After Yang Gao's order was completed, the entire Sui army camp suddenly became lively. Qin Huaiyu and Di Qing each led five thousand elites and quickly rushed out of the camp and left.
The generals such as Qin Qiong, Nan Jiyun, Luo Shixin, and Yuwen Chengdu who stayed in the camp urged the sergeants to strengthen the walls of the central camp, prepare strong bows and crossbows, roll wood and stones, dig more pits on the outside, and spread more deer antlers to prepare for the attack. The coming war.
Officials such as Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling were also too busy to warm their seats. There is a large amount of food, grass and luggage stored in the camp. Once the war starts, it will be destroyed in the flames of war if you are not careful. During the war, supplies were scarce, so a few people had been busy moving these supplies to a safe area in the back camp to minimize losses as much as possible.
Now the most leisurely person in the entire Sui army camp is Emperor Yang Gao, who is sitting comfortably on a chair studying military books.
"Your Majesty, now that the war is about to begin, won't you go out and inspect it?"
The red lady, who was arranged by Yang Gao to serve as a captain in the Internal Guards, saw that Yang Gao had been staying in the imperial tent to study military books, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Hearing this, Yang Gao slowly put down the military book in his hand and said with a slight smile: "I have arranged for the generals to prepare for war. The Song Dynasty can only jump to the Liang clown, so there is no need to worry."
The red lady was slightly surprised and asked: "Your Majesty trusts several generals so much, so you are not afraid of someone cheating and ruining your Majesty's affairs!"
Yang Gao said sternly: "You don't have to trust people when you employ them. Since I dare to use them, I believe in their abilities. If there is no such trust between the monarch and his ministers, how can I conquer the world?"
The red lady's body trembled when she heard this, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. With mixed feelings in her heart, she couldn't help but secretly said: "My lord, if you had met such a wise king as your Majesty as soon as possible, how could the misfortune of that day have happened?"
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Song Jiang was also shocked when he heard about Li Kui's massacre of the city. We wanted to withdraw Li Kui quickly, but military advisor Wu Yong suddenly came up with a plan: "Li Kui's massacre of the city will definitely anger the Sui army, and the generals of the Sui army will definitely be eager to kill him and then hurry up. We can take this opportunity to use Li Kui as bait and ambush the Sui army on the road." , a big win.”
Song Jiang thought about it briefly and felt that Wu's plan was very clever, so he immediately acted on it. Pretending to lead the army to garrison in Pingyan Town, in fact he secretly led the main force to hide near Suchang County and wait for orders.
Pingyan Town is just a small village in Xuchang County. It is built on the side of a mountain and is a sparsely populated place. The people in the village were frightened when they heard that Li Kui was massacring the city in the county town. They left their homes with their children, young and old, and ran for their lives.
After the common people left, only Song Jiang's soldiers and horses were left in the whole town, and the news became somewhat blocked. Even the well-trained Sui army scouts were unable to detect the true movements of Song Jiang's army and horses in a short period of time.
Although the camp set up by Song Jiang in Pingyan Town stretches for more than ten miles, it seems endless from a distance. But in fact, there were only four to five thousand soldiers and horses stationed there, and the only generals left behind were Lei Heng and Song Qing.
The sky gradually darkened, and the moon climbed up the branches quietly.
Under the bright moonlight, a group of soldiers and horses were galloping all the way towards Pingyan Town. The leading general wore a bronze armor, carried a fifty-six kilogram Wansheng sword, and wore a bronze ghost mask on his head, which looked even more ferocious under the moonlight. Who is it if it's not Di Qing?
"Hush!"
Di Qing galloped all the way, and when he arrived about three miles away from Pingyan Town, he suddenly reined in his horse, waved his hand, and whispered: "Stop!"
Di Qing gave an order, and the five thousand sergeants quickly stopped advancing. The deputy general rode up to Di Qing and asked in confusion: "General Di, this place is only three miles away from Pingyan Town. Our army was attacking the enemy camp in one go. Why did General Di suddenly order to stop the march?"
Di Qing raised his head and looked at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Knowing yourself and your enemy means you can fight a hundred battles. I will send someone to inquire about the situation in Pingyan Town first. In addition, it has just darkened, and the defenders in Pingyan Town should not have fallen asleep yet. Brothers have been working hard on their journey, and it’s time to rest for an hour or two. We will wait until the situation in Pingyan Town is clearly understood and most of the gangsters have fallen asleep before we set off."
The deputy general reacted immediately after hearing Di Qing's words, and immediately retreated to convey to the sergeant Di Qing's order to rest on the spot.
After the deputy general retreated, Di Qing waved his hand and called a soldier not far away from him, saying: "Shi Qian, my Majesty said that you are very good at climbing over walls and climbing over walls. I now order you to sneak into Pingyan Town to spy on the bandits. Are you sure about the defense situation?"
Shi Qian's implanted identity was that of a scout in Xue Rengui's army. He performed well in the Central Plains campaign and obtained a lot of useful intelligence for the army. Xue Rengui has clear rewards and punishments, and he takes credit for Shi Qian based on the facts.
After Yang Gao learned that Shi Qian was in Xue Rengui's army, he took advantage of the opportunity to promote him and arranged him into the Jinyi Guard. Now what Di Qing needed most for his raid on Pingyan Town was the defense situation of the defenders, so Yang Gao ordered Shi Qian to follow Di Qing.
After listening to the order, Shi Qian proudly touched the mustache on his lips and said with a smile: "General Di, don't worry, this kind of thing is a villain's specialty. Let alone a small Pingyan Town , even in Chang'an and Luoyang, a villain can come and go as he pleases!"
Di Qing suddenly frowned and blurted out: "So you are a thief!"
When Shi Qian heard this, he coughed twice and said with a smile: "General, although I have done dirty things in the past, I have abandoned evil and turned to good for a long time."
Di Qing was an upright person. After learning about Shi Qian's background, he was a little unhappy. He said seriously: "You are a little thief, don't be arrogant and self-righteous. Finding out about Pingyan Town's defense will make our army's raid twice the result with half the effort. You Just be careful..."
"Don't worry, General, I'll be back as soon as I go!"
Shi Qian could see that Di Qing disliked his origin, so he doubted his ability and was a little unhappy. He interrupted him without waiting for him to finish. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left, quickly disappearing under the cover of night.
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About an hour later, Shi Qian rushed back after a long journey, and reported to Di Qing: "General Di, according to the villain's investigation, the garrison in Pingyan Town is about 5,000 people, and there are two troops stationed in the east of the town. Thousands of people were stationed, but now most of them have gone back to the camp to sleep."
As he spoke, Shi Qian took out a temporary sketch from his arms, pointed to the drawing lines and said: "General Di, you see, Song Jiang stored most of the grain, grass and baggage in the center of the town, and the generals who stayed in the town also lived there. Here. As long as we go this way, we can avoid the main force of the bandits and go straight to the grain store."
Di Qing said with some suspicion: "Shi Qian, this is related to the life and death of my five thousand soldiers, you must not lie to me!"
When Shi Qian saw that Di Qing had been doubting his ability because of his background, he couldn't help but feel angry: "If there is a lie, I will kill myself to apologize without the general taking action!"
Seeing that Shi Qian spoke so resolutely, Di Qing no longer hesitated and quickly ordered the entire army to assemble and kill Pingyan Town.
