Hurried footsteps sounded, interrupting Liu Biao's laughter.

The soldiers who came from the city came to report that many Soviet soldiers had escaped from the Soviet camp and wanted to enter the city to join him Liu Biao.

A large number of deserters?

Come to run?

Liu Biao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but stand up, without saying a word, he left the house and went straight to the city.

It was expected that the Soviet army had fled to defect, because in the past few days, almost hundreds of escapees had come to defect, which also meant that Xu Shu's strategy had worked.

But tonight, a large number of fugitives suddenly came to defect, which made Liu Biao a little suspicious, so he had to go to the city in person.

When I climbed to the top of the city and looked down, I saw hundreds of soldiers gathered in front of the North Gate City, shouting that they wanted to come back to reunite with their families, and begged Liu Biao to take them in.

"I heard that the Su thieves have strengthened the surveillance of the military camp, and the number of fugitives who have come to defect in the past few days has obviously decreased sharply, how can so many people suddenly come?" Kuai Liang was suddenly a little suspicious.

Liu Biao also nodded and looked at Wen Ping, "Have you interrogated all these people?" ”

Wen Ping said: "My lord, the last general let a few people into the city for interrogation, and they confessed that Su Zhe couldn't bear to see them threatened and separated from their relatives, so out of benevolence, he took the initiative to let them leave the camp by themselves. ”

Liu Biao was taken aback, and all the civil and military forces on the left and right were also surprised.

Kuai Liang was surprised: "Then the Su thief is so benevolent and righteous, will he take the initiative to let these soldiers leave?" ”

His tone was obviously not very believing.

Liu Biao also stroked his beard, silent, and the word fox suspicion was written between his eyebrows.

Kuai Yue sneered, and said in a sarcastic tone: "The Su thief is not out of any benevolence, he is obviously forced to be helpless, knowing that those soldiers are thinking of fleeing, even if they are forcibly detained in the camp, it will be a hidden danger, so they have to cut their flesh and let them go, so as to make a name for benevolence and righteousness." ”

Kuaiyan's explanation, everyone suddenly realized.

"This Su thief is really hypocritical, and it is really shameful to come up with such a means to buy people's hearts." Liu Biao snorted coldly and sarcastically.

At this time, Wen Ping arched his hand and asked, "Lord, should we take these fugitives or not?" ”

"Xeno, what do you think?" Liu Biao's eyes looked at Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue stroked his beard lightly, muttered for a long time, and said: "Although the Su thief's move is forced to be helpless, in order to win people's hearts, if the lord does not take in these fugitives, he will only force them back to the Su thief, and even if we have hostages in hand, we will no longer be able to threaten them, so we can only force them to die and follow the Su thief to fight to the death, so the more I think that these fugitives still have to be taken in." ”

Liu Biao nodded slightly, and said: "The difference is reasonable, Zhongye, the matter of accepting the fugitive, this mansion will be handed over to you." ”

Liu Biao had already given the order, and Wen Ping was ordered to act.

For the sake of safety, Wen Ping was certainly not stupid enough to open the city gate and openly let so many fugitives enter the city at one time, so as not to cause chaos.

He first ordered the fugitives to retreat two hundred paces, and then sent more than a thousand soldiers out of the city, first confiscated the weapons of the fugitives, and then let them into the city, and vacated a military camp for them to station.

And these fugitives were pinched by Liu Biao's family, so naturally they didn't dare to do anything, so they could only obediently put down their weapons, honestly enter the city, and honestly enter the military camp arranged for them.

Everything was under control and went very smoothly.

Liu Biao stood at the head of the city, watching the groups of fugitives, obediently lining up into the city gate, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a smug sneer.

These more than 4,000 fugitives, plus the fugitives who defected before, were close to five thousand, almost close to all of Su Zhe's reorganized recruits.

The loss of these horses means that the number of Su Zhe's soldiers and horses will drop to more than 15,000 people, and the morale of the army will be seriously frustrated.

And these more than 5,000 fugitives were originally his Liu Biao's subordinates, and they were all captured because of the previous failures, and they were forced to be reorganized by Su Zhe.

Now that these soldiers had returned, he had their families in his hands, and he had no need to worry about their loyalty, and with a little reorganization, he could immediately reorganize them into his army.

In this way, the number of his army will reach more than 10,000.

Under the rise and fall, the trend of victory and defeat has been reversed.

Moreover, Cai Mao's reinforcements are already on the way, and Huang Zu is very likely to be persuaded by Xu Du to lead the army to help in front of him.

The current situation, for him Liu Biao, is not only good, but simply very good.

"Hmph, Su thief, if you have the guts, you won't retreat, see that my three-way people will join Xiangyang, just surround and annihilate you......"

Liu Biao thought about the future, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the smug smile on his face became more and more brilliant.

……

Two days later.

The sky was bright, and Su Zhe suddenly convened the generals to discuss the matter, saying that there was a big event to announce.

When the generals hurried to the big tent, Su Zhe was already wearing armor and holding his sword, and stood there murderously, looking at the formation, it seemed as if he was going to attack the city.

When the generals were suspicious, Su Zhe waved his hands and shouted: "It's all here, right, quickly go and gather the troops and horses of the department, today I will attack Xiangyang in one fell swoop." ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals suddenly changed color.

Huangfu Song immediately said in a deep voice: "Su Cheqi, I heard you right, you just let go of nearly 5,000 men and horses, our army is now seriously weakened, and the morale of the army has suffered a big setback, you actually want to attack the city at this time?" ”

Su Zhejian frowned, and said sharply: "I am now ordering you, Emperor Fu Yizhen, to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters to line up in front of the city, and attack Xiangyang with me, do you dare to disobey?" ”

Huangfu Song's face changed, as if he was displeased, he didn't want Su Zhe to take out his official position to oppress people, so he couldn't say anything about it.

"Since Su Cheqi has given the order, how dare I disobey." Huangfu Song reluctantly accepted the order and left sullenly.

The rest of Li Yan, Gan Ning and other generals, although they also had doubts, but when they saw that Huangfu Song's identity was choked back, they didn't dare to ask more, so they had to take the order and leave.

The order was passed down, and in the camp, the sound of gongs and rallying was everywhere.

The officers and men of the Soviet army who had had breakfast in a hurry could only reluctantly cheer up, and under the urging of generals at all levels, they quickly left the camp gate and went to the front line of the north gate of Xiangyang.

At dawn, more than 10,000 Soviet troops were assembled, lined up in front of the city, and put on a siege posture.

At the head of the city, the sound of gongs and warnings also resounded in the sky.

Thousands of Jingzhou soldiers hurriedly climbed to the top of the city before the Soviet army finished the formation, forming a defensive situation.

A moment later, Liu Biao also hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, looking at the Soviet army in front of the city, he couldn't help frowning, and his face was a little suspicious.

"The Su thief has so many soldiers and horses, and he still wants to attack the city." Liu Biao looked suspicious and looked at the two brothers of the Kuai family.

Kuai Liang also said suspiciously: "Su Thief is familiar with the art of war, he should know that his situation is not good, and attacking the city is the next strategy, could it be that he wants to play some tricks?" ”

As soon as he heard the word "trick", Liu Biao suddenly became uneasy, and couldn't help but look at Kuai Yue again.

Kuai Yue's brows were deeply locked, he was silent, and his thoughts were rolling.

After a while, the corners of Kuai Yue's mouth raised a trace of disdain, and said lightly: "Even if the Su thief has any tricks, we just need to respond to all changes with the same, and only strictly guard the city, I don't believe he can play any tricks." ”

Hearing his words, Liu Biao's expression softened slightly, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Order the soldiers, don't panic, if the thief dares to attack the city, he will be given a head-on blow!" ”

The order was passed down, and the Jingzhou soldiers, whose morale had recovered a lot, all clenched their swords and guns and were on guard.

The confrontation begins.

Minutes and seconds passed, and before I knew it, it was already an hour later.

For a long time in front of the Soviet army, the soldiers were messy in the morning light for a long time, but Su Zhe never stood still, neither ordered to collect the troops, nor ordered the siege of the city.

He just confronted each other quietly, as if waiting for something.

Gradually, the soldiers in the formation began to feel uneasy, and they were wondering what their lord was going to do.

Huangfu Song was also a little impatient to wait, so he asked: "Su Che rides, forgive the old man for one more word, the art of war: one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion." If you want to attack the city, why don't we take advantage of the time when the soldiers are full of energy to launch an attack, and if we continue to be empty like this, and then attack the city when the soldiers' mental and physical strength have declined, wouldn't it be even more hopeless. ”

In his tone, he obviously thought that Su Zhe's siege of the city today had little hope.

And now, it's just "more" slim.

"What, when you hear what the old general is saying, you are questioning that I don't understand the art of war?" Su Zhe didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

Huangfu Song was stunned, hesitated, and said calmly: "What about telling the truth, to be honest, to be honest, if you do this, you just don't understand the art of war!" ”

Sure enough, he is an upright veteran, and he really tells the truth......

Su Zhe was not annoyed, but smiled faintly: "The old general is right, but you should also know that if everything is according to the art of war, it is just talking about war on paper, in fact, the essence of the art of war is only the word 'improvisation'." ”

Huangfu Song's expression was stunned, and his eyes became more and more suspicious, on the one hand, he was surprised by Su Zhe's views on the art of war, and on the other hand, he was at a loss by Su Zhe's mysterious answer.

After being stunned for a moment, Huangfu Song said: "Su Cheqi, now is not the time for us to discuss the art of war, you don't answer what you asked, what the old man wants to ask you is, why don't you attack the city yet?" ”

"Old general, don't worry~~"

Su Zhe smiled more and more leisurely, and habitually stuffed a broad bean into his mouth, "The siege is certain, but we also have to wait for an excellent time, otherwise it will not cost the lives of the soldiers to forcibly attack the city now." ”

Occasion?

Huangfu Song's face became a little more suspicious, and he asked in a deep voice: "What time can you wait, the mental and physical strength of the soldiers is about to run out, and I think the best time has been missed." ”

When Su Zhe was talking to him, his eyes were always looking at the east direction of Xiangyang, and when Huangfu Song's voice fell, Su Zhe's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Who said that the time has passed, in my opinion, the perfect time has just arrived, and the old general will see for himself." Su Zhe smiled playfully, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the east.

Huangfu Song was full of suspicion, and looked in the direction of Su Zhe's finger, only to see that in the direction of Xiangyang Dongcheng, a column of wolf smoke was rising.