A few days later, reinforcements from Han Zhong and Sun Zhong finally arrived, but were intercepted by Wang Cheng and others.
Watching Wang Cheng occupy the entire official road, erecting rows of wooden fences and placing horse-repelling stakes outside, a famous crossbowman pulled the arrow and primed the crossbow. As soon as the opponent stepped into the shooting range, he would shoot him into a hedgehog.
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"Han Shuai, the enemy has occupied the official road of Pingdingshan, so Zhenping and Boshan counties should have fallen. Should we retreat, or should we?"
Sun Zhong held a riding whip and pointed at the camp.
"Damn it, you're still late, but it's not certain yet. Look at the number of camps. There are only tens of thousands of people, which is very inconsistent with the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers mentioned in the detective report."
Han Zhong counted the camps on the opposite side, and found that there were only more than 200 camps. If fifty soldiers were sleeping in each camp, it would be about 10,000 people.
"I dare to conclude that after the officers and soldiers captured Luyang, they divided their troops into three groups, one for Zhenping, one for Boshan, and one for guarding the Wancheng main road, just to stop us. After leveling the two counties, we no longer have to worry about anything.
Then we will concentrate all our efforts to attack Wancheng."
Han Zhong pointed and analyzed. When Sun Zhong heard this, he suddenly felt that it made sense. With the strength of the officers and soldiers he had seen before, it was impossible to defeat three cities in five or six days.
Han Zhong's guess was correct, and it was true. Zhu Kui did indeed do this, but he just underestimated the strength of the officers and soldiers, and could not prevent Zhou Cang from unexpectedly surrendering.
"Sun Shuai, is there any other path around here?"
"There are paths, but Han Shuai, if the army wants to bypass the paths, it will take at least three days. If the army breaks through the two counties and attacks us from three sides, we will die without a place to die." Sun Zhong shook his head.
disagree.
"Now that I'm here, how can I lose the reputation of our divine superior army? How will people like Zhao Hong look down on us?"
"The officers and soldiers will set up camp tonight and go out to challenge tomorrow."
Han Zhong said with a ferocious expression. Sun Zhong thought for a moment and realized that this was appropriate, so he said nothing more.
Zhu Jun Ying Zhai.
"Wang Cheng, the enemy has set up camp and doesn't seem to be planning to attack immediately. How about it? Are you going to rob the camp tonight?"
In the Han Dynasty, it was very impolite to call Guan Hai by his first name. Wang Cheng and others all knew that Guan Hai was vulgar, but Zhu Kui often said that heroes should not ask where they came from.
"We only have 800 cavalry, how sure are you? Third brother said that this reinforcement should not let go of a single soldier. He has already led the army and took a detour to Wancheng via a small road. If he cannot completely annihilate the rebel army, he can at least hold it back.
Stop!" Wang Cheng asked back.
Zhu Kui wanted to fight against a trend. Zhao Hong of Wancheng sent reinforcements on June 29th, but on July 23rd, officers and soldiers came to the city. It gave people the feeling that since the officers and soldiers arrived in Nanyang, they had only arrived on August 9th.
Over time, three counties were defeated in a row, and 20,000 reinforcements were sent. This created a sense of invincibility. Once the general is timid, the battle will be easier to fight.
"70% to defeat the enemy, 20% to encircle and annihilate the enemy's army!" Guan Hai honestly stretched out his two fingers. Although he called the opponent by his first name, he was still in awe of Wang Cheng. Only under Zhu Kui, Wang Cheng was fond of martial arts. I heard that he
He was very skilled in martial arts, so he looked for someone to compete with him. He didn't want someone who was almost forty to be beaten by a sixteen-year-old boy who didn't have more than twenty rounds.
"I'm not sure enough, no way. Let's wait until tomorrow to see what roles the two thieves will play before making a decision!"
Wang Cheng finally decided: "We will not rob the camp, but we must also guard against being hijacked by the other party, and be careful of capsizing in the ditch!"
"I know, I know it well." As he said that, Guan Hai walked back to the camp, wondering if he had gone to have a drink.
Although Pingding Mountain is not towering, it is still continuous and quite vast and majestic. The setting sun on the horizon dyes the dark green mountains a layer of light red.
Zhu Kui was walking on the mountain road and looked over. He was filled with admiration in his heart. He suddenly felt that the world is so big and there are so many mysteries. He could actually reincarnate into the past. Are there immortals who have cultivated the Tao? For example, the old immortal Nanhua who went out to travel to the Three Kingdoms.
Zuo Ci, wait...
After walking for a while, he no longer thought about these uncontrollable things. He turned back and asked Zhou Cang: "Yuanfu, where are we now?"
Zhou Cang looked at the top of the mountain and returned: "My lord, we have already passed Funiu Mountain. We will reach Wancheng in about three to four hundred miles."
"It's getting late." Zhu Kui looked up at the sky, "I have to rest in the mountains for another night."
He stopped and ordered: "Second brother, let the army find a place to spend the night on its own. Yuanjian, please take some people to check around to see if there is anything abnormal."
When the soldiers heard that it was time to rest, they shouted one by one. After walking in the mountains and forests for a day, they were naturally tired. People with bows and arrows took it upon themselves to go into the woods to hunt game, including deer and hares. There were hundreds of them.
When he went out, the animals around him suffered a lot.
Man is indeed the king of destruction.
After a while, Liao Hua came back and reported that everything was normal and brought him a hare.
"Thanks!"
Although they all have a superior-subordinate relationship, Zhu Kui has a habit. Even if you are a subordinate, he will always use polite words such as thank you and please in his words, which makes everyone admire him the most.
When it comes to eating, Zhu Kui never puts on airs like his lord, and sometimes does it himself without giving orders.
Taking the dagger from the big tiger's hand, Zhu Kuilisuo disembowelled several hares and washed them briefly with water from the water bag. Then the little tiger piled up the collected dead branches and hay, took out the flint, hit it a few times, lit the hay, and set it up.
Put it on the rack, finally skewer the rabbit and put it on the rack to bake.
After a while, the rabbit was roasted to a brown color and dripping with oil, and the aroma was rich. Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva and praised: "My lord, what a good craftsmanship!"
"Stop flattering! There are so many rabbits, I can't finish them all, so we all share them." Zhu Kui said with a smile.
Everyone was drooling, knowing that Zhu Kui didn't like to be polite, so after thanking him, they all got what they needed.
Zhu Kui grabbed a rabbit leg, took a big bite, took a sip of water, and got down to business: "Yuanfu, tomorrow you take two hundred school swordsmen and pretend to be in retreat and go out first. Second brother, you also take fifty
Follow Yuan Fu. After the two of you came out of the mountain, with Yuan Fu as the leader, you went straight to Wancheng. You falsely claimed that the army was defeated and sneaked into the city. When my army is attacking the city in full swing in the future, you secretly open the city.
Gate, and capture Wancheng in one fell swoop."
"It's my lord (eldest brother)."
Zhu Kui looked at Xi Zhicai, who only drank water but did not eat meat. He thought for a while, tore a piece of rabbit meat from the fire and handed it over: "Sir, why don't you eat meat? You only drink water. Take this meat."
"Thank you, General!"
"Sir, do you think we can attack Wancheng according to this plan?"
Xi Zhicai smelled the hare in his hand and squinted his eyes: "It smells so good!"
"The general's plan is very good. If there is no accident, Wancheng is so close. After all, who would have thought that Colonel Zhou and the general have known each other for many years. However, Captain Zhou said the day before yesterday that Zhang Mancheng was not in the city and led 40,000 thieves.
It is critical whether the new governor Qin Jie can hold off the attack on Anzhong County."
"If Zhang Mancheng rushes back while the two armies are fighting and hits him in the back, the situation will be in danger."
Zhu Kui frowned and said, "How about dividing the troops again?"
"No," Xi Zhicai shouted: "The general came to Nanyang this time with only 50,000 troops. After the losses in the past two days, there are still 45,000. We will allocate 10,000 to intercept Wancheng's reinforcements on the official road.
The city has 60,000 soldiers and horses, and the reinforcements can only be 20,000 at most, so there are still 40,000 people in the city. Even if Zhang Mancheng suffers losses in Anzhong County, he will still have at least 20,000 troops if he retreats."
"General, if we divide another 10,000 troops to intercept Zhang Mancheng, our army of 25,000, even if Captain Zhou deceives him into opening the city gate, will not occupy the city in street fighting, and we may suffer heavy losses."
"It's Kui who didn't think well. Thank you sir." Zhu Kui raised his hand and said in thanks: "In your opinion, how can we make arrangements to reduce casualties?"
"It's very simple. Chen soldiers in Wancheng, bluffing, and sends the main force to counterattack Pingdingshan. The reinforcements there are finally lured out, and the effective forces are eliminated first. When the time comes, they will encircle the point for reinforcements. They will destroy Zhang Mancheng first, and then attack Wancheng."
Zhu Kui thought for a while and then added that it was indeed true. If Zhou Cang's plan was successful, Wancheng was already within his grasp. There was no need to rush to eliminate Zhang Mancheng and other living forces.
"Just like what was said, surround the area and call for reinforcements."