Human nature, because the Han army has not been able to verify the authenticity before, Liu Jian, the general of the Zhao army, who had already contacted the Han army once, once again came to the Han army camp with a letter of fraudulent surrender, Zheng Bu, the commander of the Han army on the southern front, who was looking forward to establishing a great achievement, was really happy in his heart, and couldn't help but say in his heart: "So sincere, do you really want to surrender?" ”

Ignited such hope, Zheng Bu of course led Li Zuoche to summon the messenger sent by Liu Jian at the first time, and saw Zhang Er personally supervise the fraudulent letter written by Liu Jian, and then as Zhang Er expected, seeing that there was hope to directly take Julu Jiancheng, Zheng Bu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated a little, and he almost wanted to applaud the case, and asked the soldiers to drink three glasses of wine.

It's okay, after all, it is the old man of the young marshal army who has followed Xiang Kang for many years, and he has seen with his own eyes how many times Xiang Kang has been abducted and deceived by shameless discord and deception, so no matter how excited he is, Zheng Bu still calmed down, first read the letter carefully again, confirmed that there was nothing suspicious, and then handed the letter of surrender to Li Zuoche, and finally asked the messenger sent by Liu Jian: "Your general Liu Jian, how sure are you that you can directly open the gate of Julu City?" ”

"Please rest assured that Zheng Dashuai, I dare not say ten percent, but at least there are more than ninety percent." Liu Jian's messenger replied according to the instructions: "Because the north gate of Julu is in the hands of our General Liu, and the soldiers guarding the gate are all our General Liu's subordinates, even if we dare not guarantee that they will all listen to our General Liu's words, but our General Liu can legitimately approach the city gate with the army, so even if we use force, our General Liu is more than ninety percent sure that we will open the city gate and welcome your army into the city." ”

Zheng Bu's heart became more and more secretly happy, and he hurriedly asked some other detailed questions, and the messenger Liu Jian answered like fluent, without seeing any flaws, Zheng Bu was also more happy in his heart, and hurriedly turned his eyes to Li Zuoche next to him, Li Zuoche understood, and after a little calculation, he asked the messenger sent by Liu Jian: "Since your General Liu has already abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and the defense of the north gate of Julu is in his hands, and you can directly open the door to offer the city at any time, then why don't you General Liu open the door to offer the city tonight, but wait until tomorrow night?" ”

"Back to this lord, in fact, our General Liu really wants to open the door directly tonight to dedicate the city."

Liu Jian's messenger hurriedly replied: "But our General Liu has taken into account two points, one is that you only arrived in Julu today, and he only had the opportunity to send a villain to contact you at night, I am afraid that you will not have time to prepare in a hurry, and second, your army has just arrived today, and the thief will definitely be well guarded tonight, and it is possible to send his cronies' army to inspect the four gates of Julu at any time, which is easy to cause trouble, so we General Liu decided to open the door to you again tomorrow night." ”

Liu Jian's messenger's explanation was reasonable, Zheng Bu couldn't help but believe a little more, Li Zuoche also nodded his head, and said approvingly: "General Liu is cautious, he is indeed a general's talent, with him leading the army to respond, it is really difficult for our Han King's army to take the giant deer this time." ”

After that, Li Zuoche bowed his hand to Zheng Bu and said: "General Zheng, don't worry, General Liu Jian's sincerity in surrendering is already visible from the sun and the moon, we should seize this opportunity to take Julu Jiancheng in one fell swoop." Also, this strong man risked his life to go out of the city to deliver a letter and get in touch with us on behalf of General Liu, and we should be rewarded. ”

Anyway, it was to take Xiang Kang's money as a favor, and after listening to Li Zuoche's words, Zheng Bu of course did not hesitate, and immediately asked his own soldiers to bring the golden and jade reward Liu Jian's messenger, officially accepted Liu Jian's invitation to surrender, and promised to send troops to steal the north gate of Julu on the night of the next day, and asked Liu Jian's messenger to return to the city overnight to report the news, so that Liu Jian could rest assured that he was ready to respond.

Seeing that the Han army was finally fooled, the messenger sent by Liu Jian was of course overjoyed, and was busy thanking Zheng Bu for his kindness, but when the messenger Liu Jian surrendered his hand to say goodbye, Li Zuoche on the other side suddenly asked again, and said: "Zhuangshi, I almost forgot a question, when will the army sent by Zhang Er to the northern front come back?" ”

"This ......." Liu Jian's messenger was a little caught off guard, and hesitated for a moment before replying: "My lord, forgive me, this is the secret of Zhang Er Thief, don't talk about the villain, even General Liu doesn't know, so the villain doesn't know when Zhang Er Thief's reinforcements will come back." ”

"If you don't know, forget it." Li Zuoche waved his hand very easily and said, "Anyway, we have sent scouts to investigate, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to grasp the movements of Zhang Er's reinforcements." ”

Liu Jian's messenger breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Li Zuoche had no problem, so he hurriedly gave up his hand and left, and left happily with the gold and jade that Zheng Bu rewarded him, Zheng Bu was of course overjoyed, and the soldiers had just led Liu Jian's messenger out of the big tent, Zheng Bu couldn't wait to say to Li Zuoche: "Guangwujun, can you confirm it?" If confirmed, we will arrange it as soon as possible, and strive to take Julu City directly before the thief army returns. ”

Li Zuoche didn't answer, first walked to the door of the Chinese army's big tent, confirmed that Liu Jian's messenger had gone far away, and it was impossible to hear his own words again, and then turned to Zheng Bu and said with a smile: "General don't worry, you can confirm it." However, it is a pity that the lower officials only confirmed that Liu Jian Zhuzi was here to deceive and lure the enemy, and his opening of the city tomorrow night is just a trap, and if we are fooled, we will definitely have to suffer a loss. ”

"Is it a sham?" Zheng Bu was completely dumbfounded, and asked in surprise: "How did Guang Wujun see that it was a fraudulent surrender?" ”

"Do you remember the last question the general asked?" Li Zuoche didn't answer the rhetorical question, and said: "The lower official asked the envoy sent by Liu Jian to ask when the reinforcements of Zhang Er's traitorous prime minister would arrive, and he said that this was the secret of Zhang Er's traitorous minister, and even Liu Jian's puppet didn't know, let alone him. Relying on this, Xia Guan confirmed that Liu Jianpifu was deceiving and luring the enemy. ”

"How can Guangwujun rely on this to confirm that he surrendered by fraud?"

Zheng Bu, who is not talented enough and does not have so many fancy intestines, can only ask in detail, Li Zuoche still refuses to answer directly, and asks rhetorically: "General Zheng, if you are a traitor, in the face of the current situation, will you block the news about reinforcements?" Don't tell the Julu defenders when reinforcements will arrive? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Zheng Bu quickly replied: "If I were a traitor, I would never block this news, on the contrary, even if I am not sure, I will definitely tell the defenders of Julu when the reinforcements will arrive, because only in this way can the defenders of Julu have the confidence and morale to defend the city, so as not to shake and panic and have different intentions." ”

"Yes, it is reasonable to be reasonable, it is impossible for Zhang Er to block the news about reinforcements!" Li Zuoche nodded vigorously, and said: "Besides, Zhang Er's treacherous minister is also familiar with the road geography of Zhao Di, and it is not difficult to estimate the time when the reinforcements will come back, and of course, there is no need to hide the news, let alone hide it from a general like Liu Jianpifu." Since it is impossible for Zhang Er to block the news, why should the messenger sent by Liu Jianpifu lie to us? And for what purpose are you lying? ”

"That puppet just now was afraid that we knew that the reinforcements of the Zhao State Thief Army would soon arrive at the Julu battlefield, and he didn't dare to risk attacking the Julu City!" Zheng Bu finally came to his senses.

"So the lower officials can be sure that Liu Jianpifu is here to deceive him." Li Zuoche replied with a smile: "If Liu Jianpifu is sincere in asking for surrender, even if he knows that Zhang Er's treacherous reinforcements will arrive soon, he will definitely not let his envoy lie and deceive us, since his envoy did not tell the truth, then needless to say, Liu Jianpifu's initiative to surrender must be a fraud!" ”

Almost fooled, Zheng Bu's face couldn't help but turn a little dark, but after thinking about it, Zheng Bu immediately turned his anger into joy, and said with a cruel smile: "That's okay, since it is confirmed that it is a fraudulent surrender, then we will just plan it, and kill one of the thieves of Zhao Guo in the past, and suffer heavy casualties!" ”

Li Zuoche clapped his hands and said yes, and at that moment, Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche didn't care that the night was dark, and quickly discussed how to plan it, and instead went over to surprise the Julu defenders. However, when deducing the ambush tactics of the Zhao army, Li Zuoche gradually frowned again, and said to himself: "No, how is Zhang Er going to ambush us?" Set up an ambush in the city and cut off the return route of our troops entering the city with a jack gate? He is not afraid that there will be more troops in the city, so let's really take the city gate and open the way into the city? It's just that he set up an ambush in Wengcheng, and it's great that he can kill hundreds of our soldiers, it's worth his effort, and he also uses Liu Jian, who has not been exposed before? It should be that when the reinforcements arrive and the combat strength is sufficient, then use Liu Jian to surrender, so that it will be beneficial to him? ”

"Could it be that they want to trick us to the north gate, and then suddenly send troops out from the east and west gates, and attack from the north gate at the same time, and attack our army from three sides?" Zheng Bu suggested a possibility.

"It's probably small." Li Zuoche immediately shook his head and said, "Zhang Erpifu has always acted cautiously, and he will never risk sending troops from the three gates of the east, west and north at the same time, and use a large number of Julu's main force to defend the city to fight with us in a night field battle. Besides, he must know very well that even if we are fooled, we will definitely leave a rear army outside the city to take precautions, and even send troops to monitor the other gates of Julu, and he will definitely be too risky for him to send too many troops out of the city to attack us, and he will not gamble all his belongings for an ambush that cannot decide the outcome of the battle. ”

"Then will he arrange an ambush outside the city in advance? Flanking us back and forth? Zheng Bu suggested another possibility.

With Zhang Er's treacherous prudence, it is impossible to risk sending too many troops to ambush outside the city without any protection, Li Zuoche just wanted to shake his head and deny this possibility, but his heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly said: "Wait, North Gate?" North Gate? The north gate of Julu is the closest battlefield to Zhang Er's reinforcements! Could it be that Zhang Er wanted his reinforcements to sneak south, act as an ambush outside Julu City, and flank our army in front and back? ”

"How is that possible?" Zheng Bu was a little incredulous and said, "Tens of thousands of Zhao State thieves are heading south, how can they hide from the eyes of our scouts?" ”

"It's not impossible!" Li Zuoche replied categorically: "The exploration range of our scouts is only thirty miles, if Zhang Er thief Xiang lets his northern army select elite soldiers to form an army, day and night, it is entirely possible to sneak to the hidden place north of Julu before dawn tomorrow, and wait until the time when our scouts shrink the scope of exploration, and then continue to send troops south, absolutely sure to arrive at the northern suburbs of Julu before the third watch, and then we only need to steal the city, they suddenly kill from behind, and the defenders in Julu City also take the opportunity to kill from the north gate, Even if we can't annihilate our city stealing army, we are absolutely sure that we will win a battle and boost the morale of the army! ”

Zheng Bu opened his mouth and pondered carefully for a long time before saying, "Can you confirm this?" ”

"The information is insufficient, and the subordinate cannot confirm it." Li Zuoche shook his head helplessly, and said: "However, considering all aspects, it is very likely that Zhang Er will do this, so Xia Guan thinks that we might as well take a gamble, and bet that Zhang Er will be arranged in this way, so that our army of sorties tomorrow night will give priority to dealing with the enemy who is very likely to hide in the northern suburbs of Julu, and make every effort to give priority to annihilating this thief army that must be composed of elites." The bet was lost, but if the bet was right, our next battle would definitely be much easier! ”

After thinking carefully for a long time, I found that even if I didn't gamble so much, I would definitely have to mobilize a sufficient number of troops to prevent the Julu defenders who might suddenly be killed from the east and west. Zheng Bu also nodded quickly and said: "Okay, then take a gamble, the big deal is to make our soldiers work hard in vain, anyway, our troops are sufficient, even if a large number of troops are dispatched to the north, there is no need to worry about the Zhao State thief army taking the opportunity to attack our camp." ”

In this way, under the condition of relying entirely on deduction and speculation, Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche discussed a tactic that would be calculated that night, and decided to send 20,000 troops to sneak north the next night to the north of Julu City to implement the battle plan, so as to ensure that there were sufficient troops available in the battlefield of Julu North Gate, and at the same time let the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying go out of the camp in advance and wait for orders, ready to reinforce the northern front at any time in case of emergency.

The night passed quickly, and the next day the sky was just dawn, and the Han army had actually begun to prepare for night battles, allowing the troops preparing to go to war to rest in advance, and to nourish enough physical strength for night battles, and at the same time to prepare enough dry food, torches, drinking water, horse feed, and other necessary things for night battles in advance, fortunately, the Han army was currently full of troops, and it did not affect the reinforcement of camps and other preparations for war. During this period, the Julu defenders were also closed, and the two armies were temporarily peaceful.

But there are also things that Zheng Bu is worried about, that is, during the Han army scouts going north to investigate, they have never found any signs of the enemy lurking in the distance in the northern suburbs of Julu, Zheng Bu also has to worry that his painstaking arrangements are really in vain, but Li Zuoche disagreed, and pointed out: "If the army of Zhang Er's traitorous face really divides its troops to the south, it will definitely try to hide its traces as much as possible, and will not let our scouts easily find out." Although there is a plain to the north of the giant deer, there are many woods and lakes, and there are many hiding places for the Zhang'er army, and it is normal for our scouts not to find it. ”

Li Zuoche's analysis only made Zheng Bu suspicious, but fortunately, even if the Zhao army did not divide his troops to participate in the battle as Li Zuoche guessed, the Han army still had the opportunity to clean up the Julu defenders, no matter how much they tossed, there was at least a chance to kill the chicken, so after it was dark, under the leadership of Zhong Liwu and other generals, the 20,000 Han troops still lined up to go out of the camp, and under the cover of night, they sneaked to the north of Julu City to implement the battle plan, and then in the middle of the second watch, Guan Ying also personally led more than 10,000 Han troops out of the camp, Queue up outside the camp and wait for orders, and go north to participate in the battle or respond at any time.

The cavalry of the Han army had just come out of the camp and assembled, and Zhong Liwu also led the Han army out of the camp to the north gate of Julu, and then according to the tactical arrangement of Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche, Zhong Liwu immediately divided half of his forces and divided into two teams to lurk in the northeast and northwest corners of Julu City, not only to prevent the defenders of Julu from attacking from the east and west gates, but also to be ready to flank the enemy who might be killed from the north. Zhong Liwu led the main force to lurk outside the north gate of the giant deer, patiently waiting for the enemy in the city to open the door to lure the enemy.

At this moment, it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous, Zheng Bu was nervous in the Han army camp, for fear that the Han army would make a mistake in the night battle - those who could fight at night were all strong and strong Han army main soldiers, even if they lost a few hundred soldiers, it was enough to make Zheng Bu feel distressed for a long time.

On the surface, it looks calm and relaxed, but in fact, Li Zuoche is more nervous than Zheng Bu, because the battle of the Han army, Zheng Bu listened to Li Zuoche's analysis and speculation to arrange this tactic, once he misses, Li Zuoche, who has just surrendered to the Han army for not a long time, will inevitably lose face, and Zheng Bu will never obey Li Zuoche again.

There are more nervous people, in fact, at this moment, Zhang Er, the big boss of the Han army, has already come to the north gate of Julu City in person, condescendingly looking down at the dark wilderness outside Julu City, suffering from gains and losses in his heart, nervous, and nervous far above Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche and others.

On the contrary, it was the Han army Zhong Liwu who led the army to fight very easily, slapping the mosquitoes and waiting hard, Zhong Liwu also looked back at the wilderness to the north from time to time, and muttered in a low voice, "Is there really a thief army ambushing?" Lao Zheng should have made a mistake in his analysis, let's work hard in vain, right? If so many troops are dispatched, and in the end they run in vain and gain nothing, won't General Ben feed mosquitoes in vain? ”

Time suddenly became longer, and it was constantly passing minute by minute, finally, there was still the sound of the three watches in Julu City, and Zhang Er, who seemed to be closing his eyes and recuperating, immediately opened his eyes and said to Liu Jian next to him, Liu Jian understood, and immediately ran to the arrow stack at the city gate with a torch, threw the torch out of the city, and sent a signal to respond, because he was afraid that the Han army would not see it, Liu Jian also threw out several torches one after another.

At the same time, under the order of Zhang Er's personal soldiers, the gate soldiers also opened the city gate of the north gate of Julu and the city gate of the urn city, and then Zhang Er and Liu Jian and others were overjoyed, just saw the city gate open, and immediately rushed out of many black shadows in the dark night, strode directly onto the bridge on the moat, and then directly rushed to the city gate that had been opened, Zhang Er was so excited that his whole body trembled, and Liu Jian also rushed to the side of the jack gate at the first time, ready to put down the jack gate at any time to cut off the road to the Han army into the city......

At the same time, Zhong Liwu, the general of the Han army who led the army to guard outside the city, looked back to the north for the first time, and saw that the north was still dark, and there was no half of the figure, Zhong Liwu frowned, and said secretly: "Do you really want to run for nothing?" ”

It's useless to be disappointed and worried, things have come to this point, Zhong Liwu has no way back, he can only wave his hand, let some Han soldiers near the city gate light torches, shout loudly, and are about to charge, Zhang Er and Liu Jian and others also immediately smiled with a cruel smile, as if they had seen the beautiful scene of the Han army rushing into the urn city and becoming a turtle in the urn.

Of course, there must be an accident in the matter, after the end of the road at the north gate of the Julu of the Han Army Commando who entered the city before, there was no half of a figure left and right, not to mention Liu Jian, the general of the Zhao Army who was supposed to answer here, and immediately understood that it was indeed the enemy's trick, and immediately fled for his life back and forth, and deliberately shouted, "It's a trick!" There is an ambush! There is an ambush! We've been tricked! ”

"Exposed!" Hearing the shouts of the Han soldiers in the urn city in the city, Zhang Er's heart sank at first, but at this point, he couldn't turn back, so he could only categorically dispel the idea of using the urn city to destroy some of the enemies first, and immediately yelled, "Ignite!" Don't let go of the jack gate, let our ambush soldiers kill them directly! ”

More than a dozen torches were thrown almost simultaneously on the firewood and grass piled up above the city wall, and the firewood and grass that had been drenched with tung oil ignited immediately when it caught fire, and the north gate of the giant deer, which was still barely lit before, immediately killed everywhere, and countless soldiers stood out of the city and fired arrows frantically at the Han soldiers who had not had time to escape from the urn city.

Immediately afterwards, the nearby streets in the north gate of Julu, which were originally dark, were immediately surrounded by torches, and countless Zhao soldiers rushed out with shouts, rushing directly to the city gate with torches, preparing to rush out of the city and attack the Han army outside the city.

After all, he was a veteran of the battlefield, and as soon as he saw the fire in the city, Zhong Liwu immediately woke up and shouted: "This is a signal!" We have enemies behind us, that's absolutely right! ”

"Kill——!"

Sure enough, I just saw the fire on the north gate of Julu, and the north distance behind the Han army was immediately a killing sound, countless torch flags appeared, and they were quickly killing behind the Han army, Zhong Li laughed when he saw it, "It's not in vain, I can finally kill one tonight!" ”