In the next two days, the siege of the Chu-Song coalition army became more and more urgent.

For this reason, Tian Wen, who was greatly surprised and bad, sent a large number of spies to find out the actual situation of the Chu and Song coalition forces.

"King!" After Jing Cui reported the results of the siege, a relaxed look appeared on his face, and he said: "In the past two days, the scouts and the scouts from Xue Cheng have fought one after another, and we have killed many of Xue Cheng's spies, and similarly, our spies have also suffered a lot of losses. ”

Xiong Huai smiled, noncommittal.

The siege of the city has been so tragic in the past few days, if Tian Wen didn't move, it would be really strange.

Tian Wen sent a large number of spies, which was also the purpose of the Chu and Song armies.

After all, many things are too easy to obtain, so it is not easy to cherish. A lot of news is too easy to know, so it's not easy to believe.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai asked Gongsun Yan, "Rhino head, how is the camp arranged?" ”

Jingcui was responsible for the siege of the city, Tang Wu was responsible for intercepting reinforcements, and Xiong Huai handed over this large battalion to Gongsun Yan.

Gongsun Yan replied: "Back to the king, the minister has already prepared and arranged a large number of spies outside the camp to block the prying eyes of the Qi army's spies, so as not to find out what our reality is.

Moreover, since three days ago, the minister has already increased the range of cooking smoke in our camp, and in the next few days, the minister will continue to increase the range of cooking smoke.

At the same time, the number of soldiers sent to the surrounding areas to chop wood and fetch water in the barracks has increased, and efforts have been made to create a situation in which our army has received a large number of reinforcements. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and said expectantly: "Sun Ziyun: The soldier is treacherous." In the past, Sun Bin of Qi used the strategy of increasing troops and reducing the stove to confuse Pang Juan, resulting in the death of Wei Wushu in a battle, and Wei has since become a second-rate country. Today, the widow used the strategy of increasing the number of troops and stoves, and I don't know if I can hide it from Tian Wen. ”

In the past few years, the number of enemy troops has been counted, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, and naturally they will not be stupid to count the heads. Instead, it is more intuitive to look at the size of the enemy's barracks, but this approach can easily be confused.

The second is to look at the logistics, stoves, firewood, drinking water, food, etc., all of which can roughly judge the number of enemy troops.

Of course, even with these, there will be miscalculations.

The key is to rely on the experience of the general to judge, and fighting a war is originally a process of deceiving and being deceived.

Jing Cui heard the words of King Chu who was still not confident, and said with a smile: "King, if the guards in the city are other people, then whether they can deceive him or not, the ministers are also seventy or eighty percent sure, after all, the matter of our army increase is true." Now the person guarding the city in the city is Tian Wen himself, and it is related to the foundation of Tian Wen, so it is certain that Tian Wen can be hidden. ”

"Even if Tian Wen finds out that there is fraud in it, but where it is powerful, he Tian Wen can't afford to gamble, so he can only take it as true."

Xiong Huai agreed: "Yes, that's exactly the reason, he Tianwen can't afford to gamble!" ”

Xue Chengzhong.

Tang Li reported to Tian Wenyu with a heavy face: "Your Majesty, after two days of investigation, the scouts have come to report that the periphery of the Chu army outside the city is heavily guarded, and it is difficult to get close to investigate. However, the scouts who had been in charge of investigating the logistics of the enemy army reported that in the past few days, the number of soldiers sent by the Chu army to fetch water and log wood has increased significantly. ”

Tian Wen was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "What does Mr. mean?" The Chu army besieging the city outside the city has been reinforced! ”

Tang Li nodded, paused, and shook his head again: "Your Majesty, it is still unknown, although there are signs of reinforcements from the Chu army, it cannot be ruled out that this is a strategy of the Chu army, and the purpose is to defraud the reinforcements led by General Kuang Zhang." ”

Tian Wen shook his head and said uneasily: "For this period of time, General Kuang Zhang has stopped at the edge of Xue Di and avoided fighting. The Chu army will definitely not hold on to the reinforcements for a long time, delaying the siege.

Therefore, Benjun thought that if the Chu army was interested, he would definitely intimidate General Kuang Zhang, and quietly transfer troops back to Xuecheng from the east to step up the attack on Xuecheng.

What happened to Xue Cheng in the past few days, this is because the enemy army outside the city has been strengthened! ”

What Tian Wen said was exactly what Tang Li also suspected, thinking about it, Tang Li suggested: "Your Majesty, this possibility cannot be ruled out. But in case, in case of falling for the Chu army's strategy, the minister asked to send scouts to the Chu army camp sixty miles away to monitor the Chu army and see if the army came to Xuecheng. ”

Tian Wen glanced at Tang Li, nodded and said: "If the Chu army comes, in order to hide people's eyes, it must be a late-night operation, let the scouts investigate all night, and do not slack off." ”

"No!"

···

During the day the next day, Xue Cheng's spies arrived outside Tang Yu's military camp, and there was no movement that night.

On the night of the next day, at the third watch, an army of about 10,000 people quietly left the Tang Yu military camp, and then went all the way to the southwest.

Xue Cheng's spies followed this army all the way back to Xue Cheng, watching this army quietly enter the Chu army's camp from the south side before dawn.

The next night, another army of about 10,000 people quietly returned to Xue City.

Within five days, Xue Cheng's spies saw 30,000 Chu troops returning to the Chu army camp outside Xue City.

After getting the news, Tian Wen did not hesitate, and immediately sent someone to inform Kuang Zhang, and asked Kuang Zhang to march.

···

"The Chu army quietly transferred a large army back to Xue City to attack the city?" Kuang Zhang glanced at the Xue Cheng scout in front of him who was brought by Tian Jia, groaned, and said, "Okay, you go back and tell Meng Weijun, just say that this matter will already be known." ”

The scout was stunned, and then glanced at the famous general of Qi in front of him in surprise, such a major military situation, could it be over if he brought back a sentence and knew it?

Tian Jia stood aside, and seeing that Kuang Zhang did not continue to speak, he waved his hand and let the scout leave.

The scout had no choice but to withdraw from the camp.

In the camp, Tian Jia asked Kuang Zhang: "General, the Chu army really doesn't take us seriously when it does this, what should we do?" ”

Kuang Zhang glanced at Tian Jia and said: "The Chu army occupies a favorable position, so you can't act rashly, send an order, and send scouts to strengthen the surveillance of the Chu army on the opposite side." Focus on the flags and tents in the Chu military camp, in addition, it is also necessary to check the number of Chu troops who went to the river to get water, and the size of the Chu army camp opposite the grain transportation road from Xuecheng. ”

Tian Jia nodded.

Although the people in Xue Cheng said that it had been confirmed that tens of thousands of Chu troops in front had been transferred, they also needed to investigate themselves, so as not to fall into the scheme.

After a pause, Tian Jia asked again, "General, do you have any other orders?" Are we testing the Chu army on the other side? ”

Kuang Zhang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Order, strengthen the construction of the camp, beware of the attack of the Chu army!" As for temptation, it is not necessary. ”

Tian Jia: "···"

In the Tang camp.

Tang Mo looked at the information transmitted back by the scouts in his hand, and the Qi army camp in the east still didn't make any moves.

During this time, Tang Wu had successively transferred 70,000 troops, no matter what, the Qi army must have noticed the departure of this small half of the Chu army.

But Kuang Zhang didn't make any movement, which is a bit strange.

Could it be that Kuang Zhang has already paid great attention and waited until the attitude of other countries has changed?

Thinking about it, Tang Mo pressed his thoughts, and then continued to quietly mobilize troops.