Chapter 588: There is no doubt about employing people

It is said that Yu Ban is a good general with ideals and a sense of justice, and this time he was inspired by Zhao Yun and finally understood the foundation of the Qinglong Army. Speaking of retiring after success, Yu Ban felt Zhao Yun's sincerity, so he surrendered.

The battle situation is still urgent, and the decisive battle of Heqi City has just begun. The three generals returned to Heqi City together, and Tanma was already waiting for a report by the city gate. The military situation was urgent, and the iron cavalry torrent of Cao Hong and Cao Ren had already crossed the wooden bridge of the Nanqishui tributary guarded by Xu Huang, and the forward was only thirty miles west of the city.

The courtyard of the small private house in the west gate has been requisitioned by the Qinglong Army as a temporary headquarters. When Zhao Yun led the two generals to arrive, this time he followed Zhao Yun to go out urgently, a total of three senior generals above the division level, Chen Zhi temporarily went to Jiangxia Xizhicai, Gao Shun and Gao Ran have been waiting for a long time at the temporary headquarters. The battle situation was urgent, and Zhao Yun was not verbose, so he briefly introduced Yu Ban and Wang Ping, and asked them to sit down for a meeting.

Gao Shun and Gao Ran glanced at each other, and looked at the two generals with some doubts, their meaning was self-evident. Zhao Yun already understood his meaning, smiled and relieved his doubts: "Now is the time to employ people, you should use people without doubt, these two are solid men, I believe in my vision and feeling." Yu Ban and Wang Ping were quite moved when they heard it, and when they remembered the common ideal, they believed that Zhao Yun's employment was not groundless.

Zhao Yun continued: "Everyone, the situation is urgent, Le Jin Le Wenqian's troops have arrived under the West Gate, and everyone has sat down to discuss the military situation. Several people sat down one after another, and their eyes began to communicate, in the matter of defending the city, whether it is the general of the Cao army or the general of the Qinglong army, they must work together. If it can't be supported until the moment when Cao Jun's soldiers retreat, everyone will face Cao Mengde's bloody butcher's knife.

Zhao Yunxian said: "Heqi is on all sides, and there is no need to worry about Chaohu Lake in the south of the city for the time being. The greatest pressure is on the west side of the city, which is also the focus of attack and defense. There is also the north of the city, and the eastern camp still needs to be armed, and I am afraid that the Cao army defenders in Xuzhou have also received the news that the city of Heqi has been broken. ”

As soon as Zhao Yun spoke, everyone felt tremendous pressure. Coupled with the number of troops, the regular army defending the city was only more than 10,000 people, but fortunately, the people in the city were enthusiastic and recruited two or three thousand young men to help defend the city. In terms of the distribution of troops, it is naturally the largest number of soldiers and civilians in the west city wall, as many as 6,000 soldiers and civilians, divided into three squads to guard the city head day and night, and it is Gao Shun's newly trapped camp that is responsible.

Gao Shun said: "According to the latest intelligence, approaching the West Gate is the vanguard of the Cao army, General Lejin, with nearly 30,000 people. Fifty miles later were Cao Ren and Cao Hong, the generals of the Cao Army, numbering about 100,000 people. The rear army Xu Huang was stranded on the tributary of the Nanqishui River, and was responsible for defending against Zhou Yu's harassing troops. ”

Zhao Yun nodded, and Yu Ban couldn't help but speak: "I am on the edge of Chaohu Lake, and there is still some of the remaining Cao army, before I came to attack Heqi, I have already moved from the land to Xu Huang, and the number is about 20,000 people. ”

Zhao Yundao: "It seems that the total number of Cao's army is still no less than 200,000, but the more people they have, the more grain and grass they need, and the faster the grain and grass are consumed, the more panicked their hearts will be." Wang Ping nodded in approval, he was in charge of the preparation of grain and grass, and he knew best that Cao Jun's grain and grass had been exhausted.

Gao Shun continued along the train of thought: "Then we will fight a war of attrition, and the Cao army will not be able to grab the military rations of Heqi City, so they can only withdraw their troops." Therefore, if we really can't hold it, we must also have a plan to burn the grain and grass in the city. ”

Gao Ran sighed: "I hope it doesn't come to the step of burning grain and grass." On the north side of the city, it is said that the Xuzhou garrison Lu Qian will send reinforcements to Huainan, waiting for the opportunity to meet Cao's army and attack Hexi. Either the eastern battalion gives up and returns to the city wall to guard it, in case the west city wall needs people, the troops in the city can be quickly deployed. "Gao Ran has been stationed in the eastern camp and is responsible for the defense of the north of the city, so he hopes that the whole army will enter the city, which is conducive to the defense of the turtle.

Zhao Yun nodded slightly and asked, "Who has the news of Cao Cao's Jiangxia army?" ”

Wang Ping shook his head, but Yu Ban thought for a while and said: "At that time, the order we received was that the whole army would still attack Heqicheng, and Meng De probably would not dare to leave the troops in Jiangxia without Heqi's backup, which would only become a complete lone army." ”

Judging from the strategic map, if the Heqi passage is lost, Jiangxia will be completely cut off from Cao Cao's stronghold, Qingzhou Yanzhou, Cao Cao is a wise man and will never do this risky plan. Everyone nodded one after another, thinking that Cao Mengde's troops attacking Jiangxia would also come back, if they really couldn't defeat Heqi before the grain and grass ran out, they would inevitably not be entangled by Xi Zhicai and Sun Ce's troops, let alone defend Huang Zu's Qiyue City.

In fact, Cao Mengde did lead the army to attack Hecheng, the Chinese army had already passed the Macheng Pass, leaving Li Dian Li Mancheng to guard the Macheng Pass, defending against the pursuit of Xi Zhicai's troops, Xiahou Yuan guarding the Lu'an Pass, cutting off the westward return route of Zhao Yun's troops, and he and Xu Chu, Cao Xiu and Xiahou Dun, who had just recovered from serious injuries, led the army and came straight to Hexi City.

Xi Zhicai's strategic goal shifted, and only sent a small number of troops to entangle the rear army of Cao's army, and ordered the returning general Wen to hire the father and son as the vanguard, and cooperated with Gan Ning, taking advantage of the retreat of Cao's army, and began to storm Qiyue City. Sun Ce was seriously injured in the arm and did not recover, and he also sent Ling Tong to cooperate in the battle. Huang Zu faced a siege on three sides, and without the support of Cao Cao's heavy troops, he was suddenly in a hurry and anxious. Huang Zu's son Huang Jie had already secretly surrendered to Gan Ning, and this time he finally found an opportunity to forcibly put his father Huang Zu under house arrest, and presented Qiyue City to Xi Zhicai and Gan Ning. The battle situation in Jiangxia changed rapidly, and Huang Zhong and Xi Zhicai's Qinglong Army finally entered Qiyue City.

The guards in Heqi City have not yet received the battle report to eliminate Jiangxia Huangzu, but everyone is a veteran general who has joined the army since childhood, and they soon have an eyebrow for the refinement of the defense plan. Zhao Yun finally concluded: "Wen Ze and Zijun are temporarily serving as my deputy generals, and the specific positions are waiting for the assignment of the lord. Then he stood up and said, "Listen to orders! ”

Everyone stood up hulala, Yu Ban and Wang Ping felt Zhao Yun's majesty, and they all stood straight like javelins waiting for orders. Zhao Yun said: "I order, Wen Ze is responsible for defending the Dongda Camp, with a number of 1,000 people, ready to withdraw to the city at any time." Gao Ran is responsible for defending the northern city wall, with a number of 2,000 people, ready to respond to the forbidden troops at any time, and the two of them cooperate to defend the enemy in the north, and they must also listen to my Ximen orders at any time. ”

Yu Ban and Gao Ran agreed at the same time: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Yun continued to order: "Gao Shun and Zijun are in charge of the defense of the West Gate with me, with a number of six thousand. The rest of the troops, scattered to defend the south gate and the east gate, after the meeting, each returned to its place, each performed its own duties, and reported at any time. Gao Shun and Wang Ping also immediately agreed: "Yes!" ”

Nearly half of Lejin Le Wenqian's troops are elite infantry, and the main subject of weekday training is the siege of the city. Lejin is also known as the first general, and at this moment, as the vanguard of the anti-Gong Hecheng City, it is the hope of the whole army of Cao Jun. Whether the entire Cao army can eat the grain and grass in Heqi City tomorrow will have to gamble into this shop.

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