Chapter 362: Scheme to annihilate Tushan enemy (Part 1)

Just as the Zhou army besieged Shouzhou, He Yanxi, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, led more than 100 warships and more than 20,000 troops to station in Tushan to support Shouzhou. At first, Guo Rong did not care, but he did not expect that He Yanxi actually sent dead soldiers to sneak into Shouzhou from the water to spread the news, which greatly boosted the morale of the Shouzhou defenders.

Guo Rong had already drawn young and strong people from Songzhou, Haozhou, Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, Caizhou and other places to come to Shouzhou to help, and there were considerable vacancy in defense in various places. If He Yanxi's troops were allowed to act, they might go north and directly attack Houzhou's confidant, destroying the overall situation that he had finally created. For his own safety and to completely eliminate the fantasy of the Southern Tang people in the city, Guo Rong decided to send a side army to attack the southern Tang army of Tushan in addition to the main force to continue to attack the city.

So Guo Rong called Dong Zunhui over and said to him: "Daoan, you bravely moved forward a few days ago, greatly boosting the morale of our army. Now you have a mission, you must be. He Yanxi led his army to support Shouzhou. Due to our military force, we could only set up a camp at the foot of Tushan, and we dare not come here. Although he had no ability, the Tang army in Shouzhou City received support from Tushan, and its morale was greatly boosted, which was not conducive to our attack. I will give you five thousand elite troops. Can you defeat all the Tushan defenders in the north of Shouzhou City? "

Dong Zunhui immediately said, "Dare you dare not obey the order?" So Dong Zunhui took the order and counted the troops, received the ordnance, and then led the army to the expedition.

In the eyes of the ministers, it was a bit rash to attack 20,000 Nantang heavy troops with 5,000 soldiers. Moreover, the opponent had a complete range of water troops. Not only did he build a solid camp near Tushan, but there were also warships that could be attacked and defended in the water. With such a force configuration, why should Dong Zunhui take the initiative to attack, and defeat them all?! Is this absurd or Dong Zunhui crazy?! Could it be that Guo Rong disliked Dong Zunhui and wanted to take the opportunity to kill him? But this was impossible. Guo Rong now trusted Dong Zunhui very much and even gave him the power to bring weapons in front of him. Alas, the emperor really couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts!

Just as everyone was puzzled, Dong Zunhui led 5,000 soldiers downstream, but he did not go directly to Tushan, but set up camp near the WoShui first. Then, Dong Zunhui sent Zhang Yi to disguise himself as Taoist priests to learn about the situation. A few hours later, Zhang Yi returned to the camp panting and said to Dong Zunhui: "General, we must not attack this Tushan Tang army!"

Dong Zunhui was very surprised and asked Zhang Yi to explain carefully. It turned out that the Southern Tang Dynasty defenders occupied the favorable terrain of Tushan, cut down big trees, and built a solid camp. And near the main camp, several auxiliary forts were built with stones as a strong support for the entire army. Moreover, Tushan was right by the Huai River and could receive support from warships. The warships in He Yanxi's hand were mostly heavy warships that fled back from Dangyang that day, equipped with long-range attack weapons such as catapults, beds and crossbows, which could fully echo the defenders on the land and be connected!

After listening to Zhang Yi's introduction, Dong Zunhui frowned. Although he was full of elite soldiers and generals, he had little hope of attack in the face of the enemy's strong fortifications and waterway joint defense system. It would be great if the enemy could be drawn out. Fighting mobile warfare is our strength in the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Dong Zunhui ordered Shi Shouxin and others to stay in the camp, and took Han Chongyun, Zhang Yi, Cao Quan, Zhang Yi and others to quietly set out to conduct field exploration near Tushan.

Everyone came to Tushan, left the horses in a hidden place, and hid in the woods to look around quietly. They saw that the Tushan camp gate was wide open, and dozens of soldiers squatted lazily at the door to bask in the sun. However, the antlers at the camp gate were all equipped with horses, and there were also a large number of horses behind the camp gate. The chances of the cavalry launching a surprise attack are really not high.

Dong Zunhui suddenly pointed to a small market in the distance and whispered to Zhang Yi: "What's the situation? Have you ever seen it?"

Zhang Yi shook his head and replied in a low voice: "It's an ordinary small mountain village. The market is not large in size. I'm afraid of wasting time, so I didn't go to visit."

Dong Zunhui nodded slightly, looked at his clothes, and saw that he was similar to the ordinary people in the Southern Tang Dynasty and could not see any flaws, so he said to everyone: "Neyan (Zhang Yi's word) and I went to the market to investigate, and we will come back later. Everyone took this opportunity to investigate the surrounding terrain. We will meet here in an hour."

So Dong Zunhui and Zhang Yi walked down the mountain, deliberately circled a small circle, and then walked towards the small mountain village. Soon the two of them arrived in the village and saw that the middle of the village had become a small market, with more than a hundred ordinary soldiers of the Southern Tang Army strolling there, but they did not find any signs of senior officers.

Dong Zunhui and his two dressed up very ordinary and did not attract the attention of the Nan Tang people. They took a casual walk in the market but received no information. Seeing a small tea shop next to them, they walked in and bought two large bowls of tea soup with four copper coins. The two started drinking in big gulp.

The tea shop is doing well, and many people drink tea here, and a few soldiers from the Southern Tang Army sat beside Dong Zunhui and chatted loudly. Dong Zunhui and Zhang Yi remained silent, but quietly eavesdropped.

One of them said carelessly: "In my opinion, the Zhou army was too brave and dared to provoke our Tang Dynasty. When the Zhou Dynasty was busy usurping the throne, in civil strife, and splitting, our Tang Dynasty continued to expand under the leadership of His Majesty. Not only did it occupy the land of twenty-eight prefectures and counties, it also conquered and destroyed Fujian and Chu, and added seven prefectures and counties including Jianzhou, Tingzhou, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou! Not only did it have more territory than the Zhou Dynasty, but its national strength was also much stronger than that of the Zhou Dynasty! "

The soldiers nodded repeatedly, and one of them even said loudly: "In my opinion, Guo Rong is a good scholar who just picked up a knife and prepared to rob. Our Nan Tang is the leader who is in the underworld and kills people!"

Someone next to him repeatedly spitted on him, "If you can't speak, don't talk nonsense. We are like those little gangsters! Although our Tang Dynasty is powerful, the Zhou army is not a vegetarian. Otherwise, how could he destroy Liu Yanzhen's army in Zhengyang!"

"Bah, what do you know?! Liu Yanzhen is a waste, and having him as the commander is a shame for our Tang Dynasty! If it weren't for his blind command, the Zhou army would have been driven back to Jiangbei long ago!" Someone retorted loudly, and everyone around him agreed, obviously they all disdainful of Zhou army.

Dong Zunhui smiled slightly, and he came up with a way to defeat the enemy. So he kicked Zhang Yi quietly. After drinking tea, the two of them wandered around the streets. They saw no one following him and left quietly. Soon everyone gathered on the mountain and returned to the camp.

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