Situ Qi didn't care about the grudges between Shi Jie and Lin Han. What he was thinking about was how to use Shi Jie.
He sighed deliberately and said: "Yes, judging from this, Lin Han did have the intention to kill General Shi. I wonder how General Shi offended Lin Han?"
"Lin Han is arrogant and self-willed, and cannot listen to the advice of others. I have contradicted him many times. I think he holds a grudge because of this." Shi Jie said angrily: "I thought he was a dignified county chief. Your Excellency must
There are a lot of people who won’t avenge themselves publicly, but I never expected that he would harm me like this this time..."
"That's it!" Situ Qi nodded as he listened. After pondering for a moment, he said seriously: "General Shi, since Lin Han can't accommodate you, why don't you join my Feng Army?"
Shi Jie's eyes widened and he asked angrily: "Your Excellency, you want me to commit treason?"
"Hey?" Situ Qi waved his hand and said: "We, the Feng Army, are the emperor's army. We came to Ning State to defeat the rebellious Yan Chu on the emperor's order. How can you be treason by joining our army?"
Seeing that the anger on Shi Jie's face gradually disappeared, revealing a look of contemplation, Situ Qi continued: "The land in the world is not the imperial land, and the people in the world are the imperial ministers. General Shi abandoned the dark and turned to the bright and took refuge in the emperor. This is the right way. Again.
It is said that good birds choose trees to roost in. Since Lin Han is unkind to you, why should you be loyal to him?"
"This..." Thinking about it carefully, what the other party said is not unreasonable. Feng Jun did come under the order of the emperor, and Ning Ren was originally a subject of the emperor, so it was natural for him to seek refuge with the emperor.
However, this is the truth. If it really makes him abandon Ning and join the wind, he won't be able to make up his mind for a while.
"I have to think about this..."
"General Shi, there is no need to think about it anymore. Our king is the master of the Ming Dynasty. He treats Feng people and Ning people equally. As long as General Shi can help our army win Xiaoling County, he will make a great contribution and not only repay the
Lin Han's murder was avenged, and he could also get a heavy reward from the king. General Shi thought about Wang Kai, a mere civil servant who joined our king without any merit and could sit on the throne of the two counties. Could it be that Shi
Is the general worse than a scholar like him?"
Situ Qi used his sharp tongue to persuade Shi Jie like a barrage of words. In the end, Shi Jie was so moved by what he said that he couldn't help but stomped his feet and sighed: "That's alright.
!" As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee, raised his hands and said: "General, I am willing to join the Feng Army and serve the emperor and His Highness the Feng King!"
"Okay! What I'm waiting for is General Shi's words!" Situ Qi was overjoyed when he heard this. He hurriedly helped Shi Jie up, patted his shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "General Shi defected, and our army was defeated by Lin Han.
, just around the corner.”
"The general said something serious."
"Is General Shi familiar with Xiaoling County's defense?" Situ Qi finally asked the question he was most concerned about.
"General, wait a moment!" As he spoke, he turned and ran towards a small barracks not far away.
Not knowing what he was going to do, Situ Qi winked at the soldiers on the left and right, and then quickly caught up with him.
I saw Shi Jie running to the base of the wall, squatting on the ground and starting to dig. After a short time, he dug out a piece of parchment from the ground. After unfolding it, he turned around and handed it to Situ Qi, who was walking over, and said: "General,
This is Xiaoling County’s defense plan.”
Oops! This sentence made Situ Qi almost jump with excitement. With the defense map of Xiaoling County, we have mastered all the movements of the Ning Army. Let alone a victory, even if we capture the entire Xiaoling County, it will not be a problem.
. He couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, took the parchment with trembling hands, lowered his head and looked at it carefully.
Shi Jie stepped forward and explained to him in detail, saying: "The army of Xiaoling County is close to 60,000 people. It has complete armaments and sufficient food and grass. The only thing lacking is the lack of combat effectiveness. Half of these 60,000 people are made up of reserves."
The army and the militia were composed of soldiers and militia, and they were neglected in training. If they engaged in a head-on battle, they would definitely not be able to withstand the wind... our army, so Lin Han came up with a way to lure the enemy deeper. He only set up a small number of troops in Xiaoling County in the east and placed them
Showing weakness, we led our army step by step deep into Xiaoling County. Lin Han’s decisive battle will be held here..." While speaking, Shi Jie pointed to the map and continued: "This is the last city leading to Kouwan in Xiaoling County.
It is a must-pass area with many mountains and ridges, criss-crossing ditches, and it is very easy to set up an ambush. When our army reaches this place, it must have already concluded that the Ning army in Xiaoling County is vulnerable, neglecting prevention, and neglecting exploration.
Once it comes, Ning's army's ambush will definitely catch our army by surprise, and the consequences will be disastrous."
Ah! So that's it! After listening to Shi Jie's story, Situ Qi was also frightened. If Shi Jie hadn't pointed out the Ning army's tactics, he might have been fooled by Lin Han. Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and they are also military strategists.
What a taboo! The little bit of pride that Situ Qi had just felt was gone in an instant.
This Lin Han is quite extraordinary. Although he is a civilian official, he knows how to use troops very well and can even calculate the enemy's psychology into his tactics. Situ Qi saluted Shi Jie deeply and said, "Thank you, General Shi, for your advice."
Therefore, if General Shi had not made it clear, I would have suffered a big loss at the hands of Lin Han!"
"Ah! You're welcome, general. Since the general has made up his mind to join the general, I will do my best to assist him."
Situ Qi nodded emotionally, and at the same time secretly glanced at the generals around him, as if to say, 'How's it going? If I hadn't known how to use people well and successfully persuaded Shi Jie, would you have been able to figure out Lin Han's trick?' At this time, Tian
The generals of the Eagle Army also had to look at Situ Qi with admiration and nodded secretly, feeling that Situ Qi now finally had the demeanor of General Ziying.
Situ Qi looked at Shi Jie and asked tentatively: "General Shi is so familiar with Lin Han's defense, so he must have a solution in mind, right?"
Shi Jie smiled and said: "The general's strategy of luring the enemy deep into the camp can be resolved step by step. As long as the general does not underestimate the enemy and advances rashly, he will capture and encroach upon a village, a town, or a city. In the end, Lin Han will just lift a rock to hit him."
My own feet."
"Okay! Haha—what a plan! Haha—"
Situ Qi raised his head and laughed. That's right. Didn't Lin Han ambush all his troops in the west of Xiaoling County? Then he would first capture the middle and eastern parts of Xiaoling County, capture a few cities first, gain a foothold on the merits, and seize the opportunity.
Once you have enough supplies, you can continue to march westward and lure the ambush there. You can pretend that you are defeated and retreat. In this way, you will have achieved great success and successfully completed the task assigned by the king, killing two birds with one stone.
Conquering Shi Jie was undoubtedly a treasure for Situ Qi. He carefully checked the defense map of Xiaoling County. Based on his current position, if he went westward, he would reach Daiyun City. According to the defense map,
According to records, there are less than five thousand defenders there. If this is the case, our side can definitely easily replace Yuncheng.
Although he trusted Shi Jie very much, Situ Qi still kept a cautious eye and continued to send a large number of spies to explore the surrounding areas of Daiyun City to see if there was an ambush by the Ning army. After the spies reported one by one that no enemy was found, Situ Qi felt relieved.
Come, march westward and conquer Yuncheng directly.
He was also afraid that the defense plan provided by Shi Jie was wrong. If there were not only 5,000 defenders in Daiyun City, but 50,000 defenders, wouldn't his attack hit a rock?
At first, he only sent a small force to conduct a tentative attack. As a result, he found that there was little resistance from the defenders in the city. Situ Qi gradually became more courageous, mobilized the entire army, and besieged the city.
The defenders of the city definitely have a geographical advantage, but with less than 5,000 defenders, it is simply impossible to defend against a 60,000-strong army attacking from all sides.
Less than half an hour into the battle to siege the city, a vanguard army led by Li Sheng took the lead in charging into the city. Zhou Chang followed closely behind, attacking from the south of the city and meeting up with Li Sheng in the city.
If the resisting wind army was outside the city, the defenders in the city could still resist for a while. Now that the wind army has broken through the city and entered the city, the fighting spirit of the defenders suddenly lost. Most of them stopped making unnecessary resistance and surrendered one after another.
It can be said that the Sky Eagle Army successfully captured Daiyun City without any bloodshed.
Sixty thousand troops entered the city, divided into two groups, and went all the way to capture the city lord's palace, and all the way to the bank and granary in the city. Even the city was lost, how could the city lord's palace be defended? As soon as the Feng army arrived, Dai Yun
The city lord took the lead in surrendering. Situ's order imprisoned the city lord first, and then he led his generals to inspect the bank and granary.
When he saw the granary in the city, his eyes suddenly closed with laughter. There was food in Ningguo! In the huge granary, the rice was piled up so much that it was about to overflow. It happened that his own armaments were insufficient. These grains were the answer.
He needs it, and there is still a lot of surplus. He can imagine how happy the king will be if he transports these grains back to Hexi!
After checking the granary, Situ Qi felt extremely happy, and then he went to check the silver warehouse. Well, there was at least a million taels of silver in it that could not be transported away in the future. This was another huge booty. Situ Qi Le
His mouth could not be closed, and the other generals of the Sky Eagle Army were also beaming with joy, their eyes shining.
Most of the soldiers have never seen so much money in their lives.
Situ Qi was so excited that he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "God is really helping my king, God is making me strong!" Now is the time when Feng Kingdom is most short of money. Just one city has seized as much as one million taels of silver. If Xiao Ling is taken away,
If all the remaining towns in the county were captured, the amount of silver seized would not be close to ten million taels?!
Situ Qi, who had been excited for a long time, finally came to his senses and said urgently to his soldiers: "Quick! Seal all the silver in the bank quickly and transport it all back to Hexi early tomorrow morning to present to the king!"
"Yes! General!" All the officers and soldiers of the Sky Eagle Army responded vigorously. At this time, everyone had enjoyed the benefits, and they were a hundred times more ambitious and high-spirited. Needless to say, after this battle is over, the king will definitely reward them generously.