Somewhere under the city wall in Qimen City, Li Shaocheng, who was sitting on the city wall, heard the roar of the Jin army outside the city, and his eyes flashed with a trace of essence.

Beside him were a part of the Liang army who disguised themselves as a rout with him, and Congma Zhi, who mixed in, and the Liang army who surrendered to Li Congjing.

"Where are the other brothers divided, and have you found out?" Li Shaocheng asked the people around him in a low voice.

"Team Jiang is being sent to the north gate." The sergeant said. After Li Shaocheng and others "fled" to Qimen, under the leadership of the surrendered Liang army, they won Wang Meng's trust and were able to stay in the city. But Wang Meng still divided the more than 40 of them into two parts and sent them to different places in the city.

The reason why there are only forty people is because no matter how many people there are, it is easy to arouse suspicion.

"You'll get back to them later." Li Shaocheng said in a low voice, his eyes were full of caution, "Tomorrow the command envoy will attack the city, we have more than 20 people, we may not be able to help the commander attack the city, only by gathering them all over, can it be done." When the siege begins tomorrow, let them find an excuse to hurry over, and we will act together! ”

The sergeant said, "Why didn't you let them come over tonight?" ”

Li Shaocheng said in a deep voice: "There is no suitable excuse to come over tonight, Wang Meng may still be suspicious of us, and it will not be good if he arouses his suspicion to do something to us at that time." After the siege battle begins tomorrow, it is reasonable to find someone to pass on the military order and let them come over to support the defense of the city, but the situation will be urgent at that time, and it will not be easy to be recognized if there are flaws. Even if they don't let people go, they will do it by force when the time comes. ”

The sergeant nodded, "Understood." ”

Li Shaocheng said to Liang Jun who surrendered beside him: "Later, find a way to get acquainted with the above, and the battle will start tomorrow, which will also be beneficial to the action." ”

The man said, "No problem! ”

After explaining the matter, Li Shaocheng finally said: "Wang Meng went out of the city today, he has been severely injured by the command, and tomorrow's command will be affected, this is an opportunity, we must seize it to ensure the success of tomorrow's operation!" ”

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The light of dawn pierces the clouds and illuminates the earth.

In the Jin army camp outside Qimen, after a full meal, the soldiers did not immediately attack the city, but cut down trees nearby to build siege equipment. This work was already underway yesterday, and it will take half a day today to complete the required equipment. When he set off from Gongcheng, Li Congjing brought some baggage, but after all, Gongcheng had fewer equipment and could not fully meet the needs, and what was lacking needed Li Congjing to take local materials.

Nowadays, the Jin army soldiers are mainly making boxcars, big shields and ladders, because Qimen is only a small city, there is no urn city and no moat, so Li Congjing does not have to build folding bridges and moat bridges.

In the Jin army camp, in addition to these ordinary siege equipment, there are also two big guys - catapults. The role of catapults in siege warfare does not need to be repeated, and its effect at this time is like the mortar that suddenly appeared when the riflemen of later generations attacked and defended the mountain. So when Li Congjing saw these two catapults in a small town like Gongcheng, he was very surprised and happy.

In front of the gate, He Chong and Li Congjing looked at the Qimen city wall together.

He Chongruo said: "The Qimen defenders have more than one commander, I am afraid that there are about 600 people, and the strength is equivalent to ours, and it is basically impossible to forcibly attack the city at this time." But He Mou saw that Commander Li was confident, and he didn't see that Li Shaocheng was in the army, so he must have a plan for Commander Li, right? ”

Li Shaocheng is a big living person is missing, He Chong can naturally notice it, and Li Congjing has no intention of hiding it, after all, all the Jin troops have to fight together to attack the city, he said: "If you can capture Qimen, Commander He will also have a great credit." ”

He Chong shook his head and said with a deliberately helpless smile: "The method of attacking the city is a last resort. Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten is to surround it, five is to attack it, and multiple is to divide it. I have not heard of a besieger with considerable forces. Whether Li Dutou can answer the two words, even if he can answer, it is extremely difficult to succeed. ”

Li Congjing's eyes still fell on the head of Qimen City, which looked heavily guarded, and it was conceivable that once the Jin army attacked the city, the losses would be great, but Li Congjing still said lightly: "The way to defend the city, there is no fear that it will not come, I will wait for it, there is no fear that it will not be attacked, and it will not be attacked, so the city can be defended." But at present, Qimen has already experienced a major war when the Liang army captures it, and the defense equipment must be insufficient, because the defensive force is insufficient; Moreover, the Liang army's new defeat in Weizhou and its low morale were an opportunity. In addition, yesterday the Liang army went out of the city, and its command was severely damaged by the envoy, and the army's morale was shaken. ”

When He Chong heard this, he was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "Yesterday, the Liang army went out of the city to attack the camp, and it was indeed reckless. ”

"Defending the city and not robbing the village is guarding the death." Li Congjing said, and then smiled, "Besides, if they didn't leave the city yesterday, how could we severely damage their commanders." ”

He Chong was almost persuaded by Li Congjing, but he originally had the idea of hitting Li Congjing's confidence, how could he give up easily, thought about it and said: "If there is an army that must be saved, there is a city that must be defended, and if there is no army that must be saved, there is no city that must be defended." The Liang army made it clear that he wanted to stick to Qimen, but he was afraid that there would be reinforcements to save him, if this is the case, then we will be in a worrying situation. ”

Li Congjing laughed, glanced at He Chong, and said with contempt: "Although Commander He's words are from the military book, they are inevitably rigid and inconsistent with the current situation. The king of Jin is attacking Weizhou, and the Liang army is too busy to take care of itself, where is there still troops to rescue Qimen? Isn't Commander He just worried that the envoy won't be able to capture Qimen? It doesn't matter, you can watch the battle from the sidelines and see how Ben destroys his city! ”

After that, Li Congjing no longer paid attention to He Chong, called Zhang Xiaowu, and said: "Pass the order, the envoy will select the sergeant in the trap!" ”

"Order!" Zhang Xiaowu received the order, and then went down to gather the army.

The so-called trapping team refers to the death squad that climbs the city first, and those who are not brave and skilled are not enough to serve. The selection of traps is an indispensable task in siege warfare, especially in fortified battles.

He Chong saw that Li Congjing was not only not hit by his confidence, but was high-spirited, and at the same time he was annoyed in his heart, he also had a trace of frustration.

In addition to yesterday's casualties, more than 600 Jin troops were fully assembled, Li Congjing rode in front of the army formation, and said loudly to all the soldiers: "In any battle, there can be no people who are trapped; Whoever besieges a city cannot do without trapping elites. Right now, the envoy is going to lead you and others to conquer Qimen, and the big battle is imminent, and the trapping team must be chosen! This is now the envoy's order: Whoever chooses to trap the team of sharp soldiers will get the first merit of this battle! In addition to this, each of them had a reward of five hundred; Whoever ascends to the top of the city will be rewarded with a thousand dollars; The work of decapitation is counted separately; In the future, all of them will be filled into the elite battalion, and they will get double the money! If you die in battle, you will be given a triple pension and your family will be exempted! ”

Shang Jun once said: Its trapping team, as many as possible, a few are insufficient, but to benefit from the level of desire. It means that the selection of the members of the death squad is to first choose those who apply on their own initiative, and then choose those who are eager for military merit and promotion.

But at any time, it is a difficult job to select death squads: because the battle is the most dangerous, it is likely to be fatal, and if you have money, you may not be killed! Since ancient times, in the battle of battles, the casualty ratio of most of the trapped teams is definitely more than half! That's enough to make many people afraid.

At that extraordinary time, Li Congjing had no choice but to directly motivate him with rich military rewards, and he also hoped to select people who dared to fight to take the initiative to apply!

Li Congjing continued: "If you are willing to invite yourself to be a sharp soldier in the team, come out!" ”

As he finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the formation. The huge army array, the falling needle can be heard.

The sound of breathing in the blue sky wilderness seemed to be audible at this moment, and it seemed extremely quiet.

He Chong saw the silent military formation, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: The trapping team is so easy to select?

Li Congjing's eyes narrowed slightly.

He didn't have any abnormalities on the surface, and his heart was actually beating faster.

How difficult is the battle of Qimen, if you can't pick out the trapped soldiers, not to mention whether you can capture the city, just such a fuss, the morale is gone, then what kind of battle is there?

Although the silence was short, in Li Congjing's perception, it seemed like a long time.

Suddenly, Meng Sanma Jindao walked out of the military formation and said loudly to Li Congjing: "The commander's words count, if Meng Mou gets the first merit, he may be rewarded for his merits and serve as a general of the Jin Army after the war?" ”

Li Congjing responded in an unquestionable tone: "The army has no jokes, what the envoy just said, every word counts!" If you succeed in the first achievement, the envoy will ensure that you will be promoted to the deputy commander at the very least! ”

"Good!" Meng San made up his mind, "A certain person is willing to be trapped in the team!" ”

Li Congjing nodded in approval. As for why Meng San behaved so actively, Li Congjing figured it out after Nahan at the beginning: Meng San was originally instigated by He Chong to harm him, but he later found out, although he surrendered with a lot of Liang troops, but Meng San was not sure whether he would eliminate the mustard, so he behaved like this at this time, and he also hoped to make Li Congjing treat him positively. After all, if he really joined the Jin Army, Li Congjing's senses were very important to him.

He Chong saw Meng San's behavior like this, and his face turned green with anger: Are you Lao Tzu planning to let you out of the cell, is it good for Lao Tzu to let you harm Li Congjing, you are serving Li Congjing like serving your father now, have you considered my feelings?

Meng San's thoughts were not difficult to understand, and after he expressed his position, his hardcore followers immediately stepped out of the battle one after another, shouting one after another: "We are willing to pioneer the army and join the trap team!" ”

At this time, Meng San took the lead, and immediately refused to accept it: Damn it, you Liang Jun, who was still the enemy the day before yesterday, went into battle so enthusiastically, where did you let us put our elite faces?

"Damn, how can we take the lead? We'd like to join the trap! "At the moment, everyone from the horse to the straight is out of the battle, and they have said that they must join the trap team!

These eyes that looked straight at Meng San and the others from the horse were full of provocation and the meaning of victory.

Zhang Xiaowu also said loudly: "Commander, subordinates are willing to join the trapping team to avenge the death of their comrades yesterday, please make sure the commander is complete!" ”

Yesterday, the mustache was killed in battle, Zhang Xiaowu was distressed, and he had been thinking about revenge for a long time!

Seeing that the surrendered Liang Jun and Li Congjing's personal troops were coming out, Wei Bojun's face could no longer be hung up, and he was strong and bloody, so he immediately walked out of the military formation in twos and threes, and said loudly: "My subordinates also want to join the trapping team!" ”

After that, he didn't forget to look at Meng San and the others and Congma Zhi angrily. That means that Lao Tzu is not raised by his stepmother, who is more cowardly than whom?

He Chong was simply stunned, he looked at those Wei Bojun who came out of the ranks in a daze, and almost couldn't help but scold: Straight mother thief, whose fucking soldier are you?

A smile appeared in Li Congjing's eyes.

Men in the army, I'm afraid that you won't fight, as long as you want to fight, then everything is easy to say!

Seeing that one-third of the people in the queue had arrived, Li Congjing said with satisfaction: "All the soldiers are fighting bravely to be the first, which is very gratifying, and the morale of everyone is so high, it is not a problem to win Qimen!" But the trapping team is not much more expensive, so this envoy only needs three teams of people! ”

It was his turn to pick and choose.

In the end, the three teams of the trapped Rui Shi were composed of 20 people from Cong Ma Zhi, the surrendered Liang army, and the Wei Bo army. And Zhang Xiaowu's request to go to war Li Congjing did not agree, the reason Li Congjing did not say it clearly, but the meaning is obvious: Fuck, who will protect Lao Tzu when you took away all your own soldiers?

After the trapping team selected the formation, Li Congjing did not give He Chong a chance to do something again, and directly issued a military order: "Eat, attack the city!" ”