Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 368
It is human nature, because the Han army had no way to verify the authenticity before, Liu Jian, a general of the Zhao army who had already contacted the Han army once, came to the Han army camp again with a letter of false surrender, and was looking forward to establishing Zheng Bu, the great leader of the Han army on the southern front, was really overjoyed, and couldn't help saying in his heart: "With such sincerity, do you really want to surrender?"

Such hope was ignited, of course Zheng Bu led Li Zuoche to summon the messenger sent by Liu Jian at the first time, saw Zhang Er personally supervised the letter of surrender written by Liu Jian, and then agreed with Zhang Er Seeing that there was hope of directly taking Julu Jiancheng, Zheng Bu's heart beat a little faster, and he almost wanted to applaud and ask the soldiers to drink three cups of wine.

It's okay, after all, he is an old man who has followed Xiang Kang for many years. He saw with his own eyes how many times Xiang Kang was abducted by shameless slander, false surrender and trickery, so no matter how excited he was, Zheng Bu still held his breath, and first read the letter carefully to make sure there was nothing suspicious, then handed the letter of request to Li Zuoche, and finally asked the envoy sent by Liu Jian : "Your General Liu Jian, how sure are you that you can directly open the Julu City Gate?"

"Marshal Zheng please rest assured, I dare not say [-]%, but at least [-]%." Liu Jian's messenger replied according to the instructions: "Because the defense of the north gate of Julu is controlled by our General Liu, and the soldiers guarding the gate are ours. Even if the general’s subordinates cannot guarantee that they will listen to our General Liu’s words, our General Liu can justifiably lead the army to approach the city gate, so even if we use force, our General Liu is more than [-]% sure to open the city gate and welcome us. Your army has entered the city."

Zheng Bu's heart became more and more secretly happy, and he hurriedly asked some other detailed questions, Liu Jian's messenger answered fluently without any flaws, and Zheng Bu was even more happy in his heart. After a little calculation, he asked the envoy sent by Liu Jian: "Since your general Liu has long intended to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and the defense of the north gate of Julu is under his control, and he can directly open the gate to dedicate the city at any time, why is your general Liu not here?" Open the door to offer the city tonight, why wait until tomorrow night?"

"Reporting to my lord, in fact, our general Liu really wants to open the door to offer the city directly tonight."

Liu Jian's messenger hurriedly replied: "But we, General Liu, have considered two more points. One is that you have only arrived in Julu today, and he will not have the opportunity to send a villain to contact you until evening. I am afraid that you will not be able to make preparations due to the rush of time. Second, Commander-in-Chief, your army has just arrived today. The bandit Zhang Er must be well-prepared tonight. He may send his cronies to patrol the four gates of Julu at any time. It is easy to cause trouble. That's why we, General Liu, decided to open the gate again tomorrow night. I dedicate the city to you."

Liu Jian's messenger's explanation was reasonable, and Zheng Bu couldn't help but believe it a little bit. Li Zuoche also nodded his head, approving: "General Liu is careful in his actions, and he is indeed a general. With him leading the army, our King of Han It’s really hard for the army not to take down Julu this time.”

After saying that, Li Zuoche cupped his hands again and said to Zheng Bu: "General Zheng, don't worry, General Liu Jian's sincerity in surrender is a lesson to be learned, we should seize this opportunity and take Julujian City in one fell swoop. Also, this strong man risked his life to go out of the city to deliver a letter and get in touch with us for General Liu, so we should reward him heavily."

Anyway, he was using Xiang Kang's money as a favor. Hearing Li Zuoche's words, Zheng Bu did not hesitate, and immediately asked his own soldiers to bring gold and jade to reward Liu Jian's messenger, and formally accepted Liu Jian's request to surrender, and promised to surrender in the future. The next night, troops were sent to steal the north gate of Julu, and Liu Jian's messenger was sent back to the city overnight to report the letter, so that Liu Jian could rest assured and prepare for the response.

Seeing that the Han army was finally fooled, the envoy sent by Liu Jian was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Zheng Bu, but when the envoy Liu Jian handed over his hand and offered to leave, Li Zuoche on the other side suddenly asked, "Strong man!" , I almost forgot a question, when will the troops sent by traitor Zhang Er to the northern front come back?"

"This..." Liu Jian's messenger was a little caught off guard, and he hesitated before replying: "My lord, forgive me, this is the secret of Zhang Er's thief, don't talk about villains, even General Liu doesn't know it, so Xiao People don't know when Zhang Er's reinforcements will come back."

"It's fine if you don't know." Li Zuoche waved his hand very easily, and said, "Anyway, we have sent scouts to investigate, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to grasp the movement of Zhang Er's traitor's reinforcements."

Liu Jian's messenger breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing that Li Zuoche was fine, he hurriedly bowed his hands and said goodbye, taking the gold and jade that Zheng Bu rewarded him and left happily. Of course Zheng Bu was also overjoyed. After leading out the big tent, Zheng Bu couldn't wait to say to Li Zuoche: "Mr. Guangwu, can you confirm it? If you confirm it, we will make arrangements as soon as possible, and try to take Julu City directly before the bandits return to help."

Li Zuoche didn't answer, but first walked to the front of the big tent of the Chinese army, confirmed that Liu Jian's courier had gone far away, and it was impossible to hear his words again, then he turned to Zheng Bu and said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, I can confirm. But unfortunately, the lower official just confirmed that Liu Jian Zhuzi came to lure the enemy with a false surrender, and his opening the door to offer the city tomorrow night is just a trap, if we fall for it, we will definitely suffer a loss."

"Is it a false surrender?" Zheng Bu was completely dumbfounded, and asked in surprise, "How did Mr. Guangwu see that it was a false surrender?"

"General, do you still remember the last question I asked?" Li Zuoche didn't answer the question, and then said: "The lower official asked the envoy sent by Liu Jian to ask for surrender, when will the reinforcements from the treacherous Prime Minister Zhang Er arrive? It is said that this is the secret of Zhang Er's traitor, even Liu Jian doesn't know about it, let alone him. Based on this, the lower official confirmed that Mr. Liu Jian was swindling to surrender to lure the enemy."

"How did Mr. Guangwu use this to confirm that it was a false surrender?"

Zheng Bu, who was not talented enough and didn't have so much flirtatiousness, could only ask for details, but Li Zuoche still refused to answer directly, and asked instead: "General Zheng, if you were a treacherous prime minister, facing the current situation, what would you do?" Will you block news about the reinforcements? Will you not tell the Julu defenders when the reinforcements will arrive?"

After thinking about it for a moment, Zheng Bu quickly replied: "If I were the traitor Zhang Er, I would never block the news. On the contrary, even if I am not sure, I will definitely tell the Julu defenders. Let me tell you when the reinforcements will arrive, because only in this way will the defenders of Julu have the confidence and morale to defend the city, and will not be shaken and panicked, and will not be dissatisfied."

"That's right, because of emotion and reason, there is absolutely no way for Zhang Er to block the news about the reinforcements!" Li Zuoche nodded vigorously, and then said: "Besides, Zhang Er is also familiar with the road geography of Zhao, and probably estimated the reinforcements. The time to come back is not difficult at all, and of course there is no need to conceal the news, let alone conceal the news from a general like Liu Jianpifu. Since it is absolutely impossible for the traitor Zhang Er to block the news, then the person sent by Liu Jianpifu Messenger, why did you lie to us? And for what purpose?"

"That guy just now was afraid that we would know that reinforcements from Zhao's bandit army would arrive at the Julu battlefield soon, so he didn't dare to take the risk of attacking Julu city!" Zheng Bu finally came to his senses.

"So I can be sure that Mr. Liu Jian is here to feign surrender." Li Zuoche replied with a smile: "If Mr. Liu Jian sincerely asks to surrender, even if he knows that Zhang Er's reinforcements will arrive soon, he will definitely not Let his envoy to surrender lie to deceive us, since his envoy did not tell the truth, then needless to say, Liu Jianpifu's initiative to surrender must be a fraudulent surrender!"

Almost being fooled, Zheng Bu's face turned dark, but after thinking about it, Zheng Bu immediately turned his anger into joy, and said with a smirk: "That's fine, since it's confirmed that it's a false surrender, then we'll just follow the plan and kill him instead." Zhao Guo's bandit army suffered heavy casualties!"

Li Zuoche clapped his hands and said yes, at the moment Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche ignored the darkness of the night, and quickly discussed how to plan and give Julu defenders a surprise.However, when deducing the ambush tactics of the Zhao army, Li Zuoche gradually frowned and said to himself: "That's not right, how does the traitor Zhang Er plan to ambush us? Arrange an ambush in the city and use a thousand-jin gate Cut off the return route of our army entering the city? He is not afraid that there will be more troops entering the city, so that we can really take down the city gate and open the way in? Just laying an ambush in the urn city can kill hundreds of our soldiers, Is it worth his effort to use Liu Jian, who has not been exposed before? It should be in his favor to use Liu Jian to feign surrender when the reinforcements arrive and the combat troops are sufficient?"

"Could it be that they want to lure us to the north gate, and then suddenly send troops out from the east and west gates, and attack from the north gate at the same time, attacking our army from three sides?" Zheng Bu proposed a possibility.

"This may be very small." Li Zuoche immediately shook his head and said, "Zhang Erpifu has always acted cautiously, and would never take the risk of sending troops from the three city gates at the same time, using a large number of Julu's main defenders to fight us in a night field battle. Besides, he must be very clear that even if we fall into the trap, we will definitely leave a rear army outside the city just in case, and even send troops to monitor the other gates of Julu. He sent too many troops out of the city to attack us. It is definitely too risky to say, he will not bet all his belongings for an ambush that cannot determine the outcome."

"Then will he arrange an ambush outside the city in advance? Attack us from front to back?" Zheng Bu suggested another possibility.

With Zhang Er's treacherous and cautious, it is absolutely impossible to take the risk of dispatching too many troops to ambush outside the city without any protection. Li Zuoche just wanted to shake his head to deny this possibility, but suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Wait, the North Gate The north gate? The north gate of Julu is the closest battlefield to the reinforcements of Prime Minister Zhang Erjian! Could it be said that Prime Minister Zhang Erjian wants his reinforcements to sneak south and act as an ambush outside Julu City, attacking our army back and forth? ?”

"How is it possible?" Zheng Bu couldn't believe it, and said, "There are tens of thousands of Zhao Guo's bandit troops going south, how could they escape the eyes of our scouts?"

"It may not be impossible!" Li Zuoche replied decisively: "The range of our scouts is only [-] miles. If Zhang Er Zexiang asked his northern army to select elite soldiers to form an army, it is completely possible Maybe before dawn tomorrow, sneak to the hidden place in the north of Julu, and wait for the scouts of our army to shrink the detection range, and then continue to send troops south. We are absolutely sure to arrive at the northern suburb of Julu before midnight, and then we only need to They planned to steal the city, and they suddenly rushed out from behind, and the defenders in Julu City also took the opportunity to rush out from the north gate, even if we can't annihilate our stealing army, they are absolutely sure to win the battle and boost the morale of the army!"

Zheng Bu was tongue-tied and pondered for a while before saying, "Can you confirm this?"

"Insufficient information, I can't confirm it." Li Zuoche shook his head helplessly, and said: "However, considering all aspects, it is very likely that Zhang Er's traitor will do this, so I think we might as well take a gamble. That's how the traitor Zhang Er made the arrangement. Let our attacking army tomorrow night give priority to dealing with the enemies who are most likely hiding in the northern suburbs of Julu, and try our best to give priority to annihilating this bandit army that must be composed of elites. The bet lost It's a waste of hard work, but if we gamble correctly, our next battle will definitely be much easier!"

After careful calculation for a while, I realized that even if I didn't make such a gamble, I must mobilize a sufficient number of troops to guard against the Julu defenders who might suddenly burst out from the east and west gates. Li Zuoche's guess and analysis are correct, once he succeeds, the harvest will be extremely rich.Zheng Bu also nodded quickly, and said, "Okay, let's take a gamble. The big deal is that our soldiers will have to work hard. Anyway, we have enough troops. Even if we send a large number of troops to the north, we don't have to worry about it." Zhao Guo's rebel army took the opportunity to attack our camp."

In this way, relying entirely on deduction and guesswork, Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche discussed a tactic that night, and decided to dispatch [-] troops to sneak northward on the second night and go to the north of Julu City to execute it. The battle plan was to ensure that sufficient troops were available on the Julu North Gate battlefield. At the same time, the Han cavalry led by Guan Ying was dispatched to the camp ahead of time, ready to reinforce the northern front at any time in case of emergency.

The night passed quickly, and the next day was just full of light, and the Han army had already started preparing for the night battle. The troops preparing for the battle had to rest in advance early, so as to build up their physical strength for the night battle. At the same time, they prepared enough dry food, torches, and drinking water early. Fortunately, the current strength of the Han army is sufficient, and it has not affected the reinforcement of the camp and other preparations for the battle.During the period, the Julu defenders also stayed behind closed doors, and the two armies lived in peace for the time being.

But there is also something that worries Zheng Bu, that is, during the Han army scouts going north to investigate, they have never found any signs of the enemy lurking in the northern suburbs of Julu. Zheng Bu also has to worry that his painstaking efforts will really be in vain. It was hard work, but Li Zuoche didn't take it seriously, and pointed out: "If Zhang Er's treacherous Prime Minister's army really divides up and goes south, they will definitely try their best to hide their tracks and won't let our scouts find them easily. Although the north of Julu is a plain, there are forests and lakes. There are many, there are hiding places for Zhang Er's army everywhere, and our scouts didn't find it very normal."

Li Zuoche's analysis only made Zheng Bu doubtful, but fortunately, even if the Zhao army did not split up and rush to join the battle as Li Zuoche had guessed, the Han army still had the opportunity to deal with the Julu defenders, no matter how hard they tried. At least there was a chance to kill chickens with a knife, so after it was dark, under the command of Zhong Limei and other generals, the [-] Han troops still lined up to go out of the camp, and under the cover of night, sneaked to the north of Julu City to implement the battle plan. Then at halfway through the second watch, Guan Ying also personally led more than ten thousand Han troops out of the camp, and lined up outside the camp to wait for orders, going north at any time to join the battle or to support them.

The cavalry of the Han army had just left the camp to assemble, and Zhong Limei also led the Han army out of the camp and rushed to the outside of the north gate of Julu. Then according to the tactical arrangement of Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche, Zhong Limei immediately divided half of the troops into two teams. Lurking in the northeast and northwest corners of Julu City, it not only prevents the Julu defenders from attacking from the east and west gates, but also always prepares to pinch the enemy who may attack from the north.Zhong Limei led the main force to lurk outside the north gate of Julu, patiently waiting for the enemy in the city to open the door to lure the enemy.

At this moment, it would be a lie to say that you are not nervous. Zheng Bu was nervous in the camp of the Han army, for fear that the Han army would make mistakes in the night battle. Those who can fight at night are all strong Han soldiers. Even if the main force lost several hundred soldiers, it would be enough to make Zheng Bu feel distressed for a long time.

It looked calm and relaxed on the surface, but in fact Li Zuoche was more nervous than Zheng Bu, because Zheng Bu had listened to Li Zuoche's analysis and speculation before he arranged this tactic in this battle of the Han army. Apart from saying that Li Zuoche must be disgraced, Zheng Bu is also determined not to listen to Li Zuoche's words.

There are people who are more nervous. In fact, at this moment, Zhang Er, the big boss of the Han army's battle, has already personally arrived at the North Gate City of Julu, looking down at the dark wilderness outside Julu City. Far above Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche and others.

On the contrary, Zhong Limei, the Han army who led the army to fight, was very relaxed, slapping the mosquitoes and waiting hard, Zhong Limei turned his head to look at the wilderness to the north from time to time, muttering in a low voice, "Is there really a bandit army in ambush? Old Zheng shouldn't be The analysis is wrong, let us work hard for nothing, shall we? If so many troops are dispatched, and the last trip is for nothing, and there is nothing to gain, isn’t this general feeding the mosquitoes for nothing?”

The time suddenly became longer, and it continued to pass by every minute and every second. Finally, the sound of clappers in the third watch came from Julu City, and Zhang Er, who seemed to be closing his eyes to rest, immediately opened his eyes and turned to the neighbor next to him. Liu Jian pouted, Liu Jian understood, and immediately held the torch and ran to the arrow stack at the city gate, threw the torch heavily outside the city, and sent a response signal, because he was afraid that the Han army would not see it, Liu Jian threw it out one after another in one breath Lighted several torches.

At the same time, under the order of Zhang Er's personal soldiers, the gate soldiers also opened the gate of the north gate of Julu and the gate of Wengcheng successively. Then Zhang Er, Liu Jian and others were overjoyed that they just saw the gate opened , Many black shadows rushed out of the dark night, striding directly to the bridge on the moat, and then directly to the city gate that had been opened wide, Zhang Er was so excited that his whole body was shaking, Liu Jian also rushed to it immediately Next to the Qianjin gate, ready to lower the Qianjin gate at any time to cut off the road for the Han army entering the city...

At the same time, Zhong Limei, the general of the Han army who led the army to guard the city outside the city, turned his head to look north at the first time, and saw that the north was still dark, and after seeing no one, Zhong Limei frowned, secretly said: "Is it really necessary to make a trip for nothing?"

Disappointment and worry were useless. At this point, Zhongli Mo had no way of turning back. He could only wave his hand and let some soldiers of the Han army near the city gate light their torches and shout loudly, as if they were about to charge. Zhang Er and Liu Jian and the others also immediately grinned grinningly, as if they had seen the beautiful scene of the Han army rushing into the urn city and turning them into turtles in the urn.

Of course, there must be accidents. After the Han army commando entered the city at the end of the corridor at the north gate of Julu, there was no one in sight, let alone Liu Jian, the general of the Zhao army who was supposed to be here, and he immediately understood. It was the enemy's trick, and they immediately ran back and forth for their lives, and deliberately shouted, "We've been tricked! There's an ambush! There's an ambush! We've been tricked!"

"Exposed!" Hearing the shouts of the soldiers of the Han army in the Wengcheng, Zhang Er's heart sank at first, but at this point he couldn't turn back, and could only resolutely give up the idea of ​​using the Wengcheng to destroy some of the enemies first. Immediately he yelled, "Light it on! Don't release the Qianjin gate, let our ambush go straight out!"

More than a dozen torches were thrown onto the firewood piled up on the top of the city wall almost at the same time. The firewood drenched with tung oil ignited immediately, and immediately ignited a huge fire. Countless soldiers stood out of the city and shot arrows wildly at the soldiers of the Han army who had not had time to escape from the urn.

Immediately afterwards, the streets near the north gate of Julu City, which was originally pitch black, were immediately filled with torches. Countless Zhao soldiers rushed out shouting, and rushed directly to the city gate corridor with torches, preparing to rush out of the city and attack the people outside the city. The Han army launched an attack.

After all, he is a veteran in the battlefield. Just when he saw the fire on the top of the city, Zhong Limo immediately woke up and shouted: "This is a signal! There are enemies behind us, this is absolutely true!"

"Kill—!"

Sure enough, I just saw the north gate city of Julu on fire, and there was a lot of killing in the distance to the north behind the Han army. Countless torches and banners appeared, and they rushed towards the back of the Han army. Zhongli saw it Laughing, "It's not in vain, I can finally kill one tonight!"

(End of this chapter)