Chapter 351: The Hearts of Those Who Know Themselves and Their Opponents Are One
When Qiuzi was about to leave the tent, Lin Xu's voice suddenly came from behind him.
Tyuz paused slightly, and then walked out of the tent as if he had heard nothing.
After Qiuzi and the others all left the big tent of the Chinese army, Lin Xu, who was smiling with a smile on his face, waved his hand, and then his own soldiers hurriedly walked out of the big tent and summoned Lu Jin, who came and went.
After Lin Xu heard Lu Jin's footsteps, he asked softly without looking at Lu Jin, "Is everything ready there?" ”
Unlike Fang Cai, who was so impassioned and excited, and looked wronged, Lu Jin, who came to Lin Xu's side at this time, seemed to be a different person, his face was calm and full of seriousness, and he hurriedly replied respectfully:
"Tell the marshal that in the past two months, the general has arranged for more than 500 brothers to sneak into the tunnel, and take advantage of the opportunity of the two leaders of Bemur to lead the troops to attack the head of the city, and hollow out a large section of the Huangyin city wall.
Now the vacant space was being held up with wood, so Qin Jun was unaware of it. ”
"What happened to the excavated soil?"
"Marshal, the brothers have filled in the tunnels under Huangyin City with all the soil they dug up."
Lin Xu nodded after hearing this, he patted Lu Jin's shoulder and said seriously: "Just in case, I will send people to launch a few more attacks on the head of Huangyin City during this time, and you can also take the opportunity to hollow out the city wall again to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
Lu Jin, I also know that it is too hard for the brothers to stay underground for two months, and if they can win this time, Ben Shuai will reward them with all the land in Huangyin City. ”
Speaking of this, Lin Xu glanced at Lu Jin's face full of joy, then smiled and continued: "This is all in exchange for the lives of the brothers. Once they're out of the tunnel, you'll be able to tell them about my decision. ”
But when it came to this, Lin Xu didn't wait for Lu Jin to thank him, so he suddenly sighed and said: "Now our army's grain and grass can only last for about a month, so when it comes to Gu Yu, the decisive battle to attack Huangyin must be completed in one fell swoop, and there must not be the slightest mistake." ”
"Yes. Marshal. ”
After Lu Jin subconsciously replied, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"However, didn't Marshal Fang Cai say that the reinforcements came this time with three months' worth of grain and grass?
Why is it suddenly another month? ”
Lu Jin asked a little puzzled, and Lin Xu didn't have the slightest intention of hiding it, so he responded to Lu Jindao:
"It is true that there is enough food and grass for the army for three months. But when I raised the grain and grass, I did not count the 30,000 reinforcements led by the big head of the Qiuzi.
However, even if it is calculated, I am afraid that the five counties of Xieyudong will not have enough grain and grass to mobilize.
Originally, I wanted to transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses from the five counties of Xieyudong to support Huangyin, but I happened to meet the big head of Qiuzi, so I transferred the soldiers and horses of the big head to support Huang Yin. Therefore, with an extra 30,000 mouths to eat, the grain and grass used for three months will naturally be insufficient.
Do you know that the Qiuzi Datou led the army to encircle and suppress the Weimu cavalry in Lishan for three months, not only did they not even find their shadows, but also made them detour behind them and robbed the grain and grass of the Qiuzi Datou army.
The Qiuzi Chiefs were originally going to retreat to Shancheng to rest and recuperate before returning to Xieyu Pass, but because the plan to get rid of Bemur and Ahuanu wanted to use him, it did take enough people to attack Huangyin, so I took the Qiuzi Chiefs to Huangyin.
However, in this case, we will not be able to last three months. ”
As Lin Xu spoke, he slowly paced out of the big tent, and Lu Jin also silently followed behind Lin Xu and looked at the head of Huangyin City together.
"There should be a lot of grain and grass there, as long as the city wall is destroyed before the rain, then our army's capture of Huangyin will be just around the corner, and the brothers don't have to go hungry."
Lu Jin nodded slightly behind Lin Xu, and then he suddenly remembered something, and whispered to Lin Xu: "Marshal, according to your meaning, it is really an accident that the head of Qiuzi came to my aid Huang Yin. But in this way, Xie Yuguan will be empty. If Wei Mu's Qin army captures Xieyu Pass and cuts off our army's back road, what would it be. ”
After Lu Jin finished asking, he saw that Lin Xu was silent for a long time, and it was only after looking at Huang Yin for a long time that he blurted out faintly:
"There are still 3,000 soldiers and horses left behind in Xieyu Pass, and I have drawn 2,000 soldiers and horses from each of the five counties to go to Xieyu Pass. I think I can still hold on for some time there.
Besides, I also sent a letter to Zhezhe. So as long as we can hold out for a month, Zhezhe's soldiers and horses will send some people south. ”
"What?"
Lu Jin was taken aback when he heard Lin Xu's words, he could hear that this Xieyu Pass was almost an empty city at this time, and after the five eastern counties were each drained of 2,000 people, they were all empty.
So once the people of the Qin State knew about this, it would be really dangerous.
But Lu Jin's panic only lasted for a moment, and he saw Lin Xu suddenly turn around and say to him: "We are competing with the people of the Qin State for time, as long as we can capture Huangyin before they take advantage of our army's rear air defense to make a fuss, then all the dangers can be solved."
So whether it is a victory or a defeat, there will always be a difference when Gu Yu attacks.
But how could I, Lin Xu, believe that my Kunpeng army and my brothers would be defeated? ”
After Lu Jin heard the words, he was immediately shocked, and then he seriously clasped his fists and saluted Lin Xu and said: "Marshal, rest assured, in the past ten days, the general will definitely let the brothers recuperate and wait for the day when they will attack Huangyin City." ”
Lin Xu stretched out his hand and patted Lu Jin, a man who was more than ten years older than him, on the shoulder, and Zheng Sheng said: "Among the reinforcements brought by the Qiuzi Datouren, there are fifteen thousand Qin people, and these people will be handed over to you."
Let them go and exchange those brethren from the high ground, and it will always be more comfortable for them to use it themselves.
After more than 20 days, what I need is soldiers and horses who can fight and dare to fight, not people who are indiscriminate.
It's just a pity that the 20,000 brothers who were sent to die by Bemur and Ahuanu, if they are still there, why should I feel a little worried about the troops? ”
Lin Xu's gaze looked at the sky, just as the 20,000 brothers who died in vain he said were also looking at him in the sky.
.......
"The left is bigger, the investigation is clear.
The reinforcements of the Rong army to Huangyin this time were 30,000, and there was indeed infighting in their barracks a few days ago, but they were quickly suppressed by the incoming reinforcements, so it did not cause the overall collapse of the Rong army. ”
Xi Zihui's voice sounded in the hall of the Huangyin County Ya, and Zhu Lihua, who had been silent from beginning to end, nodded slightly after listening carefully to Xi Zihui's speech, and he thought for a moment and said softly:
"There are countless people who can fight well throughout the ages, but among those who are good at using tricks to take risks, only this Lin Xu is the most daring and careful.
The infighting in the Rong army that night must have been instigated by Lin Xu behind the scenes, otherwise how could he rush to the camp with reinforcements at the beginning of the infighting and quickly suppress the fierce infighting between the two armies.
He shifted the blame for killing Bemur and Ah Huanu to General An, which was also in line with the scene at the time, and it seems that we also took the blame for Lin Xu.
However, now that I think about it, it was a blessing that General An was able to decisively lead the army out of the Rong army camp at that time, and I guess that Lin Xu is very likely to send troops to ambush outside the camp, and only wait for the end of the fire fight in the camp to surround General An's soldiers and horses.
But they didn't expect that General An was not a person who didn't know how to advance and retreat, and he withdrew from the trap early, so that their plan did not succeed.
General An, when you returned that night, you said that the reinforcements of the Rong army you saw were only about 10,000 people, but the information that General Xizi brought from the prisoner said that there were 30,000 reinforcements from the Rong army.
In other words, there were 20,000 troops on either side of you in the shadows. ”
After Lu Lihua finished speaking, he smiled indifferently and looked at An Moran, who was frowning and his face was pale.
But An Moran did not have the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and he only had a deep fear of Lin Xu in his heart.
At this moment, he deeply felt that if he hadn't been cautious at that time, and after sensing that something was wrong, he quickly withdrew from the camp of the Rong army and entered the field in the dark instead of recklessly attacking or hesitating to observe, I am afraid that it would not be long before he and his soldiers would all die in the camp of the Narong army.
However, compared with the danger of passing away by a fraction of a second, what An Moran was more afraid of was Lin Xu's successive schemes that made him unable to guard against it.
At this moment, he somewhat understood why Lihua had to make a plan to not fight in the city. Now it seems that only by relying on the strong city defense of Huangyin City can we resist Lin Xu's conspiracy.
"Okay, now that we have finally figured out the strange things that happened to Rong Jun in the past two months, we can be regarded as knowing each other.
Although Nabemu and Ah Huanu forced Lin Xu away and used the strategy of strong attack, they lost a lot of soldiers, but my Huangyin city defense has also been in danger many times, and there are countless dead and wounded soldiers.
Therefore, Lin Xu's killing of the second general is not a bad thing, if they launch another four or five sieges of that scale, I don't have the slightest confidence that they will be able to hold the city.
Now they have a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, and more than 70,000 soldiers and horses have been killed and wounded by our army in the past four months.
If it weren't for General Xin Tong'er capturing a lieutenant alive this time, I'm afraid even I wouldn't have realized that we had killed and injured so many of them.
This is also a happy event. ”
As soon as Lihua's words fell, the generals smiled slightly when they heard it, and they couldn't help but feel a little proud in their hearts.
The generals recalled that the city was besieged for more than four months, and they resisted many attacks of different sizes and scales by more than half of the enemy's soldiers and horses, and even killed and wounded 70,000 Rong troops under the city.
If the Rong army retreats like this, I am afraid that in the next few hundred years, the battle of Huangyin against Rong will be immortalized with the inheritance of Mr. Storyteller.
Every general in this hall will also be the protagonist of that legendary story, so anyone who thinks about it will be excited in their hearts.
Seeing that all the generals were smiling, Zhu Lihua was also warm in his heart, almost all of these robed brothers were injured in the past four months, and more than half of the generals under their command were killed or injured, but until this time, none of them mentioned retreat or surrender, which is enough to show that all the generals in the hall have given their lives to themselves.
How can this trust be lived up to?