The words say:

The dew is cold and frosty white arboreal crows, and the sunrise wind warms the jade flowers.

The crows fly dumbly in the sky, and the Yushu Pavilion stands in the water and sand.

The way of heaven is far away, and people's hearts are narrow. The flat boat carries dreams and wins.

Fengyan shed blood several times, and three glasses of old wine were lazy to remember home.

It is said that at that time, Murong Gui agreed to dedicate the city gate on the day of duty, but he had a request. So Xu Wenhu said:

"General Murong, I don't know what you want?"

Murong Gui said: "If I agree, then, on the day of taking the county, the Taiping Khan's brothers and my two daughters should get married on a certain date, and the Taiping Khan Emperor will announce it to the world!"

Xu Wenhu smiled: "This matter is wrapped up in me." Moreover, Emperor Khan's wedding, where is there anything that is not announced to the world? General Murong has 10,000 hearts!"

Murong returned and said: "Since Mr. Xu is the guarantor, then, when will Shijun attack the city?"

Xu Wenhu said: "Brother Shijun's delay in attacking and merging the county is not because he can't, but because he is waiting for General Murong's words. I wonder when General Murong will be on duty?"

Murong returned and said: "The night after tomorrow, I will be in charge of the north gate. ”

Xu Wenhu said: "Okay! I informed Marshal Li Shijun and ordered him to raise a large army to surround the city, besiege the city tomorrow, and the night after tomorrow, he should take and merge the county, and capture him Zhong Junli and Ha Junbao alive!"

Everyone discussed and agreed, and Xu Wenhu went to try to inform Li Shijun.

On July 8, the third year of the Taiping Khan's Kaiping, Li Shijun's army was suddenly launched and surrounded the county seat of Bingxian on the same day.

Li Shijun came to the east gate in person and challenged Zhong Junli by name. In the county, Zhong Junli discussed with Ha Junbao, and Ha Junbao said: "This Li Shijun, who once captured Ma Rong alive, is strong in martial arts, and it is estimated that there are few people in the world who can be his opponent." The governor doesn't have to fight him alone, we just need to hold the county. ”

Zhong Junli said: "What is the best strategy for the left minister to retreat from the enemy?"

Ha Junbao said with a smile: "The governor doesn't have to worry about retreating from the enemy, we are a county, the city is high and deep, and the grain and grass in the city are sufficient. ”

Zhong Junli said: "Zuo Xiang is right! It's just that I heard the legend that the Taiping Army has set up a new army called the 'Flying Army' to attack the city, which is very peculiar. ”

Ha Junbao said with a smile: "To capture the city, the flying army must first establish a foothold, defend the city wall, and then capture the city and seize the city. I have a plan to break his flying army. ”

Zhong Junli said: "What is the best plan for the left minister, can you break the flying army?"

Ha Junbao said with a smile: "When the old man was a child, he heard a children's song about spiders: 'The spider sits alone in the military tent and makes a net out of thin air. If you don't have the east, west, north and south winds, you just want to catch the fly. 'He has a flying army, why don't we learn from the spider and make him a web to catch him?'

When Zhong Junli heard this, he laughed: "Zuo Xiang is clever! Since he Li Shijun's flying army can't go up the city wall, he can't take us and the county! We just have to drag him, drag him fat and thin, and drag him thin to death! Hahahaha!"

So Zhong Junli and Ha Junbao are dedicated to doing a good job of defense. The two of them, relying on the fact that the county town is high and deep, and have a strategy for dealing with the flying army, can sit back and relax without worry, and only need to use a procrastination trick to win sooner or later! Where can they imagine that tomorrow night, someone will open the city gate and let the Taiping army enter the city?

It turned out that Li Shijun's army set up camp more than 20 miles away from the city, also because it was not easy to attack the county seat, and fortunately, Xu Wenhu set up a beautiful man's plan to break the fortress from the inside of the county.

——At this time, Li Shijun went to the city to challenge, and there was not a single soldier in the city. Zhong Junli stood on the watchtower of the city gate and shouted down: "You want to take me and merge the county, but I'm afraid that you Li Shijun will be a little tender!"

After that, Zhong Junli shouted: "Give me all arrows!"

Arrows rained down for a while.

When Li Shijun saw this, he restrained the men and horses to retreat, and after collecting the troops and returning to the camp, he set up nearly 100 catapults in the open space of the camp, one hundred and fifty steps away from the city.

When Ha Junbao saw the city, he said to Zhong Junli: "Governor, look, he has set up catapults in his camp, and it seems that he is going to use the flying army to attack the city. ”

Zhong Junli listened and said with a smile: "This time, let him fly over but can't fly back, there is no return!"

It turned out that Ha Junbao had already made the army prepare and knotted a lot of rope nets, and at this time, at this time, many soldiers pulled the rope nets and lay down on the city wall, wanting to take the enemy flying army by surprise!

However, he said that Li Shijun placed a catapult in the camp, not really to attack the city with a flying army, but to test the car.

After the stones were loaded in the stone throwing bucket, Li Shijun gave an order, and he heard the sound of "whooshing", and nearly 100 big stones flew out and flew towards the city wall.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army cheered one by one, but unexpectedly, before the cheers stopped, a scene appeared on the city wall that stunned the Taiping soldiers:

Just listen to the sound of a drum on the city wall. On the city wall, a wooden frame in the shape of a "man" was erected, and there was a huge rope net on the wooden frame! The stones thrown by the slingers of the Taiping Army all fell into the rope net, and after a few swings in it, it was useless!

Then there were many soldiers on the city wall, and they took forks and took hold of the rope nets, and when they went out, they saw these stones being pushed out of the rope nets and falling into the moat outside the city walls.

In the camp of Li Shijun of the Taiping Army, everyone was surprised and silent, and they all looked at Li Shijun, and they all asked: "Marshal, the enemy is really here to break our flying army with this trick, what should I do?"

Li Shijun sighed: "This must be the design of Ha Junbao in the city, to plot against my flying army! Fortunately, this is the first time I have used the flying army, so I will try it first, otherwise, I am afraid that my flying army will inevitably be wiped out!"

Li Shijun was deeply glad to himself: because if he used the flying army to capture the city, he would definitely be like Li Shijian, and he would take the lead, in that case, I was afraid that he would suffer!

Li Shijun was sighing and rejoicing, when a messenger from the Taiping Khan Emperor arrived outside the gate delivering urgent information.

When Li Shijun received the messenger and read the urgent information, he couldn't help but be stunned, tears flowed from his eyes, and he sighed in his mouth: "Pain! Third Brother Zhang! Alas! Third Brother Zhang!"

It turned out that what this urgent information said was that when Marshal Lin Heng of the Right Army seized the dangerous pass of Mumen Gorge with his flying army, the pioneer Zhang Meng led a thousand flying troops and threw himself into the city with a catapult, but he was also trapped by Bu Junrui, the right minister of the Great Western Khanate, with a rope net. General Zhang Meng was trapped in the rope net, and he was unable to resist in his eagerness, and was actually killed by the random arrows of the Onishi soldiers!

Bu Junrui was also triumphant, claiming that he was a "net army" who used ropes to break the enemy's army, specializing in breaking the flying army!

Lin Hui reported the defeat to Li Shijian, who immediately ordered Song Yi and Lu Yan to lead 20,000 troops to support Lin Heng, and at the same time, sent urgent information to the front line of Bingxian County, informing Li Shijun that he could not use the flying army to capture the city for the time being.

Li Shijun sent the messenger away and discussed the military situation with the military advisers and generals. Tian Mengchang, Xu Xing, Ma Rong, Chang Sheng and other generals have arrived.

Li Shijun said: "Two military divisions, generals, our army is besieging the city today, and when we first arrive in the city of Bingxian County, we must prevent him from sneaking attack, this is one of them." Tomorrow night, our army will make a sneak attack on the enemy city, and we must defeat the enemy in one battle and take the county. I don't know if you have any suggestions?"

Tian Mengchang said: "Senior brother, our army has captured the county, but there is also Napang County behind, which is also an important pass to enter Xining Prefecture, I think, can we take the opportunity to seize the county, take advantage of the situation, and take Pang County in one fell swoop?"

Li Shijun said: "Senior brother, what is the magic method?"

Tian Mengchang said: "It's better for our army to seize the county tomorrow night, but before the fifth watch, another army will attack Pang County." ”

Li Shijun said: "Senior brother, please be more detailed, right?"

Tian Mengchang said: "Senior brother, it is better to lead the army into the county seat tomorrow night, and I will lead 20,000 troops with General Chang Sheng or General Ma Rong to attack Pang County." Your side is trying to end the battle on the fourth watch, and send troops to help me on the fifth watch. ”

Li Shijun said: "Senior brother, the county seat of Napang County, the same as the county seat of this county, is a high city and a deep pool, you don't need a flying army, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Tian Mengchang smiled and said: "Senior brother, I estimate that the defenders of Napang County, just thinking that there are Zhong Junli and Ha Junbao guarding the county, they must not be vigilant, if they use the flying army to sneak attack, they may not want to get it!"

Xu Xing heard this, and also said: "Tian Junshi is reasonable. And the county to Pang County, the distance is more than 110 miles, what can be worried is that this large catapult, the speed of the road can not meet the requirements, it is difficult to rush to Pang County on time!"

Tian Mengchang said: "I have already thought about this problem, I can ask the craftsman battalion to disassemble and carry the catapult, and when it goes to the city of Napang, it will be assembled again for siege purposes." ”

And they all said so, very good. Ma Rong said: "Master Tian, Ma is willing to attack Pang County with you!"

Dadao Changsheng said: "General Ma don't fight, it's better for me to win and attack Pang County with the Tian Army!"

Li Shijun said with a smile: "The two pioneers don't have to argue, in my opinion, there is no suspense about the merger of counties here, and Pang County over there, the flying army takes the city, and it is necessary for the general to take the lead, so it is better for the two pioneers to go." ”

So Ma Rong and Chang Sheng stopped fighting. Li Shijun said to Tian Mengchang again: "Senior brother, before using the flying army, senior brother must find out the enemy's situation." When I think about Brother Zhang's sacrifice, I feel uncomfortable. ”

Tian Mengchang said: "Senior brother, if you want to avenge General Zhang Meng, after our army captures Pang County, you can send an army to attack Jing County in the south. As long as he takes Jingxian, he is to copy his Xin Jun Ji Bu Junrui's back road. ”

Li Shijun said: "Okay! ”

On the night of July 8, the third year of Emperor Kaiping of the Taiping Khan, Li Shijun had people harass the four gates of the county seat, sometimes shouting at the east gate, sometimes setting fire at the north gate, or setting fire to the south gate, and beating drums at the west gate - this was Li Shijun's plan to harass the tired enemy.

However, in the county town, when Zhong Junli first heard the news, he asked Ha Junbao to discuss countermeasures. I didn't want Ha Junbao to be very old-fashioned, smiled lightly, and said, "The governor doesn't have to panic. I expect this to be Li Shijun's plan to harass the tired enemy!"

Zhong Junli said: "He is so powerful, quite amazing, why does Prime Minister Zuo only say that he is harassing and tired our army?"

Ha Junbao said with a smile: "If Li Shijun wants to sneak attack and seize the city, he will definitely not make these feints. If you want to fight your fist, you must first withdraw it - since ancient times, there has never been a reason for a sneak attack on a city raider to come with great fanfare. ”

Zhong Junli said: "Zuo Xiang Gaojian!, then what should we do?"

Ha Junbao said: "Did the governor get the battle report of my lord Khan Emperor today? Nabu Junrui and Xin Jun gathered at the mouth of Mumen Gorge, used rope nets to defend against Lin Huifei's army, and killed Zhang Meng, the fierce general of the Taiping army. Bu Junrui also named the soldier who manipulated the rope net 'Net Army'!

As I say, we will divide this net army into two parts, one for the first half of the night and the other for the second half of the night. He, Li Shijun's soldiers, not to mention the flying army, even Li Shijun himself, can't think of being able to go up to me and the county wall!

When Zhong Junli heard this, he was overjoyed and said yes in a loud voice. So Zhong Junli passed down the order, as Ha Junbao said, just defend the city, don't worry about the enemy attack.

Besides, on Li Shijun's side, the army assigned to harass the tired enemy was only four commanders, and each city gate was a unified 500 people, and after tossing all night, the city only ignored it, so the effect of exhausting the enemy was really not good.

On the morning of July 9 in the third year of Emperor Kaiping of Taiping Khan, the four commanders of the army and horses reported the battle situation to Li Shijun. Li Shijun listened, thought for a while, and said:

"It seems that this Ha Junbao is really capable, and he has seen through my plan to harass and fatigue the enemy!"

Speaking of this, Li Shijun said to Tian Mengchang and Xu Xing: "Two military advisors, what do you think of this matter?"

Xu Xing said: "Yin is within the yang, not in the pair of yang." Since he has seen through the strategy of our army to exhaust the enemy, then we will use this plan tomorrow night, so we will secretly transfer troops, just wait for the old general Murong in the city to open the north city gate, and at that time our army will rush in, he Zhong Junli and Ha Junbao, I am afraid that he will not be able to react for a while!"

Li Shijun said: "Okay! In order to cover the north gate of the county for the old general tonight, we will attack the city during the day today." ”

Tian Mengchang said: "Senior brother, our army should recuperate and recuperate in order to prepare for the night battle to capture the city, it is better to still focus on challenges today and not to storm the city." ”

Li Shijun said: "Okay!"

Hearing the sound of the trumpet, Li Shijun led 5,000 men and horses to the city to challenge, and still challenged Zhong Junli by name.

Zhong Junli knew that he was martial arts, including himself, and no one in the county could fight with Li Shijun alone, so he naturally did not go down to the city to fight. However, Li Shijun really didn't have a good way to attack the city at this time.

So Li Shijun ordered the 5,000 troops to fight under the city. Ha Junbao in the city ordered the defenders to scold back, so one day, the two armies scolded each other, and at dusk, they each collected their troops.

Li Shijun collected his troops and returned to the camp, regardless of fatigue, he convened a meeting of the generals and assigned tasks:

First of all, Tian Mengchang, Ma Rong, and Chang Sheng led 20,000 horses, and quietly set off after dark to rush to Pang County.

Then, Li Shijun ordered Li Da and Zhang Yao to lead 10,000 troops to lie outside the south gate, and not to enlarge the western soldiers to escape from the city one by one. He also ordered Wu Jun and Meng Ping to lead 10,000 troops to the East Gate, and Ji Xiaohu and Xiang Tuo to lead 10,000 troops to the West Gate.

Li Shijun himself, along with other generals, led 30,000 troops, and lay outside the north gate, just waiting for Murong Gui to open the north gate, and then he would rush into the city to arrest Zhong Junli and Ha Junbao.

In the large camp, Xu Xing, the remaining army division, led 20,000 soldiers to guard.

Li Shijun's assignment has been decided, and he will go to the north gate in person, just waiting for Murong in the county town to return and open the north gate. At the same time, Li Shijun had already made the four commanders last night, and tonight was like last night, and the four gates harassed and tired the enemy.

However, he said that in the county, Zhong Junli only regarded the Taiping army as last night, and harassed and tired himself, and only ordered the "net army" to defend the city, and still used the method of taking turns to be on duty at night to strengthen the defense.

That Murong Gui was really on duty, as mentioned earlier, and brought nearly 100 guards to the north city gate.

At this time, Xu Wenhu, the Murong sisters who dressed as men, and Murong Liang were also mixed in the nearly 100 relatives.

Xu Wenhu had already gotten Li Shijun's letter, and knew that Li Shijun was ambushing outside the north gate, and said to Murong and Murong at that time: "Do it!"

- This is exactly what the county should be merged with!