The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 376 The Plan of Falsehood and Reality
Zhou Yu left a thousand archers to defend the city. He saw that Li Yuan's army had no ladders, so he was not worried that Li Yuan would use ladders to climb, so he brought the remaining [-] soldiers to the city, ready to face the advancing trapped camp.

"Put logs behind the city gate, and don't be easily attacked by Li Yuan's army," Zhou Yu commanded the soldiers while walking, "One thousand spearmen are in the front, and three thousand sword shield soldiers are in the back. When the enemy comes in, the spearmen immediately attack The enemy attacks, using the advantage of the spear to prevent the enemy from approaching."

"General Zhou, why did you deploy the defense in the city so quickly? Is the enemy going to attack?" Chen Wu, who was stationed at the east gate, saw that Zhou Yu had already started to deploy the defense in the city, so he couldn't help asking.

"That's right, under Li Yuan's command there is an elite army called the Trapped Faction. They wear heavy armor and have a very strong defense. Our bows and arrows can't hurt them at all." Zhou Yu suddenly found that Chen Wu was idle, feeling a little strange, "Zi Lie Why are you so idle, haven't the enemies at the east gate launched an attack yet?"

"No, the attack has already been launched," Chen Wugang shook his head after finishing speaking, "No, it is better to say that they are feigning an attack rather than launching an attack. The enemy soldiers retreated after charging, and this happened several times in a row. It's not like siege."

"Fake attack?" Zhou Yu felt a little strange. If Li Yuan was determined to capture Wu County, he would launch the most violent attack. Not only the north gate must be attacked, but also the east gate and west gate must be attacked at the same time, so as to give them enough pressure. "Who is the enemy general responsible for attacking the east gate?"

"It's Huang Zhong."

"Huang Zhong is a famous general under Li Yuan, so he shouldn't be so incompetent." Zhou Yu glanced at Ximen, "Is Ximen also a feint?"

In order to find out the situation, Zhou Yu sent someone to Ximen to inquire about the information.After a while, the soldiers who went to inquire about the information came back and reported: "General Zhou, General Ling Cao who is stationed at the west gate also said that the enemy is feigning an attack."

"Who is the enemy general who attacked Ximen?"

"It's Ji Ling."

"Ji Ling is a famous general in Jingzhou, and he is not incompetent. Both Huang Zhong and Ji Ling used feint attacks. It seems that this is Li Yuan's order." Zhou Yu frowned.

"Since this is the case, we might as well concentrate our troops to guard the north gate. Anyway, Huang Zhong and Ji Ling are feigning attacks, and the troops at the east gate and west gate can be appropriately reduced." Chen Wu suggested.

"No," Zhou Yu denied Chen Wu's proposal, "Li Yuan is a great master in the art of war. He used false and real tactics to deal with me. The so-called real is false, and virtual is real. Now he seems to be mainly attacking the north gate, pretending to attack the east and west gates. It may be that we want to attract all our troops to the north gate, and then find an opportunity for Huang Zhong and Ji Ling to attack the east and west gates at the same time, so that I can prevent myself from being rescued in time, so the troops of the east and west gates cannot be easily mobilized .”

"Li Yuan is really cunning, so how should we deal with it?" Chen Wu already regarded Li Yuan as a treacherous villain.

"Let's wait and see what happens. It's not too difficult to defend the north gate now. The troops of the east gate and west gate will not be mobilized for the time being. You should return to your post immediately and don't let Huang Zhong take advantage of it." Zhou Yu thought for a while. , or decided to remain unchanged in response to all changes, because he couldn't figure out what Li Yuan was thinking.

In fact, Li Yuan's tactic is to reduce the casualties of the soldiers. He believes that by trapping the camp, he can break through the North Gate in a short time, but Huang Zhong and Ji Ling don't have a camp to use, so they will definitely meet With great resistance, the loss of soldiers would be high, so he simply asked Huang Zhong and Ji Ling to feint to attack the east and west gates. Firstly, it could disperse Zhou Yu's defense force, and secondly, it could reduce the casualties of his soldiers. This can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

If it is replaced by someone else's false plan, it may not be successful, because the smarter the person, the more suspicious. If it is replaced by an ordinary general and sees Li Yuan using a feint attack to attack the east and west gates, then this general will definitely use his troops. Concentrate on the north gate and focus on defending the north gate. This will greatly increase the difficulty for Li Yuan to attack the north gate, and feint attacks will be useless.

However, Zhou Yu is different. Zhou Yu thinks more, is more comprehensive and thoughtful than others, so he always keeps a hand to guard against the enemy, because he can't guess whether Huang Zhong and Ji Ling are really feinting or fake, so he dare not move easily. The soldiers and horses on both sides made Li Yuan's plan succeed.

Sometimes being too smart and thinking too much will become the reason for failure. Li Yuanzheng decided to use this strategy because he knew Zhou Yu's character too well. Even Xi Zhicai did not expect this strategy to have such a miraculous effect.

Zhou Yu had just set up his defenses when the city gate suddenly made a loud bang, and a piece of the huge and heavy wooden door bulged, and sawdust and dust kept falling from it, and the debris was all over the ground. Everyone was attracted by the sound, Sun Ce yelled in the city: "Gong Jin, the trapped camp is about to attack, get ready to meet the enemy!"

As soon as Sun Ce said a few words, he coughed. He was seriously injured and had to recuperate in the mansion, but because the soldiers were approaching the city, he had to come out to command the battle, and he had to use his energy to shout a few words.

Zhou Yu broke out in cold sweat when he heard the words. He never thought that the city gate would be breached so quickly. In less than an hour, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been tricked. He should have transferred all the troops from the east and west gates here. Thinking of this, he immediately recruited a soldier and told him to let Zhou Tai and Ling Cao lead the soldiers to help.

Just as Zhou Yu finished speaking, the second impact of the crash had already come. This time the city gate was damaged even more severely. Half of the front of the crashed car had already crashed into it. The iron-covered city gate could not withstand the two impacts. This was completely beyond Zhou Yu's expectations. He felt that the ram used by Li Yuan was different from ordinary rams. The ram used by Li Yuan was not only taller and bigger, but even the sharpened logs were wrapped in iron sheets, and they were also spiral-shaped. When the car crashes and runs, the whole log also rotates, which greatly enhances the impact force.

Thanks to Zhou Yu asking the soldiers to push the logs behind the gate, otherwise the city gate would have been smashed down. He took out his long sword and shouted: "Everyone draw out your weapons and get ready to meet the enemy!"

"Boom!" The third impact of the crash completely smashed through the city gate, and several logs behind the city gate were knocked into the air, and countless pieces of sawdust flew towards the soldiers. With less resistance, the crashed car rushed in and stopped within a few steps.

Zhou Yu and the soldiers under his command were nervously waiting for the enemy to attack, but the enemy still didn't charge in after a long time. He felt a little strange, and asked Sun Ce in the city: "Bo Fu, what is going on here? Why? The enemy hasn't attacked yet?"

(End of this chapter)