"Old General, given the current situation, we must either abandon Linchen City and take His Majesty away, or we can ask Your Majesty to mobilize the armies from Panyu and Guilin to suppress it!"
Sima Chao said with a worried look on his face: "If not, when Zhao Tuo comes to attack the city with artillery, it will be difficult for us to resist him, and your Majesty will be in danger."
"Don't be nervous."
Wang Jian heard this and said with a smile: "You must have been deceived by Ren Xiao."
"Um?"
Sima Zhen and Han Xin looked at each other and looked at Wang Jian with some confusion.
But Wang Jian said again: "Given the situation last night, unless Ren Xiao walked from the sky, he would never be able to leave the battlefield so quickly, and he was still pulling a heavy artillery piece;
In my opinion, the fire outside Nanhai Port had two purposes. One was to attract Sima Chao's attention so that the troops who attacked him could jump off the cliff and easily succeed;
The second is to let Gongzi Hao discover it and send troops to rescue him, so as to reduce the number of troops in Gongzi Hao's hands and facilitate Zhao Tuo's attack on the city.
From this point of view, they would definitely not join up with Zhao Tuo the first time they robbed the artillery. "
"this"
When the generals heard this, they looked at each other with suspicion, as if they did not fully understand Wang Jian's guess.
Seeing this, Wang Jian continued, "We might as well make a hypothesis. Since they dare to send people to sneak attack Nanhai Port, they are confident that they can succeed. If they succeed, do they still need to stay in Nanhai Port?
Certainly not!
Therefore, according to your previous thinking, they will definitely leave Nanhai Port and join Zhao Tuo;
Since I said they would not join Zhao Tuo immediately, where would they be? "
"What the old general means"
The generals who were full of doubts just now opened their eyes wide when they heard Wang Jian's analysis, with disbelief on their faces.
This time they had completely come out of their misunderstandings. At first, everyone thought that Ren Xiao would join Zhao Tuo immediately, but they did not pay attention to Zhao Tuo's actions in Linchen City.
If Ren Xiao had joined Zhao Tuo immediately, Zhao Tuo would not have been able to decisively withdraw his troops, and he would have even used artillery to launch a beautiful counterattack.
However, Zhao Tuo had no intention of attacking Linchen City from the beginning to the end, which shows that Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo acted separately.
If Ren Xiao gets the artillery and doesn't join Zhao Tuo, where will he go? Obviously, the most dangerous places are the safest!
"I guess they may still be near Nanhai Port. The fire outside Nanhai Port and the fire inside Nanhai Port are all used to confuse you!"
Wang Jian was still in the ancient well, and said casually as if he was talking about home affairs: "This is the only reason that can explain why there are no cannons and no wheel marks."
Although he watched the battle in Nanhai Port from a distance through the darkness last night, Nanhai Port was personally selected by him. If there was a fire as a cover, with the long depth on both sides of the port, it would be easy to hide thousands of people.
"Oh my god, so cunning! If the old general hadn't pointed it out, we would still be dreaming!"
Sima Chao said in surprise as if he had just woken up from a dream.
After saying that, his face flushed with embarrassment. He had been thinking about it all night and had no clue, but Wang Jian felt like he was in the camp, which was really admirable.
Compared with Sima Zhen, Han Xin was not surprised. Wang Jian could lead the Qin army to unify the six countries, so he naturally had two brushes. He immediately handed over his hands and said: "I will lead people to search the vicinity of Nanhai Port right now!"
"Zhao Tuo, there are many talented people under Ren Xiao's command. If we go to Nanhai Port now, I'm afraid they will run away!"
After saying this, his eyes suddenly fell on Mu Lin: "Mu Lin, you are more familiar with Nanhai Port than Han Xin, so I will let you lead the troops to take a gamble. It is better than doing nothing!"
"."
Mu Lin was slightly surprised, as if he didn't expect Wang Jian to send him. He was overjoyed, but on the surface he saluted respectfully: "General, take your orders!"
the other side.
On the mountain road less than five miles away from Zhao Tuo's camp, more than 20 wooden carts carrying artillery were crunching out wheels.
After last night's battle, Ren Xiao and Gao Yao, who originally led 3,000 troops each, now have only about 3,000 troops together.
"Commander Ren, they all say that Young Master Hao has the uncanny ability to predict the future. I didn't expect you to predict the future, and you are no less generous. I admire you! I admire you!"
Gao Yao did not hide his praise at all.
When Han Xin led his troops to rescue Nanhai Port last night, he was hiding in the mountains and saw with his own eyes the speed of the opponent's approach. Fortunately, he listened to Ren Xiao and did not set off immediately, otherwise the artillery that he sacrificed his life to capture would have been lost.
"I wonder what's going on with Zhao Tuo."
Ren Xiao frowned.
Although he successfully attacked Nanhai Port and successfully captured Zhao Hao's artillery, he was still worried that Zhao Tuo's attack on the city would not go smoothly. After all, Wang Jian was still alive. This was a terrifying opponent.
"I believe General Zhao Tuo will be able to capture Linchen City!"
Gao Yao said with firm eyes.
Rather than saying that he believed in Zhao Tuo, it was better to say that he believed in Zhao Gao.
He firmly believed that with Zhao Gao cooperating with others in Linchen City, Zhao Tuo could capture Linchen City even if he was a waste.
Looking at the artillery carts moving slowly in front of them, if Zhao Tuo had not captured Linchen City, they would have a way to pull these artillery pieces outside the city and bombard them. The city walls were made of iron plates, and they would It blasted a big hole and captured Linchen City.
After all, one cannon is powerful enough to destroy a warship, and the power of more than twenty cannons is simply unimaginable.
After a moment of silence, the corners of Gao Yao's mouth slightly rose.
As the motorcade continued to move forward, near noon, they could already see the camp in the distance, and everyone's hearts gradually relaxed.
At this moment, Ren Xiao suddenly ordered to stop and looked at the camp with a serious expression.
"What's wrong, Lieutenant Ren?"
When Gao Yao saw Ren Xiao ordering to stop, he couldn't help but look at him with some doubts.
"It seems like something happened at the camp."
Ren Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked ahead carefully.
For a moment, a flash of horror flashed in his eyes, and he murmured: "It's unmistakable, someone attacked our camp!"
As a general second only to Wang Jian and Zhao Tuo in the South China Sea, Ren Xiao's military talent was equally impressive. He could judge the current situation of the camp just by carefully observing the smoke in the camp.
According to his past experience, if outsiders are within a kilometer of the camp, the hidden sentry in the camp should detect them and step forward to respond in time.
If the enemy is approaching, a large number of troops should start to gather at this time.
However, the campground is now very quiet, eerily quiet.
Coupled with the messy smoke rising from the camp, it was easy to figure out that something must have happened.
"you sure?"
Gao Yao glanced at Ren Xiao suspiciously, then looked in the direction of the camp and frowned, "Are you going back now?"
"Go back!"
Ren Xiao immediately said: "I don't believe that Zhao Hao and Wang Jian can mobilize tens of thousands of troops to attack the camp overnight! As long as we join Zhao Tuo, we will be invincible!"
After saying that, he directly gave the order: "Soldiers! Speed up and follow me into the camp, quickly!"
About half an hour later, the road that originally took one hour to walk was forced to take half an hour for Ren Xiao to finish. Each of the soldiers escorting the artillery was panting from exhaustion and sweating profusely.
However, Ren Xiao had no time to rest and rushed into the camp dragging his exhausted body.
I saw a mess inside, with corpses strewn everywhere, and most of them were corpses of Vietnamese.
What's going on?
The Vietnamese who attacked us?
wrong!
impossible!
Didn’t the Yue people form an alliance with us? How could they attack us?
Just when Ren Xiao looked confused, Gao Yao hurried over and said hurriedly: "Lieutenant Ren, there are cavalry coming towards us!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Quickly organize the soldiers to defend against the enemy!"
Ren Xiao cursed in anger.
But Gao Yao said again: "It's too late."
As the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, the silhouette of a horse-riding general finally emerged from the shade of grass at the corner.
After seeing those artillery pieces, the other party's face was full of excitement. He thrust the spear forward in his hand and shouted: "Lieutenant Ren, are you alright?"
"It's you."
Ren Xiao recognized the other party's identity at the first sight, and immediately looked overjoyed: "Mu Lin!"
He knew that Mu Lin was Zhao Tuo's man, so he quickly stepped forward to say hello.
However, Mu Lin raised his spear with a calm expression, stopped his steps, and said coldly: "Are you going to surrender, or are you going to fight me?"
"this"
Ren Xiao's expression darkened, and then he glanced at his soldiers, only to see that they were all frozen in place, at a loss.
In their current state, it would be difficult for them to escape, let alone a fight.
After a moment of silence, Ren Xiao looked deeply at Mu Lin and said calmly: "We are willing to go back with you, and don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
"Go back? Where to go? What I want is these artillery pieces!"
"you"
"Stop talking nonsense! Pull up the cannon and follow me!"
Mu Lin interrupted Ren Xiao impatiently, and then ordered someone to urge Ren Xiao's soldiers to leave the camp with him and the artillery.
At this time, Zhao Tuo had just defeated the three-yue coalition forces of Wu, Yang, and Luo.
The originally full army of 50,000 soldiers now only has more than 30,000 soldiers left, which makes him full of regret and extremely angry at the same time.
If he had not underestimated the people from the Security Bureau at the beginning, he would not have allowed the people from the Security Bureau to confuse Wu and Yang, the chief of the alliance, to succeed.
Compared with the security bureau who relied on Zhao Hao, what he gave was obviously not as rich as Zhao Hao.
These Yue tribal chiefs who had never seen the world were naturally easily persuaded by the people from the Security Bureau and stabbed him in the back.
"Damn Zhao Hao, I am at odds with you!"
Zhao Tuo cursed fiercely, and then called the soldiers back to the camp.
At this moment, a soldier who looked like a scout ran from a distance and said with his hands raised: "General General, there is a messenger pulling a cart, saying that he has something important to discuss with the General!"
"messenger?"
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, narrowed his eyes and said, "Whose envoy?"
"It seems to be General Mu Lin"
Mu Lin?
Why did he come to me?
Are there changes in the city?
Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo rolled his eyes, then waved his hand and said: "Go and bring the envoy!"
"promise!"
The soldiers obeyed and retreated.
Soon, he brought one person to Zhao Tuo, cupped his hands and said: "The villain Zhou Da has met the general!"
Zhao Tuo rode on the horse, looked at Zhou Da condescendingly, and said solemnly: "Why doesn't Mu Lin come to see this general?"
"this"
Zhou Da hesitated for a moment and then said with a smile; "General Mu Lin had a very happy chat with Commander Ren, and it was inconvenient to leave, so he sent a villain to see the general with a gift. If the general wants to cooperate after seeing the gift, he can Follow me to see General Mu Lin."
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes slightly: "You said, Ren Xiao is at Mu Lin's place?"
"Exactly!"
"Hmph! That's a good idea!"
"hehe."
Zhou Da smiled noncommittally, then looked up at Zhao Tuo and said, "I wonder if the general accepts the gift from General Mu Lin?"
"Since it is a gift from General Mu Lin, there is no reason for me not to accept it!"
Zhao Tuopi said with a smile, then waved his hand, and within a moment, the cart was pulled up.
At this time, Zhao Tuo decisively jumped off the carriage and walked towards the cart.
Although the cart was covered with linen so that the full picture could not be seen, one could guess from its outline and shape that it should be the artillery that Zhao Gao had described to him.
"Open it and take a look!"
"yes!"
A soldier got Zhao Tuo's order and decisively opened Numb.
What was exposed inside was the artillery piece.
Although it was Zhao Tuo's first time seeing artillery, the black barrel of the artillery still shocked him.
"General, are you satisfied with this gift?"
Zhou Da asked while licking his smile.
Zhao Tuo glanced at him coldly and said in a deep voice, "What on earth is Mu Lin paying attention to?"
"The villain just said that General Mu Lin wants to cooperate with the General. I wonder if the General is interested?"
"cooperate?"
Zhao Tuo sneered: "What qualifications does he have to cooperate with me?"
"Just with those twenty-odd artillery pieces."
"this"
Zhao Tuo was shocked and his expression kept changing. After a moment, he calmed down his excitement and said calmly: "Where are they?"
"Huaxi Mountain is five miles away from here!"
"Okay! Come here! Pass my military order and march towards Huaxi Mountain!"
"No, General. General Mu Lin only wants to see you. You have to go alone."
When Zhou Da saw that Zhao Tuo actually led his army, he immediately wanted to stop Zhao Tuo, but Zhao Tuo whipped him and shouted: "Who are you, how dare you teach me to do things?!"
After saying that, he rode out without saying a word.
at the same time.
In the study room of the shogunate in Linchen City, Han Xin looked at Wang Jian with some confusion: "Old general, didn't the young master say that there is something wrong with Mu Lin? Why did you send him to recover the artillery? Can it be recovered?"
"hehe."
Wang Jian smiled noncommittally, then picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said jokingly: "You and the young master have fought side by side, don't you still understand his thoughts?
The more problematic people are, the more they should be allowed to express themselves. If they are kept suppressed, it is easy for them to lose sight of the whole picture and be plotted against! "
"But those artillery pieces"
"The artillery is fake"
"Ah? This"
Han Xin was surprised, as if he didn't expect Zhao Hao to be so good at playing.
A batch of fake artillery kept them busy, what on earth were they planning?
But thinking about it on the other hand, if they knew in advance that the artillery was fake, I'm afraid they wouldn't be so involved in the fight.
But Wang Jian said again: "If I guess correctly, those artillery pieces will eventually fall into Mu Lin's hands, and Mu Lin will have his own plans."
"What the old general means is that he will betray Zhao Tuo?"
"The relationship between him and Zhao Tuo is based on mutual use, and there is no betrayal. However, this is an opportunity for us!"
"what chance?"
Han Xin frowned, a little confused.
Wang Jian glanced at him and said with a smile: "The Mu family is a powerful family in Minyue. This Mu Lin is actually a rebel general of the Mu family in Minyue."
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