Chapter 42: Stratagem

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It was getting late, and the stone crab Shouyuan who was riding in the cage muttered and knocked on the inner wall of the cage, and the two sedan chairmen holding the cage stopped, and the Ohara Shinzaemon who was pressing behind him ran up, knelt on the edge of the cage and said: "Your Highness, the three villages and ten guards have not yet sent back the news, and the castle is also silent, and there has been no movement since the two sides sent troops in the afternoon." (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the Wรจn Novel Network biquge.info)"

Shi Crab Shouyuan was not in good spirits, his body was weak, he couldn't ride a horse and couldn't walk a long road, so he had to ride a cumbersome cage to be able to command the battle, opened the sedan curtain to reveal a gloomy and old face, stared at the mound on the side of the road and whispered: "Investigate again, and order the front team to rush to Chengshan City as much as possible to expand the scope of investigation." โ€

Ohara Shinzaemon replied, "Yes, Your Highness! โ€

Putting down the sedan curtain, the unretractable cage reminded Shi Crab Shouyuan of the days when he lived in Yueshan Futian City, and muttered in a low voice: "Whether you fight to lure the enemy's attention to an ambush or plan to ambush halfway, now Chengshan City must only have less than a hundred guards, as long as you capture Chengshan City, you can control it, you only have one way to retreat, hehe!" He thought so, and laughed softly.

The two sedan chair ladies held a bamboo stick used as a crutch, and shouted the slogan "hey, hey, hey" in their mouths when they walked, and they tossed for half an hour, and the stone crab Shouyuan almost threw up. Where is this enjoyment, it's just a living sin, but fortunately he's used to it. Every half hour he needs to stop and rest for a while, otherwise he will not be able to bear this sin.

The outline of Chengshan Castle had already appeared in the sight of the Stone Crab Army, and as he rapidly approached Chengshan Castle, the outline of Chengshan Castle became clearer and clearer. When he was less than a kilometer away from Chengshan, where Chengshan City was located, the cage struck twice again, stopped, and the stone crab Shouyuan crawled out of it, yes, climbed out, and the bumps made him a little unbearable for those who were used to this feeling.

Shi Crab Shouyuan moved his stiff legs, shook his arms that couldn't be straightened, stood up, squinted at Chengshan Cheng, and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't come to ambush the old man, did I really go to ambush and rob the grain to deal with it, hmph, this Date Xiaoer thought he had some ability, and came up with such a plan to lure the enemy to ambush the old man, it turned out to be just a stupid pig, even if he killed the 50 bandit slaves, what did it matter, Chengshan City was lost, and he saw where he still had a foothold." โ€

Ohara Shinzaemon had already run to his side and knelt on the ground, and said to the stone crab Shouyuan: "Your Highness, from time to time to check on the situation of the three villages and ten soldiers, so as not to have any conspiracy and tricks to prevent Date Tojiro from doing some tricks?" โ€

"Hmm!" Shi Crab Shouyuan nodded heavily, and then figured out what to say: "Shinzaemon's mention yรฌ is very reasonable, Date Ko'er was able to achieve such great results in one month, and let the Nizi Seijiu and Keijiu brothers of the Shingu Party let me go back, we must not relax our vigilance lightly, pass on the order, live to see people and dead to see corpses, the army stops advancing, wait until the intelligence is confirmed, and then start the battle, we must defeat Date Ko'er in one fell swoop." โ€

"Yes, Your Highness!" Ohara Shinzaemon suddenly thought of it, glanced at Shiroyama Castle, which was extremely silent, and said unwillingly: "Do you want to send a team to reconnoiter the movements of Shiroyama Castle first, and if the empty city is captured by Ha Xian, then talk about it?" โ€

Listening to Ohara Shinzaemon's mention, Shi Crab Shouyuan did not say anything this time, and his face had already begun to change. Inside and outside the castle, there was no movement at all. Inside and outside the city, there is no appearance of half of the soldiers defending the city at all. This mountain city is as if there is not a single soldier, it is a completely empty city. couldn't help but feel an extremely ominous premonition in the bottom of Shi Crab Shouyuan's heart, rising in vain!

"That's not right! Date will never be so stupid to give up the fortified city to ambush, half of the troops will be left in the city, he will bring 300 elites, 200 out of the city, and 100 people will definitely be left in the city. If the whole army is dispatched, my people will not go unnoticed! There are my spies near this mountain city. Why is there no movement, do you want to give up this city to me? No, it's not like this, it must be the idea of an empty city plan, to trick me into letting down my vigilance and going to attack, and then to attack from behind while I am attacking, yes, it must be so, the good thief almost deceived the old man. In Shi Crab Shouyuan's mind, such doubts appeared, and the doubts in his heart diverted directions, thinking that Zhengheng's plan was not to use the grain transportation team to lure the enemy, but directly to use Chengshan City to lure the enemy, so that he was fooled into thinking that no one in Chengshan City relaxed his vigilance and then attacked inside and outside, thinking like this, it made him think of other places.

If Shi Crab Shouyuan does not advance, his team will not advance, and no one dares to send troops and horses to investigate the movements of Chengshan City without his permission. He stood thousands of kilometers away from Chengshan City and stopped, Shi Crab Shouyuan fell into deep thought, and the whole team began to camp around Shi Crab Shouyuan, stopped advancing, and rested and polished time.

The spies sent out have not yet returned, Bei China is not a place to raise horses, in fact, there is no grassland in Yin and Yang to raise horses, the price of horses is sky-high, the price of a good horse is often equivalent to a year's harvest in a county of Aga, for the people who live here, the role of cavalry is not as practical as recruiting two more ashigaru, Aga, Zheduo two counties are mountainous, and the transmission of news depends on two legs.

Ohara Shinzaemon saw that the stone crab Shouyuan's expression was getting more and more anxious, and sped up 5 spies with good footsteps and stamina to go to inquire about the news, and it was half an hour, and the spies who inquired about the news returned one after another, but the result was still nothing, and the judges of Ohara's new work had to come to the solemn face of the stone crab Shouyuan, and reported: "Your Highness, the spies have repeatedly searched the entire Azumi area, and they have found nothing. โ€

Shi Crab Shouyuan was stunned when he heard this, as if he thought of something terrible: "Shinzaemon, have they all been searched clearly, and the soldiers of the three villages have disappeared." โ€

Ohara Shinzaemon also received an ominous premonition from the bottom of his heart, and said, "Yes! Even if Date Boy was lying in ambush somewhere, waiting for us to attack Shiroyama Castle, the three villages and ten guards didn't even make any movement, it was really strange, strange, could it be that he rebelled. โ€

Shi Crab Shouyuan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "These three villages and ten guards are a little clever, they should not destroy the Great Wall and do such a despicable act, and now that the enemy is so clear, he will not be ignorant of the current affairs and unable to see through the development of the situation." โ€

A retainer hurriedly intervened into the conversation between the two and reported: "Your Highness, the spies reported that on the side of the Jingcang Cave, they found that the Ten Guards of the Three Villages of Tongshan were heading in the direction of Jeta-gun Masasupek. โ€

"Hmm!" Shi Crab Shouyuan looked at him coldly and said, "Ran away, when?" โ€

"More than half an hour ago, the spies tracked a distance, and saw that they swam across the Gaoliang River and then went in the direction of Sukezheng before returning to their compatriots, delaying some time."

Stone crab Shouyuan said: "Reward that spy with a piece of white rice!" "Retainers, farewell, stand down.

Ohara Shinzaemon scolded in a low voice and said, "Count him fast, Your Highness, do you want money to hunt him down!" โ€

Shi Crab Shouyuan waved the folding fan lightly and said: "Forget it, the old man has worked with her after all, and I can't be unrighteous if he is unkind, so let him go!" In his heart, he scolded the three villages and ten guards.

Ohara Shinzaemon was speechless in his heart, these three villages and ten guards were decisive people, as soon as they saw that Shi Crab Shouyuan had the intention of killing him, he decisively abandoned them and left, and maybe there were 200 ashigaru who followed him but didn't even have hair, so he immediately turned elsewhere. In the troubled times of the Warring States, there is no shortage of Chinese people and tyrants, and what is lacking is people who dare to fight. The three villages and ten guards can also see that since Shi Crab Shouyuan has a murderous intention, he will not kill him today, and he will find an opportunity to do it tomorrow, so it is better to find an opportunity to get out as soon as possible.

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