After hearing this, Li Ran felt his eyelids twitch. It seemed that there was definitely a hidden agenda in this matter. and.
It doesn't seem to be the work of Wang Zichao, but more like the methods of the Dark Walkers.
Li Ran was worried about this, and after reporting it to the prince, he drew out a hundred elite soldiers from his own army to protect Gong Jian at all times.
After Li Ran's persuasion, Gong Jian was finally willing to eat and drink. There should be no fear for his life now.
Next, we will start to attack the grain road at night.
Today, Gan Loach went through another round of siege but failed, so it was time to attack at night.
From the previous situation, we can see that Gan Loach is a person with great ambition but short talent. He has a heavy reputation and a dark mind, and lacks courage. If you are mean and ungrateful, it will be difficult for the soldiers to be united. At this time, the opponent will suffer successive setbacks, and the morale of the army will definitely be weakened.
This opportunity cannot be missed, the night attack is scheduled for tonight!
After everyone had a discussion in the main hall of Jingyi, when the sun set, Sun Wu and Fan Li retreated one after another to make preparations.
Li Ran later resigned, leaving only Yin Bulin beside Wang Zichao.
Yin BuNi waited for everyone to disperse before he spoke:
"Your Highness, Li Ran is the most aggressive person in his plans. He actually put Your Highness in danger before! This person's intentions are unpredictable!"
"Don't talk nonsense! Mr. Ziming has repeatedly proposed clever strategies for me. If it weren't for him, how could I be sitting here now? Since you are a minister and have no military knowledge, why do you need to be so weird here?"
Yin Buxie bowed and said:
"Your Highness, I also feel aggrieved for Your Highness. When you wanted to take over the capital, many people saw how embarrassed Your Highness was. Your Highness is a man of wealth, and he will inherit the throne in the future. ! His Highness is working hard on the front line, but he is so calm at the rear. Who is the king and who is the minister?"
"Today's night attack requires so many soldiers and horses that it is difficult to guarantee His Highness's safety in the city. If Gan Loach insists on fighting to the death, and then attacks the city overnight, how can he be defeated by the remaining soldiers in the city? ... As for Gong Jian, when the late king was here, he always made things difficult for His Highness. Some time ago, he even gave His Highness a huge defeat and was in a very embarrassing situation. But Li Ran did not want to kill this traitor, but wanted to The remaining invaders must respect themselves, but their intentions are unpredictable!"
After Wang Zichao heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head:
"No, you don't need to say any more. As the saying goes, 'Don't use people you doubt, don't use them'! We are already at the end of our rope. If it weren't for Mr. Ziming's generous help, where would I be today?! If you say more, I will punish you for speaking nonsense!"
When Yin Buyi heard this, he didn't dare to say anything anymore. He just lay down on the ground and cried:
"I don't dare, I don't dare! I just think about His Highness..."
At night, the crescent moon hung high, but it was not very bright. In the dark night, Fan Li and Sun Wu sent out troops one after another. The old troops of the prince's dynasty, Pou Ge, were originally Qiang people. They were all good at riding and shooting, so they led a hundred men and horses to prepare to go. Burning food and grass.
They first wrapped a layer of cloth around the horses' feet to prevent them from making the sound of horse hooves, and then quietly touched Gan Jun's food path, followed the path, and finally found one of the supplies.
Sun Wu and Fan Li each led five thousand troops. Then, under the faint moonlight, they arrived at the Gan army camp. They ambush on the left and right. After waiting for a while, they estimated that the soldiers had reached the predetermined position, and Sun Wu and Fan Li launched a night attack at the same time.
The capital has always been strictly defensive. During the day, it experienced a fierce battle. Both sides suffered casualties. It was really taboo for the defenders to take the initiative to attack. Gong Jian committed this taboo in the first place, which led to his loss. Beijing.
Therefore, Gan Loach was also overconfident, and only ordered people to guard around the camp, but did not observe the movements in the city. The capital is now passing through solid walls and clear fields, and there is no obstruction within a thousand meters around the city, so it is indeed not easy to spy on the military situation. .
Unexpectedly, Li Ran unexpectedly led troops to attack at night. Gan's army was a little panicked for a while, but in the face of a powerful enemy, they had to rise up to resist.
On the other side, Wu Ge heard a cry of killing coming from the direction of the camp. Knowing that the sheep attack had begun, he took off the cloth from the horses' feet and made a surprise attack on the baggage!
Since there were no stirrups at this time, there was no cavalry in the strict sense. Horses were mostly used for pulling people and goods, as well as for chariot charging, and were occasionally used for ceremonial purposes.
Li Ran, on the other hand, found another way and asked these people who were good at riding to raid the opponent's baggage on horseback. There is no need to dismount or engage in combat. All you need to do is throw the prepared grease, flammable objects and fire breakers on top of the baggage to ignite it, and then ride away.
Gan Jun, who was guarding the baggage, wanted to catch up, but how could he have a horse to run fast? Even though he tried his best to catch up, he could only stay behind.
Suddenly a fire broke out in the baggage camp, which immediately attracted the attention of the camp.
But at this moment, Gan Loach was tired of dealing with the two-pronged attack from Sun Wu and Fan Li, and suddenly saw the fire in the direction of the baggage camp. The reward was that the baggage camp was empty of water. Gan Loach suddenly no longer had the spirit to continue to resist, so he had to The order to retreat was given in the darkness.
The movement of the army affected a wide area. Although this retreat was not a disaster, under the pursuit of Sun Wu and Fan Li, its defeat was inevitable.
But seeing that the commander had withdrawn, Gan's army lost all morale, so they immediately abandoned their helmets and armor and fled.
Sun Wu and Fan Li chased for a while, but after all, it was dark night. Knowing that they had been defeated, they withdrew their troops in time, and met up with Wu Ge to clear the battlefield.
When the sky turned white, everyone returned with full loads. During this night attack, they killed thousands of enemy troops, burned their baggage, and captured more than a hundred chariots. However, they did not stay too long, and immediately led the army back to the city at dawn to prevent Gan Loach from regaining his old troops and fighting again.
Wang Zichao was also very happy to receive this good news. He personally welcomed Sun Wu and others back to the city and gave them a large reward. However, Sun Wu did not take it seriously at this time.
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"Your Highness, the enemy has not been completely wiped out at this moment, and may come back at any time. Moreover, the rebel army's follow-up reinforcements will probably arrive in the next day or two. If you want to completely defeat Gan Loach, you must not take it lightly!"
The prince expressed his heartfelt approval:
"What General Sun said is true. I wonder if General Sun has any countermeasures next?"
"Wu Fang has just discovered that the Gan army retreated through small roads, while the baggage took all the main roads. Wu thought that he could send troops to ambush the places where reinforcements and baggage must pass, and only need to take turns to harass them every day. Food and grass will be unsustainable. Even if the loach does not retreat, it will only be captured without mercy!"
The prince laughed at Fu Zhang and praised each other:
"I have heard for a long time that General Sun uses his troops like a god. Now that I have seen it, he is indeed invincible in every attack and invincible in every battle. Chang Qing is truly a superior general!"
Wang Zichao said this and looked at Li Ran aside, and Li Ran naturally expressed his agreement.
"Although this plan is wonderful, there is only one difficulty. It is that the ambush troops are moving back and forth, which is inevitably exposed, and there is also the danger of being defeated by Gan Loach. Now that Gan Loach's baggage has been destroyed, his attention must be entirely on the reinforcements. If he wants to succeed, he still needs to You can only use 'play hard to get'!"
"Oh? Does Mr. Ziming have any good ideas?"
"You can prepare an ambush in advance, but you must first send scouts to find out where the reinforcements have arrived. When the scouts find out, they will immediately return to the city to report. Where the ambush is located, you only need to observe the color of the flags on the city head. If a black flag is erected, , is the time to attack! In this way, the ambush can always be hidden in the dark, making it difficult for them to be discovered."
"In addition, if the grain and grass are robbed, but not all of them are destroyed, you can just leave some of them. When Gan Loach sees that the grain and grass are robbed, he will definitely send troops to help, and the soldiers escorting the grain and grass will flee immediately. And leave these grains and grass to Gan Loach, You can still have time to escape from such an ambush!"
When Wang Zichao heard this, he was quite surprised:
"Why did you destroy their food and fodder, but then have to give some back? What's the rationale for this?"
Li Ran listened to the question, turned to Wang Zichao and bowed:
"When people are in a desperate situation, they will fight against trapped animals. The food and grass can only keep them alive for two or three days, so they can use this to stir up their internal fighting spirit. At that time, Gan Loach's army will definitely be in chaos without fighting. !”
