Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

When the middle-aged man saw that the Tang army commander agreed, an excited look appeared on his face. He kowtowed and spoke loudly.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing our lives. I will definitely pass on your message!"

At this time, the guards also brought a military flag and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Your Highness, Generals, I will return now to report."

"We'll see you in the city the day after tomorrow!"

After saying this, the middle-aged man, led by his soldiers, left the Tang army camp with a happy face.

It was quiet for a moment.

Li Chengqian rubbed his palms and said, "There are still smart people in Goguryeo. Knowing that they can't win, surrender is also a good way out!"

At this time, Du He, who had been thinking with his head down, slowly raised his head.

He smiled and said, "Your Highness is right. Sun Daiyin, the defender of Baiyan City, is a smart man."

Seeing Du He finally speak, Li Chengqian said unhappily, "Du He, I just wanted to ask for your opinion, why did you keep your head down?"

"You are my top military advisor, but you are totally incompetent!"

People like Du He fail at critical moments.

Hearing Li Chengqian's complaints, Du He smiled and said, "Your Highness, General Hou, you don't really think that Sun Daiyin, the Lord of Baiyan City, is truly surrendering, right?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Chengqian and Hou Junji asked in unison.

Du He analyzed it for them: "Think about it, if Sun Daiyin really wanted to surrender, why didn't he choose to open the city gate tonight, but choose noon the day after tomorrow?"

"Didn't Sun Daiyin's confidant just say that only 30% of the generals in the city support surrender? Doesn't he want to persuade the other neutral generals to surrender?"

Du He smiled and asked, "Your Highness, what if Sun Daiyin is stalling for time?"

This time, not only Li Chengqian, but even Hou Junji was stunned.

Both of them frowned tightly, and then lowered their heads to think about the authenticity of Sun Daiyin sending people to surrender.

After a moment, Hou Junji said with an unpleasant expression: "Sun Daiyin is stalling for time, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements!"

"That's right!"

Du He smiled and nodded.

He went on to explain: "It will take another four days for Goguryeo's 5 reinforcements to arrive, and their cavalry will even only need one day to reach Baiyan City."

"If we wait until noon the day after tomorrow to find out we've been tricked before attacking, I'm afraid we'll be attacked by 5 reinforcements from Goguryeo before we even capture this mountain city."

"That's why I realized that Sun Daiyin was pretending to surrender!"

If there had been no rebellion by the Mohe tribes, Du He felt that it would not matter whether Sun Daiyin pretended to surrender or not, and the army could continue to use the tactic of besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements.

But now more and more enemy troops are coming to support, and after two months of fighting, the Tang army not only has fewer and fewer soldiers, but also becomes more and more exhausted.

At that time, besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements will not only be ineffective, but will also lead to being attacked from both sides by the enemy.

The great defeat of Zhang Jian's troops is a lesson for us.

Hearing what Du He said, Li Chengqian was so angry that he started cursing.

"Damn it Sun Daiyin, he actually pretended to surrender!"

"It really pisses me off!"

He thought Sun Daiyin really wanted to surrender at first, and even teased Sun Daiyin for being a smart man.

I didn’t expect that Sun Daiyin is so smart!

And he became a fool!

Hou Junji thought that he had believed the enemy's lies and almost capsized. His tough face turned ugly.

If he was defeated in the small city of Baiyan, his entire reputation would be ruined.

Hou Junji clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice: "Du He, since we have seen through Sun Daiyin's evil plan, do you have any countermeasures?"

He was now burning with rage, and wished he could break into Baiyan City immediately and cut Sun Daiyin into pieces.

Li Chengqian also looked at Du He with anger, to see if this wise military advisor had any good ideas.

Du He had a plan in mind: "Since Sun Daiyin sent people to pretend to surrender, why don't we do a full show?"

"Later, have the siege army retreat three miles, so that Sun Daiyin will mistakenly believe that we have been successfully deceived by him."

"In this way, the defenders in Baiyan City will relax their vigilance!"

Li Chengqian asked curiously: "Then what?"

Du He grinned: "Then we will attack Baiyan City tonight!"

"Night attack?"

Li Chengqian's brows immediately raised.

He said in a deep voice: "Du He, the army has just traveled for two days, and now the soldiers are exhausted."

"Besides, we haven't fully understood the terrain of Baiyan City. Will it be dangerous to attack at night?"

The visibility is very poor when attacking a city at night. If the defenders of Baiyan City throw logs and boulders over the city wall, the Tang army will surely suffer heavy casualties because they cannot see clearly.

Although Li Chengqian was a novice in military affairs, he still had some understanding of such common sense issues.

Du He smiled and said, "Although the soldiers are tired, they can still recover after resting until night."

"Tonight is when the Baiyan City defenders are at their lowest alert. We cannot miss this opportunity."

"As for how to minimize the risk of a night attack, we need to come up with a good countermeasure."

Hou Junji stood aside without saying a word. He thought what Du He said was absolutely right. The defenders of Baiyan City would never have thought that the Tang army would attack the city tonight.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

However, there is a slope of hundreds of meters in front of the West City Gate, and it is bare and unobstructed. How can the army approach the West City Gate without alerting the Baiyan City defenders on the city wall?

Hou Junji thought about it for a while but still had no idea, so he asked Du He: "Du He, what tricks do you have for tonight's night raid?"

Du He took out the sword from his waist and used the scabbard to draw the shape of Baiyan City on the mud ground under his feet.

After finishing the painting, Du He pointed to the west side of Baiyan City with the scabbard and said.

"The western wall is the lowest in terrain and is the only way for the army to break into the city. The Baiyan City defenders will definitely send heavy troops to defend it."

"As for the other three sides, they are steep cliffs and protected by high city walls, so the guarding force must be weak."

After Du He finished speaking, he moved the scabbard away from the west gate and pointed to the location north of Baiyan City on the map.

"I think we can follow the tactics Zhang Liang used to attack Beisha City and send a small group of elite troops to act as a death squad and climb the city wall from the north."

"Then, while the guards of the West City Gate were still fast asleep, we caught them by surprise and opened the West City Gate."

"As long as the death squad can hold on for a while, the army will be able to climb the slope of the west gate and rush into the city!"

In fact, Zhang Liang used special operations tactics when attacking Beisha City.

The marching commander Cheng Mingzhen personally led 800 soldiers who were good at rock climbing, not only to open the south gate, but also to control the lord of Beisha City.

This decapitation operation was very effective, allowing the sturdy city of Beisha to be quickly captured.

Hou Junji frowned and said, "Du He, there are probably no less than 5 soldiers guarding the west gate!"

"How many death squads do we need to send to open the West City Gate from the inside, and we have to defend it for a short while?"