025 [The plan of separation]

Hearing the news that the reinforcements were repulsed, he sighed with regret: "What a wonder what I am!" General Liu Dongyan began to be a little scared. He asked Yibai to discuss the surrender: "Do you think Li Rusong will let us go if we surrender now?"

"Think beautifully! If we surrendered when he first came, we might have forgiven us. I'm afraid it's a little late to surrender now.

"What should we do? The food is running out, the city wall is cracked, and the reinforcements are defeated. How can we defend it?

"Vertical and vertical are also dead! We must stick to it to the end! I think the enemy has a large number, and the grain and fodder will definitely not last long. They may be holding on! It depends on who consumes energy!"

Mei Guozhen, the supervisor who left to guard against Ningxia, was not idle during this period. He personally sailed to Ningxia City with a fleet equipped with general's cannons. He wanted to concentrate his firepower to open Ningxia City!

The wall of Ningxia was originally very strong, but no matter how strong the wall is, it is also made of bricks. After a period of immersion, cracks have begun to appear, which gives Mei Guozhen a good opportunity. He found a wide crack in the northern wall, turned all the general's cannons here, and kept bombarding it. The wall became more and more fragile, and soon a hole appeared. The water poured into the city in an instant from the mouth of the cave.

"Damn it! Block it! Block it!" Tu Wenxiu angrily commanded the soldiers to block the hole. At the same time, he went up to the wall and ordered the soldiers to fire back. Of course, their cannons are not as far away as the general's cannon, and the shells emitted can only fall into the water and splash a little Mercury.

Opening a hole, Mei Guozhen then ordered to attack the other side, and soon opened another hole. As soon as the rebels made up a place, another place appeared. They dealt with it in a hurry, and the hunger in their stomachs was exhausted. While Mei Guozhen was fighting, Li Rusong led the army back triumphantly.

"Good fight, but our number of shells is limited. It's wasteful and the results are not very significant. I think it's a long-term plan. Stop it first." Li Rusong stopped Mei Guozhen and then said to himself, "If only there was a faster way to break the city!"

Huo Fangyi suggested: "I know that there are two forces in the rebels in Ningxia City, one is a Mongolian soldier led by worship, and the other is a Han soldier led by Liu Dongyan. If we can alienate them, let them fight by themselves, and then we can enjoy the benefits of the fisherman.

Dong Yikui shook his head and said, "I once sent someone to do this, but it seems that they are determined to rebel against the court, and the messenger I sent was killed."

Huo Fangyi said: "At this time, at that time, the two had to resist stubbornly because they still had enough strength. However, now they are facing either surrender or death. At this time, if they are separated, they will get twice the result with half the effort, because they have to think of retreating for themselves. We promise that both sides will surrender and not kill. As long as one side is willing to cooperate with us, then the goal will be achieved!"

"Huo Fangyi's words make sense. We can have a try. The key is who is the most suitable person?" Li Rusong said.

"That's need to be said! Of course, it's Huo Fangyi. He is a soldier in Ningxia and is familiar with the terrain in the city. Ma Gui's unyielding "recommendation" Huo Fangyi.

Huo Fangyi took a look at Ma Gui, didn't he? Let me deal with such a dangerous thing? But there is nothing more suitable than myself. Who makes himself "appears" to be a soldier of Ningxia, but I was originally a time traveler, who let my life fall to Ningxia City?

"Leave this matter to me!" At this point, I had to accept it. Originally, I just wanted to come up with a plan, but now I have to set myself up, hoping that my analysis is correct. But after all, I don't know much about the map of Ningxia City, but it doesn't matter. My soldiers are all Ningxia people. Just find someone to lead the way.

"But for fear that Bai and Liu Dongyan will not believe it, I asked Lord Li to write two secret letters."

"Good!" Li Rusong immediately wrote two seals, stamped them with official seals and handed them to Huo Fangyi.

Huo Fangyi took over the secret and promised, "I will definitely complete the task successfully!"

"Which of you would like to go with me? I said first that this time may not come." Back to his camp, Huo Fangyi began to pick people.

"I'll go!" The remaining more than 20 men rushed to say.

This moved Huo Fangyi very much. After this period of coexistence, these soldiers were actually willing to follow Huo Fangyi at a critical moment. These soldiers are also moved by Huo Fangyi's efforts to solve the food problem and the sadness of the battle of soil. They have been determined to follow this person all their lives! As long as I still have one day to be a soldier!

"You don't have to go. We have to sneak into the city. If there are too many people, it will be bad. Which of you is the most watery?

"Let me go. They are all dry ducks, and they can't swim better than me." A well-proportioned, not burly, but very powerful young man stood up. Huo Fangyi looked at him carefully, 175CM tall, with a sharp light in his eyes. When he said this, others did not dare to argue with him. This man's name was Li Deng. Before he became a soldier, he made a living by fishing. He fished differently than others. He used harpoons and nets. He only relied on one hand and plunged into the water and grabbed him accurately.

"Well, that's it. We set out tonight, so that because I can't swim, you find a rope to tie me to a piece of wood, and then you take me to swim to the foot of the city wall. The two of us climb ropes to the wall. After this trick is done, you have to go back to the barracks to deliver letters to Lord Li Rusong!"

"Just leave me alone? Then won't you come back?" Li Deng thought, is it more or less auspicious this time?

"After entering the city, you find a hidden place to wait for my news. If you fail, I will naturally be captured. If you don't see me in three days, you can find a way out of the city to report to Lord Li. Once successful, in order to prevent the enemy from being suspicious, I naturally can't go out of the city, and I have to convey the news to Lord Li.

"Okay, don't worry. I believe that the Han soldiers in the city don't want to fight. I'll contact them. It should be no problem to go out of the city." Li Deng vowed that he was so confident that he had capital, because he was originally a Han soldier in the city defense of Ningxia.

After agreeing on the matter, the two of them go to bed early. At midnight, the two changed into black night clothes. Huo Fangyi asked Li Deng to tie himself to a log that was enough to cover his body. Then his whole body was immersed in the water and took a thick straw in his mouth to breathe. Li Deng dived into the water and took a straw in his mouth. He pulled it with an extremely skilled action. Huo Fangyi, a big man, slowly swam towards the east gate of Ningxia City.

There are mounds at the north gate, but those mounds have turned into soil once they encounter water, and there is no way to step down at all, so they can only choose other directions to dive in. Due to the flooded shelling in the past few days, more than half of the soldiers guarding the city wall joined the team to repair the holes in the wall. In addition, the high water level outside the city made the defenders in the city think that there would not be a siege for the time being, so the defense was much lax, especially at midnight, and the guards of the city wall were drowsy and awake. There are a few.

The two quietly swam to the foot of the east wall, and the night cover made the process particularly smooth. There are a few fire lights scattered on the wall of Ningxia, and it is about to go out because the watchers are asleep.

"Everything is going well!" Huo Fangyi showed his head from the water and asked Li Deng to help him untie the rope.

Li Deng took out a long rope and tried his best to cast it on the wall. The end of the rope is tied with a curved iron hook, which is special for siege at first glance. However, because he was in the water, Li Deng could not do his best. In addition, the wall of Ningxia was high, and he threw it several times without success.

Huo Fangyi said, "Anyway, this water is only one person's height. Why don't I squat in the water and you step on me and throw it!"

"How can that work..."

"Don't talk nonsense. I can't hold my breath for too long. Hold on!" With that, Huo Fangyi took a deep breath and squatted into the water. Li Deng stopped talking, stepped on Huo Fangyi's shoulder and began to swhackle the rope. This time, the force was just right, and the hook suddenly hooked on the wall. Li Deng pulled it hard. It was very strong and no problem.

"You go first!" Li Deng came down from Huo Fangyi's shoulder and went into the water.

Huo Fangyi answered well, then grabbed the rope with the help of Li Deng, and then began to climb. Climbing the wall is really a physical job. Fortunately, Huo Fangyi grew up learning martial arts, which is nothing to him.

He climbed to the top and first showed his head to look around. Except for a few sporadic fires and the guards who had fallen asleep with weapons on the wall were basically silent. Safe! Huo Fangyi turned over and jumped to the top of the city, and Li Deng, who followed him, also went up the wall.

The two quietly walked to the two sleeping guards, cut their throats, then changed into the guards' clothes, and quietly put the two dead bodies into the water outside the city with ropes. After doing everything, the two hurriedly walked to the city at night.

"Go to my house, it should be safer there!" Li Deng led Huo Fangyi to the city.

There were sleeping guards lying on the wall. Huo Fangyi walked quietly. Suddenly, a lying soldier next to them stood up, which scared them and stopped in place and dared not move again. The man couldn't open his confused eyes and didn't look at the two people around him. He staggered to the edge of the city and untied his trousers and began to pee.

"Wow!" The two waited for the man to fall to the ground and fall asleep before taking a long breath.

"Go!" The two accelerated their pace and walked forward. Down the wall, there were rows of soldiers lying at the foot of the wall. It seemed that they had been pulled down from the wall to make up the hole. Huo Fangyi followed Li Deng and walked quickly along the street. On the way, he met several patrols, which were cleverly dodged by them. Huo Fangyi walked and observed the situation in the city. The city was full of puddles. It seemed that a lot of water had poured into the city.