Looking at the empty Taigu water, Xiao Shisan's teeth hurt.

Xiao 13 was the first batch to go south, not because he liked to take the lead, but this time the nearly 30,000 troops went south one after another, and it was impossible for him to stay in the rear, he had to sit in the army.

Now the Chinese army alone has nearly 5,000 cavalry, and the banks of Taigu Water are crowded with men and horses. But after running for dozens of miles, people were sleepy and tired, but no one dared to drink a sip of river water. The dignified Khitan warriors trembled when they crossed a knee-deep river, as if the river was not flowing with water, but venom.

Poison is definitely not poisonous, at the beginning, someone drank water first, drank horses, only to know that the water of the river is not right. But if the water is not clean, what should I do if the epidemic breaks out in three or five days?

Although it seems that it is just a pile of feces and urine piled upstream, which makes the water taste wrong, but in fact, who knows what Han Gang did inside. Xiao Shisan believed in gods and Buddhas, but he didn't believe that Han Gang could have any mana. But who would dare to drink the water that the disciples of the Medicine King had done with their hands and feet? Xiao Shisan himself was afraid of getting sick. And if the river water is like this, the well water is not to be considered.

"Privy." One of Xiao Shisan's Han staff members approached a little closer, and said in a tone of offering treasures: "The villain has read Han Gang's book, no matter how clean the water is, if it is boiled, there will be no trouble, it is really not good, just drink the distilled water after the condensation of water vapor will never be fine." ”

Xiao Shisan glanced at him gloomily: "There are 30,000 Erlang here, where do you go to find so much firewood and grass to boil water?" Even if there are enough people to drink, what will happen to the horses?! ”

Glaring away at the staff who pretended to be smart, a general in charge of herald liaison rode over, "Secret, the wells in several nearby villages have not been filled, but all of them have poured dung and urine into them. ”

Sure enough, confirming the guess in his heart, Xiao Shisan scolded in a low voice, and then immediately ordered: "If you go down with the order, you must not drink the water in the well." ”

The general saluted, turned around and got on his horse and left.

Xiao Shisan's face became even more gloomy, and he was even so angry that his heart hurt. This is more troublesome than filling it with stone sand. It is not difficult to re-dig the filled wells, but the polluted wells cannot be reused, and even the connected water veins will be polluted. Judging from the current situation, there is no need to find a clean water source within ten miles.

A few days ago, when the grass valley was being beaten, in the villages around Taiyuan City, the villagers just filled the wells with earth and stones, which was also written in Han Gang's "Imperial Preparation", promising in black and white that the government would help fill up as many wells as they wanted.

At that time, Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie were just lamenting the wealth of the Song people, "Don't even send someone to dig it yourself, it's already a lot of money to compensate ten guan for one well, at most it's only 100,000 guan, what can it be compared to a victory?" Song people can afford to spend! Zhang Xiaojie said so at the time, but neither of them took it to heart, although they had no money, but they had tens of thousands of strong men, and it would not take too much time to dig the filled wells together.

It's all caused by Han Gang's books.

It's not just that he was distributing those pamphlets everywhere, but the news that he was leaving the town to the east of the river couldn't be concealed from the soldiers below. And the pamphlet said a clause, but it didn't even mention the use of feces, urine and sewage. After reading the book, I saw that the Song people acted according to the book, and after a few times, they regarded it as normal, but they forgot to think a little more.

And whether Han Gang's means is nothing more than that, Xiao Shisan dare not assert. Han Gang insisted on using himself as bait, his plan would be as simple as that?!

"Privy, what should I do?" Several generals had already gathered first, and there was no water to quench their thirst, and everyone was angry, "This water is not drinkable, but it can kill you." ”

"People are okay to say, most of the water bladders still have some water in them, and it's no problem to endure them for a day or two. But horses can't, that's not camels. ”

"What to do?" Xiao 13 said angrily, "Where the water is, where the grain and grass are, we will go!" ”

"But that's not close......"

"No matter how far you go, you have to drink water first!"

Originally, Xiao 13 also said that if he was in time, he could even capture Fenzhou. In this way, the road to the aid of the Western Army of the Song State can be blocked. But now it seems that just one Taigu County is enough of a headache.

However, even if you retreat for water and food, it is impossible to give up the villages and towns outside the city that you have controlled, and you must put a team under the city, otherwise you will be tossed before the battle, and your morale will be over.

While discussing how to arrange, another scout horse came from afar with military information.

"Pantuo's Song army left the valley and began to go north?!" Xiao Shisan, who had just calmed down, was suddenly startled again, "So fast?!" ”

In his thoughts, his own siege of the city lasted for three or five days, and the veterans of the division were tired, and then it was the time for the Song reinforcements to come out and pick up a bargain. Of course, if the offensive is fierce, it can in turn force the Song army in the south to come to the rescue in advance.

But the siege hasn't started yet. Judging from the distance and time, it was simply that the striker had just arrived in Taigu County, and the Song people were dispatched.

Xiao 13 had fished before, but as soon as the fish moved the hook, he lifted the rod and couldn't catch the fish. But Han Gangduo is a shrewd person, he wouldn't have thought of this? Or was the Song army to the south out of his control?

It's impossible. Xiao 13 didn't think he had such good luck.

Since Han Gang did this, there must be a trap in it. It's just that Xiao Shisan thought of a lot of possibilities in a while, but he couldn't be sure which one it was.

What Xiao Shisan could think of, the generals below him could almost also think of.

"Privy, what should I do?" More than a dozen eyes looked at Xiao Shisan, hoping that he could come up with an idea.

It must be intercepted, otherwise once the Song army going north is allowed to camp nearby, there is no need to fight this time, and the camp will be pulled back directly.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Shisan calmed down, he looked left and right, "Change your mind, since Han Gang has made so many preparations, he will definitely think that we have nothing to do." If the Song people think so, it's not impossible to calculate. ”

The generals understood, but Xiao Shisan's idea was too risky. The oldest one asked tentatively, "So what do we do?" ”

Xiao 13 said categorically: "Attack the city tonight." ”

"Night attack? Privy, it's not easy! ”

Several generals shook their heads, it was very difficult to attack the city during the day, let alone at night.

"It's even more difficult for the Song people to keep!" Xiao Shisan's eyes swept over the generals under his command, and under his courage, no one dared to object.

"Take the horses away and eat them, and leave the people behind." Xiao 13 said that people can endure hunger and thirst, but horses can't, and horses don't have much effect on siege. Leaving by water and grass can even give the Song people an illusion.

"The city is going to be broken tonight!" After changing a few words from before, Xiao Shisan's tone was more firm, "The city will be broken tonight!" ”

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Holding a silver knife and slicing a roast leg of lamb that was still steaming and dripping with oil, Han Shin was smiling widely.

"This sheep is good, tender enough! Straight mother thief, you can't eat such fat and tender Dingxiang sheep in Beijing. ”

"It's not a good time, and it takes a lot of effort to get a sheep. When the Hedong side is too peaceful, the brothers will invite Brother Han to go to Daizhou, how can the time in the Taihang Mountains be comparable to Dingxiang sheep? ”

Xinzhou was besieged, but Han Xin sat in the barracks under the city. In front of him, several officers in copper-colored plate armor were grinning cautiously, as if they were concerned from the bottom of their hearts whether Han Xin would be able to eat well.

In the entire tent, only by Han Xin's side, Qin Wan, the eldest son of Qin Huaixin, the former owner of Xicheng Village, was calm as usual. However, every time Han Xin cut the meat, he never forgot to give Qin Wan a piece, and the corners of his mouth were oily, no less than Han Xin.

"Brother Han." Qin Wan didn't have any internal qi when he talked to Han Xin. A scar on his face that hadn't fully healed even made him feel a little angry, "This time it's thanks to you." ”

"What did my brother say?" After a few days of hard work, Han Xin was already a brother and brother with Qin Wan, "I am also a fox and a fake tiger, with a letter from my family's privy secret, how many of them will go all the way to the dark with Wei Ze?" …… Brothers, do you mean what I said? ”

Naturally, several officers nodded their heads violently and echoed one by one.

Not to mention that Han Xin is a seven-rank official under the prime minister, even Han Xin himself is also strong in martial arts and courageous. Before entering and leaving Xinzhou, he strengthened his heart to defend the city, and then it only took two days to find Qin Wan, who had already pulled up a team, in the mountains near the left of Xinzhou. This ability can be described as an empty, Nie Yinniang-like character, how can he be regarded as a domestic slave?

For Qin Wan, it was far from enough for his family to quietly blend into the rebel camp to surrender, just relying on the identity of the son of the former Xicheng village owner. Without Han Xin's identity as Han Shu's deputy family member to corroborate, he took out a handwritten letter stamped with the seal of the envoy, and he would never have been able to directly say that he had demoted four of the six commanders.

After eating and drinking on the fire, Qin Wan suddenly put down the wine bowl and raised his head, "Wei Zhangren is almost here, right?" ”

Since Wei Ze surrendered to the Liao, he looted the people's wealth in Daizhou, and then sent it to the camp of the Liao army. The people of Daizhou, who had originally gone through a sieve in the hands of the Liao people, passed through a fine and dense veil, but all the slightest bit of oil and water was scraped out.

But the most hateful thing is that he robbed all the female dependents of the rich official eunuchs with a little color, plus a cadre of official prostitutes, all of which were dedicated to the Liao people. The people of Daizhou praised Wei Ze, saying that he was a good matchmaker and a good Khitan father-in-law. However, the Liao people value him very much, and he also has a lot of weight in speaking to Yelu Xiaojie, the prime minister of the Liao people.

"It's just right to come!" A conductor smiled lowly, "I'm worried that I don't have the opportunity to give a big gift to the privy minister." Wei Ze, the head of the traitor, doesn't know if it's enough to get into the eyes of the privy minister! ”

"Why should my brother take this risk? I don't know the canonical punishment, how can I let the world know how heavy the sins he has committed? ”

“…… It's just that it's not good to see the privy counsellor without credit. ”

"What do you mean by no merit? Repentance, that's the credit. Keeping the soldiers in hand is also a credit. When my privy counsellor led the troops to call, he gave Liao Gou directly from behind for a while, and all the sins were redeemed. You must know that there are many dreams at night, and it will be the least troublesome to drag people away, otherwise if the time is delayed, the matter of you and me will leak out, and the Liao dog is outside the camp fence! ”

Han Xin put down the silver knife and leg of mutton, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, glanced at everyone with his eyes, and said solemnly: "My privy secretary also often says that the most taboo thing to do is to be greedy for perfection, and if you are greedy, you will lose the benefits that you originally held in your hands." The second is to delay out of thin air, once you have free time, you will start to think crankily, and the more you think about what has been decided, the more you feel hesitant. If you agree to do it, this is the way to do things! ”