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"General Zhang~~~"
In the general hall, Ji Sang knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
Fuying and Fuxiong were seated separately, looking at Jisang like a savage with gloomy expressions. From time to time, they glanced at Zhanggui, who was sitting in the seat with his back to everyone.
After a long time, Zhang Gui asked: "Jisang, you didn't respect my orders and sent troops without authorization, which caused the defeat of our army and the annihilation of our entire army. You even lost two generals in the army. According to military law, you deserve the death penalty!"
Ji Sang Wenyan was shocked and pleaded: "General Zhang, it was wrong for me to send troops without authorization, but I only wanted to serve the emperor and defeat Dongyi. How could I have imagined that the enemy ambushed tens of thousands of troops around Lu City, which led to a great defeat? This ...It’s not all the fault of the general!”
After saying that, he looked at Fu Ying who was sitting beside him, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General Fu, please say a few words for the last general!"
Fuying closed her eyes and ignored him.
It's not that he didn't want to plead for Ji Sang, but he didn't expect that Ji Sang's valuables would be wiped out by Dongyi's army. How could he have the courage to speak?
As long as Jisang can bring back half of the soldiers and horses, he can bite the bullet and say something, but you are the only one in the whole army who has come back alive, how can you have the nerve to plead for mercy?
Fuxiong on the other side had the same idea, and was unwilling to plead with Zhang Gui, for fear of angering Zhang Gui, and if he had a copy of his book in front of Honglin, the problem would be troublesome.
Seeing that no one was interceding for him, Ji Sang suddenly felt that the sky was about to fall, and he couldn't help shouting: "General Zhang! I was defeated and suffered, and I died without complaint!"
But Dongyi's tens of thousands of troops marched to Lucheng, and no one but the last general could bear it! "
Hearing this, Zhang Gui turned around and patted the table: "Lucheng is just a small town, how can we deploy tens of thousands of troops? And judging from past intelligence, the Dongyi troops on land only have more than ten thousand troops at most. So far, there are still You dare to quibble so wildly, do you really think that this general doesn’t know how to fight?"
Ji Sang saw that his thoughts had been revealed, but he still said stubbornly: "If General Ruozhang doesn't believe it, you can go and find out in person!"
Zhang Gui: "Of course I, the general, will go and investigate in person! You violated military orders first and were defeated in Lucheng. I will take you into custody first and send you to the capital soon to hand you over to the emperor for condemnation! Someone come and capture him!" "
Soon, two soldiers from the Ruijian Battalion grabbed Ji Sang, one on the left and the other on the right, and took him down.
After Ji Sang left, Zhang Gui said: "General Gu Ertai on the left, General Fuying on the right, please gather our troops and horses and go with me to Lucheng to investigate the enemy's situation!"
"As you command!"
"Fuxiong, the governor of Xinzhou, stick to our formation and be responsible for transporting grain, grass and baggage for our army!"
"As you command!"
"Instruct all armies to prepare food at the third watch tomorrow and set off at the fifth watch! Send troops to Lu City!"
"yes!"
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At the Lucheng defense line, Yue Shaomu looked at the cleaned battlefield and the burned enemy camp, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Sun Zhong saw Yue Shaomu's frown on his side and couldn't help but ask: "General Yue, the enemy has retreated, why are you still depressed?"
Yue Shaomu said: "I heard that the name of the general of the Jin Army this time is Zhang Gui. Although he is nearly sixty years old, he is very good at using troops. Even if he defeats the enemy's forward this time, he will definitely lead his own army to come to Lucheng. , we have to guard against this.”
When Sun Zhong heard this, his face was full of disdain: "General Yue, why should you worry about this? What if you are a famous general? Your Majesty once said that in the face of absolute strength, there is nothing that a famous general can do."
Yue Shaomu: "Having said that, there are currently more than 200,000 enemy troops, and the available troops in my hands are only a thousand. Once Zhang Gui knows that our troops are insufficient, he will kill them at all costs. When the time comes, How to deal with the enemy?"
This is also true. The Han army has truly surpassed the Golden Army in terms of armor, technological level, and even military quality.
But now there are only a thousand people, facing an enemy force that is more than a hundred times larger. Yue Shaomu is not confident that a thousand people can defeat an army of 200,000 people from a frontal battlefield.
Unless Lu Ziming quickly disrupts the situation in the south, joins forces with Gan Ziba's navy, and after controlling the water transportation route, he may be able to defeat the enemy by returning to Lucheng.
But this will take time, and time waits for no one right now.
Hearing this, Sun Zhong nodded and suddenly had a plan: "General Yue, the last general has a plan that may confuse Zhang Gui!"
Hearing this, Yue Shaomu asked curiously: "Huh? Tell me."
Sun Zhongdao said: "The general can collect more pots and troops from the city, and plant the flag at the top of the city. This can be a trick to delay Zhang Gui's advance and buy time for General Lu and others to control the Cao Canal."
Yue Shaomu pondered for a moment and nodded in response: "This is a very good plan. Immediately summon the sergeants to collect pots, pans, and urns from the people in the city and send them to the army. Remember not to disturb the people. All supplies must be paid with money and food to prevent the people from being angry with us. Dislike."
Sun Zhong punched his left chest: "General Yue, please rest assured and promise not to disturb the people at all!"
"Go ahead."
After Sun Zhong left, Yue Shaomu turned around and walked to the simple open-air sand table that had just been set up, and then inserted a dead branch in the lower left corner.
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At noon the next day, Zhang Gui personally led the 50,000-strong army to the Han army's garrison five miles outside Lucheng.
"Beat the drums and the whole army will stop and set up camp on the spot."
The Jin soldiers cut down trees on the spot to set up camp. At the same time, Zhang Gui took the generals on his left and right and climbed up to explore the direction of Lucheng.
Suddenly, smoke curled up from the Han army camp.
When Guertai saw this, he immediately said: "I think it must be the Dongyi camp."
Fuying took a look and said: "With so much smoke, it seems that the number of enemy troops is tens of thousands as Ji Sang said?"
Seeing this, Zhang Gui chuckled and shook his head: "This is the enemy's plan to spread suspicion."
Fuying was stunned: "Why do you see it?"
Zhang Gui pointed to the chimney smoke and said: "The most taboo thing among marchers is leaking the internal affairs of the camp. Dongyi has repeatedly defeated our Jin army, not only because our Jin army is incompetent, but also because the commanders of the enemy armies are also people who are well versed in the art of war.
However, now he is making food under the eyes of our army with great fanfare and no concealment, so there must be a fraud. The so-called army of tens of thousands is either Ji Sang's exaggeration or it is Dongyi's plan to spread suspicion among the soldiers.
Let Tan Ma come forward and have a look to find out whether it is true or false. "
But Guertai pointed to the commanding flag of Lu City in the distance and said: "General Zhang, there are many flags on Lu City, I am afraid there are no less than ten thousand heroes."
"This is all a trick to mislead the enemy," Zhang Gui said. "The general put his flag on the city wall to make us mistakenly think that the enemy's troops are strong and our horses are strong. Fu'er did not dare to attack them. We sent our scouting horses to investigate and we will find out."
Fuying and Guertai heard this, thought for a moment, and then nodded in unison. Zhang Gui was indeed a veteran on the battlefield.
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"wrong!"
Looking at the smoke from the kitchen, Yue Shaomu suddenly realized something was wrong.
Sun Zhong asked: "What happened to General Yue?"
Yue Shaomu: "Zhang Gui has been on the battlefield for many years. I'm afraid I can't hide such a blatant conspiracy from him."
Then he said: "Immediately mobilize dozens of troops and horses to ambush half of the way. If the enemy detects the horse, be sure to kill it. Let Zhang Qi and Wu Tong each lead thirty horses to gallop back and forth in the rear, raising smoke and dust to confuse the enemy." military."
"Here!"
