The eagle's cry controlled the scene, and the huge goshawk kept circling over the city. From time to time, it tried to swoop down and fall into the city, but was blocked by the green air.
Although it can't break the Qing Qi, this behemoth suddenly comes down, and it can still have a certain impact on the people's hearts in the city.
"Brother, that beast is here again!" In Chaoge City, Cao Hong looked at the eagle that was circling endlessly in the sky, and felt a little secretly resentful. He couldn't shoot down the beast several times with arrows. It was really strange that it was so huge.
How could his body be so flexible? Moreover, Cao Hong had a feeling that the giant eagle was playing with him.
Cao Ren looked up at the giant eagle and nodded with a sullen face: "Don't pay attention to it. Although it has some influence on the people's hearts, over time, the people will feel relieved when they see that it can't break the green energy of the city. It only affects the people's hearts temporarily.
of."
"Just now, another group of troops and horses were sent from Yecheng, and there was also a lot of food and grass. There were five thousand people here this time. We now have a lot more troops and horses, and there is enough food and grass. Then Chu Nan is
We can defend it even if we attack for a year!" Cao Hong said with a smile.
Cao Ren nodded, but didn't smile much. He turned to look at Sima Yi beside him and said, "What do you think, sir?"
Sima Yi was studying the giant eagle. Hearing this, he withdrew his gaze and said with a smile: "It is a good thing for Duke Yuan to increase his troops. It seems that Duke Yuan is no longer wary of the general, so the general can let go and fight."
"Let's fight?" Cao Ren shook his head and sighed: "Wen Ze has been the leader of the army these days. Chu Nan has never appeared on the battlefield. Moreover, I sent scouts to observe the enemy's formation from a distance. The Chu Nan camp is located in a very
To be careful, the terrain is high, which is not conducive to water attacks, the field of vision is wide, which is not conducive to sneak attacks, and the camp is strong. Moreover, I once sent people with magical powers to risk their lives to sneak in. Although most of them were lost, they also brought back news. Does Zhongda know what it is?"
"I don't know." Sima Yi shook his head, looked at Cao Ren and said with a smile, "Sir, please clarify my doubts."
"That camp is a fake camp, and Chu Nan is not in it at all. It is simply used to attract our troops to investigate. He may be in the main camp, or there may be another hiding place, and he cannot be found at all." Cao Ren looked at it.
Sima Yi smiled bitterly.
Sima Yi: “…”
Seeing that Sima Yi was stunned, Cao Ren thought that he didn't know the reason, so he explained with a wry smile: "In other words, it is difficult for our army to find the true position of Chu Nan, and the commander's position in this camp is very particular.
Where the enemy's soul is, it is also where the enemy's most elite soldiers are. If we can't find the enemy's commander, we can't find where the enemy's elite is. Maybe he's somewhere in the camp, maybe he's no longer in the camp now.
, but went to Liyang or other places."
Chu Nan is not just the commander of this group of troops, but the commander of the entire front. He must control the overall situation, so for Cao Ren, it is very important whether Chu Nan is here. If he is here, then his opponent is Chu Nan.
And if Chu Nan has left at this moment, then his opponent is Yu Jin, which is a completely different concept.
What he was even more worried about was that if Chu Nan suddenly appeared in Liyang with his elite, would it have a huge impact on Xia Houyuan?
"I am also worried about what the general said, but it is not suitable to go out to fight in the city right now. The general can send people to Liyang to inform General Xiahou of the matter and let General Xiahou be careful." Sima Yi said with a smile.
"That's all we can do." Cao Ren looked at the giant eagle in the sky and said, "Chu Nan can control hundreds of beasts, so we have to guard against this!"
Although Commander Chu Nan is a bit underwhelmed in front of famous generals like them, Chu Nan is willing to delegate power when employing people. Secondly, Chu Nan always has some weird abilities that are hard to guard against. In the past two days, the dogs in the city went crazy for no reason.
Cao Ren could only order the dog slaughter to quell the riot.
Now when Cao Ren saw the chicken, he wanted to chop it into pieces.
Outside Chaoge City, in the forbidden camp, three feet underground, an empty cave appeared at some point. The cave was well ventilated, and even though the lights were bright, there was no feeling of boredom in it.
A huge city model has been completed, and Chu Nan and Liu Ye are restoring the distribution of troops in the city bit by bit based on the images sent back by the goshawk.
"This is where the enemy's troops are most concentrated. The lieutenants and generals should be here." Chu Nan pointed to an area and said: "It is converted from private houses. It is difficult to detect at first glance, but from the perspective of the goshawk, it is
People come and go very neatly, unlike ordinary people, and most of the food and grass are sent here."
Liu Ye followed his instructions and planted a flag here. He stood next to Chu Nan and looked at it. They spent three days working hard to create this simulated city. They made the most accurate restoration based on the images sent by the goshawk. At this moment, the two of them stood
Next to it, as if overlooking the entire Chaoge City, the buildings, layout and troop deployment of Chaoge City are immediately clear at a glance.
"It's a pity that the green energy protecting the city is not broken. Even if we know the enemy's deployment, it will be difficult to break the city." Liu Ye sighed, feeling a little regretful.
"The most important thing to avoid in a war is to be impatient." Chu Nan didn't care much. He looked at the panoramic view of the city and said, "But the morale is indeed a bit loose recently."
"My lord, General Yu Jin wants to see you." Zhou Cang came in and kicked a big ant blocking the door. The big ant crawled to the side. These were the other ants that Chu Nan had strengthened. They were not as high as the demon ants and were specialized
Responsible for building the crypt.
"Let him in." Chu Nan nodded and signaled Zhou Cang to let him in.
"Lord, the soldiers have been unsuccessful in attacking for half a month, and their morale is a bit low!" After Yu Jin came to the crypt, he looked at the city model with some surprise, and then looked around. In just a few days, he had built such a magnificent and solid structure underneath the military camp.
In the basement, Yu couldn't help but re-examine the ability of this ant, and then he clasped his fists at Chu Nan and said: "The scouts have come to report that Yuan Shao has sent more troops to Chaoge today, and there are more defenders in the city."
Chu Nan nodded, motioned for Yu Jin to take a seat and said with a smile: "Since we can't attack for a long time, let's slow down a little. Let's have a truce for two days to appease the morale of the army. Chaoge is one of the gates of Ye City. It's normal that we can't attack for a long time. Let the soldiers let go
To be fair, we never thought that Chaoge could be easily defeated."
Yu Jin felt relieved after hearing this. As Chu Nan was the coach of this trip, what Yu Jin was most afraid of was not that Chu Nan had been staying at the rear. What he was afraid of was that Chu Nan would suddenly come to the front to show off.
Because from the time when I joined Chu Nan and my understanding of Chu Nan, Chu Nan’s military skills are good, but they are not top-notch. It is okay to lead hundreds of people, but when there are more people, it will be uncontrollable.
If Chu Nan personally went to the front line to direct the battle, it would probably be a disaster for the army.
What is reassuring is that Chu Nan seems to understand this, so when fighting, the command of the troops is left to his generals, while Chu Nan sits in the rear and is responsible for appeasing the mood of the soldiers and arranging the generals to lead the troops.
Although he has no ability to lead troops, Chu Nan is very accurate in judging people. The people he uses are all talented, and they are also willing to delegate power, so that they, generals in battle, do not have to worry too much about things coming from the rear and can go all out.
Used on the battlefield.
"Lord..." Yu Jin hesitated for a moment, looked at Chu Nan and said: "Don't you think that Chaoge City is now well-equipped with soldiers and food, and the people are loyal to it. Even if there is no water or food, if you want to break it, it won't take more than a year and a half.
It’s hard to be effective.”
Ordinary small cities are easy to capture and lose, but in hub cities like Chaoge and Liyang, once the opponent has both civil and military skills, good military generals, and Confucian scholars, plus there is no shortage of soldiers, horses, food and grass, and the people's moral support is not lost, then
It is difficult to break through. The green energy that protects the city can destroy most of the power of the military formation. What's more, if you rush forward so hard, the opponent will have the blessing of the military formation, but your own military formation will be offset by the green energy, unless the opponent's general is Taicai, who does not have much blessing.
, otherwise even if both sides are elites, it may not be possible to exchange ten for one.
On Chu Nan's side, it is obvious that there is no strength for ten for one, and this elite division was trained by Chu Nan with great difficulty. It was wasted in the siege battle. Not to mention Chu Nan's heartache, generals like Yu Jin also felt heartache.
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"Don't worry, this battle won't last that long!" Chu Nan knew what Yu Jin was worried about, so he smiled and comforted: "This Jizhou is mostly composed of plains, and only Chaoge City can't stop our army's attack route. The general will go and organize the army.
, arrange to attack the city, it will be great if you can capture it, but if you cannot defeat it, don’t be discouraged, I have my own strategy to defeat the enemy!"
"You will finally understand!" Yu Jin bowed quickly and said.
After feeling much more relaxed, Yu Jin saw that Chu Nan had not explained anything, so he immediately stood up and left.
"The generals and officers in the army have become slack." Looking at the direction Yu Jin left, Chu Nan sighed, took a sip of water and looked at Liu Ye and said: "Although the key to this battle is not Chaoge, it is not good for the soldiers to feel slack."
The key to victory or defeat is whether Yuan Shao will be attracted by Chen Gong to go to Youzhou. Chaoge City is now beaten like this, which is a reassurance for Yuan Shao, but Chaoge cannot be captured for a long time. For Chu Nan,
Not only did it damage the morale of the soldiers on the border, but Chu Nan's overly lenient attitude towards the generals also made it easy for people to carry their opinions.
The army must be run strictly, but generals cannot be blindly strict. If they are too strict, the generals will become slack, resist or even rebel when faced with impossible tasks. Humans are not machines, and emotions cannot be controlled by humans.
It is a truth that it is easy to become irritable when you are tired.
But if it is too loose, the soldiers will lose their sense of awe, which is also bad, so it is difficult to lead troops.
Liu Ye nodded with a smile and said, "Master, do you have any countermeasures?"
"Train your troops, don't let them be idle. Once people are idle, it's easy to think blindly. In addition, shift your focus to besieging the city and providing reinforcements. Intercept and kill the scouts and cut off the food routes. This city is protected by green energy. It's inevitable that we can't attack it.
It turns out that it is not difficult to cut off the enemy's food and grass supply and intercept and kill the scouts. If this cannot be done well, don't blame the warlord for dealing with it. In addition, build some fortifications around the city to prevent enemy raids.
Secondly, it can also have a certain deterrent effect on the city."
"In addition, I plan to take General Han Sheng to Liyang. Chaoge and Liyang are both the gateways to Yecheng. No matter which way we attack, we can directly take Yecheng. With the Black Mountain Army, as long as Yuan Shao goes to Youzhou, I will
Then we will have a chance to capture Yecheng."
As long as Ye City is defeated, it doesn't matter whether Chaoge is defeated or not. Just like when they killed Cao Cao and captured Xuchang, Cao Ren and others could not escape the fate of defeat even if they blocked their army.
"The time has not come yet. Even if Li Yang is defeated at this moment, it will be difficult to deter Yecheng. My lord, it is best to wait." After thinking for a while, Liu Ye felt that now was not the best time.
"We don't want to go immediately. Anyway, let's see if Yuan Shao falls into the trap first. Even if he falls into the trap, we have to wait and let the teacher and the others hold Yuan Shao back and prevent his main force from returning. Otherwise, if Ye City is such a strong city, only