Lingzhou Barracks

After more than a year of Luan Battle, Liu Tang has been suffering hard, and the long period of more than a year has made Liu Tang, who is over half a hundred years old, more and more haggard. lost Qingzhou Yingzhou, and now even Lingzhou is probably not guaranteed. What's more, even the head of this item, the wife and children at home can't be saved.

Now the war between the two armies has dragged on for a year, Lingzhou is high, the soil is poor, and the harvest has not been good. The 150,000 army, plus the 50,000 new troops and 200,000 horses that have just been recruited, will drag on for another year and a half, and I am afraid that without the Zhao army attacking, they will have to surrender on their own initiative. Even Cangzhou Yanzhou, which has always been watching and helping each other, refused to send troops, and Liu Tang couldn't say anything about his suffering, and he couldn't say it.

Fortunately, Xue Pingchuan, the commander of the first town of the Lingzhou Army, advised, so that people could persuade Xiao Yanbing again and defect on the spot, so as to plot a big plan. Liu Dan saw a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly sent Xue Pingchuan to contact Xiao Yanbing. Xue Pingchuan really contacted Ma Hou, the secretary of the Yingzhou Army, and said what he meant, and Ma Hou immediately agreed to help persuade him. Xue Pingchuan had been on set off for a while, but there was no news for a long time, which made Liu Dan feel a little apprehensive.

At this time, in the Yingzhou army, Xiao Yanbing was discussing this important matter with Ma Hou.

Ma Hou had already said that Xiao Yanbing had moved, and after thinking about it a lot, Xiao Yanbing made up his mind. So he asked, "What good advice do you have for me?" ”

Ma Hou looked left and right, and said to Xiao Yanbing: "That Zhang Cheng doesn't know the art of war and doesn't know how to fight. Actually transferred grain and grass from Dongshan to Xieyu Valley, we are sure that nothing will go wrong. ”

Xiao Yanbing thought about it carefully and felt that this plan was feasible. He wandered left and right, but he couldn't make a decision for a long time. Ma Hou knew that this matter was very important, and the general must think carefully, so he didn't force anything, just waited quietly.

After a long time, Xiao Yanbing said slowly: "Just do what you want!" Instead of nesting for a lifetime, it's better to have a bang! Go get in touch! After saying this, Xiao Yanbing seemed to have been drained of his strength and sat on the chair weakly.

But Ma Hou was like a fighter who had beaten chicken blood, and immediately agreed when he heard this: "Yes, do it immediately!" ”

On the other hand, Xiao Yanbing was like a frosted eggplant, unable to do anything anymore, staring blankly at the departing figure of Ma Hou, speechless for a long time. On the one hand, he is the lord who once had the grace of knowing him, and on the other hand, he is the condemnation of his conscience. But compared with the two, Xiao Yanbing did not dare to face a mediocre life.

It was night, between summer and autumn, and the autumn wind was mixed with heat, adding a bit of restlessness to the atmosphere of the two armies.

In the middle of the night, when all the armies had rested, a man in a black cloak silently came to the Fuzhou army tent. As soon as the visitor appeared, the guard sergeant was about to kowtow, but the visitor immediately stopped him. Let him go in and report.

Zhou Bingyan had already applied the medicine, looked at the military newspaper, and carefully thought about the news that came from the big tent of the metropolitan governor in the afternoon, and asked the army to obey Zhang Cheng's orders, and from today on, he would no longer ask about the war in Lingzhou. Zhou Bingyan never figured out how he could get such trust from the governor of the capital, a mere five-grade official. Yes, he Zhang Cheng has some military achievements, but in the face of such a big battle, the governor of the capital is so rash to entrust a small official with a heavy responsibility!

You must know that judging from the current war situation, as long as Lingzhou is captured, then the army will form a joint encirclement of Cangzhou and Yanzhou. Yanzhou's soldiers are weak and at their fingertips. Although Cai Tingkai in Cangzhou is a little troublesome, my Zhao army is flourishing, how can he be able to resist and stop it by a Cangzhou army?

However, once things change, Runzhou, Cangzhou, Yanzhou and Wuzhou send troops together, and if they want to make a difference, I am afraid it will be difficult. Zhou Bingyan's consideration of this matter is indeed reasonable, which is why Zhao Hui urgently ordered Zhang Cheng to come. But after Zhao Hui and Zhang Cheng talked for a night, they didn't ask about the war, and left everything to Zhang Cheng to do.

Just when Zhou Bingyan was distressed, the guards came in and reported: "General, General Zhang is here." ”

"Which General Zhang?"

"General Zhengnan!" The guard said.

"Huh? What is he doing at such a late hour? Just ask him in. "Zhou Bingyan has a lot of grudges against today's events, and in front of the generals, he mercilessly beat himself with fifty military sticks, how can he not hate! For Zhang Cheng's arrival, naturally there is no good face.

Zhang Cheng came in, Zhou Bingyan didn't speak, and looked at the book by himself. Zhang Cheng was cheeky and not embarrassed, sat down by himself, and said, "General, junior Zhang Cheng, come to compensate you!" ”

"Don't dare to bother the general's drive, a little injury. If nothing else, the general can go back. From beginning to end, Zhou Bingyan did not put down the book in his hand, nor did he look at Zhang Cheng squarely.

"Well, since the general doesn't accept his affection, then I'll be blunt. The young general came this time mainly to tell the general about a major matter related to the safety of our Zhao army. Please take a look at this, after reading it. Let's go into more detail. Zhang Cheng was bored, so he didn't say anything more. directly showed the plan that had already been written to Zhou Bingyan.

Zhou Bingyan looked at Zhang Cheng sideways, took a letter handed over by Zhang Cheng, unfolded it and looked at it, and was attracted, followed by the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and then his face became more and more difficult to look at, his face became more and more solemn, and finally his face became happy again, he stood up directly, wrote the letter in his hand tightly, and walked to Zhang Cheng excitedly. Holding Zhang Cheng's hand, he said excitedly: "General, general, general really don't understand your strategic intentions and misunderstand you." What a sin deserves death! ”

Zhou Bingyan's attitude before and after made Zhang Cheng understand that Zhou Bingyan has now completely surrendered to himself. Sure enough, Zhou Bingyan immediately said: "This plan is not bad, if the plan really succeeds, then there will be no war in Lingzhou." After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Bingyan said again: "But if Xiao Yanbing really rebels, can we control it?" ”

Zhang Cheng smiled, patted Zhou Bingyan's shoulder, and said, "General, don't worry." Everything is under my control, but everything needs you and the two generals to do their best to cooperate with us to complete this plan. ”

"Yes! The general will fully cooperate. Play this scene to the fullest! The two looked at each other and smiled.

The next day, Xiao Yanbing really moved the grain and grass to Xieyu Valley according to the military order, but Zhang Cheng only gave Xiao Yanbing 3,000 men and horses. 300,000 horses and horses are not a small number, and in three days, 3,000 soldiers and horses have to transport hundreds of thousands of loads of grain and grass, and they can only barely be transported. also wants Xiao Yanbing to transport it personally, this is to give Xiao Yanbing a dismount! Xiao Yanbing was even more annoyed and angry, and strengthened his determination to turn out Zhao Jun.

Sure enough, in the past two days, the officers and men of the Yingzhou Army have been in close contact, and Zhang Cheng secretly found out a lot of news about Ma Hou's private contact with the generals. This made Zhang Cheng also a little nervous, he hurriedly recruited Lu Bai, the Jingzhou army, to come, and ordered him to immediately lead the army to attack Runzhou, facing a sudden military order, Lu Bai was puzzled. At this critical time, the army actually divided its troops, which is too incredible.

"No, I want to go to see the Metropolitan Governor immediately, Xiao Yanbing contacted the soldiers privately, but I am afraid that the intentions are ill. And this general Rausch is a person who doesn't understand bullshit, and if it goes on like this, my three armies may be in danger! It's really going to lose an order and exhaust the three armies! "After all, Lu Bai has fought a big battle, and he can be alert at the slightest disturbance.

When Lu Bai walked to the tent of the governor of Dadu, the guards stopped him.

"General, the governor of the capital has orders, and the general is only responsible for carrying out military orders, and there must be no delay. Once the fighter plane is delayed, it will be severely punished. General, please go back! The guard said respectfully to Lu Bai.

When Lu Bai heard this, he wanted to say something, but was stopped by the guards. Lu Bai had no choice but to leave and return to the army to prepare for the whole army.

Xiao Yanbing just finished transporting grain and grass within three days, but Xiao Yanbing was so tired that he couldn't even get off the ground. Ma Hou walked in with an excited face at this time, and said to Xiao Yanbing: "General, good news! ”

"What's the good news? Is there news from Xue Pingchuan? Xiao Yanbing was already exhausted, not only physically exhausted, but also tormented from his heart. He thought that Zhang Cheng was bullied too much, and every time he saw Zhang Cheng's unspeakable childish face, he held back the unspeakable anger in his heart, he now hated to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, and he could only be comfortable when he left this purgatory early and left Zhao Jun. Moreover, he even felt that the entire Zhao army seemed to be extremely dazzling even when the soldiers guarding looked at him, which made Xiao Yanbing unbearable! At this time, he heard Ma Hou say good news, and immediately asked.

"It's not. Just now I heard from the guards that the Jingzhou Army was transferred to Runzhou by Zhang Cheng'er, and they were packing up and leaving the barracks soon. Ma Hou said.

"That's good news. In this way, more than 50,000 people of the Jingzhou army left, and the strength of the Zhao army was thin again. It will be of great benefit to our counteroffensive in the future. Zhang Cheng is ignorant, and Zhao Jun will be mistaken in his hands. Xiao Yanbing is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, and he immediately understands the stakes. Xiao Yanbing didn't think too much about the transfer of the Jingzhou Army, and now he didn't take Zhang Cheng in his eyes at all.

"However, the most important thing for us now is to quickly contact the Lingzhou side and prepare to burn the Xieyu Valley and burn the army's grain and grass. In this way, Zhao Junjun's heart will be chaotic. When the time comes, let's give him another rebellion, Zhao Jun is caught off guard, and there will be chaos, so we can give him a victory in chaos and defeat Zhao Jun. If you can, it's best to clean up Zhao Jun in one fell swoop and do it once and for all. Xiao Yanbing said confidently.

Ma Hou also nodded his head, and he was deeply impressed by the general's resourcefulness. He said: "I have already sent out the person who contacted the Lingzhou Army, and it is our own brother brought out from Yingzhou. No problem. I believe that the results will be available soon. ”