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The key to the victory or defeat of the war is often to grasp the fighter plane, Zhang Xuan's capture of Wucheng County is not only to take advantage of the weakness of human nature, surprise to win, but also to seize the fighter plane, if he is half an hour late to attack the city, I am afraid he will have no chance, Yang Gongqing's 20,000 reinforcements are only half an hour later than him.

Of course, this is also related to Luo Shixin's harassment, which caused Yang Gongqing to slow down his march and arrive in Wucheng County half a day later than originally planned, and the fighter plane was lost.

There seems to be providence in the dark, but in fact, it also lies in the level of the main general's planning, if Zhang Jin said that Yang Gongqing only led 5,000 elites to the rescue, the situation would be completely different.

At the head of Nancheng, Zhang Xuan watched the thief reinforcements from afar, he smiled and said to Wei Chi Gong: "The enemy army has come from afar to help, how much food does the old lieutenant think they will bring?" ”

"I think six or seven days at most, any more will be cumbersome."

"Seven days! Then they can only stay here for one day, and then they have to rush, will there be fighters in there? ”

Wei Chigong thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that there is still food in the nest in Gaojibo." ”

Pei Xingyan next to him smiled and said: "The tall rooster in winter is a beast, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed by it." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

"In fact, I also heard the big handsome talk about it, he said that there is water in the spring, summer and autumn of Gaojibo, you can go in by boat, and it is relatively safe, but in winter, the water level recedes and becomes a mire, and only a thin layer of ice on the surface, and then covered with a layer of snow becomes a trap, people walk on it, and the bottom is a quagmire, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed up by a quagmire that is several feet deep, and there are even dragons infested, which is very fierce. Therefore, there is a saying that winter does not enter the berth, even if there is food hidden in it, these reinforcements will not be available. ”

Wei Chigong was a little unconvinced, "Others don't know the way to berth, but Zhang Jin said that he should know that this is his lair after all." Even he can't get in, so what's the point of the lair? ”

"Of course Zhang Jin said that he knows, but this is one of his biggest secrets, and it is said that only a few people know this secret, and this support army may not know."

At this time, a thought flashed in Zhang Xuan's heart, he smiled and whispered a few words to everyone, and everyone also laughed and nodded. Go down immediately and make your own arrangements.

A quarter of an hour later, Yang Gongqing led an army of 15,000 to Wucheng County, Yang Gongqing was anxious, bent on seizing Wucheng County, in this troubled era when food is the largest strategic resource, whoever occupies Wucheng County, which has nearly 100,000 stone grain and a large number of military supplies, can become a prince, how can Yang Gongqing not be anxious.

Halfway through, he threw off thousands of old and weak troops who had difficulty marching. The army was reduced to 15,000 men and the march was accelerated. But even so, he was still one step late, only one step late, and in just half an hour, everything changed.

The head of Wucheng County was quiet, and there was not a single soldier. The gates of the city were wide open, revealing empty caves, and bursts of cold wind blew and blew up puffs of dust, and there was no one inside or outside the city.

Yang Gongqing was really puzzled in his heart. Could it be that Han Zhishou has already given up on Wucheng County? He commanded one of his generals: "Take a thousand brothers into the city!" ”

The partial general had to agree, and led a thousand soldiers to walk towards the city gate step by step, Yang Gongqing stood in the distance and watched, watching his soldiers approach the city gate step by step, and his heart also rose to his throat.

At this time, the 1,000 thieves were only sixty paces away from the city gate, and they could clearly see the tunnel entrance not far ahead, which had not yet been completely buried.

At this moment, there was a drum sound in the city, and thousands of Sui soldiers on the city suddenly appeared, they were all arrows, arrows rained down, a thousand thieves were caught off guard, and were shot down by a large area of arrow rain, and the wailing sounded into a piece, and the soldiers behind the arrows turned around and ran wildly.

At this time, the city gate was quickly closed, the drawbridge was pulled up, and the regimental dragon flag of the Sui army was erected on the head of the city.

This series of changes made Yang Gongqing stunned, and he saw that the morale of his army was rapidly declining, so he had to order: "Retreat five miles!" ”

More than 10,000 thieves retreated like a tide, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and some wounded soldiers who were not killed by arrows howling in despair in the cold wind, and they were greeted only by the fate of death

Zhang Xuan stood at the head of the city and looked at the thief army several miles away, his eyes were unusually calm, this thief army no longer had any threat to him, he only thought about how to completely annihilate this thief army.

At this time, a soldier ran over and knelt down on one knee to report: "General Qiyu, there is an army from outside Beicheng, it is General Luo Shixin's team. ”

Zhang Xuan is overjoyed, why is Luo Shixin here? He immediately reacted that it must be the marshal who sent Luo Shixin to harass the enemy's reinforcements, and Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Open the city gate and let them in!" ”

The north gate opened, and Luo Shixin led a thousand troops into Wucheng County, and he also breathed a long sigh of relief, entering the city meant that there were supplies, otherwise, they would run out of food halfway back.

"Why is Brother Xian here?" Jang Hyun walked down from the city with a smile.

Luo Shixin smiled, "If I don't come, I'm afraid my eldest brother is still hunting in the mountains now!" ”

"So, you're harassing the enemy halfway?"

Luo Shixin nodded proudly, "After delaying them for half a day, we only have a thousand people, this is the biggest result, what is the big brother going to reward me?" ”

"Then reward you with an old punch!"

Zhang Xuan gently gave him a punch in the shoulder socket, but he was very grateful in his heart, if there was no delay for half a day, the enemy's reinforcements should have arrived in Wucheng County at the fourth watch, then he could really only hunt in the mountains, and the battle situation in the entire Qinghe County would have to be rewritten.

"I still have information to tell my eldest brother."

Luo Shixin said with a smile: "The thieves only brought six days of dry food, and today is already the third and a half days, if they don't withdraw immediately today, the more than 10,000 people will run out of food." ”

"Will there be supplies along the way?"

Luo Shixin shook his head, "The war in Qinghe County is together, and the rest of the people in Qinghe County have fled to Linjun, and I haven't seen a single family along the way, including the county seat, which is also an empty city, that is, there are still a few counties in the south with a little population." ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, then patted Luo Shixin's shoulder with a smile and said with a smile: "Go down and rest, after resting, we will fight the enemy again!" ”

In a war, all kinds of opportunities appear one after another, some are fighters, but some are traps, if the key to identifying opportunities and traps is to grasp the main line, distinguish the main line, for example, Han Zhishou is to turn the priority upside down, was tempted by the sudden appearance of 'Zhang Xutuo', and wanted to seize Zhang Xutuo to become famous, but as a result, he shook the belief in defending the city, and eventually led to the loss of the city, and nearly 100,000 stone of grain was taken away by the Sui army, so that Zhang Jin said that the army was about to fall into a desperate situation.

And Zhang Xuan is also facing a huge temptation at this time, 15,000 thieves have traveled a long way to kill, the army is exhausted, the food is about to run out, the army is panicked, this is a good opportunity to annihilate this army, whether Wei Chigong or Pei Xing Luo Shixin and other generals are shaken, they have asked to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the enemy, they have 7,000 elite troops, can completely defeat this enemy army twice their size.

But Zhang Xuan showed the will and belief of the boss at this time, in the big tent, he said slowly to everyone: "We can't repeat the mistakes of Han Zhishou, for us, the important thing is not to annihilate more than 10,000 reinforcements, but the food and materials in our city, as long as we firmly grasp Wucheng County, Zhang Jin's 80,000 army will not be able to support for long, this is the key to our victory over the enemy, not to mention that Yang Gongqing will pretend to be weak and lure us out of the city to fight, so no matter how he plays tricks, we can't get out of the city." ”

"What if Yang Gongqing hasn't withdrawn his troops after tonight?" Luo Shixin asked again.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "If Yang Gongqing still doesn't withdraw his troops after tonight, then we have hope that we can not only keep the city, but also completely defeat the other party." ”

Everyone was overjoyed and asked, "What is the general's good plan?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled mysteriously, "I'll talk about it after tonight!" ”

Night gradually fell, Yang Gongqing still did not retreat five miles away, the soldiers were cold and hungry, miserable, morale was extremely low, the reason why Yang Gongqing did not retreat was very simple, Luo Shixin's intelligence was wrong, they did not bring six days of food, but only four days of dry food.

Zhang Jin said that he never thought that Wucheng County would be taken by the Sui army, so in order to let the reinforcements advance lightly, they were only provided with dry food for four days, and at this time they were running out of food and could not return to Gaotang County.

Yang Gongqing looked at the city wall, longing for the Sui army to fight out of the city and fight with them, but from noon to night, the Sui army was always closed, which made Yang Gongqing's heart gradually despair, and the siege of the city had neither weapons nor fighting spirit, and retreating was a dead end.

At this time, Yang Gongqing hated Zhang Jin to the core, if he hadn't ruined the population of Qinghe County, at least he would have been able to find a little supply, but now they have nothing, their food can only hold out until noon tomorrow, and tomorrow afternoon, they will run out of food.

In fact, Yang Gongqing still has the last bit of capital, that is, more than 100 horses, but he doesn't plan to pull them out and slaughter them, at least not now, this is the food for his 5,000 core army, and the rest of the army does not want to get a piece of the pie.

Yang Gongqing stared at Gao Jibo for a long time, it seemed that he could only take the risk and try to see if he could return to Zhang Jincheng's lair, there was a lot of food in it, although he didn't know the exact path to enter Gao Jibo, but he also knew a little bit of eyebrows.

"Pass my order, and the whole army will march towards Gaojibo!" (To be continued......)

Chapter 215: Running Out of Ammunition: