Following the Han River for more than a hundred miles, there is a water called Nanhe River. It turns west and goes deep into the mountains for more than two hundred miles before reaching Fangzhou.
Cao Cao assisted Liu Yanqing, and they led 30,000 Song troops and rushed along this road.
In order to be prepared to guard against thieves, Cao Cao commissioned Governor Yan Qing to conduct sentinel inspections. Yan Qing selected five hundred men who were agile and dare to fight, and went out fifty miles away. Any woodcutter, hunter, or trader he encountered was captured and accompanied by the army. , marched three hundred miles in five days, and arrived at Fangzhou City. I saw this city, it was really extraordinary!
"Historical Records" describes Fangzhou with the following sentences: "Thousands of miles across, it is surrounded by mountains and forests, and it has high mountains and mausoleums, just like there are houses."
The entire city is located on an earthen hill, surrounded by mountains and mountains, with Wudang Mountain to the north and Shennongjia to the south. The forest is vast and the sound of roaring tigers and apes can be heard endlessly.
According to Cao Cao's original intention, he originally wanted to use a surprise attack strategy to force his cavalry to attack the city. Unexpectedly, he was disappointed later. The city was built on a high mound, with four gates tightly closed. There were endless patrols of thieves on the city. The attitude of war.
Fortunately, the city was not big. Cao Cao was disappointed, so he simply launched a forceful attack with swords and guns, dispersed his troops and horses, and surrounded him on all sides.
Cao Cao looked at the city and sighed, unable to rush down, but the city exploded.
Today, Wang Qing has a confidant who has found a new beauty to present to him. He is enjoying himself at home when he suddenly hears Shi Jun rushing to report like a mourner: "Your Majesty is not good. The Song Army's army of hundreds of thousands has already arrived at the city and surrounded it. The water is blocked."
Wang Qing was so frightened by this voice that he almost shrank. He didn't even have enough time to put on his trousers. He put down his robe to cover his hairy legs, and ran out and said: "The army and horses in front have not heard of the defeat. How can we let the Song army penetrate deep into the state?"
At this time, prominent figures in the city such as Li Zhu, Fan Quan, Fang Han, Qiu Xiang, and Shi Jun, as well as Liu Yijing and Shangguan Yi, who were responsible for commanding the army and horses in the city, had all rushed to Wang Qing's Chu Palace.
Among them, Fang Han is the fake privy envoy, Qiu Xiang is the fake imperial envoy, and Shi Jun is the fake commander in front of the palace. These three are all Duan Sanniang's in-laws. They have no literary talent or military skills, but they all hold high positions. Shi was as flustered as an ant on a hot pot, pointing at Li Zhu and scolding: "This guy made random arrangements and sent out all the best soldiers and generals. Now there are only more than 10,000 people in the city, and more than 100,000 enemy troops are surrounding the city. How? Is good?"
Fan Quan, Wang Qing's cousin, was rescued and taken in by Wang Qing when he killed an official and escaped from prison. He also spent a lot of money to find the magic recipe for gold seals from all over Jinling's Andao, and ordered the gold seals for Wang Qing. As a result, he was highly respected by Wang Qing, who granted him the position of minister after he gained power.
Fan Quan and Li Zhu were quite close friends. Seeing his friend's ugly face, Fan Quan shouted: "Since we all want to be rich and noble, if we do this thing of breaking the sky and killing the nine tribes, we will inevitably celebrate when things succeed and die when things fail. Complaining indiscriminately, What kind of bird can it be used for? Besides, when the Song army comes to the city, how to deal with it depends on the decision of the king and the military advisor. You three scoundrels are not allowed to mess around here. I have clamped the bird's beak and you are not allowed to fart. "
The three people who were scolding each other lost all their arrogance, especially Duan Er and Duan Wu. These three were just cousins of Duan Sanniang. After all, their relationship was not that good, so they had no choice but to swallow their anger and keep their mouths shut.
Wang Qing got Fan Quan's hint, suddenly understood, and quickly asked Li to help him: "The situation is difficult, so I can see the tactics of the national soldiers. Now that a disaster is approaching, the military adviser must be able to teach me."
Li Zhuchang sighed: "Originally, Marshal Duan relied on the Han River to resist the enemy's attack on the city. When Marshal Duan established his momentum in Xijing, the Song Army naturally had no choice but to seize the opportunity to cause trouble. Unexpectedly, Marshal Duan was like this... haha , so brave, even abandoning Jian City to fight the enemy in the field, and Commander Duan Wu is so... Oh, so steady, even though the mountain road is difficult, it is still too slow, and even the ropes are missing. "
He added: "Ruomou's prediction was correct. Du Bo's army went to join forces with Li Huai and gave up the road in vain. But in this way, with the combined efforts of his two armies, Tong Guan was determined not to break through. , we have to be trapped in the isolated city, waiting for the news from Commander Duan Wu, or if he runs out of food in the city, we will immediately be in a dilemma."
Qiu Xiang couldn't help but said angrily: "So, you expected Du Bo to get out of the way? Then why didn't you take precautions earlier? It would be better if Nanfeng sent some troops and horses."
Hearing this, Liu Yijing, the guard general of Fangzhou, clapped his hands and said in surprise: "Ah, Mr. Qiu, please don't get angry. If you say this, the day after Du Du sent out troops, the military advisor sent an order to close the four gates of Fangzhou tightly. Half an hour later, the number of soldiers patrolling the city doubled."
Wang Qing was surprised and asked: "So, the military advisor has already predicted the future of the Song Army?"
Li Zhu shook his head and said: "It's just to prepare for a rainy day. I originally thought that Tong Guan might not have such wisdom and decision-making. Now it seems that this person has been fighting for many years and is not an ordinary person. But even so, the one who comes is at most a partial force and the main force. When we were still in Xiangyang, the so-called "hundreds of thousands of men and horses" was said by Tai Ye to be fooling around, and he relied on his ministers' information to measure them, ranging from twenty thousand to forty to fifty thousand."
Wang Qing still didn't believe it after hearing this, so he immediately ordered Liu Yijing and Shangguan Yi to patrol the four cities and count the enemy's tents.
The two of them came back not long after leaving and said happily: "The maximum number of Song troops is about thirty to forty thousand. What the military advisor said is indeed true."
Fang Han frowned and shouted: "Even if it's thirty or forty thousand, it's still much more troops than in my city. Is it still a happy event?"
Li Zhu said calmly: "The mountain road is difficult to travel, and the Song army has no navy. How much food and grass can they bring here in a hurry? He originally planned to attack the city by surprise. Now that we are well-defended here, his surprise attack strategy has been defeated. The city is in a good location. Not to mention there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but there are only two or three thousand. How can he impress it? Therefore, he only needs to rely on the city to defend it. Within ten days, the enemy will have run out of food and dispersed. I personally went out of the city to cover up the killing, and did not let him escape alive. Then I picked tens of thousands of heads and piled them under Xiangyang City. The Song army will lose their courage, and maybe even Tong Guan will surrender."
Wang Qing was overjoyed when he heard this and clapped his hands and said: "I have a husband to help me, so I can sit back and relax!"
Fang Han and the other three looked at each other and burst out laughing: "The military advisor's clever calculation is really extraordinary." Fang Han took the opportunity to recommend: "Your Majesty, there are four people in our Privy Council: Li Xiong, Bixian, Liu Yuan, and Pan Zhong. Fierce generals are worthy of reuse, so we should ask them to help General Liu defend the city."
Wang Qing waved his hand impatiently and said: "In that case, I will appoint the four of them as commanders of the army, and they will all serve under Liu Yijing and Shangguan Yi."
He was originally in a panic, but now that Li Zhu had a plan in mind, he relieved his worries. He couldn't help but think of the new little beauty that he had just bought a few times. He immediately dismissed everyone and wanted to go back and enjoy it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he saw Duan Sanniang walking out with a bloody short-handled mace and a murderous look on her face, shouting: "Where are the Song soldiers? I'm going to fight them to the death."
Wang Qing panicked and had a bad premonition, so he hurriedly grabbed his wife's buffalo-like arm and said, "Ah, Sanniang, the military strategist has formulated a clever plan to defend against the enemy. Why do you need to kill the enemy? Where did you get the blood on this stick?" ?”
Duan Sanniang raised her face and said: "When I came out, I met a charming little vixen. I thought she was so beautiful. If the Song army invaded the city, wouldn't they want you to be a turtle? So I killed her first with a stick. Save your dignity as a bird, if you don’t kowtow to thank me, who are you looking at with that bird’s eye?”
Wang Qing was furious after hearing this and snatched the sword from Fan Quan's waist: "Oh, it's so easy to find a beloved concubine, but she died tragically in your hands, Duan Sanniang! If I don't care about life or death with you today, my last name is So I wrote it upside down!”
Duan Sanniang said angrily: "Come here, come here, if you don't beat me today, you will be like a dog, and I am not a man!"
Not to mention that in the puppet prince's palace, the two couples were fighting with swords and sticks, but in the military tent outside the city, Liu Yanqing looked at the towering mountains and the city with a worried look on his face, wondering: "Unexpectedly, this city , the terrain is so amazing. If you want to attack, it will be difficult to carry the ladder up this earth mountain. If you go up along the trail, it will be a situation where one man is at the gate and ten thousand people can't get through. Only a team of archers can block thousands of people. We have thousands of troops. We have limited food and fodder... General Wu, do you have any good ideas?"
There are different teachings: Mr. Jin Jian's plan is unique, but Meng De's clever plan is not inferior to his. Closing the city will not necessarily lead to food shortages, but digging the soil will definitely teach the water to move.
(End of chapter)
