Horse on the World

Chapter 994 Advance, Dingzhou Army (1)

Zhan Degong drew out his waist knife with a choking sound, and said with a smirk: "I admire your courage, but do you think that Zhan's knife is not good? Killing you is another great achievement. I think you are Dingzhou in Luoyang City. The highest spy?"

Xie Ke smiled, sat on the chair in an even manner, and said: "General Zhan is right, I am indeed the highest-ranked spy of the Overwatch Council in Luoyang City, and I am indeed a fish on a felt board in front of you today, but dare you Ask General Zhan, you killed me and made meritorious service, but can you enjoy the glory and wealth for a few days? It’s no big deal if Xie dies. My guy can still enjoy mine because of my death. Yu Yin, but General Zhan, what about you? When the city is destroyed, do you still want to live? What about your guy? I heard that General Zhan’s family is very prosperous!”

Zhan Degong stared at Xie Ke for a while, then suddenly laughed, "It's amazing, I admire it, the Dingzhou Supervisory Council, there are indeed a lot of talents, no wonder Commander Yuan, the hero, fell into your hands in the end." Throwing the waist knife On one side of the table, walking up to Xie Ke, Da Ma sat down firmly, snapped his fingers, and said to the family member at the door, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you change the pot of good tea for Mr. Xie?"

In the evening, Xie Kecai, led by a family member of Zhanfu, came out from the side door with both excitement and shock on his face. Zhan Degong agreed to offer the city to surrender.

Zhan Degong is now the general who actually holds military power in Luoyang City. His surrender almost means that the fall of Luoyang City in a short time is a foregone conclusion. However, another news from Zhan Degong also makes Xie Ke Shocked, Shang Haibo actually has such a big killing move in mind. If he is caught off guard, dozens of cannons are fired at the lord warlord's place, then the possibility of meritorious deeds is extremely high.

Xie Ke felt a chill in his vest. Hu Dong originally strongly opposed him taking the risk to instigate rebellion and take credit, thinking it was too dangerous, but this time, it was right to take the risk himself.

Seeing that Xie Ke returned home with all his beard and beard, Hu Dong, Ximen Qing and others all had smiles on their faces. Now that Xie Ke has returned, it means that the work is done.

"Zhan Degong surrendered!" Xie Ke said simply.

Hu Dong, Ximen Qing, and Old Xie Tou all cheered.

"Old Hu, you must sneak out of the city immediately, find the lord, and tell him not to appear in front of Luoyang City in public." Xie Ke said solemnly.

"Why is that?" Hu Dong asked strangely.

"Luoyang has imitated the Shenwei cannon, and has produced [-] of them. They are going to aim at the location of the lord when the lord is overseeing the army. They want to kill the lord in one fell swoop and cause civil strife in Dingzhou!"

Everyone in the room gasped, "Shang Haibo, a son of a bitch, is really vicious!" The Shenwei cannon has a range of four miles. Without knowing that the other party has such a weapon, Li Qing rashly appeared in front of him. Within the shooting range, it is indeed extremely dangerous.

"I'll go right away!" Hu Dong said.

"Let Ximen Qing go with you!" Xie Ke said, "Be careful along the way, the city is extremely guarded now!"

Hu Dong grinned, "No matter how strict he is on guard, he can still guard against a gopher like me who has been in Luoyang City for a long time, and he can still come and go freely!"

Li Qing's Xingyuan is located in Fengtai, which is more than fifty miles away from Luoyang City. More than 1 elite soldiers guarded Li Qing's camp tightly. In order to prevent the Luoyang side from jumping over the wall in a hurry, the security here was extremely strict, with three layers of defense inside and outside, and even a fly rarely flew in.

Today's Fengtai camp is extremely lively. The commanders and deputy generals of the five front armies gathered in Fengtai. This is the last military meeting before the attack. From tomorrow, that is, September [-]st, the strong attack on Luoyang will begin.

Behind Li Qing is a huge map of Luoyang. Since Xie Ke of the Dingzhou Supervisory Council has obtained the deployment map of the entire Luoyang, on this map, the garrison of the Luoyang army is very clear, and it is marked in red one by one. It was marked out, and on the periphery of Luoyang, four huge black arrows pointed to Luoyang City from four directions.

"Luoyang's defense is quite satisfactory, there is nothing sparse, and there is nothing special!" Li Qing pointed to the map and said: "I believe most of our generals are familiar with this defensive pattern, he is almost ours. It was a replica of when we resisted the invasion of the barbarian army in Fuyuan City, but it was only enlarged several times. Shang Haibo copied our original defensive strategy. At the beginning, we blocked the invasion of the barbarian army with more than ten thousand soldiers. Hai Bo is also counting on him to withstand our thunderbolt."

Yang Yidao smiled and said: "The time is right, Luoyang at this time is very different from Fuyuan back then. When we guarded Fuyuan, we knew that as long as we survived the initial difficulties, the reinforcements behind us would roll in. , Gather and annihilate the enemy under the city, but now Luoyang has no reinforcements outside, and I am afraid that the food and grass inside are not enough. Even if we copy our defensive strategy, how can we have the morale we had at that time? What's more, our siege equipment, siege How can the method be compared to the barbarians back then? He is just asking for a fish from the rafters."

Li Qing nodded and said: "What Yidao said is right, but Luoyang City is high and steep, it is the most powerful city in the Central Plains, the height of the city alone is more than [-] meters, it is indeed extremely difficult to attack, even if we bombard it with divine power cannons , in the face of such a big city, it is difficult to open the gap in a short time, and this is Luoyang's only reliance."

Li Qing walked up to the map, pointed to the map and said: "At present, Luoyang has Xiang Ping as the commander in chief and Guo Fengxian and Zhan Degong as the generals. The total force is about 30, and our siege force has a total of 50. In terms of military strength, there is no advantage. The so-called siege of the city is tenfold, and we are almost one to one now. Therefore, generals, don’t be careless. You can’t fall short. In history, facing such a desperate situation, In the end, there are countless examples of Xianyu turning around and beating the besiegers into a mess."

"Yes, I would like to follow my lord's instruction!" All the generals in the tent responded together.

"Starting tomorrow, we will mainly attack the direction of the east city. The Tianlei Battalion, Hailing Battalion, Ruijian Battalion, and Tiger Battalion will take turns to attack. Pull out the defense, and approach their own city." Every time Li Qing read a battalion name, the commanders of each battalion responded loudly, and all of them were beaming. To be able to take the lead in such a battle is an honor in itself. Explain their status in the mind of the lord.

"Although the other directions are not the main attack, you must pay close attention to the progress of the entire battle. The city defenses on the periphery of Luoyang are connected. They can mobilize reinforcements from other directions to support the east at any time. Therefore, the feint attack on the other three sides will hold back Be prepared to change from a feint attack to a main attack at any time, and once you find that their troops have been greatly mobilized to support the east, then you must seize the opportunity to take the position in front of you."

"Yes!"

"Force the enemy into the city first!" Li Qing made a gesture, "Then catch the turtle in Wengzhong."

All the generals laughed.

"Everyone, the general strategy has been formulated. Next, the specific command on the battlefield and the tactical changes are up to you to pay attention to. I have already decided where to fight first. How to fight is up to you! To set the world, this is the battle, all generals encourage each other!"

"The horse rides the world, Dingding the Central Plains, Dingzhou Army, Wansheng!" The generals in the tent waved their arms and shouted.

"Report!" Outside the tent, a general strode into the tent and bowed to Li Qing who was in the middle, "Report to my lord, the patrolling soldiers have captured two people who claim to be the Dingzhou Supervisory Council stationed in Luoyang." Spy, report urgent military situation to the lord!"

"Overwatch Council spy? Bring it in!"

Hu Dong and Ximen Qing were tied up and dragged in. Seeing Hu Dong, Li Qing couldn't help laughing, he knew this guy.

"Untie and untie, Hu Dong, haven't you been assisting Dean Qingfeng in Dingzhou some time ago, when did you return to Luoyang?" Li Qing said. "This is your subordinate?"

Several soldiers hurriedly released the ropes for Hu Dong and Ximen Qing. Hu Dong moved his wrist and saluted Li Qing, "The last general Hu Dong has met the lord. If you return to the lord, after Dean Qingfeng returned to Dingzhou from Minzhou , and sent me back to Luoyang to assist the army in attacking the city, I have been sneaking back to Luoyang for more than a month, and a few days ago, we just attacked their Luoyang warehouse and burned their millions of grains!"

"Okay, okay!" Li Qing nodded, "The fire was well burned. I heard the frontline soldiers report it, but I don't know it was you who started it."

"His name is Ximen Qing, and he is my deputy in the Luoyang Action Team. When he assassinated Yuan Fang, he was the main attacker."

Hearing Ximen Qing's name suddenly, Li Qing was stunned, and then almost laughed, but he couldn't help being moved when he heard that the opponent turned out to be the guy who attacked Yuan Fang. Yuan Fang's martial arts are rare in the world, and this person can To assassinate Yuan Fang and still come back alive, that's a very good skill.

"Ximen Qing, you're so skilled, I remember your name." Li Qing said.

Ximen Qing was very excited, his lips were trembling and he was not used to talking.

"My lord, we are going out of the city this time because we have important military information to report to you!" Hu Dong said.

"We have just completed our military deployment. Let's talk about your intelligence and see if there is any conflict with our deployment?" Li Qing said.

Hu Dongdao: "My lord, do you still remember Xie Ke?"

Li Qing thought for a while, "Xie Ke, um, Qingfeng mentioned this name, it must be a nail buried in Luoyang by the Overwatch Council, and he also created these city defense maps, what's wrong with him?"

"Xie Ke is now the minister of the Ministry of Industry in Luoyang!" Hu Dong said.

"Huo, the official has done a great job." Li Qingdao, "What great things has he done?"

"He succeeded in persuading him to surrender!" Hu Dong said.

"What?" Li Qing hurriedly stood up, "What did you say?" Li Qing couldn't help but be excited, but the Luoyang general who took the credit was the real power in the Luoyang military.

"Xie Ke persuaded Zhan Degong to surrender, and Zhan Degong agreed to surrender. When our army attacked the city aggressively, he would dedicate the city to the Lord!" Hu Dong said.

There was another burst of cheers in the tent.

(End of this chapter)