Three days later, outside the north gate of the Guiyu capital, Deng Guangming's tall figure was riding on a horse. The white cloth-covered armor on his body was rustling by the salty sea breeze blowing from the South China Sea. .
Five to six hundred soldiers, also wearing cloth-covered iron armor, lined up behind Deng Guangming, stretching their necks to look at the North Gate of Guiyu Capital not far ahead.
In addition, there were more than a hundred yamen soldiers from Chaozhou Prefecture and Jieyang County. Under the command of the prefect Xue Zhang and Jieyang County Magistrate Fengmingshan, they escorted hundreds of civil servants who had been forcibly recruited from all over Jieyang County and pushed shield carts. , carrying a long ladder, are also looking at the north gate of Guiyu Capital.
Including Deng Guangming, Xue Zhang, Fengmingshan, and the three subordinate leaders under Deng Guangming, Yu Guolian, Tang Jiabei, and Zhou Guangzu, the whole army was stunned.
The reason why these people are stunned is because the scene on the north gate and the north gate tower of Guiyu Capital now looks like an "empty city strategy"!
The north gate of Guiyu Capital City is wide open, and the suspension bridge outside the north gate has been lowered. There are several old men shivering with brooms on the suspension bridge outside the gate, but there is not a single armored and armed warrior on the tower of the north gate of Guiyu Capital City. , there is only a fake Zhuge Liang with a feather fan scarf and two little bald heads dressed as boys - all the old men in the Yu family in Guiyu have their hair shaved and braided, and most of the Dananshan heroes under Zhu Jushan also shaved their hair and braided their hair in order to facilitate walking. Now they all have their braids cut off and become bald.
There was a guzheng playing in front of the fake Zhuge Liang, and it seemed that he was still playing, but Deng Guangming and Xue Zhang were too far away to hear what music was being played.
"Prefect Xue, do you think this posture looks like the empty city strategy in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"
Deng Guangming stared at it for a long time, but still couldn't believe what he saw, so he felt shameless and asked Xue Zhang, the most knowledgeable person on the battlefield today, to ask questions.
Xue Zhang was a Jinshi in the 15th year of Shunzhi. He could memorize the four great books ("The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "Jin Ping Mei", and had never seen "A Dream of Red Mansions") by heart - of course it was not enough to be admitted to the Jinshi. He took the exam for the Four Great Books, but after he was admitted to Jinshi, Xue Zhang was too lazy to read the Four Books and Five Classics, so he mainly read "Jin Ping Mei" on weekdays, and when he got tired of reading, he also read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" , "Journey to the West". He has a good memory, and he knows it by heart after reading it dozens of times.
"Deputy Commander, this is an empty city strategy!" Xue Zhang said with a smile, "In the past three days, we have been busy mobilizing troops and building equipment, and we can hardly touch the ground. It's better for the Heavenly King Zhu and Yu Zhongxian. He didn’t want to defend the city properly, and even tried to trick us into playing an empty city. Did he think we hadn’t watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? If he had known this, he would have fought in three days ago!"
"This third prince and grandson of Zhu are so stupid!" Deng Guangming said with a smile, "I don't know that my Qing Dynasty read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a military book. Even if the men under my banner are illiterate, they all know "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Those things on "!"
Xue Zhang smiled and said: "Deputy Commander, shall we send troops to go in and capture alive the fake Zhuge Liang, the third prince Zhu, and the third grandson Zhu?"
Deng Guangming shook his head and said: "I have been waiting for three days. I don't care about this moment. I still send someone to persuade him to surrender and find out the truth by the way."
Xue Zhang rushed behind him and waved: "Leader Lu!"
"The humble position is here!"
Lu Renyi trotted all the way to Xue Zhang's side and bowed to Xue Zhang.
"Go and persuade them to surrender," Xue Zhang said, "and told the people in the city that as long as they hand over Prince Zhu San and Grandson Zhu San, they can be spared. By the way, we will investigate the situation outside the north gate of Guiyu Capital, and then report it to Both the officer and the deputy know this."
"嗻!"
Lu Renyi responded, then trotted all the way to the north gate of Guiyu Capital City and even climbed onto the suspension bridge. Some of the old men holding brooms had seen Bantou Lu and knew the reputation of "Renyi Lu". One of them had the courage to go up and greet him: "Bantou Lu, you are polite, Bantou Lu." , are you going to..."
Lu Renyi still had his trademark benevolence on his face and said with a smile: "Don't I couldn't bear to see all the people in Guiyu devastated? So I asked the prefect to come and persuade him to surrender. As long as Mr. Yu is willing to kidnap the third prince Zhu and his grandson Zhu San. Give it to the Vice-Capital Commander and the Grand Administrator. The Vice-Capital Commander and the Grand Administrator will not enter Guiyu Capital and will lead their troops and leave immediately!"
Is there such a good thing?
Several old men sent out by Mr. Yu to pretend to sweep the floor were a little excited after hearing this!
Sacrificing two people, King Zhu and Zhu Huapao, can save the lives of a whole city. What a great thing!
But how could Yu Zhongxian and Yu Jiuchen be so determined to follow Heavenly King Zhu and Artillery Zhu, father and son, all the way to the dark side?
This is not in line with the old man’s nature! Is Mr. Yu still waiting for a price?
Zhuge Sanhe, who was playing the guzheng randomly on the north gate tower of Guiyu capital, also heard what Lu Bantou said, so he stopped playing the piano and pointed at Lu Bantou on the suspension bridge with a brand-new goose feather fan. Renyi shouted loudly: "Fake Renyi, you should give up your thoughts on persuading surrender! With our military advisor here, let alone Deng Guangming and Xue Zhang, even if Shang Kexi comes to fight in person, he still can't break the empty city plan passed down by the ancestors of my Zhuge family!" "
Lu Renyi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, "Taoist Sanhe, you have mentioned the name of the Empty City Strategy, what else can't be broken? Do you think that others have never seen "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" like Sima Yi? "
Of course Taoist Zhuge had a tough mouth, and he immediately snorted: "Fake benevolence and righteousness, go back and tell Deng Guangming and Xue Zhang that our military advisor has prepared an empty city plan, and they can enter the city if they dare!"
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"Hahaha, that Zhuge Sanhe spilled the beans! How dare you brag that he is a descendant of Zhuge Liang? Are you really afraid of making people laugh?"
In front of the Qing army formation, Governor Xue Zhang laughed so hard after hearing Lu Renyi's report. After laughing, he looked back at Deng Guangming, only to find that Deputy Commander Deng's expression was a bit serious. So he quickly put away his smile and asked Deng Guangming: "Deputy Commander, how should we fight this battle? Should I send officials to escort the minions and push the shield carts up to the top, and then fill in the trench?"
Deng Guangming waved his hand, "Everyone has already stated the empty city plan, do we still need to push the shield cart and fill the trench?"
"The deputy commander plans to send flag soldiers and warriors to rush in and capture Zhuge Yaodao alive?"
Deng Guangming shook his head again, "We can't take risks like this... When I was familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I carefully studied this empty city strategy, and also thought of a way to break it for Sima Yi."
Xue Zhang nodded repeatedly with admiration on his face, "I wonder what the deputy commander has in mind?"
Deng Guangming said seriously: "To defeat the empty city plan, there are two ways: First, Sima Yi can order people to set up several red cannons outside the west city gate, bombard the west city gate, and kill Zhuge Liang!
Second, Sima Yi could mobilize dozens of shotgun soldiers, bring shotguns close to the west city gate, and fire a shotgun volley to kill Zhuge Kongming! "
"Ah..." Xue Zhang tried hard not to laugh out loud, and had to raise his thumb to say something nice, "High, high, really high. If Sima Yi has the strategy of deputy capital commander, why worry?" Can’t we devour Shu and destroy Wu in our lifetime?”
Deng Guangming laughed loudly and said: "Prefect Xue, are you trying to harm me? I have read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but Sima Yi has not read this book!"
Xue Zhang nodded in agreement, "That's right. When Sima Yi was alive, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had not yet been written!" He paused, "I wonder what method the deputy commander plans to use to defeat the empty city plan?"
Deng Guangming said: "We don't have red cannons on hand, so naturally we have to use shotguns to defeat the enemy!" He then ordered, "Yu Zuoling, order you to lead 80 shotgun soldiers to shoot at the head of the Guiyu capital city, aiming at the feather fan scarf. Beat the thief hard!"
"Hey!" Yu Guolian, the assistant leader of the Xushun Palace, responded loudly.
Deng Guangming ordered Tang Jiabei's general, Zuoling, and ordered: "Tang Zuoling, you take one hundred and sixty infantry with Yu Zuoling. First, use bows and arrows together with Yu Zuoling's shotgun soldiers to shoot down the people on the city wall." Thief. After ten arrows, your soldiers will form a formation and rush into the city gate... Make sure to capture Prince Zhu and Grandson Zhu!"
"嗻!"
