The news that the ten guards who were monitored in the second training camp came back to Chen was suspicious that Kan Cai's heart was put down all night. The enemy army in the open is not terrible, even the strongest city can be breached, but the enemy hiding in the shadows and the unknown enemy are terrible.

Chen Zhi's department hid in the mountains for a night, which really worried Xu Huang and Chen Gong, and now they are back in the ancient city. Xu Huang waited for the army to have breakfast and immediately set up, and after occupying Liu Bei's original camp, the army continued to advance, and when he arrived outside the ancient city, Xu Huang did not rush to attack, but set up a large camp outside the city.

In the big tent outside the camp, Xu Huang sat on top of the main man and said with a smile: "The enemy army is now trapped in the ancient city, and it is not too difficult to take this small city, but our army suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle, so it is right to take this city at the lowest cost in this battle." ”

The generals nodded in unison, and then looked at Chen Gong. The battlefield is the place of the general, and the plan is the part of the strategist. Although most of the generals were born in Kansai, they all had a certain amount of time under Zhang Xiu, and some of them had suffered big losses from strategists like horses and pounds. Therefore, a large group of Kansai generals under Zhang Xiu have begun to gradually pay attention to the strategists, and they generally listen to the opinions of the strategists before the war, even people like Ma are no exception.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Chen Gong coughed and said, "If the general wants to minimize the losses, then not attacking the city is the best strategy. ”

Everyone didn't show a look of surprise when they heard Chen Gong's words, they had dealt with these scribes a lot, and all the generals knew that their favorite thing was to sell Guanzi, so their eyes all looked at Chen Gong without blinking.

Chen Gong laughed a few times and said, "Liu Bei now only owns two places: the ancient city and the Runan city. The rest of the small towns in Runan County were not under its control. And if our army storms and takes the ancient city, Liu Bei will definitely flee back to Runan, since this is the case, it is better to take advantage of Liu Bei's army in the ancient city, take Runan first, and cut off the back road. ”

When the Emperor Fu Di heard this, he was puzzled: "Military Division, Runan City is east of the ancient city, could it be that our army wants to bypass the ancient city to attack Runan?" Under the division of troops, I am afraid that it will be broken by Liu Bei. ”

Chen Gong stroked the short hair under his chin and said with a smile: "No, there is a saying in the edict of the Son of Heaven that Cao Mengde will send Xiahou Miaocai to lead the troops to help." If our army captures Runan, Runan will become chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon it. In this case, if Cao Mengde's men were allowed to take Runan and encircle the ancient city with our army, Liu Bei would definitely abandon the city and leave, and our army's casualties could be minimized. ”

After a pause, Chen Gong continued: "At that time, there will be our army in the west of the ancient city, Xiahou Miaocai's department in the east of the ancient city, Chongzhou in the north, and mountains in the south. If Liu Bei wants to escape, then the only way left is to go to the southwest of Jingzhou, and there are three roads leading to Jingzhou, and the general only needs to send troops to guard these three roads. and set up ambushes on both sides of the road, Liu Bei couldn't escape! ”

Xu Huang lowered his head and thought quietly, Chen Gong's plans were interlocking, and the ultimate goal was to force Liu Bei into a desperate situation, and then kill him. Xu Huang thought for a while, turned his head and asked Chen Gongdao, "Is the military advisor sure?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head and said: "Liu Bei is extremely cunning, he has been able to escape the catastrophe many times when he was in Xuzhou, and he is only fifty percent sure of killing him this time." ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he was puzzled: "Since there are only fifty percent, why not surround the ancient city, and Liu Bei will not be able to escape when the time comes?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head and said: "Although the ancient city can only be surrounded on all sides with the strength of our army, and Liu Bei's troops are still in the thousands, and he can escape from the encirclement with a concentrated blow, even if the general transfers troops from Nanyang, it is already too late, so it is the best strategy to ambush on the road to Jingzhou." ”

Xu Huang heard this and nodded helplessly. said: "In this case, please ask the military advisor to arrange it on your behalf, and I will immediately repair a letter to Xiahou Miaocai." ”

Chen Gong nodded and stood up, giving a series of orders.

The ancient city to the north is Xuchang, the fast horse can be reached in two days, here Xu Huang broke Liu Bei's army outside the ancient city, he was stationed under the ancient city, and sent someone to send a letter to Xuchang. After Xiahou Yuan received Xu Huang's letter, he immediately went to consult Xun Yu.

Xuchang City Xunyu Mansion.

Xun Yu and Xiahou Yuan sat opposite each other in the hall and looked at Xu Huang: "It seems that Zhang Xiu is determined to destroy Liu Bei this time." ”

Xiahou Yuan heard it and asked, "How did you see it first?" ”

Xun Yu took the map from the table on the side, opened it, pointed it and said, "General, look, Liu Bei's army is stationed in the ancient city to resist Xu Huang's army." And Xu Huang asked the general to send troops to attack the empty Runan, and then the general and Xu Huang surrounded the ancient city of Liu Bei on three sides. Liu Bei wants to escape only on the way south to Jingzhou, Xu Huang has been in Nanyang for a long time, and he must have a clear understanding of the road to Jingzhou, and he will definitely set up an ambush to destroy Liu Bei. However, Shan Xu Huang's department may not have a very high grasp of killing Liu Bei, it should only be fifty percent, but if there is a Miaocai general to join the situation, it will be different, the two armies are attacked, and Liu Bei can be killed with eighty percent certainty. The lord sent General Miaocai here, I am afraid that he is the god who likes the general to lead the troops, and this should be Guo Langzi's strategy. After speaking, Xun Yu smiled at the corner of his mouth. After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan's eyes sudden, and he said in surprise: "Guo Xijiu has already calculated these calculations?" ”

After hearing this, Xun Yu laughed and said: "General Miaocai, don't be bluffed by this prodigal son, this matter is actually nothing to put it bluntly." ”

Although Xun Yu said easily, Xiahou Yuan still had cold sweat on his forehead, and said, "Please Mr. Solve Yuan's doubts." ”

Xun Yu smiled slightly: "Letting Zhang Xiu send troops this time is nothing more than success and failure. Now that Zhang Xiu has sent troops, it is needless to say that he failed. If it succeeds, Zhang Xiu actually does not have many available soldiers, Chang'an's foot soldiers will go to Yizhou, and most of the cavalry will be left to garrison Sili to prevent the variables of the dispute between the lord and Yuan Shao. Therefore, to destroy Liu Bei, the main force should be Xu Huang's Nanyang Corps, but Xu Huang wants to leave soldiers to defend Jingzhou Liu Biao, so he can't send too much. In this way, it is easy to defeat Liu Bei, but it is difficult to kill him, so we need our army to help. General Xiahou stationed troops in Xuchang, although this place is not far from Runan, but the ordinary army will march for a few days, and I am afraid that Liu Bei will escape if it is late, so the lord let General Xiahou be responsible for pursuing Liu Bei, and General Shen is not in vain. ”

Xiahou Yuan listened awe-inspiringly, thinking of that he was not serious all day long, and he usually had nothing to do. The prodigal son, who could only drink flower wine, calculated so much at once when he made a plan, Xiahou Yuan was surprised. Originally, because of Cao Hong's matter, he was still dissatisfied with Guo Jia, and even the contempt he had immediately put away. Xiang Xun Yu nodded heavily, and said: "Yuan understands, without further ado, Ben will be out immediately, and there will be Mr. Lao in Xuchang." ”

Xun Yanshan fights and says! "I wish the general success!" ※

Xiahou Yuan hurriedly replied with a salute and left in a hurry. When he arrived at the camp, Xiahou Yuan immediately ordered Li Tong, Zhu Ling, and Bian Xi, and led 5,000 soldiers to attack Runan.

Xiahou Yuan used his troops to obtain the essence of the four characters of the soldier and the noble god, and the ordinary march from Xuchang to attack Runan took at least four to five days, and Xiahou Yuan led the troops to arrive at the city of Runan in less than three days.

As Chen Gong expected, Liu Bei almost led the troops in Runan City to the ancient city, and he thought that Yuan Cao was fighting in Guandu, and Cao Cao could no longer divide his troops and horses to attack him, so he let Zhang Xiu attack, so Liu Bei fell into the trap designed by Guo Jia.

Xiahou Yuan's army arrived on the evening of the second day, and when they arrived at the city of Runan, they did not let the army rest longer, so they let Li Tong, Zhu Ling, and Bian Xi each lead 1,000 people from their headquarters to attack the city, and he himself led 2,000 people to respond from behind.

Guarding the north and south gates of Ru was the general Liu Pi, and the original part of Runan was led by Liu Pi. However, since Liu Bei came, Liu Bi's power was gradually recorded. But I have to say that Liu Bei's personal charm is really strong, or his ability to fool is very strong. After Liu Bi and Gong Du were gradually stripped of their military power by Liu Bei, they were even more desperate for Liu Bei, and Xiao Xiong's mind was really unreasonable.

Li Tong and Zhu Ling's abilities in Cao Ying are very good, and in terms of martial arts alone, Li Dian is probably not as good as the two of them, but Li Dian is a Confucian general, and his ability to command troops is stronger than these two. However, in terms of comprehensive ability, these two people are slightly inferior to Li Dian, Yu Ban, and Le Jin, but because of the short time of joining Cao Cao, there is no Li Dian and Le Jin who followed Cao Cao when Cao Cao first started his army, so they have not had the opportunity to lead the army independently.

This attack on Runan, facing the old opponent Liu Bei, Li Tong and the three immediately led the troops to the city, although the soldiers were tired, but they were also accustomed to Xiahou Yuan's style of play, and against Liu Bei's soldiers were also full of confidence, so they all struggled forward.

Li Tong and the three of them took the lead and rushed to the head of Runan City with the help of the flying hook, but after the three of them opened the gap, Liu Bicai, the guard of the north gate, reacted and commanded the soldiers to come forward to resist.

Li Tong saw Liu Bi at a glance, as the so-called capture of the thief first captures the king, Li Tong immediately pounced with a spear, but did not expect that Zhu Ling over there and Li Tong had exactly the same idea, and Liu Bi, who saw the command, also rushed forward with a big knife.

Liu Bi saw that the two generals of the enemy army were killing one left and one right, and the enemy sergeants couldn't stop rushing up, his side was already completely at a disadvantage, and he knew that Runan City might not be able to hold it, so he grabbed a personal guard next to him and said: "Go and inform General Guan Xiao, let him protect Uncle Huang's family and leave from the West Gate, and tell Brother Gong that you don't forget to avenge someone!" Go! After speaking, he pushed the guards to the stairs behind the city wall, and he held a short knife to meet Li Tong.

Li Tong saw Liu Pi rushing over, smiled coldly, snatched out the spear in his hand, and stabbed Liu Pi directly. Seeing this, Liu Pi blocked the grid with the short knife in his hand, and after blocking the spear, he dodged and took a few steps forward to pounce on Li Tong.

Li Tongqing. With one more sound, he swept towards Liu Pi who was approaching with his guns in both hands, and Li Tong's sweep was so powerful that he forced Liu Bi to retreat at once. Just as Li Tong was about to attack again, suddenly a person behind Liu Pi shouted: "The enemy will die!" ”

This sudden loud shout made Liu Pi's heart startled, and his movements slowed down by half a minute. Before he could react, he felt the sound of the wind behind him, and then he lost consciousness after a pain.

And Li Tong, who was opposite Liu Pi, witnessed all this directly. The sound of shouting was drunk from Zhu Ling's mouth, and after drinking, the big knife in Zhu Ling's hand slashed from top to bottom with all his might, and Liu Bi was unprepared to cut Liu Bi into two pieces with a knife in the back, and the still beating internal organs and colorful intestines flowed all over the ground with blood. Li Tong glared at Zhu Ling and scolded: "Despicable."

Zhu Ling snorted lightly, Shi Shiran walked in front of Liu Bi's corpse, cut off his head with a big knife, and said with a cold smile: "After taking this skill, he hung Liu Bi's rank on his waist and flew to the stone ladder at the head of the city."

Li Tong was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Zhu Ling wanted to open the city gate, and scolded: "Despicable, I want to grab credit and lead my soldiers to the stone ladder while scolding."

Liu Pi, the guard of the north city gate, was killed, and the hundreds of soldiers guarding the city gate were unable to stop the Cao army who was on the city, and as the north gate was opened, Xiahou Yuan led the rest of the soldiers to pour into the city, and the city of Runan was officially captured by the Cao army.

At dawn, Xiahou Yuan sat in front of the hall of the Taishou Mansion in Runan, and said with a smile: "You have made a lot of meritorious contributions in this battle, Wenbo beheaded the enemy general Liu Pi, and opened the city gate

Zhu Ling's face was overjoyed, and he arched his hand and said, "General Xiao Xie? ”

Xiahou Yuan smiled and said: "This is your military exploits, why do you need to thank you." ”

Li Tong on the side glared at Zhu Ling fiercely, but Zhu Ling took advantage of Xiahou Yuan to turn his head to speak to Bian Xi, turned around and showed a smile to Li Tong, and the feud between the two was recorded from then on.

After Xiahou Yuan praised Bian Xi, the smile on his face was put away. said: "Now Liu Bei is in the ancient city, and Gong Du and Guan Ping also escaped in the battle last night. Ben was going to rest for a day in Runan City and then march westward, pursue Gong Du and Guan Ping, and join Xu Huang in the ancient city to attack Liu Bei

The three of them heard it and responded in unison: "The general is wise!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded and said, "But after all, Runan is a county governor, and you need to leave a general to garrison here." ”

The three of them were all smart people, and when they heard Xiahou Yuan's meaning, Qi Zhuo said: "But it's up to the general to decide."

Xiahou Yuan nodded and said, "Lord Sikong once said that Wenda is a stable person, and he will leave a thousand soldiers with you to garrison Runan. In addition to strengthening the guard, Wenda also had to pay close attention to the movements of the Yuan family in the city, Runan was the place of their Yuan family, and they should not be careless

Li Tong heard it and replied: "No! After that, he smiled disdainfully at Zhu Ling.

The small actions of the two are so obvious, Xiahou Yuan has long seen it, but it is not uncommon for generals to compete for merit, not to mention Li Tong and Zhu Ling, even if Li Dian, Le Jin, and Yu Ban are the secret battles between these foreign ministers and the Cao family and the Xia Hou family. However, they are all people who know how to advance and retreat, and they are also able to compete on the battlefield, and they are still amiable in front of Cao Cao. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan didn't care much about the secret battle between Li Tong and Zhu Ling, the two new generals who were both favored by Cao Cao.