Chapter 7 Draw the snake out of the hole

Although Xu Jinghong has been appointed by the Ministry of War and has become a five-grade general, he is not eye-catching in Youzhou. This is a border town bordering the enemy, and there are countless generals, and there are many people like him who have official positions and no real power, so everyone will not care too much about such a sudden person.

It was because of this level of consideration that Wang Chong thought of letting Xu Jinghong take his brothers to secretly investigate the situation in the city, so as to find some traitors who may have collusion with the Hu people. In this regard, the brothers who have always been used to checking details and spying in the capital are naturally very sure.

But two days later, everyone knew that they were too simple. The two-day secret investigation not only did not find any valuable clues, but was almost discovered twice, thus revealing his identity, which made Xu Jinghong and others very frustrated.

"You said you couldn't find a problem like this?" Wang Chong frowned and asked Xu Jinghong with an ugly face.

"We still think too simple. After all, what they have done is treason against the enemy. Naturally, they are more careful. In addition, this is their control, so it is too difficult to find out their problems out of thin air. Xu Jinghong smiled bitterly and said, "The fact that there are only a few people walking in the city on weekdays has greatly hindered our actions during the day. At night, they took a rest after dealing with their daytime official duties, and there was no problem at all.

Wang Chong was silent, and then he knew that the strange quietness in the city still had such a use, which really couldn't make Xu Jinghong and others play their strengths. But this is good. The longer it takes, the more likely it is for the people to launch a real conspiracy. We really can't afford to delay!" Wang Junqing also said in embarrassment.

"Actually, Marshal, we still have a way to reverse the current unfavorable situation, but we need to take risks." After thinking about it, Xu Jinghong put forward his ideas.

"Oh? But what's the method? As long as the current urgent need can be solved, it is worth taking some risks. Wang Chong immediately put on his attitude.

"Del the snake out of the hole and let them jump out by themselves. However, in this way, it goes without saying that they will encounter their opposition. It is more likely that they will take risks and make bolder actions. Xu Jinghong took out his idea and waited for Wang Chong to make a choice.

Wang Chong locked his eyebrows, put his hands behind his back and walked into the room, obviously weighing the pros and cons. After walking back and forth for a quarter of an hour, he stopped: "Just do it! I can't wait. We must solve our internal problems as soon as possible, otherwise there is really no chance of winning this battle.

"In this case, I will protect the commander-in-chief from now on." Xu Jinghong volunteered bravely.

"It doesn't have to be. You still continue your previous task and keep an eye on those people. The intention of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger this time is on them, and there is no more loss. There are still some trustworthy people around me. They are enough to protect my safety. Wang Chong has his own plans.

Seeing that Wang Chong had such a great confidence, Xu Jinghong naturally would no longer insist on his own opinion. He immediately hugged his fist and said, "Well, my subordinates will make preparations and wait for those people to find out after they are fooled!"

After Xu Jinghong retreated, Wang Junqing said uneasily, "Father, it's too risky for you to do this. We can't make any more of Peng's previous lessons.

"Brother Peng was plotted by them without any precautions. But I will definitely not give them this opportunity to plot with me. And now there is no better way than this method. We can't waste any more time, otherwise other places will be attacked by the barbarian!" Wang Chong still insisted on his own opinion.

In this regard, Wang Junqing knew that he could no longer persuade his father, so he had to sigh and secretly determined to make every effort to ensure his safety.

Early the next morning, the large and small civil and military officials in Youzhou City were called to the governor's office by Wang Chong. Although Wang Chong has no de facto power in the city now, his orders must be followed, so when it comes to Mao, the city officials will be present.

Wang Chong's military uniform, coupled with his gray-white beard, looked particularly imposing. After looking around at the civil and military officials below, he said, "What do you think of the current situation in Youzhou?" Without waiting for others to speak, he continued, "Anyway, I am very dissatisfied. There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Youzhou City, which are comparable to the Hu people outside, but now they are besieged in the city, which makes people feel ashamed to think about it.

"Is the man in my army in the Song Dynasty so vulnerable that he doesn't even have the courage to go out of the city and fight against the enemy? In those years, the Hu people were killed by our Song army so that they dared not herd horses on the grassland near my Song land. How come after these 30 years, you have become what you are now? This really disappoints me!"

"Marshal, it's not that we are unwilling to fight with the enemy, but that the enemy's morale is strong. It is the best strategy for us to hold it for the time being and turn to attack after the enemy's sharpness is worn away. Otherwise, once you face the enemy head-on, the loss will be too big. Geng He immediately gave his own reason.

At the same time, a general over there also stood up and said, "And Youzhou City is the gateway to the north of the Song Dynasty, and there can't be any difference. If you rush to fight against one because of greed for a while, it's okay to win. If you lose, it's not my honor and humiliation, but about the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty. So, commander-in-chief, you must not be hasty in this matter.

Some people in Youzhou City who hold a certain amount of power have expressed their opinions one after another, and their arguments are also consistent with what they said. They both believe that taking the initiative is not the way to win, but to stick to the city and wait for it to become better.

Wang Chong was angry, but his face was still calm. After listening to the various reasons they gave, the old general's face showed a sarcastic smile: "If the truth is true as you say, I can accept the way of perseverance. But is this really the case?

"What does this mean?" Everyone asked puzzledly, of course, how many of them were pretending.

"As far as I know, there are not many Hu people outside my Youzhou, and their main force has already left Youzhou for him. That is to say, now the enemy outside Chen Bingcheng is simply the vulnerable Hu people. If nearly 100,000 of us are surrounded by 20,000 Hu people in this way, I'm afraid we will really laugh at future generations!"

When he said this, Wang Chong's eyes became very sharp and quickly swept across the faces of every official and general. And he did find that the faces of some people had changed greatly after this, which was obviously shocked.

Geng He was also a changed person, but he quickly recovered and said in an unbelievable tone, "Where did the general come from? We are also here. Why haven't we heard of such news?

"This coach naturally has a source of information, and as long as you look carefully, the flaw is still obvious. Haven't you noticed that in the past few days, the siege of the Hu people has been very regular. They only attack one side of my city wall every day, and there has never been a two-sided attack. This is obviously the suspicious plan that the Hu people came up with because of the lack of troops, but they didn't expect to be seen by me.

Many people also recalled after listening to Wang Chong's statement, and indeed found this unreasonable situation. The Hu people did attack the two walls in the northwest separately, changing every day, which is very regular. But because they didn't pay attention, they didn't find this extremely strange way to attack the city.

"So, I am almost sure that the Hu people outside this city are limited and can't pose any threat to my Youzhou at all. On the contrary, we can go out of the city and annihilate all these enemies!" Wang Chong finally made a conclusion: "How about you? What do you think of me? Can you win in one fell swoop?"

"What the marshal said is indeed reasonable!" Du Qianjun then opened his mouth and echoed, "If this is true, it is really not difficult for us to win, but will this be a way for the barren to seduce the enemy? Maybe they made such a flaw in order to lead us out of the city so as to seize my Youzhou City?

"In the battlefield, opportunities are fleeting. How can we not go out of the army because of worries? I have decided that we will take the initiative to send troops tonight!" Wang Chong was obviously determined to fight with the Hu people this time. He said in an unquestionable tone, "Today they will attack our west gate, and then we will kill them from the north at night and kill them unprepared!"

"But the general..." Geng He said something more, but was interrupted by Wang Chong's wave: "I have made up my mind about this matter, so you don't have to persuade me anymore. Well, let's get ready now. I'm going to go to the West City to have a look. Presumably their siege will begin again!" With that, he took someone out of the lobby.

Those civil and military officials looked at each other and didn't know how to speak for a moment. Wang Chong's previous impression on them has always been relatively kind and did not interfere with their command, but why has it changed 180 degrees today and made such a major decision regardless of other people's objections?

And many people with other thoughts are even more nervous. They have more important tasks to complete, not only to defend Youzhou, but also to achieve unspeakable goals. But now Wang Chong has such a certain idea, and if the barren outside the city is attacked without investigation for a while, everything will be over.

After several pairs of anxious eyes hit one place, several people leaned together when they walked out of the governor's house. They talked quickly in a voice that only their own people could hear:

"How about now? Depending on the situation, Wang Chong will not change his mind, and once the barbarians outside the city are really defeated, not to mention that the barbarians in other places may not be able to do anything, they will be done. I'm afraid he will not have a big responsibility.

"Well, I really didn't expect Wang Chong to make such a move. However, we must not let this matter come true and say that we have to do something.

"You mean to say hello to the people outside the city first?"

"This is an aspect that can be prevented. On the other hand, we have to do something to Wang Chong, just like Peng Ziming. Once something happens to him, I think this dispatch of troops should be saved.

"Here? This is too risky, isn't it? If we are found, we are only afraid..."

"At this time, I can't take care too much. It's not that I haven't done it. What are you afraid of?"

"Okay, that's it. When we go to the city later, we will see the opportunity to attack and be sure to hit it!"

After several people had a unified opinion, they dispersed, but they did not find that their actions had been seen by several soldiers standing outside the gate of the governor's mansion.

As always, the Hu people's siege of the city. Although it was cold and the snow accumulated to their knees at this time, which was not conducive to combat, their siege did not mean to pause. With bursts of loud horns, thousands of Hu people howled and launched a new round of attacks on the west wall of Youzhou City.

The defenders at the head of the city were also familiar with this. With the command of the generals, the logs and rolling stones kept hitting the barren below. Many Hu people were unable to dodge and were directly shot in the snow because their bodies were still a little stiff. The white snow instantly turned bright red, and then turned black and purple, so beautiful.

The archers in the city can't play much role this time. The cold climate makes the bow string extremely easy to break and can't be pulled away at all, which makes the siege of the barbarians much easier. Therefore, although many of them were killed by Shimu, the wave of their attack did not diminish at all, and they were still making powerful attacks on the city wall.

At this time, Wang Chong came to the city and looked at the surging Hu people. Wang Chong immediately commanded his men to counterattack. The boiling water at the head of the city was immediately picked up and splashed under the city. The Hu people were hit again and suffered a lot of casualties, thus slowing down their attack.

Wang Chong was overjoyed when he saw this. While ordering people to continue to add firewood and water, he encouraged the sergeant at the same time: "Let's work harder. Soon, the enemies in the city will be repelled by us!"

Wang rushed back and forth, commanding the soldiers to guard the city wall, but a pair of eyes beside him had been staring at him murderily for a long time. This man put his hand on the handle of the knife several times to give Wang Chong a blow, but he gave up because of his quick turn. After a few times, this man finally couldn't stand it. Seeing that the attack of the Hu people in the city became weaker and weaker, he was afraid that he would retreat soon, and then he would have no chance to blame them with killing Wang Chong.

Thinking of this, this person bites his teeth and wants to do it. Suddenly, he glanced at the arrow pot placed on the waist of a soldier beside him, where there were dozens of sharp arrows, which was much safer than injuring Wang Chong with his own knife. So when he approached Wang Chong, he had quietly taken a sharp arrow in his hand.

The soldier did not notice the strangeness. Although he was an archer, he could not move his bow because of the climate, so he didn't care much about the arrow. But I didn't expect that my weapon had become someone else's secret at this time.

After leaning only five feet away from Wang Chong, the man took a deep breath, then suddenly raised the arrow in his hand and stabbed Wang Chong's waist.

At this time, the city was in chaos because of the depth of the battle, and almost no one found this person's action. He was also convinced that he could hit the target this time, thus changing the current unfavorable situation, which made his face show a trace of good color...

The west of Youzhou City is in full swing, but the north of the city is calm. The soldiers guarding the city gate just looked at the quiet barren camp outside the city. They didn't know what the Hu people there were doing at this time.

At this time, a man in coarse clothes came to the root of the north city. This man alerted the soldiers guarding the city. Someone raised his spear and shouted, "Who is it?" Do you know where this is? Why don't you leave quickly!"

When the man heard the scolding, he did not retreat, but greeted him. At the same time, a brass token appeared in his hand: "I'm going out of the city to work under the order of the governor!"

"Oh?" Several soldiers were stunned when they saw this, and then came forward to check the token and were sure that it was a token of the governor's government. Then they nodded: "It turned out that it was the governor's person who was offended." With that, someone led him to the city, and someone over there had begun to put a big basket with ropes on the pulley.

After the man smiled, he had to take this basket to go down to the city. But at this moment, a cold voice came over: "Wait!" Then, a young man rushed over surrounded by several equally young but extremely capable people.

"Who are you?" The soldiers asked puzzledly.

"The person who takes people!" The young man didn't want to talk nonsense. As soon as he waved his hand, he had already rushed to the man just now.

The man was stunned at first, and then knew that the big thing was not good. He knew that he could not leave at this time, and the only thing he had to do was to destroy the letter, so he hurriedly reached into his arms and wanted to tear it up. But those people moved faster than him. When they put him in his arms, they had thrown him to the ground and suppressed him.

"You..." The man wanted to scream, but he was hit in the back of the head and immediately fainted.

The soldiers had nothing to say after seeing the general's order in the young man's hand, but the young man was Wang Liehai. He was ordered by Xu Jinghong to hide here at the north gate, and sure enough, he saw this guy who wanted to sneak out of the city. Then, they also easily found a letter in their arms, which surprised the soldiers defending the city even more: "This is..."

"This man has been staring at foreign enemies for a long time." After leaving this, Wang Liehai took someone away. He was anxious to go to the West City, and he didn't know what was going on with his grandfather.