The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1528 Shi Kaiji's Strategy
The night passed quietly.

The next day.

Zhang Guangbao led his army to the east side of Delan Pass.

After arriving at Languan Pass, he ordered the soldiers to set up camp on the spot, and then led the priests to detour towards the west side of Languan Pass.

There are mountains on both sides of the Languan Pass. Although it is difficult for a large army to pass, it is still possible for a small group of them.

At the same time, in Suqian City, Wen Qi, He Fangsong and Jin Hao also made moves.

Of course, it is not without reason that they are so eager to win Suqian.They never thought of taking Suqian City until after Su Quandang led his army to take down Xiapi.

Because their map is not just the land of Haizhou.What I want more is to open up the road between Shanxi East Road and Nanjing Road.

In Suqian City, only Jin Hao was left guarding.

Wen Qi and He Fangsong led the army and horses to leave Suqian and head westward towards Sizhou and Suzhou, which are southwest of Suqian.

Both Sizhou and Suzhou belong to Nanjing Road, and Yingzhou and Shouzhou are separated from Caizhou.

By connecting these four states, the bases of Jiankang Military Region and Xianglong Military Region can be connected.

Of course, it will take a few days for Wen Qi and He Fangsong to arrive in Suzhou.

Zhang Guangbao arrived at the army camp of Deshi Kaiji around noon.

Just this military stronghold spread out nearly ten miles away.

When Zhang Guangbao led the priests to arrive, countless cooking smokes were already rising from the military village.

There is no real Huotou army in the imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty, because even the Huotou army is the kind that can carry the Shenlong blunderbuss on the battlefield.

Below the military system, each regiment has its own Huotou army, and each company has its own Huotou army.

The Huotou Army of the regiment headquarters is only responsible for the meals of the generals of the regiment headquarters. It is the Huotou Army of the company headquarters who actually cook for the soldiers.

Calculated in this way, one can imagine how many fire-headed troops are making fire and cooking in the continuous army village.

When Zhang Guangbao walked into Shi Kaiji's tent with several offerings, Shi Kaiji was still eating.

Looking up at Zhang Guangbao walking in, he smiled and said, "Vice Marshal Zhang, you are here!"

Then he hurriedly asked: "Have you eaten?"

Zhang Guangbao shook his head with a smile and said, "Not yet! I came here just after the soldiers were set up."

"I'll give you an order to cook for Vice Marshal Zhang and a few others." Shi Kaiji said to the soldiers waiting in the tent.

Zhang Guangbao walked in front of Shi Kaiji with a slightly leisurely pace, "Braised pork, stewed potatoes, and pork ribs, Marshal, your food is really good!"

He rubbed his stomach as he said, "We're going to be miserable! Every meal is full of potatoes, and I'm almost starving and thin."

When he led the army to Shangzhou, because he marched quickly, the army really only carried dry food and potatoes.Until now, I haven't eaten a few warm meals.

Although Zhang Guangbao is the deputy commander in chief, he can go to restaurants and set up his own canteen in Shangluo City, but he didn't do that.

Now in the Great Song Army, no matter how high-ranking the soldiers are, they sleep and eat with the soldiers when they go out to fight. This has almost become a customary rule.

For example, Shi Kaiji now has pork ribs, braised pork, and stewed potatoes. Of course, this is a very rich meal in the army. At least the soldiers of the Yuan army cannot eat it, but in his army, all the soldiers are like this meals.The only difference is that ordinary soldiers can't eat ribs, because there are too few ribs.

It was like this before.

Only generals in the army can eat ribs.

This can also be regarded as encouraging the soldiers to fight bravely and make meritorious deeds.

Looking at the shiny pork ribs on the plate, Zhang Guangbao couldn't help moving his index finger, and stretched out his hand to grab a piece and stuff it into his mouth.

Shi Kaiji looked at it and just smiled.

After getting along for a long time, the two of them can be regarded as good friends.In the absence of outsiders, there is not so much attention.

Zhang Guangbao smacked his lips and said, "When I came here just now, I observed the situation in the pass by the way. The Yuan army's arrangement on the top of the city is very strict. There are probably more than two hundred grenades alone. And say no Check whether they still have firearms reserves in the city. If we attack by force, I'm afraid we will have to pay a high price."

When it comes to serious matters, Shi Kaiji's expression becomes serious.

He nodded slightly and said: "I have also observed that the Yuan army in the pass should not be underestimated. They should be elite, not comparable to those guarding the towns and counties."

Zhang Guangbao said again: "Then what good strategy do you have for destroying the city?"

Shi Kaiji said: "This Yuan army came here after we entered the territory of Jingzhaofu Road. There must be sufficient food and grass in the pass. It would take too much time to surround them. A strong attack would have to pay a huge price. , In fact, we don't have many ways to choose, we can only win by surprise."

"Surprise victory..."

Zhang Guangbao frowned slightly and said, "But there are city walls and cliffs on both sides of this pass. Even if we want to win by surprise, it is difficult to enter the city. Could it be that we can't dig a tunnel?"

Shi Kaiji shook his head lightly, "Digging the tunnel is too time-consuming. The Yuan army on Jingzhaofu Road may not give us such a long time, but I have a better way."

Zhang Guangbao hurriedly said, "What method?"

Shi Kaiji, on the other hand, said, "Why don't you guess first?"

Zhang Guangbao frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Since it is a surprise victory, it is definitely impossible to attack from the city wall. The mountains on both sides are more suitable for the soldiers to hide, but...there are cliffs on both sides, and it is difficult for our soldiers to enter the mountains in large numbers. Not to mention, even if you go in, it's hard to jump off the cliff to get to the city..."

He really couldn't figure out what kind of solution Shi Kaiji had thought of.

Because the terrain of the blue pass does seem to be impeccable.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Guangbao's eyes lighted slightly, and he said, "Could it be that you plan to use a hot air balloon?"

"No."

Shi Kaiji shook his head, and said: "There must be skyrocketing cannons in the pass, using hot air balloons, that is for our soldiers to die."

Zhang Guangbao laughed and said, "Then I can't think of any other way. Don't be foolish, just talk about it!"

Shi Kaiji smiled and said, "Throw the cannon."

"Ok?"

Zhang Guangbao was stunned for a moment, and then he was full of puzzlement: "Where did we get the cannon cart? And even if there is a cannon cart, we can't get it up! I just came from the mountain, and the forest is deep and the trees are dense. It is said that it is a artillery vehicle, even a grenadier can't be placed. Unless you let the soldiers clear out a large area, it is almost the same, but the Yuan army in the city is definitely impossible to allow us to set up artillery formations on the mountain."

Shi Kaiji looked at Zhang Guangbao with a smile, and said, "We don't have cannon carts, but there are ready-made ones on the mountain..."

Zhang Guangbao was startled again, and then reacted abruptly, exclaiming: "You mean to use those trees on the mountain!"

"Exactly."

Shi Kaiji nodded quite complacently and said, "Those trees are natural cannon throwing vehicles! Connecting them with ropes is enough for the Yuan army in the city to eat a pot."

Zhang Guangbao was also excited when he heard the words, "And you don't need to dispatch many soldiers, what a great plan! What a great plan!"

Shi Kaiji said humbly: "It's not really a clever plan. When I fought with my wife and the Yuan army, I was short of all kinds of weapons. I just got used to this method."

Then, the two began to discuss the specific steps.

It was not until the afternoon that Zhang Guangbao left Shi Kaiji's military camp with the offerings, and headed towards the military camp on the east side of Languan.

Throughout the afternoon, there was no movement in the two military camps.

The Yuan army inside the pass is ready to fight, and of course it is impossible to take the initiative to break out of the pass only when there is a huge disparity in troop strength.

All they can do is try their best to improve the defense on the top of the city.

After the cooking smoke passed, night fell quietly.

The world was shrouded in darkness.

Only at this time, there were continuous torches lit up in Dazhai on the east and west sides of Languan.Then, all the troops came out of the stronghold and pressed towards the city wall of Languan.

The Yuan army in the pass is ready.

The sound of horns resounded from the top of the city.

There was a Yuan army running back and forth on the top of the city, shouting: "The Song army has left the stronghold! The Song army has left the stronghold!"

What they didn't know was that at the same time that the troops in the two big villages were leaving the villages, there was also a special regiment drilling towards the mountains on the north and south sides.

They act in the dark like that.

This is nothing to the soldiers of the special regiment.

At the same time as they were dispatched, there were also priests from various armies.

In addition to carrying Shenlong guns, they also carried ropes and many thunderbolts.

(End of this chapter)