Liu Chan was waiting for the best time to attack, and Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang were also waiting for Liu Chan to attack with his army.

The calm on the surface on both sides of the river is almost unable to hide the surging murderous aura here.

Under the training of Ma Chao, the young men of the two thousand tribes already have the most basic common sense of war, and they can also know the basic marching orders, which is enough.

These Qiang people held their usual hunting bows, their arrows coated with poison made from flowers, fruits, insects and snakes in the area, and the rough machetes they used when they went into the mountains to chop wood and hunt, ready to go to war with Cao's army at any time.

In fact, Liu Chan had already allocated a batch of leather armor from the seized booty, the leather used to make leather armor, and the standard ring-headed knife and bow.

However, the young men of these tribes accepted leather armor and leather, but politely rejected the ring-headed knives and bows, because they were not accustomed to using them, and they were not as easy as their machetes and short hunting bows.

Since he didn't have time to train for a long time, Liu Chan let it go, after all, whether the weapon on the battlefield is comfortable or not is a matter of life.

During this time, the Red Star Army, from Li Er, the left captain of the Red Star Army, to every commander of the tun, spent a lot of time listening to Liu Chan's lectures, including Ding Feng and Chai Rong, who had only returned to the team recently.

Except for Hu Li and other members of the cavalry team, they were training with Ma Chao at this time.

“…… The so-called 16-character formula for the enemy to advance and retreat, the enemy to be stationed and disturb us, the enemy to fight when we are tired, and the enemy to pursue when the enemy retreats -- is the essence of the so-called guerrilla warfare. Liu Chan combined the map with Cao Jun's camping site and patiently explained.

Chai Rong was greatly inspired by his experience in fighting guerrillas with the Jiangdong Wu army, but at the same time immediately discovered the problem.

"But in this case, won't our army consume more physical strength and willpower than the enemy army?"

Liu Chan smiled with relief: "That's right, that's why I didn't let you do this when I was in Jiangdong before." These 16 characters are indeed a magic weapon for winning with less, but there is a prerequisite -- the quality of our soldiers, the will to fight, and the belief must crush the enemy.

"Otherwise, before the enemy army is defeated, this style of play will first exhaust itself. Not only that, but in order to be able to continue fighting, our army must also use all offensive breaks to conserve physical strength......"

After explaining the tactical concept of guerrilla warfare, Liu Chan moved on to the next step.

"Our forces are at an absolute disadvantage, and at this time, we gather together to fight hard with the enemy, even if we are all elites with one as ten, the best result is only a disastrous victory.

What's more, the main general of the enemy army this time is also a veteran who can fight well, and he has rich experience in leading troops and managing the army. ”

After listening to Liu Chan's words, Li Er said: "So you have to fight guerrillas with them." ”

Liu Chan nodded: "Yes, but even with guerrilla warfare, we are still in a weak position compared to the enemy." ”

"So you should be struck by it?" Ding Feng was deeply impressed by Lu Xun's defeat in Jingzhou's first battle.

"Exactly." Liu Chan smiled with relief, "That'...... How should they be divided? ”

The crowd fell silent.

Liu Chan didn't sell Guanzi, and when he saw that everyone couldn't come up with a good plan, he said: "The reason why I asked you to insist on fighting in units of multiple arms since the time of suppressing bandits, and everyone must understand the flag language, is for today's affairs." ”

The generals and colonels of the Red Star Army looked at each other, except for Li Er, Ding Feng, and Chai Rong, who seemed to have a slight understanding, the others were still at a loss.

Especially Qian Duo, his clear eyes were as upright as ever, just waiting to hear Liu Chan announce the answer.

"Gathering is a fire, scattered like a sky full of stars."

It's a pity that today's answer seems to be more difficult for Qian Duo than the question itself.

……

At the same time, the amount of water in the blocked river began to decrease over time, the river channel gradually narrowed, and the water level dropped every day.

The time to attack is getting closer and closer.

However, whether it was Liu Chan, Ma Chao, or Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang, they did not expect that the other party would play a similar move with him.

Outside the western city, Meng Da's 4,000 troops suddenly came to the city.

Soon after he joined Xiahou Shang, he was ordered to secretly return to Fangling, bypass Shangyong through Zhushui, and attack Xicheng.

The water did not flow directly through Shangyong, but through the blocking of the water that branched to the south, so the Meng Dajun who drove directly from the north to the west was not noticed by Shangyong.

This made Shen Zhong, who was in charge of staying in Xicheng, a little surprised.

But fortunately, even if Shen Zhong was in the city, he did not forget to send people to reconnoiter the surrounding areas of the city, especially the situation of the waterways.

When Meng Da and the others came by boat, they had already been discovered.

And for the first time, he was ordered to defend the city alone, and it was such an important place, Shen Zhong was very energetic.

Last time, he accompanied Zhao Lei to stick to Jiangling, and he learned a lot of things about defending the city from the generals under General Guan.

Xicheng is the old nest of the Shen family, and after many years of operation, it is more reliable than the city defense of Shangyong City, and there is no shortage of materials.

The things to defend the city have already been prepared, and Meng Da's department seems to be less than 10,000, so Shen Zhong is not shocked.

"Listen to the defenders of the city!" Meng Da shouted outside the city in high spirits, "Shangyong has been captured by our army, and the Shu army has been wiped out!" Liu Chan and Ma Chao have been captured, if you want to live, you should open the city as soon as possible and surrender!

"If we don't surrender at this time, when my army comes and breaks the city...... Hmph, if you suffer at that time, don't blame you for not reminding you! ”

"Hahahaha......"

Suddenly there was a burst of laughter from the city, this laughter was so natural that anyone could hear it, and it was definitely not a forced laugh that pretended to be calm.

Meng Da was annoyed for a while, pointed the knife in his hand at the head of the city, and said angrily: "Who is laughing! ”

"Haha, ha, ......" Shen Zhong finally held back his laughter, took a few steps forward and looked at Meng Da outside the city, "You are laughing, what do you want?" ”

"You!" This sentence is enough to choke Meng Da, everyone is a cultural person, how can anyone scold the street on such an occasion?

But the other party scolded, not only scolded, but also didn't plan to stop.

Shen Zhong smiled and pointed to the city: "What kind of person is the prince?" General Ma is also famous, like a guinea dog like you, who also wants to win in battle...... Could it be that you want to laugh to death and break my Xicheng without a fight? ”

The surrounding soldiers saw Shen Zhong laughing and scolding, completely ignoring the enemy troops under the city, and they all relaxed, and they all laughed at this time.

Moreover, Meng Da did not threaten how they would be okay after breaking the city, which only strengthened their determination to defend it.

Seeing that he couldn't deceive him, Meng Da asked again, "Who are you?" ”

"It's good to say, Naigong's surname is Shen Mingzhong, and he is a pawn of the Red Star Army of the Prince of Hanzhong." Shen Zhong puffed up his chest proudly, as if he was saying that he was a general of the Han Empire.

Can you not be public and public in every word?

Meng Da was choked with disgust, but at this time he still sneered: "Hmph, but a nobody, he dares to speak wildly here." The king of Wei has promised a certain position of marquis, and if you surrender, there will also be a reward, wouldn't it be better to be a pawn here? ”

"Hmph, the identity of a pawn under the prince of Naigong, others will not change it for a general." Shen Zhong's face turned cold, and he reprimanded, "If you want to attack, you will attack, otherwise you will not be noisy here, disturbing people and clean!" Shoot the arrows! ”

The warriors on both sides immediately drew their bows and shot arrows, and a wave of threatening arrows rained out, and Meng Da hurriedly turned his horse and retreated, which caused a burst of laughter from the city.

Fortunately, the embarrassed Meng Da did not lose his mind and immediately ordered the siege of the city, but made people camp outside the city.

He has to wait a little longer, he suddenly led the army to appear in the rear Xicheng, the hearts of the soldiers and the people in the city will definitely be in chaos, even if this nobody still wants to resist, others may also be active.

And how can this be said to be the base camp of the Shen family, the Shen family heard that the Cao army won a big victory, so why not rush to open the city for themselves?

At that time, someone will carry this Shen Zhong's head and open the city to surrender, and he Meng Da does not need to be in a hurry.

So he sent messengers into the city every day, waiting for chaos to break out in the city.

This is also a helpless move, the biggest significance of his troops here is to use suddenness and false news to make the enemy army chaotic, in fact, there are many successful cases...... You can't really let him take his 4,000 parts to attack the city, right?

However, the letters that were shot in it were like stones sinking into the sea, and there was no response at all.

Xicheng is still calm, and Shen Zhong is still jumping around in the city every day to insult him.

How did Meng Da, who was angry and anxious, know that there was no Shen family in Xicheng anymore.

And just when Meng Da found nothing, Guan Xing had already led a large army and suddenly appeared outside Fangling City......

(End of chapter)