Chapter 33: Outwitting Peking (1)
Yuan Qi, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Zhang Chong, Tian Mou, and Xun Luo were recuperating the army when they held another pre-war military meeting.
"Beiping is easy to attack, and if Zou Yue collaborates with the enemy, there will inevitably be Thorn Tower people in the city, the disparity between the enemy and our strength, if it is a strong attack, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties to our army, if the Thorn Tower people take advantage of the situation to cut off our back road, then our army is in danger, I don't know what good strategy you have?"
Zhang Long first shouted, "Senior brother, we are the righteous division, and we are well-equipped, our senior brothers are all ten thousand enemies, and the eight hundred days back to the camp is the elite of the elite, just the Beiping County soldiers, how can we be the enemy together, let the horse go into the city, and take the head of Zou Yue Nasi, isn't it a matter of rebellion?"
Yuan Qi smiled and shook his head, "You...", and looked at Tian Mou and Xun Luo again, the two glanced at each other, nodded, Xun Luo got up and said: "Lord, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, invincible in a hundred battles, our army marched in a hurry, the physical consumption of the sergeants is huge, and the Beiping army has the advantage of waiting for work; Our army is attacking the fortification, the enemy is defending the city, the art of war says: twice as much as the enemy, can be surrounded, five times with the enemy, can be attacked, now we are less than 3,000 people, only the Beiping County soldiers, I am afraid that we are not less than us, this does not include the possible existence of the thorn tower soldiers, so it is not advisable to attack" said and glanced at Zhang Long, (Zhang Long has lowered his head), and continued: "However, as General Zhang said, our army is a righteous division, the military heart is available, the lord is brave, the enemy will be cowardly, plus the 800 days to return to the camp Tiger Guard is well-equipped, and it should still be feasible to seize Beiping"
"Slightly thought, to the lord as a bait, pretending not to know that Zou Yue has rebelled, if Zou Yue has rebelled, will be suspicious, and then also pretend not to rebel and welcome the lord into the city and capture, if not rebellious, this will definitely open the city to welcome my army, if Zou Yue has rebelled, the lord can take a thousand Youzhou army to seize the city, another hundred days to return to the camp to control the city gate, the city gate must not fall into the hands of the enemy, all the way to kill, all the sergeants shouted Zou Yue has treason, people are killed slogan, in order to mess up its military heart, and as far as possible to destroy the enemy, wait for its reaction, gather the army to counterattack, the lord can escape in a hurry, at this time, Zhang Chong, Zhao Hu General led 700 days back to the camp to escape into the city by dark and chaos, after the enemy army chased out of the cityWait for the lord to kill the rebels in the city. This ring is related to the life and death of our army, and we must not lose it. General Zhang Long led a thousand Youzhou troops to set up trenches outside the city, arranged fortifications such as trapping horse locks, and waited for the lord and the enemy to rush through, open all the fortifications to block the enemy army, and eliminate its forces as much as possible, and then cover the lord to enter the city.
Yuan Qi clapped his palms snapped, "Wonderful, Xun Luo is worthy of being my son's room, so that our army will not have big losses, and we can also take Beiping, but this expedition is to teach the Thorn Tower people a lesson, if the Thorn Tower people run away, isn't it a waste of our army's large amount of military resources and a waste of manpower and material resources?"
Xun Luo stared at Yuan Qi for a moment: "Laughing, the lord has already decided, so there is no need to make fun of it."
Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, and Zhang Chong all looked at each other, and saw Tian Mou standing up: "The Thorn Tower originally came to plunder supplies, and returned empty-handed, I'm afraid that this winter will not be able to survive hard, there is only a dead end, so we don't have to worry about the Thorn Tower people retreating without a fight."
Then the three of them came to their senses, and then they made their own preparations, and the time was postponed by two hours.
Three hours of preparation passed quickly, Yuan Qi sat on the jade unicorn, looked at the faint and almost invisible Beiping city wall in the distance, and calmly gave an order: "Senior Brother Zhang Long, can the fortifications be ready?" Ready"
Yuan Qi continued to give orders in an orderly manner: "Senior Brother Zhao Hu, Zhang Chong, is the Tiangui camp ready?" Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Ready to go"
"Tian Mou, Xun Luo, the two of you will go into the city with Zhao Hu and Zhang Chong, and assist them in cleaning the city to calm the hearts of the people."
"No, no!"
After seeing the generals lead the army away, Yuan Qi raised the steel halberd in his hand: "The rest of the sergeants will attack the east gate with a certain one!"
In the Beiping County Guard's Mansion, Zou Yue was looking at the person sitting opposite him with a serious face. Judging from the way he dressed, the person sitting opposite Zou Yue was a thorn tower man!
It seemed that he couldn't see the seriousness on Zou Yue's face, and the Thorn Tower man chuckled and said: "Zou Taishou doesn't have to be scrupulous, this time our big leader King Meng led 100,000 male soldiers to come, you Han people can't keep Youzhou, the more Zou Taishou helps us now, the more rewards will be given by the king in the future, what do you say?"
Zou Yue's face softened a little, and he arched his hand and said, "Yue Xian is here to thank King Meng." Still, Timanda, I have one more concern. ”
Timanda smiled: "I don't know what else Zou Taishou is worried about?"
Zou Yue pointed in the direction of Jijun and said: "The current Youzhou Mu Yuanying, but it is not the same as the previous State Mu, this Yuan Ying is a person who can be civil and martial, and he has a hard temperament, which cannot be solved with money." Moreover, he also has a youngest son, Yuan Qi, who can be called the three armies of the brave crown, I guess you have also heard of the name of 'Little Overlord'?"
Timanda laughed and said: "Zou is too careful, we didn't think about anything else when our 100,000 army went south this time, that is, we want to use the knife in our hands and sit down to solve the enemy army in Youzhou, no matter how tough that Yuan Eagle is, can it still be hard than our 100,000 male soldiers? As for that 'little overlord' Yuan Qi, hehe, it's not that I look down on you Han people, he may still be on the stage among your Han people, but under the iron horse of our Thorn Tower people, he is just a sheep!
Zou Yue smiled bitterly: "That's very good." ”
Timanda raised his wine glass and toasted Zou Yue: "Okay, don't worry blindly, can't a hundred thousand strong wolves solve these sheep in Youzhou? Tomorrow I will lead my subordinates to 20,000 iron horsemen to Jijun to get the head of the Yuan Eagle!"
Just as the two of them were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, a servant stumbled in, and shouted in panic: "Too shou, too shou, it's not good, it's not good!"
Zou Yue recognized the person as his confidant, and although he was angry, he still asked, "What are you doing in a panic? What happened?"
The servant knelt in front of Zou Yue, pointed outside and said: "Someone is coming, look, look at the flag, yes, yes, yes......" seemed to be frightened, and the servant said for a long time, but he didn't say a result.
Zou Yue was furious, who ate the courage of the ambitious leopard to attack his own city? No matter how useful the 5,000 soldiers under his command were, but now there are 20,000 Thorn Tower Iron Cavalry in Beiping City! Since Timanda led 20,000 Thorn Tower Iron Cavalry, with his own help, he unknowingly bypassed the White Wolf Mountain and came to his own city, and he spent a lot of money and food every day to support these Thorn Tower people, and now it was time for them to behave!
"Timanda, immediately gather your 20,000 iron cavalry and slaughter all the besiegers!
Timanda took a slow sip of wine, not in a hurry to support the defenders on the city wall, and even had the heart to ask Zou Yue's servant: "How many people are attacking the city?" The servant stammered and replied: "It seems that the "little overlord" is coming, he asked us to open the city to welcome him in, and asked the adults to prepare a banquet to welcome him."
Timanda lowered her head and analyzed for a while, and a smile appeared on her face: "It seems that this "little overlord" doesn't know that you are already our person, so he just planned to trick him into the city, and then..."Make a knife cutting gesture" Arrange a hundred knife and axe men to kill him at the banquet, just to give us a sacrifice flag, and you, kill the little overlord, prestige... Huh"
But Zou Yue's heart is a little cold, for no other reason, Yuan Qi's prestige is too strong, as his enemy, Zou Yue is still a little afraid.
Ignoring Zou Yue's ugly face, Timanda stood up, with an interested look in her eyes, and walked straight out. Looking at Timanda's back, Zou Yue couldn't help but think anxiously in his heart: This Timanda's strategy should be useful.
Outside the city wall of the east gate, Yuan Qi was already waiting impatiently under the city: "Zou Yue, you are so bold, the general will lead the army from afar, you are so contemptuous, you even delayed the city to greet you, do you want to wait until the people of the Thorn Tower arrive first and lose Beiping?"
After a pillar of incense, Zou Yue appeared on the head of the city, "Under the city, is the "little overlord" General Weiyuan?"
Yuan Qi shouted, "It's so-and-so, the banner of so-and-so Zou Taishou has seen it, why do you need to ask more, quickly open the city to welcome a certain in, so that you can fight against the thorn tower".
Zou Yue shouted at the top of the city, "Okay, General Weiyuan, wait a while, I will immediately arrange for the guards to open the city gate to welcome the general into the city"
After about a quarter of an hour, the city gate creaked and slowly opened, and Yuan Qi's expression became cold, because Zou Yue had not verified the transfer of troops from the city at all. Silently watched the city gate open little by little, the halberd was also raised little by little, as the city gate was fully opened, a "kill" word shouted like thunder, and then rushed into the city first, and 1,000 foot soldiers also followed into the city gate.
With the entry of the Youzhou army, the soldiers of Beiping County were still stunned and didn't know what was going on, and a large number of soldiers were harvested by the blade, "What's the situation?" Zou Yue at the head of the city was terrified, what's the matter, didn't you drink the banquet first? How can you come in and kill it, does the little overlord already know that I am with the Thorn Tower people?
Yuan Qi bent his bow and arrow, aimed at Zou Yue, his fingers loosened, and a sharp arrow shot up the city wall with an indomitable momentum, Zou Yue kept staring at Yuan Qi, watching his movements, and immediately flashed into the army, protected by the personal guards, and asked him to knock with the little overlord, he was unwilling.
Yuan Qi's arrow frightened the rebels on the city wall to lower their bodies and hide behind the city wall, for fear that Yuan Qi's next target would be himself. After an arrow was fired, Yuan Qi grabbed a sergeant who passed by him and wanted to attack the city, and said in a low voice: "You quickly go to Tian Mou and Xun Luo and tell them ......"
Zou Yue in the city was also frightened, and hurriedly found his henchmen, "Quickly go and tell Timanda, let the Thorn Tower people stop Yuan Qi!"
About half an hour of rushing to kill, thousands of people were eliminated, how many, no one knows, only know, caught off guard, everyone is very enjoyable to kill, each Youzhou soldier, is it to kill an enemy, or several... And the next moment ... The Thorn Tower Cavalry, hiding in the city, appeared
"Whoa――――― 20,000 Thorn Tower cavalry let out a beastly howl, and then slapped their horses and slaughtered Yuan Qi's military formation.
Yuan Qi looked indifferently at the Iron Rider of the Thorn Tower who was rushing towards him. The halberd in his hand is raised, the rear team is in formation, ready to evacuate, and the archers of the front team are ready.
"Archer, throw!" Yuan Qi commanded calmly.
Peng Pengpeng, the continuous bowstring vibration sounded, and hundreds of sharp arrows were shot into the air with the sound of whistling wind, and after a short stop in mid-air, they rushed down and scattered towards the formation of the Thorn Towers.
Like the Xin barbarians, the Thorn Towers are nomadic people who do not produce, so they do not have sophisticated armor and shields, and can only wield the war knife in their hands to protect themselves. But in the dense rain of arrows, no one can completely protect the whole body with a sword. Then, a scream rang out from among the Thorn Tower cavalry. Sharp arrows pierced through the tablars' curtains, shooting at their bodies, splashing blood flowers. The huge inertia brought the cavalry who was hit by the arrow off their horses, and even if they were not shot, they would be trampled into a mass of flesh by the cavalry behind. It will even become an obstacle for the cavalry behind, stumbling over the cavalry coming from behind, so that the cavalry further behind will also trample on them.
In just one round of arrow rain, five or six hundred lives of the Thorn Tower people were harvested. Yuan Qi raised his hand and gave the order again: "The archers in the front row stand back, grab the hand, throw the weapon!"
The archers standing in the front row fell backwards neatly, and as they retreated, they again took their arrows from the quiver behind their backs and placed them on the bowstring. The long snatcher, who was originally standing behind the archer, quickly stepped forward, filled the archer's position, and threw the spear in his hand with great force. These foot soldiers were not Yuan Qi's subordinates in the first place, and their equipment could not be as sophisticated as the Tiangui Battalion, but under Yuan Qi's order, they did not hesitate to throw the only weapon in their hands!
Hundreds of spears beeped and stabbed at the Thorn Tower Cavalry. Timanda, who was rushing in front of the line of Thorn Tower people, saw the shadow of the spears in the sky, and couldn't help but mutter, "Are these people crazy? Even throwing weapons out, how can they fight in a while?" However, the spears thrown at him obviously didn't care what Timanda thought, and stabbed at the body of the Thorn Tower Cavalry one after another.
If it is a sharp arrow, the Assassin can still dodge the past with the sword in his hand and superb riding skills, but in the face of heavy spears, although the Assassin Cavalry struggles to block with their swords, they still can't block the spear with huge inertia. Except for those spears that missed, the rest of the spears pierced the body of the Assassin Cavalry without exception, and flew backwards with the Assassin Tower. There were even some powerful soldiers who threw halberds, after piercing a cavalry with a thorn tower, with the corpse on the spear, and plunged into the body of the cavalry behind, and the stampede inevitably appeared.