30. Yangzhou Strategy I

There is a beautiful town in the south of the Yangtze River, named Yangzhou, where the sun is warm and the stars are shining gently. In the evening breeze, the fragrant flowers are quietly blooming, which is very attractive.

When Ouyang Xiu was young, he yearned for the place where the ancient style still existed. He once wrote poems as a souvenir:

Qionghua peony is incoherent in the world, and I complain when I don't write poems. I used to get drunk in Wushuang Pavilion and know that I can live up to Guangling Spring

Once upon a time, Yangzhou was comfortable and gentle, just like a sleeping girl.

However, today is June 14th, the third year of the lunar calendar.

The fire of war woke up this beautiful small city, and even the scenery of where the jade man taught to play the flute disappeared on the bright moon night of the twenty-four bridges.

"A dream of Yangzhou for ten years, wake up, wake up!" Song Yu, the magistrate, stood at the head of the city with emotion. When the smoke dissipated, he looked around. The city was in a mess, as if thousands of people had died, and the corpses were lying all over the field, and even the banner was on fire.

Two days ago, Wang Lun's uprising army attacked Gaoyou with lightning. Song Yu was shocked. When he first heard the news, he suddenly became numb. He began to doubt whether he had read the military book. Why was he always scared? Wasn't the third and the champion in the second year of Tiansheng not him, but someone else? Yang? Is the state judge Wang Kui?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Wang Jue is just the top of the calendar for two years, which is far from himself.

Song Yu waved his sleeves confidently and smiled proudly.

"Your Excellency, why are you laughing? Think of a countermeasure quickly. Maybe Wang Lun's anti-thief will be killed tomorrow!" The young judge Wang Wei was a little nervous. Looking at his predecessor Song Yu sitting there and didn't know what he was thinking, he was very anxious.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. Don't worry about Brother Yuyu. You can rest assured that I am here!" Song Yu pretended to be calm and said.

"Oh, how can you not worry? Do you know how many soldiers, how many food and how many guns are there in Yangzhou?" Wang Wei quickly turned over the boxes and became busy. He found out the roster of the defenders of Yangzhou, the map of Yangzhou, and the countermeasures for defending the city during the war, and piled them up in front of Song Yu, "Your Excellency, please see, that's all!"

"It's useless!" Song Yu learned from Cao Zhi to stand up and take seven steps. After seven steps, he stopped, turned around casually, and said to Wang Wei, "Brother Yuyu, let's recruit soldiers!"

"Ah, recruitment?" Wang Jue's mind turned quickly, saying that if it was usual, recruiting troops would be a rebellion, but now in wartime, there were only 600 defenders in Yangzhou, and the 600-person defense of such a large Yangzhou city was simply overstretched. Thinking of this, he quickly stepped forward and joined hands with Song Yu.

"Your Excellency, this is very true, then, let's recruit as soon as possible!"

"Good! Let's go to the market..."

On the same day, Gao Youjun.

Another 1,000 people joined Wang Lun's uprising army. These are all rural men who came to work in the city, because they read the notice of the government office: those who intend to join the army get ten buckets of rice, ten pieces of money, ten mu of land, and all their wives and children are sealed. Such a big **, if they are people who have studied for a few days, they may not believe it, but they don't have He is helpless and penniless, and there are also wives and children to raise in the family. Since this group of troops wearing the armor of the Song army entered the city, they have not only opened warehouses and released food, but also released all the prisoners who have suffered injustice in the prison.

Another news was released that they are the tiger-winged army of the imperial court. Now they are fighting for the sky, fighting against corrupt officials and revitalizing the court!

This confusing trick really worked. In just three days, Wang Lun's army had two thousand more horses. Although they were all pawns, they were powerful and had armor. It was really scary from afar. Not to mention anything else, just looking at their practice, the neat pace, the loud shouting of killing, you can know. This army is not simple.

In fact, Wang Lun knows in his heart that more than two thousand people are just a foil and a strong momentum.

If you really go into battle to kill the enemy, you have to rely on him to take out people from Yizhou to attack the city and plunder the land.

Wang Lun was a little heartbroken when he mentioned the people he brought out of Yizhou. Because in a few months, he lost more than 200 people. After the battle of Gaoyou, he regained his vitality and recruited a group of Jianghu people locally to supplement him. In fact, they are all some gangsters who make a living with a knife, and even some are originally sneaky people. However, he can't care so much. As long as he can fight and kill the enemy, as long as he obeys his dispatch, he will be unquestionedly integrated into the army and ordered to stab his face: God bless the tiger wings, invincible.

I wanted to stab in the face: the command of Shengjie from heaven, six words. However, Qian Jingsheng said, "Brother, at this time, we still have to recruit soldiers and horses with the signboard of the Song Dynasty, otherwise no one will be willing to work for us. After all, there are still few people who want to rebel at this time. We haven't caught up with the good years. If Nian Jingmo, who is a natural and man-made disaster, doesn't say that he will not hit the Song Dynasty signboard, even if he shouts on the street. Son, there will be people who will follow us to rebel. As long as we have food and money, we will not be afraid of anything!"

Qian Jingsheng's words really came true later. Fortunately, Wang Lun did not stubbornly forcibly pull people into the gang according to his own will. Maybe this is the variable of history.

Three days later, the Battle of Yangzhou began.

In order to capture this precious land of the founding of the country, Wang Lun came to Chao Zhong to ask about the situation.

Chao Zhongyue said: "Last year, the elite soldiers in the Huaiyang area of the border gate were transferred to the northwest or north to fight against the enemy. Yangzhou is not guarded, but the city there is tall, unlike other places where there are no gates and no city walls. After all, Yangzhou is a waterway to rush, so it is better for the general to be careful."

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Yangzhou? What I mean at present"

"At present," Chao Zhong looked at the sky and thought, "It's about three or five hundred, which must be twice as much as Gaoyou."

"Is it a box army or a forbidden army, or an archer?" Wang Lun asked.

"Uh-huh!" Chao Zhongyue thought for a long time before he said, "General, I have been to Yangzhou several times when I was young. At that time, it was the forbidden army stationed. Later, when I went there again, there was only the vanity left."

"When was that? What's the use of mentioning this?" Qian Jingsheng looked at Chao Zhong with dissatisfaction.

"About ten years ago!" Chao Zhongyue nodded and said.

"Hi, ten years" Wang Lun has a headache. "I said that the child ten years ago has grown into an adult now, not to mention the mobilization of the army. As soon as the official is happy, it is not good to transfer a cavalry army to station in Yangzhou!"

Zhou Wu could see that everyone was looking at the map of Yangzhou without saying a word. He didn't say anything for a long time. He felt really bored, so he said, "Hey, can you solve all the problems by looking at that broken picture like this? Why don't I take hundreds of brothers to test it out and maybe I can sneak into Yangzhou?"

"What?" Qian Jingsheng suddenly looked up at Zhou Wuneng, "Second brother, time has changed. We have only used this trick secretly. In case of a little mistake, you can't come back!"

"Hey, third brother, you also said that soldiers are not tired of cheating. Unless the adults in Yangzhou are all like monkeys, I can't see it. Let's do it again. I pretend to be a businessman and take more than a dozen brothers through the West Gate. The rest of the people pretend to be ordinary people, or cut firewood or sell dates. Anyway, don't do it all. Well, once we get close to the gate, we will quickly kill the gatekeepers, and then rush in and kill the government office. How about this? Even Zhuge Wuhou can't think of such a plan!" Zhou Wu said proudly.

Qian Jingsheng couldn't help laughing: "Second brother, this is not acting. No matter how simple you say, as long as one person shows a flaw, he will lose all the game. At that time, waiting for you is the arrow rain of the Yangzhou garrison. You have to think about it!"

Zhou Wneng's fingers fell on his belly in turn, and then got up and said, "I've thought about it for a long time. If you fight, you have to have a good time. To win is win, and if you lose, you are afraid of a bird!"

"Okay, as long as there is your words, my third brother, I will support me, but you can't bring too many people. You can only give you a hundred people. We will be ambushed under the Shanguang Temple in the west of the city at night. The Dawei brothers will take people to walk by waterways and approach the east city of Yangzhou from the canals around the elbow town. After dawn, once the West City is successful, we will release wolves. Yanwei is the number. At that time, Dawei, your people and horses will go straight to the government office from there. Don't worry about it. As long as you can kill Zhizhou or judge, even if you capture one of them, you can do something!"

"This is a wonderful plan!" Wang Lun nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Do you want to bring the driving gun found in the armor warehouse and the ladder?"

"I don't need it for the time being. Brother, you also know that tonight, my second brother, I will take half of my brothers on the road lightly. The driving cannons and ladders are too big, and it is easy to make noise, which is not conducive to the army to hide and steal. Therefore, I have to ask the eldest brother to sit in the town. Once Yangzhou West City is successful, the eldest brother can lead the crowd into the city!"

"Okay, let's do it!"