"Jianyu really rushed to Tingkou, and now he has entered the city."

Yu Guozhen looked relaxed, although he also rushed to Tingkou at the same time, but because Zhang Zheng went first with two thousand horsemen, he followed with foot soldiers, and he was not in a hurry.

As long as you talk to the captives and let them not live in peace, that is enough.

"If our army is equal to the enemy's strength, we can fight a head-on battle, and we don't need to fight so hard." Mao Yuanyi was a little unwilling: "That's it, I'm afraid that we won't be able to eat it all in one bite if we build a right-wing army." ”

"If I bring 60,000 or 70,000 troops, or even only 20,000 or 30,000 troops, to the east of Shandong, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court will fight us head-on." Yu Guozhen said: "I received news this morning that someone in the court is impeaching me. ”

"Oh?"

"The crime is to be lawless, to kill without permission, to gather trouble, and to disturb my reputation too much -- but I didn't say that I was not treacherous, but I probably felt that Hoi An was too far away, and if I really had to be made to rebel, they must have been the fault of forcing Yu."

Talking about this, Yu Guozhen didn't get much angry, because it was inevitable, there was always a lot of people in this world who didn't do things and couldn't see others doing things.

"Who is it?" Mao Yuanyi frowned.

"A certain imperial historian is said to have received a denunciation from the people, because others are afraid of my power and dare not speak out, but he is arrogant...... I checked the manpower in Beijing, and behind him is Tian Guoqin. ”

"Tian Guifei?"

"I can't help but let our noble concubine go and blow the wind by the pillow." Yu Guozhen laughed: "I don't know whether to live or die." ”

His words were very disrespectful to the concubine, but Mao Yuanyi was the same: "This lady also dares to interfere in the government!" The lord is fighting for life and death for the world in various places, they sit in the palace and are drunk and dreaming of death, but they still dare to point fingers at the lord! When today's son doesn't like harem politics, she will definitely be self-defeating! ”

Yu Guozhen shook his head and did not continue to say this.

He didn't think so in his heart, Chongzhen really didn't allow the harem to interfere in politics, but if it wasn't for Queen Zhou's tight management, Tian Guifei and Yuan Guifei would all stretch out their hands. Moreover, Chongzhen is suspicious, as long as Tian Guifei succeeds in arousing his suspicions, it will be enough to find herself a lot of trouble in the future.

Tian Guifei's revenge came quickly, and the news of Tian Chang's death had already reached Beijing, although there was no evidence, but the Tian family still put the account on his head Yu Guozhen.

At this point, Yu Guozhen still wronged the Tian family, and Emperor Tian secretly instructed a hairy imperial history to attack him, not because it was confirmed that Tian Chang's death was related to Yu Guozhen's arrangement. It's just that Tian Chang's entourage returned to the capital alive to describe the prosperity of Xinxiang and Hoi An, among which Xinxiang "roared with machinery and produced countless iron tools", and Hoi An "had a vast field, extremely fertile land, and millions of fertile fields", which made Tian Huang personally greedy.

He doesn't necessarily have to bring down Yu Guozhen, but first create a momentum in the capital, and then send someone to show favor to Yu Guozhen: I can solve your trouble, Xinxiang's workshop Hoi An's field, take out some of it and share the profits, and keep you safe.

In between conversations, they could look at the pavilion from afar. At this time, another group of messengers from Tingkou Town arrived, and the news brought made Yu Guozhen a little surprised: "Half of the Jianyu entered the city, and the other step was camped outside the city, it seems that he is very tired from galloping all night, so he should rest for the time being and then fight?" ”

Mao Yuanyi suddenly became alert: "Is this really the case? ”

The messenger nodded: "Zhang Tuanzheng asked the villain to report that, and he also said that there seems to be something wrong with the construction action, so it is recommended that the officials do not enter the city first, and answer outside the city." ”

"If Jianyu attacks in a big way, will he be able to hold it?" Yu Guozhen asked.

"There is no problem, we have built six layers of barricades, and with the help of stairs can be easily transferred from between the roofs, if the Jianyu attacks in a big way, there will be no problem until the officials come to help."

The envoy's words put Yu Guozhen at ease, Zhang Zheng doesn't talk much, and he is usually called "bare face" by Tian Boguang behind his back because of his expressionlessness, but he has always said that one is one. He said that if he can hold on, that is, he has absolute certainty, not a lack of ability to say big things.

After letting the envoy rest, Yu Guozhen said to Mao Yuanyi: "It seems that there is something abnormal in Jianyu. ”

"Perverse must be demonic!" Mao Yuanyi said: "Could it be that the lord is scared, so he stopped and waited to see what happened?" ”

Yu Guozhen didn't think it was that simple, he thought about it, and couldn't understand why Jianyu did this.

"Do you mean...... What happened to Jianyu, for example, Yue Tuo's health is not very good? Mao Yuanyi said again.

He guessed three points, if Yue Tuo's health was good, Yue Tuo would never stop fighting, but would keep attacking the barricades of the Tiger Guard, as long as he drove those miscellaneous soldiers to attack, even if the loss was great, he would never be heartbroken. But he was unwell and did not feel at ease about handing over his military power to others, so he had to endure it for the time being.

However, he expected that Yu Guozhen would not give up such an opportunity, Tingkou Town should be Yu Guozhen's preset battlefield, and he had a comprehensive deployment here, is there a more suitable place for a decisive battle than here?

"Zhang Zheng is right, I don't know what Jianyu's plans are now...... The best way is to adapt to change with the same, anyway, it is not good for Jianyu to drag on time, and they are running out of food. ”

Yu Guozhen thought about it for a while, and finally decided to adopt a more conservative response method, since Zhang Zheng can hold on, then let Zhang Zheng play it temporarily, and it is better for him to stay outside the city as a mobile force.

In Yu Guozhen's understanding of the art of war, mobile force is the decisive force to be used at critical times.

Their caution allowed Huwei to avoid the worst defeat since the war, and it can even be said that even Yu Guozhen himself avoided the fate of destroying Tingkou Town at the same time.

By about five o'clock in the afternoon, Yue Tuo had recovered his breath and heard the Malay report that he had seen a large group of Tiger Guard infantry appear outside the pavilion, but he did not continue to advance, but dug a trench on the spot to build a position, and he knew that his plan had failed.

"Yu Guozhen saw through my plan?" He thought to himself, but he felt that it was impossible, if Yu Guozhen saw through it, he should withdraw the people in the city, or simply seize the limelight and set a fire first.

If this is the case, then his wishful thinking this time will be lost.

"Banner master, it's not a way to drag it out like this, now the army's morale is unstable, and the minions below don't know what to do." Seeing that he was still hesitating, He Shuotu urged.

Jianyu has suffered many losses, and now he has even folded an auxiliary prince, and he has not even snatched back the corpse. And Yue Tuo also let his brother's remains go unattended, but fell asleep here, and in the panic of the people, they had to pass on some muddy words. Although they carried the leader behind their backs, He Shuotu could still hear it several times, so he urged Yue Tuo.

"Well, give the order to go down, and raise fires everywhere at the same time, and those who are outside will surround the city, and Hugh will have to escape one of them. We all went out of the city...... Within a quarter of an hour, everyone must be outside the city! ”

After pondering for a while, Yue Tuo finally made up his mind.

Tingkou Town is surrounded by water on both sides, only the east and north are land, therefore, as long as the two gates are blocked, the whole town has no exit, when the east and north are on fire, it is the northeast wind that is booming, in the blink of an eye, the flames are in the air, and the whole Tingkou Town is caught in a sea of fire!

The flames devoured everything flammable they could touch, turning the sky red in the evening, and it made Tingkou look like a shaman's altar, offering blood sacrifices to the evil gods of nowhere!

Looking at the flames rising up, Yue Tuo was still a little dissatisfied: "This is the first city that Ma Zhan has broken alone, so let him leave with this city, and the enemy who killed him." It's a pity that Yu Guozhen was not completely fooled, otherwise, if you take him again, you can also give Yanguli a big gift! ”

He Shuotu gave a thumbs up to Yue Tuo, and the rest of the bannermen also laughed loudly, only to feel that the bad breath that had been suffocated in his chest for a long time finally had to be stretched!

Yu Guozhen, who was encamping and arranging fortifications, suddenly stood up, stared at the direction of Tingkou Town, swung his fist hard, and hit his chest hard!

The place where he camped was less than five miles away from the pavilion, so he could clearly see the fire soaring above the pavilion!

This is definitely not a plan he made with Zhang Zheng in advance, this only proves that there has been a huge change in Tingkou Town that he has planned, and Yu Guozhen vaguely feels that this change is extremely unfavorable to him.

"Pavilion Mouth...... Tingkou is the same as our Xiang'an, full of wooden houses? He summoned a scout who had been to the pavilion and asked eagerly.

"It's all wooden houses!" The scout understood what that meant, and his face turned pale.

"Damn...... Why could I have neglected this! ”

Yu Guozhen was shocked, not only him, but Mao Yuanyi also changed his face.

Fire and water are ruthless, and the strategy of fire and water is also the most terrifying weapon in the era of cold weapons, Yu Guozhen and Mao Yuanyi are timing it, because considering the powerful firearms advantages of Huwei, they have forgotten these two most primitive weapons!

"Command the whole army, go out as a whole team at once, and be sure to ...... Be sure to ......."

When Yu Guozhen said this, his voice was a little unstable, in the sea of fire, but his two thousand Tiger Guard elites, even if the Tiger Guards finally reached their early twenty thousands, these two thousand were losses that he couldn't afford!

Moreover, when he went north this time, the one who really had combat effectiveness in his hands, that is, the seven thousand tiger guards, if he broke one-third at a time, not only would his combat effectiveness be damaged, but for the rest of the tiger guards, the morale would also be hit hard, and he would have almost no way to fight in the next battle!

But he took the two thousand people he now had on hand to the rescue?

Yue Tuo set this arson and poison plan, did An Neng take into account the rescue problem? He must have sent people to guard the exit of the city to prevent the people in the city from coming out, and then he would lead a large army to besiege the city in case someone came to help!

There were 4,000 people, and he dared to start a street battle with Jianlu in the town, and 2,000 people, and a field battle with Jianyu outside the city?

Although his advantage in firearms is obvious, but the opponent's numerical advantage is even more obvious, now in his camp, relying on various fortifications, he is not afraid of Jianyu attacking him, but if he goes to the city to fight a decisive battle with sixty or seventy thousand Jianlu, it is simply to die!

What should I do at this time?

(To be continued)