Qian Song

Chapter 65 Lock City? (Please follow up!)

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In the city of Xiuzhou.

According to officials, gentry and nobles who escaped from Hangzhou, Li Cun planned to lead 20 Huben troops to the north, and Song Zhaonian, the Zhizhou, was so frightened that he hurriedly consulted with Huainan dispatch envoy Chen Yu, commander Wang Ziwu and others to discuss countermeasures.

When Chen Yun heard this, he also had a serious expression on his face: "If all the ants and thieves come to Xiuzhou, they will be invincible, so we should use the strategy we discussed before to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and hold on to Xiuzhou City, waiting for the imperial army."

Prince Wu Zan agreed: "Tan Zhizhi has arrived in Zhenjiang, and it will take five or seven days at least, or fifteen or seven days at most. The reinforcements will arrive. When this is the case, the last general will lead his troops out of the city to join forces with the reinforcements, and the ants will be defeated."

The words of Chen Yun and Wang Ziwu gave Song Zhaonian a reassurance.

Xiuzhou further implemented the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, continuing to strengthen the city walls and continue to clear the grain houses in the countryside...

The fourth day of the first month.

The vanguard of the Huben Army arrived at the city of Xiuzhou, and then gathered more and more.

When the Huben Army gathered about 8000 people, suddenly a general came to the foot of Xiuzhou City and shouted to the officers and soldiers of Xiuzhou who were waiting in full formation on the city: "I am Sun He, the Jinwu Zuo Army under the Huben Army, who is Chen Fayun?" , come out and answer."

When Chen Yu heard the words, he just frowned, and said loudly: "I am Chen Yun, what do you want from me?"

Sun Hedao: "My family's great governor has something to say, Chen Hengbo, I respect you as a hero, and I am willing to fight you fairly. If you come out of the city, I will only have one army, as many troops as you want. If you win, our Huben army will withdraw from the show from then on. If you don't enter the state for a year, if you lose, you only need one person to enter our camp, how dare you fight?"

After Li Cun's confession, Sun He said again: "Chen Fayun, the governor of my family praised you to the sky, said that the famous general Mo Zi prison, thousands of soldiers and horses avoid white robes, and compared you to Chen Qingzhi. My grandson and an unknown person don't dare to fight?!"

When Song Zhaonian heard this, he hurriedly said to Chen Yu: "Don't fall for other tricks, this is a trick to lure the enemy."

Prince Wu Ze said: "If there are only more than ten thousand ants, I may be able to defeat them. I am afraid that the ants will still have a large army."

Chen Yun looked suspicious, he felt that something was wrong: "Where is the army of ants? How could that thief Li Cun only name me?"

It should be known that, as the Huainan shipping envoy, Chen Yun should not have been in Xiuzhou at all. He stayed in Xiuzhou temporarily because he was in charge of the work of transporting grain from the south to the north.

This is not to say that Chen Yun was surprised that Li Cun knew that he was in Xiuzhou, but that he was surprised that Li Cun valued him.

"Or...is this a plan to alienate?"

Regardless of whether this is a trick or not, it is impossible for Chen Yun to rashly send troops out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Huben army who does not know the details.

Furthermore, although in terms of rank, Chen Xun is similar to Song Zhaonian, but this is Xiuzhou after all, and Song Zhaonian is the chief official. How could Chen Xun easily seize Song Zhaonian's power?
So Chen Yun didn't respond to Sun He's provocation.

For three days in a row, every day Sun He would send people to provoke Chen Yun and others in Xiuzhou City.

On the third day, Chen Yu pointed to the Huben army that had set up a company camp under the city, and said to Song Zhaonian, Wang Ziwu and others: "Look, everyone, this army looks elite, but in fact there are only three or two thousand soldiers in paper armor. In battle, the rest are vulnerable to a single blow, but in fact, the outside is strong and the inside is doing. If I go out to fight with the whole city, I can make the crossbowman shoot all the left flank, and then break it with the horse army, this army will be defeated."

Song Zhaonian hurriedly said: "No, what if this is a trick for the ants to lure the enemy..."

Chen Yun said firmly: "Song Xianggong, you haven't realized that this is Li Cun's plan to lock up the city?"

"Lock the city?!"

When Song Zhaonian, Wang Ziwu and others heard this, their faces were filled with disbelief.

You know, the food consumed by the 20-strong army is almost three thousand shi every day, as well as countless fodder, weapons and other things.

What's more, a war can't be finished in three or two days. If it takes just two or three months, the materials consumed will be astronomical.

With so many things, it is obviously unrealistic to transport all of them from the base camp. In this era, the transportation is not developed, and the transportation cost is too high.

Therefore, it is necessary to attack some important cities on the route. After they are captured, there will be a source of food and supplies, and the army can continue to move forward without any worries.

In Xiuzhou City, there are more than 200 million stones of autumn grain transported from the north.

This much food is enough to feed 20 troops for two years.

Conversely, if you wait for the Song army to go south, the more than 200 million shi of grain will be enough for the Song army to fight for two years.

Not for anything else, just for the more than 200 million shi of grain, the Huben Army should also be bound to win Xiuzhou City.

What's more, if you bypass Xiuzhou and attack Suzhou directly, the defenders in Xiuzhou City may rush to support the Huben army as soon as they arrive in Suzhou.

Even if the defenders in Xiuzhou City are weak and the reinforcements they send cannot defeat the Huben army, they can still cut off the logistics and transportation channels of the Huben army and cause a lot of trouble for the Huben army.

Therefore, it was hard for Song Zhaonian, Wang Ziwu and others to believe that Li Cun would choose to bypass Xiuzhou City and directly attack Suzhou instead of attacking Xiuzhou City.

Chen Yun said with certainty: "It must be Li Cun, the thief who knew that the imperial court would send out a large army in the near future, and rushed to capture the line along the Dajiang River first. When this happens, we will go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the ant thieves under the city, and then cut off the ant thieves. Force the ants to come back for help."

When Song Zhaonian heard this, his face showed reluctance.

——Defending Xiuzhou City, as the chief official of Xiuzhou, he has already done a great job, so why bother to do such superfluous things?In case Chen Yun misjudged, this is the Huben army's strategy to lure the enemy out of the city, so wouldn't he just win and lose?

But Song Zhaonian also knew that Chen Yun was talented, and he was counting on Chen Yun to help him defend Xiuzhou City, so he was not very good at rejecting Chen Yun's proposal directly.

Just when Song Zhaonian was in a dilemma, dust suddenly rose in the distance.

Chen Yun and the others took a closer look and couldn't help but change their expressions.

It turned out to be a battalion of horse troops.

And the black tiger-headed flag that this battalion of horse troops played has clearly told Chen Yun and others that this is the horse army of the Tiger Army.

This battalion of horsemen rushed directly to the city.

Then, Qi Fang, the leading acting commander, yelled: "Chen Yu, my master waited for you for three days, but you have been a turtle for three days. Now that the master is no longer hiding, how dare you lead the army out of the city to have a fair fight with the master?" war?!"

Wang Ziwu said loudly: "My city is here, if you want to fight, just come!"

Qi Fang sneered: "Didn't you ever learn the art of war? If you are ten, you will besiege it, and if you are five, you will attack it. Now we have less than 1 troops. How can we attack your fortified city?"

After finishing speaking, Qi Fang continued to scold and fight.

But the people in Xiuzhou City held up their exemption cards and refused to come out to fight.

There is no way, the Huben army under the city is already more than the Xiuzhou defenders, and now there are five hundred more horse troops. If it is a field battle, the Xiuzhou defenders have already lost more.

After that, for several days, Qi Fang would lead a battalion of horse troops to scold and fight every day, scolding from morning till night.

——Qi Fang was tired of scolding, so he would find a few loud scolders.

It seems that the Huben Army just wanted to scold the defenders in Xiuzhou City to fight a decisive battle with the Huben Army.

On the fifth day when Qi Fang appeared, that is, the eighth day when Huben's army locked Xiuzhou City, Wang Ziwu suddenly said to Chen Yu, Song Zhaonian and others: "Masters, have you ever noticed that although people who come to scold Zhan every day are all It's Qi Fang's villainous thief, but the troops he commands are different every day, the general suspects that the ant thief must hide the army!"

After Wang Ziwu told his discovery, Song Zhaonian and others were alerted immediately.

really!

In the next two days, the horse troops brought by Qi Fang were all different from before.

Now all the people in Xiuzhou City realized that the Huben Army must have hidden a large number of troops nearby, and this army also has a large number of horse troops. It will be completely wiped out by the Huben Army, and then the Huben Army can easily take down Xiuzhou City.

On the tenth day when the Huben army locked the city, Qi Fang finished his scolding and did not go far away, but directly led his troops into the camp of the Jinwu left army to rest.

Next, Qi Fang didn't bother to come out to fight in person, but only sent a few people to fight.

And the people sent by Qi Fang were not as enthusiastic as before. They just scolded a few perfunctory words and then went to rest.

It may seem that the Huben Army has slacked off, and the defenders in Xiuzhou City can launch a counterattack.

But the people in Xiuzhou City, who have already seen through the tiger's army's tricks to lure the enemy, will not fall into the tiger's army's tricks. They have made up their minds.

Except for one person - Chen Yu!
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(End of this chapter)