After Long Qie surrendered Tuyin City, he immediately began to take inventory of the treasury. Compared with the hundreds of soldiers and generals who surrendered, he still valued the food, grass and supplies in the city more.
After counting, it was found that the seized grain and grass were 120,000 shi, which was enough for the Han army in Youbeiping for three months, but it was only enough for the Qin army for one month.
However, the Qin Army's maritime grain and grass has been opened up, and there will be stable transportation channels for grain and grass in the future, so these 120,000 pieces of grain and grass can be regarded as a transition.
In addition to grain and grass, they also seized 5,000 spears, 3,000 Han knives, 20 catapults, 1,000 crossbows, and 200,000 crossbow arrows...
The material storage in Tuyin City is quite abundant. Obviously Liu Che also built this city as a military fortress, but he did not expect Cheng Bushi to be deceived out of the city by Zhuge Liang's little plan. All the materials were taken advantage of by the Qin army.
"General, the military advisor is here."
"Oh? So fast?"
Long Qie looked surprised. He estimated that the rear army would not arrive for at least two days. After all, he was leading the light cavalry first, but he did not expect Zhuge Liang to arrive so soon.
"The military advisor did not come with a large army, he just brought five hundred personal guards."
"That's it, let's go and meet the military advisor."
At first, Long Qie Zhuge Liang was a little dissatisfied. He felt that he was just a magician who kept making mysteries and pretending to be gods and ghosts all day long. But now he admires Zhuge Liang very much.
When it comes to fighting and fighting tough battles, Long Qi is not as good as fighting against others, but when it comes to plotting against people, and it is silent, a hundred Long Qi is not as good as one Zhuge Liang.
Now Long Qie somewhat understood why among the millions of Qin troops, apart from Qin Hao and the two great governors, the five military advisors had the highest status.
The minds of these literati are different from those of military generals. How many people can a general kill? But a literati can decide the life or death of thousands of people with just one word.
Long Qie opened the city gate and personally welcomed Zhuge Liang and his five hundred guards into the city. Then they walked into the city gate side by side.
"General Longqe, Liang didn't lie to you, right?" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan gently and asked with a smile.
"The military master's brilliant plan makes Long Qie feel ashamed."
Long Qie cupped his fists and bowed, with an embarrassed look on his face, apologizing for his previous distrust of Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang asked: "Before surrendering, did the defenders in the city think that Cheng Bushi would send a flying pigeon message to ask for help?"
"this……"
Long Qie was stunned for a moment, and then replied truthfully: "I don't know, the general. The military advisor will wait a moment, and the general will send someone to investigate right now."
Soon, the guards sent by Long Qie to inquire about the surrender returned and brought the news that Zhuge Liang wanted to know.
"Lord, the defenders in the city who are unwilling to surrender really wanted to send a flying pigeon message to Cheng Bushi to rescue them, but before they had time to release them, they were stopped by the surrendering soldiers."
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang didn't pay attention. He looked at the leaders of several surrender troops launched by Se Se on the opposite side and said softly: "Who among you has the highest rank?"
Several heads looked at each other, and finally a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance walked out and said in a trembling voice: "Master Qi, the younger one is the county magistrate of this county, Qiu Shun."
"What about the county magistrate?"
"Already died in the internal fighting."
"That's it."
Zhuge Liang was a little disappointed. In his opinion, the county magistrate was a bit low-level and might not be able to support his next plan.
"Can you write a handwritten letter asking for help? Feige will send it to Cheng Bushi, telling him that Tuyin City is under siege and asking him to lead his troops back to rescue him?"
Zhuge Liang's attitude was so polite that Qiu Shun was a little flattered and said quickly: "I'll just copy it, little one."
"Will Cheng Bushi believe your letter asking for help?"
"I should be able to do so. I have also ghostwritten for the county magistrate before."
"Okay, if this matter is settled, you will be the county magistrate from now on."
Qiu Shun's eyes were full of surprise and he kowtowed quickly: "Thank you for your promotion, sir. Thank you for your promotion."
Under Zhuge Liang's guidance, Qiu Shun wrote a letter asking for help. The letter explained that Tuyin City had been surrounded by Qin's cavalry. Although the Qin army had no siege equipment, they were already building ladders. The situation was now very critical.
Zhuge Liang nodded with satisfaction, and then personally released the flying pigeon to deliver the message.
After Long Qie saw this scene, he looked like he was hesitant to speak, but Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "General Long Qie, just ask whatever you want to ask."
"Military advisor, do you want to lure Cheng Bushi into the city and catch a turtle in an urn?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head: "Cheng Bushi has already fallen into the trap once, how could he be easily deceived into entering the city? Besides, there are only 3,500 soldiers of our army in the city. Even if Cheng Bushi can be lured into the city, he won't be able to bite him.
This old turtle."
"Our army still has 26,500 troops. If we call Tuyin City, we can definitely kill Cheng Bushi in one fell swoop."
"The general is talking about the main force in the rear. They can't come."
"Can't come? Why is that?"
"Liang has ordered Generals Yue Xi and Su Xian to lead an army of 10,000 each to block the road to Yuyang to prevent Cheng Bushi from escaping to Yuyang."
Long Qie's eyes suddenly widened: "So, there are only 3,500 soldiers in Tuyin City?"
"That's right."
"Then how can we stop your counterattack, Cheng Buzhi?" Long Qie asked anxiously. He didn't want the Han army to take back more of the city he had obtained.
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "General, don't be impatient, Liang has his own way to annihilate Cheng Bushi's entire army."
After hearing this, Long Qie suddenly felt that this scene was extremely familiar for some reason.
"Forget it, military advisor, you just need to know what's going on." Long Qie said weakly.
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"Report, General, there is a message from the flying pigeon in Tuyin City."
Cheng Bushi, who was still chasing the Liao army, frowned slightly after hearing the news. He had a vague premonition in his heart, but when he took it apart and took a look, he was shocked.
"No, I fell into Zhuge Villager's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Send an order to stop the pursuit. The rear team will change to the front team and return to Tuyin City immediately." Cheng Bushi ordered with an anxious look on his face.
"promise."
When he saw that the Han army stopped pursuing and retreated towards Tuyin City, Gongsun Xuanyuan knew that Zhuge Liang must have captured Tuyin City.
"My lord, Cheng Bushi has withdrawn, should we pursue him?"
Seeing the excitement of the generals, Gongsun Xuanyuan shook his head and said: "I won't pursue them."
"Lord, this opportunity is rare."
"No, our army has been wasting away in the mountains for several months, and its morale has dropped severely. Before its combat strength is restored, it is no longer suitable to fight hard battles, even in pursuit battles."
"Oh, what a pity."
Gongsun Yu sighed lightly, such a good opportunity was missed in vain.
"Send the order and continue towards Tuyin City, but be careful to go slowly, so as not to force Cheng Bushi to attack again." Gongsun Xuanyuan ordered.