Chapter 714

Situ Qi didn't care about the grudges between Shi Jie and Lin Han. What he was thinking about was how to use Shi Jie.

He sighed deliberately and said, "Yes, judging from this, Lin Han did have the intention to kill General Shi. I wonder how General Shi offended Lin Han?"

"Lin Han is arrogant and self-willed. He doesn't listen to the advice of others. I have contradicted him many times. I think he holds a grudge because of this." Shi Jie said angrily: "I thought he was a dignified county chief. Your Excellency must There are a lot of people who will not avenge themselves publicly, but I never expected that he would harm me so much this time..."

"That's it!" Situ Qi nodded while listening. After pondering for a moment, he said seriously: "General Shi, since Lin Han can't tolerate you, why don't you join my Feng Army?"

Shi Jie's eyes widened and he asked angrily: "Your Excellency, you want me to commit treason?"

"Huh?" Situ Qi waved his hand and said, "We, the Feng Army, are the emperor's army. We came to Ning State to defeat the rebellious Yan Chu on the emperor's order. How can you be treason by joining our army?"

Seeing that the anger on Shi Jie's face gradually disappeared, revealing a look of contemplation, Situ Qi continued: "The land in the world is not the imperial land, and the people in the world are the imperial ministers. General Shi abandoned the dark and turned to the light, and took refuge in the emperor. This is the right way. Again. It is said that good birds choose trees to roost in. Since Lin Han is unkind to you, why should you be loyal to him? "

"This..." Thinking about it carefully, the other party's words are not unreasonable. Feng Jun did come under the order of the emperor, and Ning Ren was originally a subject of the emperor, and it was natural for him to seek refuge with the emperor. However, the truth was this, and it really made him abandon Ning and join the wind, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"I have to think about this..."

"General Shi, there is no need to think about it anymore. Our king is the master of the Ming Dynasty. He treats Feng people and Ning people equally. As long as General Shi can help our army win Xiaoling County, he will make a great contribution and not only repay the General Shi thought about Wang Kai, who was just a civil servant and took refuge with our king without any merit, but could still sit on the throne of the two counties. Is the general worse than a scholar like him?"

Situ Qi used his sharp tongue to persuade Shi Jie like a barrage of words. In the end, Shi Jie was so moved by what he said that he hesitated, stamped his feet, and sighed: "That's alright. !" As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee, raised his hands and said, "General, I am willing to join the Feng Army and serve the Emperor and His Majesty the Feng King!"

"Okay! What I'm waiting for is General Shi's words!" Situ Qi was overjoyed when he heard this. He hurriedly helped Shi Jie up, patted his shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "General Shi defected, and our army was defeated by Lin Han." , just around the corner.”

"The general is serious."

"Is General Shi familiar with Xiaoling County's defense?" Situ Qi finally asked the question he was most concerned about.

"General, wait a moment!" As he spoke, he turned and ran towards a small barracks not far away.

Not knowing what he was going to do, Situ Qi winked at the soldiers on the left and right, and then quickly caught up with him.

I saw Shi Jie running to the base of the wall, squatting on the ground and starting to dig. After a short time, he dug out a piece of parchment from the ground, unfolded it, turned around and handed it to Situ Qi who came over, and said: "General, This is Xiaoling County’s defense plan.”

oops! This sentence made Situ Qi almost jump with excitement. With the defense map of Xiaoling County, we have mastered all the movements of the Ning Army. Let alone a victory, even if we capture the entire Xiaoling County, it will not be a problem. Unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, he took the parchment with trembling hands, lowered his head and looked at it carefully.

Shi Jie stepped forward and explained to him in detail, saying: "The army of Xiaoling County is close to 60,000 people. It has complete armaments and sufficient food and grass. The only thing lacking is the lack of combat effectiveness. Half of these 60,000 people are made up of reserves." The army and the militia were composed of soldiers and militia, and they were neglected in training. If they engaged in a head-on battle, they would definitely not be able to withstand the wind... our army, so Lin Han came up with a way to lure the enemy deeper. He only set up a small number of troops in the east of Xiaoling County to place Showing weakness, we led our army step by step deep into Xiaoling County. Lin Han's decisive battle will be held here..." While speaking, Shi Jie pointed to the map and continued: "This is the last city leading to Kouwan in Xiaoling County. It is a must-pass area with many steep mountains and ravines, making it very easy to set up an ambush. When our army reaches this place, it must have already concluded that the Ning army in Xiaoling County is vulnerable, neglecting prevention and neglecting exploration. Once it comes, Ning’s army’s ambush will catch our army by surprise, and the consequences will be disastrous.”

ah! So that’s it! After listening to Shi Jie's story, Situ Qi felt a wave of fear. If Shi Jie hadn't pointed out Ning Jun's tactics, he might have been fooled by Lin Han. Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, which is also a taboo for military strategists! The feeling of pride that Situ Qi had just felt was gone in an instant.

This Lin Han is quite extraordinary. Although he is a civilian official, he knows how to use troops and can even calculate the enemy's psychology into his tactics. Situ Qi saluted Shi Jie deeply and said, "Thank you, General Shi, for telling me. If General Shi hadn't told me explicitly, my commander... I would have suffered a big loss at the hands of Lin Han!"

"Ah! You're welcome, general. Since the general has made up his mind to join the general, he will do his best to assist the general."

Situ Qi nodded emotionally, and at the same time secretly glanced at the generals around him, as if to say, 'How's it going? If I hadn't successfully convinced Shi Jie by knowing people well and making good use of them, would you have figured out Lin Han's trick? ’ At this time, the generals of the Tianying Army had to look at Situ Qi with admiration and nodded secretly, feeling that Situ Qi now finally had the demeanor of General Ziying.

Situ Qi looked at Shi Jie and asked tentatively: "General Shi is so familiar with Lin Han's deployment, I believe he must have a plan to crack it?"

Shi Jie smiled and said: "General, you can resolve the strategy of luring the enemy deep into your territory by taking every step carefully. As long as you don't underestimate the enemy and rush forward, and capture and nibble away at one village, one town, and one city, in the end, Lin Han will just shoot himself in the foot."

"Good! Haha - good strategy! Haha -"

Situ Qi laughed upside down. That's right, didn't Lin Han ambush all his troops in the west of Xiaoling County? Then he would first capture the middle and eastern parts of Xiaoling County, take down a few cities, gain merit, rob enough property, and then continue to move westward to attract the ambush troops there. He could pretend to be defeated and retreat. In this way, he would not only make great contributions but also successfully complete the task assigned by the king, killing two birds with one stone.

To Situ Qi, conquering Shi Jie was undoubtedly a treasure. He carefully checked the defense map of Xiaoling County. With his current location, if he continued to move west, he would reach Daiyun City. According to the records in the defense map, the garrison there was less than 5,000. If that was true, he could definitely easily replace Daiyun City.

Although he trusted Shi Jie very much, Situ Qi still kept his eyes open and continued to send a large number of spies to explore the surroundings of Daiyun City to see if there were any ambushes by the Ning army. After the spies reported one by one that no enemy was found, Situ Qi was relieved and marched westward to Daiyun City.

He was also afraid that the defense map provided by Shi Jie was wrong. If there were not only 5,000 garrisons in Daiyun City, but 50,000 garrisons, wouldn't his attack hit a stone?

At first, he only sent a small force to make a tentative attack, but found that the garrison in the city had little resistance. Situ Qi's courage gradually grew, and he mobilized the entire army to besiege the city.

The defenders definitely had the advantage of the terrain, but it was impossible for the defenders, who were less than 5,000, to defend against the attack from all sides by the 60,000-man army.

Before the battle of the siege lasted half an hour, a vanguard led by Li Sheng took the lead in rushing into the city, followed by Zhou Chang, who entered from the south of the city and joined Li Sheng in the city.

If the Feng Army was blocked outside the city, the defenders in the city could still resist. Now that the Feng Army had broken into the city, the defenders lost their fighting spirit, and most of them no longer made futile resistance and surrendered.

It can be said that the Sky Eagle Army successfully captured Daiyun City without bloodshed.

The 60,000-man army entered the city and divided into two groups, one to capture the city lord's mansion and the other to the silver vault and granary in the city. Even the city was lost, how could the city lord's mansion be defended? As soon as the Feng Army arrived, the city lord of Daiyun City took the lead in surrendering. Situ Qi ordered the city lord to be detained first, and then he led the generals to check the silver vault and granary.

When he saw the granary in the city, his eyes suddenly bent with smiles. Ningguo had grain! The huge granary was full of rice, almost overflowing. It happened that their own armaments were insufficient, and these grains were just what they needed, and there was a lot of surplus. He could imagine how happy the king would be if he transported these grains back to Hexi!

After checking the granary, Situ Qi was also very happy, and then he went to check the silver vault. Well, there were at least one million taels of silver that had not been transported away in time, which was another huge spoils of war. Situ Qi was so happy that his mouth couldn't close, and the other generals of the Sky Eagle Army were also happy, with their eyes shining.

Most of the soldiers had never seen so much silver in their lives.

Situ Qi was so excited that he could not help but sigh to the sky: "God really helps my king, and God is blessing me with the wind!" Now is the time when Feng Kingdom is most in need of money. Just one city has seized more than one million taels of silver. If all the remaining towns in Xiaoling County are captured, the seized silver must be close to ten million taels? !

Situ Qi, who was excited for a long time, finally came to his senses and said to his soldiers in a hurry: "Quick! Seal up all the silver in the silver vault quickly, and transport it back to Hexi tomorrow morning to present it to the king!"

"Yes! General!" The soldiers of the Sky Eagle Army responded loudly. At this time, people have tasted the sweetness, their ambitions have increased a hundredfold, and they are in high spirits. There is no need to ask, after this battle, the king will definitely give them generous rewards.