Zhang Chengliang waved his troops and horses to arrive outside the east city gate. Indeed, as reported, the city gate was wide open and there was not a single soldier on the city wall. There was only an old man in ragged clothes, waving a drum hammer and beating a big drum hard.
What are they doing? Zhang Chengliang joined the military camp at the age of sixteen and has been in the army for forty years. He has never seen anything so strange and he is very puzzled.
Now Li Tian, as early as an hour ago, the Bird Tribe and Lizard Tribe warriors had killed all the rebel scouts outside the west gate, and led the army to escape from the west gate.
Before leaving, Li Tian followed the example of Zhuge Liang in his previous life and planned an empty city plan. He specially found an old beggar man who had not escaped. Under the preaching of Li Tian and the magic stick, he temporarily made the old man an official and gave him some silver.
Excited and distressed, he wanted to contribute to the country of Da'an. Li Tian asked him to go to the city gate to play the harp and drink, but this embarrassed the old man. He was willing to drink, but he didn't know how to play the harp. When he was begging for food, he would sing some Lotus Blossoms.
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My God, Zhuge Liang planned to use the harp to fend off the enemy by setting up an empty city. We can't have an old man begging to sing Lotus Falls to scare away the enemy soldiers. Li Tian can't teach him how to play the harp right now. He can't take a step back and ask the old man to play the harp.
There is no need to beat the rhythm of the drum, as long as it makes a sound.
Not to mention, although this move did not scare off the rebels, Zhang Chengliang thought about it for nearly an hour. In the end, he couldn't figure out what it was for, so he could only wave his hand and send a small team in to take a look.
After a while, the old man playing the drum was brought to him. It was not easy for the old man. He had been playing for more than an hour at such an old age, but he was exhausted.
"Who are you and why are you playing drums on the tower?" Zhang Chengliang looked at the old man and asked.
"Marshal Li Tian said that as long as I knock well, you will give me money. I have been knocking for two hours, so General, please give me more." The old man looked at Zhang Chengliang pitifully.
"Marshal Li Tian? Isn't he Wang Ping?"
"Master Wang Ping is the deputy coach, and the coach is Master Li Tian." The old man corrected him seriously.
"Where are they?"
"We are all leaving. Before leaving, I was appointed as the welcoming envoy to the capital, specially beating drums to welcome you." The old man looked proud.
Zhang Chengliang understood that he had fallen into a trap, so he led his men directly into the capital without paying any attention to the begging old man.
The old man lay on the ground crying with tears streaming down his face, and kept shouting, "I've been knocking for two hours. I'm much more tired than singing Lotus Blossoms. They don't reward me with any money. I'm still an official now."
Zhang Chengliang ran into the city and saw an empty scene. There were many people who had not left on both sides of the road. They all stared blankly at the rebels entering the city.
Zhang Chengliang was so angry that he slapped his horse and went straight to the palace. When he got there, there was not even a single person in the palace, and it was completely empty inside and out.
Many soldiers did not give up and were looking for things bit by bit. Zhang Chengliang caught a commoner and asked about the situation in general. It seemed that Li Tian's army was quite large, but it was not as good as the challenge stated.
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At this time, soldiers came to report that the scout's body was found outside the west gate. After hearing this, Zhang Chengliang felt a little powerless. The capital was captured, but it was an empty city. He didn't know whether he won or was tricked.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Chengliang finally made a decision. He also gave up the capital and went out to pursue him. In his opinion, the emperor, ministers and supplies in the capital must not move very fast, and they could catch up with Li Tian's army in two days at most.
A few hours after leaving the city, as long as he followed their horses' hoof prints, he would catch up in less than two days. By then, without the city's defense, his 600,000-strong army could easily destroy Li Tian's army.
Li Tian and the others did not walk very fast. It could be said that they walked very easily on the road. As soon as they left the capital, Wang Ping became very depressed. In his opinion, as a general, it would be very shameless to make a gaffe and make a mistake.
Regarding the matter, he kept a dark face and remained silent.
Li Tian also saw Wang Ping's dissatisfaction and said to Wang Ping: "Father-in-law, Chairman Mao taught us to preserve our living strength and launch protracted and guerrilla warfare with the enemy. Of course, you don't know him, then
But as long as a great sage can achieve his goal, it will be our victory. Don't think about your own honor. Compared with the survival of the country, your honor is nothing."
Not to mention, although Wang Ping didn't know who Chairman Mao was, he felt that Li Tian's words made sense.
"Then what should we do now?" Wang Ping asked.
Li Tian looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "Hey, I'm here to learn Zhuge Liang's Thirty-six Strategies and slowly play with Zhang Chengliang."
The magic stick asked in confusion: "What?? Pig~ What's the bright thirty-odd stratagem?"
"###, it's Zhuge Liang, he's a big shot, he's very good. I think back then he was riding a four-wheeled cart, holding a feather fan, wearing a big cloak and holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Oh, that's Mr. Guan~~~~
I won’t say much more, but he is a great guy anyway, much more awesome than you, and you can’t even compare to him.” Li Tiandang said a few simple words as if telling a story.
The magic stick curled his lips in disapproval, but had no words to refute.
Li Tian ordered to go down and divide the people into three groups. The infantry advanced with all their strength, the heavy cavalry followed, and the light cavalry of the centaurs and horses and the fast-moving lizards all stayed behind to wait for the enemy. Wang Ping brought the magic stick in front, and Li Tian stayed
After the break, there is a valley, and the terrain is suitable for an ambush.
Li Tian made a simple arrangement for the troops. Six hours later, Zhang Chengliang's army caught up. From a distance, he saw a flagpole on the road into the valley with a big flag with the word "李" floating on it.
Zhang Chengliang looked at it and said, hum! You are doing this with me again. You just want to delay me for a while. I can't fall into your trap this time. Without saying a word, the army went straight to the valley.
As soon as the leading troops entered the valley, large rocks rolled down from both sides of the mountain. The long and narrow valley made it impossible for the soldiers to hide, so they could only resist with shields. However, the rocks were too big, and the inertia of the rocks rushing down caused them to fall.
Two to three thousand people were killed and injured.
When the rain of stones stopped, Zhang Chengliang sent people to search the mountains on both sides, but they didn't even see Li Tian's men and horses.
Zhang Chengliang nodded angrily, "Good boy, you are really a good person. When I catch you, I will skin you." Then he ordered to clear the big rocks on the road and continue to chase.
The team marched to the middle of the valley, and another flagpole was planted on the road, again with a big flag with the word "李". Zhang Chengliang learned the lesson this time and asked the team to stop and sent a group of 3,000 infantrymen to explore the road first.
Zhang Chengliang's infantry had marched less than a mile when they saw a group of people rushing out with heavy knives in hand. Just like chopping up a watermelon, the battle was resolved with three strikes. These people were the lizard charge warriors.
Killing this group of infantry is really a piece of cake. When Zhang Chengliang saw the infantry being attacked and sent people to rush over, the group of lizards ran faster than rabbits. They had lived in the mountains and forests since childhood, and running was a big deal for them in this kind of environment.
Under the terrain, it is definitely faster than a horse.
Zhang Chengliang's army chased for more than ten kilometers and was about to leave the mouth of the valley. There was a hail of arrows on both sides of the valley. Ten thousand people and horses were using heavy bows, and their penetrating power was particularly strong. The light cavalry and cavalry in front were shot.
The infantry fired at them, so Zhang Chengliang quickly ordered the light cavalry and infantry to retreat, while the heavy cavalry charged forward, hoping to use the heavy cavalry's thick armor to block the rain of arrows.
Due to the narrow terrain, the front and rear were crowded, and when the heavy cavalry rushed up, Li Tian's men and horses disappeared without a trace, and he didn't shoot a single arrow.
In the entire valley, Zhang Chengliang lost more than 10,000 people, especially the last arrow shot, which was very accurate. After leaving the valley, the large group of people formed a formation, and Zhang Chengliang finally felt relieved. In this wide area, if you want to
It's no longer possible to use damaging moves. Then he chases forward. What Zhang Chengliang wants now is to catch up with Li Tian's army and kill them to make him angry.
Less than ten miles forward, he saw another big flag with the word "李" planted on the road. Zhang Chengliang learned the lesson from the previous two times and quickly stopped the team. Looking around the empty space, there was no one, and there was no one in this place.
The terrain seemed to be able to hide people, so he very carefully called a soldier to pull down the flag and take a look.
The soldier ran over, and after a while, he ran back with a big flag, "Sir, there is another letter on it." After saying this, he handed over the letter in his hand.
Zhang Chengliang opened the letter and looked at it. After a few words, he was still hurriedly reading the writing. He saw that it read, "I'm sorry, I have so many flags. I just put them in for fun. I also send my greetings to your mother and all the other women in the family, Li Tianjing."
superior."
After Zhang Chengliang finished reading, he yelled angrily: "Li Tian, I'm going to kill you~~"