The man cupped his hands and said: "This general, my name is Li Cunhui. He served in the Western Army in the former Song Dynasty. He could not stand the exploitation of the generals, so he became a horse thief in Lanzhou. Later, he followed General Li Yanxian to join the army and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. He also followed General Li Yanxian.

General Yang Zhi sent troops to defeat Xixia and the Southern Army."

"You're neglectful." Yue Fei was in awe and quickly saluted with a military salute. The person in front of him was older than him.

Li Cunhui said:

"When the official became a prince and went to Hebei, I went with him. I was injured and rested for half a year. After I recovered from my injury, I joined the Military Intelligence Department. At first, I traveled between the two countries' borders, smuggling green and white salt from Xixia salt dealers to Huanzhou Xiabao Village.

.The imperial court looked for an excuse to crack down on smuggling, so I took the opportunity to escape to Yanzhou with my injuries."

"The magistrate of Yanzhou in Xixia has been using his cronies to smuggle blue and white salt. I claimed to have a way around Huanzhou, so he sent someone to inquire about my details, and after finding out my fabricated identity, he no longer doubted me. I helped him smuggle it for three years.

Qingbaiyan, that fellow was transferred to Youzhou and took me with him, and even acted as a matchmaker to get me to marry the daughter of an officer in Youzhou."

"In the past few years, I have been in Youzhou, and I have also served as a detachment officer under the inspection envoy of Youzhou. If the two countries do not go to war again, I still want to spend money to bribe Shangguan to handle the account of the inspection envoy of Youzhou.

Will."

After saying this, all the generals were dumbfounded.

The man in front of me not only successfully sneaked into Xixia, he actually became an officer in Xixia.

Yue Fei asked: "Since you are an officer in Yuzhou, why are you here?"

Li Cunhui said with a smile: "The Xixia coach in Youzhou is the head of the Xixia Kingdom, Zeng Cunli. That guy is a pure idiot. He hurriedly led his troops to fight Xiao Heda, but was attacked by a night attack on the way and ran away in panic. I was there at the time

In the camp outside the stronghold, I encountered Xiao Heda coming to kill me, so I led my troops and fled back to Youzhou without even thinking."

"I originally wanted to return to Youzhou and look for an opportunity to help seize the city, but Nag Cunli was frightened to death. He learned that Longzhou had been lost and Shizhou was besieged, and he actually brought tens of thousands of troops and more than 100,000 people with him.

Withdraw. They did not stop even as far as Yanzhou, but actually abandoned Yanzhou as well."

Yue Fei asked: "Where have the tens of thousands of soldiers from Ng Cunli retreated to now?"

Li Cunhui said: "More than 100,000 people have retreated to resettlement outside Huaizhou City. Only the families of military officers can enter the city. My wife and children from Xixia are resettled in the city. At present, there are 50,000 troops in Huaizhou City, but they are all small

If the remaining soldiers are defeated, then Zong Cunli will lead these soldiers to defend the city."

"Brother Richard was urgently transferred by the Xixia Kingdom to select 20,000 cavalry who can still fight. I don't know where he went. According to my guess, he should have sneaked deep into the grassland in order to cut off the food routes of the Ming soldiers."

"When Bin Cunli received news in Huaizhou that the general was attacking Xingqing Mansion, he was too frightened to act rashly and sent the remaining cavalry out to investigate."

"I am an officer of one of the cavalry groups. I met the cavalry sent by the general before and took the opportunity to abandon the troops and pursue them all the way."

"General Yue, if you don't find a way to break the situation, you will most likely be blocked by tens of thousands of troops!"

Yue Fei said: "I'm not afraid of facing tens of thousands of enemy troops. I'm just afraid that the enemy troops will be huddled in the city and won't be able to get out of the city. The food and grass in my hands won't last long. When we conquered Dingzhou City before, there wasn't much food and grass there. There was really nothing to eat.

We can only go back to Dingzhou City to force food from door to door and snatch the surplus food from the people to survive."

Li Cunhui said: "There is grain in the city of Huaizhou. Wang Cunli has built a strong wall and cleared the fields, and all the grain he has collected is there. However, there are fifty thousand troops guarding the city, and the general has no siege equipment. I am afraid I can only lure Wang Cunli out. But this

People are so timid that even if Xingqing Mansion is besieged, they will not dare to send troops easily."

Yue Fei said: "Your Excellency has lived in Xixia for many years and followed Zong Cunli all the way back. Can you think of any way to seize the city?"

Li Cunhui said: "Huaizhou City is not big. There are already 50,000 troops stationed, but there is no room for more than 100,000 civilians. These civilians are either the family members of the soldiers who defended the city, or the tribesmen of the soldiers who defended the city. They were placed outside the city.

If the general can capture a large number of people, the morale of the soldiers who defend the city will definitely be in chaos! Using the people as hostages to force the city defenders to surrender will, even if it fails, cause chaos in the city. I will return to the city and take the opportunity to instigate some chiefs to defect, which may be able to help

The general captured the city in one fell swoop!"
Chapter completed!