Fu Youde went out of the wild at night.

The servants rode two hundred, all of them went to the flag, abandoned the tassels, black clothes and black armor, went out from the south gate, and went to Chengwu.

Juye and Chengwu are 200 miles apart, and if they are marched on foot, according to the normal marching speed, they cannot be reached in three or four days. But if you rush with light horses, you can reach it in a day and night. That is, by tomorrow night, they will be able to appear outside the camp of the Yuan army.

For the sake of secrecy, Zhao Guo did not see off with great fanfare, but just climbed to the top of the city and watched from afar. Pan Xian'er accompanied him. In May, the weather is hot, and at night, the wind cools down. Blowing on the body and face, I don't feel refreshed. Looking up, the night sky is cloudless and the stars are shining.

Seeing Fu Youde and the others leaving the city, Pan Xianer said: "General Fu is brave and good at fighting, with thousands of enemies and good courage. This place is all elite, and the enemy will be unprepared, and he will be able to succeed. Humble news: 'If a soldier defeats the enemy without a fight, he will be defeated'. As long as the good news comes, everyone in our army will be happy. At that time, the handsome man did his best again, beat the drum and marched forward, under the city of Bo Danzhou, and fought against it. Although there are many enemies, although reinforcements are coming, our army is sharp and tired. Fight tired with sharpness, and contempt is not restrained! ”

"First, Mr. can coincide with the lord, and he is worthy of being a wise man."

"The lord is wise and martial, and since he has been fighting, he has no last resort. Although the humble position is occasionally obtained, and it can be reconciled with the lord, this is just 'a fool's thousand thoughts'. How dare you be a handsome compliment? Don't dare to be juxtaposed with the lord. ”

Zhao Guo smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "You think that you can't be on a par with the lord, but it's not modest. He still took out Dunshe's military letter from his sleeve. When he showed Pan Xianer at noon, he folded the lower part, opened it at this time, and handed it over again, saying, "Please, please look down, sir." ”

Pan Xianer was slightly stunned, caught it, opened it, and looked down. See a few lines below, which reads:

"Fu Youde attacked Chengwu in order to frustrate Baobao's morale. However, the two armies will hunt, and it is not enough to frustrate them. 'Soldiers win with false alarms'. In addition to giving the enemy a false alarm, there must also be a 'real victory'. So, what is a 'real win'? The number of troops, the advantages and disadvantages of the terrain, this is the 'actual victory'. If you want to defeat Bao Bao in the future decisive battle, you must 'occupy the advantage' in advance and strive to be able to 'overshoot it'. Earlier, I had ordered you to sweep away the remnants of the enemy and join the tribes for the sake of 'Estor over him,' and now the time has come when the time must begin to fight for the land.

"Jinxiang and Yutai are located on the front line, and they are not more than 50 miles away from Shanzhou and Chengwu. Yutai is adjacent to Shanyang Lake, and Jinxiang is particularly important. If you can occupy Jinxiang, you can attack Shanzhou below, and you can threaten Chengwu horizontally. Bao Bao was defeated and gave up his garrison in these two places, and God gave me this as well. Before, the monk and the Ten Thousand Tigers had already obtained this city, why did they abandon it again? If he waits for the captives to come to help, he will come back to defend it. "It is difficult to succeed and easy to fail, and the opportunity is rare and easy to lose", when taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the martial arts, and then order the monks and ten thousand tigers to guard the country! ”

Jinxiang and Yutai are two small county seats.

Yutai is in the west of Shanyang Lake, and Jinxiang is in the west of Yutai, and the distance between the two is twenty or thirty miles. Yutai is not enough, the location of Jinxiang is more important, Shanzhou and Chengwu are in the southwest of it. Chengwu is on the top, and Shanzhou is on the bottom. The three places were separated by thirty or forty miles each.

As Deng She said, if you occupy Jinxiang, it is equivalent to occupying a bridgehead. It has two functions, one is to assist the main force to attack Shanzhou; Second, it can be used as a fortress to threaten Chengwu when the main force attacks Shanzhou. If Cheng Wu dares to go to the aid of Shanzhou, he can send troops from Jinxiang to attack it.

So, since the status of Jinxiang is so important, why would Wang Baobao give up so easily?

Wang Baobao has Wang Baobao's considerations.

Of course, what he thinks specifically, it is difficult for Yan Jun to guess. However, based on common sense, it is very likely that it is because he is worried that if the military force is too dispersed, it will be easily broken by the Yan army. Therefore, abandon Jinxiang and Yutai, and concentrate on defending Shanzhou and Chengwu, waiting for backup.

And in this case, why did Yang Wanhu and Monk Li take the initiative to retreat and not garrison on the spot after they won Jinxiang and Yutai, and robbed the grain reserves in the city? Can't they see the importance of Jinxiang and Yutai? The answer is no.

The two of them have been on the battlefield for a long time and have a lot of experience in warfare, or they can't talk about "using soldiers like gods", but they are by no means ignorant of ordinary time and place. The reason why they also withdrew and refused to be stationed on the spot was because these two places were too close to Shanzhou and Chengwu. In other words, it was too close to Wang Baobao's main force. These two places are only county seats, the city walls are not high, and the area is not extensive, so it is very difficult to defend. There are too many troops to let go; The army came less, and I was afraid that I would not be able to block Wang Baobao's blow. Therefore, in desperation, I had to give it up like Wang Baobao.

This cannot be said to be their fault. They are not the commanders, they are more concerned about the gains and losses, victories and defeats of their own army, headquarters and the battlefield for which they are responsible; For the big picture, there won't be much consideration. "Not in their position, not in their politics", to be honest, they don't need to consider the overall situation, as long as they do their own thing. However, Deng She didn't care what they thought, what he needed to think about was the big picture.

Therefore, in this military document, he was ordered that the two of them must occupy Jinxiang again.

And in fact, through this order, Deng She also silently rebuked Zhao Guo once.

Deng She is the lord of the truth, and the overall situation needs to be considered; But what is Zhao Guo's identity? Frontline manager. The overall situation also needs to be considered by him. Yang Wanhu and Monk Li entered Jinxiang without giving up, and they withdrew when they said they would withdraw, and they gave up easily. Zhao Guo, why don't you blame them? Why not give an order to ask them to settle in?

This is also Zhao Guo, Deng She is lenient and old, and he doesn't want to reprimand him. If someone else is the head coach, he will definitely not let it go so lightly, and he will definitely be severely reprimanded.

Pan Xianer looked at it, admired it sincerely, and said: "'Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain'. Looking at the Lord's plan, there are 'virtual' and 'real'. There is 'clear seizure of its qi', and there is 'secret location'. It's really a matter of doing anything. Especially the clever ones, they took advantage of the opportunity of Fu Youde's 'clear seizure of his qi', and made Li and Yang Er's 'secret location'. ......, on the other hand, looking at the humble position, it is just a little foolish, and he only sees one-sidedness, ignoring the most important 'reality' in the battle array, but he still thinks he has a plan. I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. ”

Because he asked: "Youde has gone out of the city, I wonder if the marshal has already ordered Li and Yang?" ”

"The Lord, the Lord, this military document arrived last night. Soon after arriving, I sent an order to Li and Yang. Because General Li's camp was far away from Jinxiang, I handed over this task to General Yang, and I ordered him to act according to the plan, and set a camp tomorrow night to settle in Jinxiang. ”

Last night? At that time, Fu Youde and Pan Xianer had not yet arrived in Juye. Why did Zhao Guo order Yang Wanhu to "act according to the plan and pull out the camp tomorrow night"? Pan Xian'er thought about it for a while, and then he understood, and thought: "Before Youde left Jeju, Qingshuai first sent a military document and Juye, and it was over. With this military order of the lord in hand, even if there is no self-righteous 'radical general plan', Fu Youde will definitely not dare to disobey it, and he will definitely obey it. And since Fu Youde has been ordered to calculate the schedule, he can go to Chengwu tomorrow night, so he ordered Yang Wanhu to camp and settle in Jinxiang tomorrow night. Although the shilling is ten thousand tigers, and then the friendship is made, it is seamless. ”

not only threw himself into Deng She's foresight, but also admired Zhao Guo's clever orders. He couldn't help but sigh.

"Why is Mr. sighing?"

"The lord is thousands of miles away, but the situation on the front line in Jining is vivid in my mind. The so-called God's endowment, non-human also'! Kenji thought he was a wise man, but he didn't expect to be in the middle of the lord and the handsome. ”

- He said one less person, Hong Jixun. Hong Jixun is the mastermind of Yidu, and Haidong's plan is more than his hand. Deng She's plan will naturally not be without his credit.

The night gradually deepened, and I could hear two drums in the city, and it was already the second watch.

Zhao Guo said: "The night is cold and the night is cold, Mr. scribe, don't stand at the head of the city for a long time, please go back first." Friends and friends arrive in the morning, and go out in the evening, and the two thousand foot soldiers he brought with him need to be soothed. This is difficult for others to do, and it must be the commander. I won't send it to Mr. "Called two personal soldiers, lit torches, and sent Pan Xianer to the city.

Pan Xianer said goodbye, waited for the city to look back, and saw that Zhao Guo had also gone surrounded by his entourage.

When he first surrendered to Haidong, Pan Xianer was not reused, and he did not have much contact with the generals; From the battle of Jining, he was first in Taean and then in Jeju, and only began to have more contact with the generals in the army. Such as Deng Chengzhi, Qing Qianxing, Fu Youde, etc., including some middle and lower-level generals. Most of these people are rough people, and their attitude towards him is at most like Qing Qianxing, at most the word "polite"; But Zhao Guo gave him a different feeling. After thinking about it for a long time, I found a suitable word: "Like sitting in the spring breeze." ”

It is not the "spring breeze" of dialogue; It is a kind, simple, and empathetic "like sitting on the spring breeze". For example, when he was talking eloquently and offering ideas, although Zhao Guo already had Deng Shejun's writing, he did not interrupt him; Another example is just now, "the night is dew and cold", and I know that it is very hard for him to come from afar, so please return to the city.

All kinds of styles are quite similar to Deng She.

Pan Xian'er thought angrily: "The king is like this, and so is the minister. There is a king, there must be a minister. Haidong can have this gentleman, wise and martial, pushing the red heart into the belly of the people; And there can be this minister, who eats and wears clothes, and breaks the corporal. Why can't the country prosper! Chahan can't be peaceful! In the long run, the world is not enough! ”

While sighing, he stepped on the starlight and went back to the city to rest.

……

Fu Youde led the crowd to gallop, traveled a hundred miles at night, one night, to Chengwuwai, stopped twenty miles away from the city, and ordered them all to dismount and rest. At the same time, people were sent close to the enemy camp to investigate. Not much, returns.

"How many camps are there outside the city?"

"There are 8,000 captives inside and outside Chengwu. Earlier it was reported that there were three thousand inside the city and five thousand outside the city. The villain sneaked around and watched, and saw that the city gate was closed, and there were guards patrolling the battlements. There are three camps under the city. The main camp is the largest, in the east of the city, far away from the city gate, about four or five miles; There are two auxiliary camps, which are located in the south and north, both of which are larger than the city gates. ”

"The gates?"

"Yes. Both battalions were within three miles of the city gates. ”

"The main camp is placed on the east side, and it must be to guard against our army; The second is to echo the single state. Because there were many sergeants in the battalion, they were far away from the city gates. The auxiliary battalion was divided into the south and north, and the west side was left alone. To the west is Caozhou, which is the territory of Chahan, so there is no need to be guarded. ”

Chengwu is in the northwest of Shanzhou, so the main business is in the east of the city, which can better echo Shanzhou. At the same time, if the Yan army attacked from Juye, Juye was in the northeast of Chengwu, and it was convenient to put the main force in the east of the city to meet the enemy. This arrangement of the enemy's commander can be called the middle and medium distance.

Fu Youde asked again: "How about the city defense and camp defense?" ”

"Fierce fighting."

Diao is strict, which means that you can't rush hard. Fu Youde bowed his head and groaned. One of the generals said, "There will be a plan at the end." ”

"Say."

"The enemy is divided into three battalions, and the main and auxiliary are distinct. If one battalion encounters an enemy, the other two battalions must come to their aid. The last general asked for 50 cavalry to rush to the north camp, and the other two battalions rushed to help, and the general could lead the rest of the people to take advantage of the situation to cover it. Defeat the enemy! ”

Fu Youde shook his head and said, "The enemy is heavily defended, and I am worried that I will not be able to charge it with two hundred horses." What is the use of you riding fifty? Besides, even if you rush into the northern camp, what if the southern camp and the main camp are calm and don't help? This seems to be a feasible plan, but it is only on paper. Cannot. ”

"What do you think the general thinks?"

Fu Youde looked up at the sky, it was still the same as last night, the starlight was very good. The weather is not beautiful, and this is not a good weather suitable for night attacks.

The sky was clear and the stars were shining, and the enemy's camp was heavily guarded; And the Yan army ran for 200 miles, and there were only 200 horsemen, if one blow missed, and it fell into encirclement, I am afraid that it would be a problem to even escape. How to attack it?

Another said, "There will be a plan at the end." ”

When everyone looked, they saw that it was Tong Shengkai.

Tong Shengkai graduated from the Pyongyang Junior Martial Arts School and was assigned to the army. Earlier, during the battle against Juye, he was punished once for being robbed by the enemy. Zhao Guo saw that Tong Shengyang did not punish him in his face, and allowed him to make meritorious contributions.

It is easy to make mistakes, but it is difficult to make meritorious contributions. Although he has gone through many battles since then and has shown great courage, until now he has not had the opportunity to make great achievements and truly make up for his mistakes. This time, Fu Youde joined the army and chose a warrior entourage to attack at night, and he volunteered and took the initiative to participate.

Fu Youde asked, "What do you have planned?" ”

"The last general graduated from the Pyongyang Martial Arts School and is a second-year student. When I was in school, I once heard Instructor Luo talk about a war example. He experienced it firsthand. During the Pingnan Goryeo period, Instructor Luo was under General Lee. Also one night, General Lee wanted to attack the enemy camp. It was the same night, as it was tonight, and the enemy camp was heavily guarded. General Lee had no good solution. General Xiao Li offered a plan. According to his plan, he successfully attacked the camp. ”

Instructor Luo is Luo Yongming. Ben was under Monk Li, but was later sent to the military academy as an instructor by Deng She due to disability. General Xiao Li is Li Zijian, the younger brother of Monk Li, who is quite resourceful. In the first battle of South Goryeo, he once offered a plan to Monk Li, flooded the enemy city, and became famous in the first battle.

Fu Youde became interested and said, "Come on." ”