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Under the city of Youzhou, the Chinese army camp of Guo Chongtao of the Shatuo Army, Li Cunxin offered three strategies to break the upper, middle and lower Youzhou. Originally, Guo Chongtao didn't believe that Li Cunxin could have any good way to break the city, but after listening to it, he was very surprised.

Li Cunxin's three strategies to break Youzhou, the next strategy is to send troops and horses at night to drum, feign to attack the city, and then secretly select a group of elite warriors to learn the special operations methods in the Qin army. The large army feinted at night to cover, and a small group of elites sneaked into the city, and then found a way to seize the city gate and lead the army into the city.

Although this strategy has been effective, it is not without merit.

And his middle strategy is to use authentic tactics. The soldiers and craftsmen who are proficient in the art of excavation secretly dig tunnels at night and dig directly into Youzhou City. Compared with the next strategy, this strategy is relatively stable, but it takes a lot of time, and the amount of work is not small. There are also a lot of advantages, authentic tactics, and a great chance to bypass the sturdy and tall Youzhou City. As long as there is a tunnel dug successfully, things have a good chance of success. Especially in the current army, there is also a master-level master of digging the avenue. Liu Rengong, the former commander of the Mozhou Thorn History and Dingba of the Lu Longjun, nicknamed Liu Gutou, was born as a tomb robber and passed down the skills of digging tunnels in his family. When he joined the army under Li Maoxun, he used his social tunnel skills to dig into the opponent's city in a battle, and directly won the battle.

Liu Rengong was put on the table by Li Quanzhong last time and was forced to flee to Li Keyong's account. At present, he is leading 3,000 elite horsemen to follow Guo Chongtao's camp. With such a professional person, the authentic tactics are more feasible.

However, this is not Li Cunxin's last plan.

His best strategy is to find the internal response, and the internal response to the external combination.

Li Cunxin said this policy at the time. is also proud. Be confident.

"General Liu is General Lu Long. Stationed in Youzhou City many times. Although he is not in the city now, as far as he knows, General Liu still has contacts with many officers and clans in Youzhou City. I heard that Wang Sitong, the envoy of the Yinhulu army under Liu Yue, and Li Chengyue, the envoy of the Yin'an army, had a very close relationship with General Liu. These two people, when General Liu and Liu Yan fought for Youzhou last time, stood firmly on General Liu's side. It's just a pity that Li Quanzhong, the most embarrassed queen, suddenly fell behind, and General Liu was picked with peaches. ”

Wang Sitong, the envoy of the Silver Gourd Army, and Li Cheng, the envoy of the Silver Saddle Army, made an appointment. They are all Liu Yue's subordinates, but speaking of which, these two are actually the leaders of Lu Longjun. Now that the warlords are divided, these big and small military leaders who control the army can't talk about absolute loyalty to someone, almost all of them fall with the wind, and if they have milk, they are mothers. When Li Maoxun became the marshal, they expressed their obedience, and Liu Yue took the throne, and they also surrendered. When Liu Yue died, they hooked up with Liu Rengong again. Li Quanzhong stepped in. drove Liu Rengong away, and as a result, they now fell to Li Quanzhong again.

Although Youzhou City has changed several owners, the status of these small military leaders with real power has not changed much. Even if Li Quanzhong didn't fully trust them in his heart, he couldn't get rid of them.

Of the 20,000 people of Li Congwei in Youzhou City now, almost half of them are the original Lu Long Army. Among them are Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue, two generals who have a close relationship with Liu Rengong.

Li Cunxin's best strategy was for Liu Rengong to send a reliable confidant to secretly infiltrate Youzhou and reconnect with his original allies Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue. Let them find a way to create chaos in the city to attract the attention of the city, or even directly help open the city gates and lure them into the city. Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue are both powerful generals, and they have soldiers and people in their hands, as long as they are willing to respond, this matter is extremely successful.

Liu Rengong is now under the eaves, a little miserable. The last time he tried to seize Lu Long's position, he fell short, and finally escaped from Youzhou, but there were only thousands of people left. Now there are only 3,000 horsemen left. With this amount of strength, it's too difficult to make a comeback. After defecting to Li Keyong, he has always been very low-key and obedient. Regarding the proposal of Li Cunxin and Guo Chongtao, Liu Rengong did not hesitate, and quickly agreed, and immediately arranged for his henchmen to find a way to infiltrate Youzhou.

It is difficult to send a force into Youzhou City, but it is not impossible to send someone to infiltrate the city with a circumference of more than ten miles.

Youzhou City, the inner city and the tooth city.

This inner city, which was stronger and taller than Luocheng, the outer city of Youzhou, had been completely taken over by the Qin army at this time. It turned out that Li Congwei and Lu Long's soldiers and horses had withdrawn to the outer city and stationed in the city, and in Yacheng, there was an elite Qin army, the Jinjia Shengjie Army and the Black Flag Army secretly stationed. Both cavalry armies went out to sea from the Huai River, and then sat as far as Dengzhou and then to Youzhou. Along the way, under the guise of a grain and grass transport ship, he secretly entered Youzhou City, and was stationed in Yacheng at the end.

On the surface, this army is now led by Liu Xun, the Marquis of Liaoxi, and Li Cunxiao, the Marquis of Julu, is the deputy. But in fact, Li Jing also followed this army into Youzhou secretly, but he entered the city as a trainee staff officer of the Jinjia Shengjie Army.

With these two elite cavalry troops entering the city, and with Li Quanzhong's soldier Fu Yin Xin brought by Li Kuangchou, there were no twists and turns. Li Congwei, who was full of fear, immediately ceded Yacheng to Li Jing, and even the command and transfer of his 20,000 horses was temporarily handed over to Liu Xun.

With 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, the Qin army has quickly taken over the entire Youzhou.

At night, in the Yacheng Marshal's Mansion, only the senior officers of the Qin army gathered.

Liu Xun's armor did not leave his body, his face was solemn, and he reported to Li Jingyu: "Everything has been arranged and arranged as the king ordered, Yacheng is completely controlled by us, and the outer city of Luocheng is also controlled by the Yiwu army brought by Li Congwei and Li Kuangchou brothers. The original battalions of the Lulong Army were all arranged for soldiers and horses to be closely monitored. Once they move, we can destroy them in a matter of time. In addition, Pei Youdu, Guo Zhenshan, Guo Zhenshan, Guo Zhen, Gao Shunli and other generals are planning according to the plan, from Shun, Tan, Ji, Ping, Mo, Cang six directions to Youzhou, it is expected that three days later can take over the counties of Youzhou, arrive at Youzhou City, and cover Guo Chongtao outside the city. ”

Li Jing nodded, very satisfied. This time, he traveled thousands of miles all the way from Huainan to Hebei by boat. But the picture is huge. Guo Chongtao. Just an appetizer.

"Brother Li Congwei came to the disciple several times. I hope we can send troops south as soon as possible to rescue Yizhou. Liu Xun said again.

Li Jing chuckled: "How did you reply?" ”

Of course, Liu Xun knew Li Jing's plan, and replied: "The subordinate replied to Guo Chongtao's siege of Youzhou, and he must be relieved before he can go south to rescue." ”

Li Quanzhong's current life is not good, and Li Jing knows the truth. However, Li Jing was not in a hurry to save him, because he knew that Li Quanzhong's ability could not beat Li Keyong. But for the time being, the city can still be defended. Although Li Jing and Li Quanzhong have formed an alliance, it is only because Li Jing chooses the lesser of two evils. Li Quanzhong, an ally, as long as he hangs on his life, it is okay to send troops too early, and then Li Quanzhong's strength will be thrown away, but it will be difficult to control.

The best result is that after Li Quanzhong's battle, Li Keyong can only rely on his protection, and being a buffer between him and Li Keyong and Chengdezhen is the result that is most in line with his interests.

A crisp sound of footsteps sounded. Gongsun Lan, dressed in a red palace dress, walked in elegantly. With a smile on his face, he smiled very proudly.

"Saburo. It turned out as you might expect. According to your orders, the Supervision Department secretly monitored the Lulong Towns in the Central Plains of Youzhou City, as well as the big officials in the city. As a result, we really caught big fish. ”

The big fish caught by the Supervision Department was none other than Liu Rengong's henchmen who sent people in the city to contact Li Chengyue.

"Someone took it?"

Li Jing had long expected this, and when the Military Intelligence Bureau reported that Liu Rengong appeared in Guo Chongtao's military camp outside the city, he had already estimated that Liu Rengong, a former Youzhou general, would definitely not let go of this opportunity to meet with the outside. Therefore, he arranged for his men to be stationed at the side of the former Youzhou officers and officials. Sure enough, as soon as Liu Rengong's messenger entered the city, he was discovered.

"The man hasn't caught it yet, he's tracking and watching, ready to use him to catch a few big fish." Gongsun Lan was very calm, and did not immediately startle the snake.

Li Jing nodded at him appreciatively, "Okay, let's see how many big fish we can catch this time." ”

Near dawn, Gongsun Lan woke up Li Jing and reported to him the latest developments. The Inspectorate has just closed its nets, and it has indeed caught several big fish.

Wang Sitong, Li Chengyue, Yuan Xingqin, Gao Xingjue, Lu Wenjin, Zhang Juhan and a series of Lu Long generals' names are among them. Among them, Wang Sitong is six people, which can be regarded as a few big fish. These six people are all envoys of the First Army, the Silver Gourd Army, the Silver Saddle Army, the Surrendered Army, the Fourth Army in front of the mountain, and the Eighth Army behind the mountain

Li Quanzhong himself is difficult to protect, Li Ke is using his momentum, coupled with Liu Rengong, an old friend, on behalf of Li Ke, with all kinds of lucrative conditions, almost all at once to buy off the small half of the main military leaders of the original Lu Long Army. It's a pity that they didn't know that Youzhou was already under the control of the Qin army, and as a result, it was taken down by the Supervision Department in a blink of an eye.

After Li Jing finished reading several lists, he asked Liu Xun and other generals to come and discuss.

Liu Xun couldn't help but be surprised to see such a harvest, after thinking about it, his eyes lit up, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Sha Tuo wants to combine the inside and the outside, and now that we have taken down these insiders, it is better to simply give them a plan." can ask Li Chengyue and others to secretly send people out of the city in the middle of the night to reply, and say that they are willing to respond internally, and ask them to enter the army overnight. As soon as Guo Chongtao came, we lured him into the city, and then we would close the door and beat the dogs, and catch turtles in the urn. Although Guo Chongtao has a small plan, and Shatuo is also fierce, as long as he enters the palace, he will not be able to escape at that time. ”

"Just what I want." Li Jing smiled, and immediately according to Liu Xun's plan, he asked the arrested Wang Sitong and other generals to write a letter about the cooperation between the inside and the outside, and sent someone out of the city in the middle of the night.

Outside Youzhou City, Guo Chongtao was not idle, and when he replied to the letter, he sent people to step up the construction of siege equipment on the one hand, and secretly sent Liu Rengong to preside over the excavation of tunnels. He often drummed up a feint and tired the defenders. After dark that day, when Guo Chongtao was waiting a little anxious, he suddenly reported the arrival of a messenger in the city.

The person who came was Liu Rengong's henchman who was sent to the city before, and he also brought back a strong man, but he said that he was Wang Sitong's personal general in the city.

Guo Chongtao opened the letter and looked at it, but saw that there was more than one reply. Not only Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue have agreed to the internal response, but even the four former generals of Lu Long are also willing to join Shatuo, please be the internal response.

The bright red handprints on the letter made Guo Chongtao very happy.

"Tonight, I am on duty at the east city gate, and I hope that I will come quickly, and I must not miss the opportunity. When he arrived at the city, he shook five torches as a signal, and the city responded by holding three lanterns, which was a secret signal. ”

When Guo Chongtao saw this, he was overjoyed and said: "Youzhou is here." Immediately rewarded the comers, while packing up the troops.

Li Cunzhang, the deputy general in the army, said with some worries: "Things are going too well, so be careful and deceitful, and you must be on guard." If the general goes, he should divide the soldiers and horses into two parts, and order Liu Rengong to lead his troops as the front army, enter the city first, and if there is nothing to do, the general will enter the city again, just in case. ”

According to his words, Guo Chongtao asked Liu Rengong to lead 3,000 light cavalry from his headquarters as the vanguard, and he led 5,000 people as the middle army, and then Li Cunzhang led 2,000 people as the rear army. 10,000 horses, with a number of people and horses, wrapped their hooves, quietly marched towards the east gate of Youzhou. (To be continued......)