Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 375: Kill Them All! (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friend 2024…4490~)

A day passed quickly, but Chen Gong still couldn't think of an effective method.

Just when he was frowning, his men suddenly delivered a letter:

"Chen Zhizhong, there is a letter from Lujiang County."

"Oh?"

Chen Gong thought it was a letter from Lu Bu, so he opened it quickly, only to find that it was from Xun You:

"Dear Mr. Chen:

"I heard about Zuo Rong from Lu Zijing.

“I guess Zuo Rong might use the common people in the city to stop the attack of the gunpowder jars.

“And Lord Chu and you have always loved the people, so naturally you cannot bear to attack the common people.

"So Lord Chu asked me to write a letter to express my opinion.

"Zao Rong must have relied on the support from Liu Bei's army.

“Since Guangling City is not a good place to attack for the time being, we might as well bypass Guangling City and head north to Gaoyou County and Tangyi County to check the situation.

“If these two counties have not been occupied by Liu Bei’s army, Gongtai can lead his army to occupy these two counties to cut off Liu Bei’s army’s support for Guangling City.

“By the time you received this letter, the Duke of Chu had already sent General Yan Yan and I to lead an army of 30,000 to support us.

"Of course, this is just my humble opinion. If you have a good idea, you can implement it yourself."

After reading Xun You's letter, Chen Gong's slightly slow brain suddenly had an idea!

This Xun You is indeed a top strategist who can rival himself.

Just by learning some information from Lu Su, he guessed how Zuo Rong would respond.

I even guessed that I couldn't think of a good way to solve this problem for the time being.

However, after reading Xun You's letter, he suddenly had some ideas in his mind!

It's not that he was afraid that Xun You would take away his credit, but with Xun You's suggestions, he did think of some ways to deal with Zuo Rong.

Even if we can't capture Guangling City, we should be able to consume a considerable amount of the enemy's soldiers...

Thinking of this, Chen Gong immediately went to find Sun Ce and told him all his thoughts.

After Sun Ce pondered for a moment, he immediately stood up and said:
"Just follow what Gongtai said!"

Sun Ce then immediately ordered the army to withdraw from the camp, and Chen Gong took advantage of this opportunity to come to the foot of the city wall again.

Zuo Rong naturally would not stay on the city wall all day long. The person guarding the city wall was his general Xue Li.

Chen Gong shouted to Xue Li:
"Go and tell Zuo Rong that our army has no intention of attacking Guangling City.

"We will split our forces into two groups, heading to Gaoyou County and Tangyi County respectively.

“These two counties are the only way for Liu Bei’s army to come to support.

"If our army firmly occupies these two cities, Liu Bei's army will be unable to effectively transport food and fodder.

"Do you think Liu Bei's army will risk going deep into our territory and engage in another battle with us just for a small city like yours?"

Having said that, Chen Gong laughed out loud, turned around and returned to the military camp.

Looking at Chen Gong's departing back, Xue Li's face changed and he hurried downstairs to report the matter to Zuo Rong.

After hearing Xue Li's words, Zuo Rong, who was sitting cross-legged on the cushion, suddenly stopped twisting the Buddhist beads.

After a long silence, he suddenly sneered:
"Chen Gong deliberately leaked this news to us, just to cause us to panic.

"Don't worry about it. Even if there is no support from Liu Bei's army, the tens of thousands of people in the city and sufficient food and grass are enough for us to hold out for half a year.

"Half a year is enough time for Liu Bei's army to take other actions."

Seeing that Zuo Rong didn't seem to care, Xue Li expressed his concerns:
"What the abbot said makes sense, but if there is no support from Liu Bei's army, Lu Bu's army may find a way to deal with us in a short time. "Or if he is cruel and attacks our army without caring about the safety of the people, I am afraid that our army may not be able to hold on...

"Even if we can hold on, if Liu Bei's army still fails to come to support us after half a year, what will we do then?"

After listening to Xue Li's words, Zuo Rong was silent for a moment, continued to sit cross-legged, and asked without turning his head:

"Then according to General Xue, what should we do?"

Xue Li gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist and said:

"I heard from Chen Gong that they will split their troops into two groups and head to Gaoyou County and Tangyi County respectively to block Liu Bei's army.

"Their army has no more than 20,000 men, and after being divided into two groups, each group has only 10,000 men.

“In that case, after they split into two groups, we can lead the army to hunt down the 10,000 people heading towards Gaoyou County.

“If we can annihilate them, the road to Gaoyou will be unobstructed.

"By then, support from Liu Bei's army will arrive even faster!"

After listening to Xue Li's advice, Zuo Rong started turning the beads again:
"Well, let's do as you say. But even if there are 10,000 enemy troops, it may not be that easy to deal with...

“How about this, you lead an army of 20,000 to hunt them down.

“In addition, bring another 5,000 young and strong civilians as the vanguard.

“If we engage in a battle with the enemy, we can use these civilians as human shields to resist certain attacks from the enemy!

"This way, your chances of defeating the enemy will be greatly increased."

After hearing what Zuo Rong said, Xue Li's face lit up with joy. He clasped his hands in front of him, bowed, and turned to leave.

Not long after, Xue Li returned to the city wall and saw that the enemy army was indeed divided into two groups.

Going all the way to the northeast and all the way to the northwest, we directly bypassed Guangling City.

As for the navy led by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, they should remain where they are and wait for orders.

It seemed that the enemy forces had been almost separated.

Xue Li immediately led 10,000 Guangling soldiers and 10,000 monks.

In addition, there were 5,000 young and strong civilians who had been gathered in advance and asked them to follow behind their own army.

The group of people chased after the 10,000-man army led by Sun Ce...

Sun Ce was at the rear of his army, looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance behind him, and said with emotion:

"Chen Gongtai's wisdom is not inferior to Gongjin's!

"Since we have successfully lured these bastards out, let's not let any of them go back!"

Thinking of this, Sun Ce immediately ordered the army to speed up.

Xue Li in the rear saw the enemy speeding up, and a scornful smile appeared on his face:
“It seems that the enemy has discovered us and is fleeing faster out of fear!

"All troops, listen up! Speed ​​up the pursuit! We must intercept the enemy before they reach Slender West Lake!"

As he spoke, Xue Li whipped the horse's buttocks hard. The horse under his crotch felt the pain, neighed, and increased its speed!

As for Sun Ce, he soon arrived at the Slender West Lake.

But they were not in a hurry to cross the river. Sun Ce ordered the army to deploy and imitate Xiang Yu's battle of 1914!
Sun Ce shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him:
"Brothers! The enemy is brutal and cruel, killing our compatriots in Guangling City!

“We have finally lured the enemy out.

"In order to rescue our compatriots later, we must kill all the real enemies today!"

The soldiers naturally witnessed the scene of Zuo Rong pushing the people onto the city wall, and they shouted in indignation:
“Kill them all! Kill them all—!!”

(End of this chapter)