Qian Song

Chapter 76
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Wu Desi had spies in the Song army.

Therefore, Li Cun can actually estimate that the Gaoyou Army should currently have 4 to [-] troops.

On Li Cun's side, after leaving the rear guards to guard Yangzhou City, there were actually only [-] front guards and less than [-] horse guards left.

In terms of military strength, the Huben Army is definitely not enough to fight the Gaoyou Army.

However, Wu Desi's spies had already sent back news that Tan Zhen and his Liangzhe and Lianghuai Song armies were now frightened and did not dare to fight the Huben army.

The key point is that Li Cun still has the two big hole cards of Unconscionable Cannon and Hong Tianlei, which he has never used.

This gave Li Cun the courage to go to Gaoyou Army for a turn.

When he came to a high ground in front of Gaoyou Army, Li Cun took out his binoculars and looked at Gaoyou Army.

You see, although there are Song soldiers everywhere in the Gaoyou army, they are all listless, and they are a bit muddling along like monks hitting the clock for a day.

But even so, because there were too many Song troops in the Gaoyou army, and the Gaoyou army had high walls and thick walls, it was impossible for Li Cun to really fight the Gaoyou army.

Li Cun carefully observed the Song Army's defense line for a while, and finally locked his eyes on Shenju Mountain, which was forming a corner with Gaoyou Army.

I saw that there were almost [-] Song troops stationed on the top of Shenju Mountain at this time. They relied on simple defensive offensives. They were in groups of three or five, or bragging, or betting money with prostitutes, without the awareness of fighting.

Li Cunxin said: "This is it."

Li Cun called Kong Lengzi over, handed the binoculars to Kong Lengzi, then pointed to the Song army camp on Shenju Mountain, and asked Kong Lengzi, "How long will it take you to take down here?"

Kong Lengzi observed the terrain for a while, and said loudly: "If you can't get here within an hour, you will come to see me later!"

After Kong Lengzi moved to the position where he could launch an attack with the former guards, Li Cun said to Han Bie: "Come with me to level down the small villages outside Gaoyou Army, and then arrest some civilians."

Han Bie responded, "No!"

Then Li Cun and Han Bie led the guard horse army to attack the small village where Song Junmin's husband lived.

These small villages have almost no defense measures, and the folks themselves do not have any offensive capabilities.

As soon as the guard horse army charged casually, these civilian husbands scattered in all directions.

——There are those with sharp eyes and quick reactions who fled into the Gaoyou army before the guard Majun rushed over. As for those who react slowly, they can only watch helplessly as Song Jun in the Gaoyou army does nothing He hesitated to close the gate of the village.

After Han Bie led the guards and horsemen to capture some peasants, Li Cun ordered them to make ladders, wooden curtains and other siege equipment.

At the same time, Li Cun ordered to bury the pot to make food, which meant "when the soldiers of the Huben army are full and the siege equipment such as ladders and wooden mantles are completed, the Huben army will attack the Gaoyou army".

With such a big movement in the Huben army, Tan Zhen naturally had to come over to check immediately.

But before Tan Zhen climbed to the top of the city, there were shouts of killing from Shenju Mountain.

Tan Zhen immediately understood that the Huben army was planning to pull out the partial army on Shenju Mountain, and then attack their Gaoyou army.

Tan Zhen quickly ordered: "Send another horse army to go out of the city separately, and ask Wang Tongzhi to return to help immediately, and tell Wang Tongzhi that Shenju Mountain has been lost, and Gaoyou's army is in danger!"

It was getting dark slowly, and under the cover of the night, the Song army on Shenju Mountain didn't know how many Huben troops there were. They only heard the dense shouts of killing from the east, south, and west directions.

The Song army, who had a low will to fight, panicked and panicked. Many Song soldiers dropped their weapons and ran north without even waiting for the battle to start.

As a result, before even half an hour had passed, Kong Lengzi shot down Shenju Mountain.

When Kong Lengzi led his subordinates to escort the prisoners from Shenju Mountain down the mountain, it was completely dark.

The Song army who was stationed on Shenju mountain, who went down the mountain first, went around to the back of the Gaoyou army village and called for the door.

Soon, the shadows of Tongtong under the village were noisy.

Hong Qian of the Wuwei Army, after careful identification for a while, confirmed that the soldiers under the stronghold were his soldiers, and then said to Tan Zhen: "Master, they are my soldiers of the Wuwei Army. Open the door and let them in."

Tan Zhen shook his head: "Go down, let them throw away all the weapons, and then let them in. Remember, when you let them in, you must be very careful, and don't let the ants take the opportunity to rush in."

Hong Qian understood why Tan Zhen was so cautious. It was because this group of ant thieves played their cards against common sense, so it was right to be careful.

At the same time, as soon as Kong Lengzi saw Li Cun, he yelled: "Governor, give the order to attack the city. The last general has already asked the prisoners clearly. There are only more than 2 horses in the stronghold, and they have all been frightened by our Huben army." If you break your guts, you can attack with a single charge."

Li Cun didn't raise his head, just looked down at the map and continued to think.

Seeing this, Kong Lengzi took two steps to Li Cun's side: "Great Governor, you give the order, if you can't take this stronghold, the last general..."

Li Cun set his eyes on a valley: "You want to come to see me again?"

"Yep!"

"Then give me your head."

Li Cun looked up at Kong Lengzi and said coldly.

Kong Lengzi was startled, wondering if he should draw his knife and kill himself immediately.

Li Cun didn't look at Kong Lengzi, turned around and waved at Chen Kuutong, Han Bie and others.

Kong Lianzi still didn't want to die so vaguely, he caught up with Li Cun, and said in a low voice: "The governor, the last general is not afraid of death, but just doesn't want to die so vaguely."

Li Cuntou didn't turn his head and said: "You are a fierce general, which is good, but you never use your brain when fighting, how can I entrust you with important tasks in the future?"

Kong Lengzi said honestly: "The final general does not want to take on important responsibilities, but only wants to be the leader of the general's personal army for the rest of his life."

Hearing what Kong Lianzi said, Li Cun turned around and said, "Nothing."

No idea, but Kong Lengzi gritted his teeth: "The last general knows, only because he met the governor and was favored by the governor, the last general can command tens of thousands of soldiers. It's not that the last general is really talented."

Kong Lengzi took the initiative to say again: "This life is enough for the general, I dare not ask for more, and I will not hide it from the governor. Even if I ask the general to die for the governor immediately, the general will not hesitate, and he will die without regret. .”

Li Cun's heart, which was becoming more and more hard-hearted, couldn't help but be touched by Kong Lianzi's words. He said lightly on purpose: "Let me ask you, what do we need to prepare for attacking the city? How long will it take for our army to be able to attack the city?" City conditions? During this period, will the Song army return to aid? If that Song army returns to aid, and the Song army should cooperate internally and externally, what chance does our Huben army have in winning?"

Kong Lengzi responded for a moment, and never mentioned the attack on Gaoyou Army again.

No matter how you say it, the Gaoyou army is still a military stronghold, with high walls and strong walls. If you want to attack, not to mention the most professional siege equipment, you must have dozens of ladders and wooden curtains, right?

As far as the civilian husbands captured by the guard horse army and the prisoners captured by the former guard guards, it would take several hours for them to build enough ladders and wooden curtains to attack the city.

No matter how you say it, there are 3 to [-] horses in the Gaoyou Army. The key is that they have complete defense facilities.

Seeing that the Huben army only used dozens of ladders and wooden curtains to attack the city, Tan Zhen knew that he would definitely have reinforcements, no matter how cowardly he was, he would definitely organize a defense.

In this way, a few hours passed.

And the Song army that went to attack Yangzhou had eight thousand horse troops.

With this time, they all came back to help.

At that time, the Song army attacked from inside and outside, and none of the Huben army was undefeated.

"Do you understand?"

Since Kong Lengzi and Zhang Goudan became Li Cun's bodyguard leaders, Li Cun liked these two people more and more.

loyalty.

brave.

They carried out 100% of Li Cun's orders, and they never refused, no matter what orders Li Cun gave them.

"Leave this head of yours on your neck for me, and I want you to see how I conquered the world!"

Hearing Li Cun's domineering words, Kong Lengzi's body trembled, and then he responded loudly: "No!"

When a group of generals and counselors gathered around Li Cun, Li Cun said to them, "I am not here to attack the Gaoyou army, but to hold back the Song army's march south and buy time for our army to transfer materials from Yangzhou."

Speaking of this, Li Cun inspired the generals: "Now that we have captured Shenju Mountain and surrounded the stronghold with soldiers, how should the Song army respond?"

Seeing that Li Cun wanted to train the generals of the Huben army, Chen Kuutong and other advisers did not interrupt.

Han Bie was the first to say, "I'm going to call the Song army that attacked my Yangzhou city to come back for help."

Li Cun looked at Han Bie appreciatively and asked, "Will that Song army come back?"

Han Bie thought for a while and said: "If our army takes down the Gaoyou army, the Song army will be caught in the middle. At that time, it has no food, no reinforcements, and it will be wiped out by our army. Therefore, it must be defeated." Back to help."

Li Cun smiled, he finally had a general worthy of training.

Li Cundao: "That's right, that Song army will definitely return to aid, and will return immediately, so we waited to ambush that Song army on the way back to aid, this is to encircle and attack."

When Han Bie heard this, he hesitated: "But...there are three ways to come to Gaoyou Army, which one will the Song Army go?"

Li Cun didn't hold back anymore, but directly poked his index finger on the Tianshui shop: "I guess that Song army will come back from this road."

Someone couldn't help but dig into the corner: "What if... that Song army doesn't go to Tianshuipu?"

Li Cun said indifferently: "I'm just waiting here to buy time. As long as the Song army that attacked Yangzhou City returns to help, my trip will be considered in vain. If that Song army really goes to Tianshuipu, we will wait for you." Let's earn more, if that Song army doesn't go to Tianshuipu, that Song army will be lucky!"

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(End of this chapter)