It is undeniable that Xu Bao, as a subordinate general under Guan Shuo and one of the generals of the Changsha New Chu Army, his intuition is still quite keen.

When he learned that an unknown enemy was shouting and killing near their station but did not show up, Xu Bao immediately guessed that it might be a tired tactic.

He subconsciously thought: At the moment, there is not even the most basic fence in the place where he is located, if the soldiers of Kunyang really came to sneak attack, they would have killed them a long time ago, how could they just shout in the distance?

『…… It can be seen from this that after today's fierce battle, Kunyang is no longer able to send troops to attack secretly, so it can only send some small forces, hoping that they can harass the rest of our soldiers at night......

Thinking of this, Xu Bao made the most sensible arrangement in his opinion.

That is, ignoring the enemy army that came to harass them.

Yes, the best way to deal with a tired soldier is to ignore it, and whether it is to send troops to chase after him, or to ask his subordinates to raise their guard, they are all in response to the opponent's favor.

However, Xu Bao's ability to see through the tricks of the opposite side at a glance does not mean that the thousands of rebel soldiers under his command can also see the tricks of the opposite side.

Just because more than 50 people from Ishihara and Chengui District shouted a few voices in this vicinity, which alarmed the rebel soldiers who were napping around the bonfire here, these rebel soldiers could no longer sleep.

Where do they dare to close their eyes and rest? After all, the station where they are located does not even have a camp fence, and if they can't sleep and wake up, Kunyang's soldiers have already killed their station.

At the second quarter of the day, Ying Sheng, a general under Xu Bao's command, reported to his general about this matter: "General, under the harassment and influence of a small group of enemy troops, the officers and men in the army generally dare not close their eyes and rest, and if this continues, it may affect the ...... in the future."

Hearing this, Xu Bao frowned and said, "Didn't I already give the order to go down?" …… Since Kunyang sent troops to harass our army, it can be seen that they do not have the energy to attack our army, and can only hope that a small force will harass our soldiers and soldiers, so that I am too worried to sleep. If you are frightened and frightened about this, won't you fall for Kunyang's tricks? ”

The general Ying Sheng said with a wry smile: "Having said that, the soldiers are still nervous, after all, our station has not even built a fence, and it is only five miles away from Kunyang......"

"That's Qu Shuai's order!"

Seeing that there was a hint of resentment in his subordinates' words, Xu Bao interrupted unhappily: "Today's siege, you have also seen it, Kunyang's resistance is no less than that of Zhaoling County, and our army can only deter the Kunyang people if it shows its strength." …… It is indeed a bit risky to be stationed without a village, but as long as it is past tonight, our army will be able to build a camp here in just two or three days after tomorrow. …… When the camps on both sides of Qu Shuai's office and Huangkang's office are also completed, Kunyang will be surrounded by our army on three sides...... At that time, our army was stationed in the camp of five miles and sought a county, and built siege equipment such as building cars, ladders, and catapults nearby. ”

Ying Sheng listened and nodded slightly.

Indeed, it would be very dangerous if a city was built within five miles of the enemy, because the siege equipment created by the enemy army could be quickly used in siege warfare without having to spend another time transporting it from afar.

Including non-commissioned officers.

This will greatly reduce the pre-battle preparation time for the besieging side.

In addition, stationing in a place close to the city can also greatly put pressure on the target city and seriously damage the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Therefore, when attacking a fortified city, the besieging party will adopt this method, which can not only besiege the target city and make it an isolated city, but also reduce the morale of the defending army and civilians, so that when the time is right, it will be captured in one fell swoop.

Of course, since ancient times, there have been many generals who want to use this trick, but because they were attacked and attacked by the enemy, they could only give up in the end, and honestly retreated to about ten to twenty miles to set up a village.

"Report!"

Just as Xu Bao was talking to his subordinate general Ying Sheng, outside the grass hut where Xu Bao was, a soldier on duty outside the grass hut walked into it and clasped his fists and said, "General, Qu Shuai sent someone to come." ”

Xu Bao nodded: "Let him in." ”

With Xu Bao's permission, I saw a soldier striding into the grass hut, facing Xu Bao and clasping his fists and saying: "General Xu, Qu Shuai heard a faint noise on the general's side in the south, so he sent a small special person to ask, what happened appropriately?" Could it be that Kunyang sent troops to attack? ”

Xu Bao smiled and replied to Guan Shuo's envoy: "Please return to the commander of the Qu Dynasty, there are indeed enemy soldiers shouting outside our station, intending to provoke chaos among the officers and men of our army, according to my guess, Kunyang is most likely trying to use the strategy of exhausting the troops, trying to contain our army with a small force of troops, harassing the officers and men of our army, making it difficult for the officers and men of our army to rest at night, so as to delay the battle situation......"

"Okay, I'll go and tell Qu Shuai, General Xu, and leave."

"Walk slowly."

Bidding farewell to Xu Bao, the messenger sent by Guan Shuo immediately rode back to the station in the south of Kunyang City.

Similar to the situation of Xu Bao's army, Guan Shuo and the soldiers under the command of General Liu De, including thousands of green forest thieves led by Xiang Hu, were also stationed in an open space without a fence at this moment.

Because there was no camp to defend, Guan Shuo sent many soldiers to patrol and keep vigil, but even so, he still had no intention of sleeping, worried about whether Kunyang would send troops to sneak attack.

In fact, judging from reason, Guan Shuo did not think that Kunyang would dare to send troops to attack secretly.

After all, according to the location distribution, if Kunyang sends troops to sneak attack, when Xu Bao and Huang Kang lead the army to help, the soldiers sent by Kunyang to sneak attack will inevitably be surrounded by regiments, considering that the southern city wall of Kunyang has been blocked by the Kunyang people themselves, the Kunyang soldiers who came to sneak attack have no way to withdraw into the city from the south gate, and this group of people has only a dead end.

Therefore, in contrast, Guan Shuo was more worried that Huang Kang in the west, or Xu Bao in the east, would be attacked by Kunyang's soldiers, after all, those two places were closer to the north gate of Kunyang, if something happened, Kunyang's soldiers could still withdraw from the north gate into the city, and the danger of the destruction of the sneak attack army was relatively small.

It was precisely because of this that Guan Shuo, who had no intention of sleeping, walked around the station with a few guards, and suddenly vaguely heard the sound of killing from the northeast, he was worried that Xu Bao was attacked by Kunyang's soldiers, and immediately sent his henchmen as messengers to inquire about the situation.

Soon, the messenger sent out came back to tell Guan Shuo, saying that it was just a false alarm.

"Qu Shuai, convey General Xu Bao's words, General Xu Bao believes that this is the tired plan of the Kunyang people......"

In front of Guan Shuo, the messenger told Guan Shuo Xu Bao's original words, and Guan Shuo's brows were sometimes slightly furrowed and sometimes stretched.

"Tired soldiers...... What?'

After listening to the original words conveyed by Xu Baotuo's envoy under his command, Guan Shuo looked at the direction of Kunyang City with his hands behind his back, and he already believed a little in his heart.

Because a moment ago, just before his guards returned, he also faintly heard the sound of killing in the northwest direction, and he also sent several guards as messengers to find Huang Kang to inquire about the situation.

Only he and Liu De have not found anyone to harass him for the time being, and obviously the people of Kunyang also know that it is more dangerous to harass him.

"I don't know who came up with this exhausting plan...... Could it be the Tiger of the Week? Oh, for a thief, it's quite rare for him to think of such a trick......

Thinking in his heart, Guan Shuo instructed the guard who came to pay his respects: "You go to Xu Bao's side again and remind him to be careful of Kunyang's sneak attack." …… Tell Xu Bao that he is the second main force of our army to attack Kunyang, and if I am the defender of Kunyang, I will send troops to attack him, not this side, or Huang Kang's side. ”

"Yes!" The guard clenched his fists and walked away.

About a moment later, the guard rode to Xu Bao's station again and told Xu Bao what Guan Shuo had said.

In view of Guan Shuo's advice, Xu Bao did not dare to question it, and Zhengse said: "Please return to Qu Shuai, the last general has sent enough soldiers to guard Kunyang......"

Although he said that, he didn't think so.

It's not that he didn't think so much of Guan Shuo's advice, but that he didn't believe that Kunyang had the strength and courage to send troops to attack him.

After all, in terms of troop tension, Kunyang was even more nervous than their Changsha New Chu Army, and it stands to reason that they would not dare to send valuable soldiers in a sneak attack that could not necessarily be successful.

However, since it was Qu Shuai Guan Shuo's advice, Xu Bao was somewhat guarded.

About two o'clock in the morning, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the camp, which was extremely sudden and short.

At this time, Xu Bao was lying on the grass bunk in the grass shed and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard the sudden and short shout of killing, he did not panic, turned over and stood up, and slowly walked out of the grass shed.

As he expected, the soldiers in his garrison were once again startled by this sudden and short shout of killing, and most of the soldiers who had been sitting around the campfire stood up, their weapons in their hands and nervously scanning the surroundings.

However, the enemy troops who caused this commotion did not show up for a long time.

"It's really a tired plan...... Do they think that with this kind of trick, they can defeat the soldiers of his new Chu army?"

Xu Bao sneered and mocked himself.

After mocking, he ordered again: "Tell the officers and men of the army that this is a trick by the Kunyang people to harass our army's night rest, don't pay attention to it." ”

Although Guan Shuo sent someone to convey to him that if he was the defender of Kunyang, he might be able to sneak attack Xu Bao's army, but Xu Bao didn't think so—after all, in the final analysis, it was the judgment of Guan Shuo, the commander of his Changsha army, is there a character in Kunyang who can be compared to his family commander?

The so-called matter is not more than three, that night, Ishihara and Chen Gui tried their best to avoid the patrolling rebel soldiers, and tried to create chaos several times, but once or twice was fine, and when the third and fourth times, the rebel soldiers under Xu Bao's command gradually became unmoved.

Peeking into the situation of the rebel garrison from afar, Chen Gui said to Ishihara with a wry smile: "It seems that even the ordinary rebel soldiers have seen through our tricks and are no longer fooled...... The matter has come to this, it is better to return to the county seat. ”

Hearing this, although Ishihara was a little unwilling, he finally nodded, took Chen Gui, and returned to the county seat with the dozens of county soldiers under his command.

However, on their way back to Kunyang, Ishihara suddenly felt movement in front of him, and immediately motioned for everyone to lie down.

Immediately, they saw hundreds of black shadows, silently heading towards the east.

"It's a brigade wolf?"

Chen Gui asked in a whisper in Ishihara's ear.

"Well, mostly." Ishihara replied in a low voice, frowning slightly as he looked at the black shadows of hundreds of thousands of people, and quietly touched the rebel garrison to the east.

Recalling the attitude of the county lieutenant Ma Gai when he mentioned the brigade wolf, Ishihara immediately understood.

"Fuck it...... What a tired plan, that Zhou Hu was using us to cover for these brigade wolves to sneak up on the rebels in the east!"

With a roll of his eyes, he suddenly had a good idea.