Two days later, Zhao Yun secretly set off with 20,000 soldiers, and Ying Shang had almost become an empty shell at this time, and there were not many soldiers guarding it, singing about the empty city plan. As long as Cao Jun dares to kill him, it is an ironclad thing to change hands.

Zhao Yun knows the difficulty of this trip, whether Cao Jun will shift his focus to Xia Cai is completely his own guess, if he guesses correctly, at least he can give it a go; But if you guess wrong, the army led by you will not be wiped out, but I am afraid that the entire Jianghuai defense line will open in all directions, and the Cao army will go straight down without any hindrance and advance to Moling. Therefore, the task on the shoulders of this trip is extremely heavy, and there are many difficulties, and the success or failure is completely beyond my own calculation.

Of course, Zhao Yun did not leave a way back for himself, in case Ling Ying couldn't hold An Fengjin, it was his bottom line to retreat to Yangquan, and his route could only be changed, copy the path and run down Cai, and then attack Cao's army from behind, striving to disrupt the deployment of the enemy army and win the initiative for Xia Cai. Another point, Zhao Yun is convinced that Zhang Lang will never ignore the Huaihe form, and it is only a matter of time before reinforcements come up, not including Huang Xu's task force.

Shen County.

It was originally an outpost position in Yingshang County, and now it has become a transit point for Cao's army to connect and attack Xia Cai's troops.

For such an important position, Cao Ying would theoretically be heavily guarded.

Zhao Yun and his troops marched in the dark and rested during the day to keep their targets from being exposed.

According to the news of the spies' return, there are heavy troops deployed in Shen County, various checkpoint sentinels, and the blockade is overlapping, there are a large number of camps distributed, and the flags are fluttering, which shows that there are extremely many troops stationed here.

After Zhao Yun heard the news, his first reaction was to sneer and say to the deputy general Pan Zhang: "This must be Cao Jun's trickery and a strong posture on the surface, so as to cover up the lack of strength in Shen County, and not to be afraid." ”

Pan Zhang agreed: "The art of war is cloudy: if the enemy is strong, it is already empty, and Cao Jun put on such a posture, which is really strong from the outside. ”

Zhao Yun said to Pan Zhang: "Cao Jun's guard this time is Li Tong, although Li Tong does not have Xiahou and Cao's brothers to run through the three armies, nor is there Lejin, Yu Ban, Li Dian and other brave and good fighters, but this person is definitely not despised by this person." When Cao Ying Guanzhong and Zhang Ji were fighting, Jia Xu persuaded Liu and Zhang to pursue the alliance after the defeat, and Li Tong led the army to rescue and minimize the casualties of the previous side when Cao Ying did not arrive. ”

Pan Zhang said: "This person has not heard of it, Li Tong is a young ranger, familiar with military books, and hard-hearted, benevolent and righteous, and is quite famous in the Jianghuai area. If Shenxian is really guarded by him, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to take. ”

Zhao Yun said lightly: "Wen Si, it is necessary for us to explore the reality of Shen County. ”

Pan Zhang's spirits perked up, and he nodded: "How does the general want to act?" ”

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "Wen Si, you led a few hundred men and horses to invade Shazhen, although this place is on the edge of Shen County, it is also one of the Cao Army's defensive villages. If Cao's army turns a blind eye to your actions, it means that they are a little under-armed and do not want to distract their men to pursue you. If they are chasing you, but not very resolute, they are more able to talk about the problem. ”

Pan Zhang said: "Then what about them chasing after them?" ”

Zhao Yun sighed and said, "If this is really the case, then the strength of the Cao army is far more than I estimated. ”

Pan Zhang was a little confused: "In this way, won't it expose our target?" ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "No." Although Cao Jun would be wary, he would never have thought that we would go out like this. ”

Pan Zhang said: "Then I will go to prepare immediately." ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Okay, no matter how the Cao army moves, after you destroy their outpost, you will immediately retreat to Zhongshan." I'll send someone to contact you. Remember, be careful. ”

Pan Zhang nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, general, subordinates understand." ”

Zhao Yun patted Pan Zhang's shoulder heavily, as if to give him infinite courage and strength, and then said softly: "Go ahead." ”

Zhao Yun watched Pan Zhang leave, and then took heavy steps to inspect the camping situation.

By the time Zhao Yun inspected the camp, night had already begun to fall. The sky was starry, the moon was bright, and the mountains were shrouded in a light of mercury. Bugs chirped in the grass from time to time, and the camp was more peaceful. Except for a few teams of patrol sentinels and torches, there was no movement or light in the village, except for Zhao Yunshuai's camp.

It's late at night, and people can't sleep.

Under the dim candlelight, Zhao Yun looked gloomily at the information detected by the spies with bloodshot eyes.

On the map, the strongholds and fortresses that Cao's army focused on are densely recorded.

Li Tong raised his main army to the bottom of Shen Mountain, controlled the commanding heights of Shen Mountain, and built Dazhai at the foot of the mountain. Behind Shenshan, there are two armies, one on the left and one on the right, guarding each other's main roads. Twenty miles on the west side of the Shen Mountain, is the county seat of Shen, where about 3,000 soldiers Cao Jun are stationed here. In addition to these places, the official road on the south side of Shenshan Mountain has as many as eight checkpoints, each of which is accompanied by Yantai and a school, and this official road is the main road leading to Shenxian County. This is only the number of troops that can be detected on the surface, and it should add up to about 20,000. In Ming'a Town, north of Shen County, it was the key place guarded by Cao Jun, where a large number of materials were piled up, and there was a considerable amount of grain and grass for siege equipment. How many soldiers are guarding here, referring to the outside defense arrangement, and then the most conservative estimate should be more than 30,000. In other words, there are at least 50,000 horses in Shen County. With such a huge disparity in troop strength, it is absolutely impossible to make up for it by relying on combat effectiveness. Although Cao Ying's focus is on Xia Cai, it is reasonable for Shen County to be a transit and heavily guarded, if you can't fight hard, you can only outwit.

Zhao Yun rubbed his temples, trying to make himself a little dizzy and his mind clearer, so that he could think about some more questions. Although he has the experience of leading the three armies in Jiaozhou, the opponent is far from being at the same level as Cao Ying, how can he steal his life and win with one blow, this is what he is anxious about.

Zhao Yun suddenly let out a long sigh, his expression became extremely bitter, and he muttered to himself, "Is there really no way?" In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yun's eyes became extremely firm, and he said to himself in a categorical tone: "No, you must think of a way." ”

Zhao Yun stood up and stomped back and forth in the camp, thinking about how to break the enemy.

Little by little, the night grew deeper. The morning star is already hanging high in the sky, twinkling and shining, and it is extremely dazzling.

In Zhao Yun's camp, the lights were still flickering, and the dim candlelight kept leaking outside the camp, and the soldiers patrolling by, every time they passed by, they looked at the camp with a reverent expression, and their spirits became more and more vibrant.

Zhao Yun's pair of Lang Xing's eyes had been a little sunk after the torment of the night, but he was still staring at the paper drawing, without blinking.

Zhao Yun muttered: "Shenxian Avenue is obviously impassable, eight checkpoints, continuous beacon towers, as long as there is a little movement, you can be ready for the first time." And Li Tong's main force is under the Shen Mountain, and the mobile surname is extremely strong, no matter where the war starts, he can quickly make support. And the distance between them and Ming'a Town has not been widened much, even if they can cut into the center point, they are afraid that a few other groups of people will besiege them, and they don't want to retreat. What should I do? ”

The more Zhao Yun thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he couldn't help but step out of the camp tent to release his anger.

As soon as Zhao Yun stepped out of the tent door, he saw that three of the four guards guarding the tent could no longer stand the ravages of the night and were drowsy. There was only a young squire, energetic and sentry with his chest puffed out. This attendant was obviously not as strong as the other three attendants, and by the light, he could vaguely see the strong smell of books on his face, which showed that he had just stepped into the barracks for not long ago, but from that mediocre figure, there was a trace of perseverance.

Zhao Yun was very curious, when did he have such a servant? I don't think I've ever seen it before? Zhao Yun couldn't help but put the troubles behind him for the time being, and asked the soldier curiously, "Are you new here?" ”

The young guard straightened his thin waist and replied in a loud voice, "General Hui, yes." ”

Zhao Yun nodded, and glanced at the three attendants again, they had already woken up when Zhao Yun asked, and their expressions were extremely panicked.

Zhao Yun was not in the mood to pursue it, but just nodded to the waiter, and just wanted to step away, the young waiter suddenly mustered up the courage to ask: "General, it's been four watches now, don't you plan to rest?" ”

Zhao Yun stopped, turned his head to look at the young soldier, and said lightly: "Let's wait a while." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yun didn't accuse, the guard was a little bolder and said, "General, are you still worried about Cao Jun's affairs?" ”

Zhao Yun didn't want to answer, but he felt that it was not a way to be stuffy in his heart like this, so he nodded lightly.

The attendant stepped in and said tentatively: "General, if you don't have a good way for a while, why don't you listen to the villain's opinion?" ”

Zhao Yun was interested now, of course, he didn't expect this squire to have any good way, but it was the first time that Zhao Yun met someone like him who recommended himself.

The attendant said excitedly: "That subordinate is ugly, in fact, at noon, when I was sorting out the book case for the general, I saw the map on the case and already understood the approximate distribution of Cao's army." Other subordinates are not sure, but on one point, the subordinates can boldly say that the map of the enemy's troop distribution seen by the general obviously has something that can be scrutinized. I wonder if the general is interested in knowing? ”

Zhao Yundao: "Which place?" ”

Although the attendants were weak and weak, they did not panic at all, but said calmly: "Under the Shen Mountain, there is a big village, and the drawings indicate that there are at least more than 10,000 soldiers here, which is obviously unreasonable." ”

Zhao Yun asked curiously, "Why?" ”

The soldier's mouth is like a hanging river: "Due to the special geographical location of Shen County, drought year after year, the people often dig 100 meters of ground to drink their water, and the most important water source around Shen County, Shen Shui, is gradually drying up, and more importantly, this Shen water is around Shen Mountain. On the top of Shen Mountain, although there is a clear spring and fine water, it is far from being able to support tens of thousands of horses to drink water regularly, and the army is stationed in the village, accompanied by the mountain and water, which is common sense. Li Tong is a person who knows the art of war, and it is impossible to put so many men and horses in Shenshan, and then let the soldiers run all the way to ten miles away to carry water and carry it back, so his subordinates said that this is an obvious flaw. Second, since even if Shenshan is guarded by so many soldiers, why do you add two schools of men behind it? Is it really the defense of Shenshan's back door? Absolutely not. If you don't understand the geography of it, you are afraid of getting confused. Do you still have to send so many soldiers to guard such a back door? In the opinion of his subordinates, the real use of these two schools is just a pretense, and their purpose is to confuse our army. Therefore, the subordinates are even more determined that Shenshan Dazhai is just an empty shell. ”

Zhao Yun was puzzled: "How do you know so clearly? ”

The attendant said calmly: "In my early years, I wandered in the Central Plains with my uncle, traveled all over the country, and knew something about Shen County. In addition, a few days ago, I happened to meet a few people who had wandered from Shen County to Shouchun, and I learned from them. That's why his subordinates boldly speculated like this. ”

Zhao Yun's spirit was obviously lifted, and he immediately looked at him with admiration, and his eyes were even brighter, but he was still a little conservative: "Although your speculation is reasonable, it can't make General Ben feel at ease." ”

The waiter's expression was slightly disappointed: "The general is far-sighted, of course he will think further." ”

Zhao Yun shook his hand and said with a depressed face: "Don't say that, General Ben's head is so big." ”

The attendant said in a tentative tone, "Is the situation really that bad?" ”

Zhao Yunping said that he didn't talk much about these problems with the attendants, but the clarity of the attendants just now had given him a new understanding, although he was only a newcomer, but as long as he had the ability, it was only a matter of time before he was promoted. Of course, the premise is that you can complete the task. Zhao Yun faintly also expected him to have any good ideas, so he also said in one go: "Yes, the situation is already very bad. ”

The attendant suddenly smiled and asked, "Does the general really not believe the words of his subordinates?" ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that it's hard to make a decision for a while." ”

The attendant nodded and said, "In this case, the subordinate will give the general something, which will definitely make the general feel at ease." ”

Zhao Yun was extremely curious: "What is it?" ”

The squire laughed and said, "The lord's letter." ”

(To be continued)