Jia Xu watched Zhang He leave and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, everything is calculated.
He lived up to Wu Hou's trust.
However, Jia Xu quickly darkened his face.
Next, is the real battle.
The outcome of this battle is determined: Jiang Dong wins, Yuan Shao loses!
Moreover, it can give Jiangdong at least two years of rest and recuperation time.
Yuan Shao will never dare to invade again in a short period of time.
However, it can only last for so long.
The Yuan Shao family has a great cause.
Just say that the army outside Shouchun City is less than half of Yuan Shao's generals.
Even far less than half.
Because, it can be seen that those dispatched this time are all well-trained elite soldiers.
It can be seen at a glance that there are no prisoners who are just pretending to be prisoners.
It didn't take long for Yuan Shaocai to capture Youzhou Gongsun Zan, only two years.
It can be judged that the Youzhou soldiers captured by Yuan Shao were either training in Hebei or temporarily disbanded.
In this case, given Yuan Shao a certain amount of time, Yuan Shao is fully capable of making a comeback.
The best way is to strike while the iron is hot after this victory.
Unfortunately, the situation in Jiangdong does not allow this.
But this is no longer what I should consider.
I am an old man, but I don't have the energy to make so many elaborate calculations for Wu Hou.
At this point, he is already worthy of the position of military advisor and general.
After that, we can only see what Wu Hou thinks.
Jia Xu looked at Ma Liang in Wengcheng and said: "Reorganize the troops and horses, leaving three thousand people to garrison the city. The others, taking prisoners, retreated to Shouchun while pretending to be panicked."
"After all, our Xiacai granary has been 'burned' by Zhang He's army."
"Let the soldiers decorate matters such as absolute life and death with great care."
"Don't let anyone see too many flaws."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and walked down the city wall.
Gao Lan, who was attacking at the north and west gates of the city, also saw the raging fire burning in the city at this time, which seemed to burn down the entire Xiacai.
Gao Lan looked ecstatic.
As expected of Xu You!
He is worthy of being Mr. Yuan’s playmate since childhood!
The strategy was extraordinary and it worked!
Now, the Shouchun Jiangdong granary has been destroyed, and this combat mission has been accomplished.
Naturally, there is no need to attack the city again.
Gao Lan hurriedly ordered Ming Jin to retreat his troops.
Yuan Shao's soldiers who were attacking the city immediately withdrew quickly.
Taishi Ci stood on the city wall, looked at this scene, and laughed.
Mr. Jia's plan seems to have been successful.
Taishi Ci walked towards the bottom of the city wall and said, "Everyone scream at me, scream as hard as you can, saying that the granary has been destroyed and they are going to starve to death!"
The Jiangdong defenders on Xiacai City Wall were all stunned.
However, the right governor, Tai Shici, had already spoken, so he naturally didn't bother to care so much.
All the soldiers immediately shouted at the top of their lungs: "It's over, the granary is burned!"
"Ouch, I'm going to starve to death!"
"Why is it on fire!"
Taishi Ci and Jia Xu met.
Lieutenant General Pan Zhang was left behind to continue to sit in Xia Cai with three thousand soldiers to guard the granary as a precaution.
Taishi Ci and Jia Xu, along with Ma Liang and more than 20,000 soldiers, "hurriedly" withdrew to Shouchun.
Along the way, Taishi Ci was laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.
When people fight wars, the more people fight, the fewer people there are.
When we fight with Mr. Jia, there are more people.
When we came to Xia Cai, there were only 20,000 soldiers.
When he left, he took with him more than 20,000 soldiers.
There are still three thousand soldiers guarding Xia Cai.
This battle was fought like a dream!
When Jia Xu and Tai Shici led the army back to Shouchun, Yuan Shao's army had already withdrawn.
Jia Xu rushed to the commander's tent, took out a scroll from his sleeve, handed it to Lu Yi and said: "Marquis Wu, the old minister has completed his mission. Zhang He has surrendered. He will take Jiang Qin and other 4,000 cavalry from our side, and he will go back with 500 cavalry." Go for your life and tell Yuan Shao that they have successfully burned down the granary."
"The next step is to send out troops tomorrow night."
"As soon as Zhang He returns, Yuan Shao learns that our granary has been destroyed, so he must reorganize his troops and block any possibility of us attacking them."
"After all, without the granary, we can only attack by force and try to defeat them at once."
"They just need to defend every pass, resist the strong attack, and then wait for our army to be in chaos because the food and grass are burned."
"Thousands of people were sent out at each pass. The army at the rear used trees or straw to tie up people and put on clothes to look like soldiers."
"Be quick."
"As soon as it gets dark tomorrow, these 'armies' will set off from all directions immediately."
"Then all our other main forces, late at night, lowered their pace in the dark and attacked from the front."
"As long as we break into the military camp, Zhang He will understand and fight out from within."
"Cooperating inside and outside, there should be no doubt that we can defeat Yuan Shao's army."
"But it has to be tomorrow night."
"If time drags on for too long, even our military officers will notice it."
"We need to get everything sorted before we take notice and spread the word."
"The more than 20,000 soldiers brought back by the old minister have been pulled to a separate area in the city to prevent anyone from leaving, lest Xizuo mix in and leave."
"It will be too late for you, Marquis Wu, to gather all the main forces and then take them with you."
Lu Yi was not the only one in the handsome tent.
There are also Chen Gong, Huang Zhong and others.
Everyone was stunned when they heard Jia Xu's plan.
On weekdays, I don't feel that I always look sick, like a little old man who hasn't woken up.
No, even they felt that Wu Hou used military advisor Zhonglang to raise this high official position to a "waste".
But I didn't expect that at this critical moment, they would arrange it so well.
It felt like everyone was being played by him.
Thinking about if Jia Xu was with Yuan Shao——
Huang Zhong shivered.
so horrible.
They are all elderly people.
But he felt like he was going to be played to death!
For the first time, he felt that his physical strength was useless against the sick old man!
Seeing what Jia Xu said, Lu Yi hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for Jia Xu and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Wen He. Next, you have a good rest and leave the rest to us!"
Jia Xu took the hot tea, thanked him, took a sip, and sat down on his knees in a corner, as if falling asleep again.
But the way other people looked at him was no longer so contemptuous.
Lu Yi hurriedly called everyone together, repeated Jia Xu's arrangements several times, made sure that every general remembered it correctly, and then continued with the arrangements.
at the same time.
Yuan Shao's handsome account.
Yuan Shao returned with all his generals and advisors.
Everyone gathered in the commander's tent to estimate Shouchun Jiangdong's military strength and strength.
Everyone's face looked ugly.
According to tonight's siege estimate, there are at least 40,000 Jiangdong defenders in Shouchun City.
As for their strength, these Jiangdong defenders were probably no better than the Baima Yicong they fought against before.
The most critical issue is that they are defending the city.
Relying on the high defense and thick defense of Shouchun City.
There are so many soldiers.
And has such strength.
It is completely impossible to attack the city directly.
There are only two strategies they can think of now:
One, find a way to carry it on and exhaust Jiangdong's food and grass, and find a way to prevent other places from supplying food and grass to Shouchun.
Without food and grass, Shouchun will be in chaos.
No matter how loyal and brave the soldiers are, if they have no food, it is all nonsense.
The other one tried to destroy Xia Cai's granary.
These two strategies have to wait until Xu You and Zhang He return from a sneak attack.
Waiting until the next morning, Gao Lan, who came up from the Huai River and pretended to capture the north gate and west gate of Caicheng, returned.
Nearly two thousand soldiers were lost.
However, Gao Lan brought back good news.
That is, he saw with his own eyes a raging fire burning in Xia Cai City.
That violent movement should be that the granary was burned down.
The news brought back by Gao Lan made Yuan Shao's expression perk up.
Guo Tu and others all had droopy faces.
Done!
Xu You and Zhang He succeeded!
From then on, life for these Yuzhou factions will definitely be difficult.
Especially Xu You, who had offended him before.
His character is determined to retaliate against evil, and he will not let go of the opportunity to get revenge.
However, they had no choice at this time.
At noon, Zhang He also returned with his army.
This time, Zhang He led 5,000 cavalry to successfully attack the east gate of Caicheng. He led 5,000 cavalry to attack and lost nearly 500 people.
Among them, Xu You died in battle.
Guo Tu and others almost started dancing.
It's like a dream!
Xu You is dead!
Although Zhang He made great achievements, the Jizhou faction rose again.
However, it is better than letting Xu You come forward.
Yuan Shao looked at Xu You's body and felt quite sad.
However, he quickly cheered up.
He is more concerned about the current situation than the death of his childhood friend Xu You.
Yuan Shao immediately summoned all generals and counselors to discuss how to deal with the current situation.
In the end, everyone unanimously decided: Now that Jiangdong's granary has been destroyed, Shouchun Jiangdong will definitely attack every checkpoint with all his strength, forcing Yuan Shao, the Hebei army, to fight!
Only by fighting with all his strength, Jiangdong might still have a chance of victory.
Otherwise, now that there is no granary, they will soon have civil strife or even a large-scale rebellion.
Although Yuan Shao's Hebei army was outside the city, he was not afraid of the Shouchun Jiangdong defenders.
However, the opponent has no granary, and such a desperate situation may trigger their "desperate counterattack" and "break the boat" possibility.
In that case, even if the Shouchun Jiangdong defenders could be defeated, the price paid by Yuan Shao's army would be unbearable.
If that's the case, then continue to play steadily.
Send heavy troops to guard each level to prevent the enemy from attacking.
As for Yuan Shao, he only needs to wait peacefully in the military camp for the Shouchun Jiangdong army to be in disarray due to the destruction of the granary and the depletion of food and grass.
At that time, if they attack with all their strength, the Shouchun Jiangdong army will be captured easily.
After discussing countermeasures, Yuan Shao immediately asked the generals in the army to lead the army to various checkpoints to prevent the Shouchun Jiangdong army from attacking.
Yuan Shao himself led an army of less than 40,000, including 10,000 cavalry and nearly 30,000 archers. He was stationed in the military camp and strengthened the defense of the camp to prevent the Shouchun Jiangdong army from attacking from the front.
Despite this arrangement, Yuan Shao was not worried that the Shouchun Jiangdong army would attack from the front.
As long as he relies on the camp to stay still and has arrow towers and other attack weapons to assist in defense, the Shouchun Jiangdong army will not be able to break through the defense.
Not to mention, he still has 10,000 cavalry.
In this open area, if ten thousand cavalry are dispatched, they can disperse the opponent!
At dusk that day, Yuan Shao received reports from the soldiers who had rushed to each checkpoint: Shouchun had indeed sent various armies to march towards each checkpoint. However, looking at their posture, they seemed to be preparing to attack together after nightfall.
When Yuan Shao heard this information, he felt excited and sad at the same time.
What is exciting is that we are finally going to capture this Shouchun Jiangdong army.
Then, we are not far away from taking over Jiangdong.
Sadly, the person who contributed to this situation, Xu You, died in the battle.
He led Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Zhang He and others to the camp where Xu You's body was. Yuan Shao paid homage to Xu You and asked the soldiers to clean Xu You's body.
Yuan Shao planned to bury Xu You with the honors of a national scholar.
After that, Yuan Shao asked the others to retreat. He wanted to stay alone with Xu You's body for a while and send this childhood friend on his last journey.
Everyone left Xu You's tent.
Zhang He was half-heartedly preparing to leave alone.
This act of betrayal made him feel guilty as a thief.
He seemed to feel that the people around him looked at him strangely.
It was as if everyone was waiting for him to fall into a trap.
However, he didn't take a few steps when he was stopped.
It's Guo Tu.
Zhang He said solemnly: "Is something wrong?"
Guo Tu looked at Zhang He and said jokingly: "General Zhang, it's better to keep a low profile."
"Even if you have made great achievements this time, the Lord will not be very kind to you."
"His energy is all on Xu You."
"Do you know what this means?"
Zhang He looked at Guo Tu's villainous face, and the veins on his forehead jumped.
Ever since Tian Feng committed suicide and Ju Shou retired to seclusion, these people from the Yuzhou faction have become extremely arrogant and suppressed their local Jizhou soldiers in all aspects.
Now, after he had made great achievements, he was sarcastic again.
Zhang He gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't they inferior to Yan Liang and Wen Chou? I know, and you don't need to remind me!"
After saying that, he snorted heavily and turned to leave.
Guo Tu watched Zhang He leave and chuckled.
So what if you achieve great success?
Without Tian Feng and Jushu, you fools only deserve to be played with!
(End of chapter)
