Chapter 8: Catching a Turtle in an Urn

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A day's distance outside Shangyong City, Chen Lin's army camped for the night that night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Shangyong is getting closer and closer, and Chen Lin is becoming more and more clear in his heart, thousands of Yuan troops are not a problem, and Cai Mao, who may be invaded, is not a problem. The only thing that made Chen Lin have to think a little more was how to make Cai Mao the capital to talk to the King of Chu as Zhang Song said. And to do this, the prerequisite is to catch Cai Mao. It is not difficult to defeat Cai Mao, but it is not so simple to capture a general alive. Chen Lin was waiting, waiting for the scouts who were about to return, and Chen Lin needed to know exactly if Cai Mao would come to Shangyong. If you don't come, then there is nothing to say, tomorrow morning straight to Shangyong, I believe that whether it is persuasion or hard attack, within half a month, you can subdue the entire Shangyong County, until the Danshui River.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, Chen Lin was woken up. A voice outside the tent: "The king has an order, this is important news, once you come back, it will be sent to the king immediately, no matter what the king is doing." "Presumably the guards were holding back the scout, after all, it was night, so the scout had to say so. In fact, Chen Lin had woken up now and shouted loudly, "Come in." It happened to be Ma Zhong on duty, and he saw Ma Zhong flash in first, followed by a scout, and Ma Zhong stepped aside.

Scout: "Your Majesty, Cai Mao has left Fancheng four days ago, and Suixian, Chaoyang and other counties on the east bank of Danshui have surrendered one after another. Cai Mao's army has now crossed the Danshui River, Danshui, Yuxian and other counties Yuan army is invincible, and has also fallen, now 10,000 Cai Mao's army has arrived in Champion County, tomorrow can go to Xicheng. It is reported that Cai Mao's division Kuai Yue is not in the army, but in Fancheng, and the two seem to have signs of disagreement. ”

When Chen Lin heard this, he hurriedly got up from the couch, and Ma Zhong hurried over to help dress. Chen Lin opened his hands and let Ma Zhong get dressed, thinking about things by himself. After a while, Chen Lin: "Ma Zhong, quickly order the military division and the generals to come to King Gu immediately." Ma Zhong turned and went out, and came back in a short time, having already ordered the guards to inform the generals.

At the time of a stick of incense, everyone who was woken up from sleep rushed over from all sides and entered Chen Lin's military tent one by one. Chen Lin looked at it and said with a smile: "Everyone, wake you up in the middle of the night, the lonely king is ashamed." Zhang Ba and the others hurriedly said: "I am willing to share the worries of the Lord." Zhang Song also said: "Lord, is it a matter from Fancheng." ”

Chen Lin nodded and said, "Ziqiao is right, Cai Mao has led an army of 10,000 and has already arrived in Champion County, and he can go to Xicheng tomorrow, and he can reach Shangyong the day after tomorrow." ”

Shangyong was originally Zhang Ba's defensive ground, but now Cai Mao stepped in, Zhang Ba immediately shouted: "Then we will start camping overnight immediately, and we will be able to reach Shangyong at noon tomorrow, faster than Cai Mao." Zhou Tai was also furious: "Damn, Jingzhou soldiers really dare to come, lord, this time he must not go back." Only Zhang Song bowed his head and was silent, because Zhang Song had designed with Chen Lin before, and this time he must catch Cai Mao. Cai Mao is ignorant, he has not seen the strength of Yizhou soldiers and horses, Yizhou soldiers have not stopped fighting since Chen Lin entered Hanzhong, and the quality of war is comparable to that of comfortable Jingzhou soldiers. So if he can't design it well this time, as long as Cai Mao touches the Yizhou soldiers, after knowing the strength of the Yizhou soldiers, with his courage, he will definitely run away immediately. So this time it's not a hard fight, but a good strategy, after all, Cai Mao has to be arrested.

After Chen Lin stopped the yelling of Zhang Ba and the others, he smiled: "The Lonely King is just worried about this, we are much faster than Cai Mao." Zhang Ba was stunned: "What, isn't it better to be faster than him, why are you bothered." ”

Chen Lin saw that Zhang Badu was nearly forty years old, and he was still like this, he couldn't help but shake his head, looked at Zhang Song and said: "Before, Ziqiao set up a plan for the lonely king, this time it is not simply to defeat Cai Mao and recover Shangyong, but to capture Cai Mao alive." Zhang Xun's mind turned, and he said in surprise: "Does the lord mean that he wants to use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the King of Chu?" ”

Chen Lin's eyes lit up, it seems that Zhang Xun can be the marshal of Yuan Shu, not in vain. said: "Exactly, Cai Mao has an irreplaceable position in Jingzhou, almost half of Jingzhou's strength. If we can catch this person, Liu Jingsheng will definitely spend a lot of money to exchange this person for the stability of Jingzhou. This time, my Shangyong and Hanzhong suffered this catastrophe, and the people's livelihood was damaged, and they need to be compensated, so let the king of Jingzhou Chu make up for it. ”

Zhang Xun hurriedly knelt down: "The last general is guilty." Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, remembered what he had just said, and hurriedly helped Zhang Xun up: "Where is Jiangong talking, the lonely king doesn't mean that, Jiangong let the 30,000 army survive, what a crime." "You must know that the invasion of Shangyong is dominated by Zhang Xun, no wonder Zhang Xun is guilty.

Wu Kuang: "Then lord, what do you mean when you said we were faster?" Chen Lin waved his hand and asked the generals to come to a small wooden case, Chen Lin spread out a map, pointed to Shangyong and said: "Everyone, please see, our army is now a day away from Shangyong, if there is no accident, it will arrive tomorrow afternoon." If our army entered Shangyong, now Zhang Ling's army is in Fangling, about 5,000 people. At that time, Cai Mao's 10,000 troops were in Xicheng, so our tripartite forces became a triangle. Let go of Zhang Ling's army, when the time comes, our army will definitely fight with Cai Mao's army between Xicheng and Shangyong, Cai Mao can directly turn around and run back when he sees that the momentum is not right, how can we catch him? ”

Zhang Song looked around the map, listened to Chen Lin say, and said at this time: "The trend of the triangle? What does the lord mean that we let Cai Mao enter the mediocrity? ”

Chen Lin's face was overjoyed, and he shouted: "Yes, starting tomorrow, General Xu Rong will stand still here, and make a movement of the army here." And the foot soldiers of our army secretly rushed to Fangling overnight, took Fangling, and did not change the flag, so that Cai Mao thought that our army was still in the west of Shangyong and did not rush to Shangyong, and Fangling was still Zhang Ling's army. At that time, Cai Mao will definitely rush straight to Shangyong, in a vain attempt to block the route of our army's eastward advance, and then send someone to say that Fangling will be surrendered, so that as long as Cai Mao holds the two cities of Shangyong and Fangling, he does not need too many soldiers and horses, as long as there are 20,000 people, it is entirely possible to block our army in the west of Shangyong and Fangling. Such a big temptation, do you think Cai Mao can let it go? ”

Zhang Song: "No, when Cai Mao happily pounced on Shangyong and sent someone to Fangling to say surrender, he would find that Fangling was not Zhang Ling in charge at all, but an army of 12,000 Yizhou." At that time, our army immediately divided its troops and quickly took Xicheng, and Cai Mao would be surprised to find that although he had 10,000 horses, he was trapped in Shangyong City. ”

Chen Lin hammered his desk and shouted: "Yes, at this time, that is, when we negotiate with the King of Chu, Cai Mao plus 10,000 Jingzhou troops must have more weight." ”

Zhang Xun: "Lord, the last general will petition, please rush to Fangling overnight for the lord, and say that Zhang Ling will be lowered." Chen Lin was overjoyed, but also a little worried, and his face couldn't help but hesitate. You must know that Zhang Xun has a lot of potential to tell the truth, although his qualifications in Yizhou are not enough now, but to let Zhang Xun go to Fangling alone, Chen Lin is really a little worried about Zhang Xun's safety.

When Zhang Xun saw Chen Lin's worried expression, he was even more moved in his heart, and he was even more determined to say that he wanted to lower Zhang Ling. Zhang Xun knelt down and bowed heavily: "Lord, the 200,000 people of Shangyong have suffered because of the last general, please let the last general end this." Chen Lin hurriedly helped Zhang Xun up, and the words were all on this, if Chen Lin still insisted and hesitated, it would chill Zhang Xun's heart. Chen Lin: "Okay, the lonely king depends on you, I don't know what Jiangong needs to bring, but I know the rules of Yizhou Jiangong, even if Zhang Ling surrenders, he can only be the most lieutenant general." However, this matter is very important, and the lone king allows him Zhang Ling to be the general of the first army in the future, but he is a guard general, leading 2,000 people to guard Shangyong. ”

Zhang Xun was really bold, and he led a few guards to fly to Fangling that night. Less than an hour after Zhang Xun left, Chen Lin immediately ordered the four infantry troops to rush overnight, leaving only 3,000 cavalry in the camp, and Xu Rong guarded the camp, and sent cavalry to search the surroundings, and no one was allowed to spy on the affairs of the camp.

Immediately, Zhang Song asked: "Lord, General Zhang's chances of winning here are extremely high, it is reported that this Zhang Ling is General Zhang's guard before General Zhang did not defect to Yuan Highway, and later General Zhang was reused by Yuan Highway, and this person also rose and became a general." This time General Zhang went to Hanzhong, but this person was the only one who was left to guard Shangyong and defend Fangling, which shows that he is indeed a confidant. ”

Chen Lin sighed: "Gu Wang Dao didn't know that there was such a relationship. ”

Zhang Song: "Lord, it's dawn, if you continue to march, I'm afraid that Shangyong City will find out." ”

Chen Lin: "The army didn't get enough rest last night, so let's find a place to camp and go to Fangling at sunset." It is also good to let the army rest, even if Jiangong cannot succeed, the lone king will wave his army to attack Fangling, and it is expected that his 5,000 defenders will not be able to stop our army's 12,000 elite division. ”

Zhang Song couldn't help but look up at the east, which was gradually whitening, and said softly: "It's better not to fight." ”

The army camped, Chen Lin, Wu Kuang, Wei Yan. Chen Lin: "Sir, you and I have known each other for nearly 20 years. Speaking of which, it is emotional, Chen Lin was still a small Sima under Wu Kuang's subordinates, but now he has become the lord of Wu Kuang, sitting on the rich land of Yizhou.

"The Lone King wants to introduce you to a fierce general, to be a lieutenant general for Sizz. This time, after recovering the mediocrity, let Sir you be the mediocre guard. ”

"Wen Chang, come here, you will go to General Wu in the future and become a deputy general."

Wu Kuang is old, and he will be a general again, and he will go into battle to kill the enemy, which is a little reluctant. Wu Kuang understood, and Wei Yan also clearly saw this. But he didn't expect Chen Lin to arrange Wei Yan to be Wu Kuang's deputy general, and within two years, Wei Yan must be the one who took over this army of soldiers and horses. Wei Yan killed happily in the Scarlet Guard, but Wei Yan preferred to be a general by himself, and Chen Lin said this, which undoubtedly made Wei Yan happy. Wei Yan hurriedly looked at Wu Kuang, he had to get Wu Kuang to agree to this matter.

What is Wu Kuang not satisfied with now, the fact that he is old and cannot be moved. Son Wu Ban is definitely a figure in Shu County now, plus his nephew Wu Yi, and Wu Family, now Wu Kuang can be regarded as half of King Qin's relatives. Wu Kuang remembered that this time Chen Lin came to Shangyong, and the young man behind him who didn't talk much, but managed the logistics of the 15,000 army properly, Yan Wen, sooner or later this is the character of Shangyong. Wu Kuang looks at people, poison, accurate. Chen Lin really planned to do so in his heart, first let Yan Wen be the commander of Shangyong County for a year or two, and then Wu Kuang could retire.

Wu Kuang nodded, without the bleakness of the twilight years of the hero.