Chapter 65 The mastermind wisely calculates the enemy's army, and 3,000 sharp soldiers capture Duan Ning
(Anyway, it's two chapters in a row, so I don't divide the chapters anymore, 6,000 words.) Thank you Dong Ding Yang for your support! )
As an outsider who had lived for half his life in the era of information explosion, Li Congjing's military thinking was much more flexible and his vision was much broader than that of contemporaries. First of all, the Military Intelligence Department of the Hundred Battles Army was set up to focus on military intelligence information, and its role has been proven in previous wars. This time, Li Congjing took three thousand gentlemen to run for hundreds of miles, and the same was true.
The city that appeared in Li Congjing's field of vision was not another city, or Xinxiang City.
Duan Ning is now settled in Xinxiang City. As the headquarters of the 30,000 Liang army, Xinxiang City, where Duan Ning is located, is the rear center of his army, and at the same time, it is also the weakest place in the Liang army. It is easy to understand that after the start of the war, the place where the battle is fought is the place where both sides accumulate heavy troops. In Duan Ning's eyes, the location where the main force of the Hundred Battles Army was now located was the key point of this battle, and his 30,000 troops were divided into three routes, and it was there that they were rushing there.
Today, the war on that side has already begun.
At this moment, the Liang army stationed in Xinxiang City is just Duan Ning's escort army, and it is not the main force. As the descendant of the main general's lineage, the pro-army naturally wants to go to the front line to make military achievements, so what is hiding in the rear? Therefore, the weakest place of the Liang army's defense this time is the rear.
But it is not easy to penetrate the front line and reach the rear of the enemy army, which is like entering the backyard of the house, and the front yard is guarded by layers of manpower. Moreover, the rear is often more dangerous than the front, because you are already alone.
Now, Li Congjing led Junzidu to the back of the Liang army, under the nose of Duan Ning's headquarters, which was almost impossible in ordinary times. However, more importantly, why did Li Congjing appear here? And how did they cross the Liang army's defensive line?
Li Congjing gave an order, and the three thousand gentlemen were all Ruishi immediately besieged Xinxiang City. The Liang army in Xinxiang City, when he found Junzidu, was like seeing a ghost, he was all startled, and the city was panicked, and some people hurriedly went to report Duan Ning, and at the same time closed the city gate. The gentlemen were all cavalry, and they didn't give the Liang army time to react, and before Duan Ning arrived at the head of the city, he had already completed the siege of Xinxiang City.
When Li Congjing rode his horse unhurriedly to the city of Xinxiang, the Liang army at the head of the city was shocked, and a small colonel shouted loudly and asked who came down from the city. Li Congjing calmly glanced at the city, took off the bow and arrow, shot an arrow a hundred steps away, and the iron arrow flew out, breaking the "Duan" character flag next to the small school, so shocked that the small school almost hugged his head and ran away, in the laughter of the gentlemen, half of the big flag fell off the city wall, Lin Xiong replied loudly, "Li Congjing of the Hundred Battles Army is here, tell Duan Ning to get out quickly!" ”
Under the power of this arrow, the Liang army in the city was colorless, and when they heard that it was Li Congjing in person, they were even more shocked. The shadow of the famous tree of people, the undefeated record of the Hundred Battles Army is a real sword and a real gun, Li Congjing uses unpredictable soldiers with thousands of heads as a foil, how can it be underestimated? Besides, the three thousand gentlemen were unreasonable, and the sudden appearance outside the weak Xinxiang City already explained a lot of problems.
Seeing the reaction of the Liang army in the city, Mo Li chuckled and said: "Duan Ningjiu recruited envoys for the north of the Liang army, and led an army of 100,000 to be stationed on the river for several years. ”
Li Congjing said with a smile: "It was originally a strong family, the home was well guarded, and the family was sent to deal with the robbers, and suddenly the thieves broke into the bedroom with a knife in the middle of the night, even the heroes should panic, not to mention Duan Ning?" ”
"What's next?" Mo Li asked.
Li Congjing lightly spit out two words: "Siege!" ”
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As early as when the Hundred Battles Army set off to the river, Mo Li discussed with him how the Dark Tiger would deal with Li Congjing, and when he got the news that Duan Ning led 30,000 Liang troops to the west, Li Congjing and Mo Li deduced the battle again. After several days of intensive "temple calculations" and news from all parties, before the war, Li Congjing formulated the battle plan for the Hundred Battles Army.
At that time, Li Congjing and Mo Li's plan can be followed by Li Congjing's sentence "Last time, he attacked Lao Tzu and almost killed Lao Tzu, why don't you ask Lao Tzu what to do?" "Let's go.
Although Li Congjing said this, war is a very serious matter, so he still motioned to Mo Li to talk about his thoughts first. They try to figure out the enemy's intentions before they can formulate a response.
Mo Li said: "The ambush and assassination of the post station was the first person to attack you, and you were forced to deal with it. Now that the knife has been revealed, there is no turning back when the bow is opened, and some boats cannot get off, and some roads cannot be turned back, so they can only bury their heads until dark. When this happens, it means that the war between that person and you has begun. Now that the war has begun, it will not stop until the winner is decided; This is a life-and-death fight, and only when one side completely falls and dies, the fight will come to an end. Does Brother Li think so? ”
"Naturally." This is a very obvious fact, Li Congjing doesn't need to deny it, he smiled, "What's more, we also arrested Cui Linglong, the hatred of killing and taking away his wife, how can we stop?" If he misses his hand this time, there will inevitably be a next action. The next time he does it, he will not only kill me, but also recapture Cui Linglong. ”
Mo Li smiled: "So you released the rumor that Cui Linglong was not dead and was carried by the army in advance, for the next plan, right?" ”
"Those who know me, don't leave." Li Congjing laughed.
"Since you want to do it, it is naturally better to do it sooner rather than later, and the assassination of his post station last time can be described as decisive, and the action is also extremely fast. Looking at his words and deeds in the past, we can know his behavior in the future. It is conceivable that his next actions must have been very decisive and swift. Mo Li said, pausing, "From a logical point of view, there are only two ways for him to deal with you. On the one hand, they directly use their own power to attack you directly, just like a post assassination; The two borrow the power of others to deal with you indirectly. ”
Li Congjing shook his head and said: "The first way is unlikely, not to mention that his own power is already weak, this time on the river, he doesn't have much chance to do it to me, not to mention that doing it without permission will cause all sides to think, and more importantly, after the last incident, I will definitely take strict precautions." So, I expect him to take the second way. ”
Mo Li nodded, "The first way is easy to prevent, and the second way is difficult to prevent, because it is difficult for us to predict who he will borrow." ”
Li Congjing muttered: "This is not difficult to analyze, if he wants to unite others against me, he naturally has to choose my enemy." And now, after Wei Zhou and his party overthrew Wu Jingzhong, there are only a handful of enemies in our court, and even fewer can help him on the battlefield on the river, such a person is not difficult to analyze. ”
"Yes, yes." Mo Li smiled even more, "The fact is: on the battlefield on the river, the most obvious and powerful enemy of the Hundred Battles Army is the Liang Army. So if that person wants to do it, he must choose Liang Jun as a helper. There are three benefits to choosing Liang Jun. ”
"What are the three benefits?" Li Congjing asked.
"First, by surprise, no one would have expected him to join forces with the enemy; Second, leaving no traces, no matter whether this matter is successful or not, the evidence is on Liang Jun's side, even if we suspect it, we can't verify it; Third, once and for all, the Liang army is different from others, if the Liang army defeats a hundred battle armies, it will definitely be wiped out, if so, you should have no chance to turn over. Mo Li drew a circle with a folded folding fan, "With these three benefits, even if collaborating with the enemy is a big risk, that person is willing to take risks." Now the question we have to solve is which Liang general he will choose as an ally. ”
Li Congjing sneered, and pondered: "This is not difficult to analyze. Now there are only a few powerful Liang troops on the river, which can be roughly divided into two parties, one is Wang Yanzhang and the other is Duan Ning. Wang Yanzhang is a general who has been reactivated, and his foundation in the Liang army on the river is not deep, and the foundation is not deep, so he will not dare to act recklessly, dare not act recklessly, and dare not form an alliance with the enemy army for mutual benefit. In this way, that person must choose the general of Duan Ning's side, and the general of Duan Ning's side, headed by Duan Ning, naturally he has no reason to give up his head and tail, and Duan Ning is a flattering villain, jealous of meritocracy, and obsessed with power, and now he has been robbed of military power by Wang Yanzhang, it is when he wants to turn over, if he unites Duan Ning and gives Duan Ning a 'credit', then Duan Ning is likely to be tempted. ”
Mo Li agreed with Li Congjing's conclusion, and he continued: "If Duan Ningxi comes to meet the Hundred Battles Army this time, then this matter will be inseparable. With these answers in mind, the next question we face is the specifics of the war. That is, how did that person and Duan Ning cooperate, and how did he plan to calculate the Hundred Battles Army. ”
Li Congjing showed a knowing smile and said, "Brother Mo, tell me what you think." ”
Mo Li smiled slightly, in front of Li Congjing, he didn't need to be polite, let alone hide his clumsiness, and said directly: "The art of war, attack the other's shortcomings with your own strengths, and the way to win is also." This is the case. The man had soldiers in his hands, but the soldiers were not allowed to act rashly, so the only strength he could use was the dark tiger. The Dark Tiger is an intelligence killer organization with two functions: eyes and knives. And Duan Ning has a large army in his hands, and wherever the army goes, fighting on the battlefield is the foundation of victory. Therefore, the cooperation between that person and Duan Ning is an obvious way: the dark tiger is supplemented, and Liang Jun is the foundation. ”
"How to supplement, how to be based?" Li Congjing asked.
"Assist with assistance, and win with this." Mo Li said eight words first, and then began to explain slowly, "Dark Tiger, similar to the Military Intelligence Department." The function of the eye is to listen to the enemy's situation for the army, and the function of the knife is to poke the opponent's eyes blind, and at the same time, it may also assassinate the enemy's key generals. Therefore, what the Dark Tiger did is what the MI did in the past. After the Dark Tiger controlled the field of vision for the Liang Army and blinded the eyes of the Hundred Battles Army, the Liang Army took advantage of the situation and used the previous tactics of the Hundred Battles Army, or surprise attacks, or roundabouts, in short, to win by surprise! This is the way of cooperation between Dark Tiger and Liang Jun! ”
After listening to Mo Li's words, Li Congjing couldn't help but take a deep breath and was silent for a long time.
Half a ring, raised his head, and asked Mo Li: "In this case, how should we deal with it?" ”
Mo Li smiled slyly, "Just four words: the plan is the plan." ”
"Calculate the plan......" Li Congjing touched his chin, thoughtful.
Mo Li said: "The military intelligence department has always been the eyes of the hundred battle army, and if the dark tiger wants to become the eye of the Liang army, it must first deal with the military intelligence department, and pull out all the eyes of the military intelligence department on the river, so that the hundred battle army will become blind, leaving only their eyes." Since the Dark Tiger has such a plan, then we will follow their intentions, and let the sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department in various places sell the flaws, so that the Dark Tiger can take advantage of them, so that they think that they have controlled the intelligence transmission of the Military Intelligence Department, and at the same time, let the Military Intelligence Department repair the plank road and secretly Chen Cang, while shrinking the troops, with the help of the traces of the Dark Tiger's actions, keep an eye on the Dark Tiger. When necessary, with a thunderous blow, all the dark tigers were hunted and killed, making the Liang army blind and deaf, and we took advantage of the situation to march and treat others in their own way, and caught him off guard! ”
"Qiya, Zhengya. That's a great plan! Li Congjing laughed, "Brother Mo is really my brain, worthy of the title of mastermind!" ”
"It's just a little trick, and I don't deserve such praise from the military commander." Mo Li pretended to bow his hand, and then looked at Li Congjing and laughed. After laughing, he added: "This time on the river, with such a basis for action, it depends on how Liang Jun makes a move, the key is to choose the right time and seize the opportunity, so that he can complete the battle." But if you don't catch the right time, you may not be able to steal chickens and rice. Of course, Dark Tiger and Liang Jun may also have other actions, which need to be analyzed after the follow-up information is available. Wang Yanzhang is a famous general in the world, looking at his victory in the battle of Nancheng, it can be seen that he uses his troops like a god, and he also needs to guard against what he has behind. The twists and turns in the details, Li Ge'er thought about it carefully. ”
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Outside the city of Xinxiang, the gentlemen are attacking the city from all sides, and its momentum is like a tide.
Li Congjing and Mo Lili immediately outside the city and watched the situation on the battlefield.
"As you expected before, Duan Ning used the dark tiger as a supplement to attack the sharp soldiers of the military intelligence department in various places on the river, and he himself sent an army of 30,000 troops, and the troops were divided into three ways to encircle the hundred battle army, and he himself sat in the rear and dispatched the overall situation." Li Congjing smiled, "It's just that Duan Ning probably didn't expect that we would suddenly appear under his nose." Battlefield fighting, battle of will. When the Liang army suddenly saw our army, he was already surprised and frightened, he didn't know what the battlefield situation was, and the soldiers had no heart to fight, and there were not many Liang troops in this Xinxiang city, and they must be in my pocket overnight. ”
Mo Li flicked the dust on the folds of the white robe, his temperament was dashing, and he smiled: "Li Shaocheng has ordered the scout to send news, the battle on his side has begun, and the 30,000 Liang army is surrounded, and the morale is like a rainbow, which is indeed not to be underestimated." ”
Li Congjing's expression was indifferent, "Li Shaocheng is a general, he has been with me for a long time, and it is not a problem to command the army to fight." He had already received my order, and he defended according to the danger, and with the help of Peng Zushan and Meng Ping, even in the face of the Liang army, which was nearly twice his size, he was foolproof. Taking a step back, I persevered for ten days and a half months. Ten days and a half months, why do you have to be so long, once Duan Ning becomes something in my pocket, the Liang army will collapse. ”
Although Mo Li is calm and light on the surface, his mind is actually turning around rapidly, thinking about all parties, "The latest news from the Military Intelligence Department, they have also launched a counteroffensive against the Dark Tiger Killers in various places. Tao Tong held his anger for several days, and he vented it at this time...... Tsk, Xiaosheng didn't dare to think about that scene, those dark tiger killers could only ask for more blessings for themselves. And without the news of the Dark Tiger, Duan Ning went from having everything under control to losing all the news, which was like clairvoyant suddenly becoming blind, which was enough for him to panic. ”
Li Congjing was a little proud, and bowed slightly, "Let's plan this time, after learning that Duan Ning is in Xinxiang City, he killed all the way from the Sanwan River Valley, and there were no Liang Army spies to find out our whereabouts along the way, which already shows that there is no major problem with the arrangement of the Military Intelligence Department." Tao's success should only be a matter of how big it is, and it should be impossible to miss. ”
Mo Li agreed with Li Congjing's point of view.
At this time, Junzidu's offensive stopped, the first wave of tentative attacks ended, the soldiers retreated, rested for a while, and then according to the results of the trial just now, focused on attacking the weak points of the Liang army's defense, and prepared to take Xinxiang City in one go. This time, Li Congjing didn't choose to encircle the three and lack one, but he didn't plan to let Duan Ning go. The Liang army in Xinxiang City, after seeing the bravery of Junzidu, did not have a little fighting spirit, and it had fallen to the bottom, if it weren't for Duan Ning here, they would be Duan Ning's pro-army, I am afraid that there would have been signs of rout and escape.
Taking advantage of the gap between the two sides, Duan Ning, who was dressed in bright armor, walked up to the city under the support of a group of guards, first came and went to boost morale, and then stood in front of the city tower, pointed at Li Congjing and scolded endlessly, asking Li Congjing to come over and answer.
Li Congjing rode his horse forward two steps, looked at Duan Ning who had never met him with a smile, and made the guards around him speak loudly: "It's really better to be famous than to see it, General Duan is like a god with soldiers, and this marshal has learned today." It turns out that there is still a kind of tactic in this world that keeps your ass and kicks others, but you can see it for the first time, thank you General Duan for rewarding your face! After saying that, everyone laughed.
Duan Ning was furious, and also asked the guards to answer loudly: "Li Congjing, you are arrogant, do you know that the 30,000 army of this commander has surrounded the main forces of Er and other forces, and is gathering and annihilating?" Not today, there will be victory returns! Li Congjing, your death is coming! ”
The two generals scolded each other before the battle, which was nothing more than to grow their own ambition and destroy the prestige of others, so as to boost morale. Ordinary soldiers do not know the strategic level of the army, nor do they know the battlefield situation of all sides, so at this time, it is often not a competition to see who has gained power, but to compare whose eloquence is better and can defeat the other party. Scolding the victorious side can significantly improve morale, which is conducive to fighting. Now that Duan Ning is in danger, he naturally wants to use this method to strengthen the soldier's fighting spirit, otherwise he will definitely die.
After listening to Duan Ning's words, Li Congjing sniffed at it and responded: "Today, this handsome can lead all the gentlemen to your eyes, don't you still have remorse?" If your plan is really successful, how can Ben Shuai attack your lair when he is now fighting hard under your heavy surrounding? If Ben Shuai can attack your lair, it means that your plan has failed! Duan Ning, if you surrender, Ben Shuai can still spare your life, if you resist to the end, Ben Shuai will break through your city and take down your head! ”
After speaking, he did not forget to oppose the Liang soldiers: "Wait for the Liang army soldiers and listen: Now that Duan Ning has been defeated, my gentleman is besieging the city on all sides, you wait for the sky to have no way to enter the ground and no door, if you surrender, the marshal Rao Er will not die, half of the marshal army is the Liang army, you should know." But if you resist to the death, this commander will strictly warn you and others, and you will definitely be killed! ”
Duan Ning saw that Li Congjing was able to speak well, and he was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and Mr. Cui in Jinyi beside him, seeing that Duan Ning had lost the upper hand, his morale was even lower, so he had to speak out to help, "Li Congjing, all the people in your military intelligence department have died at my hands, how many days have you not received information, don't you know yourself?" I don't know how you sneaked here, but if you want to use this to deceive us and scare us, you don't want to! Wait a minute, I have my own army to help. Now that you have thrown yourself into the net, you are saving me from waiting to find you, and since you are here today, this is your grave! Li Congjing, you wait to die! ”
What he said made sense, and Liang Jun's morale was slightly boosted.
Li Congjing naturally would not admit defeat, and continued to sneer: "This commander has traveled a hundred miles to this place, if your people can really deal with our military intelligence department, why didn't they get the news in advance and set up defenses?" Those killers of yours have long since become the swords of our military intelligence department! Speaking of information, can you receive a single piece of information today? And since Ben Shuai knows that Duan Ning is here, doesn't this mean that I have the overall situation in hand? Today, Ben Shuai came, just to take Duan Ningren's head, if you want to be buried with you, then no wonder me! ”
After that, he stopped fighting with Duan Ning anymore, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the gentlemen to attack the city with all their might!
Duan Ning saw that the gentlemen pounced again, annoyed and frightened, and was so anxious.
Li Congjing looked at the city and laughed, and said rudely: "Damn, fight an intelligence war with me, Lao Tzu is a thousand years ahead of you!" ”
turned around and instructed the people behind him: "Xinxiang City cannot be defended, Duan Ning will abandon the city and flee, Ben Shuai sees that the brocade-clothed man next to him has some strategy, and when he goes out of the city, he may find someone to pretend to be Duan Ning to confuse the public, Lin Ying, you take someone to the East City Gate to wait, don't leave Duan Ning!" ”
Xinxiang City only has two city gates, east and west, and Li Congjing's location is the west city gate, so Duan Ning can only take the east city gate if he wants to escape, so it is arranged. Lin Ying clenched his fists and promised.
Ding Hei, who had been silently following Li Congjing's side, said at this time: "Military marshal, please go with General Lin to intercept and kill Duan Ning's thief!" ”
Li Congjing glanced at him and nodded in permission.
A few hours after Lin Ying left, Xinxiang City was broken.
The gentleman immediately entered the city, which marked the intelligence war and attack battle between Li Congjing and Duan Ning, which finally ended with Li Congjing's victory.
However, if Duan Ning is allowed to escape, and Li Shaocheng cannot defeat twice as many Liang troops as himself, then Duan Ning still has a chance to start over, if so, everything will return to the original point. Li Congjing ran for hundreds of miles, for Duan Ning, so naturally he couldn't let him run.
After the city was broken, Duan Ning was searched for inside and outside the city of Junzi's capital.
Half a day later, Lin Ying reported that Ding Hei had already caught Duan Ning.