387 AH, September 13.

Shoucheng has been in chaos at the moment, since the Ling'an Pass was broken, there was no effective resistance organized in various places, and the 50,000 iron cavalry led by Liu Wei was like a bamboo, and the soldiers took all the passes along the way without blood.

And just now, the guards of Wuyang City fled to Shoucheng with 1,000 soldiers, and at the same time, it was announced that the last gate of Shoucheng had been opened.

Chen Ziyou put down the book in his hand, his eyes flashed, the decisive moment he had been waiting for for many days was coming, and his next plan was about to begin.

Thousands of miles away in Xianyang, a young man wrote a letter of only four words—only besieged, not attacked.

At this point, the two most famous military artists of the Warring States period began the first game of their lives.

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Above the main hall of Qiming Palace, Chen Ziyou looked indifferently at the doctors and generals who had already quarreled.

"Everyone, don't be impatient!" Chen Ziyou said loudly, "I have a strategy to break the enemy, and now I have to start the next plan." ”

Everyone stopped arguing and looked at the young man who had high hopes from Uncle Zhongshan, and they were all curious about what Chen Ziyou was going to say next.

"Doctor Gongsun, you are in charge of the money and grain in the city, plus the previous levy, how long can the grain and grass in the city last?" Chen Ziyou looked at a doctor in charge of money and food and asked.

Dr. Gongsun replied: "Because of the suddenness of the incident, we did not start storing grain and grass very early, and with the influx of many displaced people and defeated armies from all over the country, it could only last for about three months. ”

Chen Ziyou nodded and looked at a general: "General Wang, you are the commander of the three armies, counting the defeated army that has been recently recruited, how many soldiers are there in the city?" What about the status of the troops? ”

"There are 20,000 soldiers in the city, but 7,000 are recruits. Of these, 12,000 were archers, 5,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry. General Wang quickly replied that he had been in the army for 20 years and knew everything about the barracks.

Chen Ziyou nodded and asked, "General Wang, I'll give you three months to train new recruits and former infantry, and in three months, I'll let them completely transform into archers, maybe do it?" ”

General Wang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yes, it can, but there is no guarantee that their archery skills are possible." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as they can shoot people at fifty paces, this can always be done, right?"

General Wang smiled confidently: "Just shoot someone, it doesn't take three months at all, one month is enough." But if the gentleman wants me to turn so many infantry into archers, how will the fortifications on the city walls be arranged? In the unlikely event that the Qin army climbed to the top of the city, one of their melee soldiers could kill five of our archers who were not good at melee combat! ”

Chen Ziyou was stunned for a moment, as if looking at the general surnamed Wang who claimed to have led troops for twenty years, for a long time, until this general Wang showed embarrassment, he finally spoke: "The Qin army will not attack the city." ”

Everyone, including General Wang, widened their eyes and asked in confusion, "Why?" ”

"Let me ask you a question, assuming you are the Qin army, what you want most is what the enemy army will do? Do you keep cowering in the city or take the initiative to go out of the city to fight head-on? Chen Ziyou asked.

"Needless to say, I must hope for a head-on decisive battle, the cavalry of the Qin army on the vast plain is invincible. Even I, who have never been on the battlefield, know that. A doctor replied.

"That's right, the cavalry on the plains is not capable of our existing troops, so I'll ask you next, how can we take the initiative to attack?" Chen Ziyou continued.

Everyone stopped talking, and they all began to bow their heads and think, they didn't know how to answer Chen Ziyou's question, how could our army take the initiative to attack? Isn't that a death sentence?

General Wang suddenly understood, and said hesitantly: "Are you saying that the Qin army will not attack the city, but will only surround Shoucheng, and slowly wait for us to run out of food and grass, and finally be forced to fight them head-on?" ”

"That's right!" Chen Ziyou said affirmatively, "Generally speaking, the side that is eager to attack the city is due to the lack of grain and grass, and must break through the city in a short time, but this time is different, the Qin army has already broken through all places except Shoucheng, so far, the grain and grass transportation route to the territory of Qin is unimpeded, plus the grain and grass plundered along the way, with the strong strength of the Qin State, it can fully support the consumption of 50,000 troops, so they have the capital to consume time with us." Liu Wei, I don't know, but according to what you said, since Bai Lang, the general he used to follow, is the first general of the Great Zhou, he absolutely understands this reason. If I were Liu Wei, I wouldn't have to rush to attack the city at all, and at the cost of bearing a large number of casualties in exchange for a victory that was not so beautiful, I would only drain the water in the siege of Shoucheng, and slowly wait for you to run out of food and grass, and finally open the city gate to fight to the death. ”

After listening to Chen Ziyou's explanation, everyone suddenly came to their senses, but they finally began to look at Chen Ziyou with admiration.

"But why did Mr. train all 5,000 infantry into archers, the Qin soldiers and horses are fast, and they meet the frontal attack, our army will not have time to launch three salvos before the cavalry of the Qin army will break up the position, isn't it more conducive to arranging more infantry to hold the position?" Unconsciously, General Wang had changed his name to Chen Ziyou, but he still didn't understand why there were so many archers.

Chen Ziyou smiled lightly and said mysteriously: "This question will be answered to the general in the future, and now we only need to get through these two months." ”

General Wang saw that Chen Ziyou no longer answered, and it was difficult to continue to ask, but he had one more question, isn't the grain and grass still able to last for three months, why only need to boil for two months?

No matter what, he can only obey Chen Ziyou's orders now and train the soldiers well.

Chen Ziyou smiled in his heart, the transformation from infantry to archers only took one month, for him, this was the best news, and he had a few more points in his heart for the chance of winning this battle.

"Report! The defenders at the head of the city came to report that the Qin army had set up a camp twenty miles outside the city, and Liu Wei, the general of the Qin army, was wandering outside the city with 5,000 cavalry. A soldier hurried into the main hall.

Everyone in the hall gasped, and Chen Ziyou also secretly praised in his heart, the Qin army had just captured Wuyang City yesterday, and the cavalry of the Qin army was really well-trained in such a short time, except for the time for the soldiers to rest.

Chen Ziyou made a gesture to Uncle Zhongshan, and then made a gesture to everyone in the hall, "Lord of the country, my lords, can you have time to accompany you to the city to see the demeanor of the Qin army?" ”

Uncle Zhongshan smiled and said: "I heard that the iron cavalry of the Qin army is unparalleled in the world, and this time I heard that Liu Wei also brought Bai Lang's five thousand personal guards flying tiger horse, so I just took this opportunity to take a look." ”

Everyone climbed to the top of the city under the leadership of General Wang, and Chen Ziyou easily saw the dense Qin army camp not far away and the five thousand Qin soldiers and iron cavalry that were circling under the city.

The doctors just looked at the Qin army under the city very nervously, the five thousand cavalry was not much, but it did not make them afraid, only Chen Ziyou and several generals frowned tightly.

Only the best know how terrible the five thousand cavalry who were under the city were.

How to quickly judge the combat effectiveness of a team?

Archers, what is important is their range, their crosshairs; Infantry and cavalry also have a basis for judgment, and that is the unity of pace. Infantry is relatively easy to train, as long as it is trained for a long time, the unity of pace can be well trained, but cavalry is different, because it is also a test of the quality of the horse breed and the skill of the rider.

And this time, the cavalry that was wandering under the city at this moment, the general led by him was just riding a horse at random, and the pace of the horse was also fast and slow, but surprisingly, the cavalry behind him was closely following the pace of the head horse, the head horse was fast, and the head horse was slow.

These 5,000 people are afraid that they can be worth 10,000 well-trained cavalry, Chen Ziyou praised in his heart, he is worthy of being the personal soldier of the first general of the Great Zhou.

The cavalry under the city suddenly stopped, and the general led by rode alone to approach the city gate, and the defenders of the city nervously pulled out the bows and arrows in their hands.

"It's Uncle Zhongshan in the city?" The general looked at the city and asked aloud.