Zhang Yongjie went straight to Zhangzhou City with 3,000 men and horses, and after finishing the queue outside the city, he found a very important problem.

Judging from the feedback from the people who escaped from the city, there are indeed only 2,000 Japanese in the city, and they are still full, including logistics and other surrounding personnel. The actual combat strength was only about 1,060.

But these would-be robbers retreated into the city cunningly, not fighting against Zhang Yongjie's sharp knife army.

Zhang Yongjie asked himself, if he carried out a tough battle, the 3,000 men and horses in his hands would forcibly attack the city, and it was very likely that he would not be able to take the city, and even if he took the city, his own casualties would be very large.

Only then did Zhang Yongjie understand that Li Geng had previously spread the false news that 'the Sharp Knife Army was only 800 people', and induced the Japanese in Hua'an City to pursue them for more than 100 miles and reach Longtai.

Not to mention the long journey, they also fell into the encirclement set up by Li Geng outside Longtai City. Therefore, Li Geng's victory still used some military skills.

Zhang Yongjie looked at Zhang Zhou's thick city wall, and thought in his heart that he was indeed very good at fighting, but this battle may be far inferior to Li Geng's.

Zhang Yongjie is not a saint, and he will inevitably make mistakes. Li Gengdu took the lead and won a big victory, how could his eldest brother be left behind?

So Zhang Yongjie still decided to fight this battle himself. Only in this way can you see how many catties and taels you have when you command the army to fight.

Zhang Yongjie sent soldiers to insult the city, but the Japanese did not pay attention. First, the real Japanese invaders couldn't understand it, and secondly, those who could understand it were greedy for life and afraid of death, thinking that they were scolding the Japanese anyway, not scolding themselves, so they didn't pay attention to it.

Time flashed, and Zhang Yongjie had been trapped in the periphery of Zhangzhou City for three days.

Zhang Yongjie's heart became more and more anxious, in three days, the army had consumed a lot of money and food, but there was no result.

Moreover, the 3,000 troops in his hand are too few, not enough to besiege Zhang Zhoucheng like Tietong. Therefore, the Japanese in Zhangzhou City often obtained supplies from outside the city through the gap in the siege.

On the fifth day, Zhang Yongjie looked at the current situation, and his battle was already lost.

Zhang Yongjie thought about it, but there was no way to mobilize the Japanese in the city, and if he forcibly attacked the city, he would definitely suffer heavy losses. Therefore, there is no need to go to war to know the outcome of this battle.

The spy who has been in charge of finding out the news, the general Eugenda, brought another news, Pingcheng, a hundred miles to the southwest, there are also 2,000 Japanese pirates. It is a horn with the Japanese in Zhangzhou City, echoing each other from afar, and may attack their own men and horses at any time.

Zhang Yongjie looked at the situation, so the forces of the two sides have changed. If the Japanese in Zhangzhou and Heping City flank their own men and horses, our army will be in a disadvantageous state.

In this way, our army has been pinned down by the Japanese invaders, and it is impossible to even leave the battlefield safely.

The situation was urgent, Zhang Yongjie finally put down his face, summoned Li Geng from Longtai City to the front of the army overnight, and held a pre-war meeting to discuss how to lay out the army.

Li Geng remembered that he had won a big battle last time and stole the limelight from his eldest brother Zhang Yongjie, so he was relieved of military power, and this time he was cautious. Looking at the map at the meeting, I didn't come up with a concrete solution for a while.

After the meeting, Li Geng quietly found Zhang Yongjie, and the two came to a camp tent for a secret conversation.

Zhang Yongjie asked, "Do you already have a strategy to break the enemy?"

Li Geng took out the map from his arms, spread it out on the table, and whispered: "Big brother, you see, there is a small river from Pingcheng to Zhangzhou. ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded and said, "You mean that when the Japanese in Pingcheng arrive in Zhangzhou, they need to cross the river, and it will definitely take a certain amount of time to cross the river?"

Li Geng said: "That's right, so we need to use this small river." Fight to take these two cities together. ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "You say specific. ”

Li Geng said: "We will withdraw 2,300 men and horses tomorrow, and only leave 700 people outside the city of Zhangzhou, pretending to be chaotic and idle, and seducing Zhangzhou's widows out of the city to fight." ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "There are 2,000 Japanese in Zhangzhou City, and we only have 700 people here, do we have a chance of winning the field battle?"

Li Geng said: "Let's select 800 soldiers with faster foot strength, and we can be led by the great heroes, retreat to the rear, cross this small river from Hexi Town in the distance, and then go straight to Pingcheng." ”

Zhang Yongjie can't understand what Li Geng means at this moment, there are 2,000 widows in Pingcheng, and he understands what is the use of heroes taking 800 people to Pingcheng?

Li Geng said: "Let's take advantage of the night to quietly retreat 1,500 people to Jinshan Town in the rear to set up an ambush. ”

Li Geng said again: "On the second day, when the Japanese in Zhangzhou City saw it, they must have thought that our army had retreated, and after leaving only seven hundred old, weak, sick and disabled, they would definitely pursue. ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "What if they don't pursue?"

Li Geng smiled: "If they don't pursue, we will just retreat to Longtai, get out of the battlefield, and then look for new fighters." ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded and said, "This result is also acceptable." ”

Li Geng said again: "But we have to find a way to let them pursue, which requires General You to spread false news." When they were in pursuit, the 700 men outside the city of Zhangzhou retreated while fighting, and fled in all directions in a state of disobedience, and 300 of them were gathered together, and they had to attract the Japanese to Jinshan Town. ”

Zhang Yongjie suddenly realized and said: "I understand this, it is equivalent to luring the enemy to go deeper, let's choose the battlefield in Jinshan Town." ”

Li Geng said: "There must also be light cavalry and baggage soldiers in the Japanese invaders, and this pursuit is bound to lengthen the battle line of the Japanese invaders. In this way, the light cavalry will inevitably reach Jinshan Town first, and our more than 1,500 people who are ambushed in Jinshan Town will form a local advantage over the Japanese and can eliminate the Japanese in sections. ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded and motioned for Li Geng to continue.

Li Geng said: "And the more than 400 people who fled in all directions before must make a quick detour and go straight to Zhang Zhoucheng. If the Japanese had defenders left, if the 400 sergeants could not take Zhang Zhoucheng, they would be inserted in a certain part between Zhang Zhoucheng and the Japanese retreat. Form a situation of flanking the front and back of the chasing Japanese pirates. ”

Li Geng said: "And when the Japanese in the direction of Pingcheng learned the news, they were bound to rush to rescue the Japanese in Zhangzhou, and it was precisely because of this small river that the speed of the Japanese in the direction of Pingcheng could not be so fast." We must rush to eliminate the Japanese in Zhangzhou before they cross the river in the direction of Pingcheng. ”

Li Geng said again: "As soon as the Japanese in Pingcheng crossed the river, the great hero led 800 men and horses to take Pingcheng and cut off the back road of the Japanese invaders. At this time, the Japanese in the direction of Pingcheng have already crossed the river, if they want to return to defend Pingcheng and cross the river, it is bound to be chaos, we can destroy them by the river. ”

Li Geng said: "There is a key problem that the 800 centaurs of the Great Heroes must not be detected by the Japanese Bandits, so they must take a long detour, and the farther away the better." ”

Li Geng said again: "And once the Japanese in the direction of Pingcheng cross the river, they must immediately know the dynamics of the Daqing heroes, so that they can be lured to cross the river again and seduce them to return to defense." ”

Li Geng said: "Because the Japanese are on this battlefield, there will definitely be personnel responsible for finding out the news, and whether or not they can successfully mobilize the enemy army depends on the ability of the spy General General You." ”

Li Geng gave a very detailed explanation to Zhang Yongjie, and finally Li Geng asserted: "In short, the Japanese who go out of the city to fight will have no way out." The number of remaining Japanese soldiers will be greatly reduced, and it will be more advantageous for our army to attack the city. ”

Zhang Yongjie understood Li Geng's thoughts, nodded again and again, and agreed with his strategy.

In Li Geng's strategy, he made a lot of assumptions, one by one, and finally eliminated the Japanese invaders.

The most important thing is that if each hypothesis is not set up, Li Geng has also made a corresponding layout, and he can also achieve the state of retreating to the second.

Zhang Yongjie now understands the meaning of the art of war, there are a lot of curves and curves in it, all of them are routines.

Zhang Yongjie said: "Your plan is very good, no matter how bad it is, it will be seventy percent, and the worst result is to disengage from the Japanese and fight again." It's basically a win-and-no situation. ”

Li Geng smiled: "Big brother has won the award, but there is no need for us to do this." ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "Oh, why don't you follow this method?"

Li Geng said: "The plan just now is a plan made when our army is all ordinary soldiers. ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "Ordinary soldiers?"

Li Geng said: "Our sharp sword army is composed of martial arts people, and they can be said to be all equipped with unique skills. There are not a few who can directly climb over the city wall of Zhangzhou. So we don't need to think about the art of war routine at all, just screen hundreds of good players, climb over the city wall, and take Zhang Zhou City, it doesn't need to be too troublesome. ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded in approval. Thinking that he had never fought before, he suffered a little bit of gains and losses, and he didn't even take into account the fact that the sharp knife army was a good martial artist, and he didn't give the order to attack the city in time.

Zhang Yongjie patted Li Geng's shoulder and said, "At the pre-war meeting in the evening, why didn't you put forward this plan?"

The reason why Li Geng didn't bring it up in front of everyone was because he was afraid of stealing the limelight from Brother Zhang, after all, Zhang Yongjie was the commander in the army, so he first told Zhang Yongjie about the battle plan in private, and then let Zhang Yongjie make the layout. In this way, Zhang Yongjie's military strategy can be reflected.

Of course Zhang Yongjie can understand Li Geng's thoughts, and he smiled at the moment: "You kid is really not simple, and you are still a good hand at intrigue." ”

In the face of Zhang Yongjie's words, Li Geng was expressionless, pretending not to understand, and stood aside dumbfounded.

Zhang Yongjie said with a smile: "At the pre-war meeting in the evening, you only need to tell me directly to attack the city, but you revealed such a plan to me in private." I see what you mean. ”

Li Geng said: "Brother Zhang, what do you understand?"

Zhang Yongjie said: "The reason why you are arranging according to the situation of ordinary soldiers is to show me your ability and show that you are a talent for fighting, do you covet the position of deputy commander?"

Li Geng really thought so, so he talked eloquently in front of Zhang Yongjie, and presented a complete set of plans in addition to the direct siege of the city.

Li Geng said: "This soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, the eldest brother becomes the president of Qian, then I must be the deputy president of Qian, what else to say?"

Zhang Yongjie paced with his hands in his hands, thought twice, and said: "You can't beat people." I can't go to war. From now on, you will be officially appointed as the deputy commander of the Sharp Knife Army, and you will be in command of the overall situation of the Sharp Knife Army. ”

Li Geng was very excited when he saw that Zhang Yongjie finally gave up the position of President Qian to himself, so that he could show his revenge.

Zhang Yongjie saw that Li Geng was very excited, and immediately said seriously: "But there is one thing, you have to remember." ”

Li Geng immediately gave up his hand and waited for Zhang Yongjie's instructions.

Zhang Yongjie then said: "After you become the deputy commander, you will command the whole army to fight, but every time there is a major battle, you must first give me and Gonggong Cao a report." You don't have a whole army to go out to fight, and I and Gonggong Cao don't know about it, so it's a bit difficult to do a job. ”

Li Geng knew that this eldest brother Zhang was still worried about the fact that he fought privately some time ago, and said at the moment: "Big brother, don't worry, I won't dare anymore." The next time I fight, I will definitely inform you in advance. ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded with satisfaction, and the next day, Zhang Yongjie announced the appointment of Li Geng as the deputy general of the Sharp Knife Army, presiding over the daily work of the whole army.

Li Geng really lived up to expectations, successively won Zhangzhou City and Pingcheng, and cleared the surrounding Japanese robbers.

Before the follow-up order of the Lord of the Ministry arrived, the Sharp Knife Army had already won two consecutive battles, giving the surrounding local officials a lot of confidence. The yamen in various localities quickly organized the yamen to search for the wandering pirates and eliminate them in the form of public order warfare.

As a result, Li Geng set up the tent of the commander of the sharp knife army in Longtai City, first, to continue to wait for the orders of the ministers, and secondly, to clear the surrounding hundreds of miles of Japanese robbers from near and far, and restore order.

Zhang Yongjie and Cao Gonggong, the two supreme commanders of the Sharp Knife Army, were basically in Longtai City, enjoying the glory brought by Li Geng's various victories.

Father-in-law Cao lived a comfortable life, and often joked to Zhang Yongjie: "General Zhang, there are talents in this hand, and life is comfortable." You, Mr. Qian, have almost become the nominal commander. ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "That's right, I can't fight, I still have to rely on Li Geng." He played Hu Butang every day, and let Li Geng be the president directly, and don't be a deputy. ”

Gonggong Cao had already reported the news of the arrival of the Sharp Knife Army in Longtai, Fujian to Lord Hu Butang. It's July, and the Sharp Knife Army has been staying in Longtai for more than a month.

However, Lord Hu Butang's further military orders were delayed, so Zhang Yongjie had to do some basic work in Longtai first, searching everywhere for news of the Japanese invaders.

The spy brought the chief Eugenda with a particularly important piece of news, because the Sharp Knife Army had won several battles in a row, which attracted the attention of the Japanese Bandits.

Hattori 1,000 yuan, personally led the Fuso master, will launch an attack on the Sharp Knife Army in the near future.

Hattori Qianyuan is a martial arts master, and Zhang Yongjie doesn't take it to heart, thinking that he is not much different from his eldest brother Hattori Qianjin's kung fu at most, what kind of threat can he pose to himself?

But it's not that simple.

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