The next day, the ghost army attacked the city again.

This time, compared with the initial battle, it was more ferocious, and on Xiao Yuan's side, there were many more soldiers killed than on the first day.

Under his personal command, although he held Liucheng again, after the battle, his brows also wrinkled even deeper.

Because according to the existing military intelligence, the main force of the ghost army this time is enough to have 70,000 or 80,000 people, and if you defend Liucheng with 10,000 troops, you will only have one end up fighting in the end.

To win this battle, you must take risks.

Thinking of this, he immediately summoned his generals and held a meeting.

He was the main general in the defense of Liucheng this time, so he was naturally in the main position directly above, and on both sides of the hall, there were several low-level officers at the level of a thousand commanders.

At his request, a simple sand table was also placed in the center of the hall, on which there was an approximate situation of Liucheng and the Ghost Army camp.

After everyone arrived, Xiao Yuan looked around, and then went straight to the point: "In this battle, the enemy army is several times larger than mine, if you blindly defend, Liucheng will be broken sooner or later, therefore, I intend to find a suitable fighter and take the initiative to attack." ”

What the!? Take the initiative? As soon as he finished saying this, all the generals in the hall couldn't help but take a breath, and then looked left and right one after another.

Now it's too late to defend the city, let alone take the initiative to attack, isn't that looking for death!

Even Peng Shuang, who has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, was wide-eyed at this time, looking incredible.

Xiao Yuan ignored everyone's expressions, walked straight to the sand table, and said, "Please take a look." ”

When everyone heard this, they gathered around.

Xiao Yuan pointed to a place on the sand table: "Here, it's Liucheng." ”

Then his finger moved down slightly, "And thirty miles away from here is the camp of the ghost army." ”

As he spoke, he looked up at one of the commanders again: "General Ye Cheng, I ordered you to investigate the matter of the ghost army's grain and grass before, can you make any progress?" ”

There is no shortage of capable officers in the lower ranks, because most of them are from the grassroots level and have gone through many wars.

Just like this Ye Cheng, he is the general in charge of the spy aspect of Xiao Yuan's army this time, and after hearing this, he immediately returned: "General Hui, everything has been investigated clearly, the place where the ghost army hoards grain and grass is on the right side of its main camp." ”

As he spoke, he also pointed to the sand table and said, "It should be here." ”

Xiao Yuan looked down, then nodded, and said: "Now that it has been investigated, then what I mean is that tonight I will lead the army out of the city and lie in the mountains and forests, and when the ghost army attacks the city again tomorrow, its camp will be empty, so our army can take advantage of the situation to attack the camp and burn its grain and grass!" ”

"This ......" People swallowed their saliva, Ye Cheng said: "But general, the ghost army is attacking the city, although it is always pouring out, but the place where its grain and grass are hoarded is also guarded by heavy soldiers, and its large camp is only thirty miles away from Liucheng. ”

"Yes, General, what General Ye Cheng said is reasonable, even if the main force of the ghost army attacks the city, his grain and grass camp must be well guarded, and we, with only 10,000 troops, even if we attack the camp, we can only draw some soldiers, and we can't break the camp at all, this is a dangerous army, the general thinks twice." There are also generals.

"You're right, we really don't have enough troops, and we can only bring 3,000 soldiers at most in this attack." Xiao Yuan took his words: "But there is one thing, you are all wrong. ”

"That's what the ghost army is thinking right now." Xiao Yuan continued: "They have besieged the city with a large army, and in their hearts, they would never have thought that we would dare to take the initiative to attack the camp, so we bet that their camp defense is lax!" ”

At this time, Peng Shuang also began to say: "What you said, I roughly understand it, that is, we will first send 3,000 soldiers, secretly go out of the city at night to hide, and when the main force of the ghost army attacks the city during the day, we will attack his camp from behind." ”

"Exactly." Xiao Yuan glanced at him and said.

"What are the odds?" Peng Shuang asked again.

"No one knows about this." Xiao Yuan shook his head slightly.

Hearing this, Peng Shuang was silent for a moment, and then immediately said, "That's good! I approve of your strategy, I'll go! ”

"No, you can't go." Xiao Yuan rejected him directly.

"Why is that?" Peng Shuang was puzzled.

"You also need to garrison Liucheng." Xiao Yuan Zhengse said: "After two days of fighting, now there are only 8,000 troops left in our department, I will give you 5,000 men and horses to continue to defend the city, and the other 3,000 will be led by me to attack the ghost army camp." ”

"But ......," Peng Shuang said urgently.

"Nothing." Xiao Yuan directly interrupted him, "Just like General Ye Cheng said, this is a dangerous move, but we have no choice, if we continue to defend to the death, in the end, we can only die in the city, only this strategy can retreat the enemy." ”

As he spoke, he also looked at Peng Shuang, and said: "Liucheng, I can't do without a general stationed, I'll hand it over to you, you hear clearly, there are still tens of thousands of people in the city, if I can't come back, you must also guard until the last moment, even if you fight to the last minute, if Liucheng is broken, the people of the whole city will be in danger!" ”

Hearing this, Peng Shuang hurriedly said again: "General! I'd better do it! ”

"Don't fight anymore! This is a military order! Xiao Yuan's eyes flickered, and he glared at Peng Shuangdao fiercely: "Still not taking the order!?" ”

Seeing that he had moved out of the military order, and he was the main general of this battle, Peng Shuang had no choice but to take a deep breath, and then said in a shocking voice: "General rest assured, if Liucheng is broken, Peng Shuang's head is here!" ”

"Good!" With his words, Xiao Yuan's heart also settled down a lot.

He was afraid that there would be an accident on Liucheng's side, if he attacked the camp and really succeeded in burning the grain and grass of the ghost army, when the time came, if Liucheng lost it, then he wanted to cry without tears.

This is also the reason why he has to leave Peng Shuang behind.

At this time, another general couldn't help but ask: "General, do you really want to act like this?" ”

Xiao Yuan glanced at him, and then looked around at everyone: "Do you still have objections?" ”

"This ......" The people looked at each other again, but they were all silent.

After a pause, Ye Cheng clenched his fists and said, "Since the general has made a decision, let the last general accompany the general." ”

This attack on the camp, life and death are unpredictable, if it fails, it is estimated that it will not be able to come back, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and glanced at Ye Cheng.

The latter explained: "The previous expeditions were all in charge of the last general, and they also knew more about the ghost army camp than the general. ”

What he said was not unreasonable, Xiao Yuan heard this, first thought about it, and then nodded: "That's fine." ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at everyone again, and Zhengse explained: "Liucheng, don't lose, everything is left to you." ”

"General, be careful." Everyone said in unison.

People also have a deeper understanding of Xiao Yuan, the main general, and unconsciously, Xiao Yuan has established prestige in the army.