Chapter 168: Bluffing

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Liu Xiu rubbed his chin, his brain teaser was spinning, he groaned for a long time, and said, "Even if it is dangerous, you have to take a risk." ”

He said to Wang Chongzhengse: "Wang County Order, the matter of recruiting displaced people will be left to you, the more people, the better." ”

Wang Chong first nodded, and then whispered, "But we don't have so many weapons. ”

Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "If you don't have a weapon, you always use a longer stick!" Make the stick into a spear shape. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all laughed. Using a stick as a spear is too deceptive!

At present, there is no unified military uniform in the Zhutiandu Division, and the brothers in the army are dressed up and dressed in everything, which is chaotic, and in this regard, the homeless people do not need to dress up deliberately.

As for weapons, Deng County really doesn't have so many reserves, and he really can't think of a better way than to use fake weapons to pretend.

To make a long story short, in just two days, Wang Chong recruited nearly 3,000 homeless people.

The county government is in charge of eating, and on this basis alone, the displaced people in Deng County have squeezed their heads to participate.

The number of displaced people of the 3,000 people was already quite large, and equipping them with spears made of wooden sticks, and then raising the banner of the Pillar Heavenly Capital, looked like that.

Liu Xiu left Li Tong to guard Deng County, and he took Deng Yu, Yan Guang, Feng Yi, Zhu You, Gai Yan, Fu Jun, Jiu'er and others, commanding an army of 3,000 wanderers and 300 people from the Zhutian Capital, and drove out of Deng County and marched to Chaoyang.

Their army seems to be quite large, but in fact, the three hundred people in the Zhutian Capital Department who really have combat effectiveness are the other soldiers, all of whom are purely ornamental, they can only be seen, not used.

Commanding such an army, Liu Xiu was also cautious, and the army left the boundary of Deng County, and after entering the border of Chaoyang, the speed of the march slowed down significantly. Liu Xiu sent Jiu'er and other spies to constantly inquire about the movements of Chaoyang City.

Liu Xiu did not dare to go deep rashly, once the Chaoyang County soldiers went out of the city to face the battle, he had to lead the army to retreat as soon as possible and retreat to the territory of Deng County.

Chaoyang's county commander Yi Zhen and county lieutenant Xie Sheng were very calm, knowing that the large army of the Lingling rebels had entered Chaoyang, the county still held its ground.

It's just that Chaoyang City has obviously strengthened its vigilance, with five steps and one post at the head of the city, and one sentry at ten steps, as if facing a great enemy, the patrols in the city are one after another, wandering all over the city.

In addition, people entering and leaving the city had to be searched, and it was almost impossible for the enemy to try to infiltrate the city by disguise.

Fortunately, there are a lot of beggars under Jiu'er, and it is not easy for them to blend into the city.

Through Jiu'er's investigation of Chaoyang City, it is estimated that there are no less than 3,000 county soldiers in Chaoyang City, and they are well-equipped, most of them are transported from the county town, and there are many excellent bows and crossbows.

After reading the report sent back by Jiu'er, Liu Xiu secretly smiled bitterly, with this group of rabble recruited by his own side, it was impossible to be the opponent of three thousand well-equipped county soldiers in any case.

However, news has already come from Caiyang's side that the army led by Liu Ji and Deng Feng has set off and is heading straight to Xinye, ordering Liu Xiu and Li Yi to firmly contain the county soldiers of Chaoyang and Huyang.

The arrow is on the string and has to be sent. Liu Xiu stiffened his hair and led an army of more than 3,000 people to Chaoyang City.

When he arrived outside Chaoyang City, Liu Xiu did not arrange troops at all, and directly sent Zhu You to the front of the city to fight against the enemy.

Instead of showing their shortcomings in public, it is better to behave arrogantly, not to set up a battle formation, and directly seek battle. Zhu You got Liu Xiu's general order, rode a war horse, and rushed out of his own camp. When he was still a hundred steps away from Chaoyang City, an arrow flew down from the city's head and snapped to the ground. Zhu Youlema raised his eyes and looked at it

At the head of the city, he raised his hand and pointed at it, and shouted loudly: "I am Zhu You, the captain of the Zhutiandu Department, let Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng go out of the city and die!" ”

At this moment, Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng are both in the city. Looking at the disorganized and disorganized Chung Ling army outside the city, standing in a group, with no formation to speak of, both of them frowned.

A military attache stepped forward, intervened in the salute, and said: "Yi County Order, Xie County Lieutenant, the rebels in Chungling have neither lined up nor set up a formation, they are obviously a group of laymen rabble, and their subordinates are willing to throw a thousand soldiers and horses and go out of the city to defeat the rebels!" ”

Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng invariably glanced at the facial features that invited Ying to fight, and frowned at the same time.

The Chungling army will not fight? How did Deng County lose it? How did Xiangxiang and Tongling not exist? Yi Zhen said: "County Lieutenant Xie, I thought that the thieves deliberately did not arrange troops and did not set up formations, leading our army out of the city to fight!" ”

Xie Sheng nodded thoughtfully, thinking that Yi Yan's words were polite.

Before Xie Sheng could speak, Zhu You was already pulling his neck in front of the city and scolding.

"Yi Zhen, Xie Sheng! If you have a kind, go out of the city and fight me! Don't fucking hide in the city and be a shrunken turtle! "When my mother gave birth to you, didn't she give you courage? Gutsless rats! β€β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

The more Zhu You scolded, the more ugly it became, and the more Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng listened, the more ugly their faces became. The military attache who had just invited Ying intervened and said, "My subordinates are willing to go out of the city to meet the enemy!" ”

Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng glanced at each other, the former nodded, and motioned to Xie Sheng with his eyes, it would be good to send someone to explore the truth of the anti-thief.

Xie Sheng turned back, looked at the military attachΓ©, and said: "Defu, go out of the city to fight, be more careful, fight if you can, if you can't win, you can withdraw to the city immediately, and this official will not punish you." ”

"Subordinates obey!" This military attache is named Zhang Zai, and his name is Defu.

Among the county soldiers in Chaoyang County, he can be regarded as a man of great force. He intervened and gave the salute and took the command. Zhang Zai led two hundred soldiers, opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city.

Zhang Zai urged the horse and went straight to Zhu You, who was a hundred steps away. Two hundred soldiers remained behind him to hold him down. Zhang Zai came to Zhu You's approach, looked him up and down, and shouted in a deep voice: "Thief sign up!" ”

"I am your ancestor!" Zhu You clamped the horse's belly with his feet, the war horse was in pain, roared, shook off the four hooves, and went straight to Zhang Zai, at the same time, Zhu You stabbed out with a shot.

Zhang Zai is a more orthodox military attachΓ©, and before the war, he has to talk about etiquette and report his name first, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't even report his name, and he would fight when he came up. He took a deep breath and threw the long knife in his hand outwards with all his might.

When!

A cloud of sparks erupted between the two of them. Zhang Zai felt that his hands were swollen and painful, especially the tiger's mouth, as if they were about to crack. The two horses were staggered, and Zhu You returned another shot, which went straight to Zhang Zai's heart.

It's so fast! Zhang Zai realized that it was not good, and he leaned forward, but he was still a little slower, and behind his back, a blood cut more than half a foot long was cut by the edge and corner of the gun, and in an instant, blood gushed out.

Zhu You turned the horse's head, shouted, and rushed back with a gun. Zhang Zai's face changed greatly, he didn't dare to fight, and he wanted to turn his horse and escape, but it was too late.

Zhu You, who rushed to him, stabbed straight at his side, the head of the gun pierced horizontally through his body, and the tip of the gun poked out on the other side of his side.

Zhu You held the gun in both hands, screamed, and slammed it upward, knocking Zhang Zai's body into the air from the back of the war horse.

Poof!

Zhang Zai fell to the ground, and he was desperate on the spot, scarlet blood and white flowers' intestines gurgling out along the two blood holes on his side.

In just one round, Zhu You's gun picked Zhang Zai. With a gun in one hand, he threw it to the side, glared angrily at the two hundred county soldiers in front of him, and shouted, "Kill-" As he spoke, he urged his horse to rush over.

"Roar-" The morale of the more than 3,000 Lingling troops who were watching the battle in the back was greatly boosted, and people shouted in unison and rushed forward one after another.

The two hundred county soldiers who went out of the city were so frightened that they dared to stay outside the city when they saw Zhang Zai being killed, and they all turned their heads and ran into the city.

Zhu You chased to within 100 steps of Chaoyang City, the arrows shot down from the city were like raindrops, Zhu You waved his gun to block, he only held on for more than ten seconds, he couldn't stand it, and could only turn his horse out of the range of the county soldiers.

Seeing a dense array of arrows shooting from the top of the city, the Chungling army that rushed up shouted and shouted to kill retreated like a tide.

Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng, who were watching the battle at the head of the city, couldn't help but gasp, Zhang Zai, who was strong in martial arts, was picked to death in just one round in front of Zhu You, and the strength of the anti-thieves in Chungling should not be underestimated!

Yi Zhen shouted to the city: "Close the city gates!" Close the gates now! No one is allowed to go out of the city to fight without permission! ”

Zhu You's performance can be regarded as a success in deterring the Chaoyang County soldiers, and then no matter how he scolds in front of the city, no matter how ugly he scolds, this time, no one in the city is coming out to fight.

After scolding for a long time, and no one came out again, Zhu You was so tired that he was out of breath and turned his horse back to his main formation. He urged the horse to come to Liu Xiu's approach, frowned and said, "Lord, my subordinates have only killed one enemy!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled, patted Zhu You's arm, and said, "Zhong Xian has worked hard!" Kill one enemy, it's enough! ”

As long as it can deter the soldiers of Chaoyang County and make them dare not rashly go out of the city to face the battle, this is enough for Liu Xiu.

The purpose of this battle is not to annihilate the Chaoyang County soldiers, nor to occupy Chaoyang County, as long as the Chaoyang County soldiers can be dragged to death in Chaoyang City, his goal has been achieved.

Liu Xiu ordered the whole army to camp outside Chaoyang City, putting on a posture of fighting a protracted battle with Chaoyang City.

Commanding the displaced people to set up camp is not an easy job, but fortunately, Feng Yi, Fu Jun, and Zhao Ying are all insiders and can help Liu Xiu share a lot.

Their camp lasted from morning to evening, and it was barely a prototype, and the outside of the camp was not even a complete wall.

Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng, who had been observing the movements of the Chung Ling Army, were also at a loss for the second monk.

It is said that the thieves in Chungling are laymen, but the camp is well established, from the outside to the inside, they are very standardized, saying that they are insiders, but the speed of construction is too slow, as if they are grinding foreign workers.

At this time, another military attache suggested to Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng that while the rebels had not yet set up camps, they would go out of the city to attack and win a complete victory.

Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng both shook their heads and said in unison: "There must be fraud in it!" ”

Xie Sheng said quietly: "The anti-thieves are not good at attacking the city, their purpose is to lead our army out of the city to fight, and we must not fall for the enemy's tricks!" Yi Zhen also nodded his head, and agreed with Xie Sheng's analysis very much, in the morning, the scene of Zhu You picking up Zhang Zai in front of the city impressed him too much, and also made him full of jealousy of the Lingling army.