The door opened, revealing a black face with a big beard, the appearance was very rough, but with a pair of mung bean eyes, it looked a little cunning, this person was Cheng Yanjin, the general of the Northern Sui Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cheng Yanjin has been following the scout general Shen Guang, but the scale of the Northern Sui army continues to expand, and the scout army is also the same as the cavalry, carrying out decentralized reforms, 20,000 scout troops are scattered to each guard, Shen Guang served as the commander of the twelfth guard, leading 20,000 troops to garrison Jiangnan, Cheng Yanjin also left the scout army, was transferred to the water army of Laihu'er, served as the commander of the scout of the water army, and was promoted to the general of the tiger Benlang.

Laihu'er is quite good to him, unlike Shen Guang who dislikes him, Cheng Yanjin is also very comfortable in the navy, and the relationship with the top and bottom is very harmonious, this time he personally led the scouts to Baling County, which is to complete the major task assigned to him by Laihu'er.

Cheng Yanjin saw that the shopkeeper Wang really brought a pot of wine, his eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit, and he hurriedly took the wine, "Lao Wang is still considerate of me, if there is no more wine to drink, I will suffocate to death." ”

Wang's shopkeeper's full name is Wang Xiao, he looks old, in fact, he is only in his thirties, his real identity is the captain of the Navy Scout, a subordinate of Cheng Yanjin, and he has been ordered to open a wine shop in Baling County for almost a year.

Wang Xiao really despised his boss in his heart, other generals were strict with themselves and strict military law, but this boss was eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and there were no taboos.

However, Wang Xiao also admitted that although Cheng Yanjin misbehaved, he was really lucky, Tang Jun came to the inn to check twice, once he met Cheng Yanjin in the room for prostitution, once he was drunk like mud, Tang Jun did not take him to heart, asked a few words and left, maybe the Tang soldiers did not think that the Sui army general would understand this kind of misbehaving.

As for the mission, Wang Xiao has nothing to blame, Cheng Yanjin has successively inserted more than 100 scout elite soldiers into the city, and they have not been discovered by the Tang army.

Cheng Yanjin drank half a pot of wine in one go, and then asked with a smile: "Is there any news for me?" ”

Wang Xiao handed him the straw bag, "General, the information is here." ”

Cheng Yanjin took the straw bag, reached out and took it out for a while, and found a round egg, he knocked open the egg, and there was a note inside, Cheng Yanjin opened the note, and his originally casual face gradually became serious.

"General, what's wrong?" Wang Xiao asked in a low voice.

Cheng Yanjin nodded, "It's the order of the old general, let's act at the third watch tonight!" ”

"Let's do it tonight!"

Wang Xiao gasped, "But we're not ready yet." ”

"I don't dare to say this to the old general, it is estimated that the old general is already in Jiangbei, and I have to think of a way tonight no matter what."

Cheng Yanjin lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "If it really doesn't work, just use the method I said last time." ”

Wang Xiao grinned secretly, he really didn't want to use the bad trick that Cheng Yanjin said last time, but he was the boss, and what he said was an order, so he could only carry it out according to the boss's words.

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On the opposite side of Baling County is the county of Chuyang, the south of the county is an endless water town, the water is dense, there are hundreds of rivers of all sizes, the land is cut into pieces, scattered in a patch of lakes and waters, this area is sparsely populated, only a very small number of fishing farms are distributed, and the people in the villages rely on fishing for their business.

There is a big lake in the south of Chuyang County, called Xia Lake, that is, the Honghu Lake of later generations, Xia Lake and the Yangtze River are connected as a piece, less than three miles away from the Yangtze River, there is a fleet of hundreds of warships moored in the Xia Lake, almost all of them are warships of more than 2,000 stones, and the warships carry 20,000 sailors, which are personally commanded by the sailor master Future Hu'er.

This fleet was the night before yesterday under the cover of night sailed into the Xia Lake to hide, there is no Tang army stationed in Chuyang County, and the nearest Jianli County is also two hundred miles away, this area is deserted and will not be discovered, despite this, Lai Hu'er is still very cautious, and does not dare to moor the warship on the Yangtze River, lest it be discovered by the Tang army in Baling County, once it is discovered by the Tang army and the siege fails, it is very likely to affect the overall strategic deployment of His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

In the cabin of the big ship, Lai Hu'er stood in front of the map and carefully considered the final plan of action, and Sima Zhao Yan next to him said in a low voice: "The place where we are stationed is about thirty miles away from Baling County, considering the influence of the current and wind direction, it should be enough to arrive in Baling County in one hour, so it is just right to set off at two o'clock." ”

Lai Hu'er shook his head, "The account can't be counted like this, our ships must dock at least twenty miles away from Baling County, and they can't approach Baling County. ”

Speaking of this, Lai Hu'er pointed to the map and said, "I only care about three things now, first, where will the fleet dock and disembark? second, where is there a hiding place outside Baling County, where 20,000 troops can hide; Third, are there Tang Army scout patrol posts around Baling City? ”

At this time, Du Wenxun, who joined the army, said with a smile: "Old general, we can dock at Yutouji, stop the boat at one o'clock, it is about thirty miles away from Baling County, sparsely populated, and then walk along the south bank of the Orange River, where the secrecy is very good, we can hide in the woods three miles away from the south city, and then send more than 1,000 people to pick up General Cheng, once the city gate is successful, the main force will attack on a large scale, so that the possibility of being discovered by the sentinel is much smaller, what do you think?" ”

Everyone nodded their heads and agreed with Du Wenxun's plan, and Hu Benlang listed Han Tianding and said, "Let the humble lead the army to pick up General Cheng!" ”

Laihu'er pondered for a moment and confirmed that there were no loopholes in this plan, so he happily said: "Just follow this plan!" ”

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Night fell quietly, the streets and alleys were quiet again, except for a few wild dogs that occasionally ran by, no one could be seen anymore, and even drunkards did not dare to lie on the street at will, they would be thrown directly into the Yangtze River by soldiers.

The Seongnam Inn has long since closed, and the door is marked 'closed for business', and it no longer accepts any in-house guests.

However, in the inn, more than a hundred Sui army scouts were ready, they were mixed into the city in various capacities, most of them were engaged in porters on the docks, when at noon, after a red cloth towel was hung on the Jialeng Tower in the city, these Sui army scouts gathered from all sides of the city to the south of the city inn, ready to act, one hundred and twelve people, not a single soldier was missing.

The soldiers, all of whom changed into the armor of the Don soldiers, calmly sat cross-legged on the ground with shields and combat knives, waiting for the order to set off.

At this time, it was already two watches, and Cheng Yanjin, who was dressed as a buddy, was a little impatient, and smiled at Wang: "Are they coming?" ”

"They said that the guard will change at the second watch, and when the post is changed, it will come, and it should come, and the general will wait."

Wang Xiao glanced back at the wine jar and asked a little worriedly, "General, will they drink the taste?" ”

Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "This is the most famous liquor powder in Wagangzhai, adding it will only feel that the wine tastes more mellow, if it is tasted, don't do the business in Wagangzhai." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of running footsteps outside, followed by a knock on the door, and someone asked in a low voice, "Is the shopkeeper Wang here?" ”

"In! At! ”

Wang Xiao hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door, and two black shadows came in in a flash, both of them were Tang Army soldiers on duty, and the first one said: "The captain asked me to get wine, this is wine money!" ”

He put a few pieces of money on the table, Wang Xiao hurriedly gave Cheng Yanjin a look, Cheng Yanjin moved several large jars of wine, and the leading soldiers stepped forward to pat the wine jar and said with a smile: "Is it really grain wine?" ”

"The wine made from sorghum, there are only these three jars left, all of which are more than ten years old wine, I warn you first, this wine has a lot of stamina, drink it leisurely, don't get drunk!"

"Don't worry! We are all people who can drink. ”

The two soldiers stepped forward to carry the wine, and Wang Xiao hurriedly said: "This wine is heavy, let my buddies pick it up for you!" ”

The soldiers didn't really take the curfew order to heart, it was only thirty steps from the city gate, it shouldn't be a big problem, someone was willing to pick wine, of course they didn't object, and the two laughed and said, "That's hard!" ”

Cheng Yanjin squatted down and picked up the wine burden, and put another jar in his left hand, and the two soldiers both gave thumbs up and praised: "What a lot of strength!" ”

Two soldiers led the way in front, and Cheng Yanjin carried the wine burden and followed them with the wine jar.

Wang Xiao looked at the back of Cheng Biting Jin, and his heart was both contempt and admiration, contempt was that the Lord had gone away, but let the soldiers go to charge, he had never heard of such a general with troops, and he admired Cheng Biting Jin's courage, he went deep into the tiger's den alone, can he drink all the soldiers defending the city alone?

...... (To be continued.) )