Chapter 141: A Trick to Lure the Enemy
Encountering this situation, even Zhu Zhi himself wondered if he had a high opinion of Zhang Xiujun.
The fierce combat power of the Xiliang soldiers does sound intimidating, but if you think about it, it doesn't have to be like this.
After all, there is a term in this world called "water and soil adaptation". Those who are accustomed to dryness, cold and cold may not be able to adapt to the humid and sultry climate of Jiangnan for a long time.
When fighting in a different place, the most feared thing is that the army is infected with the plague and will lose itself before fighting. Even if there is no disease, because of the lack of adaptation to water and soil, dietary differences, etc., it is bound to cause a significant decline in the combat effectiveness of soldiers.
There were objective factors similar to adaptation to the water and soil, and Zhang Xiujun's internal self-confidence in the courage and recklessness of his own soldiers should also be the main subjective factors of Song Xian's defeat.
After thinking about this, Zhu Zhi was relieved of this unexpected victory, and after being relieved, he was more remorseful! I knew that Zhang Xiujun would be caught off guard, so I concentrated on the strong in the city and went out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Xiujun's army, maybe the siege of Wu County had been relieved at this time!
But it's not too late to get out of the city and fight! Although it is said that Zhang Xiujun will be vigilant after experiencing the defeat of Song Xian, but with this victory, the morale of the Wuxian army is flourishing, and the military spirit is available. Anyway, now because at the request of those wealthy families, they are also ready to go out of the city for the next main battle, it is better to act at the opportunity, turn the virtual into reality, and take this opportunity to defeat Zhang Xiu.
does not seek to defeat the main force of Zhang Xiu's army in a war, as long as the siege of Wu County can be relieved, and more militia groups that resist Zhang Xiu's army can be recruited from Lou County, Haiyan and other counties, Zhu Zhi will be very satisfied.
Having made up his mind, Zhu Zhi summoned his generals and the main leaders of the wealthy clan that night, and without him having to start, those powerful clan leaders who were anxious about the old and young of the family strongly asked Zhu Zhi to take further battles! Those wealthy families who moved their families and money and grain to Wu County also enthusiastically asked for war under the temptation of their military exploits!
When people are united, things are easy to do. That night, Wu County selected 6,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 soldiers from Wu County, who were relatively elite soldiers.
In the early morning of the next day, the south gate of Wu County was opened, and Zhu Zhiqin led the main force of the Wu County army out of the city to attack the camp of Zhang Xiu's army.
said that it was a large battalion of the Chinese army, but in fact, like other three-way military horses, there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses. In order to prevent Zhang Xiujun's other three-way army horses from coming to the rescue, Zhu Zhi also sent a partial division to Zhang Xiujun's other three camps to shout and act as a suspicious soldier before he rushed to attack Zhang Xiujun's central army camp!
But it can only be said that Zhu Zhi was blinded by a momentary victory and fell for Jia Xu's plan to lure the enemy!
The 9,000 military horses that went out of the city to attack easily entered the military camp of Zhang Xiu's army. Like many bad scenes, Zhu Zhi, who felt that everything was going too well, sensed that something was wrong, and just when he was thinking about whether it was an ambush, Zhang Xiujun's ambush had already begun to close the net.
Huainan Yong led Li Feng to lead a biao army horse to outflank from the left, Cao Xing, one of the eight strong generals, led a biao army horse to attack from the right, and Zhang Xiu took Zhou Cang to personally cover up and kill from the front! Even if the soldiers are not good, Zhu Zhijun, who does not have a general who can fight, is defeated at the moment! Of the 9,000 soldiers and horses who left the city, less than 1,000 were defeated in the end! Even Zhu Zhi himself was hit by Cao Xing's feather arrow, but fortunately, he was loyal and brave by his side, and he desperately escorted Zhu Zhi back to the city!
It's all a matter of organization. If Zhu Zhi could recruit the powerful clan forces of Wu County to Wu County and integrate them, or appoint some prestigious and experienced clan leaders to temporarily belong to each other, it would not turn into a rout as soon as the army was defeated!
However, this question is left to Zhu Zhi to flee back to the city and reflect on himself. Over there, Zhang Xiujun counted the results.
To tell the truth, when Jia Xu gave Zhang Xiu this plan to lure the enemy, he didn't plan to be able to lure Zhu Zhi, the head figure, out of the city! Because this trick to lure the enemy is indeed a bit too obvious. Even if the Xiliang soldiers did decline in combat power because of the lack of adaptation to water and soil, in the final analysis, the Xiliang soldiers were soldiers, and the sick tigers were not bullied by cats and dogs. These low-end old and weak county soldiers in Wu County, as well as many powerful clan soldiers who do not even have the most basic protective armor, really can't help Zhang Xiujun when they collide head-on.
But a strategist of Jia Xu's level naturally wouldn't come up with a strategy that would be seen through casually. To put it bluntly, although Jia Xu is not in the city, he can accurately grasp the psychology of those powerful clan leaders. When they heard that their families were threatened by life and death, these people would definitely not continue to stay in Wu County to help Zhu Zhi defend the city. Then they will definitely desperately ask Zhu Zhi to take the initiative to send troops.
And Zhu Zhi, although Jia Xu doesn't know much, but the person who can make Sun Ce place a foundation must also be a person with a certain brain. And people with a bit of brains naturally know that at this moment when there are no strong troops in Jiangdong, they must rely on the strength of the clan to defend Wu County, so they will naturally not be willing to let about half of the clan heroes go out of the city.
So, so to speak, Zhu Zhi only sent 3,000 cannon fodder out of the city to fight, which was actually completely within Jia Xu's expectations. Then Song Xian's defeat was also the result of Zhang Xiu's directive.
At this time, Jia Xu's intentions were reflected. You Zhu Zhi thought that a defeat would scare those powerful clan leaders into temporarily no longer asking for a decisive battle out of the city, so I will give you a victory and see how you prevaricate those powerful clan leaders. At that time, if you Zhu Zhi don't send troops when the people's hearts are uplifting and the military spirit is available, it will be impossible to say it in front of those clan heroes.
At this time, it doesn't matter, Zhu Zhi, you see through it, whether this is a trick to lure the enemy. Because here you don't have any reason to refuse to fight. If you still want to gather people's hearts for your use, even if you suffer a big defeat, you have to fight again in the city!
In the end, the poison man overestimated, and Zhu Zhi, the Taishou of Wu County appointed by Sun Ce, did not see that this was a trick to lure the enemy, but plunged into the pocket arranged by Zhang Xiu!
So before Pei Yuanshao came back from completing the mission, Zhang Xiujun was in Wu County and had already occupied an absolute dominant position on the battlefield!
Zhang Xiu, who already felt that he was really losing his identity as an opponent with Zhu Zhi, was no longer interested in defeating Wu County. In a huge Wu County, the elite soldiers and strong generals have been transferred to this extent, how should Sun Ce be evaluated!
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