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Chapter 481: The Eyes of the Straw Man

The messenger repeated Dou Jiande's words in their original form, not a word was added or omitted, the stakes were very high, and the messenger did not want to bear any responsibility for this. According to Dou Jiande's arrangement, he ordered Su Dingfang to attack Yuncheng on the same day, and be sure to conquer Yuncheng within three days, because he will personally lead the army to attack Juye Zeyan Yunzhai and conquer Yuncheng, so that the army does not have to worry about the flank being threatened.

There was no problem with this order, and even Su Dingfang felt that he should be happy, but he didn't know why, he always had a faint worry in his heart. His vanguard battalion is only responsible for attacking Yuncheng, and does not participate in the attack on Juyeze Yanyunzhai, in any case, it is much easier and simpler than attacking Juyeze, Juyeze is the world's first place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and under the strong attack, the losses are bound to be extremely heavy. Although Yuncheng used to be the county of Dongping County, Yanyunzhai repaired and strengthened its city defense after conquering it, but it is still just a small city.

The city wall of Yuncheng is only less than two zhang, and there is no frightening bed crossbow on the city wall, nor has a horse face built, and there are not many arrow towers, Su Dingfang has 15,000 soldiers, plus auxiliary soldiers and people, with nearly 20,000 troops, it is by no means difficult to conquer Yuncheng that is prohibitive.

As for the attack on Juyeze, even if Dou Jiande has more than 80,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, he still has little chance of winning.

Su Dingfang couldn't guess that Dou Jiande's arrangement had any special significance, but he inexplicably felt a sense of trembling. He had already thought about it before, and without Dou Jiande's order, he also planned to conquer Yuncheng, and quickly retreated north after the big victory, so that the people of Yanyunzhai could not figure out the routine. However, after Dou Jiande's order arrived, he hesitated a little.

After convening his generals to discuss for a long time, everyone also felt that attacking Yuncheng was much better than attacking Ju Yeze, since the lord also arranged it in this way, it was in line with everyone's thoughts.

"Take Yuncheng and stand still!"

Don't think about Du Li and say: "Since the lord has let our pioneer battalion only be responsible for planning, this is definitely not a bad thing for our pioneer battalion, why not do it?" After capturing Yuncheng, he will not move, if the lord's side is smooth, naturally we don't need to join in the fun, if it doesn't go well...... Let's ensure that the flanks of the lord's army are worry-free, and the lord can't blame us, after all, this is his own arrangement. ”

"It's easy for you to think!"

Lang General Ren Dongcheng said angrily: "If the attack on the lord's side is frustrated and the troops are seriously consumed, our vanguard battalion will be transferred over as soon as possible!" Do you think you can get out of it? Dream, besides, the lord's military order said that we must conquer Yuncheng within three days, why are you in such a hurry Have you considered it? ”

"Why?"

Du Li subconsciously asked.

"Pioneer Battalion. Pioneer Camp! ”

Lang General Ren Dongcheng shouted in a low voice with some annoyance: "When have you seen it, the pioneer battalion has been transferred to the rear team?" The meaning of the lord is obvious, he asked us to attack Yuncheng first, but why did he let us attack Yuncheng in three days? According to the normal marching speed, the army of the lord only took three days to reach Yuncheng! I'm afraid that we will only defeat Yuncheng, and the lord's army will arrive, and then the men and horses of the vanguard camp will immediately continue to attack Juyeze, do you really think that the main guild will let the pioneer camp go to the back of the palace? ”

"Huh?"

Du Li was taken aback and said, "You mean, the lord is using us as knives?" ”

"No gibberish!"

Su Dingfang rebuked and then said: "The pioneer camp is originally a knife, the sharpest knife in the hands of the lord, if it is not, what is the use of the pioneer camp?" Besides, the lord has always ordered that it must be done, when did he use military orders as a joke? ”

Seeing that the master general had expressed his attitude, Su Dingfang's men did not dare to say anything recklessly.

Among them, Su Lei and Ren Dongcheng are Su Dingfang's closest people, and they naturally know why Su Dingfang didn't let them continue. After all, the pioneer battalion is a team that has not been taken over for a long time by the general, who knows how many people in the army are the eyeliner inserted by King Xia? Today's words will not reach the ears of King Xia in a few days. King Xia's temperament has changed greatly in recent days, and several former henchmen have been taken to prison by him, who dares to touch the head at this time?

Thinking of this, Ren Dongcheng regretted what he had just said.

He subconsciously looked at Su Dingfang, but saw that the general's face was not displeased.

"Dongcheng!"

He was looking over, and it happened that Su Dingfang also looked over and called him.

"Please command, General!"

Ren Dongcheng stood up and said.

"The lord's military order must not be delayed, you must take Yuncheng, you personally bring 5,000 men and horses, go to attack the city early tomorrow morning, I have seen it in person, the city wall of the west gate of Yuncheng is the lowest, and there is no wolf tooth shooting, you personally lead the troops up, the pioneer battalion was originally rushed to the front, you can't let the lord underestimate us, the lord has a time limit of three days, we will take Yuncheng in one day, so that those people in Yanyunzhai can see, what is called a soldier!"

"Whoa!"

Ren Dongcheng stood solemnly and answered loudly.

Su Dingfang nodded, and the eyes that swept over everyone were a little complicated. He comforted himself in his heart, and said that if the lord really had no other arrangements, it would be a good choice to be stationed in Yuncheng.

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In a small abandoned temple in Yuncheng, several people dressed as soldiers of Yanyunzhai walked in one after another, leaving one person to watch the wind at the door, and the others went straight in to gather in the backyard of the small temple.

Seeing that their outfits were exactly the same as the soldiers of the Yanyun Army defending the city, they were spies sent into the Yanyun Army by Dou Jiande a few months ago. It's just that not long after arriving in Yanyunzhai, just in time for the secret spies of the Yanyunzhai Military Inspection Department to thoroughly investigate the army's disciplinary violations, several of them have not dared to make any moves, this time they happened to go to Yuncheng with the army, and knew that they finally had the opportunity to make contributions.

A while ago, the secret spies of the Military Inspectorate found out a lot of spies sent to Yanyunzhai by the rebels, most of them were directly beheaded, and several of them trembled for a few months, and they were lucky not to be found out, which made them all feel very lucky. The military inspection office of Yanyun Village and the sentry camp of Wagangzhai have always been a nightmare for the spies, and they can survive the cleaning, which has to be said to be the favor of the goddess of luck.

The leader of the Xia army is called Meng Si, who is Dou Jiande's fellow countryman, and he is also proud of it, although Dou Jiande has long forgotten him, but he still feels that he is superior. This time, he went south to enter the Yanyun army, which was the suggestion of Nayan Song Zhengben, and Dou Jiande didn't know that there was also a fellow villager of his own among the people sent.

However, Dou Jiande didn't know, but the general who assigned the task knew, so Meng Si would become the leader of these people, but I have to say that this person is really cautious.

"General Su Dingfang's men and horses are less than twenty miles outside the city, and they can't say that they will attack the city one day, since we have arrived in Yuncheng, we naturally can't pretend to be a turtle with a shrunken head."

Meng Si glanced at a few of his subordinates, and said in a deep voice: "When I was on duty on the city wall these days, I could see our Great Xia scouts coming to investigate, but the scouts couldn't enter the city, so naturally I didn't know the details of Yuncheng. General Su Dingfang did not attack for a long time, and he must have not figured out how many defenders there were in Yuncheng. The general doesn't know, we know! ”

Meng Si paused for a moment and said: "This time, there are no more than two thousand people who came out from Juyeze to guard Yuncheng, but there are a lot of straw men on the city wall as suspicious soldiers, and our scouts in Daxia can't see it clearly from a distance, and it is inevitable that they will think that there are a lot of defenders in Yuncheng." This news, we must find a way to spread it, as long as General Su Dingfang knows that the air defense of Yuncheng City is weak, he will attack immediately! ”

"What are we going south for? In order to share the worries of King Xia, but also to seek a good future for himself! If we assist General Su Dingfang to conquer Yuncheng, will you and I have a small credit? ”

He said in a low voice: "The civil officials and people in Yuncheng have long been withdrawn, and when we entered the city, we could see clearly, even the county government was empty, and Li Xian's army was clearly insufficient, so he had to come up with such a solution." ”

"But, Brigade Rate, how do we send the news out?"

His subordinate Wang Xue said depressedly: "The four doors are sealed, we can't get out at all!" ”

"Stupid, if you can't get out of the city gate, you won't think of any other way?"

Meng Sidao: "I'm on duty tonight, I'll find a way to bring a few of you up, prepare the ropes, today, Wang Xue, a few of us will use ropes to go down from the city, you go and tell General Su Dingfang the truth about the situation in Yuncheng!" ”

"Huh?"

Wang Xue was stunned for a moment and hesitated: "I...... Fear of heights. ”

"Okay, you stay, I will go out of the city in person, when the time comes, General Su Dingfang will attack the city, you guys in the chaotic army should be more careful, don't be killed by our people by mistake, in the chaotic battle, no one can tell that we are their own people!"

"That...... Travel rate, I think about it, or my subordinates go out of the city, although my subordinates are afraid of high, but they want to serve King Xia more, not to mention high, even if they die? ”

Wang Xue stood up, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely complete your explanation." ”

Meng Si and the others all looked at him with a sarcastic smile.

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According to the order of General Luo Fu who guards Yuncheng, a straw man is placed on the city wall every three steps, and there is only one soldier between every three straw men, and the soldiers under General Luo Fu know that the general is also out of helplessness, and the troops are seriously insufficient, and the men and horses who are transferred to guard Yuncheng are only 2,000 people, how can they stop Dou Jiande's army?

Before they followed General Luo Fu to Yuncheng, Yuncheng had already been emptied. The people and the officials of the prefectural government have withdrawn to Juno Zenai, and the feeling that the two thousand people seem to have become a lone army is very disturbing.

Meng Si was on duty tonight, he used the excuse of finding someone to help rearrange the straw man, and took a few of his men to the city wall, during the day, there were more defenders on the city wall, and there was a soldier between every three straw men, and at night, there were fewer defenders on the city wall, and most of them went down to the city to rest, so Meng Si and others went up to the city wall and few people saw it.

Because the position of the straw man is constantly changing, he can't say anything if he asks someone to help him move. When he waited, Meng Si checked that there were no outsiders around, and immediately took a few of his subordinates to take out the rope hidden in the straw man in advance, and then tied Wang Xue's waist and smoothed him down. The city wall of Yuncheng was less than two feet, and it didn't take long for Wang Xue to arrive at the city, and after cutting the rope with a dagger, he immediately rushed into the thick night with his waist and rushed out in the direction of Su Dingfang's army camp.

Meng Si watched Wang Xue disappear into the night, he smiled proudly, and then asked his subordinates to pull the rope up and put it away, and several people discussed in a very low voice how to find a way to open the city gate when Su Dingfang's army attacked the city, if they could successfully bring General Su Dingfang into the city, they couldn't say that they could mix the brigade rate, and Meng Si even felt that it was not very difficult for him to be promoted to another general.

I am a fellow villager of King Xia, and I have made great contributions!

Meng Si thought proudly, what's wrong with the other generals from the fifth grade, Lao Tzu will become a champion general sooner or later!

He didn't notice that a straw man not far from him suddenly moved slightly, and the straw man's head turned slightly, as if looking at his back. In the silent night, under the dim moonlight, it looked particularly strange and terrifying, and there seemed to be a gloomy gaze flashing from the grass man's eyes, which was colder than the cold moonlight, with murderous intent. But how could a straw man have eyes?