Chapter 554

Beheading is the second most severe punishment after Lingchi. A person is cut off from the waist. At that time, the person is often not dead yet, and can watch his internal organs flowing all over the ground. The pain, despair and fear are the most harmful to a person before death. The latest chapter of the degree of devastation.

When General Ning heard this, his face turned pale with fright, his legs were weak, and he couldn't stand up even if he wanted to. The Feng soldiers on both sides didn't care about that. They stepped forward, grabbed General Ning, and dragged him out.

"Wait... wait a moment... General, spare your life, General, please spare your life -" At this time, Ning Jiang threw all his backbone and moral integrity behind him and screamed at Ziying.

Ziying secretly smiled in his heart. He waved his hand to the soldiers, then looked at General Ning with a smile and asked, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

Ning Jiang was ashamed, but he didn't bother to explain. There was only one thought left in his mind, which was to save his own life first. He hurriedly begged for mercy, trembling and wailing: "General, spare my life..."

Ziying stopped smiling, turned around and sat back on the couch. Because of the attack by Ning's army, the Flying Eagle Army had been stationed on the spot. Ziying's tent was called the commander's tent, but it was just surrounded by canvas. His eyes were like lightning, and he stared at Ning Jiang for a long time, and then asked slowly: "What is your name?"

"Little...little man Zhang Siting...this sneak attack on Feng...sneak attack on your army was not my idea. I was just following orders." The Ning general named Zhang Siting explained repeatedly, clearing the relationship for fear of his son. Ying resented herself and ordered herself to be executed.

"Zhang Siting?" Ziying read his name once, nodded, and asked: "Whose order did you come to attack our army?"

"Yes...it's the order from the county chief." Zhang Siting didn't dare to hide anything and told the truth.

"County chief?" Ziying raised her eyebrows curiously.

"Yes, yes, yes! Lord Li Youli, the head of the county, said... Your army is coming fiercely, and it is difficult for our Ning army to fight head-on. We can only contain your army as much as possible, slow down your army, and wait until the reinforcements arrive. We can then compete head-on with your army, so we sent the villain and General Wang Tie to set up an ambush here." Zhang Siting told the whole truth in one breath.

"Who is Wang Tie?" Ziying asked casually.

"Has been...beheaded by General Jiang Fan of your army..." Zhang Siting said with fear. Until now, when he recalled the scene where Jiang Fan suddenly appeared behind Wang Tie and cut him to death with a knife, he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart. Dark spiritual cultivators are really terrifying...

Jiang Fan was originally covered in black spiritual armor, but now that his spiritual armor has dissipated, Zhang Siting naturally cannot recognize him.

Ziying nodded, and at the same time glanced at Jiang Fan appreciatively. With such a wise and brave general assisting him, he felt so much more relaxed! No wonder the king values ​​this person so much, Jiang Fan is indeed outstanding. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile to Zhang Siting: "In my opinion, there are neither rocks nor jungle cover here, so it is not suitable for setting up an ambush. If it hadn't been for the heavy fog today, it would be impossible for you to approach our army. Li Jun The leader sent you here to set up an ambush, doesn’t it mean that you are looking for death?”

"No, no, no..." Zhang Siting shook his head repeatedly and said seriously: "The county chief has a clever plan and has long expected that there will be heavy fog here."

"Oh?" Ziying's heart moved, and she leaned forward subconsciously, waiting for Zhang Siting to continue.

Seeing that Ziying seemed to be interested, Zhang Siting hurriedly added: "Your Excellency, the county chief has already found out that this area is often filled with heavy fog in September, making it difficult to see anything from a distance of three feet, so he sent us to sneak attack on you." The rear army of the army will mainly use fire attacks to consume as much of your army's baggage and food as possible to make your army's advance uneasy, thus slowing down your army's march and preparing for the arrival of our reinforcements. To gain time."

So clever! Ziying took a breath. Li You, the head of Hedong County in Ningguo, was not an ordinary person. He could have calculated that there would be heavy fog in this area and sent out an ambush in advance. If not for the two generals Jiang Fan and Zhan Hu on his side, , it is really possible to be attacked by Ning Jun! Once the baggage and food and fodder are burned and destroyed, our side can no longer continue to march and can only stay in place and wait for logistical supplies.

Thinking of this, Ziying couldn't help but feel a little scared. Only a small force was used to exert maximum restraint and buy time for one's own side. Li You was by no means a civil servant, but a handsome man who was good at strategy. He asked: "Is Li You a military commander?"

Zhang Siting was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and responded: "That's right! Mr. Li was once the deputy commander of five Central Army Corps, and was awarded the title of lieutenant general."

No wonder! Ziying sighed secretly, Yan Chu was very wise in placing such an extraordinary capable lieutenant general in Hedong as the head of Hedong County.

After a pause, he asked the most critical question and said: "How is the current defense of Qingyuan City? How many defenders are there?"

Zhang Siting hesitated for a moment, his eyes wandered, and he said with a slight stutter: "The county defense is very complete, and there is sufficient food and grass, but there are not many defenders, probably... only more than 20,000 people..."

Ziying blinked, leaned back, and said casually with a smile: "I'm afraid it's more than that?!" His words were a test, and he also saw that Zhang Siting's expression was unnatural when he spoke, and he meant to deceive him.

Sure enough, Zhang Siting secretly breathed in, swallowed hard, and said: "At most, there are only about 30,000 troops."

With just one sentence, ten thousand more troops were defrauded, and it seemed that there was still water in it. Ziying chuckled, raised his hand and said, "Since you don't want to tell the truth, why should I keep you? Someone, drag him out!"

"Wait, wait a minute!" Zhang Siting originally wanted to leave a way out for himself, but now it seems that the other party knows his situation very well, and he can't be deceived. He said urgently: "General, the original strength of the county and city is indeed only 20,000. But when he heard that your army was invading the west, Mr. Li immediately called up the reserves and transferred back all the troops scattered in various towns. At present, the county and city have only 20,000 troops. The strength of our troops is close to 50,000. This small statement is true and there is absolutely no falsehood. Please check it out, General!"

kindness! Ziying secretly nodded and was also shocked. He originally estimated that Qingyuan's troops would only be 30,000 at best. Now it seems that his estimate was wrong. Qingyuan had actually gathered 50,000 people. It would be even more difficult to capture Qingyuan within three days. More difficult.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Zhang Siting's heart was in his throat, and he said in a trembling voice: "The villain has told the general everything he knows. The general is extraordinarily merciful and spares the villain's life!"

Ziying came to his senses, waved his hand and said, "Take him out first, lock him up, and keep him under strict supervision."

"Yes!" Soldier Feng agreed and was about to take Zhang Siting away. At this time, Jiang Fan suddenly said: "Wait a minute!" He stopped the soldiers who came forward, and then asked Zhang Siting: "Aradillo Swamp what is the place?"

Even though she had never heard of this place, she didn't understand why Jiang Fan asked. Ziying looked at him in confusion.

Zhang Siting glanced at Ziying and then replied: "The Armadillo Swamp is a large swamp in the southeast of the river. Because there are too many rats there, the name Armadillo was given."

"Oh!" Jiang Fan responded, then smiled at Ziying and said, "He and Wang Tie originally planned to lead our army into the swamp when they escaped, so I asked this question."

"Ah!" Of course Ziying knew about the large swamp area in the southeast of the river, but when it came to Armadillo Swamp, he couldn't understand it. The armadillo is a giant rat, much larger than an ordinary rat, and its body is covered with a thick layer of scales. It is difficult to hurt by wild beasts and is not afraid of swords. It is an extremely difficult rat to deal with. Because there were too many armadillos in the large swamp in the southeastern part of the river, the Ning people gave it the name Armadillo Swamp.

The climate in the Hedong area is very suitable for grain production, but there is such a large swamp area in the Hedong area, which not only hinders transportation, but also wastes the space in the Hedong area. Several generations of Ningjun monarchs wanted to transform the Armadillo Swamp into fertile farmland. However, whether it was filling rocks to create fields or filling soil to create fields, the project was too huge in terms of productivity at that time. It required the efforts of the whole country and the unremitting efforts of several generations to complete. In the end, the ideas of Lord Ning Jun came to nothing. Nothing happened, and the Armadillo Swamp still remains in the east of the river.

Ziying looked at Zhang Siting with a sneer and said, "You actually want to lead our pursuers into the swamp?"

At this time, Zhang Siting had already heard that the general who was asking the question was Jiang Fan, who had just killed Wang Tie and captured himself. He was frightened, grinned, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Ziying and Jiang Fan, anxiously He said in a loud voice: "General, please spare your life, General, please spare your life..."

"Your Excellency, you have such a vicious scheming! Of course I can spare your life, but just use your vicious scheming to help me come up with a way to destroy the city!" Ziying said with a smile.

"A strategy to destroy the city? This..." Zhang Siting was sweating anxiously. Not to mention that he couldn't figure it out, even if he could figure it out, he wouldn't be able to help Feng Jun beat his own people.

"If you can't figure it out, I'll take your head!" Ziying said slowly.

Life and death were at stake. Zhang Siting was really anxious at this time. His eyes kept rolling and his mind was racing. After holding it in for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "General, you can put the villain back in the county first. The villain is here." I will assist your army in the city and secretly open the city gate for your army. In this way, your army will seize the county city effortlessly!"

What a damn good idea! All the generals in the camp almost laughed in anger. Let you go back? Is it weird that you can be our internal agent? This thief simply regards everyone on his side as fools. Zhan Hu chuckled, stepped up to Zhang Siting, clasped his neck with his big hand, and shouted angrily: "You think I am a three-year-old child..."

Before he finished speaking, Ziying waved her hand to him, signaling him not to be violent yet, then looked at Zhang Siting and asked with a smile: "This is a good strategy, but how can I trust you? "