Zhang Xun, Ji Zheng, and Dongya marched northwest with their army for nearly a month, and finally arrived in Shu County on the border of Chen in mid-March, where their troops were stationed in the southeast of Shu County.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals are deliberating.

Huang Yun held the sword in his hand, pointed to the sand table and said: "It has taken nearly a month for us to march so far, and now the soldiers are all gearing up, and they can't wait for a big battle." In my opinion, this mere Chen State can be won in less than a month, and the first battle is very important at the moment, and it must be a big victory, which general is willing to take the lead and take the lead in breaking through this small Shu County? ”

"The last will go!" Yu Lan took the lead in standing up and asking for her life.

"Good! General Yu Lao has experienced a hundred battles, and it is naturally easy to break through Shu County, may I ask General Yu, how do you plan to attack the city? ”

"Shu County is short, just take the tactics of ladder ants."

Huang Yun was very happy and ordered: "Okay! It's simple and effective. General Yu obeyed the order, led 5,000 troops, and attacked the city tomorrow! ”

Without waiting for Yu Lan to receive the order, Zhang Xun suddenly stepped forward and saluted Huang Yun: "General Huang! We don't know much about the situation in Shu County, can we test it first and don't attack the city for the time being. ”

"Temptation? What's there to tempt?! Don't you know? The soldiers are fast, and now the soldiers are full of energy, and everyone is in a hurry to fight! Would you like to let General Ben tempt it? Shu County is a big place, the city wall is short and broken, what is there to try? ”

Zhang Xun explained: "I think we have come far away and do not know the enemy's situation, so it may be a little inappropriate to attack the city rashly. ”

Huang Yun was furious, and just about to have a seizure, the prince stepped forward and slowed down: "General Huang, what Zuo Xianfeng said also makes some sense. ”

"Hmph, a little Zuojun Sima, what can he know?"

The prince said with a smile: "Didn't General Sun Wu say that knowing oneself and knowing the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles." ”

"Humph! Then he also said that when the army is outside, what about the daily consumption of money!? Huang Yun glared at Zhang Xun contemptuously and reprimanded: "Hmph, you are still a left pioneer!" Why is it so rubbing! Needless to say, Siege Tomorrow! ”

Zhang Xun had no choice but to keep silent.

After the meeting, Zhang Xun told Ji Zheng what happened during the meeting, and Ji Zheng listened to it and said with a smile: "Actually, what General Huang said is right, now the soldiers are in full swing, and it is also a correct choice to capture Shu County in one go." But then again, it won't take long to reconnoitre, and I'm afraid that General Huang will underestimate the enemy. ”

Zhang Xun said worriedly: "That's right! I also think so, it is taboo to underestimate the enemy, not to mention that we don't know the enemy, doesn't "The Art of War" also say that we must know ourselves and our opponents? ”

"Forget it, let's see the results tomorrow, don't be so outspoken in the future. Speaking of which, have you forgotten all the argumentative techniques that Master taught you? Don't know how to avoid it? ”

"yes, it's strange, why did you forget all about the art of argumentation just now?"

Ji Zheng smiled and patted Zhang Xun's shoulder, "You, when facing General Huang, let's be tactful, I think he doesn't like you anymore." ”

"Hmm...... I know. ”

The next day, the Wu army gathered 5,000 elite soldiers and advanced to the front of the low Tucheng in Shu County.

Huang Yun rode a tall horse, standing in front of the queue, looking at the hundred and ten archers scattered on the earth city, Huang Yun laughed and said, "Haha! Just Chen Guo, the border gate is so unbearable! ”

The other generals also pointed to the city wall and laughed, Zhang Xun saw this, and said to Ji Zheng behind him: "Will there be an ambush?" ”

Ji Zheng shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be." ”

"How do you see that?"

Ji Zheng said with a serious face: "Guess, I haven't fought either." ”

"Guess? ......" Zhang Xun listened with a blank expression.

It didn't take long for Huang Yun to give an order, Yu Lan led five thousand elite soldiers to rush towards Tucheng, and the soldiers hugged them with shields and ladders.

At this time, the archers on the earth city also opened their bows and released arrows, hundreds of arrows roared, after a rain of arrows, the soldiers of Wu in the front row were killed and wounded dozens of people, some were shot and killed, some were hit by several arrows, lying on the ground and wailing in pain, the soldiers behind roared, stepped on the corpses or remnants of the soldiers in front, and desperately rushed forward to kill.

The rain of arrows swept in one after another, and the open sand field in front of the earth city was instantly covered with a layer of erosive flesh and blood. The soldiers of the Wu State braved the rain of arrows and finally rushed to the city wall after paying heavy casualties. The ladders suddenly stood up, and the soldiers had just climbed to the top of the ladders, but they were pushed to the ground by the enemy defending the city, along with the ladders. The ladder fell with a bang, and the soldiers who clinged to it were dead and wounded. The soldiers who were advancing did not care about the wounded, and immediately carried the ladder from the ground and erected it again.

It was not easy to stabilize the ladder, but the more brutal battle had just begun. I saw that boiling hot oil was poured on the city wall, and the soldiers below were doused with hot oil, rolling on the ground and crying and screaming. Immediately afterwards, boulders, rolling logs, and arrows flying all over the sky kept beckoning, and soon a mountain of corpses was built in front of the earthen city.

Yu Lan looked at the battlefield from afar, and saw that the 5,000-strong army had been unable to capture the city wall for a long time, so she was anxious and immediately ordered someone to beat the drum and urge. The drums beat loudly on the battlefield, and the besieging troops heard the order and again stormed the city walls. The dense siege troops desperately poured onto the city wall, and finally broke through the defense line of the Chen State. Subsequently, the soldiers of the State of Wu occupied the city wall and killed all the soldiers of the State of Chen who defended the city.

Half an hour later, the soldiers of the State of Wu opened the gate of Tucheng in Shu County from the inside, they boarded the city, pulled out all the flags of the State of Chen, and waved the flag of the State of Wu high with loud cheers.

Huang Yun led the generals into the city slowly, he admired the broken city walls and corpses everywhere in Shu County, turned to Zhang Xun and smiled: "Hmph, temptation? In half an hour, we captured Shu County, and you still have to try, maybe when you try it for a few days, this city will not be able to be captured! ”

Zhang Xun had nothing to say, so he could only bow his head and follow Huang Yun silently.

After a while, Huang Yun summoned all the generals to discuss in the county office, Huang Yun was overjoyed, and said to everyone: "This siege, General Yu Lao won the victory!" It's a big deal! ”

Yu Lan stepped forward and thanked him: "General Xie!" ”

"General Yu, how is the report of this battle?"

"Tell the general, in this siege, 200 enemies were killed, 542 of our troops were killed, more than 800 were lightly wounded, and more than 100 were seriously wounded."

Hearing this briefing, Zhang Xun's heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately realized a serious problem, but because of the occasion, he could only keep his mouth shut.

Huang Yun smiled: "Very good, the casualties are not serious, what is the situation in the city?" ”

Yu Lan replied: "There are no people in the city, no food, grass, ordnance, not even maps, household registers, etc., and now the entire Shu County is an empty city." ”

When Huang Yun heard this, he actually laughed: "Chen Guoren is really scared, in order to hide from us, I'm afraid even the rats in the city will move with them, haha!" ”

The other generals laughed too.

Huang Yun continued: "However, Chen Guoren can hide for a while, but he can't hide for a lifetime. I'd like to see where they can hide when we reach their capital, Wanqiu! By the way, are the generals defending the city in Shu County still alive? Bring him here! ”

"The county magistrate of Shu County has committed suicide in the city."

"It's also a martyr, let's bury it."

"No!"

Huang Yun turned around, pointed to the sand table and said to the soldiers: "After conquering Shu County, even if you knock on the door of Chen Guo, then take Hong County, Beiyang County, and Baji County in one go, and in less than a month, you can attack Wanqiu City." ”

All the generals nodded in praise, only Zhang Xun frowned and was silent, Huang Yun saw that Zhang Xun was silent, so he asked, "General Zhang, why don't you tell me what you think?" ”

"I don't have any ideas, I just think that General Huang is invincible, and the last general admires it."

Huang Yun laughed, and stopped asking.

After the meeting, Zhang Xun walked back to the camp dejectedly, at this time someone patted Zhang Xun's shoulder from behind, Zhang Xun turned around and saw that it was actually the prince's friend, so he hurriedly saluted and said: "His Royal Highness the prince." ”

The prince returned the salute, "I see that you have something on your mind, do you have any opinion on General Huang's strategy?" ”

Zhang Xun remembered that Gong Wanran had said that Huang Yun was the prince's uncle, so he didn't dare to say anything, but said perfunctorily: "There is no problem with the general's strategy, we 20,000 people are fighting outside, and we should seek a quick solution, otherwise, the supply of grain and grass will become a drag." ”

Prince You seemed to see that Zhang Xun still had reservations, and continued to ask: "But you still have some doubts, right?" ”

"Questioning...... No, there is no ......."

Prince You smiled: "You and I are the same age, how about putting aside our identities and positions and just treating each other as brothers?" To be honest, I have some opinions on General Huang's strategy, but it is also the first time for me to lead troops to fight, so I don't dare to talk too much, so we two novices might as well discuss it together. ”

Zhang Xun saw that the prince's eyes were full of sincerity, and his guard was half lowered in his heart, "Thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince's dislike, I have no doubts about General Huang's strategy, but I have some concerns. ”

"Well, let's hear it, I'd love to know what you think."

Zhang Xun looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he asked, "I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks of the number of casualties?" ”

"It's normal, after all, the besieging side often needs to pay three times as many troops, the enemy has nearly two hundred dead, we have more than five hundred dead, and more than one hundred seriously injured, which is basically three or four times."

"Your Highness is right, but this is based on the premise that the combat strength of both sides is three to one, but this time we are attacking with 5,000 troops at the same time, and the enemy's defensive force is only less than 200 people, where is this three to one?"

The prince suddenly realized, nodded and said: "That's right, that's right, if we attack the city with six hundred people, even if only a dozen people survive, it is normal, but if we attack with five thousand troops at the same time, such a casualty ratio is abnormal." ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, there are still a few strange points, why are there only 200 people guarding the city? Why have the people, food, grass, ordnance, etc., been evacuated from the city? And even more importantly, why not even a single one who surrendered? ”

After being reminded by Zhang Xun, the prince also realized the seriousness of the problem, and said faintly uneasy in his heart: "It shows that Chen Guo has long known that Shu County can't hold it, so he emptied his family and left two hundred dead soldiers waiting for us to attack the city, which is probably why only eleven people were captured." ”

"That's right, Chen Guo knows exactly what he wants to do, they are ready and waiting for us, but we don't know what lies ahead."

The prince patted Zhang Xun's shoulder heavily, and said approvingly: "Good brother, insightful, I am really the talent of Wu Dongliang!" Let's do it, let's discuss more in the future, if necessary, let's put forward our views to General Huang together, no matter what, today is a victory, worth celebrating, let's go, go to my barracks for a drink! ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie! But if I compare it to my brother, I can only be ashamed of myself, no matter how martial arts or strategy, he is far above me. ”

"Oh? Who is your brother? What is your current job? ”

"He doesn't have a position, and now I'm a strategist by my side, his name is Ji Zheng."

"Haha, good! Since he is now in the army, call him along, and we will not get drunk today! ”