Volume 2 The Battle of the Yellow Turbans Chapter 174 - Discussing the Siege (2)

(Cat flutter Chinese) () Yu Yigen said again: "If General Yan wants to take Juye, he must only break through the city before General Zuo leads reinforcements to arrive, otherwise, I am afraid it will be even more difficult." ”

Ling Yanxi said: "General Yu's words are exactly what I want, I just want to capture Juye City before the reinforcements arrive, but I don't know the reality of Juye City, so I hope General Yu will tell me the situation in the city in detail." ”

Yu Yigen agreed: "General Yan, you said before that there were not enough troops in Juye City, and the last general was very surprised that you could judge so accurately!" ”

Ling Yan smiled "hehe": "This is not difficult, it can be deduced from various phenomena...... However, I was not sure at the time, but I deduced from the situation of your defense that Li Damu was waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and then judged that he was now short of troops. ”

Yu Yigen said with a little admiration: "The general's expectation is good, at this time, the number of troops in Juye City is less than five thousand. ”

"Ahh Ling Yan exclaimed, "So little? Now is the time to storm the city! ”

Yu Yigen nodded: "Yes...... Don't hide it from the general, Li Damu had long wanted to abandon this city and retreat to another city, but General Zuo disagreed and ordered Li Damu to defend the city to the death, and he also said that he would lead the army to come as soon as possible. ”

"Hmm......" Ling Yan pondered for a moment, "Then I must attack the city before Colonel Zuo arrives!" ”

Yu Yigen's face was embarrassed: "Although Juye City is not strong enough, the fortifications are complete, and the grain and grass are sufficient, if Li Damu is closed and stubborn, it will probably last for a few months." ”

Not to mention that it will last for a few months, even if it is delayed for a few more days, Ling Yan can't stand it, so he said to Gen anxiously: "I still hope that General Yu will teach me a plan to break the city!" ”

Yu Yigen thought for a while: "How to break the city, there is no good way to do it for the time being...... But as far as I know, there are three of the nine apparatus in the city, the main gate, the left gate, and the right gate, but the back gate, but there is none. ”

Ling Yanxi said: "What does General Yu mean, do you want me to lead my troops to attack the city from the back gate?" ”

Yu Yigen nodded: "Among the four gates of Juye City, only the guards at the back gate are the weakest and lax, and only dozens of miles away from this gate is another city of the Yellow Turban Army, so Li Damu did not pay too much attention to the garrison of this gate. ”

"Good!" Ling Yan was very happy, "Then I will lead the army to attack from this gate!" ”

Yu Yigen had a difficult face: "But ...... If you want to detour from the main gate of Juye Castle to the back gate, you need to take a long detour, and you can't let Li Damu's soldiers find out, this is ...... Not easy. ”

Ling Yan smiled indifferently: "This is no longer a difficult matter, as long as I have a way to attack the city, even if it solves a big problem, as long as this problem is solved, it will be easy to do!" As for the rest, it's not a problem! ”

Yu Yigen said: "Since this is the case, then please ask the general to deploy troops and horses as soon as possible...... The Admiral thought that it would be better to march at night, as it would be more hidden. ”

Ling Yan nodded, and suddenly, he remembered a question, so he asked: "General Yu, I feel a little strange, then after Li Damu knew who I was, he immediately extinguished the torch of the city tower, I don't know why?" ”

Yu Yigen thought for a while and said with a smile: "General Zuo told Li Damu about your situation before, and he knew that you seemed to have a ...... The hidden weapon is very jΔ«ng accurate, I guess he is afraid that you will hurt him with that secret weapon. ”

Ling Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that the "hidden weapon" that Colonel Zuo said should be his pistol, so he smiled: "Li Damu is really smart, but fortunately he extinguished the torches in the city, otherwise I would really use that 'hidden weapon' to kill him." ”

Yu Yigen's face showed a slightly surprised look: "General Yan, what kind of strange thing is your secret weapon?" ”

Ling Yan smiled: "I can't go into detail about the specifics, but I can tell General Yu that the secret weapon is a hundred meters away, and it can also kill people in one hit." ”

A shocked look appeared on Yu Geng's face, and he muttered to himself, "Fortunately, it didn't work on me......"

Ling Yan laughed: "My original intention was to let General Yu return to our army, I never thought of killing General Yu, so naturally I wouldn't use that secret weapon...... What's more, using a hidden weapon is not a righteous person's doing, and it doesn't matter if you deal with someone like Li Damu, but for an upright person like a general, using a hidden weapon will make people laugh. ”

Yu Yigen smiled heartily.

Ling Yan put away his smile: "Regarding the siege of the city, although we have already made a plan, we still can't help but prepare for the worst, if we fail to capture the city as soon as possible, and Colonel Zuo leads the troops to come, then there will be trouble...... We have to guard against this. ”

Hearing Ling Yan say this, Yu Yigen's look didn't seem to be too optimistic: "General Zuo has already led the army to gallop here, and it is estimated that he will come here soon...... General Yan, if this is the case, then in the opinion of the last general...... It's better to retire. ”

Ling Yan shook his head: "No, no matter what, I will break through Juye City, and I will definitely not retreat." What's more, it was not in my plan to occupy Juye, I was going to continue to go south and attack Nanyang, how could I be stopped by a small city in the middle of the way? If I can't even take such a city, then what else will I do! ”

Hearing Ling Yan say this, Yu Yangen's god changed even more: "General Yan, you ...... Do you really want to attack Nanyang? This...... Not to mention Nanyang, only these Yellow Turban Army before Nanyang are brave and invincible, can they ...... Walking to Nanyang, it's really unpredictable......"

Ling Yan waved his hand: "Alas, don't care about those for now, the top priority is to take Juye City." ”

Originally, Yu Yigen had always been very happy, but since he knew that Ling Yan was going to move south, he seemed hesitant, so he didn't answer Ling Yan's words.

Ling Yan asked Yu Yigen to go back to the camp to rest first, while he sat in his camp for a whole night, just to plan in detail how to attack Juye.

By the time the sky was twilight, Ling Yan had finally come up with a complete plan.

At noon, Kuai Liang and Deng Yi came to the camp with grain and grass.

Ling Yan was contemplating his plan to seize the city, and when he saw Kuai Liang walking in, he was very happy, so he discussed the matter and his plan with Kuai Liang.

After hearing this, Kuai Liang nodded: "General Yan is extremely worried, we must take this city before reinforcements reinforce Juye, if it is too late, I am afraid it will be quite unfavorable to us." ”

Ling Yan nodded, and asked Kuai Liang if his plan was feasible.

Kuai Liang said: "This plan is wonderful, but you must keep your mouth tight, and your actions must be extremely hidden, so that the generals who defend the city must not see the clues." ”

Ling Yan saw that Kuai Liang also agreed with this plan, and he was completely relieved in his heart, and he also strengthened his confidence in implementing this plan.

At this time, a scout entered the tent and reported to Ling Yan: "The enemy reinforcements are now more than 50 miles away from Juye, and it is expected that they will arrive at Juye City in the evening." ”

Ling Yan was taken aback, knowing that the military situation was urgent - they had to take Juye before tomorrow night, and the situation would be favorable to them after that.

So, Ling Yan immediately summoned all the generals to the tent to discuss the matter.

After everyone arrived, Ling Yan said anxiously: "Generals, the enemy's reinforcements can reach Juye in Ming, so we must take Juye City before Ming. ”

Zhang Yi and the other generals immediately said: "I am willing to listen to the general's dispatch!" ”

Ling Yan nodded and began the combat deployment. He said loudly to the generals: "I plan to use the method of attacking the east and the west, with some soldiers and horses feintting to attack the main gate, left gate and right gate of Juye Castle to attract the defenders, and then another army of soldiers and horses will make a detour to raid the back gate, and when they are trying to break through the back gate, the three soldiers and horses will break through the remaining three city gates and capture Juye City in one fell swoop!" ”

The generals said one after another: "General Yan, this is really a good strategy!" ”

"Good!" Ling Yan was very happy, "Now I will assign their respective tasks...... General LΓΌ and General Deng, each of you will lead a group of troops and horses to feint the left gate and the right gate, remember, after hearing the sound of the main gate attacking the city, you will attack the city again. ”

"Yes!" The two men responded with fists clenched.

"General Wen, General You, General Zhang Min, the three of you lead a heavy army to detour to the back gate of Juye City, hide it, and after all the three gates on the left and right are attacked, immediately raid the back gate, and you must attack the city as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The three of them replied loudly.

"General Yu, you and I led the troops to feint at the main gate to attract Li Damu's attention."

"Yes!" Yu Gengen responded.

"General Yang, General Zhang Yi, the two of you lead two armies of soldiers and horses, ambush in the forest outside the city, in case of accidents, if you see an enemy will escape from the city, immediately intercept and kill!"

"Yes!"

"General Kuai, you and the national division guard the camp and grain and grass, and you must prepare for the defense of the enemy army to rob the village."

"Yes." Kuai Liang hugged his fists.

Ling Yan looked around at everyone again and nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, the butcher asked Ling Yan in a low voice on the side, "Then I'm ...... Do what? ”

Ling Yan looked at the butcher with a smile: "You just stay in the village and garrison!" Find an armor to wear, and you're a general! ”

The butcher was overjoyed: "Obey!" Thank you, General Yan! ”

Kuai Liang offered a plan: "General Yan, it is better to let him set up another village in front of the village, so that he can take care of each other with this village." ”

Ling Yan nodded and looked at the butcher: "Then send you to pull another army of soldiers and horses, and set up another battalion." ”

The butcher was naturally a general for the first time, and as soon as he took office, he was able to lead the soldiers and horses to set up camp, and the joy in his heart was overflowing, and the sense of mission also arose, and he said excitedly: "Yes!" General Yan! ”

Ling Yan smiled, and then said to the generals: "The generals who attack the left gate and the right gate must be more careful, General Yu told me that there are catapult machines in Juye City, there are nine in total, except for the back gate, each gate has three, so the generals must be careful, whoever climbs the city first will destroy the trebuchet as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!" Lu Gong and the others agreed.

Ling Yan thought about it and felt that there was no problem, so he let everyone leave. Cat flutter Chinese