Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang didn't rush on their way. When they encountered towns and cities, they settled down to rest when it was dark. They stopped and went. Seven days later, they arrived at the western region.
A month ago, General Su broke Yucheng, Yancheng, and Lancheng in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After capturing the three cities in one go, he garrisoned the city and stopped rushing forward, waiting for Chu Han to attack the city.
Chu Han rushed back to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. When he arrived at Lancheng, he saw that the flag of Lancheng had been changed by Su Cheyi. The city was impenetrably guarded by hundreds of thousands of troops. Exhausted, he had to take the Northern Zhou army to garrison in Qingfeng County, fifty miles away from Lancheng, to recuperate.
Seeing that Chu Han was not going to attack the city, Su Che stationed his troops in Qingfeng County and attacked Qingfeng County in the middle of the night.
In the past, he fought against Su Che several times. Chu Han believed that Su Che was a gentleman, and he used soldiers to be upright. He had set up a trick and seriously injured him. Now he didn't expect Su Che to be a gentleman. Panting for breath, he sent troops to attack Qingfeng County before even setting up his tent, and took the initiative to attack. The Northern Zhou army was exhausted and unable to meet the enemy, so he sent an order to withdraw another fifty miles to Liuyang City.
After Chu Han withdrew to Liuyang City, Su Che no longer forcibly attacked the city, but turned back to Lancheng to garrison.
After a few days of recuperation, Chu Han sent troops to attack Lancheng. After several battles, Chu Han still failed to take back Lancheng, so he suspended his troops for the time being and thought about countermeasures.
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, not to mention that Chu Han sent troops to Yanbei and lost troops and horses, Su Che captured three cities in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the damage was even greater. When he was staying, he also became angry and ordered Chu Han to take back the three cities within three months, otherwise he would be punished for the crime of losing troops and destroying the city.
Under the pressure of the capital, Chu Han thought about it for several days, and finally he came up with a poisonous plan.
The source of Lancheng's water diversion is Linhe, dozens of miles away. If Linhe is poisoned, then as long as the people in Lancheng drink water, they will be poisoned. Although he knew this trick was vicious, but he had been forced to do so.
Although Shan Zhuo disapproved of Chu Han's use of this poisonous plan, after all, there were still people from the Northern Zhou Dynasty in Lancheng. Recapture Beizhou City as soon as possible, then the Tumo Xingzi of the government and the public will be able to drown him, not to mention inheriting the throne in the future, it will be extremely difficult to keep his current status.
Therefore, after thinking twice, Shan Zhuo agreed with Chu Han's strategy.
On this day, Chu Han stood in front of the window, looked at the dark night, and said to Shan Zhuo, "Shan Zhuo, even you think I'm cruel, don't you?"
Shan Zhuo was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, on the battlefield, regardless of the gentleman's bearing, it is only about the success of the king and the defeat of the enemy. Now the second prince is forced to use this vicious trick. He has no choice but to understand."
Chu Han put his hand behind his back and said, "When I was young, my father saw me wielding knives and swords, and asked me jokingly, what kind of person do I want to be when I grow up? I told my father, I want to be a great general and become famous all over the world." Famous generals, people like Su Che."
Shan Zhuo was taken aback, looking at Chu Han.
Chu Han glanced back at him, "Are you surprised? I regard Su Che as an enemy, but when I was young, what I wanted to be was not someone like my father, but someone like Su Che, a famous general in the world, famous The world, the real heroes."
Shan Zhuo nodded, Su Che was indeed a famous general at that time, he could be called a true hero.
Chu Han looked out of the window again, and suddenly laughed, "But my father told me that there is no good in being a person like Su Che. He did not do it for the sake of King Yanbei, but wanted to be the great general of the Southern Qi Dynasty. Come on, King Rong An died in battle. He took the blame and resigned and buried the countryside. He couldn't even investigate the death of King Rong An and his concubine in battle. Wind. What can a famous general do? If the king is not wise to rejuvenate the country, even if he has the ability to stabilize the country, it will be in vain."
Shan Zhuo couldn't help but nodded, "What the emperor said makes sense."
Chu Han laughed loudly, "Right? You also think what my father said is reasonable, so I also gave up the idea of becoming a person like Su Che, and wanted to be like my father. Under the rule of my father, Northern Zhou, The civil and military are prosperous, the country is prosperous and the army is strong, and my father has ambitions. One day, I want to go straight, conquer the Southern Qi, rule the world, and designate the land of the Southern Qi as the surname of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in my lifetime. I inherited my father's idea, and naturally inherited his ambition. .”
Shan Zhuo was silent again after hearing the words.
Chu Handao, "Father and prince have many heirs, but he has loved me since he was a child. Everyone in the government thought he loved me because of my mother and concubine, but only I know that he is because I am more and more like him. Looking at me , is to see the hope under his ambition."
Shan Zhuo heard Chu Han say this for the first time, and suddenly felt that what the second prince said was absolutely right. The second prince was indeed the person most like the emperor.
At this time, a gust of cold wind blew, and snowflakes floated on the drowsy sky in the western region.
Chu Han raised his hand and closed the window, and said, "The first snowfall is about to fall in the western region. Before the Linhe freezes, we will poison the river tonight." After saying that, he turned around, looked at Shan Zhuo and said, " Once I am successful, even if I am scolded by people by any means, I still want to be the ruler of Beizhou, so I can't lose, let alone lose."
Shan Zhuo deeply understands that if the city of Beizhou cannot be regained, then the future of the second prince must be difficult, and he is afraid that he will never have a chance with Dabao from then on. He nodded heavily.
Chu Han waved his hand and ordered, "Go! I hope Su Che is a real virtuous general, and I have always wanted to be like him when I was a child." After saying that, he said, "I can only gamble, If he disappoints me, he will also disappoint the world, and he will look at this famous general again. If I lose, I will also drag him into the water."
Shan Zhuo pursed his lips, "Even if the second prince fails, the last general will swear to follow the second prince."
Chu Han looked moved, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
Shan Zhuo didn't say any more, and immediately went down to order someone to make arrangements.
The next day, people in Lan City fell ill in batches, first the civilians, then the soldiers, all of the same condition, limbs were sore and weak, and the whole body was weak. Su Che heard about it when he got up early, and quickly ordered the military doctor to investigate thoroughly. After the military doctor thoroughly investigated, It was found to be a water problem.
Someone threw cartilage poison into the pilot water.
This kind of poison will not kill people, but it will make the limbs sore and weak, the whole body will be weak, and you will not even have the strength to hold things. If you don't understand it for seven days, you will die from exhaustion.
This kind of poison can't be called vicious, but in this day of defending the city and fighting, it is the most deadly.
A person can live for seven days without food, but only three days without water. Half of the people in the city have already been poisoned, and the other half have not been poisoned because they found out about it before water was taken.
In other words, out of Su Che's 400,000 troops, 200,000 have fallen.
Su Che immediately ordered that people in the city were not allowed to divert water from the well, and ordered people to thoroughly investigate the source of the poisoning. After a thorough investigation by the military doctor, it was found that there must be a problem with the source of water diversion in the city, otherwise it would be impossible for half of the city to drink it. Everyone in the water has been poisoned.
When Su Che heard that there was a problem with the source of the water diversion, he immediately thought of Chu Han's poisonous trick. He was immediately annoyed, "Prince Bei Zhou Zhou is really vicious and insidious, even using such a vicious trick."
The military planner said to Su Che, "General, hurry up and order someone to detoxify! If this continues, how can we withstand the Northern Zhou siege?"
Su Che didn't expect that Chu Han would even ignore his own people in Bei Zhou. In order to seize the city, he used such a vicious strategy. He immediately ordered the military doctor to detoxify him, but the military doctor obediently said, "This kind of cartilage poison, even though the doctors in the army can I can recognize it, but I don’t know how to detoxify it, so I can’t solve it.”
Su Che became anxious when he heard the words.
When I was anxious, a scout came to report that a large number of soldiers and horses from the Northern Zhou Dynasty came to attack the city, and the attack was fierce.
Su Che hastily mobilized troops to meet the enemy.
The battle lasted for a whole day. Although Chu Han did not capture Lancheng, Su Che also lost many soldiers in the city. It was very dark, but the battle continued.
Su Che had long heard the news that Su Fengnuan was coming to the west from Yanbei, so he didn't want to give up Lancheng, which he took so hard, before she arrived.
Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang arrived at Lancheng when it was dark that day, and just when they heard that Chu Han was attacking the city, they stopped at Luoweipo, five miles away from the city, went up the hillside, and looked in the direction of Lancheng. The sound of shouting and killing from that side shook the sky, and the torches almost illuminated the entire area of Lancheng.
At a glance, it was clear that Chu Han had poured out his troops.
Snowflakes were falling in the sky, and the air was filled with the smell of cold weapons and a faint smell of blood.
Ye Chang looked at it for a moment and said, "How long has this battle been going on today?"
Su Fengnuan said, "Chu Han attacked Lancheng with heavy troops. There are 400,000 troops stationed in Lancheng. If he wants to take Lancheng, he must have dispatched all the troops he can use. Now the rear must be empty. Why don't you and I detour and go Liuyang City."
Ye Chang raised his eyebrows, "You want to take Liuyang City with only 10,000 troops? I'm afraid you can't do it?"
Su Fengnuan blinked, "If it's a hard attack, it's impossible to do it, but if it's a clever grab?"
Ye Chang looked at her and said with a smile, "All ears."
Su Feng warmly said, "Detour to the rear of the battlefield and forge a banner of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. You and I will bring our troops back to Liuyang City pretending to be soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was so dark and it was snowing heavily. He thought it was the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty returning to the city. Maybe he can take a city of him without a single soldier."
Ye Chang laughed loudly when he heard the words, "This plan is very clever, thank you for thinking of it, but how can a mere 10,000 soldiers hold a city? What about after the siege?"
Su Fengnuan looked at him sideways, and said with a smile, "Only capture the city and not defend it. After capturing Liuyang City, immediately transport the food and grass away, leaving him an empty city without food."
Ye Chang agreed after hearing the words, and said vigorously, "Let's go!"