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After all the others left, Lu Shishen's face had long disappeared as he felt as if he was just now. He frowned and turned to the hand holding Guo Xiaoke, "Old Guo, I know you have always been full of bad water. Tell me, how do you have to fight Luokoucang tonight?"

Lu Shishen was awarded the title of Duke of Wei County, while Guo Xiaoke was awarded the title of Duke of Pingyuan County, which was of the same rank. However, according to official positions, Lu Shishen was one of the generals of the Eight Guards, and was one level higher than Guo Xiaoke. In addition, although Guo Xiaoke had also served as Chen Kefu's personal guard, he was still somewhat inferior to Lu Shishen, the real confidant and brother of King Chen.

Therefore, although Lu Shishen is more brave and has a slight lack of command, Guo Xiaoke never had any other ideas. The two led the army together, and he also positioned himself as Lu Shishen's deputy.

Guo Xiaoke smiled, "General, we have 30,000 elite troops from Hebei, while Luocheng only has 10,000 defenders. I believe that it is still safe to win this Cangcheng. I wonder what the general is still worried about?"

Lu Shishen shook his head. In addition to his relationship with King Chen, he actually has very strong abilities. Although he seems brave and generous on the outside, he also has a bold and meticulous side that is not often known.

After fighting for so many years, even if they are not famous generals, they have become a powerful general. Lu Shi deeply understands that their biggest advantage at this time is their concealment, tactical suddenness and unexpected surprises are their only reliance this time.

Although Luokoucang City was strong, he didn't care much about it. He had an engineer army dedicated to breaking the city, so he didn't take Luokoucang City seriously. What he really worried about was the periphery of Luokoucang City.

Twenty miles west of Cangcheng is Yanshi, where 50,000 people are stationed, and more than twenty miles east is Baihua Valley, where 50,000 people are stationed. In Luokou to the north, there is also Limi's main force with more than 100,000.

There are more than 200,000 people around, and the distance is only twenty or thirty miles away. Pegasus comes to support, at most one or two hours. In just one hour, you have to take down the strong warehouse city with ten thousand people defense, and you have to consider how to save yourself. This is a very difficult task.

Lu Shishen pondered, "Old Guo, do you think we can take down Luokou Cang City and then stick to Luokou Cang City without leaving?"

Guo Xiaoke was stunned for a moment. In their mission, King Chen's order was to ask them to raid Luokou Cang City, then set fire to Li Mi's 20 million s of military rations, and then immediately turned north and joined the Jianghuai army that was feinting the attack on Luokou.

If they acted as planned, the task this time could be said to be half completed. As long as it dark, they could immediately raid the Cangcheng defenders who were only ten thousand troops and would not have much defense. After using professional engineers to break the city to take down Cangcheng, they immediately set fire to all the food in Cangcheng, and then retreat northward before the Wei army's reinforcements arrived.

Now that Lu Shishen is going to temporarily change his plan, it has to be said to be a very risky thing.

After thinking about it, Guo Xiaoke said, "Luokou Cang City is a warehouse city that specializes in stocking grain. Just five miles north of it is Gongxian County. There are more than a thousand soldiers and horses stationed in it to guard it. The walls of Luokou Cang City are about five meters high and are built close to Luokou. They are led into its moat, about three meters wide. There are still 10,000 defenders in the city, all of which are Li Mi's direct troops. There are 3,000 grain kilns in the city, each of which can stock up to 8,000 stones of grain. Now there are 20 million stones of grain in the city, and about two-thirds of the grain and grass in Li Mi."

When Lu Shishen heard that Luokou Cang City had such high walls and strong defenses, he was not only not worried at all, but was very happy. He patted Guo Xiaoke heavily, "Old Guo, Your Highness has always told us that when leading troops to fight, generals cannot just obey the general's orders. Instead, they should make the most favorable judgment based on the battlefield situation at any time. Now, we are facing such a situation."

"From the judging of 10,000 people to reinforce Luokou, Li Mi is likely to suffer a loss in Luokou. Although we don't quite understand how Luokou fights, at least Li Mi is now attracted to Luokou. However, the battlefield in Luokou is not good for us, so I think we can seize Luokou Cang City and not give up Cang City but hold on to the city. In this way, we keep cutting off Li Mi's food and grass, and it is equivalent to capturing Li Mi's retreat. In this way, Li Mi will definitely not be able to deal with our army in Luokou, and can effectively restrain Li Mi."

Guo Xiaoke listened carefully. Although Lu Shishen said a lot of reasons, he quickly analyzed Lu Shishen's real purpose. Lu Shishen was dissatisfied with taking a long way to go, so he ran over and ran away. He wanted to do something bigger, and wanted to use the stronghold in Cangcheng to fight a big battle.

Seeing Guo Xiaoke still hesitating, Lu Shishen continued, "And, there is another important thing. Luokou Cang City has 20 million stones of grain. Think about how big the risk we took last year, and took the troops and horses to Ji County to grab Li Yang Cang? We spent so much effort that time, but we just robbed million stones of grain. But now, there are 20 million stones of grain here. I just burned it like this. Don't you think it's a pity? The soldiers have no food. Although we have survived the grain shortage of last year, we still have not abundant food. If we didn't have food, why would we keep Wei Daoer and the people who have been suppressed until now? To put it bluntly, it's just that we can't get rid of the bandit suppression without food."

"You said just now that Luokoucang City is high and hard, and there are moats, Luoshui and other defenses. We have gunpowder and other weapons to attack the city, so it is not difficult to take Luokou down. But if we were to defend, it would be not so easy for Li Mi to take back Luokou. After Your Highness captured Hulao, he would be able to counterattack Li Mi with the Jianghuai army in Luokou, and we could block Li Mi's retreat. Isn't this a kill of two birds with one stone? After Li Mi was defeated, our hundreds of warships could come and transport all the food back to Hebei."

Guo Xiaoke was moved. The Hebei Army valued the most military merits and did not pay much attention to the arrangement of talents. For example, Li Jing was really far inferior to his qualifications. He followed King Chen when he was in Liaodong, and was once the chief guard of King Chen, who fought every major and tough battle with King Chen. He also once commanded the most elite heavy cavalry battalion of the Liaodong Army, and had a high qualification in the army. But Li Jing just surrendered halfway, but because he said that he had set up military strategies and was very powerful in leading troops to fight, he made many military achievements. Therefore, although he joined late, he is now one of the nine prime ministers, and he is very glorious.

Although he is now named Duke of the County, his official position is not very high. What he regrets most is that he has not been able to become one of the generals of the Eight Guards. Recently, he heard that General Li Benlei has retired several times. Many senior generals are staring at the position of the General of the Jinwu Guard who is about to be vacant. He feels that he is qualified to compete, but he lacks the great achievements that can shock the generals. If he wins a great victory here this time, then everyone will be convinced.

"Okay, then we will stick to Luokoucang City!"

Guo Xiaoke agreed so happily, and Lu Shishen was a little suspicious, "Did you really agree? You should know that we are arbitrarily changing military orders. We may not necessarily make contributions after the matter is completed, but if the matter is messed up, we will be a serious crime."

"They are outside, and the king will not be given any orders." Guo Xiaoke smiled slightly, "What's more, have we analyzed it, this matter will only succeed and not fail. Since it is beneficial to our army, why should we be afraid of our hands and tails?"

"Okay, you Lao Guo, you dare to rebel against me. Okay, let's do this. We have 30,000 people in our hands, and there is also a Luokou city. It is not difficult to maintain it for ten days and half a month. With such ten days and half a month, your highness will probably have solved Li Mi long ago." Lu Shishen laughed.

"General, I have an idea. If it works, our plan will be more guaranteed." Guo Xiaoke walked forward with his ears and whispered his thoughts.

Even a crazy man like Lu Shishen could not help but glar at Guo Xiaoke's thoughts, "This, I really don't know if you should say you are bold and meticulous, or you should say you are doing it freely. You can even think of such an idea."

"Let's try it. If it doesn't work, we won't lose anything. What do you think?" Guo Xiaoke said carelessly.

Lu Shishen did not hesitate and immediately nodded, "Just try it, I'm afraid he's a bird."

On the second day of April of the 16th year of Daye, that is, on the second day of April of the first year of the Republic of Hebei, at noon, the warm sun was hanging in the sky, and the warm sunlight shone on the ground, spreading a layer of golden yellow all over the ground.

At the foot of the mountain to the north of Guanling in Shandong, on the Donggoutan Plain, there are corpses from the war, broken weapons, and white feathered arrows inserted obliquely on the ground.

As the wind blew, a group of crows rushed down from the sky, competing to eat the corpses everywhere on the battlefield, and held a feast of crows.

The croaking crows, the occasional wailing of wounded soldiers on the battlefield, and the many wicked hissings struggling on the battlefield, intertwined and composed a music of death.

A strong wind blew, blowing black clouds. Under the dark clouds, a knight rushed over in the dust all over the sky.

"Report... Report... Jinyong City urgently reported that tens of thousands of troops from the Jianghuai Army in Heyang suddenly secretly crossed the Yellow River before dawn today and launched a sneak attack on Jinyong City. Our defenders fought bloody battles for half a day before they repelled the enemy. At present, the enemy is still stationed in Mangshan. General Wang Dangren urgently sent the last general to report the news." The exhausted messenger fainted after struggling to say his last sentence.
Chapter completed!