Zhang Yun has been in Youzhou City for three days. His current identity is the captain of the third battalion of the Youzhou Internal Service Army. He has two superiors, one is the lieutenant general Lu Chang, and the other is the lieutenant general Zhang Yong.
And his subordinates are 800 soldiers. Of course, these 800 soldiers are only nominal Lu family members. They are all dressed as elite scouts of the Jin army. The real Lu family blue-coated troops are now in Fanyang County!
In the past few days, Zhang Yun has adapted to his new identity. Their mission is to patrol the city and maintain order. The 800 soldiers are divided into three squads, working day and night.
Of course Lu Chang knew their details and turned a blind eye to them. As for General Zhang Yong, they found out his background through the Youzhou Intelligence Point. Zhang Yong is a native of Youzhou City and has been a ruffian since he was a child.
A gangster with a gambling addiction, he joined the army after losing all his belongings. Relying on his ability to flatter others, he was promoted to general step by step.
But his nature has not changed, and his biggest hobby is still gambling. He lost all his money from gambling and could not even afford a wife. He still enjoys it without repentance. When he wins money, he goes to the brothels, and when he loses, he borrows money everywhere.
On the other hand, he has a bad reputation. If he disappears for a long time, he must have gone to gamble.
After mastering this, Zhang Yun had a plan to deal with Zhang Yong.
Just when Guo Song led his army to observe the defense of Youzhou City, Zhang Yun knew that his lord was sending a signal to him.
He immediately summoned four brigade commanders to discuss the matter.
Zhang Yun glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness has already appeared outside the city. According to the prior agreement, he will take action at the North Gate at midnight tonight. What do you think?"
A brigade commander pondered: "The key is that we don't know the password of the city defenders. The passwords of our patrol army are not the same thing."
Everyone was nodding their heads. Military advisor Jia Shu was very wary of them and specially separated the passwords to prevent them from touching the city gate. Moreover, there were more than a thousand people guarding the city gate at night, which was really difficult to handle.
In fact, the password is not a problem, it is easy to ask. The trouble is that the precautions are tight now and they cannot find the opportunity.
After a moment of silence, the brigade commander Xiao Yuan said: "Can we change it to tomorrow? Zhang Yong will be on duty at the west gate tomorrow night. Let's ask him to go gambling and get his command arrow and password. Things will be easier to handle."
"Are you sure?" Zhang Yun asked.
Xiao Yuan nodded, "I heard him complain today, saying that he had to patrol during the day and guard the city gate at night, and he was as tired as a dog."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yong's voice was heard outside, "Is Lao Li here?"
Zhang Yun reacted very quickly. He quickly picked up a bottle of wine, placed five wine glasses on it, and sprinkled the wine into the air, filling the tent with the smell of alcohol. He also sprinkled some on himself.
He pointed to several plates of cold dishes below, and everyone quickly brought the dishes up and filled their wine glasses.
Zhang Yun had already greeted him and saw Zhang Yong standing not far away, looking at him expectantly.
"Is there something wrong, General Zhang?" he stepped forward and asked with a smile.
Of course he knew what Zhang Yong was looking for him to do?
Zhang Yun's current pseudonym is Li Yun. His family owns hundreds of acres of land and is in a good financial situation. In just three days, Zhang Yong has borrowed money from him twice, two or three times each time. It can be seen that he
I have no intention of paying it back at all.
Zhang Yun is now his subordinate. It is only natural to borrow money from his subordinates. He treats it as a subordinate's filial piety to him. How can Zhang Yong repay the money?
As soon as Zhang Yung approached, Zhang Yong had a very good nose. He immediately smelled a faint smell of alcohol on Li Yun. He pointed at Zhang Yun and said with a smile: "General Lu issued a ban on alcohol yesterday!"
"It seems like Prohibition doesn't target us!"
Zhang Yong was right when he thought about it. The Prohibition Army only mentioned the Youzhou Army, not these militia soldiers.
"That's true, you are not the city defense army, you are just the internal service army."
Zhang Yun pointed to the big tent and said with a smile: "There are a few brothers inside. General, would you like to go in and have a drink?"
Zhang Yong took a peek and saw four brigade marshals inside, drinking wine around a small table. On the small table were a bottle of wine and several plates of side dishes to go with the wine.
He was embarrassed to speak when he knew he was going in, so he quickly pulled Zhang Yun aside and whispered: "Brother Xian, can you lend me another five guan of money?"
Zhang Yun had a look of embarrassment on his face, and Zhang Yong quickly said: "I will be on duty at the city gate tonight, and I am going to gamble with a bunch of old brothers. They will all let me, and I will definitely win, and I will return it to Xian."
younger brother."
Zhang Yun was startled, wasn't he on guard duty tomorrow? Why did it become tonight again?
He asked tentatively: "I heard from General Lu that the general will be on duty to guard the city tomorrow! That's why I arranged for the general to patrol with us tonight."
"Hey! The plan has changed. The Jin cavalry appeared in the morning. Lao Lu was very nervous and strengthened the night defense. I have been transferred to tonight, from the third to the fifth watch, to be on duty at the north gate."
Speaking of this, Zhang Yong waved his hand and said: "Stop talking about this, I will lend me five guan of money first."
Zhang Yun scratched his head and said with a smile: "How about this? The general will take me to play together in the evening. I will get twenty taels of silver, and each of us will get half."
Zhang Yong was overjoyed. A man came to give money. How could he not agree? He patted Zhang Yun on the shoulder and said, "Let's have a good gamble in the first half of the night, and then sleep in the second half of the night."
Zhang Yong left, and Zhang Yun returned to the account and said: "The situation has changed. Zhang Yong has changed to guard the North City Gate at midnight tonight. We must leave the city as soon as possible to inform His Highness the King of Jin."
Xiao Yuan stood up and said: "Let the humble position go!"
Zhang Yun knew that Xiao Yuan was very good at qinggong and water skills, so it was indeed more appropriate for him to go, but how should they get out?
.........
At noon, food delivery teams came to the city one after another. They were recruited civilians. Two thousand people were responsible for cooking and delivering meals. A food delivery team came up from the corridor beside the west city gate. There were seven or eight people, carrying loads of noodles.
Carrying a large pancake basket, carrying soup buckets and bowl baskets, hundreds of soldiers came forward to get lunch. Each person had two large pancakes with meat fillings inside, and the soup was bone and egg soup.
The civilians who delivered the food were waiting by the city wall. They had to wait until the soldiers finished eating before they could collect their bowls and leave.
At this time, one of the men in gray clothes climbed over the city wall lightly under the cover of the civilian husbands, slid down the city with the help of a rope carrying food, and dived into the water silently.
The person who slid down the city was none other than Xiao Yuan, but the group of people delivering food were people from the Jinwei Mansion’s intelligence point stationed in Youzhou, and the shopkeeper and waiters of Gaosheng Inn in Youzhou. They also signed up to join the militia and were responsible for providing food to the city.
The first soldier delivered the meal, and took advantage of the opportunity to send Xiao Yuan out of the city.
The reason why they chose Xicheng was because there were many houses and shops outside Xicheng, close to the moat. The residents had all withdrawn into the city, and all the houses outside the city were empty. It was not easy for Xiao Yuan to be discovered when he came ashore from there.
A quarter of an hour later, after the soldiers had finished their lunch, everyone packed up their bowls and went to the city. The general guarding the city found that one of them was missing, so he casually asked: "Do you have one more person?"
"I was afraid that there wouldn't be enough bowls, so I asked him to go back and get the bowls."
The general who defended the city didn't take it seriously and let them go with a wave of his hand...
Xiao Yuan met a Jin army patrol patrol ten miles south of the city, and was taken to see the coach Guo Song by the scout.
After listening to the scout's report, Guo Song frowned and said, "Isn't it too risky for you to achieve your goal by controlling Zhang Yong? Doesn't Lu Jinsuo know how to patrol? What should I do if I find out that it's not Zhang Yong who is guarding the city?"
"Your Highness, we have been observing for a few days. Generally, no one patrols in the second half of the night, and everyone goes back to rest after two shifts."
Guo Song shook his head, "This may be the case in normal times, but today when the Jin army appears, Lu Jinsuo will definitely take it very seriously. You have also said that you will strengthen the city defense forces at night. Go back and tell Zhang Yun that his plan is not perfect and the risk is too high."
Big, needs modification.”
"Does His Highness King Jin want to attack the city?" Xiao Yuan asked with courage.
Guo Song shook his head, "You can't do things in such a hurry, and don't always think about being clever. You can't always expect to take advantage of others and then use other people's time. Tell them that everything depends on themselves. I don't believe his eight hundred people."
Can’t capture a city gate?”
"I understand the humble position!"
Guo Song added: "I will wait for your signal outside the east gate during the third correction the day after tomorrow."
"I remember my humble duty."
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As soon as night fell, Xiao Yuan went back the same way. With the cover of night, he was not discovered by the soldiers guarding the city, and easily entered the city and returned to the camp.
Zhang Yun was waiting for him. When he saw him coming back, he quickly asked: "How is the situation?"
Xiao Yuan told Zhang Yun exactly what Guo Song had said. Zhang Yun was stunned for a moment and felt really ashamed. He sighed and said, "My lord, you are right. I have abandoned the basics and pursued the last. It is obviously a very simple thing. I
You complicate it, okay! Notice, tonight’s plan is cancelled.”
A soldier hurriedly went out to inform. At this time, Zhang Yong's voice came from outside the tent again, "Is Brother Li here?"
Zhang Yun took out ten taels of silver and went out. He handed the silver to Zhang Yong and said helplessly: "I don't know what happened. The master of the house knew what happened tonight and called me to give me a scolding. I'm sorry, I can't talk to you."
General Zhang went to play."
As long as Zhang Yong got the money, it didn't matter whether Zhang Yun went or not. He squeezed the money tightly, said a few words of false comfort, and left in a hurry.