It is said that Zhao Chen ordered Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao, and Chen Dao to take turns to go to Jucheng to provoke and call for battle. Xiao Jian followed Huang Qing's suggestion and held on to the city without leaving. Zhao Chen's army was left shouting in vain for several days, while the people in Jucheng The soldiers were already resentful.
When Xiao Jian boarded the tower again to check the situation, Zhao Chen's army suddenly disappeared without a trace. Even the scouts who had been scattered in the past few days did not return.
Many soldiers thought that Zhao Chen's army could not take advantage, so they withdrew. They had no way to vent their resentment and could only suppress it by force.
Seeing that Xiao Jian was very uneasy, Huang Qing suggested: "It is better for the Prime Minister to send more scouts, not only to check the camp of Zhao Chen's army, but also to check in several directions around Jucheng to confirm whether Zhao Chen's army is there." Literally evacuated.”
Xiao Jian followed his plan and immediately sent out four waves of scouts.
About half an hour later, the scouts from the southwest came back first.
The scouts in the southwest reported: "Zhao Chen's camp is empty, and all materials and personnel have been evacuated. No trace of Zhao Chen's army has been found in the three miles surrounding the camp."
Xiao Jian thought for a while and asked Huang Qing: "Could it be that Zhao Chen's army saw that I couldn't wait to leave the city to fight, so he led his army back?"
Huang Qing shook his head and replied: "We can't make a conclusion yet. We will wait until the other scouts come back before making a judgment."
Xiao Jian agreed.
After another half an hour, scouts from the northeast came in a hurry.
The scout reported: "Ten miles northeast, traces of Zhao Chen's army were found, heading towards the cities."
Xiao Jian was shocked when he heard this: "Zhucheng is the second largest city in Langya Kingdom, and it is the most important position to resist Yuan Tan in Qingzhou. If Zhao Chen attacks from behind, it is very likely to break the city."
At this point, Huang Qing suddenly figured it out.
Zhao Chen had spent so much time before, constantly asking various generals to come to the city in turn to provoke him. Even if the soldiers in Jucheng refused to fight, they would not stop.
It is nothing more than wanting the soldiers in Jucheng to develop a mindset. They always feel that after the sun goes down today, Zhao Chen's army will return to the camp to rest, and Zhao Chen's army will come back to provoke again tomorrow morning.
Until last night, Zhao Chen's army took advantage of the Jucheng soldiers to get used to it, then quietly bypassed Jucheng and went directly to Zhucheng.
Huang Qing also sighed: "This Zhao Chen is so courageous. He dares to cross Jucheng and take Zhucheng directly. I really think our army is afraid of him and dare not leave the city!"
Xiao Jian asked hurriedly: "What suggestions does Huang have?"
Huang Qing replied: "Prime Minister, Zhao Chen was sure that our army would not dare to leave the city and would not find him bypassing Jucheng. That's why he was so bold, ignoring the food road behind the general's army and making a desperate move to capture Zhucheng." . But how could Zhao Chen know that our army discovered his plan. Prime Minister, how long will it take if we don’t attack now? If our army attacks Zhao Chen’s army from behind at this moment, it will definitely catch him by surprise and win a complete victory. Soldiers We have been provoked for days and have been angry for a long time, so we just took them out to vent their anger to avoid chaos."
Xiao Jian was still a little worried, so he asked, "What if Zhao Chen's army fights back?"
"It doesn't matter. Even if our army retreats, it can cut off Zhao Chen's army's food route and make it impossible for Zhao Chen's army to return. Jucheng is located in a fortress. It is a taboo for military officers to bypass and attack. Zhao Chen dares to take this risk. Defeat is sealed.”
Xiao Jian was overjoyed when he heard it.
He immediately left three thousand soldiers to guard the city, and led the other five thousand soldiers to attack Zhao Chen's army.
The army was so powerful that after about half an hour, they arrived at the location ten miles northeast pointed by the scouts. Sure enough, they found a large number of footprints on the ground, facing the northeast.
The footprints are messy, and occasionally there are separated footprints on the trail.
Huang Qing smiled and said: "Prime Minister, this Zhao Chen's troops are nothing more than this. Our army has not responded to the battle for several days. The momentum of Zhao Chen's army has reached a low point, and there are even many deserters. If we pursue them now, we will definitely be able to kill them." Zhao Chen.”
After hearing this, Xiao Jian became more confident and led the army in a hurry.
As they chased all the way, they could always see the traces left by the army, but they never found Zhao Chen's army.
All the way to Heijiangou in the south of Zhucheng.
There are mountains on both sides of this place, and the passage in the ditch is so long and narrow that it can't carry more than ten people shoulder to shoulder, making it difficult for ordinary large carriages to pass.
Xiao Jian was chasing this place, and suddenly felt fear in his heart. He immediately reined in his horse and stopped, hesitating to move forward.
Huang Qing also realized that the terrain here was very unfavorable for marching. It was sunset and the light was dim. If there was an ambush, the army would be in crisis.
He quickly suggested: "Prime Minister, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. It is better to evacuate quickly."
Xiao Jian agreed and was about to order a retreat.
Suddenly a torch appeared in front of him, its faint flame swaying in the wind.
Xiao Jian and Huang Qing couldn't help but stepped forward to check.
Before he could even reach the front, there were sudden shouts of killing from both sides.
A large number of rolling logs and boulders fell down from the entrance of Heijian Valley, blocking the retreat of Xiao Jian's army.
Xiao Jian exclaimed: "No, there is indeed an ambush!"
At this time, Zhao Chen stood up from the top of the mountain, and Zhao Chen's troops who were ambushing on both sides also showed their faces.
Zhao Chen shouted from a distance: "Xiao Jian, it's not easy to get you out of the city."
Xiao Jian sighed: "After all, I fell into Zhao Chen's trick."
It turned out that Zhao Chen had made a plan to lure Xiao Jian out of the city a few days ago. He would first use the army to take turns calling for formation in front of the city, while the rest of the people camped to rest. This was used to confuse Xiao Jian and make Xiao Jian think that Zhao Chen's army had no way to attack and had to go back home. .
Then he pretended to sneak around Jucheng, took Zhucheng, and used the exposed grain road behind to lure Xiao Jian out of the city to attack.
Xiao Jian couldn't resist the temptation, so he had to go out of the city for a sneak attack, but fell into the trap.
For a time, rockets were fired from the mountain. Xiao Jian's army, which was trapped in Heijiangou, had nowhere to go and could only run around when the fire burned.
Countless people trampled on each other, and the number of casualties quickly increased.
Xiao Jian had no choice but to command the army to retreat while resisting arrows shot down from the mountain, wood and boulders rolling down.
About half an hour later, Xiao Jian organized people to move away the wood and rocks blocking the Heijian ditch.
When Zhao Chen saw this, he ordered the army to charge and kill.
On the left is Zhang Yide from Yan, and on the right is Chen Shuzhi from Runan, each leading an army of three thousand to attack Xiao Jian.
Wherever the army went, there was no resistance at all, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
Seeing this, Huang Qing drew his sword and faced Zhang Fei. After only one round, Zhang Fei stabbed him and knocked him off his horse.
Xiao Jian was shocked and desperately urged the army to retreat.
After finally escaping from Heijiangou, he went straight to Jucheng.
Zhao Chen behind him was not in a hurry to catch up. He gathered the army, counted the wounded, and arranged for prisoners.
Xiao Jian ran for thirty miles in one breath. When he turned around, he didn't see Zhao Chen's army chasing him, and he finally felt relieved.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Xiao Jian came to the foot of Ju City and shouted from a distance to open the city gate.
Suddenly the flags on the city were changed, and Zhang Liao came out from behind the parapet and replied: "Xiao Jian, Jucheng has been captured by our military advisers. Why don't you surrender quickly?"
Only then did Xiao Jian realize that he had led his troops out of Jucheng, but was attacked by Zhao Chen on the back.
Zhang Liao pretended that Xiao Jian's army was defeated and deceived him into opening the city gate.
The officers and soldiers in the city had no backbone. When they saw Zhang Liao leading his army into the city, they all surrendered.
This time, Jucheng was captured without a single blow.
At sunrise, Zhao Chen led the army back to Jucheng.
Zhang Liao led Xiao Jian, who was bound by his hands, to see Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen personally untied Xiao Jian and said: "Xiao Xiang, there is no need to do this. Langya Kingdom is originally the land of Xuzhou. My lord Liu Xuande is a clan member of the Han Dynasty and aims to revive the Han Dynasty. It is not a betrayal for Xiao Xiang to guard Jucheng for my lord." A big man."
Xiao Jian heard this and knelt down on one knee, sincerely convinced.
After taking Jucheng, Zhao Chen discovered that the food and grass supplies in the city were far more than he imagined.
No wonder Zang Ba has been thinking about it.
