Originally, Ji Chong was scheduled to leave the city the next morning, because Li Shousheng temporarily remembered a few things, and then found him and explained for a long time. Therefore, the time for him to go out of the city was delayed until the evening. At night, at least when you go out of the city, no one will see you, which is more conducive to secrecy.

But he said, what is Ji Chong's next order? It was to sneak to Dadu and connect with Marleg. At all costs, it is necessary to find out the content of the conversation between Wang Baobao and Wei Sijian that night as soon as possible.

Since receiving Deng She's instructions that day, Li Shousheng has repeatedly considered it, and finally chose Ji Chong, but it was for three reasons.

First, the eunuch is a dignitary of Mengyuan, and there is a way to be a "seven-grade official in front of the prime minister", and his servants must naturally be first-class slaves, and they are used to being powerful and blessed. And this Ji Chong is not only good at communicating, can put down his body to tie up people, but also can play and sing everything, which is also suitable for his favor. I want to send a wooden man, who can't drink or bend, and go there for a stop, and the wood-like ones probably won't even look at it. How can this information be handled?

Second, Ma Lege originally opened a restaurant in Yidu, and Ji Chong and him are old acquaintances. The two have a relationship, although they are not particularly familiar, at least there will be no estrangement. It's good to work with.

Third, Li Shousheng has used Ji Chong many times, and he knows more about this person, knowing that he is bold and careful, not a reckless person, and even a little bit of fists and feet. Sending him to Dadu can first ensure that he will not mess around, and secondly, if he encounters danger, he also has the means to defend himself, which is enough to deal with temporary emergencies.

Although Li Shousheng has many generals, there are not many who can occupy these three.

Especially the first one. Most of the people under him are veterans in the army, or they were originally born as ordinary people, and there are a few who know tunes, can sing lyrics, and often go to Malantai? I don't usually need these things for intelligence, but this time I'm going to deal with the powerful, so I have to do it.

Therefore, I chose Ji Chong.

What's more, Ji Chong's family background is also good, and Li Shousheng also takes a fancy to it. As long as Ji Zongzhou is in Yidu, as long as his younger brothers are in Yidu, as long as his whole family is in Yidu, even if he fails to complete the task and is caught by the people who are in Yidu, there is no need to worry that he will confess Haidong. It's just that Li Shousheng himself has a number of points, and it is not enough to communicate with outsiders.

Even so, Ji Chong didn't go to Dadu alone, after all, he was not a person from the General Administration Department, he had not undergone special training, and he would not necessarily have some technical work. Therefore, Li Shousheng selected four experts from the General Political Department, with Ji Chong as the main one, as his companion, and also set off together.

accompanied him, and at the order of Deng She, he brought a lot of silver money. It can't be said that Yidu went, pretending to be a tea merchant in Xuzhou. Xuzhou is now Zhang Shicheng's territory, not far from Shandong, with a similar accent. When Ji Chong was a teenager, he also went there. Others are clever and pretend, and they are vivid.

The five of them, driven a carriage with tea stacked on it, and left the city overnight. When he arrived at the city gate, he showed the order of the Yan Wangfu to the guards, and the guards did not dare to slack off, so they opened the city gate and sent them out. I didn't go far out of the city gate, and suddenly one of the companions pointed to the distance and said, "Dalang, look! ”

When they looked up, they saw that the night was deep, and there was a hidden army of horses walking in front of them. It was about seven or eight miles apart, and the horses didn't have torches, so they couldn't see it clearly, and only saw a silhouette in the dark.

Ji Chong was taken aback and said, "But I didn't hear that there was a movement of military horses." Only this morning, some generals of Dizhou went out of the city, but they were all on light horses, and they did not hear of men and horses. And by now, I'm afraid I'm afraid I've already arrived a hundred miles away. Where did this team come from? "Look at it quickly, and discern the direction of its march.

At this glance, he was even more surprised. After looking at it for a while, I couldn't even see a single flag. He gasped and said, "That's not right! Judging by the direction of his march, he should have just come out of the camp in the south of the city. Either this is either a military order from the Lord or a private school! "I'm thinking about whether to go back to the city to report the news. But suddenly out of nowhere, a group of cavalry appeared, and without speaking, they showed their weapons and surrounded them.

There is a person in the cavalry team who is in the lead, and looking at his dress, he is a deputy hundred, and on his chest, there is a military rank mark. Originally, there was a name brand logo on the chest of General Haidong, but since the policy of *military rank, it has been changed to a military rank. When Ji Chong looked at it, he recognized that this deputy Baihu was a captain.

It is rare to be a lieutenant and a lieutenant. It can be seen that his military exploits. The deputy Baihu looked at Ji Chong, looked at it a few times, and said in a surprised and funny voice: "But it's Dalang." How do you dress up like this? ”

This pair of Baihu has a helmet, and there is a face guard on the helmet, Ji Chong couldn't see his face, he couldn't recognize it at once, and said hesitantly: "General? ”

The hundred households suddenly pushed up the face protection and said with a smile: "The noble man of Dalang is so forgetful, don't you remember me?" "How could Ji Chong not remember? This person's name is Yang Si, Yang Wanhu's nephew, originally in his hometown, and later because he heard that Yang Wanhu was ambitious in Haidong, he traveled thousands of miles and came to defect. He was also very brave.

"General Xiao Yang. ……。 Ji Chong was stunned for a moment, then understood, and secretly thought, "Last night, I met Yang Wanhu on the street, and when I saw him go out of the city in the middle of the night, I guessed that there must be something important, and it was really good." It should be on the order of His Royal Highness, but I don't know where I want to go? I was puzzled, but I didn't ask, just greeted.

He didn't ask, Yang Si asked, and said, "Where are you going to dress up like this?" Respect the prince is my right man, and you are also the capital of the Mint, so you are so short of money! Or even sell tea at night? I felt funny, and laughed twice.

Ji Chong replied: "But it's not selling tea." General Xiao Yang, you also know that I am now in the Mint, and I have an errand to go to Tai'an. In the city of Tai'an, there is a relative in my family, and there are many old friends, so I was ordered by the lord of the family to bring some tea and give it to them. ”

Yang Si smiled and said, "Do you think I'm a rough person, so you came to coax me?" How can anyone send tea and two large carriages? That's it, Dalang, you must have done something! I just don't ask. He turned his head, looked into the distance, and said, "My uncle has been ordered by His Royal Highness, and he is also going out on business." I won't say more to Da Lang. He immediately saluted, whistled, beckoned his subordinates, and rode away to chase the troops.

When he arrived in the army, Yang Si saw Yang Wanhu and said to one of them, so and so, I saw Ji Chong just now. Yang Wanhu also immediately remembered last night, and scolded with a smile: "Straight thief! is a good Ji Chong, obviously he also has an errand, maybe he still obeys the secret order of the lord. Last night, you came to hide it from me! ”

Deng She usually taught the generals to be secret, and Yang Wanhu firmly remembered it. And that Ji Chong is naturally clever. Therefore, although the two of them knew each other well, although they met each other last night, they were both secretive, refused to tell each other the truth, and coaxed each other. But when they went out of the city tonight, the two ran into one place again. It's also a coincidence. However, although the lie was exposed, neither of them was angry, and laughed it off.

Meet on the road. Ji Chong went to Dadu, while Yang Wanhu and Luo Guoqi led the armies, all the way to the end of the flag, traveled to Xiaosu at night, and went to Dizhou. On the night of the 19th, he arrived outside the city of Dizhou and camped thirty miles away from the city.

Yang Wanhu invited Luo Guoqi to come, and the two discussed in the tent. Yang Wanhu said: "Lord Zuo Cheng ordered that around the twentieth day, the Dizhou army should be able to return to the city. This morning, sure enough, I received a report from Tanmalai that they had returned to the city. I just don't know, has there been any change in the strategy of taking the city? Can Wang Daer and the others still act according to the plan? But you have to send someone into the city quietly before you can connect with it. ”

Luo Guoqi said: "That's exactly how it should be. ”

At that moment, Yang Wanhu called Yang Si and explained: "Take three or two people, go to armor, don't need weapons, disguise yourself, and pretend to be a villager." Let's find a way to infiltrate Dizhou City, go to Wang Daer and others, and ask if they are ready? Ask again to see when they will be able to do so. ”

Yang Si responded and took the order to go. Yang Wanhu and Luo Guoqi waited in the army.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Yang Si returned. He entered the account and said, "I was not able to enter the city because it was late last night. Today the gates of the city are opened, and then they go into the city. found Wang Daer and others. Yang Wanhu asked, "How do you say it?" Yang Si replied: "Because the Dizhou army has only returned to the city, Tian Feng has already decided to celebrate their achievements tonight. Wang Daer said that if you want to combine the inside and the outside, tonight is the most suitable. ”

"Tonight?"

"Exactly."

"What time is the appointment?"

"Tian Feng's practice is that the night banquet will not be dispersed all night. When it is ugly, all the generals in the Dizhou army must be drunk. At that point, the general will be ready to take the city. ”

"Where to attack the city?"

"The people who defend the acropolis tonight are all Tian Feng's lineage. There is no Wang Daer and other people's departments. But there was one man in the army, named Niu Wu, who was a hundred households. This person is Wang Daer's hometown. Wang Da'er has already moved it, and agreed that when our army is in the city, he will open the door inside. It guards the city gate, which is the east gate. ”

Luo Guoqi asked, "When it's ugly, the East City Gate." However, Tian Feng's army and horses totaled about 10,000 people. For the specific location and deployment, can you ask Wang Daer clearly? ”

"There are two thousand at the east gate, and one thousand at each of the other three gates. There are more than 3,000 camps in the north of the city. That's more than eight thousand. On the edge of Marshal Tian Feng's mansion, there were hundreds of guards. Wang Daer said that the garrisons in the city are all from the Tian Feng lineage, while in the camp in the north of the city, most of them are miscellaneous families. His more than 1,000 men were stationed in the north of the city. and the two thousand households, also stationed in the north of the city. Therefore, the camp in the north of the city does not need to be managed by our army, and Wang Daer and others are responsible. He promised that he would never let a single soldier out of the camp. ”

Luo Guoqi bowed his head and said: "Wang Da'er and that one thousand households and one deputy thousand households can control more than 2,000 military horses. There are more than 3,000 people in the north of the city. In other words, in addition to their men, only about 1,000 people could support Dizhou. There were more than 2,000 of them, and they were indeed able to control it. ”

Yang Wanhu asked, "What about the city?" There are only five cows and one hundred households, if the city gate cannot be opened according to the covenant, how can it be good? ”

Yang Si replied: "Wang Da'er said that according to the old practice, every night banquet, Tian Feng allowed the generals to bring their own soldiers to come. He and the two thousand households can take a hundred people up and down in total. He had already selected three or two hundred elites from the army, all of whom were dressed in ordinary attire and concealed short blades, and at the latest, they would be able to separate into the city before nightfall. In this way, in addition to Niu Wu, there will be another 400 people in the city who will respond to our army. ”

"Our army doesn't need him to respond, the most important thing is that as long as Wang Da'er can control the night banquet and ensure that none of Tian Feng and his generals can get out, he will do our army a great favor!"

"Yes. What Wang Daer said is the same as the general. He said that there were 400 people in the city, and 100 people would be divided to ensure that the east gate would be opened, and the remaining 300 people would all be used to control Marshal Tianfeng's mansion, and when the general attacked the city, he would send people to set fire everywhere to reduce the pressure on the general. ”

"If this can be done, great things will be done!" Yang Wanhu slapped the case, shouted loudly to the soldiers outside the tent, and ordered, "Teach the three armies to open a gang!" It's still the same as last night, only dry food is allowed, and no fires are allowed to make smoke. The Guardian is ready to attack the city! The soldiers received the order, turned around and ran, and went down to pass the word.

Luo Guoqi frowned and said, "What Wang Da'er said, although it is good. But the general, there are two things that must be guarded against. ”

"What's going on?"

"First, if Wang Daer fails to do the above things as agreed, how should our army respond? Second, if this matter has actually been leaked and Tian Feng knows, how should our army respond? ”

"What do you think?"

Luo Guoqi groaned and said: "If it is the former, our army will come secretly, and Tian Feng will have a banquet at night. It doesn't matter if it takes a little effort at most. If it's the latter, you need to be more prepared. We must not steal chickens and rice, and if we didn't defeat Dizhou, we were called Tian Feng to set a trap, so that our army suffered a big loss! ”

"Your Excellency has a point." Yang Wanhu has been in war for a long time and is also very experienced, his brows furrowed, he thought about it, and said with a smile, "I have a plan, but even if it is the latter, our army will definitely be able to take the city smoothly." ”

"Oh? Dare to ask what is the strategy? ”

"Divide our army into two divisions. One of 2,000 men hit the east gate. If Wang Daerguo can act according to the agreement, 2,000 people will take the city, which is enough. If he can't act according to the agreement, Tian Feng already has equipment, then I will divide another army, 6,000 people, go around to the west of the city, watch the camp in the north of the city, and storm the west gate of Dizhou. ”

"There are only 1,000 people at the West City Gate, and 6,000 people from our army take it, which is enough! The general's clever plan, this is to attack the east and the west. ”

"Since the adults agree, let's do so?"

"So do it!"

Yang Wanhu's military order to open a gang was passed down, and all the generals in the army knew that the siege was imminent. and without waiting for the summons to be sounded, they came one after another, and entered into the tent, and lined up on both sides. All of them are neatly draped, and they all have a straight chest and a convex belly. When Yang Wanhu saw them coming, he simply raised his account, named them one by one, and arranged tasks.

"Hu Subei."

"The last general!"

One will step out of the column. This general was originally the official of Fang Mihan, but because he was also affected by Guo Conglong, he was demoted from a thousand households to a hundred households, and later made meritorious contributions, but now he is the same as Fang Mihan, still a thousand households.

Yang Wanhu glanced at him, ordered without hurrying, and said, "Fang Mihan!" ”

Another young general who was not a year old stepped out of the ranks, it was Fang Mihan, and responded: "The last general!" ”

Yang Wanhu then connected the names of six thousand households, and when they all stood up, he ordered: "You wait for the eight generals, each of them leads to the headquarters, so-and-so, so-and-so, you two follow Fang Mihan, when you are ugly tonight, you must move to the north of the west of the city, your task is to see the north camp of the Dizhou army." ”

Fang Mihan said: "The last general will wait for the order!" ”

"The rest of the generals, led by Hu Subei, will also stay until tonight, and must move to the west of Dizhou City. When the siege on the east side of the city begins, you shout and move. First of all, there was no need to attack the city, as long as it covered the east of the city and attracted the enemy defending army in the west of the city. Waiting for my military order, if the east of the city cannot be captured for a long time, you will turn the virtual into the real and ask for an all-out attack on the west gate of Dizhou City! ”

"The last general will wait for the order!"

"The rest of the generals, take your headquarters, and wait until tonight when it is ugly, and then attack Dongcheng with the generals!"

"The last general will wait for the order!"

"Yang Si."

"The last general!"

"If I take Dongcheng, you don't have to fight, just take your headquarters and go to Tian Fengshuai's mansion as soon as possible to help Wang Da'er. I asked that before I went, not even a single fly was allowed to be released in the mansion of Marshal Natian! ”

"The last general will take the order!"

"It's the end of the day, and there are still eight hours left until the time of the ugly. Go back to your headquarters first, and ask the soldiers to hurry up and recuperate. When night falls, they set out. And remember, give orders to the horse-scouting rangers of your various divisions that they must continue to be on high alert until our troops have been deployed! Anyone who enters the warning range of our army, whether it is a Dizhou sentinel or a rural person, will all stay. ”

All the generals were murderous, received the order in unison, made a military salute neatly, took a few steps back, and according to their ranks, they turned around and went out one after another, and returned to the headquarters to prepare. Yang Wanhu knelt down like a sheep in front of Deng She. The same is true of the generals of his army. Haidong's management of the army has always been based on strictness. Military discipline is like a mountain, who dares to disobey it? Those who do not obey military orders, such as Yang Wanhu, will not escape punishment. What's more?

There is a sundial in the army, and it is outside Yang Wanhu's tent. There is a special person who comes to report every other hour. The sun rises to the middle and then to the west. The shadow of the sun cast on the sundial moved with it. This sundial can be accurate to a quarter of an hour. Soon, the sun sets; Soon, night came.

Yang Wanhu and Luo Guoqi said: "The time has come, so please lead five hundred people to sit here." At most tomorrow dawn, ten thousand tigers will have good news! ”

Luo Guoqi is not hypocritical. Although he has been on the battlefield, after all, Wenchen knows that martial arts are not a strong point, even if he goes with Yang Wanhu, it is useless, and since he is determined to become a civilian, he will not take the initiative to do battlefield work again, so he saluted solemnly and said concisely: "The national weapon sends the general to battle." ”

Yang Wanhu neatly tidied his pocket, tied up his armor, took off his cloak, belt short knife, strode meteors, and walked out with an axe. Out of the tent, all the generals arrived. Another roll call, and then another order, someone shouted at home. The generals received the order, all of which were to retreat as soon as they promised to lead the army out of the camp. In a bumble, the whole camp was empty.

Luo Guoqi climbed to a high place and looked far away. Seeing that in the night, the armies were like snakes, rushing to Dizhou. Although the troops of thousands of men, there was no sound during the march. Luo Guoqi sighed: "It's really my strong army in Haidong!" "As the night grew darker, the armies vanished. The warm breeze blows the face, bringing the atmosphere of the wilderness. Luo Guoqi stood on a high place, just look ahead. Seeing a place in the distance, there seemed to be a faint light, and I knew that it was Dizhou.

He specially brought an hourglass and put it at his feet to look at it from time to time. When I first arrived at Chou, I suddenly saw a flash of fire in the distance, first at one o'clock, and then dozens of points, as if flowers were blooming in the night. Immediately after, the sound of an explosion was faintly heard in the wind. He thought, "It's the artillery." ”

Yang Wanhu has begun to attack the city.

Although Luo Guoqi was far away in the camp, seeing that Yang Wanhu had already begun to attack the city at this time, he thought of the discussion between Japan and China, but he couldn't help but worry, and thought: "I don't know if Tian Feng is prepared or not?" ”