That's right, Xiao Yao did it on purpose! Since the Battle of Shiliang City, these generals used his infantry battalion to defeat the Qi army, but they didn't give Xiao Yao a single spoil, not even a thank you, Xiao Yao was angry!

Xiao Yao was angry, and the consequences were serious! So he deliberately didn't urge Zhang Dabao to escort ammunition and supplies to the front line as soon as possible, he wanted to let this group of self-righteous generals see that if there were no firearms of the infantry battalion, with cold weapons such as spears and broadswords, curved bows and sharp swords, could you easily defeat the Qi army.

The result was a bit unexpected by Xiao Yao, because after the Battle of Shiliang City, the Chen army had been attacking some cities with little strength, and the Qi army defending the city also knew that the Chen army had defeated the main force of the Qi army, and even the commander had fled from the battle, causing their army to be unstable and unable to unite and defend the city desperately, so even without the assistance of infantry battalion firearms, the Chen army went very smoothly in the battle with the Qi army, and there were no difficult opponents to deal with.

Moreover, the kind of momentum that the Chen army showed when attacking the city was devastating, so that the Qi army defending the city could not resist, which gave the generals of the Chen army an illusion: we are very strong, we are very powerful, we are invincible!

So when Xiao Yao didn't have enough gunpowder to help attack Shouyang City, the generals of the Chen army all showed a disdainful and dispensable attitude, and they all expressed their attitude to Wu Mingche, striving to be the main attacking force attacking Shouyang City!

And Wu Mingche's strategy was also to attack Shouyang by surprise and catch Wang Lin off guard, so on the one hand, he asked Xiao Yao to immediately send someone to urge Zhang Dabao to escort ammunition and materials to Shouyang as soon as possible, but on the other hand, he agreed to the generals' request and prepared to attack Shouyang City immediately!

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As Chen's army quickly surrounded Shouyang City, the people in the city became panicked, their faces were full of sadness, and an atmosphere of despair and fear permeated the entire Shouyang City.

On July 22, Wang Lin, who had been stationed in Shouyang for almost a month, was inspecting the outer city of Shouyang City with Wang Guixian, the assassin of Yangzhou.

In fact, Lu Qian is a very capable person and is good at talking. At that time, he was in charge of Huainan for thirteen years, his political achievements were remarkable, the army and the people were concentric, even Chen Guo was very jealous of him, and he did not dare to easily cross the river to the north and recover Huainan!

But it is such a capable person, but he can't produce a chemical effect with Wang Lin, who is also a Nengrao Wanglin, and he can't do the effect of one plus one is greater than two, and he doesn't even have the effect of equal to two, and the last thing that can only appear is the effect of Yu two.

Mainly because Wang Lin once crisscrossed the Jianghuai region and defeated the Chen army many times, so his proposition was to take the initiative to attack the Chen state; And Lu Qian's proposition is just the opposite, he believes that against the Chen State, the defense should be the mainstay, if the Chen army does not take the initiative to attack Huainan, then everyone will be safe, recuperate, and wait for the rich country and the strong people, and then counterattack the Chen State.

It is the deviation of these two concepts, so Wang Lin's strategy is often opposed by Lu Qian, and Lu Qian's decree is often resisted by Wang Lin, so the first cooperation between Wang Lin and Lu Qian ended in failure!

But now Gao Wei used a stupid trick again, while sending Wang Lin to Shouyang, he also transferred Lu Qian to him, and the two people who didn't deal with him guarded Shouyang City together, feeling a bit like the rhythm of pitting Wang Lin!

"Lord Thorn Shi, now that the Chen army has begun to set up an encirclement on the outskirts of Shouyang City, I believe that as long as their formation is completed, they will attack us! I think their strength is only 30,000 at most, but I have recruited more than 10,000 brave men to stationed in Shouyang, plus we transferred more than 10,000 defenders in Yangzhou to Shouyang, we now have more than 20,000 troops in our hands, so I am still very confident in holding Shouyang City, as long as we hold the Chen army here, and then wait for the reinforcements from Xuzhou to arrive, we can join forces inside and outside, flank the Chen army, and then we will be able to defeat the Chen army! Wang Lin said confidently.

"General Wang is a famous Jianghuai general, who has fought with the Chen army many times and has rich experience, and Wu Mingche, the commander of the Chen army on the opposite side, is a defeated general under General Wang, and now the strength of the two sides is equal, Shouyang City is a solid city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I believe we will be able to hold Shouyang City!" Wang Guixian is also a little self-cheering.

"General Wang almost moved the people and civilians near Shouyang into the city, although we are on par with the Chen army in terms of numbers, but in terms of weapons and food, we still seem to be very lacking, due to the rush of time, these soldiers who defend the city lack training, and many of them are not formal soldiers, the discipline is loose, and even the king's law, now many people in the city are complaining!" Lu Qian, as always, sang against Wang Lin.

"I know that Lord Lu looks down on me, soldiers from the rivers and lakes! I also know that some brothers still can't get rid of their sneaky habits, but these are extraordinary times! The Chen army has surrounded us, we should work together to resist the Chen army, do we still have to follow the rules and act according to the law at this time, and behead all these brothers who violated the law? At that time, I am afraid that before the Chen army has even attacked, we will already have infighting, and our own people will fight our own people! Wang Lin said sharply.

"If the soldiers defending the city do not obey the law and do evil, it will inevitably arouse public resentment! So how can the military and the people work together to resist the enemy? Only when the laws and regulations are solemn and the discipline is strict, and the people are on our side, can we defeat the Chen army! Not to be outdone, Lu Qian argued.

"Don't quarrel with the two adults, when is it now, it's still so fierce, let's take a step back! If the soldiers defending the city act recklessly and harass the people, then they should be restrained and dealt with one or two serious cases, so as to set an example, if they are all dealt with according to the law and are not merciful, it will inevitably make those soldiers who come to assist us in resisting the Chen army feel cold! If the people complain a lot, then reassure them and tell him to be patient a little longer, as long as Chen's army withdraws, we can restore the peaceful and peaceful days of the past! Wang Guixian became a peacemaker and patiently persuaded.

Sure enough, after listening to Wang Guixian's words, the two stopped arguing, and Wang Guixian hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "General Wang, according to your speculation, when will the Chen army attack us?" ”

"Wu Mingche is a steady person, he likes to fight steadily, the Chen army on the opposite side only arrived in Shouyang yesterday, and he is still in formation, and he is now short of troops, he should need to unite with Huang Faqu's Western Route Army to have enough troops to besiege us! And it will take at least three hours for Huang Faqu to come from Hefei, and in these three, he can just complete the arrangement of the encirclement, so I think their attack will be after three! Wang Lin analyzed.

"Makes sense! Before, we only completed the fortifications of the inner city, and we have not yet arranged the outer city, since the Chen army will launch an attack after the three, then use the time of the three, we must arrange our city fortifications here in the outer city, and be prepared! Wang Guixian said.

"Okay, then we will carefully arrange the defense of the outer city here, the distribution of troops, and the allocation of weapons, all of which must be arranged! And in these three miles, we have to rest well, recharge our energy, and prepare to fight to the death with Chen Jun! I'm going to keep Chen Jun out of the city, here for at least a month! And even if they break through the outer city at that time, they will lose at least half of their troops! Wang Lin said firmly.

Because Wang Lin thought that Wu Mingche would not attack until after the third day, he was not prepared to prevent the Chen army from sneaking attack, but this time Wang Lin made a mistake! Because Wu Mingche changed his previous style of steady and steady play this time, he decided to surprise this old opponent!

On the night of the 22nd, Wu Mingche ordered the 30,000 troops who had just arrived in Shouyang City and had not yet completed the encirclement, under the cover of the night, to immediately attack Shouyang and take Wang Lin by surprise!