Chapter 537: Self-inflicted (Asking for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month)

Looking at the towering city wall of Xiangzhou City behind him, there was still a little blood stain on the city wall, these few Japanese troops lost thousands of people under Xiangzhou City, Yuwen Yisheng thought that they would have to pay several times the price to take this city, but he didn't expect that the city that the defenders in the city were desperately guarding was given away by Cui Bogui so easily. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I originally thought that Da Yuan was able to attack the capital and destroy Great Wei just because of the might of soldiers and horses, but now it seems that there are too many smart people in Great Wei." Yuwen Yisheng let out a long sigh.

"Oh? What do you mean by Mr. Yuwen's words? Yuan Zhang asked with interest, how can it be a bad thing if there are too many smart people? Isn't it because there are too many stupid people?

"Master National Teacher, if it weren't for Yang Jiefu's too smart realization that military merit is the foundation of the noble life, how could Haoshuichuan send civilian officials to lead the troops in the first battle? If it weren't for the fact that the Chinese officials of the dynasty were too clever and knew that their position would be lost after Li Guiyu's victory and return to the dynasty, how could they report to the master of the national division and cause the loss of the 300,000 army? If it weren't for the fact that they were too smart and knew that Zhang Guo's stealing camp would inevitably cause the displeasure of the national teacher, how could we easily kill this long-time general? Yuwen Yisheng pointed to Xiangzhou City and said, "If it weren't for Cui Jidao and they were too smart and knew that cooperating with Li You would weaken their power, how could they give away such a solid city?" ”

"Yes, if they are stupid, even if they can win the battle of Haoshuichuan, Mobei will suffer heavy losses, and they will not be allowed to go south for a few years; If they were stupid, they wouldn't have dragged Lee Gyu back, and they wouldn't have thought of setting up a new monarch when Lee Gyu was trapped in Weizhou; If they were stupid, they wouldn't have thrown aside good generals like Li You and Qiu Shangjian. Yuan Zhang sighed, it is precisely because these people are too smart and pay attention to their own interests all the time that Tang Kuo's department can develop from a small tribe to the point where they are now in charge of half of the country.

"This time, they thought they had a plan, thinking that we would go to the west and work hard with Li You according to their ideas, so that they could pick up the advantage from it." Yuan Zhang continued, "But I'm a stupid person who can't see that far, I can only see that Henan Province has opened its doors to us now, and it would be a pity if I didn't take the opportunity to take it down." ”

"The National Teacher asked them to reduce the strength of nearby states and counties under the pretext of being afraid that they would cut off the back road, I thought that Cui Bogui would not agree, but who would have thought that they would be so decisive." Yuwen Yisheng didn't know what to say about them, the news had already come from the fine work of Henan Province, and the garrisons of several nearby states and counties had been reduced by at least half, and this little soldier and horse could not stop Yuan Zhang's army at all.

"They wish that we would engage Li You as soon as possible, just like those officials who sued for peace in the capital at the beginning, for fear of causing us to change our minds unhappily." Yuan Zhang sneered, "If they have strong troops, maybe I will really have to go to Gyeonggi Province, but since they don't have the ability to protect themselves, why can I be expected to act according to their ideas?" ”

"Master Guoshi, let's attack Henan Dao now?" As they spoke, they had already walked ten miles west of Sangju City, and they saw that they were about to embark on the road to Gyeonggi Province.

"No, wait two more days and let them relax a bit." Yuan Zhang shook his head and said, now his army is still a little close to King Qi's defenders, and their guard has not been completely lowered.

So, in the next two days, Yuan Zhang's army seemed to really plan to enter Gyeonggi Road westward, and march towards Xuzhou City along the avenue, it is estimated that Yuan Zhang wanted to arrive at Gyeonggi Road earlier, he personally led the light cavalry and fast horses to whip up, and Yuwen Yisheng was in the rear with a lack of escort baggage team to move forward slowly, if the Qi Wangjun suddenly launched an attack from the rear, maybe it could burn Yuan Zhang's grain and grass, so that they could not advance or retreat.

However, Cui Jidao and they had no intention of attacking the baggage team at all, if so, wouldn't they have relieved Li You? A smart person like Cui Jidao would never be able to do such a thing that would not benefit his own side; Yuan Zhang's move made them even more determined that the other party really wanted to attack Li You, otherwise, how could such a big flaw be exposed?

In view of this, they evacuated the defenders of several nearby states and counties here, to show that they have absolutely no intention of attacking Yuan Zhang, so you can go to the west and fight with Li You with peace of mind, and when you have fought enough, we will clean up the mess.

Of course, there were no stupid generals who wondered, why did Yuan Zhang's baggage team walk for two days and not go out of forty miles? If this distance is a cavalry charge, it won't take long to attack Henan Road, should we leave more troops on guard?

But these fools were soon taught to be human, and is it any wonder that the baggage team is slow to move with food and grass? Since you are so interested in escorting the baggage, go to the baggage team, and I will help you watch your soldiers. In their opinion, Li You is the henchman of the Northern Yuan, and with such an opportunity, Yuan Zhang will definitely go to annihilate Li You's army first, and it is impossible to attack Henan Dao.

However, Yuan Zhang did not seem to be as smart as they thought, and more importantly, Yaluhan and Wulie were far stronger than the soldiers of the King of Qi, and even if they could not win, they would not be quickly defeated by Li You, which left Yuan Zhang with enough time to solve the problems of Henan Province.

On the night of the third day, the soldiers of the nearby states and counties had already withdrawn from the previous thirty percent, and the soldiers and officials in the city were not worried that they would be attacked, so they came down from the city wall early and returned to the warm barracks to rest; No matter how strong the walls are, they are meaningless if there is no one to defend them.

In the middle of the moon, a group of dark shadows quietly touched the bottom of the city wall, and the leader waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately threw out the grappling hooks in their hands, hooked the battlements tightly, and then grabbed the ropes and silently crawled towards the city.

When he climbed to the top of the city, he found that the only few soldiers on the city wall were also huddled in the buildings and roasted on fire, not noticing them at all, and the man in the lead led the soldiers to quietly touch and easily kill these unsuspecting defenders. Then he walked up the ramp to the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city gate were also average, and he even asked about the strong smell of wine in the air.

Cutting melons and chopping vegetables generally dealt with these unsuspecting defenders, and the city gate slowly opened, and countless cavalry rushed through the city gate to rush towards the defender camp in the city.

Scenes like this happened in multiple states and counties at the same time, and overnight Henan Province lost all their defensive points, and the door to the heartland was opened to Yuan Zhang. (To be continued.) )