My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 200 A strategy to lure the enemy

In Liangcheng, Yi Tiangan and Yu Jinghui sat opposite each other. They were shocked that the Wuhuan had rebelled against the Northern Army, causing the Northern Army to suffer such a heavy blow. Yi Tiangan asked for permission to ask for food, but was reprimanded by the king and ridiculed by his colleagues. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?

"Zong Yanli has obtained the help of siege crossbows, and will launch a strong attack soon." Yi Tiangan looked at Yu Jinghui in the military tent and said in a deep voice: "We should make arrangements early."

"How does General Yi know the enemy's movements?" Yu Jinghui was a little confused when he was called over. After hearing what Yi Tiangan said, he was even more shocked. The patrol scouts did not send any news about the enemy, so how could Yi Tiangan find out so quickly?

"Haha." Yi Tiangan sneered twice, narrowed his eyes and said: "I have my own way."

"Zong Yanli really thinks he has found a treasure?" Yi Tiangan curled his lips and stood up and said, "This time the enemy will definitely attack from the front. It will be enough to arrange heavy troops to defend the front."

Yu Jinghui was even more stunned when he heard what Yi Tiangan said. Yi Tiangan actually knew so clearly which direction the enemy would attack from! ?

He looked at Yi Tiangan with a bit of doubt and said, "General, how can you be so sure? If all the troops are used to defend the main gate, if the enemy attacks from the side and rear, wouldn't it be easy to capture the weak defense in the rear?"

Yu Jinghui obviously disagreed with Yi Tiangan's approach. He knew well that Zong Yanli was best at using trickery in warfare. The State of Jin had suffered greatly at the hands of Zong Yanli before it was in its current situation. Now he was very angry to see that Yi Tiangan was so unwilling to listen to advice.

"I know General Yi is a brave leader, but Zong Yanli has led his troops to fight for more than ten years and has won countless battles!" Yu Jinghui clenched his fists and said, "Among them, he has never lost a siege battle. Zong Yanli, who did not have the help of siege chariots at the beginning, could break into the city with just the siege strategy. Now he is even more powerful, how could he be so rash as to attack the city directly?"

"General Yi, if our army is defeated again..." Yu Jinghui said with a deep breath, "It will only further boost the enemy's power."

"It will be difficult to fight against them again." Yi Tiangan must understand the principle that the two armies will be weakened and exhausted after the second confrontation. Yu Jinghui's words may have praised Zong Yanli too much, but the fact that Jin State had such fear and worry was indeed that once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years!

Yi Tiangan said in a deep voice: "I know what you are worried about, but this general has already received a tip from an insider, and the detailed count of the enemy's movements is absolutely true."

Before Yu Jinghui could speak, he heard Zhuang Chengbi beside him laughing and said, "General, how can you be sure that the traitor you mentioned has not been turned against you?"

"Even if he has not been instigated to rebel, if he has been exposed long ago, this battle will be used to lure the snake out of its hole. What will General Yi do?" After Zhuang Chengbi finished speaking, Yi Tiangan's face suddenly changed, as if he was alerted by his words and did not speak for a long time.

"Although Wuhuan has surrendered to Daqian, they may not gain Zong Yanli's full trust. If I'm not mistaken, the traitor the general is talking about should be someone close to General Duzhe?" Zhuang Chengbi smiled, and after a few words of analysis, Yi Tiangan's eyes changed slightly.

"Even Du Zhe may not be familiar with the secrets now, so how can General Yi be so sure that what the so-called insider knows is true?"

"..."

Yi Tiangan was completely speechless, and his hands holding the handrail clenched a little. In the end, he did not insist on his own opinion, but turned to ask Zhuang Chengbi how to deal with the enemy's siege on the city.

Zhuang Chengbi was very impressed that Yi Tiangan was so obedient to the advice. He bowed slightly to him and looked at Yu Jinghui. After getting Yu Jinghui's approval, he began to talk about his own views. Since Zhuang Chengbi came to Jin State, he has not made any outstanding decisions yet.

But he did not do anything mediocre. Yu Jinghui wanted to see what good strategies Zhuang Chengbi could come up with.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle.

Zhuang Chengbi was not in a hurry to show off his time during this period, but he did not waste any time at all. Instead, he collected information from various sources about many wars in which Zong Yanli participated and led.

Analyze this person bit by bit to get to know his way of fighting and marching.

The more he got to know him, the more he admired him, and the more he admired him, the more he praised him. In his eyes, Zong Yanli was an invincible hero and general. He really couldn't imagine who else could be his enemy. Perhaps it would take decades until Zong Yanli, this lion, grew old before people could let down their guard?

"I think that although it is formidable that Daqian has chariots in hand this time, they will not be so eager to attack the city." Zhuang Chengbi bowed his head and said to Yi Tiangan: "Although our army was defeated and retreated to Liangcheng, the number of losses is still within a controllable range."

"We are not at an absolute disadvantage. If Zong Yanli continues to attack at this moment, both sides will suffer losses."

"Zong Yanli has led the army in battle for many years, and he would never make such a foolish decision."

"So this battle is a strategy to confuse the enemy." Zhuang Chengbi paused and looked at Yi Tiangan and said, "Of course, the 'enemy' I'm talking about may be you, General, or maybe... it's the exposed traitor who doesn't know it."

Yi Tiangan's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he took a deep breath and said to Zhuang Chengbi: "Sir, continue."

Zhuang Chengbi then smiled and said, "In my opinion, General, you should take advantage of their strategy."

Zhuang Chengbi stood up and said in a serious tone: "If the enemy really has no intention of attacking, our army might as well counterattack and chase them out of the city when they retreat, so as to catch them off guard and hope to win the battle."

"The Ghost Camp under Zong Yanli is the best at surprise attacks. We should defend the rear to prevent a fire in the rear camp."

"Set up an ambush on the flank. If the enemy does not attack head-on, the flank camp can pretend to be undefended, lure the enemy in, and then ambush and kill them!"

After listening to Zhuang Chengbi's plan, Yi Tiangan's eyes lit up and he quickly stood up and said, "Sir, please come over here, let's discuss how to implement the plan in detail."

At this time, Zong Yanli didn't know that the enemy had already guessed most of what he was planning. He was concentrating on the traitor Miu Moshi who was beside Na Duzhe. Calculating the time, he thought that Miu Moshi's letter might have been delivered to Yi Tiangan's hands.

The decision was made immediately to launch an siege.

The siege chariot was pushed out, and the huge catapult standing outside the city gate still made Yi Tiangan, who heard the news, look surprised.

He had long heard about the masterpieces of the craftsmen of the former Qing Kingdom, and also understood the power of the siege crossbow, but all the hearing was far less shocking than seeing it with his own eyes.

"Didn't Daqian have a new king who just founded the country?" Yi Tiangan found it a little unbelievable and asked, "How could such a powerful chariot be built in such a short time..."

"General Yi, you don't know..." Yu Jinghui said standing by, "The youngest son who is now the emperor is the son of Empress Dowager Gao, and Empress Dowager Gao is the Princess of Gao State."

"This Empress Dowager Gao is not an ordinary person." Yu Jinghui's tone was full of sighs. A princess who was married to a foreign country could actually become the empress dowager of a country. Now she supported her young son to ascend the throne and took charge of the government. No one dared to look down on her in the slightest.

It was said that the young emperor ascended the throne, but in reality the person in power in Daqian was clearly Empress Dowager Gao, so how could there be a danger of instability in the throne?

Furthermore, it is rumored that Empress Dowager Gao had been trying every means to seize power when the late emperor was in power. In order to support her young son to ascend the throne, she even spent all her financial resources to find an elixir to prolong the life of the late emperor. That elixir was not a precious thing.

I heard that when the late emperor passed away and was buried in the imperial mausoleum, his flesh and blood had almost disappeared, as if it had been sucked clean by something, leaving only a pile of bones under the skin.

Such a cruel and ruthless woman is simply frightening. With her in power in Daqian and Zong Yanli's support for the young emperor and her role as the prince's teacher, who would dare to act rashly?

Yi Tiangan was also greatly surprised to hear about Gao Jiayue's story. Being in the north, he was not familiar with the secrets of the southern countries. Now he was surprised to learn that a woman was in power when Daqian was founded. He frowned and looked at the battle below, squinting his eyes and said, "If it weren't for a brave general like Zong Yanli, how could Daqian be established?"

The attack horn sounded, and the charging army was in very orderly formation. Yi Tiangan calmed his mind and looked at them intently.

Seeing the enemy army launching an orderly offensive and looking at the gradually advancing chariots, Yi Tiangan became a little nervous. Waves of arrows rained down, and the shield soldiers in the army formation below raised their shields in unison to block them.

After several rounds of arrows were fired, Zong Yanli finally placed the siege crossbow cart, set up the crossbow cart, aimed at the direction of the city and suddenly shot towards it.

Om-!

The huge crossbow arrow was firmly nailed to the city wall, and the tip of the crossbow arrow was deeply embedded in the wall.

"I need to practice my accuracy." Zong Yanli looked at the crossbow arrow that didn't even hit the city wall, clicked his tongue, frowned, and muttered in a low voice.

As a crossbow cart was pushed up from behind, with the first one as a reference, the accuracy of the second crossbow cart was significantly improved.

Zong Yanli narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows with satisfaction, and then the catapults and battering rams that hit the city gates came into battle. The scene was really terrifying, as if Zong Yanli had really put all his strength into the attack this time, but the offensive only lasted for half an hour.

"Retreat!?" In the Wuhuan army, Miu Moshi's eyes widened in surprise when he heard the order to retreat from the battle front.

"The chariots have just been pushed out, why are they suddenly retreating?" Miu Mo was a little puzzled.

"General Zong Yan plans to attack Taicheng instead." Du Zhe didn't seem surprised at all. He immediately picked up the blade and said, "Let's go. General Zong Yan ordered us to be the vanguard in this attack on Taicheng."

"Follow me!" Du Zhe mounted his warhorse without hesitation, ordered his troops to turn the horse around, and led the Wuhuan troops to go around and head straight for Taicheng.

Miu Mo didn't even figure out why Zong Yanli issued such a military order, and had to follow Du Zhe in a hurry. It was not until they left the camp that they secretly delivered the secret letter.

Unexpectedly, when Miu Mo followed Du Zhe towards Taicheng, Du Zhe suddenly ordered the troops to rest on the spot.

Miu Mo hurried forward and asked, "General, why are you stopping here?"

Du Zhe's face was calm. He shrugged and said, "This is General Zong Yan's intention. Perhaps asking us to attack Taicheng instead is just a trick to confuse the enemy!"

Miu Mo's face instantly turned even uglier when she heard this. Du Zhe saw her expression and narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Why are you so worried? Anyway, we are just following your orders now."

"I just feel that General Zong Yan gave such a rash order, as if he was playing a trick on us." Miu Mo frowned and said, "It's really contemptuous."

"The war situation changes rapidly, and military orders may be changed at any time." Du Zhe did not notice it, and waited at ease. When he looked up, he saw that Miu Mo was leaving the army again. He could not help but frown and asked, "What are you going to do again?"

"I am worried that there may be an ambush here, so I want to go and check around." Miu Mo replied in a low voice.

"The scouts will report this matter, you don't need to move." Du Zhe's intention was to let Miu Mo stay.

Miu Mo's heart tightened and she sat down again silently.

On the other side, Yi Tiangan was shocked when he suddenly received the news that Zong Yanli was planning to attack Taicheng, and he immediately sent troops to support.

However, Zhuang Chengbi stopped him and said, "Wait a moment, General Yi. Taicheng and Liangcheng are adjacent to each other. Zong Yanli's abandonment of Liangcheng and attacking it now must be a feint..."

"Du Zhedu has already led his troops halfway!" Yi Tiangan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Send 5,000 soldiers to explore the way first!"

Yi Tiangan didn't dare to ignore it, but he didn't transfer the main force away. He just thought it would be good to obstruct it for a while. He absolutely couldn't lose this battle again!

Zhuang Chengbi stood silently by the side, frowned and watched Yi Tiangan give the order, feeling helpless and as if he had been tricked.

"Attack the city! The enemy is attacking again!" The enemy, who were about to retreat, suddenly made a surprise attack. Yi Tiangan was shocked and stood up quickly. Sure enough, he saw that the siege crossbow carts turned around and came back!

"..."

Yi Tiangan suddenly felt like he was being teased. His face turned red and he slammed the table in anger. Damn Zong Yanli!

"General, it's bad! The rear camp was attacked!" At the same time, Liangcheng was suddenly attacked from the rear. According to the soldiers who came to report, the attackers were actually the Wuhuan!

"What!?" Yi Tiangan was shocked. He had just received news that the Wuhuan were ordered to attack Taicheng!

"My accomplice has really been instigated to rebel!" Yi Tiangan's first reaction was that he was deceived. If Zhuang Chengbi had not stopped it in time, it would have been a big mistake. Now that he has only transferred 5,000 elite soldiers, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Miu Mo, who had followed Du Zhe and suddenly turned around to go to the rear of Liangcheng, was totally caught off guard. Without even having time to ask, she followed Du Zhe into the army formation.

Outside Liangcheng, Zong Yanli listened to the news brought back by the scouts, her brows relaxed, her goal had been achieved.

He had no intention of continuing the fight and immediately ordered his troops to withdraw.

"General! The left and right wings were ambushed and trapped!" At this moment, the messenger suddenly reported.

“Long Feiguang!” Zong Yanli’s eyes turned cold, and he turned around and called Long Feiguang and Sha Haoqian, saying, “You two, hurry up and help!”

Fortunately, Zong Yanli had made it clear in advance that this time the attack was not a forceful one nor was he obsessed with victory. The troops on the left and right wings did not advance too deep. Although they saw military merit was within reach, they still withdrew when they heard the order to withdraw.

Although they were trapped, the situation was not critical.

When Long Feiguang and Sha Haoqian arrived, they escaped in a short while, but the losses were not small.

Zong Yanli had no time to hold the two men accountable. He had just withdrawn his troops when he saw the enemy army coming out of the city to pursue him. He was so angry that he turned around to fight back.