The next day, King Chen's court. After Chen Jun dispersed the early dynasty, he set up a banquet to entertain Feng Ling. After yesterday's battle, Feng Lingqi broke the cloud ladder, called for rain to startle the Jin army, retreated from the enemy for thirty miles, like a god descending to earth, Wang Ting's civil and military admiration.

The siege of Xingyang was temporarily relieved, and Chen Jun loved Feng Ling very much, and frequently raised his glass to invite drinks. Halfway through the banquet, the monarchs and ministers looked at each other up and down, and Doctor Zuo Yu Sijin asked Feng Ling: "The young master is superb, the magic is amazing, the Jin army has not come to attack since it retreated, but it has not retreated to return to the division, presumably there is a following, please ask the young master to solve our doubts." ”

"The reason why the Jin army doesn't pay it back is that they refuse to give up, and they still want to attack the city by surprise."

"Dare to ask the young master, what strategy will the Jin army use"

"It's nothing more than three tricks. One of them made a frontal feint, digging holes in the ground to steal the city; second, to use the dead to turn into outcasts and enter the city; Third, hundreds of excellent soldiers with excellent water properties were selected to dive to Dongshui Village at night, and quietly sneaked into the city. These three strategies are aimed at attacking inside and outside to break the city. ”

After hearing this, Chen Jun immediately held the lamp unsteadily, his face was panicked, and he hurriedly asked, "How can this be prepared?" ”

Seeing this, Feng Ling got up and paused: "Don't worry, the Jin army's three plans are not to worry, I have countermeasures." ”

Then he turned around and said to He Jianzhong: "The Jin army is digging a road at the moment, and it will be a feint at noon, please ask the general to place two large tanks of water at fifteen miles away from the gate of the two city gates in the northwest, and leave two soldiers to check whether there are water ripples in the tank, if there is, the Jin army will dig a hole from under the door." Then dig down the soil hole of three thousand square and two thousand miles at the water tank, place dead branches and leaves at the entrance of the hole, send five soldiers to guard the entrance of the cave, as long as there are soldiers digging out of the road, igniting the dead branches and leaves and throwing them into the hole, the Jin army will retreat. ”

"After the enemy army fails to attack the city and retreat, if there are displaced people who want to enter the city, open the gate of the West Urn City, and after everyone enters the Urn City, they will all be tied up and hung on the head of the city immediately, and sent to the prison for interrogation in the future."

"Before night, a hundred sergeants were used to guard the water mouth of the water village, and the water was covered with rope nets, and a copper bell was tied to the end of the rope net. As long as the bell rings loudly and the lantern tells the sergeant to stab the spear at the mouth of the water, the enemy will not be able to enter. ”

"With these three strategies, the Jin army will definitely return in vain."

The monarchs and ministers listened to the plan, and they were all overjoyed, and they were busy raising their lamps to respect Fengling, and they all said: "Good plan, good plan." ”

Under Chen Jun's instructions, General He Jianzhong led several generals to get up and go out to arrange, while the rest of the people continued to drink and wait for the military situation.

At noon, I saw the Jin army coming to attack the city. The Chen army won a big victory yesterday, the morale of the army rose, and the current defense was tight, and the Jin army did not attack the city head-on, and it could not achieve half the results.

Half an hour later, there was a battle report of the two gates in the northwest that the Jin army was digging holes with fire, the Chen army struggled to defend, and the Jin army saw no movement in the city after losing 2,000 soldiers, and gradually retreated.

In the evening, dozens of ragged "homeless people" were seen begging to enter the city. Chen Jun didn't ask much, and they all tied up in Xiweng City and sent them to prison.

At midnight again, the bell of the East Gate Water Village rang, and I saw the lights lit up, and the guards stabbed their spears at the water mouth. Suddenly, the river boiled, blood splashed, and several black-clothed corpses floated and sank in the water. Those who hid in the water and were not stabbed by spears, saw the light, and knew that there were soldiers defending them, so they had to withdraw.

The Jin army outside the city waited for the signal but did not get it, and finally gave up at the third watch, and the Jin army slowly retreated.

So far, the Jin army has paid many losses but has gained nothing, and General Li Yan threw the pot and abandoned the lamp in the big tent, and jumped like thunder. The generals tried to dissuade them, and it took a long time to calm down. Li Yan sat down and said, "Do you have any good strategies to break the city, if not, you will take care of the military camp and retreat tomorrow morning." ”

The generals were speechless. Wu Xiunian, who joined the army, pondered for a moment, stepped forward and said: "General, I still have a plan, if it doesn't work, it's not too late to retreat." ”

"What's the plan?" Li Yan stopped and asked.

Now Chen's army is excited, morale is arrogant, tomorrow morning to attack the city, mobilize half of the cavalry in front, infantry in the rear to attack the west gate. Pretending to siege the city was not conducive to Mingjin's collection of troops, he ordered the cavalry to retreat, forming a phenomenon of cavalry trampling on the infantry army, and then ordered the cavalry to abandon their horses and retreat, leaving their horses. Seeing that the horses were left outside the city, the Chen army would definitely open the city gate and come to seize the horses, and when the Chen army began to seize the horses, the other half of the cavalry galloped to capture the city. ”

When Li Yan heard this, her eyes lit up, and she felt that it was feasible, so she beckoned all the departments to go back to the camp to rest, and act according to the plan tomorrow morning.

It was night, the wind was light and the clouds were light, and the moon was slanting and the stars were bright. Feng Ling lay on the roof of the Xicheng Tower with his head in his arms, looking up at the starry sky, with a lot of thoughts. In the past two days, he has worked hard to defend the city and offer plans to prevent the people of the whole city from being slaughtered by swords, but Chen Guo still has 1,800 military and civilian casualties, and the people have lost dozens of places due to the fire, and I can't help but feel a sadness in my heart. Thinking of the Jin army's casualties of nearly 15,000, he couldn't help but sigh. I hope that tomorrow the Jin army will retreat in the face of difficulties, so that there will be no more casualties among the two armies. Thinking about it, I can't help but sink into a dream.

At dawn on the 29th, with the sound of horses' hooves, Feng Ling got up and looked northwest. The Jin army did not give up, and even raised troops to attack. Without waiting for Feng Ling's instructions, General He commanded all his troops to enter the battle position.

When the enemy army was a little closer to the city, the Chen army saw that the Jin army had 5,000 cavalry in front and more than 20,000 infantry troops coming straight to the west gate. The cavalry began to exert its strength five miles away and galloped forward.

Seeing this, General Chen Jun did not know why. Most of them thought that the Jin army was afraid that they had exhausted their wisdom and were ready to do their best. However, the cavalry siege is difficult to use, and can only be used as a moving target for archers, and the Chen army does not have to worry.

Although the general He Jianzhong did not know the meaning of the Jin army's soldiers, and the soldiers could not think about it when they came to the city, he immediately ordered all the archers to gather in the Xicheng Tower and prepare to meet the battle.

When the cavalry rushed to the range of Chen's army, He Jianzhong ordered the arrows to be released. I saw hundreds of arrows shot at the Jin cavalry, and at one time, hundreds of soldiers and horses were hit by arrows and rolled to the ground. Before rushing to the city, hundreds of cavalry had been lost, and the Jin cavalry formation was suddenly in chaos.

At this time, the Jin army suddenly withdrew its troops, and the cavalry reined in and rushed back. Back to Erli and met the Jin infantry, the horses were too late, the cavalry rushed to trample on the foot, and the Jin army was in chaos. The Jinzhong army hurriedly ordered the cavalry to abandon their horses, retreat on foot, and go west until they were nowhere to be seen.

Seeing this, Chen Jun was overjoyed and cheered. In this battle, Chen's army did not lose a single soldier and won a great victory.

The Jin army did not know where to retreat, and the generals of the Chen army saw that the horses outside the city were left in place, which was particularly eye-catching. Wangjin Shou General Fan Gongqi stepped forward and said to the general He Jianzhong: "General, the Jin army has retreated today, leaving war horses behind, and I am unable to attack again in a short time. ”

He saw that Zhong was about to allow it, Feng Ling jumped down from the top of the city tower, raised his hand to block it, and said: "No, this is the strategy of the Jin army." ”

The generals were unknown, and Feng Ling said: "The Jin army seems to be in a panic, but in fact it retreats in an orderly manner." There were 10,000 Jin cavalry, and now only 5,000 are coming to attack, and the other 5,000 are unknown. I expected that the Jin army wanted to take advantage of our army to go out of the city to seize horses, and when the city gate was wide open, the cavalry was sent to attack and break through the city gate in one fell swoop. If so, Xingyang City is in danger. ”

He Jianzhong was so frightened that he was sweating when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Xie reminds that He almost made a big mistake. He raised his hand and said to Fan Gongqi: "Idiot, in your words, when the Jin army breaks through the city, we will die without a place to be buried." ”

Fan Gongzhi's face was even more like ashes, and he immediately knelt down and said: "My subordinates are dull, please punish the general." ”

Feng Ling persuaded: "Fortunately, the city has not yet been opened to take the horse, and the Jin army's strategy has not succeeded, so there is no serious injury." ”

Seeing Feng Ling's persuasion, He Jianzhong stopped pursuing it, pointed at Fan Gongqi and said, "Don't thank the young master yet." ”

"Thank you, young master."

"No, no, it's important to ask the general to report to you."

He saw that he said yes, and then went down to the city tower.

The words were divided into two sides, the Jin army waited on horseback at the corner four miles outside the city, and never waited until the end of the Shen period, and never heard the scouts come to report that the Chen army went out of the city to get the horses. Wu Xiunian, who joined the army, lamented: "It seems that this Young Master Fengling must have seen through my plan." So he said to the general Li Yan: "The general doesn't have to wait, with this person, Xingyang will not be able to break for a while, I am afraid that the Qin army has arrived in Wangjin, and it is necessary to immediately retrieve the war horse and retreat, if the Qin army comes to advance and retreat, it will be defeated." ”

As soon as the words fell, the northwest scout rode his horse and rushed to the front of the army to report: "The Qin army has 30,000 iron cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers have left Wangjin and are coming straight to Xingyang." ”

Li Yan sighed: "Let's go, let's go, let's go." "That is, the cavalry was ordered to cover the foot soldiers to retrieve the war horses as the rear army, and the rest as the front army, pack up the baggage camp and go to the Jinjiang River.

In the middle of the hour, the Qin army arrived outside the city of Xingyang, and the Chen army knew that the Jin army had crossed the river and returned to the Jin army.

Wang Yue, the commander of the Qin army, ordered the army to be stationed outside the city, and entered the city with Feng Ling to meet Chen Jun.

Chen Jun set up a banquet to celebrate his success, and praised Feng Ling in every way during the banquet, and persuaded him to drink constantly. Feng Ling couldn't refuse, so he had to drink it all. Seeing Feng Ling drinking happily, Chen Jun smiled but tasted it lightly.

Doctor Zuo Yu Heijin saw that the monarch, who usually gets drunk every time he drinks, eats and chews wax today, and drinks like vinegar, how can he not know what to do? Immediately raised his glass and got up to invite Feng Ling and said: "The young master is amazingly talented, just like a peng spreading his wings, he will definitely go straight to the top of the sky one day." Although my Chen State is weak, but my Lord loves to appoint, is lacking such amazing talents as the teacher, I hope that Your Excellency will pity the people of Chen Guo and stay in Chen Guo, we are willing to do the wind of help, and help the young master to develop his ambitions together and strengthen Chen Guo. ”

After hearing this, Chen Jun got up angrily, drank the wine in the cup, and bowed to Feng Ling: "I hope the young master agrees." ”

The ministers also stood up and bowed in unison and said, "I hope the young master agrees." ”

In the face of the sincerity of the Chen Palace, how could Feng Ling not be moved, he hurriedly got up and bowed back, and replied after a long silence: "Feng Ling has not completed his studies, and my teacher is not allowed to go out of office, so that the king and the adults are in love." ”

What kind of person is the divine master, Feng Ling has already made it clear that there will be no falsehood in this matter, the governor cannot do anything, Chen Jun can not force him to stay, his face is disappointed, so he has to order the eunuch to take a hundred taels of gold, two pearls, and twenty horses of brocade silk to give to Feng Ling.

None of them are subject to the wind. Chen Jun was pretended, and Feng Ling hurriedly said: "I have been cultivating and traveling outside, and bringing such wealth is harmful to my heart, I hope you will forgive me." This is over, tomorrow I will follow the master's instructions to continue to move forward, but ask for a horse, just walk. ”

When Chen Jun heard this, he knew that the master was not interested in money, so he did not force it. Said: "Young Master Gaojie, since this is the case, I will enjoy it for the time being, the horses are trivial, and the widow will bring them tomorrow morning." ”

"Thank you."

Chen Jun turned his head to express his gratitude to the Qin general Wang Yue, and praised the Qin army's high righteousness. And listed the gifts in person, and sent an envoy to the Qin army tomorrow.

The feast of the night will disperse until midnight.