Chapter 128: Li Yan's plan
Liu Chan and Li Yanzhong, the generals, came to their military tents and sat down separately.
After the battle just now, Yueshan City is still in the hands of Gao Ding, and the white-eared soldiers on their side have also suffered casualties, and everyone has a calm face.
After a pause, Liu Chan looked up at Li Yan, who was silent below, and said, "How about the casualties this time?" ”
Li Yan paused, and said in a deep voice: "The specific casualties are still being counted, and according to the old minister's estimate, there are almost more than 1,000 soldiers who died. ”
Li Yan is a veteran after all, so he can naturally say about the casualties.
Liu Chan naturally believed Li Yan's speculation, frowned slightly, and fell silent, if it was placed in the entire team of 20,000 people, this thousand ken would seem insignificant, but it was the end of the Three Kingdoms.
The era of the princes fighting for hegemony is coming to an end, and at the same time, the population has also decreased sharply, coupled with the fact that the Han State has experienced the battle of Yiling and suffered heavy losses, these recruits were also recruited by Zhuge Liang this year.
"Whew"
Liu Chan exhaled a long breath and slowly closed his eyes, the entire camp seemed quiet the moment Liu Chan closed his eyes, and the screams of the soldiers outside the tent could be faintly heard.
After a pause, Liu Chan suddenly opened his eyes, looked around at everyone, and said softly, "Do you have a good way to break the city?" ”
Zhao Yun and other generals under the tent were lowering their heads, and when they heard Liu Chan's question, they all looked at Li Yan next to him, only Li Yan and Gao Ding had fought twice, relatively speaking, they had to know a little about it, so they naturally pinned their hopes on Li Yan.
The silent Li Yan naturally felt everyone's gaze, raised his head slightly, paused for a moment and hugged his fist to Liu Chan, and said: "Your Majesty, Yueshan City is too high and steep, and Gao Ding seems to be prepared, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to attack, it's better to sneak attack." ”
"Sneak attack?"
Not only Liu Chan, but also the generals looked at Li Yan suspiciously, the high and steep Yueshan City was not good enough to attack, and they actually wanted to sneak attack, and everyone looked puzzled.
Li Yan still lowered his head, slowly raised his head, looked at Liu Chan and said: "The minister and Gao Ding have also fought several times, although this person is decisive and ruthless, he was ambushed by the minister that day, and actually gave up the entire rear army, which was also unexpected by the minister." ”
Li Yan let out a long sigh here, as if he regretted that if Gao Ding had been left behind that day, there would have been no casualties today.
Slowly closing his eyes, Li Yan continued: "It was also because Gao Ding lost the rear army that day, so he didn't all fall into the ambush of the ministers, but"
"But what?" Liu Chan asked with curiosity on his face. Although Li Yan is silent, he has always been cautious, and he will not talk nonsense about things that he is not sure of, which is exactly what Liu Chan is optimistic about him.
"But Gao Ding is so happy that he dared to attack Chengdu City by himself that day, you can see it."
"Oh?" With a move in his heart, Liu Chan raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what does this have to do with the sneak attack that Lord Li Yan said?" ”
Li Yan slowly lowered his head, pondered for a moment and said: "Today's defeat of our army, if according to Gao Ding's character and the high and steep city wall, Gao Ding will definitely take it lightly. ”
"Humph!" Liu Chan chuckled, waved his hand, and said, "Since Lord Li Yan also knows that Yueshan City is high and steep, then how can we sneak attack!" ”
Li Yan was not embarrassed by Liu Chan's question, as if he knew that Liu Chan would ask like this, he was still silent: "Today's minister observed on the battlefield, although Yueshan City is high and steep, there are not many defenders, and the defenders are basically concentrated on the north gate to resist our attack, although the other three gates also have garrisons, but they are just ordinary garrisons. ”
"Moreover, there are fewer garrisons on the tower of the east gate, after all, attacking the east gate must bypass the hills ahead, and the terrain of the east gate is mountainous, so it is not suitable to attack, so the minister asserts that Gao Ding's garrison here must be less!"
Liu Chan listened to Li Yan's analysis, his dark eyes gradually emitted a fine light, and even his breathing became a little short, Li Yan's observation coupled with his cautious character, he could say affirmative words at this time, which naturally convinced Liu Chan.
Nanzhong is like a piece of heart disease in Liu Chan's heart, eager to get rid of it as soon as possible, and now when he heard Li Yan's analysis, he was relieved, and suddenly looked up at Li Yan and said, "Then how should we go about a sneak attack?" ”
"Tonight!" Li Yan said in a deep voice.
"Tonight!"
Liu Chan frowned, after all, after the big battle, the soldiers had not rested yet, and they were going to sneak attack again, so he was a little hesitant in his heart.
Li Yan seemed to sense Liu Chan's hesitation, settled down, and said: "Your Majesty, the fighter plane is fleeting, if you give up the current opportunity, there will be more soldiers to lose at that time!" ”
Liu Chan's heart seemed to be knocked by Li Yan's words, and he was stunned for a moment, and then he fixed his eyes on Li Yan, who was still bowing his head, and now he finally understood why Liu Bei entrusted himself to Zhuge Liang and Li Yan that day.
Zhuge Liang is good at governance, and he has been able to recuperate the Han State in less than a year, and he has recruited 20,000 new soldiers, you can think of the ability of this prime minister, but Li Yan has been silent, and Liu Chan has not had much contact, but the caution and decisiveness shown by this person today really impressed Liu Chan now.
Glancing at Li Yan gratefully, Liu Chan calmed down and said, "I don't know if Lord Li Yan has a detailed sneak attack method?" ”
"Tonight, the minister will also lead the soldiers to attack Yueshan City, and then send an elite to sneak in from the east gate, as long as our people can sneak into the city, the defenders will definitely be in chaos, and the minister will definitely take Yueshan City at that time!"
Li Yan's words were categorical, which made Liu Chan and the soldiers feel moved, but they frowned again for a moment.
"But which team is going to sneak attack?" Liu Chan said with a frown.
After all, the key to this siege is whether the sneak attack is successful or not, if the sneak attack is not successful, then this plan will be frustrated, and these sneak attackers may not be able to come back alive.
"Lord, let me go!" Just as Liu Chan was frowning and thinking, Wang Ping, who was silent behind him, stood up.
"You?"
Liu Chan's brows furrowed even more, he naturally knew that Wang Ping was talking about his three hundred personal soldiers.
Wang Ping exhaled deeply, saluted Liu Chan, and then hugged his fists to the generals, and then looked at Liu Chan and said, "Lord, Wang Ping will definitely live up to his mission!" ”
Liu Chan believed in the strength of these pro-soldiers who had been trained by his own plan, but he still turned his head to look at Li Yan.
Li Yan felt the difference of these pro-soldiers around Liu Chan from the moment he came to the barracks, and now Wang Ping volunteered, it was even better, and slowly nodded to Liu Chan.
"Okay, I promise!"
Seeing Li Yan agree, Liu Chan raised his head slightly, pondered for a moment, turned his head to look at the generals and said, "However, I want to go with them!" ”
"Ahh
The generals were shocked and hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, you must not!" ”
But Li Yan didn't speak, just glanced at Liu Chan carefully, and lowered his head silently.
Seeing Li Yan's expression, Liu Chan knew that Li Yan also wanted to see his performance, so he raised his head and laughed: "You are all fighting on the battlefield, and my heart is itching when I see it, isn't it just a sneak attack on the city?" I have made up my mind, you don't need to say more! ”
After Liu Chan finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the crowd: "Li Yan listens to the order!" ”
"The minister is here!"
"You still raise troops to attack the city at night!"
"Yes!" After Li Yan finished speaking, he hugged Liu Chan with a fist.
Liu Chan nodded, "Fourth uncle!" ”
"The old minister is here!"
"At night, you sit in the camp, and I and my own soldiers go to attack Yueshan City!"
"Your Majesty!" A trace of worry flashed in Zhao Yun's eyes.
"Fourth Uncle doesn't need to say much, I have made up my mind!" With a wave of his hand, Liu Chan turned to look at Guan Ping, and Zhang Bao said, "You two and I will go together to attack Yueshan City!" ”
"Hahaha!" Zhang Bao laughed heartily twice, "The minister is ordered!" ”
Guan Ping, who was next to him, also saluted Liu Chan.
After giving the order, Liu Chan exhaled lightly and said, "If there is nothing else, everyone go down and prepare!" ”
The generals also knew that it was useless to persuade Liu Chan more, so they hugged Liu Chan and slowly retreated.
The whole big tent suddenly became calm again, Liu Chan took a long breath again, calmed down, and began to walk towards his knife holder