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In order to conceal their real purpose, they deliberately pretended to attack with all their strength, covered another team full of cavalry, bypassed Pingzhou City, and headed for the official road between Pingzhou City and other cities.

According to their plan, those who escorted these grains and supplies were ordinary people, maybe some soldiers, but not many, as long as they encountered them, they would definitely kill them without any effort. What was taken away was taken away, and what was not taken away was burned on the spot. Anyway, no matter what, it must not fall into the hands of the people of the Zhou Dynasty.

For this reason, they specially sent out the most valiant warriors, one of whom was the youngest son of their Khan. Although this young man was young, he was born with supernatural powers. Training wild horses was as easy as drinking water, and he could even hold a horse The reins of a mad horse, as long as he is given a weapon, he can get close to the Zhou Dynasty people, and absolutely no one is his opponent.

It's just that they planned well, but they didn't know how the people of the Zhou Dynasty got the news, and they set up an ambush again, and wiped out their cavalry, and even captured their most powerful warrior.

When this news came back to the army, all the Jahe people were shocked. They thought that the traitors had not been found out, and they were about to kill another group of people. It was the Great Khan who stopped them, saying that the Jahe people were all goshawks. The same warriors, how could they be traitors? It must be that the people of the Zhou Dynasty were insidious and cunning. They used some method to calculate their plans in advance.

They vaguely remembered that there was a kind of person among the Han people, with a long white beard, who could calculate anything with a pinch of his fingers. Could it be that the Pingzhou defenders found such a person, which made them lose repeatedly?

They have doubts in their hearts, but they are not willing to believe it. After all, if this guess is true, then their battle will be difficult. If it is in the past, they will lose if they lose. As long as they can get some benefits, they will not lose money. But this time the grassland was hit by a heavy snowstorm, and many of their cattle and sheep froze to death. If they lost this battle, their wives and children would starve to death. defeat.

The Jaho people did not believe in evil, so they sent cavalry several times. For fear that there would be traitors, they did not explain the location of the supply line when they discussed. In the future, even if a traitor really informed the people of the Zhou Dynasty, they would not have time to stop them.

Their calculations were good, but things backfired. Even the cavalry they sent out in the later period beat dogs with meat buns and never returned. The people in the lower jaw completely believed that Zhou Dynasty people really knew everything in advance. Then they We can only change our strategy and try to reverse the situation, at least kill some people from the Zhou Dynasty to boost morale.

They are all warriors of the prairie. They have always fought the enemy with real swords and guns. They have never fought such an aggrieved battle, let alone a strategy. It was Khan himself who came up with an idea, saying that the people of the Zhou Dynasty had a great enmity with us. Once we meet, they will definitely face each other with swords, but they will definitely not be like this when facing their own people. It is better to put the slaves of the Zhou Dynasty captured before. They Zhou Dynasty people can't be hard-hearted enough to shoot their own people. In this way, they will no longer be like before, where they can't even reach the Zhou Dynasty people and can only be killed.

The people of the Zhou Dynasty were their enemies, and the slaves captured from the Zhou Dynasty were naturally not human beings to them, so they didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this method, and only cared about whether it was useful. After the slaves rushed to the front like cattle and sheep, when they met the cavalry of the Zhou Dynasty, it really worked. With the help of this method, they managed to reach the city wall for the first time.

According to their thinking, Pingzhou City is small and dilapidated, and after all these years of war, even if it has been repaired, it cannot withstand their army. It can be broken in three days or less. Let them burn, kill and loot the city gate.

But when they arrived at the city wall, they found that the city wall of Pingzhou City had changed. It's a bit like the thing they picked up in the grass to stop their cavalry.

Although the changes in Pingzhou were beyond their expectations, they could only win but not lose, and they still attacked the city gate with all their strength. This battle lasted for a whole day and night. Their warriors were not afraid of death, even stepping on the corpses of their tribesmen. They rushed up, but they paid such a heavy price and still did not break through the city gate. Some warriors climbed up the city wall of Pingzhou, but in a short while, they were smashed into a sieve by countless weapons. After all, they did not hold on. Can retreat temporarily.

After a short rest for the night, they wanted to repeat the same trick the next day, but what they didn't expect was that they arrived under the city wall without encountering the cavalry of the Zhou Dynasty people this time. Just when they thought the Zhou Dynasty people had some conspiracy At that time, they were shocked to find that the insidious Zhou Dynasty people had tied their Khan's youngest son to the top of the city, threatening that if they did not give up using the Zhou Dynasty people as a shield, they would cut their Khan's youngest son into pieces.

Although they have a lot of sons in the Great Khan, the youngest son is the most important thing, otherwise they would not have sent him to do such an important thing, not to mention that the youngest son of the Great Khan is still the most valiant warrior among them. They were just slaves in the Zhou Dynasty. How could they exchange their lives for the life of the Khan's youngest son? They almost didn't need to think about it.

After two consecutive storms failed, they had to suspend the attack again, and regrouped to find a way to win the war.

It's just that they were not from the Zhou Dynasty, and they were not so scheming. A group of leaders from various tribes got together and didn't come up with any good solutions. In the end, an old but still heroic leader of a small tribe came up with an idea.

The leader said: "The people of the Zhou Dynasty are very cunning. They used to pretend to surrender, wait for us to relax our vigilance, but then attack us. Why don't we do like them, pretend to surrender, wait for them to relax their vigilance, and then sneak attack?"

This is also a way. The leaders of more than a dozen tribes were overjoyed, and then frowned, sweating disapprovingly: "You also know that the people of the Zhou Dynasty are cunning, how could they be easily fooled, let's think about something else Let’s find a solution, no matter what, we can’t lose this battle, otherwise people from so many of our tribes will have to wait to die.”

Others felt that what Da Khan said was reasonable, and turned to other methods, but the leader who suggested the idea refused to give up and insisted: "Apart from this method, what other methods do you have? Don't forget that we don't bring much food. Well, half a month has passed since we arrived here, and our warriors have lost batches after batches, but the city walls of Pingzhou are still in good condition. Persist for another month, if you don't think about it, you can only starve to death."

Seeing that the leader did not obey his order, Khan was a little unhappy, but thinking that what the leader said was true, he suppressed his unhappiness and said calmly: "Since you said your method is useful, then tell me, How do you ensure that the people of the Zhou Dynasty will be fooled? Don’t forget that they are very cunning, and there is an expert who can figure out our plan. How do you know that the people of the Zhou Dynasty will not guess it, and use our plan to ambush us? ?”

This is also a possibility. The other leaders who originally thought this method was unreliable were even more unwilling to believe it. They shook their heads one after another, but they didn't say anything against it. They just looked at the leader and waited for his answer.

The leader who came up with the idea had obviously thought about this possibility and didn't think about it for too long, so he said: "The Great Khan is right, but we don't have much time, not to mention that in such a big battle, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty would definitely We have been attacking for half a month without being able to attack those who sent a large army to support them. Will we be able to attack when their reinforcements arrive? If they refuse to be fooled, then we will simply surrender and ask the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty Things, just like our ancestors, asked them for food, clothing, salt and iron, tea and women, and sweat can marry the daughter of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. When we spend this time on the grassland Crisis, the horse is fat and the man is strong, and we will attack again. I believe that the Great Zhou Dynasty at that time will definitely not be our opponent. At that time, we will capture Pingzhou and kill the entire Zhou Dynasty people in Pingzhou. And avenge our warriors who lost their lives this time."

Including Da Khan, a group of leaders obviously didn't expect him to say such a thing, they couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then there was a loud commotion. They didn't want to talk just now, but they had so much to say at this moment, and they all uttered their mouths. Gossipy expressing their opinions.

Da Khan, who couldn't hear anything clearly because of the noise from so many voices, showed a somewhat distressed look, and hurriedly reached out his hand to let them speak one by one.

The leader of the tribe closest to the Great Khan and the largest other than the Great Khan tribe said angrily: "We Jahe people are all warriors who are not afraid of death. How can we surrender to the people of the Zhou Dynasty? would agree."

After the leader's voice fell, the other two tribal leaders who had been friends with each other also expressed their agreement, and then looked at Da Khan, waiting for his decision. Da Khan hesitated, and did not directly give them the result. He turned to look at the other leaders and asked. ,"What do you think?"

Another leader said: "I think this method can be tried. After all, we don't have much food and we don't have much time left. We went south to attack Pingzhou this time, isn't it just to grab food, money and slaves? If the Zhou Dynasty can help us survive this snowstorm crisis, we can completely stop the attack, and wait until we are stronger in a few years before we can fight again."

It was a helpless move for them to come out in full force. If they could win easily, they would naturally not think about other things, but now they have not captured a small Pingzhou after fighting for half a month. It is becoming more and more unfavorable to them, and they are not of one mind. The people who rush to the front will always be the people of the small tribe. Until now, the warriors of the big tribe have not been hurt, but the warriors of their small tribe have to fight. If it's all gone, their small tribe is naturally unwilling to fight, as long as the people in the tribe don't starve to death, what about making peace?It's not like their ancestors didn't do it.

After talking for a long time like this, although some chiefs of the big tribes still insisted on continuing to fight, when the majority of people who agreed to pretend to surrender and negotiate peace occupied the majority, Khan was persuaded and agreed: "Since the majority We all agree on the idea of ​​pretending to surrender, so that the people of the Zhou Dynasty won’t be fooled, and then talk about peace. Then we will do it this way. It’s just that we need food, money, and weapons. It’s easy to say, but marrying the daughter of the Zhou Dynasty emperor... I heard that the Zhou Dynasty emperor grew up. The daughters who are married are all married, and those who are not yet married are children, so if you want to get married, who should you ask to marry?"

This is also a problem. After Da Khan finished speaking, everyone fell into thinking. The leader who came up with the idea was the first to think of a solution, and said: "Although the unmarried daughter of the emperor of Zhou Dynasty is young, Da Khan is still young. It's only a few years, and Da Khan can still afford to wait, but this princess who married into Jaheo, Da Khan must not listen to the emperor of Zhou Dynasty. If Da Khan wants to marry, he must marry the younger sister of the owner of this fief. Only sister can help us."

Although the Jahe people were not as smart as the people of the Zhou Dynasty, they were not fools, especially those who sat in the position of Da Khan. After hearing the leader who gave the idea, Da Khan immediately understood, looked at him and said, "What do you mean... ...Using this person's younger sister as a threat? It's just a woman, even if the owner of this fief spoils this younger sister, he will never give up his land for a woman."

This is taken for granted in the eyes of everyone. Women love and love, but once it concerns the safety of the tribe, they can sacrifice everything, so they can't help laughing at the leader who gave the idea.

Facing these gazes, the leader who came up with the idea was not flustered at all, and said slowly: "We have fought against the Great Zhou Dynasty countless times. Before, who of you has seen those new weapons, those countless cavalry that can resist us?" and the re-repaired city walls, these are all after the arrival of the owner of this fief, and I heard that the owner of this fief was once a son that the emperor of Zhou Dynasty liked very much, but this son He didn't let his sister be sent to be married, and the emperor of Zhou Dynasty was very angry when he beat someone who wanted to marry his sister in front of the emperor of Zhou Dynasty, so he came to this fief. Doesn't this mean that the owner of this fief is very Do you value his sister?"

They had heard about this matter, but they thought it was impossible in private. It must be the cunning Zhou Dynasty people who lied to them, so they didn't take it to heart.

More than a dozen tribal leaders could not help but fell silent, and Khan was the first to speak, asking: "Your news may be believed? The son of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty really valued his sister very much? But how could he agree with her if he valued her so much?" Married to Jahei, don't anger the son of the Zhou Dynasty emperor instead, disagree with us for peace talks with the Zhou Dynasty, and make the Pingzhou defenders resist more fiercely."

"Impossible," the leader who came up with the idea said firmly: "The one who asked to marry his sister was just a prince from a small country. Break through their cities and go to their country. Except for these Pingzhou defenders, the other Zhou people have long been frightened. If we don’t make peace, it’s fine. If we are willing to make peace, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty will never refuse. .”

Seeing that the leader of the idea said so decisively, Da Khan was also persuaded, thought for a while and said: "This method can also be tried, but maybe we can add another condition, let the emperor's most beloved son, or the most beloved son of the Zhou Dynasty The courtiers you like come to negotiate peace with us. We can try to pretend to surrender. If we can’t attack Pingzhou, we can negotiate peace again. Anyway, the emperor of Zhou Dynasty had so many sons and courtiers. If one dies, one will die. Compared with us In war, they must think that it is more cost-effective to kill the son of a Zhou emperor, what do you think?"

This idea is simply too appetizing to the leaders of other tribes, and everyone agrees, so this plan is decided like this, but it still encounters a little trouble when it is implemented, because they have never surrendered before, and there is no white flag , in order to act realistically and not let the people of the Zhou Dynasty suspect, they asked many warriors to take off the white clothes they wore, and let the slaves of the Zhou Dynasty stitch them together, and then handed them over to the brave and smart warriors, holding the white flag Go to Pingzhou City, pretending that they surrendered.

After the news reached Song Liang's ears, it was indeed as expected. He didn't believe it. After all, they had the upper hand in this battle, but in reality they were just trying to hold on. He would show signs of decline, so he didn't dare to go down the city wall for half a month. He stayed on the city wall day and night, even if he slept, he just wrapped himself in a leather bag in the corner, and if there was any movement, he would get up immediately.

But believe it or not, important news like this still needs to be discussed and reported to the court. Song Liang called Lin Yan as soon as he got the news and asked him what he thought.

Lin Yan arrived in Pingzhou five days ago. During these five days, like Song Liang, he guarded the city wall almost day and night. The only difference was that he had taken the initiative to lead the order to ambush the jaws that were trying to cut off the supply line of the Zhou Dynasty. He cavalry, although Lin Yan was young, he had excellent martial arts skills, and he had previous experience in leading troops to suppress bandits, coupled with his preparedness, even though he suffered some injuries, he won the battle without any risk.

Five days may seem short, but for a warrior, the changes are huge. Lin Yan seems to have grown up suddenly. At first glance, it feels extremely reliable.

After listening to Song Liang's analysis, Lin Yan was very silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "The general thinks that the jaw is not trustworthy, and this surrender is likely to be a false surrender."