Zhou Yu is the kind of person who doesn't want to suffer. This time, he was teased a little. Although his face was still calm and he didn't seem to care, he still felt a little depressed in his heart.
However, this was not because he felt awkward and wanted to take this breath back. Zhou Yu's mind was not so narrow-minded. But at this time, he was still looking forward to it.
When the enemy general who defeated him is captured, what kind of expression will he see on his face?
There are only 5,000 people. If nothing unexpected happens, the enemy army is like a plate of food in front of our own army of tens of thousands, and our own army can eat whatever they want.
Although the capture of Xuchang by the Self-Army Army was delayed for several days because of the mere 5,000 men, the final result would not change. Xuchang was captured by the Self-Army Army and became the first step for Sun Jian, his lord, to step into the world.
will be the only ending that will happen in the future.
At this moment, Zhou Yu believed this.
However, God always seems to like things that don't come true. Zhou Yu was satisfied just now, but then he fell into trouble again.
Ahead is a dense mountain forest. Although the area is not particularly large, it can still barely squeeze 40,000 to 50,000 people into it.
There is a saying in the art of war: "Don't enter the woods."
A mountain forest like this is perfect for setting up an ambush. In addition, it is late at night and the surroundings are so dark that it is difficult to see. If there is really an ambush in the forest, then my army may not be able to enter at all if they rush in.
You won't get any benefits, but you will lose many people in vain.
Zhou Yu is now a little uncertain again. Will Cao Jun's reinforcements really only have 5,000 people? Did they hide most of their troops in the mountains and forests before nightfall, and then wait until late at night to let a small number of troops come forward?
Go to harass your own army's camp, lure your own army to pursue the opponent, and then take advantage of the situation to lead your own army into this mountain forest, and ambush and kill them in one fell swoop.
The more Zhou Yu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
It is not impossible for five thousand people to rush to the rescue and stage a suspicious attack outside Xuchang City to delay the siege of the city. But if that is the case, why would the other side constantly harass the army at night and make their soldiers suffer?
Regarding the pain of sleep, isn’t this just superfluous and unnecessary?
You know, such bad behavior is likely to arouse the anger of the own army, which will make the general decide to directly send troops to conquer. If it is just a night without sleep, it is not difficult for these soldiers to stay up all night after all.
, however, if you have to spend the whole night in that kind of tense and panic atmosphere, the consequences will be much more serious, and it will be extremely detrimental to the morale of the army and other factors. Faced with such despicable behavior, sending troops to conquer
, striving to seize the initiative is a completely normal move. There is no chance that the other team’s coach would not have thought of this.
If the opponent really only has 5,000 people, how can he survive when his own army is exhausted? If the opponent really only has 5,000 people, how can his commander risk the anger of his own army and fight at night?
Such troublesome and repeated harassment?
Everything seems to boil down to three words: there is a conspiracy!
Well, that must be the case. This must be the opponent's plan to lure the enemy. They first use a small number of troops to arouse the anger of their own army, with the purpose of luring their own army into this mountain forest for an ambush.
In this way, it is absolutely reasonable that there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses outside Cao's army camp. Those 5,000 people were only responsible for luring him, and the army had already left the camp before nightfall and entered the mountains and forests to set up an ambush. Over time,
Its traces naturally fade away.
As for the question of why Cao Cao was still able to send a large army back during the confrontation between Yuan and Cao, it is no longer a problem. The situation on the battlefield is changing, who knows what happened in Guandu?
In this way, because of this mountain forest, Zhou Yu overturned the correct answer he had previously arrived at and made a new inference. And the more Zhou Yu thought about it, the more he felt that the conclusion he had deduced now was accurate.
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"Gong Jin, do you want to chase after him?" Sun Jian asked Zhou Yu on the side. Obviously, Sun Jian also had some concerns in front of this mountain forest.
There is no way, who knows that this mountain forest is located in the right location and looks so suitable for setting up an ambush.
Facing Sun Jian's question, Zhou Yu looked confused. Should we advance or retreat? Is this a difficult question to decide?
If you advance, you may be ambushed and suffer heavy losses.
Retreat. After a night of constant tossing, we ended up returning empty-handed. I am afraid that our army no longer has the morale to attack the city and kill the enemy. At that time, the only way to retreat may be.
When Zhou Yu was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard a soldier shouting: "Oh no, the camp seems to be on fire!"
What! Hearing the soldier's cry, everyone immediately looked back.
Raging flames rose all over the sky, and the direction of the fire was right at Sun Jian's army camp!
"Not good!" Zhou Yu suddenly thought of something and his face changed rapidly.
Sun Jian, Sun Ce and others all looked shocked. If the camp caught fire, it must have been robbed!
But who robbed the camp? Logically speaking, Cao Jun's reinforcements should be in the mountains and forests ahead at this time.
"It must be the defenders in the city." Zhou Yu only thought for a moment, and then said with hatred.
At this moment, the only ones who can rob our own army are the defenders in Xuchang City.
Damn it, could it be that they saw the opportunity to leave the camp and took action? Zhou Yu felt that he had been completely set up by the other party, and he felt very depressed.
The first step was for the reinforcements to continuously harass the own army at night, and then to lure the own army out of the camp for an ambush was the second step. After he led his army to leave, the defenders in the city seized the opportunity and robbed the camp.
Killing all the remaining troops left behind in the camp is the final step.
Link after link, link after link, in order to kill all Sun Jian's army, what a scheming and calculating plan!
But how did the reinforcements outside the city get in touch with the defenders inside the city? I had been sending scouts to keep an eye on the gates of Xuchang City, but I didn't see anyone coming in or out.
But this is no longer the issue that needs to be considered now. The key now is that the camp is robbed, and his group must rescue them immediately.
Now there are less than 3,000 people left to guard the Jiangdong camp, which is led by Sun Jian's veteran general Han Dang and his second son Sun Quan. If the defenders in the city rob the camp in large numbers, it will be difficult to hold it.
"Gong Jin, how about we abandon the camp first and try to capture Xuchang City?" Different from Zhou Yu's worried expression, Sun Ce suddenly came up with a strange idea. Since the defenders of Xuchang City have left the city,
If they rob the camp, then the defensive force in the city must be weakened. They can rob the camp at night, so why can't their own army attack the city at night? And in this way, it may be able to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and successfully escape.
The crisis of the camp being robbed.
When Zhou Yu heard this, his heart was moved at first, but this was quickly suppressed.
Difficult, too difficult. Not to mention how many people are left in the city to defend the city, just attacking the city at night is extremely dangerous. Moreover, if our own army launches an siege, Cao Jun and Jie who are ambushing in the mountains and forests will
Cao's army, who were returning to rescue the city from behind the camp, gathered together and worked together to attack the rear of their army. The situation was really a close call.
"It's better to rescue him first." Zhou Yu shook his head and denied Sun Ce's proposal.
"Oh." Seeing that Zhou Yu did not adopt his suggestion, Sun Ce did not argue. Since Zhou Yu denied it, it must mean that his suggestion was wrong. This is the trust between their brothers.
————————————————————————————————The robbery of the camp went smoothly, but in less than half an hour, the Jiangdong Army camp
It has been almost controlled by Cao Jun.
The situation was so smooth that Yu Jin, the leader of this camp-robbing force, was also surprised. He was ordered to come to rob the camp. He originally thought he would encounter a fierce battle, but he never expected that he would be able to get it easily.
The proposal to rob the camp was put forward by Jia Xu, and it was caused by Gao Shun's previous harassment of Sun Jian's army camp.
The reinforcements' plan to mislead the troops was concealed not only from Zhou Yu, but also from all the counselors in Xuchang City, including Jia Xu and Xun Yu.
Although it was difficult to detect the situation in the reinforcement camp in the city, Jia Xu judged from the amount of smoke that the reinforcements were estimated to number between 30,000 and 40,000 people.
Although the reinforcements did not enter the city, they could better contain the enemy outside the city. This made Cao's soldiers, who had been tensing up and desperately defending the city, breathe a sigh of relief.
After nightfall, a small group of soldiers were left to continue to pay attention to the activities outside the city, and other soldiers went to rest one after another.
However, just as they fell asleep, they suddenly heard loud shouts of killing outside the city. At that moment, these soldiers were so frightened that they immediately crawled out of bed, picked up their weapons, climbed onto the tower, and prepared to fight.
The sound advocated by Gao Shun's men was not only heard clearly by Sun Jianjun, but could also be heard in Xuchang City. After all, the two sides were not too far apart.
Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others looked surprised. Could it be that Sun Jian's army was preparing to attack the city at night? Aren't they afraid of the tens of thousands of Cao's troops beside him?
Although Xun Yu sent people to guard the city, it was only as a precaution. He and others did not think that Sun Jianjun really dared to launch a night battle. After all, tens of thousands of Cao soldiers were camped nearby. If Sun Jianjun really did
If Cao Jun were to attack the city while he was so bold, the consequences would be disastrous.
With tens of thousands of Cao's troops in check, Sun Jian's army did not attack the city during the day and launched a night battle. Would they dare?
But if not, what is the reason for this shocking sound?
Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others climbed up the tower with uneasiness, but when they got to the tower and took a look, they found that no one was attacking from below.
Under the cover of night, the situation in the distance could not be clearly observed, and one could only see from a distance that Sun Jian seemed to be mobilizing troops in his camp.
It doesn't make sense, the war drums have been beaten several times, but the troops have not been assembled yet? This is not a mistake made by famous generals such as Sun Jian and Zhou Yu.
Jia Xu is worthy of being a poisonous person. I saw him thinking briefly on the tower and deduced most of the causes and consequences.
These movements must have been caused by Cao's army outside the city, and it was probably a tactic to exhaust the troops.
Just as Jia Xu expected, Gao Shun's two subsequent harassments also confirmed his guess.
Seeing this situation, Jia Xu's mind became a little more active.
Cao's army's camp is to the north of Sun Jian's army's camp. Such repeated harassment will definitely make Sun Jian's army focus most of its attention and defense force on the north of the camp to prevent unexpected events. In this way,
There is a high possibility that the guard force in the south will become relaxed, which may give you an opportunity to take advantage of it.
If I send some troops to raid Sun Jian's camp from the south...
Of course, it is not enough to rely on our own troops. Even if Sun Jian's camp is inevitably weakly defended, once it is attacked, the quality of his army will be able to react immediately and make timely adjustments. However, the situation is now favorable to our own army, and Cao Cao's reinforcements are still
Waiting to the north of Sun Jian's army. Since his army raided Sun Jian's camp, no matter how well-trained Sun Jian's army is, they will definitely panic at the beginning. And as soon as this panic appears, Cao Jun in the north may seize the opportunity and attack in one fell swoop.
Attack the camp and form a flanking attack with yourself.
If this happens, Sun Jian's army will be defeated!
Like Zhou Yu, Jia Xu also mistakenly believed that Cao Cao was commanding in the camp. Jia Xu was convinced of Cao Cao's ability, and he firmly believed that Cao Cao would seize the slightest opportunity.
So Jia Xu did not hesitate to offer advice to Xun Yu and others and expressed his thoughts.
After all, Xun Yu was still the leader in Xuchang City, and Jia Xu's status was lower, so he still needed to report his thoughts.
After some thought, Xun Yu agreed with Jia Xu's suggestion and ordered Yu Jin to lead eight thousand troops to attack the south of Sun Jian's army camp.