Yuan Shao sent to attack the besieging Cao army was two brothers, the elder brother was named Lu Kuang, the younger brother was named Lu Xiang, and they were both famous generals in Hebei. The two led 4,000 elites, according to the plan, to attack the Cao camp in the south of the city, if they could succeed, they would cooperate with the trial and match the outside and break the enemy siege; If Cao's soldiers were very well defended and it was difficult to succeed, they would go around the north bank of Huanshui and wander outside the battlefield, looking for opportunities to respond.

However, Lu Xiang had a lot of intestines, so he discussed with his brother on the way, saying: "Cao Cao is treacherous, even if he wields his army to the enemy's general, he will not neglect the defense of the city. In addition to Cao Cao's secret transfer of troops and horses under the city, he went all out to the west, but he was afraid that the general would not be defeated, so even if I relieved the siege of Yecheng, what good would it be? ”

Lu Kuang asked him: "In this way, what should I do?" Lu Xiangjian yì: "It's better to turn to attack Dongwei, regardless of victory or defeat, you can go to Qingzhou, so as not to suffer Guo Tu and other evil spirits in the army." ”

The two once followed Yuan Tan and were stationed in Qingzhou for a period of time. Although Yuan Tan is arrogant, for the sake of the long-term generals under the command of their fathers, they treat each other with peace and courtesy on weekdays, and his royal majesty is extremely relaxed, so the two generals are lawless in Qingzhou, enclosing the land, robbing the people, and living a very comfortable life. But when he was transferred back to Jizhou, he suddenly saw that his boss was no longer a frustrated person who was very strict in governing the army, but also extremely fair, but was replaced by Guo Tu, who was above the top but had no way to control. Guo Tu prides himself on being a big family in Yingchuan, and often punishes the Lu brothers who are not high in background and are used to being casual, and the two have held a grudge for a long time.

After listening to his brother's words at the moment, Lu Kuang groaned for a while and raised an objection: "I heard that Yuan Qingzhou was broken by Zang Ba, retreat to Jishui, and go to Qingzhou, how long will it last?" Lu Xiang said with a smile: "Instead of meeting Cao Sikong, it is better to meet Zang Xuangao." If the general can protect Hebei, that is, Yuan Qingzhou will be defeated and return, and he will be the heir; If the general can't protect Hebei, who belongs to Qing and Hebei, and what does it have to do with us? If the situation is not good. It's better to descend Cao, but you can keep the wealthy. ”

Lu Kuang patted his thigh and said Okay, then let's fight to the east of the city, whether we win or lose, we will go to Yuan Tan first with the troops, and then see if there is a way to surrender to Cao Cao.

Besieging Yedong. Originally, it was Cao Hong and Xu Huang, but according to the plan, Cao Hong had to lead the main force to quietly withdraw from the camp and go to the west to fight Yuan Shao. With more than 3,000 people left under Xu Huang's command, it is quite difficult to disguise and attack the city, let alone divide the troops to defend the rear.

Xu Gongming thought about it for a long time. But he had a plan, he set up countless straw men to stand in front of the battalion, as if they were reserves, and divided the troops into five parts, each with more than 500 people, pushing the wheel, slowly moving forward. When they arrived at the bottom of the city, they set up a ladder, but they did not climb hard, and when one or two ladders were burned, they immediately retreated and changed to the next team. In the eyes of the city, the general in front of him is either cautious or timid. The offensive is not fierce, but it can be resisted as much as possible - there will be no suspicion that the opposing side is not strong enough.

Just as he was immediately in the formation, commanding the siege of the city, suddenly the ministry came to report, saying that Zhuge Liang wanted to see him. Xu Huang knew that this Zhuge Liang, although he was white, was a disciple of Shizhong Shixun. Don't dare to slack off at the moment, and call "please" repeatedly. Zhuge Kongming came to his horse, saluted first, and then said bluntly: "The family teacher once said. Yuan's army may use rangers to me, and now the general will use all his troops and horses in the camp to pretend to besiege the city, if the rangers come, what will they do? Please think twice, general. ”

Xu Huang said that I can't help it, there are too few soldiers in my hand, and it is impossible to attack the city head-on, and defend against the enemy behind it - "If the enemy is coming, he will attack the south of the city, and the east of my city is safe." ”

Zhuge Liang is an extremely cautious character, and hurriedly advised Xu Huang, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if Yuan Jun really came to fight the east of the city, what should he do? Can't we just wait here to die? Xu Huang was a little impatient, and asked casually: "Could it be that Qing has a clever plan, but can he resist the enemy before and after?" ”

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hands and said that I don't have any clever plans, I just don't think there is any need to pretend to attack the city, then I can free up my troops and concentrate on guarding the back road. Xu Huang sneered: "If you don't attack the city, set up a trial to open the door and kill, how to deal with it?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "If the Yuan army is coming, I will attack the city, and the trial will be out accordingly." If its rangers do not come, they will not leave the city—what is the purpose of attacking? "So the pretense of attacking the city is to lure Yuan Shao's headquarters in the foul city to come to the rescue, but now that Yuan Shao has also moved, Cao Cao has also killed the battle, what kind of city are we still attacking." Could it be that pretending to attack the city will make the judges in the city scruple and not dare to fight? In case Yuan Jun rode behind us, no matter whether you were attacking or defending, the trial would definitely come out.

Xu Huang listened to what he said reasonably, and his expression became slightly softened, but then he sank his face again, and he was silent. Zhuge Liang said I understand, you are afraid that facing Yecheng, your back will be attacked by the Yuan army rangers, and you are afraid that you will concentrate on defending the Yuan army rangers, and it will be difficult to resist after the trial and opening the city - there are so many troops, so "it is difficult to do both". But now we have the city wall in front of us, and if we are attacked from behind, there is no way out; If you have your back to the wall, you will still have to escape...... No, the opportunity to turn in. Therefore, I think it is better to focus on the aftermath.

Xu Huang thought for a while, and said to Zhuge Liang, so let's stop, I will stop the siege of the city, turn around and go to defend against the Yuan guerrillas, you push out all the stone-throwing carts, and head towards the city, as much ammunition as there is, in order to contain the trial.

Zhuge Liang went as ordered, and immediately ordered the remaining stone-throwing carts in the camp, except for two that were still under repair, disassembled and not installed, all of them were pushed out. Cao Cao's base camp was originally in the east of the city, so Shi Xun also set up a tent, and on this day, twelve stone-throwing carts were divided into the east of the city and the south of the city to assist, so Zhuge Liang exhausted his inventory, and gathered a total of twenty-two stone-throwing vehicles, and all kinds of ammunition were transported to the vicinity.

The soldiers came over and asked, are we aiming at the city or the moats? Zhuge Liang climbed the high oar and looked at it for a while, and then took a pen and paper to calculate for a while, and then he made a plan - "Gunpowder ball, take the suspension bridge!" ”

At that time, large and medium-sized cities were equipped with drawbridges outside each gate to block the enemy, but the effect was not large, but it restricted the movement of the defenders. In the Song Dynasty, Chen Gui said in the "Record of Defending the City": "On the moat outside the city gate, the old system set up more fishing bridges (suspension bridges), which were originally in case of rushing. As everyone knows, it is hindering the dispatch of troops in the city. If you put down the fishing bridge and then send troops, you must see it outside the city and be prepared; If the soldiers have already gone out and pulled up the bridge, it is difficult to retreat, and they are forced by the enemy, and they are often drowned in the trenches. This fishing bridge is harmful and unhelpful. You can use machinery in front of the door before you can make it impossible for the enemy to enter. Remove the fishing bridge, only use the real bridge, and the military horses in the city can advance and retreat; Outsiders are afraid of sending troops from inside the city, and they dare not be at ease day and night. ”

Of course, Zhuge Liang has never traveled to the afterlife, and he has read "Guarding the City", although Shi Xun knows a little bit about it, he has not had time to teach it to Zhuge Liang. But this did not prevent Zhuge Liang from thinking about it, realizing that destroying the drawbridge would prevent the defenders from going out of the city to attack.

So at the sound of an order, dozens of gunpowder balls broke through the air, and three rounds in a row, about six or seven bullets, soon ignited the drawbridge. Of course, Cao Jun tried to attack a few days ago, and had filled in many moats, although the drawbridge was destroyed, Yuan Jun could always make a detour to cross the trench, but it could play a certain role in hindering and delaying.

After burning the drawbridge, Zhuge Liang racked his brains, made another deployment, and then couldn't help but look at the sky and pray, praying to the heavens - it is best for Yuan Jun to ride to the south of the city...... Although I'm sorry for Guo Boji, I'm too stretched here, and I hope Guo Boji can have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy.

was praying, and suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing behind him, and then a pawn came to report: "The Yuan army is really approaching, General Xu has deployed troops and horses, and he is guarding with the base, please be careful of the enemy in the city." If the situation is critical, the camp can be set on fire. "That means, instead of the camp being taken by you, and the supplies being robbed by you, it is better for me to burn it myself. Then you can also use the fire to block the Yuan soldiers who killed from the city, and we can break through the rangers and rush out.

When Zhuge Liang heard the news, he hurriedly boarded the high oar and leaned over. Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, the Yuan army in the city also surged out to deal with the cavalry outside the city, but the problem was - they didn't break the city gate at all!

Chen Gui once said in the "Record of Guarding the City": "The city gate is more expensive than it is less, and it is expensive to open but not expensive." Since the gates of the city are many and open, and it is convenient to go to a place, they will send troops to attack them. At night, they cut off their camps, so that they could not rest day and night, and naturally did not dare to build a fortress near the city. It must also be a measure of containment, and always make it easy for others to work. He also set up more secret gates in the big city, and opened more doors in the city of sheep and horses, and filled in the trenches to make roads, thinking that they were breaking through the gates. "There are not many gates on the surface of Yecheng, which follows the regulations of the small Yexian town in the old days, and it does not meet the needs of the central city of Jizhou today, but there are many secret doors on the city wall, only because the Cao army is well guarded, and the trial is not from the secret door soldiers, to attack the enemy camp at night.

Now it is necessary to use the secret door-because the drawbridge at the gate of the city has been burned, and it is naturally impossible for the people in the city to not see it-so the trial match opened a number of secret doors, sent troops and horses, crossed the trench from the landfill of the Cao army, and surged towards Cao Ying.

When Zhuge Liang saw it, he only felt that his hands and feet were cold, but at the same time, he was inexplicably excited, so that his face turned red. He hurriedly ordered: "Boom! ”

After burning the drawbridge, he had already readjusted the position and direction of the stone-throwing trucks, and all of them were aimed at the several trench landfills, so he gave an order, and the carts were all sent out at any cost. Although it is difficult to guarantee the accuracy, there are still 10% of gunpowder balls that hit the target, and the rest of them hit the city wall, or fell on the outside of the moat, all of them burst open, flames flew wildly, and although Yuan Jun was almost undamaged, the array was immediately scattered.

It's just that although the array is chaotic, the vast majority of Yuan soldiers still rush forward - because they saw that there were not many Cao soldiers near the stone-throwing cart, only hundreds, and half of them were operating the stone-throwing cart, holding weapons in their hands, and the number of guards on the left and right was even smaller. In this battle, the trial made his nephew Xianrong and the son of Fu Zhu Fu out of the battle, and took care of them in advance: "Cao Jun destroyed my suspension bridge, clearly showing his cowardice, and there must be few guards left in the camp." Qing and the others must move forward bravely, flank the front and rear with the rangers, break the army and kill the generals, and count the first merit! "Xian Rong and Fu Hu are both young and reckless, and they are reckless, and they say that the enemy army is capable of this, and the array is chaotic, even if there is a chaotic battle, we can still win!

Come on!

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