Liu Yu smiled slightly, turned his head and glanced outside the door. The door was locked. Several guards following him also stood at the door of the Governor's Mansion from a distance. He curled his lips and said: "General Xu, please retreat from the secret sentry. I have a humble position."
The secret plan is reported."
Xu Yuanxi frowned, and Xu Yuanlang said: "Brother, Lord Liu is Xie Zhenjun's favorite general, there is no doubt about it."
Xu Yuanxi nodded and waved his hand. Several shadows flashed in the corners outside the hall, and two sergeants dressed in black and holding crossbows came down from the beam above their heads. They saluted the Xu brothers and retreated.
When these people disappeared outside the Governor's Mansion, Xu Yuanxi said: "Master Liu, my men are well ambush, how did you tell?"
Liu Yu said with a smile: "Intuition, people who have been on the battlefield have a special sense of smell for ambushes. Those brothers are also a little nervous. When a person is nervous, some of his aura will be exposed."
Xu Yuanlang said seriously: "In extraordinary times, to prevent assassination by spies, there must be some arrangements. It is not aimed at you, Building Master Liu."
Liu Yu nodded: "Of course I understand this. A general must be heavily guarded. Otherwise, if he is assassinated by the enemy, the whole army will be leaderless and will be defeated. General Xu, let's talk about the Di army first.
Judging from my humble position, these must be spies!"
Xu Yuanxi asked curiously: "How do you judge that they are spies? What evidence is there?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "If they really came to surrender as they said, how could these two thousand troops, without their families and children, escape Qin's military law? Even if something unexpected happened and Yang Qiu escaped by himself,
How could it be possible for more than two thousand of his subordinates to abandon their families and follow him? Those family members who did not follow him will definitely become hostages in the Qin State, so this must be a false surrender!"
Xu Yuanlang smiled and said: "Prince Huan Xuanhuan also made this analysis before. You guys really have the same views as heroes. Originally, my eldest brother wanted Prince Huan's army to help eliminate these thieves, but Xie Xianggong's military order was issued very quickly.
Prince Huan has already gone to Jiankang, and the Jingzhou army and horses have also returned to Jingzhou, so this matter can only be solved by us."
Xu Yuanxi nodded: "Zhu Liu, to tell you the truth, I want to evacuate just because I can't think of any way to deal with the Di thieves. They are mostly cavalry. Even if we want to evacuate, I'm afraid it won't be easy."
, you said you could tell they were pretending to surrender, so how could you eliminate them? Could it be a night attack?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "I have seen Yang Qiu's army, including their military camps. They are well organized. They are worthy of being a veteran general of the Qin State. They will not take it lightly if they come to pretend to surrender. If we attack at night, our troops will not be strong enough."
We have an advantage. The generals in the city are not the main force of the Jin Dynasty in field battles. They can defend the city. If they take the initiative to fight in the field, facing the enemy cavalry, the chance of winning is not high."
Xu Yuanxi gritted his teeth: "What about the two hundred cavalry guards brought by Building Master Liu? They are elites."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "It is a thankless task for the cavalry to attack the camp head-on. Besides, these are the few cavalry we have in the Jin Dynasty. They will be used in the decisive battle. It is not good to waste them here. I have a plan.
With one soldier and one soldier, we can destroy these thieves!"
Xu Yuanxi and Xu Yuanlang perked up at the same time and said in unison: "If you have any good ideas, tell me quickly!"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "I also invited the two generals to hold a banquet in the city, and then prepared cattle, sheep and fine wine to reward the Di soldiers. It is rare for them to come to our Jin Dynasty. They have never drank our Huainan wine, so we have to treat them well. Yes
No? Oh, by the way, how many Mongolian sweat medicines are there in the city?"
Outside Shouchun City, in Bagongyuan, the Di army camp.
More than a hundred fires were burning blazingly, and dozens of Di soldiers gathered around, clapping, singing, and drinking kumiss. The atmosphere was quite lively. The archers on the archery tower and the camp gate
The sentries patrolled back and forth, cursing their commanders in a low voice. Why did they let themselves be on duty here on this cold winter night and miss the fire and the wine?
Yang Qiu was sitting in the commander's tent, and three or four generals were sitting around a brazier with him. A deputy general named Ebaichi sighed: "I left in such a hurry this time, I didn't even take the cattle and sheep with me.
, now I can only eat these Han people’s millet every day, and I haven’t eaten kebabs for three days.”
Another deputy general named Li Xian laughed and said: "What's the matter? As long as we take Shouchun City, we will have whatever beef soup and mutton skewers you want. Yang Pinggong's army has already occupied Pengcheng and will be here soon."
Well, if we can monitor the Shouchun garrison here, then we will be the first to capture Shouchun."
Yang Qiu frowned, and withdrew his hand that had been stretched out to the fire for warmth, and said in a deep voice: "What are you thinking about? Don't forget what we came here to do. Now the Jin army in Jingzhou has withdrawn.
The soldiers and horses in the city won't be too strong. If we can capture Shouchun, wouldn't it be a great gift to Duke Yang Ping?"
All the Di army generals were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. Ebaichi said: "The leader (the Di people of this tribe do not call themselves generals internally but call them leaders, leader) is right. If we can
It would be a great achievement to capture Shouchun by yourself, otherwise, I am afraid that the credit will be taken by Duke Yangping as his own."
Li Xian nodded hurriedly and said: "That is, when the leader came to pretend to surrender this time, Yang Pinggong was a little reluctant, and Liang Cheng from Jingzhou came very quickly. I think he also wanted to seize the opportunity to seize Shouchun.
Gong. Leader, we need to move faster, how about attacking the city overnight?"
Yang Qiu shook his head: "No, I saw Shouchun's city defenses the last time I entered the city. It was still very well-organized. It is worthy of being an important town in Huainan that has been in operation for many years. As for the number of defenders, I can't see it for a while.
Come out, we are cavalry and we don’t have any siege equipment. If we want to attack the city by force, I’m afraid it will be difficult.”
Li Xian smiled "hehe": "Chief, if you can't attack by force, you can still outwit them. Those Jingzhou troops have left. I don't think the Jin army will defend Shouchun. Why don't we send a message to Xu Yuanxi tomorrow?
We are willing to help defend Shouchun City, but if we want to enter the city, Xu Yuanxi only needs to let us in. Hehe, we will capture the thief and the king. We will capture him first, and then force him to make the defenders put down their weapons. In this way, Shouchun will not
You’re going to defeat yourself if you don’t attack!”
Yang Qiu's eyes lit up: "Okay, your method is good, but can Xu Yuanxi believe us?"
Li Xian smiled and said: "I think you can believe it. Today when the leader entered the city, he greeted him with a smile. Jin people are not good at fighting. Back then, Yin Hao relied on Yao Xiang to lead the vanguard. I think Xu Yuanxi also moved in the same way.
