When Zhu Gaoyuan led more than 700 horses and arrived near Changping, it was already dusk.
Not to mention homeless people, we didn't even meet a single refugee along the way. They all went to Beijing to eat.
Thanks to those catchy slogans put forward by Li Yan, King Chuang is now so popular with the people.
Wang Jiayan couldn't help but said: "It seems that the bandits also thought that we would definitely go south after we broke the siege, so they only sent cavalry to pursue the south, but ignored the north."
Jin Xuan said: "This is called surprise."
Zhu Gaoyuan said: "Then let's give the bandit another unprepared attack."
"Huh?" Wang Jiayan couldn't help but change his face slightly when he heard this. Was he off guard?
Jin Xuan also asked: "Sir, do you mean to attack Changping Prefecture City?"
"Yes, we must capture Changping." Zhu Gaoyuan nodded and said, "We came out in a hurry and did not carry any luggage. We can only obtain supplies by capturing Changping. Otherwise, just eating will be a problem."
No matter what the scale of military operations, logistical supplies are an unavoidable problem.
Without supplies, the army will be unable to move forward, its combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed, and it will suffer defeat.
Throughout the ages, there have been few examples of battles that were truly defeated by battle formations. Most of them were defeated by logistics, such as the Battle of Guandu, which is famous in history, and the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao.
Wang Jiayan said: "But Changping is an important town in Jibei and the gateway to the capital. The bandits must be heavily guarded."
Jin Xuan also said: "Your Majesty, I also think that attacking Changping is too risky, otherwise we should go around."
"Go around?" Zhu Gaoyuan asked Jin Xuan, "Shall we bypass Changping and attack Juyong Pass? It is also a good choice, because as long as we win Juyong Pass, we can go straight to Xuanfu."
Hearing this, not only Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan,
Even Meng Guangxiang, Wu Linzheng and others who did not know how to fight changed their expressions.
At this point, people are fighting at Juyongguan? Isn’t the Holy One talking in his sleep?
"Your Majesty is joking." Wang Jiayan's face turned pale and he added, "We will definitely not be able to defeat Juyong Pass."
"Can't we attack even at Juyong Pass?" Zhu Gaoyuan said, "May I ask Wang Aiqing, where should we attack?"
"It's inappropriate to attack anywhere. With just a few hundred men and horses, attacking any fortified city is extremely risky." Wang Jiayan shook his head and said, "I thought it would be better to find a nearby village and raise some food from the people.
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"Raising food from the people is robbery, right?" Zhu Gaoyuan said suddenly, "I heard that there is a proverb among the people, thieves are like combs, soldiers are like shaves. It means that when the Ming Dynasty border troops were suppressing thieves, they robbed
The common people are more vicious than thieves from all walks of life, does Wang Qing mean that I should also learn from the frontier soldiers?"
"This..." Wang Jiayan was speechless.
Zhu Gaoyuan sighed: "You all know that the capital is invaded by slaves. The villages in various states and counties are already empty. Where can you find people? Where can you find food? Only in prefectures and counties can you find it?
We have to fight for food, so we can fight the city of Changping, or we must fight if we don’t fight, otherwise we will starve to death.”
Wang Jiayan was speechless for a moment, because what Zhu Gaoyuan said was true.
Most of the villages we passed along the way were abandoned, not to mention people and wild dogs.
Without leaving the capital, it is really unimaginable that the important land of the capital, at the feet of the emperor, would have declined to such an extent!
Therefore, the cruel reality is that if Changping Prefecture City is not captured, their monarchs and ministers will really go hungry.
It's okay to go hungry for one or two meals, but going hungry for a few days can kill you. After all, it's thousands of miles to go to Nanjing.
Zhu Gaoyuan comforted everyone again: "But you don't have to worry, there won't be many thieves in Changping Prefecture City, and I have already thought of a surprise attack strategy, so we can easily capture Changping."
In fact, there was something Zhu Gaoyuan didn't say.
That means the defense of Changping City must be lax at this time.
Then he said to Wang Jiayan: "I have to trouble Wang Qing about this matter."
"Your Majesty's words are serious." Wang Jiayan said, "I am ashamed."
Zhu Gaoyuan called Wang Jiayan to him again and gave him detailed instructions.
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Guo Qi is a commander in the Dashun Army, responsible for guarding the city of Changping Prefecture, with 500 soldiers under his command.
However, only one hundred of them were veterans of the bandits, and the rest were soldiers who had been surrendered from the Ming Guard Army. Although they were considered soldiers, their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the veterans of the bandits.
Compared to other bandits, Guo Qi is quite cautious.
Although news came from the front that Beijing had been conquered and that one hundred Da Shun soldiers under his command had entered a state of carnival, Guo Qi was still patrolling the city defenses.
When Guo Qi inspected the south gate, he found someone making trouble outside.
"What's going on?" Guo Qi asked, "Who dares to make trouble here?"
One of the hundreds of households who surrendered to the army replied: "They are people who escaped from Yongping Prefecture and want to go to the city to beg for their stuttering."
"Are you here to escape from Yongping Mansion?" Guo Qi frowned, then pointed at an obviously older man in the crowd outside the city gate and said, "Old man, come here."
The old man immediately came over with his waist bowed and called General.
This general's shout made Guo Qi feel happy, and his attitude became much kinder.
"Did you escape from Yongping Mansion?" Guo Qi asked, "What happened to Yongping?"
"Forget it." The old man sighed softly and said, "Guan Ning's army has entered the pass. These dog officers and soldiers robbed the village as soon as they saw it. They didn't even leave us a grain of food. We really couldn't survive, so we had to come and join the King of Chuang.
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"Just come and join King Chuang." Guo Qi said with a smile, "Follow King Chuang and you will have food to eat."
After that, he said to the hundreds of households of the guards behind him: "Jiang Baihu, let them in and eat."
Jiang Baihu quickly led people to move away from Juma. The old man and the fifty or so refugees behind him entered the city with great gratitude, and then went to the porridge outside the state government under the guidance of Jiang Zu.
Needless to say, this little old man is Wang Jiayan.
Wang Jiayan is dark and thin, so he acted like a refugee.
There are also about fifty refugees behind him, who are also thin and dark servants specially selected by Wang Jiayan.
After a full meal, it started to get dark. Wang Jiayan and the others found a small, uninhabited, run-down courtyard near the south gate and settled down temporarily. The bandits didn't pay much attention.
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There is a sparse birch forest five kilometers southeast of Changping Prefecture City.
In the dead of night, a squirrel came out of a tree hole and was about to go down to the ground to look for food. But when it was halfway down, it suddenly heard a low neighing sound and was so frightened that it hid back in the tree hole.
When he looked down again, he saw a cavalryman emerging from the woods like a ghost.
The first three knights were all wearing black mountain armor and hoods, and their faces were covered with evil ghost masks.
Zhu Gaoyuan opened his mask and said in a deep voice: "The horse holds the piece of paper, the man holds the straw, the target is Changping City, let's go!"
Gong Yonggu, Liu Wenbing, and the more than 700 riders behind them all carried branches on their horses, and the soldiers themselves also carried bunches of withered grass in their mouths to ensure that they would not make any noise during the march.
Under the night, only the horses' hooves stepped on the hard ground, making a dull thumping sound.
About an hour later, more than 700 riders quietly arrived outside Changping City. Zhu Gaoyuan raised his head and looked forward, only to see that the south gate tower was dark and completely silent.
"Get ready." Zhu Gaoyuan shouted in a deep voice.
More than 700 cavalrymen drew out various weapons in a chaotic manner.
However, the match rope is not lit yet for fear of exposure.
A quarter of an hour later, three balls of fire suddenly rose from the south gate tower.
"Your Majesty, look." Gong Yonggu roared excitedly, "Fire!"
The fire was the signal that Wang Jiayan had agreed with Zhu Gaoyuan before leaving.
If he successfully enters the city and seizes the gate at midnight, Wang Jiayan will raise three bonfires on the south gate. At this time, Zhu Gaoyuan can safely lead his army into the city.
"Why are you so excited?" Zhu Gaoyuan shouted, "Go and see if the city gate is open?"
Gong Yonggu then rode forward, and after a while he turned back and said that the city gate had been opened.
Zhu Gaoyuan no longer hesitated, waved his hand and shouted: "Hold the torch and enter the city!"
Hundreds of torches were quickly lit, and then they gathered into a fire dragon and charged into Changping City.
Wang Jiayan had been waiting inside the city gate for a long time. When he saw Zhu Gaoyuan, he shouted: "Your Majesty, there are only about a hundred rebel soldiers stationed at the East Gate Tower and Changping Prefectural Government Office. The grain, fodder and baggage are also in the Prefectural Government Office."
Zhu Gaoyuan immediately made a decision: "The prince-in-law led two hundred cavalry to raid the east gate. Remember, we don't have to fight with him to the death, we just need to drive him away! The rest will follow me to the state government office and kill him!"
Wang Jiayan led a team of servants to lead the way.
Soon, more than 500 horsemen rushed outside the state government office.
At this time, some thieves were already awakened by the noise coming from the south gate, including Guo Qi.
Guo Qi led a dozen old thieves and thieves and blocked the gate of the state government office, shouting for a fierce battle. Liu Wenbing, Zhang Qingzhen and Wei Shichun took turns rushing in with their servants three times, but they couldn't rush in.
The performance of these three nobles is truly disappointing.
The commander of the Jin Yiwei, Wang Guoxing, was furious when he saw this, and led more than a dozen Jin Yiwei to rush to kill him. However, Guo Qi cut him off with a backhand sword, and the Jin Yiwei behind him also scattered like birds and beasts.
Zhu Gaoyuan couldn't help but be stunned. The TV series was indeed a lie.
Is this a fucking Jin Yiwei? Where are the mantis legs and wasp waist that we promised? That’s it?
Zhu Gaoyuan couldn't help but feel anxious. He had escaped from Beijing, which was heavily surrounded by hundreds of thousands of thieves. He wouldn't fall into a fight in a small place like Changping, right?
Falling and fighting at this time is really fatal.
Just when Zhu Gaoyuan was hesitating whether to go into battle in person, his ears suddenly heard a whooshing sound through the air.
Immediately, there was a scream at the gate of the state government office. Looking closely, I saw that the thief general who was so majestic just now had fallen on the bluestone steps, clutching his throat.
A piece of wild goose feather was exposed between the thief general's fingers.
"Good archery skills!" Zhu Gaoyuan praised, "Who is he?"
"It's a little trick, what's the point?" A civil servant appeared next to Zhu Gaoyuan, and then fired three arrows in a row, knocking the three thieves to the ground.
