Chapter 96: Ambush

Ma Chongren dismounted in front of the door and called, "Master Gu? ”

Gu Dula opened the door and came out, clenched his fists and responded, "General Ma." ”

Ma Chongren said: "The Lingguo army has left the town of Beiguan!" ”

"Oh." Gu Du looked at him calmly.

Ma Chongren asked, "Does the master have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Gu Du replied, "No." ”

Ma Chongren frowned and said, "Master! It's all about this time, you don't want to ...... anymore ...... again"

"Pretentious." Gu Du said it for him.

Ma Chongren was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that. ”

Gu Du said: "I'm not hypocritical, I'm telling the truth, we only have 40,000 people, and they are all infantry troops, only 2,000 archers, and there are not many arrows in the city, no matter how you look at this battle, you can't fight this battle." ”

Ma Chongren looked at him in amazement and asked, "What does the master mean?" ”

Gu Du replied: "I don't mean anything, didn't the Lingguo army just leave Zhenbeiguan?" It will take at least a day to get to the city, and when they come, let's talk about it, it's useless to say anything now, who knows how the enemy will set up. ”

Ma Chongren frowned, but Gu Du was right, now he hadn't even seen the shadow of the enemy, so there was nothing to say.

After thinking about it, Ma Chongren asked, "Master, what are you asking the chief priest to put so many haystacks on the city wall?" ”

Gu Du replied: "Catch the enemy's arrows, our arrows are not many." ”

Ma Chongren asked, "What if the enemy army releases rockets?" ”

Gu Du replied: "Then burn it." ”

Ma Chongren stared at him with beads in his eyes, if he wasn't Gu Du, he would definitely slap him with a big mouth!

Gu Du said: "General Ma, my soul bishop has taught me, and I am in danger, and I am most jealous and impetuous. There is never a perfect strategy for fighting, although the enemy is outnumbered and the number of people is very different, but we have a city, a strong city with high walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

"Besides, the enemy army will not rush all 200,000 people to the city at once, we have to see the enemy army to make a decision, you have been anxious for several days, the enemy army has not come, you yourself have been exhausted, what's the use?"

Ma Chongren blinked his eyes, took two deep breaths, and had a strange feeling in his heart, this Master Gu was not very old, but after a few words to him, he actually felt a lot calmer in his heart.

Gu Du said again: "General Ma, forgive me for taking the liberty of asking you, when you led the troops to dig the boundary river, did you think about going back alive?" ”

Ma Chongren's eyes lit up with determination, and he replied, "No." ”

Gu Du nodded and said: "At the beginning, digging the boundary river was just a risk, but now that the boundary river has been dug up, Emperor Ze has also moved south, so you are starting to be afraid again, afraid that you will fall short, and you are afraid that the soldiers and civilians of Zeguo will be driven back to the ice field again, right?" ”

Ma Chongren nodded and replied, "Yes!" ”

Gu Du said: "Go back to sleep, sleep well, the big war is coming, as the main general, you have to be energetic, and if you sleep steadily, the soldiers in the city can also sleep steadily, otherwise people will be flustered and defeated without a fight." ”

Ma Chongren nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you Master for the point." ”

Gu Du hugged his fists and responded: "Don't dare to be." ”

At the time of the lantern, the sentinel reported that the Lingguo army set up camp after crossing the boundary river.

Ma Chongren sent someone to invite Gu Du to discuss the matter, Gu Du and Lixia went to the council hall together, and without waiting for Ma Chongren to speak, Gu Du first said: "Give me 3,000 men, 500 sword and shield hands, 200 archers, and the rest must be melee sword hands, not spears, I will go out of the city now and ambush in the trench outside the city." ”

All the generals looked at Ma Chongren, and all the spirit masters looked at the East and ignored it.

Ma Chongren asked, "Will the enemy army definitely attack the city?" ”

Gu Du replied: "An army of 200,000 people, people eat horses and chew, and they need tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass a day, and they can't afford to drag it." ”

Ma Chongren frowned, what can three thousand people do? Even if it is an ambush, it is to death, the enemy army has 200,000 people, even if it is not the whole army attacking the city, at least 350,000 people have to come, 3,000 people rush up is Bai Rao, if you defend the city, at least one can be exchanged for two.

Dongfang didn't hear it and said, "General Ma, let's order troops." ”

After the school field finished ordering the troops, Gu Du stood in front of the people and said loudly: "When the enemy army is attacking the city, follow me out of the trench, with my brother and sister as the center, five hundred sword and shield hands are in a conical formation, two hundred archers are behind my brother and sister, and the rest of the sword hands are close behind, do you hear clearly?" ”

Someone agreed twice, and Ma Chongren reprimanded: "Did you hear clearly!" ”

"Roar!" Three thousand soldiers shouted in unison.

Ma Chongren said sharply with a blue face: "Master Gu and Master Li are in battle for Zeguo!" Whatever resentment you may have against them! It's time to put it down! The emperor has moved south! This war is about the survival of our country! If anyone does not obey the orders of the two masters! It's treason! He will be reviled by all men! Leave a stench for 10,000 years! ”

"Roar!" Three thousand soldiers agreed in unison.

Ma Chongren turned his face to look at Gu Du, and Gu Du said indifferently: "Get out of the city." ”

At the end of the next day, the commander of the Lingguo army, Ju Fazheng, sent a general, and ordered the forward general Zhao Duo to lead 50,000 horses and carry siege equipment to attack the city.

Then he asked Chu Qin: "Master Chu, which master of the Imperial Soul Division will help in the battle?" ”

Chu Qin looked at everyone, including him on this expedition, a total of six soul masters came. Three black robes, Chu Qin, Jing Yuechen, and Jin Xun. Three yellow robes, Zha Xiu, Zhao Dali, and Guan Shanyue.

Guan Shanyue said: "From the priest, the subordinates are willing to help the army in the war. ”

Chu Qin sighed in her heart, knowing that Guan Shanyue was not convinced, but Guan Shanyue could not be compared with Gu Du in terms of wisdom and martial arts, but in front of so many people, Chu Qin couldn't refuse him, let alone say how powerful Gu Du was, so as not to be suspected of secretly raising himself, so he could only nod and respond: "Okay." ”

Then he asked, "Who else is willing to make the first contribution?" ”

Chu Qin was really not at ease, and the sentinel reported that the summer city of Zeguo had not yet been built, and it could not be defended at all, and there was only one Lan city.

A lonely city in the wilderness, in danger and waiting for help, Gu Du will never respond to the enemy according to ordinary tactics, there will be a surprise attack, Guan Shanyue may not be able to do it alone.

In fact, the army should have crossed the city and set up a company camp in the north of the city, not only to ensure its own grain and grass supply, but also to cut off the grain route of Zeguo, besiege but not attack, so as to force the defenders of Lancheng to fight.

But he is not a commander, Jufa is in charge of the army, and he is proud of his achievements, thinking that the 200,000 army cannot take Lancheng, then he is incompetent.

Guan Shanyue's face changed, she raised her hand to salute, and said, "From the priest, one person is enough." ”

Chu Qin frowned slightly, and said: "Master Guan, Gu Du and Li Xia have six hundred soul troops, and you only have five hundred, besides, Zeguo also has a spirit master, if they go out of the city to fight, I am afraid that you will not be able to support it alone." ”

Guan Shanyue also frowned, there was a huge disparity in the number of the two armies, Gu Du dared to go out of the city to face the battle? It should be the safest to defend the city, right?

Cha Xiu got up and said, "My subordinates are willing to go with Master Guan." ”