Chapter 422: The Empty City
Yao Guangxiao and Wang Shouyi had an army of 500,000, but they were not the opponents of Tie Xuan's 300,000. Not only did they lose two cities in a row, but they were chased by Tie Xuan's army. No matter how Yao Guangxiao or Wang Shouyi and others couldn't swallow this, Wang Shouyi was even more unwilling to accept it. He worked hard to manage the wealth for half his life and took it to Tie Xuan at once. When he fled in a hurry, he lost several beautiful concubines. These reasons made Wang Shouyi want to peel Tie Xuan's skin and slash his tendons.
"Military advisor, I want to kill that bastard Tiexuan with my own hands..."
"General Wang, what do you want to do?"
"I want to attack Tiexuan's camp at night..."
Wang Shouyi decided to attack as soon as he got into the night. After all, he was the most familiar with the environment of Dezhou City. As long as Yao Guangxiao could borrow some poisonous smoke to him, Wang Shouyi promised that he would be able to retake Dezhou City.
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "General Wang, I wonder how many troops are you going to take to attack at night?"
"Three hundred thousand army..."
"There are too few troops of 300,000..."
"The military advisor means..."
Yao Guangxiao showed a hideous smile: "Why don't we go out and kill him off guard..."
"What the military advisor said is very..."
Yao Guangxiao knew very well that it would be a wise choice to attack Texas at night. After all, Texas has no natural dangers to defend. With the old acquaintance of Wang Shouyi, it would be easy for them to enter Texas City.
"Military advisor, I know there is a secret passage that leads to Texas City."
"Very good!"
When Yao Guangxiao was preparing to counterattack, Tie Xuan's army actually withdrew from Dezhou City. In fact, it was not that he noticed Yao Guangxiao's conspiracy. It turned out that Tie Xuan still remembers the emperor's words. Zhu Yunwen had long told him not to garrison in Tongzhou City or Dezhou City. Tongzhou City was originally a wall of iron, but after Yao Guangxiao's transformation, it was like a mouse cave. It was a dead end to garrison there. Dezhou City is an isolated city on the plain, with no natural danger to defend, and the city walls were very old. It required a lot of troops to guard this city, which means that it would drag people to death.
"General, what should we do?"
"We are ambushing near Zhengding City. As long as the enemy is deploying on a large scale, we will pick peaches..."
Tie Xuan was not worried about Jinan City at all, because Tie Xuan had 200,000 defenders there, and even a million troops in Yan King would be difficult to attack Jinan City. Now what he had to do was push the front line forward, as long as he took down Zhengding City, he could form a horn with Jinan City. This was like two sharp knives to resist the enemy. In this way, it would be impossible for the King of Yan to come down from the east to Yingtian Mansion.
"General, there is something ahead..."
“What’s the situation?”
"The Yan army is assembling a team, looking at their appearance, it seems they are preparing to attack Dezhou City..."
The Yan army's outflow was a huge good news for Tie Xuan, especially after he knew that there were only ten thousand people defending the city, he was even more ready to move. After all, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win Zhengding City.
"General, are we going to attack Zhengding City?"
"Front attack, do you think Zhengding City is your backyard!"
Zhang Xiao said aggrievedly: "General, my subordinates are really confused."
"Zhang Xiao, Zhang Xiao, everyone knows astronomy and geography, and knows ancient and modern times..."
Zhang Xiao lowered his head ashamed and said, "General, this is just something that others brag about..."
"Zhang Xiao, you are talented and I admit that I am not good at learning in war, but it is useless to rely on your own knowledge to learn in war. It is based on strategy and calculation, but the ugliest thing in human nature..."
Zhang Xiao is Fang Xiaoru's nephew, and he sent Tie Xuan here for training. However, this guy is really not good at fighting. However, after being appointed as a manager or even a county magistrate, this guy is still competent.
"The general means..."
"I want you to help me manage Jinan Prefecture and be the county magistrate there. Maybe this can bring your strengths to your advantage."
"General, I understand."
Tie Xuan is good at employed people, which is appropriate for both civil and military officers. Of course, he is also very good at employed people when he takes Zhengding City this time. As we all know, Zhengding City is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, the hundreds of tiger cannons on the city walls will take some effort to win Zhengding City. Besides, if the Yan army comes back, it is likely to be attacked from both sides.
"General, what if we attack?"
"Of course it was a night attack..."
Tie Xuan handed over the night attack mission to the Blood Cavalry Guard. This time the mission was a test for them. They only sent 10,000 people to sneak into the enemy formation, but no one expected that they would end the battle in just one hour. It turned out that the real number of people guarding the city at night was only about 10,000, and most of the remaining 20,000 people were resting, which was also the ones that most of them were killed in their sleep. Tie Xuan took down Zhengding City without any effort, which was much easier than Yao Guangxiao.
"Military advisor, the middle gate of Dezhou City is actually wide open..."
"The middle door is wide open?"
Yao Guangxiao's first idea was the empty city plan. Of course, Tie Xuan's empty city plan was definitely different from Zhuge Liang's. After hesitating for a moment, he actually found Wang Shouyi.
"General Wang, are there any other ways to enter the city?"
"If you have it, there is, but you need a detour..."
It turned out that there was a secret passage that could enter Dezhou City. This secret passage could even lead to Wang Shouyi's General's Mansion. The only disadvantage was that this road was very narrow and the narrowest place could only pass by one person. If these hundreds of thousands of people were passed by, it would take one or two days.
"Zhang Sheng, you are responding near the city gate. If you hear the gunshot, you will immediately rush in with your men..."
"Yes, military advisor."
Yao Guangxiao and Wang Shouyi took the lead with 30,000 elite soldiers to explore the way. They soon arrived at the General's Mansion, but Wang Shouyi was surprised that his concubines were all there. It is said that Tie Xuan only extracted most of the gold from the General's Mansion as military expenses, and did not touch anything else, and did not even infringe on these concubines.
"Master, that general named Tie just didn't let us leave the general's mansion. In fact, there is no limit."
"What should you do when you have a meal?"
"Our meals are still served in the same restaurant, but they are no longer the month-end."
"So that's how it is."
Wang Shouyi's concubine even told them something strange. Originally, there were garrisons guarding the general's mansion, but last night, the garrisons didn't know where they went. In the end, there was no one to restrict the concubine's wife from going out. After these soldiers disappeared, the concubine sent someone to inquire. Only then did they realize that the soldiers had evacuated from Dezhou City early in the morning. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!