When the pavilion chiefs everywhere sent messengers to spread the word that two Qin armies of more than 1,000 people claimed to be from Hancheng and Wucheng, and marched towards Yanshi City, the Yanshi County Lieutenant immediately ordered all the ink craftsmen, craftsmen, and young men to return to the city, close the city gates, and the horses were piled up in front of the city gates.

Wei Wuji led an army of 100,000 troops to march into Hedong, and the spy told him at the first time, no matter how the 100,000 army was fought, with only more than 1,000 people in Hancheng, it would be a great achievement to hold it for three days.

Therefore, when the two Qin armies claiming to be from Hancheng and Wucheng came to the city, they were greeted not by the county commanders and county lieutenants in the city, but by the bows and crossbows aimed at them.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm the lieutenant of Hancheng County!"

"I'm the county lieutenant of Wucheng!"

The two of them glanced at each other, the county lieutenants of Hancheng and Wucheng naturally knew each other, and they were indeed themselves, could it be really their own people?

"No, the county ordered you to look at their bodies!" The county lieutenant of the Yan clan once served as a thousand commanders in the army, and he was also a person who knew the soldiers, pointing to the Qin army under the city, "Their identities are true, but why are there no traces of any battles on their bodies?" There were no wounded soldiers, even the armor was intact, and it didn't look like a soldier who had broken through except for the exhaustion of running. ”

The Yanshi County Commander suddenly realized, and then he was a little angry: "According to Qin law, Wei Wuji's 100,000 army attacked the city, and if the city was defeated and lost, it would not be punished, but if it abandoned the city and fled without a fight, it would be a capital crime, and the whole family would be a slave, could it be that they directly surrendered the Wei army and came to trick us into opening the city gate?" ”

Immediately, the county lieutenant of the Yan clan raised his right hand and motioned for the crossbowmen at the head of the city to draw the bowstrings. Seeing the movements of the crossbowmen at the head of the city, the two county lieutenants under the city also realized that the county commander and the county lieutenant of Yanshi City had misunderstood, and hurriedly shouted: "We are waiting for the military order of the guard captain to abandon the city and come to Yanshi City to converge!" ”

The timely shouts of the two interrupted the county lieutenant of the Yan clan who was just about to give the order to release the arrows, and suddenly remembered the matter of the secret agent of the net who had sent them to raise 40,000 stones of grain and grass.

"What exactly is the enemy's plan?"

Outside Wucheng City, Zhang Er sat on a horse, looked at Wu Cheng with the four doors wide open, and couldn't help but shout in a low voice.

Chen Yu on the side was also frowning, and he racked his brains and couldn't figure out what Qin Jun was planning.

Seven days ago, they spent half a day marching to the outside of Hancheng, and the army besieged the city on three sides, using local materials to build siege equipment.

Zhang Er and Chen Yu were both leading the troops for the first time, and although they were excited, they were also a little nervous.

Wei Wuji's ardent expectations for them were both an encouragement and a spur, but also a great pressure. Both of them are talented in the world, arrogant and youthful, so they will naturally not be crushed by these pressures, but they will also worry about making mistakes and living up to Wei Wuji's expectations and cultivation.

Therefore, Chen Yu personally organized his soldiers to build siege equipment at night, and led the team to guard the side to prevent the Qin army from attacking at night.

Unexpectedly, not only did the Qin army not come to attack at night, but when Zhang Er launched the siege of the city with the morning food of the army, he found that all the defenders at the head of the city were gone.

Zhang Er and Chen Yu didn't know why, so they cautiously sent the vanguard to explore the interior of Hancheng, and only after making sure that there were really no ambushes and traps did they lead a large army into the city.

After entering the city, they learned from the people in the city that the Qin army had evacuated long before they came, and then distributed all the food in the treasury to the people, and let the people stand at the head of the city and wear the armor of the Qin army and dress up as defenders to confuse the Wei army.

Zhang Er sent a messenger to report the situation in Hancheng to Wei Wuji, and ordered the army to rest for half a day before continuing to Wucheng.

As a result, when I came to Wucheng, I found that Wucheng not only had no defenders at the head of the city, but even the city gate was not closed, the four gates were wide open, and there were even a few old men at the door, as if they were welcoming the arrival of the Wei army.

Zhang Er immediately wanted to send people into the city again to explore, but was stopped by Chen Yu.

"I'm afraid there are really traps and ambushes this time." Chen Yu stared at Wu Cheng fiercely, grabbed Zhang Er's arm, and dissuaded, "The previous Hancheng abandoned without a fight, which is not like the previous style of the Qin army. I'm worried that this is exactly what the Qin army deliberately did in order to paralyze us, and then concentrated the soldiers and horses of the two cities in Wucheng to prepare to ambush us. ”

As he spoke, Chen Yu pointed to the old men who were sweeping outside the city gate with a horsewhip in his hand.

"The 20,000 soldiers of my Wei army are directly aimed at Wucheng, and we will attack the city as soon as you give the order. At this moment, even the mountain bandits and wild beasts in the wilderness dare not approach, but these old men are so calm, do you think it is reasonable? ”

Zhang Er's face gradually became solemn, he was a little impatient, but he was just young and vigorous, but he was not stupid.

Moreover, Wei Wuji's art of war is recognized by the world, not to mention stealing talismans to save Zhao in the first battle to relieve the encirclement of HD, and later severely damaged the Qin army led by Meng Fu in the battle outside the river. Even if there was a reason for the sneak attack, it was a real defeat of this famous general of the Qin State.

Those heroes who have soared to the sky when they encounter the opportunity are not famous by luck alone.

Especially in the battlefield battle, anything can happen, and some people can't grasp the opportunity even if they encounter it, and if they want to grasp the opportunity, their own ability is naturally indispensable.

And being cultivated by everyone like Wei Wuji in the art of war, and being instilled with their own abilities by the three thousand disciples under his command, Zhang Er naturally would not be a fool.

His eyes were fixed on the few old men who were sweeping, and he rode towards the other city gates, only to find that every old man was like this.

If it's one or two, maybe it's a coincidence. But if this is the case with the elders of the four gates, it is certainly not a coincidence.

Glancing at the sky, the sun had begun to set in the west, so he ordered: "Order the scout camp to investigate the situation within a radius of twenty miles." ”

The cavalry of the scout camp searched until nightfall, but found no ambush within a radius of twenty miles.

There are plains near Wucheng, and there is no place for an army of more than 1,000 people to ambush, but Zhang Er, who received such a reply from the commander of the scout battalion, is even more and more puzzled.

Twenty miles is the limit distance of the raid, if the army under his command enters the city unsuspectingly, it may indeed cause a lot of casualties, but there is no Qin army ambush within twenty miles, could it be that the Qin army is all concentrated in the city to ambush?

"Yu, what do you think?"

Zhang Er set his sights on his good brother, hoping for this friend who had a much more active brain than him.

But Chen Yu just shook his head.

"I have some guesses, but I can't think of a way to crack it."

"Although I don't know who planned it, this person is definitely a soldier and a master."

Soldiers and strategists, defend the country with integrity, use soldiers with odds, plan first and then fight, and the situation, including yin and yang, and those who use skills.

"Deliberately abandoning Hancheng and opening the four gates of Wucheng, posing as if it was to paralyze our army so that they could ambush in the city, but they also sent some old men who were not afraid of the army to sweep outside the city, so that we could pay attention."

"As a result, we don't dare to enter the city."

"That's like when Hanjo was done, how about sending people into the city to investigate?" Zhang Er asked.

Chen Yu shook his head: "No, it's different from Hancheng at this moment." ”

"The defenders of Hancheng are only more than 1,000 people, even if they really have an ambush, our army is just the vanguard of more than 1,000 people, such casualties are within our tolerance, but if the soldiers and horses of Hancheng and Wucheng are combined, the ambush of the 3,000 Qin army will not cause casualties that should be caused by a small city like Wucheng."

"At that time, how will we explain it to you?"

As soon as Wei Wuji was mentioned, Zhang Er's original fighting intent also dissipated in an instant.

Wucheng was only a small city, not suitable for the deployment of a large army, and the strength advantage of the Wei army was wiped out in the city. And the ambush of the three thousand Qin troops who were familiar with Wucheng could be imagined.

If the number of vanguard troops sent in is less than 2,000, it will be sent to the army.

But the city really can't be used, and the people who can be sent in are three or four thousand at most.

The Qin army was brave, and in a field battle with the same number of people, no one in the armies of the countries dared to be confident that it could win, let alone be ambushed in a completely unfamiliar city?

Zhang Er conservatively estimated that if he wanted to capture Wucheng, he might have to pay the lives of 4,000 Wei troops.

But with more than 4,000 casualties because of a small Wu City, how could he explain to Wei Wuji?

Zhang Er slammed his fist on the table with some frustration: "The conspiracy and conspiracy are intertwined, it must be everyone who is the military power and conspiracy, who is the main general of the enemy army?" ”

Chen Yu looked at the somewhat depressed open ears, his mouth opened slightly, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it after all.

He suspected that the enemy commander had not only calculated that he could dissuade the impulsive Zhang Er from blindly entering the city, but might even have calculated their fear of living up to Wei Wuji's expectations.

He didn't say it, because he was worried about hitting Zhang Er's mentality.

It's just that he doesn't understand, is Qin Guo full of food and holding on? At this time, everyone who sent troops to defend the east of the river to deal with these two fledgling young people?

And at this moment, Zhang Ji, who had just led three thousand cavalry to the outside of Yanshi City, sneezed.

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