Xie Ming

Chapter 268: Stone Hill Meeting
May 16th!

In the morning, news came from Li Huchen's military headquarters in Xingtang to the north. Xiao Lang urgently ordered Zhizhong to send someone to Zhending Prefecture as soon as possible to get the latest intelligence from informants in the city.

That day, it was 11:45 am.

Just after dinner time, I rushed back to report.

"Old Xiao?!"

"Old Xiao?!"

"Eh?"

"Unlucky star, where is Lao Xiao?!"

"I have some important military information here and need to discuss it with him!"

After receiving the report, Qiu Zhizhong hurried to Xiao Jingchuan's tent, intending to discuss the matter. However, when he arrived at the tent, he saw no one there, so he turned to ask about the unlucky star beside the tent.

"Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong)!"

"Is Feiyu here?!"

“Here it is!”

"Come here quickly!"

Before Sang Men Xing could say anything, Xiao Lang heard the sound and poked half of his head out from behind the rocky hill in front of him, then stretched out his hand to call Zhi Zhong over.

"hehe!"

"You kid, why are you hiding here!" Seeing the situation, Qiu Zhizhong didn't care and walked forward with a smile.

But when he turned to the other side of the stone hill, he saw that Generals Peizhong and Li Hongsheng were in front of him, and behind him, young General Qin Jing was also listening not far away.

"Haha, this place is sheltered from the wind!"

"Come, sit down and talk!"

"Look at how anxious you are. Has there been any news sent back from Zhending Prefecture?!" Xiao Lang asked bluntly.

"Haha, yes! Yes!"

"The informant just reported that the number of soldiers and horses defending the city of Zhending has been figured out!" Zhizhong's reply was a little mysterious.

"oh?!"

"Mr. Qiu, please tell me quickly, how much do you have?!" Sun Peizhong was concerned about the enemy's defense, so he interrupted.

He usually calls Zhizhong "Mr. Qiu". Even though he has now been promoted to the position of commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, in private, it is obvious that he does not want to become estranged from Peizhong and Changting who are close to him. Zhizhong seems to feel that calling him "Mr. Qiu" is more appropriate!

"Haha, Peizhong, you are so anxious!" Zhizhong joked lightly, and then he stretched out two fingers and shook them in the air.

"Oh? Two thousand?!" Peizhong understood and replied.

"Haha, yes, right now, there are only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses from the Ming Dynasty who surrendered in Zhending City!" Zhizhong's words were accurate.

"However, there is some not-so-good news!"

"That is, I heard from the informant that the defenders in the city have already known that part of our army has captured Xingtang and Jingxing!"

"I think that our whereabouts have been completely exposed after marching all the way!" Zhizhong suddenly changed the subject.

Upon hearing this, Generals Sun Peizhong and Li Hongsheng frowned and looked at each other. Obviously, if this was the case, the usual approach of launching a surprise attack or sneaking into the city to attack from both inside and outside would be difficult to implement!

"Hi!"

"That's okay!" Xiao Lang said something shocking, causing the two generals to turn their heads and focus on Xiao Jingchuan again.

"Haha, think about this!"

"Gang Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong) has already made it clear that at this moment, there are only two thousand Ming soldiers who surrendered in Zhending City!"

"These people must have been trapped here for a long time!"

"There is no military presence to defend Xingtang and Jingxing. From this, we can clearly see that these soldiers do not have the courage to go out and fight the enemy!"

"In the current situation, Li Zicheng hastily fled westward, and even abandoned the huge territory of Zhending City!"

"These surrendered soldiers have lost all chances of following the rebels in their escape to the west, and their own military strength is extremely limited. So how can they protect themselves in this chaotic situation?!"

"The only thing we can do is to gather information from all sides and be smart so that we can surrender!"

"Once you get a whiff of trouble, the right thing to do is to find a way to get close to them!"

"Oh! That's right!"

"Fei Yu (Qiu Zhizhong), are there still people guarding the city now?" Xiao Jingchuan explained, but he had something else to say, leaving a riddle.

After hearing this, Zhizhong understood what he meant, smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Haha, that's right!" "The officers guarding the city are Qiu Maohua, the governor of Zhending, and Xie Sufu, the guerrilla general!" Zhi Zhong replied.

"oh?!"

"These two have very tight ears!"

"Mr. Qiu, who are these two? What are their backgrounds?" Peizhong asked seriously.

Seeing the question, Qiu Zhizhong remained calm, sat with legs crossed, and took a bowl of steamed buns.

"It was about two months ago. Zhending Governor Qiu Maohua and guerrilla Xie Sufu were afraid of the might of Liu Fangliang, the Marquis of Ci, under Li Zicheng, and surrendered without a fight. They became pseudo-officials and pseudo-generals who surrendered!"

"The great city of Zhending Prefecture was also handed over by these two people!"

"But the good times didn't last long!"

"By the beginning of May, Li Zicheng was no longer reliable and suffered a crushing defeat in the eastern part of the capital!"

"These two began to hesitate and have different ideas again."

"After the rebels fled west, they refused to obey the imperial edict and held their ground."

"In the hesitation, we lost the last chance to follow Li Zicheng westward!"

"Today, after our army captured Jingxing, the huge Zhending Prefecture is isolated and without help."

"You two idiots, occupying a city but without any achievement, just hide in the city. I guess they want to keep quiet in this chaotic world and wait for a good price to sell themselves!" Zhizhong replied.

"That's right!"

"Right now, the four gates of Zhending City are locked tightly!"

"Don't be fooled by the fact that we seem to have a strong army and sufficient food. We have a slight advantage over their 2,000 surrendered soldiers in defense!"

"But if you want to attack the city in a serious and methodical manner, and really want to break into the city like this, it will definitely not be an easy task!"

"so!"

"Follow my construction!"

"First, Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong), you have to work harder!"

"Hurry up and spread the news that our army has completely occupied and controlled the three counties of Xingtang, Lingshou, and Jingxing to the city of Zhending!"

"Confirm the news to them and kill them. Cut off their last hope and avoid misjudgment!"

"Second time!"

"Hey, let's let the soldiers take a good rest here!"

"Stretch him for two days!"

"Fei Yu, take some more people to persuade them to surrender!"

"Imitate the scene where Zhuge Liang persuaded the Marquis of Wu to ally with him and debated with the scholars, and use the banner of protecting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from going south to lure these two people back to the Ming Dynasty!"

"I believe that by that time, we can go with the flow and lure them with the merits of serving the king and protecting the emperor. I guarantee that this will be accomplished!" Xiao Lang talked about his good plan.

After hearing this, everyone sitting together suddenly felt enlightened.

Looking at it, it seemed that only Li Hongsheng, who was also a surrendered general, had a somewhat awkward look on his face due to his somewhat embarrassing situation.

"Uh"

"General!"

"Look, wouldn't it be too dangerous for Commander Qiu to go in person to persuade them to surrender?!"

"After all, the enemy's situation is not clear at the moment. To be on the safe side, it would be better to send another capable person to replace him. Even if he can just go into the city to find out a little and test the waters, it would be good!"

Li Hongsheng was the newest member of the gang, and since he was planning things together with Xiao Lang and the others, it was still difficult for him to act freely.

So when we were able to discuss it, we made some careful reminders, which was also in line with the rules and could be considered self-consistent!

"hehe."

"Yes, yes!"

"What Li Hongsheng said is also reasonable!"

"But Hiroo!"

"Maybe you don't know about this!"

"In Zhending City, Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong) and I have secretly investigated and studied the behavior of these two people for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)