There are two ways to get from Yuncheng to Tai'an.

One is Jingwenshang, and the other is an economic state.

Wenshang is in the territory of Dongping Road, although it is now under the control of Yidu, but after all, it is in the enemy territory, and it is risky to ride alone. Therefore, Ko Yonsei's messenger chose to go to Jeju. Although Jeju is still in the hands of the Chakhan army, Gyeongcheonheung has already launched a general attack on it since Taean handed down the military order, so the roads are much smoother and safer than Wenshang.

The messenger passed through Juye, crossed Jiaxing, crossed the canal, and reached the outside of Jeju City.

Along the way, I met many times the various units of the Yan army that exterminated the remnants of the enemy outside, including Zhao Guo and Tong Shengyang of Juye City, Hu Zhong outside Jiaxiang City, and Yang Wanhu and Li Monk on the shore of Shanyang Lake.

The "remnant enemies" they exterminated were different from those exterminated by Gao Yanshi, the local "green army" only accounted for a small part, and most of them were routs that had been scattered to various places after Wang Baobao's defeat and had not had time to collect them, and their combat effectiveness was still relatively strong. In a word: "There are no big wars, small wars are constant".

Trekking through mountains and rivers to the outside of Jeju City.

The messenger did not stop long, but watched from afar for a moment.

More than a dozen miles away, Jeju Fortress towers like iron, and the hot wind blowing in the sky under the reflection of the setting sun brings a hint of burnt smell. From time to time, there was a faint shout of killing, like a wave, which stopped here and started in another place. The stationed mount snorted and raised its horse's hooves with a slight disturbance, feeling the ground tremble slightly, or whether the attacker's trebuchet had thrown stones into the city, or whether the defenders' artillery had been fired from above the city.

Taean ordered Kyung Qianxing and Fu Youde to conquer Jeju within three days, and this was the last day. The war is raging.

When the messenger saw this, he said to himself, "The city of three days has reached its deadline today. Look at this offensive and defensive vultures, the fight is inextricable. I don't know how Qing Qianxing can complete the military order within the time limit. You must know that the lord's military law is not a trick! After thinking about it for a while, it was none of my business in the end, so I turned around and continued to Tai'an.

He rode lightly, and drifted like the wind; And outside the city of Jeju, the Yan army is like a mountain, and the siege is heavy.

The military flag fluttered down, and Qing Qianxing came to the front to direct the offensive; Fu Youde was stubborn and stubborn, took the lead, and led the soldiers to join the city. Since receiving the order of the Tai'an army, it has been two days since the onslaught. Although Jeju Fortress is strong, there are many cracks in the city walls. The defenders are also on the front line, fighting bloodily.

There was a person standing beside Qing Qianxing, dressed as a scribe, looking up at the sky, and said, "Military Order: Three Days Kecheng." It's the third day, and it's dusk. In other words, by the early hours of tomorrow at the latest, this Jeju city will have to be conquered. Then he looked at the city wall, frowned, and said, "However, as far as the current battle situation is concerned, let alone tomorrow morning, I am afraid that in two or three days, this city will be difficult to overcome." ......, time is short, does the general have a surprise plan to win? ”

The person who spoke was Pan Xianer.

He was originally in the rear of Tai'an, but because he saw that the battle on the front line was about to turn into a decisive battle, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he took the opportunity to send military orders to all armies and took the initiative to request to come to the Qingqianxing army. In fact, he originally wanted to go to Juye, where the main force is located, and there are more opportunities to make meritorious contributions, but because the road is long, and there are many dangers and obstacles, the road is restless, so he is reluctant to come here first and assist Jeju.

Although he is a strategist, after all, he has experienced a lot of battle formations, but his courage is quite strong, at this time accompanied Qing Qianxing to stand in front of the formation, let the arrows fly wildly, watching the fierce battle in the city, his face is as usual.

Qing Qianxing saw it in his eyes, and he had to secretly praise it in his heart: "Good guts." ”

He has also admired Pan Xianer's name for a long time, knowing that this person has had many strange schemes, and he has been praised by Deng She, and he is known for his "strangeness" among Haidong's advisers, so he also looks up to him. At this time, he listened to his questioning, and did not answer, but said in accordance with the words: "The enemy city is strong, and the guards are stubborn. Although our army has a slight upper hand, I am afraid that it will be difficult to overcome the city in a hurry. As Mr. said, it is difficult to succeed without surprises. Don't hide it, sir, I'm worried about it. Mr. Jiuwen, what can you teach me? ”

Qing Qianxing is the coach of this battle, and Pan Xianer is from Tai'an, at most he can be regarded as a "guest secretary". Without the consent of the coach, even if there is a good plan, it is not good to be reckless, so he just said something to provoke, but in fact, he was waiting for Qing Qianxing's "asking" words.

At the moment, he said: "'The enemy city is strong' and 'the defender is fierce', so it is difficult for our army to overcome it quickly." The general's words really saw blood for a while, and I thought it was true. This is indeed the strength of the enemy, and the disadvantage of our army. If you want to win quickly, in the following opinion, there is actually no second strategy, and you can only start from these two aspects. ”

"Oh?"

"The way to win is nothing more than avoiding the enemy. When you can't avoid it, you can find a way to get rid of it. From the current point of view, there is no way for our army to avoid these two strengths of the enemy, so how can we break the city? I thought, 'Turn the enemy's strengths into my strengths', and that's it. ”

"How?"

"The city is strong, and we don't care about it for now. Please first analyze for the general why the enemy army is so strong. ”

"I want to hear and hear."

"Yanzhou, Wenshang, and Juye are all in my hands now. Jeju, with no help on all sides, has become an isolated city. There must be two kinds of those who resist the lonely city. or drowning; Or fight to the death. Those who surrender are mostly due to cowardice; The die-hard defenders can be broadly divided into two categories. ”

"What are the two categories?"

"One is loyal and unswerving, preferring to die to the country rather than live and surrender; One is still hopeful, and has illusions about reinforcements, believing that although the reinforcements cannot come for the time being, they will eventually arrive. For these two categories, there are two words that can be summarized separately. ”

"What two words?"

"The former is a 'battle to the death', because of his loyalty, it is difficult to win his will, it is difficult to change his will, and he will die. Either the enemy dies or he dies. It's for 'fighting to the death'. The latter is a 'living war', because he has illusions about reinforcements, so when he is sure that the reinforcements will not come, the previous high morale will be depressed, and nine times out of ten he will stop fighting hard and surrender to the city. It's for 'living war'. ”

Kyungchen was surprised and asked, "However, in Mr. Yi's opinion, are the guards in Jeju Castle 'fighting to the death' or 'fighting alive'?" ”

Pan Xianji said with certainty: "It's for 'living war'." ”

"Why? Where did the gentleman find out? ”

Regarding Qing Qianxing's question, Pan Xianer refused to answer. He smiled but didn't answer, and raised his hand to the sky above Jeju Fortress. Qing Qianxing was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by this, sir?" ”

"I was a famous teacher at a young age, and I was good at looking at it. Hence the knowledge. ”

Because they can hope for qi, it can be seen from the qi on Jeju Castle that the defenders in the city are not "fighting to the death", but "fighting alive". Although there are many words in the soldiers, people of insight know that most of them are illusory. Qing Qianxing is a famous Korean general, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can he not know? understood that Pan Xianer wanted to "show the secret" and didn't want to answer him, but he wasn't annoyed, just smiled slightly, and stopped asking.

The art of war is an important weapon for the country. In some dynasties, it was even forbidden to circulate military books among the people, let alone in times of war? It's understandable that Pan Xianer doesn't want to say it, in the end this is his means of getting rich. However, if Hong Jixun is replaced, he will definitely be blunt.

Seeing that Qing Qianxing no longer asked, Pan Xianer paused, and then said: "Since you know that the defenders in the city are 'living battles', it is naturally much easier to deal with them. ”

"Break off your thoughts about waiting for help?"

"Exactly."

"Mr. Gaojian, this will be calculated."

Smart people don't have a hard time talking, and they know each other's meaning when they ask and answer.

The two looked at each other and smiled. There was a partial general on the side, who was still a little confused when he heard it, and said: "General Shicai and Mr. said that the enemy has two chiefs, one is a fierce soldier and the other is a strong city. Although the fierceness of the soldiers can be broken by the idea of cutting off their waiting for help, but even if they fall into their fighting spirit, they will not surrender suddenly, and they still need to attack, so how can the fortification of the city be broken? ”

Qing Qianxing said with a smile: "Although the city is strong, the defenders of the city are also." Since it has won the will of others, even if the golden soup is solid, what is the worry? ”

"Dare to ask the general, how do you plan to cut off the enemy's desire to wait for help and seize his stubborn will to resist?"

"The reason why the defenders thought that reinforcements would eventually come was because Wang Baobao was defeated and did not leave, and was still stationed in Shanzhou and Chengwu. Therefore, if you want to break their minds and win their will, you must work this. ”

"How do you work on it?"

"Our army is distributed everywhere, Yuncheng, Juye, Jiaxiang, and Shanyang Lake. Why is it that only one of our military horses is attacking Jeju now? ”

"Because Shanzhou and Chengwu have not yet been launched, the main force cannot be moved lightly."

"Yes! The city guards must have thought the same thing. So, imagine what the guards in the city would think if all of a sudden, our army was all gone? ”

The partial general had an epiphany, overjoyed, and said: "I know what the general means!" The general wanted to deceive the illusion that all the troops were there, so as to make the defenders in the city think that Shanzhou and Chengwu had been broken, so as to cut off their thoughts of waiting for help and force them to surrender the city! The joy did not fade, but the general suddenly remembered something, turned into a sad face, and said, "Although the general's plan is good, but now all the battalions of our army are under the city, and they are in the sight of the guards in the city. It is not easy to mobilize. I don't know how to send out this 'fraudulent army'? ”

Kyung Qianxing smiled and did not reply directly, but followed Pan Xianji's precedent and pointed to Jeju Castle in the same way. The general looked along his finger and saw the sunset in the western sky.

Night is approaching, and the transfer of troops is a breeze.

"Whether the city can overcome it or not, it's all in one fell swoop. The main military law is like a mountain, without further ado. Mr. Pan, I will convene all the generals and give them on the spot; I can't take care of you for the time being, so I ask you to go to the camp first. ”

Pan Xian'er made a promise, turned around and walked a few steps, looked back at Qing Qianxing's eyes, and thought in his heart: "I just said the first half of the plan, and he said the second half of the plan, like flowing water, without stagnation at all." Either he was quick-witted, or he had already thought of it. Either way, it's all really good. It is indeed worthy of the importance that the lord attaches to him, and he can be called a good general. ”

But no matter which one it is, at least the first half of this plan came out of his mouth, and in the future, Kecheng will win, and his credit will not be indispensable in the book. Pan Xianer stepped on the twilight and slowly returned to the camp without mentioning it.

said that Qing Qianxing stood in front of the formation and ordered one after another.

He ordered three or four generals in a row, and ordered each to bring his headquarters, sneak out of the camp after nightfall, travel twenty miles, and then light torches, lengthen the formation, and make a posture of galloping from afar.

Qing Qianxing said that he wanted to pretend to be "all the armies", but in fact he didn't need so much; Moreover, the armies are far and near, and it is impossible for them all to come at the same time. Mainly Zhao Guo of Juye, Yang Wanhu and Monk Li of Shanyang Lake. Therefore, these generals and schools that are separated need to play these two teams.

Even if it is two teams, it must be sorted out in order.

Zhao Guobu was a cavalryman, and he allocated all the cavalry in the camp and ordered him to arrive first. Monk Li and Yang Wanhu were foot soldiers, gave hundreds of people, and ordered them to follow.

After the arrangements were made, Qing Qianxing ordered another person to pretend to be a messenger, pretending to have just arrived from afar, panting, passing through the barracks, galloping to the front, kneeling on the ground, like a messenger of military Wenyun. and deliberately let the defenders of the city see this scene, and the main general of the defenders was also at the head of the city, so he could see it very clearly.

Qing Qianxing and the "messenger" exchanged a few words, left and right, and the soldiers all showed joy, some raised their guns, cheering; Some scattered and ran, shouting and screaming. Because they were so far apart, and the sound of fierce battles disturbed them, they could only be seen from the top of the city, but they could not be heard all rejoicing or shouting.

After a while, I saw Qing Qianxing waving the military flag in a hurry and ordering the army to be withdrawn.

When the military order was passed to the city, Fu Youde led the warriors to just approach the city, retreated in a hurry, and came to the front of the Qingqianxing Formation, the two said a few words, and saw Fu Youde from afar as to be stunned, and turned to ecstasy, joy could not be controlled, and threw the short knife used to siege the city into the air.

To tell the truth, Qing Qianxing and Fu Youde attacked day and night for more than two days, and not only the Yan soldiers were tired, but the defenders were even more tired. But seeing this, although the Yidu army and horses retreated, it seemed that the battle could be stopped slightly, but the guards in the city not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but involuntarily became suspicious.

If something goes wrong, it's a demon.

Just now, Qing Qianxing and Fu Youde still looked like they were eager to conquer the city at any cost, and in the blink of an eye, they took the initiative to retreat and return to the camp when they had the upper hand. How can it not arouse suspicion?

Exactly: just saw it, and suddenly fell silent.

The thoughts of the guards in the city, of course, Qing Qianxing is difficult to know.

But he didn't need to know, because he could guess from the changes in the city alone. The castle, which was already heavily guarded, was ostensibly more fortified at night, but if you look closely, you will find that many of the guards seem to be panicked when the fire is extinguished, and some of them are talking to each other. Needless to say, this must have worked as a ploy, at least arousing the suspicion of the enemy generals. Why? "The general is the courage of an army". If the Lord had not doubted, his men would not have behaved like this.

"Sir's plan, it has been sold for five cents."

"Although it has to be sold for five points, whether it is successful or not depends on the Ming Dynasty."