please make me king

Chapter 1238 Attacking it will save you

"Commander, I just asked people in the city. Apart from the path east of the pipeline, Shuque Valley was also connected to people two or three hundred years ago. Do you want to send someone?" one of the generals couldn't help reminding him.

"No need, you also know that this happened two or three hundred years ago, we just need to stick to Lingshi County!" General Sun Yingyuan couldn't help but refuse.

"I have also heard a little about the Rat and Sparrow Valley. The land is rugged and steep, and only rats and sparrows can cross it, so it is called the Rat and Sparrow Valley."

"Do you think that the thief in front of you can fly across this valley like a sparrow?"

The general also laughed when he heard the words. When he first arrived at Lingshi, he heard about it from the local population, and even brought someone there specially, and stretched out his head to take a look.

The Shuque Valley is really well-deserved of its reputation, it is really cliffs and trees connecting each other, the sound of rumbling water can not reach the water surface, and I don't know how deep and dangerous this valley is.

Now two or three hundred years later, the roads and bridges in the valley are probably already damaged, so who can fly across?
In fact, General Sun Yingyuan was not as optimistic as this general. As a general of the Beijing camp, he was entrusted with an important task for the first time, and his first reaction was naturally to kill all possibilities in the cradle.

But does he have soldiers?
He didn't, he only had more than a thousand people under his command.

Moreover, he was only an appointed general, not the magistrate of Lingshi, so he could not and did not have time to recruit young men to defend the city.

However, when General Sun Yingyuan and his subordinates were discussing the possible offensive route of the rebel army, they never thought that Sun Chuanting, Zhang Dashou and others had already "passed the Ten Thousand Mountains in a light boat" and arrived in Lingshi County.

This Lingshi County is only ten miles away from the Fenhe River. It was originally one of the cities that sprang up because of the Shuque Valley Passage, just like Jiexiu.

By the time Sun Chuanting and Zhang Dashhou set off from Huozhou and arrived at the shore outside Lingshi City, it was already the next morning.

Zhang Dashou sent his former army to set up a simple position on the shore, and then welcomed Sun Chuanting and others to disembark.

As soon as Sun Chuanting's feet touched the ground, he felt like boarding a boat and almost fell to the ground.

"General, are you alright?" Zhang Dashou quickly stretched out his hand to help him.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Sun Chuanting waved his hands, stabilized his body, and smiled wryly, "I didn't expect this small boat to shuttle between the mountains and mountains, so bumpy!"

Sun Chuanting was originally from the north, so he seldom took a boat. Now that the water in the Shuque Valley is fast-moving, the light boat floats, and he is not used to it for a while.

"As long as it's okay, as long as it's okay!" Zhang Dashou is also from the north, and now he also has a pale and scared expression on his face.

Just this morning, three boats were wrecked just as he saw with his own eyes.

One of them hit a rock in the river and was smashed to pieces.

The other one encountered a vortex and overturned the ship, and the soldiers on board were sucked into the rapids.

There was also a ship with a cannon, because the cannon suddenly rolled over and overturned the ship.

Fortunately, with all the efforts of everyone, the boatman and soldiers were rescued.

And outside of my sight, I don't know how much damage there is.

Zhang Dashou looked gloomyly at Lingshi City, which was vaguely in sight in the distance, and couldn't help thinking: "If this city can't be broken, wouldn't these brothers have lost their lives in vain!"

Originally, the rebel army was worried that when they landed, they would be discovered by the Ming army and blocked by the opponent.

As a result, neither Sun Chuanting nor Zhang Dashou expected that no one would come to investigate the movement of the rebel army until the soldiers had completely landed and the artillery and luggage had been unloaded.

It turned out that after Sun Yingyuan, the general of the Ming army, determined the tactics of "concentrating troops and using artillery against the city", he fortified the walls and cleared the fields, closed the four gates, and waited for the rebels to attack, so he knew nothing about the arrival of the rebels.

In fact, at this time, judging from the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, the rebel army is strong and the Ming army is weak, and Sun Yingyuan's strategy of "defending the city" is not a problem as a whole.

But sticking to it is not sticking to it. It is necessary to investigate and understand the enemy's reality in advance so as to respond in time is the right way to use troops.

As a result, his negligence was taken advantage of by the rebel army.

Of course, he can't be blamed for this matter, the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp is not good, although now after some rectification, the situation is much better than before.

However, the officers and soldiers have never experienced a war, so it is inevitable that they are inexperienced and have some omissions.

His omission didn't matter, not only allowed the rebels to land easily, but also found out what was going on in the city, on the contrary, Sun Chuanting and Zhang Dashou seized the opportunity.

"The Ming army occupied Lingshi City, and they can't defend it?" Sun Chuanting saw that the Ming army's scouts had never appeared before, and said that Lingshi City was unprepared. He never expected such a situation.

"Zhang Zongbing thinks, what is the plan of this Ming army?"

"Let's not care what his plan is, since he won't leave, let's send him out of the city!" Zhang Dashou couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that Sun Chuanting also made an empiricist error. Seeing the Ming army's abnormal behavior, his first reaction was whether there was any conspiracy.

And Zhang Dashou has fought fiercely with the Ming army all year round, and has encountered no matter how stupid enemies, but he can see the reality of Lingshi City at a glance.

"There is a saying called 'do the opposite'. Since the Ming army wants to defend the city, it must be inferior to the rebel army in other aspects." Zhang Dashou continued to laugh.

"Since this is the case, why should we be led by the nose by the enemy? Gnaw that city wall! Why don't we lead the enemy by the nose and let them fall into our trap."

"How do you say that?" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but look at Zhang Dashou in surprise.

He understands these principles, but when it comes to how long to react, he is inferior to this person.

"I think we passed through Shuque Valley this time in order to detour Han Xinling and attack the back of the Ming army. I don't know if it's right or not?" Zhang Dashou couldn't help asking.

"Well, that's right!" Sun Chuanting was taken aback when he heard the words, and then realized, "You mean to tune the tiger away from the mountain, kill two birds with one stone..."

"That's right!" Zhang Dashou looked at Sun Chuanting in the same astonishment, never expecting that this person is so perceptive, he guessed his own thoughts just after he started.

Not to mention how Sun Chuanting and Zhang Dashou care about, let's say that after Sun Yingyuan entered Lingshi, he only closed the four gates tightly, and sent people to patrol and garrison everywhere, guarding Lingshi City like an iron bucket for a while.

He himself was not fully clothed, but he waited for the rebels to attack.

As a result, this afternoon, when he was bored, he suddenly heard a burst of cannon fire, jumped up and shouted loudly: "What's going on, are the thieves coming to attack?"

Not long after, a soldier ran in panting, and said, "It's bad, it's bad, there are more than a thousand bandit soldiers outside the city..."

"Are you planning to attack the city?" Sun Yingyuan couldn't help being surprised.

"No... no, they fired a few shots at the city... After a few shots." The soldier swallowed and said impatiently, "All the way... all the way to Han Xinling!"

"What!" Sun Yingyuan turned pale when he heard the words, and couldn't help but shouted, "Quick, quickly organize the troops, and you can go out of the city with me to chase the bandit soldiers!"

How do you think Sun Yingyuan reacted like this?
It turned out that Zhang Dashou's so-called strategy of "twisting the tiger away from the mountain, killing two birds with one stone" was to bypass Lingshi City and swagger along the Han Xinling Road to attack behind Han Xinling.

If Sun Yingyuan didn't respond, Dong Yongwen of the Shenshu camp would surely be defeated by the enemy and the whole army would be wiped out.

If Sun Yingyuan rescues with all his strength, he will be called out and wiped out, and then he will flank the Ming army with Wei Zhiyou, who is fighting Dong Yongwen at Shendao Ridge.

The art of war says: If I want to fight, even though the enemy has high fortifications and deep ditches, he has to fight with me, and those who attack him will save them!
At this moment, Lingshi City is not a place that the rebels must save, but Han Xinling is a place that the Ming army must save.

Poor general Sun Yingyuan of the Ming army, although he arrived one day early, has solidified the walls and cleared the fields, and closed the four doors tightly, what's the use?
(End of this chapter)