Zhang Yi'er soldiers went to the city of Laizhou.

At the beginning, when Guan Bao fell to the southeast, Chahan gave him a total of 3,000 men. After conquering a few cities, he mobilized the remnants of the local landlords and temporarily expanded the youth army of more than 1,000. plus a small number of surrendered Yidu old troops. When he had the most military horses, it was indeed as analyzed by Zhang Xiao'er, Guo Conglong and others, and there were 5,000. It's just that he doesn't have that much available now. It's only three thousand.

Because first, he put most of the green army in Wendeng. Guo Conglong Ke returned to Wendeng, and most of these people were annihilated. Second, when he attacked Laizhou and other places, although he won quickly because of the Haidong rebel generals, he would inevitably suffer some losses. Therefore, after removing the damage suffered by these two parts, he can still have 3,000 people available, which is already good.

Three thousand people may not seem like much, but they should not be underestimated, because most of them are the main elite he originally carried.

According to common sense, there are grain reserves in Laizhou, and the city is also very strong, and there are strong soldiers to guard it. Even if Zhang Ji'er brought all the reinforcements, if he wanted to fight quickly, it would be very difficult. Guo Conglong in Wendeng City was worried about him because of this, which was indeed normal.

However, the arrival of victory is always like defeat, some will be expected, and some will often be unexpected.

For example, Guan Bao took the southeast, and the ease of victory may have been expected by Chahan; However, the swiftness of Haidong's defeat greatly exceeded Deng She's estimate. And now this same drama was unexpectedly staged again after the arrival of Haidong reinforcements. The location is under the city of Laizhou. It can really be described as: a general who is impermanent in his army.

The only difference is that the two sides have exchanged identities with each other. Yesterday's victor is now the loser. And yesterday's loser became the winner.

Just when Guo Conglong Bingzhu's Mansion was trying his best to speculate on the battlefield situation that Zhang Ji'er might encounter after arriving in Laizhou, the battle broke out under the city of Laizhou, and just after two or three waves of charges, the Jurchens landed on the top of the city. They used all kinds of crude but heavy weapons to pursue the Yuan army defending the city. The Yuan army put up a slight resistance, that is, they fled. In less than two hours, Zhang'er's army captured the city gate.

The fruits of victory were so easy to come by, and the reinforcements were all demoralized. Outside the city, looking at the gate of the black hole, Zhang Ji'er couldn't help but be suspicious.

If the city is full of green troops, it will not cause suspicion if the victory is faster, but now the city is obviously the elite of the Yuan army. Moreover, Guan Bao had also raced against time before, and transferred all the troops scattered around the city into the city, clearly putting on a posture of holding on to it. But why, it collapsed at the first touch?

He muttered to himself, "But it's too weird." ”

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Wenden City.

Guo Conglong deduced the battle situation in Laizhou from beginning to end. The more he pondered, the more he felt bottomless. It seems to be a simple siege battle, because the opponent is Chahan, but it has to lead people to think twice. Before Zhang Yi'er left the city, the three armies were full of confidence, but they didn't know if there would be variables? Those two variables he was worried about.

One of the variables, if Guan Bao takes the initiative to go out of the city and set up an ambush on the way? The second variable, if Chahan hears the news, will it attack from behind? Guo Conglong muttered to himself: "How to deal with it? ”

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Outside the city, Zhang Ji'er saw the Yuan army in the city head and the city gate, and the doubts in his heart became bigger and bigger. He said, "No, there must be fraud in this. ”

The soldiers on the left and right asked: "The city has been obtained by our army, so what is there to deceive?" ”

Zhang Ji'er was silent.

The soldier smiled: "The general is too careful." Although the Yuan army was fine, it first connected several cities for a few days, trapped in the southeast of us, and then was trapped in the snow, defending hundreds of miles with thousands of people, and never rested. Seeing our army coming today, it is inevitable that I will be a little panicked. And although there are only 1,000 Jurchen soldiers in my birth, everyone dares to die. Therefore, it does not seem surprising that our army was able to conquer the city in one drum. ”

"Guan Bao, a great general in the Chahan army. Before joining the army, he had been to Hebei and Shandong, and often heard of his name. This man can attack and defend well. In every battle, you must take the lead. Today's battle, but the battle is gone. Isn't that strange enough? Zhang Yi'er pondered for a moment and said, "Order the three armies, don't rush into the city." Let the Jurchens go in first, and try the virtual reality. ”

In addition to the Guanbei lineage, there were more than 2,000 garrisons in Pyongyang and other places. At this time, he saw that the city gate was wide open, and he was about to drum up a brave fight, but suddenly saw the flag waving, signaling the battalions to retreat slightly, and only let the Jurchens enter the city. Suddenly, the descendants of the Kwanbuk Army also said that the generals and colonels of the Pyongyang garrison were greatly dissatisfied.

In twos and threes, these people drove their horses to the side of the general's flag. Babble and ask why.

Zhang Yi'er explained it carefully and told all the doubts in his heart. Some generals disagreed, and said with a smile: "The city gates have been opened, what tricks can the Tartars have?" Zhang Shuai, don't you see that the city of Laizhou is rich, so you don't want to let us enter the city first? Ha ha. The last general is brave and just laughing. Please don't blame the marshal. ”

Zhang Yi'er frowned, then soothed his face and said with a smile: "The general's words are wrong. Although the general is rare with you, he does not regard you as outsiders. And the husband is determined to be famous, a little profit in the city, a little children's clothes, why worry about it? Ben was really worried that there was an ambush in the city. Therefore, the Jurchens were released into the city first. Don't you see? Even the headquarters of the general Kanbei did not enter the city as well. ”

"It turns out that the Marshal's Kanbei headquarters is not considered to be a Jurchen?"

"Giving birth to a girl is a real captive and a savage. Ben will use it, just like an eagle dog, how can it be regarded as the headquarters? ”

"In the end, the marshal is still about the North Headquarters. Of course, we can't compare with these Pyongyang miscellaneous cards. ”

Zhang Ji'er has been in Guanbei for a long time, and he has not had much contact with the generals and schools in Pyongyang and other places. Most of these generals are subordinates of Wenhua Kingdom. Who is Wenhuaguo? Deng She's uncle is below one person in Haidong and above ten thousand. Although Zhang Ji'er is favored by Deng She, can he compare with Wenhuaguo? Therefore, these people are not necessarily willing to be subordinate.

And when they fought South Goryeo, many of them made great contributions, and they were all proud soldiers. Although he was ordered by Wenhuaguo and is now temporarily dispatched by Zhang Xiao'er, he is not necessarily convinced. couldn't say a few words, and some people began to be impatient and sneered. Speak insolently.

The soldiers around Zhang Gang are also used to being in Guanbei, and they are the only ones who have ever seen Zhang Gang make faces to others, and they have never seen anyone dare to speak disrespectfully to Zhang Guy, and they are all furious at the moment. Qi Brush took a step forward, pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, looked at each other with disgust, and shouted: "Bold! Rude. ”

"Haha. It's so majestic, it's so murderous. ”

These generals and colonels of the garrisons in Pyongyang and other places, who did not crawl out of the sea of blood in the mountains of swords, did not pay attention to them at all. Some of those who brought their own soldiers over also met each other,-for-tat, and did not give in to each other.

You must know that Deng She started from 100 households and laid a huge territory. Anyone in his army who can get ahead, not to mention thousands of households, even a small centurion, is all the credit of killing the enemy. Don't look at them all being honest in front of Deng She, go out, one is more arrogant than the other.

Don't talk about others, just this one. Under Deng She's order, he obeyed like a mountain. But when he was in Guanbei, he was also decisive in killing, and when he said it, he landed hundreds of heads at every turn. He was like that, and so were the other generals. The Haidong army also includes the horse thieves, the former Liaodong red scarves, and the Goryeo army, which can be said to be full of mountains. Therefore, if they are not a faction, they will not be convinced by each other at all. Especially on the old department of horse thieves.

The Mongolian people pay attention to the "roots", and the old department of horse thieves is the biggest root in the army of Haidong. Zhang Yi'er is not a thief. However, among these generals and subordinates of Pyongyang and Wenhwaguo, there are a few who were born as horse thieves. Confident that he has a deep relationship with Deng She, he contradicted Zhang Xiao'er for a few words, and he didn't take it seriously. After laughing, he grinned, like what can you do with us.

Zhang Ji'er waved his hand to stop the soldiers, reprimanded a few words, turned his head, still smiling, and said, "The generals are laughing. ”

He glanced into the city, and it had been a moment since the Jurchen army entered the city, and the sound of fighting was faintly in his ears, and the remnants of the Yuan army were still stubbornly resisting. He thought for a moment, made a compromise, and said, "Everyone, please stay a little longer, after the Birth Girl Army has cleared the area near the city gate and made sure that there is no ambush in the Guanbao. I could have assured you that you would be the first to enter the city. Okay? ”

"I'm afraid that when I enter the city, the baggage and grain of the Guan Bao Army will have already been looted by the raw female reals who are not the headquarters of Guanbei."

Deng Shejun was strictly disciplined. These generals just said that the city was rich, and it seemed that they wanted to enter the city to plunder, but in fact, even if Zhang Xiao'er did not stop them and let them enter the city, they would not have the courage to plunder the people's houses at will. At most, some tricks will be made in the seizure. This is also an unwritten rule in the military everywhere. It is obviously unrealistic to want the horse to run fast and to think that the horse does not eat grass. As long as it is not excessive, Dunshe often turns one eye open and one eye closed.

Zhang Ji'er purely looked at the face of Deng She and Wen Huaguo, so he repeatedly made concessions, and when he saw that there were still people who didn't know what to do, he couldn't help but be angry, and he couldn't help but endure it, and asked: "Then in your opinion, what should we do?" ”

"Do you need to say anything? Marshal, you yourself admit that if you give birth to a girl and grow a savage, you are not afraid of death, if you really want to talk about war, can you compare to us? The last general waited for the petition to be the front, and entered the city first. Even if there is really an ambush in the city as the marshal said, and there are generals waiting for the end, it can always be better than the Jurchens, right? It's easy to grab the city gate, so as not to waste all the work. This is also for the sake of the battle situation. ”

Zhang Ji'er was silent.

The night was getting darker, and the city was ablaze. In the distance, scouts galloped up. Fly off the horse and kneel in front of Zhang Yan'er's horse. Zhang Ji'er asked, "How?" The scout replied: "All the coastal ports have been destroyed by the Tartars." and coastal states and counties, before the Tartars withdrew their troops and entered Laizhou, they were also set on fire. The storestock of grain and baggage in the city was burned to the ground. ”

These horses were released by Zhang Xiao'er earlier to investigate the movements around the coast.

A general from Pyongyang said: "The situation is very clear. The idea of the Tartars is not to hold on, but to destroy. Therefore, Laizhou City was broken with one blow, and there was nothing to doubt. Marshal, please give an order. If you really don't want to use us to enter the city, please send your headquarters into the city as soon as possible. Guan Bao is still in the city, if because of your indecision, he will be asked to escape. Marshal? But what should I do to the main bus generation? ”

Zhang Yi'er divided his troops to attack the city, only surrounded three sides of the city, and left the west side unsurrounded. He hesitated and said, "Guan Bao may still be in the city." But just after attacking the city, the general has never seen his general flag,......。 Before the words fell, at the west city wall, several more horses suddenly rushed forward.

All the generals turned their heads to look at it, and when they saw that the horsemen were approaching, the knights on the horses could not wait to dismount, and shouted: "Report to the marshal!" The west gate was wide open, and a Biao army horse rushed out. The villain and others looked at its banner from afar, and the word 'Guanbao' was written on it. It is the home army of Kanbo. ”

Zhang Ji'er was surprised. Guan Bao dispatched thousands of elites to gather in Laizhou, he thought that this would be a vicious battle, but he never expected that Guan Bao would really collapse without a fight? Could it be that as the pro-soldiers explained, is it because the Yuan army has not been able to rest for a long time, so the army has no fighting spirit? He looked at the dark gate again, and asked himself, "Is that how you won?" "No, there must be fraud!

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In front of Guo Conglong, two calculation chips were placed.

One represents Guanbao, and the other represents Chahan. One of the variables is the ambush of the guard. The second variable, Chahan is coming. The candle flickered, and he stared at the calculation, and suddenly his heart moved. Guarding the ambush? Chahan is coming? If Guan Bao does not set up an ambush, but pretends to be defeated. Then Chahan set up an ambush halfway, how to deal with it?

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Outside the city of Laizhou, the generals asked for their lives.

Their request for their lives was no longer a scramble to enter the city, but a pursuit of the enemy.

"Who do you think Guan Bao is?"

"Chahan's right-hand man."

"Guan Bao uses thousands of people, and it is as easy as a breeze to take my southeast like a whirlwind and clouds. Now that my army has come, with his great strength, why don't I fight a battle, resist a little, and then look at the wind and leave?

"What does the marshal want to say?"

"There must be fraud in this!"

"What fraud?"

"He'll set up an ambush halfway!"

"Ridiculous, ridiculous!"

"What's so ridiculous?"

"Earlier, the marshal thought that the Kanpo Society would set up an ambush in the city. Now that he is far away from the city, the marshal thinks that he will set up an ambush halfway? Guan Bao is at best two or three thousand military horses that can fight. The last general would like to ask the marshal, when he is in a hurry, what strength does he have to set up an ambush on the way? ”

"This?"

"The marshal has been in Guanbei for a long time, and if you want to say that the bitter cold land in Guanbei is full of warriors. But how can the marshal have the guts? When the real man said goodbye for three days, he was impressed. Ha ha. Ha ha. "The generals demanded as much as they could, wanting to pursue Guan Bao. Zhang Ji'er was silent, and whatever they sarcastic, they just refused to give the order.

At this critical moment, the rear army was on the formation, and three or two horsemen hurriedly arrived. The sound of horses' hooves beating on the night is moving. The person who came was the supervisor of the rear army, rolled off his horse and shouted: "Marshal! When the ancestor of the army heard that Guan Bao was away at night, he didn't listen to the advice of the last general, so he insisted on going his own way, and privately led the military horse and went to catch up! ”

"Succession?"

Continue to follow the new generals of the ancestors, and eagerly make meritorious contributions. He first saw Guo Conglong easily break Wendeng, and then saw Zhang Ji'er conquer Laizhou in a battle, and he despised the Ministry of Customs and Security. Moreover, he thinks that he is familiar with the terrain and has the advantage of the location. Therefore, as soon as he heard that Guan Bao had escaped, he immediately led the military horses, did not listen to the obstruction of the Haidong supervisor, broke away from the position without authorization, and took a shortcut to try to go around the front to intercept.

With his example in the past, the generals of Pyongyang no longer talked much to Zhang Yan'er, and turned their horses away, so they wanted to lead their headquarters and go forward in pursuit. If the battalions are scattered and left to their own devices, they will inevitably be in chaos without the need to set up ambushes. Zhang Ji'er had no choice but to issue a military order.

"Leave three thousand men into the city. The rest of the armies used the Pyongyang Army as the front and the Kwanbuk Army as the rear. Pursue Guanbao. ”