The Empress traveled through time and space, and she fought for supremacy in the troubled times

Sishui County, under the jurisdiction of Jiading Prefecture, is one of the counties with the strongest economic and military power.

The entire county has a population of nearly 10,000, and there are 4,000 people living in the county.

Now is the second day that the Yun family army has set up camp here.

When we first arrived, we sent out several scouts to gather information, but the results were not very optimistic.

The city walls are heavily guarded.

At this time, it was the afternoon of the second day.

Several people were sitting in the tent discussing strategies.

Duan Yao looked at the map spread out on the middle table. "Our escort agency has never taken orders from here, so I don't know much about it."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Sishui County should have a force of around a thousand men. They are all armed with fine iron weapons and are quite powerful. They will be difficult to defeat."

Li Shun looked at the map which did not make much sense, frowned, and told his current understanding of Sishui County.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the tent became tense.

Looking at the people around her who were pursing their lips and not saying a word, Duan Yao spoke out to comfort them.

"Let's wait and see if our people can sneak in. If they can, it will be easy. We can then coordinate with them from inside and outside."

Li Shun nodded in agreement, "Well, maybe it's not that pessimistic."

But nothing goes smoothly.

"Report!"

Hearing this powerful voice, everyone in the tent looked outside.

Chen Yuanshu and Li Shun looked at each other, probably knowing the result.

"Enter."

A soldier opened the tent door and walked in.

After bowing to everyone around him, he looked at Chen Yuanshu and the others and said, "General Chen, Lieutenant General Li, our people can't get in."

Chen Yuanshu frowned, "So strict?"

"Yes, except for the people from this county and the caravans entering and leaving, everyone else was stopped. Some refugees who tried to force their way in were killed by the city guards."

Chen Yuanshu sighed, the worst result still happened.

This is the case in Sishui County, and I'm afraid the other three counties are similar.

"Okay, we got it. You can leave first."

"Yes."

After the soldier left, Chen Yuanshu raised his head and looked at them, "Let's discuss a countermeasure."

As soon as he finished speaking, a team leader put forward his own idea.

"We can lay siege to the city, and when they run out of ammunition and food, we can defeat them one by one."

Li Shun looked at the person who proposed this plan and shook his head. "No, it's too time-consuming. I don't know how much grain they have in stock in the county. What if it takes half a year?"

Wang Hu scratched his head and suddenly remembered a sentence from Sun Tzu's Art of War. He raised his head excitedly.

"We can just storm it, right? 'The Art of War' says 'surround them with ten, attack them with five, divide them to twice their strength. If you are strong enough, you can fight them; if you are weak, you can flee. It is better to avoid them.' Our forces are almost five times theirs, so we can storm it."

"We can win, but we are not just attacking Sishui County. There are three more cities to go. The casualties will be too heavy."

Chen Yuanshu looked at the map and a plan came to his mind.

"We can make a feint to the east and attack in the west before launching a detailed attack."

"How about a feint and a feint?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shun walked closer to her, wanting to hear her strategy.

Others also gathered around.

Chen Yuanshu pointed at the map and said, "We can do this..."

……

In Sishui County.

County Magistrate Liang Kang was lying leisurely on a recliner, eating grapes fed to him by a beautiful maid next to him, feeling very comfortable.

Since the fall of the previous dynasty, he has become the local emperor here. When he is in a good mood, he will go to the county government office for a visit.

If you are in a bad mood, just lie down at home. Anyway, no one cares about reporting to work now, so you can do something active.

Anyway, those subordinates will complete it.

"The county magistrate."

Hearing someone calling him, Liang Kang sat up from the recliner.

Seeing that it was Master Liu, she waved away the maids on both sides.

"Why did Master Liu come to my place today?"

"County Magistrate, which faction should we join now? It's better to lean on a big tree for shade."

"hiss."

Liang Kang stroked his beard and said, "The one closest to us right now is Marquis Anding, but his power is only in the middle to lower ranks among these people. The most powerful ones are only Prince Gong and Marquis Xiaoyong."

"But the atmosphere between Prince Gong and the man who is suspected to be the Crown Prince is a bit tense. We should wait and see. When the time comes, we will side with whichever side is stronger. It is not advisable to choose a leader too early."

"Yes, it turns out that our county magistrate is wise and brave, and has extraordinary wisdom and strategy."

Looking at his fawning and obsequious appearance, Liang Kang couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly and gently stroked the sparse beard on his chin.

The corners of his mouth rose even higher, and there was an indescribable sense of pride and satisfaction on his face.

In fact, there is a more important reason for not choosing a master so early.

That is, after choosing a master, he will have to serve others like a grandson, which is not as comfortable as being here now.

Now he has a thousand soldiers under his command and a courtyard full of guards. As long as he doesn't encounter a large army attacking, he can stay here safely.

"Alright, Master Liu, please step aside first."

"Yes, then I will not disturb the county magistrate."

Not long after Master Liu left, a servant ran in hurriedly.

"Sir, something bad has happened. Someone is calling in."

Seeing his servant's anxious look, Liang Kang quickly scolded him, "Look at how anxious you are. Speak slowly."

"Sir, someone is attacking."

"It's that group of ants who set it up again. It will be solved in a moment. It's no big deal."

"No... no, this time there's a lot of discipline. Looks like there are two thousand of them."

"two thousand?"

Liang Kang stood up from his seat and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we don't leave the city and hold on tight, it won't be easy for us to break in. We have people watching us all the time."

"Yes."

An hour later.

The servant came back again, smiling, "Sir, you are truly as wise as a god. They have retreated."

Liang Kang waved his hand, "Alright, these people are nothing to worry about."

Day two.

"Sir, they're calling again."

Not a moment later.

"My lord, they have retreated."

Day three.

"Sir, that group of people is here again, it's them again."

Liang Kang stroked his beard and thought to himself, this seems like they are planning to fight a protracted war and exhaust their physical strength.

"Leave the necessary defenders behind, and the rest will go provide support there."

"Yes, my lord."

Li Shun, who was hiding at the other side of the city gate, saw that many people on the city wall had been transferred away, and he knew that it was a success.

Chen Yuanshu led 2,000 men to attack and divert attention to the east, while Li Shun led the remaining 3,000 men to prepare for an attack from the west.

"Let's go."

In an instant, three thousand people rushed over.

Liang Mansion.

"Sir, sir, something bad has happened. As soon as our people were transferred, someone attacked from the west of the city. What should we do?"

At this moment, Liang Kang, who was staying in the mansion, also knew that he had fallen into a trap. He no longer cared about anything else and hurriedly packed up his belongings and prepared to escape.

As a result, when he was leaving the house, he ran into the attacking Yun family army.

It’s over.

……

It took Chen Yuanshu and his team more than a month to successfully capture the remaining three county towns.

On July 1416, 7, the Jiading Prefecture changed hands, and the three-month war finally ended.

There were 5,000 people when they left, but when they came back, more than 500 of them had to carry it back.

On the battlefield, things are always unpredictable.