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"General, I just asked people in the city. In addition to the trail east of the pipeline, Ratque Valley was also accessible to people two or three hundred years ago. Do you want to send someone?" A general stepped forward and reminded him.

"No need, you also know that this happened two to three hundred years ago, we just need to defend Lingshi County!" General Sun Yingyuan couldn't help but refuse.

"I have also heard a little bit about the Rat Bird Valley. The land is rugged and steep, and only rats and birds can cross it, so it is called Rat Bird Valley."

"Do you think the thief in front of you can fly across this valley like a rat sparrow?"

The general also smiled when he heard this. When he first arrived at Lingshi, he heard about this place from the local people, and even specially brought people over to take a look.

The Mouseque Valley is indeed well-deserved. It is really a place where cliffs and trees meet. The water is rumbling but the surface of the water is not visible. I don’t know how deep and dangerous this valley is.

Now two or three hundred years have passed, and the roads and bridges in the valley are probably already damaged. Who can fly across?

In fact, General Sun Yingyuan was not so optimistic. As a general in the Beijing camp, he was entrusted with an important task for the first time, and his first reaction was naturally to nip all possibilities in the cradle.

But does he have soldiers?

He didn't, he only had a thousand people under his command.

Moreover, he was only an appointed general, not the magistrate of Lingshi County, so he could not and had no time to recruit strong men to defend the city. He could only concentrate his troops as much as possible and use artillery on the city.

However, when General Sun Yingyuan and his generals were discussing the possible attack routes of the rebels, they never thought that Sun Chuanting, Zhang Damou and others had already "passed the Ten Thousand Mountains in a light boat" and arrived in Lingshi County.

This Lingshi County is only ten miles away from the Fen River. It was originally one of the cities that, like Jiexiu, grew up because of the Shuque Valley Passage.

By the time Sun Chuanting and Zhang Damou set off from Huozhou and arrived at the shore outside Lingshi City, it was already the morning of the next day.

Zhang Damou had already sent his former troops to establish a simple position on the shore, and then he welcomed Sun Chuanting and others to disembark.

As soon as Sun Chuanting's feet touched the ground, he felt as if he was boarding a ship and almost fell to the ground.

"General, are you okay?" Zhang Damou quickly stretched out his hand to give him a hand.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Sun Chuanting waved his hand, stabilized his body, and said with a wry smile, "I didn't expect this small boat to be so bumpy when traveling between high mountains and ridges!"

Sun Chuanting was originally from the north and rarely took boats. Now the water in Shuque Valley was fast and the boat was drifting. He was not used to it for a while.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!" Zhang Damou is also from the north, and now he has a pale and frightened expression on his face.

Just this morning, he had seen three ships in trouble.

One of them hit a rock in the river and was shattered.

The other one encountered a whirlpool and capsized, and the soldiers on board were swept into the rapids.

There was also a ship equipped with artillery. Because the artillery suddenly rolled, it overturned the ship.

Fortunately, with the efforts of everyone, the boatman and soldiers were rescued.

And outside his sight, he didn't know how much damage there was.

Zhang Damou looked at Lingshi City vaguely in the distance with a gloomy look, and couldn't help but secretly thought: "If we can't break this city, wouldn't these brothers have lost their lives in vain!"

Originally, the rebels were worried that they would be discovered by the Ming army and blocked by the Ming army when they landed.

As a result, neither Sun Chuanting nor Zhang Damou expected that no one from the rebel army came to investigate the movements of the rebel army until the soldiers had completely landed and all the artillery and baggage were unloaded.

It turned out that after the Ming army general Sun Yingyuan decided on the strategy of "concentrating troops and using artillery based on the city", he strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, closing the four gates tightly, but when the rebels came to attack, he knew nothing about the arrival of the rebels.

In fact, at this time, judging from the comparison of forces between the two sides, the rebel army was strong and the Ming army was weak. Sun Yingyuan's strategy of "defending by the city" was not problematic as a whole.

However, standing firm does not mean defending to death. It is necessary to detect and understand the enemy's reality in advance so that he can respond in time. This is the right way to use troops.

As a result, his negligence was taken advantage of by the rebels.

Of course, he can't be blamed for this. The Beijing camp's combat effectiveness was not good to begin with, although now after some rectification, the situation is much better than before.

However, the officers and soldiers at the top and bottom have never experienced a major war, so it is inevitable that they lack experience and make some mistakes.

His omission didn't matter. Not only did the rebels easily land ashore and find out what was going on in the city, it also allowed Sun Chuanting and Zhang Damou to seize the opportunity.

"The Ming army has occupied Lingshi City and can't defend it?" Sun Chuanting had seen that the Ming army scouts had not shown up before and said that Lingshi City was unprepared. He never expected that such a scene would happen.

"What does General Zhang think this Ming army is planning to do?"

"We don't care what his plans are. Since he refuses to come out, then we'll just send him out of the city!" Zhang Damou couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that Sun Chuanting also made an empiricist error. When he saw the Ming army's abnormal behavior, his first reaction was whether there was any conspiracy.

Zhang Damou has been fighting fiercely with the Ming army all year round. He has encountered many stupid enemies, but he can see the reality of Lingshi City at a glance.

"There is a saying that goes against the grain. Since the Ming army wants to defend the city, it must be inferior to the rebels in other aspects." Zhang Damou continued with a smile.

"In this case, why should we be led by the enemy? Chew on that city wall! Why don't we lead the enemy by the nose and let them fall into our trap."

"How do you say this?" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but look at Zhang Damou in surprise when he heard this.

He understands all these principles, but when it comes to reaction time, he is inferior to this person.

"I think we are passing through the Mouseque Valley this time in order to detour to Hanxin Mountain and attack the Ming army's back. I don't know whether it is right or wrong?" Zhang Damou couldn't help but ask.

"Well, that's right!" Sun Chuanting was stunned when he heard this, and then realized, "You mean to kill two birds with one stone by swaying the tiger away from the mountain..."

"Yes!" Zhang Damou glanced at Sun Chuanting with the same surprise. He never expected that this person was so sharp. He had guessed his thoughts just after he started.

Not to mention Sun Chuanting and Zhang Damou's calculations, but after Sun Yingyuan entered Lingshi, he only closed the four gates tightly and sent people to patrol and garrison everywhere. For a time, Lingshi City was guarded like an iron barrel.

He himself was still in disgrace, but he was waiting for the rebels to attack.

As a result, that afternoon, just when he was bored, he suddenly heard the sound of a cannon. He jumped up and shouted loudly: "What's going on? Are the thieves coming to attack?"

Not long after, a soldier ran in panting and said: "It's not good, it's not good, there are more than a thousand thieves outside the city..."

"Are you planning a large-scale attack on the city?" Sun Yingyuan couldn't help but asked in surprise.

"No... no, they fired a few shots at the city... After a few shots." The soldier swallowed and said impatiently, "All the way... all the way to Hanxinling!"

"What!" Sun Yingyuan was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help shouting, "Quickly, quickly rectify the troops, and then you can go out with me to chase the traitors!"

How do you think Sun Yingyuan reacted like this?

It turns out that the so-called "killing two birds with one stone" plan proposed by Zhang Damou was to bypass Lingshi City, swaggeringly take the Hanxinling Road and attack behind Hanxinling.

If Sun Yingyuan did not respond, Dong Yongwen of the Shenshu camp would definitely be attacked from both sides and the entire army would be annihilated.

If Sun Yingyuan goes all out to rescue, he can be mobilized to annihilate him, and then he and Wei Zhiyou, who is fighting Dong Yongwen in Shendao Ridge, will attack the Ming army in front and back.

The Art of War says: I want to fight, but even if the enemy has high fortresses and deep ditches, those who have no choice but to fight me must attack their positions and save them!

At this moment, Lingshi City is not a place that the rebels must save, but Hanxinling is a place that the Ming army must save.

Poor Ming Army General Sun Yingyuan, although he arrived a day early, the walls were fortified and the fields were cleared, and the four gates were tightly closed, what was the use?