Jingzhou army and Xinye army continued to fill the moat at night, the soldiers and horses of the two armies fought until three o'clock, and then the moat outside the city of Jingling was completely filled, after filling the moat, the Jingzhou army and the new field army were also extremely tired, the soldiers and horses of the two armies did not take advantage of the situation to attack the city, but directly Mingjin collected the troops and returned to the camp to rest.

In the second half of the night, it was Zhang Dingbian's turn to rest, but after he learned the news that the Jingzhou army and the Xinye army were going to fill the moat, he also hurriedly came to the city gate tower, and saw that the Jingzhou army and the Xinye soldiers and horses began to retreat, and a defending captain stepped forward and bowed, and said: "General, the enemy army has been fighting from Chenshi to the present, and it must be extremely tired, as long as our army goes out of the city to pursue, it will definitely win a big victory!" I also ask the Lord to be forgiving, I have always been a soldier, and my subordinates are willing to lead the army out of the city to pursue, if the subordinates are lucky enough to defeat the enemy, the general will lead the army to press in one fell swoop, and then the enemy army will be broken. This army outside the city is already the only obstacle for me to go to Xiangyang City, as long as this army is defeated, my troops and horses can attack Xiangyang and capture Liu Biao in one fell swoop, and then the general can make the first contribution to this battle! ”

Zhang Dingbian laughed when he heard the words of this captain, then looked at Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, what do you think of this?" ”

Xu Shu hurriedly bowed his hand and replied: "General, this proposal must not be implemented, our army must not easily go out of the city to pursue the enemy!" ”

The lieutenant colonel was naturally unconvinced, and when he heard Xu Shu's words, he looked at Xu Shu and said in a cold voice: "Is General Xu afraid that I will make a great contribution and want to set the enemy back to the camp?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

This lieutenant didn't know the relationship between Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, and this sentence was just an angry remark, but Xu Shu already knew the relationship between Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, so naturally he couldn't take this lightly. Now that Xu Shu has submitted his name, Zhang Dingbian has completely trusted Xu Shu, and then scolded the captain, then looked at Xu Shu and said: "Yuan Zhi, you just tell him why you can't pursue at this time, so that he can be convinced!" ”

"No!"

Xu Shu bowed his hand, turned to look at everyone, and said: "When attacking the city before, I have carefully observed the enemy army, from the time of the siege of the city, the Jingzhou army has always had a 10,000-strong iron cavalry has not been used, this army has maintained a complete combat strength, if our army rashly pursues, in the wilderness and the enemy iron cavalry encounter, there is only one way, this is also; ”

"The Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army are divided into several teams to take turns to fill the moat, although it has been a long time from Chenshi to the present, but the enemy soldiers have not really come to fill the moat for a long time, plus the enemy army has enough food and grass, there has always been dry food, so that the Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army have not been too tired, and still have the strength of a battle, and this is also;"

"The trenches in the Guancheng are not wide, the Jingzhou sailors have already filled in those trenches, and then the 50,000 Jingzhou sailors have been resting, we don't know the movements of the enemy's sailors, who can guarantee that these Jingzhou sailors will not be ambushed on the way to pursue the enemy? If the enemy's situation is unknown, troops must not be sent easily, and this is the third one! ”

"With these three points, I can conclude that if we easily send troops to pursue, our army will definitely lose more than victory, and our army only needs to defend the city to the death, and if it is in pursuit of the enemy, the defeat of the city will definitely ruin the lord's plan, and we really have no need to take this risk."

"Bang bang bang!! Bang Bang Bang !! Bang Bang Bang !! ”

"Well said, for the general, you should think about defeat first and then win!"

After listening to Xu Shu's words, Zhang Dingbian stroked his palm and praised Xu Shu, then looked at everyone and said, "General Xu's words are the words of Lao Cheng, can you hear them clearly?" ”

Everyone hurriedly bowed: "I'll hear it clearly!" ”

Zhang Dingbian nodded slightly, and ordered: "That's good, give me an order, without my order, no one can go out of the city to meet the battle without authorization, if anyone dares to go out of the city to meet the battle without authorization, regardless of victory or defeat!" ”

When everyone heard Zhang Dingbian's words, they hurriedly bowed down and promised, saying, "Promise, I'll take the order!" ”

……

Seeing that the defenders in the city just watched them leave, and had no intention of going out of the city to pursue, Liu Qi, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others who gathered together also sighed with great pity.

Liu Qi and Liu Bei's camp were close to each other, so the two soldiers and horses returned to the camp together, Liu Qi, Liu Bei and others also gathered together, seeing that Zhang Dingbian was not fooled, Liu Qi sighed, looked at Zhuge Liang, and said: "It's a pity that Mr. has a clever plan, I didn't expect this Zhang Dingbian to be so timid, our army has revealed such obvious flaws, and that Zhang Dingbian didn't dare to go out of the city to pursue!" ”

It turned out that as Xu Shu guessed, the Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army had already been arranged by Zhuge Liang, and took advantage of the night to ambush several troops and horses on the road in advance. The reason why the Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army filled the moat overnight was that they were in a hurry, and it was another important reason to make a tired posture to lure the soldiers and horses out of the city to pursue and then use ambushes to eliminate them outside the city.

After Liu Qi heard Zhuge Liang's strategy, he was extremely happy in his heart, he had high expectations for this strategy, and now he saw that the plan failed, and the defenders in the city did not go out of the city to pursue, and Liu Qi, who had just entered the battlefield, was naturally extremely disappointed.

At this time, you can see the gap between people and people, Zhuge Liang, who is also experiencing a large-scale war for the first time, is completely different, his expression is still indifferent, and he can't see the slightest disappointment at all, Zhuge Liang stroked his beard lightly, and said: "Zhang Dingbian is a general under Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao has always had the reputation of knowing people and being good at his duties, Zhang Dingbian can win Yuan Yao's trust, and he has guarded Jingling City for many years, so naturally he will not be an easy person, and now it is normal for him to not be successful." ”

Zhuge Liang first appeased Liu Qi, and then continued: "Although the enemy army did not go out of the city to pursue our troops and horses, but our army has also completely filled in the moat outside Jingling City, as long as the army rests for a few hours, and after noon, I will lead the army to attack the city overnight, and we will definitely be able to break through Jingling City with absolute strength!" ”

"But before that, after the general led the army back to the camp, he still needed to set up an ambush around the promised army, in case the enemy army came to attack the camp while our army was resting.

Liu Qi heard Zhuge Liang's words and nodded in response: "What Mr. said is very true, the kid will definitely be ready to prepare for the enemy army to attack the camp." ”

"Come on, quickly go and relay Mr.'s words to the two generals, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and let them prepare for the enemy attack on the camp."