It was busy for two days, coordinating the baggage and equipping the troops. Military rations are brought by themselves.

Yao Haogu was very patient, and let the city be a mess, but he didn't take the initiative to ask Deng She what he was going to do. Dunshe was so frightened by him that he didn't go to inform him. It wasn't until the night before departure that Wu Henian was sent to pass the word.

Early the next morning, Deng She went out of the city first, followed by Wen Huaguo. Wenhua entered Ningyuan, Deng She passed Ningyuan and did not enter, directly to Dechuan, ten miles away from the camp. Send out rangers and wander forward. The head of Tokugawa Castle was in chaos, and in the large manor outside the city, a group of tenants and green troops retreated to the city.

Yang Wanhu and Chen Paizi followed the army. According to the military exploits of the two of them, one is now a thousand households, and the other is now a deputy thousand households. Deng She gave them one man and a thousand new pawns to lead the command.

The two of them brought two or three hundred people when they joined the army, and more than 100 casualties were killed or injured in Dingzhou. The remaining two hundred men were transferred to the new pawn and appointed as the commander of the ten. As for the hundred households, there are 800 veteran officers who serve as senior officers.

Counting the days, it has only been more than a month since the two joined the army, and they have achieved the position of a thousand households. Deng She's words that he would be rewarded for his merits at the beginning were true.

In order to prevent the Tokugawa side, they went out of the city to attack while the red turbans were camping. Deng She ordered the formation first, with the antler car and the side box as the phalanx; With the repulsion of the horse pistol as the phalanx in the center; Sprinkle tribulus terrestris. Including the infantry, the old soldiers are ready for battle, and the new soldiers are building camps.

Soon after nightfall, the camp was largely set up. Deng She went out of the handsome tent and inspected everywhere. Two avenues in the camp cross and cross the middle, and the armies and teams are lined up on all sides. Flags such as Liuding Liujia and Twenty-eight Susu flutter in the night sky.

The defensive equipment was uniformly arranged in front of the barracks. Half of the old pawns and the new pawns are grouped together as garrisons; The remaining half of the veterans are the team. If the Koreans attacked, the team went out to fight and garrisoned the camp; Garrisoned to fight, the team to defend the camp.

After an inspection, on the way back to the tent, Deng She probed the Malay report, and they stole a loophole, arrested a few Tokugawa natives who did not have time to return to the city, and tortured more detailed military information. The supreme commander of the Tokugawa army had just been replaced. I don't know what the name is, look at the flag, there is a golden word written on it. The official rank is the commander of the northwest side.

The official title is matched with the surname, and the two are compared, who else can it be? Except for Jin Depei, there is no second person to be found. He probably fled back to Pyongyang, and because of the great defeat, he was sent to the front line, and he came to make meritorious service for his crimes.

"What a coincidence." Yang Wanhu and Chen Paizi have never faced off with Jin Depei, and they are not deeply touched; Zuo Che'er couldn't help but say, "Last time he was trapped in Twin Cities; This time, I'm trapped in Tokugawa. ”

Yang Wanhu pursed his lips and said contemptuously: "My subordinates are defeated." ”

One offense and one defense, the situation changes. Deng She didn't dare to be careless, and said: "In the previous bloody battle between the two cities, the Li army attacked and defended, and it was quite orderly. Not to be underestimated. A question came to mind, whether the number of troops would change as a result of the change of commander, and asked, "Has the garrison defending the city changed?" ”

"Listen to the native, Jin Depei entered the city without any men; Only four or five pro-soldiers. The villain looked outside the castle for a long time, and the Tokugawa Rijun probably thought that our army came to attack the castle, so he was busy preparing and had no intention of leaving the castle. ”

Deng She was slightly relieved, sent the probe horse out of the camp, and explored again.

According to the prior agreement, early tomorrow morning, Wenhua Kingdom will leave Ningyuan and first go north to attack Xichuan. It is foreseeable that as soon as the news of the attack on Heecheon is learned by Tokugawa, it will immediately guess the intention of the red scarf in front of him, not to attack Tokugawa, but to intercept reinforcements.

At that time, on the one hand, Jin Depei is responsible, on the other hand, he is ashamed, and he will definitely not sit idly by and not save him, and will do everything possible to break through Deng She's camp and go north to rescue. The mourning soldiers will win, he is sad enough, it is difficult to say whether he will win or not, and bloody battles are inevitable.

For three days in a row, Deng She urged the reinforcement of the camp. Widely dispersed the rangers, controlled the north-south passage, and from the next day began to discover the messengers of Xichuan, and captured four or five people one after another.

In the end, there are mountains and too many roads, and the communication between the two places cannot be completely cut off. On the fourth day, Tokugawa received an urgent report from Heekawa. At the same time, Deng She also received a report from Wenhua Guo, Xichuanke, and continued to go north to attack the river boundary.

Jiangjie is a place with dangerous terrain, but fortunately, there is no large-scale garrison in Goryeo, otherwise it is really not easy to deal with. Because of its topography, this is the only place where heavy troops are going to be stationed to occupy after the attack.

Whether or not we can ensure the smooth implementation of the internal operations in Jiangjie and other places depends on whether Deng She's outer line can hold up. On the fifth day, Jin Depei sent several troops and horses on a small scale to try to storm the camp, but Deng She could not hold out.

How the Battle of the Two Cities was won, he remembers it vividly. If Qing Qianxing and Kim Depei had not been moved by their own strategies at that time, guarded the camp and refused to fight, it would not have been themselves but the Koreans who would have won in the end. With the experience of the previous experience, he will not be stupid enough to repeat the mistakes of the past.

While sticking to it, try to use the old pawn with the new pawn to train in battle. Most of these new pawns have received a lot of land in the previous round of land division boom, and they can be regarded as vested interests.

Deng She usually pays attention to the propaganda of Goryeo and China's own family; Emphasizing that everyone is a miserable person who cannot survive, he clearly pointed the hostile contradiction at the bully landlords who exploited and oppressed the poor.

After the rule of Liao, Jin, Yuan and other foreign races, the Goryeo people in the north have long been accustomed to the world of the strong man as the king, and they just want to be able to eat food and clothing. Deng She's measures were very effective, and with the personal demonstration of Ha Guangxiu and others, he barely passed the test in terms of loyalty.

After each war, Dunshe personally buried the dead; Go down to the Lottery Camp and comfort the wounded. Regardless of Han or Li, they are treated equally; It is forbidden for officers to excessively insult and beat and scold new soldiers. And the respect of the old pawns for Deng She also involuntarily infected the new pawns.

Slowly, Dunshe changed from an unfamiliar symbol to a living person in the minds of the new soldiers. Compared with the semi-voluntary and semi-coercive time when they joined the army, they were more comfortable integrating into the army.

The camp built by Dunsher was strong and strong. The Koreans assaulted several times, but failed to break through. Time passed day by day, the river boundary was overcome, and Wenhua turned south and plundered Mengshan. Kim became anxious.

Early in the morning, the soldiers of the Yuanmen came to report: "A messenger from Tokugawa Castle claimed to be on the orders of Jin Depei to give gifts to the general. ”

Deng Shezheng was in the handsome tent with Brother Huang Donkey, Zuo Che'er, Yang Wanhu and others, analyzing Jin Depei's possible next tactics. After listening to the soldier's report, several people looked at each other. Giving gifts on the battlefield, they have experienced a lot of battle formations, but it is the first time they have encountered them.

Brother Huang Donkey will be his own heart and his heart, guessing Jin Depei's intentions: "The general needs to be careful, isn't it a dead soldier sent?" Just cut it off. Yang Wanhu sneered: "Kill with a knife, save trouble is save trouble, and the adults are not afraid of falling into the prestige of our army?" Make people laugh at us without guts? ”

Chen Paizi said: "The two armies are fighting, and they will not be killed." Arrange more guards, even if it is a dead soldier, it will not do much. ”

Deng She pondered for a moment, Jin Depei probably wouldn't be so stupid. Is the enemy general so easy to assassinate? And he was also confident in his personal force, and said, "Please." ”

After a short time, the soldiers led a Goryeo soldier and brought him into the tent. He did not kneel highly, touched a wooden box, looked at the generals, and said in Chinese: "The commander of the northwest of Goryeo, my general Jin, smelled the red-headed thief and the head of the ditch, Ah Deng She, has a tender face and a bewitching appearance, and he is very admirable, so he specially sent a thin gift, please smile." ”

Because of his young age, Deng She usually pays attention to it, he has a beard, and he has been weathered for a long time, and at a cursory glance, his appearance is much older than his real age. The face is tender and beardless, and the appearance is enchanting, which is purely a lie. If it is said that "the head of the red thief" and "Ah only" don't matter, the words "admiration" are almost funny.

The commander of the dignified army was so insulted. Yang Wanhu was furious, drew his sword, and was about to jump over and cut this Goryeo soldier. Unmoved, Deng She waved his hand to stop it, and said, "Submit it." The wooden box opened, and a red woman's silk dress was placed inside.

At this moment, not only Yang Wanhu was angry, but also Brother Huang Donkey, who was furious. Deng She looked up to the sky and laughed: "General Jin should be my Sima Yi?" ”

He did feel funny, although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not written at that time, this story was recorded in the history books, and Mr. Three Points was everywhere, and everyone in the tent had heard this story. Deng She pointed at the pawn and said with a smile: "General Jin was helpless and rushed to the hospital in a hurry, so he came up with such an idea?" I don't know if this is my Chinese wisdom? ”

The Gaoli soldier didn't look at the angry Yang Wanhu and the others, and slanted at Deng She provocatively, saying, "My general Jin, there is a sentence for you to listen to." If you are afraid and dare not fight, this set of red clothes will be given to you, wear it in the middle of the night, draw your eyebrows, dance, and have fun, and it will not be in vain the name of the red thief. ”

Zuo Che'er stepped forward and said, "General, the Goryeo people are too insulting. The villain is willing to lead the army out of the camp so that he can teach him a lesson. "Yang Wanhu and Brother Huang Donkey have asked for battle.

Deng She said: "Why should you take it seriously? That being said, if you don't deal with it properly, it can be a big blow to morale.

Since ancient times, there have been many cases of defeat due to the instigation of the generals. Those generals, most of whom have experienced a hundred battles, how can they not know that the opponent is using the method of agitation? Take the current situation as an example, Zuo Che'er and Yang Wanhu, they also know that this is Jin Depei's strategy, and they want to provoke their own side to fight, since they know, they also take the initiative to ask for battle, what is the reason? It's just for morale. As soon as the morale was gone, the undefeated also became defeated.

Deng She frowned, thinking about it, but couldn't find a suitable way. Waving his hand, he asked his own soldiers to take the Goryeo soldiers down first, and strictly forbade him to move around. The soldier came with a mortal heart, and Deng She did not kill him, but instead spitted on the ground, and went out with his head held high.

Chen Paizi saw Deng She's thoughts, came up, and said, "The general is afraid that if he doesn't fight, will his morale be lost?" The villain has a plan. Lower your voice and whisper a few words. Deng She was amazed by the case, and immediately implemented the plan according to Chen's brand, and sent a few soldiers to hurry back to Ningyuan.

It is more than 30 miles away from Ningyuan, walk faster, and you can go back in half a day. In the afternoon, the soldiers brought back a woman and handed it over to the commander. Five big and three thick, looking very ugly. Deng She instructed that the red silk clothes sent by Jin Depei be wrapped in her and put on. Draw a large mouth of blood and rub both cheeks * like a heap.

Called out the Goryeo soldier, gagged, and opened the way ahead; Choose two dead soldiers, escort the women, beat gongs and drums, and send them out of the camp. As he walked, he shouted: "Jin Depei, the defeated general of the vassal state of Goryeo, heard that this woman in our army is gorgeous and unique, and sent a red silk coat to hire, and is willing to be my son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty." I, the generals of tens of thousands of households in the Song Dynasty, deeply feel that Jin has to cherish the flowers and send them generously. ”

In the army, no matter the Han soldiers or the beautiful soldiers, they pointed fingers and laughed at the onlookers. The Goryeo soldier was so red that his face was flushed, but unfortunately his mouth was blocked and he couldn't say a word. There was a reply from Deng She tied to his head, only a painting and four words. The painting is a donkey, and the words are: Yixiao is generous.

On the orders of Deng She, these people left the camp and were not in a hurry to enter the Tokugawa. Instead, he walked around the city from afar. Strive to call more Koreans to see this scene.

This move dealt a big blow to the morale of the Koreans. Jin Depei stole the chicken and couldn't eat the rice, and he was furious. The situation was pressing, and the three armies had to be assembled and attacked. Deng She had already prepared, and transferred the left car to block the first formation, and Yang Wanhu's reserve army was listed behind. Hundreds of loud voices were organized, learned Goryeo dialect, and shouted to the opposite side: "Son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty, welcome back." ”

But he attacked Jin Depei and returned to the door for three days as a bride.

The people of Goryeo were very depressed, and Kim Debae personally charged forward. After the supervisors lined up the formation, those who dared to take a step back were slashed, and the attack gradually became fierce. Dunshe moved the banner to the front. Personally commanded.

While accepting Chen Pai's plan to provoke Jin Depei, he thought that there would be such a result. Wenhua Kingdom won one victory after another, and the smooth progress once again exceeded the pre-war prediction; Tokugawa did not see any reinforcements for several days, and only three or four thousand men and horses defended the city. In the past few days, Deng She has been thinking about whether to expand the results of the battle, and change the blocking of Tokugawa reinforcements to conquer Tokugawa in one go.

However, there are not many veterans in the army; Second, Jin Depei was very cautious, only one-third of the total army went out of the city each time, and there were many defenders of the city left, and there was no way to win with a strategy, so he hesitated.

When Chen Paizi mentioned his strategy, the first thing he thought of was not to humiliate Jin Depei in reverse, but whether Jin Depei would be angry and reduce the number of people defending the city and increase the number of troops out of the city. If he does, he will have an opportunity. With clever use, it is entirely possible to conquer Tokugawa.

Those soldiers went to Ningyuan, obviously to bring the woman back to the camp, and secretly, there was a secret letter from Deng She to Zhang Yan'er. told him not to beat the flag, not to beat the drum, to ambush his whereabouts, and to come to his aid quickly.

Ascending the watchtower, Deng She noticed that there were obviously a lot more Goryeo troops participating in the attack, and even the Qing army was on board. It is estimated that the number of soldiers who remained in Tokugawa was 1,000 at most.

Brother Huang Donkey stood beside him, holding the sword,—— he was the calmer, he replaced the saber with a sword, watched for a moment, and said: "General, the offensive of the Goryeo people is getting more and more fierce, and most of our army are new soldiers, don't call them ,......"

Deng She said: "It's okay. Humiliated by me, he was defeated one after another, and the Koreans had no fighting spirit, and at most they attacked this group. As long as it is frustrated, it will inevitably be powerless. ”

The first formation of Zuo Che'er retreated and replaced Yang Wanhu on top. Deng She's army was equipped with trebuchets, crossbow arrows, and fire guns, and the Goryeo people were left behind; Jin Depei also saw the consequences of losing this battle again, and there was no way to retreat, so he gritted his teeth and fought to the death.

He mobilized Ding Zhuang in the city, collected firewood and grass, broke through the formation with his soldiers, and piled them up in front of the antler carts and side boxes outside the camp of Deng She. Yang Wanhu attacked several times, but there was too much firewood and grass to grab it. Goryeo rockets fired in unison, igniting firewood and grass. Suddenly, black smoke rose into the air, and flames soared into the sky.

Many rockets passed through the side box phalanx and fell into the rejecting rifle array, and the flames spread. The red-turbaned soldiers in the middle of the two formations were smoky and flaming, and they were in a mess.

Deng Sheshuai waved the flag, and Yang Wanhu's troops retreated one by one, abandoning the partial box phalanx. Chen Pai took the new pawns to reserve them, extracted and stored water, and methodically watered the repellent pistol array and the front barracks, and the fire gradually stopped.

In the first round of confrontation, Jin Depei, who came to attack with the whole army, was slightly better. Deng She looked back at Ningyuan, and Zhang Yan'er's army had not yet arrived. The Li army on the opposite side stopped the offensive, and Jin Depei jumped in front of the formation, galloping left and right, and he couldn't hear what he was saying, and there was nothing like motivating morale.

The sky was getting darker.

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1, Jiangjie.

"Jiangjie,...... In ancient times, it was called the Ballu River, and the king of Goryeo Gongchou placed ten thousand households. "In the tenth year of King Gongchou, that is, in 1361.

2, Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Luo Guanzhong and his master Shi Nai'an were in the shogunate of Zhang Shicheng in western Zhejiang at that time.

3, say three points.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, in the Song Dynasty, folk speech was divided into four categories, and three points were the highlight of history. In the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of Three Kingdoms plain dialects appeared, which also accounted for a considerable proportion in miscellaneous dramas. Such as Guan Hanqing's "Guan Dawang Goes to the Single Knife Meeting Alone" and "Guan Zhang Shuang Goes to Xishu Dream".