About because of the last time, the Yuan army was very cautious, sent out the city of not many military horses, only a thousand horsemen, still by Li Laobao as the main general, out of the city at night, the advance sentinel to the Yan army camp to investigate, after making sure that it was correct, before crossing the river, to the fifth watch, will go to the Yan army to set up an ambush ,—— granary.

At this time, although Zhao Guo slowed down, he had already passed the granary and was about to reach Tankou Station. Seeing that the Yuan army was about to be ambushed, Tong Shengyang's hands were about to sweat, but Li Laobao suddenly ordered the army to be stopped.

The night was dark, and I looked at the burned granary in the distance, the ruined walls were ruined, and the place was in disarray. It was pitch black, silent, and there was no sound. Li Laobao groaned. A general asked: "The swallow thief is in a hurry, and when I am chasing and killing, why did the general order to stop?" If you don't chase it urgently, it's too late to regret it! ”

"General Zhao Guoliang, how can there be those who withdraw unprepared? Along the way, the ambush can only be in front of the old granary of the swallow thief. I rode a thousand horses and rode far away, and I went forward at night, and the horses' hooves were everywhere, and the birds flew in fright. Ladies and gentlemen, please look, but there is silence in front of you. If things are extraordinary, there must be demons! If my prediction is correct, there must be an army of thieves in ambush. ”

"It's just a general's assumption. If there is no thief ambush, how can you go back and return to the marshal and the young general? ”

"Looking at the battles in Jining, I have many thieves. I heard that there was Pan Xianer in the thief army, so he had to come up with a dangerous plan, so he had to be on guard. Moreover, although the main force of the thief army withdrew, Jinxiang did not move at all, and now that I think about it, there must be fraud in it! We only have a thousand horsemen, and even if we catch up with the thief army, we won't kill or hurt much. It's better to let it go than to be careless! Li Laobao made a decision, "Withdraw the army and return to the city!" ”

Jinxiang Yang Wanhu and Fu Youde did not retreat with the army, first, they could not retreat; Second, it was also Pan Xian'er who wanted to "make up the truth", and go further to "set up a suspicious array", so that the Yuan army firmly believed that the retreat of the main force of the Yan army was true. Just because it was true, Jin Xiang was left without retreating to cover the main force.

The so-called "smart is mistaken by smart". Sometimes, thinking too much isn't necessarily good. At this time, Li Laobao saw through it.

In fact, Li Laobao's "seeing through" is not really seeing through, he just became suspicious, and the combination of various circumstances made him more suspicious, so he refused to move forward. Ignoring the opposition of the generals, he made a quick decision, and at a place less than two or three miles away from the granary, he turned his horse back and returned to Shanzhou by the same route.

Pan Xian'er's plan fell short.

Tong Shengyang couldn't catch up, so he had to go to Zhao Guo angrily to find a return. After Zhao Guo received the news, he couldn't cry or laugh, and he moved the people for a day and two nights, and in the end, he got a useless job, and said again and again: "There are wise generals in the captives, and there are wise people in the army, and you can't fool them!" ”

At that moment, he gave up the idea of luring and destroying the enemy, and because he saw that the sky was about to dawn, the army did not rest all night, so he rested outside Tankou Station for half a day. In the afternoon of the next day, the camp was pulled out again, and the general Jianda was in full swing, and met with the Tong Shengyang Department, as well as the three departments of Bian Anlie and Liu, who guarded the granary, and the Qingqianxing Department, nearly 20,000 people, and the three armies were all launched, and the momentum shook the sky, and they crossed the river again in a mighty way, and drove straight to the city of Shanzhou.

This is for: one blow does not make two plans, and if you can't lure the enemy, you will besiege the city.

……

Outside the city of Shanzhou, the Yan army camped. Wu Jun also received the report.

The camps of the two armies were ten miles away from the city. The Yan army was in the north, the Wu army was in the south, besieging the city on three sides, vacating the road to Chengwu, and forming a corner of each other. The two armies were about five miles apart, the Yan army lit fire, and the Wu army was visible; Wu Jun exercises, Yan Jun can be heard.

Zhao Guo sent someone to Wuying to greet him, and Chang Yuchun also sent Chang Rong to communicate.

In one day, the camp was decided.

Four days have passed since the grain was burned. Military rations from Tai'an and Yidu arrived one after another.

Zhao Guo let out the wind and said: "The new supply from North Korea and South Korea is sufficient." The first batch of 30 days' rations will be replenished, and all of them will be delivered within a few days. After this batch, there are two and three batches. Although Shanzhou is strong, although the captive army is numerous, try to see who has more food! and besiege the city for ten days, and then attack it generally. ”

Unhurried and methodical, he ordered the foot soldiers to improve the fortifications, build watchtowers, dig trenches, and move forward, piling up mountains of earth closer to the city. It looks like he wants to fight a long battle.

On the second day of the siege, Wu's army was short of food, and often sent people to borrow food in the spring.

At this time, in the Yan military camp, food for five days had just been received, and the follow-up was still on the way. With a stroke of his pen, Zhao Guo allocated half of it to Wu Jun. The Wu army had only 5,000 people, and the food for the Yan army's nearly 20,000 men for two and a half days was equivalent to ten days. Both armies were camped outside the city, five miles apart, and grain trucks were constantly running from Yan to Wuying, and everything was seen by the city.

……

"Marshal, Yan Jun just sent ten days of food to Wu Jun!"

"What?"

"According to spy reports, it is said that Yidu has received supplies from North Korea and South Korea."

"North Korea? South Korea? A few years ago, the lord conquered Yidu, and the storage of South Korea and North Korea has been almost consumed. Where is there so much food supply? ”

"South Korea and North Korea are all beautiful people's settlements, if the red thief scrapes the ground at any cost? I'm afraid I can still collect some. ”

"Not true. If the swallow thief had abundant food, he would have already made a big announcement, so why wait until now? There's definitely something wrong here! ”

"Dashuai, the Wu thief is a guest army, and he is here to help the Yan thief. If there is no food, if the food given to them by the thieves is fake, will they still be willing to help in the war? Since the grain that the Yan thief gave to the Wu thief was true, on the other hand, if the Yan thief's grain storage was insufficient, how could he give the Wu thief ten days of food at one time? ”

Another general said: "The Yan thief is now besieging the city, which shows that his previous retreat was fake, and it is clear that he took advantage of the problem because the grain was burned, hoping to lure our army into an ambush." Since his retreat is fake, will the lack of food also be fake? If there is a real shortage of food, how can he come back to fight after the whole army has retreated? ”

After listening to the different opinions of his subordinates, Sainchi suddenly couldn't take it a long way.

He was puzzled and muttered to himself: "The swallow thief is cunning, and since the beginning of the battle, there are many tricks. What does he mean by this siege? Is food shortage real or false? If there is no shortage of food, why have you come to besiege the city until now? If there is a real shortage of food, why do you retreat and return? "For a moment, I was confused.

Hu Linchi took the initiative to ask for battle in order to atone for his crimes, and said: "The last general is willing to lead a hundred horsemen, kill the Yan thief camp, and listen to the truth!" ”

"The swallow thief was robbed of grain by us a few days ago, and now he is on high guard. When he first came to the city, I still refused to send you out of the city, let alone now? Sainchi replied that he couldn't make a decision, so he asked Wang Baobao and said, "Baobao, in your opinion, what is the Yan thief trying to do?" What kind of medicine is sold in gourds? ”

Wang Baobao said: "A few years ago, the child participated in the battle of Yidu. As his father said, Deng thief used soldiers to take risks, and there were many deceits. 'Trick back and forth' may be what trick he wants to use. But everything is not far from its origin, and from the child's point of view, no matter whether it is a trick or a conspiracy, as long as our army guards the city, there is nothing to fear. The Zhao thief threatened to besiege the city for ten days, but he didn't know that the grain in our city was enough for half a month! It is better to hold on for seven or eight days first, and then make offensive and defensive plans when you understand the reality of the thief army. ”

It was Wang Baobao's opinion to only send Li Laobao to take a thousand horses out of the city, and now it seems that he was right.

"That's it, just according to what Bao Bao said! Let's keep it for a few days and see how it goes. ”

……

The Yan army camp, inside the Chinese army tent.

"Is there any movement in the city and the tartars in the city?"

"I saw Wang Baobao, Zhao Heng, Cai Ziying, Li Laobao, Hu Linchi and others respectively going to the top of the city to watch, watching our army send food to the Wu army, but there was no movement at all, and there was no intention of killing."

"We, we don't have much food, and within ten days, we must, we must urge the Tartars to fight a decisive battle. What happened to the mound outside the city? ”

"Most of it has been piled up, and it will be level with the city soon."

"Plus, speed up, by tomorrow at the latest, first, we must build the mountain. ......, in addition, defending and defending the city must defend the wilderness, this truth Tartars will not be unaware, and they need to be guarded against when they come out to sneak attack when our mountain is about to pile up! ”

"Yes. According to the military order of the Lord, General Gao Yanshi is now stationed on the side of the mountain, ready for defense at all times. ”

Zhao Guo nodded, and asked again: "How deep has the trench in front of the mountain and mountain been dug?" ”

"Nearly five feet deep."

"No, no! Dig a little deeper. ”

"Whoa!"

Digging a trench in front of the mountain has two purposes, not only to prevent the Yuan army from going out of the city to attack, but also to prevent the Yuan army from digging tunnels in the city. There have been such examples, the besieging side of the city piled up mountains outside the city, and the defenders of the city dug tunnels from the city, straight to the bottom of the mountain, hollowed out the foundation, causing the earth and mountains to fall. Dunsher had done just that, and he turned the tide of the battle. Of course, Zhao Guo is very vigilant about this.

For the time being, there are only a few things that can be thought of, and after the order is finished, Zhao Guo said: "Please Mr. Pan come." ”

Not long after, Pan Xianji arrived.

There were originally two or three biases in the tent, waiting on the side and waiting for orders, Zhao Guo sent them out, and ordered the guards guarding outside the tent to stand guard ten steps back, not allowing anyone to approach, and then lifted the curtain, let the cool breeze blow, while looking at the rolling camp, while inviting Pan Xianer to sit down.

The two talked in secret.

"The thing that the Lord and Lord said came in the morning, and there were ten crosses in all, and a military document was sent with it. The article said that these things were personally supervised by Mr. Hong and tested. The farthest can fly miles away. Calculate and calculate the distance, cast it from the dirt mountain, and just enough to reach the city. It's just that the weight can't be too big, one person, thirty or forty pounds of gunpowder, and no matter how much, it won't be able to fly. ”

"Oh? Already delivered? Have you seen it? ”

"Not yet. I asked Tong Shengyang to open up a zone in the camp, and martial law was imposed on all sides, and no one was allowed to approach, so things were placed in it. There are my own soldiers guarding it. ”

Pan Xianer turned his head and glanced out of the tent, a big flag stood in front of the tent, and the flag was waving in the wind. He frowned and said, "It's just, my lord, please see, the wind is not strong these days!" Will it not work so well? But don't fall to the ground before you even put it up! ”

Zhao Guo smiled and said: "The lord and the lord also explained this, and it was clearly stated in the military text that this and this thing did not fly by the wind. ”

"No wind?"

"Just, exactly. The lord said, "Calling, calling gliding." ”

"Isn't it a kite?"

"It's quite different from kites. ......, then, sir, you go and see for yourself, and you will know. ”

"Okay, okay."

Pan Xian'er became curious, followed Zhao Guo, the two of them went out of the tent, and did not bring their entourage, along the main road in the camp, walked not far, turned a corner, and a clearing appeared in front of him, surrounded by a fence outside, and inside was a huge tent. More than a dozen sergeants in armor and knives stood guard outside the fence.

These people were Zhao Guo's personal soldiers, and when they saw Zhao coming, they saluted one after another.

"You, you stay outside, I'll take Mr. Pan in and have a look."

After entering the fence and entering the tent, Pan Xianer took a look and saw ten strange things on the ground. It is said to be a kite, but it is much larger than an ordinary kite; The top is a triangle, made of cowhide or something, and the bottom is a shelf. Between the two, they are joined together by wood and iron.

What is it? In Dunshe's previous life, there was a name, called paragliding.

A qualified paraglider is manufactured with a lot of processes and is very precise. It's hard to make if you're not a professional. However, Dunsher was not very demanding, and he could "glide" for a distance, so after several failures, it was successfully manufactured.

Of course, although it is produced, in terms of gliding distance, it is still far from being comparable to a qualified paraglider, and it can only fly a few miles away, and the time spent in the air is not long. However, as far as the task at hand is concerned, a few miles away is enough. Fly to the city, find the granary, pour the "fire oil", and then light the gunpowder and ignite it, as long as there is enough time to complete these procedures.

"Fierce fire oil", that is, oil. There is a kind of military weapon called "fierce fire oil tank", that is, it uses "fierce fire oil" as fuel and gunpowder as the ignition, so as to erupt flames. In previous wars, this weapon was also used many times. And this time, Tai'an also brought it to Zhao Guo.

"This thing can fly in the air?"

"The lord and the lord have tried it, and there should be no problem."

"The sergeant you need to harness this?"

"No, no experience can't be controlled, the lord selected ten dead soldiers, skilled in Yidu, also, also sent with this thing."

Pan Xianer was suspicious, circled around the paraglider a few times, reached out to touch it, leaned over to smell it, and rolled up his sleeves to grab the bracket and lift it up, shook his head again and again, and said, "I haven't seen it before." 'Mozi makes wooden kites, grows in three years, flies and loses in one day', is this the kind of thing you are talking about? It really looks like an eagle. ”

"There is a condition for putting it, the earth mountain must be high, at least half as high as the city wall. - This is also what the lord explained in the military text. To be honest, Zhao Guo was also suspicious, but as the main general, he couldn't express his suspicion of Deng She in front of his subordinates, so on the surface, he was very confident.

"It's a pity, it's a pity."

"But, what is the pity?"

"It's a pity that you can't put it up and try it first."

If you put it up now, it will inevitably be discovered in the city, and you will lose the benefit of secrecy.

"Wait, wait for the mountains to be piled up, and when they are cast, Mr. Xian will be able to see it with his own eyes."