"What? Say it again!"
"Reporting to the Lord, after our army withdrew from the siege, the gates of Linzi City were wide open, and there were not even any soldiers guarding the city. My subordinates also found it very strange."
"My subordinates repeatedly investigated several times and only saw a man in a white robe playing the piano at the top of the city, and there were several children beside him..."
Han Ji grabbed the scout's ears and asked him three times, and the answers he got were surprisingly consistent.
"It's strange. It stands to reason that it's more than that. What trick is this Wen Zongxu playing?" Kou Xiuzhi, the prefect of Donglai who had been standing next to Han Ji for a long time, exclaimed, stroking his long beard.
Kou Xiuzhi stared at the scout: "Retell the details again and think about whether there is anything missing?"
After Kou Xiu's suggestion, the scout thought for a while and suddenly said loudly: "By the way! That man once stood on the city, playing with a goose feather fan in his hand, just an ordinary goose feather fan."
Deliberately opening the city gate, removing the guards, playing the piano and holding a goose feather fan, this scene seems familiar!
"Empty City Strategy!" Kou Xiuzhi thought for a moment and came to the conclusion: "This is, if my guess is correct, then Wenzong Xu Ding is imitating Zhuge Wuhou Xicheng in using the Empty City Strategy to defeat Sima Yi. Interesting, really interesting!"
Everyone knows that Zhuge Kongming used the empty city strategy to defeat Sima Yi. On the surface, Wen Zongxu's purpose was to force Han Ji and Kou Xiuzhi to retreat. However, it cannot be ruled out that this empty city strategy was an illusion. In fact, Wen Zongxu had already set up dragnets in the city to ambush the army. , luring the county soldiers into a trap.
"Master Fu, we can do this, this way..." Kou Xiuzhi whispered to Han Ji for a while, and Han Ji kept nodding his head, and soon the two looked at each other and laughed heartily.
Xu Zongwen had been sitting at the top of Linzi City pretending to play the piano for a whole day, and the luthier he had forced to invite had also been playing the piano for a whole day outside the city. The fingers of both hands were already red, but they could not hold up Zhang San's steel knife. , can only obey Xu Zongwen's instructions. If Xu Zongwen doesn't get up, he can only keep playing...
"General, it seems that Han Ji will be back soon." Pei Qing came up to the tower and saluted Xu Zongwen from a distance, "How is the general's injury?"
Xu Zongwen smiled slightly, stood up in time and replied: "No problem, why did Mr. Auxiliary Machine have time to come here?"
Seeing Xu Zongwen getting up, the piano masters in the city had already stopped, but Xu Zongwen said: "Don't stop, continue."
The violinist could only continue to play the piano silently, and moved the strings with his hands again, and a heart-stirring piece of music slowly floated away from the city.
Xi Jian is arranging manpower to help the people of Linzi City renovate the houses damaged by the siege and stabilize the people of Linzi City. Pei Qing is responsible for rectifying the troops, maintaining law and order in Linzi, and arresting lawless elements. At the same time, he also distributes food to the people and leads the sergeants. He was resting and reorganizing the city defense. Logically speaking, he was busy with various matters and had no time to come and see Xu Zongwen.
Pei Qing stepped forward and took a closer look at the guqin on Xu Zong's desk. Then he looked up at the guqin player still playing the qin below the city. He sincerely admired: "The impassioned sound of the qin sounds like a song of separation in the wind and rain." , like a sharp blade cutting through the rain curtain, just in line with the current war."
Xu Zongwen also felt that the sound of the piano was very suitable for the scene, like the waves of the southeast sea, and like the sound of pine and bamboo on the top of Mount Tai in Qingzhou. It floated melodiously on the top of the city and spread out in all directions. It was really like Zhuge Liang's empty city plan. Feel.
"Yes," Xu Zongwen asked Pei Qing, "Sir, do you think Han Ji will fall into the trap?"
The empty city plan is fake, Zhuge Liang is indeed real, but in the current Linzi City, the empty city plan is indeed real, but Xu Zongwen pretends to be a military advisor and general, but he is fake. Whether Han Ji can be easily fooled depends on Xu Zongwen's acting skills.
Han Ji's harsh words were in vain if he did not enter Linzi City, and there was a lot of risk in entering Linzi City. Han Ji must have been in a dilemma, hesitating and not knowing what to choose.
Pei Qing said without thinking: "Isn't the general already confident? In short, regardless of whether Han Ji enters Linzi City or not, the general will win this battle!"
Yes, if Han Ji dares to enter the city, he will be greeted by a nightmare. Xu Zongwen has laid traps under the four city gates, because the Niushan Mountain near Linzi is rich in tung trees, and Xu Zongwen collected a large amount of tung oil and lacquer. Oil, and used the money from the Qingzhou treasury to buy up the sulfur stored in all the medicine shops in the city. As long as Han Ji dared to come, Xu Zongwen could guarantee that Han Ji and the 30,000 county soldiers under the other four prefects would stay in Linzi!
On the other hand, if Han Ji does not dare to enter the city, the Trojan wolf that Xu Zongwen has prepared for a long time will come in handy and give Han Ji a taste of surprise!
Be prepared for everything and leave yourself a way out. This is the most important truth that Xu Zongwen learned while recovering from his injuries.
It’s never wrong to plan ahead.
"Han Ji can't escape this time," Xu Zongwen casually took a piece of preserved fruit from the food box in the hands of the children on the left and right and threw it into his mouth. He stood up and stretched, "This general suffered this pain on his chest for no reason." Arrow, if Han Ji is not punished as he deserves, how can we calm down the suffocation in my general's chest?"
"General, be careful!" Seeing that Xu Zongwen accidentally touched the affected area, Pei Qing stepped forward to support Xu Zongwen in three steps and two steps at a time, stabilizing Xu Zongwen's figure.
"I thought it would be fine after a few days of raising it, but I didn't expect it to be so useless!" Xu Zongwen stood up straight and smiled mockingly to himself.
It's also to blame that Xu Xiao's host has poor physical fitness. He's just a scholar and hasn't been on the battlefield a few times. If Xu Zongwen had just retired, he would be a tall, powerful and handsome guy like a bull, who was full of muscles and strong. , isn’t it just a small arrow wound?
After disinfecting and applying some medicine, I lay down for two days. On the third day, I could at least walk freely, not to mention jumping around.
"General, you have been injured for a hundred days. This is an arrow wound that goes deep into your heart. The wind blew on the tower for a day, which is already good!" Pei Qing comforted Xu Zongwen insincerely, because in comparison His own body was not much better. He was slightly bloated and liked to put on weight. Standing next to Xu Zongwen, he felt a little ashamed of himself...
Xu Zongwen shook his head and supported the battlements. Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves in his ears. Even Pei Qing couldn't help but look down the city to find out what the noise was.
"Report to the general, the rebels have turned around and headed towards Linzi!" After a gust of yellow sand and cunning wind, a fast horse in the distance went straight to the Linzi city gate. When they arrived at the city gate, the scout recognized Xu Zongwen, raised his hands and replied:
finally come!
"Go and take the gift prepared by me to the outside of the city. I want to give Mr. Han Fu a surprise!" Xu Zongwen turned around and ordered, and immediately a sergeant left to deliver the order.
After a while, a group of craftsmen dragged a huge thing covered with several military tent roofs out of the city, and then began to lift the covering military tents, revealing three or five huge black-shaped animal bodies, which were assembled on the spot.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." The craftsmen connected the wooden wolf's body and head, and then perfected other body parts. Zhang San was ordered to quietly hide fifty soldiers inside at nightfall, and wait until the next day. In the early morning, a giant wolf ten feet high and seven feet wide was completed!
The morning when the Trojan wolves were assembled was also the time when Han Ji and Kou Xiuzhi led the county troops to Linzi City for the second time.
"What kind of monster is that?" Han Ji was shocked when he saw the Trojan Wolf. He had never seen such a big monster. It was completely black and huge!
"Is this a wolf?" Kou Xiuzhi blurted out.
Wolf, so lifelike?
Incredible craftsmanship, breathtaking!
"The wolf is the god of Xianbei, it must not be blasphemed!" Han Ji dismounted, held up his crooked helmet, patted the armor on his body, blew away the wind and sand attached to the armor, straightened his appearance, and strode forward toward the Looking at the Trojan wolf made by Xu Zongwen, he knelt down and kowtowed three times: "God of Xianbei, please bless me, Han Ji, to win this battle!"
As the general Han Ji knelt down, a large number of county soldiers all knelt down one after another. These people were all barbarians. The large banners they carried were embroidered with wolf heads, which revealed the barbarian people's worship of wolves. And know everything.
"Move the gods to the rear of the army to avoid damage when attacking the city later. When Linzi City is captured, I will send this treasure to Chang'an and present it to Your Majesty!" Han Ji stood up and ordered, and immediately there were a group of county soldiers. He stepped forward and surrounded the Trojan wolf, pushing and pulling him.
For some reason, after paying homage to the so-called gods in Han Ji's mouth, Kou Xiuzhi stood up in a hurry and felt uneasy all the time. He stared at the huge wolf in front of him and thought for a long time, but he couldn't get the answer he wanted!
"That's all, let's take it one step at a time. Now that things have come to this point, I'm afraid there is no way out. Linzi City must be captured in this battle!" Kou Xiuzhi followed Han Ji back to the central army and began to arrange various units to attack the city.
