Chapter 51: War Magnetic State (12)
In the large camp of the Song army, Zong Ze summoned generals from all over the world to discuss the capture of Cizhou.
Since the Song army captured several envoys of Jin soldiers last night, they found some letters from these envoys. From the letters asking for help, it can be seen that when the Song army was coming in full force, Han Ji, was already afraid and was determined to send the envoys to ask Handan for help. After Zong Ze learned of this letter, he adopted Liu Yixuan's strategy and used a general to make a plan to change into the clothes of the "Yang" camp, and pretended to be reinforcements from Handan. If he could trick the Cizhou guards into opening the city gate, Cizhou would be defeated without attack.
Liu Yixuan said to the generals: "Generals, our army will pretend to be reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom this time and will deceive the generals guarding the city at the north gate of Cizhou. When the city gate of Cizhou is wide open, it is the time when the city is broken. Therefore, the key point of this battle is how to deceive the generals guarding the city."
"What's the difficulty? We just need to replace the Jin Man's skin!" Song Tixia said readily.
"It may not be enough to just change into this skin. Besides, the costumes of the golden man in our hands were seized in the warehouse of the Puyang government office. In addition, those who were taken down from the prisoners were enough for three or four thousand people. If we were to pretend to be reinforcements from Handan, three or four thousand people seemed too small, which would make Han Ji suspicious. Of course, we can take advantage of the night and lie that there were 10,000 troops. As for whether we could deceive the generals of the Jin man, we still need the help of all the generals!"
After hearing this, the generals asked quickly: "Young Master Liu, you can just give me some instructions!"
Liu Yixuan walked to Hu Yanqing and smiled and said, "This time we are going to enter the city from the north gate of Cizhou. General Hu Yan's men are stationed outside the north gate. This requires General Hu Yan and our brothers from the 'yong' camp to perform this scene soon."
When Hu Yanqing heard that he wanted him to "act" with him, he didn't know what Liu Yixuan meant, so he asked, "Acting? This is not my specialty. How to act has to be asked Mr. Liu to teach me."
"It's not difficult. Just tell the brothers of the Yi camp in advance and let them cooperate well. Our "Yong" camp pretends to be Jin soldiers from Handan and break into your camp from the north. Then the general can order his soldiers to pretend to resist. The soldiers just shout loudly, without needing to meet each other, and at the same time, ignite some firewood or tents, so that the Jin soldiers on Cizhou City can think that it's just a rescuer!" Liu Yixuan ordered carefully.
After listening to Liu Yixuan's order, Hu Yanqing understood the intention of the acting and said, "So that's what it means, I can say, I will do everything! However, Mr. Liu, if I let you go, should I follow you quietly? When you deceive the city gate, I can also bring people to kill the generals!"
Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "What General Huyan said is exactly. If we arrive at the city of Cizhou smoothly, we will inevitably entangle with the officers and soldiers guarding the city. General Huyan can secretly follow him with his men and horses. Once the city gate is opened, my brothers who are named Yong camp will fight with the officers and soldiers guarding the city. If the general hears the sound of killing at the city gate, he can enter the city. After our army enters the city, they will all expose their left arms. General Huyan must not regard our brothers who are named Yong camp as Jin soldiers!"
"It's easy to say, Mr. Liu, don't worry, I will definitely give orders." Hu Yanqing agreed happily.
Seeing that the arrangement was made, Liu Yixuan said to Zong Ze: "Old General, I have finished what I should say. Please give me the rest."
Seeing that Liu Yixuan was meticulous and thoughtful, Zong Ze couldn't help but secretly praised himself, thinking that he was a talented person and would definitely become a pillar of the Song Dynasty in the future. Zong Ze said:
"Young Master Liu's words just now are exactly what I mean. All generals must cooperate well! This time, success or failure is at the North Gate of Cizhou. If the North Gate of Cizhou can be broken, the other camps can attack the city in large numbers. After General Huyan enters the city, he should not be too interested in fighting. He must divide his troops to the east, west and south gates to cooperate with the troops outside the city. If this battle is successful, he will definitely wipe out the defenders in the city!"
After hearing the old generals' words, the morale was greatly boosted. Who among the generals of the Song Dynasty did not hope to achieve success and glorify their ancestors? This time, the northern expedition was ordered to establish military achievements. The generals were ready to win and were sure to win.
Seeing that the order was finished, Zong Ze ordered the generals of the army to return to the camp to prepare for war, and asked for some troops to prepare for the meal, just waiting for nightfall to show off.
It was evening while they were talking. After dinner, the soldiers of the Yongbain soldier had eaten dinner. Yuan and Song Tixia selected five thousand strong warriors, and asked them to put on the costumes of Jin soldiers and slapped the flags of Jin people. In fact, the Song army had less than four thousand Jin people's clothing. However, considering that the defenders in Handan City were not all native Jin people, and there were a large number of surrendered troops from Song State, Liu Yixuan mixed more than a thousand soldiers dressed in the Song State into his team. Anyway, they were fighting at night, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city might not be able to recognize them.
After everything was ready, Liu Yixuan and Generals such as Master Yuan, Wang Zichun gathered their troops. In order to make the show real, they had to go around the back of the "Yi" camp outside the north gate in advance and pretended to fight with Hu Yanqing's troops.
After the team was assembled, the veteran Zong Ze came to see the soldiers off. Zong Ze asked the young generals who went on the battle to pour a bowl of wine one by one, and then said with the wine: "You are all elites of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, and you are also energetic young talents. The success or failure of this battle in Cizhou depends on you. I am here to farewell to you. I wish you a victory and another great achievement! Come on, do it!"
When Liu Yixuan saw that he drank such a big bowl, he felt very passionate. He quickly drank the wine in the bowl. After drinking, he threw the bowl hard to the ground. With a "click", fragments scattered all over the ground. When everyone saw him smashing the bowl, they didn't know what he meant, so they stared at him.
"See what I'm doing, why don't you fall?"
"Smash the bowl? Why do you want to throw the bowl!" asked Teacher Yuan.
"Why, don't you throw the bowl after drinking the farewell wine? This is what you do on TV. This is called 'Broken Peace'! It indicates that we will return safely."
"Oh, so that's what it means, okay, then just fall!"
With the order from Teacher Yuan, he heard a "click" sound, and the Song army soldiers pulled out their camps to fight.
The Song army left the village, and after about an hour of traveling, they arrived at the official road north of Cizhou City. Liu Yixuan looked at the people stationed in Huyanqing's "Yi" camp three miles away from the north gate. Liu Yixuan didn't know if Huyanqing was ready, so he quickly sent sentries to "Yi" camp to inquire. The sentry went for a while and ran back to report. "Mr. Liu, General Huyan said that everything was ready and the show was ready!"
Chapter completed!