Guo Jia on the side suddenly said loudly: "Lord, Captain Wu is reasonable. Let Wen Qian's troops fight Li Meng, and most of the soldiers have lost their strength and need to rest. He is the elite of Yuzhou County, and now he has the heart of a thief, why is the lord not an adult? ”

After that, seeing that Xu Chu was hesitant, he leaned over and said, "If you lose, the lord will have a chance to collect his soldiers." ”

Xu Chu was shocked when he heard this, and then he was relieved.

Guo Jia is really yin.

Wu Kuan, Liu Chong, and Zhai Rong have 10,000 people under their hands, almost equal to Xu Chu. The difference between the two sides, on the surface, is just the title of Xu Chu's 'General Xinghuya'. How could they be willing to make wedding clothes for Xu Chu? And Xu Rong is one of the most powerful generals under Dong Zhuo, putting aside Xu Chu's 'foresight', with the understanding of this world, Wu Kuan and others are definitely not Xu Rong's opponents. In this way, it can not only kill the sharp spirit of Wu Kuan and others, but also consume Xu Rong's combat power, and enjoy it yourself, why not.

Xu Chu smiled and said: "The Qing and others are loyal and courageous, how can I brush the heart of the Qing to serve the country." And stay outside the city to set up camp, I personally led the army to wait for the Qing to wait for the formation. ”

Wu Kuan and the other three went with great interest, rectifying the soldiers and horses and boosting morale.

Tonight, the troops did not move, and the next day they marched, forty miles away, and they arrived outside Liang County in half a day. Wu Kuan and others ordered soldiers to cut down mountains and trees, and build ladders, pontoon bridges and other objects. After working for a long time, the siege began at noon.

However, it was said that yesterday in Liang County, Li Meng's army returned to Liang County, and Xu Rong met Li Meng in the tent.

"He's such a veteran that he doesn't even understand the four words that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated!" Xu Rongtie blushed and looked at Li Meng, who was apologizing in the tent.

If he scolds people, Xu Rong can only think about it in his stomach, at this juncture, not only can he not scold Li Meng, but he also has to be encouraged to make meritorious contributions. Only in this way can you have a chance to get out of the way.

In Xu Rong's original plan, with Li Meng's 1,000 cavalry constantly harassing Xu Chu's grain road, he stuck to Liang County, and within ten days, Xu Chu could only retreat. When he had to retreat, he led the cavalry out of the city and attacked Hua Xiong and Li Meng, and a great victory was captured.

The plan is plump, and the reality is skinny.

Xu Rong didn't expect that the first time the two armies dealt with each other, Xu Chu would be able to take advantage of Li Meng's character and lack of wisdom to give him a head-on blow. A thousand cavalry only brought back 300, and the opponent was actually the vanguard of the Xu army with only 200 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers.

"Xu Zhongkang is really a person with a heart, and he must have bothered to understand the generals under Dong Xiang for a long time."

Xu Rong didn't know that the strategy to defeat Li Meng was completely planned by Xi Zhong, and he unknowingly glanced at Xu Chugao a few times. Therefore, Xu Chu's evaluation in his heart is not only 'majestic', but also 'cunning'.

After comforting Li Meng and sending him away, Xu Rong sat alone in the tent, closing his eyes and pondering. Overnight, the scouts sent out came one after another.

Xu Rong frowned: I don't want anyone in Kong Ling's army to defect to Xu Chu, which doubles his strength, so that the plan of a surprise attack with light cavalry while he is still unstable will not work.

"Report!"

"What's going on?"

"The subordinates probed to the north of Zhucheng, and suddenly a foot army of two thousand appeared!"

"Got it, stand down."

Xu Rong paced back and forth in the tent, thinking hard about a good plan. Suddenly, he had a plan, and immediately said to the outside of the tent: "Someone." ”

The soldiers waiting outside the tent to be dispatched heard the voice and entered, "Please give the order of the general." ”

"Pass my military order, officers above the rank of military marquis, come to my account to discuss matters, there must be no mistakes!"

......

......

The county seat of Liangxian is not large, and the height of the city is less than 20 meters. Although the sparrow is small and has all five organs, there are three city gates in the east, south and north, Wu Kuan, Liu Chong, and Zhai Rong each choose one, and Xu Chu leads the army to follow, waiting for the opportunity to move.

When the time was agreed for the siege, the drums rumbled, and the three forward dead soldiers rushed towards the city with ladders.

Xu Chu's position was in the east of Liang County, close to the rear of Liu Chong's 3,000 men in the east of the city, so he could see the siege of the city a little. I saw Liu Chong's forward putting the pontoon bridge under the rain of arrows, and then more than ten cloud ladders went up one after another, and the soldiers who climbed the cloud ladders were either shot by arrows, or hit by stones, logs and other objects, and fell from mid-air, suffering heavy casualties. The first wave of dead soldiers were all killed, Liu Chong immediately ordered the second wave of dead soldiers to attack, such as an hour after the attack, the fire on the head of the city gradually stopped, and finally some soldiers climbed to the head of the city and jumped on the city wall.

Xu Chu watched from afar, and for some reason always felt that something was wrong, because he asked Guo Jiadao: "Fengxiao, it doesn't seem right to fight like this." ”

Guo Jia looked solemn and said: "In the small city of Liang County, the number of Dong soldiers is small, and they can be well prepared, so as not to make a certain place a weak point...... Moreover, when there is still room for the opportunity to go out of the city and attack. ”

Xu Chu was shocked, and suddenly felt that Guo Jia was right. It is expected that Xu Rong was also waiting for Wu Kuan, Liu Chong, and Zhai Rong to attack the city at this time, and found a certain breakthrough point, and led the cavalry out to cover up for a while.

It's just that with this alone, Wu Kuan and the others should also be on guard, so as not to be rushed into chaos.

Xu Chu turned his eyes to look at the city wall of Dongcheng again, and saw that after attacking the city wall many times, Liu Chong's offensive was frustrated, and he couldn't help but guess: Will Xu Rong rush out of the city at this time?

After waiting for a long time, the East City Gate did not move, and Xu Rong did not take the opportunity to rush out to cover up.

Xu Chu was puzzled, and suddenly a horse galloped from the north, and the knight fell off his horse, not caring about being thrown to the ground, and said to Xu Chu in a trembling voice: "The general is not good!" Captain Wu was beheaded by Xu Rong, and the Dong soldiers went out from the north gate to kill! ”

Everyone changed color.

However, after Xu Rong guarded for a while, he quietly transferred his heavy troops to the north gate, and Xu Chu saw that the firepower of the east city gate gradually decreased, which was originally a trick set by Xu Rong, in fact, the pressure on the north gate was the greatest. When Wu Kuan's troops at the north gate suffered heavy losses and their morale was greatly weakened, Xu Rong put down the drawbridge, personally led Li Meng and others to open the city gate, galloped out, and killed Wu Kuan.

What Xu Chu couldn't understand was that Wu Kuan was also in command of 4,000 people, how could he be easily killed by Xu Rong?

After the war, I learned that Xu Rong used the same method as Xi Zhong - agitating generals.

The method of agitation can be said to be a very clichéd and rotten strategy, but throughout the ages, this method has been prosperous for a long time, and the reason for this is extremely simple - it is easy to use.

After Xu Rong led the cavalry out of the city, he immediately ordered all the Dong cavalry to shout, many of these Dong cavalry were Hu people, and the vulgar words came casually, Wu Kuan endured it for a while, and couldn't bear it for a long time.

"Oops!"

"My lord, this is?"

"Fengxiao, the north of Liang County is Zhucheng, Xu Rong suddenly arrived, Cao Ren and Cao Hongke are in danger! If these two are lost, what face will I have to see Mende! ”

Guo Jia smiled faintly, "Don't worry, Er Cao should have retired from the army at this moment." ”

"Huh?"

"Although the city is small and the garrison is small, it is an ancient fortress with high walls. Although Cao Ren and Cao Hong have 2,000 people, it is not difficult to win the bet city, but it will take several days. Cao Ren and Cao Hong only needed to take a few glances outside the city, and they knew that the food was tasteless, so they naturally retreated. ”

Guo Jia's meaning: Zhucheng is indeed small, but because it is small, the circumference of the city is so large, and it is easier to defend, Mo said that Cao Ren and Cao Hong only have 2,000 people, which is 20,000, what can they do? It must not be consumed slowly.

Only then did Xu Chu know that he didn't know the details of the city, so he asked Cao Ren and Cao Hong to bet the city earlier, and Guo Jia knew the bottom of the place, but he didn't stop it at that time, so it can be seen that he intended to let Cao Ren and Cao Hong run away.