The Yan army has found out where the Yuan army stored grain, and the Yuan army has also found out where the Yan army stored grain.

On the third day after the military parade in Xiyuan, Sain Chi Dahu and Wang Baobao personally ordered Li Laobao as a general, gave 1,000 iron horsemen, left the city at noon, and went west first, pretending to be going to Chengwu. At night, I entered the east gate of Chengwu. After stopping for less than an hour, he quietly went out from the west gate again, made a detour, crossed the river from the upper reaches of Pushui, and then turned northwest to the northwest. Before and after the third watch, they arrived outside the Yan military camp, thirty miles away.

Li Laobao, also known as Babai. "Babai" is a Mongolian word meaning treasure and precious, which is another transliteration of "baobao". This person is a native of Zhongzhibao, Yangwu County, Henan Province (now Yuanyang, Henan), who has followed Chahan for a long time, and now lives in the official position of the Privy Council, and his status in the Chahan army is about second only to the higher and lower than the Guanbao people.

Yangwu County is an outstanding person.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Liang Bolangsha assassinated the First Emperor, and Bolangsha was in Yangwudong; The Battle of Guandu also took place near Yangwu. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Chen Ping and Zhang Cang were both from Yangwu County; and Zhou Bo, Zhou Yafu, father and son, are also from Yangwu. In the Tang Dynasty, Lou Shide was a martial artist and was also a prime minister; There is also Wei Siqian, who is also a Yangwu person, and his sons Wei Chengqing and Wei Sili, the father and son are the three of them, and there is no one before.

Li Laobao's hometown has such a glorious history, and he himself is not bad. Since childhood, he has been studying and practicing martial arts. I don't dare to say that I learned five cars, but I really practiced a good martial arts. Able to ride and shoot, good at stabbing, especially the use of guns and horses. In Chahan's army, he is not called a warrior, but he is better in all aspects, and his martial arts are particularly solid. Chahan once commented: "Burst into battle, Guan; Hold Yan and Li steady. "Yan, Yan Sixiao; Lee, Li Laobao. The evaluation is not low, and it can be ranked with Yan Sixiao.

Earlier, Deng She "discussed generals" and believed that only Yang Wanhu could be defeated.

What is Yang Wanhu's status in the Yan army? There are only a few of them. It can be seen that Deng She also thinks highly of him. It is precisely because of this that because of his outstanding ability, he can be a general, and he can stand alone, so the task of sneaking up on the Yan army's grain storage was given to him by Sain Chi Dahu and Wang Baobao.

After marching at night, outside the Yan military camp, Li Laobao stopped at a distance, took out the map, compared the terrain, and observed the route. In order not to alarm the Yan army, the whole army did not fire, and the map was also read with the help of candlelight. The weather was still gloomy, with showers in the afternoon and evening breaking, and the air was crisp and cool as water.

"It is reported that the red thieves' sentry posts and scouts are scattered for more than 20 miles, which means that a few miles further on, there is a possibility that they will encounter thieves. You see, this is the location of our department, here is the thief camp, and thirty miles to the north is Tankou Station, where the Qingqianxing Department is stationed. The grain of the red thief is between Tankou Station and the camp, about thirteen or fourteen miles away from the thief camp, and the person in charge of guarding it is a foot soldier and hundreds of cavalry. The master of the foot soldiers will be Bian Anlie; The commander of the cavalry was Liu San. ”

——The foot guards of the grain and straw are the 2,000 foot soldiers brought by Fu Youde. Bian Anlie, a Han Chinese, the family hereditary Shenyang Qianhu, to the eleventh year, by the holy decree of Emperor Mengyuan, escorted the former Goryeo king into Goryeo to ascend the throne. At that time, Emperor Mengyuan sent a total of six scholars and three generals to escort, and he was the first of the three generals. After the former king of Goryeo arrived in Goryeo, he stayed in the Yeo dynasty. The year before last, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Goryeo people, Deng She had recruited a large number of Goryeo scholars to join the Tsinghua Pavilion in Pyongyang, either as bachelors or as senators. One of the people who was summoned was named Bian Anhe, who was a brother of Bian Anlie. With this relationship, later, Zhao Guo and Yang Wanhu conquered Goryeo Wangjing and got Bian Anlie's surrender. Bian Anlie had been an official in Goryeo for a long time and was very familiar with the Goryeo army, so Deng She transferred him to the command of Qing Qianxing.

The generals who were transferred over together, as well as Luo Shi and Bian Anxu.

Bian Anxu is Bian Anlie's younger brother. Luo Shi was also a Han Chinese, and was a general in the Goryeo Dynasty like Bian Anlie. There are many officials and generals in Goryeo, and the highest power is Qing Qianxing; And the most prominent person in the family is the Bian family. There are not only Bian Anlie, Bian Anxu, Bian Anhe, but also Bian Su. Biensu was one of the "six scholars" who sent the king of Goryeo back to Goryeo, and is now participating in politics as a province in South Korea. All the doors are down, and they are all favored.

"Bian Anlie is okay, the little Goryeo is a general, not enough to worry about. It's just that Liu San, although his name is not as good as that of Wanhu and monks, looking at the battles he has experienced, he has played a great role in it, and he has both wisdom and courage, which cannot be underestimated. Our army is lone and deep, and it is necessary to require that one blow must be hit, and the middle is far away. Otherwise, it will definitely attract the thief army from the thief camp and even Tankou Station, and it will not be easy to get out. ”

A partial general said: "The clouds have not dispersed, the night is dark, and this day is with me." Our army has been closed for several days, and the thieves must have thought that I would not dare to fight, but that it was the people and me. The time, the people are all in my hands, although the thief has the right place, what will I do? Liu San, a lowly musician, is not afraid. Please give the order of the general, and the last general is willing to be the vanguard. ”

"Heroes don't ask where they come from. Judging people by their appearance, they lose their sons. You can't look at Liu San with musicians! Li Laobao warned the partial general and began to distribute the task. Leaving 100 people lying still in place, the remaining 900 people rushed to attack the granary of the Yan army. If there is a bitter battle, the 100 people left behind will respond to the support.

Facing the cool breeze and watching the night be gloomy, he jumped on his horse and said: "Fu Youde drove hundreds of horses and drove 200 miles to attack me into a martial arts, and he was bold!" Tonight, we rode thousands of miles to attack the thief's granary, how could we let the thief be in front of the beauty? Let's see if he is a thunderbolt general, or I am the boss of Li Laobao! ”

wants to compete with Fu Youde.

Title night travel, 900 horsemen gallop like the wind, target: directly to the granary of the Yan army.

……

On the north bank of Pushui, the Yan army camp.

Zhao Guo picked up the Chinese army and read the military book at night.

Although he stammered, his lips were square, and his appearance was dignified, at this time he was reading at the case, and the candlelight was reflected on his face, and the wind outside the tent blew it, and it was cloudy and bright, and it became more and more contoured.

The book he read, called "The Book of the Tiger", was written by Xu Dong in the Northern Song Dynasty. Xu Dong's fame may not be too big, but he has a very famous nephew, Shen Kuo. He is Shen Kuo's second uncle. The book "The Book of the Tiger", after all, is a personal work, and the author has never participated in the war, of course, it cannot be compared with an immortal masterpiece like "Sun Tzu", nor can it be compared with a comprehensive large-scale military book like "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts", but there are some points of view in it, which are also quite unique and can be adopted.

The Yuan army did not go to war, and the front line was in a stalemate. Zhao Guo was the main general, naturally worried, unable to solve, so he read the military book, in order to find some inspiration to break the deadlock, just saw "Volume 3 • Attack on the Twentieth Void", heard footsteps, someone entered the tent, looked up, and saw that it was Pan Xianer.

He hurriedly got up to greet him and said, "Night, night is late, first, Mr. hasn't slept yet?" ”

Pan Xianer walked closer, glanced at the book in Zhao Guo's hand, and said with a smile: "Isn't the adult also sleeping yet?" ......, "The Book of the Tiger"? Oh, it should have been written by Xu Dongfu of Wujun of the Song Dynasty, right? This book is not bad, when I was young, I was young and vigorous, and I was quite good at talking on paper, and I also read this book. ”

Dongfu is the word of Xu Dong.

Zhao Guo nodded and said: "I am not better than Mr., although I studied in the village school for a few years when I was young and young, I really didn't read many books, nothing more than the three-character scriptures and the like, and I didn't even read much of the sage's knowledge, let alone the military book." Since he took up his military position, he has not been hiding from his husband, and he has always felt that he is powerless. Today's enemy is Shanzhou, and the Tartars are a strong enemy, so take advantage of the leisure in the middle of the night to learn some wisdom from the ancients. Moreover, this book was given by the Lord, and he was loved by the Lord, and he did not dare not read it carefully. ”

Deng She likes to give books to his subordinates, especially his generals, on the one hand, because he hopes that they can be as loyal and brave as the characters in the books; On the other hand, it also represents a high hope, hoping that they can make up for their shortcomings and be even better. For example, he was given to Tong Shengyang to copy the "History of the Song Dynasty • The Biography of Wang Xianqi". The books given to Zhao Guo are not only "Tiger Sutra", but also the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" mentioned above, etc., most of which are military books. After all, Zhao Guo is mainly in charge of a military position, and although he is talented, he also needs to be cultivated.

Pan Xianer originally thought that Zhao Guo had found the book by himself, but after listening to it, he realized that it was given by Deng She, and his face suddenly showed envy, and he quietly changed his words, and said: "Xu Dongfu, Ouyang Xiu praised him as a 'handsome man', and he is indeed very insightful in the art of war. The lord gave this book to the adults, with good intentions! The high expectations for adults are also self-evident. Haha, it's really the envy of the lowly position. ”

Just now, I said that "this book is not bad", but it immediately became "very insightful".

Zhao Guo smiled, put the book down, invited him to a seat, and ordered the guards outside the tent to serve tea. The generals of Haidong, Wen Huaguo, Chen Hu, including Zhang Xiao'er often accompanied the soldiers when they were in Guanbei, but Zhao Guo was the only one who strictly abided by military discipline and set an example, never bringing women into the army.

The two sat down, and the tea was finished.

Zhao Guo said: "First, Mr. sleepless at night, come to my tent, there must be, there must be something." Why did you come here? ”

Pan Xian'er didn't answer first, and still focused on the topic of "The Tiger Sutra", and said: "May I ask my lord, when I came to my humble position, I don't know how many articles of the first volume I have read?" ”

"Vol., Vol. III, Article 20."

Pan Xian'er replied without thinking: "Attack the twentieth." Right? "He read books when he was young, and he still remembers it, and he has a very good memory.

Zhao Guo bowed his head.

He continued: "'There are two kinds of techniques for attacking the void, one is the cause and the other is the temptation. What is a cause? He said: Where the enemy is going, I will also feign it; Do not sneak out of the void with your best soldiers, or attack their strongholds, or cut them off, or burn them for accumulation. What is temptation? Said: If you want the enemy's important place, you will not attack but feint to attack its neighbors, and use its attacking tools to attract its divisions and brigades to lure the enemy soldiers, and the enemy soldiers will not fight with them, but will defend the wall, and hide them with the elite attack on the city where the troops are dispatched. Both of these are the main ways of the void'. My lord, do you have any mistakes in your humble position? ”

"One, word for word." Zhao Guo said in admiration, "First, Mr. is really well-read and memorized. ”

"My lord reading this, if the humble job is not bad, it must be because the front-line war is in a stalemate, so you want to find some solutions from this?"

"Not bad."

"Have you found a solution?"

"The way of attacking and attacking the void is because it is before the temptation. Although I want to lure the enemy into battle, I can't find the 'cause'. ”

"The adults took Juye before, and they used the technique of deceitful defeat and withdrawal of the army, Wang Baobao ate a trench and grew wise, and then tried to lure him out of the city, it is indeed not easy."

- Speaking of which, I have to diverge a sentence.

Since Zhao Guo had already used the method of withdrawing the army by deception last time to lure the enemy army, why did Hong Jixun in Yidu still advise Deng She about this strategy? But it's because Hong Jixun and Pan Xian'er have different considerations. Just because he used it once, Hong Jixun thinks that Wang Baobao will definitely not think that this is a trick, where can he face the same opponent and use the same method twice? Those who dare to do this are either wise or foolish. Therefore, Pan Xianji thinks it is not feasible, but he thinks it is feasible. From this, from the two different views on the use of this meter, it seems that the difference between Hong and Pan can also be judged.

Zhao Guo sighed and said, "First, Mr. is a clever person, who is known for his strange tricks, can you teach me this?" ”

"The Tiger Sutra, the thirteenth military strategy, adults must have read it."

"Yes, yes."

"One of them says: 'Therefore, the use of soldiers must be based on grain storage, strategy as a weapon, strong and brave as a use, blade as a preparation, position as a lure, and killing as a might.'" I wonder if adults can feel it? ”

"Based on grain storage, strategy is the tool,......。 Sir, do you mean to rob the enemy's food? ”

"Exactly!"

"The enemy and the enemy's food are mostly in the city, how can they be robbed?"

"There are two strategies for lowly duties, one is more difficult, but if it succeeds, the enemy's food will be burned to nothing! It's easy, but it may not work very well. ”

"Please, please speak first."

"The victims, choose the dead, wear the armor of the Yuan army, pretend to be a martial artist or a sheep horn Zhuang army, deceive into Shanzhou, and burn its grain. Every half a day, Chengwu and Sheephorn will send a team of soldiers to deliver military reports to Sainchi Tahu and Wang Baobao, rob and kill them first, and then they can pretend. ”

"Shan, Shanzhou must be heavily guarded, and if you want to venture into the city, it is estimated that it will be difficult."

"That's why it's difficult, but as long as you enter the city, the enemy's food will be burned."

"Where's the easy?"

"In the baggage sent by Tai'an, in addition to mines and grenades, there are fire dragons out of the water, and the range is extremely long. The city of Shanzhou is small and occupies a small area. Bo Cheng rises from the mountain and shoots it from a high position, perhaps he can shoot at the enemy's granary. In his early years, he heard that the lord had used this plan. But the situation is different from what it is now. ”

When the fire dragon comes out of the water, it is a multi-stage rocket. Earlier, Cui Yu had studied it, and now it has taken a step further and has a longer range, up to three or four miles.

"Living, condescending? First, the range is very difficult to reach, secondly, it is difficult to hit, and even if it is shot again, the number is not enough, and it is difficult to be of great use. ”

"So, it's easy, but it may not work well."

Difficult and easy, to be honest, are not very feasible. But in the absence of a solution, it would be nice to be able to come up with these two solutions. Zhao Guo pondered it again and again, and still said: "First, Mr. These two strategies are very surprising. No, but, let me think twice. ”

"That's exactly how it should be. It is up to the adults to decide. ”

Changing the subject, the two talked about other military affairs. After a long conversation, the east wants to dawn, the night gradually fades, and the sky gradually brightens. Drums and horns sounded in the camp, urging the soldiers to get up early; The gang leader began to bury the pot to make rice, and the smoke of the cooking stove rose, and the smell of firewood and food spread throughout the camp in the wind, and it was also swept into the tent.

Pan Xian'er got up to say goodbye and said, "Wait a while, your lord will summon the generals as usual to discuss the matter." I won't bother with my humble duties, and I will retire first. Zhao Guo got up to send him off.

At this moment, the footsteps outside the tent were hurried, and a person rushed in and almost hit Pan Xianer's body, Pan Xianer dodged away, frowned, and reprimanded: "What's the alarm? ”

"Report to the lord, Yidu military order, eight hundred miles expedited, gold medal delivery." The gold medal is Haidong's use of the system of the former Song Dynasty, indicating the importance of military orders.

Zhao Guo hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, first checked the seal to make sure that it had not been opened, and then opened it and took out the military document. The military text is not long, and I can read it in three or two eyes.

After watching, Zhao Guo suddenly felt that all the blocks on his chest were washed away, and he didn't feel happy, and laughed loudly.

Pan Xianji was puzzled and asked, "What kind of military text?" Makes adults happy? ”

"And, and Mr. coincided, so that our army burned the enemy and accumulated. And, and gave a clever plan! Just as he was about to talk to Pan Xian'er, there was another hurried footstep outside the tent.

The two of them raised their heads to look, and saw that it was a messenger, and when they entered the tent, they didn't have time to salute, but fell directly to the ground, and said hastily: "Your Excellency! Our army's grain and straw have been burned! ”

"......, what's going on?"

"The captive general Li Laobao led a thousand horsemen to attack my granary at night, and it was very secretive and very fast. When General Bian was on duty at night, he was unprepared, and the three large warehouses were burned by him for one and a half. Fortunately, General Liu reacted quickly, and when he heard the sound, he didn't have time to put on his armor, so he led the crowd to get on the horse, and fought hard for half an hour before he repelled it. ”

Three granaries were half burned.

Pan Xian's face was like earth, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back, and he was still thinking about burning the enemy's grain, but he didn't expect his own grain to be destroyed by the enemy first! He almost fell to the ground on his feet, held on to his chair, barely stood still, and said, "This, this, how is this good?" Half of the grain is gone, and the storage is no longer enough for our army for five days! ”

Zhao Guo's heart was pounding, but the expression on his face remained the same, and in an instant, he didn't know how many thoughts turned in his mind.

The granary was half burned, the flames were soaring to the sky, black smoke was rising, and there were so many people who saw it that they would definitely not be able to hide it, and soon the news would spread all over the army, which would inevitably lead to instability in the army's morale. What should I do? ......, he thought, "Wait, this military order just sent by the lord?" I made a decision on the spot, and thought, "If the lord was here, what would he do?" "I have made up my mind, I don't panic, I look up and laugh.

It's too late, it's too soon.

The whole time he took to react was slow, but it was just a few breaths.

Pan Xianji was stunned and said, "Why are you laughing? ”

"I, I'm worried that I didn't have the military order to go to the lord because of my head, but the Tartar was funny and took the initiative to send me an excuse! Coincidentally, how can I, how can I not laugh? ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

Zhao Guo picked up the "Tiger Sutra" and said with a smile: "The strategy of attacking and attacking the void is because it is in front of the temptation." First, did you forget? The lord ordered our army to rob the enemy's food, I, I am thinking, for many days without fighting, what excuse should there be, what excuse should there be, and the Tartars will not be suspicious? Haha, this is not an excuse to come? ”

——

1, Yuan Yang.

Now belongs to Xinxiang, Henan, there have been many prime ministers in history, there is a saying: "The twelve prime ministers of Yuanyang." ”

Four phases of the Han Dynasty: Zhang Cang, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Zhou Yafu. Five phases of the Tang Dynasty: Lou Shide, Wei Siqian, Wei Chengqing, Wei Sili, Yang Zaisi. Northern Han Dynasty Phase: Yang Hui. Two phases in the Song Dynasty: Li Mu and Wan Qiao.