Chapter 416: Blitz at Zhuti City

On December 15, in the 22nd year of Qianyuan, on December 15, Li Pingzhang and Xue Dingshan led their troops to lurk here in the northern border of the southern country. They had been in the jungle for three days after they entered the jungle under the order of Deng Zhong. At the beginning, although they took the decoction to resist the miasma, the strong miasma still brought a strong sense of discomfort. Some soldiers died because they could not be cured. But it is worth being happy that after three days of adjustment, Deng Jun finally adapted to his life under the miasma.

After getting used to the miasma, Li Pingzhang and Xue Dingshan began to send people to clear out the southern people in the jungle. Although the southern country was careless about the defense of the northern border, the southern country still sent a lot of spies in the jungle, and all of these spies were killed by the Deng army, and there were also many southern people living in the jungle.

"Dingshan, we have been here for three days. Why has the general's order to advance has not arrived yet?" In a flat ground in the jungle, a simple camp stands. This is the camp established by Li Pingzhang and Xue Dingshan. Li Pingzhang said to Xue Dingshan at the camp gate. They have been entering the jungle for many days under Deng Zhong's order, and have adapted to the discomfort caused by miasma. Why has Deng Zhong's order to advance delayed?

"Haha, Pingzhang, are you anxious?" Xue Dingshan said with a smile when he heard Li Pingzhang's words. He grew up with Li Pingzhang and joined Wudangwei. He had a very good relationship. Moreover, both of them were of relatively high force and they also had a mutual understanding. It can be said that the relationship between Li Pingzhang and Xue Dingshan is better than his two cousins ​​Li Siwen and Li Dejang.

"I'm impatient, of course I'm impatient. The king's edict made us Wudangwei take over the southern country before the Xia Dynasty next year. Now that time is almost half past, we still have no progress at all, why don't we be impatient?" Li Pingzhang also admitted calmly that he was a little anxious now, and he couldn't help but not anxious. Deng Sheng's order was to destroy the southern country before the Xia Dynasty. From the day he received the edict, it was less than half a year, but now two months have passed, so how could Li Pingzhang not be impatient?

Li Pingzhang was anxious, but Xue Dingshan was not anxious at all. He just smiled and said, "Pingzhang, after so many years, your impatient attitude still cannot be changed. You should know that hasteness will not be achieved. Although the southern country is weak, it cannot be underestimated. Besides, this battle is the first battle for us without guards and the first step to become famous. Therefore, every step you take requires caution and no care at all. It seems that there is no progress now, but it is the best, because the general is waiting for the opportunity to hit the target with one blow!"

"The opportunity is hit in one blow? When is that? We have no reason to wait here." Li Pingzhang didn't know the reason that haste would be inadequate, but Deng Zhong and Deng people talked about the opportunity every day, but no one told him when the time came, which made him feel upset.

"New Year's Eve!" Just when Li Pingzhang was once again furious about the so-called opportunity, Xue Dingshan next to him suddenly said something, which made Li Pingzhang confused and asked in confusion: "New Year's Eve? What does New Year's Eve mean?"

Xue Dingshan said: "If I guess correctly, the time for the general and military advisors is at the end of the year. When the end of the year is over, it will be the time for our army to march!"

"Entering at the end of the New Year? But the people of Nanzhong are just New Year. They have their own festivals and have never had any interest in the New Year celebrations of the Central Plains. Even if it is the end of the New Year, they will not relax their vigilance!" This made Li Pingzhang even more puzzled. It is easy to understand that entering at the end of the New Year. In the Central Plains, the New Year is a major event. Every household must celebrate, pray to drive away bad luck and usher in a good luck in the coming year. Whenever this time, the entire Central Plains will be immersed in joy. If the troops are suddenly activated at this time, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort.

But Nanzhong is not as good as Central Plains. People in Nanzhong are just New Year's Day, so it is not necessarily easier to advance at the end of the year than at other times!

Xue Dingshan shook his head and said, "Pingzhang, you don't understand it. Yes, the soldiers of the southern country are just New Year, but the generals of the southern country are mostly from the nobles of the southern country, and most of the nobles of the southern country were from the Central Plains who followed Zhao Tuo to the south back then. They left their hometown and came to Tiannan. They had a certain longing for their hometown, but they could only ease their homesickness through some hometown festivals. The New Year is one of the major festivals. Because of this, this tradition has been passed down among the upper nobles of the southern country and has continued to this day. By the end of the year, although the people of the southern country will not be held grandly, among the upper nobles of the southern country, it is a festival that is more grand than the birthday of the Southern King."

"In other words, on the New Year's Day, civil and military ministers in the southern country will stay at home and spend the rest of their families, and will not appear in the military camp!" After hearing Xue Dingshan's words, Li Pingzhang suddenly realized and seemed to have thought of something.

Xue Dingshan nodded and said, "That's right, the generals of the Southern Army are all staying at home and the Southern Army is unmanned. Wouldn't it give our army a god-given opportunity? By the time a group of generals of the Southern Army arrive, our army has already solved the tens of thousands of Southern Army scattered outside the city!"

Hearing this, Li Pingzhang smiled. At this moment, he really admired Deng Zhong and Su Yun very much. Even this could be calculated, which was really not simple.

Days passed day by day, and finally it was December and 30th, and tomorrow was the new year. On this day, all the generals of the Southern Army returned home to spend with their families. The troubled outside Zhuti City, which was once in trouble, instantly calmed down.

In the Deng army camp, Deng Zhong had led all Wudang Guard soldiers to this place. After nearly twenty days of clearing, this jungle was firmly controlled by the Deng army. There was no southerner within a radius of thirty miles.

At this time, the Deng army had demolished the camp and all the soldiers had gathered together. As night fell, a trace of murderous intent appeared on the faces of the Wudangwei soldiers. After nearly three months of preparation, it was time to see tonight. Nearly 40,000 southern troops were stationed in Zhuti City, which was two-thirds of the strength of the southern country. As long as they could fight, the entire southern country would be exposed to the Deng army's military front.

"Middle time has passed, the twenty-two years of Qianyuan have passed, and the twenty-three years of Qianyuan have finally arrived. But what I didn't expect was that on the first day of the New Year, we would start killing. It's a sin!" In front of the army, Su Yun murmured, according to tradition, blood cannot be seen or killed on the first day of the New Year, but now they have to use the blood of the Southern Army to welcome the New Year.

"Does the military advisor feel a little unbearable?" Deng Han, who was standing next to Su Yun, said to Su Yun.

Hearing Deng Han's words, Su Yun shook his head and said, "Mr. Marquis, I can't bear it, but I just feel a little emotional, but I make the Marquis laugh!"

Deng Han said: "But this is the case with war. For the sake of the great Deng, even if I offend the gods and demons of the sky, I will not care about it. This is the fate of our soldiers. We are already robbing the heavens, so how can we care about these trivialities?"

Su Yun did not expect that one day he would be taught a lesson by a boy who had been younger than him for more than ten years, and he was speechless. At this time, a messenger came to Su Yun and Deng Han and said, "Marty, military advisor, the general has an order, and the army sets off immediately!"

Deng Han and Su Yun nodded, calmed down and set off with the large army.

When Deng Jun quietly touched the Nanjun camp, except for a small group of patrol soldiers, most of the Nanjun soldiers were sleeping soundly, and the patrol soldiers were also very careless and did not notice the arrival of Deng Jun at all, which gave Deng Jun an excellent opportunity.

After getting ready, Deng Zhong immediately ordered the army to launch an attack. The defenseless Southern Army camp was caught off guard and was soon captured by the Deng army. A group of Wudangwei generals rushed in and started a massacre. Even the brothers Deng Han and Deng Yu were unwilling to fall behind.
Chapter completed!