Zhao Junsheng and the Youzhou army did not make any stop in Pinggang, and directly bypassed Pinggang and marched in the direction of Fancheng.

After walking more than ten miles, Zhao Junsheng beat his horse and walked to the side of the road to let the army pass.

Lu Xuanbo came over and asked, "Young master, are you worried that the young lady will not be able to capture Pinggang?" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look in the direction of Pinggang, "It's a trivial matter if we can't capture Pinggang, when we capture Fancheng and sweep the northwest region of Yan Kingdom, it's not too late to return to fight Pinggang, as for King Changshan, I have my own reason to prevaricate the past, this matter is not simple, I am worried that he will fall into the trap of Yan Kingdom." ”

Lu Xuanbo was puzzled: "How can the young master say this?" ”

Zhao Junsheng explained: "Since we entered Youzhou, everything seems to be too smooth, the Yan country has not only implemented a strong wall and cleared the field for us, but also concentrated forces to defend the fortified city, it is obvious that there is a complete strategy to deal with our attack, a layout wants to succeed, a single strategy is easy to be recognized, I think the Yan country must have a back-up move, but I can now receive too little news to deduce their follow-up plan."

After speaking, Zhao Junsheng looked at Lu Xuanbo: "Old Lu, I don't worry about Mulan here, please stay and watch a little, if there is anything here, you must inform me immediately!" ”

Lu Xuanbo promised: "Understood! ”

Lu Xuanbo turned around and galloped away in the direction of Pinggang.

When his figure gradually blurred, Zhao Junsheng beckoned to Li Bao, "Where are Gao Xu's men now?" ”

Li Bao hugged his fists and said: "I also used Xinying to contact two days ago, and they should be about two hundred miles west of us now!" ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed: "Contact Gao Xu and let him lead the army to speed up and join us in Fan City!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Yangwu.

Yao Zhao, the general of the Yan army, is still waiting for the news of the scouts, he has not been very confident about Tuoba Su's main army, there are more than 30,000 people on the north road, this time Hua Mulan, Zhao Junsheng, and He Duoluo only brought less than 10,000 people, and more than 20,000 troops are in the hands of Tuoba Su.

Yao Zhao was walking back and forth in the lobby, looking anxious, and the longer the delay, the more difficult it would be for him to implement the battle plan on his side.

At this moment, a soldier ran in quickly: "Report - General Qiyu, the spies have come to report, and they have found the main movement of Tuoba Su, the main general of the Wei army, they have quietly left Baitan to copy the path to Jiande County, leaving only an empty camp in Baitan to deceive our army scouts!" ”

Yao Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and then raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha······ This Tuoba Su old bastard is actually confused, God help me, God help me! ”

Tuoba Su was indeed a little big this time, thinking that he had a strong army, so he didn't take the Yan army in his eyes, and even took the main army to take the road to Jiande County, the road here is not a country road, but a mountain road, the march is extremely difficult, and there is no way to carry a large amount of grain and grass materials.

Moreover, this operation is in the enemy territory, not a local battle, but here is the home field of the Yan army, and the Yan army knows the terrain and customs here well, and can find out the news at any time.

Tuoba thought that his actions were carried out very secretively, but he did not know that there were Yan army's fungus everywhere, and their actions had been discovered by Yan army spies.

Tuoba Su also did this with good intentions, his purpose was to sweep away the eastern and northern forces of Yan as quickly as possible, and create favorable conditions for Emperor Tuoba Jian to attack Longcheng, you must know that the emperor went to Yan this time to gild, that is, to pick up credit, to establish prestige, as the most loyal minister of the Tuoba clan, Tuoba Su has the responsibility and obligation to help the emperor complete this step, so as to consolidate the rule of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The strategist and Shangshu Jida waited for Yao Zhao to finish laughing, stood up and said with a smile: "The general can rest assured now, before the general sets off with his troops, he still needs to see the news that Tuoba Su led the main force of the Wei army to take the road to White Wolf City and report it to the Duke of Yongning!" ”

Yao Zhao was stunned for a moment, and laughed again: "Wonderful, wonderful!" General Zhang and the general suffered a big loss in Youzhou last time, I think he has a chance to take revenge this time, but I'm afraid he won't let it go, right? How about asking Mr. Ji to write a handwritten letter and send someone to White Wolf City in the name of Ben General? ”

Ji Da bowed his hand and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Yao Zhao asked the lieutenant general again: "Is there any news from Pinggang City?" ”

"Back to the general, the spies came to report yesterday that Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng's men and horses are more than thirty miles away from Pinggang City, and they must have arrived in Pinggang today!"

Yao Zhao immediately said: "Okay! Pass my general order, gather 4,000 cavalry, carry three days of dry rations, and send troops to Pinggang in an hour! ”

"Obey!"

Four thousand cavalry? This is almost all the soldiers and horses in Yangwu City, Yao Zhaoruo took away 4,000 men and horses, and there are only 200 people left in Yangwu City, for a city, how useful can 200 defenders be? But Yao Zhao's order had been issued, and Ji Da was worried that his dissuasion would make Yao Zhao unhappy, so he could only hope that the 800 people sent to Shimengou to block Hedoro's army could block Hedoro's men and horses.

Shimengou, the only way to Yangwu, it is not a ditch, just because the terrain is dangerous and is sandwiched between the two mountains and named the ditch, and because there is a prominent stone wall between the two mountains, the stone wall is smooth like a mirror, like two gates, so it is named Shimengou.

He Duoluo came to the outside of Shimengou with 3,000 leading soldiers, and a reconnaissance and detective sentry rushed over to report: "General, there is an ambush in the valley, and the specific strength of the enemy army is not clear!" ”

"There is an ambush? I don't know the strength to check, check it out, come and report it quickly! ”

"General, you can't find out, the enemy army is hiding in the mountains, and the brothers go up and die one by one!"

He Duo Zheng had no excuse to stop the march, he was also worried that Yangwu's Yan army would not have enough time to deal with Hua Mulan, and now he had an excuse, so he immediately ordered: "Stop advancing and camp on the spot!" ”

When the generals heard that there was an ambush in the valley ahead, they had no doubt about the order given by Hedora, and they began to camp and get busy.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Lord Liu Bo said to Hedoro: "General, it's easy to do next, send elite spies to find out the strength of the Yan army stationed here, and then decide whether to fight or fake!" ”

Hedora thought so, "It makes sense, it makes sense! ”

He sent elite soldiers to climb the mountain in the middle of the night to investigate, and finally found out the number of troops deployed by the Yan army here.

Eight hundred men, four hundred on each side of the mountain, the two mountains here are not very dangerous mountains, there are many positions that can be attacked, if you really want to attack, Hedoro is sure to take it in two or three days.

The next day, Hedoro sent a group of men and horses to make a tentative attack, and after a while they retreated, and no one was missing, except for a few who broke down when they withdrew.

In fact, when the generals received the order, they shouted loudly, but did not stop and attack, and when they climbed the mountain, they hid themselves tightly after a few steps, and pretended to be defeated every time they rushed halfway up the mountain.

This kind of offensive is simply grinding foreign workers, and there is no offensive power.

Outside Hiraoka Castle, the right flank army camp.

Hua Mulan was in the afternoon of the second day when the army arrived here.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a day since we arrived here, and you've all investigated the defenses of Hiraoka Castle, what are your best plans to take it?"

Faced with Mulan's questioning, the lieutenant generals and colonels began to talk in low voices.

The second general stood up and said: "General, the city wall of Pinggang is three zhang high, there is an enemy tower every twenty zhang, the defenders on the city wall are dense, and there are strict regulations and arrangements for changing defenses, and it is not easy to break through it, and the subordinates have not thought of any good way, and they think that this matter should be discussed in the long run!" ”

Another general said: "General, the last general heard that the troops of several nearby counties are concentrated here, not to mention that there are 3,000 people, and we only have 3,000 people, and we are only 3,000 people, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to succeed with 3,000 people, so I still report to the king of Changshan and ask for 10,000 more troops."

Wu Dade, who joined the army, stood up and said: "General, if you encounter a little difficulty, you will increase your troops, and if you ask for reinforcements, you will only be looked down upon by King Changshan!" There are 3,000 regular defenders in this city, as well as 50,000 or 60,000 people, and at a critical juncture, they can also send young and strong people to help defend the city, and it is almost impossible for us to forcibly break through this city with such a small number of troops. ”

Hua Mulan finally heard a little reliable words, looked at Wu Dade and asked, "What is Wu's opinion on joining the army?" ”

Wu Dade clasped his fists and said: "The subordinates are thinking, is it possible to find a way to lure the defenders out of the city and annihilate them?" For example, if the Yan army goes out of the city to fight, our army will pretend to be defeated and flee, and if the enemy pursues and kills, our army will lead them into ambush······"

Wu Dade's words were not finished, but most of the people present knew what he meant.

Hua Mulan couldn't help but be impressed by this Wu Dade, this Wu Dade didn't look very good, but she didn't expect this kind of resourcefulness.

She thought about it and weighed it, if she wanted to adopt Wu Dade's strategy, she would have to sacrifice part of her troops, after all, if she wanted to pretend to be defeated and fled, she would definitely be killed by the Yan army when she fled, this was the key to this strategy, if she wanted to force it and not let the Yan army be suspicious, she had to sacrifice a part.

Hua Mulan's gaze swirled around the three of Deputy General Fu Zhen, Army Sima Hu Ying, and Army Wu Dade.

"Which of you is willing to lead a small number of troops to fight outside the field and lure the Yan army out of the city?"

Fu Zhen, Hu Ying, and Wu Dade all stood up together, and they all clasped their fists and said, "General, the last general is willing!" ”

Wu Dade went and said: "General, this idea was thought up by his subordinates, no one knows better than his subordinates how important the key is to luring the Yan army out of the city, and it must be able to confuse the truth with the truth to prevent the Yan army general from being suspicious!" ”

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