Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 287 Ambush
On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, reinforcements from Longzhou, Hanzhou and Fuyu Prefecture all arrived in Xizhou.Since the army of the Beiyuan Kingdom only came [-] and lost five or six thousand, they could not besiege Xizhou, but set up camp outside the North City Gate.This made it easier for the reinforcements to enter the city directly from the east gate.

Zixuan and General Li led people to cover, and welcomed all the reinforcements into the city.We introduced each other, and we all got to know each other.This time Longzhou sent 3000 people, Hanzhou 4000, and Fuyu Prefecture 1.In addition, there were less than [-] people stationed in Xizhou, and there were more than [-] young and strong people in the city. Now, the number of Beiyuan troops outside the city is almost the same.

"Master Lin, our number is not much smaller than the Northern Yuan army outside. I think it's better for us to go out of the city and fight with them, and we can count the anger in our hearts." Everyone sat in the parlor of the state government office. Here, that General Li said.

Zixuan smiled and shook his head, "Everyone, why rush for a while? Now that we have a sharp weapon to defend the city, why bother to go out of the city and fight with them? I am in Xizhou City, and the food alone is enough for us These people have to eat for two or three months. But what about those people outside the city? They must have traveled from afar and traveled lightly. How much food can each person carry? Today is the second day of junior high school. In my opinion, It's only the fourth day at most, so they will definitely have nothing to eat." Zixuan smiled sinisterly.

"There are no people in the villages in the north of the city now. All the food is hidden, and they will definitely not be able to find it. At that time, they will definitely go to the east and west of the city to find food. At that time, we can Ambush them on the road and deal with them once. When they can't find any more food, the morale of the army will definitely be messed up. At that time, we can attack them in one fell swoop and repel them."

"Master Lin, these people have come from a long distance, and there will definitely be a large group of people behind them. When the army is overwhelmed, we people will no longer be opponents." General An said.

Zixuan nodded, "I have dispatched countless spies to always pay attention to the movements of the Beiyuan Kingdom. As long as they find any abnormalities, they will definitely report them in time. When a large army moves, food, grass and supplies must be cumbersome, and now it is covered by heavy snow. so fast."

These generals are generally partial generals, and their positions are not high, so among the people present, Zixuan's rank is still the highest.Although civil and military are not the same, but at this time, there must be someone who has the final say.Anyway, this is Xizhou, and if something happens, it is his responsibility to be the governor of Xizhou, so these generals will not argue with Zixuan.Furthermore, Zixuan's analysis of the battle situation was indeed quite accurate, and these people had no opinion.

"Then let's listen to Zhifu Lin, rest for now, and then prepare to fight a good battle." General An and others all agreed with Zixuan's approach.

So these people each took their own subordinates, temporarily camped and rested, waiting for the opportunity to send troops.

But in the Beiyuan camp outside the city, several generals couldn't sit still. "General Bart, we only have one day's food left. If we can't capture Xizhou, the army will run out of food." A person in the big tent said.

That General Bart also had dark clouds on his forehead.He is a fierce general who charges into the battle. When the marshal sent him out, he wanted to take advantage of his fierceness.But who would have thought that he would be hindered in Xizhou.Then this General Bart didn't know what to do.

"Where does this general know what to do? Now that the enemy is attacking the city, the enemy's things are really weird, and they dare not touch them head-on. If they retreat, I am afraid they will be chased and beaten. Just guard here, and there is no food. You let me What to do?" He said angrily.

At this time, a slightly shorter person in the tent said, "Why don't we send people to look for food tomorrow? Aren't there many villages around here? Surely not all the villages will be empty? As long as we find food, then Don't be afraid anymore."

Everyone had no other choice but to agree.So it was decided that tomorrow morning, two teams would be dispatched to search for food in the east and west of the city. "Each team should have 2000 people. If there are too many, we are afraid of a sudden attack in the city. Our lack of troops will cause bad things." The person who suggested it said.

"Okay, let's do it like this." Bart nodded.He couldn't think of anything to do.

On the morning of the third day of the first lunar month, the Northern Yuan army sent two teams to go around the east and west of the city to look for food.Among them, the group headed towards the east of the city, walked about twenty miles, and saw a village in the distance. "Look, general, there is still smoke in the village. There must be people living in it." A soldier pointed to the smoke curling up in the distance and shouted happily.

The leader was also very happy, "Hurry up, go forward quickly, if we can find food, we don't have to be afraid."

So this group of people walked forward quickly, and when they were about to reach the village, a sudden change occurred.Countless arrows flew out from the village, heading directly towards these soldiers.These people had no defense at all, and many people were shot by arrows at once.Moreover, the person who was hit by the arrow just wanted to get up, but found that his body was gradually not working well.

"Be careful, general, there is poison on this arrow." A soldier shouted loudly.

Seeing the situation, the leader immediately ordered everyone to lower their bodies and retreat slowly.

It's a pity that before they turned around, many people came out from the heavy snow behind them.Then, a large number of soldiers were also killed from the village, all of them were dressed as soldiers of Daqi.

When the leader saw the situation, he knew it was not good, "Fight for me, kill me." As he spoke, he swung his saber and rushed forward.

On the other hand, the sergeants of Daqi didn't seem to panic at all, they quickly gathered together and surrounded the soldiers of Beiyuan Kingdom.

People from Beiyuan Kingdom are brave and good at fighting, but they lack tacit understanding with each other.If they fight alone, the soldiers of Daqi will not be their opponents, but if there are more people, then these soldiers of Beiyuan will only take care of their own and will not cooperate with each other.In the case of the same number of people on both sides, the soldiers of the Bei Yuan Kingdom would definitely lose. Moreover, this time, Da Qi dispatched 5000 people to ambush here, more than twice as many as the opponent.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than half an hour, and the Daqi side won without any suspense.The leaders of the army were exactly Ziwen and Wenxuan. They ordered to clean up the battlefield quickly and then return to the city.This kind of ambush can only be fought once, and it will not work the second time, so it is the right choice to accept it as soon as it is good.

So everyone quickly packed up all the weapons on these Beiyuan soldiers and took them away.You know, those young and strong people in the city don't have so many weapons. They can't be fought with bare hands, right?This is all right, at least 2000 people have weapons available.

The same thing happened in the west of the city. Of the 4000 people sent by Beiyuan Kingdom, none of them survived.

In the afternoon, Bart was a little anxious in the big tent before these people came back. "Hurry up and send someone to look around, what's going on, why haven't you come back yet?"

Someone received the order and rode out to inquire about the news, and came back half an hour later to report, "General, something is wrong. The 4000 people we sent were all ambushed and wiped out."

When Bart heard this, he sat down on the ground, "How did this happen? Our people were ambushed? Is it Da Qi's army?"

"It should be. The battlefield was cleaned very clean, and all the weapons were gone." The spy replied.

"These Daqi people are really cunning, how do they know where we are going?" Bart sat on the ground with a pale face, not knowing what to do.

Several generals who came in from outside said, "General, I heard that the people we sent out were ambushed and none of them came back, right?"

Bart said nothing, just nodded.In the past, Bart was the first general who rushed to the front and was invincible in all the places where he sent troops.But this time they sent troops to Xizhou, but they didn't expect it to be like this, and they were frustrated everywhere.This made him very uncomfortable, and his mood was a little depressed.

"General, our food is only enough for tonight's meal. What should we do tomorrow? The general has sent someone back to report the situation to the Marshal, but according to the orderly, the Marshal's troops need two more It will take three days to arrive. Do we have to go hungry these few days?" It was the short general who seemed to be a resourceful person.

"Order, the food tonight will be halved, so that we can have another meal tomorrow morning. Think about it tomorrow, Daqi's soldiers will never lie in ambush tomorrow." Bart thought for a while, and then said .

Everyone had no choice but to do so.So for dinner at night, everyone can only be half hungry.

In Xizhou city, in the state government office, Zixuan was talking with these generals.

"Master Lin has a clever plan. These Tartars really went to find food. We set off from the south city at Yinshi, went around to the east and west of the city, and laid an ambush there early. It really was a good fight. Hahaha, these people Tartar, you don’t want to live in your own territory, but you come to Daqi’s land to show off your prestige, you really want to die.” General Li laughed wildly, “It’s finally a sigh of relief, those who sacrificed to defend Zhenyuan Pass People, they too can rest in peace."

General An next to him also said, "The most amazing thing is the poison on the bow and arrow. It is really easy to use. Those who are shot by the arrow can't move immediately. Master Lin, your move is cruel enough, but we all like it." I just don't know, where did Master Lin get the poison from?"

Zixuan smiled, "My wife's aunt is a medical girl who came out of the palace, and she knows the most about these things. She prepared the poison and gave it to me."

(End of this chapter)