The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 145 The Dongting Conspiracy
Outside the city, the Song Army formed an army formation, with five large flags fluttering in the front, and in front of the hall, the Sijing Army, the Guards, the Xingguo Army, the Beggar Army, and the dragon flag of Zhao Dongting.

Afterwards, there was an endless army and various black and gold banners.Zhao Dongting's chariot sits in the middle army, protected by flying dragon soldiers.

When Ali Haiya received the news of the Song army, Zhao Dongting also learned from the scouts that the Yuan army had entered the city.

This made him frowned and sighed slightly, "Hurry up, I didn't expect it to be slower..."

If he had the choice, he would naturally be willing to fight against the Yuan army in the field.Although the Yuan army has a large number of people, it is bound to be defeated due to exhaustion and low morale.

Now that the Yuan army has entered the city, if they want to defeat them, they must break the city, which will undoubtedly be much more troublesome.

Zhao Dongting sat in the chariot, meditating alone.

It was only when the sun was setting in the west that the army arrived outside the city of Lipu.

Su Quandang, Wen Tianxiang and others stopped the army horses one after another, and then ran towards Zhao Dongting's chariot.

Naturally, they had already received the news that the Yuan army had entered the city. Right now the gates of Lipu County are closed, and there are countless Yuan troops in the city. It is not easy to break through the city.

Wen Tianxiang and the others felt sorry, if only they marched faster, they could drag the Yuan army outside the city.

However, it is a foregone conclusion now, they can only report to Zhao Dongting, and then discuss.

All the generals arrived in front of Zhao Dongting's chariot one after another. Zhao Dongting heard the sound of horseshoes and walked out of the chariot.

Yue Peng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Yuan army has entered Lipu County, what should we do?"

He didn't have any good ideas in mind, so he hurriedly asked, wanting to ask Zhao Dongting if he had any good ideas.

Although Zhao Dongting was young and the emperor, in the eyes of Wen Tianxiang, Yue Peng, Su Quandang and others, he was more than just capable of governing the country.Regardless of the previous Battle of Quzhou, just take the Battle of Pingnan and Shouping in Guangxi as an example. Qin Han did not make any suggestions, but followed Zhao Dongting's method to surprise the Jesul camp, and the fireworks were huge. Poali The Hague Tunnel Plan has won great victories one after another.

They also admired Zhao Dongting's military art very much. The emperor's thinking was unconstrained, and he often made surprises, which was not comparable to them.

Zhao Dongting glanced at Wen Tianxiang and others, and found that they were all staring at him, and his heart moved slightly.

During the journey to Lipu County, he had naturally thought about how to break the city, but he didn't want all these generals to become wooden men who didn't want to use their brains and could only follow orders.If this is the case, how can we rely on them to defeat the Yuan army in the future?
Zhao Dongting never thought that he would go out with the army forever. He is the emperor, not a general.It's enough for the royal driver to go out occasionally.

At the moment, he asked: "Do you have any ideas?"

Yue Peng, Dong Heli and the others frowned when they looked at me and you.

Their thinking has almost solidified. Thinking about their own 6 people, but they want to attack Lipu County where the 9-[-]-yuan army is stationed, there is really no proper way.

After a long while, Yue Peng said, "Your Majesty, why don't we bombard Lipu County with Shenlong Cannon?"

When they were in Tanjin County before, they used this method to forcibly break the city, and dragged Yuan Jiang Wumu out of the city and killed him.Thinking about it now, Yue Peng still feels refreshed, breaking down the city like that is really majestic!
Zhao Dongting curled his lips and asked Zhao Da and Zhao Hu, "How many Shenlong shells are there in the army?"

Zhao Da scratched his head and said embarrassingly: "There are less than ten rounds left, and they were all used up in Pingnan County to resist the Yuan army's destruction of the city."

"Why don't you know how to save some money?"

Yue Peng almost jumped.

Zhao Da felt aggrieved and said: "At that time, the Yuan army was coming in menacingly, we were afraid that they would destroy the city!"

Wen Tianxiang and the others laughed wryly when they heard the words, and indeed they couldn't blame Zhao Da Zhao Hu for this matter.At the beginning, when the Yuan army attacked the city mightily, the scene was indeed scary.

The generals became pensive again.

After a while, Su Quandang hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, why don't we treat him in the same way? Ali Hague sent experts to attack our Pingnan County at night. Why can't we send experts to attack Lipu at night?" The county seat? As long as we can break through the city gate, with our army's momentum like a rainbow, it is still possible to smash the Yuan army."

Zhao Dongting did not speak, noncommittal.

Dong Heli said: "But that's the case, even if our army breaks through the city, the loss may not be small."

Su Quandang frowned slightly, and said again: "Then our army will encircle and not attack? The Yuan army is short of food and grass, and they will run out of the city by themselves when they run out of food."

"No, the Yuan army has no food, and they will definitely send troops to rob food, and then it will only suffer for the people in the city." Wen Tianxiang sighed beside him.

Su Quandang didn't speak anymore.

Yue Peng was so annoyed that he stomped his feet, "We can't attack, we can't besieged, so why don't we withdraw our troops?"

Wen Tianxiang looked at Zhao Dongting with a smile in his eyes, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is calm, you must have a good plan in mind, right?"

Seeing them circling around and looking at him again, Zhao Dongting couldn't laugh or cry, shook his head and sighed: "Except for Yue Peng, all of you are familiar with military books, but don't let your thinking be restricted by what is said in military books. "

Yue Peng was regarded as a typical example, with a face full of embarrassment, Su Quandang and others couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Dongting said again: "It is the best policy to subdue the enemy's soldiers without fighting. Although the Yuan army is large, we may not be unable to divide them."

When the generals heard this, their eyes shone brightly.

Wen Tianxiang said: "Right now the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty are in panic, what does the emperor mean by sending someone to persuade them to surrender?"

"Do not."

Zhao Dongting shook his head, "As the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army, Ali Haiya is a high-ranking and powerful person, so it is impossible for him to surrender. We sent envoys in rashly, and we are just humiliating ourselves in vain. But there is a way to try, Ali Haiya is Uighurs, his generals are from all ethnic groups, and the most important Uumto, Jesur, Tohti and others have all been killed by us. He is unwilling to surrender, but his subordinates The generals may not be willing to follow him to defend the city. Even if the generals are willing, the soldiers may not be willing either. Who would be willing to die for Ali Hague if they can’t fill their stomachs?"

All the generals stared fixedly at Zhao Dongting, their eyes were even brighter.

Zhao Dongting said again: "Let's send hundreds of people to shoot arrows in the city. Letters are bound to the arrows, and the letter says that those who surrender will not be blamed. Those who do not want to join the army will be given money and food so that they can go home. Those who are willing to continue to serve in the army , but stay in our army and continue to be entrusted with heavy responsibilities, just like Wan Yanzhang of the Anti-Yuan army. In this way, the Yuan army will inevitably mutiny, but the morale of the army will definitely become more scattered."

The light in the eyes of Wen Tianxiang and others reached its peak at this moment, "Your Majesty is a great talent!"

Zhao Dongting nodded, "Order all the soldiers to rest on the spot, Zhao Da, Zhao Hu, you two lead people to shoot arrows in the city!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Da and Zhao Hu, the two bronze-faced ugly men, opened their mouths wide and happily greeted the Feilong soldiers to go.

They don't know the art of war, but they only know that there must be nothing wrong with listening to the emperor.

Zhao Dongting didn't feel any pride in his heart.He also saw this method in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life.When Lv Bu retreated to Xiapi, Cao Cao used this method to make Lv Bu's army mutiny, causing Lv Bu's ten thousand enemy to be tied up out of the city by his lieutenant general, and died in Huangquan.

Although what was written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is probably imaginary and not true, but this method may not be unusable.

During the march just now, Zhao Dongting did not think of a better way.

What Su Quandang and the others said is right, even if the city is attacked, the losses will be heavy.If the city is surrounded, the people in the city are bound to suffer. This is not what Zhao Dongting wants to see.

Thinking of the people, he suddenly thought of something again, what if the Yuan army threatened the people in the city?
Zhao Dongting has been in this dilemma twice.

But after thinking about it again, the Yuan army has 9 or [-] people, so it shouldn't be possible to use such a dirty method, right?

He waved his hand and asked Su Quan to let Yue Peng and the others go down to arrange for the soldiers to set up camp, and then got back into the chariot.

There are always many variables in war, he can't plan strategies like Qin Han, he can only do his best.

Up to now, Zhao Dongting has actually opened up a lot, or in other words, he has been assimilated a lot.In war, some losses are inevitable.

He wanted to save the lives of all the people and all the soldiers, but even a god couldn't do it.As for him, he was just a time-traveler, and apart from some ideas and insights beyond the times in his head, he actually didn't have many advantages compared with these ancients.

When it comes to the real art of war, not to mention Wen Tianxiang, Su Quandang and others, Zhao Dongting is probably only a little stronger than Yue Peng.

Do your best, listen to destiny.

When the setting sun was still a little bit afterglow, the large troops of the Song army set up camp, and the flying dragon army galloped out.

Zhao Da carried the dragon flag of Zhao Dongting and galloped in front.The soldiers behind each carried bows and arrows, and the arrows were tied with white cloth.These cloths are the letter of persuasion, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu are illiterate, so the accompanying junior officials in the army hurriedly wrote out, there are hundreds of copies.

The Yuan army on the city wall of Lipu County rushed to attack the city when they saw hundreds of soldiers in the Song army area, a little dazed.

With such a large number of duels, what can hundreds of people do?
A sneak attack may still work, but wouldn't a blatant siege be death?

Even the sentinels on the watchtower didn't blow their horns, and they didn't take Zhao Da and Zhao Hu seriously at all.

It wasn't until recently that the generals and soldiers of the Yuan army guarding the city looked a little chilled when they saw the dragon flag Zhao Da was carrying.It turned out to be the messenger.

Before ancient wars, it was not surprising that there were envoys to negotiate.

When Zhao Da and Zhao Hu led the Flying Dragon Army only [-] meters away from the city, the soldiers of the Yuan army set up their bows and arrows, and the city guard shouted loudly: "Whoever comes, stop!"

"end!"

Zhao Hu shouted loudly.

The soldiers of the Feilong soldiers all rushed immediately.

What they received in Leizhou was special forces training, and their quality was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers.

As soon as the horses were reined in, hundreds of people drew their bows and set arrows together, and hundreds of arrows bound with letters of persuasion to surrender shot towards the city wall of Lipu County.

They shot at an extremely high angle, and the arrows rained down, not intending to hurt the Yuan army on the city.

"retreat!"

Then, without waiting for Yuan Jun to come back to his senses, they patted their horses in unison and retreated quickly.

The general of the Yuan army stared puzzledly at it, until a soldier found the letter of persuasion to surrender and showed it to him, his expression changed slightly.

(End of this chapter)