Xiahoudun saw Xun Yu and others coming over, stepped forward and said: "Xun Lingjun, this flame army is too terrifying, such a strong siege strength, I am worried that we will not be able to hold out for a few days The city will be breached, just now I made a rough calculation, the enemy only died one, and the sergeants of our army will die three, with the enemy's siege strength, the remaining 10,000 people and horses can't withstand a few days of consumption!" ”

Xun Yu and several other strategists listened to Xiahoudun's words, and felt cold, they had never seen such a terrifying army, These sergeants were full of courage and skill, and they could not only fight alone, but also cooperate to form a small formation.

This army is simply the trump card of the elite!

Zhang He, as a military general who surrendered from Hebei, did not go with Cao Cao to fight Yuan Shao this time, but stayed in Xudu, he said with palpitations: "The last general has seen the first camp of Lu Yi against Gongsun Zhan's white horse Yicong, the first warriors are all fearless of death, bravely move forward, never take a step back, that battle White Horse Yicong was defeated, and now look at the combat power of the Flame Army, the first camp is still too far in front of them!" ”

"It's not that these Flame Army sergeants have a strong individual combat power, but they have both offense and defense, advance and retreat, they cover each other and cooperate, this kind of siege tactics is unheard of by us!"

Xiahoudun thought that what Zhang He said was very pertinent, and he did not exaggerate at all, he said: "To be honest, I was stunned just now, messed up the rules, and didn't know how to deal with this kind of compact capture battle, and the sergeants were even beaten back one after another, if I hadn't ordered to kill more than a dozen sergeants who had fled, I was afraid that the city had been breached at this time!" ”

"Xun Lingjun, I have to wait for ideas, either to restrain their siege rhythm, or to send someone to report to Cheng Xiang and ask him to lead the army back as soon as possible!"

In fact, Cao Cao had a lot of troops, but there were too many places to defend, Zhang Liao in the southwest to guard against Sun Quan, and Zang Ba and others in the east to guard against Yuan Tan; Yuan Shao was to be guarded against in the north, warlords of Xiliang and Ma Jiajun in the west, Hanzhong was to be guarded against, and Liu Biao and Qin Feng of Jingzhou were to be guarded against in the south.

There are too many cities that need garrisons, and Cao Cao's troops are too scattered to be transferred in a short period of time, which is also what Xun Yu is more worried about at present.

At night, the high-level personnel of Xu Du Caojun discussed countermeasures in Shangshuling Mansion.

Xun Yu asked the military generals who sat down again: "I don't know if the generals have any countermeasures for how to strengthen the defensive force?" ”

The generals were silent, only Zhang He stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The last general thinks that the Flame Army can quickly climb the mountain wall not only because of their superb climbing ability and protection ability, but also because they have the cover of archers outside the city, as long as their archers cover a large number of soldiers to climb the mountain wall at the beginning, there will be a steady stream of soldiers climbing up the mountain wall in the future, so we must send more archers to suppress the enemy archers on the enemy towers and city walls at the beginning!" ”

"Our archers are condescending and have an advantage in shooting, as long as there are enough numbers, the enemy army will not take advantage, and it will not be so easy for those enemy troops who do not have bow and arrow support to climb the city wall!"

Zhang He's analysis hit the nail on the head, this point is very critical, the generals present have discussed and expressed their opinions, saying that this method is good, tomorrow to defend the city is to send more archers, anyway, the city is full of arrows, not afraid of not enough arrows.

Xun Yu expressed his gratification, "General Zhang said it very well, tomorrow we will deploy the defense as such, and arrange more archers on the enemy towers, city towers and city walls, and the number will exceed the enemy army!" I wonder if General Zhang has anything else to say? ”

Zhang He shook his head and stepped aside.

"Which general has any good advice? If there is, please say it, Xun Yu will ask for credit for the general who made good suggestions in front of the prime minister! Xun Yu encouraged, after all, he is a civilian official, although he has a strong sense of the overall situation, but in the specific military aspects he knows is only limited to books, really on the battlefield, he can't play much role as a civilian official, he can only catch the blind.

At this time, the junior general Cao Xiu stood up and said: "The last general thinks that the enemy army seems to make the division of labor of each branch very clear, and the cooperation between the arms is just right, they use big shields to cover ordinary soldiers to build wooden bridges on the moat, and use sword and shield soldiers to cover archers and people carrying cloud ladders, and also let spearmen cooperate with Pu Dao soldiers, spearmen mainly attack, and Pu Dao soldiers are mainly defensive, and they can also wait for opportunities to counterattack, in addition, their sergeants can also form a small army formation, three is not too little, more than a dozen is not too much, although the last general's martial arts are not very smart, But among the younger generation, he can be regarded as the best, and he was killed by the formation of three or five enemy troops and retreated again and again! ”

The generals also felt deeply and sympathetic after listening to Cao Xiu's words.

Xun Yu sighed: "The enemy general Xu Shu has the posture of a heavenly man in the military strategy, try to ask who in the world can train the army so elite, I Xun Yu has never seen anyone in my life compare to Xu Shu, but it is a pity that he is the enemy of our army!" ”

Xu You asked at this time: "Didn't Brother Zhongde say that this person is from Yingchuan?" There is also an old mother at home, why didn't Xun Lingjun send someone to take Xu's mother over and enjoy the blessings in Xudu City? ”

Xun Yu's face changed, and he said in his heart that I Xun Yu can't do such ugly things, my Xun family is also a famous scholarly family, how can I not be scolded to death by the world for doing this kind of thing?

Cheng Yu always has a dead face, "It is reported that Mother Xu is no longer in Yingchuan's hometown, and she must have been taken to Nanyang by Xu Shu!" ”

Xu You sighed: "It's a pity! ”

Xun Yu skipped this topic and said to everyone: "The prime minister is far away in Dongjun, we must not let Xu Du lose, and ask the generals to do their best to defend the city, and prepare more soldiers under the city tomorrow, once the city wall can not resist, immediately order the soldiers under the city to go up for reinforcements, and can no longer be beaten like today!" ”

"In addition, we have to find another way to retreat from the enemy, we can't expect the enemy army to take the initiative to retreat when there is no food and grass, if we really wait until the enemy army runs out of food and grass, it is estimated that Xu Ducheng will not be able to hold it!"

Xiahoudun asked, "What does Xun Lingjun plan to do?" ”

Xun Yu thought for a moment and said: "The garrisons everywhere have garrison tasks, and they can't be transferred easily, for today's plan, I can only order General Cao Ren to lead the army back to help, but I can't return the aid as usual, I have to think of a way to hide people's eyes and ears, and cooperate with us to fight Xu Shu by surprise!" ”

That night, Xun Yu sent a wave of messengers from each of the four city gates, each of these four messengers rode horses, and after leaving the city, they galloped and disappeared into the night, but the screams soon came from the night.

"Xun Lingjun, the situation is not good, these messengers ······ I'm afraid that there will be more luck and less luck, and the news won't get out! Xiahoudun said with a frown.

Xun Yu was confident: "It's okay, these people are just bait, their role is to lure away the enemy's rangers in the vicinity and make room for the real messenger to open a passage to the outside!" ”