Chapter 564: Step 2
Anhui City, the county capital. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This was originally the Taishou Mansion of Lujiang County, but because of the invasion of the Wei army, the county government has moved to Zhou Yu's hometown Shu County, so this county government has now become Han Dang's Zhenxi General's Mansion.
At this time, Han Dang, who was still in the military palace, stared at the map in a daze, and his brows were twisted into a hemp rope.
Han Dang had a headache and was very anxious.
Outside the city, 100,000 Wei troops besieged the city, and the momentum was huge, although his soldiers were well fed, they really did not have the confidence to hold the city.
Han Dang is not unconfident in his ability to command troops, but extremely unconfident in the solidity of Anhui County.
How strong is the Wei army's ability to siege cities, what Liyang, Yecheng, Jinyang, Xiangyang, Jiangling...... Those famous fortified cities in the world were all broken by the Wei army without exception.
And the Anhui city he guarded, not to mention that compared with Yecheng and other fortified cities in the world, even compared with second-class cities such as Peng Ze, the degree of solidity is much inferior.
"I still want to kill the pottery thief and avenge my Zong'er, it seems that I don't want to avenge Zong'er, but I'm afraid that I will be trapped and die in this lonely city, alas, ......"
Looking at the map, Han Dang could only shake his head and sigh.
Just when he was lost and anxious, the soldiers outside the hall suddenly came to report, saying that it was the major general Han Zong who had returned.
"What! Zong'er is still alive!? Han Dang was instantly pleasantly surprised, thinking that his ears had heard it wrong, and endless surprises surged on his old face.
didn't have to think about it, Han Dang rushed out of the hall with a surprise in his heart, wanting to leave the house and rush to the direction of the city gate.
Just when Han Dang just walked to the door of the mansion, he suddenly looked up and bumped into his oncoming son Han Zong.
"Father!"
"Zong'er!"
The father and son strode forward with each other, and the two fathers and sons hugged each other, excited and emotional, as if they were separated from each other.
After being excited for a while, Han Dangcai was the first to react, patted his son's shoulder, and asked in surprise: "Zong'er, I heard that you were captured by that Cao Shen, and my father thought that you were killed by the pottery thief, but I didn't expect to be alive to see you again, how did you escape?" β
"This ...... In fact, he didn't escape, but the thief let him out. Han Zong's expression suddenly felt a little ashamed.
"Let you out, why did he let you out?" Han Dang was suspicious by nature, and doubts suddenly appeared on his old face.
"Father, let's talk about it, and I'll explain it to you slowly."
Han Zong was afraid that he would have ears and eyes around, so he couldn't tell Han Dangming, so he took his father's hand, went back to the back hall of the military mansion together, and retreated left and right.
In the hall, only his father and son remained.
At this time, Han Zong said: "I really don't hide it from my father, the pottery thief originally wanted to force the son to surrender, and sent the son to persuade the father to surrender the city, and in order to get rid of the clutches of the pottery thief, he pretended to deceive the pottery thief, so as to deceive the trust of the pottery thief and come to see his father smoothly." β
Han Dang suddenly realized how his son escaped, and it turned out that he had used such means.
"Alas......" Han Dang sighed, his brows condensed slightly, "Although you deceived the potter in order to get out of trouble, after all, you gave in to the potter, and it is really not a glorious thing to spread it." β
Han Dang has a haughty temperament, and he doesn't want his son to do anything that damages the reputation of the Han family, even if it is a fraudulent pottery merchant, although he is happy that his son has come back alive, he can't help but be a little disappointed.
Han Zong saw that his father was a little displeased, so he coughed a few times and said with a straight face: "Actually, my son chose to deceive the potter, not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because he heard about an important matter related to the survival of Anhui County and the safety of his father, so he had to choose to endure humiliation and steal his life, just to come alive to report to his father." β
What's important?
Han Dang's expression was stunned, his curiosity was great, and he hurriedly said: "What's important, Zong'er say it quickly?" β
Han Zong glanced around, and saw that there was no one around, so he approached Han Dang and whispered that he was in the potter's tent, overheard Zhuge Jin's conversation, and how Lu Su secretly surrendered to the potter, and how he offered advice to the potter, and tricked his father and son into making plans.
"Is there such a thing? Do you really hear clearly? Han Dang's expression changed greatly, and his old face was full of surprise.
Han Zong nodded and said: "Er was just pretending to be drunk at the time, but in fact he was extremely clear, Er was willing to guarantee with his life, and Er heard it clearly and word for word." β
The son is the son in the end, what Han Zong said, Han Dang obviously believed it more.
What's more, the previous scene when Zhuge Jin came to recruit him had already made Han Dang preconceived, and he had doubts in his heart, suspecting that Lu Su had treachery.
Now, Han Zong's words only made Han Dang more convinced of his suspicions.
Syllable!
Han Dang slapped him the case, gritted his teeth and scolded with hatred: "The old man has long seen that Lu Su, a stinky boy, is not the same heart as the king, and he is rebellious, I didn't expect him to be so insidious, pretending to be righteous and awe-inspiring during the day, and being loyal, but I didn't expect that he had secretly secretly descended the pottery thief, which is really hateful, hatefulββ"
"That'...... What does the father plan to do with Na Lu Su? Han Zong asked tentatively.
"Then you don't need to ask!" Han Dang's teeth were almost crushed, and he said angrily: "Everyone is a traitor, Lu Su, a despicable and shameless traitor, I will tie him up and break him into thousands of pieces with my own hands to vent the hatred in my heart!" β
Han Dang was extremely angry, and he was ready to give an order on the spot to tie up Lu Su and deal with it personally.
At this time, Han Zong persuaded: "Father is angry, although my son heard the conversation between the pottery thief and Zhuge Jin, but my father also knows that the pottery thief has always been treacherous, and I am afraid that this is the pottery thief's divisive plan, and it will not be good if Lu Su is wrong." β
One word reminded Han Dang, and his anger was suppressed a little.
"Zong'er, you are reasonable, so in your opinion, what should you do as a father?" Han Dang calmed down.
Han Zong thought for a while, and then said: "Whether Lu Su really secretly descended the pottery thief, the key is whether he will offer advice to his father and persuade us to break through from outside the south gate, we might as well wait and see what happens." β
Han Dang nodded slightly, thinking deeply, and didn't do it at the moment.
There was nothing to do for a day, and when it was close to evening, Lu Su suddenly sent his subordinates to the military palace, claiming that there was an urgent matter to discuss, and asked Han Dang to go to the south gate as soon as possible.
Han Dang suddenly became alert, and had a premonition, when even if he rushed to the south gate with a team of relatives, his son Han Zong also followed.
The father and son went up to the city tower, Lu Su had been waiting there for a long time, and when he turned around, he was going to summon Han Dang, but when he saw Han Zong, his expression suddenly froze, and a trace of wonder appeared in his eyes.
"Earlier, I heard the soldiers talk about it, saying that the young general came back alive, I didn't believe it yet, I didn't expect the major general to really ......" Lu Su looked at Han Zong in surprise, with such an expression, obviously unable to believe his eyes.
Han Zong smiled proudly, "The pottery thief also underestimated me, thinking that a few soldiers would be able to trap me, but I killed a few soldiers and escaped secretly." β
Han Zong chose to lie, and now that he has escaped from the palm of the potter's hand, he is naturally no longer afraid of the potter.
"So that's the case, I didn't expect it, the young general really has ...... It's really brave. Lu Su's tone was obviously half-convinced, and he didn't quite believe that Han Zong could escape alive.
"Lu Zijing, you called us to the city in a hurry, what's the matter?" Han Dang pulled the topic back to the topic from his son.
Lu Su remembered the matter at this time, and his expression immediately became solemn, and he said with a straight face: "Old general, with all due respect, how is the strength of my Anhui County compared to Liyang Jiangling?" β
Han Dang was stunned, was silent for a moment, and replied with two words: "It's not as good." β
"Then the strength of our army in the city is as strong as the original Chu army and Yuan army?" Lu Su asked again.
"It's not as good as that." Han Dang is still those two words.
"What about the amount of grain and grass?"
"It's not as good as that."
"The pottery thieves and horses outside the city, were they strong then, or are they strong now."
"Far better than ever."
The two of them asked and answered, asked quickly, and answered happily, and between a few questions and answers, they asked the offensive and defensive situation of this courtyard and county clearly.
"Since our army is at a disadvantage in all aspects, isn't the old general worried, if we continue to defend like this, won't we be afraid of following in the footsteps of the Yuan and Liu families?" Lu Su's tone became more and more solemn.
"In my opinion, what should the old man do." Han Dang also feigned fear.
Lu Su coughed dryly, and Fang said: "According to Su's opinion, we can only have a chance of life if we take advantage of the fact that the Wei camp of the Wei army outside the city is not consolidated and the morale of our army is not lost. β
Having said this, the corners of Han Zong's mouth, taking advantage of Lu Su's inattention, quietly hooked up a sneer, and that sneer was mixed with a bit of pride, as if he had expected Lu Su to say something like that.
Han Dang's brows also froze secretly, but he didn't move at first, but sighed: "What Zijing said is certainly reasonable, but the army of more than 100,000 pottery thieves has surrounded Anhui City like this, and it looks like copper walls on all sides, where should we break through." β
"South, of course!" Lu Su raised a confident sneer on his face, and raised his hand to point in the direction of the south gate.
The two fathers and sons of the Han family, their bodies moved slightly, and when Lu Su turned his head, the two fathers and sons glanced at each other, and there was a trace of fierce light in their eyes.
"Why the south and not the other direction?" Han Dang's tone was already gloomy, and his hand was secretly placed on the hilt of the sword.
Lu Su hadn't noticed that the atmosphere was wrong, and said in an affirmative tone: "Because the southern camp of the pottery thieves is the weak point of the pottery thieves, if we want to break through, we can only start from here." β
Han Dang glanced outside the city, and saw the vast Wei camp, and he couldn't see where the weakness was, so he said coldly: "How can you see that the enemy camp in the south is weak?" β
"It's very simple, this time is the time to bury the pot and cook, and you only need the amount of cooking smoke rising from the sky above the Wei camp to roughly judge the strength of the enemy battalion."
A confident and smug sneer appeared on Lu Su's face, and he pointed at the cooking smoke, "Didn't the old general find that the amount of cooking smoke in the enemy camp at the south gate has decreased by more than half compared to the previous few days, and the number is far less than the other three." β
Han Dang and Han Zong's eyes moved, and they both hurriedly leaned towards the city wall, looking in the direction of Wei Ying, and sure enough, they found that under the remnant sun, the smoke rising from the stove was clearly seen by virtue of the condescending momentum of the city.
The amount of cooking smoke represents the number of military stoves, and the number of military stoves directly determines the number of soldiers who eat.
"Lu Zijing, you are really not an ordinary person, no wonder the king will promote you so quickly, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity......"
Han Dang's tone of voice, in admiration, was even more full of regret, his hand had already pressed the hilt of the sword, and he was about to draw his sword and kill Lu Su.