Chen Da was also a straightforward person. Seeing Shi Jin's stubborn look, he knew that even if he was persuaded to go back, he would not be able to settle down and heal his wounds. Why not think of a way together, whether it is retreating or breaking out, as long as Shi Jin can be sent back to the mountain.
Go, it will be easier to talk about healing.
So Chen Da stopped trying to persuade him, and pointed to the map and said: "Brother, look, the officers and soldiers are surrounded from all sides. They fought all afternoon, but they couldn't get in. Now they are setting up camps and guarding outside the city. Until now.
But there was no movement at all.”
Shi Jin was a little surprised when he heard this: "Oh? How come there is no movement at all... Then according to your observation, where is their main camp?"
Chen Da pointed at the map, which was at the foot of the mountain outside the west city gate, and said: "Here, they set up camp. We looked from a distance, but we didn't see any patrolling people. It's really weird.
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"Beside mountains and rivers, it's a good place to camp. However, there must be a reason for them to camp like this." Shi Jin began to think deeply as he spoke.
"How about I take a team of troops to make a surprise attack to see what they are doing in the camp?" Chen Da looked at Shi Jin's face and said with a smile, his tone full of disdain for the officers and soldiers.
"That's not possible. Now, although it's hard to say who has the advantage. But the people who are most restless at the moment will definitely not be us." Shi Jin also looked into Chen Da's eyes, seriously.
Authentic: "If he wants to take a breath, let's let him take a breath. When he can't sit still, he will naturally 'float' up. Why bother to find out what he is and what he is now, and fall into their treacherous scheme."
"Brother is right. If they want to rest, call them Guixi. If they can't, they will die of suffocation and return to the west." Shi Qian sounded interesting at the moment and couldn't help but interject.
But I heard Shi Jin say again: "If I remember correctly, the wall at the corner of the west city gate was destroyed by fire. I need to send more soldiers to guard it."
Chen Da nodded and said: "Wu Sangou led his troops to defend there. It just collapsed and created a gap. It's not a big deal. Most of the attacks just now were directed there, but they were all blocked by Wu Sangou.
At this moment, they are making do with wood planks and stone mortar, and are repairing it." He paused and cursed angrily: "That Liu Gouguan was ordered to repair the city wall once ten years ago, and he must have swallowed a lot of money.
Even the repaired city wall can't withstand a fire, damn, why are our brothers having to go through so much trouble." As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, wishing he could find the corpse of the dog official and stab him seven or eight times.
hole.
Chen Da was cursing here, but Shi Jin felt that there must be something fishy. The officers and soldiers should concentrate their forces at this moment to attack the landslide, but there is no reason to allow us to build the city. But what is the reason?
"Brother, how many troops did you see when the officers and soldiers first arrived?"
Chen Da looked at Shi Qian and said: "There must be about ten thousand people. The ground was so dark that they rushed towards them like ants. They were very vicious. But when we got to the city, we asked our brothers to shoot a few rounds of arrows.
It’s not that beautiful anymore.”
Shi Jin pinched his chin and couldn't figure it out again: "Thousands of troops are not a small number, but if we don't seize such a good opportunity, are the officers and soldiers waiting for us to repair the city before attacking? They are not so decent."
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"No. I was puzzled at first. After running around the city for a while, I thought it was not surprising. Brother, think about it. After several attacks on the city, each one suffered some damage. Let's assume he has 10,000 troops.
, divided into eight camps, each with only 1,500 people. And the defenders at each of our gates, together with the surrendered and defeated generals, numbered more than 2,000. Moreover, they occupied a favorable location, so naturally they did not dare to attack easily.
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"Then you mean to take advantage of the opportunity when their forces are dispersed to suddenly launch an attack and defeat them one by one?" Shi Jin speculated as usual.
"The two of us have just been making this plan. Look, brother." Chen Da drew a circle on the map and said: "We will send out a cavalry of three thousand people from the west gate, go straight to the camp of the officers and soldiers, and kill them.
He was caught off guard. Once he cut down the banners and flags of Dazhai, he also cut down most of their morale. We divided our troops and marched in opposite directions. I will fight counterclockwise from the left to the south gate. Brother, you lead the troops clockwise to the north.
If everything goes well, we will go back to the east gate. If there are any problems on the way, we will pick up the nearest door and go back. We will meet in the city and make plans. Brother, what do you think?" Chen Dalian made gestures and plans in one breath.
He came down and looked at Shi Jin with confidence.
After hearing this, Shi Jin more or less agreed with this general strategy, and nodded. But Shi Jin's sharp eyes kept staring at the map, looking at the foot of the mountain where the officers and soldiers were camping, and gradually
An ominous feeling came to his mind, so he shook his head slightly. After thinking for a while, Shi Jin slowly said: "This is a good plan, but look at them, not only do they have no intention of attacking the city in a hurry, but they are
Even the warning has been removed, which is not usually the case when fighting with soldiers. But I think there must be an ambush around him, and he deliberately put on such a posture to lure us in so that we could be killed without leaving any trace of us, don't you think?"
Chen Da also supported the table with both arms, leaned down and took a closer look. The foot of the mountain where the officers and soldiers were camped was surrounded by grass, with neither shrubs nor woods. It was intended to hide thousands of people, but it was nothing.
It is difficult to climb to the sky. If the so-called ambush comes from two side camps, it will not be able to gather them in time and it will be difficult to function as an ambush. The only possibility is, Chen Da thought hard about it. It was like death in the tower.
In the silence, everyone was deeply lost in thought.
Not long after, Chen Da suddenly said to himself: "That must be it... um..."
Chen Da glanced at the map for the last time, then raised his eyes, looked at Shi Jin and said, "Brother, I can see it. What these people are doing is an empty city strategy, but it's just not as powerful as Zhuge Liang's empty city."
Shi Qian didn't understand now. Although he didn't know many words, he had heard about the empty city strategy in books. Just now Chen Da said it himself that there were at least 1,500 people in each camp.
There will only be more, not less. How can such a camp be regarded as an empty city? So I wanted to ask clearly: "What is the 'empty city strategy'? Didn't you just say..."
"Yes, as I said just now, his battalions are scattered and there is nothing he can do to defeat me, but I can't defeat him. Therefore, he deliberately put on such a false appearance to cover up his falsehood. I am afraid that he is already galloping at the moment.
Come back and send the order to move the troops. If more troops are added, then we will really be trapped. Besides, we have no food and grass, and we will probably be in chaos without fighting. If the officers and soldiers were faster, a group of people would be coming right now.
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"Ah!" Shi Jin was inspired by Chen Da, and with a flash of inspiration he saw the talents of the officers and soldiers, and anxiously ordered the people around him: "Quick, quick, quick, teach the brothers in the city to prepare more arrow feathers. The officers and soldiers are using deception."
, we will attack the city in one fell swoop soon!"
As soon as the messengers stepped out of the tower, they bumped into a minion who was reporting back. The minion was so anxious that he was covered in sweat and was suddenly knocked to the ground by the person who was leaving. He had no time to see who was coming.
, he rolled around, looked at a gap, and squeezed in through the door. When he saw Shi Jin and Chen Da, he immediately stood up and said, "Master, it's not good! The officers and soldiers divided into eight groups and attacked without warning!"