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Chapter 91 Yang Yichen! A Famous General of Our Time

Although Xu Maogong was a master strategist, he was completely baffled at this moment.

After the gathering was completed, Qin's mother was invited out to receive birthday wishes from everyone.

Many heroes came from all over the place, and at this moment they all called each other brothers, creating a lively scene. Even in the afternoon, they were still eating large chunks of meat and drinking large bowls of wine.

Xu Maogong then inquired with Qin Qiong about who else had not yet arrived.

However, many of the people there were not specifically invited by Qin Qiong.

Some came spontaneously, while others came after receiving Shan Xiongxin's arrows. Qin Qiong was known as "Little Mengchang" and had friends all over the world.

There were also friends in the martial arts world who didn't know it was Qin's mother's birthday and couldn't come, and others who accepted Shan Xiongxin's Green Forest Arrow but couldn't come because of the chaos everywhere.

Therefore, Qin Qiong couldn't say for sure who should have come but didn't. After all, he hadn't originally planned to disturb so many heroes just because of his mother's birthday.

Xu Maogong then suggested that he think of younger people, perhaps even younger than Chai Shao.

Qin Qiong thought of his cousin Luo Cheng, but he did not know that Luo Cheng would come.

It turned out that although Yuchi Nan and Yuchi Bei had brought the Luo family's congratulatory gifts with them, they had temporarily kept the matter of Luo Cheng and his sister a secret.

After all, the daughter of a noble family had disappeared in the middle of the night, and Luo Cheng had gone to look for his sister. If such a thing were to spread in a place full of gossips, who knows how many rumors it would cause.

Therefore, Yuchi Nan and Yuchi Bei only helped deliver the Luo family's congratulatory gifts, temporarily concealing the fact that Luo Cheng and his sister had also come.

Just then, Shan Xiongxin and Cheng Yaojin were drinking together nearby.

Shan Xiongxin said, "Speaking of which, Dou Xianniang, the daughter of Dou Jiande from Hebei, ruled as a mountain queen in Yanyin Mountain. Some time ago, she and her advisor Wu Qing defeated an enemy ten times their size with four hundred cavalry."

"I was surprised to hear that, and coincidentally my daughter Ailian was also visiting them. When I sent a letter to my daughter, I also sent a Green Forest Arrow there. I heard that Wu Qing is very young, but I don't know if he has come or not."

Cheng Yaojin said, "They have come! Wu Qing is my sworn brother, but I don't know why. We agreed to meet on the road and come together, but I waited for two days and they still haven't come."

"I wonder if something happened on the way?"

Xu Maogong pondered, "Young strategist, who once defeated ten times his number of enemies and is also a sworn brother of Tianxi Star—could it be that this last person was originally meant to be him?"

Since he couldn't see the person, he couldn't be sure.

He only thought that if Wu Qing were in front of him, he could calculate with his fingers and know the answer.

Cheng Yaojin was a man of honor, and he wondered why Brother Wu hadn't come when he had clearly agreed to meet him on the road.

Could it be that we've really encountered some kind of danger?

He gradually became restless, and as evening approached, he got up to ride his horse out of the city to take another look.

Xu Maogong secretly calculated that on this trip, he would inevitably encounter the Prince of Kao Shan and his bodyguards Lu Fang and Xue Liang, and be recognized by Lu Fang and Xue Liang, thus walking into their trap.

But he pretended not to know and said, "It is not appropriate for Brother Cheng to go alone."

Worried that Cheng Yaojin might act rashly, You Junda stood up and said, "I came with him, so let's go take a look together. If we still can't find him after dark, we'll come back first."

Xu Maogong laughed and said, "That's perfect! It's safer if the two of them are arrested together."

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Wu Qing, along with Dou Xianniang, Luo Zhuluan, and Shan Ailian, sneaked into a county town.

The reason it is said to have "sneaked in" is because the government now has extremely strict control. Traveling to and from various counties requires newly issued travel permits. People go out to work during the day and must return to the city or the newly built castle at night.

However, despite the strictness, when they entered the city, Wu Qing secretly slipped half a tael of silver to the soldiers, and they were all let in.

At this moment, Luo Zhuluan changed into a newly bought pink and white flowing fairy dress, and Dou Xianniang wrapped her halberd in cloth and pretended it was a fire poker, and no one cared.

Wu Qing thought that it was really inconvenient not to have horses these days, so he planned to go into the city first and get four fast horses.

But now that we're in the city, let's eat first.

They went up to a restaurant and sat down by the window. Wu Qing then took a string of coins and went to the teahouse to ask someone for new information.

After a while, he returned to the restaurant, his face grave.

"Qing-ge'er, what happened?" Dou Xianniang asked.

"Gao Shida is dead!" Wu Qing said.

Dou Xianniang exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"

Dan Ailian asked in surprise, "From the time Yang Yichen entered Hebei until now, it hasn't been many days. Gao Shida just defeated Guo Xuan and had tens of thousands of soldiers, claiming to have an army of one hundred thousand. How could he have been defeated so quickly all of a sudden?"

Luo Zhuluan sat to the side and sighed softly, "Actually, it's not surprising. Yang Yichen is a famous general of our time."

"My father once said that if he were to face Yang Yichen, even if his troops were five times the size of Yang Yichen's, he would never dare to fight. He would only dare to fight against Yang Yichen if his troops were ten times the size of Yang Yichen's and were all elite soldiers and fierce generals, and even then, he would most likely not be able to win."

Dou Xianniang's expression changed.

Qing Ge'er had already analyzed that no one in Hebei was a match for Yang Yichen.

But the fact that Gao Shida died in battle just a few days later still shocked her.

Wu Qingdao said, "Judging from the information we have gathered, Gao Shida thinks that he has more men than Yang Yichen and is deeply loved by his neighbors. He believes that he has the support of the people and refuses to listen to Dou Gong's advice to retreat and avoid battle. Instead, he uses guerrilla tactics to deal with Yang Yichen and delay the battle."

"He took the initiative at first, but unexpectedly Yang Yichen was defeated after a small attack. He then thought that Yang Yichen was really nothing special and became careless."

"As a result, Yang Yichen feigned a retreat but actually advanced, taking advantage of Gao Shida's victory celebration to defeat his entire army. Gao Shida was killed in battle, and his troops completely collapsed and fled."

"From the time Yang Yichen entered Hebei to the time Gao Shida died in battle, it was only five days."

He held the feather fan, no longer waving it, and exclaimed, "Yang Yichen's feigned defeat was truly a divine skill."

"Gao Shida was extremely cautious in his first battle against Yang Yichen, which was only a brief contact between the vanguard of both sides. At that time, if Yang Yichen had directly displayed his great strength, Gao Shida would probably have immediately followed Dou Gong's advice and avoided the battle, choosing to fight elsewhere."

"After all, Hebei is the hometown of Gao Shida and Dou Gong, and Gaojibo stretches for eight hundred miles. If we abandon our current territory, Yang Yichen will find it difficult to achieve a quick victory."

"Unexpectedly, Yang Yichen used the tactic of feigning defeat, which made Gao Shida really believe that he was not as good as he seemed and that he was unwilling to give up the large territory he had already conquered, resulting in the annihilation of his entire army."

A great general is a great general; he not only knows himself and his enemy, but also has such a subtle grasp of his opponent's psychology.

If any foolish ruler dared to let go and make good use of such famous generals, even if the Sui Dynasty was in chaos for a while, it would be quelled in no time.

He stood up, went to the window and looked out. Two days had passed since Qin Qiong's mother's birthday, and he wondered if the rebellion in Jinan Prefecture had already begun.

Just then, he noticed something, exclaimed "Huh!", looked at the street, and showed a surprised expression.

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