Chapter 618: Attacking the West with False Ways (28)
The battle outside Yuzhang City did not change because of the departure of more than 200 people from Qin Xu. Cai Zhong is still the tactics of the siege of Yuzhang City, the offensive is not fierce, and it seems that there is really a kind of plan to trap the Jiangdong soldiers in this lonely city by relying on the absolute superiority of troops and the unobstructed supply line that is not easy to be captured.
However, there are such unborn ghosts as Guo Jia sitting in Yuzhang, and Cai Zhong should be depressed, and there is no actual cheapness in the siege of the city in the past few days, not to mention, judging from the casualty figures on both sides, after paying for nearly 500 lives, even the urn city that Yuzhang City has recently repaired has not been captured. Although the battle losses of nearly 500 people are really nothing in the 40,000 army, they have no choice but to withdraw their troops in order not to expand the casualties too much. And at night, in the military camp where Cai Zhong's army almost surrounded Yuzhang City, there would always be the sound of gongs and drums from time to time, just like when Qin Xu and his party broke out that day. Every time the soldiers of Cai Zhong's army are extremely exhausted. Originally, Cai Zhong wanted to order the sergeant not to pay attention to it, but he was also worried that among the ten vacations, there would be a truth, and he also tried to use the method of changing shifts and resting, but the effect was too small. The adjustment and rotation of the 40,000-strong army is not something that can be completed in a mere sentence, and it is still harassed by the soldiers in the city every night, not to mention, because it is not good to rest at night, whether it is morale or the physical strength of the soldiers, it is directly reflected in the siege warfare that is as usual during the day. If we continue to look for this, we will have to rely on the timely transportation of military rations and military materials, otherwise, we don't know what kind of chaos will happen. Cai Zhong also knows about this. This ninety percent is the tired strategy of the people in the city, but there is no good way, and even if there are soldiers under his command and Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, they all suggest whether to seek an opportunity to fight first. There is no need to wait for Liu Biao's military order, or simply retreat twenty miles to leave enough vigilance space, but unfortunately Cai Zhong did not give the slightest reason to refuse.
The people who know you best are often your enemies. That's not bad at all. Jin Xuan didn't understand what Cai Zhong was doing, joking with the lives of his brothers? But Cai Zhong's plan was not to escape the eyes of Qin Xu and Guo Jia. Long before Qin Xu left the city. I am sure that Guo Jia, who has a vision of the overall situation, will definitely not lose when he is in charge of Yuzhang. And Qin Xu's confidence, in addition to Guo Jia's great reputation in history. According to the words of the middle-level officer of Liu Biaoshui's army who was captured alive because of Huang Zu's incident earlier, Cai Zhong, the son of the Cai family, is deeply respected by the eldest brother Cai Mao. He is also extremely careful. This time, after commanding nearly half of the troops in Liu Biao's army to attack Yuzhang, according to Cai Zhong's character, there will inevitably be a means to protect himself. Sure enough, in connection with the news he got later, Cai Zhong even had to write to Liu Biao in detail about the night camp, and before getting the next step of Yuancheng's instructions, he would rather stop the army and truce than disobey the order.
Cai Zhong's temperament to lead the soldiers carefully. The purpose is self-explanatory. is afraid of Liu Biao's suspicion. The Cai family and Liu Biao are in-laws, so they have a very thorough understanding of Liu Biao's temperament. Although this is a gentleman, a man who is a man in Jingzhou, a well-rounded man in civil and military affairs, and ranks among the eight horses of Jingxiang, and wants to win the supreme position this time, he is really not a broad-minded person, so it is absolutely impossible for Cai Zhong to seize the fighter at the first time as Jin Xuan advised. Cai Zhong couldn't bear the name of the foreign monarch's life, which led to the fact that under Cai Zhong's constraints, the nearly 40,000 troops would never act radically. Otherwise, if Liu Biao misunderstands, the Cai family, which is already closely related to Liu Biao, will not be able to afford to bear it.
"Lord, look at this!" Qin Xu had just returned to Yuzhang City not long ago, and his whereabouts came mysteriously to Qin Xu's bed, holding a small paper scroll in his hand, and said with a somewhat excited expression: "This is the news from Danyang County, saying that Liu Biao, who had originally brought 30,000 troops to invade, went halfway, but for some reason, he turned back again. According to General Zang Ba's Tanma, when Liu Biaojun turned back, he even left a lot of baggage, and he was in an extremely hurry. This ......"
"Is this true?" Originally, because of the continuous running and fighting wits with Shamoke, Wu Feng and others, Qin was already very tired, but after hearing the news at first glance, the whole person came to his senses.
"Don't worry, the last general has inspected the flowers, and there is no doubt that it is General Zang's handwriting!" Zhao didn't know what Qin Xu was thinking in his heart, and said that Qin Xu was happy because Danyang could avoid Liu Biao's military disaster, and at least the pressure on Yuzhang would be less. He was also very happy and said: "According to the last general, it seems that there is something wrong with Liu Biao's rebel thief, or Cao Cao saw that the old thief was fighting with our army, and he attacked from behind." In short, no matter what, it is estimated that this news will soon be known by the thieves who are now outside Yuzhang City, so that the danger of Yuzhang City will be lifted without blood! ”
"That's not all!" Zhao's eyes were only fixed on Danyang and Yuzhang, maybe the disaster in the two places was gone, it was enough to make him happy, but what Qin Xu wanted was not just that, seeing that Zhaohou was listening to the order on the side, he groaned slightly, and said: "Pass the order!" The brethren have been trapped in this shell long enough! It's time for an event, too! ”
"Think twice!" Listening to Qin Xu's meaning, he actually had the idea of provoking Cai Zhong's army, which was four times his own army outside the city, and he was shocked in his heart, even if Liu Biao's army was abnormal, but Cai's army still had 40,000 troops, and the reason why he had not broken through Yuzhang City now was because Cai Zhong's strategy was too stable, too concerned about the casualties of the soldiers, and did not take advantage of the advantage in troops, which had an overwhelming advantage over Yuzhang City. But even so, if Qin Xu wanted to attack the camp, he would definitely not take all the 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city away, and he could bring out three or two thousand, which was already the largest force on the premise of ensuring that Yuzhang City was not called by others. But if it is only three or two thousand soldiers and horses, although whether it is the first to enter the camp or the newly recruited soldiers, they are all fierce and fearless of death, but with a gap of one to twenty, even if the attack on the camp is successful, it will definitely be a great casualty for their own army, although it is extremely believed that since Qin Xu said it, he must have a perfect strategy, but it is also extremely risky not to think about it, and there is no bottom in his heart, seeing that Qin Xu was full of interest, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Even if Liu Biao's army is abnormal, and Cai Zhongbu is also the first to know, But after all, it is 30,000 troops plus nearly 10,000 barbarians, if we send fewer people, maybe even if it is calculated, for the current defenders of our army, it is also a big loss of vitality, and the lord has to guard against it! ”
"Huh?!" After saying that, he suddenly found that Qin Xu was looking at himself as if he was looking at a monster, and he looked up and down busily, but he didn't see anything unusual, and was about to continue to persuade, but he only heard Qin Xu laugh out loud and said, "Okay!" You and Qin are also considered to have known each other in Weimo, the nameless valley was about a brother that day, you were at the scene, you told me, at that time, Cao Cao's army of 40,000 troops, three ways to attack, trapped us on the lonely hill, far away without reinforcements, there is a strong enemy nearby, there is a danger of being trampled into meat sauce at any time, at that time, are you afraid? ”
"The last general is naturally afraid!" He laughed for a while, and said: "It's just that in that situation at that time, the last general had no other choice but to lead his brothers to fight to the death with the lord!" Fortunately, the Lord was blessed by heaven, and the heavens sent thunder to help, so I waited until I was fortunate to get out of trouble, and I will never forget this incident for the rest of my life! ”
"That's it!" Qin Xu motioned for Zhao to sit down, smiled and asked, "Then you said that we were facing an army of 40,000 at that time, and now there are 40,000 troops outside!" At that time, we and other subordinates, together with the two thousand Taishan thieves who were newly attached at that time, there were only more than 2,000 people in total, but what was the final result?! Even heroes like Cao Cao no longer dare to underestimate our army since the Battle of the Nameless Valley! Now that we have Yuzhang City and 10,000 elite soldiers in our hands, is it possible that we are afraid of the unknown people whose talents are not as good as one percent of Cao Cao? I know your concerns, so don't say more, Qin only asks you, if I insist on only taking the lead in the camp of nearly a thousand soldiers, and go out of the city to teach Cai Zhong, a thief, a good lesson, you, the deputy commander of the camp first, dare to go with a certain person! ”
"Needless to say, my lord!" Seeing that Qin Xu was playing seriously, the tangled look on his face flashed, and it was replaced by a firm look, and his face immediately froze, and he knelt down on one knee and solemnly bowed in front of Qin Xu, and said word by word: "If the princess has made up her mind, why will the last general go with the lord to let Cai Xiao'er see the power of the camp first!" ”
"Ha, the lord is biased! Could it be that this guy is only a general under the command of the lord, and the koji will be left out of the matter by the lord! Qin Xu was waiting to be helped to stand up with resolute eyes, but Lu Yi was standing at the door, and said with a rather uneven tone. It turned out that Lu Yi hurriedly came to see Qin Xu when he saw the move, and he knew that something big was going to happen, so he followed closely, just saw Qin Xu talking, in order to avoid rudeness, he didn't show up in time, and when he heard that Qin Xu actually had a plan to attack Cai Zhong's military camp at night, he couldn't help but say in response at the moment.
"Good! Lao Koji is here, so you don't have to let the trick notify you! Take my warrant, order the soldiers to rest and eat, and after an hour, first go to the camp and gather all the people, let's go to visit Cai Zhong! Qin Xu smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Take advantage of this time for me to go and share the total with Fengxiao, if you have empty tens of thousands of prisoners, how to digest it is also a very tricky problem!" What a headache! ”
"No!" Lu Yitong looked at each other, although he didn't know where Qin Xu's full confidence came from, but since he knew Qin Xu, he had never seen Qin Xu do something that he was not sure of, although the two of them were not too sure about this operation, but seeing that Qin Xu was so confident, he also responded to peace, and went down to reorganize the army. (To be continued......)