Chapter 20, the decisive battle of the mouse ditch 2

The goal of strategy is not so much the army you are dealing with, but the psychology of the man or woman who commands it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 If you know how his psyche works, you have the key to deception and control it. Train yourself to read people and catch the signals that the other person is unintentionally showing to understand their innermost thoughts and intentions. The superficial friendliness allows you to observe them up close and spy on their information. Be careful not to impose your own emotions and mental habits on them, and try to think like them. Once you've spotted your opponent's mental weaknesses, you can start messing with their minds.

In the early morning, the sky of Hanquan was just dawning, and the guards at the east gate had just gotten up to replace the robes that had been on duty all night.

Yawning lazily, Wang Ergou slowly put on a cotton jacket, and then put on the gray leather armor outside, and tightened the cow tendons on the leather armor. Wang Ergou lazily picked up his spear, raised his left leg and dragged his right leg towards the city gate.

Listlessly walked to the city gate, Wang Ergou touched his "gurgling" belly. "Dog, Vice General Li of the day, take the master's food and military salary to raise a daughter's cousin, play with the oiran, and I have to be a master I can't dress warmly in winter, and I can only eat two meals a day!" , secretly scolded his boss who deducted his military salary, Wang Ergou looked around, wanting to see if there was a chance to make some benefits.

The East Gate is not the main traffic road of Hansen, but leads directly to a wasteland of hills and ravines. In addition to the poor people who rushed to the market and purchased in the nearby capital, the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen who went here to play during the New Year's holidays were sparsely populated on weekdays, and it was rare to get oil and water as a gatekeeper here.

Just when Wang Ergou lamented that he was "unlucky and ill-fated", an army with bright armor suddenly rushed towards the east gate.

Before Wang Ergou could figure out what was going on, his immediate boss, Vice General Li, was like an old dog who had broken his backbone, bent over and lowered his head, and ran towards the team with a smile. After a few steps to the leading general of the army, Vice General Li hurriedly knelt on his knees, and just wanted to kowtow to report to his home, when the two fierce soldiers next to him had already grabbed Vice General Li's shoulders and lifted him up.

I don't know what the leading general said to Vice General Li, but after half a ring, Vice General Li, who had been scared and silent, ran back with a large bag of silver first, and gave Wang Ergou and others ten taels of silver. Just when Wang Ergou and the others were surprised that Vice General Li was so generous, whether they had lost their minds and gone crazy, the latter ordered them to leave the sentry now, find a place to hide, and come back on time after half an hour!

was kicked and driven away from the city gate by Deputy General Li, Wang Ergou suddenly felt a chill in his neck, and then remembered the banner of the mysterious army.

"The flag is guarded by the West Gate, and there is no document for changing the guard or the Ministry of War when you pass through the East Gate! There's something going on here, and it's definitely going to be a big deal! I don't know how to save my life except for pretending to be confused! "Wang Ergou, who is still a little smart, thought about all this clearly, and suddenly felt a chill in his back, ready to find a random place to cat for a while.

As soon as he turned into an inaccessible alley, Wang Ergou suddenly felt a vicious wind hitting the back of his head, and then the back of his head hurt, and he lost his intuition and fainted. Behind him, a tall man dressed as a farmer put away the short stick with an expressionless face, and with the help of a person next to him, he quickly dragged Wang Ergou to a nearby house and tied it up and gagged him.

"It seems that Du Kun's people have passed, the time has come, let's act according to the plan of the military advisor!" After cleaning up, the two walked out of the yard, a big man said, the companion nodded, and the two left quickly.

At the same time, the east gate guards the office of the generals

Desperately trying to cover his throat, Vice General Li fell backwards softly, and a large amount of blood oozed out from the fingers covering his throat, more and more, and after a while, Vice General Li was killed on the spot.

Touching the slimy blood stains on the war knife with an expressionless face, Wang Hu waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to drag away the body of Vice General Li, and then walked to the city gate and found Zhang Kai, who was squatting at the city gate and carefully observing the horse's hooves and footprints on the ground.

"How many? How long has it been? Wang Hu opened his mouth to ask, and behind him, three thousand stubborn and stubborn Da Nei Forbidden Army, and five hundred Da Nei guards in black robes and armed with long knives and blades, stood there murderously.

"There should be three hundred men in the army, and maybe five hundred or so rangers. It should take no more than half an hour to pass through here, the army is all cavalry, and the rangers also have horses" Licking his lips, Zhang Kai thought for a moment and said.

Hearing this, Wang Hu showed a contemplative look, and called Zhang Kai and the two of them to return to the bloody mansion, and after a while, a hundred internal guards took the lead in setting off. All of them were armed with arrows and crossbows, and traced them along the trails left by the previous group.

At this time, Du Kun, who managed to get out of the city overnight, had already connected with the first batch of troops out of the city on a hidden gentle slope ten miles away from the east gate.

After accepting the bow of the leading general with a tense face and a majestic face, Du Kun did not talk nonsense, and ordered the leader of the rangers to take nearly six hundred rangers to take the lead, his own chariots and horses in the center, and three hundred cavalry to the rear of the palace, and rush to the agreed place.

Half an hour later, I found a place five miles ahead where there were mounds on both sides and a ditch in the middle

Du Kun ordered the team to stop advancing, and the generals who had already known the arrangements were arranged, said hello to Du Kun, and ran to the left with three hundred cavalry. There happened to be a tall mound over there, which could hide an army of several hundred men.

Nearly 600 rangers also dispersed according to Du Kun's requirements, more than 100 people stayed behind to protect Du Kun, and the remaining 400 people pulled out daggers, machetes, axes and other murder weapons pinned to their waists, and the cat's waist lurked through the withered yellow thatch.

Looking at the "elite" hidden and settled under his "careful arrangement", Du Kun had a proud and cold smile on the corner of his mouth, nodded with satisfaction, and walked towards the agreed place not far away.

More than an hour later

"Shaft! An dared to bully the old man like this! The old man must catch you today, and you will be afraid of skin cramps, bone sucking and marrow, and a thousand cuts! Vent the hatred in my heart! Looking at the empty "valley" in front of him and the letter in front of him, Du Kun was furious like thunder, pointing at the sky and scolding.

On the paper, it was written:

To reach your true destination, go five miles, turn left and go another three miles – to get a hint on what's next. If you don't want to, crack the text below to get the specific joint location directly:

Cao Mengde shouted on the horse,

Second Brother Guan listened to me and ran away slowly.

I don't treat you well in Xudu,

Dumplings and fried fritters for a meal.

Your sister-in-law Cao personally cooks and burns the stove,

On a cold day, I was only busy sweating.

You are tired of eating bacon with white flour buns,

I'll give you another pot of purslane buns.

Move the garlic mortar and pound the garlic juice,

Mix a scoop of shredded radish with sesame oil.

I have a heart for you,

I have the slightest idea, I'm a dick!

"What is purslane? It looks like the eldest brother is reluctant to let his younger brother leave, and he is entertained with exquisite food every day. But what does this have to do with where we meet? There is no rhyme! There are no teachings from saints! How does this make the old man crack? This riddle is so obscure, and this place is so desolate, there is no drama to be found, and there is no one who understands country slang, how can this make the old man good? Du Kun scolded angrily for a long time, and then ordered the assembled team to move on, sitting in the carriage himself, pulling his hair while trying to decipher the content on it.

Yan Wangfu study

Meng Qiu flicked his sleeves and babbled and sang the Henan song "Guan Gong Ci Cao", the content was exactly the same as the so-called riddle that Du Kun saw just now.

"Poor Du Xiangye is probably still cracking riddles, I knew that he liked this kind of Tao so much, so I would arrange some more couplets for him. But now that the sauce is purple, Du Xiangye has to eat at noon in the mass grave in the east of the city. While eating, chat with the dead ghosts, the real dead ghosts, and how wonderful! After singing, Meng Qiu said to King Yan next to him, who had a crying and laughing expression on his face at this time.

"What's going to happen is probably going to get more and more interesting, right? But this king just met Yinggou, and he is quite dissatisfied with your kid! Yan Wang happily pointed at Meng Qiu and said, the latter was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of questions.

"What did I do? I'm just sending my brothers under the command of Brother Yinggou to play monkey games? It's safe and lively, and by the way, you can take advantage of the red eyes of both sides to get some cheap, and beat the enemy's stuffy stick, isn't it good to have a god horse? ”

Faced with Meng Qiu's question, King Yan smiled dumbly, "Ying Gou, he is sighing, under your planning, such a big thing can easily solve Du Kun and other first-class officials in the DPRK and China without having to send people to work hard." He asked the king if it was as reliable as you said, and if it was as reliable as you had arranged. He is worried that in the future, there will be no soldiers in the war, and it will be up to you to talk about it! ”。

After speaking, King Yan couldn't help laughing, and Meng Qiu next to him couldn't hold back his laughter, it could be seen that the two of them were relaxed from the heart, without the slightest nervousness about the coming of the decisive battle.

"Why is the prince so relaxed?"

"This king can trust you, with you, Du Kun will definitely die in Huangquan today!"