How many buildings are in the mist

On the first day Xie Yan arrived at the front line, he personally delivered the imperial decree to Wang Yu's tent, and then took the military talisman from him.Even though the prefect, who was not familiar with Jiangnan water town at all, was injured and bedridden, he did not leave the front line without authorization, and persisted very hard.Seeing how pitiful he was, Xie Yan immediately sent him back to Shanyin to recuperate.Then start ordering troops and check the specific situation from the wounded and sick to the preparation of food and grass.The next day, I had a meeting with the generals. Many of them were either familiar with her or were her personal soldiers. They were very happy to see her.But this strategic meeting was open, and Xie Yan gradually discovered that this group of people had no idea how to defeat the enemy.

All the generals believed that the rebels led by the Gu family were numerous and powerful, and they occupied important positions. If they confronted them rashly, they would only end in failure like the previous attacks.The most reliable way is to besiege.Anyway, the Gu family doesn't have the strength to break out of the encirclement now, so the officers and soldiers just need to hold on to them and consume them.According to intelligence, the Gu family has forcibly confiscated most of the food and grass in the occupied area in order to rebel. As long as they ensure that what they currently have is their limit, then as long as there is no accident, other rebels will be eliminated normally elsewhere. The final victory in Wu County must belong to the officer army.

This is a way to save effort and even be lazy, but it does not save time, and it does not help the situation - not fighting the most stubborn and important rebels will make people think that the court is weak and useless - Xie Yan scoffed at this strategy, she It's not that she can't fight, she has plenty of ways.Wu County is so big, are you afraid that you won't find a gap in the enemy's defense?

The generals said that the general should look for it. We are not capable enough, so we really can't find it.Xie Yan didn't intend to blame them either.

After the strategy meeting was over, Yan Xue, the leader of her private army, came to her and said that the generals are inconvenient to speak directly if they have something to say, so they can only ask me to speak.Xie Yan was taken aback, and asked what he was talking about.Yan Xue said that the generals originally thought they could fight, but Wang Yu's command was improper and they lost a few games; now that the city lord has come, the generals think it's better not to fight, because the noble family fights the noble family, and they are afraid of getting dirty Santo's hand.

Xie Yan burst into laughter when he heard the words, and after laughing, he said to Yan Xue, "Go, I'm going to host a banquet for these generals tonight."

In the evening, the meat was grilled, and all the people came. Xie Yan ate and drank with them first. After a while, he asked: "According to your lords, what is the purpose of our trip?" The generals, of course, came to suppress the rebellion.Xie Yan asked again: "My lords, who do you think the rebels are?" Among the generals, the wise ones had already chosen not to speak.Xie Yan glanced at the crowd and said with a smile: "The rebels are naturally the ones who committed chaos and poisoned the common people. They can bear the banner of the Qing emperor, and they can also say that they represent a more righteous side. Everyone, yes or no ah?"

The audience was silent, Xie Yan still maintained a smile, and said: "At any time, rebellion is for your own benefit. People who say that they want to serve the country and the people, and uphold the righteous way, will forcefully confiscate all the people's food reserves? Will they take advantage of it?" Do you rebel when the country is in turmoil? Will you plunder the relief food in the official warehouse? Everyone, cutting Wudao is done by a gentleman, do you still care who is Wudao? Do you still care whether Wudao is a noble family? ? A prince who breaks the law is as guilty as a commoner, let alone a rebel!"

As she spoke, she smashed the clay wine glass in her hand to the ground.Then he stood up and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, we are here to fight against the rebellious officials and thieves, and kill the rebellious and innocent. This is for the sake of the country, the people, and the world! Please believe me, and please come with me, my lords! If we can get the help of all the adults, our army will be invincible! We will be invincible!"

The generals were encouraged and applauded one after another.

Not long after, Xie Yan found a full moon night, and together with two or three main generals and four or five scouts, went to scout the rebel stronghold.She researched the reasons why the two armies had always failed in the previous battles, and believed that apart from the gap in military strength and the failure of command, it should also be attributed to Wang Yu's short term in office and his lack of familiarity with the geographical environment.You can't fight it head-on, you have to find a way to use other methods.Now the rebels are guarding a small Wubao. When the Wubao was built, the river channel outside was forcibly changed and introduced into the fort as a water source; Wubao has three arrow towers, each with five arrow holes, forming a mutual structure. The horns echo each other; although the wall is not high, it is very solid. Wang Yu and the others tried to build a ladder to attack the city, but they were naturally repelled easily.With a radius of more than 100 miles, there is no place that can be captured more than this Wubao.After all, in other places, it's either a cliff, or a road that can't be opened by one man.

Xie Yan and his party hid in the woods on the hill, looking at Wubao in the distance.Not long after, Xie Yan called Join the Army, who was familiar with the terrain, and asked, is Wubao the lowest terrain nearby?Joining the army should be.Xie Yan immediately ordered him to take a look around, "Then join us at the sluice."

By the time Joining the Army brought the confirmed news and met her at the sluice upstream of the small river, Xie Yan had already made up a plan.That night, she took 50 light cavalry, took advantage of the darkness, and first assigned more than ten people to watch, one of them went back to send a message, and the rest focused on one thing: smashing the sluice gate.

Not long after, the sound of water flowing gradually changed from gurgling to rushing, and soon it must have turned into a rumble; just at this time, it began to rain in the sky.Everyone sighed, but Xie Yan laughed, and then ordered everyone to work quickly and return to the camp after finishing.

Before the sky was bright, the chaos in Wubao could already be heard from a distance standing on the hill.Xie Yan and his party returned to the camp, and the rest of the generals were already ready.The army set off lightly, rode to the outside of the fort, dismounted and approached the outer wall on foot.Under the leadership of Xie Yan, the crowd took out the floating boards and easily climbed in with the help of the height brought by the rising water level. It was like a magic soldier descending from the sky, and successfully caught the opponent by surprise. Hundreds of people fell.

This can be regarded as successfully opening a long-awaited opening on the front line.

To Xie Yan's surprise, the fall of Wubao, which originally belonged to a small local aristocratic family, shocked the rebels greatly.A few days later, the government and the army moved forward, and a large county actually surrendered directly.When Xie Yan saw the county magistrate who bound himself to plead guilty, he couldn't laugh or cry.So first set up defenses around, and ordered the officers and soldiers on the back road not to come over yet, and hid on the spot, preparing to encircle the spots for reinforcements.

The rebels lost two cities in a row, got angry and launched a fierce attack.Xie Yan's army to occupy the county seat was only one thousand seventeen, so of course he couldn't carry it by force.She simply ordered her men to bring dung and water that had accumulated for several days from the city, mix it with a large amount of tung oil, and place it at the city gate and on the towers where siege battles would take place.The city gate was dilapidated, and probably couldn't be defended anymore, so they gave up installing additional protection, directly put a bunch of tripping ropes inside the city gate, and dug several traps.Then let all the residents in the city hide in caves, and all the soldiers go up to the city wall.

The city gate was smashed as she expected, and the rebels who ran in like mad were tripped on horseback, and those who ran in were shot by several arrows, or doused with dung and tung oil, and they were covered in flames.The rebels smashed in 1000 people, but there was no sound; so they immediately sent another 3000 people over, but there was no movement;

Well, in addition to making a good county town stink to the sky, Xie Yan managed to consume 6000 enemy troops at the cost of hundreds of people.

When the rebels heard the news, there were two small Wubao who did not want to repeat the same mistakes and chose to surrender.The officers and soldiers got a period of rest, and then divided their troops to capture nearby strongholds.However, in the next half month, the actions of the officers and soldiers did not make any progress.The generals were dazzled by successive victories, but faced with the enemy's steadfast defense, there was nothing they could do.Xie Yan sat in the county seat and secretly summoned the generals to hold a battle meeting.Take a look at the situation on the front line, exchange intelligence, help each other, and analyze the battle situation.

Among them, Yan Xue is worthy of being the leader of her private soldiers. When she came from the south, she brought a very important piece of information: Yan Xue's troops found the place where the rebels were hiding food, and at least half of the rebels' food was.The topic of the battle situation analysis meeting immediately became a discussion about whether to launch another surprise attack and burn the enemy's food and grass because of this news.

Xie Yan asked Yan Xue: "I remember you told me before that the rebels confiscated all the food in Wu County, including the food stored in the official warehouse for relief; is the relief food also here?" Yan Xue said she couldn't judge, It's all put together now.Xie Yan said: "That's not what I meant; let me ask another way: can you be sure that the granary is completely empty?" Yan Xue said yes.

"Then we can't go to burn food." Xie Yan said.

The generals were amazed, and they all asked the general why he was like this. After all, he missed such a great opportunity. According to the current situation, it is still a frontal battle with the rebels.Xie Yan said: "Everyone, winter is approaching. If we burn food and grass with great fanfare, the rebel army will naturally be relieved, but how will the people survive the winter? Sending transportation from other places? Think about it, everyone is suppressing chaos everywhere. , Adjusting grain is easier said than done."

The generals were silent, Xie Yan said: "Everyone, we are the masters of the king, not rebels." Everyone agreed, but they all expressed their helplessness with the status quo.Xie Yan reluctantly discussed with them for a while, and finally sent them back, "Let's defend each other first, we don't panic, the enemy must panic first. Pay attention to collecting information, if there is any abnormality, send someone to tell me immediately."

At night, she held up a candlestick to look at the map, thinking to herself, what would I do if I were Gu Kang?With the evolution of the battle situation, the official army and the rebel army on the battlefield in various places have won and lost each other, but generally speaking, the official army has the upper hand.If I were Gu Kang, facing the current situation, I must look for a worthy victory, otherwise the morale will be low and the rebel army will collapse sooner or later.

Xie Yan turned around and saw Feng Zizhang's letter on his case.Letters from Feng Zizhang came frequently, in addition to military secrets, intelligence news, and of course personal greetings.Feng Zizhang asked her to pay attention to safety, not to take risks, and not to tire herself.No matter how late Xie Yan is busy, he will write back to Feng Zizhang, saying that the military is progressing, that my advice on intelligence arrangements is so, why are you worrying about it, how can I get sick, and that you don’t have to worry, I will never take any risks.

In fact, think about it, from the beginning to now, she has never lied to Feng Zizhang.There is no need for that, and she can't do such a thing in terms of the principles she restrains herself, not to mention that she still loves Feng Zizhang.Cherishing oneself for the one you love should also be the principle of being a human being; this does not prevent you from hurting yourself for the one you love at certain times.It's just that I'm lucky, she thought, I never had such a need, unlike Cui Xuanji.

But some of the guy's actions are not, they are not advisable at all.

She took advantage of the night to issue an order, requesting all the generals to pay attention to the details of the enemy army, and to find the whereabouts of Gu Su, Gu Kang and his son.Once you find it, let me know immediately.

During the battle, Xie Yan discovered that the Wu army rebel group actually divided into three types of people: the first is naturally the core of the Gu family, and the second is those who previously attached to the Lu family and were dissatisfied with the experience of the main family or the current reforms People, the third is some people who are frightened by the power of the Gu family and have to join the rebel army.The last type of people are willing to surrender if they have the chance, while the second type of people are just a group of incapable bastards. Although there are more in number, it is not very difficult to eradicate them; That's all.

The wind blows the leaves, autumn is here.A quick fight, Xie Yan thought, let's make a final move.

The generals from all over the country fought and searched. After ten days, they found the main force of the enemy army and reported it to Xie Yan immediately.Xie Yan immediately handed over his main army to the lieutenant general, and led the personal guards to set off.

Gu Kang, who was worried about not being able to find a chance to fight, was sitting in the camp facing the map. Suddenly, a soldier came to report that he had found the location of Xie Yan, the main force of the army.Gu Kang suddenly stood up and asked where it was, and the soldiers answered that it was exactly where our army was facing.Gu Kang thought about it for a while, he was ecstatic to be dispelled by his worries, and always felt that it was not credible.Immediately sent scouts to look, and reported that they did see Xie Yan.Gu Kang asked if it was really Xie Yan, and the scout said that he could see clearly his clothes and face, he was absolutely right.

The soldiers below all said that the general must seize this opportunity, but Gu Kang said, what if this is a trick?The leader joined the army and said bluntly, so what?If the general can seize the opportunity to fight the opponent decisively at this time and take Xie Yan's head, it will be a big victory.

Gu Kang thought about it all night, and early the next morning ordered the army to get ready, and ordered several troops scattered around to approach him and prepare for a decisive battle.Two days later, the two armies faced each other. Gu Kang ordered the reinforcements to lie in ambush in the nearby woods, ready to attack at any time.However, as soon as the two armies began to charge at each other, the shouts of killing in the woods did not last long, and the screams rang out before anyone saw them.Gu Kang panicked for a moment, looked around, and sure enough besides his own flag, the opponent's flag, and the flags of other officers and soldiers.

Okay, this Xie Yan, she is using herself as a bait to attract the main force of our army here, and then take the opportunity to mobilize, and finally form a pincer attack.

The battlefield became a mess in an instant, and the two armies quickly entered hand-to-hand combat.From a distance, Gu Kang saw Xie Yan in red clothes and red armor, holding a pair of swords and killing anyone at sight, rushing towards him all the way, almost unstoppable.Xie Yan glanced at him from a distance, and he felt real and strong fear.

He wants to escape, even as a coach.

Xie Yan fought all the way regardless of his own safety, just to take the head of the general among the ten thousand troops.Seeing Gu Kang's head, are you still afraid that the army's morale will not be dispersed?When she was still a shot away from Gu Kang, she saw that although Gu Kang drew his sword, he was still retreating step by step.She jumped up suddenly, stepped on everyone's shoulders at the fastest speed, and arrived at the position of the main general of the Chinese army in an instant.

When she appeared in front of the guards, she saw fear and sluggishness in their eyes. Taking advantage of this short sluggishness, Xie Yan easily eliminated several guards with a chop, a stab, and a sweep; Gu Kang retreated and said with a smile, "Still running away?"

Gu Kang's legs went limp, and before he could fall, his head flew off.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, where no one dared to approach, a woman in red walked out with a human head in her hand and shouted loudly.Everyone looked at her, she widened her eyes and laughed wildly.

In the bleak autumn wind at the end of October, what the red-clothed officers sent to Jiankang was news of a great victory. Even if it was only a partial victory, it did not completely wipe out the huge Wujun rebels. spirit.The court was very excited.

However, not long after, on the seventh day of November, the imperial court received a very bad news.