Last night, Wen Chou broke Dong Ying, beheaded Yang Ding, the specific battle process and capture, the defenders in Liang County did not know, but the result of Wen Chou's victory and Yang Ding's defeat was already known to the defenders in Liang County, after all, the soldiers of the Yuzhou lieutenant outside Liang County were only 3,000 people, and they could not surround Liang County, so the news in the city and the outside world was not completely cut off, and it was related to the defense of the city and their own safety. He knew about the direct attack on Yang Ding's camp, and he had learned about Wen Chou's victory last night around noon today.

From the time the news was heard at noon to around nightfall, the guards convened the officers one after another, and held two military meetings.

One time was after learning the news of Yang Ding's defeat at noon.

As soon as Yang Ding was defeated, on both sides of the Rushui River, within a radius of nearly 100 miles, there were only two Dong armies left in Liangxian and Zhucheng.

Note that the city is small, there are only a few hundred soldiers in the city, which can be ignored, that is to say, the existing Dong soldiers in the surrounding area are actually only the two thousand people in Liangxian City, Yang Ding's camp is in, the two thousand Dong soldiers in Liangxian City can echo Yang Ding across the river, and the Hu Zhen in the Yique Zhuguan can also respond to it in the distance, but now Yang Ding's army is defeated, which is equivalent to separating this Dong soldier from the Hu Zhen in the Yique Zhuguan, in other words, to a certain extent, they have become a "lone army".

That's a big deal.

At the first military meeting around noon, the military candidates, Sima, and tun commanders of each song talked endlessly and argued non-stop.

Some think: Yang Ding has been defeated, Wen Chou and Sun Jian have won a big victory, at this time, Liang County should stick to the city and never go out of the city to fight.

And some think: Wen Chou and Sun Jian attacked Yang Timing. Liang County should send troops out of the city to attack Wen Chou's rear formation, at that time because there were too many people who opposed, this policy was not implemented, and now Yang Ding's army was defeated, leaving only Liang County, a "lonely city", which could not be defended. Then now you should immediately lead your troops out of the city, or go west, or go north, in short, you can't continue to stay in the city and wait for Wen Chou to return to the division to besiege him.

There are many opponents of this idea of "leading the troops out of the city".

Those who opposed it said: There are 3,000 civilian soldiers outside the city, and Wen Chou and Sun Jian have won a big victory, if they leave the city now, they will first be bitten by the civilian soldiers outside the city. Secondly, Wen Chou and Sun Jian have won, then their main force has been vacated, as soon as they hear this news, they will soon send troops to attack them with the civilian soldiers outside the city, and at that time, there will be no city to defend, only field battles. With a small number of enemies, it is bound to be defeated.

I don't think this is a good idea.

Accounts differ and opinions vary. There are endless arguments, and no one can convince anyone.

In the end, the guard general made a decision and said: "The current enemy situation is unknown, I only know that Captain Yuan has been defeated, but I don't know where the main forces of Wen and Sun are. I'm afraid I'll lose if I get out of the city, and I'll make a decision when I find out what is going on. ”

In the evening, Liang County's scouts discovered the movements of Wen Chou and Sun Jian's main forces. Again to report.

Hearing that Wen Chou and Sun Jian led the troops to the north, the guards summoned the officers to the Shuai tent and held the second military meeting.

He said to everyone: "It is reported that the main forces of Wen and Sun have gone to the direction of Yique Pass in the north, and now there are thousands of men and horses on both sides of Rushui who are not only outside our city and Zhucheng, but also a force of more than 10,000 people, which is stationed inside and outside the camp of Yuan Xiaowei. ”

An officer immediately said: "General Wen and Sun Er defeated Yang Ding, take advantage of the victory and drum up bravery, this must be to go to Yique Pass." ”

But some people doubted it, and said: "There are 30,000 of my elite soldiers in the Yique Zhuguan, it is impossible for Wenwu Meng and Sun Hou not to know, if the two of them want to tackle the key problems, they will never only bring more than 30,000 people, how can more than 30,000 people defeat the Yique Zhuguan?" ”

Someone asked: "Then what do you think Wenwumeng and Sun Hou are doing?" ”

"Before the defeat of Captain Yuan, I thought that I would definitely send a horse to Yique to ask for help, Wenwu Meng and Sun Hou went north, I remember that there is a hill dozens of miles to the north, which is a necessary place from Yique to Yuan Xiaowei's camp, will Wenwu Meng and Sun Hou set up an ambush to help?"

"Captain Yuan's army was defeated, and even we knew about it, how could Yique Guanzhong not know? Even if Captain Yuan had sent a horse to ask for help, now Yique's reinforcements must have all returned, what kind of help did Wen Wumeng and Sun Hou have? ”

"As long as some cavalry is sent to scatter in the northern hills, it is not difficult to cut off the news of Yique Pass, although Captain Yuan has been defeated, but maybe Yique Pass is not yet known."

"Then what do you think my ministry should do now?"

"If Wenwu Meng and Sun Hou really sent reinforcements, I have three plans."

The general asked, "What is the plan?" ”

"Fall into the city, cross the Rushui, go straight to the Wenwu Meng, Sun Hou army, and the reinforcements of Yique Pass to attack the north and south, and the battle will be won."

"What's the plan?"

"Taking advantage of the main force of Wenwu Meng and Sun Hou to go north, our department abandoned the city and left, went west, and threw himself into Lu Hun Pass."

"What's the next plan?"

"Fortify the city and defend itself, in anticipation of the defeat of the civil and military forces and the defeat of Sun Hou."

The guard general pondered and said: "There are only about 2,000 people in our department, and there are nearly 20,000 civil soldiers outside the city and on the north bank. Fortify the city and defend itself, in case the civil and military forces are fierce, Sun Hou wins again, and returns to the division to surround me, won't I be able to escape? Nor is it advisable. "Thinking about it this way, there is only a second option.

He said: "I want to take the middle way, why do you think so? ”

The best strategy requires great courage, and the next strategy is to pin expectations on others, either too dangerous or unreliable, for ordinary people, they will choose the strategy.

The officers present were in favor.

Yang Ding has been defeated, Liang County has become a "lonely city", since it was decided to take advantage of the great opportunity of Wen Chou and Sun Jian to go north to escape, it would be without further ado, so the defenders of Liang County decided to go out of the west of the city at night tonight.

The Yuzhou school captain outside the city only surrounded the south and west of Liang County, the east and north were not encircled, the north was Rushui, and the only feasible road was the east.

It's a bit troublesome to go out of the city in the east, because in order to bypass the Yuzhou Captain's Department in the south of the city, you need to walk to the south for a while after leaving the city, and then turn to the west, but this is also a matter of no choice.

Usually when it is almost dawn is the time when people are most sleepy, for the soldiers on the battlefield, when the day is about to dawn and it is still their "most negligent" time, the day is almost dawn, and the heart of the night is also put down, so the Liang County guard set the time to go out of the city at the fifth watch. (To be continued......)