Ning Jun also deliberately instructed Xu Lu again: "Remember, your credit is directly related to how many Qin troops you have deceived from the city, the more the better." As for how far you can lure them after you deceive the Qin army, you don't have to worry too much, just take care of your subordinates and minimize casualties. ”

Xu Lu listened to Ning Jun's arrangement, and his face was full of smiles. He really felt that the task assigned by Ning Jun was indeed not a difficult thing for him. It's just scolding, archery, and running, which is many times easier than other combat units. Why not!

Xu Lu gathered three thousand soldiers and horses, and then swaggered towards Jiaoyang City. At this time, it was around midnight, and the fierce sunlight was shining directly on the earth, and the city of Jiaoyang City was even more precipitous and difficult to attack under the clear light.

The castle is built on a hillside surrounded by mountains on three sides, standing in the air, standing under the castle and looking up, you need to raise your head to look at it.

Xu Lu came to the head of the city, carefully inspected the defense of Jiaoyang City, and couldn't help but gasp, thinking: "What a steep city!" If this is a strong attack on Jiaoyang, there may be many dead and wounded soldiers. At this time, he felt that the plan laid out by Su Qin and Ning Jun to lure the enemy was indeed clever.

Xu Lu was determined to make enough of the seduction, and he even ordered the sergeants he brought with him: "Give me as much as possible to show my loose and indifferent energy, and try not to take the Qin people in our eyes, we have made it clear that we are here to bully them." ”

When the sergeants heard Xu Lu's words, some of them secretly laughed, thinking that this was really a strange trick. Xu Lu first selected more than 500 sergeants with loud voices, and ordered them to shout loudly to the head of Jiaoyang City: "Listen to the people of Qin, we come to challenge, if it is a hero, then come out to fight, if you dare not fight, it is a cowardly softie." ”

More than 500 sergeants shouted slogans in unison under Jiaoyang City, and the momentum was very spectacular. Ji Fen, the Qin general in Jiaoyang City, was quickly alarmed. He didn't have time to tie up his armor, and hurried to the top of the north gate.

Ji Fen looked down and found that a large group of soldiers of Zhao Guo came down from Jiaoyang City, these people were a little untidy, and their mouths were full of swearing, which was particularly despicable.

At first glance, Ji Fen felt that these soldiers of the Hezong Army had come to Jiaoyang to make trouble, and he thought to himself: "What kind of sergeants are these, they don't look like serious troops." Did they break away from the battlefield and wander around? ”

Ji Fen was reluctant to entangle with these Zhao guerrillas at first, and he said in his heart: "I simply ignore you, let you scold for a while, and when you are tired of scolding, it is time to leave." ”

He didn't dare to leave the city without permission, so he ordered his subordinates to find a couch and place it on the city, and Ji Fen sat there, waiting for the army led by Xu Lu to disperse on its own.

Xu Lu under Jiaoyang City also saw Ji Fen on the head of the city, and recognized him as the chief general of the Qin army's Jiaoyang garrison by looking at his dress and demeanor. He was even more energetic, so he replaced the first group of people and continued to scold, and the number of people in the second group of scolding arrays was deliberately increased by five hundred, a total of 1,000 people cursed at the Qin army in the city under the city, and greeted the other party's ancestors for eighteen generations, aunts and cousins.

Ji Fen listened and listened, and the anger in his heart became more and more uncontrollable, especially when the other party scolded him by name, as if they knew that Lu Dao was the person in charge of Jiaoyang City. Ji Fen couldn't help but think: "You obviously know that I am the main general of Jiaoyang City, and you are still scolding so unscrupulously, it is clear that you don't take me Ji Fen in your eyes." ”

Ji Fen stood up angrily, he beckoned, asked his subordinates to come over, and instructed him a few words. The entourage then went to the city and found a team of Qin soldiers armed with crossbow arrows. These crossbowmen secretly hid behind the battlements of the city walls, bent their bows and arrows, and prepared to shoot at the joint army that was scolding the city.

Xu Lu is a shrewd general, he saw that Ji Fen was so angry that he stood up, and he was there to assign tasks pointing fingers, and he knew in his heart that he wanted to hold back the idea of counterattacking. He watched the situation at the head of the city attentively, and at the same time let his herald go to the middle of the scolding team, telling everyone to pay attention to the counterattack of the defenders of Jiaoyang City at any time.

When the crossbow archers on Jiaoyang City suddenly released arrows to the city, the sergeants of the scolding array hurriedly retreated, although some people couldn't dodge the arrows, but the vast majority of them still dodged in time.

Seeing this, Xu Lu asked his sergeants to retreat to a safe place, and this time he simply ordered more than 3,000 sergeants to scold together. These people stood out of the reach of Qin Jun's crossbow arrows, cursing Qin Jun's swear words with peace of mind, and laughing at them for being cowardly as rats, and so on.

There is that articulate joint column sergeant, and a set of scolding slips have been made up on the spot. A group of people laughed, shouted trumpets, and taunted the Qin people in harmony.

Ji Fen was standing on the city tower at this time, he was so angry that he was trembling, and his eyes were about to burst into flames. In an impulse, he ordered the heralds around him, and shouted: "You quickly give me an order, order 20,000 horses, and we will kill the unreasonable and shameless people in the city!" ”

The five heralds went down to the city tower and went to Jiaoyang City to convey the urgent order of the commander, and the Qin army soon gathered more than 20,000 soldiers. When they came to the city gate, they saw that Ji Fen had already prepared his war horse, holding a broad-edged heavy sword, and was waiting impatiently in the door of the city gate.

At this time, Pang Ci, who was not wearing armor, hurried from the city, Pang Ci was injured in the ribs by Su Qin, and he was resting in bed.

The joint column army scolded under Jiaoyang City, and Pang Ci also heard the news, but he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking: "This must be a plan by the joint column army to lure the enemy, and the main general Ji Fen will deal with it." Therefore, Pang Ci did not come out to watch.

Later, he heard the noise in the military camp outside in the tent, and asked his relatives to go out to inquire, and found that Ji Fen was going to mobilize a large army to drive away the scolding army outside the city. Pang Ci knew that it was unsafe to do so, so he reluctantly got out of bed and rushed to persuade Ji Fen to act calmly.

Pang Ci said to Ji Fen: "General Ji can't be impulsive, the people who scolded the army outside the city are likely to be the bait sent to lure us, and the general went to drive them away, didn't it just give the army an opportunity to take advantage of?" ”

Ji Fen waved his hand and replied: "General Pang, rest assured, the Jiaoyang City we guard is impregnable, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the north is open. I led the army out of the city to meet the battle, even if I encountered the combined column army, I was helpless, when the enemy could not be defeated, I just retreated, and I was expected that they would not be able to help me! ”

Pang Ci persuaded: "The situation of the enemy army is unknown, if General Ji dares to go out of the city to pursue and fall into the ambush array pre-arranged by the joint column, what will it be?" ”

Ji Fen laughed a few times nonchalantly, and replied, "General Pang is too worried. I, Ji Fen, am not that careless and reckless person, I have already thought about this when you said this. Not far from the front of Jiaoyang City is Luming Valley, the valley is narrow and difficult to pass, and the rocks are craggy, the rock walls on both sides are steep, as high as 10,000 miles, they are birds in the army, and it is difficult to fly to the top of the mountain. Where can you lay out! ”

Pang Ci persuaded again: "I think it's better to bring fewer soldiers out of the city, as long as you scare away those who are scolding." ”

Ji Fen turned to angrily scolded the Hezong Army: "These Xiaojun of the Hezong Army are too hateful, and their words are vulgar. I think they are just some ruffians, so I can bring more men and horses to catch them all in order to relieve the hatred in my heart. Today I came to Jiaoyang City to specifically bully me Ji Fen, I really can't swallow this evil breath! ”

Pang Ci was so anxious just now, when he got up, he used too much force, and his injured ribs felt unbearable pain, and his face was dripping with beads of sweat, and he wanted to persuade Ji Fen reluctantly. But Ji Fen didn't say much to him anymore, he waved the order flag in his hand forward, and ordered: "Sons, let's rush out of the gang together, quickly run towards the scolding soldiers of the Hezhong army, and catch them off guard." ”

The soldiers of the Qin army were all furious by the scolding array under Jiaoyang City, and they were already impulsive to meet the battle. Hearing the order of the main general Ji Fen, these people were ready to move.

Xu Lu outside the city was not an idle person, of course he noticed that Ji Fen went down the city tower, and when he looked at the defenders on the city tower again, many people went downstairs with the main general. Xu Lu understood in his heart: "This Qin army finally can't hold it anymore and is going to go out of the city to face the battle." ”

Xu Lu immediately asked the heralds around him to convey new orders to the soldiers who were scolding, asking them to curse without stopping, and at the same time quietly take out the bows and arrows they were carrying behind their backs, and be ready to meet the Qin army out of the city with feather arrows at any time.

As soon as the gate of Jiaoyang City opened, the Qin army ran forward with joy. Ji Fen saw that the number of the combined column army under Jiaoyang City was only 3,000, and they all seemed to be a group of guerrillas, so he didn't put them down at all.

Ji Fen didn't care about the arrangement, he just ordered the soldiers to pursue quickly, so as to encircle and annihilate the people under the city.

Xu Lu led the enticing soldiers of the Hezhong army to stand less than a mile away from the city gate, he saw the city gate open, so he waved down the command flag in his hand, and ordered: "All the sergeants hurry up and shoot all the feather arrows in their hands, leaving no one, let's retreat after shooting, and run back with all our might, and don't want any formation at all." ”

The soldiers of the Hezong army had already bowed and arrows in their hands, so they simply shot out all the feather arrows they were carrying regardless of whether they were aiming accurately or not.

As soon as the Qin army opened the city gate, they encountered the feather arrows of the Hezong army, and their pursuit couldn't help but stop.