"The prime minister has an order, attack the city immediately!"

"Knock Knock ......"

"Kill everyone~"

East, south, west, and north, in four directions, ranging from hundreds to two or three thousand, a total of six thousand Cao troops, roared and rushed to Leping.

"It's still the same old thing!"

Zhang Xiu looked at them but smiled disdainfully, then waved his hand and ordered: "Archers prepare!" ”

"Bow and Arrow ......"

Li Ru ignored Zhang Xiu's words, and his eyes fell on the motionless army outside the city, and the divine light in his eyes flickered continuously.

Zhang Xiu quickly noticed the abnormality, walked to Li Ru's side, and wondered, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

Li Ru looked at it again, and then slowly exhaled a breath and said, "The Cao army attacked the city like this yesterday, but what use is it to us?" It's useless, it's useless except to bury the lives of thousands of soldiers in vain. In this case, why did Cao's army still attack the city like this? If there is no problem, how can it be! ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xiu was not stupid, he was shocked, and said, "So Cao Thief has another plan?" ”

"Definitely, I just don't know what I'm trying to do!" Li Ru affirmed.

At this time, the Cao army had already rushed to the city, like a rain of locusts and arrows "torrenting" down the city, taking the lives of dozens of nearly 100 Cao troops, but it did not affect its offensive at all.

In this way, after only two or three waves of arrow rain, Cao's army had already attacked the city, the crossbowmen immediately retreated, and rolling stones, sasswood, hot oil and other things came on the field to start their performances.

Near noon, after a morning of siege battles and thousands of corpses, Cao's army retreated.

At this time, Li Ru finally had some ideas, and said to Zhang Xiu: "Cao Jun behaves like this, there are three possibilities that are the greatest. ”

Even if Zhang Xiu doesn't have the brains of Li Ru and others, he understands that there must be fraud when he is reminded, and he is too anxious in his heart. Not only to live up to Gongsun Du's trust, but also not to embarrass the Ming army.

"Which three?"

Li Ru said quietly: "First, Cao Jun deliberately acted like this, in order to wear down our morale and lower our vigilance, and after three or five days, the elite was hidden in it, and when the city was attacked, it was very likely that the city gate would be captured in one fell swoop. When the time comes, the army will enter the city, and it will be difficult for our cavalry to give full play to its advantages and will be defeated! ”

"Second, the daily clamor for marching is to cover up other acts, or digging tunnels into the city, or digging down city walls, etc., in short, it is to attack the west."

"Third, surround the point to help! Now Leping is besieged, tens of thousands of troops are trapped, Ming Gong and others will definitely not sit idly by, if there are reinforcements to arrive, Cao Jun only needs to do an ambush in advance. ”

(Someone may want to say here, wasn't the Ming army so powerful before?) Why can't you deal with an ambush now? But think about it, what kind of person is Cao Cao, can he not think of the key and deal with it? Can you make a loss without making a change? If this is really the case, the name of Cao Mengde can carry out the hearts of the people? A little explanation, by the way, the number of words, haha! ）

Zhang Xiu asked with a bitter face: "Strategist, which is more likely?" ”

Li Ru took a deep breath and said: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng's actions make Confucianism really a little incomprehensible, these three possibilities are extremely high, and the general must pay more attention." ”

Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said, "That's ...... Shall we ......?" he said, gesturing out of the city.

Li Ru immediately refused: "No! ”

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng has a plan, we can't hastily expose the backhand, we must use it at a critical moment."

Zhang Xiu was silent for a moment and nodded, and said, "What the military advisor said is extremely true, because the embroidery is in a hurry." ”

In the afternoon, Cao's army attacked the city as usual, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses and retreating in the evening. Zhang Xiu instructed everyone to hurry up and repair the city wall, and then ordered Tai Shixiang and a few people to come over.

"General!"

Tai Shixiang saw the ceremony, and then sat down one after another.

Zhang Xiu glanced at a few people, and then glanced at Li Ru.

Li Ru was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he nodded, and directly said his previous guess, and then continued: "So, I hope that the generals can pay more attention and not be caught off guard." ”

"Military ......"

Li Ru stopped a few people who wanted to speak, and said solemnly: "Needless to say, Prime Minister Cao Cheng is different from his previous opponents, everyone must be cautious, otherwise if you fall into the name of Ming Gong, not to mention your fathers, you will not be able to pass the pass in your heart." ”

"Yes, Strategist!" Tai Shixiang and a few people are in good shape and respond powerfully.

The corners of Li Ru's eyebrows sank, and he said: "In addition, you will go to find some large vats, stick to the root of the city wall, put one every two or three zhang, fill it with water, and put another person to guard it." As long as the water inside is rippling, there must be movement underneath, and it needs to be reported immediately. ”

"Yes!" A few people were distracted again, and hurriedly responded.

On the third day, Cao's army was still attacking the city, but it seemed that it was familiar with the Ming army's defensive methods, and in the end only more than 500 people remained, so they retreated.

Zhang Xiu asked people to repair the damaged city wall as usual, and returned to the camp, but before he could go to Li Ru, Li Ru came up first.

"Ming Gong's order has arrived."

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he said with a solemn expression: "What is the order of Duke Ming?" ”

"Ming Gong told us to hold Leping and contain an army of 120,000."

"120,000? Isn't it a hundred thousand? Zhang Xiu wondered.

"Since Ming Gong said that it is 120,000, it should not be bad, but maybe there are many people and the estimate is wrong, or the other 20,000 people have other arrangements, such as digging tunnels and so on."

There is no need to think about this at all, there must be another source of information, but many people don't know it. Although Li Ru had some guesses, he didn't say much, just shook his head, and said another thing: "Also, about Xu Huang, Ming Gong said it, let him rest assured, his family has someone to take care of." ”

At the end, Li Ru ticked again: "General, go and talk to Xu Huang about this matter!" ”

Zhang Xiu wanted to ask why you didn't go, but she understood in an instant, and said, "Strategist, thank you." ”

Li Ru waved his hand and left.

Zhang Xiu immediately asked someone to call Xu Huang and explained the matter to him.

Xu Huang's face was full of excitement and said, "Thank you Ming Gong, thank you General Zhang!" ”

"No problem, no problem! Embroidery is just a routine report to you. Zhang Xiu smiled in her eyes, and her gratitude to Li Ru was a little more.

After a pause, he said: "I think you and I will be colleagues in the near future, and I hope to take care of each other when the time comes!" ”

"Where, if you can't shake the new surrender, how can you compare to General Zhang, and when the time comes, you will need General Zhang to help you with one or two." Xu Huang is not a person with different worldly sophistication, so he replied.

That's right, Li Ru remembered the old love back then, and saw that Zhang Xiu was excluded, so he thought that Zhang Xiu and Xu Huang would have a good relationship and help each other in the future. In any case, the two were not colleagues back then, so the relationship was naturally closer.

Now, the effect is still good.

In fact, Li Ru's situation under Gongsun Du was not much better than Zhang Xiu's, but after experiencing those things back then, he made him a lot less utilitarian; Second, after all, he came many years earlier, and his ability has been recognized. If it weren't for Li Ru's weak heart for fame and fortune, and he didn't have much contact with other people, I'm afraid it wouldn't be like this.

However, this has a little more weight in Gongsun Du's heart.

It can be said that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, but it is unpredictable!

At the other end, in the camp of the Cao army.

Cao Cao retreated left and right, and said to Jia Xu: "How are things going?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, although there are unremitting efforts of the soldiers, it still takes at least two days to complete."

"Two days? So long? Cao Cao frowned.

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "It's a critical juncture now, and there must be no accidents in two days." ”

Cao Cao's face darkened by two points, and he said: "Two days, this phase will only give you two days, otherwise you will let Li Ru and the others find out." ”

Jia Xu smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "Yes, Prime Minister, Xu will do his best to ensure that it will be completed within two days." ”

Cao Cao let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, you go down!" ”

"Yes, Prime Minister."