In the first year of Jian'an, the thirtieth day of the first month, Haiyang County.

Haidu's guard general Zhida sent scouts to search along the Gan River early in the morning, and ordered his subordinates: as soon as they saw the movement of friendly reinforcements, they would report immediately.

It wasn't until the afternoon that I finally got the news: there were hundreds of warships and civilian ships, each carrying dozens of people, or nearly 100 people, along the mighty Ganjiang River, straight into Peng Lize.

He hurriedly went out of the city and went to the dock to meet him.

Suddenly, the fleet temporarily anchored at the dock of Haidu, a strong man with a full face and fierce eyes, disembarked with vigorous steps, and Da hurriedly greeted him and saluted:

"Big brother! My men and horses have been put in order, according to the plan, but will they go north tomorrow? Isn't it a bit risky to take the initiative to counterattack Chaisang like this? ”

This strong man is the first Buddhist thief in the late Han Dynasty, a fierce demon who killed the lord three times, had no faith, and wandered and brutalized many counties.

In later generations, many game artworks like to draw him as a monk who has attained the Tao, but this is complete nonsense. The Han Dynasty did not require gradients at all, and many of the precept systems of Buddhism had to wait until Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, of the Liang Dynasty to standardize them, and then gradually appeared.

Rong this thief, drinking wine, eating meat, playing with women, defrauding the owner, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and there was a fart rule and precept at that time.

At this moment, in the face of the third brother's request, his face was pale, his expression was resolute, he gritted his teeth and lowered his voice to hold back a few words:

"I don't blame you for asking me like this in private, but in front of the soldiers, you are never allowed to say such things that shake the hearts of the army! Whether we are sure or not, we can only take a desperate gamble and survive in death!

I also thought about it before, defend Haiduan and Nanchang, wait for work with ease, lure the enemy to attack, and then rely on the strong city to exhaust the enemy, and finally counterattack to break the enemy, but the Zhuge family is too tricky and vicious.

In return, it is said that Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang are good at winning the hearts of the army and bewitching the soldiers, so that my Yuzhang soldiers are willing to use them. If we wait any longer, there will be more and more people serving the enemy, but the combat strength of our army will not increase with the times, and time will not be on our side. A quick solution is already the best choice. ”

In fact, he was vaguely aware of this truth, but he just felt that even if the enemy's training was not completed and the people's hearts were not completely subordinated, this gap could not withstand the additional difficulty brought about by the change of attack and defense of the city.

He sighed sadly: "The truth is this truth, but from the Zhuge army attacking the city and we defending the city, to our siege Zhuge army defending the city, how can the difficulty gap be doubled?"

Even if the enemy's hearts are not attached, I am afraid that this loss of combat power will not be worth it...... What if the Zhuge family is strong and clear, and they defend the city without fighting, but only consume and exhaust our army? ”

Zhen Rong's face turned cold: "Then slaughter the four fields!" Force the Zhuge family to come out and fight us! I also inquired, the newcomers Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang have a weakness, that is, they treat Yuzhang as their own long-term business, so they are benevolent and love the people.

If they dare not fight, we will plunder and slaughter all the people in the Chaisang countryside who cannot withdraw into the city, but if they can't do it, we will break the other counties that he recruited, slaughter their people, plunder their wealth, and then make a big deal and wander around again!

We slaughtered Guangling and Danyang, and when we fled to Yuzhang, we did it twice, what's the big deal. If the Zhuge family wants to count on the will of the imperial court to seal the officials, they can only regard Yuzhang as their lair, they have no choice! But I have a choice! ”

These few words paved the way, but after listening to it, Zhenda plucked up a little extra confidence. It turns out that our army is going to fight to the death, but it is not a complete desperate gamble, and there are still alternative escape routes to fight, but the strength will be greatly damaged, and it is necessary to re-encircle the combat strength of the people and endure the comeback.

After thinking about this, he finally settled down a little and unified his thoughts with his eldest brother.

And Zhen Rong continued to cheer up his younger brother, suggesting that after their life-and-death fight, even if they couldn't succeed, there might not be no way out:

"In the end, I really can't beat it, and I can also protrude from the mouth of the lake from Chaisang, and the Yangtze River spreads for thousands of miles, where can I not go downstream? Danyang has already been there, Jiangxia Huangzu is not easy to mess with, so it's a big deal to go to Lujiang in Jiangbei.

Liu Xun is weak and can only govern in the fertile land of the plains. If our army can break through to the Ying and Huoshan Mountains (Dabie Mountains), maybe they can defend against the danger again.

I heard that Lei Bo and Chen Lan, who were originally in Ying and Huo, were absorbed by Liu Xun last year, and later Lei Bo died in Guangling, and Chen Lan was also hit hard. If we go, maybe we can still occupy the position vacated by Lei Bo Chen Lan from the good queen.

And Liu Xun was defeated by Liu Bei, and his troops were greatly damaged, maybe it will also be for the sake of the enemy of the old enemy to join forces, recruit us and others, and then we can endure and wait for changes.

If Yuan Shu can succeed, we will also follow to be the heroes of the expansion of the territory. If it can't be done, it's a big deal to learn the method of killing Zhao Yu, Xue Li, Zhu Hao, and assassinate Liu Xunjiu to occupy the magpie's nest. ”

When Zhen Rong said this, there was no shame on his face, as if the idea of killing the Lord for the fourth time was not a despicable thing at all.

Who made this world so chaotic, and those warlords themselves were greedy, and they would do whatever it took to expand their power against a common enemy.

If Zhao Yu hadn't been greedy for his soldiers and wanted him to help fight Cao Cao, would he have been killed?

If Xue Li hadn't been greedy for his soldiers and wanted him to help fight Sun Ce, would he have been killed?

If Zhu Hao hadn't been greedy for his soldiers and wanted him to help fight Zhuge Xuan, would he have been killed?

In the future, if Liu Xun is not greedy for his soldiers and wants him to help fight Liu Bei, will he be killed?

All of them are innocent! Spring and Autumn Unrighteous War! Don't laugh at any of these warlord dogs!

After such a psychological construction, he even felt that he was doing the right thing for the heavens, oh not for the heavens, and specially let the greedy and thirst-quenching people be punished!

That night, he let the army rest overnight in Haiduan County to recuperate and recover.

The next day, Di Rong took his third brother Di Da, as well as two county soldiers, Sima Xue Zheng and Yu Jian, to fight in the field, totaling 40,000 people, and went north in a desperate bet.

In Nanchang and Haidu, only 3,000 men and horses were left to guard, of which there were only a few hundred monks and soldiers, and the rest were militiamen.

Because of the huge size of the troops, Zhenrong did not give up Peng Lize waterway, but chose to advance by land and water.

Let the land people and horses stick to the shore of Peng Lize Lake to the north, and when passing through the dangerous section of Lushan, they would rather take a boat to ferry.

And the waterway people did not dare to take a straight route to Chaisang, for fear of being intercepted by Gan Ning halfway, so they chose to sail close to the shore in order to land at any time.

Water and land support each other to ensure that they will not be weakened by the Han army's attack halfway.

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He raised 40,000 soldiers and horses, desperately fighting for his life, and of course such a big movement could not hide from Chaisang's Han army.

Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang soon got an urgent report from the scout:

"Report! The soldiers and horses of Zhenrong had left Haidusk and headed north this morning, and traveled 70 miles a day by land and water, to the southern foot of Lushan Mountain, and did not venture over Lushan. It's still sixty miles away from me Chaisang. ”

Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang have been waiting for this moment for two or three days, and recently they have been on alert every day and are ready to go to war at any time.

After receiving the report, Zhuge Liang immediately made a comparison on the map: "There are still thirty miles of road over the Lushan Mountains, and after going out of the mountain, there are still thirty miles under the city of Chaisang." Tomorrow, the Rong Department will definitely be able to rush to the city and set up a siege camp. ”

Guan Yu was beside him, holding his beautiful hair and tested: "Then you should tell me, our army should defend the city with a strong wall, or go out to the dangerous place of Lushan to block the mouth, and then learn the method of ambush to break the enemy?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "The method of ambushing soldiers can no longer be used." At the beginning, Uncle Zhi was able to succeed, and one of the keys was that our army broke through Chaisan too quickly, and calculated the time when the enemy's reinforcements were about to arrive but did not arrive. So much so that the enemy aid just didn't know that Chaisang had broken and there was an ambush in Lushan.

What's more, this time, the enemy army advanced by land and water, taking the road of mountains and lakes. It must be dangerous by land, so they chose to ferry by water in batches. Where the water louis was intercepted, he landed early. If you are so careful, you are afraid that it will be difficult to find an opportunity. ”

Guan Yu nodded: "Then let's defend the city with a strong wall, the use of the art of war, it should be a coincidence, before our army blindly used the odd, three battles and three victories, Zhenrong will be on guard after all."

He was so cautious in his march this time, just so that he could see the right way of our army's art of war! Defend the city first, wait for the enemy army to be exhausted, and then go out of the city to fight it! ”

Guan Yu was very satisfied with his decision, but Zhuge Liang raised a new question and hidden danger:

"General Guan, do you think that if you change places and let you command the soldiers and horses of Zhenrong, you can rely on 40,000 people to defeat Chaisang, which is defended by 12,000 people?"

Guan Yu was stunned: "It shouldn't be, unless the attacking side has extremely sufficient grain and grass, and the grain and grass in Chaisang City are insufficient, so as to besiege and break the city for a long time." ”

Zhuge Liang: "Since you can't change places, won't Zhenrong know?" ”

Guan Yu's eyes narrowed: "Then what do you think he thinks?" ”

Zhuge Liang rubbed his chin that had not yet grown a beard: "In my opinion, he knows that if he waits, he will die, so he will fight." But fighting does not necessarily mean that you have to hope to win, it can also be a breakthrough.

Zhenrong had traveled through the three counties before, and when it was really impossible to do anything, it was not impossible to bring valuable and soft belongings and continue to wander with the backbone elite soldiers. It's just that the 30,000 militia under his command are slow to move and it is impossible to take them away.

So he wants to coerce these innocent burdens to fight us to the death. Once the innocent is almost consumed, his elite soldiers come and go quickly, and he may take advantage of this cover to go north and escape out of the lake.

In addition, if he didn't want to escape, then there might be another way to force us to fight in the field, so as not to give us a chance to defend the city and exhaust it. ”

Guan Yu thought about it, and for a while he didn't expect how Zhen Rong would force the battle, so he couldn't help but continue to ask: "Then what do you think is the way to force our army to fight quickly?" ”

Zhuge Liang sighed: "I'm not sure, I heard that Zhenrong is extremely brutal, maybe he will indiscriminately slaughter innocents, sweep other counties and townships that our army has no heavy defense, and force our main force to fight." He knows that our Zhuge family will take good care of Yuzhang as his own territory. ”

Guan Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Is it possible to be so vicious?" But you can't be unguarded, despicable! ”

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to say: "If you really do this, it's not that you can't deal with it." ”

Guan Yu hurriedly asked: "Hurry up!" ”

Zhuge Liang still pointed to Lushan on the map: "Although there is an ambush in Lushan, it is impossible to ambush the enemy." But we can still set up a camp on the north peak of Lushan, list one or two thousand elite soldiers, defend according to the danger, and store more water and food in advance.

Now in early spring, the weather is still cold, and the water and food are not easy to deteriorate, so it doesn't hurt to store them for half a month. When the enemy army is killed, pretend to be an ambush and harass the enemy with crossbows and rolling stones. But the enemy army is prepared, and it is inevitable that they will not be killed or wounded too much.

But the north peak of Lushan is a dead place, there is no mountain spring and waterfall, and there is no place to draw water, and it will inevitably be besieged and dyed of hunger and thirst for a long time.

Once Zheng Rong mistakenly thinks that we are trying to set up an ambush and make it self-defeating, how can he be willing to give up this bait? After he escaped the ambush, he would inevitably divide his corps to besiege all sides of the north peak of Lushan, even if the mountain was too steep to attack, he would feel that it would drag on for ten days and eight days, and wait for our army on the mountain to die of thirst.

At that time, if our army does not want the soldiers and horses on Lushan to die of thirst, it will inevitably send the main force from Chaisang City to rescue, and Zhenrong will be able to achieve the goal of forcing our army to fight in the field. In this way, he will not slaughter Siye again for the time being, and harm the people of other townships and counties.

As far as our army is concerned, the advantage is that it can be delayed for 10 days and half a month according to the original plan, so as to consume morale and military discipline with geographical advantages.

The disadvantage is that at most, it can only be delayed for more than ten days, it is impossible to be like the original plan to defend Chaisang, how long to drag on, as soon as the day comes, we must kill from Chaisang to rescue the friendly troops of the camp on the north peak of Lushan, and the inside and outside should work together to break the Rongrong! ”

Guan Yu listened carefully, his eyes became more and more bright, and finally slapped his palm on the table: "Then it's decided!" Originally, even if it was consumed for a day, I couldn't delay, and I was going to fight a decisive battle with Zhenrong and fight to the death.

Now we can delay for an extra 10 days and give our army an extra 10 days to continue to rectify military discipline and morale. That's it! ”

The two of them had made a plan, and they went to find Zhuge Jin, who had not asked about the military in the past few days, and chatted for a while, Zhuge Jin was also bright-eyed and very supportive of this plan.

Zhuge Jin asked himself, let him figure out these strategies, he really didn't have to figure it out.

How could he have thought that "it is possible for Zhenrong to use the method of harming other townships and counties to force Ling to fight a quick field battle"?

There is no historical answer to this kind of twists and turns.

Compared with the original battle of Huaiyin and the battle of Guangling, Zhuge Jin can make a slight adjustment to the standard answer, and the difficulty at that time was much lower.

And since Zhuge Jin didn't even think of the front, there was no thought of the strategy of "since the enemy wants to use some chips to threaten our army, it is necessary to fight in the field, then deliberately give them a chip that is difficult to swallow to attract hatred points".

I don't know if there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin.

"It's still the second brother's brain, and he even thinks of these two points. I helped Liu Bei win the first two battles, it was really thanks to the answers in the history books that I could learn from, and now this kind of battle that appeared out of thin air and did not exist in history at all, I can only fight mine and the enemy fight the enemy. ”

Zhuge Jin secretly thought, and secretly called luck in his heart.

Fortunately, he cultivated his second brother well in advance, otherwise although he could have won the battle, I am afraid that the loss would have been greater, and he would have wasted ten days of the opportunity to wear down the enemy's morale and will.

Thinking about the beginning and the end, Zhuge Jin said directly: "I have no opinion, but this bait method, it is better to let Xingba lead 2,000 troops, camp on the north peak of Lushan Mountain, and pretend to be an ambush attempt and besieged by the enemy."

Xingba is brave and decisive, but his ability to command the army is not strong, so it is better to let him participate in a frontal decisive battle, so it is better to let him carry out this task of deterring danger behind enemy lines. ”

Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and also felt that this arrangement was very good.

The Han army immediately deployed as planned, and asked Gan Ning to bring enough water and food that night, and camped on the north peak of Lushan Mountain, and made an appointment to come to relieve the siege and rescue within ten days.