A cronie guard beside Yizhi Wende said in a low voice: "Lord, this Wang Shichong has made it clear that he wants to oppose us, do you want to take this opportunity to kill him?" ”

Yizhi Wende gritted his teeth and shook his head: "Not now, Shan Xiongxin has the courage of ten thousand people, the three of you may not be his opponents, or go back and rely on the army to solve the problem, since this Wang Shichong is openly an enemy of me, then I don't need to keep him, this time I will destroy him together, and it will save us from facing a strong opponent when we Goguryeo enter the Central Plains in the future!" ”

Wang Shichong returned to the dense forest and smiled at Shan Xiongxin: "Xiongxin, are you afraid of death?" ”

Shan Xiongxin was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "The lord looks down on Xiongxin? Why? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Because I need you to carry out a very difficult mission, you need to face the thousands of troops of Goguryeo alone, the slightest fear, you will be crushed, how about it, dare to go?" ”

Shan Xiongxin laughed and patted his chest: "Shan Mou has never known what it means to be afraid in his life, my lord, don't hand over this task to others, Shan Mou should not give it to others." ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Okay, I really didn't see the wrong person, now to tell you the truth, our army only has two thousand old and weak remnants in the forest, this is all the strength we want to use to block Eulzhi Wende, hard fight is to find death, I need you to leap in front of the forest, put on a look of luring the enemy into the depths, and scare off the Goguryeo army, how about it, this task, do you dare to take it?" ”

A trace of doubt flashed on Shan Xiongxin's face: "Lord, we originally had four or five thousand people, plus Xu Gai's department who retreated from Lianshan Fort, and my five hundred elite cavalry, there should be no less than seven thousand soldiers in battle, relying on the woods." It's enough to fight, why take such a risk? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Our army is newly defeated, and the losses are too heavy, almost half of the troops and most of the elite have been lost, so at this time, we must not fight hard with the Goguryeo people." Eulzhi Wende is determined to chase and kill Laihu'er, in order to stimulate the morale of the Goguryeo army, so as to meet the main army of the Sui army from the north, we must not let their conspiracy succeed, but we can't fight all the strength here, so we can only use some tricks to deceive them. ”

Shan Xiongxin's brows were still tightly furrowed, and he only relied on two thousand suspicious soldiers to bluff here, which made his heart beat a little. Even a warrior like him didn't want to die in vain, but the words had already come out just now, and he didn't admit it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Lao Shan, I will give up this life and play with the Goguryeo people." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly. patted Shan Xiongxin on the shoulder: "Actually, you don't have to worry, although there are only two thousand old and weak people in the forest." But I have already ambushed 5,000 elites on the other side of the forest, and when the general enters the city, I will ask people to go to Deputy Marshal Zhou for help, and his 30,000 headquarters men, plus the 20,000 elites I brought from Shandong, rely on this forest. It's enough to defeat the Goguryeo people, as long as you deter the Goguryeo soldiers at the beginning, and when their large group of men and horses are assembled, you have to find a way to lure them over, and I have everything. Won't put you in danger. ”

Shan Xiong's confidence was considered to have fallen to the ground, and he said with a smile: "I know that the lord has always had no last resort, and he will never let his subordinates take unnecessary risks." Then the subordinates brought more than a dozen guards to challenge the Goguryeo people in front of the forest, but they didn't know the truth of our army, and they didn't dare to approach casually? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Don't have too many people, just you, the more you put on this look of not caring, the more it makes Goguryeo people suspicious, Eulzhi Wende has a cautious personality, everything is planned and then moved, in his opinion, I am also a person who will not take risks easily, you are my favorite general, I let you challenge alone in front of the woods, he will suspect that I have an ambush in the forest, plus I said a lot just now, this will only make him more convinced of this judgment, if the Goguryeo army retreats, you can come back." ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded, and said confidently: "Lord, just take a look." ”

Wang Shichong rode his horse and galloped into the woods, Wei Zheng had already arranged it here, more than 100 thin horses, with branches full of leaves tied to the tail of the horse, were on standby, as long as Wei Zheng gave an order, these horses would run, creating the illusion that the sky was full of smoke and dust, and the ambush was all over the forest.

Wei Zheng saw Wang Shichong and smiled slightly: "The lord coaxed Xiongxin and let him face the 100,000 Goguryeo army in front of the forest alone?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "How do you know?" Did you just eavesdrop on the sidelines? ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and sighed: "Xiongxin is not a brave and unscrupulous person, and he will not act only with the courage of flesh and blood, if he knows that there is no backup, his heart is weak, it will not be able to show a calm and calm appearance, once the Goguryeo people see the flaw, not only will Xiongxin and these two thousand old and weak lives be lost, but even our defense, I am afraid that it will be too late to do it, and the Goguryeo people will take advantage of the victory and approach the beach, and our army will be in danger of being wiped out." ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and nodded solemnly: "Yes, it is because the situation is so critical that I have to let Xiongxin take a risk, but he really has no bottom in his heart, I can only lie to him and say that I still have a large army to answer after the forest, so as to dispel his worries." ”

Wei Zheng took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Lord, can this plan really be concealed from Yizhi Wende?" He's also an old fox, so he can't necessarily see that we're bluffing. ”

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked: "Of course he can see that we are suspicious soldiers, but other Goguryeo generals may not be able to see it, Eji Wende's own western army is very small, and all of them are Gao Yuan's Imperial Forest Army, as well as men and horses in the north and south, these people also have their own calculations, they don't want to suffer too much losses, and they are willing to fight a happy victory like an ambush to protect their children, but if they want to rush into the forest where our army has an ambush and suffer huge casualties, few people are willing, If Yizhi Wende could really command the troops from all walks of life, he would not even be able to close the city gate and let Laihu'er run out. ”

Wei Zheng's brows finally stretched: "I hope this time it can be as judged by the lord." ”

Wang Shichong smiled and patted Wei Zheng's shoulder: "The scary matter in front of the forest is handed over to Xiongxin, and the pretentious thing in the forest will be handed over to you, Xuancheng, now I want to go back to the beach to arrange the defense of the big camp, remember my words, as long as Goguryeo is scared to retreat, we will quickly retreat, we only need half a day to reorganize the defensive line, once we have our backs to the coast and set up camp to hold on, the Goguryeo people will not be able to help us." (To be continued......)

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