Chen Dao's reinforcements finally arrived, and Zhang Xi was completely relaxed.

With reinforcements, we will have the confidence to continue to hold on, and we will be able to withdraw the hundreds of soldiers who have finally held on to the present to recuperate.

Really, Zhang Xi is really grateful to God, this God is really kind to himself, he didn't force himself to the end of the mountain, and he was fortunate to send reinforcements when he had to go into battle desperately.

After Chen Zhi commanded the reinforcements to enter the city, he did not change his guard at the first time, but went directly to the city tower and found Zhang Xi, who was still sitting on the city wall.

first handed over the task to Zhang Xi, after all, Zhang Xi is now the highest governor of Echeng and the actual guard.

Then, he explained to Zhang Xi the reason why he was late, and the plan of his son Liu Qi to fight Zhou Yu to the death under the city of Echeng.

At the moment, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan were stunned.

"Who is offering this plan to Taishoujin?!"

Zhang Xi held back for a long time, and finally could only hold back such a sentence.

Chen Zhi didn't think much about it, and directly replied that it was a yellow shot.

After Zhang Xi heard this, he silently glanced at Wei Yan, and then at the surrounding city guards, and then said, "General Shu Zhi has worked hard from afar, and he will go back to my camp first, and I will discuss it slowly." ”

Then, Zhang Xi got up by himself, dragged his tired body, pulled Chen together, and left the city wall.

There are some things that cannot be said in public, and three people have to hide and plot.

Zhang Xi also saw that Huang Jie's plan was a plan to harm others and benefit himself.

But Zhang Xi also knew that Huang Jie's plan could not succeed.

If the grain and grass of the Jiangdong Army are really in the Pheasant and Qi Chun, then there is a chance that Huang Shot will have to suffer in this attack.

There is no other reason, just because the general of the Jiangdong Army is called Zhou Yu.

It is impossible for Zhou Yu not to arrange enough manpower to protect his grain road, and on the river, no one is the opponent of the Jiangdong Navy now, and it is impossible to cut off the back road.

As for Gongzi Liu Qi's so-called decisive battle plan. It's just a joke.

After returning to Zhang Xi's military tent, Zhang Xi no longer had any scruples, and whispered to Chen Zhi, "I have fought side by side with Chen Wei, the commander of the navy, for more than ten days. Before retiring, he once said that it would take at least three months to retreat to Shaxian to restore the navy, and then fight again Liu Taishou, where would the navy cut off the return route of the Jiangdong army? ! ”

"Huh?!" Chen Zhi was also surprised, he really didn't know this.

Chen Zhi didn't understand the tactics of the navy, and he thought that the navy was the same as the army.

After the army takes the initiative to retreat, it will organize its ranks and replenish its ordnance, and it will be a big deal to recuperate for a few more days, and then it will be possible to continue fighting.

In his mind, since Sha Xian has ready-made warships and sailors, it is not as long as the navy ships board, they can also recover their combat effectiveness and set off to fight.

Zhang Xi didn't know much about the tactics of the navy, but when he discussed countermeasures with Chen in those days, Chen told him some and told Zhang Xi that even if the navy had a ship, it would not be able to fight immediately, and the navy had to be familiar with the performance of the ship, so that it could form combat effectiveness.

Zhang Xi believed that Chen would not deceive people in this kind of thing, and as soon as Chen Zhi heard that Chen said this, he also realized that he was afraid that he was mistaken.

The commander of the navy is a very professional general, since he said so, whether it is true or not, people who don't understand it in laymen will not be wrong to believe it.

"If so. Without the sailor to cut off the Jiangdong return route, Liu Taishou can easily break the enemy?! Chen Zhi is also in a hurry.

Chen Zhi is a very loyal person, although he is not very honest.

But Liu Bei sent him to Jiangxia, on the one hand, to help Liu Qi control Jiangxia, and on the other hand, to let him find a way to grasp a certain amount of military power, if Liu Qi failed to defeat the Jiangdong Army this time, but had a good situation on the battlefield, this Chen Zhi would not want to see it.

Therefore, Chen Zhi was still quite worried about Liu Qi, so he wanted to write to Liu Qi at that time, asking him to stay in Xiling and not move, and wait for the specific news of Huang Jie's raid on Xia Pheasant and Qi Chun, and then choose whether to send troops or not.

But Zhang Xi is not very good, a little wilted and wilted.

After there was no threat to his life, Zhang Xi began to ponder the merits of this matter.

If Liu Qi is embarrassed, it is actually not a bad thing.

Don't forget, in Zhang Xi's plan, the owner of this Jiangxia will be Liu Bei's in the future.

If Liu Qi's merit and prestige are high, it doesn't seem to be in line with Liu Bei's interests.

As soon as Liu Qi became the Taishou of Jiangxia, he "recovered" the three county towns in the north of Jiangxia occupied by Cao Cao, which really "repelled" Zhou Yu's attack on the Eastern Front, which would make uninformed people think that Liu Qi was really the kind of person with great talent.

Therefore, Zhang Xi's idea is that Liu Qi can come, he can fight Zhou Yu, or he can let Zhou Yu teach Liu Qi how to be a person under the condition of ensuring Liu Qi's safety, which is even more too good.

At this time, Chen also realized Zhang Xi's intentions, and understood why Zhang Xi wanted to pull himself into the military tent and talk about it later. is different from the place at the head of the city, the three people in the military tent now, and the guards outside the tent, are all Liu Bei's own people.

Wei Yan didn't say a word about this, he actually felt that what Zhang Xi said was quite right, and he couldn't let Liu Qi sit big.

But Chen was a little hesitant.

"On the battlefield, how to ensure the safety of Gongzi Liu Qi?!" Chen Zhi frowned and asked Zhang Xi.

Chen Zhi didn't disagree with Zhang Xi's opinion, but on the battlefield, there were too many accidents, who could guarantee that Liu Qi would be safe?!

If something happens to Liu Qi, then what name will Liu Bei use to enter Jiangxia in the future?!

Therefore, Chen Zhi's suggestion was to follow the original plan, write a letter to Liu Qi, and let Liu Qi wait for the news of Huang Jie, if Huang Zhu really won, then march, if Huang Jia is defeated, Liu Qi will not move, so it is safe.

Zhang Xi also admits that it is safe to do so, but . What if Zhou Zhouyu really retired from the army?!

In the end, the key factor was Wei Yan.

Wei Yan chose to support Chen Dao.

"We are all part of the Jiangxia army, if we hold on to Echeng and force back Jiangdong, this credit is also Liu Qi's, but it is just a matter of dancing with pen and ink, and it is not much different from whether he personally led the army to come. And I don't believe that Huang Shot Pifu can really capture Xia Pheasant and Qi Chun and threaten the back of the Jiangdong Army. If that's the case, why let Gongzi Liu Qi risk coming?! ”

Two to one, Zhang Xi said okay, I listen to you.

At that moment, Chen wrote a letter to inform Liu Qi of the current situation in Exian County, as well as Zhang Xi and others' suggestions on Huang Ji's scheme, and asked Liu Qi to make his own decision.

Then, put aside Liu Qi's "strategy" problem and simply return to the problem of Echeng defense.

"Now that our army is coming to help late at night, the Jiangdong Army doesn't know, why not take this opportunity to lead the army to ambush outside the city, and kill it when the Jiangdong Army attacks the city tomorrow, so as to frustrate the Jiangdong Army's spirit?!"

Chen Zhi proposed again, this time for the defense of Exian County.

But this time, Chen's proposal was met with a two-to-one opposition. Wei Yan stood on Zhang Xi's side this time.

"General Shu Zhi is tired from afar, and the Jiangdong army has a large number, and Zhou Yu is not incompetent, if there is a loss, it is not beautiful!"

This is Zhang Xi's objection.

Although the Jiangdong Army has attacked the city these days, although it has damaged thousands, it is far from the extent of breaking the muscles and bones.

Chen Zhi's reinforcements are only 3,000 people, even if 3,000 people are ambushed and raid the army formation of more than 10,000 people, if Zhou Yu sees through or calmly responds, it will not be easy to succeed, but it may lose the army, which is not conducive to the defense of Echeng.

Zhang Xi didn't dare to take risks.

And Wei Yan's reason for opposing it is even simpler.

"With the defense of the outer city of Exian County and the morale of the defenders of Exian County, if General Chen goes out of the city to ambush, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Exian County to survive the next round of offensive of the Jiangdong Army."

Wei Yan also tactfully reminded his boss that Exian County had been holding on for so many days, and the outer city walls had been almost destroyed, and the city defense equipment had been exhausted.

Moreover, the defenders of Exian County have held on for so many days, and they have already been at the end of the crossbow, and now that they have seen the arrival of reinforcements, they have long wanted to withdraw and rest, if they are allowed to defend the city wall at this time, I am afraid they will not do their best.

At this time, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan both thought that it would be good to adopt the safest way, instead of going out of the city to attack and take risks, it was better to quickly send people to strengthen the city defense and replace the defenders.

Chen Zhi also said goodbye and left, and went to command his soldiers to replace the city defense, strengthen the city wall overnight, and prepare materials for defending the city.

Zhang Xi and Wei Yan were completely relieved at this time and went back to the camp to sleep.

I didn't dare to sleep for too long, and as soon as the sun rose, the two of them met on the city tower A new round of attack by the Jiangdong Army had begun.

It's just that this time there are reinforcements, and the manpower has been replenished.

Although there are still not many equipment to defend the city, this is not a big problem, after all, it is the hand-to-hand combat of the sergeants that really determines the victory and defeat in these years.

Moreover, the soldiers brought by Chen Zhi this time were those who had undergone two months of training and had a preliminary understanding of the mandarin duck formation's tactics.

Although it is not as powerful as Zhang Xi's fifty personal guards, on the city wall, the sergeants cooperate in battle, and with the hand-to-hand combat ability of the Jiangdong Army, they are not opponents at all.

Therefore, Zhou Yu was quite surprised to find that today's attack was even more unsmooth than the first day of the attack, and the losses were even greater.

However, soon, Zhou Yu saw the doorway.

The soldiers guarding the city wall today are not the same people as the defenders who have been pushed to the limit and are about to collapse a few days ago.

In other words, Jiangxia reinforcements are probably already in Echeng.

How many people are here?!

Zhou Yu frowned slightly, and immediately Mingjin withdrew his troops, asked the sergeants to retreat, and then called Ling Tong and asked him to lead two thousand sergeants to Exian to challenge.

Of course, it was not the generals who fought alone, but invited the defenders of Exian County to go out of the city to fight.

There are some things that Zhou Yu wants to confirm.

(End of chapter)