Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 512 Surrounding but Not Attacking 2
Gongsun Xu quickly wrote back to the city, to the effect that he praised the noble families in the city for their understanding of righteousness. After he captured Hejian, he would not treat everyone badly. If we do it at night, we will choose Ximen as the location.

Every half a day, someone in the city sends out superstitions.Those people in the city are willing to help Gongsun Xu capture the west gate. As long as the agreed time is reached the day after tomorrow, the city will naturally send out a signal, and the army will attack the city in one fell swoop.

"My lord, it seems that we are really going to take over the city." Wen Chou said with a smile: "Otherwise, why would you spend so much time talking nonsense to those people in the city, and if you have any plans, tell them quickly, which makes me, Wen Chou, happy. "

"Plan, huh, no." Gongsun Xu replied: "When the appointed time comes, I will lead [-] cavalry and [-] soldiers from the camp to the west gate, and then you will lead [-] soldiers from the camp and [-] soldiers to lurk to the east gate. go.

Remember, we set off at the same time, but you have to walk with me for a while on your side, otherwise how can you deceive the eyes and ears of those people in the city with so many people on your side? I agreed with those people in the city to start at Yinshi. Before dawn, you must lead your army to the east gate to assemble within this time.

At that time, I will hold back the other party, and you will launch an attack at the time of mao, so as to take down the east gate before dawn. I will take over the west gate after half an hour of your action. At that time, no matter whether the other party surrenders sincerely or pretends to surrender, I will take Simon. "

"Hehe, this is more fun." Wen Chou laughed and said, "My lord is indeed worse than me. I can't think of such a way. Then I will lead the army to attack the east gate. In the battle of Jizhou, we will Wen Chou has done this, hahahaha."

"You only have this ambition." Gongsun Xu shook his head and smiled, "Remember, don't disturb the people after you enter the city. As for the enemy army, if you can surrender, you must surrender. You must not kill and capture more prisoners. I will be of great use at that time." .”

"Understood, it's too easy to capture prisoners." Wen Chou said with a smile: "Then if the enemy breaks out at that time, we shouldn't obstruct too much. Anyway, no one can resist our cavalry outside the city. If they are forced to If you resist in the city, it will be more troublesome.”

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean." After you take down the east gate, you can send five thousand cavalry to cruise outside the city. Once you find the enemy's army routed, they will all be arrested by me. Don't let those peasants let go, no matter what happens. Take advantage of. "

Two days later, at night, Gongsun Xu went out of the camp with great fanfare and headed for the enemy's city with torches. Wen Chou's troops were in the rear, and there were fewer torches. It still looks like 3 to [-] people.

After ten miles out of the camp, Wen Chou quickly extinguished the torches, and then the whole army rested on the spot and was not allowed to make a sound, while Gongsun Xu led the army to continue advancing.The scouts in the city began to watch when Gongsun Xu left the city, but they did not dare to get too close, and could only roughly judge the number of enemy troops by the number of torches.

After following for a few miles, the scouts in the city did not find any problems, so they went back to the city to report. Wen Chou did not have any flaws, so they were not discovered by the enemy scouts.

After resting in place for half an hour, the army on Wen Chou's side made a detour and marched towards the east gate. To be on the safe side, Wen Chou ordered the army to use as few torches as possible, as long as they could see the road in front of them clearly, and they must not make loud noises.

When Gongsun Xu came to Ximen, spies from the city immediately came to join him.At this time, the agreed flags were fluttering on the walls of the city, and Gongsun Xu also raised a torch to signal to the people in the city that they were ready to sacrifice the city.

At Yinshi, the gates of the city were wide open, and several people who looked like patriarchs of aristocratic families came out and knelt down in front of Gongsun Xu to salute, "Cao Min waited to see the general."

Gongsun Xu sat on the horse and looked at the crowd and said: "Get up, tell me what's going on in the city, and what's going on here at Ximen."

The leader hurriedly replied: "General Qi, the garrison in the city is only [-], and they have been fighting hard for a long time. The general has stormed the east and south gates these days, making the garrison in the city stretched to the brim. That's why we led the army." The family soldiers went to the city to guard this matter.

I have long been dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's despotic prestige. I heard that the general ruled the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and those refugees also had enough food and clothing. This is really the Datong society that the sages said.The grass people have been looking forward to it for a long time, and they are always looking forward to the general coming to take down Bohai, so as to save the people of Bohai.

Now that the general is leading the heavenly army, I decided to dedicate this city to the general after discussing it. I hope that the general will treat the people in the city well and protect the people in the city from this unreasonable disaster. Thanks to the general in advance. "

Gongsun Xu nodded and said: "You are the head of the Wang family, don't worry, as long as you sincerely submit to me, I will not treat you badly. If you can win Hejian today, you should remember the first merit, and I will give you all Please credit."

"Caomin and others, thank you, General." Everyone knelt down again and said, "Then the general should hurry into the city. We can control the west gate now. The general can enter from the west gate and take Hejian in one fell swoop. Our family soldiers can also do whatever they want." Driven by the general, help the general defeat the enemy."

"Very good, well said." Gongsun Xuzan said: "If all the aristocratic families can be like you, then I will save a lot of trouble. You are all people who understand righteousness. I admire it very much, but I I'm not very familiar with the situation in the city yet, so whoever will explain it to me.

How many people are there in the city, how many supplies are there, how many guards are there at each gate, and who are the guards?What is the relationship with Yuan Shao? Also, our army came here on a long-distance attack, and the army did not carry much food and grass. Can the food and grass in the city supplement our army's losses?

If this city is already an empty city, or if the food and grass have been exhausted long ago, then our army has no need to continue to attack. You should know that most of our army is cavalry, and they are good at field warfare rather than attacking and defending the city.

If we can't get a large amount of food and grass in Hejian, then even if our army captures this city, we still have to give up afterwards. After all, this is a strategic need. Our army wants to defeat Yuan Shao this time, so we won't care about this for the time being. The gains and losses of the city and the place. "

"Um, this?" Everyone was curious after hearing this. It was the first time they had heard of this theory. How could they not attack the city until the end? Then why did they spend so much effort to attack? Was it just a joke?

"Don't worry, general, there is still a lot of food and supplies in the city." The leader said: "Enough food for the defenders in the city for three months. This is also Yuan Shao's strategy at the beginning. If we take this city, we will definitely be able to get supplementary food and grass.”

"It's so little." Gongsun Xu shook his head and said, "It's too little. Three months' worth of food for an army of [-] is not enough for our army to consume for a month. Our army has [-] soldiers, [-] horses, and many others. Folk man, I would not have come here if I had known that there was only such a little thing in Hejian, and I would have wasted so much food, supplies and time."

"Ah, this, this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this." The crowd was amazed again, they felt that their thoughts were completely different from those of Gongsun Xu. Could it be that the food and grass for the [-]-strong army for three months were still short? The grain and grass consumed by the army for many years a day, but the grain and grass in the city can definitely be replenished.

After everyone discussed for a while, the head of the family surnamed Wang said: "General, we have been hurt by Yuan Shao, and we all hope that the General can take Hejian. Otherwise, the General will come this time in vain, and we are willing to raise an army." Grain for two months.

In addition, if the general has any losses, we are also willing to provide family soldiers to defend the city for the general. In addition, after taking Hejian, we are willing to reward the entire army with [-] cattle and sheep. "

"Oh, it's a good calculation, but it's going to make you bleed a lot. It seems a bit unethical for me to do this." Gongsun Xu said with a guilty face: "Oh, you are so sincere, but I can't bear it." gone."

"The general is just joking. We did it all voluntarily." The leader continued: "Besides, as long as the general can keep the people in the city safe, so what if we wait for a hemorrhage? General, it's getting late, the distance Half an hour has passed since the appointed time, let's hurry into the city, we must not let the enemy react at this time."

"Oh? Really?" Gongsun Xu smiled and said, "Why do you seem to be more anxious than me? Could it be that you are in a hurry to go to the city to claim credit? Hahaha."

"What does the general mean?" Everyone was a little terrified, as if they had been told something was on their minds, but they were all old fritters who were used to big scenes, so they still knew what to do in this situation.

"Wait, I'm waiting for the follow-up troops." Gongsun Xu said: "I mobilized [-] troops to take Hejian in one fell swoop, but you also know that marching [-] troops in this dark night is very difficult." Troublesome things, I have to delay the meeting a lot.

If the enemy finds out, not only will I not be able to attack, but you will also suffer, so it is better for us to wait a little longer. I am not sure, and I don't want to continue to take risks in the city. You should have heard that Cao Cao It's about Puyang. "

"Ah, uh,,,,,," everyone didn't know how to answer, and they all pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't speak.

After waiting for more than half an hour, there was finally a shout of killing from the east. Gongsun Xu looked at the sky and said dissatisfiedly: "It's a bit late than the agreed time. Bujun's work is a bit unreliable. It seems that this kind of thing should be left to It would be better for Zilong or Ziyi to do it."

"General, what is this voice?"

"Oh, it's all right, don't worry everyone, I have already sent people to attack the east gate, and there must be news soon, by the way, let's go into the city now."

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Xu commanded the army to enter the city, but the first thing he did after entering the city was to take over the city wall, [-] cavalry defended outside the city, and [-] soldiers from the trapped camp set up defenses on the top of the city. After finishing these things , Gongsun Xu made no further moves.

The day was getting brighter, and the battle at the east gate was gradually coming to an end. When Wen Chou sent someone to report the results of the battle, Gongsun Xu ordered the army to enter the city. However, no one seemed to notice the faces of the heads of these aristocratic families. Kind of weird.

(End of this chapter)