Chapter 224: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
The county seat of Qidao is located on the east bank of the bend of the Weishui River, and the terrain of this place is relatively open and flat. It is impossible to say that a city wants to block the way of a large army.
The problem is that if this city is not defeated, then, when Li Xin rushes to Xiangwu County to fight Fu Sheng, he is afraid that the other party will kill from behind and cut off his own way back. This two-sided attack was very unfavorable to the Huashan Army.
However, the county seat of Zhengdao is not like a small city such as Zhongtao Xinxing, which is very easy to fight. Not to mention that there are many more defenders here, this city alone is much taller and stronger.
You must know that the county was established very early, and it has been hundreds of years since then, and this city has always been used as the seat of the county, so it is naturally built differently. There were times of prosperity in the past, but now they are declining.
It's not okay to fight, it's not okay not to fight, this problem in front of him made Li Xin have a headache. Therefore, he gathered everyone overnight and prepared to discuss the specific matter of taking the city!
"If you attack hard, I'm afraid the loss is not small! Moreover, this place is very close to Xiangwu County, and the other party can get support, which is not good for us! After the generals discussed for a while, Chen Kang said.
"An army of five thousand is not much worse than ours. If there's no better way, you'll have to storm it! Shao Zisong nodded in agreement.
"That's because of this, so you can't be the enemy, you can only outwit it! You see, the county seat is on the east bank of Weishui, if we go north directly from the west bank, rush to Xiangwu County! How about getting around this county seat? Li Xin was worried about this problem, and at this time, he pointed to the map and proposed a solution.
"Is the general trying to do the same as he did to Zhongtao County before? However, this Dao County is different from Zhongtao County, not to mention that there are more troops, and it is impossible for Na Dao to be as timid as Zhao Xu! Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but wonder.
"Of course, it's not really going to Xiangwu County, but let's make it look like we're going. Nafu Dao was ordered to guard this place, in order to block our way. If the other party sees that we leave Zhangdao County and don't fight, and go directly to Fu Sheng for trouble, he will inevitably have to block it in the city under his worry. We can take the opportunity to fight the enemy at this time! Field battles outside the city, this is a good thing for us, as long as the 5,000 army is solved, there will naturally be no problem in this county town! Li Xin smiled slightly and said.
"Do you want to lure the snake out of the hole?" Hearing this, Peng Lin reacted immediately.
"Not bad!"
"However, that Fu Dao may not be fooled! Even if we really go north, the other party will definitely try their best to confirm that we really left before leaving the city. At least, according to the opinion of the last general, I am afraid that he will wait until the army is some distance away from the county seat of Qidao before he will go out of the city to pursue. When the time comes, let's fight with them, and the soldiers and horses on the side of Xiangwu County will hear the wind and come, won't we be encircled? For this idea, Shao Zisong was still a little worried after thinking about it for a while.
"So, we have to let the other party confirm that we are really going to Xiangwu County. Gotta let them chase us, and we'll be waiting for him halfway through! For this reason, I decided that the army would set off for Xiangwu County in the middle of the night, and hide halfway there. At the same time, Chen Kang led a part of the men and horses, retreated a distance and hidden, and when Fu Dao led people to chase after me tomorrow, you took the opportunity to kill the generals and take the city! In this way, by the time Nafudao realized that something was wrong and wanted to return, the city was already in our hands. Let's have another north-south attack, and we can completely wipe out this road of soldiers and horses! Li Xin nodded, quite acknowledging his concern. However, he had already thought about it, and said at this time.
"The general is clever in this plan! If I had been Nafudao, and had been frightened all night to-night, and had not seen a great army attacking him after dawn, I would have doubted in my heart. When the time comes, he will definitely send someone to check on the camp, and when he sees that it is just an empty camp, he will definitely think that we have already gone north! At this time, a long time has passed, and the other party will definitely leave the city immediately in order to pursue us! Hearing this detailed plan, Peng Lin couldn't help but clapped his hands and said happily.
"So, we have to be ready tonight. Let's go north quietly at night, don't make big movements, there can be some small movements. In this way, we can make the other party more sure that we are going north! Do you still have questions? Li Xin glanced at everyone and asked.
"There is no doubt about the general! Please give the general the order! The generals hurriedly got up and said.
"Okay, go back to the camp at once, and make arrangements for this. When the time comes, let's leave the camp! Seeing this, Li Xin immediately ordered.
To say that this night, it is really beautiful, there is a clear crescent moon in the night sky, and the sky is full of stars! When the hour was approaching, a dark cloud came from nowhere, blocking the moon and the stars.
In this way, it made Li Xin's movement much easier. After the time came, Chen Kang quietly retreated with an army of 7,000 and 2,000 troops in the direction where he came, walked for about a few miles, and then plunged into the valley and dense forest beside the road and hid.
And Li Xin took Peng Lin and others to form a long line, trying to quietly advance next to the foot of the mountain west of Weishui. Halfway through, some neighing sounds came out, but they were just blocked by the sound of Weishui's water.
"Brother, did you hear any strange sounds?" At the head of Qidao County, the defenders of Fu Qin had been frightened for half the night, and it was a time of fatigue. At the head of the city at the west gate, a patrolling soldier seemed to hear some movement, and couldn't help but ask his companion beside him.
Relatively speaking, because there is Weishui in the west of the city, it is not the focus of defense! Almost all of the heavy troops in the county seat of Qidao were arranged in the south of the city, facing the direction of the Huashan army.
"No! You heard it wrong! It must be that the water is too noisy, so you are listening! When the companion next to him heard this, he immediately listened carefully, but he heard nothing, and couldn't help but say.
"Hey, why not? Did I really hear it wrong? The person who spoke first listened to it himself, but he didn't hear any sound, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.
This night, Fu Dao did not sleep, but stood on the head of the southern city, staring at the direction of the Huashan camp. Because he felt that the Huashan Army might come to attack at any time tonight. However, after watching all night, he saw only the fire in the big camp, but he did not see a single one come out.
In such a scene, after dawn, everyone finally felt a little relieved.
"It's strange, it's already dawn, why are there still lights in the other party's camp? And, at all, there is no sound at all? "After dawn, everything is much clearer. Fu Dao stood at the head of the city and watched for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little strange!
"Perhaps, the people of the Huashan Army got up late!" The official next to him hesitated. Of course, even they don't believe it!
"No, there must be something wrong with this! Quick, send a few people out to have a look! "It's not the first day that Fu Dao has led his troops to fight, and of course he won't listen to this nonsense. The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, so I hurriedly sent someone out to check.
Not long after, a group of men and horses cautiously approached the camp outside the city, and Fu Dao craned his neck and waited for them to report the news.
Soon, the team flew back and ran back to the city!
"What, not a single one? Only an empty camp left? Hearing the return, Fu Dao stood up in shock.
"Yes! The camp was empty, with only torches and tents, and a few banner straw men, and nothing else! The little one took a special look at the ashes, and it had been at least two hours since the other party left! The spy replied.
"Damn, they actually gave me this! The other party pretended to attack the city and confused us, if my expectations are good, the other party must have gone north to Xiangwu County! Now that the army has not returned, there are not many defenders in Xiangwu County, if Li Xin kills the past, I am afraid that His Majesty will be in danger! When Fu Dao heard this, he thought carefully for a while, and immediately said.
"General, some soldiers below said that in the middle of the night last night, they seemed to hear the neighing of horses in the west. Come to think of it, Li Xin and they should have gone north at that time! What do we do now? If something happens to Your Majesty, I'm afraid we will be to blame! At this moment, a general got the news and hurriedly said to him.
"Hmph, since you heard this voice, why don't you report it early? What's the use of talking about this now! No, we can't let Your Majesty get into danger, send an order to the army, leave a thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the people will follow me out of the city, we must catch up with them! When he heard this, he couldn't help but be furious. However, he also understood that it was useless to be angry at this time, and after a slight groan, he immediately decided to chase after him.
The generals present did not have much opinion on this approach. After all, if you leave a thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city, you are not afraid that something will go wrong. Once there is really any problem, you can also come back in time!
Soon, the north gate of Qidao County was wide open, and a large group of people rushed out of it and quickly chased towards the north.
And such a move was naturally clearly seen by the spies hiding not far away, and they quickly rushed back to report to Chen Kang and Li Xin!
About half an hour after Fu Dao and the others left the county town of Qidao, Chen Kang led the army out of the mountain, returned to the south city gate, and launched a fierce siege battle. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.