Early the next morning, the city lord Zheng Faneng met with Zhencheng Lin Sheng who came to pay homage to him at his mansion. He immediately became interested when he heard the ideas put forward by him.
After hearing the words, Lin Sheng nodded and said with a respectful expression: "Yes, at the end of last night after receiving some teachings from the city lord, I went back to my tent and had a sleepless night, thinking hard about why the soldiers were clearly using their lives, but still fought for a long time without success?
Although the number of barbarians is large, they are by no means a brave army. The reason why the bandit army only besieged but not attacked is that they are worried that the barbarians will show their cowardice in fighting and give our army a fighting chance. Although I go out to fight every day, the enemies are all equipped with elite soldiers.
When they came to respond, they rarely used barbarians to fight, and it was even more obvious that the barbarians were too weak to fight.
If you can bypass the enemy's elite soldiers and attack the barbarian formation, you may be able to stir up chaos in the enemy's formation and resolve the situation! And if you want to achieve this goal, you can only fight at night. Of course, this is only the end.
Whether the general’s foolish plan is feasible or not, I have to ask the city lord to decide.”
"Being trapped in the city for a long time, the situation is deadlocked, and people's hearts are inevitably turbulent. Any method that can help escape the siege is worth trying. Listening to what you said, this is also a good strategy. However, no matter how good the method is, it still needs to be implemented, otherwise it will be a mess
Empty words.”
When Zheng Fanseng said this, his eyes towards Lin Sheng became gentler: "You and I have been working together for a long time, so you should know my temperament. Yesterday's small punishment was by no means a deliberate suppression of you, it was just because the soldiers' idleness was harmful and useless.
If you can fight bravely and defeat the bandit camp this time, I will definitely ask King Fufeng and the imperial court for your credit!"
Before, Zheng Faneng's words would have made Lin Sheng a little excited, but now that he has decided to listen to his son's opinion, he is completely indifferent to it, but on the surface he still pretends to be grateful, nodding his head repeatedly:
"I understand, I understand! Since the siege of the city, if the city lord had not responded properly and made comprehensive arrangements, how could Baiting be safe and secure now? The general is just a warrior and has never had any wisdom. Only by obeying the city lord's orders can the situation improve.
possible!"
Although Lin Sheng was not usually known for his strength, Zheng Faneng still felt that he was particularly submissive and humble today, and he had no doubt about it. He just thought that his beating to establish his power yesterday had an effect, so he said in a deep voice
: "It was difficult to discuss matters with the masses before, but in fact I have been worried a lot recently. Normally speaking, reinforcements should have arrived long ago, but there has been no trace.
The prisoners announced by thieves outside the city may really be reinforcements from all walks of life. But no matter what, now you and I are always living and dying together, and the city cannot be destroyed. In this battle, Lin Zhencheng, what kind of personnel support do you need?
.If the reinforcements are really robbed, we know that the thieves are indeed powerful. If we cannot succeed in one battle, this opportunity may be worth it!"
Hearing Zheng Faneng's blunt statement that the situation might really be bad, Lin Sheng naturally did not feel the same concern. Instead, he was secretly glad that he had made the decision to turn to the enemy first. Of course, he still nodded solemnly to express his determination.
Fight vigorously and defeat the enemy camp.
Next, the two began to discuss and perfect the plan to launch a night attack. Since the elite troops of the Western Wei Dynasty were mainly arranged opposite the east and west city gates, these two places were not suitable for launching an attack. The most suitable route was to leave the camp from the north of the city and then take a detour.
The battalion launched an attack on the flank.
Zheng Faneng had high hopes for this plan, so he also let go of his power and allowed Lin Sheng to select capable soldiers in the city.
Although Lin Sheng serves as the governor of the town, the military power has always been controlled by Zheng Faneng. The only ones who can command are his own troops. Therefore, Zheng Faneng dared to publicly reprimand and punish him before. Now with a night attack plan, he finally got the victory.
Zheng Faneng's delegation of power led to the selection of a group of elites in the city.
Because they needed to be hidden from others, this group of armored soldiers needed to be released from the city in advance with slings from the north to hide in Zhoushan Mountain, and then start operations at night. Before these people left, Zheng Faseng also strictly ordered them to obey Lin Sheng's orders.
, if anyone is too timid to escape and is defeated, he will definitely show his head to the public!
Because this trip was very dangerous, although Lin Sheng was willing to die, he still couldn't let go of his son. So after the elite soldiers left the city one after another, Lin Sheng made another request, that is, he hoped that Zheng Faneng could give up his son.
Recruiting close confidants as bodyguards.
Zheng Faneng did not hesitate about this. In order to let Lin Sheng have no worries, he directly agreed.
After nightfall, Zheng Faneng gathered other people in the city at the east and west gates and made a big fanfare, posing as if he was going to fight at night, so as to attract the enemy's attention here. And he led a few followers to the north.
Under the city wall, the last batch of soldiers were arranged to leave the city.
In order to ensure the concealment of this action, Zheng Faseng did not bring many entourage with him on this trip. He looked at Lin Sheng and his son and said, "There is no need to be inseparable between you and your son. After this night, Lin Zhencheng returned from his great achievements.
It’s no big deal that I have a wife who can take care of my son, I’m blessed.”
"Thank you City Lord for your kind words, but I have one more thing to ask for before I leave. I hope the City Lord can agree to it."
Lin Jia nodded to his father, then walked back to Zheng Faneng and bowed and said.
"If anything happens, please come quickly and don't block your journey!"
After Zheng Fanseng heard this, he frowned and said, feeling a little impatient in his heart.
"That is to borrow the city master's head to support my father and son!"
When Lin Jia said this, he suddenly drew the sword from his side and thrust it straight into Zheng Faseng's chest.
At the same time, Lin Sheng also whispered: "Kill!" As he spoke, his father and son each held a knife in their hands, and instantly killed Zheng Faneng and several of his followers on the spot, and then groped for Zheng Faneng's body.
, searched out all the tokens of the city master's talisman and took them with him before leaving the city.
At this time, the elite defenders who were the first to leave the city saw a fire between the east and west gates, and they only knew that the operation was proceeding step by step. When they saw Lin Sheng and his son arriving, they also had no doubt that he was there.
With this in hand, follow the father and son and their tribesmen, and approach the enemy camp.
On the way, Lin Sheng instructed his son to lead his troops to separate operations. He himself led the elite soldiers to hide temporarily, while his son led the crowd to the enemy's trenches and camp gates to see the strength of their troops.
At this time, the Western Wei military camp outside Baiting City also looked like it was facing a formidable enemy. Fearing that the enemy troops would directly rush into the camp, the few elite troops were mobilized in front of the camp gate to wait for the enemy.
In the other barbarian camps, they were only strictly ordered not to cross the camp defenses and just stay in their own camps with peace of mind.
Inside the camp gate, Li Ya led more than a dozen soldiers to deliver military orders to the camps. He felt very unhappy about the fact that other young cronies were arrayed in front of the camp, waiting for battle, but he was used as a leg and a microphone. : How are those people better than him? Aren’t we all horsemen of the first battalion!
He was feeling angry in his heart when he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from outside the camp fence. He turned around and found that the other attendants had also noticed, so they raised their hands as if to be silent, and then left the one holding the torch to lead a few people in the other direction. And he and others quietly approached the camp fence, and after confirming the source of the sound, he drew his knife and shouted sharply: "Where is the thief, get out of here quickly! The crossbows here are already pointing at you. If you dare to move rashly, you will be killed." You’re going to be crucified here!”
"General, wait a minute, please spare your life! A certain group of people are followers of Xiangyi in the city, and they crossed the city to surrender. Now there is the head of the city lord Zheng Faseng. The order is here. General, please verify it and accept the surrender!"
Lin Jia raised his hands and walked out of the hiding place. A package containing Monk Zheng's head hung around his neck. He opened his hands to show that he was harmless, and then slowly walked towards the camp fence.
Li Ya couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and it took her a while to realize what it meant. At this time, Lin Jia was already within a few feet of the camp fence, so he pretended to be mature and ordered in a low voice: "Behind your hands, ! Throw that head token into the fence! Good boy, I am known as an eagle eye in the army. If you dare to do anything sneaky, you will never come back!"
Lin Jia heard the words and quickly put his hands behind his back, but he had some difficulty when he wanted to complete the next action, so he quickly said: "Report to the general, the surrendered people are the former soldiers of He Bagong and General Li who returned to the army. We have a very close relationship and are sincere in our pursuit of righteousness. Please leave no doubt, General, and allow me to offer the head of the enemy city's lord with both hands."
"Well, then just hand it over!"
As soon as Li Ya finished saying this, a smelly package was thrown in from outside the fence and hit him directly in the face. He suppressed the desire to be sick and impatiently asked his entourage to check the authenticity, which was another round of troubles. , and after confirmation, he then opened a small opening in the fence wall, allowing Lin Jia and others to squeeze in sideways and then disarm.
At this time, the soldiers who were waiting in formation in front of the camp gate were a little anxious when they saw that the enemy city was only fanfare but no men and horses were seen going out to fight. However, the sound of gold ringing had not yet sounded in the camp, so they could only continue to wait in formation.
At the same time, Li Ya had already introduced Lin Jia and his entourage into the Chinese army's tent, and handed it over to the commander-in-chief Shi Jing to interrogate the whole story and details of their surrender. After confirming that the matter was true, Shi Jing couldn't help but look happy. After appeasing and praising Lin Jia, he looked at Li Ya and said, "It's a great achievement for you to attract martyrs back to the camp!"
Li Ya was overjoyed when she heard this and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General, would you like to add this function to your palace?"
After Shi Jing heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at this kid. Do you think I look like a man in charge of the government? Just talk nonsense. One day you can also bring our general back on the battlefield!
Because he had surrendered for help, he not only killed the Lord of Baiting City and surrendered, but also told the whole city what was true and false. Fearing that things might change later, Shi Jing did not bother to pay attention to Li Ya, who was addicted to officialdom, and decided to send several important generals to him. He was called into the tent to discuss the matter of capturing Baiting City.
The soldiers in the array outside the camp called Jin to withdraw their troops. After returning to the camp, Shuofeng, who was also a member of the array, saw Li Ya standing in front of the Chinese army's tent, grinning and making a face. There seemed to be some blood on his face, so he
He walked up and asked, "What's wrong with you kid?"
When Li Ya heard his voice, she subconsciously greeted him with a smile, but soon she turned her eyes and her expression changed accordingly. She raised her nostrils and snorted at Shufeng: "Dharma, you have been in formation for many days.
Do you know what the blood of an enemy general tastes like?"