Outside Shouchun City, the Qin army camp.

On the sentry tower of an arrow tower, Liang Cheng, whose eyebrows were dyed like ink, looked gloomy, looking at the city wall that had fallen into the night on the opposite side, the firelight came from more than ten miles away, illuminating the faces of the generals of the Qin army above the sentry tower, and a sigh sounded: "It seems that there are high-ranking people defending in this Shouchun City, and they have actually learned to put down the brazier from the city head at night and hang it to the half-city wall, so that within a hundred steps, the lights are bright, and it is impossible for our army to attack at night and dig tunnels." ”

The person who said this was a scribe-like, white-faced scholar in armor, more than fifty years old, with gray hair, who was the Yangzhou assassin Wang Xian who went out with the army. Fu Jian not only reserved the positions of high-ranking officials for Sima Yao and Xie An in Chang'an City, but also set up official positions such as Yangzhou Assassin History, Jingzhou Assassin History, and Guangzhou Assassin History in various armies, and arranged their subordinates, just like the official state and county governors, as long as the corresponding states and counties were captured in front, these administrative officials could take office on the ground.

Liang Cheng glanced at Wang Xian, and said calmly: "There are powerful characters in the city, I knew this before I set out on the expedition, in fact, I don't need these braziers to prevent night attacks to hang between the half of the city, just look at the moat, the houses are demolished, and outside the city, in addition to the moat, there are two ditches, which can isolate our army's crypt attack, and there are faintly spiked wooden stakes in the grass, if our army wants to attack the city, there is no cover, only to attack." ”

A fully armed, muscular general, it is Liang Cheng's deputy general Wang Yong, in the battle of Jingzhou because of his merits also got an official position of Yiyang Taishou, of course, now he did not go to the post of this county guard, but followed the old superior Liang Cheng who hung the title of Jingzhou Thorn History, General Wei continued to fight on the Huainan battlefield, his eyebrows raised: "Since the conquest of our army, before the siege of the city, it has been according to the tactics of the commander, shouting in unison, shocking the enemy's courage. Even the so-called strong Xiangyang City gave us such a roar, lost morale, and finally fell. ”

"But today, during the daytime, our army roared like this, and the city could actually roar back to it, uniformly and murderously. It's just that simple hey hey Huo three sounds, which can suppress the battle cry of tens of thousands of horses in our army, to be honest, I still don't believe how they did it, what is that hey hey Huo? ”

Liang Cheng shook his head: "I asked the captured local Jin people, and they don't know what this means, it seems to be the slogan of the rural villagers when they are farming, but don't look at it, this slogan is simple and easy to understand, and it can be combined with the drum beat to strengthen the momentum, they are at the head of the city, they have a height advantage, and they can follow the south wind, so they suppressed the battle cry of our army." However, in order to do this, at least a few thousand people in the city must work together to roar in one tone and rhythm, and there must be no cowardice. Guys, you say, what does this mean? ”

Wang Yong gritted his teeth: "It shows that the morale of these Jin troops is high, and they are very confident and listen to commands." ”

Liang Cheng nodded: "According to our intelligence, there will not be too many Jin troops in the city, definitely not more than 10,000 people, even if the people are temporarily requisitioned, it is almost this number, the Beifu army of the Jin army has not yet been dispatched on a large scale, and Hu Bin's army is still a few days away from here, so it is best for us to capture Shouchun City before Hu Bin arrives." ”

A hint of surprise flashed on Wang Xian's face: "General Liang, are you sure you want to attack?" Our army has just arrived now, and it has not frightened the defenders in the city, and now that the defense of Shouchun City is so tight, reinforcements may arrive at any time, can it really be captured? ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Liang Cheng's eyes: "The morale of the enemy army is high, if we don't attack the city, then their momentum will only rise even more, and our army came with light troops this time, bringing the elite of our own clan, just to fight other troops, especially those dissatisfied foreign soldiers, let them know that our Di soldiers and horses are elite." ”

"But now, the enemy army is in front of the fortified city, and there are fierce people stationed there, they expect to use this method to scare us back, everyone, you should already know that the Liu Yu who defended the city in the city is the Beifu military lord who defeated Ku Yan and Peng Chao in the battle of Junchuan, I heard that the Xie family intends to recruit this person."

Wang Xian nodded: "I have also heard about this, this Liu Yu has also been the head of several martial arts in Jingkou, where there are many powerful people, which shows that his martial arts are strong, but what I didn't expect is that this person still understands the art of war." ”

Wang Yong shook his head: "I don't believe that this Liu Yu is so famous, Shouchun City is an important town of the Jin army after all, and it has been operating for many years, if there is a good defense system, it is not surprising." It may not be the credit of that Liu Yu, if he wants to be so capable, how can he be just a small owner now. ”

"Also, I heard from those Yang Qiu's subordinates that this Liu Yu did not bring troops to Shouchun City to take over the defense command, he was escorting a woman from a family to marry Huan Yi's son, to put it bluntly, he is just a captain of the guard, it seems that this person is more of a member of the Xie family, rather than a general in the army."

Liang Cheng's heart moved, and he said "oh": "General Wang, what do you mean by this, do you mean that Liu Yu does not have this talent, or that he has no right to command?" ”

Wang Yong said with a smile: "A young man in his early twenties, how can he know so much about the art of war, Liu Yu is not a child of the family, I am afraid that he has not even read the book of war, the battle of Junchuan, he is just a front vanguard, it is difficult for those Huns under Peng Chao only think about robbery, and the Han soldiers have no motivation to fight, once he is scared, the army is defeated like a mountain, you see, if he is really so powerful, why not go out of the city and fight with our army like Junchuan?!" ”

Wang Xian also laughed: "Yes, General Wang is right, if Liu Yu is really so powerful, he has nearly 10,000 horses under his command, and he should go out of the city to fight, instead of shrinking to defend." It seems that he is just bluffing during the day, so we might as well attack the city at night now and take it in one fell swoop! ”

Wang Yong's eyes flashed with fierce light, he took off his helmet, slammed his left hand on his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Marshal, give the order, attack the city now, and the last general is willing to be the vanguard of the front." ”

Several generals and colonels on the side were also gearing up and asking for battle.

Liang Cheng didn't answer directly, on top of this arrow tower, he paced back and forth two steps with his hands down, and finally, when he stood still, the corners of his mouth hooked, and said calmly: "No, it's getting late, the city is on guard, attack again at dawn, send more auxiliary soldiers to collect nearby stones, tomorrow, I will let the Jin army in the city know what is called a rain of stones!" ”