Chapter 20: Before the War (4)

Gongsun continued to settle down, and thought with disdain in his heart, the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth, how could a modern person like him cross over to this place, how could he be confused by such a thing!

After crossing to the Three Kingdoms, Gongsun Xu had a certain idea of his future development, and since entering Xingcheng, Gongsun Xu has also made a lot of preparations, but what Gongsun Xu didn't expect was that the pressure he faced at this time was not from the direction of the east of the city, but from the west of the city.

According to Gongsun Xu's inference, these Wuhuan cavalry should be the people who outflanked Gongsun Chan and wanted to besiege Gongsun Chan to Jinxi.

To achieve this strategic goal, they were bound to occupy and pass Xingcheng.

If he can firmly gain a foothold here in Xingcheng, then the Wuhuan people will not be able to form a complete encirclement of Gongsun Chan at all.

Now the key to this battle is not Tian Kai and Gongsun Fan in Suizhong behind, but whether his Gongsun Xu can firmly hold Xingcheng.

After Gongsun Xu pondered slightly, he smiled slightly, and slowly spoke: "Qi Ming, lead this soldier down to entertain him, and by the way, take five taels of silver from Gongzhong and give it to him." I'll send him back when I'm done writing a reply. ”

After Gongsun Xu finished speaking, he didn't look at Qi Ming and the herald again, turned around and strode towards Gongsun Da.

Gongsun Xu looked at Gongsun Da, and there was a trace of warmth on his slightly cold face, but seeing that Gongsun Da did not have the slightest sense of nervousness, his expression immediately turned solemn.

He solemnly said to Gongsun Da: "Ah Da, now go down and inform immediately, release all our scouts, grasp the dynamics of the Wuhuan people in the west as much as possible, and then summarize all the situation and send it to the command post." ”

Gongsun Xu's mind moved slightly, and he spoke again and continued: "Let them not only scout near Xingcheng, but extend as far as possible, and pay special attention to exchanging information with well-informed Han people, this is very important, and it must not be a child's play." ”

After Gongsun continued to tell Gongsun Da, he immediately summoned Zhao Yun and asked Zhao Yun and other generals to go to his temporary command post to study the current situation.

Many times, Gongsun Xu has this idea in his heart, but he has good ideas, and he also needs to communicate with his generals.

This era is not an enlightened era, as long as the main general wants to make a big move, he must consult with his subordinates.

Most of the reason for the significance of this kind of consultation is to brainstorm and study a complete and perfect plan, and the other reason is to let his subordinates see that the master attaches great importance to them, and can make them have the idea of dying for their confidants.

Zhao Yun has a certain prestige in Gongsun Xu's army, and after listening to Gongsun Xu's narration and experiencing another round of chaotic discussions, he immediately summarized everyone's suggestions and came up with a set of plans.

These plans are some things that Gongsun Xu has not mastered now, and Gongsun Xu scratched his head when he heard it.

Zhao Yun told Gongsun Xu to arrange for someone in the city to gather young men to dig a deep ditch outside, erect sharp wooden stakes in the ditch that was one zhang wide and two feet deep, and use the excavated soil to build a nearly two-meter-high Fengyuan (pronounced fengyuan, a kind of fortification outside the female wall of the ancient city).

This kind of large trap should not be too far from the city gate, nor too close, about forty or fifty paces away.

In this way, the soldiers on the city wall can use bows and arrows to carry out a covering precision strike on the enemy, and with the cooperation of the infantry behind Feng Yuan, it will be extremely difficult for the Wuhuan people to take Xingcheng.

Zhao Yun also told Gongsun Xu that the rolling wood and stones on the city wall must be fully prepared, the management of the soldiers' arrows must be strictly controlled, and the soldiers on the city head are not allowed to release arrows indiscriminately before the enemy enters the firing range.

After Gongsun continued to listen to Zhao Yun's story, there was a strange smile on his face, he could understand most of what Zhao Yun said, and this arrangement was good for the defending side.

Gongsun Xu had already felt at this time that Zhao Yun, a famous general in later generations, had already shown amazing talent and military talent.

The deep ditch was only forty or fifty paces away from the wall, and at this distance, the soldiers on the wall shot condescendingly with much more accuracy than the enemy on horseback.

This distance is exactly the most ruthless distance for the enemy, not to mention Feng Yuan behind the trap.

The deep ditch was fifty paces from the city wall, and if the enemy tried to climb this deep ditch, he would face a crossfire attack from the city and behind Feng Yuan.

Gongsun Xu really didn't expect that in the late Han Dynasty, someone could put forward this logic of crossfire, and the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors was really broad and profound.

Until these fortifications were cleared, the gates were secure, and few weapons could attack the walls other than crossbows.

And the Wuhuan people have more bows and arrows, and there are few strong crossbows with long range, and as for the large stone throwing machine, it is even less visible. If they want to attack the city, the best way to fill it with human lives is to besiege it without attacking it.

The current situation is that Gongsun Xu has time to be able to keep consuming with Lord Nanlou's cavalry, and Meng Yi's army is constantly rushing to Jinxi's side at this time, so he is really not in a hurry.

Although Gongsun Xu doesn't know what kind of situation is on the cheap father's side now, but! Gongsun Xu understands that no matter what, his cheap father will not die easily in this campaign against the rebels.

Regarding Zhao Yun's arrangement, although Gongsun Xu felt very safe, Gongsun Xu did not want to operate this matter according to Zhao Yun's arrangement.

For the original history, now he led Zhao Yun and thousands of soldiers to appear on the side of Xingcheng, which was an accident within an accident.

If according to the normal historical trajectory, at this time, Gongsun Chan should lead all the soldiers to hunt down Qiu Liju, even if there is an arrangement for Xingcheng, at most there will only be a few hundred wounded, sick and disabled people, and there will definitely not be too many troops.

The transmission of information from the ancient people was quite closed, as long as he could take advantage of the time difference between the news and the blockage, he would definitely make the thousands of cavalry that appeared on the Wuhuan side's side suffer a big loss.

These Wuhuan cavalry are full of treasures, and Gongsun Xu is deeply touched by this.

For the cavalry of this era, Gongsun Xu did not have much awe.

How many years have passed from the end of the Han Dynasty to modern times, and how can these cavalry stop him, a man who has crossed the late Han Dynasty.

Zhao Yun's plan was approved by everyone, and although others had supplements, they were all based on Zhao Yun's plan.

Gongsun Xu now has a lot of people under him, but there are very few capable people who can really lead troops to fight.

It's okay to get your men to charge, but it's a little harder to get them to work with you on a plan to kill the enemy.

But what! Gongsun Xu also quickly figured it out.

If it weren't for such a reason, there would not have been so many strategists and so many great bulls who were passed down by later generations in this period at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Talents, the most lacking in the 21st century is talents, and now Gongsun Xu has traveled to the end of the Han Dynasty, and his heart is extremely eager to have these talents under his hands.

However, Gongsun Xu found that he was thinking too much, except for Zhao Yun, who had no idea of taking refuge with him, none of the others could be regarded as talents at all.

Gongsun Xu pondered slightly, and finally threw out the plans he had formed in his mind one by one, and ordered his subordinates to carry out his order.

After Gongsun continued to complete the arrangement, he always felt that something was missing, and he suddenly remembered that his subordinates reported that Jia Hui, the city guard of Xingcheng, had returned to Xingcheng, and he should go to this city guard at this time and ask him to assist him in completing the first battle at the end of the Han Dynasty.