early morning.
Qingshui County.
Nie Chen was dressed in steel armor, shining in the sun, wearing a battle robe, riding on a war horse, looking at the army in front of him.
In front of him was the wide main street of the county town. On the street, 14,000 soldiers lined up neatly, with neat appearance and high fighting spirit, all holding sharp weapons.
"Brothers! Sheriff Liu Hu betrayed his trust and stabbed his compatriots in the back, which caused great harm to the great master! The great master lived a heroic life, but he died at the hands of such young men!
Now, Liu Hu has fled back to the county government, hoping to continue to be his happy county guard, oppressing the people and preying on his neighbors!
Do you agree to this matter? "
"No!"
"No!"
"You will follow me on the expedition! Avenge the great master and make that thief Liu Hu pay the price!"
"Go to war!"
The army marched towards the outside of the city with neat steps.
Nie Chen was accompanied by generals such as Liang Peng, Dazhuang, Qi Huan, Weng Qiuchan, Lin Guang, and Ma Niubai. Behind him was a neat army, and behind him was a team escorting heavy supplies of food and grass. Carriages followed the army out of the city, carrying tents, braziers, cooking pots, arrows and other items. In the middle of the train, there were huge city-breaking crossbows and dismantled trebuchets.
Nie Chen was extremely well prepared for this expedition.
After leaving the city, they met Yue Dongwen who was carrying 10,000 troops. Yue Dongwen was also pulling a lot of baggage.
The armies of both sides merged together, all carrying strong wind flags. The only difference was the flag of the general, one was "Nie" and the other was "Yue"!
When a general leads troops alone outside, he must use his own banner, but this is not the case for commanders at lower levels, as they do not have separate banners.
"Brother Nie, the troops are all here, shall we set off?"
Yue Dongwen looked at Nie Chen with a smile.
Among all the people with names, Nie Chen and Weng Qiuchan are the youngest. Yue Dongwen's words of "Brother Nie" are already very polite.
"Let's go."
Nie Chen waved his hand, and the two armies merged and drove toward the south.
He was not worried at all that Qingshui County would be robbed after he left. With King Pingxi's 90,000 troops here, who could be blind to attack them?
On the way, Nie Chen kept urging the team to march quickly.
At night, they camped on the roadside to rest. After arranging sentries, Nie Chen took the generals to discuss military affairs.
As soon as Yue Dongwen walked into the camp, he shouted dissatisfied,
"Brother Nie, what about us? We walked eighty miles in one day. Eighty miles. Do you really not care about the legs of the soldiers, and are you not afraid that they will be crippled if you continue like this?"
Nie Chen waved his hand to him, pointed at the map and said,
"Come on, let's take a look. How many miles is it in total from the county capital to the county seat?"
"Three hundred miles."
"How many miles a day is the normal marching speed?"
"Sixty miles."
"How many days will it take to walk in total?"
"Five days."
"How many days did King Pingxi give me?"
Hearing this, Yue Dongwen stopped talking.
Yes, a total of five days were given. If they were all used for marching, by the time they arrived, the time would also be up, and then King Pingxi would come with his troops and kill Nie Chen's head angrily.
Liang Peng stepped forward and continued,
"Lord, I have two plans now. According to the current marching speed, it will be the evening of the fourth day when we arrive at the county town. By then, we will still have some time to organize the army to attack the city.
The first plan is that our brothers who have sneaked into the city have sneaked into the North City Gate and are able to guard the city gate, then we can let the brothers inside open the city gate.
Our army pretended to attack the city, attracting the attention of the defenders, and then creating opportunities for the brothers who opened the city gate.
When the city gate opens, our cavalry prepared in advance rushes in as quickly as possible, seizes the city gate, and then suppresses the city with city-breaking crossbows. The infantry enters the city and engages in close combat with the enemy. This city can be broken.
The second plan is that if the brothers in the city fail to open the city gate, then the North City will still feign an attack. The trebuchets and crossbows will hit the city for free, making the defenders mistakenly think that our main force is in the north. After attracting all the enemy's main force, The main force of our army went around to the north of the city in the dark, mounted ladders and went directly up to the city wall, seizing the city gates and allowing the army to enter the city. "
After hearing this, Nie Chen nodded and said,
"Good idea, let's do it."
Liang Peng continued,
"But in this case, we need prepared information. On the day of the siege, I need the brothers of the Shadow Guard to pass on accurate information to us. We must have an accurate picture of whether the brothers in the city have sneaked into the city gate. letter."
Nie Chen looked at Qi Huan and said,
"Okay, Qi Huan, if you can handle this well, inform the Shadow Guards and Anzi in the city, give them some more money, and ask them to bribe the commander and arrange for them to go to the city gate.
Then distribute hidden weapons to them to ensure that they can quickly kill other defenders at the city gate. "
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to do it right now."
As Qi Huan spoke, he turned around and walked outside.
Yue Dongwen looked at this scene and was happy and said,
"That's okay, Brother Nie. You can decide on the tactics in just a few words. It's a bit like a prince."
Nie Chen smiled and said,
"Of course I can't compare to Prince Chen, but one advantage I have is that I listen to advice. As long as others are right, I will listen.
By the way, Brother Yue, this action depends on you. I don’t have many cavalry under my command now. I have been fighting a while ago, and I haven’t had time to trade with Queding Ding to buy horses. The thousand cavalry under your command, this It was very powerful this time. "
"Don't worry, just say hello. When the cavalry is needed to charge, I will personally lead the team in."
"OK."
Nie Chen nodded and looked at the map again.
Weihu County has a large territory. Although there are only four counties, the area of each county is as large as a city in the previous life.
The four counties are Qingshui County in the north, Tiantai County in the east, Longxing County in the west, and Jinping County in the south.
In the middle of the four counties is the direct jurisdiction of the county seat, which is smaller in area.
Weihu County is very large and has a good geographical location. The territory is mountainous, especially the southeast and west sides, all of which are towering mountains. Only the north is a wide prairie, which is not dangerous to defend.
On the other three sides, except for the mountain paths that can be barely walked, it is impossible for the army to pass. If you want to leave Weihu County, except for detouring through the grassland, there are only two passes between the valleys that can be passed smoothly.
They are the west side of Longxing County and Hukou Pass.
As well as the east side of Jinping County, that is, the entire southeastern part of Weihu County, Guiling Pass is closed.
The guard general of Hukou Pass is called Ye Xing, and the guard general of Guiling Pass is called Ning Yuan.
All dead.
Qingshui County is the poorest county among the four counties. Because it is close to the grassland, barbarians come to plunder it from time to time. The previous county magistrate did not act, so the people in Qingshui County are getting fewer and fewer and poorer.
Of course, it is only the common people who are poor, and many businessmen who do business with the barbarians are still very profitable, otherwise the Liu family would not settle in Qingshui County.
