Three hundred and fortieth eight chapters Jinluan Palace
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Zhaoxian asked curiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to attract the Kaifeng garrison with this person?"
Liu Ling smiled and said: "It's just a little trick I came up with by chance. Originally, I wanted to wait for Hua Ling and Yang Ye to arrive before sending the army to the north to cross the Yellow River. The little emperor Xianyuan of Kaifeng is now secretly spying in the three offices of the Supervisory Yuan.
In his hands, Pei Zhan would not be able to create a fake one. If Kaifeng is there, he is the orthodox. If Kaifeng is lost, he will be considered defeated even if he defeats the remaining soldiers of the German army. That's why he will leave a large number of troops to guard Kaifeng.
I only took 100,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and head north. I had been hesitating before, whether to lead the army north or to besiege Kaifeng. The dragons north of the Yellow River were leaderless, and once Zhao Tieguai died, Pei Zhan had no match. If we go north, what are the chances of defeating Pei Zhan?
After all, if Pei Zhan gathered the defeated troops of the German army, there would be a total of 400,000 troops."
"As for Kaifeng, the city is tall, the walls are strong, and a hundred thousand troops are defending the city. With our current strength, it is very difficult to break through. Going north is difficult to win, and attacking Kaifeng is also difficult to win. This time we can't send troops in vain, so we have to
It’s time to make some small calculations.”
He smiled and said: "Wu Zilai, the governor of Zhengzhou, is someone Chai Rong trusts very much. Wu Zilai is also loyal to the Zhou Dynasty. He will definitely not surrender. Zhengzhou is the gateway to Kaifeng. As the governor of Zhengzhou,
Naturally, we have to find ways to protect the city. I asked Li Shan to bring a message to Wu Zilai, and asked Wu Zilai to raise 100,000 stones of grain and grass to send to Laihe County. What does this mean?"
Zhaoxian frowned and suddenly understood: "Your Majesty, do you want to tell Wu Zilai that our army is short of food?"
Liu Ling smiled and nodded, signaling Zhaoxian to continue.
Zhaoxian thought for a while and said: "Wu Zilai is loyal to Zhou. He figured out that our army is short of food, so naturally he will not send food and grass. He will rush to send the news to Kaifeng. Kaifeng is only 150 miles away from Zhengzhou.
A fast horse can run back and forth in a day and a night. There are 100,000 Ding'an troops in Kaifeng. If they know that our army is short of food and grass, I'm afraid..."
Liu Ling added with a smile: "And I am not attacking Zhengzhou but asking for food. This is also telling Wu Zilai and Kaifeng guard Li Tianfang a message. That is, our army is not only short of food, but also does not plan to attack Kaifeng!"
Zhaoxian suddenly realized: "The prince came to Wu Zi to ask for food and did not attack Kaifeng. There are only two possibilities. One is to return to Luoyang after getting the food and grass. The other is to take the food and grass to the north and cross the Yellow River to capture Pei Zhan.
The way out! Wu Zilai doesn’t understand military affairs, but Li Tianfang is a general. He will definitely think that if our army does not attack Kaifeng, it will definitely go north. In order to let Pei have no worries after the war, Li Tianfang will definitely lead the attack! "
Liu Ling said: "It would be best to lure Li Tianfang here. We don't have enough troops to attack Kaifeng. But if we can lure Li Tianfang from Kaifeng, we can fight this battle well."
There were two women accompanying Liu Ling on the expedition this time. One was Chen Ziyu. As the head of the Third Division of the Supervisory Yuan, she had to be with Liu Ling. Liu Ling's emphasis on intelligence could be said to be that of a famous general at the time.
The first person among them is Chen Ziyu's three secret spies who are Liu Ling's support. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be invincible in every battle. And the other woman, to be precise, it should be another girl, is Minhui. Liu Ling went on this expedition, he
The women discussed it and firmly stated that the prince must be accompanied by someone who can take care of him. The best person to take care of Liu Ling is undoubtedly Minhui. Minhui is proficient in medical skills and is skilled in massage techniques.
He happens to be a doctor.
When they defeated the Yongxing Army and captured Yongzhou, Liu Ling suffered a stroke in Yongzhou. Although he didn't even need to take any medicine, Lu Yuzhu and the others paid great attention to it after learning about it. Liu Ling was their genius.
, there can't be any problems on this day. Although there are military doctors accompanying the army in the military ceremony, and Liu Ling himself has a little dabbling in medicine, and Liu Ling is in good health, they just don't feel at ease. Liu Ling has no choice but to
He had no choice but to agree to take Minhui with him.
When Chen Ziyu saw Liu Ling looking at her, the tacit understanding between the two people had reached the point where she could understand it with just one look. She walked over, stood in front of the map and said, "Although Wu Zilai is a civil servant, because of the geography of Zhengzhou
The position is too important. Therefore, Zhengzhou has 15,000 official troops of the Zhou Dynasty. Although they are called county soldiers, the equipment and training of the soldiers are not inferior to regular soldiers. These 15,000 county soldiers were ordered by Xiahou Dingli, the prime minister of Zhengzhou County.
Command. There are currently 100,000 Ding'an troops in Kaifeng, commanded by Li Tianfang, the first general under Pei Zhan's command. These 100,000 Ding'an troops are divided into five battalions, one of which is cavalry, named Jiying."
Liu Ling nodded and said: "If Li Tianfang learns that our army wants to go north, he will definitely send troops to attack. This person is very cautious in using troops and will use Kaifeng as a base to ensure that he will not go out in full force. Jiziying cavalry is not good at defending the city.
And surprise attacks rely on speed. Li Tianfang should send the Jizi Battalion. With the armies in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, there should be no problem in gathering 30,000 cavalry. The infantry moves too slowly, so Li Tianfang should use all his cavalry.
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Chen Ziyu immediately went on to say: "The name of General Jiziying is Wang Zhuangyuan. He is brave and good at fighting. He has courage that no man can match."
Liu Ling snorted and said: "These are all predictions by you and me, but they should be close to ten. Li Shan arrived in Zhengzhou in one day, Wu Zilai arrived in Kaifeng in one day, and Li Tianfang raised troops and horses in one day. If calculated in this way, there will be no
In five days, the cavalry of the Ding'an Army will arrive."
He stood up and walked outside the tent and said: "Xian Zhao, come with me to see the terrain of Laihe County."
Zhaoxian responded and followed Liu Ling out of the tent. Chen Ziyu also followed. The three of them led a hundred soldiers and rode out of the camp. Liu Ling galloped for half a day and saw that the surrounding area of Laihe County was flat.
It is a good battlefield suitable for cavalry charges. If the Zhou army attacks without preparedness, it may really be defeated. The terrain is so open and flat, obviously it is impossible to ambush soldiers. How to fight this battle requires careful planning.
Calculate it.
While Liu Ling was checking the terrain, he was mentally calculating how to meet the enemy. This plan to lure the enemy was something he just thought of at the last moment, and was not a carefully thought-out strategy, so he had to hurry up and make arrangements.
"It seems that we can only find a solution in the camp."
Liu Ling sighed: "This place is all plains and there is no way to ambush troops. It happens to be a cavalry battle. The Zhou army is lucky."
While walking, Liu Ling suddenly found a small forest not far away. He was thinking about how to deal with the Zhou army's at least 30,000 cavalry. Seeing the lush trees, Liu Ling's eyes suddenly lit up. This time he brought it from Luoyang
Most of the soldiers and horses are infantry. Including the 3,000 Shura camp cavalry, the total number of cavalry is only about 5,000. Tangzhou Yang Ye and Hua Ling have many cavalry under their command, no less than 20,000. But at this time, they are obviously counting on
If you can't get there, you can use infantry to resist the cavalry attack. This method is in the big tree.
Liu Ling was about to see if the woods could be used for harvesting materials. Suddenly he saw a few dark figures flashing in the woods. Apparently they were about to escape after discovering the Han cavalry. He stretched out his hand, and immediately there were more than a dozen cavalry heading towards the forest.
Lin Zi rushed out. The few people ran wildly in the forest, but they were surrounded by Han cavalry before they could get far. Liu Ling urged his horse to go over, and saw a few ordinary people surrounding them.
"Who are you?"
Zhaoxian asked.
Those farmers were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they just begged for their lives. Judging from the clothes of these people, they should be the people of Laihe County. But these people were kneeling there begging for mercy, and they looked like they had something evil in their hearts.
In addition, they were sneaking around in the woods before, so Liu Ling concluded that these people must have some ulterior secrets. It seems that these common people are in good health, but judging from their previous reactions, they have not practiced
Passed martial arts.
Zhaoxian only threatened a few words, and one of the farmers was so frightened that he quickly told the truth. After Zhaoxian asked clearly, he looked surprised and helpless. He walked to Liu Ling and told the situation in a low voice.
Once. Liu Ling was stunned for a while, and then burst into laughter.
He walked up to those people, pointed at the farmer who confessed, and asked, "Who do you think you are?"
The man kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic: "I am a low-ranking official... a common man... my humble position is Liu Sanhei, the Grand Marshal of the Royal Guards of the Dashun Dynasty. He is... the second grade."
Liu Ling couldn't help but laugh and asked the people around him: "Where are you?"
Seeing that their accomplice had already confessed, the other two had no choice but to reply: "I am Liu Hao, the chief military officer of the Dashun Dynasty." The other said: "I am Li Sanshui, the left prime minister of the Dashun Dynasty."
Dashun Chao...Liu Ling laughed.
It turned out that there was a well-known person in Laihe County named Sun Meiniang. She was a wild person and had hung out with many gangsters on the street. Later, a wandering Taoist priest from other places was fascinated by Sun Meiniang after he met her.
He was so fascinated that he used some tricks to make Sun Meiniang fall into his arms. But in this way, he offended those rogues on the street, who came to seek his bad luck. Unexpectedly, this Taoist priest had practiced martial arts, and those
The rogue was no match for him. In order to make Sun Meiniang follow him wholeheartedly, the Taoist priest lied to her that he was the illegitimate son of Emperor Chai Rong of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the reincarnation of Ziweixing, and that he would be the emperor in the future.
He also forged an imperial edict, which meant that Chai Rong made him the prince. However, because Pei Yan and Xu Zhonghe interfered and wanted to kill him, he could only hide with the imperial edict. While traveling around the world, he recruited troops and prepared to establish his own empire.
country, that is, the Dashun Dynasty.
Those gangsters and Sun Meiniang actually believed his lies! So, they built several thatched houses in this small village not far outside Laishui County, calling it the Jinluan Hall. They set aside a few days every month
Come here to go to court, analyze the situation in the Zhou Dynasty, and be ready to seize the world. Sun Meiniang was made queen by the Taoist priest. All the other rogues have official positions. These three people are three of those rogues. They were originally here today.
On the day of the Jinluan Palace meeting, they saw Liu Ling's cavalry when they arrived. Several of them had something in their minds, so they evaded them.
Liu Ling said with great interest: "Lead the way and show me your Golden Palace!" (To be continued)
