At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 100 The Key to Breaking the Game - Hongze City
In the middle of the night.

The sky suddenly thundered, and it began to rain heavily.

The sound of rain broke into the ears of Cheng De who was sleeping soundly.

Cheng De, who was awakened, immediately got up.

Hearing the movement outside the tent, Cheng De walked outside.

Raise the big tent curtain.

Outside the big tent, the rain fell heavily on the ground.

"Swap, slap" sounded.

At a glance, whether it is Luo Erhu and others, or the soldiers stationed in the distance, they are all standing in the rain, motionless.

Standing like a sculpture.

Let the rain fall on them.

Cheng De withdrew his gaze and landed on Luo Erhu, "Luo Erhu, pass on my order to ask Feng Sheng to take 100 of his men and make some ginger soup for preparation. When the rain stops, give it to all the soldiers. A bowl to warm them up."

Luo Erhu responded immediately: "Yes."

Looking at the back of Luo Erhu stepping on the muddy ground and running quickly in one direction, Cheng De suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky above him, silent.

It's raining.

It is also necessary to prevent the food from getting wet.

Cheng De felt a little worried when he thought of this.

"Lead the way ahead, to the place where the grain and grass are stored." Cheng De turned his head and said to a soldier who was closer.

This personal soldier is Liu Chongwu, Luo Erhu's brother-in-law.

It seems that he is an honest and loyal person.

Do things seriously and conscientiously.

According to Luo Erhu's original words, this Liu Chongwu has great strength.

I heard that it is easy to carry a full-grown cow.

Regarding this, Cheng De didn't know whether it was true or not.

But looking at Liu Chongwu's burly and rough face and tall figure, Cheng De believed it.

This Liu Chongwu just stood there, giving people a kind of pressure.

Of course, Cheng De didn't feel the pressure.

But if it were someone else, I'm afraid I'd be offended right away, thinking that this person is not easy to mess with.

Liu Chong replied in a loud voice, "Yes."

After finishing speaking, Liu Chongwu immediately turned around, walked in front, and led Cheng De towards the place where the grain and grass were put.

The heavy rain splashed on his body, making the jet-black battle armor he was wearing heavier.

Cheng De stepped up and walked in the rain.

The sound of "da da" sounded again and again, accompanied by the sound of rain, as if composing a new piece of music, the tune was low and tense.
For a while.

Come to the place where the grain and grass are placed.

When Cheng De came, he found that many people had already gathered here.

I saw them all busy.

With a glance, Cheng De found that they were trying to move the cloth bags containing grain and grass to a dry place.

Some were piled on top of those baggage carts, some were piled on top of some boxes, and some were just on top of the soaked grain and grass, with several layers of thick leather cloth on top, and then put them on top
Do everything possible to reduce moisture in the grain and grass.

Cheng De stood aside without making a sound.

He roughly estimated that a considerable part of it was affected by the sudden heavy rain and got wet.

It's enough for this kind of thing to happen once.

Although, before coming here from Sizhou City, no one would have guessed that it would suddenly rain.

Looking at the busy figures of those soldiers, Cheng De was not idle and joined them.

After half an hour.

Just finished these things.

Everyone was exhausted.

In the middle of the night, I didn't sleep well.

Suddenly encountering this kind of thing again, I can only secretly think that it is unlucky.

When everyone looked up, they found that Cheng De was also among them, just as tired as they were panting.

Everyone was shocked.

Seeing that they were about to salute to him, Cheng De understood that they had discovered him.

Just now I was busy doing things with my head down.

Now that he stopped, it was only natural to be discovered.

But Cheng De waved his hand directly and said: "There is no need to be too polite. After working for so long, everyone should go to the tent to shelter from the rain. Later, I will send someone to bring some ginger soup for everyone to go to the cold."

When everyone heard the words, their eyes were moved, and the gratitude in their hearts was beyond words.

Cheng De found that because of his presence, everyone was a little restrained, so he led Liu Chongwu away.

At the same time, he sent a personal soldier to inform Feng Sheng to send the ginger soup that had been boiled here first.

And when Cheng De returned to the big tent, the person in charge of food and grass came.

After getting Cheng De's permission to enter the big tent, the man in charge of food and grass was soaked and trembling constantly.

I don't know if it was because of the rain or because of fear.

Without the slightest hesitation, the next moment, he knelt down on his knees.

He lowered his head, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

Cheng De glanced over and found that this person looked familiar.

"What's your relationship with Wei Xiao?" Cheng De squinted at this person.

"Report to the general, he is my elder brother."

Seeing that the man was still bowing his head and full of fear, Cheng De frowned.

"Look up. Tell me, what's your name?" Cheng De said calmly.

After this person raised his head, he didn't dare to look into Cheng De's eyes, and replied submissively: "My subordinate Wei Chen."

Cheng De was silent and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Cheng De didn't respond, Wei Chen was already flustered and looked at the muddy ground anxiously.

"What is your job now?"

"Reporting to the general, this subordinate is currently serving as the head of a hundred households."

Cheng De looked at Wei Chen calmly: "From now on, you, the head of a hundred households, will be reduced to the head of ten households. Do you have any objection to my punishment?"

Wei Chen felt relieved when he heard Cheng De's words, and quickly kowtowed and knelt down in thanks, "Thank you General for your generosity, and I promise that this kind of thing will never happen again in the future."

Cheng De looked at Wei Chen quietly: "What do you want to tell me about this incident?"

Wei Chen's mind was running fast, and his spirit was tense. After a while, Wei Chen replied: "This time, it's because my subordinates didn't think carefully. From now on, my subordinates will prevent problems before they happen and plan ahead. Also, I will prepare some things in advance to deal with different celestial phenomena. s things."

After hearing this, Cheng De waved his hand lightly.

Seeing this, Wei Chen hurriedly bowed and left the big tent.

After arriving outside the big tent, Wei Chen wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with his hands, and exhaled as if relieved of a heavy burden.

Let the rain fall on you.

This time, it's really dangerous.

It rained too suddenly.

Next time, this astronomical phenomenon must be considered in advance.

If you have a chance, talk to your eldest brother and ask him to impart more experience in managing grain and grass.

Before, he didn't listen carefully to what his elder brother said.

This time, after experiencing this incident, he felt that he was a little stupid at the beginning.

Also a little short-sighted.

next moment.Wei Chen strode into the rain.

This rain is coming fast and fast.

Also go fast.

Three hours later.

Rain stopped.

At this time, it was already dawn.

Since Cheng De woke up, he didn't feel sleepy anymore.

Sitting at the desk for a long time, staring at the nearby terrain map.

At the same time, he was thinking about various strategies in his mind.

It's been a long time since I thought about this.

I was also fascinated, and forgot about time.

at this time.

The scout who was sent out to investigate the situation before came back.

Cheng De met these scouts in the big tent.

At this time, there were five people in the big tent.

Everyone is the ten head of the scout team.

They lined up.

Cheng De sat at his desk, looked around them, and said, "Tell me everything you have found out? Tell me one by one."

The person on the far left pointed to the person next to him, bowed and said, "General, he can't speak, so let his subordinates speak for him. The subordinates and the scout team he leads are respectively responsible for investigating Hongze City and Jinhu City." Over there. Jinhu City was besieged by 7 people from Gongbu Ban’s army at this time, and they did not attack. Hongze City was besieged by Ma Helue’s Yuan army led by 3 people. "

Cheng De's complexion changed: "Is what you said true? How did the 3 people in Hongze City come out?"

"Reporting to the general, my subordinates have found out that the 3 people came from Baoying City."

Cheng De was silent for a while.

It seemed that the situation was more critical than he had imagined.

What's more, this horse's conspiracy suddenly made the shadow of horse's conspiracy appear in his mind.

Could it be that they are brothers, right?
Immediately, Cheng De looked directly at the third scout, the head of ten households.

"Reporting to the general, this subordinate is responsible for the direction of Dingyuan. The subordinate found out that Cheli Buhua has led an army of [-] troops to surround Dingyuan City. However, they did not attack, as if they were waiting for something. of."

Hearing this person's words, Cheng De's thoughts suddenly changed, and he realized that this was nothing at all, and he was probably waiting for the news that Lu Timur had defeated him!

It doesn't cost anything at all, and there is Gong Buban, their plans are really the same.

They all expect me to lose!
Cheng De sneered in his heart: Hmph, this time, I will never lose.

Putting away his thoughts, Cheng De turned his attention to the fourth person.

"Reporting to the general, I am in charge of Chuzhou. The Chuzhou Yuan army did not take any action. However, my subordinates heard that there was a plague in Chuzhou, and it was quite serious."

Cheng De was startled, but his expression was calm.

After nodding his head, he turned his attention to the last person.

"Reporting to General, this subordinate is responsible for the direction of the Great Wall of Heaven. This subordinate found out that the 5 troops from Yangzhou Road were about to reach the Great Wall of Heaven last night. Moreover, this subordinate also found out that there were [-] Yuan troops on Qing Road this time. Thousands of people participated in this attack on our city of Sizhou."

Cheng De's face froze.

Ten thousand versus 15?
This difficulty, in operation, is quite big.

A heavy pressure suddenly came to my heart.

"You are all doing well, go down and have a good rest!" Cheng Dehu said.

"Yes." Everyone bowed in response.

after everyone left
Cheng De ordered the army to set off in half an hour.

At the same time, all the people from the General Aircraft Department were summoned to the big tent to discuss matters.

In addition, someone called Xu Da and Feng Sheng together.

not long time.

Everyone has arrived at the big tent.

Cheng De looked around the crowd and said: "According to scouts, Jinhu City was besieged by 5 troops from Gongbu Ban, Hongze City was besieged by [-] troops led by Ma Helue of the Yuan Army, and [-] troops were besieged by Cheli Buhua. Dingyuan, Yangzhou Road Yuan army led a [-] army, calculated the distance, it should have arrived at the Tianchang Wall now, and the [-] yuan army from Jiqing Road will soon arrive at the Tianchang Wall. This is the situation, everyone talk about it, this How to fight a war, how to win?"

When everyone heard the words, their complexions changed dramatically.

Calculating carefully, the Yuan Dynasty dispatched an army of 35 in order to deal with the general.

This is simply a shocking handwriting, appalling!

The Yuan Dynasty attached great importance to generals, which is really unusual.

Right now, considering the situation where the general and the Yuan Dynasty are immortal.

Surrender is the way to go.

There is only one battle left.

Everyone began to fall into deep thought, thinking about strategies.

Cheng De didn't urge him either, but just watched the scene calmly.

Luo Mao suddenly took a few steps forward, and everyone turned their attention to him.

Luo Mao: "General, this subordinate thought that Hongze City was besieged by the Yuan army, so Huai'an City may also be dragged by the Yuan army, and the number of the Yuan army may be tens of thousands according to my guess. The strategy of coordinating internally and externally with Feng Pianjiang may no longer work. Our Sizhou Army needs to break the situation. The subordinates think that the key to breaking the situation is Hongze City."

"Oh, what's your opinion, you might as well tell me." Cheng De's eyes lit up.

"The subordinates thought that Lu Timur and the Jiqing Road Yuan army came to attack with a total of 15 soldiers. With our 1 Sizhou army soldiers, if we fight head-on, I am afraid that our chances of winning are very slim. As bait, they mobilized Lu Timur and the others. In the eyes of the Yuan army, the importance of generals far exceeds Sizhou City. The purpose of their trip is for generals. The reason why they came to attack Sizhou City is It's all for the general. What if the general is no longer in Sizhou City?"

Luo Mao paused for a moment, then continued: "Of course, we must also consider that the Yuan army will implement the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao. They are determined to attack Sizhou City. At that time, Sizhou City will be in danger. I am afraid that the general will definitely support it." This is Yangmou. But the premise of Yangmou is that they take Xuyi City. The subordinates have observed the situation of Xuyi City. If the guards cannot hold on behind closed doors, even if an army of 15 yuan comes to attack, they will at least be able to Keep it for two days. Moreover, if Sizhou City continues to support Xuyi City, it can last at least five days. In these five days, there may be more things to do."

Cheng De frowned and thought about Luo Mao's words, and the others present also bowed their heads in thought.

"In your opinion, why is Hongze City the key to breaking the game?" Cheng De asked.

Luo Mao raised his head, looked into Cheng De's gaze and replied, "There are two reasons."

Cheng De signaled Luo Mao to continue talking with his eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Mao talked eloquently: "One is Hongze City, whether it is to Huai'an City, Jinhu City, or Xuyi City, the distance between any two of the three is not far. Once the general leads the army to relieve Hongze City, siege, then the siege of Huai'an City will also be resolved. After that, the general will integrate the Huai'an Road army and surprise the Gongbu Ban army. And, if necessary, you can "

Luo Mao's voice stopped abruptly.

Cheng De looked at Luo Mao and found that his eyes were struggling.

This scene made Cheng De puzzled.

The others present were also silent.

Luo Mao took a deep breath, and continued: "If necessary, the junction between Hongze and Xuyi can be closed, and the 15 yuan army that came to attack Sizhou City can be flooded. At that time, the situation will be very serious. A reversal will benefit our Sizhou Army."

After everyone heard this, their hearts jumped.

If this is really done, I am afraid it will really work.

But can the general agree to this matter?
After all, if the embankment burst, the fields of the people in Xuyi City would be destroyed.

Can the general accept this consequence?
Everyone present turned their eyes to Cheng De.

They all wanted to know what choice Cheng De would make.

Cheng De was struggling in his heart.

half an hour.

Cheng De asked, "How many fields are there outside Xuyi City?"

Luo Mao didn't hide anything: "About [-] mu of land."

Cheng De was silent.

The [-] mu of land can support many people.

"Of the 15 mu, [-] mu was distributed by the general's mansion to the people of Xuyi City. If the general really breaks the embankment, then he will make some compensation at that time. I believe the people will not say anything more. As for The other [-] mu is the land of the landlord in Xuyi City. If the land is destroyed, the general can use money as compensation, or other compensation. As long as it is handled well, it should be fine. Moreover, if the embankment bursts and floods Yangzhou Road An army of [-] is the method with the least loss for the Sizhou Army. Besides, I really can’t think of any other way to do it.”

Hearing Luo Mao's heartfelt words, Cheng De frowned.

"Isn't it possible to make an ambush plan earlier?" Cheng De asked lightly.

At this time, Zhang Yi said: "Reporting to the general, the previous plan for setting up an ambush was based on the fact that our Sizhou Army arrived at the road between Xuyi and Tianchangcheng earlier than the Yangzhou Road Yuan Army. But now, Yangzhou Road The 10-yuan army may have already reached the Tianchang Wall, and the 5-yuan army from Jiqing Road may have also arrived at the Tianchang Wall. At this time, it is too late to make ambushes or other arrangements. If the general continues to insist on this, if the Yuan army chooses to If we fight steadily and gradually advance, when the time comes, with our Sizhou army of 1 people, against the Shangyuan army of 15 people, we are afraid that we will be defeated with an egg hitting a stone. Please think twice, general!"

After hearing this, Cheng De closed his eyes, recalling the scene of the people in Sizhou City seeing him off.

There is also the expectation of victory from the top and bottom of the Sizhou Army.

Cheng De finally made up his mind.

After opening his eyes again, Cheng De looked at Luo Mao and said, "Taking Hongze City as a breakout, I'm afraid the second reason is that Hongze's water can't flood Hongze City, right?"

Romeo nodded.

Cheng De continued: "Taking Hongze City as the breaking point, I came up with a third reason. After the siege of Hongze City was solved, people could be sent to contact Qinghe and Qingjiang's water army. Tang He and Geng Zaicheng led the army. Going down the lake, after the 15 yuan army on Yangzhou Road was flooded, I defeated them on the boat, so that they had no chance, and left them all here. I am afraid that in this battle, I will be given the title of "human slaughter" by the Yuan Dynasty Already!"

Everyone was silent.

"You said that this Yangzhou Road Yuan Army, would anyone have guessed that we had flooded Hongze Lake and flooded them?" Cheng De asked with a gloomy look at the crowd.

Suddenly, Liu Yuan stood up and said, "Reporting to General, my subordinates thought that the Lu Yuan Army in Yangzhou would not guess."

Cheng De looked at Liu Yuan and said indifferently: "How can you see that?"

Liu Yuan replied unhurriedly: "There are two reasons. One is that the general's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is out, and the flooding of the embankment will damage the general's reputation for benevolence and righteousness. My subordinates guess that in the eyes of Lu Timur, it will definitely be I feel that the general will not do such a thing, after all, such a thing will damage the foundation of the general's rebellion. Moreover, from the perspective of subordinates, the general cannot do this kind of thing and can only let others do it."

When Luo Mao heard this, he stood up and said, "General, let me do the matter of breaking the embankment and flooding. Since I proposed this matter, I will do it. Only then can it be done." The clothes are seamless. Moreover, it will not damage the reputation of the general. As for my personal reputation, it is irrelevant compared to the victory of the Sizhou Army. To be realistic, let the world believe that I, Luo Mao, did it alone. The general and I have played a good show, and the general may lose a little face."

Cheng De asked curiously: "What play do you need me to act in?"

Luo Mao replied: "At that time, before the flooding of the embankment, I will give the general a sweat medicine. Of course, it will not be really administered, just lie down for a while. And, after I do the flooding of the embankment , This kind of thing will spread among the Sizhou Army, and I will arrange this matter."

Cheng De thought for a moment, then said: "At that time, I will wrong you. As for me, if I lose face and win a big battle, it doesn't matter to me."

Luo Mao laughed and said, "If I am the only one who suffers a little grievance, and the Sizhou army fights the Yuan army and wins the battle, I, Luo Mao, hope that there will be more grievances."

Cheng De nodded, and shifted his gaze to Liu Yuan: "Go on."

"As for the second reason." Liu Yuan suddenly hesitated.

Cheng De looked at Liu Yuan and said, "But it doesn't matter."

Only then did Liu Yuan feel relieved, and continued: "Lu Timur has three very trusted staff members, all of whom are his military advisers. But the person Lu Timur trusts the most is Gu Ning, one of them. Because Gu Ning is the most strategic person among the three. However, this Gu Ning will never really do things for Lu Timur."

"This time the Yuan army from Yangzhou Road and Jiqing Road came to attack, and they have already reached the Tianchang Wall, which is enough to prove that they are rushing day and night. The general can send scouts to check the situation near the Tianchang Wall. If the Yuan army goes directly to Sizhou City Coming here can prove that they did not make any preparations for the flooding of the embankment."

"Moreover, the most important thing is, I think, with Gu Ning's wisdom, it is impossible not to guess the possibility of Hongze Lake bursting and flooding the Yuan army. But he didn't remind Lu Timur that one of the I also know the reason."

Cheng De narrowed his gaze to Liu Yuan: "Are you old with Gu Ning?"

Liu Yuan nodded: "In the past, when we were studying, we still worshiped the same teacher, and we had classmates. Moreover, we came from the same village. Before I came, I wrote to Gu Ning, asking him to leave Lu Timur, came to seek refuge with the general with me. But he refused. He told me that he wanted to avenge his parents, who were killed by Lu Timur's generals. Lu Tie Mu'er didn't discover the secret of Gu Ning because Gu Ning was not called Guning before, he used to be called Hu Lu. In order to get revenge, he changed his name and pretended to join Lu Timur."

"So, you are still in contact with Gu Ning?" Cheng De looked at Liu Yuan quietly.

Liu Yuan didn't deny it either, but took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Cheng De.

After Cheng De took it, he looked at it immediately.

After reading it, Cheng De's expression changed.

"When was this letter delivered?" Cheng De stared at Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan replied: "Report to General, this letter was delivered two days ago."

Cheng De was shocked.

"That is to say, this Gu Ning had already guessed that Hongze Lake burst and flooded the Yuan army three days ago?" Cheng De said to himself.

The eyes of everyone else present flashed.

Cheng De showed the letter to others present.

After everyone watched it, a kind of admiration arose in their hearts.

Liu Bowen felt that Gu Ning was a match for his opponent.

Immediately, Cheng De turned his gaze to Liu Yuan and said, "Have you read this letter before?"

"Reporting to the general, the subordinate did not. Because the subordinate promised Gu Ning. General, please read, this is a letter written by Gu Ning himself to the subordinate." After speaking, Liu Yuan took out another letter from his arms, Pass it to Cheng De.

After Cheng De took it apart and looked at it, he immediately understood.

Why didn't Liu Yuan take out the letter earlier, but only took it out after someone in his own team brought up the matter of flooding the yuan army in Hongze Lake.

It turned out that this was Gu Ning's advice to Liu Yuan.

Judging from the content of the letter, this Gu Ning really hated the Yuan army.

It proved that what Liu Yuan said before was [-]% true.

Moreover, it can be seen from the letter that the friendship between Liu Yuan and Gu Ning is really deep.

Cheng De looked at Liu Yuan and said, "This Gu Ning is very intelligent. It would be a pity if he was buried in this battle. I want you to join the navy and find a way to kill this Gu Ning." Save me. Are you willing to do this?"

Liu Yuan was very excited when he heard the words, and quickly replied: "General, my subordinates are willing to do it. Moreover, my subordinates promise that they will definitely persuade Gu Ning to join the general."

Cheng De nodded.

He still had nothing to say in his mind, when the time comes, the sword will have no eyes and the water will flood, Gu Ning may not be able to save him.

But seeing Liu Yuan's excited appearance, he didn't say much.

Afterwards, Cheng De quickly dispatched five teams of scouts, according to Liu Yuan's intention, to check near the Tianchang Wall to see if the Yuan army had moved forward and came towards him.

At the same time, he also told the five scouts and the ten household heads to meet him in the direction of Hongze City after they found out.

Because the Sizhou army will follow Luo Mao's suggestion and head towards Hongze City.

He wants to break the siege of Hongze City and regard it as the key to breaking the situation.

If the news obtained by the scouts is consistent with what Liu Yuan said, then it proves that what Liu Yuan said is true.

Before, before convening everyone to discuss the matter, Cheng De ordered the army to leave half an hour later.

And now half an hour has arrived.

The army of the Sizhou Army started to set off and turned to march in the direction of Hongze City.

Before leaving, Cheng De was worried that only Wei Xiao was guarding Xuyi City, so he left Feng Sheng behind and helped defend the city together.

And Feng Sheng also knew the pressure Xuyi City was about to face, and knew the severity of the matter.

Considering the overall situation, he agreed to stay.

Moreover, he also assured Cheng De that he would persist until Hongze Lake burst its embankment and flooded the Yuan army.

This time, walking towards Hongze City, Cheng De felt that the burden on his body was lightened.

He knew how to defeat the 15 troops on Yangzhou Road and Jiqing Road, and the feasibility of the operation was very high, and the possibility of success was very high.

Regarding the siege of the 3 yuan army in Hongze City, he felt that with the 1 elite he brought, he would definitely be able to defeat them.

In order to reduce his own losses, he decided to sneak attack Ma Helue's 3 yuan army from behind at night.

Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, he ordered an accelerated march.

Just to rush to the vicinity of Hongze City as soon as possible.

Victory is waving to the Sizhou Army.

(End of this chapter)