Chapter 82: Preparing for War
Qiu Liju's life has been very nourishing recently, especially after Liu Yu sent people to negotiate peace, he seems to be living a fairy life every day.
From the mouth of the scribe sent by Liu Yu, Qiu Liju knew Liu Yu's plan.
But what! In this matter, Qiu Liju was not ready to agree to Liu Yu, even if Liu Yu made a condition that he could not refuse.
Xiangping City is now in the hands of him and Zhang Chun, and Liu Yu said that he would lend Xiangping City to him, which means that Liu Yu should not want to fight.
It's September now, as long as he drags it out, after the autumn harvest, even if he talks to Liu Yu, he won't be afraid.
The winter on Xiangping's side was very cold, and although the armies of Meng Yi and Gongsun Zhan had been in the north, they were not suitable for fighting in winter.
Xiangping is a strong city, the population base in the city is large, he and Zhang Chun defend the city with thousands of people, even if Gongsun Chan and Meng Yi have tens of thousands of troops and horses, it is extremely difficult to defeat Xiangping, not to mention that the adults in Karasuma Country are ready to fight a big battle.
According to Qiu Liju's estimate, Youzhou can no longer support too large-scale wars.
The war is not only fought by people, but also by money and food, and the Youzhou side can't afford to fight, which means that his side should have peace of mind.
However, just today, Qiu Liju actually got a piece of news that surprised him to the extreme, a Han army of nearly 10,000 people actually killed Xiangping, which made him a little confused.
Qiu Liju couldn't figure out where this Han army came from.
The scribe sent by Liu Yu had already told Qiu Liju before, and Liu Yu had already sent people to Gongsun Zan and Meng Yi to let their army stay in the Xingcheng area, and they must not wave their troops east to attack Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun's Xiangping.
Not only did the scribe sent by Liu Yu say that Qiu Liju also sent a lot of spies on the Xingcheng side, which was almost the same as what the scribe said, Gongsun Zan and Meng Yi were both stationed in Xingcheng, and they had no intention of sending troops at all.
What does this look like?!!
Qiu Liju's face was gloomy like water, and he didn't figure out where this team of nearly 10,000 people came from.
Thinking that nearly 10,000 Han troops suddenly appeared at the boundary of Xiangping City, he immediately sent scouts to conduct a detailed investigation, and ordered someone to find Zhang Chun, and then summoned his officers above Qu Chang to the city lord's mansion to discuss matters.
Zhang Chun has also been very leisurely recently, singing every night, completely forgetting about being chased by Gongsun Zhan before.
When Qiu Liju sent someone to ask him to go to the city lord's mansion to discuss matters, saying that a large army of the Han army had appeared on the boundary of Xiangping City, he struck a fierce spirit, pouring his hot descendants into the girl under him.
Zhang Chun hurriedly put on his robe, and without even tidying up, he rode to the city lord's mansion where Qiu Liju was located.
Zhang Chun knew in his heart that if he hadn't been hit, Qiu Liju would not have been in such a hurry to ask him to go to the City Lord's Mansion to discuss matters, it should be that the situation has changed.
He even thought in his heart that it should be Meng Yi and Gongsun Zhan who led the army of the Han army to kill.
Qiu Liju is a Wuhuan person, and when he fights in the field, Qiu Liju commands properly, and it can be said that he is strategizing, but the city defense battle is not his strong point, and he must quickly rush over to discuss the matter of defending the city with Qiu Liju.
Matters related to his net worth and life, Zhang Chun felt that he could not delay for a moment.
Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju soon reached an agreement, and the defense of Xiangping City was all handed over to Zhang Chun, and Qiu Liju was in charge of the cavalry team, which harassed the Han army outside the city at any time.
In terms of reinforcements, Zhang Chun told Qiu Liju to ask Qiu Liju to write letters to several county towns not far from Xiangping City, and asked Nanlin in Xinchang County to immediately gather the men and horses in the four county towns, and lead these soldiers and horses to touch behind the Han army and attack those Han soldiers.
Xiangping's soldiers quickly landed in the city and began to prepare for a full-scale defense.
The arrows were carried to the city, the archers were in place, the rolling wood and stones, the oil and the boiling water were all prepared, and everything was done according to the situation when the Han army defended the city.
That's not all, Zhang Chun also gathered the young people in Xiangping City near the city wall as a reserve, as long as there was an accident, he would put these young people on top.
When Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun learned that the troops outside the city were led by Gongsun Zhan's son, Gongsun Xu, their hearts that had been tense were somewhat settled.
Xiangping City is a strong city, if the famous general Meng Yi and the famous general Gongsun Zan from Youzhou come to attack, they still have a certain worry, worried that the two of them will attack Xiangping City.
These two famous generals did not come, but instead sent Gongsun Zhan's son, and they naturally felt much better. Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju even had an idea, that is, after this offensive and defensive battle, they would kill Gongsun Zhan's son to avenge Gongsun Zhan's pursuit and murder.
Despite this, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun did not take it lightly and did their best in city defense.
After Gongsun Xu led his nearly 10,000 soldiers to the city of Xiangping, he ordered to set up camp five miles away from the city wall.
He divided the nearly 10,000 people into three directions to surround Xiangping, which can be regarded as a siege of three ques, as if he wanted to besiege Xiangping City.
Gongsun Xu also thought about the plan several times, and he finally chose this form of semi-encirclement, the best thing about this form is that the army is not separated, no matter which direction the enemy appears, they can rush to the aid as quickly as possible.
Gongsun Xu didn't plan to attack the city when he arrived in Xiangping, because he knew that there were several county towns around Xiangping, and there were a lot of troops in these counties, and he didn't want to encounter front and rear attacks after the war, so he wanted to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and first knock out the reinforcements from the four counties of Xiangping, so that Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun in Xiangping City lost confidence.
Gongsun Xu did not arrange the trebuchets to the front when he was besieging the city, but put most of the trebuchets on the side of Xinchang County.
When studying the Xiangping strategy plan, Gongsun Xu took the direction of Xinchang County as the focus, because it was where the Wuhuan Forest was located, and if Xiangping asked for help, the first person to bear the brunt of it should be Xinchang County.
Being able to defeat Gongsun Chan when Gongsun Chan chased and killed Qiu Liju Zhang Chun, Nanlin is definitely not to be underestimated, the most important thing is that Gongsun Xu knows that as long as Nanlin's reinforcements are repulsed, Xiangping will not have reinforcements in the near future, he can fight as much as he wants, and at that time, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun are definitely the turtles in the urn.