From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 326

As a tyrant, he was not in the game.

Zhou Yuan did the same thing. For five consecutive days, "Kai Dai peasant soldiers" came to rob food. The victims had to flee after eating half of their porridge.

Guan Dayong and two thousand others mixed in with the refugees, gradually taking control of the situation, inciting hatred, and making the refugees hate the Kai Dai peasant soldiers.

But then came the intervention of the opponent.

At night, inside the tent.

Liu Fang whispered: "The day before yesterday, yesterday, and even today, there are people with unidentified identities who have tried to test Guan Dayong and his group for various reasons."

"Since Guan Dayong and his group of 2,000 people are very scattered and low-key, and they do have rich refugee experience, the other party failed to detect their true origins, so they began to make friends with them."

"They also proposed that Guan Dayong and his group should control the refugees and grasp the basic situation of hundreds of thousands of refugees. It would be best if they could get a hundred responses from one call so that they can take over control later."

"In addition, the other party promised land, food, property and positions."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said slowly: "Let Guan Dayong and the others deal with it themselves. As long as they treat themselves as real refugees and act according to the refugees' desires and demands, there will be no loopholes."

Liu Fang smiled and said: "Marshal, don't worry, they are real refugees and know what refugees want, so there is no loophole, and the other party believes it."

Zhou Yuan said: "The time is ripe, and we will go directly to Kaifeng Prefecture tomorrow. The gentry there are basically unable to hold on."

"Go and notify the major camps and let them prepare for a forced march."

Liu Fang responded and retreated.

Li Yu'an then slowly walked to Zhou Yuan, glanced at the map in his hand, frowned and said: "There are more than 100,000 troops stationed around Kaifeng Prefecture. How do you deal with it?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "When we arrive in Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhang Bailong will naturally retreat. The Fifth Army Camp is at least the soldiers of the Beijing Camp. They have a mature organization, years of training, and complete tactical training. How can their combat capabilities be compared with those of the peasant soldiers?"

"A hundred thousand troops can't withstand the impact of my 60,000 Beijing Camp soldiers. Zhang Bailong is a smart man and won't fight head-on."

Li Yu'an said: "Then what? You have a mission. You need to deal with them within a few months, and they are waiting for you to tire themselves out. At most, they will waste time with you. Anyway, they don't have to worry about food."

Zhou Yuan clapped his hands and praised: "Sister Virgin Mary learns really fast, Now I can see the situation clearly at a glance. Yes, he is waiting for me to tire out. He can waste time with me. Even if I bring two million stones of grain, but I have not made any achievements in the war, I will naturally face pressure from all sides. "

"But the overall situation does not mean that Zhang Bailong can stop my attack. In this battle, I will let him know what the art of war is. "

Li Yu'an curled his lips and couldn't help saying: "He started bragging before the fight started."

Zhou Yuan said: "How about a bet? It only takes me two months to defeat Zhang Bailong. It only takes me four months to completely wipe him out. "

Li Yu'an was stunned for a moment, and there was doubt in his clear eyes: "Are you serious?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Of course I am serious. He has innate advantages, and I also have innate advantages. You will know it naturally when the time comes. "

Li Yu'an said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll bet with you, what do you want to bet on?"

Zhou Yuan looked her up and down, and smiled softly: "You know, my identity is sensitive, and what I do is too risky, and I will always encounter various dangers."

"A blacksmith must be strong himself. My martial arts are not high, and I can't withstand the successive assassinations. I need someone to help me practice dual cultivation."

Li Yu'an stood up suddenly, narrowed his eyes, and said coldly: "You rebellious bastard, I am your uncle after all, how dare you have such an idea."

Zhou Yuan said: "Shouldn't uncle be a plus point?"

Li Yu'an laughed angrily, pinched Zhou Yuan's ears, and gritted his teeth and said: "If you really have that desire, okay, follow me back to Goryeo now."

"Hiss...be gentle."

Zhou Yuan said quickly: I just want to tease you because you are too depressed. In fact, fighting is just like that. You can relax your mentality. "

"A great man once said that we should despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically."

Li Yu'an said, "Don't give me that, Zhou Yuan. You know better than me how much this battle means."

"To be honest, your previous achievements were all fake. This time is the battle that truly tests whether you are a genius."

"If you win, you will be the real sky-mending man of Dajin."

"But if you lose, haha, everything you once had will disappear, and you may not even be able to save your life."

Zhou Yuan nodded slowly and said, "Let's wait and see."

...

Early the next morning, Zhou Yuan issued an order and began to march quickly towards Kaifeng Prefecture, under the pretext of, Zhang Bailong was too much of a bully. If the Kaidai Dynasty was not destroyed, it would be impossible to provide disaster relief and porridge normally.

After several days of negotiations, hundreds of thousands of refugees hated Zhang Bailong to the core and vowed to follow General Zhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, kill Zhang the thief, and take back the food.

That being said, there were not many refugees who were really able to follow the army to Kaifeng Prefecture.

After four or five days of rapid march, hundreds of thousands of refugees were reduced to only 50,000 to 60,000 exhausted young men.

Outside the gate of Kaifeng Prefecture, more than 100,000 Kaidai Dynasty thieves were stationed, but at this moment they had already received the news, and all the tents were closed, ready for battle.

The defenders on the tower were almost scared to faint when they saw this scene.

In their opinion, this was Zhang Bailong's desperate move and the final fierce attack.

And after a month of hard defense, they could no longer hold on.

"Defend Kaifeng to the death! Stand with the city!"

The defenders even shouted desperate slogans, rode on horses and roared on the tower, and the war drums had already sounded.

However, they found that more than 100,000 bandits had not attacked yet, but roared in the distance to the north.

"What's going on!"

"Do we have reinforcements?"

Many defenders looked into the distance and saw large flags fluttering in the wind. They were the flags of the Five Army Camps.

"Oh my God! Jingying! It's the flag of the Five Army Camps of Jingying!"

"Your Majesty is here to save us! Kaifeng Prefecture is saved!"

Commander Dong Zhongliang shouted excitedly, saying sternly: "Brothers! The Five Army Camps of the Imperial Court are here! We are saved!"

"Open the city gates! Gather troops and attack! Kill the bandit Zhang!"

The few thousand remaining defenders rushed out with the regiments and battalions, and the 60,000 troops of the Five Army Camps, carrying 50,000 to 60,000 young and middle-aged refugees, also rushed over in a mighty force.

On the vast plain outside Kaifeng City, a huge mess seemed to be about to take place.

However, Zhang Bailong's more than 100,000 peasant soldiers retreated at this moment.

Behind the formation, on a simple chariot, Zhang Bailong, wearing a dragon robe, looked at the mighty army coming from afar, but his face was calm and indifferent.

"Zhou Yuan is finally here. This contemporary little Zhuge is really good. He has abducted 50,000 to 60,000 refugees."

His tone was not heavy, but full of lightness, as if he didn't take the situation in front of him seriously at all.

Beside him, a charming woman said lightly: "He thinks these 50,000 or 60,000 refugees are his knives, which is ridiculous. The fact is, he is here to deliver knives."

Zhang Bailong said: "He is so sincere, he directed and acted in several dramas, and sent refugees from thousands of miles away. Naturally, I have to thank him."

So the two armies confronted each other in the wilderness. Zhang Bailong looked into the distance and smiled lightly: "Saint, help me call Zhou Yuan to come out. It's time to meet him."

"Okay."

The charming woman shouted: "Zhou Yuan, my emperor asked you to come out and speak!"

The voice spread all around with the blessing of internal force.

Zhou Yuan's figure in the carriage was shocked, and he was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Cai Ni! It's Cai Ni's voice!"