Chapter 293: Yes and War
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Yu Yigen continued: "The defense in the city is so perfect, it is already very difficult to attack, and now there is Li Damu to defend it, it is really not easy to capture. β
"I look at that Li Damu, except that his eyes are bigger, I can't see how powerful it is." Ling Yan wanted to ease the atmosphere, so he made a joke.
However, Yu Gengen didn't have the heart to joke, he shook his head: "The general has never fought with Li Damu, so naturally he doesn't know how powerful he is...... This person also knows the divine law, although he is certainly not as good as General Zuo, but compared to ordinary people, he is also strong and extraordinary. β
Ling Yan knew that the "divine law" that Yu Gengen was talking about was internal qi. He secretly felt a little funny in his heart: "Yu Yigen said that I haven't fought with Li Damu, so I don't know how powerful Li Damu is; But Yu Gengen has never seen my internal qi, so naturally he doesn't know how powerful I am. β
Ling Yan thought again, no, Yu Yigen had seen his internal qi, and the moon cutting knife with internal qi was once less than a centimeter away from his neck.
So, Ling Yan smiled: "General Yu, in your opinion, how does my divine law compare with Li Damu?" β
Yu Yigen was stunned for a moment: "The general also knows the divine law?" β
Ling Yan said with a smile: "The white light on my moon slashing knife the day before yesterday, General Yu has seen it. β
Yu Yigen recalled for a moment, and then exclaimed: "Ah! It turned out to be the general's divine law! I still think it's just the light of some torch. β
Ling Yan smiled: "Then General Yu knows now, but what do you think of my divine law?" β
Yu Yigen thought for a moment and said, "The general's divine law is also strong, maybe ...... can win better than Li Damu...... However, if General Zuo's reinforcements arrive, and they bring the strength of the two of them, General Yan, it may be difficult for you to defeat. β
"Hmm." Ling Yan agreed, but in his heart, he thought that if Colonel Zuo and Li Damu really joined forces, it was estimated that he should be able to defeat him! However, with so many lessons from before, Ling Yan no longer dared to underestimate the enemy, so he didn't say what he thought very confidently.
Yu Yigen said again: "If General Yan wants to take Juye, he must only break through the city before General Zuo leads reinforcements to come, otherwise, I am afraid it will be even more difficult." β
Ling Yanxi said: "General Yu's words are exactly what I want, I just want to capture Juye City before the reinforcements arrive, but I don't know the reality of Juye City, so I hope General Yu will tell me the situation in the city in detail." β
Yu Yigen agreed: "General Yan, you said before that there were not enough troops in Juye City, and the last general was very surprised that you could judge so accurately!" β
Ling Yan smiled "hehe": "This is not difficult, it can be deduced from various phenomena...... However, I was not sure at the time, but I deduced from the situation of your defense that Li Damu was waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and then judged that he was now short of troops. β
Yu Yigen said with a little admiration: "The general's expectation is good, at this time, the number of troops in Juye City is less than five thousand. β
"Ahh Ling Yan exclaimed, "So little? Now is the time to storm the city! β
Yu Yigen nodded: "Yes...... Don't hide it from the general, Li Damu had long wanted to abandon this city and retreat to another city, but General Zuo disagreed and ordered Li Damu to defend the city to the death, and he also said that he would lead the army to come as soon as possible. β
"Hmm......" Ling Yan pondered for a moment, "Then I must attack the city before Colonel Zuo arrives!" β
Yu Gengen's face was embarrassed: "Although Juye City is short of troops, it has complete fortifications and sufficient grain and grass, if Li Damu is closed and stubborn, it will probably last for a few months." β
Not to mention that it will last for a few months, even if it is delayed for a few more days, Ling Yan can't stand it, so he said to Gen anxiously: "I still hope that General Yu will teach me a plan to break the city!" β
Yu Yigen thought for a while: "How to break the city, there is no good way to do it for the time being...... But as far as I know, there are three of the nine apparatus in the city, the main gate, the left gate, and the right gate, but the back gate, but there is none. β
Ling Yanxi said: "What does General Yu mean, do you want me to lead my troops to attack the city from the back gate?" β
Yu Yigen nodded: "Among the four gates of Juye City, only the guards at the back gate are the weakest and lax, and only dozens of miles away from this gate is another city of the Yellow Turban Army, so Li Damu did not pay too much attention to the garrison of this gate. β
"Good!" Ling Yan was very happy, "Then I will lead the army to attack from this gate!" β
Yu Gengen had a difficult face: "But...... If you want to detour from the main gate of Juye Castle to the back gate, you need to take a long detour, and you can't let Li Damu's soldiers find out, this is ...... Not easy. β
Ling Yan smiled indifferently: "This is no longer a difficult matter, as long as I have a way to attack the city, even if it solves a big problem, as long as this problem is solved, it will be easy to do!" As for the rest, it's not a problem! β
Yu Yigen said: "Since this is the case, then please ask the general to deploy troops and horses as soon as possible...... The Admiral thought that it would be better to march at night, as it would be more hidden. β
Ling Yan nodded, and suddenly, he remembered a question, so he asked: "General Yu, I feel a little strange, then after Li Damu knew who I was, he immediately extinguished the torch of the city tower, I don't know why?" β
Yu Yigen thought for a while and said with a smile: "General Zuo told Li Damu about your situation before, and he knew that you seemed to have a ...... The secret weapon is very accurate, I guess he is afraid that you will hurt him with that secret weapon. β
Ling Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that the "hidden weapon" that Colonel Zuo said should be his pistol, so he smiled: "Li Damu is really smart, but fortunately he extinguished the torches in the city, otherwise I would really use that 'hidden weapon' to kill him." β
Yu Yigen's face showed a slightly surprised look: "General Yan, what kind of strange thing is your secret weapon?" β
Ling Yan smiled: "I can't go into detail about the specifics, but I can tell General Yu that the secret weapon is a hundred meters away, and it can also kill people in one hit." β
A shocked look appeared on Yu Yigen's face, and he muttered to himself, "Fortunately, it didn't work on me......"
Ling Yan laughed: "My original intention was to let General Yu return to our army, I never thought of killing General Yu, so naturally I wouldn't use that secret weapon...... What's more, using a hidden weapon is not a righteous person's doing, and it doesn't matter if you deal with someone like Li Damu, but for an upright person like a general, using a hidden weapon will make people laugh. β
Yu Yigen smiled heartily.
Ling Yan put away his smile: "Regarding the siege of the city, although we have already made a plan, we still can't help but prepare for the worst, if we fail to capture the city as soon as possible, and Colonel Zuo leads the troops to come, then there will be trouble...... We have to guard against this. β
Hearing Ling Yan say this, Yu Yigen's expression didn't seem to be very optimistic: "General Zuo has already led the army to gallop here, and it is estimated that he will come here soon...... General Yan, if this is the case, then in the opinion of the last general...... It's better to retire. β
Ling Yan shook his head: "No, no matter what, I will break through Juye City, and I will definitely not retreat." What's more, it was not in my plan to occupy Juye, I was going to continue to go south and attack Nanyang, how could I be stopped by a small city in the middle of the way? If I can't even take such a city, then what else will I do! β
Hearing Ling Yan say this, Yu Zhengen's expression changed even more: "General Yan, you ...... Do you really want to attack Nanyang? This...... Not to mention Nanyang, only these Yellow Turban Army before Nanyang are brave and invincible, can they ...... Walking to Nanyang, it's really unpredictable......"
Ling Yan waved his hand: "Alas, don't care about those for now, the top priority is to take Juye City." β
Originally, Yu Yigen had always been very happy, but since he knew that Ling Yan was going to move south, his face became hesitant, so he didn't answer Ling Yan's words.
Ling Yan asked Yu Yigen to go back to the camp to rest first, while he sat in his camp for a whole night, just to plan in detail how to attack Juye.
When it was getting dark, Ling Yan finally came up with a complete plan.
At noon, Kuai Liang and Deng Yi came to the camp with grain and grass.
Ling Yan was contemplating his plan to seize the city, and when he saw Kuai Liang walking in, he was very happy, so he discussed the matter and his plan with Kuai Liang.
After hearing this, Kuai Liang nodded: "General Yan is extremely worried, we must take this city before reinforcements reinforce Juye, if it is too late, I am afraid it will be quite unfavorable to us." β
Ling Yan nodded, and asked Kuai Liang if his plan was feasible.
Kuai Liang said: "This plan is wonderful, but you must keep your mouth tight, and your actions must be extremely hidden, so that the generals who defend the city must not see the clues." β
Ling Yan saw that Kuai Liang also agreed with this plan, and he was completely relieved in his heart, and he also strengthened his confidence in implementing this plan.
At this time, a scout entered the tent and reported to Ling Yan: "The enemy reinforcements are now more than fifty miles away from Juye, and it is expected to arrive in Juye City tomorrow evening." β
Ling Yan was taken aback, knowing that the military situation was urgent - they had to take Juye before tomorrow night, and the situation would be favorable to them after that.
So, Ling Yan immediately summoned all the generals to the tent to discuss the matter.
After everyone arrived, Ling Yan said anxiously: "Generals, the enemy's reinforcements will arrive in Juye tomorrow, so we must take Juye City before tomorrow." β
Zhang Yi and the other generals immediately said: "I am willing to listen to the general's dispatch!" β
Ling Yan nodded and began the combat deployment. He said loudly to the generals: "I plan to use the method of attacking the east and the west, with some soldiers and horses feintting to attack the main gate, left gate and right gate of Juye Castle to attract the defenders, and then another army of soldiers and horses will make a detour to raid the back gate, and when they are trying to break through the back gate, the three soldiers and horses will break through the remaining three city gates and capture Juye City in one fell swoop!" β
The generals said one after another: "General Yan, this is really a good strategy!" β
"Good!" Ling Yan was very happy, "Now I will assign their respective tasks...... General LΓΌ and General Deng, each of you will lead a group of troops and horses to feint the left gate and the right gate, remember, after hearing the sound of the main gate attacking the city, you will attack the city again. β
"Yes!" The two men responded with fists clenched.
"General Wen, General You, General Zhang Min, the three of you lead a heavy army to detour to the back gate of Juye City, hide it, and after all the three gates on the left and right are attacked, immediately raid the back gate, and you must attack the city as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" The three of them replied loudly.
"General Yu, you and I led the troops to feint at the main gate to attract Li Damu's attention."
"Yes!" Yu Gengen responded.
"General Yang, General Zhang Yi, the two of you lead two armies of soldiers and horses, ambush in the forest outside the city, in case of accidents, if you see an enemy will escape from the city, immediately intercept and kill!"
"Yes!"
"General Kuai, you and the national division guard the camp and grain and grass, and you must prepare for the defense of the enemy army to rob the village."
"Yes." Kuai Liang hugged his fists.
Ling Yan looked around at everyone again and nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, the butcher asked Ling Yan in a low voice on the side, "Then I'm ...... Do what? β
Ling Yan looked at the butcher with a smile: "You just stay in the village and garrison!" Find an armor to wear, and you're a general! β
The butcher was overjoyed: "Obey!" Thank you, General Yan! β
Kuai Liang offered a plan: "General Yan, it is better to let him set up another village in front of the village, so that he can take care of each other with this village." β
Ling Yan nodded and looked at the butcher: "Then send you to pull another army of soldiers and horses, and set up another battalion." β
The butcher was naturally a general for the first time, and as soon as he took office, he was able to lead the soldiers and horses to set up camp, and the joy in his heart was overflowing, and the sense of mission also arose, and he said excitedly: "Yes!" General Yan! β
Ling Yan smiled, and then said to the generals: "The generals who attack the left gate and the right gate must be more careful, General Yu told me that there are catapult machines in Juye City, there are nine in total, except for the back gate, each gate has three, so the generals must be careful, whoever climbs the city first will destroy the trebuchet as soon as possible." β
"Yes!" Lu Gong and the others agreed.
Ling Yan thought about it and felt that there was no problem, so he let everyone leave.
On this day, Ling Yan was discussing the details of the night battle with Kuai Liang and others, and it was not until nightfall that Ling Yan felt that all the details had basically been taken into account, so he sent Lu Gong and others, who attacked the back gate, left gate and right gate of Juye City, to lead the troops to set off first, and instructed them to be sure to hide when marching, and not let the enemy find out.
Subsequently, Ling Yan sent Yang Feng and Zhang Yi to lead two soldiers and horses to ambush in the dense forest outside the city.
An hour later, Ling Yan and Yu Yigen also led a force to set off, before leaving, Ling Yan instructed the butcher and others to carefully guard the camp, even if the possibility of the enemy robbing the village was almost zero, but Ling Yan still asked them to be cautious just in case of emergency. Naturally, the butcher happily agreed.
On the way to Juye City, Ling Yan wanted to understand the character of Li Damu in detail, so he asked Yu Yigen: "General Yu, Li Damu also knows the divine law, right?" β
Yu Yigen nodded and said, "Yes...... Among the generals under General Chu's account, there are only a few who know a little about the magic law, and Li Damu is the general with the highest mana. β
Ling Yan nodded: "Then if his mana is unleashed, what will it look like?" β
After thinking about it, Yu Yigen said: "I have only seen him use it a few times, and every time he casts a spell, it is from his hands, an indigo ball is emitted, and the ball is like a hidden weapon, which can shoot directly into the body, killing people!" The power is not to be underestimated! When Yu Yigen said this, the look on his face was nervous.
Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief: Listening to Yu Gen's description, Li Damu's internal qi should only be in the initial stage. He smiled and asked Yu Yigen an irrelevant question: "General Yu, do you know Bai Bo?" β
"Ahh Yu Yigen snorted, "I've heard of this person, he is also a Yellow Turban general, but he seems to be guarding a place far away, and he seems to have been defeated by the enemy." β
Ling Yan sighed in his heart: The intelligence and communication work of the Yellow Turban Army is really not flattering! But he said, "Yes...... What does General Yu think Bai Bo's mana is compared to Li Damu? β
Yu Yigen only thought for a moment: "Li Damu should be inferior!" Bai Bo is the general under the account of the 'Digong General'! Naturally, the mana should be much higher than Li Damu. β
"Hmm." Hearing Yu Yigen say this, Ling Yan was completely relieved.
Along the way, Ling Yan thought about this plan from beginning to end again, wanting to see if there was anything missing, until he thought about it several times and made sure that there were no oversights, and he was already able to see Juye City from a distance. At this time, Ling Yan couldn't help but smile slightly, as if he saw that Juye City was already in his pocket.
Ling Yan ordered to step up the march.
When he was about to march under the city gate, Ling Yan saw that the soldiers in the city had spotted them, and immediately retreated to the city tower in a panic.
Ling Yan came to the city gate.
Suddenly, in the originally brightly lit city, all the torches were extinguished in an instant, and it was dim for a moment, and only the torches of the soldiers of Ling Yanjun illuminated a little nearby.
Then, I heard Li Damu's laughter: "Haha! You yellow-haired boy, you were defeated last time, but you still dare to come! β
Ling Yan could only vaguely see the outline of a few vague figures in the city, and it was estimated that the silhouette in the middle should be Li Damu, so he smiled and said: "I was careless last time, of course I won't suffer that kind of loss this time!" I'd like to see what else you can do! β
Li Damu in the city laughed wildly: "Haha...... The day before yesterday, I robbed your camp from behind, and you are lucky; Who knew that you really don't know whether you live or die, and you dare to come again this time! β
Ling Yan felt funny: What kind of trick is this? smiled and said: "I came here to earn your city, I didn't earn it last time, of course I have to come again this time." β
"Humph!" Li Damu in the city sneered, "Just with you, do you still want to earn my city?" Don't talk about you, even if you raise a whole city and rebel army to attack the city, what am I afraid of! β
Ling Yan smiled: "Ah! Is it? It's very arrogant, so why did you extinguish the torches in the city? β
Although Ling Yan couldn't see Li Damu's expression, he could still imagine Li Damu's expression at this time: he was hit by the sore spot, and his face naturally couldn't see anywhere.
Li Damu didn't say anything for a long time, and suddenly said angrily: "Yu Yigen! You actually betrayed the Yellow Turbans and went to join the rebels! β
Yu Yigen, who was beside Ling Yan, raised his knife and pointed at the city, and said angrily: "Phew! Li Damu! You dog thief! I was captured by General Yan that day, and you didn't send troops to rescue me! General Houyan wrote to you, you didn't care about my life or death, how should you talk about this! In vain, I treat you as a brother, and you are so cruel! β
Li Damu sneered: "Hmph! This only blames you for your inferior martial arts, and was captured by the rebels so easily, how can you blame me! I thought that you were strong in martial arts, so General Chu sent you to assist me in defending the city, if I had known that you were a straw bag, I would not have let you come to Juye City that day! Hum! Not to mention coming to save you! How could I ignore General Chu's explanation for the sake of a useless person and pour the soldiers defending the city to save you? What about brothers? β
Yu Yigen was furious, his face was pale, and his beard stood on end in anger.