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After the others left, Lu Shishen's face had long since lost the feeling of being in his chest just now, he frowned tightly and turned to Guo Xiaoke's hand and said, "Old Guo, I know that you have always had a bad stomach, you told me that how to fight Luokoucang at night?" ”

Lu Shishen was named the Duke of Wei County, and Guo Xiaoke was named the Duke of Pingyuan County, and the grade was comparable. But according to his official position, Lu Shishen is one of the generals of the Eight Guards, one level higher than Guo Xiaoke. In addition, although Guo Xiaoke also served as Chen Kefu's personal guard, he is still a little inferior to Lu Shishen, King Chen's real confidant and brother.

Therefore, although Lu Shishen is more than brave, but the command is slightly insufficient, Guo Xiaoke never has any other ideas. The two led the army together, and he also positioned himself as Lu Shishen's deputy.

Guo Xiaoke smiled, "General, we have 30,000 elite soldiers and horses in Hebei, and Luocheng is only 10,000 defenders. Ben will believe that if we want to take this Cangcheng, it is still nine out of ten, I don't know what the general is still worried about? ”

Lu Shishen shook his head, he can become one of the Eight Guard Generals, in addition to his relationship with King Chen, in fact, he himself still has a very strong ability. Although he may seem brave and rough on the outside, he also has a side that is not often known for his boldness and carefulness.

After fighting for so many years, even if he is not a famous general, he has become a fierce general. Lu Shishen understood that their biggest advantage at this time was their concealment, and tactical suddenness and surprise were their only reliance this time.

Although the castle of Luokoukura is strong. But he didn't care much, he had an engineer unit that specialized in breaking the city, and he didn't take Luokou Cangcheng in his eyes. What he was really worried about was the periphery of Luokoucang Castle.

Twenty miles west of Cangcheng is the Yanshi garrisoned by 50,000 people, more than 20 miles to the east is also the Baihua Valley garrisoned by 50,000 people, and in Luokou to the north, there are more than 100,000 Li Mi's main force.

There are more than 200,000 people around. And the distance is only twenty or thirty miles, and Pegasus comes to help, at most it will only take about an hour or two. In a few hours, you have to take down the fortified Cangcheng with 10,000 people to defend it, and you have to think about how to save yourself. This is a very difficult task.

Lu Shi groaned deeply, "Lao Guo, do you think we can take Luokou Cangcheng, and then stick to Luokou Cangcheng without leaving?" ”

Guo Xiaoke was stunned for a moment, their mission this time, King Chen's order was for them to raid Luokou Cangcheng. Then he set fire to Li Mi's 20 million stone army rations, and then immediately turned north to join up with the Jianghuai army that had feinted at Luokou.

If the original plan had been carried out, it could be said that half of the mission had been accomplished. As long as they waited until dark, they could immediately raid the defenders of Cangcheng, who had only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left, and there would not be many defenses, and after using professional engineering troops to break the city, they immediately set fire to all the food in Cangcheng, and then retreated north before the Wei reinforcements arrived.

Now Lu Shishen wants to change his plan temporarily. This has to be said to be a very risky thing.

After thinking about it, Guo Xiaoke said, "Luokou Cangcheng is a warehouse city dedicated to stockpiling grain, and only five miles north of it is the county seat of Gongxian County, where more than 1,000 soldiers and horses are stationed to defend it. The city wall of Luokou Cangcheng is about five zhang high, and it is built close to Luokou. And it introduces Luokou into its moat, which is about three zhang wide. There are still 10,000 defenders in the city, all of whom are Li Mi's descendants. There are 3,000 grain kilns in the city, each of which can store 8,000 stones of grain, and now there are 20 million stones of grain and grass in the city. About two-thirds of Li Mi's grain and grass are stored. ”

Hearing that Luokoucang City was so high and strong, and the defense was deep, Lu Shishen not only did not worry at all, but was very happy. He slapped Guo Xiaoke heavily, "Old Guo, His Royal Highness has always told us that leading troops to fight, generals can't just obey the general's orders. Rather, we should make the most favorable judgment based on the situation on the battlefield at any time. And now, we are faced with such a situation. ”…,

"Judging from the fact that Luokou Cangcheng dispatched 10,000 people to reinforce Luokou, Li Mi is very likely to suffer a loss in Luokou. Although we still don't quite understand how Luokou is fighting, at least, Li Mi is now attracted to Luokou. However, the battlefield in Luokou is not in our favor, so I think that we can take Luokou Cangcheng and not give up Cangcheng but hold on to it. In this way, we continue to cut off Li Mi's grain and grass, and it is equivalent to copying Li Mi's back road. In this way, Li Mi will inevitably be unable to deal with our army in Luokou wholeheartedly, and can effectively contain Li Mi. ”

Guo Xiaoke listened carefully, although Lu Shishen said a bunch of reasons, he still quickly analyzed Lu Shishen's true purpose. Lu Shishen was dissatisfied with the half-day detour, and ran away as soon as he came to sneak attack. He wants to do a bigger ticket, and he wants to fight a big battle with the stronghold of Cangcheng.

Seeing that Guo Xiaoke was still hesitating, Lu Shishen continued, "Moreover, there is another important point, there are 20 million stone grains in this Luokou Cangcheng, do you think about how much risk we took last year, and took the soldiers and horses through the counties occupied by several bandits in a row, and ran to Ji County to rob Liyang Cang?" That time, we spent so much effort, but we just grabbed millions of stones of grain and grass. But now, there are 20 million stone of grain here. Don't you think it's a pity that it burned like this? Although we have survived the food shortage of the past year, we are still not rich in food. If it weren't for the lack of food, why didn't we leave Wei Dao'er's group until now and push off the banditry again and again? To put it bluntly, isn't it just that you can't fight without food? ”

"As you said just now, this Luokou Cangcheng City has strong walls, and there are also moats, Luoshui and other defenses. We have gunpowder and other weapons that specialize in siege, and it is not difficult to take Luokou. But if we were to defend it, it would not be so easy for Li Mi's kid to recapture Luokou. After His Royal Highness captures the Tiger Prison, then he and the Jianghuai army in Luokou will counterattack Li Mi, and we can just block Li Mi's retreat, isn't this killing two birds with one stone? When Li Mi is repulsed, our hundreds of warships will not be able to come over and transport all this grain back to Hebei. ”

Guo Xiaoke's heart was moved, the Hebei Army has the most important military merits, and does not pay much attention to seniority. For example, Li Jing, if you really count it, is far worse than his qualifications. He followed King Chen when he was in Liaodong, and he used to be King Chen's personal guard, and he followed King Chen to fight every big battle and a tough battle. Moreover, he once commanded the most elite heavy cavalry battalion of the Liaodong Army, and he had high seniority in the army. But Li Jing only came over halfway, but because he said the art of war, he was very good at leading troops to fight, and he made many military exploits. Therefore, although he joined late, he is now one of the nine phases, and he is in and out of the phase, and the scenery is amazing.

Although he is now a prince of the county, his official position is not very high. His biggest regret is that he failed to become one of the Eight Guards Generals, and recently he heard that General Li Benlei has been on the table several times, and many senior generals are staring at the position of General Jin Wuwei who is about to vacate it. He felt that he also had the qualifications to compete, but he lacked the great merit that could shock the generals. If he wins here this time, then everyone will have to be convinced.

"Okay, then we'll stick to Luokoucang City!"

Guo Xiaoke agreed so happily, but Lu Shishen was a little skeptical, "You really agreed?" You must know that we can be regarded as a military order without permission, and it may not be meritorious after the fact, but if things are messed up, we will be a big crime. ”

"The general is outside, and the king's order is not granted." Guo Xiaoke smiled slightly, "What's more, haven't we already analyzed it, this thing will only succeed, not fail." If it is beneficial to our army, why should we be afraid? ”

"Okay, you old Guo, you still dare to fight against my army. Okay, let's do this vote, we have 30,000 people in hand, and there is also a Luokou fortified city, it is not difficult to defend it for ten days and half a month. For so many days and half a month, it is estimated that His Royal Highness has already solved Li Mi. Lu Shishen laughed. …,

"General, I have an idea, if it happens, our plan will be a little more secure." Guo Xiaoke stepped forward and whispered his thoughts.

Rao is a reckless man like Lu Shishen, and he couldn't help but stare when he heard Guo Xiaoke's thoughts, "This, I really don't know whether to say that you are bold and careful, or that you are reckless." You dare to think of such an idea. ”

"Try it, if it doesn't work, we won't have anything to lose, what do you think?" Guo Xiaoke said casually.

Lu Shishen did not hesitate, and immediately nodded, "Try it, I'm afraid he's a bird." ”

On the second day of April in the sixteenth year of the Great Cause, that is, the second day of April in the first year of the Hebei Republic, at noon, the warm sun hung in the sky, and the warm sunlight sprinkled on the ground, spreading a layer of golden yellow everywhere.

At the foot of the mountain north of the Guanling Mountains in the east of the mountain, on the Donggoutan Plain, there are corpses all over the field after the war, broken weapons, and white feather arrows stuck obliquely on the ground.

A gust of wind blew, and a flock of crows swooped down from the sky, competing to peck at the corpses that littered the battlefield, and held a feast of crows.

The croaking of crows, the occasional wail of wounded soldiers who have not died on the battlefield, and the hissing of many wounded soldiers struggling on the battlefield are woven into a music of death.

A strong wind blew, blowing black clouds. Under the dark clouds, a knight galloped through the dust.

"Reported to Kim Yong Cheng that tens of thousands of troops and horses of the Jianghuai army in Heyang suddenly secretly crossed the Yellow River before dawn today and launched a sneak attack on Kim Yong Cheng. Our defenders fought bloody battles for half a day, and repelled the enemy, and the enemy army is still stationed in Bishan, and General Wang Dangren hurriedly sent the last general to report the news. The exhausted messenger passed out as he struggled to finish his last sentence.