"Sir, if we go for half a day, our army will arrive at Bincheng City." A Nanhuai general came to the deck to report the military situation to Li Dingxing.
Li Dingxing responded: "Yes, I understand. Pay attention to vigilance. Although we are going upstream, we must also pay attention to precautions." The general retreated in response.
Qin Changqian asked curiously from the side: "Our army is at a disadvantage by going upstream. Why do you listen to the Lord and it seems like we are taking advantage?"
Li Dingxing smiled and said nothing, and Yi Xiaoling on the side couldn't help but said: "Brother Qin, you are from the north, don't you know the secret of sailing? Only by going upstream will you have an advantage in attacking!"
Seeing that Qin Qianqian was still confused, Yi Xiaoling explained in detail: "Going upstream, the navigation of a ship depends entirely on manpower. Whether it advances or retreats is entirely up to you. If it goes with the wind and the current, it will be faster, but the river water pushes it Come on, if there is an ambush ahead, how can we stop it for a while?"
Qin Changqian suddenly realized: "So that's it! I'm always worried that going upstream will consume too much manpower..."
Guan Chenzi slowly walked out of the cabin: "This is also equivalent to the principle of yin and yang. Only when yin and yang are balanced and complementary can there be no disadvantage. The river flows backwards and manpower counteracts it. If such a offset is achieved, doesn't it mean there is no disadvantage?"
Li Dingxing frowned and said, "But I'm a little worried now. When I passed through Lucheng a few days ago, all the people in Luzhou disappeared. It has become an empty city. I'm afraid that Xigui has some secrets waiting for us."
"Even Rongcheng, where the King of Sichuan and Shu is located, has been captured. After Lucheng received the news, the people naturally fled long ago, and it is not surprising that the city is empty." Yi Xiaoling did not care about this: "Instead of worrying about this, it is better to think about it , how to attack Bincheng when you get there!"
Li Dingxing furrowed his brows. Ten thousand men and horses, even if they say more, they are not too many, and even if they say less, they are not too many. Fighting in the wild is okay, but if we really want to attack the city, we are really stretched.
While several people were discussing, the ship moved quickly, and half a day passed quickly. When the hundreds of warships of the Nanhuai Army were still dozens of miles away from Bincheng, Li Dingxing ordered to disembark and set off to Bincheng on foot instead. .
Qin Changqian was really shocked when he looked at the towering cliffs on both sides of the surrounding mountains. Ever since he was a child, he had never left Donglu before meeting Yi Xiaodao. How had he ever seen such a high mountain? Even Mount Tai is only majestic and majestic, but has never been so dangerous.
When they got close, still more than ten miles away from Bincheng, Li Dingxing stopped the army and horses.
"Mumu, what's wrong?" Yi Xiaoling was a little confused.
Li Dingxing signaled the troops to rest where they were, and then moved Qin. Guan Chenzi and others called him to his side: "Although the North Road and the Middle Road are by land, they are much closer than us. At this time, they are already with the Xigui Army. It doesn’t matter if we fight. But we don’t have many siege equipment, so we can’t attack Bincheng forcefully.”
Qin Changqian clasped his fists and said, "Master, I have a way!"
Li Dingxing was stunned. He actually wanted to ask Guan Chenzi's opinion. Unexpectedly, Qin Xiangqian, who was silent at the side, came up with a solution first.
"What can I do? Tell me." Li Dingxing became interested.
"Let's first send some troops to challenge in front of the pass, and the rest will ambush near the city gate. Seeing that we have few people, the other party will definitely leave the pass. After they come out of the pass, they will ambush together and capture the city gate!" Qin Changqian Previously, he and Xiao Kuan of the Yulin Army attacked nine cities in the hinterland of Chu and Xiang. This method was used in several cities, and it worked repeatedly.
Li Dingxing said nothing. This was the most common tactic to lure a tiger away from the mountain. If anyone in the other side's city saw through this tactic, the result would be in vain...
"This is a very good plan." Guan Chenzi on the side spoke first: "It's just that the number of people should not be too large, otherwise the opponent will see through this plan."
Li Dingxing nodded: "What the Taoist Master said is true. If it is seen through, it will be difficult to attack the city again."
"Brother Qin and I will go, that's enough." Guan Chenzi said straightforwardly.
Li Dingxing was about to nod when he was stunned when he heard this: "What? Just the two of you? No, absolutely not!"
Yi Xiaoling also tried to dissuade her: "Sister Fairy, how can we do that? It's too dangerous for just the two of you."
"You two can't trust me?" Guan Chenzi knew they were concerned about him, so he said jokingly.
Qin Changqian, who was standing aside, agreed: "Yes, sir and madam, don't worry, I will definitely be able to protect the Taoist priest!"
Li Dingxing looked at the two determined people, thought for a while, and then shook his head and said: "No, no, we can't take this risk. What if something goes wrong..."
Guan Chenzi pulled Qin Changqian up and said, "Let's go!" Qin Changqian was pulled up and hurriedly went to lead his horse. Before he could reach the horse, Guan Chenzi grabbed him by the collar, jumped out of the forest, and rushed towards the gate of Bincheng.
"Gun... I didn't take a gun..." Qin Xiangqian's spear was all on the horse, and now he was pulled out by Guan Chenzi empty-handed.
"Hush, don't talk nonsense, we're almost here." Guan Chenzi was so good at light kung fu that after a while, he could already see the distant city wall of Bin City.
Guan Chenzi fell down, dragged Qin Xiangqian to the roadside, and entered the dense forest alone, leaving only one sentence: "Help me look out for the wind!"
Qin Changqian thought she was going to the toilet, so he quickly turned his back and stared outside the forest in the direction of Bincheng. However, after waiting for a long time, Guan Chenzi still didn't come out, so he whispered: "It takes too long to go to the toilet." Well...isn’t it inconvenient because the Taoist robe is too long..."
After a while, there was a rustle in the dense forest, and Guan Chenzi emerged from the forest. Qin Changqian turned around and was shocked. It turned out that Guan Chenzi had just gone to change clothes. He took off his Taoist robe and put on ordinary people's clothes. He also deliberately got some dirt and dust on his face. There seems to be nothing wrong with ordinary village women.
"Taoist Master, your waist..." Qin Changqian looked at Guan Chenzi's slightly bloated waist and didn't quite understand.
"The Taoist robe is stuffed inside the clothes." Guan Chenzi said lightly, but it could be seen from his expression that he was quite satisfied with his new look: "I prepared the clothes a few days ago and asked the army sergeant to find a house. Someone bought it.”
Qin Changqian walked around Guan Chenzi several times, and it was indeed difficult to recognize Guan Chenzi. He smiled and said, "Ha, it is indeed difficult to recognize Guan Chenzi."
Guan Chenzi pulled Qin Changqian, put his arm around him and said, "We will pretend to be an ordinary couple later and act according to the situation."
The two came to the south gate of Bincheng. The soldiers guarding the city were all from the Xigui Army. When they saw the two coming, they stopped them with guns drawn: "Stop, who are they?"
"Master Jun, we are people from a nearby village. I...my wife is pregnant. I brought her to the city to find a doctor to show her to her." Qin Changqian looked at Guan Chenzi's slightly bulging belly and said casually Made it up.
Xiguijun glanced at Guan Chenzi, who pretended to be shy and turned his head away, not looking at him.
"Well, brother, your mother-in-law has been like this for four or five months, so you should be more careful and go in." Xigui has a sparse population, so naturally it cares about pregnant women, and it did not make things difficult for the two of them and let them enter the city.
"Madam, let's go." Qin Changqian did not dare to cross the rules with Guan Chenzi, so he had to gently support Guan Chenzi into the city gate.
After entering the city, I found that the city was in a mess, with ruins and broken walls everywhere, and large stains of blood in some places. It could be seen that the Sichuan-Shu Army had tried desperately to resist before.
"Taoist Master, what should we do next after entering the city? We have to lead the Xigui army out of the pass!" Qin Changqian lost his mind and asked Guan Chenzi in a low voice.
Guan Chenzi hissed softly: "Hush, act according to the opportunity. Go to the government office in the city and have a look. Wouldn't it be better if we could hijack the Xigui Army coach in Bincheng?"
Qin Changqian nodded in agreement and gently supported Guan Chenzi as he walked slowly towards the county government office.
At the north gate of Bin City, a horseman galloped towards the city from outside the city: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Second Young Master's urgent military order! Anyone who blocks the way will die!"
When they heard the military order from the Second Young Master and it was urgent, no one of the city guards dared to stop them, so they all retreated to one side, for fear of startling their horses and inflicting a death penalty on themselves. The rider galloped in and rushed straight to Bincheng government office.
When Guan Chenzi and Qin Changqian arrived at the government office, it was noon. They decided to have something to eat first, wandered into a nearby noodle shop that was still open, and sat down directly.
A little old man trotted over: "Two distinguished guests, what would you like to eat?"
Guan Chenzi of Qin Dynasty decided: "Two bowls of clear soup noodles, not spicy."
Guan Chenzi said leisurely: "Old man, can you still be busy working as a waiter at such an old age?"
When the little old man heard this, he smiled: "Hey, this sister-in-law is joking, what can I do as a waiter with my old bones? I originally hired a waiter, but it's a pity..."
"What's a pity?" Guan Chenzi asked.
"It's a pity that when these Xigui troops entered the city, they chopped off my good boy with a sword... They couldn't cut my old bones, and they took away the money and left..." the little old man said slowly.
"It's really lawless!" Qin Changqian was furious and clenched his fists.
Guan Chenzi frowned slightly and said, "You can't, right? Old man, when we entered the city just now, it seemed that the Xigui Army was quite easy to talk to."
The little old man seemed to be angry when he heard this: "How can you not! So what I saw with my own eyes can be false? Hey, by the way, which door did you come from?"
"East City Gate."
"No wonder! Come from the east city gate, even if you are far away! That's okay, it's okay. If you come from the west city gate, I'm afraid your lives will not be saved."
Qin Changqian was wondering: "Does it make any difference which city gate you come in from?"
"Oh, that's a big difference! The east city gate is the city gate under the jurisdiction of Marshal Yue Qiantong. This one is Marshal Yue Qiantong. It's pretty good for ordinary people like us. Even my noodle shop has been here two or three times. Yeah, I never default on my face payment..."
Qin Changqian was afraid that he would keep nagging him, so he quickly asked, "What about the west city gate?"
"The west city gate is guarded by the barbarian kings of Xigui. Those barbarians won't tell you a lot. If caught, it will be a knife! Pity my waiter for asking for some money for me..." The little old man thought of the sad things and kept talking. said.
Guan Chenzi said: "Okay, shopkeeper, I'm a little hungry. Please hurry up and order some noodles."
"Okay...Okay, I'll go right away..." The little old man also knew that he was too verbose, so he stopped talking in time and went to the kitchen.
In the county government office, Yue Qiantong waved to the messenger in front of him: "I know, it's been a hard journey, go down and rest."
A dark-skinned young man came in from outside the government office. When he saw a messenger leaving the government office, he quickly asked Yue Qiantong: "Dad, why did the second master send the messenger?"
"Second Young Master said that the imperial troops have arrived. Let us strengthen the security of Bincheng and take precautions." Yue Qiantong answered his son.
The dark boy's eyes lit up: "Oh? Who is it?"
"Nanhuai, Li Dingxing." Yue Qiantong looked in the direction of the South City Gate. Not far outside the city was the Yangtze River...
