nanming man

Chapter 203
The power in Xiangyang Mansion was originally dominated by Zuo Liangyu's family, and then the local bandits and tyrants from various counties.

With the help of the local bandits and gentry from various counties, Gao Yihuan drove away Zuo Liangyu. Now that Li Dingguo has defeated the local bandits in one fell swoop, Xiangyang Mansion has become the dominant family of Gao Yihuan.

Now that he has comforted Wang Deren, the rest of the people will be settled easily.

Of course, as an outsider, if he wants to gain a firm foothold, he has to drive another outsider Zhang Xianzhong out of Xiangyang.

At this time Huang San came in and suddenly reported, Wang Deren at the side saw him and saluted very tactfully, "General, that humble officer will retire first."

But Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "It's okay, Deren, you stay here, you are all your brothers, there is nothing you can't say!" After speaking, he turned to look at Huang San, "Bingzhong, what's the matter, tell me."

Wang Deren was not immediately loyal to Gao Yihuan. He just felt that Gao and his son were a little scary. Take refuge in Gao Yihuan.

At this time, he didn't regard himself as Gao Yihuan's person, but he still felt very comfortable after hearing Gao Yihuan's words.

In fact, Gao Yihuan is not an enemy, this person is still very good.

After Huang San heard this, he couldn't help but glanced at Wang Deren, thinking that this fellow had killed his elder brother, so he immediately came to hug General Gao's thick legs, his eyes couldn't help showing contempt.

"General, when I reorganized the defeated troops in Wengcheng, I discovered the secret work of the Western Army." Huang San clasped his fists and said.

Gao Yihuan was startled when he heard this, "How many are there, have you caught them?"

"There are more than 100 people mixed in the rout. Fortunately, the general asked us to clean them up and reorganize them before letting them enter the city. Otherwise, the situation would be unimaginable." Huang Sanda admired Gao Yihuan in his heart, "The general is really clever. Take advantage of the chaos to get in."

Gao Yihuan left the defeated soldiers in the urn city, and then put them into the city after reorganization. The main reason was to take advantage of the opportunity of the cottages and local bandits being disrupted by the Western army, to collect these troops, and to investigate carefully, which was the second thing.

Gao Yihuan did not deny it. After all, it is a good thing for his subordinates to worship him.

He just failed once, although his brothers didn't suffer any losses, they still lost after all.

He just needed to re-establish his prestige, so he acquiesced to this misunderstanding, but Gao Yihuan was taken aback when he heard that more than 100 people had sneaked into the Wengcheng. Play dirty."

In Gao Yihuan's mind, King Jin was naturally an upright man, a hero on the battlefield. He really didn't expect that since Li Dingguo sent more than 100 people into the city, he was going to give him a surprise.

Fortunately, Huang San carried out his orders more carefully, and his vigilance was not bad. He discovered this group of Western troops in advance. If they were allowed to enter the city, there would definitely be serious problems.

This reminded Gao Yihuan that Li Dingguo had taught him a lesson. In future wars, he must always be vigilant, especially against those famous generals. Any negligence in any detail may lead to a big defeat.

"There are more than 100 people, either stealing the city at night, or thinking of cooperating inside and outside when attacking the city." Gao Yihuan had a gloomy face, and immediately waved: "Go, take me to see!"

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The camp of the Western Army outside the city was also brightly lit, but there were not many soldiers in the camp, only a small number of people were patrolling the camp, and most of the soldiers were taking the time to rest.

At this time, in the Western Army Commander's Tent, more than a dozen people did not rest, but gathered together to talk at night by candlelight.

The candles in the tent flickered, and moving black shadows were printed on the white tent, which seemed somewhat mysterious.

"When the Shun army in the city saw me coming down to the stronghold, they thought they were going to rest for the night and prepare their equipment before attacking Xiangyang." Li Dingguo stood in front of a square table, looked at the several generals around him and said, "But they I don’t know, the general has already sent 150 elite troops to sneak into the city pretending to be rout soldiers. With their support, the general will definitely take Xiangyang tonight, and even if Li Zicheng comes over by then, there will be nothing we can do.”

For a strong city like Xiangyang, if it is attacked forcefully, the loss will be huge, and it will not be captured in a day or two, and it may be delayed for a long time.

At this time, the Western Army didn't have much time and couldn't afford it.

Because the west, east, south, and west are all official troops ready to counterattack Wuchang at any time, and the north is the powerful Li Zicheng.

If the Battle of Xiangyang was protracted, the Western Army would not be able to deal with Li Zicheng, nor would it have the strength to guard against the counterattack of the Ming Army, and the Western Army would be attacked on both sides.

At this time, if the western army wanted to break through the strategic dilemma, they had to quickly capture Xiangyang and garrison with a small number of elite troops to block Li Zicheng's way to the south, while the main force turned around and continued to attack the Ming army.

"The general is really wise!" Bai Wenxuan couldn't help admiring, "If we capture Xiangyang, we can ignore the threat of Li Zicheng in the north, and then fight south or west, it's up to us. The strategy of taking Jingzhou first, and then taking Bashu is the best strategy." It can be done with ease.”

During the day when Li Dingguo said that there was a plan to destroy the city, Bai Wenxuan was still wondering what the plan was, and he felt a little disbelieving in his heart. Now after hearing this, he immediately admired it.

Li Dingguo was a little complacent, but his face was very calm, and he ordered: "The general has agreed a secret signal with Nei Ying, and we will seize the city at four o'clock tonight. Zhang Guangcai, then you will pretend to attack the east city, and Liu Jinzhong, then you will pretend to attack the south city to contain the enemy. .”

When the two generals of the Western Army heard the order, they immediately stepped out and clasped their fists together and said, "The last general obeys the order!"

Li Dingguo nodded, then turned his head to look at Bai Wenxuan, "Grand Yu, on the fourth watch, the internal response will rob the west city gate, and I will have to sit in command to attack the west city, and the task of internal response and external cooperation will be entrusted to you."

Bai Wenxuan immediately straightened up and cupped his fists excitedly, "Don't worry, general, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

Li Dingguo estimated the time, and when it was almost three o'clock, he glanced at everyone, "Okay, I've already said what should be said, you go back and prepare, and quickly mobilize the troops to go out to camp."

At that moment, everyone saluted one after another, and then filed out of the big tent.

Not long after, the sleeping Western soldiers in the camp were awakened by the officer, made some preparations, and after eating some dry food, they quietly left the camp in groups under the cover of night.

On the fourth watch day, in a forest outside the west city of Xiangyang, five thousand soldiers of the Western Army were in ambush.In addition, Western soldiers and horses were also ambushed outside the other walls.

Bai Wenxuan looked up at the sky, it was already past the fourth watch, but there was still a dead silence on the west gate, only a few torches were burning.

"General, there must be something wrong with the brothers who sneaked in!" An officer said worriedly after seeing the appointed time.

Bai Wenxuan was also a little impatient. He stared at the top of the city, "Wait a little longer, maybe the city is heavily patrolled and it's not easy to do anything!"

While he was talking, a torch suddenly drew three circles on the city, and then was thrown down from the top of the city. Immediately afterwards, there seemed to be a cry of killing in the city.

Bai Wenxuan and the general around him couldn't help but look at each other. In the darkness, neither of them could see each other's expression clearly, but they could feel the light of excitement shining in each other's eyes.

There was a sound of "chuckle", and there was a sound of drawing a knife in the woods. Bai Wenxuan jumped up, pointed the knife towards the city, then turned his head excitedly, and roared into the woods: "Raise the fire, kill me!"

Outside the city, countless torches appeared in an instant. With the torches on, the five thousand western troops rushed out of the woods, screaming loudly, and rushed towards the western city.

At this time, the suspension bridge of the west gate fell heavily, and the city gate was pushed open creakingly, and the excited soldiers of the west army poured in.

Bai Wenxuan took the lead and led the soldiers into the Urn City. The faces of the soldiers of the Western Army were flushed with excitement under the reflection of the fire.

In just a split second, hundreds of people poured into the urn city. Bai Wenxuan rushed in with a loud shout, and when he reached the gate of the inner city, he suddenly realized that the inner gate was not open.

This made his complexion change, and a bad premonition arose in his heart, "No, get out!"

However, at this moment, an iron fence fell down inside the gate of Wengcheng, cutting off the retreat of the Western Army.

Gao Yihuan held a torch, laughed loudly and fought against the wall, "Hahaha~ You fell for Gao's plan!"

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