Liu Ye saw Wang Er chasing after him, and sighed in his heart. Wang Er was a scout arranged by Peng Mao to be next to Zhang Shumo, didn't his sudden arrival here mean that he had been exposed? Once Wang Er is exposed, Zhang Shumo may not dare to attack Xiu Wuzhi, then he will be busy in vain this time.

"Report to the general, the identity of your subordinates has been revealed! Zhang Shumo deliberately let his subordinates convey the wrong message to the general, and the time for him to really attack Xiu Wuzhi is today! And Zhang Shumo also made people prepare a lot of firewood, I don't know what the intention is! ”

"Today?" Liu Ye looked puzzled, Zhang Shumo only left one day for himself? Could it be that he had the confidence to defeat Xiu Wuzhi in one day and retreat with his whole body?

Han Jia, who was on the side, heard the news and thought about it, and immediately noticed something unusual, and hurriedly said: "General, my subordinates think that Zhang Shumo deliberately led the general to cultivate Wuzhi."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Liu Ye asked.

Han Jia stroked his beard and said: "Zhang Shumo chose to attack the city on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he must have wanted to take advantage of the festival to take Xiu Wuchen by surprise, and the unprepared Xiu Wuchen will definitely not be able to defend it." And we are less than twenty miles away from Xiu Wuzhi, but there is no movement over there, I'm afraid Zhang Shumo has already laid down Xiu Wuzhi. So he asked Wang Er to deliver fake news, just to lure the general to attack the city! ”

Liu Ye thought for a moment after listening, and then laughed: "This Zhang Shumo wants to freeze us to death!"

Speaking of this, Liu Ye analyzed proudly: "Zhang Shumo deliberately used fake news to make us think that we were going to have an encounter, and when we arrived at Xiuwuzhi, we found that they had already occupied the city. If we don't withdraw our troops, we will be forced to fight a siege war with them. As long as we attack the city, they will not be able to hold out, and we will be consumed alive by him if we don't have enough supplies to protect us from the cold. That's why he prepares so much firewood! ”

"In this case, as long as we don't attack the city, won't Zhang Shumo's tricks be in vain?" Pang Yuan asked.

Liu Ye sneered: "Don't attack? Didn't you let Zhang Shumo take Xiu Wuzhi for nothing? I'm afraid that's what he's really for, right? Zhang Shumo's plan was to deliberately let us not prepare enough cold materials, pushing us into a desperate situation, so that we could retreat in the face of difficulties. Does he think I'm going to back down like that? This time, I have all the elite soldiers and good generals, and I will definitely defeat Xiuwuzhi within one day! ”

After analyzing Zhang Shumo's strategy, Liu Ye immediately ordered the army to advance at full speed, and this time, Liu Ye was determined to win.

"Report to my lord, Liu Ye's army is less than twenty miles away from here!" A guard hurriedly reported to Zhang Shumo.

Zhang Shumo didn't show any surprise, he got up and said to Liu Nature: "I didn't expect them to come so quickly, before they start attacking the city, you will now take half of the food and firewood in the city with the quartermaster and set off from the east gate, and go east along the official road, don't ask why, you will understand when you meet Lu Li!" ”

Liu naturally glanced at Zhang Shumo angrily: "Okay, I'll set off!" With that, he left. Zhang Shumo hurried to the city wall.

On the city wall, Zhang Yan led his men and horses to wait. Seeing Zhang Shumo coming, Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "They came faster than expected, but most of the people who came were cavalry, and the siege equipment was insufficient, and we had the advantage of numbers, I am confident that we will defend it!" ”

Zhang Shumo nodded and stopped to look, Liu Ye's army was less than ten miles away from the city, but they didn't mean to set up camp, but continued to move forward, it seemed that they wanted to attack the city directly!

Zhang Shumo pursed his lips and asked Zhang Yan, "Do you think Liu Ye will besiege the city?" ”

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't be, besieging the city means dividing the troops, their numbers are not superior, if we forcibly divide the troops to besiege the city, we can break them individually!" ”

Zhang Shumo nodded: "Since this is the case, I will bother General Zhang to hold on for a day, I have already asked Liu Tiantian and the quartermaster to go to the east gate with half of the grain, and we will also go out of the city from the east gate with the rest of the grain early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Out of town?" Zhang Yan looked puzzled: "Why?" Are you afraid that I won't be able to keep it? ”

"No, with General Zhang's strength, of course he can defend the city. But this time, my purpose is not to defend the city, but to annihilate Liu Ye's new force. If we are impregnable, then if Liu Ye retreats in the face of difficulties, won't my plan be in vain? Therefore, please also ask the general to deliberately defeat at that time, let's take people to escape from the east gate, and lead Liu Ye and them to the east! Zhang Shumo said.

Zhang Yan was puzzled in his heart, so he asked: "There is a large open field to the east of Xiuwuzhi, not only is it not suitable for ambushes, but it is also very suitable for cavalry charges. ”

Zhang Shumo smiled slightly: "I am just creating conditions for Liu Ye to pursue us, only in this way will Liu Ye pursue us unscrupulously." I'm still afraid that if we escape, Liu Ye will occupy Xiu Wuzhi and ignore us! ”

"But you'll have to tell me a thing or two about what to do when you lure them to the east, or I won't be able to risk the lives of so many soldiers!" Zhang Yan still trusts Zhang Shumo, but fighting is not child's play, although Zhang Shumo has any plans, is his plan really foolproof?

Zhang Shumo patted Zhang Yan on the shoulder: "Brother Zhang, I know your worries, but there are so many people here that I can't reveal my plans." But rest assured, I'm not going to joke with the lives of my soldiers! ”

Zhang Yan sighed: "Okay, if there is any danger at that time, I will not hesitate to take my people first!" ”

Not long after, Liu Ye led the army to the city of Xiuwuzhi, and when he saw Zhang Shumo on the wall, Liu Ye was about to scold, but he didn't think that Zhang Shumo laughed first: "Hahaha!" Isn't this my defeated Liu Ye? The last time we beat the head of the rat, how dare you come over now? Is your skin itching again? ”

Liu Ye's face was pale, Liu Ye had not experienced a fiasco like last time since he joined the army, and he shouted angrily: "Zhang Shumo! You yellow-haired boy don't want to be arrogant, this time I will crush you to ashes! ”

After speaking, Liu Yefeng pointed at the knife: "Brothers, rush me, take down the city, don't seal the knife within three days, everyone can grab and kill at will!" ”

In an instant, Liu Ye's army poured out, and the soldiers in front of him carried sharpened tree trunks to form a simple crash car and rushed towards the city gate.

Zhang Yan's expression became serious and shouted to his subordinates: "Quick, prepare stones to block the city gate, even if the gate is broken, I have to block people out of the city!" After saying that, he shouted to the archers: "Shoot arrows at the ramming car, and don't let them approach the city gate!" ”

In an instant, the atmosphere became tense, but Zhang Shumo was a little excited in his heart, after preparing for so many days, Liu Ye finally got into the trap!