As soon as Liu Ke took Zhao Ning out of the city, Zhang Huaiyang had already gotten the news.

Yesterday, he was only half an hour short of being able to rush to Qiongzhou City, but unfortunately he fell short in the end.

Zhang Huaiyang knew that he had to take a lot of responsibility.

folded 20,000 soldiers and horses, as well as Qiyanshi and Qiyanheng, plus the previous Qiyangou and 10,000 cavalry, although there was a reason for the incident, but after all, it still caused a lot of losses to the Donghu Southern Army.

That Emperor Zhaowu is indeed capable.

Not only is the martial arts outstanding and full of tricks, but what is even more admirable is that he dares to live and die with the soldiers.

And it is quite good at boosting morale, every time you go to war, as long as you say a lie before the battle, you can increase the morale of the Han army by three percent.

can also be willing to be the generals under his hands, attracting the arrows of Qiyanshi and the knives of Qiyanheng.

Use yourself as bait in exchange for greater results.

What's even more outrageous is that because of his civilian background, what he has learned is quite mixed.

knows how to do it, can dig tunnels, and does not follow the rules, it is difficult for people to guess his next move, Rao is Zhang Huaiyang's steadiness, and his scalp is a little numb.

If you judge it with the eyes of a general, it can be said that it is the most unexpected famous general in the past.

Such an emperor, in any era, is definitely a Ming monarch who is both civil and military.

Even in the turbulent times of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there may be a chance to dominate the world.

However, Zhang Huaiyang did not intend to use this to justify himself, and it was pointless to praise the enemy.

He just wrote everything that happened after the new emperor of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne in great detail.

Back then, he was single-handedly promoted by the Great Khan of Donghu, and now although the Great Khan is not in good health, Zhang Huaiyang still believes that the Great Khan can make the most correct judgment.

It's nothing if you lose for a while.

As long as the three counties of Qiongzhou are in their hands.

As long as Liu Pheasant still has only one city in Qiongzhou City.

Sooner or later, the Great Han will be defeated.

The most intuitive is the source of soldiers, grain and grass.

The Donghu Southern Army lost 20,000 soldiers and horses, and was able to immediately replenish from the reserve army of the county town.

The loss of grain and grass can also be remobilized from the county town.

They can afford it, but the big man can't afford it.

"Report, General!"

Zhang Huaiyang, who was writing a note, looked up at the person who came and introduced it into the tent:

"Is it news from Master Yang?"

Yang Zhong has always been associated with Donghu, and is even more high-end than Yuwen.

Because the person who contacted him was the commander of the Donghu Southern Army, Zhang Huaiyang.

Zhang Huaiyang has always been very strange in his heart, with the means of Emperor Zhaowu, he should have already seen through Yang Zhong's position, and Yang Zhong did not die with Qi Yangou, but lived to the present, which is really incredible.

"What's the news, tell me."

The spy said:

"The Han emperor passed on the "Governing the People" to the ministers."

Zhang Huaiyang was puzzled: "Governing the people? ”

The spy took out a letter: "This is a copy of Master Yang." ”

Zhang Huaiyang took the manuscript, looked at it, and sighed:

"I don't know who did it, it's really beautiful, it's quite talented, it's just ......"

"It's a bit out of place."

Zhang Huaiyang is not from a big family, and among the Donghu, the views of the family are much shallower than those of the Han Dynasty.

However, he also knows very well how strong the family gate valve of the Han family is.

Since Emperor Gao shouted "Determine the world with the world's heroes and doctors, and work with Anji", the Han Dynasty was destined to have such an unstable factor.

When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he borrowed the power of the Shi clan, and Emperor Guangwu's revival of the Han Dynasty borrowed the power of the Shi clan, and the imperial power was changing, but the power of the Shi clan did not change.

When Emperor Zhaolie reinvigorated the Han Dynasty, the Yuan family of Runan, whose protégés were all over the world, directly ascended the throne and became the emperor!

The wealthy families in various places are deeply rooted, and anyone can raise troops in the troubled times and become a force.

When the emperor has the ability to have a skill, these people will be the helpers to govern the world, the emperor is incapable, and these people are the moths of the society.

In Zhang Huaiyang's view, the newly enthroned Emperor Zhaowu belongs to a type of emperor who has the ability and skill.

But at present, the land of the Han Dynasty cannot support such a strong emperor at all.

To put it mildly, the Han will die, but the family will not die.

Zhang Huaiyang put the manuscript aside, just something meaningless:

"Is the emperor planning to reform according to this letter?"

If this is the case, he would like to thank the talents who presented "Governing the People".

There is no need to storm Qiongzhou City, even besiege the city and run out of food, just wait for the families in Qiongzhou City to sacrifice the city.

The emperor has soldiers in his hands, but this is not a time of peace for the world, and there are foreign enemies!

In the hands of the Donghu people, there are also soldiers, more, stronger soldiers!

You must know that even the Donghu people, after conquering the state and county, most of them are robbing the family, not slaughtering.

Even if it is slaughtered, it is to slaughter a few families and keep a few families, so that the few families that are left behind are grateful to Dade.

So much so that under the strength of the Donghu army and the fear in their hearts, the nobles of the later families surrendered to the city.

The spy said: "No, Emperor Han only killed three ministers, cried in the court, and lost his temper. ”

Speaking of which, the spy still had a little ridicule in his heart, what a good emperor, he actually cried like a child above the court, did he want to win sympathy?

He continued: "Then the Emperor of Han asked people to take a bunch of letters from Yuwen's house and show them to the ministers, indicating that they would not pursue it any longer, and the last fire was all burned. ”

"Burning letters?"

Zhang Huaiyang was not very surprised, Emperor Zhaowu was emulating his ancestors.

When Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was crusading against Wang Lang in Hebei, he confiscated documents and intercepted thousands of letters exchanged between his subordinates and Wang Lang.

Emperor Guangwu didn't pay much attention to it and burned it directly.

Since it is impossible to trust everyone, lead him to be a confidant; Naturally, everyone should not be required to work their own liver and brain.

"And after that? Taishi Yang's letter must not be for these trivial things. ”

That is, Emperor Zhaowu followed the example of his ancestors, indicating that only those few rebelled, and the others were not held accountable, and were used to calm the hearts of the people in the court.

If you add the "Public Security Shu" at the beginning, it may be that you want to knock on the door valve of the family again, raise a hand to the cold door, and let the court have more of its own people.

There are indeed means, and under the condition of ensuring the stability of the court, they continue to install their cronies from the hands of the family.

The spy swallowed, rubbed his fingers into fists in his hands, and continued:

"The Emperor of Han wants to drive the expedition in person."

"Hmm."

Zhang Huaiyang nodded lightly, Donghu was defeated twice, both of them were Zhaowu's personal expeditions, and it was normal to continue to conquer them in person.

"Three thousand people, take the three counties of Qiongzhou."

"Hmm."

"Huh??"

No matter how steady and calm Zhang Huaiyang was, he was stunned at this time, and he was a little out of shape.

After a long while, he regained his strength, rubbed his eyebrows, and pondered for a while.

Then I found a map, silently measured and studied for a long time, and recruited a few local Han people in Qiongzhou, and asked again and again before revealing a strange color:

"You don't have any special terrain, so you still want to dig tunnels?"

Through the information that continued to come out of Qiongzhou City, he already knew that the general who was good at cave attacks among the Han Dynasty was the emperor himself.

Cave attack can defend, better attack, a general who is proficient in cave attack to attack the city, it is indeed difficult to defend.

"Three thousand people, enough to take a city in a short period of time."

"It's impossible to take the land of the three counties."

"So yes...... Distraction? ”

Zhang Huaiyang's expression became serious and focused, as if he had figured out something.

"It must be so, there is a dark line of our army in the city, and the news of the expedition will come out, and Emperor Zhaowu must also know about it."

"It seems that three counties are taken, but in fact only one county is taken, and this news is deliberately passed on to our army."

"Fiction and reality are the best policy."

Zhang Huaiyang's self-talk is becoming more and more organized.

He couldn't help but admire it again.

It is indeed the style of a famous general in ancient times, so even if he knows that Emperor Zhaowu wants to conquer and capture the city in person, he doesn't know where to send troops to garrison.

The only thing that can be done is to inform the guards of the three counties and beware of them.

However, Zhang Huaiyang did not plan to send troops back to defend, Donghu was strong, and he lost one or two battles, and the Great Khan would not say anything about him, but if he turned to attack and showed weakness, with the temper of the Great Khan, he would inevitably be scolded.

"Emperor Zhaowu is too careful."

He shook his head and smiled, not being overly anxious, and calmly summoned the three of them.

"Cave attack is used in siege, and there are two purposes, one is to dig tunnels into the city, and the other is to destroy the city wall."

"It is very difficult to attack the city from the tunnel, and the tunnel must be very wide enough to accommodate a large number of soldiers to enter the city quickly."

"Nanpu County is the closest to Qiongzhou City, the time required to send troops is the shortest, and the terrain of the county town is relatively complex, which is not suitable for building internal walls to block tunnels, so the Han army is most likely to attack Nanpu County in this way."

Zhang Huaiyang ordered someone: "You informed the Nanpu County guard of this matter and asked him to be extra careful." ”

Then he went on to analyze:

"You can build an inner wall in Beipu County, it is inconvenient to dig tunnels into the city, and if the Han army wants to attack Beipu County with a cave attack, it is likely to choose to destroy the city wall."

"To destroy the city wall, you need to dig tunnels under the city walls, put up wooden stakes, and then just burn the wooden stakes to make the walls collapse and then attack the city."

"The key to this is ventilation."

"If the tunnel is too narrow and unventilated, it will be impossible to burn the stakes, and it will be difficult for the Han troops in the tunnel to breathe."

"The best way to defend is to take the initiative and destroy the entrance to the tunnel."

"As long as you successfully break through to the entrance of the tunnel, the time for controlling the entrance is even a pillar of incense, it is enough to seal the entrance with a soil bag and suffocate the Han army in the tunnel."

Zhang Huaiyang nodded to another person: "You tell the Beipu County guard about this, he is experienced and wise, and he will know what to do." ”

"As for the ...... of Zhenpu County"

Zhang Huaiyang shook his head, Zhenpu County is low-lying and not suitable for cave attack.

Moreover, Zhenpu County is an important town for grain, and the defender is the general of the Donghu Army, and in his early years, he also participated in the Battle of Chang'an like Qiyanshi and Qiyanheng, even if he doesn't remind anything, he won't make too many mistakes.

But out of caution, he still ordered the third person, and said calmly:

"You lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to Zhenpu County, escort grain and grass, and by the way, inform the guards to beware of the Han army attacking the city."

A battalion of soldiers and horses, that is, 2,000 men, was used to transport grain.

A fire in the Han army's stolen camp almost made the Donghu Southern Army lose all the grain, and now to reorganize morale, grain is indispensable.

"Speaking of grain ....."

Zhang Huaiyang thought for a moment:

"The royal driver personally conquered the three counties, and it may be all a trick, and one county will not be taken by the emperor, but will fight in Qiongzhou, directly cutting off the supply of grain and straw for the main force of our army."

The Southern Army now has to reraise grain and grass, and needs to transport grain from Zhenpu County.

The Han army can send a small force of troops and horses to cut off grain and grass, so that there is no need to attack the city, and there is no need to confront the main force of the southern army.

"Go back to the city and rest."

Zhang Huaiyang immediately made the safest decision and directly led the main army back to Zhenpu County to rest and recuperate, without worrying about anything.

It's not about turning offense into defense, it's about resting.

Even if the fighter plane is delayed a little, it doesn't matter, when you have rested, re-besiege the city, beware of cave attacks, you can easily take Qiongzhou City.

"The three of you quickly go to the counties and inform the county guards."

But people still have to be sent out first.

The main force marched slowly, and the road in Qiongzhou was really difficult to walk, the waterway was vertical and horizontal, and the march was extremely slow.

The march of a large army is not comparable to that of a small group of soldiers and horses, and if the Han army steals the city before they return to the city, it will be troublesome.

"That should be safe."

Zhang Huaiyang re-pondered his thoughts and felt that there was no problem.

The only problem is that the three people he sent are just ordinary captains in the army, and the county guards may not know each other.

It's something that can't be helped.

After the successive folds of King Zuoxian, Qiyan Shi, and Qiyan Heng, the generals who can be named in the southern army are somewhat stretched.

It is also necessary to rely on the prestige of these generals to appease the soldiers who have suffered defeats and boost their morale.

And with the arrogance of those generals, they will not do such a trivial thing as conveying military orders.

However, Zhang Huaiyang also made preparations for this, and the three of them were all Donghu people with obvious appearance characteristics, and there was no distrust of the county guard.

There were no Donghu people in the Han army, and even the prisoners were killed.

Zhang Huaiyang took the map again and began to think, in case he thought of something inappropriate halfway, he could also send someone to deal with it as soon as possible.

At the same time, Liu Ke was about to arrive in Nanpu County.