"Nanyang City is not a first-class fortified city, and it was once ...... by Li Self-defeating"

Five or six miles away, there was a faint light flickering at the head of the city. In the hot evening breeze, two men were standing on the edge of a forest to check on the military situation.

Xu Yiyang listened to Li Dingguo's words, smiled, and said, "Which city in Henan has not been breached by Li Zicheng. ”

Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting in Henan and laid the foundation for seizing the world, but his ass only sat on the dragon chair for a few months.

Li Ding's Chinese language stopped, and it took a long time before he said: "That is nature, but the strongest city in Henan is Kaifeng, Li Zicheng Chen soldiers under Kaifeng City in that year, it took half a year, and finally took advantage of the spring tide to dig the Yellow River to flood the city to break through Kaifeng." ”

Those places are too far away. Xu Yiyang frowned and said, "Breaking Nanyang first is the top priority. ”

Although Li Dingguo is a general, he has only been in the Ming Dynasty for a short time, and there is no familiar general in the army. After he and Xu Yiyang met from Changsha, they went all the way north and slowly became friends. Fortunately, after Liu Suifeng ascended to the military department, he finally had a backer in the court, and the iron armor and weapons 6 continued to be in place.

"I have an idea" Li Dingguo opened his mouth very cautiously, and said: "Nanyang is difficult to attack, and now that our army has surrounded this place, it is a matter of time before the city is broken." ”

He never said much in the military discussion, the Great Western Army and Wu Sanguijun had a festival, he was a newcomer, so he should listen more and talk less. What ideas does he like to tell Xu Yiyang, Xu Yiyang has no shelf, and his position is lower than him, and more importantly, Xu Yiyang is Xiao Zhiyan's righteous son, so it is convenient to convey his thoughts to the coach.

"The most threatening thing for the Qing court in Henan is the cavalry of Luckedhun, who often come to harass me, so that I and others cannot concentrate their forces to attack the city. The king of Zhenxi was unwilling to fight a decisive battle with the Qing cavalry, and my Ming cavalry was not familiar with the tactics of the Qing cavalry, and he was not an opponent of the Qing cavalry. If we can lure the Luckedhun cavalry into an ambush and defeat them in one fell swoop, not only Nanyang can go down, but the defenders of all cities in Henan will lose their will to fight. ”

Xu Yiyang's eyes lit up: "I also have this idea, but Luck is very cunning, I am afraid that Nanyang City will break him and he will not step into the trap." ”

Li Dingguo didn't reply immediately, he rubbed his leather boots in the soft grass for a long time before he said, "The idea still needs to fall on the Zhenxi Wang Jun." ”

"Zhenxi Wangjun?" The hero saw the same thing, and Xu Yiyang instantly understood what he meant.

"Sure enough, it's a good idea," he rubbed his hands excitedly, and said, "You and I will go back and give advice to my father-in-law." ”

Li Dingguo looked up at the starry sky, the Milky Way was dotted, he smiled, and said, "It's not early today, you go and talk to General Xiao, I have to go back to the headquarters barracks to inspect a circle." ”

Xu Yiyang grabbed him: "General Li, this is your idea."

"Who's different, I'm afraid that the king of Zhenxi will know that it was my idea, and things will not be easy to do."

Military merit is not so easy to get, and he benefits more from dedicating his credit to Xu Yiyang than leaving it to himself.

When the two returned to the camp, it was already more than halfway through.

Under the scorching summer heat and mosquitoes, most of the soldiers in the army have not yet slept. The Chinese army personally patrolled the barracks, forbade the soldiers to make noise, and inspected the various sentry posts.

Xu Yiyang came to the outside of the Chinese army camp, and saw that the lights in the big tent were still on, so he hesitated a little and walked inside.

He is only the general soldier, there are three generals in the Ming army outside Nanyang City, Xiao Zhiyan, Jin Shenghuan and Li Dingguo, but he is the number two person in the Ming army.

Because, he is Xiao Zhiyan's righteous son. Of course, not everyone sees it that way, and both Jin Shenghuan and Gong Chen have different opinions.

The soldiers at the door all knew Xu Yiyang, and someone went inside to tell him, and the guards let him go directly.

Xu Yiyang opened the curtain and walked into the big tent.

"Father-in-law"

Xiao Zhiyan didn't raise his head, hurriedly beckoned, and said: "You came just in time, the iron cannon has been bombarded for three days, and the defenders in the city are still fierce. I'm going to dig tunnels tomorrow from the direction of the south and west cities to attack the city, what do you think? "When it comes to unfettered cavalry raids, no one in the Ming army can compare to him, but siege warfare is really not his forte. Xu Yiyang has a high status in the army, and because Xiao Zhiyan trusts him, he often adopts his strategies.

But the commander in the army is not capable to sit on it, this position has multiple meanings, qualifications, achievements and relationships, all of which are indispensable. Zuo Ruo, Feng Qin and Xiao Zhiyan are all veterans who have followed Zhai Zhe for decades. Zhai Zhe would rather hand over the Henan battlefield to Xiao Zhiyan, who may not be suitable, than let Jin Shenghuan be the commander.

"Okay, last year, the regent used tunnels to break through Yangzhou City." Xu Yiyang came to his father-in-law and sat down, and couldn't wait to say: "Just now, General Li and I went to check the military situation, and General Li came up with a strategy that could settle the Central Plains in one battle. ”

"What's the method?" Xiao Zhiyan put down the camp map in his hand.

"Lure Lek Dehun to attack the camp," Xu Yiyang's voice was crisp.

Xiao Zhiyan shook his head and said: "The idea is good, I think Luck Dehun will only bluff around, see the opportunity to intercept a few batches of grain and grass, and dare not risk attacking my camp."

Xu Yiyang asked: "What if the king of Zhenxi withdraws his troops?" ”

The Ming army was able to break the Qing army under Nanyang City, and Wu Sangui's cavalry contributed a lot. In that general battle, it was precisely because Wu Sangui's cavalry joined the battle that Luck Dehun couldn't resist and led the cavalry to escape. Although the strength of the Huguang Ming Army had a certain advantage over the Qing soldiers, it was far from being able to crush the Qing Army's Henan Army

"Let the King of Zhenxi withdraw his troops?" Xiao Zhiyan slapped his thigh and shouted: "Good plan" Then, he quickly shook his head and made a decision: "This strategy is not feasible"

His reaction before and after was very strange, Xu Yiyang couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ”

"You don't know," Xiao Zhiyan smiled bitterly, "Xia Yunyi, the superintendent of Hanzhong, sent me a secret report, after the Battle of Nanyang, the King of Zhenxi had long wanted to transfer his cavalry back, and as soon as I let go, the 10,000 cavalry would probably come true, and they would not come back after leaving." ”

Seeing Xu Yiyang's face showing surprise, he reminded: "Many things don't want to be as simple as they seem, although the King of Zhenxi sent 10,000 cavalry to help me, they may not expect me to win the battle. ”

"I see," Xu Yiyang suddenly realized, "No wonder they don't participate in the siege. ”

"They are cavalry, and they have an excuse not to participate in the siege" Xiao Zhiyan was very helpless.

Xu Yiyang had no idea for a while, he couldn't get in touch with many insiders at this level, that is, Xiao Zhiyan regarded him as his own son, so he told him such urgent news.

He rose to prominence in Changsha, killed and made a name for himself. Then he was dispatched by the regent to quell the Qu Shilu rebellion, which was simply a credit sent to the door, but he still showed his wisdom in dealing with the issue of Chen Bangbo.

But he never imagined that the 10,000 cavalry stationed in the same place with the Ming army would be so unreliable.

Back in the camp, washed and lay down in the tent, he thought about it for a long time, but still felt pity.

"Without the cavalry of the King of Zhenxi, can't you defeat Luckdhun?" A wave of heat welled up in his heart, but it quickly dissipated. The stepfather would not agree with his idea, as long as he advanced slowly, Henan was under control, so why take the risk.

The Ming army attacked the city outside Nanyang for ten days, and saw that the masonry at the head of the city had been bombarded into a pile of ruins by iron artillery, but the defenders still did not collapse.

Xiao Zhiyan was furious, and personally surrounded the city every day to supervise the war, but the war did not progress for a long time. Xu Yiyang and Li Dingguo respectively fought with their lives in the commander's headquarters outside Nancheng and Dongcheng. He went outside the northern city to watch Jin Shenghuan's attack on the city, although he was also busy, he always felt that there was a lack of momentum - the momentum of preferring death.

Ten days later, the Fancheng army sent news that the regent had mobilized 2,000 foot soldiers from Yangzhou to help in the battle, and had arrived in Fancheng, and asked General Xiao to come to meet him.

The Qing cavalry often operated between Fancheng and Nanyang, and Xiao Zhiyan ordered the siege to be delayed for a day, and ordered Li Dingguo to pick up people.

After Li Dingguo offered advice that day, he never saw Xiao Zhiyan's movements. He didn't want to ask too much, so he led his troops and horses to meet Zhang Qiujun.

Two days later, he took Zhang Qiu outside Nanyang City, and Xiao Zhiyan gathered the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army to welcome the arrivals.

Zhang Qiu was a general, and he couldn't afford this huge formation, but the things he brought were too precious.

The generals and generals in the army have arrived, and they are separated on both sides of the big tent of the Chinese army.

Xiao Zhiyan is not as strict as Zuo Ruo in governing the army, and before he arrived, the generals in the army talked a lot. Someone complained: "We have been attacking the city for ten days, and there is no progress, what use can the prince send two thousand foot soldiers?" ”

At that moment, someone immediately chimed in.

Xu Yiyang saw that the person who spoke was Jin Shenghuan's subordinate, and he couldn't hold it back, so he came out and reprimanded: "If we wait for the siege of the city to be effective and take Nanyang, there is no need for the prince to worry about sending troops to help." You don't know shame, and you dare to speak out here. ”

His identity can say such things, but except for a commander like Xiao Zhiyan, few people in the army will reprimand other people's subordinates. Because, all the generals who lead an army alone have some shortcomings.

A few ginseng generals were drunk in the head, stopping the buzzing.

Jin Shenghuan couldn't help but stand up and say: "General Xu is so majestic, Nanyang is not restrained, it seems that it is because the soldiers of our department are slack." ”

Xu Yiyang puffed his chest and said, "It's a good thing that the regent sent troops to help. Just have a clear conscience, why bother"

Jin Shenghuan sneered: "What a clear conscience, you might as well make your words clear"

Xu Yiyang opened his mouth to answer, but there was a heavy footstep at the door, and the soldiers outside the tent called: "General Xiao has arrived"

Xiao Zhiyan strode into the big tent and sat down in the main seat.

Zhang Qiu followed closely with a wooden box in his hand.

The tent quieted down, Zhang Qiu stood in front of Xiao Zhiyan, and announced loudly: "On the order of the regent, I will give the waist sword to General Xiao Zhiyan to lead the battle situation in the Central Plains. ”

He opened the lid of the wooden box, and the soldiers behind him stepped forward to drag the wooden box, he reached out and took out a dark waist knife, and presented his hands to Xiao Zhiyan.

Xiao Zhiyan got up and borrowed it with both hands, and respectfully placed it on the desk.

Jin Shenghuan saw it clearly, and his heart was shocked, no matter how hard he tried, he was destined to miss the position of coach.

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