Chapter 103: The first battle is won and the ancient city is captured

Lu Yan was proceeding in an orderly manner here, and on the other side of the hill, he didn't seem to find that there were already 40,000 troops pressing the border, and it was still ploughing at sunrise and resting at sunset. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The periphery of the ancient city is full of barbarians, only the other side is the wasteland, and the other two cities are a little far away from the ancient city, although they are triangular, but they cannot be rushed to the rescue quickly.

On the hill, Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan each took a thousand soldiers and horses to bypass from both sides, if they launched an attack, they must be familiar with the terrain on this side, although the two are not veterans, but they have also been on the battlefield, so they are particularly familiar with the terrain survey.

At night, the two of them had already seen the situation of the ancient city clearly from the hillside, and the city gate had two directions, the back gate was facing Lu Yan's army, and the other front gate was facing the opposite direction.

In the tent, Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan had already returned from patrolling outside, and Lu Yan was carefully pondering how to deal with the enemy in the tent, which was very head-catching, and it was originally a little difficult for a modern person to study the ancient art of war, not to mention that he was not familiar with the place here.

Seeing the two coming back, Lu Yan hurriedly got up to greet him, "Is there any other county town in front of the ancient city?" Lu Yan asked anxiously.

"General Qiyu, there are two cities in the front of this ancient city for more than a dozen miles, it seems to be the south city of Guilin and the north city of Guilin, which are far away from the ancient city." Zhao Tuo said very seriously.

Lu Yan just paced back and forth, "In this way, it seems that the ancient city must be taken quickly, so as not to be discovered by the people in the north and south cities, and take advantage of the darkness, the two generals can have a way to take it in one fell swoop." ā€

Ren Huan's face was a little embarrassed, as if he was not very sure about this, the most important thing now is that he doesn't know how many soldiers there are in the city, if he blindly attacks the city, it is very likely to fail.

"It's better to think long-term." Ren Huan said with some concern.

Zhao Tuo just waved his hand, "Don't worry, general, such a barbarian doesn't know the art of war, and if he takes advantage of the dark night to raid, he will definitely be able to take it in one fell swoop, and then wait for an opportunity to form an opposition with the other northern and southern cities." ā€

Although Lu Yan knew that there was a risk, he still felt that the strategy Zhao Tuo said was feasible, "When Brother Ziwen comes back, I will be thinking about it in the long run." Lu Yan didn't make a decision immediately.

The strategy of using troops lies in prudence, the more so, the more you must stabilize your mind, in the evening, Lu Jing finished surveying the terrain, and all four of them sat down in the tent, and Lu Yan also had a careful plan in his heart at this moment.

There was a map on the wooden table, and Lu Yan was tired after thinking about it these days, but he already had a plan.

"I have a plan, the three of them estimate for the time being, the range of the crossbow is farther, first Ziwen led a hundred crossbowmen and archers as the vanguard, attacking the main gate outside, Zhao Duwei led the soldiers to hide in the hills outside the city gate, Ren Duwei ambushed the soldiers not far outside the city to ambush the soldiers, they don't chase it, if they chase it out, Zhao Tuo Duwei took the opportunity to enter the city, how about giving them a snake out of the hole? At that time, Captain Ren will be unprepared to attack him, and he will definitely be able to take the ancient city," Lu Yan said very seriously.

Zhao Tuo glanced at the map and felt that it was not bad, "It's just that the back door of this ancient city is full of barbarians, if they escape from behind, won't it be a failure?" Zhao Tuo said with some doubts.

"Captain Zhao is really thoughtful, I have already thought of this, tomorrow when you attack the front door, I will lead the soldiers and horses to sweep the back door, you don't have to worry." Lu Yan said very confidently.

This arrangement only requires 10,000 soldiers and horses, Ren Hao 3,000, Lu Jing's 100 crossbowmen and another 1,000 archers, Zhao Tuo and Lu Yan each bring 3,000 and move forward separately.

After the matter was discussed and arranged, Lu Yan also motioned for everyone to go down and recuperate, "Tomorrow's battle can only be won and undefeated, and if the first battle is defeated, morale will drop, and it will be even more difficult." Lu Yan said in a deep voice.

Zhao Tuo and the others also nodded in agreement, "If we are defeated, let the general deal with it." ā€

The next day, taking advantage of the night, Ren Huan led three thousand soldiers and horses to ambush in the jungle in the wasteland, while Zhao Tuo hid on the right side of the ancient city, and Lu Yan was in front of the swamp and behind the valley.

In the early morning, when everything was arranged, Lu Jing personally led the soldiers and horses from the top of the hillside to the main gate of the ancient city, and deliberately made a noise.

In the ancient city, a middle-aged reckless man sat on a tiger skin chair, his skin was dark, his clothes were all animal skins, and there were several old men sitting below, this was the little chief of the ancient city lord.

Originally, it was very comfortable to eat, drink and have fun in the city, but when I heard that a team of soldiers and horses came around from the side of the ancient city, I immediately gathered the elders in the city to discuss countermeasures.

"What do you think?" The little chief said unconcernedly, with no anxious look on his face.

An elder dressed in sackcloth stood up first, "There has been news just now, there are only about a thousand soldiers, if they come to attack the city, they will definitely leave their bones behind." ā€

This elder's name is Father Peach, it turns out that the barbarian has no surname, and always likes to call some more down-to-earth names, that is, the elder father of animals and plants, and Father Peach is like this.

"Since they have a thousand men and horses, I will lead five thousand men and horses to fight and see how they can defend themselves." The little chief said proudly.

While speaking, Lu Jing also rushed down from the top of the hill, and without saying a word, he directly shot the guards on the city with crossbow arrows, and then the archers released their arrows, and in a moment, hundreds of people in the city were killed.

The little chief also came to the city in a hurry, and when he saw that there was only a twenty-year-old young man in front of the city gate, he was naturally not afraid in his heart, and immediately shouted below, but he was originally a barbarian, where did Lu Jing hear it, but he just made a disdainful expression.

The little chief above thought that Lu Jing was insulting him, so he immediately ordered someone to open the city gate, and then went to battle.

It was more than ten rendezvous back and forth, Lu Jing pretended to be physically exhausted, and immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat.

However, the little chief was in the middle of a fierce battle, and when he saw Lu Jing fleeing suddenly, he couldn't care about anything else, so he led his thousands of men and horses to immediately chase after him.

At the back of the ancient city, Lu Yan led 3,000 men and horses to fight all the way, and soon came to the back gate of the ancient city.

Lu Yan also immediately ordered the siege of the city, due to the lack of manpower in the city, he had to defend the city gate, a few rounds of archers came down, there were no barbarians in the city, Lu Yan did not give them the opportunity to reinforce, first set up a ladder, and then directly arched the city gate.

And Zhao Tuo saw that the little chief led the soldiers to chase Lu Jing, and also entered through the front door, Lu Yan and Zhao Tuo should occupy the ancient city, issue an edict, and those who surrender will not be killed, and in less than a noon, all the people in the entire ancient city surrendered.

The little chief led many people to chase Lu Jing for more than ten miles, and he didn't know anything about the things in the city, so Lu Jing also slowed down at this time and sneered at the back.

Just when the little chief was confused, Ren Huan's soldiers and horses also came out from behind, which caught the little chief a little off guard, and he knew that he had been tricked.