The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 561
"Back to the general, Xiahou Dun only brought [-] cavalry into the woods to search, and the rest of the cavalry were led by other generals to move forward, so their losses were so small." A scout replied, although their ability to inquire about information is very good, but It is also impossible to know that there is a general named Man Chong beside Xiahou Dun.

"So that's the case. It seems that that person is also a cautious person, otherwise Xiahou Dun's cavalry army will be wiped out." Zhou Yu felt a little sorry, but he was not too disappointed.

After another half an hour, Xiahoudun's army finally arrived at Xiaopei. When he remembered that he had been caught in Zhou Yu's trick just now, he was very angry and wanted to challenge Zhou Yu. Come on, I was hit by the enemy's trick just now, morale will inevitably be a little low, and everyone is tired, it is not wise to challenge Zhou Yu at this time, let's set up camp first."

Although Xiahou Dun was not angry, he knew that Man Chong was right, and because he had fallen for it because he didn't listen to Man Chong's words, he felt a little guilty, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I will obey your words."

Xiahou Dun gave up challenging Zhou Yu and let the soldiers set up camp.After Zhou Yu learned that Xiahou Dun's army was coming, he hurried to the top of the city to wait and see. Seeing Xiahou Dun leading the cavalry camping, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that there is a calm person around Xiahou Dun who calmed him down. I'm afraid I'm going to design him again this time." It's a bit difficult."

"What does General Zhou mean by that?" Wei Yan walked to Zhou Yu's side.

"Xiahoudun is an impulsive and irritable person, so it won't be too difficult to get him caught. Two hours ago, I used fire to plot against him in the woods not far away, causing him to lose nearly [-] cavalry. At this time, he He should be very irritable and eager to take revenge, but now instead of coming to the city to challenge, he led the soldiers to set up a camp. I don't think he suddenly became smarter, but he has someone with a calm mind to assist him, otherwise he will definitely come to me .” Zhou Yu used to work with Xiahou Dun, so he knew Xiahou Dun very well.

"Where is Liao Hua?"

"The last general is here!" Liao Hua immediately came out, he was the prefect of Xiaopei, but at this time Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and his military rank was much higher than him, so even if he was the prefect, he had to obey Zhou Yu's military orders, not only him, but also present Generals such as Tai Shici and Wei Yan all listened to Zhou Yu.

"I order you to attack Xiahou Dun's camp tonight." Zhou Yu ordered.

"Attack Xiahou Dun's camp at night?" Liao Hua felt a little inappropriate, "With Xiahou Dun's ability, he will definitely be prepared, and our night attack may not be successful."

"General Zhou, I think Prefect Liao is right." Wei Yan, Tai Shici and others also believed that Xiahou Dun's camp should not be attacked at night, and Xiahou Dun's troops were all cavalry, and they would not even have a chance to escape if they were ambushed.

Zhou Yu explained: "Don't worry, I, Zhou Yu, will not be so stupid to really attack at night. I want you to use exhaustion to prevent them from resting. There are still 1000 cavalry in the city. Liao Hua, you divide the cavalry Five squads, each with [-] people, will be dispatched every half an hour from midnight, but every time you dispatch, you don’t need to attack Xiahou Dun’s camp, and you will return to the city immediately when you are fifty steps away from Xiahou Dun’s camp.”

Although Li Yuanjun didn't have many war horses, besides the Flying Cavalry Army, he also formed a cavalry team of 5000 men for Zhou Yu to use. He knew that Zhou Yu would definitely come in handy.

"Hahahaha, General Zhou's plan is excellent. In this way, Xiahoudun will be harassed by us all night and cannot sleep peacefully. The soldiers will become listless, and their combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced." Wei Yan laughed loudly.

Cheng Yu suddenly said, "I have a better suggestion."

"Prefect Cheng, please tell me." Zhou Yu knew that Cheng Yu was no less resourceful than himself, and that he was an important minister who had followed Li Yuan for a long time, so he respected him a lot.

"In order to allow Prefect Liao to get a full rest, we can arrange five generals to attack respectively. The first four times were all fake sneak attacks, and the fifth time was a real sneak attack. Xiahou Dun will definitely relax his vigilance after four fake sneak attacks, so the last time A sneak attack on us has a great chance of success." Cheng Yu made a supplement to Zhou Yu's strategy of exhausting troops.

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he thought what Cheng Yu said was absolutely right, and he agreed: "Cheng Yu's words are reasonable, in this case, Liao Hua was responsible for the first surprise attack, Huang Gai was responsible for the second surprise attack, and the third surprise attack Han Dang is in charge, Chen Wu is in charge of the fourth sneak attack, and the fifth sneak attack is..."

"General Zhou, please send me there!" Zhou Tai and Zhu Huan said almost at the same time.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhu Huan and Zhou Tai to be so active, he was a bit embarrassed for a while, in fact, he had ulterior motives in choosing someone to attack at night, he arranged Liao Hua first, that was because Liao Hua was the prefect of Xiaopei, and The ability is good, so give him a chance to perform.

The next three Zhou Yu were all Jiangdong generals. Although Li Yuan trusted him very much, he, Huang Gai and others belonged to the Jiangdong faction and had not made much contribution, so he deliberately arranged for them to attack at night and let them show.

The first four are feints, and the last one is the real sneak attack, so it is the most important and the most credited. Zhou Yu is more inclined to let Zhou Tai play, but he has already used three Jiangdong generals. If the last one still uses Jiangdong General, he was afraid that others would think he was partial.Cheng Yu is so smart, he can see Zhou Yu's embarrassment at a glance, he said: "I have heard for a long time that Zhou Tai is a strong general in Jiangdong, with high martial arts skills, he is the most suitable to go."

Cheng Yu knew that Li Yuan would reuse Zhou Yu no matter what, so Jiangdong's generals were also a very important part, but he needed to give them more opportunities to perform if he wanted them to truly surrender, so he deliberately gave Zhou Tai the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. However, as for Zhu Huan was single-handedly promoted by him, he believed that Zhu Huan would not blame him for it.

Zhou Yu gave Cheng Yu a grateful look, and then said, "Although General Zhu Huan is still young, he is very skilled. Since you both want to attack Xiahou Dun so much, you can go together." Zhou Yu thought about it. A compromise is to let them go together, he knows that Zhu Huan is young and eager to make contributions, if he and Cheng Yu are too partial to Zhou Tai, he will feel dissatisfied, so he decided to let Zhu Huan go with Zhou Tai.

"The last general takes orders!" Zhou Tai and Zhu Huan clasped their fists at the same time.

In the evening, when Cheng Yu came to Zhu Huan's room, Zhu Huan hurriedly saluted and said, "See Governor Cheng."

"In private, we don't have to be so polite, Xiu Mu, will you blame me for taking sides with Zhou Tai regarding today's matter?" Cheng Yu helped Zhu Huan up.

"Cheng Taishou is serious. How can I blame you? It is thanks to you that you recommended me to General Wei for my current status. Otherwise, I, Zhu Huan, would not be reused." Although Zhu Huan is young, he is actually a very sensible man. people.

(End of this chapter)