After the granary was burned by Li Laobao, the Yan army only had five days' rations.

While maintaining calm to calm the morale of the army, Zhao Guo sent thirteen secret envoys to Tai'an, ordering Deng Chengzhi and Bi Qianniu to immediately collect grain, even if the rations left for the Tai'an army were temporarily moved to the front line, and the first batch of supplementary food and salary must be transported to Tankou Station within two days.

In addition, he sent a cronie to Yidu to meet Deng She, blame himself for his crime, and ask for punishment, the military document wrote: "The grain was burned by the enemy, nearly half of the losses were lost, and tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line were in danger of being short of grain, which may lead to the cause of the decisive battle of the lord in Shanzhou to be abandoned halfway, and the crime cannot be shirked, even if ten thousand deaths, the fault cannot be mitigated." He should have obeyed military law immediately, but now that the situation is serious, the minister cannot leave rashly. Please choose the Lord to replace me in the future, and then I don't need to be detained, and the ministers will go to Yidu to confess their crimes. ”

The full text only said that he was personally wrong, and took the blame down on one person, and refused to pass the buck to his generals.

Before, Hong Jixun commented on him: "In and out of the front, retreat for the sake of arms." "There's nothing wrong with that. The credit is everyone's, and the fault is his own. Only such a person can lead the army alone, get the love and respect of his subordinates, and fight the battlefield, no one will disobey the order and be a talent in all aspects!

Because the situation is very serious, the military and cultural exchanges are all 800 miles expedited, and the horses are not changed. The next night, Yidu's reply was delivered.

Deng She did not blame Zhao Guo too much, and wrote: "Saiyin Chidahu and Wang Baobao are all Henan talents, Zhao Heng, Cai Ziying, and the people of the north are outstanding, and the generals are tens of thousands of people against them, how can they always win?" It's not surprising that there is an occasional loss. With the wisdom of Zhongda, there is still the loss of the northern plains; Although Kong Ming's plan, what about the fall of Qishan? In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao held half a day's ration, and he defeated Yuan Shao, and the general was reluctant! I have ordered Luo Lilang, Wu Henian, and others to raise 30 days of rations, and tomorrow I will send them to the front line to replenish them. ”

Seeing this, Zhao Guo was slightly stunned and thought, "Can you still get enough food for thirty days?" ”

He has a very high status, knows the inside story of Yidu better, and knows that there is not much grain in stock. It is precisely for this reason that he wrote a letter to ask for guilt because the grain was burned.

The palindrome has two pages, and when I turn it over, I see that on the second page it reads: "The text of the previous page is for the generals to see." There is not much grain in Yidu, and it is called 30 days, but in fact it is only 10 days. The food is the heart of the army. Don't let the generals know the exact amount of the refill! Those who receive food also need to choose their henchmen. ”

Zhongda, the word of Sima Yi, was robbed by Zhuge Liang in the Northern Plains. But despite the defeat of the loss of food, Zhuge Liang still could not win, and soon after, he died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao attacked Wuchao at night and defeated Yuan Shao when he was almost out of food. Deng She cited these two examples to strengthen Zhao Guo's confidence in the battle. The grain has been lost, and scolding and scolding at this time is useless, and it will only have a negative effect. Moreover, can it be said that it can really "change generals on the spot"? The war has been fought so far, and the sudden change of generals will only cause the morale of the army to fluctuate, which is a taboo in the art of war.

However, it can also be seen from the sentence on the second page that "Yidu has not much grain to store", and the collection of hundreds of directions has only made up enough for ten days, in other words, that is, it has reached the limit of Yidu. If the battle cannot be ended within ten days and the Yuan army cannot be defeated, there will be only one way to retreat.

Most of the grain in the past ten days of ——, has just been transported from Haidong through Wenhuaguo and Yao Haogu.

In fact, to what extent has the military rations been embarrassed? After receiving Zhao Guo's military text, Deng She almost had the idea of "pro-conquest"! I want to go to the front line and direct the battle myself. Because of Hong Jixun's persuasion, he dispelled his thoughts. Hong Jixun believes that going to the front line after the burning of military rations is likely not to boost morale, but will cause instability among the three armies.

Attached to and replied to the military text, there was also a secret letter.

Zhao Guo opened it and saw that there were only a few words on it, only one sentence: "The things mentioned in the previous military text will be prepared, and they can be sent in two days, and the general can make preparations as soon as possible." ”

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After reading the military text, Zhao Guo summoned the generals, followed Deng She's instructions, handed them the first page of the previous letter, and said: "The lord, the lord is benevolent, he has not seen the responsibility, and he has prepared 30 military rations and me, no, it will be transported to the army in a few days." Everyone, so gracious, do you dare to work hard? ”

The military rations were burned, and the generals were worried.

It's not because I'm afraid of being punished by Deng She, it's Bian Anlie and Liu San who guard the grain, and the two of them are punished to be punished, but the reason why they are worried is as Deng She said: The grain is the heart of the army. Half of the fire was burned, only five days of food remained, and the Yuan army closed the city and could not come out, how could this battle be fought? No matter how you look at it, it's impossible to win in five days! Seeing that it is difficult to win, many people will retreat.

Is it advancing or retreating? Will you continue to fight, or will you withdraw to Yidu? Therefore, I am worried.

At this time, when I read the military strike, everyone was overjoyed, and they all had the intention of retiring from the army, and they strengthened their idea of fighting.

Gao Yanshi laughed, took off the hood, tapped on the table, and said: "If the Tartars succeed in burning our army's rations, they will be full of ambition, thinking that our army will retreat soon, but they don't know that our army has another thirty days of rations!" My lord, why don't you take the opportunity to attack? He thought we were going to retreat, but we were going to go in instead, and hit him by surprise! ”

Pan Xian'er didn't know how much grain was refilled, and he thought that there was thirty days of food supplements, so he hesitated, his fighting spirit was high, and he got up and said: "What General Gao said is very true!" But my lord, as I see from my humble position, we might as well take the plan. ”

"How do you count it?"

"The Tartars think we'll retreat, so we'll retreat! Set up an ambush and encircle him! ”

Earlier, it was difficult to withdraw the army by pretending to withdraw, because Wang Baobao had been in such a situation once, and the most important thing was that there was no "cause" and no reason. Now that the military rations have been burned, there is just an excuse. Where there is a "cause", there is a "temptation". This principle is the same as taking the opportunity to thin the city and raise the earth.

As soon as Pan Xian'er said this, all the generals applauded.

Tong Shengyang pulled out his saber, slashed it on the desk, jumped up, stepped on the seat with one foot, and said, "What Lao Pan said is right!" 'Soldiers are not tired of cheating', so they took this opportunity to cheat the Tartars once! It's good to avenge the burning of our grain, so that he knows that we are powerful in Liaodong! Put away your feet, bow down and ask for orders, "The last general is willing to ambush the army!" ”

Not to be outdone, Hu Zhong also stood up and said: "The last general commanded the Liao army and entered Jining, and there has been no major war. Don't hide it, the brothers are screaming in a hurry! If the knife does not see blood, what kind of war is it? Please hand over the task of the ambush army to the last general, so as to show the prestige of the Liao army in the five yadus of Haidong! ”

Tong Shengyang said "Huh", squinted at Hu Zhong, was very dissatisfied, and said, "What? Do you want to fight me? ”

"The general fought with the Lord and the Tartars in the Giant Field, and he has been sharp. In this battle, please leave the opportunity to me! ”

Haidong's army has developed to this day, and there are many factions among them.

Tong Shengyang and Tong Shengkai are the Jurchen Army; Gao Yanshi, Chen Yutou, etc., were the original Yidu surrendered to the army; Hu Zhong, Li Jing, Xu Ren, and Liu Yang are the old departments of Guan Duo. There are also Goryeo troops such as Qing Qianxing and Bian Anlie. Of course, there are also Zhao Guo, Wen Huaguo, Chen Hu, the old man who is a horse thief, and Deng She's henchmen. Moreover, now there are foreign refuge people such as Fu Youde and Zhao Puduo.

Even, there are Yang Wanhu, Zhang Xiaoer, Chen Paizi, Guo Conglong, Fang Mihan, Liu San, etc., who do not belong to any faction, but Deng Shehui's vision of talents and personally promoted them to the ranks.

Moreover, there is still a force, that is, students who have graduated from military schools.

For example, Chen Paizi's younger brother Chen Xipu and Tong Shengyang's younger brother Tong Shengkai, after careful distinction, they actually prefer to belong to this faction. However, because the military academy has not been established for a long time, most of this group of people have not yet grasped the real power, and more than ninety percent of them are only nine commanders and 100 households, and the highest is only the deputy 1,000 households. However, although the military rank is not high, it can't stop the large number of people, not to mention the future, for now, the hidden influence is not small.

Among the factions, who is the most loyal to Dunshe? That's it. Thinking about the military academy students, most of them were just ordinary soldiers, and without Deng She, there would be no them. Moreover, the content of learning in the military academy also has the lesson of "ideology and politics", regarding Haidong as his home, with Deng She as the mainstay, sharing honor and disgrace, and relying on blessings and misfortunes.

It can be said that their identification with Haidong is, in some respects, even higher than that of some old men who are horse thieves.

The generals of different factions, except for those who are particularly contradictory to each other, can get by with face when they meet in ordinary times, but only at the same moment, they are not humble to each other: that is, when they make meritorious contributions to the battle.

Yes, Tong Shengyang is Deng She's brother-in-law, but who can sit in this position, sit side by side with Tong Shengyang, and be in the same rank as the general, who is not a bold person who kills people like hemp? For generals, only on military merits, only on military achievements. Therefore, Hu Zhong didn't look at Tong Shengyang's identity at all, and dared to get up and fight, but his tone was softer after all.

Tong Shengyang snorted in his nose and said: "You and Yang Wanhu captured Jiaxiang, opened the road to Tai'an, and cleared the remnants of the Tartar army in the north. Our cavalry is all Jurchen and fierce, riding and shooting, and most of them are light horses, which is convenient for ambushing, killing enemies, and turning away. It's not that I'm fighting with you, so I'll ask the adults to say, isn't this ambush more suitable than you? ”

Most of the Jurchen army is only equipped with light armor, and it is very fast, and it is indeed more suitable for ambushes, as Tong Shengyang said.

In the middle of their dispute, Zhao Guo made a decision.

Pan Xian'er's strategy, he didn't expect it, but if you think about it carefully, it is feasible. Although it is said that Wang Baobao eats a trench and grows wise, but after burning the Haidong military rations, it is inevitable that he will be fooled again, or he will not send too many military horses, but it is always good to be able to kill some. The art of war is like water, there is no fixed situation, and it will respond to the situation on the spot. After luring the enemy, it is not too late to besiege the city and rise the mountain.

Seeing that Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong were fighting endlessly, Gao Yanshi was also eager to try, as if he had the intention of scrambling, Zhao Guo said slowly: "It's just like Mr. Pan's plan." Ambush and annihilate the enemy, and the Liao army is indeed inferior to the head cavalry. Hu, General Hu, you don't have to fight, just keep your energy and strength, stay and stay for the day after tomorrow, you will be of great use! ”

When Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong heard the voice, they stopped the dispute and sat down separately. Don't look at Zhao Guo's "concession for the sake of arms", he is always very modest, but because of this, his prestige is very high, and his "roots" are also big, and he is also fair and strict in handling things, so the military order, even if he is as fierce as Tong and Hu, he is also convinced.

The plan to lure the enemy was set, and Pan Xian's second staff officer made the details specific one by one.

The most difficult thing to lure the enemy is how to convince the enemy. Pan Xianer proposed: "It is better to demolish the barracks to show that our army will retreat." Hu Zhong and others objected, and said: "It's just to lure the enemy, not to really retreat, if the camp is completely demolished, after defeating the enemy, how can you fight with the captive army again?" He thought, "It is better to leave the camp and pretend to retreat." ”

Zhao Guo understood what Pan Xianer meant, anyway, after luring the enemy, he needed to pull out the camp and besiege the city, raise the soil mountain, fly kites, and burn the enemy's grain, so he simply demolished the camp in advance; It's just that only the two of them know about this matter, and the generals don't know, if they say it too early at this time, I'm afraid that the news will leak.

He said coloredly: "For the crime of loss and loss of food, the lord and the lord not only did not see the responsibility, but also sent us supplements, don't you feel ashamed to be a minions?" How can we continue to insist on giving in? After luring and luring the enemy, they will surround Shanzhou! And as Mr. Pan said, no, if you don't dismantle the camp, how can you show me to retreat? Needless to say, it was decided! The herald, "I, our army, have feigned retreat, and we must let Wu Jun know." Send two messengers, one secret envoy, to send the truth and often participate in political knowledge, please cooperate, and, and make an appointment to attack the city; A clear envoy, deceit, deceit, so I want to retreat, with it, to lure the enemy! ”

The secret envoy does not need to say it; "Ming envoy", that is, a dead soldier. took the fake news and was deliberately caught by the Yuan army; When he saw the chief general of the Yuan army, if he was inquired, he also told him with false news. It seems cruel to trade a person's life for the victory of the army, but in fact it is common on the battlefield. In order to win, there are times when the entire establishment can be abandoned, let alone a single person?

After giving the military order and giving the order, Zhao Guo thought about it and said: "Chang and Chang Rong are now in our army, and the secret envoy will let him do it." "There is no objection from any one.

After the military discussion, he ordered someone to call Chang Rong and explained it in detail in person. Chang Rong received the order, and after nightfall, he parted ways with the selected dead and left the camp.

In the evening of the same day, preparations for the "withdrawal" began. The next day, the camp gate was closed, and the horses were released from afar, and after a busy day, all the camps that could be demolished were demolished. In the meantime, the dead soldier had been captured by the Yuan army, and in the afternoon, a Shanzhou sentinel came to investigate from afar. Zhao Guo only didn't know.

In the evening, before and after the two watches, the baggage and demolished barracks were all loaded, Hu Zhong's cavalry went first, Zhao Guo led the infantry and Tong Shengyang in the middle, and Gao Yanshi quietly went out of the camp. Before leaving the camp, a lot of bonfires were specially raised in the camp, and the flags and other things were not removed, so as to set up a suspicious formation, as if the army was really withdrawn.

After traveling for several miles, Tong Shengyang's department pretended to exchange positions with Hu Zhongbu, but actually took the opportunity to leave the team, bypassed in advance, and arrived at the predetermined ambush location, which was near the granary more than ten miles away. The three armies slowed down and continued to move forward, and soon, a military report came from Tanma: "A cavalry army has come out of Shanzhou City. ”