Chapter 554

Waist beheading is the second most capital punishment after Ling Chi, cutting off people from the waist, when people are often not dead, can see their internal organs flowing all over the ground, that kind of pain, despair and fear is the greatest destruction of people before death.

When the Ning general heard this, his face turned pale with fright, his legs were weak, and he couldn't stand up even if he wanted to. The Feng soldiers on both sides didn't care about that, stepped forward, grabbed General Ning, and dragged them out.

"Wait...... Wait a minute...... The general spares his life, the general spares his life-" At this time, General Ning left all his backbone and integrity behind, and screamed at Ziying.

Ziying smiled secretly in his heart, he waved his hand to the soldier, then looked at General Ning with a smile, and asked, "Aren't Your Excellency not afraid of death?"

Ning Jiang was ashamed, but he didn't care about explaining, and there was only one thought left in his head, that is, to save his life first. He begged for mercy urgently, and wailed in a trembling voice: "The general spares his life......"

Ziying restrained her smile and turned to sit back on the collapse. Because of the attack of the Ning army, the Flying Eagle Army has been stationed in place, Ziying said that it is a handsome tent here, but it is just a canvas to surround the surroundings. His eyes were like lightning, staring straight at Ning Jiang for a long time, and Fang asked slowly, "What is Your Excellency's name?"

"Little ...... The villain Zhang Siting ...... This sneak attack wind ...... It wasn't my idea to sneak up on your army, the villain was just acting on orders. This Ning general, named Zhang Siting, explained in a loud voice, disposed of the relationship, for fear that Ziying would resent him, and then ordered himself to be beheaded.

"Zhang Siting?" Ziying read his name, nodded, and asked, "Who ordered you to come to attack our army?"

"Yes...... It was an order from the head of the county. Zhang Siting didn't dare to hide it and told the truth.

"County chief?" Ziying raised her eyebrows curiously.

"Yes, yes, yes!" said the head of the county, Lord Li Youli...... Your army is menacing, and it is difficult for our Ning army to confront head-on, only by containing your army as much as possible, slowing down the pace of your army, and waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, we can compete with your army head-on, so we sent villains and General Wang Tie to set up an ambush here. Zhang Siting explained all the truth in one go.

"Who is Wang Tie?" Ziying asked casually.

"...... Jiang Fan of your army has been ...... The general killed ......," Zhang Siting said in horror. Until now, he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart when he recalled the scene when Jiang Fan suddenly appeared behind Wang Tie and cut him to death with a 'knife', the secret cultivator was really terrifying......

At the beginning, Jiang Fan was covered with black spirit armor, but now that his spirit armor has been dispersed, Zhang Siting naturally can't recognize him.

Ziying nodded, and at the same time glanced at Jiang Fan appreciatively, with the assistance of such a wise and brave general, he was really a lot more relaxed! No wonder the king valued this person so much, Jiang Fan did have something extraordinary. He rolled his eyes, and said with a smile to Zhang Siting: "In my opinion, there are no rocks or jungle cover here, and it is not suitable for ambush, if it were not for the sudden fog today, it would be difficult for you to approach our army at all, and the head of Li County sent you here to set up an ambush, wouldn't it let you come to find death?"

"No, no, no......" Zhang Siting shook his head again and again, and said: "The county head is clever, and he has long expected that there will be heavy fog here. ”

"Oh?" Ziying's heart moved, and her body subconsciously leaned forward, waiting for Zhang Siting to continue.

Seeing that Ziying seemed to be interested, Zhang Siting hurriedly said: "The county head has already found out that there is often heavy fog in this area in September, and it is difficult to see beyond three zhang, so he sent me and others to come and attack your army's rear army, and mainly attack by fire, so as to consume as much of your army's baggage and grain and grass as possible, so that your army's advance will not be peaceful, so as to slow down the speed of your army's march and buy time for the arrival of our reinforcements." ”

Ziying gasped, Li You, the head of Hedong County in Ningguo, was not a mediocre person, he could even calculate that there would be a heavy fog in this area, and he sent ambush troops in advance, if it weren't for the presence of the two generals Jiang Fan and Zhan Hu, he would really be able to be attacked by the Ning army! Once the baggage, grain and grass were burned and destroyed, where could he continue to march again, he could only stay in place and wait for logistical supplies.

Thinking of this, Ziying couldn't help but be a little afraid. Only uses a small force of troops, but plays a maximum of containment and buys time for his own side, Li You is by no means a civilian official, but a handsome man who is good at strategy. He asked, "Li You is a military general?"

Zhang Siting was stunned for a moment, then nodded again and again, and replied: "That's right! Master Li used to be the deputy commander of the five Central Army Corps, and was named a lieutenant general. ”

Ziying sighed secretly, Yan Chu installed such a lieutenant general with extraordinary ability in Hedong and served as the head of Hedong County, which was also quite useful.

After a pause, he asked the most crucial question, "How is the city defense of Qingyuan City at present, and how many defenders are there?"

Zhang Siting hesitated, his eyes fluttered, and he stammered slightly: "The county city defense is very perfect, and there is enough food and grass, but there are not many defenders, probably ...... Only more than 20,000 people ......"

Ziying blinked, leaned back, and said casually with a smile: "I'm afraid it's more than that, right?!" His words were not only a temptation, but also saw that Zhang Siting's expression was unnatural when he spoke, and he intended to deceive him.

Sure enough, Zhang Siting inhaled secretly, swallowed and foamed with difficulty, and said, "At most, there are about 30,000 troops." ”

With just one sentence, an extra 10,000 troops were defrauded, and it seems that there is still water in it. Ziying snorted, raised her hand and said, "Since you don't want to tell the truth, what's the use of me keeping you?

"Wait, wait!" Zhang Siting originally wanted to leave a way out for himself, but now it seems that the other party also knows his own situation very well, and he can't be deceived. He said hurriedly: "General, the original strength of the county town was indeed only 20,000, but when I heard that your army was invading westward, Lord Li immediately recruited reserves and transferred back all the troops scattered in various towns, and at present, the strength of the county town is close to 50,000. Every sentence is true, there is no longer the slightest falsehood, please check it out to the general!"

En! Ziying nodded secretly and was also surprised, he originally estimated that Qingyuan's strength was 30,000 at best, but now it seems that he was wrong, Qingyuan has gathered 50,000 people, and it is even more difficult to defeat Qingyuan in three days.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Zhang Siting's heart was raised to his throat, and he said in a trembling voice: "The villain has already told the general everything he knows, and the general will be extrajudicial and merciful, spare the villain's life!"

Ziying came back to her senses, waved her hand and said, "Take him out first, detain him, and keep him under strict supervision." ”

"Yes!" The Feng sergeant promised to take Zhang Siting away, and at this time, Jiang Fan on the side suddenly said, "Wait a minute!" He stopped the soldier who stepped forward, and then asked Zhang Siting, "Where is the armadillo swamp?"

Even if he hadn't heard of this place, and he didn't understand why Jiang Fan asked this, Ziying looked at him puzzled.

Zhang Siting glanced at Ziying, and then replied: "The armadillo swamp is a large swamp in the southeast of the river, because there are too many rats there, so it has the name armadillo. ”

"Oh!" Jiang Fan responded, then smiled at Ziying, and said, "He and that Wang Tie originally planned to lead our army into the swamp when they fled, so I asked this question. ”

"Ah!" If you want to talk about the big swamp area in the southeast of the river, of course Ziying knows it, but if you talk about the armadillo swamp, he can't understand it. The armadillo is a giant rat, much larger than ordinary rats, and its body is also covered with a thick layer of scale armor, which is difficult for beasts to hurt and not afraid of swords, and is an extremely difficult rodent to deal with. Because there are too many armadillos in the swamp in the southeast of the river, the Ning people gave it the name Armadillo swamp.

The climate of the Hedong region is very suitable for grain production, but there is such a large swamp area in the east of the river, which hinders traffic, and is a waste of space in the east of the river, there have been several generations of Ningjun monarchs want to transform the armadillo swamp into fertile land, but whether it is filling in the stone or filling the soil, the project is too huge in terms of the productivity at that time, it needs to raise the strength of the whole country, and then it is possible to complete it through the unremitting efforts of several generations, and finally the idea of the Ningjun monarch has ended without a problem, and it is over, until now the armadillo swamp is still well left in the east of the river。

Ziying sneered and looked at Zhang Siting and said, "You actually want to lead our army's pursuers into the swamp?"

Zhang Siting had already heard the question at this time, the general was Jiang Fan, who had killed Wang Tie and captured himself just now, he was afraid, grinned, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Ziying and Jiang Fan again and again, and said urgently: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life......

"Your Excellency is so vicious!" spare you from death, of course, but you can use your vicious scheming to help me come up with a way to break the city!" Ziying said with a smile.

"The strategy of breaking the city......?" Zhang Siting was sweating anxiously, not to mention that he couldn't think of it, even if he could think of it, it would be impossible to help the Feng army fight his own people.

"If you can't figure it out, I'll want your head!" Ziying said slowly.

Life and death are at stake, Zhang Siting is really anxious at this time, his eyes are rolling, his mind is in a hurry, he held it for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and said: "General, you can put the villain back to the county town first, and the villain will be the answer to your army in the city, and secretly open the city gate for your army, so that your army will not have to work hard to capture the county town!"

What a fucking good idea! The generals in the camp almost laughed angrily, let you go back? You can be our internal response, it's weird? This thief is simply taking his own people for fools. Zhan Hu snorted, strode to Zhang Siting's approach, clasped his big hand around his neck, and shouted angrily: "You and I can't wait for a three-year-old child......

Before he finished speaking, Ziying waved his hand at him, signaling him not to be rough first, then looked at Zhang Siting, and asked with a smile: "This is a good strategy, but how can you let me trust you?"