The Yellow Turban Army sent several waves of scouts in the camp to listen to the surrounding news, but before they could get out of the camp for three miles, they were either captured alive or shot by Guan Yu's subordinates, and none of them slipped through the net. And when He Man finally couldn't bear it and led thousands of troops out of the village to face the battle, Guan Yu did not come close, and only led people to shoot from afar.

After a few times, He Man finally lost his temper, and only ordered people to guard the camp tightly and not slack off. Then on the one hand, he sent people to Xuchang with the few boats left on the dock to deliver the letter, and on the other hand, he planned a plan to capture Yangzhai County. Although the Yellow Turban Army still has a numerical advantage, the grain and grass of the army have been burned, the grain route has been destroyed, and now the gate has been blocked for 500 cavalry, so it is only suitable to fight quickly. At this time, even the people besieging Yangzhai County also withdrew to the camp, otherwise the five hundred cavalry either fired rockets or beat gongs and drums at night, so that the army could not even sleep well, how could they break the city?

In the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, He Man was discussing the military situation with Jia Ren.

In the past few days, Guan Yu's attacks have made He Man depressed and incomprehensible, and he couldn't even sleep well for several days.

At that moment, He Man had a dark circle under his eyes and asked Jia Rendao: "Sir, although a lot of grain and grass have been rescued in the camp now, it is not enough to eat half a moon for the army." And now Guo Bin's 500 cavalry harasses the camp every day, and even the scouts can't go out. And as long as our army is dispatched, it will be thousands of miles away. If it is a few days, it will make the people in the army panic, how can this be good? ”

On that day, Jia Ren was in charge of guarding the camp, and it was also because of a miscalculation of the number of people on Guo Bin's side that Fang lost the grain and grass in the camp. At the beginning, there were less than 100 horsemen who came to burn the dock, and it was the people who came to deliver the news who were afraid of being punished and deliberately said that it was a few hundred people, or Jia Ren found out the truth through multiple investigations.

According to Jia Ren's analysis, these 100 people should be the most elite people under Guo Bin, and there must not be too many. Besides, Guo Bin's camp already has limited troops, and it is not enough to resist the Yellow Turban army with all his might, so how can he still have the strength to sneak attack the camp? Therefore, there were only 1,000 old and weak defenders in the camp that day, and when Guan Yu's army arrived, the defenders were very weak in offensive. The elite cavalry led by Guan Yu first threw in with a rope, hooked the wall, and led behind the horse's buttocks, and more than a dozen horses worked hard together to pull down the wall, and then broke through the wall without much trouble and attacked the camp.

The cavalrymen were armed with cavalry bows, swords hanging from their waists, two pots of feathered arrows behind their horses' buttocks, and a jar of fire oil hanging from each side of their horses' necks. As soon as they entered the camp, they first threw fire oil everywhere, and when they found a mountain of grain and grass camp, they threw most of the fire oil jars over. Then the rockets were fired, igniting the oil and ignoring, regardless of the Taiping Road in the camp, and fled before He Man could return to help.

And Jia Ren, who was in charge of guarding the camp, was so frightened that he opened the gate of the village and reported to He Man after the cavalry of Guan Yu's department attacked the camp, where was there still time to command the sergeant to put out the fire? Because of this, none of the sergeants in the battalion could afford Jia Ren. Although after this incident, He Man also looked down on him, but after all, Jia Ren was literate and hyphenated, and he was extremely familiar with Yangzhai County, and his plan before Guo Bin returned to help was also quite lawful. Moreover, Jia Ren's connections in Yangzhai County cannot be underestimated, he has already sent people into Yangzhai County, and if he wants to break through Yangzhai City, he still needs his cooperation.

When Jia Ren heard He Man's inquiry, he said with a solemn face: "No wonder Guo Qianyang's great reputation in Beijing is really extraordinary. He first sent people to burn down the east ferry controlled by our army, cut off our army's food route, and then took advantage of the urgent shrinkage of our army to set up camp behind the stone bridge overnight. He expected that our army would not allow him to camp in peace, and would definitely send troops to attack his camp, so he sent several hundred cavalry to attack our camp while our army was marching out of the camp and burned the grain and grass that our army had stored. This plan is interlocking, and it is indeed an old plan. ”

After listening to Jia Ren's analysis, He Man suddenly realized: "In this way, there are also masters in Guo Bin's camp!" It's just that what is good about our army at the moment? ”

Jia Ren said: "General, our army has lost most of its grain and grass, and the remaining army food is not enough for half a month's use of the army, and the only way now is to seek a decisive battle immediately." ”

These words reached He Man's heart, and He Man rubbed his hands and said: "The words of the military advisor are exactly what I want, but how to fight a decisive battle, where to fight, still need the guidance of the military advisor." ”

Jia Ren said: "Now that our army is in a hurry, it is difficult to raise food and grass, and Marshal Bo can't send people to reinforce it if he wants to, so we can only rely on ourselves at present." ”

He Man nodded silently.

Jia Ren naturally didn't want to discourage He Man's enthusiasm, at the moment, he straightened his clothes and said: "If our army does not have a large number of reinforcements to bring grain and grass, the last resort left is to rely on the advantage of numbers to storm Yangzhai County or Guo Bin's camp. As long as one of the two can be broken, the whole game of chess can be regarded as alive. ”

He Man's spirit was shocked, and he said: "What do you mean by the military advisor's words? ”

Jia Ren said: "The reason why Guo Bin was able to borrow people's husbands, grain and grass and other support in Yangzhai was because Yangzhai County was not lost. If Yangzhai County is captured by our army, it will not matter how much prestige it used to be. The reason why Yangzhai County can still hold the city is because of Guo Bin's foreign aid, otherwise tens of thousands of troops would have been able to capture it on the day of the siege. ”

Jia Ren is right, the so-called "there is no army that must be saved outside, and there is no city that must be defended inside", if Guo Bin's newly established camp can be broken through, Guo Bin can be captured or killed alive, at least Guo Bin can be driven away. Even if there is no head of Guo Bin, only Guo Bin's handsome flag of riding the captain will be hung under the city to ensure that the army in the city is in chaos. And the various courtyards outside the city, as long as they receive the news of Guo Bin's defeat or the fall of Yangzhai, they will definitely surrender without a fight.

He Man said excitedly: "What does the military advisor mean?" ”

Jia Ren stroked his beard, shook his head, and said: "Yangzhai City is high and deep, although the old city is a rammed earth building, but since Guo Bin took office, he took advantage of the fact that Yangzhai Construction Co., Ltd. was fully manpowered, and wrapped a layer of bricks and stones outside, and smeared it with cement to make it smooth and slippery. Moreover, Guo Bin is accustomed to buying people's hearts, there are nearly 100,000 people in Yangzhai City, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 young people. The common people are grateful to Guo Bin one by one, so when defending the city, everyone must be brave and strive to be the first, and they all want to repay Guo Bin's kindness. ”

He Man darkened and did not speak.

Jia Ren continued: "When our army first arrived in Yangzhai, we first set up camp in Fulong Villa with 1,000 elites and 9,000 old and weak to contain and prevent the soldiers of Zhuangzhong from going out of the city to reinforce Yangzhai, and then the general led the army to besiege Yangzhai County. Under the siege of 20,000 elites of our army, there was no panic in the city. It can be seen that the current Yang Zhai Ling Zhao Yun is also a master who is proficient in the art of war, and he is very calm. Therefore, if you want to rely on the numerical advantage to break through Yangzhai County, I am afraid that it will take a few months to see results. Therefore, attacking Yangzhai County is the next policy. ”

Although He Man didn't look down on Jia Ren's personality at this time, he had to admire his insight in his heart. He was right, when the 30,000 troops first arrived in Yangzhai, their morale was flourishing, and the grain and grass were sufficient, and they could not break through Yangzhai County. Now that the troops have been under the city for nearly ten days, not only have they not done an inch, but even most of the grain and grass have been lost, and their morale has been greatly depressed. Besides, Guo Bin's army is eyeing Yang Zhai on one side, how can he still storm Yang Zhai?

However, He Man is not stupid, Jia Ren has raised so many questions, there will naturally be a way to solve them, otherwise why bother with this extra talk? At the moment, he said sincerely: "Our army is currently in this desperate situation, how should we deal with it, and I also ask the military advisor to make it clear that Mandang is grateful." ”

The Yellow Turban Army is short of food and grass this time, and if it can't break through Yangzhai County before the grain and grass are exhausted, it will be a big deal. At that time, if the army is to be withdrawn, as soon as Guo Bin leads the army to press up, I am afraid that the retreat will immediately turn into a rout. In addition, the cavalry of the Yusuo Department stared at the large camp, and once the army had a slight chaos, the cavalry would inevitably follow the attack and expand the chaos. At that time, I am afraid that even fleeing for my life will become a luxury. If the whole army did not return to Xuchang, Bo Cai would be grateful for He Man's hard work in the past, and he would have to behead him to deter the three armies.

When Jia Ren saw He Man like this, he also sighed in his heart, how could he have thought that Guo Bin would be so powerful, silently, and without a few battles, he would force 30,000 yellow turban elites to this point? If he had not been a Taiping Dao since the beginning and fully cooperated with Guo Bin in the resettlement of the displaced people, not only would the foundation of the Jia family not be lost, but I am afraid that he Jia Ren would be the one who guards Yangzhai County now. In the future, with Guo Bin, a strongman, why worry about the day when he has no future? However, now that it's too late to say anything, even if he Jia Ren wants to take refuge with Guo Bin, I'm afraid he won't be accepted.

This thought just flashed in Jia Ren's mind, and then he thought: "Fortunately, I still have hole cards that have not been played, and this time I will win or lose, there is still between the two." ”

At that moment, Jia Ren settled down and said to He Man: "The general doesn't have to worry, Jia has his own way to break the enemy." ”

He Man cheered up and said, "Oh? Dare to ask the military advisor, will the plan be released? ”

Jia Ren said: "Guo Bin's new camp, the walled walls are made of logs, and its solidity is far from the Yangzhai city wall, and there is no moat in front of the wall, and the walled wall is only more than one zhang high. Although the front of the wall is a gentle slope and needs to be attacked from the back, it is much more convenient than attacking the city. ”

He Man said: "Oh? What the military advisor meant by his words was that he wanted our army to attack Guo Bin's newly established battalion? ”

Jia Ren said: "Our army has been under the city for more than ten days, and the only way out is to seek a decisive battle." Yang Zhai Jiancheng is unbreakable, and our army must attack Guo Bin's camp. ”

He Man said: "Since Guo Qianyang is so arranged, he must know that our army will go to attack his camp, and he will definitely be prepared." When our army goes, will it not fall into its trap? ”

Jia Ren nodded and said, "The general's expectation is good, this is the only way out that Guo Bin arranged for us." At present, he must have made all preparations and waited for our army to attack. This so-called conspiracy, we know that this is a trap, and we have to jump into it. ”

He Man was shocked and said, "How about that?" So let my army be fooled? ”

Jia Ren smiled and said, "How did the general forget that I had sent someone into the city?" ”

Yu was ordered by Taizu to roam outside the Yellow Turban camp, waiting for an opportunity to burn its grain and grass, and the situation of the Yellow Turban Army was greatly depressed.

--"The Biography of the General of the Cheers"