Chapter 7: Breaking the Formation and Killing the Enemy
Liu Ning smiled at those soldiers and said, "Then you go back to your life first, I have been here just now, there are no thieves, and my brother and I still have something to say." ”
The soldiers hesitated, so Liu Ning pretended to be angry and took out the majesty of the princess: "You still don't believe what this princess says?" Besides, with the skills of this princess, she can't even catch a little thief? ”
Seeing this, Liubin also understood in his heart that his conjecture was correct, so he said: "You guys go back to your life first, General Ben still has something to say to his sister." ”
The soldier obeyed the order to go to Jingli to reply, and Liubin walked into the tent with Liuning, and Liubin said with a smile: "What about my brother-in-law, why don't you come out to meet me." ”
Liu Ning walked behind the screen, saw that there was no one left, and looked at the open window, Liu Bin smiled and said, "It seems that my brother-in-law has escaped smoothly with my sister's blessing, haha." ”
Jingli listened to the soldier's report and was very suspicious, but there was no evidence, and the military situation was urgent and had no time to investigate deeply, so he had to stop it.
Tang Changyu returned to the Tang camp and reported the military situation to the emperor and said: "The minister investigated the military situation at night and found that the people in Duming City were not living, because the Turkic soldiers in the first battle of Yumen Pass suffered heavy losses, and Jingli wantonly looted grain and grass in Duming City, but it was also difficult to solve the urgent need, and the army and the people did not agree, so the most difficult problem in Duming City was the strange formation outside the city, but Weichen was incompetent and could not break the formation. ”
Li Shimin had no choice but to let Tang Changyu go back to rest first, Li Shimin returned to his tent, Wanyan saw that the emperor frowned, with a sad face, so she asked: "What is the emperor's troubles, can you tell the concubines?" ”
Li Shimin shook his head: "Jingli is setting up a formation outside Duming City, no one in the army knows this formation, and no one can break this formation." ”
Wanyan replied: "Maybe the concubine has a way to break the formation." ”
General Li Shimin was suspicious and asked: "The generals in the army are helpless, what can I do to love the concubine?" ”
Wanyan replied: "When I was a child, the concubine and my brother studied the formation with the master, and tomorrow the concubine will quietly go to see the formation, maybe there is a way to break it." ”
Li Shimin was very happy, hugged Wanyan into his arms, and said, "Tomorrow, I will send Marshal Tang and General Zhao to protect you to see the battle, it is really my favorite concubine." ”
Early the next morning, Wanyan followed Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan quietly to the outside of Duming City, Wanyan glanced at the soldiers standing neatly outside the city, and then looked at the position where Jingli was standing, and she already knew it, sure enough, it was the unique formation method that the master had taught them, she nodded to Zhao Nan and the two, and said to them: "I already know how to break the formation, hurry back and arrange it." ”
Zhao Nan felt incredible, the weak woman who was crying and crying in front of her five days ago had such wisdom, she knew the method of breaking the formation after a few glances, Wanyan saw that they hesitated, so she said: "This place is not suitable for a long time, I have studied the formation with Brother Jingli, this is our master's own sharp arrow formation, I have my own way to crack it, we should hurry back to the camp to arrange." ”
The three of them returned to the camp, Li Shimin waited in person at the camp gate, Wanyan returned to the camp tent under the pretext of changing clothes, and the flying pigeon biography wrote: Li Shimin knew that the troops in the city were insufficient, and ordered me to break the formation and withdraw quickly.
After Wanyan sent the message, she hurried back to the big tent of the Chinese army, and after saluting Li Shimin, she said: "The formation of the Turkic army outside Duming City is called the Fengya Formation, which is the original formation created by me and Jingli's master, the main forces of the Fengya Formation are assembled in the center, the general is located in the middle of the formation, the forward is open in the shape of an arrow, which is also an offensive formation, but it can also be defended, the "arrow" of the forward can resist the pressure from the enemy's two wings, the weakness of the formation is on the tail side, we only need to concentrate our forces to attack from the tail side, Entering the position of the defending general in the center and rear, this formation is self-defeating. ”
Li Shimin was very relieved to hear this, and hugged Wanyan and said, "With a concubine like this, God really helps me." Wanyan leaned on Li Shimin's arms, hid her face and chuckled, smiling happily, but this scene of affection was extremely dazzling in a person's eyes.
Li Shimin ordered: "Without further ado, Marshal Tang led the army to quietly attack from the end of the formation, and General Zhao led the army to stand in front of the formation, flanking the front and back. ”
Here Jingli has received information from Wanyan, knowing that his current strength and ** hard battle will be a lose-lose, it is better to Taoguang Yanghu, to retreat as an advance, Qingjing City has the Turkic veteran Ding Ming to guard, the grain and grass troops are sufficient, reassuring, Jingli ordered General Zhang to guard the front and arrow, and lead the troops that have been recruited, Liuning Liubin escorted the collected grain and grass military salary, and retreated to Qingjing City.
The general of Tang Changyu's guard array outside Duming City was changed from Jingli to General Zhang, he was very puzzled, and led the ** to break through the bamboo, Tang Changyu went deep alone, and killed General Zhang alone, and within a few moves, he easily cut off General Zhang's head, Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan cooperated tacitly, and soon drove straight into Duming City.
The soldiers guarding the city wall still wanted to make the last resistance, Tang Changyu raised the head of General Zhang, and shouted: "Now I am the division of benevolence and righteousness in the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of peace in the world, now that your general has been killed, put down his arms and surrender to me, this commander will treat each other with courtesy, if you still want to resist, you will not be killed." When the Turkic soldiers heard this, they looked at each other, and then they all laid down their weapons.
Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan entered the city all the way, feeling more and more strange in their hearts, except for the enemy troops guarding the city wall they met before, they didn't see any soldiers stationed in the city, and both of them suspected that there would be an ambush in the Turkic military camp.
**Everywhere I went, I marched to the front of the Turkic camp, but I saw that there was no one at the mouth of the camp, Tang Changyu was worried that there was a fraud, and ordered the army to wait outside, and he and Zhao Nan entered the enemy army, the two of them were careful all the way, and walked to the first tent, Tang Changyu opened the door curtain with a gun, but saw that there was no one in it, Tang Changyu took Zhao Nan straight to the grain and grass storage place and stable, but found that it was also empty, and they could be sure that the Turkic army retreated in advance.
When the two walked outside the tent, Tang Changyu said: "Do you think that the retreat of the Turkic army is very strange? ”
Zhao Nan nodded and said: "I also feel strange, they seem to know that we are going to attack the city and break the formation, and they fled knowing that they are not strong enough, could it be that there is a spy in the army?" ”
Tang Changyu felt that Zhao Nan's words were reasonable, so he said: "You should report this matter to the emperor as soon as possible, just in case." ”
Li Shimin listened to Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan's report and also felt that there were many doubts in this matter, and felt that there were spies in the army, looking at Wanyan sitting beside him, thinking that it would be her who helped her brother and secretly stole the military information, Li Shimin saw that Wanyan's face did not change in panic when he heard this, and he dispelled his doubts again, thinking that Wanyan was his beloved concubine, and he treated her well, and it was her credit to break the siege this time, how could she betray herself. He only ordered Tang Changyu to continue to pay attention to this matter, and he must not be neglected.
Jingli and Liuning Liubin came to Qingjing City together, and the general Ding Ming led his daughter Ding Chuchu and the general in the city to greet him, Ding Chuchu was very happy to see Liuning, and he hugged her on the floor, and pulled Liuning and said, "Sister Liuning is so happy to see you." He asked Brother Jingli and Brother Liubin again and again, and Liuning was also happy to see his playmate who grew up together as a child, and took Chu Chu's hand and entered Qingjing City.
The politics in Qingjing City are clear, under the management of Ding Ming, the soldiers and horses are strong, the city is strong, and the soldiers and horses brought by Jingli are expected to be a big battle in Qingjing City.
In the general's palace, Jingli discussed with the generals the strategy of defending the city and counterattacking. Jingli ordered ** to come from afar to ask for the first three days of the Turkic army to avoid fighting and kill the morale of **, and ordered the generals to hold the four gates and not to slack off.
Jingli looked at the generals again, saw Liuning, thoughtfully, thought for a moment, and said to Liuning: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, Liuning, you and Ding Chuchu will go together to escort the grain and grass, there must be no mistake." ”