Chapter 734: Besieging Zhuge Liang
Zhao Fei's order naturally made the Cao soldiers feel an incomparable headache, but none of the generals dared to disobey Zhao Fei's intentions. Don't look at Zhao Fei as just a literati, but he has been in a high position all the year round, and his momentum is not something that can be resisted casually. If Zhao Fei starts a fire, few generals can withstand it.
Moreover, with Zhao Fei's current prestige in the army, there are several people who dare to disobey him. Although the soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted, they could only look at Shinno Castle and feel emotional. Of course, the most helpless thing was not these soldiers, but Li Dian who was sent to surround Xinye Castle.
Regarding Zhao Fei's order, Li Dian was somewhat confused. Sending troops to surround an empty city that has been emptied, is there any secret in this city? However, Li Dian couldn't see what secrets there were in Xinye City, where people went to the empty buildings now. However, since Lord Taiwei gave the order, he naturally couldn't disobey it. With 10,000 soldiers, Li Dian surrounded the entire Xinye Castle. According to the order of Lord Taiwei, Li Dian did not send soldiers into the city to search.
In Xinye City, Zhuge Liang has been waiting for Cao Jun to enter the city, but what disappointed him is that Cao Jun actually ignored Xinye City and went straight to the lord. Of course, if that's all it is, the Cao army actually divided its troops, and now, a Cao army of nearly 10,000 soldiers has surrounded Xinye City.
Cao Jun's movements were very fast, and without Zhuge Liang being prepared at all, Cao Jun's 10,000 troops had already surrounded Xinye City. After the siege, Cao's army began to set up camp without the slightest move into the city. Obviously, Cao Jun's move was just to encircle Xinye City.
Cao Jun's actions shocked Zhuge Liang, and Cao Jun's actions were obviously trying to trap himself. Cao Jun did anything to enter the city to search and arrest, but they were heavily besieged the city, if they were not completely sure, how could Cao Jun do this is obviously a superfluous move.
Could it be that someone in Liu's army leaked the news, so that Cao's army besieged the city with heavy troops. However, this idea was quickly ruled out by Zhuge Liang, the people who used him in this conspiracy are trustworthy, if this leaks the news, then Cao Jun should not come to surround Xinye City, but send heavy troops to surround himself.
The reason why Cao Jun besieged Xinye City was undoubtedly to trap himself. It is undeniable that Cao Jun's plan is really spicy. You don't need to spend any effort at all to get yourself to take the initiative. After all, Zhuge Liang's thousand people can't support it for long, because they have little grain and grass left.
Zhuge Liang himself did not prepare much grain and grass, and the people of Xinye City fled all the way to Jiangxia, so naturally the supply of food was indispensable. Therefore, Zhuge Liang, a thousand soldiers, only left some grain and grass that was allowed to be eaten. During this time, Zhuge Liang ordered the soldiers to be frugal, but they were still in short supply.
I thought that after Cao Jun lived in Xinye City, Zhuge Liang led his soldiers to light fires everywhere in the city, and then quickly evacuated Xinye City. But unexpectedly, Cao Jun didn't fall for the scheme, but let himself be in this dangerous situation. Now there are only two roads in front of Zhuge Liang, one is to die of starvation in Xinye City, and then to lead a thousand soldiers to break through. But the question is, can this former soldier break through safely?
Obviously, this question is absolutely negative. Cao's army guarded the exit of Xinye City with heavy troops, and if they wanted to break through, the only way to go was to storm it. But how elite the Cao army is, its strength is far beyond its own army. Even if Liu Beijun's soldiers worked hard, they might not be able to break through the encirclement of Cao's army.
Moreover, now Zhuge Liang's form is quite precipitous. Even if he can break out of the encirclement, Zhuge Liang can't lead his troops to chase the lord. Because there are tens of thousands of Cao Jun's army there, if he pursues the lord, it will definitely be a dead end. At this moment, Zhuge Liang was a little helpless, he didn't know how he should solve the dilemma in front of him. At this moment, Zhuge Liang realized why the teacher Sima Hui asked him to be careful and careful when facing Zhao Fei.
At that time, I was young and vigorous, and I was somewhat disdainful of the teacher's resistance. But now, Zhuge Liang deeply felt that Zhao Fei's talent was indeed unfathomable. Originally, Xinye City was a trap set by himself for Cao Jun, but now, Xinye City has become a shackle that traps him.
After surrounding Xinye City, looking at Xinye City with the city gate open, Li Dian's mind still echoed Zhao Fei's orders to him. Besieged Xinye City, and then did not wait for rash action, without Zhao Fei's order, there was absolutely no need for soldiers to enter Xinye City.
The siege of Xinye City can be understood, it must be that there are still remnants of Liu Beijun in the city, who stayed here with the intention of sneaking up on Cao Jun. However, it is obviously unreasonable not to let soldiers enter the city. Since there is still Liu Beijun in the city, it is not more economical to send troops into the city to search and arrest than to wait for Liu Beijun to break through.
Liu Beijun would definitely not stay too many soldiers in Xinye City, their primary purpose was to retreat, so Liu Beijun would not leave more than a thousand soldiers to block Cao's army. And with an army of 10,000 under his command, he can send thousands at will, and he can turn the small Xinye City upside down.
At that time, Liu Beijun will have nothing to hide, and when the time comes, as long as he annihilates this group of Liu Jun soldiers in one fell swoop, he can sit back and relax. But now, God knows when Liu Beijun in the city will come out and where he will come out. In this way, the best fighters are missed.
Two days passed, and the Cao army outside the city did not make any moves. Several large battalions were nailed like nails to the four gates leading in and out of Shinno Castle. Whether it is night or day, there is Cao Jun patrolling Xinye City. The tightness of its defense made Zhuge Liang not find any chance to break through.
Several of Cao's camps were closely linked, and as soon as the enemy was discovered, several camps would quickly assemble. In less than half an hour, Cao's army will inevitably surround the large army that has broken through to it. When that time comes, more than 1,000 people will really be unable to escape.
Outside the city, Li Dian was also in great pain. Although Li Dian was puzzled by Zhao Fei's order, he could only obey it. In fact, Li Dian also thought that when the army entered Xinye City, he would check Xinye City inside and out, as long as he destroyed Liu Bei's soldiers in the city, he would have completed his merits.
Of course, not only do you think so, but the generals under your command also continue to persuade yourself. said that everyone else was chasing Liu Beijun and marching towards Jingxiang, but he was guarding such an empty city and doing nothing. What is the purpose of being a soldier, isn't it just to be able to make meritorious contributions and get ahead. But in this situation, let alone getting ahead, there is no chance to make meritorious contributions, let alone be promoted.
For the bitter persuasion of the partial generals, Li Dian obviously fell into a dilemma. On one side is a high-ranking captain, and on the other side is a brother who was born and died. This makes Li Dian how to choose, if Li Dian knew, he would have chosen a long time ago, why should he suffer again.
However, Li Dian is a general who is forbidden by order, but the lieutenant general under his command is not necessarily a general. Not to mention that all the generals are militants, but the siege of this empty city is really not interesting. Listening to the army in front of him chasing Liu Bei, but he could only face an empty city, no one could be interested.
Killing Liu Bei is definitely a great achievement, if you can really catch Liu Bei, then you can immediately rise to the top. So, some people can't wait, and if they can't solve the matter of Shinno Castle, they will go crazy about it.
Several lieutenant generals left Li Dian and prepared to decide to send 3,000 soldiers into the city to search. However, Li Dian is clear about the actions of the lieutenants. But he obviously didn't refuse, after all, these are brothers who were born and died with him, how could Li Dian really kill the killer.
Moreover, Li Dian also didn't want to continue to consume. Because Cao's army was already preparing to attack Jingxiang in an all-round way. Cao Cheng led an army of more than 100,000 and marched into Jingzhou. The lord wants to be more Jingzhou Liu Biao's rhythm of duel, the big war is about to start, and he definitely can't waste time here.
Several lieutenants also heard the news, otherwise how could a few people be so bold. Disobeying orders on the battlefield, and it is also the life of Lord Taiwei, which is obviously a rhythm that does not want to die. If you succeed in clearing Liu Beijun in Xinye City, it will be fine, if you lose, then you will really die.
The news that the three thousand soldiers of the Cao army entered Xinye City, Zhuge Liang got it as soon as possible, and when he heard the news, Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly lit up. I thought it was exhausted, but I didn't expect it to be bright.
In order to conceal this matter, the adjutant general mobilized a thousand soldiers to search the city through the three city gates. This is definitely good news for Zhuge Liang, with these 3,000 soldiers, Zhuge Liang has the means to escape. Zhuge Liang quickly gathered all the soldiers, whether he could escape Xinye City, and saw the next battle.
Regarding the whereabouts of the 3,000 soldiers of the Cao army, Zhuge Liang knew everything about it. After all, these soldiers have been trapped in Xinye City for a long time, so how can they not understand the terrain of Xinye City.
The city is very quiet and desolate, which is the only emotion of the Cao soldiers who entered the city. There was no living creature in the entire Xinye City, which somewhat made the soldiers of the Cao army who had seen the strong wind feel a little cool. Is such a desolate city really hiding Liu Beijun's soldiers? Cao Jun thought secretly.
And at this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the rear of Cao Jun. A team of more than 100 soldiers suddenly rushed out, and they suddenly killed, which really made the soldiers of Cao Jun feel stunned. In a panic, more than a dozen soldiers of the Cao army died at the hands of the enemy. Then, this group of more than 100 enemy troops immediately fled away.
How could the soldiers of the Cao army let them succeed, and a thousand troops rose up to catch up, wanting to kill more than 100 Liu Beijun soldiers and soldiers. But after chasing a few streets, the more than 100 people suddenly disappeared.