It is said that Zhao Chen led the troops to the outside of Jucheng, and he wanted to persuade Xiao Jian to surrender with his three-inch tongue, but who knew that Xiao Jian did not appreciate it.

So, Zhao Chen led the army to set up camp and discuss the strategy of breaking the city.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Military advisor, why do you need to plan in such a small city, give me three thousand to my old Zhang, and go to break the city early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhao Chen patiently persuaded: "Yide, don't be anxious, there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in this dispatch, and the damage to the soldiers who directly attack the city is too serious, which is not conducive to our army taking Qingzhou in the future." Moreover, although Jucheng is small but the city is strong, there are three cities, three miles in the inner city, and all are Chongjun, twelve miles in the sub-city, forty miles in Guo Zhouhui, and it is not an ordinary small city. ”

"Strategist, what do you say, you can't get around, and you can't let you fight, is it difficult to stand here and stare dryly?"

Cheng Yu smiled slightly, looked at Zhang Fei, who was in a hurry, and said softly: "General Zhang has never seen the military advisor look confident, and he is already confident, so why worry about this city not being broken?" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he secretly glanced at Zhao Chen, and it was as Cheng Yu expected.

Seeing this, many also asked the military division to send troops.

Zhao Chen smiled: "Everyone, listen to me. ”

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When Xiao Jian returned to the city, he immediately ordered all the soldiers to stick to the city gate and not to go out without permission.

Huang Qing said: "Prime Minister of State, I heard that this person is good at night attacks, there are only 8,000 soldiers in the city, if Zhao Chen attacks strongly, it is not enough to resist the army." Officers were ordered to step up patrols to prevent accidents. ”

Xiao Jian followed his plan and ordered the soldiers to shorten the time and patrol one more round, which must not be taken lightly.

Then he restlessly slept with his clothes.

The next day, Zhang Fei led the army to the city and shouted, the killing shouts shook the sky, and scolded Xiao Jian for being as timid as a mouse and not daring to go out of the city.

Xiao Jian hurriedly went up to the city wall, and saw that Zhang Fei was just shouting under the city, not attacking the city, he breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered loudly: "No one should go out of the city, but those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Then he instructed the soldiers around him to keep an eye on the movements of nervous flying, and not to let go of any disturbances, and to report to him immediately.

Zhang Fei saw that Xiao Jian on the city wall only showed his face, but he never went to battle, nor was he in a hurry, he divided the soldiers into several groups, shouted in groups, and never stopped.

As a result, there was an extremely funny scene in front of Jucheng.

On the one hand, Xiao Jian gave a death order not to fight, and on the other hand, Zhang Fei constantly insulted people, which made the soldiers defending the city angry, and they had no choice but to stay in the city and watch the people under the city because of the order of the prime minister.

It was not until noon that Zhang Fei led the soldiers back to the camp to rest.

Xiao Jian waited until Zhang Fei really went back before returning to the mansion to eat.

Before he could take two bites, the shouts outside the city rang out again.

Xiao Jian hurriedly went up to the city tower again, only to see a general under the city insulting, and the word "Chen" was written on the banner.

It was Chen Zhi who, in accordance with Zhao Chen's order, took Zhang Fei's task and continued to provoke at the gate of Jucheng.

Seeing this, Huang Qing rolled his eyes and reminded Xiao Jian to pay attention to the other soldiers led by Zhao Chen, and the shouting in front of the city was just a plan to attack the west.

Xiao Jian understood Huang Qing's words, and sent a small group of scouts to sneak out of the east gate and go to Zhao Chen's camp to check the movements of the leading generals.

Chen Zhi's shouting mission continued until sunset, and then stopped.

There was nothing to do for a day, and everyone went back to the camp to rest.

Zhao Chen spent a rare quiet day with the foot trainer in the camp.

Suddenly, Zhang Liao came to report: "Military division, a number of scouts have been found outside the camp. ”

Zhao Chen nodded and replied: "Wenyuan doesn't have to pay attention to it, go back to the camp to rest with peace of mind, and tomorrow you will go to the city to call for battle." ”

Zhang Liao was very puzzled, and turned his head to look at Cheng Yu on the side.

Cheng Yu said with a smile: "General Wenyuan can remember the plan of the military advisor. ”

"Naturally remember!"

"The scouts outside the camp must have been sent by Xiao Jian to inquire about the movements of our army. Our army's shouting for a day may have become a strategy to attract the enemy in Xiao Jian's eyes, in case other soldiers raided, they did not arrange defenses, wouldn't they be about to break the city, so they sent scouts to investigate. The strategy of the military advisor was originally to make Xiao Jian relax his vigilance, since Xiao Jian's scouts came, then let the scouts pass the information to Xiao Jian, our army did not have any other movements, and it also saved our army from wasting time and effort to inform Xiao Jian. ”

At this point, Zhang Liao suddenly realized: "It's Wen Yuan who is reckless." ”

Sure enough, the scout informed Xiao Jian of the situation of Zhao Chen's camp.

Xiao Jian was overjoyed, since the other generals under Zhao Chen did not send troops, it meant that Zhao Chen had no other way than to call for a battle in front of the city.

As long as the Jucheng army can't hold out, then they can't help it.

The next day, Zhang Liao's army arrived as scheduled, shouting and insulting in front of the city.

Xiao Jian went to the city to observe, and saw that it was no different from yesterday, so he put his mind at ease and let Zhang Liao lead the army to call for battle, and stick to the city without leaving.

At the same time, scouts continued to be dispatched to monitor every move of Zhao Chen's camp.

In the afternoon, he returned to the mansion by himself and enjoyed a happy time with his wife and children.

But the soldiers defending the city were distraught.

Outside, Zhao Chen's army took turns shouting and scolding, and there were all kinds of vicious words, but Xiao Jian, the minister of state in the city, refused to go out of the city to face the battle, and only cared about returning to the house to enjoy himself.

For several days, Zhao Chen's army was like this, from early morning until sunset.

The soldiers in Jucheng were distraught when they heard this, and gradually commotioned.

There are also some soldiers who have figured out the laws of Zhao Chen's army, but they will not directly attack the city when they call for formation, and the defense of the city will be relaxed.

Some soldiers even began to complain: "How unfair it is that the prime minister is happy in the city, but we have to listen to the scolding here." ”

And the scouts that Xiao Jiansa went out never came back, and there were several waves without returning.

In fact, it was Zhao Chen who ordered Zhang Liao to arrest all the scouts, and none of them should be let go.

Zhang Liao was very puzzled, and asked Zhao Chen again: "Military advisor, in order to be able to pass the information to Xiao Jian, there was no need to arrest the scouts. Why are they being arrested now? ”

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "The information you want to pass on to Xiao Jian has already been transmitted, so naturally you have to remove the scouts, so as not to expose the next plan." ”

Zhang Liao frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he understood the truth.

Huang Qing saw that the situation was not good, so he persuaded Xiao Jian: "Zhao Chen's army has been insulting for days, and the soldiers in the city are already resentful, and there is nowhere to vent, and some of the soldiers are already in a commotion. At this time, the country was quite strict with itself, and it must no longer be very different from the soldiers, and appease the resentment in the hearts of the soldiers. If not, if the soldiers were impulsive and vented their anger on the prime minister in the past few days, wouldn't it be a catastrophe! ”

When Xiao Jian heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly returned to the front line to check the military situation, but for several days, he never saw any trace of Zhao Chen's army.

The soldiers were puzzled in their hearts, and they were also dissatisfied with Xiao Jian: "Zhao Chen's army didn't come forward when it was provocative, and now that Zhao Chen's army has withdrawn, he will really pick the opportunity." ”

If Huang Qing heard it, he would have shook his head helplessly, no matter what he did, there would be dissatisfied people.

Xiao Jian saw that Zhao Chen's army never came to the city to provoke again, and he was inevitably uneasy, pointing to the faint Zhao Chen's army camp in the distance and asked Huang Qing: "Is there any news from the scout?" Why did Zhao Chen's army seem to disappear overnight? ”

Huang Qing replied: "The scouts who have been scattered in the past few days have not returned, but fortunately, there is water on both sides of Jucheng, and there is only the southwest direction to go, so Zhao Chen should not be able to get around here." ”

Xiao Jian shook his head and suddenly said, "Zhao Chen is not someone who gives up so easily. There is an inexplicable uneasiness, I am afraid that Zhao Chen is planning something big. ”