Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 254 Li Dingguo's Ingenious Plan
"General, Li Dingguo was scared of being beaten by you. They hid in the city, willing to shrink their heads and dared not fight. It seems that they can only attack Xiangyang by force. General, after the artillery battalion arrives, our first battalion is willing to be the striker." Siege."

"General, leave the task of siege to our third battalion!"

"General, the Fourth Battalion is willing to attack."

"General, the Fifth Battalion is also ready..."

Now Lin Yi's subordinates, counting his guard battalion, have a total of ten battalions, 3 horses, scrambling to be the first, and Hao Yaoqi shouted the most vigorously.

The women's battalion is not far behind. Xiaoying and Zhezhe suggested to Lin Yi to outsmart rather than attack by force. Their women's battalion is willing to take on the task of luring the enemy out of the city.

Lin Yi waved to them, "Be quiet, my general has a plan to defeat the enemy. Where is the Second Battalion now?"

"Returning to the general, the artillery battalion has now arrived in Xinye."

"Order them not to make a detour, but take the shortest route directly from Xinye to Xiangyang."

"General, the nearest road is more than 200 miles, and most of the mountain roads are not easy to walk. It will take at least 3 to 5 days. More importantly, that road is in the north of Xiangyang City, and we are in the south of Xiangyang City. If the camp goes that way, it will be easily discovered by Li Dingguo and the others, and they will be ransacked."

Lin Yi smiled, the general wanted them to rob them, if he didn't rob them, this strategy would not work.

Lin Yi said: "Tell the brothers in the artillery battalion that if they are looted, let them throw away the cannons and ammunition and run away, instead of fighting."

The soldier in charge of delivering the order was stunned for a moment, thinking he had heard it wrong, and looked at Ji Yi in puzzlement, thinking in his heart that if he was attacked, he should fight desperately to protect the cannon, how could he just throw a cannon and run away, is this not a joke? ?
But what Ji Dong said was absolutely true, beyond doubt, it didn't seem like a joke, these people didn't dare to ask more, they just nodded in agreement.

Then Lin Yi gave another order, don't beg the enemy for a few days, Li Dingguo won't fight, and don't attack the city, just spread the news that we are waiting for the red cannons to come and attack Xiangyang , the generals under his command obeyed the orders.

After Lin Yi delivered the order, he returned to his camp and ordered people to serve wine, sing and dance.

I don't know when, Lin Yi discovered that he had contracted a bad habit. He had to drink two cups every now and then, and there must be such an atmosphere, whether it was marching and fighting, or a military camp for training, otherwise he felt that there was something missing in his life. what.

Soon a sumptuous banquet was set up, naturally still accompanied by Xiaoying and Zhezhe, and four personal female guards, that is, the four Mongolian beauties were in charge of serving, serving wine and serving dishes.

The 20 best singers selected from the women's battalion came, and the orchestra played, and the Mongolian beauties danced and sang.

While listening to music and dancing, while drinking, Xiaoying and Zhezhe took turns serving food to Lin Yi. He had long been used to this kind of military camp life.

Of course Xiaoying and Zhezhe also like to serve. After a few cups, amidst the sound of singing and dancing, Xiaoying asked puzzledly: "Brother Lin, what happened after our artillery camp was robbed by thieves?"

"Give it to them after the robbery. Isn't it just a few cannons? It's nothing. They just need to give us Xiangyang City." Lin Yi said seriously.

"Brother Lin, can you be serious!" Xiaoying said, took a piece of crispy meat she made by herself, and stuffed it into Lin Yi's mouth.

"Well, the craftsmanship is good, so I'll tell you to be serious," Lin Yi chewed the meat, feeling the aroma of the meat in his mouth, and held one in each hand. The three of them put their heads together, and Lin Yi swallowed the meat in his mouth. After that, he said in a low voice...

Little Ying Zhezhe and the others heard that their Big Brother Lin had spent a lot of money this time. The hook was long enough and the bait was really big enough. back.Could it be that this Li Dinghui was fooled according to their elder brother Lin's thinking?
Xiaoying and Zhezhe looked at each other tacitly, and of course they didn't dare to ask such a question. They were afraid that their elder brother Lin would be unhappy, so they just drew an arc in their hearts, and then thought, when did their elder brother Lin make a mistake in planning? This time will be no exception.Then happily accompanied Lin Yi to eat, drink and watch singing and dancing...

Of course Li Dingguo in the city was not idle, he was ordered by his godfather Zhang Xianzhong to sit in Xiangyang.He understood what his godfather meant, and asked him to hold down a few groups of government troops here. After Zhang Xianzhong escaped, he led the main force to attack Yichang and Jingzhou with all his strength.

That being the case, he doesn't need to fight, as long as he can defend the city.What's more, he felt a little apprehensive against Lin Yi.This is also the reason why he insisted on not fighting these days.

But Li Dingguo always sent people to keep an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers outside the city.

After Lin Yi's troops set up camp, for three days in a row, the officers and soldiers did not come to attack the city, nor did they come to beg the enemy to scold them.Li Dingguo felt a little puzzled, and he wondered if the Lin surname was playing some kind of conspiracy, or he was still waiting for reinforcements, because they could attack the city with a few troops, but they were a bit stretched to trap the city.

I just wanted to send someone to inquire about the movement of the officers and soldiers, but a spy came to report that the reason why Lin Yi and the others hadn't fought these days was because they were waiting for the artillery battalion. It is said that eighty red cannons had been pulled over from Xinye. Came directly to Xiangyang.As soon as these cannons arrive, the official army will storm Xiangyang.

Li Dingguo nodded, which was consistent with his speculation. No wonder Li Lin Yi's men didn't come to attack the city these days, they were waiting for the cannons in red.Facing a strong city like Xiangyang, they would never be able to attack it without artillery fire.After all, aren't they just relying on the cannon in red?It's a pity we don't have such equipment...

Thinking about the power of the red-clothed cannons, Li Dingguo felt a little apprehensive. The 80 red-clothed cannons were really going to be pulled over and placed outside the city to fire at Xiangyang City together.Not to mention that Xiangyang City is built of bricks and stones, even if it is made of iron and steel, it cannot withstand the bombardment of so many red-clothed cannons, and Xiangyang City will be in danger.

I lost Xiangyang so quickly, how can I explain to my godfather when I go back? I have already lost a battle before, and my godfather did not punish me. In Jiang's mind, it was completely finished.

No, you have to think of a way, and you can't sit still.

It would be best if Ji Dong's red-clothed cannons could be sent out to attack the officers and soldiers outside the city head-on and force them to retreat.

But this is probably not too realistic.There are only 3 soldiers and horses in the city, and there are 3 soldiers and horses of Lin Yi outside the city. In addition, there is an army of officers from Zaoyang, and the number is not small.Just one Ji Dong is enough to deal with it by himself.

Or stop the red-clothed cannons of the officers and soldiers and rob him!
The idea of ​​Li Dingguo flashed in his mind, and he immediately ordered someone to bring a military map, and after pointing, he immediately made a bold decision.

He ordered people to step up the preparation of hundreds of sets of military uniforms for the officers and soldiers, pick out 500 smart soldiers, let them wear them, and tell them that after the hijacking is successful, if there is no time to get those cannons, they will be destroyed.

These people understood that in order to ensure the success rate this time, Li Dingguo decided to go out in person and let his deputy general Feng Shuangli lead the troops to defend the city.

On the third night of the second night, Li Dingguo also pretended to be a general of the army, and personally led the 500 troops, all of whom were cavalry, at such a high speed, quietly opened the north gate, and left the city without anyone noticing. up.

After dawn, they had already left Xiangyang for more than 80 miles.

However, Li Dingguo felt that he had done a very thorough job, but before dawn, someone was already watching them. This was what Ji Yi and the others released.

After seeing them clearly, these nights remained calm, and then ran back to report to Ji Dong.

Lin Yi laughed out loud when he heard this: "Li Dingguo's brilliant plan, congratulations to him for being fooled by this general! Come on, our team should also set off, Xiangyang City is already waving to us."

Ji Dong had prepared a team long ago, which was the opposite of Li Dingguo's team, and they were now dressed as Li Dingguo's army.

"Brother Lin, how do you know that Li Dingguo will definitely go and rob our artillery battalion and pretend to be our army?" Xiaoying thinks that her brother Lin is simply amazing, he can predict everything exactly.

"Hehe, you forgot, I can pinch and count, and I have already seen it when I watch the sky at night." Lin Yi smiled with his hands behind his back.

In fact, Ji Dong has no such ability, but Li Dingguo has heard about Li Dingguo before he crossed. When he was 17 years old, he pretended to be an officer and won by surprise.

Based on this, Ji Dong thought that Li Dingguo might use this trick again this time, and it really did not meet his expectations.

According to the size of Li Dingguo's team reported by Yebushou, Lin Yi also prepared hundreds of people, and after they all put on the clothes of the thief, Yan Ran became the thief.

Because most of the people Ji Dong picked were former thieves, there was no need to pretend at all.

Ji Dong also went out in person, pretending to be a junior in the army, but he picked out a person who looked a bit like Li Dingguo.It should not be difficult to jump out of such a person among the 3 horses.Age, height, figure, and facial features are all about the same.

Then find someone to dress up according to Li Dingguo's appearance, and then find a red horse for this person, with a bow and arrow and a four-edged silver mace on his back. After tidying up, at first glance, this person looks like Li Dingguo.

Temporarily handing over the affairs of the camp to the deputy general Zu Keyong, Lin Yi took these hundreds of people and set off overnight.

In addition, these hundreds of people also had a special outfit, that is, they got some cars to drive them. The cars were filled with sand and stones, and the outside was covered with grass, pretending to be transporting military rations.

Ji Dong led this team to set off in the middle of the night. They went around in the field and found a forest. Ji Dong led them to sleep in the forest, leaving people to take turns to guard, because they had to work at night and had to be Keep enough rest so that you can fight at night.

After sleeping until the third watch, Lin Yi and the others didn't get up, and then hundreds of people drove to Xiangyang City.

In fact, the forest where they were resting was only a few tens of miles away from Xiangyang City.After marching for more than an hour, Lin Yi and the others arrived at the city of Xiangyang.

Ji Dong asked all his soldiers to get ready, and he must not panic about defrauding the city, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted.Especially the general who dressed up as Li Dingguo was still the head of the banner in the army, and it was time to test him this time.

Not to panic, the hearts of hundreds of people were suddenly suspended, and it was inevitable that they would be a little nervous.

Looking at the Xiangyang City in front of him, it was dark, lying on the ground like a big monster.

Ji Dong's heart tightened all of a sudden, success or failure depends on it.

At this time, after someone shouted a few words to the city, the soldiers on the city finally moved.

Because it was too dark, there were a few wind lanterns flying high above the city, but the light of this thing was too limited in the dark night.Like the light of fireflies.

The generals on the top of the city lit several torches and lit them down.He widened his eyes and looked carefully, and then he saw clearly. A group of soldiers came from outside. The leader was a general with silver helmets and plain armor, a red horse with a long halberd, and behind him was a bow and arrow and a four-edged silver mace. If not their chief general, Li Dingguo, who else could it be?

But these soldiers couldn't help but ask a few words.

"The following is the young prince Li Dingguo?"

Zhang Xianzhong called himself the Eight Great Kings, his godson, and some people respectfully called him the Young Prince.

"Of course." The fake Li Dingguo nodded, "Keep the city quickly."

"Ah yes, the young prince's success is immediate, it's so smooth, is the red-clothed cannon behind you?"

"The red-clothed cannons were too heavy, we have already destroyed them, killed their people, and brought their food and grass over."

The generals in the city also saw that there were many cars behind this team, and the cars were bulging, not like cannons in red, but tightly covered, like grain carts.

The soldiers guarding the city didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they hurriedly ordered the city to be opened, and immediately reported to the chief guard of the city, Li Dingguo's deputy general Feng Shuangli.

The creaking suspension bridge was lowered across the moat.Immediately afterwards, the jack gate was stirred, and then the lock was opened, and the big iron gate opened with a bang.

That is to say, the city of Xiangyang is high and deep, and there are several barriers in front of each city gate. In addition to the moat, there are also suspension bridges, thousand-jin gates, and large iron gates.

After several gates are all opened, the city gate is truly opened, and soldiers and horses can pass through.

Ji Dong took a deep breath and let it out again. He knew that the most critical moment had come. After he stabilized his mind, he signaled the fake Li Dingguo in front to lead the team inside.

This fake Li Dingguo is also going all out at this time, if the show fails, then he is finished, even if he can survive to go back alive, Lin Yi will not spare him and will not spare him.On the contrary, if it succeeds, it will definitely be the first achievement.

So he tensed his heart, tried to relax himself, swaggered like Li Dingguo, led a team of hundreds of people and cars onto the suspension bridge, and walked in after crossing the moat.

Ji Dong mixed in the team, walked in front, and followed the fake Li Dingguo to the city.As soon as they entered the city gate, the people behind had just boarded the suspension bridge, that is, most of the hundreds of soldiers and horses were still outside the city, and only a small part of the front entered the city gate.

At this moment, a team from the opposite side came on a flying horse. The leader was a general in metal armor, a horse with a green mane, and a machete.

Feng Shuangli didn't expect that his chief general Li Dingguo would come back so soon. It seemed that things were going very well. After being woken up from his dream, he hurriedly put on his clothes and brought people over. As the deputy general, the chief general came back. He had to welcome it at least.

At this time, countless torches illuminated the surroundings, which was different from the city above and below the city just now, and the distance was relatively close, so they could be seen more clearly.

Feng Shuangli brought hundreds of his personal guards, and he was going to greet Li Dingguo in person, but at this moment, he felt that there was something wrong with the team in front of him, and all these soldiers were unfamiliar faces.Looking at Li Dingguo not far away, he was stunned.

Because the Li Dingguo in front of him told him that the Li Dingguo he knew was different.As Li Dingguo's lieutenant general, Feng Shuangli is of course too familiar.

Now Jiong Yi got him a fake, of course he couldn't hide it from her eyes.It is impossible for the two to look alike. Feng Shuangli was with Li Dingguo today, and he could see the flaw at a glance.

He found that the Li Dingguo in front of him had a long face, while their Li Dingguo had a square face, and upon careful inspection of their facial features, they were not the same person at all.

"Who are you?" Feng Shuangli pointed at the fake Li Dingguo and shouted.

This Li Dingguo couldn't hide it when he saw it, and he didn't dare to answer, so he turned his head to look at Lin Yi.

When Lin Yi saw that the matter had been revealed, he gave up his heart, "Hehe, you don't need to ask him anymore, you can ask me, I am Lin Yi, the commander-in-chief of Miyun!"

As Lin Yi said, the horse kicked forward, and the Qinglong Yanyue knife and the yellow puma were all exposed.

"Ah?" Feng Shuangli yelled that he was fooled, "Quickly close the city gates, the officers and soldiers have come to cheat the city, kill me—"

Feng Shuangli saw through Lin Yi, but it was already too late. As soon as he uttered the kill word, Lin Yi rushed to him, and with a flash of the knife, Feng Shuangli's head fell to the ground.

"Rush for me! Grab the city gate and take Xiangyang City!" Lin Yi took the lead and charged into the enemy group with a knife, and the people behind followed him, and the city gate became a battlefield...

(End of this chapter)