It didn't take long for Sun Zhijing, who was dressed in a cyan scholar's robe, to walk up to the city tower, and from here, he could see Jincheng, which was only forty-five miles away. Zhang Guiben stood so quietly on the battlement of the city tower, holding the rough battlement with his right hand and the handle of the saber at his waist with his left hand.

Sun Zhijing walked near Zhang Guiben and said respectfully: "Xiaguan has seen adults!" ”

"You're welcome!" Zhang Guiben, who was born in the Wandering People's Army, did not like literati like Sun Zhijing, and always felt that they were flashy and hypocritical. But he had to admit that sometimes these guys did come up with some good ideas. However, even so, it is impossible to hide Zhang Guiben's blunt tone when he spoke to Sun Zhijing.

Sun Zhijing also knows Zhang Guiba's personality, but he also has a lot of city government, although he has annoyance in his heart, he does not show it on his face. Sun Zhijing straightened his waist, walked to Zhang Guiben's side, and asked with a little respect: "Xiaguan came this time to strengthen the heart of the adult, and Xiaguan just asked, my lord, can you keep Tianjing Pass after the fall of Jincheng." Or how long can you hold the patio gate? ”

"Why do you ask this?" Zhang Guiben opened his mouth to ask, but without waiting for Sun Zhijing to ask, he told Sun Zhijing the answer. "A month!" In fact, Zhang Guiben's words were a bit exaggerated, although Tianjing Pass was dangerous, the pass was not big, and there were not too many soldiers and horses who could defend the city. If Li Cunhuan is very good enough, and he will do everything to use elite soldiers and horses as the first to ascend to the dead, the Tianjing Pass will be broken in three days at most. Of course, for this reason, Li Cunhuan also has to lose a large number of elites, not to mention four or five thousand people, if Li Cunhuan does this, Zhang Guiben will also admit it.

"I'm not afraid to offend you, the lower official thinks that your lord's words are too exaggerated! Xia Guan thinks that he will not need it for a day! Because if Li Cunhuan has the courage, he will go to the Yellow River's tributary Hunshui, although Hunshui to the Taihang Mountain is a difficult and dangerous section, but it is not impossible. You only need to take an elite army and send a strong general, and you can go straight to Huaizhou in the rear! And Huaizhou is defenseless! Sun Zhijing glanced at Zhang Guiben meaningfully and said softly.

When Zhang Guiben heard this, his eyelids jumped, but he still said with some disbelief: "Hyunshui? Where there is no road at all, where does Li Cunhuan dare to go? ”

"There is no road in the Sword Pavilion either! However, in the past, Deng Ai, a famous general of the Wei State, went west, opened the road in the mountains, and built a bridge for 700 miles in the water, and then he could go to Jiangyou. Although the first line of Taihang Mountain is dangerous, it is not impossible to walk! When I arrived in Huaizhou, I am afraid that it was the scene when Deng Ai descended on Jiangyou in the past! Sun Zhijing said slowly, looking very confident.

Zhang Guiben is not a person who intends to be angry, although he does not have a good impression of Sun Zhijing, but after thinking about it carefully, he can't help but show a deep look. Indeed, the first line of Taihang Mountain is not as dangerous as the Sword Pavilion, at most it is only a mountain road of three hundred miles. Although it is said that the march is to be carried out while opening up mountain roads, the speed of walking in the mountains is already very slow, and now it is even slower. But this is not the most difficult, even at the speed of thirty miles a day, ten days is enough for Li Cunhuan to lead the soldiers and horses out of the mountains, as long as the raid captures a city and obtains the grain and grass inside, the situation of this battle can be greatly changed, and the offensive and defensive momentum will also change.

This is not the greatest harm, and the generals are good enough to say that it is difficult for a soldier to change from the position of an aggressive attacker to a cautious defender all at once. In this way, the opponent will take advantage of the opportunity, and it is likely to cause a total rout.

"What does Sun mean to join the army to support Jincheng?" Zhang Guiben asked knowingly.

"Yes!" Sun Zhijing's purpose was nothing to hide, and he nodded generously in agreement. "Li Cunhuan must have expected that we would not dare to support Jincheng! We were surprised, Jincheng is not far from Tianjing Pass, but it is only forty-five miles. The days are short and the nights are long in winter, so if you march at night, you can be fast enough! Arriving on the outskirts of Jincheng was not without difficulties. ”

"But when you get to the outskirts of Jincheng, it doesn't mean that you can support Jincheng, it may be discovered by Li Cunhuan, leading to the annihilation of the whole army." Although Zhang Guiben was moved, he did not make up his mind. In other words, without a complete plan to solve certain difficulties, he will not send troops. Typical no rabbit and no eagle.

Not enough for Sun Zhijing to be prepared, he opened his mouth and said: "In this way, the official can only say one word!" ”

"Oh?" When Zhang Guiben heard this, his eyebrows were raised, and he stared at Sun Zhijing.

"Bet!" Sun Zhijing said affirmatively.

A trace of doubt flashed on Zhang Guiben's face, and his brows furrowed slightly, pondering the meaning of the word Sun Zhijing.

Seeing this, Sun Zhijing said with a smile: "It's very simple, it's to bet that Li Cunhuan is missing one of the three besieged, if Li Cunhuan wants to make the defenders' will slacken, he will definitely give way to the south and shake the morale of the soldiers defending the city." ”

"If Li Cunhuan is surrounded on all sides, wouldn't this be sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?" Zhang Guiben opened his mouth to speak, with a hint of annoyance in his tone. Mainly because the first sentence that Sun Zhijing just said was very simple! When these words reached Zhang Guiben's ears, they became insinuations, don't you say that Lao Tzu is stupid? I can't figure it out for such a simple thing.

"Xiaguan is ninety percent sure, Li Cunhuan chooses to encircle three and lack one!" Sun Zhijing didn't seem to hear the annoyance in Zhang Guiben's mouth, but said with certainty, "First of all, the current situation, it is impossible for Li Cunhuan to choose to stay in Jincheng for too long, so it is absolutely impossible for Li Cunhuan to choose a comprehensive siege. Second, it also makes the city more difficult to attack! Besides, Li Cunhuan really set up a camp, as long as the adults send troops within these two days, the adults think that in two or three days, what a strong camp can be built. And it is certain that this camp is the strongest in the direction of Jincheng, but it is not very strong in the direction of Jincheng, and it will not even build a wooden fence. Could it be that in this case, the adults can't break through it and rush into the Jin City? It is impossible to say that in the night attack, the Lu Long army can be annihilated in one fell swoop. ”

When Zhang Guiben heard this, he couldn't help but put away the contempt and annoyance in his heart, pondered for a moment, nodded his head and said, "You are right. But the back is a little unreliable, and when we arrived, it was estimated that the sky was just white, or almost white. It is difficult to occupy the sky, and besides, the soldiers have run for forty-five miles, how much strength can they still fight. And Li Cunhuan's soldiers and horses are not ordinary brave. ”

When Sun Zhijing heard this, he smiled and didn't speak, he knew that his purpose this time had been successful. smiled: "As Xia Guan just said, this plan is on a gambling word!" It's up to the adults to see if they dare to bet on it! As the saying goes, wealth is in danger! If there were no risks, everyone in the world would have become rich and noble. ”

When Zhang Guiben heard this, he nodded and bowed slightly to Sun Zhijing and said, "Thank you Mr. for your guidance this time!" He said that he rescued his brother, and he must come to thank him! ”

Although Zhang Guiben is rude, one is one, and two is two, although he dislikes Sun Zhijing in his heart, he still lowers his posture and thanks. Sun Zhijing hurriedly flashed to the side, hurriedly held Zhang Guiben's arm and said, "How to make it!" How to make! ”

Zhang Guiben didn't pay attention to it, and after finishing a salute, he instructed the soldiers around him: "You go and gather the generals of the whole army to come here to discuss!" ”

"No!" The soldiers responded respectfully.

When Sun Zhijing heard this, he said: "In this way, the next official will go down!" ”

Because Zhang Guiben has never been kind to him, he joined the army to do some clerical things. Generally speaking, in such a military discussion, Sun Zhijing also sits dry, and opening his mouth is equivalent to not opening his mouth, and generally Sun Zhijing will not take his own humiliation.

When Zhang Guiben heard this, he hesitated. opened his mouth and said: "This plan was offered by Sun Senjun, Sun Senjun should stay!" See if there's anything that needs to be added. ”

When Sun Zhijing heard this, he pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine!" ”

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Sun Zhijing slowly walked back to the house assigned to him, it was already dark at this time, and as soon as he entered the gate, he heard a greeting: "Mr. Sun came back so late, but what happened?" ”

However, there is nothing in this courtyard, and the dark sky makes people feel weird. I'm afraid that the more timid people think that there are ghosts in the house.

Sun Zhijing's face couldn't help showing a little fear, but he was in a good city, so he immediately covered up the past, and said with a smile: "I have already persuaded Zhang Guiben, but that guy Zhang Guiben pulled me there to listen to some military discussions. ”

When the man heard this, his voice was a little more apologetic, and he said: "I misunderstood Mr. Sun, I hope Mr. Sun will not be surprised, we are all begging for food on the knife edge, if we are not careful, maybe tomorrow will be a dead corpse!" ”

When Sun Zhijing heard this, he nodded and said: "I also understand this, Li Baihu, you can rest assured that you can go back and report it, and tomorrow night, Zhang Guiben will send troops!" Well, I'll write down a detailed note so that you can understand the ins and outs of this matter. ”

When Li Baihu heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and even the voice that had always been indifferent was rarely a little happy, and he said: "It's so hard for Mr. Sun!" His Royal Highness knew about Mr. Sun and was ready to make Mr. Sun a staff member, but he was wronged by Mr. Sun in his official position. can only hang the false title of the doctor on the fifth grade! ”

Although it was said that he was wronged, Li Baihu did not apologize at all in his words, but had a somewhat envious tone.

Sun Zhijing was also overjoyed when he heard this, don't look at the fact that the staff has no real power, but because of his proximity to the person in power, on the one hand, the power is obtained by the person in power, and he is more loyal. On the other hand, those in power are also more aware of the surname and ability of the staff around them, and it is better to appoint officials who are recruited at will. Therefore, the staff is further the secretary of the person in power, the official is not big, but the power is not small. Taking a step back is also a foreign party, less to say that it is also a county governor, to the big one, to become an adjutant in a state, one of the people who have the best chance to take over the history of the assassin, above the history of the assassin is the adjutant of the observation envoy, if you add a little luck, you can wait for the observation of the envoy, which is equivalent to the governor level.

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Li Cunhuan played with the bamboo tube in his hand, which was only the size of a small tail finger, and asked in a deep voice: "Can this person be trusted?" ”

Feng Baodu, who was standing in the shadows on the side, replied respectfully: "This person was personally brought over by Sun Dingshi, the envoy of Zuo Zhenfu, and he was quite oppressed by Zhang Guiben in the Shenjie army, and he was quite unwilling, and he had already won him over. Originally, he was going to help his family escape to Yanhai after some time, but he didn't want to encounter a war now, so he delayed it, and this plan was also a temporary idea, and it was impossible for him to be a nail planted by Zhu Wen. However, in order to win over this person, Lord Sun Dingshi made a big bargaining chip, hoping that His Royal Highness will forgive! ”

Li Cunhuan nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Sun Dingshi has written this matter to this king in a secret report, and this bargaining chip is indeed not light. But if you make it work, it's worth it. If this person is not capable, it is a big deal to throw this person to a place and become a magistrate when the time comes! ”

"This time, thank Your Highness for your grace!" Feng Baodu knelt down on one knee and thanked him respectfully.

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he nodded noncommittally and said, "Get up!" Hopefully this ploy will succeed! Zhang Guiben can really enter the urn, don't let him see anything, just calculate, then it will really lose his wife and soldiers! Not to mention the broken soldiers and horses, I am afraid that the face of this king has also been cut a lot. ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the lower official will send someone to keep an eye on the Shenjie army who are nervous about Guiben, and be sure to let Zhang Guiben see through it, it is impossible to plan if he wants to!" Feng Baodu cut the railway.

"Well, you go down and let someone inform Yelu Abaoji to come to this king's place, remember to be hidden!" Li Cunhuan admonished.

"Yes!" Feng Baodu responded, bowed respectfully to Li Cunhuan, and then turned to leave.

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The sky at night was not good, it was not bad, and overall it was not bad. Zhang Guiben took 8,000 Shenjie troops on the road, and in order to prevent making a sound, the war horses were covered with special horse halters, and they could not open their mouths to make sounds. A person also has a copper coin, and it is possible to swallow a copper coin with one mouth. In order to prevent reflection, the weapons are sprinkled with a layer of charcoal ash. Looking at it from a distance, it is not easy to see the reflection.

The whole army of 8,000 men marched almost silently. But I don't know what the reason is, Zhang Guiben always has a bad premonition, as if something bad will happen.

Along the way, Zhang Guiben looked left and right, and after a while, the scout who led the way in front reminded him respectfully: "General, there are still five miles to Jincheng!" ”

When Zhang Guiben heard this, he suddenly realized at this time that with the not-so-bright moonlight and the torches on the Jincheng city wall, the thick city wall of Jincheng was already faintly visible.

Zhang Guiben glanced at the outside of Jincheng, which was empty, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, knowing that Li Cunhuan would definitely choose to encircle the three and lack one. He said, "Order the brothers below to speed up!" ”

"Yes!" The scout lowered his voice in reply, and immediately rode down slowly, contemptuously commanding.

But at this moment, a loud horn suddenly sounded, "Woo! Woo! Woo! The sound of the horn was like a ghost in the wilderness, and a muffled thunder sounded, and Zhang Guiben knew that it was the voice of the cavalry.

"Damn it! How could it be discovered! Zhang Guiben felt that he was going crazy, he sent scouts to probe all the way, although the distance was not far, only five miles, but the other party seemed to have calculated everything, how could this be possible!

"Quick! Light the torches! Send cavalry to attack, entangle the opposing cavalry, spearmen line up outside, and crossbowmen prepare! Paralyzing! I hope that these 1,000 cavalry can hold on, and let the infantry lay out the battle formation! Zhang Guiben quickly came back to his senses and commanded loudly.

At this moment, the soldiers did not care about being exposed, and hurriedly lit the torches they carried at any time. Although he exposed himself, he could also vaguely see the enemy's situation. No! Now it is already clear that the enemy's situation is completely clear.

I saw a row of bright cavalry rushing over like a row of huge waves, especially the riders on the horses, covered in steel, with a huge heart shield on his chest that could be used as a mirror, and a strange horse spear that was too huge to be used as a mirror. Not to mention the large conical spear head, it looks like it is eight feet (five meters four) to say the least. The longest weapon used by the cavalry, the lance, was at most one foot and three feet (four meters). And the spears used by the infantry were only between one zhang and four feet and one zhang seven.

This was enough for the general cavalry, and I didn't want the other side to be powerful. Don't look at it, it's only a foot, but it's enough for the cavalry to tear apart the infantry formation more easily.

"Damn it! Crossbow! Strong crossbow shooting! Infantry concentrated! Zhang Guiben had always felt that the situation was even more severe than the current situation, so that he didn't even have time to ambush them.

"It's too underestimating the king's expensive iron ride!" Li Cunhuan stood on a high slope, watched Zhang Guiben jumping up and down, and sneered.

The general on the side also smiled when he heard this, and his lips showed a look of expectation.

The fact is indeed as Li Cunhuan expected, you must know that Li Cunhuan's 3,000 iron cavalry cost 10,000 cavalry to equip it. The brilliant reflection allowed the infantry to raise their spears as if they were fools, waiting for the enemy to collide, not wanting to be the first to attack. The sharp spear easily pierced the corpse of the first spearman, knowing that the shaft of the huge spear would break after piercing two or three enemies.

This is not because the quality of the spear is not up to par, but mainly to prevent the cavalry from breaking bones, and the brittle wood can offset this strength and halve, so that the cavalry does not support fractures and dislocations. And afterwards, you can change to a spear shaft and continue to use it.

The mounted iron knight had already expected this moment, threw the broken spear shaft away, and neatly pulled out the sharp arc Tang knife from his waist. "Kill!" Without hesitation, the knife fell, and a big human head flew into the sky with blood.

Behind the mounted iron cavalry were 5,000 light cavalry, and they followed the mounted iron cavalry 300 meters away, and when the mounted iron cavalry almost penetrated the enemy's formation, they immediately took advantage of the situation to attack and tear apart and divide the infantry battle formation.

This battle was simply devastating, Zhang Guiben had already lost before he could even react, and he had no power to fight back at all, especially in the face of the armored iron horse protected by iron armor, even if it was a crossbow as long as it was not shot at a distance of thirty steps, it was completely impossible to penetrate the armored iron horse protected by three pairs of armor. Probably only the pinnacle of crossbow weapons, the Divine Arm Crossbow could inflict fatal injuries on the mounted Iron Rider within fifty paces.

(To be continued)