Since the start of the battle, Yang Yiqing has not closed his eyes and rested, he is as busy as a spinning top under a whip, and he doesn't even have time to eat and drink. The city was bustling with soldiers and civilians, not only to take care of them to eat, drink, and sleep, but also to appease their frightened mood, and rumors have recently spread in the city that if the Tartars break the city, they will slaughter the city, and the people's hearts are panicked, and Yang Yiqing has to drag his sick and weak body around the city.

At this moment, it was already four watches, the news of the Tartar being repelled spread throughout the city, the people could finally sleep with peace of mind, and Yang Yiqing also dragged his tired body back to the house accompanied by several staff members to squint. When he arrived at the archway bridge, Peng Yue came with several horsemen and guards in a hurry, and when he saw Yang Yiqing from afar, he began to scold.

"Lord Chief, you are out of sight this time, this Song Nan is not a thing, just forget if you don't save him when he dies, he also led his troops to Lingzhou, what a hero is a hero, what a monstrous ability, he is a stupid person who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

Yang Yiqing was stunned, and when Peng Yue got off the horse and approached, he frowned and said hoarsely: "What's wrong?" General Peng can't insult Shangguan for no reason. ”

Peng Yue shoved Song Nan's reply letter into Yang Yiqing's hand and shouted: "Look, this is the reply to us from the person who is the backbone of my Ming Dynasty that you admire." ”

Yang Yiqing unfolded the letter and read it carefully by the lantern on the side, even under the red lantern, it could be seen that Yang Yiqing's face turned white and blue, and then became very ugly.

"Xia Guan is not wrong, he didn't plan to come to the rescue at all, his soldiers and horses went to the north, he watched more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Guyuan fall into the hands of the Tartars and suffer misery. General Yang system, Xia Guan doesn't matter what kind of friendship you have with him, Xia Guan only dealt with him when King Anhua rebelled, but that is also looking at the face of Yang General System, and this matter Xia Guan must be played to the court. Peng Yue said coldly.

Yang Yiqing slowly folded the letter, walked to the railing of the bridge with his hand, looked at the flowing water of the black hole under the bridge, and in the quiet night, the drinking water flowed loudly, and flowed south through the bridge under his feet, I don't know where it flowed.

"General Yang system, Xia Guan Jian yì immediately began to evacuate the people in the city, tonight the city was almost broken, I really have no confidence to hold Guyuan, I will lead the troops and horses to fight to the end, even if it is to live and die in Guyuan, but General Yang must take the eighty or ninety thousand people in the city out, go to Qingyang Mansion or go south to Chang'an Mansion. Xia Guan went to greet Master Jiao, the commander of Xiningwei, and he was still waiting for reinforcements, hey, we were all given up by others with disdain. ”

Yang Yiqing slowly turned his head and unfolded the letter under the lantern and read it again, Peng Yue said anxiously: "My lord, it doesn't look like those words, the more I look at it, the more angry I become, let's make a decision." ”

Yang Yiqing raised his eyes to look at Peng Yue, his face was surprisingly calm, and he waved his hand and said: "General Peng, don't be impatient, after reading the letter sent by Song Nan, I thought about it carefully just now, and I feel that there is indeed something strange in this." ”

Peng Yue was stunned and said, "What's strange? Of course, it is strange, the general of Zhenguo, who commanded the northwest soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, did not attack the main force of the Tartars, but turned the army against the grain, which is of course strange. said something that shouldn't be said, and the lower officials even suspected that he was not greedy for life and afraid of death, but had other ...... There are also ......"

"Shut up." Yang Yiqing said in a low voice: "General Peng, you are too presumptuous, how much credit the general has made for the Ming Dynasty, every time the Ming Dynasty is in danger, he stands up, and you can't be slandered here." Any big thing he does is something that you Peng Yue can hardly match, and you are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks. ”

Peng Yue also knew that his words were excessive, so he only puffed up his eyes and did not speak.

"The strange thing about this matter is that if the great general is afraid of the enemy and afraid of death, as you said, how can he lead a non-superior force to fight head-on when he is in Jingyu City, when the Tartars are arrogant and fierce with firearms and are like a bamboo? At that time, he dared to fight, but now he will fear the enemy under the superiority of troops? Does that make sense? ”

Peng Yue also felt that he couldn't justify himself, but he was still angry that Song Nan didn't come to the rescue, and snorted: "Who knows what he thinks, even if he is not afraid of the enemy, it is a command error." ”

Yang Yiqing slowly paced on the bluestone slab bridge, and said softly: "General Peng, I always think that the Tartars outside the city are weird, I don't know if you feel this way." ”

Peng Yue said: "What do you mean by adult?" ”

Yang Yiqing said: "You and I are both people who lead troops, and we have some experience in the dispatch of soldiers and horses; If 40,000 soldiers and horses attack our Guyuan and attack with all our might, we should hold out for less than half a day. Moreover, 40,000 soldiers and horses are enough to drain the water of our solid siege. But in fact, except for the west gate, there was no shadow of a single soldier of the Tartars outside the southeast gate, and my scout cavalry still went in and out of lì without being affected. Isn't that very unreasonable? ”

Peng Yue calmed down, Yang Yiqing said that he actually has the strange feeling, the Tartars' tactics are indeed a little strange, the 40,000 army is surrounded on all sides, and the attack is launched at the same time, but why is it staring at the west city gate, but it also allows the defenders of Guyuan to defend a city wall with all their might, and only a small number of soldiers and horses are placed on the other three city walls to observe.

"The method of besieging the city is nothing more than besieging and attacking on all sides or besieging three and one, and the Tartars put superior soldiers and horses to attack the western city wall, what is the reason?" Yang Yiqing finally said the question in Peng Yue's heart.

"Besides, the attack of the Tartars in the past two days is also strange, dragging on, where it looks like a siege, giving people the feeling that they are not working. Tonight they are the real attack, but it seems that there are not many people, I heard the soldiers who participated in the battle say that although the attack is fierce, there are only a few groups of men and horses, and there is no follow-up, right? ”

Peng Yue nodded and said: "That's true, I still wonder why they once occupied part of the city wall, but there were no follow-up soldiers and horses to follow, otherwise I would definitely not be able to take back the city wall, and the city would be broken." ”

Yang Yiqing said: "That's it, the general's letter said that the Tartars feintmed, this matter may be true, and the general's judgment may be right." ”

Peng Yue was stunned and said, "Feint? What does it mean to feint and solidify? ”

Yang Yiqing nodded slightly and said: "The attack on Lingzhou is fake, and the attack on Lingzhou is real, the previous general analyzed that the Tartars would be eager to open the passage of the first line of Lingzhou Ningxia Town and escape back, and the Tartars did this in order to attract the general's soldiers and horses to come to help, and then use the advantage of the cavalry to quickly rush to Lingzhou and take Lingzhou in one fell swoop." ”

Peng Yue gasped, thinking about it carefully, there was really such a possibility.

"If, according to you, the general was aware of their tricks and deliberately did not come to the rescue, but if the Tartars really planned and the solid plain was really broken, what would be done?"

"General Peng, haven't you understood yet? The solid plain can't be broken, so the general is so calm, because there are no 40,000 soldiers and horses under our city, I'm afraid there are only 8,000 Tartar soldiers. Otherwise, the oddities we have just raised cannot be explained. From the top of our city, we watched the smoke and dust of the tents of the Tartar barracks soaring, as if all the 40,000 troops had arrived, but in fact, I am afraid that it was the suspicious plan of the Tartars. Mo underestimated Tartar, this little prince is a hero on the grassland, Chang Ning's death and Xu Guangzuo's defeat are all in his hands. ”

Peng Yue slapped his thigh and shouted: "Oh, as soon as you say this, I immediately understood, the Tartars are because of the lack of troops, and the purpose is to attract the general to lead the main force to help, so he keeps making strange moves." They don't want to suffer more casualties, so they spend most of their time harassing. Tonight's battle is probably to create a signal of urgency, to call for help through our mouths. ”

"Yes, in fact, they don't have the ability to take Guyuan at all, they are all bluffing." Yang Yiqing flicked his sleeves and said.

Peng Yue spat a few mouthfuls and scolded: "Damn, I was played by these dog tartars, I retracted my evaluation of Dashuai just now, and I will personally ask for guilt when I see Dashuai." ”

Yang Yiqing smiled and said, "You, I don't know you after so many years of friendship?" I didn't hear anything about it. ”

Peng Yue laughed embarrassedly twice, and suddenly said: "Since it is such a shape, then I won't be polite to Tartar." ”

Yang Yiqing said: "What do you want?" ”

Peng Yue said: "I want to go out of the city with soldiers and horses, we are no less than them, and we are afraid of a ball." ”

Yang Yiqing hurriedly shook his head and said: "By all means, the Tartars are acting, thinking that we have all been tricked, and it is estimated that the general's soldiers and horses will go to Lingzhou, and they will not know; Didn't you go out of the city to attack them and see through their schemes? What we have to do now is to cooperate with the Tartar soldiers and horses under the city to act, the more realistic the performance, the better, which must be what General Song wants us to do. ”

Peng Yue nodded again and again: "General Yang is General Yang, without your reminder, Xia Guan almost broke again, yes, let's continue to act." ”

Yang Yiqing laughed and said: "Don't pat the old man's ass, the old man couldn't sleep tonight, but now, I'm sleepy, I'm going back to sleep a lot, don't come to disturb me before three o'clock tomorrow." ”

Peng Yue smiled: "Who disturbed your rest, the lower official cut the guy who was eating." ”