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Volume 9: Jin Ou is missing and must be replenished. Chapter 19: Deceiving the City

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    "The Jiedu envoy heard that the Zhou army was delayed at Baicaokou and only dared to bombard the Guangwu Walled City with four small cannons every day, but never even attacked the city with ants, so he concluded that his army's morale and fighting spirit were not solid.  Jian, so he sent the secretary in charge to lead an army to assist the deputy envoy. I thought that the Zhou army only had a few thousand people. Although Baicao Pass was narrow and difficult to enter, but our army of nearly ten thousand sharpened their swords, it was not difficult to win this battle! The army today  We will rest in the north of the city, and tomorrow we will circle the city south to launch an attack on the Zhou army. The deputy envoy only needs to ask the city to prepare food, wine, meat and food for the army. The general will enter the city as a vanguard and set up an outpost for the army."

    A Han general from outside the city, escorted by two elite soldiers, came to the north gate of Guangwu Walled City and shouted loudly to the city. Under the scorching sun in midsummer, even though it was already dusk, there were still beads of sweat on this man's head.  Rolling down.  Fortunately, although the Guangwu Walled City is quite strong, the height of the city is not more than ten feet. Huangfu Jixun and Yelu Kuowen, who were standing on the top of the north gate city, could clearly hear what he was saying and see clearly.  face.  .

    "Well, it is indeed a commander of the Shuozhou Han'er Army. He seems to be named Zhao Xizan Looking at him, he does look exhausted from continuous marching in the summer. Although the soldiers under his command are still in good order, they are  His fatigue is also visible. He is so busy in order to assist our army in fighting, so I naturally have to entertain him Besides, I am also the deputy envoy of Jiedu, and what he brought was only a Han'er army under command, but there were two in the walled city.  With more than a thousand soldiers, there is no doubt that Jiu will occupy the magpie nest. As for the nearly 10,000 troops that will follow, although it is Zhao Kuo who leads the troops, Zhao Xizan has made it clear that they will camp in the north of the city, so there is no need to worry"

    Huangfu Jixun looked at the troops under the city intently.  I was thinking to myself.

    However, the Han soldiers under the city paid off the years of training by Xiao Weili and others. Within a few years of joining the Shunyi army from Yunzhou, Yingzhou and other places, they had already trained so powerfully that the Guangwu Walled City was so powerful.  It would only take three days at most for the news of the battle abroad to reach Shuozhou.  Xiao Weili was able to re-determine the battle based on the latest battle situation, and quickly ordered his troops to rush to the battlefield. The lineup was not dispersed during the rapid march. This battle can be fought!

    Besides, this is just the vanguard of the Han army. There should be many Khitan troops behind the nearly ten thousand people. Their combat power is even better than that of the Han army. Thousands of Zhou troops huddled in the Baicaokou camp.  But let's see Even if they have four small cannons to help them, I'm afraid they can't withstand the vigorous attack of the nearly ten thousand elite Shun rebels.  The first victory in the Anti-Zhou War can be fully expected!

    "Well, General Yelu is indeed right! The person who came is the general of Shuozhou Han'er Army, and the commander of Shuozhou Han'er Horse Army is Zhao Xizan." Huangfu Jixun turned his head and glanced at Yelu Kuowen, and said lightly,  "It must be the vanguard of the reinforcements sent by the Jiedushi. Seeing that these people and horses are very tired from running, let's open the city and let them come in to rest Remember to instruct the forage officer in the city to quickly prepare food, wine, meat and fodder for tens of thousands of horses. Be sure to  Send them outside the north gate before dark, and let the troops in the city go out to set up camps for the reinforcements."

    Yelu Kuowen¡¯s eyesight is pretty good.  Although most of these Khitan generals despised the Han'er Army and the Bohai Navy, and few valued the Han'er as much as Xiao Weili did, Yelu Kuowen could still recognize Zhao Xizan and knew that he was from the Shuozhou Han'er Army.  A commander.  It's just that I can't pronounce his name like I can.

    "The general will get his order at the end!"

    Huangfu Jixun's martial arts and military strategy impressed Khitan generals such as Yelu Kuowen. In addition, he served as deputy envoy of the Shunyi Army and commander of the Shuozhou Mabu Army.  He was their immediate superior, and Xiao Weili, the military governor of Shunyi Army, also respected this person quite a bit.  Therefore, no matter how arrogant and contemptuous Yelu Kuowen and others were towards other Han children, they were still very obedient to Huangfu Jixun's military orders.

    It is naturally a trivial matter to let these tired men outside the city enter the city to rest. It is also necessary to prepare camps, food and wine for the subsequent reinforcements. Since the boss has given the order, Yelu Kuowen will certainly not discount it. As for the people on the top of the city,  The various schemings contained in this conversation were not something that the Khitan athletes, who were only good at seeing the winner and loser with swords and guns, could understand clearly.

    Watching Huangfu Jixun go down to the city, regardless of whether he was going back to the south city to follow the movements of Zhou's army, or going to the north gate to meet the reinforcement vanguard, Yelu Kuowen turned around and rushed to the top of the city and shouted down: "Wuna, Han!  The deputy commander has ordered me to wait until the city opens for you to come in and rest. However, the armies in the city have been fighting bloody battles with the Zhou people for five days and are now very tired. When you enter the city, please go slowly and line up to come in one by one.  No fighting, no making noise!¡±

    Naturally, he was somewhat grateful to Shuozhou for sending reinforcements, but Yelu Kuowen was not going to let himself down as a Khitan athlete because of this. The Liao Lord's edict of "no needless reinforcements to any city" was not conveyed.  At his level, Guangwu City Walled City currently shows no sign of decline in the face of the Zhou army's offensive. Yelu Kuowen is not as concerned about the presence of reinforcements as Huangfu Jixun.

    Of course he welcomes reinforcements.?But Han'er has to obey the Khitan people's orders obediently.

    Standing up from the crenel, Yelu Kuowen suddenly seemed to see the commander of the Han'er Army below let out a long breath, then raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and he couldn't help but raise his head and squint at the sun in the west.  .

    In this midsummer season, even though it was already dusk, even though the sun had set in the west, the whole body was still quite hot, and the surface of the body was sticky with sweat. Yelu Kuowen seemed to have been infected by the commander of the Han'er Army below the city.  , also exhaled a breath of turbid air towards the sky, stretched out the back of his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

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    With a creaking sound, the north gate of Guangwu City slowly opened. Huangfu Jixun walked down from the top of the city with his head held high, but he did not rush to the city gate to greet Zhao Xizan - the identities of the two were quite different.  It's not a small reward. He, a deputy envoy of Jiedu, would not condescend to personally greet a small commander under his command. Now he is just going back to the south city. He can stop by the north gate to greet Zhao Xizan. That would be a great reward.  The other party showed respect, but there was no need for him to push him over. Instead, Zhao Xizan would most likely stop on the roadside and wait for his arrival after entering the city.

    "Wow! The reinforcements came so quickly"

    "Are you trying to get into the city before sunset?"

    "There is no room for nearly ten thousand people in the walled city! The deputy commander has already ordered them to camp in the north of the city. Why do they need to rush on their way in such a hurry? The camp has not been set up yet. Even if they rush over, there will be no place to rest. Maybe  You still have to set up camp by yourself, why bother rushing in such a hurry"

    "Most of them don't know the deputy commander's military orders, right?"

    "Who said that! Didn't you see that the vanguard under the city sent them the flag order? God knows why they were in such a hurry."

    ¡°¡­But the billowing smoke and dust are really spectacular.¡±

    There was a sudden uproar on the top of the city behind him, which made Huangfu Jixun suffocate slightly. He vaguely felt that something was wrong. Then he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the north. There should be tens of thousands of horses heading towards the city.  They were galloping here, and the steps hitting the ground were like rumbling war drums. At this moment, Huangfu Jixun seemed to feel that the ground began to shake strongly.

    Guangwu Walled City did not report to Shuozhou, nor did it light a beacon in the city to symbolize the imminent destruction of the city. There was no need for reinforcements to come so urgently, right?  !

    Huangfu Jixun's heart suddenly jumped. He changed his steady pace and rushed down three steps at a time. He ran down the stairs to the upper city and turned around the North Gate Avenue. He saw Zhao Xizan standing next to several soldiers.  The guards rushed into the city at the lead, and behind them, five hundred Han soldiers led their horses and filed in. Behind them, from the farther north, smoke and dust rolled in, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

    "Commander Zhao, stop! After your troops enter the city, quickly close the city gate and rest at the north gate."

    It was too late to tell whether Zhao Xizan and his subordinates had rebelled, and there was no time to think about why he suspected that Zhou Jun actually appeared in the north of the city. Huangfu Jixun assured himself with his many years of experience resisting Zhou Jun that this time his intuition was different.  There will be mistakes!

    Regardless of whether Zhao Xizan's troops rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, the fact that they were entering the city could not be changed. Before the nearly ten thousand people from the north rushed to the city, it was impossible for him to immediately send troops to expel Zhao Xizan's troops from the city.  The only solution now is to stabilize them first.  As long as the other party obeys the order and closes the north gate, no matter what their inclination is, Huangfu Jixun is still quite confident that the two thousand defenders in the city can deal with the five hundred exhausted Shuozhou Han'er Army.

    ¡°If the other party resolutely refuses to obey ordersit means that Zhao Xizan has led his troops to surrender to the enemy. Whether we can regain control of the North Gate from them, I am afraid we have to leave it to fate.

    "Deputy Commander, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is benevolent and loves the people. It is unwise for the Lord of Liao to listen to Zhao Kuo's slander and create chaos in China. The Northern Expedition of the Zhou army is entirely a crime against heaven. Xizan led his troops to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty for the sake of all people in the world!  It¡¯s better for the deputy commander to abandon the dark side and join the bright side here"

    Hearing Huangfu Jixun's loud order, Zhao Xizan's troops who were entering the city not only did not close the city gate, but sent out manpower to guard both sides of the city gate, and quickly set up a formation facing the city. However, Zhao Xizan obeyed the order and stopped.  He stopped and watched his footsteps, reined in his horse, looked at Huangfu Jixun, and at the same time began to loudly persuade him to surrender.

    It¡¯s over¡­

    Although Zhao Xizan's words confirmed Huangfu Jixun's suspicions, they did not make him completely despair. What really made Huangfu Jixun feel that the situation was over was the actions of Zhao Xizan's troops - they were not actually the Han soldiers led by Zhao Xizan.  Children's Army!

    Those horses should still be the rides of Han'er's horse army, but all the soldiers must have been replaced Looking at these people taking out muskets from the leather pouches beside the saddles, and then quickly unfolding the formation, Zhao Xizan  Several soldiers behind him directly took outThe gun was pointed at himself, and Huangfu Jixun's face turned pale.

    Those who snatched the north gate were the elites of the Zhou army!  Behind them, there are nearly ten thousand Zhou troops!

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