Late Tang

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Under the city of Youzhou, Guo Chongtao's camp of the Shatuo Army, Li Cunxin offered three strategies to defeat Youzhou.Originally, Guo Chongtao didn't believe that Li Cunxin could have a good way to destroy the city, but after listening to it, it was unexpected.

Li Cunxin's three strategies to destroy Youzhou, the worst strategy is to send troops at night to pretend to attack the city, and then secretly select a group of elite warriors to learn the special warfare methods of the Qin army.The large army pretended to attack and cover at night, and a small group of elite sneaked into the city secretly, and then tried to seize the city gate and lead the army into the city.

Although this strategy has some imitations, it is not without its merits.

And his medium strategy is to adopt authentic tactics.The dark sent soldiers and craftsmen who were proficient in digging techniques to secretly dig tunnels at night and dig directly into Youzhou City.Compared with the worst strategy, this strategy is relatively stable, but it takes a lot of time and the amount of work is not small.There are also many advantages, authentic tactics, and a great chance to bypass the strong and tall city of Youzhou.As long as one tunnel is successfully dug, things have a great chance of success.Especially right now in the army, there is still a master level digging master.Liu Rengong, the former commander of Lulong Army's Mozhou governor and Dingbadu, nicknamed Liu Kutou, was born as a tomb robber in his ancestors, and his family passed down the tunnel-digging skills.When he joined the army under Li Maoxun, in a battle, he used his society's tunnel skills to dig into the opponent's city and directly won the battle.

Liu Rengong was tricked by Li Quanzhong last time, and was forced to flee to Li Keyong's account.Right now he is leading Dingbadu [-] elite riders in Guo Chongtao's battalion.With such a professional person, authentic tactics are more feasible.

But this is not Li Cunxin's last plan.

His best strategy is to look for internal responses and cooperate with internal responses and external responses.

When Li Cunxin talked about this best policy, he also looked proud and confident.

"General Liu is General Lu Long, who has been stationed in Youzhou City many times. Although he is not in the city now, as far as I know, General Liu still has contact with many officers and noble families in Youzhou City. I heard that the former Liu Yue's Silver Gourd Army Envoy Wang Sitong and Yin'an Army Envoy Li Chengyue are very close to General Liu. These two men stood firmly on General Liu's side when General Liu and Liu Yan competed for Youzhou last time. One side. But, it’s a pity that in the end Li Quanzhong suddenly followed the oriole, and General Liu was picked peaches.”

The Silver Gourd Army envoy Wang Sitong and the Yin'an Army envoy Li Chengyue were both Liu Yue's subordinates, but in fact, these two were also the leaders of Lu Long's army.In today's warlord era, these big and small military leaders who control the army can't talk about absolute loyalty to someone.When Li Maoxun became handsome, they expressed their obedience. When Liu Yue came to power, they also surrendered. When Liu Yue died, they hooked up with Liu Rengong again.Li Quanzhong stepped in and drove Liu Rengong away. As a result, they now turned to Li Quanzhong again.

Although Youzhou City has changed several owners, the status of these small and powerful military leaders has not changed much.Even if Li Quanzhong didn't completely trust them in his heart, he couldn't just get rid of them.

Now almost half of Li Kuangwei's 2 people in Youzhou City are from the original Lulong Army.Among them are Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue, two generals who have a close relationship with Liu Rengong.

Li Cunxin's best strategy is to let Liu Rengong send trusted people to sneak into Youzhou secretly, and reconnect with his original allies Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue.Let them find a way to create chaos in the city, so as to attract the attention of the city, or even directly help open the city gate and lead them into the city.Both Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue are generals with real power, and they have soldiers and people in their hands. As long as they are willing to respond internally, the success of this matter will be great.

Liu Rengong is now under the eaves, a little miserable.The last time he tried to win the position of commander Lu Long, he lost all his merits, and finally escaped from Youzhou with great difficulty, but there were only a few thousand people left.Now, there are only three thousand riders left around.With such strength, it is too difficult to make a comeback.After defecting to Li Keyong, he has always been very low-key and obedient.For Li Cunxin and Guo Chongtao's proposal, Liu Rengong did not hesitate, and quickly agreed, and immediately arranged for his confidants to find a way to sneak into Youzhou.

It is very difficult to send an army into Youzhou City, but it is not impossible to send a person to sneak into a city with a circumference of more than ten miles.

Youzhou City, in the inner city Yacheng.

This inner city, which is stronger and taller than Luocheng, the outer city of Youzhou, has been completely taken over by the Qin army at this time.It turned out that both Li Kuangwei and Lu Long's army had withdrawn to station in the outer city. In Yacheng, an elite Qin army was secretly stationed, including the Jinjiasheng Jie army and the Black Banner army.The two cavalry troops went to sea from the Huaihe River, then sat down to Dengzhou, and then to Youzhou.Along the way, under the guise of a grain transport ship, they secretly entered Youzhou City, and finally stayed in Yacheng.

On the surface, this army is now led by Liaoxi Marquis Liu Xun, with Julu Marquis Li Cunxiao as his deputy.But in fact, Li Jing also entered Youzhou secretly with this army, but he entered the city as an intern staff officer of the Jinjiasheng Jie Army.

With these two elite cavalry troops entering the city, and Li Quanzhong's seal letter brought by Li Kuangchou, there were no twists and turns.Li Kuangwei, who was full of fear, immediately gave up Yacheng to Li Jing, and even temporarily handed over the command and mobilization of his 2 troops to Liu Xun.

With [-] soldiers and horses in the city, the Qin army has quickly taken over the entire Youzhou.

At night, in Yacheng Shuaifu Jietang, only the senior officers of the Qin Army gathered.

Liu Xun kept his armor on, with a serious face, and reported to Li Jing: "Everything has been arranged as the king ordered, Yacheng is completely in our hands, and the outer city Luocheng is also brought by Li Kuangwei and Li Kuangchou brothers. All the battalions of the original Lulong Army have been closely monitored by soldiers and horses. Once there is any change in them, we can wipe them out in a short time. In addition, the governor Pei You, the leader of Guo Zhenshan, and Guo Zhenhai The Lord, Gao Shunli and other generals are marching towards Youzhou from the six directions of Shun, Tan, Ji, Ping, Mo, and Cang according to the plan. It is expected that they will be able to take over the counties of Youzhou in three days and reach the city of Youzhou. Cover Guo Chongtao outside the city."

Li Jing nodded, very satisfied.This time he traveled thousands of miles, all the way from Huainan to Hebei by boat, but the plan was very big.Guo Chongtao is just an appetizer.

"Brother Li Kuangwei has come to look for his disciples several times, hoping that we can send troops south to rescue Yizhou as soon as possible," Liu Xun said again.

Li Jing smiled lightly: "How did you reply?"

Of course Liu Xun knew Li Jing's plan, and replied: "I will reply to Guo Chongtao's encirclement of Youzhou, and he can only go south to rescue him after he clears the siege."

Li Quanzhong's life is not good now, Li Jing knows it.However, Li Jing was not in a hurry to rescue him, because he knew that although Li Quanzhong's ability could not beat Li Keyong, he could still hold on to the city for the time being.Although Li Jing formed an alliance with Li Quanzhong, it was only because Li Jing chose the lesser of two evils.As an ally of Li Quanzhong, as long as he hangs his life, if he sends troops too early, Li Quanzhong's strength will be thrown away at that time, but it will be difficult to control.

The best result is that after Li Quanzhong's battle, those beaten by Li Keyong can only rely on his protection. Being a buffer between him, Li Keyong and Cheng Dezhen is the result that is most in line with his interests.

There was a sound of crisp footsteps, and Gongsun Lan, who was dressed in a red palace attire, walked in gracefully.With a smile on his face, he smiled very proudly.

"Sanlang, things are exactly as you expected. According to your instructions, the Supervisory Office secretly monitored the towns of Lulong in the Central Plains of Youzhou City and the big officials in the city. As a result, we really caught a big fish."

The big fish caught by the Supervisory Office was none other than Liu Rengong who sent people in the city to contact Li Chengyue's confidant.

"Someone took it?"

Li Jing had expected this for a long time. When the Military Intelligence Bureau reported that Liu Rengong appeared in Guo Chongtao's barracks outside the city, he had already estimated that Liu Rengong, the former general of Youzhou, would never let go of this opportunity to cooperate with the outside world.Therefore, he arranged for his manpower early to stay by the side of the former Youzhou military officers and officials.Sure enough, Liu Rengong's messenger was discovered as soon as he entered the city.

"He hasn't been caught yet, and he is being followed and monitored, and he is going to catch some big fish with him." Gongsun Lan held her breath very heavily, and did not startle the snake immediately.

Li Jing nodded appreciatively at him, "Okay, let's see how many big fish we can catch this time."

When it was almost dawn, Gongsun Lan woke up Li Jing and reported the latest progress to him.The Office of Supervision has just received it, and it has indeed caught several big fish.

Wang Sitong, Li Chengyue, Yuan Xingqin, Gao Xingyu, Lu Wenjin, Zhang Juhan and a series of names of Lulong generals are among them.Among them, Wang Sitong and other six people are considered as a few big fish among them.These six people are envoys of the First Army, the Silver Gourd Army, the Silver Saddle Army, the Surrendered Army, the Fourth Army in front of the mountain, and the Eighth Army behind the mountain...

Li Quanzhong couldn't protect himself, Li Keyong's momentum was booming, and Liu Rengong, an old friend, passed on various generous conditions on Li Keyong's behalf, and almost bought out half of the main leaders of the former Lu Long Army at once.It's a pity that they didn't know that Youzhou was already under the control of the Qin army. As a result, it was taken down by the Supervision Office in a blink of an eye.

After reading several lists, Li Jing asked Liu Xun and other generals to discuss. .

Liu Xun couldn't help being surprised when he saw such a harvest. After thinking about it, his eyes lit up, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Shatuo wants to cooperate with the inside and outside. Now that we have taken down these inside, why don't we just give them a plan. You can let them Li Chengyue and others secretly sent people out of the city to reply in the middle of the night, saying that they were willing to respond from the inside, and asked them to march overnight. When Guo Chongtao came, we would lure him into the city, and then we would close the door and beat the dog, and catch the turtle. Although Guo Chongtao had a small plan, Shatuo's soldiers are also fierce, but as soon as he gets into the trap, he will be unable to escape."

"It's exactly what I want." Li Jing laughed, and according to Liu Xun's plan, he asked the arrested Wang Sitong and other generals to write a letter agreeing to cooperate with the inside and outside, and sent people out of the city in the middle of the night.

Outside the city of Youzhou, Guo Chongtao was not idle. When he was waiting for the reply, he sent people to step up building siege equipment, and at the same time secretly sent Liu Rengong to preside over the excavation of the tunnel.He often pretended to attack and exhausted the defenders.After dark that day, when Guo Chongtao was waiting for some anxiety, he suddenly reported the arrival of the messenger from the city.

The person who came was Liu Rengong's confidant who was sent to the city earlier, and he brought back a strong man, but he said he was Wang Sitong's personal general in the city.

Guo Chongtao opened the letter for a look, but saw more than one reply.Not only Wang Sitong and Li Chengyue have agreed to the internal response, but there are even four former generals of Lu Long who are willing to join Shatuo, please be the internal response.

Guo Chongtao was overjoyed by the bright red handprints on the letter.

"Tonight I am guarding the East City Gate. I hope to come quickly, and I will not miss this opportunity. When I arrive at the bottom of the city, I will shake five torches as a sign, and the city will respond with three lanterns as a signal."

Seeing this, Guo Chongtao was overjoyed and said, "Youzhou is in your hands." Immediately, he rewarded the visitor heavily, while packing up his troops.

Li Cunzhang, the deputy general of the army, was a little worried and said: "Things are going too smoothly, be careful of fraud, and you must guard against it. If the general goes, he should divide the troops into two, and order Liu Rengong to lead his troops as the former army, and enter the city first. It's all right, the general will enter the city again, just in case."

According to his words, Guo Chongtao asked Liu Rengong to lead 5000 Qingqi from his headquarters as the forward, he led 2000 people as the central army, and then Li Cunzhang led 1 people as the rear army. [-] horses, each with a title and hooves bound, quietly headed for the east gate of Youzhou. (To be continued.)