The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 180 Empty City Strategy?

Most of the mountains in Qingcheng County are distributed in a leaf shape from north to south, forming more than a hundred large and small branches. In the entire Qingcheng County, except for some relatively wide plateaus, the rest of the plateaus are fragmented. Sichuan and Taiwan are narrow, and the mountainous areas are undulating. There are ravines and ravines.

Liu Zhenhua also took the southern road into the mountains.

This kind of place is the most suitable place for setting up an ambush.

As long as there are five to six hundred people ambushing on both sides of the ravine, they can easily stop several times the number of people.

The most important thing is that in this place, it is not easy for Liu Zhenhua to send people to take a detour and catch the people who set up an ambush above.

The opponent is in a tough position. According to the danger, even if Liu Zhenhua has a machine gun and a sniper rifle, he will have to spend some time and cost to win here.

It seems that he saw Liu Zhenhua standing in front of Taniguchi hesitating.

Wang Jiachang, Wang Long, Wang Wu and other heavenly soldiers and generals came to Liu Zhenhua.

"Kitchen King, why don't you let me rush in with five hundred people and open a way?"

Wang Wu volunteered.

They are no longer the people who knew nothing at first. Looking at the terrain of the canyon now, they know what the Stove King is worried about.

The people around him all echoed, asking Liu Zhenhua for people, and then wanted to rush in directly with them.

"If there is an ambush in this kind of terrain, the opponent will definitely block the way out."

Liu Zhenhua said, this was the case last time. The opponent not only set up an ambush, but also set up an infantry and horse formation at the entrance of the canyon to prevent Liu Zhenhua from directly breaking the opponent's ambush with the rapid advancement of the cavalry.

"Yang Lichao," Liu Zhenhua shouted.

"Kitchen King."

The latter stood in front of Liu Zhenhua with his hands folded.

"Go and take a few fast horses and rush into the canyon. If necessary, turn back immediately." In recent days, Yang Lichao's equestrian skills have become more and more sophisticated.

Just go in to explore the way, if you don't like to fight, there shouldn't be any danger.

"clear."

Yang Lichao got on his horse and after calling a few good riders, the ten riders resolutely entered the canyon.

In the canyon, the road can be considered flat. Firstly, it is an official road built, and secondly, there has been little rain or snow here in recent times.

"Slow down, don't rush."

Yang Lichao looked ahead. This was not the first time he had walked on such terrain as a vanguard.

When marching in this kind of place, it is important to have a moderate speed and not to go too fast. If you go too fast, it will be difficult to turn around when encountering the enemy. If you go too slow, you will easily be attacked by ambushing troops.

This speed is just right right now.

His gaze was like a hawk looking upwards to the left and right. If there was an ambush, he would not necessarily attack them, but after rushing out, he would definitely see something that could resist the horse, either an obstacle or an infantry formation.

As he expected, there was no ambush along the way. Although there were no signs of an ambush above the valley, Yang Lichao thought it was just that he didn't see it.

Rushing all the way to the end of the valley, you can even vaguely see Qingcheng County in the distance.

"Presumably, infantry formations may be ambushing on both sides."

Although Yang Lichao did not see the infantry formation, he did not think that the other party would give up such a good ambush location.

It must have been hidden.

All he has to do is to find out the situation, so he will naturally not retreat.

Leading the other nine people to rush forward, they rushed out of the canyon and suddenly felt a vast expanse in front of them.

Yang Lichao's forward speed slowed down, and he looked at the open road in front of him in astonishment.

Qingcheng stands in the distance.

Yang Lichao looked around, but there was no sign of any ambush.

The faces of the nine masters following him were also full of doubts.

They were already prepared for possible death when they followed Yang Lichao out.

However, there is not even an enemy at the moment.

However, having no enemies is naturally a good thing.

Yang Lichao commanded the left and right and looked at all possible hiding places, but it was obvious that there was no enemy ambush here.

He led everyone back.

When Liu Zhenhua saw that Yang Lichao and others came back so quickly and unharmed, he suddenly looked a little strange.

He vaguely guessed something in his mind.

"Reporting to the Kitchen King, there is no ambush in the canyon, and there are no enemies at the exit. It seems that the other party does not intend to stop us."

When Yang Lichao said this, there was an expression of disbelief on his face.

Obviously, I don't know why the other party would give up such a good natural defense and not defend it. Could it be that they want to rely on Qingcheng's city wall to defend it?

Yang Lichao just glanced at the city wall of Qingcheng from a distance, but he didn't see how well-defended Qingcheng was, mainly because it was a little far away.

"There are no enemies, no defenses," Liu Zhenhua frowned. Is this an empty city plan?

There is only such a dangerous place in the south of Qingcheng. If this place is not defended, the entire Qingcheng will be without danger.

How could a city wall resist his attack?

"Go forward," Liu Zhenhua made a decision after thinking for a while. An unbelievable idea came to his mind. Could it be that the other party had given up on Qingcheng?

But anyway, just go and have a look and you’ll find out.

The army moved through the canyon and soon passed through the canyon.

Liu Zhenhua picked up the telescope on his chest and looked at the city wall in the distance. There were only scattered soldiers on the city wall. It looked like a small county town that could be easily captured by hundreds of refugees.

"You won't really give up on Qingcheng, right?"

Liu Zhenhua had a look of astonishment on his face. He asked the army to continue moving forward until they were a hundred meters away from Qingcheng County.

At this moment, the soldiers on the city wall still looked calm, and seemed not to take Liu Zhenhua's army seriously at all.

This look made Liu Zhenhua wonder whether this was an empty city strategy, or else why these soldiers could be so calm.

The most outrageous part of the empty city strategy is here. The Qingcheng in front of you is in a Schrödinger state, between fraud and no fraud. If you don't fight, you won't know what the situation is inside.

However, that kind of strategy is only effective when the two sides are equally powerful, and one side will not dare to enter the city because of fear.

But Liu Zhenhua was different. In plain fighting and street fighting, his troops could almost be described as invincible, whether it was the Modao Army or the newly equipped Fire Gun Battalion.

More importantly, those two Maxim machine guns are the absolute kings in street fighting.

In a dense space, the metal storm composed of bullets can tear everything apart.

The scenes in movies where machine guns cannot defeat zombies can only appear in movies. In the real world, there is no mention of any creature being able to withstand the bullets spewed by the Maxim machine gun.

Liu Zhenhua picked up his sniper rifle. The city was almost full of soldiers, one every five steps.

Liu Zhenhua tried to fire a shot, killing the soldier standing in the middle.

The spray of blood mist can be seen from a hundred meters away.

The soldiers were shocked, this is the Kitchen King.

Even though they had seen this scene many times, they still found it unbelievable that from such a distance, the man exploded into a bloody mist.

Liu Zhenhua looked at the city wall. The expressions of the soldiers seemed to have changed, but they were still standing upright on the city wall.

"Pretending to be pretty good."

"Army attack."

Liu Zhenhua can be sure that there is absolutely no ambush in the city, and the other party is probably using this strategy to delay time. Put your limited strength on defending Qingyang.

The composition of the soldiers on the city wall is probably the same as that of Heshui.

I don't know where I got human hands to pretend to be soldiers.

Liu Zhenhua gave the order, and his soldiers rushed forward with roars, with Xiang Yong still taking the lead.

This can be regarded as an unwritten rule. Most of the heavenly soldiers were born through fighting with military merit, while the identity of the vanguard was left to the local warriors and militiamen who had not established meritorious service.

Of course, this sounds nice, but the bad thing is that the higher you are in the queue, the easier it is to die, and the benefits and costs are often directly proportional.

Maybe some soldiers know this, but no one has any complaints. If you give it a try and be at the front, you will always gain military merit.

Even if you die, it doesn't matter, becoming a heavenly soldier is worth everything.

On the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city suddenly became more panicked when they saw the incoming army. It was not because they were afraid that they would not be able to defend, but because they had no intention of defending at all!

They were only temporarily pulled over to make up for their losses. The officials gave them money and food, and promised them that after the other party attacked the city wall, they could surrender directly and risk their lives.

After surrender, you will still receive food.

With a skeptical attitude, these people put on soldiers' clothes and climbed up to the top of the city.

Who knew someone had died just now.

The death was for no reason. Those officials had warned them that if someone died for no reason, don't panic. If you run away, you will die faster. If not, they would have gone down to the city in panic.

How can I still stay here honestly?

The brave warriors under the city wall have already set up ladders on the city wall.

They looked excited. This time they attacked the city without any resistance. The other party seemed to have given up.

Isn't this just a matter of gaining military merit?

They climbed up the city wall frantically, while constantly paying attention to their colleagues around them, for fear that they would climb faster than themselves.

This military achievement was picked up for nothing.

First come, first served.

Everyone climbed up the city wall.

When they arrived at the top of the city, they stood on the battlements and looked down with ferocious faces. They took out the knives from their waists and said, "Haha, I'm here! Die!"

"Forehead"

However, when they saw clearly the situation on the top of the city, they all suddenly became silent.

On the top of the city, the soldiers had already taken the initiative to lean against the base of the city wall, looking at them one by one, "Master, we surrender."

"Forehead"

Everyone felt a tightness in their chests and almost vomited a mouthful of old blood. The military merits that had been brought to their door were just gone.

These people even surrendered the moment they climbed onto the city wall without any resistance.

Really useless.

Everyone said in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do. This was the Kitchen King's rule. Those who surrendered would not be killed. Those who did evil would wait to be punished later.

Liu Zhenhua successfully entered the city.

To his surprise, almost all the lower-ranking officials in Qingcheng County government fled.

Only the common people stayed at home. When they knew that the coming team was the Kitchen King, they immediately went out of the city to watch in excitement.

The name of Kitchen King has spread here.

What is the art of transformation, what is caring for people as one’s own children, etc., this is the reincarnation of a true god.

Contrast that with the officials who abandoned them.

The judgment was made, and the people lined the streets to welcome it.

Qingcheng also fell into the hands of Liu Zhenhua.

At present, only Qingyang Mansion, Qingyang, and even Yan'an can be connected to the city, and half of Qinzhong will fall into Liu Zhenhua's hands.

If it were some impatient rebels, they would probably have already begun to proclaim themselves kings or even emperors.

Qingyang Mansion.

"Governor, all the armies have been assembled. They are just waiting for the Kitchen King to attack the city, so that we can surround him and attack him."

Chen Qiyu listened to the reports from his men. He had lost many of his men, including two counties around Qingyang.

However, there is finally good news now, and the dawn seems to be right in front of him.

"Let them organize their troops and horses, wait for the Kitchen King to go south, and immediately surround the Kitchen King."

Qingcheng has a special geographical location. There is only one smooth road between south, southeast, Qingyang and Heshui.

After the Kitchen King captured Qingcheng, he would definitely go south from Qingcheng and westward from Heshui.

The troops are divided into two groups. Even if the Kitchen King has that magical weapon, it will be difficult to take care of them all. There is always one group that does not have the Kitchen King's magical weapons. Concentrate your forces and capture that group first.

There was only one road between Qingcheng and Heshui. King Zao's soldiers and horses were defeated along the way and fled, unable to see each other from the beginning to the end.

By then, the Kitchen King will definitely be in chaos, and with the army siege, it is a foregone conclusion that the Kitchen King will be captured.

However, the planning was good, but when it came to actual action, Chen Qiyu's heart was filled with a haze.

The plan was very good at the beginning, but unfortunately, the Kitchen King used his absolute strength to smash all the conspiracies.

"However, this time the absolute strength lies with me."

Chen Qiyu murmured, there are a total of 70,000 troops in the five directions.

The Kitchen King only has more than 10,000 people, including 20,000. That magical weapon can defeat 10,000, but only 30,000.

This time, no matter how you look at it, the final loser is the Kitchen King.

"Kitchen King, a huge army is coming from the south. It's so vast that we can't even see the beginning and the end," Zhang Heizi said in a somewhat urgent tone, with some blood stains on his body.

"Discovered?"

"Well," a look of guilt appeared on Zhang Heizi's face, "I lost a brother, but we also killed three scouts."

"The army seems to have come from Henan. However, from the pattern of the flags, it seems that there are two groups of troops."

Zhang Heizi said.

"Two groups of soldiers and horses."

Liu Zhenhua murmured that the person who dealt with him was the governor of the three sides.

Shaanxi soldiers and horses, Shanxi and Henan soldiers and horses.

"Is it possible that we are still mobilizing troops and horses in these three provinces?"

"That's not right," Liu Zhenhua shook his head secretly. Emperor Chongzhen had already sent two terms of trilateral governor, and now they were failing one after another. Emperor Chongzhen should change his strategy.

Deploying troops and horses from these three provinces somewhat violates the taboo of military strategists and adds fuel to the fire tactics.

"Is it possible that in addition to the three provinces, there are one or two more provinces?"

This thought suddenly appeared in Liu Zhenhua's mind.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that this was probably the case. The other party was delaying time, probably just to wait for all the troops to arrive.

(End of this chapter)