"Alas, it's not some folk trivialities, after the military control, some trivial matters of the common people are not taken care of, their opinions are quite big, and they actually came to me, it turned out that when Tianguan was over, I could still solve some of them, and now the area is so large, where can I manage it, it's really annoying!" Wang Zhuo said complainingly.

"Of course, a person's energy is limited after all, why don't you just follow my method in the army, select a few important positions, and then open selection, those with excellent grades will be appointed as magistrates, and then the local officials will appoint other officials themselves, of course, this must also be carried out in the form of open selection, in this way, you can not be freed from trivial matters, and the army can also be freed, in this way, isn't it a double win?"

"This is also a good way, tomorrow I will follow the method you said, select the northern capital to try it first, and if it is feasible, it will be fully promoted. Wang Zhuo said happily that if things went well, he wouldn't have to worry about it like this.

"However, this matter must be open, fair and just. There must be no favoritism, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Yingxue said emphatically.

"I won't be careless about this matter, I will personally catch it, these three northern provinces are our foothold, and we can't afford to lose. Wang Zhuo is also well aware of the seriousness of this.

"I'm relieved that you will arrest me in person, I am ready to start acting the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow I will hold a meeting of the commanders of all armies, and I will use all the strength of the seven armies, so that everyone can temper it well, does Brother Wang still have any doubts?" Ying Xue asked Wang Zhuo.

"That's what I said. I'm relieved that you will arrest this matter personally, and you can go and do your job. Wang Zhuo's tone was exactly the same as Yingxue's songs.

"Hehe! you!" said Yingxue. I had to smile and walk out. I went to arrange for a meeting.

The next day, Zhang Luo, Zheng Ti, Ma Or, Lu Qi, Zeng Zhaoli, Yang Yuhai, Tang Bin, Zhou Ming, Xie Hao, and Liu Linfeng all rushed to Tianguan.

Ying Xue and Wang Zhuo. Seeing that the commanders of the seven armies had arrived, he beckoned everyone to sit down and prepare for the meeting. Wang Zhuo stood up and said to everyone: "Looking at everyone's eager eyes, I believe everyone already knows the purpose of this mission, and I will make a long story short, Xiangcone is the last pass for us to go south, and it is also the last obstacle for us to unify the three northern provinces, he is now sticking to the three cities of Yongju Pass, Jiexiu City and Langya City, although there are only three army troops. Moreover, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army, it is believed that Xiang Cone has less than two and a half troops available, however, these three cities echo each other. If we strike one of them, they will signal that reinforcements from the other two cities will arrive within an hour. I am sure that none of you will be able to conquer any of these three cities in an hour. If we were to storm it, we would have suffered heavy casualties. Although we have seven armies and nearly 300,000 troops, our available troops are not much, probably only about 150,000. ”

"In this case, let's just focus on the old lair of the cone, Jiexiu City, I don't believe that we can't attack it. Zeng Zhaoli stood up and said loudly.

Wang Zhuo and Yingxue didn't speak, and after looking at everyone's expressions, Wang Zhuo said: "Everyone go on, as long as you have ideas, you can say them and listen to them! Everyone is not an outsider, what is there to worry about!"

"We might as well set up an ambush and then attack the city, which may surprise us. Zheng Ti also stood up and said.

"We're going to attack, we're going to set up an ambush, we're going to destroy its living forces, and then it's easy to take the city. Tang Bin also stood up and said to everyone.

Seeing that everyone only had these ideas, Wang Zhuo stood up and said: "The methods that everyone said just now are all good, but they are not very practical, everyone sees, outside the three cities of Yongjuguan, Jiexiu City and Langya City, it is the largest plain area in the three northern provinces, and we can see it at a glance, where can we set up an ambush? If we forcibly attack the city, we will definitely suffer heavy losses, I have an idea, but I am afraid that if I say it, everyone will not implement it!"

After listening to Wang Zhuo's words, Zeng Zhaoli stood up and shouted: "If anyone refuses to listen to the general's orders, I, Zeng Zhaoli, will definitely beat him flat." ”

After hearing this, the commanders of the other armies immediately said that they would definitely implement the general's order, so Wang Zhuo pointed at Yingxue and said to everyone: "This plan was thought up by Yingxue, so it's up to him!"

Ying Xue stood up and explained his plan in detail to everyone, and after everyone listened, they said in the same tone as Wang Zhuo, "This is okay!" and Zeng Zhaoli was even more excessive, shouting loudly: "This is also a plan, it is purely a child's game, I don't agree, I don't agree." ”

Wang Zhuo looked at it from the side and smiled, stood up, and said to Zeng Zhaoli: "Commander Zeng, do you remember what you said just now?"

"This!?" Zeng Zhaoli was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Wang Zhuo also continued to add: "My initial reaction was the same as everyone's, but, Yingxue's ability, don't you still believe it, he does this, he has his own reasons, let's give it a try, anyway, if there is no effect, we will be the army to temper, in fact, there will be no casualties at all, perhaps, this is the best way." ”

"Alright then, let's go ahead and arrange it. Seeing that Wang Zhuo also agreed to do this, and everyone had agreed to this plan in advance, they all rushed back and prepared to start implementing Yingxue's plan tomorrow morning.

Tang Bin walked towards Yingxue and asked, "Is this really effective?"

"Is it useful, I will know when the time comes, kill 10,000 and lose 3,000, after all, if we forcibly attack the city, we don't know how big our casualties will be!"

"Don't worry, we'll support you. Tang Bin and the others were full of confidence in Yingxue.

The next day. Zhang Luo, Ma Or, Liu Linfeng, and Zhou Ming left their stations with all the troops of their respective three armies, taking a day's rations with them. Divided into three groups, they rushed towards the three cities of Yongju Pass, Jiexiu City and Langya City. Zhang Luo surrounded Yongju Pass, Ma or Jiexiu City, and Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming led the army to besiege Langya City, but they only surrounded the city and did not attack, but shouted under the city.

"Listen to the defenders in the city, I have been ordered by General Wang Zhuo to come to receive Langya City, and give you half an hour to think about it. If we do not surrender, we will attack the city, and when the time comes, there will be rivers of blood and corpses all over the field, and I advise you to surrender quickly. Zhou Ming personally shouted under the city.

The defenders of the city were shocked, and hurriedly lit the signal, wanting to ask the armies of the other two cities to support them, only to find the rest of the place. The defenders hurriedly reported to the general defending the city, who was shocked and ordered to defend it with all his might. Prepare for the battle, where can you still control the rescue signals of the other two cities.

The situation in Yongju Pass is the same as that of Langya Pass, but this time it was Zhang Luo who shouted. Of course, the attitude of the defenders in the city was the same as that in Langya City, and they went all out to defend it. Light the signal and prepare for help.

The situation of the horses in charge of Jiexiu Castle was very different. Ma Or led the army to Jiexiu City, and did not talk nonsense to the cone, and immediately urgently ordered the magician to break the defensive barrier of Jiexiu City, Xiang Cone also found out the details of Ma Or, and saw that someone was forcibly attacking the city, and immediately lit the signal, so that the defenders of Langya Pass and Yongju Pass came to support, and came to attack inside and outside to eliminate Ma Or's troops, but his subordinates immediately came to report that Langya Pass and Yongju Pass were also attacked by the enemy, and could not come to help.

After Ma Or broke the defensive barrier, he immediately ordered the magician and the archers to shoot fiercely at Jiehuai City, but he did not send anyone to attack the city, and Xiang Cone was suppressed by Ma Or's attack and was trapped on the city tower and did not dare to fight back, because someone raised his head slightly, and immediately encountered fierce shooting, and Xiang Cone couldn't figure out the situation, so he had to let Ma Or play with all his strength.

After half an hour like this, there was suddenly no movement, and Xiang Cone ordered people to watch, it turned out that Ma Or's army did not know when it had withdrawn, and Xiang Cone did not dare to pursue rashly.

And Zhou Ming and Zhang Luo waited for half an hour and did not see the defenders of Langya City and Yongju Pass come out to surrender, so they shouted again: "You can't surrender, otherwise I will attack." ”

Of course, they all got the same answer, "We are all loyal to the dragoon general, it is impossible for us to surrender, and we swear to live and die with Langya Pass (Yongju Pass)." ”

Ma Or and Zhou Ming only said a word, and then led the army to leave Langya City and Yongju Pass, "Since you don't surrender, then we have no choice, you think about it for two more days, and we will come again." ”

The defenders of Langya City and Yongju Pass could only watch Ma He and Zhou Ming leave, and they didn't know what tricks they were playing, but with the strength of the city, they didn't dare to pursue at all.

After Yingxue saw the horse or came back to Tianguan, she asked a little about today's situation, and then received a report from Zhang Luo of Qingjian City and Xie Hao and Liu Linfeng from Mianzhong City, Yingxue didn't say much, and asked them to rush back immediately to tell Zhou Ming and Zhang Luo and others to continue to train the soldiers, and told them to continue to train the soldiers in the past few days, and then sent more than a hundred scouts from the horse or the army to closely monitor the movement of Xiang Cone, and report immediately if there is a situation.

Two days later, Yingxue arranged for Lu Qi to go to Langya City, Zheng to go to Yongju Pass, and let Xie Hao, Yang Yuhai, Zeng Zhaoli, and Tang Bin go to Jiexiu City, all according to the last plan, but added one more army to Jiexiu City.

Zheng Ti and Lu Qi according to Yingxue's plan, led the army to only surround and not fight, and Zeng Zhaoli because of this battle was inexplicable, Yingxue was not allowed to attack, as soon as he arrived in Jiexiu City, he immediately broke the defensive barrier that had just been repaired, and shot with magic and bows and arrows, because the number of people this time was twice as large as last time, the power was even more amazing, Xiang Cone hurriedly asked for help from Langya City and Yongjuguan City, but these two cities were also too busy to take care of themselves, where was there time to rescue them.

Zheng Ti, Lu Qi, Zeng Zhaoli and others played tricks for another half an hour and then left according to the plan, and the defenders of Langya City, Yongju Pass, and Jiexiu City did not dare to chase after them, so they could only watch Zheng Ti and others swagger away. Not to mention Yingxue and them, Xiang Cone was already very dissatisfied with the two army commanders Du Biao and Sun Khotan in Langya City and Yongju Pass, last time. They reported being attacked, but sent men to the cone to inspect them. However, they reported that they did not see any signs of attack. The situation is the same today, and the defenders of Langya City and Yongju Pass have also lit the signal. Xiang Cone no longer believed anyone this time, he personally went to Langya City and Yongju Pass to see, there was no trace of being attacked at all, but his Jiexiu City was made a mess, Xiang Cone was furious, scolded Du Biao and Sun Khotan, the two defenders, and ordered that next time, if Jiexiu City was attacked, he must come to the rescue. No matter what the situation, the two army commanders couldn't explain it clearly, they couldn't say it bitterly, they didn't listen to their explanations at all, and their city really had no trace of being attacked, what could they say in the face of the scolding of their superiors, they could only keep their grievances in their hearts.

The scouts sent by Yingxue saw that Xiang Cone had gone to Langya City and Yongju Pass, and immediately came back to report to Yingxue, and Yingxue got the information. didn't say anything, just ordered that two days later, Tang Bin, Zeng Zhaoli, Yang Yuhai, and Xie Hao would still attack Jiexiu City, but Yingxue increased the strength of Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming's army to help Tang Bin and others attack Jiexiu City, while Zheng Ti and Ma Or continued to besiege Langya City and Yongju Pass. However, the attack time was still half an hour, and although Tang Bin, Zeng Zhaoli and the others were confused, they still acted according to Yingxue's orders. Each attack is half an hour, and there will never be an extra moment.

Two days later. Zeng Zhaoli and the others followed what Yingxue said, and went to attack Jiexiu City again. This time Jiexiu City was besieged by three army forces, not only was it besieged, but the losses were even more heavy, even the defensive barrier could not be repaired, and the soldiers were also damaged a lot, Xiang Cone saw that there were many enemies, and they came to the heat and fierce, and they did not dare to fight, only passive defense, after he sent a signal for help, he did not see anyone come to the rescue, and he couldn't help but be angry. After Zeng Zhaoli and the others attacked for half an hour, they returned to their respective stations according to the plan.

After determining that Wang Zhuo's troops were all withdrawn, Xiang Cone immediately ordered someone to bring the defending generals of Langya City and Yongju Pass to Jiexiu City, Xiang Cone didn't want to talk nonsense with the defenders of these two cities, not only scolded them fiercely in public, but also transferred two brigades of troops to the soldiers of Langya City and Yongju Pass to support Jiexiu City, and what embarrassed the guards of Langya City and Yongju Pass was that Xiang Cone actually brought all their families to Jiexiu City as hostages, so that the soldiers of Langya City and Yongju Pass were even more angry and dissatisfied with Xiang Cone。 The city of Jiexiu has increased by 40,000 people, and the war has already caused the people in Jiexiu City to panic, and moreover, the increase of 40,000 people has made the situation in Jiexiu City even more chaotic.

Zeng Zhaoli and others fought inexplicably for several days, each time they had to run a hundred miles, of course the soldiers were a little complaining, they originally wanted to make meritorious contributions, but they fought for so long inexplicably, and there was no result, although there were no casualties, but it was not a way to go on like this. Seeing this situation, Zeng Zhaoli and other army commanders had no choice but to tell the soldiers that this was just an actual combat exercise and a part of the training, and they asked everyone to be calm and not impatient.

While everyone was puzzled, Ying Xue and Wang Zhuo had already passed down the order to hold a meeting of military commanders in Tianguan tonight, and Zeng Zhaoli and others immediately rushed to Tianguan after hearing the order.

"You must be full of doubts in your hearts, you all want to know why I have such a plan, you don't need to worry, I think we will soon be able to take over the city of Jiexiu in Xiangcong. Yingxue said confidently.

"Then tell me what we should do!" my subordinates asked me, and I really didn't know how to answer them?" Zeng Zhaoli asked impatiently.

Ying Xue glanced at everyone, and saw that everyone was looking at him with puzzled eyes, so she said to everyone: "Actually, I have asked General Wang in detail about the character of this person who is incompetent, cowardly, Short-sighted, but money-hungry, with such a person to start a war, we don't need to spend much troops, can be a big victory, according to the scouts, now Jiexiu City has been in chaos, and Langya City and Yongju Pass two cities, there are only 20,000 people left, now we want to take these two cities, it's no problem, but I don't want to attack them, we don't have to effortlessly, we can take over Langya City and Yongju Pass, and then we can take Jiexiu City as well. ”

"Is it true, then what should we do next? You can tell us quickly!" Zeng Zhaoli still couldn't bear it, stood up and asked.

"I called you here today for this matter, tomorrow we will continue to bring a day's rations by Zeng Zhaoli, Tang Bin, Lu Qi and Li Li, and attack Jiexiu City, this attack should be carried out slowly, do not rush to attack, without my order, no withdrawal, if Xiang Cone dares to go out of the city to meet the battle, be sure to destroy his forces as much as possible, but must not fall in love with the war, just win, do not catch up, otherwise, military law will be engaged in, and there will be no mercy. And General Wang and I, Zheng Ti, Ma or the two armies will go to Langya City and Yongju Pass respectively, and if we are lucky tomorrow, we can get Jiexiu City, Langya City and Yongju Pass. If you see enemy reinforcements with white cloth on their heads, they will immediately retreat, let the enemy chase after them, and they will not return fire until Zhang Luo, Liu Linfeng, and Zhou Ming's reinforcements appear, and then they can destroy Xiang Cone with them. Ying Xue said confidently.

"What? Fighting a war depends on good luck, it's a mess, General Yingxue, what are you talking about, if you are unlucky, then won't we waste another day's work?" Zeng Zhaoli shouted, what kind of luck is good or bad in this war, not only does he not understand, but Tang Bin and the others are also inexplicable.

"Tomorrow is like this, we will mainly surrender, and after you have left the necessary defensive forces, you will do this......" Yingxue explained the plan in detail to everyone. (To be continued.) )