a little chaotic.

But before Dazhai, a team of soldiers was gathering, lined up neatly.

"Dashuai, it seems that Song Gou is hopeless and wants to attack the city!"

Wei Ming Renming frowned and replied: "The way of the art of war, with the right match, with the odd victory, and the way of treachery." Zheng Zhi gathered troops at this time, obviously entering the city through the tunnel. Feint outside the city, and want to use the tunnels to win by surprise. The idea is very good, and quickly send more people to inspect the deep ditch, as long as the tunnel is found, bury it with soil. ”

Wei Ming Renming really read several military books, with the right fit, with the odd victory, this is from "Sun Tzu's Art of War", this sentence has also been used for more than 2,000 years. It's just that everyone in the world misunderstands this saying, and they all think that "winning by wonder" is winning by chance.

But that's not what it means, odd reads "ji", odd and even. The ancients called "Yu Qi", which means extra. Qi does not mean conspiracy. Rather, it refers to the superfluous. It is the main force, the army left behind.

The willingness of the military book means that when fighting the enemy with the main force, it is always necessary to ambush an extra force, which is a surprise soldier. The key to victory is the surprise of surprise soldiers and the sudden disrupting of the enemy's deployment in battle.

There is also a "change of Qizheng, invincible and poor" in the Art of War, Cao Cao also commented on this. It means that the soldiers of Qizheng can also be changed, not arranged in advance, and can be rearranged and transferred according to the battlefield situation.

"Dashuai, why don't you let them out, kill one person when they come out, and see how many people Song Gou came to die."

Wei Ming Renming was full of caution in his heart, and said: "Don't release a Song person, prepare soil and stones to bury, and block the Song people's tunnel." As long as the tunnel is blocked, Zheng Zhi is helpless and will not be far away. ”

Seeing that Zheng Zhi had already begun to use this method, Wei Ming Renming couldn't help but feel a little more confident in his heart.

The city was in full swing, and all preparations for defending the city were in place.

The big battle is today, but fortunately there is no snow today. Even the snow on the ground is not deep. The sun slowly rises, bringing a hint of warmth.

This kind of seasonal combat also responds to a sentence in the poems of Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty: The general's horn bow cannot be controlled, and it is difficult to protect the iron clothes.

Even the flag on the head of the city was frozen so that it could not flutter in the wind.

If this battle drags on any longer and enters a truly harsh winter, the siege will be even more troublesome.

Renming was waiting for him at the head of the city.

After Zheng Zhi heard the soldiers report back and forth, he rubbed his cold hands, put his hands in front of his mouth and snorted a few times of heat, and after feeling a trace of warmth, he reached out and took the hard crossbow on the horse's back, and tentatively pulled it twice, just because he was afraid that the crossbow would also be frozen, but fortunately, the elasticity was still full.

"After hearing the sound, when he saw the collapse of the city wall, he immediately rushed to charge." Zheng Zhi began to order.

The soldiers were beating their horses and galloping wildly, and many generals in front of them locked their eyes in front, waiting for the loud noise.