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

Chapter 487: Setting Up Camp (Thanks to "I am Reading Spring and Autumn" and "Yu Wushengchu" for their two monthly tickets~)

Seeing Cheng Yu's excitement, Xu Huang understood that he wanted to make some achievements as soon as possible so that he could leave this remote place.

In fact, he thought Cheng Yu was quite talented.

Although some strategies are sometimes very vicious, they are very effective.

I don’t know if it was because of this reason, but when the other party was sent to the court by Liu Bei, he was not very well received by His Majesty.

But I believe that as time goes by, His Majesty will appreciate the other party.

Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Xu Huang heaved a sigh of relief:

"Recently, this general has been recruiting soldiers everywhere, and he has recruited 6,000 Qiang soldiers from outside the Great Wall.

“With the 20,000 troops in the city, we have 26,000 men.

"I will leave 4,000 men behind and have General Lü Qian guard Lude County.

"We will lead 22,000 people together to attack Jincheng County!"

After hearing Xu Huang's decision, Cheng Yu said thoughtfully:

“The enemy dared to leave only a few thousand men to guard Jincheng County. I think they must have made some preparations in Jincheng County.

"We can use the newly recruited Qiang soldiers as the vanguard to explore the way, so as to reduce the loss of our own troops."

Hearing this proposal, Xu Huang looked at Cheng Yu helplessly.

It’s still the familiar taste. As long as I can win, I will do whatever it takes.

Only a general like me would prefer this simple and rough method.

A weak person like Your Majesty would definitely not like such a strategy.

And I heard that Jia Xu was also a vicious strategist.

It is enough to have a poison master by your side.

If both of them stay by my side, I'm afraid they will come up with a plan to destroy the country...

Xu Huang did not reject Cheng Yu's proposal.

The newly recruited Qiang soldiers did not have strong combat effectiveness before they were fully trained.

It is undoubtedly the best thing to use it as cannon fodder to explore the way right now.

It's actually not a good idea for a military general like him to bring up such a thing.

But since Cheng Yu had proposed it and I was responsible for adopting it, I would not be labeled as cruel and ruthless.

Xu Huang immediately asked Cheng Yu to make preparations for the war, while he continued to train the group of new recruits in front of him.

……

After several days of trekking, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong finally led an army of 55,000 to the southern foot of Hongchiling Mountain.

From afar, you can see a series of black peaks dotted with white snow.

It is only late autumn now, but we have already seen quite a bit of snow. If we wait until early October, I am afraid the snow will be even heavier.

If it was before Guo Jia reminded him, he would have thought that the snow was not a good thing for him.

However, after listening to Guo Jia's plan, he felt that the snow was not heavy enough!
Only an avalanche formed by sufficiently large snow can better defeat the enemy!
Wei Yan admired Guo Jia more and more.

He is truly worthy of being the top strategist valued by Duke Chu. Like Zhuge Liang, he is good at using weather and terrain to attack opponents.

In the eyes of these wise men, everything can be used as a weapon!

Wei Yan did not rush to order the army to climb the mountain, but instead set up camp in a flat area at the foot of the mountain.

He needs to wait, wait for a heavy enough snow, and use this snow as the clarion call for his formal march!

At the same time, there was also a camp on the other side of Hongchiling.

General Zhu Jun, who was in charge of conquering the west, and General Han Sui, who was in charge of guarding the west, were both here.

Also accompanying him was Shangshu Pushe Mao Jie, who was also an old subordinate of Cao Cao.

But compared to other people under Cao Cao, Liu Xie admired this honest and fair talent more. At this moment, the three were discussing how to guard against Wei Yan's army, and suddenly a soldier came to report:

"General, the scouts on the mountain have spotted the enemy approaching!"

"Oh?"

Han Sui, dressed in Qiang clothing, glanced at Zhu Jun, who was one level higher than him.

Originally, he was the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and could cooperate with the Governor Xu Huang to command the army on the Western Front.

However, with the arrival of Zhu Jun, this important official in the court naturally became his leader.

Although he was unhappy, Han Sui understood that the court was worried that he could not defend Wuwei County alone, so they sent Zhu Jun to support him.

Seeing that Zhu Jun did not speak, he asked the soldier:
"What is the enemy's current situation? Have they gone directly up the mountain?"

"General, the enemy is not in a hurry to go up the mountain, but has set up camp at the foot of the mountain."

The soldier's answer immediately made Zhu Jun frown:
"Are you sure this is a camp, not a makeshift tent?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then replied affirmatively:
"It is indeed the village."

Zhu Jun could no longer sit still, so he walked out of the tent and personally climbed to the top of a small peak on Hongchiling to check the situation.

Han Sui, who was following behind, had no idea what was going on, so he could only ask Mao Jie, who was standing beside him:
"Minister Mao, you said that the enemy troops were only setting up camp on the other side of Hongchiling.

"Why does General Zhu look so puzzled?"

Mao Jie glanced at Han Sui, tucked his sleeves in and replied:

“If the enemy builds temporary tents, it means they may climb the mountain or even cross the mountain tomorrow.

“However, they are now setting up camp directly on the other side, which means they are not taking a temporary rest, but intend to stay for a long time.

“This kind of behavior is obviously a bit strange.

"Because we don't know what the other party is waiting for..."

After hearing what Mao Jie said, Han Sui suddenly realized something:
“So that’s the case… But it’s also possible that the enemy is just planning to figure out the terrain of Hongchiling in the next few days.

"It seems to me that it's normal to go to the village, right?"

Mao Jie nodded:

"If it were normal times, it would be normal. However, it is already late autumn, and the enemy has a huge advantage in manpower.

“Our army that came out of the city consists of no more than 30,000 men.

“The enemy could have simply gone up the mountain, crossed Hongchi Ridge, and set up camp on the other side of the mountain.

"Otherwise, when the weather gets colder and there is heavy snow, the mountain roads will be slippery, and it will be much more difficult for them to cross Hongchiling."

After listening to Mao Jie's explanation again, Han Sui suddenly understood.

No wonder Zhu Jun was so concerned about such an abnormal situation. He was obviously worried that Wei Yan's army had some conspiracy.

After all, when fighting against Lu Bu's army on the eastern front, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were defeated repeatedly.

If we fail again this time, the impact will be extremely bad.

By then, Zhu Jun will definitely lose his official position!
So Zhu Jun must be under a lot of pressure now.

Han Sui suddenly felt fortunate.

Fortunately, Zhu Jun came, otherwise if Han Sui failed to hold on, he would not only lose his official position, but even his life!

Now there is someone to support me. Although I can't do what I want, at least I don't have to worry about my life.

While Han Sui was thinking about this, he and Zhu Jun had already reached the top of the mountain.

The three of them looked towards the foot of the mountain on the other side.

Wei Yan's 50,000 troops were already lined up densely, and almost half of them were building camps.

It seems that the scouts were right, Wei Yan really planned to set up camp here...

(End of this chapter)