Chapter 440: Dividing Troops in the Night

"What does Gong Jin think?" Liu Feng looked at Zhou Yu and asked again.

"Let's not waste time on such things, discussing how to set up a formation to thwart Xu Chu's troops is the king." Zhou Yu looked at Liu Feng and Pang Tong with some teasing, obviously not wanting to participate in their discussions knowing the results.

Liu Feng and Pang Tong glanced at each other and smiled bitterly, Zhou Yu is actually a very straightforward person, and he can't see this kind of knowingly questioning discussion, even if he is facing Liu Feng as his father-in-law, he still has such a temperament.

"Then we have to discuss it well, is our spear sharper than the one in the hands of Xu Chu and Xu Huang......" For Zhou Yu's performance, Liu Feng naturally didn't care, for the people under his command, as long as he really thought about himself, Liu Feng would not care about their character, he believed that the reason why Zhou Yu was Zhou Yu was probably because of his temperament that was different from others, if he was a submissive person, even if there was a ravine in his heart, he would not achieve the same achievements as Chibi.

Hearing that Liu Feng finally got to the point, Zhou Yu no longer concealed it, and opened his mouth directly.

"After what we did in Luoyang last time, Xu Chu probably hated the lord in his heart, and this time Cao Zhi made Xu Chu a pioneer, it is precisely because of this, but everything has advantages and disadvantages, and it is easy to break if it is too rigid, Xu Chu at this time, it is exactly like this, according to the news sent back by the Fei Yuwei of the lord in Luoyang, Yang Xiu's army will be two days later than Xu Chu, and these two days are enough for us to make a fuss and break the spear in Xu Chu's hand......"

As soon as he heard Zhou Yu's words, Liu Feng knew that Zhou Yu probably had a plan in his heart. Indeed, Xu Chu came, although he is known as a pioneer, but what he really wants to do is not what a normal vanguard should do, generally speaking, as the vanguard of the front, he will lead thousands or at most 10,000 elite soldiers, and its purpose is nothing more than to test the deployment and strength of the enemy army in advance, and it can also save most of the people behind him from being ambushed.

So if it is the general front vanguard, even if it is eliminated, it will not play a great role, but this time it is different, because there is a huge military force of more than 200,000 behind him, so Cao Zhi gave Xu Chu 80,000 troops as the vanguard, and its role is not just to spy on the military situation, but to give Liu Feng a hard impact first, according to Cao Zhi's thoughts, even if Xu Chu can't break through Liu Feng's defense, at least Liu Feng's defense will lose six or seven points of strength, and wait until the remaining 200,000 troops arrive. The land of Nanyang is still hand-to-hand, and what's more, Cao Zhi even thought that Xu Chu could break through Nanyang with the strength of one person, and when the main force behind him arrived, he still arrived at Xiangyang City.

But apparently those were just Cao Zhi's wishful thinking, for Xu Chu, at least the few people sitting in the room did not pay attention, Cao Zhi greatly underestimated the ability and determination of these people who had faced Cao Cao's 800,000 army with less than 100,000 soldiers.

Speaking of separation, the 80,000 army led by Xu Chu is undoubtedly the elite of this expedition, although Xu Chu seems to be brave and unstrategic, but he also knows in his heart what kind of army he is going to face, before in Luoyang City, the equipment and quality of the army led by Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun is almost only seen in his life, except for the elite of tiger and leopard cavalry, Xu Chu can't imagine which Wei army can be compared.

And today, the first to follow Xu Chu is the 10,000 tigers and leopards to ride, with this 10,000 tigers and leopards to ride, Xu Chu's heart has a little more confidence, and he also knows what kind of feats these killing gods who used to follow Cao Cao have made, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and even Ma Chao have fled in embarrassment under their iron hooves, and Xu Chu hopes that the next one is Liu Feng.

Soon, it was only thirty miles away from Nanyang, and further on, bypassing a small hill, it was almost possible to see the defenders of the city in the distance.

Xu Chu knew that he should have accumulated his strength, he had arrived here four or five hours earlier than he estimated, and it was not a good strategy to attack the city in a hurry, he needed to let the soldiers have a full meal, let the war horses eat some grain and grass, and then he could give full play to the true strength of these 80,000 elites.

So, after a brief discussion with Xu Huang, under the obstruction of this hill, the 80,000 army set up camp on the spot, Xu Chu is waiting for the arrival of the night, otherwise these army targets are too big, as long as they appear more than ten miles outside the city, they will be discovered by the scouts outside the city by Liu Feng, in this way, there is no doubt that they can only use the most tragic siege to capture Nanyang, which is not what Xu Chu wants to see, after all, these 80,000 troops are the elite of the Wei State, if it is in this area of Nanyang, more than half of it will be lost, even if Xu Chu wins, it is also gloomy.

Four hours later, the sky had completely darkened, and at this time, Xu Chu's army of 80,000 was already full of wine and food.

"You and I each led an army of 40,000 troops, respectively from both sides of the hill to the east and west gates of the city, rushed for thirty miles, and took the east and west sides of Nanyang at night, even if Zhao Zilong is careful, he will be in a hurry, once a city gate is opened, our military advantage will be revealed, at that time, Nanyang will be in the hands of our others, with Nanyang, why worry about Xiangyang can not be taken?"

Xu Chu said such a thing in front of Xu Huang, Xu Huang looked at the quiet night sky, although he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, but there was no reason to refute this surprise strategy, according to common sense, he and Xu Chu should attack from the north gate, if they can really take advantage of the night to go around the east and west sides, they will naturally achieve good results, otherwise tomorrow and tomorrow, they don't know how to use to capture Nanyang, and finally have to agree to Xu Chu's words.

So, after the two agreed, they each led 40,000 elites, and almost simultaneously went around the two sides of the hill in front of them, Xu Chu himself ran to the east gate, and Xu Huang ran to the west gate, according to Xu Chu's prediction, after an hour, the two could attack from the east and west directions at the same time, and what they brought to the defenders in the city would only be panic and helplessness.

Xu Huang carefully bypassed the small hill along the way in strict accordance with the matters he had discussed with Xu Chu, and walked farther and farther away with Xu Chu, he considered a lot of bad possibilities, but he only didn't expect that the distance between him and Xu Chu was getting farther and farther, and when they walked to both sides of the huge hill, it was impossible to see or hear any news from each other.

An hour passed quickly in Xu Huang's tense and orderly march, he came to the west of the city on time, stared at the torches held by the night vigil sergeant on the city wall from afar, and ordered the sergeant under his command to carefully hide his figure as much as possible by the weeds on the ground, and touch the west gate.