I'm Liu Bei.

The Yellow Turban Sect has really won the hearts of the people. In just a few days, the army of 7,000 people has nearly doubled. This can also give a glimpse of how turbulent the storm of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was, and how rotten the Eastern Han Dynasty court was.

"Many of the people in the city who had not traveled far had already begun to pack their belongings when they heard the news, and it seemed that they would flee north in the afternoon." Li Wu added.

This sentence is undoubtedly worse, because the battle of city defense is about logistics. Now the people of the city have left, and only about 3,000 remain. There will be another batch this afternoon, and I really don't know how many people are left, and how many people are willing to defend the city. It seems that whether the battle against the rebels will last for a day has become unknown.

"Big brother, let me bring hundreds of people, and I will definitely kill all those traitors." Zhang Fei slammed the bowl on the desk with a "dang", stood up and said.

Li Wudao: "Now that there are many thieves, defending the county is equivalent to sitting still, it is better to kill it, maybe it can have a surprise effect and win against him." ”

"No, I can't. We have too few soldiers. Even if you barely win a battle, it will be a big loss. In that case, they won't even be able to defend the city. As a result, he still couldn't escape the fate of letting the county fall into the hands of the rebels. In my opinion, the rebels will not attack the city until tomorrow. With the strength we have, we can still hold it for a day or two. As long as tomorrow passes, we can retreat. Guan Yu calmly analyzed.

"Third brother, Brother Li Xian, don't be impatient. What the second brother said was reasonable. Captain Zou asked me to wait for three days to defend the city, then we have to guard it for three days. Within three days, the city must not be lost, and whether it will be defended after three days is to be discussed. Tomorrow will be the third day. Time is very important to us, but it is even more important to the rebels. They urgently need to open a second battlefield to break the deadlock on the main battlefield in Yizhou, and want to turn defeat into victory. So, I'm worried about another issue. I put down the bowl and drank a glass of boiled water.

Guan Yu asked: "Big brother is afraid that in order to save time, and at the same time, in order to have the effect of attacking him unprepared, he will take advantage of the night to carry out a sneak attack tonight?" ”

Li Wu analyzed: "The rebels used a midnight raid to attack Yuxian a few days ago, and now they are attacking here, of course, they will not use the old methods before." Because it is impossible for the Han army to make two mistakes on the same issue. ”

"What if the rebel commander is the one who takes you for granted?" I asked, standing up.

Li Wu squeaked and said, "This ...... This? ”

"I'm just guessing. As the saying goes, 'War, treacherous!' Only by not tiring of deception can the enemy be defeated. Let's put ourselves in their shoes. I proposed. Because I really can't think of any specific way to defend the county seat. In my mind, the gap between the forces of the enemy and us is too great. The enemy is 13,000 soldiers, and our is less than 400. Every time I think about this, my whole body shudders.

"That's a good idea." Guan Yu said. "If I have more than 10,000 horses in my hands, and the task is to open up a second battlefield, I won't waste time with you in a small county town. We will definitely strive for a quick solution. ”

Zhang Fei asked, "How to solve the problem quickly?" ”

"If I had known that there were only a few hundred garrisons in the city, I would have chosen to raid them. We have many soldiers and few defenders. Once attacked, the defenders will definitely not be able to support it. Cities can be captured in an instant. Guan Yu said after thinking about it.

After listening to Guan Yu's analysis, something suddenly came to mind. couldn't wait to ask Zhang Fei: "Third brother, you call Deng Mao over, I have something to ask him." ”

After a while, Deng Mao was pulled over by Zhang Fei. I greeted him and asked, "Do you generals have the habit of gathering intelligence before the war?" ”

"How do you know?" Deng Mao actually came to a rhetorical question, I was really bored, so I had to say what I just thought: "Surprise attack is a very offensive tactic. Once successful, the results are extraordinary. It's just that the weakness is that there is no way back. If it fails, there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated. So the Lord will never adopt it if it is not necessary. However, when the commander decides to use the tactics of surprise attack, then he must have the support of a favorable military intelligence to make such a decision. "All this knowledge is obtained from watching "World War II", and I can't imagine that it will be really useful one day.

"Therefore, military intelligence is the only support for the main general to adopt surprise tactics." I concluded. These words caused everyone to start thinking.

Guan Yu said: "Big brother thought that there were very few guards in Yu County, and it was precisely because of the night attack of many rebels that he thought of this, right?" ”

"Yes. That's just what I just thought of. ”

"So according to Brother Liu, the rebels have learned about the strength of our city? Wasn't our night raid the day before yesterday fruitless? Li Wu asked.

"Why not? If it hadn't been for that night attack, the defense of the city would have started yesterday. Zhang Fei shouted.

"What Brother Zhang said makes sense, but I was wrong for a while. If that's the case, it's much more likely that the rebels will attack at night today. Li Wu said, listening to his tone, he still didn't believe that the rebels would come to attack at night.

"Shall I go and prepare?" Zhang Fei said hurriedly.

"Let's go! Go to the South City Gate. I said, and the four of them followed left and right towards the gate.

The south gate is the largest gate in the county, and the tower can be used as a pre-war command post. So, let's go straight there and get ready for tonight's setup.

As soon as I got out of the hospital, I found many fathers and villagers standing at the door, some carrying luggage, and some pushing their children, as if they were waiting for me to come out.

And all the people knelt down. Out of them came another old man. I can't help but think in my heart, won't it be another Dan? I won't eat it this time.

The old man arched his hand and said, "Lord Liu, the old decay has cleaned up the house and let the military masters move in." The houses of the decayed people are close to the city wall, and they can rest under the city wall. Don't worry, adults, everyone has set up a straw hut on the street and lived temporarily. The old men are useless, so they can only cook for the gentlemen, hand bows and swords, and move stones. ”

It turned out that they packed their luggage not to abandon the city and escape, but to make it convenient for the soldiers defending the city, and also took the initiative to stay and do logistics. I can't help but feel ashamed.

"Rest assured, folks, we will definitely repel the rebels and let everyone live a peaceful and prosperous life!" At this moment, I thought that even if I completed the task of defending the city for three days, I would never abandon the city and retreat. The people supported the city so much that the rebels would slaughter it on the day it fell. They gave their lives to the Han army, and the Han army could never live up to it.

After talking to the people for a long time, it was not until around 2:00 a.m. (15:00 Beijing time) that we came to the south gate to re-arm.

There were less than four hundred garrisons in the city, so the two hundred strong men who were registered were included in the operation for tonight. However, there is still a serious shortage of manpower. I don't know how many people are coming when the enemy is attacking at night, and I don't know which gate to attack.

In response to this, Guan Yu came up with a good solution. Place 200 people in the center of the county town, and place 100 people in each of the four city gates, so that the rebels can sneak in, no matter which side of the city gate is attacked, the 200 people in the center of the county can cooperate with the 100 people in the same place to ambush. And with the shouting of the whole city and a hundred cities to frighten the enemy army, clearly tell the enemy army that they have been ambushed by our army, so that they will lose their fighting spirit and have no intention of fighting.

So the personnel were immediately assigned according to this calculation. I guarded the south gate, Guan Yu guarded the west gate, Deng Mao guarded the north gate, Li Wu guarded the east gate, and Zhang Fei was in the center of the city.

Everything is ready, just wait for the Yellow Turban rebels to follow the old road and carry out a night attack on the county seat.