In the tent, Zhang Yun unfolded a map of Xiangzhou, and Li Wenliang pointed to Linzhang County Road: "Three days ago, a group of more than a thousand mountain bandits attacked Linzhang County. More than half of the 500 garrison in the county were killed or injured. I heard that
The bandits were looting, burning and killing people in the county. Li Wanchun, the military envoy of Xiangzhou, mobilized about five to six thousand troops from various counties to intercept the bandits and prevent them from returning to the Taihang Mountains."
Zhang Yun nodded, "It may be Li Bao who escaped from Weizhou."
Zhou Fei said: "General, Li Bao only has two or three hundred men in Chiyan Village, but there are thousands of them here. I'm afraid most of them are Zhu Si's troops."
"What do you think?" Zhang Yun asked.
Zhou Fei said slowly: "General, Tian Yue died on the eve of the Lunar New Year. It is now the tenth day of the first lunar month. It will not take eleven days to come from Weizhou. Beizhi suspects that Li Bao did not go down the mountain at all. Beizhi and Li Bao
After dealing with him, he is just a rough guy, he is poor in the village, most of his subordinates wear shabby commoners, and he has never received support from Zhu Si."
"You mean, someone is pretending to be Li Bao?"
Zhou Fei nodded, "My humble position infers that there are actually two Li Baos. One is the real Li Bao, who fell into disgrace and became a bandit near Fukouxing and makes a living by plundering. The other fake Li Bao is actually Zhu Si's general and was installed there."
In Xiangzhou, under the guise of Li Bao, there are thousands of people in the village, all of whom are Zhu Si's troops, and the purpose of this army should be the same as ours, which is to capture Xiangzhou."
Zhang Yun thought for a moment, nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but we don't care about the real and fake Li Bao. The person we want to eliminate is this fake Li Bao. They looted Linzhang County probably to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Anyang County
That’s their goal.”
After Zhang Yun finished speaking, he glanced at Zhou Fei. This is a tacit understanding unique to scouts and does not need to be pointed out. Zhou Fei nodded and said: "I will lead fifty brothers to sneak into Anyang County first."
Zhang Yun said happily: "When the crane and the clam fight, the fisherman will benefit. I will attack later. When the army arrives in Anyang County, we will use gunpowder arrows to contact them!"
Zhou Fei led fifty-five scout cavalry to set off first. They crossed the frozen Fuyang River directly and ran towards the south of Xiangzhou.
Zhou Fei was ordered to wipe out Li Bao. He did a lot of investigations for this purpose. He judged that Chiyan Village was located in the north of Xiangzhou, not far from Fukou County, so he and Zhang Lei encountered Li Bao in Fukou County, which proved that his judgment was correct.
, Chiyanzhai is not more than fifty miles away from Fukouxing.
But it was during that encounter that Zhou Fei suddenly realized that they had made a mistake all along. Zhu Si did not like the real bandit Li Bao. He must have used Li Bao's name to steal a bandit many years ago.
The army is hiding in Xiangzhou.
From common sense analysis, after taking the blame for Tian Xu in Yuancheng, Weizhou, this army should have fled back to its home base silently, for a few days at most. However, they were very arrogant, looting everywhere in Xiangzhou, and even attacked Linzhang County
, this is obviously to attract the Xiangzhou garrison to encircle and suppress. It is an obvious plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Their real target should be Anyang County, the capital of Xiangzhou.
The three families competed for Anyang County. The Jin army had to play the role of fishermen, but it also had to strike a wedge in advance. This was Zhou Fei's task.
When it was getting dark, Zhou Fei took his last few men into Anyang County. There were fifty-six of them in total, five of whom stayed outside the city to take care of the horses and support the army. Zhou Fei divided the remaining fifty soldiers into
When more than a dozen groups entered the city, Anyang County's interrogation was not strict. It could be said that they basically ignored them and allowed the people to come in and out. Even during lunch, there were no soldiers at the city gate at all.
This surprised Zhou Fei. In his memory, Anyang County had very strict interrogations. Everyone who entered the city had to be searched. What happened today? There were no soldiers guarding the city.
Zhou Fei couldn't think of the reason, but he had some regrets. He could have brought the war horses into the city, but the war horses were dozens of miles away and it was too late to carry them. However, they also hid the war knives and crossbows in an ox cart.
into the city.
Anyang County is the capital of Xiangzhou. It is a large county with a population of more than 100,000 and a city perimeter of more than 30 miles. When people entered Anyang County, they did not stay in an inn. Instead, they rented a large house and hid there, waiting for the situation to unfold.
change.
On the night when Zhou Fei and his men entered Anyang County, around three o'clock, an army quietly came to Anyang County. This army was Zhu Si's army hiding in the Taihang Mountains, also known as the fake Li Bao. Their home base was not in Anyang.
It is near Fukouxing, but deep in the Taihang Mountains in the south of Xiangzhou.
The number of this army varies from time to time. At the least, there were only three or four hundred men. At the most recent time, the strength reached 5,000. The leader was called Li Yinlong, a surrendered general of the Huaixi Army. He was very cunning and suspicious. Zhu Si specially asked him to
He was responsible for capturing Xiangzhou.
Li Yinlong successfully transferred Xiangzhou's military envoy Li Wanchun away from Anyang County by using the strategy of moving tigers away from the mountains. He then led four thousand troops to come at night.
Li Yinlong already knew the defense of Anyang County very well. Of the two city gates in Anyang, only the north gate had soldiers on duty at night to prevent emergencies at night, while the south gate did not open at night and was not guarded by soldiers.
He led 4,000 people to the south gate. The soldiers set up planks to cross the moat. It was dark on top of the city, and there were no soldiers patrolling. The soldiers built two siege ladders, one after another, and quickly climbed up the city.
Li Yinlong stared at the city head intently, and one of his generals whispered: "I wonder how many enemy troops there will be in the city?"
"Don't worry! There are 3,000 defenders in total. Li Wanchun took away 2,000. Now there are only 1,000 defenders defending the city. Morale is low. We can capture them easily."
Several generals nearby asked in confusion: "Why is the morale of the defending army so low?"
Li Yinlong sneered and said: "Li Wanchun is Tian Yue's confidant. Tian Xu has started to clean up the generals in the army. The next step is his turn. He has no intention of leading the troops. How can morale not be low?"
"Then will he surrender to us?"
"Not necessarily. The emperor had recruited him before, but he rejected him. It is said that he has a good relationship with Li Na. I don't know if he wants to surrender to Li Na."
At this time, torches were waved on top of the city, and then the suspension bridge was slowly lowered and the city gate opened.
Li Yinlong was overjoyed and ordered: "Come into the city!"
In the darkness, four thousand soldiers accelerated towards the city, but to Li Yinlong's surprise, there were no soldiers in the Anyang County military camp. He asked the county magistrate and learned that Li Wanchun had taken away all three thousand defenders, and Anyang County actually
It's an empty city.
Li Yinlong suddenly felt something was wrong...
Li Wanchun was about forty years old, with a medium build and unattractive appearance. The fundamental reason why he became Tian Yue's confidant and the most important military envoy to Xiangzhou was because he could stand alone. He had a clear mind and strong commanding ability, and was deeply loved by Tian Yue.
Joyful trust.
Li Wanchun has received the news that both the left army general Xing Diancao and the rear army general Man Shouyi were killed by Tian Xu, and the Huaizhou general Zhao Lun was dismissed. This was the purge of Tian Yue's direct army, and Tian Yue in the outside army.
Yue's confidants were left with himself and Beizhou's military envoy Sima Li.
Sima Li has surrendered to the Jin State, and now Tian Xu has still not put down his butcher knife, so the next target must be himself.
Li Wanchun has been thinking hard these days about how to get out of the crisis. Li Wanchun wants to surrender to King Li Na of Qi. Li Wanchun is also from Goguryeo. His father Li Jian was once a general of Li Zhengji. Li Wanchun grew up with Li Na. He was later killed by Tian.
Cheng Si appreciated him and accepted him as a general. He has been loyal to Wei for more than 20 years, but now, he had to consider his retreat.
Of course Li Wanchun decided to surrender to Li Na, but he needed some capital. If he went to Li Na alone, he might not be reused, but if he brought an army over, he would have his own capital.
Li Wanchun was thinking about what excuse to call the army. It happened that bandits looted in Linzhang County. He immediately found an excuse and quickly gathered 6,000 troops to suppress the bandits. However, he led the 6,000 troops to the southeast in a mighty manner.
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Li Wanchun led an army of 6,000 people with seven days of dry food, and rushed southeast into the southern part of Weizhou. They marched along the north bank of the Yellow River. Their goal was to go to Dizhou. Li Wanchun would surrender the 6,000 troops to Dizhou together with Li Wanchun.
Na, this is his capital.
The development of the matter was indeed beyond everyone's expectation. Li Wanchun actually gave up Xiangzhou at the critical moment and led the Wei army in Xiangzhou to evacuate, allowing Zhu Si's army to occupy Anyang County without any blood.
Although there is no situation where Zhang Yun, crane and clam compete with each other and the fisherman wins, it is still unclear who will have the last laugh in this battle for Xiangzhou.