On the evening of the day when Deng She held the court meeting, the Shanzhou front.

The remnants of the enemy on the battlefield have been largely cleaned, the bodies of the fallen soldiers have been removed and buried, and the arrows and broken blades left on the battlefield have also been cleaned up.

And counted the prisoners, totaling about 6,000 people, the Wu army got more than 1,000, and the rest were owned by the Yan army. These captives were extraordinary soldiers, and many of them were the elite of the Yuan army.

The Yan army suffered a total of two or three thousand casualties in this battle, and if these prisoners could be digested and reorganized, it would not only make up for the losses, but also further expand the overall strength of the Yan army. Therefore, Zhao Guo attached great importance to this, and after the inventory was completed, he ordered Hu Zhong to personally lead the team and escort them to Tai'an.

——The Yuan army invested in the decisive battle of Shanzhou totaled 10,000 or 20,000 people, why did it only get more than 6,000 prisoners?

Because first, Sain Chi Tahu and Wang Baobao took some of it; Secondly, in the process of encirclement and annihilation, many of the pawns took off their armor and weapons on the spot, and fled in groups. The combined forces of Yan and Wu also have only 10,000 or 20,000 people, and if they use 10,000 or 20,000 people to surround the same number of enemies, they will definitely not be able to do it, and the encirclement will not be tight; And at that time, the attention of the coalition forces was focused on those enemies who resisted stubbornly or did not lose their armor, so those who fled were treated and allowed to flee.

Anyway, the real elite will never "throw away their armor" and run away in embarrassment in order to escape with their lives.

After more than a day of rest, the main force of the Yan army regrouped and drove out from the inner branch of the camp. Some went to the east gate of Shanzhou, some went to the north gate of Shanzhou, and some went to the south gate of Shanzhou, respectively, under the command of the autonomous generals, or digging trenches, or building watchtowers, some spread out ladders, and some lined up artillery and trebuchets in formation. The flag covers the sky, and the drum horn shakes the sky. But it has already put on a siege posture.

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Yan Ying.

Chinese Army, Shuai Tent.

Zhao Guo had just returned from a round of inspection at the front line, and his clothes and armor and cloak were soaked by the rain. He took two sips, then walked to Pan Xianer's desk with the tea bowl in his hand. Pan Xianji was burying his head in, and he didn't know what to read with all his attention.

"First, what are you looking at? So dedicated. ”

Pan Xianer was startled, he had been in a trance for so long that he didn't even know when Zhao Guo would come back. Zhao Guo stretched out his hand to stop it, and said with a smile: "I have known Mr. for a long time, and this Jining battle is even more thanks to Mr. But, why is it still so unfamiliar and polite? ”

"There is a difference between respect and inferiority, and etiquette cannot be abolished."

Pan Xianer insisted on finishing the salute, and then answered Zhao Guo's question, and said with a smile: "What else can you look at?" In addition to the military documents of some front-line battalions, scouts, scouts, and horses to obtain information, and so on. ”

The job of the staff is very "boring" in many cases, and a large number of case documents need to be read, and the unimportant ones can be approved immediately; The important ones are picked out again and presented to the Lord to see.

However, to say that with Pan Xianer's identity, he can now be said to be the number one staff member under Zhao Guo, and he doesn't need to do it himself, so he can leave it to his subordinates. However, because he was eager to make meritorious contributions and was very eager to get military merits on the front line, so that his official position could be promoted again, so no matter how big or small, he took it all on his shoulders.

- Although the starting point is different, but in any case, in terms of "doing it himself", he is quite similar to Hong Jixun.

"Oh! Yes, is there anything important? ”

"The siege has not yet begun, but preparations are being made for the siege. Therefore, the military documents of the front-line departments are all trivial and trivial, either they want to ask for more weapons, or they want to ask for more military horses to replenish them. Pan Xian'er casually picked up a piece of military text he was reading and said, "Look, my lord, this is written in the Xiao Pingzhang camp." It is said that in the decisive battle, their battalion consumed too many arrows,......。 ”

"No, haven't you already given them a batch of arrows?"

"Wow, it's not enough! I want another 50,000. ”

"He—what does he want so many arrows for? The cavalry are all cavalry, and they come and attack the city in the future, and they don't need to attack the city. ”

"My lord, I have been in the army for so long, and I have never seen a general who has many weapons and arrows!"

Zhao Guo is right, the main attack in the coming day, the main force is the foot soldiers, not the cavalry, and it is useless for Tong Shengyang to raise more arrows. If it was another cavalry general who made such a request, Pan Xian'er would have refused a long time ago, but considering Tong Shengyang's identity, he asked tentatively: "In the decisive battle the day before yesterday, the first army of the first cavalry broke the Tartars twice, and the consumption of arrows and weapons was indeed not small. In the coming day, it may be another big battle. If there are fewer arrows, it really won't work. Or do you want to add something to him? ”

Ordinary trivial matters, Zhao Guo can talk about human feelings, involving important military affairs, but it is not easy to be accommodating.

He said: "In the decisive battle before and the day before yesterday, the credit of the head cavalry is indeed not small, but among the other battalions, which one is not seriously consumed? That's all the supplies sent by Tai'an, and there are just so many captures in the battle and on the battlefield, all of which are given to the head riders, how can the city and the city be fought? Give Xiao Pingzhang a palindrome in the camp, just, just say what I said, and temporarily wronged them. ”

"So, don't give it at all?"

Zhao Guo pondered for a moment, and thought in his heart: "Xiao Pingzhang's identity is not as ordinary as ordinary people, if he doesn't give it at all, he will completely refute his face, and it will inevitably seem a little domineering." The plan was decided, and he said, "How much is left besides, except for the replenishment of the arrows for the foot soldiers?" ”

"Less than 100,000."

"Only, less than 100,000?"

"According to your orders, those who are given to the foot soldiers are given as much as possible, so there is less left."

"......, I will allocate another 20,000 to the Xiao Pingzhang camp."

"Yes."

Whether to give or not, or how many arrows to give, these seem to be inconsequential trivialities, but for the commander of an army, they need to be decided. As the saying goes, "there is no trivial matter in the army".

After saying this, Pan Xianer took out a few more documents, which were all relatively important military documents in comparison, and they had to be decided by Zhao Guo. Among them, there are two military documents, because Zhao Guo has met their main general on the front line just now, so it has been resolved, but it still needs to be approved and go through a procedure.

Every time I read a letter, Zhao Guo dictated the approval, and Pan Xian took the dragon and snake with two strokes. In a short time, all the processing was completed. Pan Xianer put down the pen, and before he could call his soldiers in to send the military documents away, he heard a series of passwords outside the tent. Someone reported the password and rushed to the front.

The two men stopped talking and turned their eyes to the tent.

But when the curtain was lifted, a man entered.

Zhao Guo recognized it, but he was a famous general under Gao Yanshi. I saw him come into the tent, bow to the ground, and say in a loud voice: "Lord Qiqi, Chuqiu City has been captured by our department!" ”

"W-When?"

"Around midnight this morning."

"What about Sai, Sainchi Dahu, Wang Baobao, Hu Linchi, Zhao Heng, Cai Ziying and others? Can you catch it? ”

"My family will slash the tiger Lin Chi; Sain Chi was seriously injured and could not escape, so he was captured by me. ”

"What about Wang, Wang Baobao, Zhao Heng, and Cai Ziying?"

"Hu Lin Chi was loyal to the Lord, and when he saw that the situation was urgent, he disguised himself and disguised himself as Wang Baobao, and went out of the East City Gate first, leading away my general. - That's why he was beheaded by my general. However, he was also escaped by Wang Baobao because of this. ”

"What about Zhao, Zhao Heng, Cai Ziying, etc.?"

"Our army entered the city, Cai Ziying led the crowd to resist stubbornly and was captured by General Su. But there was no trace of the qualified, so I thought that I should have escaped with Wang Baobao. "General Su", talking about Su Baiyu.

"This, so to speak, I didn't hold Wang Baobao and Zhao Heng."

"Yes, the last general is incompetent, please punish him."

Zhao Guo waved his hand and said, "No, but in two days and one night, you can capture Chuqiu, and it is not bad to be able to defeat Chu Qiu in a row." What are you, what are your sins? ......, where did Wang Baobao and Zhao Heng flee? But, can it be detected? ”

"It should be going to Chengwu."

Went to Chengwu? Zhao Guo's heart suddenly relaxed. Fortunately, there was an arrangement, and Fu Youde had been arranged to guard between Chu Qiu and Cheng Wu.

Pan Xian'er interjected and asked, "The city that was broken this morning,......。 Turning his head to look out of the tent, the night had already covered the earth, "Why didn't you come to report until now?" ”

"It was because Wang Baobao and Zhao Heng were gone, for fear that the adults would be responsible, so my generals went out to scout and ride, hoping to catch these two fish that slipped through the net. As a result, the time to report the victory was delayed. ”

"The military order sent to your general before, have you received it?"

"Roger. My general, in full accordance with the orders of my lord, has been stationed in Chuqiu on the spot. ......, the last general will come first to report the victory, and the corpses of Sainchi and Hu Linchi, as well as Cai Ziying and other prisoners, will then be sent by special personnel. ”

"Good, very good! Mr. Pan, Mr. Pan, after Cai Ziying and the others were sent, they would take them to tour the city, and go around the city for a few weeks, so that the city could see it clearly. Even the heads of Sainchi and Hu Linchi were hung out together. so that Yan Sixiao knew that he, they had no reinforcements. ”

"Yes. My lord, this is a wonderful plan. The so-called 'attacking the heart is the first', and the so-called 'surrendering soldiers without fighting'. Wonderful, wonderful. ”

Zhao Guo laughed at Pan Xianer's sycophancy, straightened the color, and ordered: "Gao and Gao Yanshi are all cavalry, and it is inevitable that they will be overused to defend the city. Spread and pass on our military orders, and transfer a battalion of infantry to immediately rush to Chuqiu to take over and take over the defense. Raise by the bow ,......。 ”

"The end will be."

"You, you also go back to Chuqiu immediately, tell your general, wait, wait for the foot soldiers to take over the defense, and then you will come back to the camp. Come, come and attack the city, and maybe you will be needed. ”

"Yes!" Yang Youyin responded happily, bowed, turned around and walked out of the tent, striding away.

After seeing him go, Zhao Guo lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then said: "Wang, Wang Baobao escaped in the morning, and now it's night, and I don't know where he went?" Deliver my military order again, go to Fu Youde quickly, ask, ask for details, and see if Wang Baobao, Zhao Heng and others are arrested. ”

Although Sain Chi Ta Su died, Wang Baobao's identity competition was more important because of Chi Ta Su. Moreover, since entering Jining, big and small battles are counted in one place, Zhao Guo has fought with Wang Baobao no less than a dozen times, and he is quite jealous of this enemy who is about the same age as himself.

Yes, he won the battle, but he really understood Wang Baobao's tenacity and patience.

You must know that Wang Baobao is only in his twenties. Let's ask, is there a young man in his twenties who can be so indomitable?

From the defeat of Juye to the defeat of Shanzhou, no matter how many defeats he has lost in succession, he can't be defeated!

After the defeat of Juye, he stuck to Shanzhou, not only held on, but also dared to come out to fight!

Shanzhou was defeated again and fled to Chuqiu, and only a few thousand of 10,000 or 20,000 military horses remained. But when Gao Yanshi went, he still refused to surrender, and led a group of remnants of the defeated army who had no fighting spirit for a long time, and he was able to hold out for a day and a night, until the fifth watch city was captured last night.

The city was broken, but he still refused to give up, took advantage of the chaos to get out of the city, and went straight to Chengwu.

What did he do in Chengwu? If you just want to escape your life, where is it good to go? Partial life went to Chengwu! Obviously, he was still not discouraged, he didn't give up, he wanted to regain his strength, echo Yan Sixiao in Shanzhou City, and then fight a decisive battle with the Yan army.

With such tenacity and persistence, Zhao Guo asked himself, if he was replaced, I am afraid he may not be able to do it.

Pan Xianer saw Zhao Guo's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Although Wang Baobao is Chahan's adopted son, after all, he is young, and he has not experienced much battle, and the way of using soldiers is far inferior to Chahan, and it is far inferior to adults. Now that he was defeated in Shanzhou and then Chuqiu, he has already become the general of the defeated army, embarrassed like a lost dog, and he can't be at ease in a hurry. ......, even if he gets away with it for a while, why should adults care too much? ”

"No, not really. Wang Baobao may be young and inexperienced, so he is a little lacking in the use of soldiers. However, the direction of Kejie is not and may not be a true hero; has been repeatedly destroyed, and only Fang and Fang can be called a good man. ......, Wang Baobao, is such a person! Mr. Pan, I don't hide it from you, if I don't see Wang Baobao for a day, I won't be at ease for a day! ”

"Heroes are heroes", and only heroes can recognize heroes. There is a saying that the enemy often knows you better than you do. This is the case between Zhao Guo and Wang Baobao!

He told Pan Xianji the truth. It's really if he can't catch Wang Baobao, if there is no exact news about Wang Baobao, he will really be sitting on pins and needles, like a man's back.

Pan Xian'er replied respectfully: "In this case, please rest assured, my lordship, I will send someone to ask General Fu." ”

……

The night is getting darker and the drizzle is misty.

Wu Ying.

Chinese Army, Shuai Tent.

After Zhao Guo negotiated with Chang Yuchun, he still gave them the west side of Shanzhou City, and they were responsible for attacking the city in Japan. Therefore, the camp of the Wu army was still stationed in the west of the city.

There is a saying: "Courtesy is still exchanged". The night before yesterday, Chang Yuchun invited Zhao Guo to a banquet in the name of losing a bet, so last night, Zhao Guo invited him back. I drank a lot of wine, Rao is often in the spring, and when I got up in the morning, I had a headache for a long time, and I didn't get back until noon.

At this moment, he had just eaten dinner and was talking to Feng Guosheng in the tent with a candle, when Lan Yu rushed in.

"What's all the fuss?"

"Oh no! Brother. ”

"What's wrong?"

"I was patrolling outside the camp just now, and I saw a Biao military horse out of the Yan camp." Although it was already night at this time, it was precisely because of the night that Yan Jun's movements could be seen more clearly. Because when the horses came out of the camp, they lit torches, like a fiery snake, especially in rainy nights, and could be seen from afar.

"What's so surprising about that? Seeing that the siege was about to begin, it was not surprising that some horses were mobilized. ”

"I thought so too, but I saw that the Biao army horse did not go to the front line, but went in the direction of Chuqiu!"

"Went to Chuqiu?"

"Yes! So I hurried over, pretended to be on the road, and chatted with the general of the military horse. Brother, guess what? It turns out that Gao Yanshi has captured Chuqiu City! This Biao military horse is exactly what was defended in the past. ”

Chang Yuchun and Feng Guosheng glanced at each other, and both of them got up.

……

Rewind the time, and at the same time that Lan Yu had just broken into the tent of the commander of the Chinese army in the Wu camp, there was a person who also took advantage of the night to come to the tent of the commander of the Yan army.

This person came to the tent, without saying a word, took out a wax pill, handed it to Zhao Guo, and said, "The lord's secret order." ”