Xiao Yuan's strategic plan is very clear, which is to encircle and annihilate them in batches.
You must know that outside Puyang, there are his 180,000 troops, and all the nearby city arteries have been occupied.
There is no need to say more about what will happen after General Tian's 30,000 Jin troops rush towards Xuzhou.
After the news of a successful breakout was given to Zhou Kai, these 30,000 people stopped making any movement.
It was as if it suddenly disappeared out of thin air and disappeared into the sea.
The breakout plan failed, not only losing some troops, but there was also no news from General Qedian. At this time, Zhou Kai only had more than 60,000 troops, and he was afraid that the Qin army would launch a strong attack on Puyang. He could no longer Dare to attack easily.
Just like before, the army still besieged the city.
It was just a breakthrough of the Jin army, but 30,000 soldiers and horses suddenly disappeared.
A few days passed like this, and Zhou Kai still could not receive any news from General Tian. At this time, everyone had a bad premonition.
In the meeting hall, Zhou Kai said: "Now that I think about it, General Tian's success in the last breakout should have been intentional by the Qin army. Thirty thousand soldiers may be in danger. The King of Qin is really treacherous and insidious!"
Hearing this, General Youbiao moved his lips and said cautiously: "Maybe, maybe because Puyang is besieged, the message cannot be transmitted. Maybe General Tian has already joined Xuzhou."
This was an obvious self-comfort, and all the generals understood it, but no one refuted it and all fell silent.
It wasn't until a while later that Zhou Kai changed the subject and asked one of them: "How many days will our army's food and grass be enough?" "This is gone. Mr. Zhang is thinking of a way." The man returned.
"Alas!" Zhou Kai sighed and said helplessly: "Let's strengthen the defenses of various cities. Our army's strength is insufficient. I expect that the Qin army may launch a strong attack on our Puyang in the near future."
Now the situation of the Jin army is already precarious. In Puyang area, due to the war for a year, all the supplies and food have been allocated long ago. Even if there is still a little surplus food in the people's homes, at this juncture, everyone They all want to survive, so you can imagine how many more you can force.
I don’t know how many people began to secretly hide their food rations. This is human nature and there is nothing to say.
This is true in any war era, and people must survive.
In Puyang at this time, it can be said that food is more expensive than gold.
Zhou Kai believes that the Qin Army may launch an offensive in Puyang during this period, and the Qin Army is indeed discussing this.
In the main tent of the Chinese army, most of the generals have the same opinions. To sum up, the Jin army has only more than 60,000 troops left. It needs to defend the four city gates, which is calculated as more than 10,000, while its own side can do so every day. At the city gate, 40,000 troops launched a strong attack at the same time, nearly three times the number of the enemy. The Jin army was absolutely unable to stop it.
When the troops are superior, there is really no problem in launching a strong attack.
But before that, Xiao Yuan put forward his own point of view, he said:
"The Jin army is now trapped and still fighting. Under desperate circumstances, it will fight to the death. If our army directly launches a strong attack, it will indeed be able to capture Puyang, but it will also suffer serious losses."
"In this battle, Puyang is already in the bag, and the Jin army will definitely lose. Therefore, don't rush to use troops."
"It is my king's intention to deal a certain blow to the Jin army in Puyang City before the strong attack, so as to drain their last morale."
"What does the king mean..." General Youbiao couldn't help but ask.
"The next priority is to attack the city, and the highest priority is to attack the heart!"
When all the generals heard this, they all looked at each other.
On the Qin army's side, after finalizing the strategy, Xiao Yuan immediately gave orders and began to prepare people.
Three days later.
The Qin army came to the city and launched a forceful attack on Puyang City from all sides.
South city gate.
Zhou Kai was located in the center of the city. Looking at the Qin army arrayed in a square formation below, the rows of long halberds and black flags made him swallow his saliva.
The governor of Puyang County was beside him. Seeing this situation, he even panicked and said: "This, this, this, the Qin army is going to attack the city, what should we do?"
"Don't panic!" Zhou Kaiqiang said calmly: "I have arranged all the city defenses. If the Qin army comes to attack me, they will be hit head-on."
In fact, he has no confidence at all.
The Jin soldiers on the city also had their Adam's apples slipping, and their palms holding their halberds were covered in sweat.
Not long after, the Qin army's camp changed, and the trebuchets were pushed to the front.
"Attention all soldiers! Avoid the strikes of the trebuchet! Find the opportunity to fight back——"
When Zhou Kai saw this, he immediately started shouting.
I thought that the opponent was about to attack the city, but then, the Qin army did not load stone bullets or oil jars, but tied rolls of bamboo slips together and placed them on the trebuchet.
Following the order, the sound of mechanical bounces sounded one after another, and bundles of bamboo slips drew an arc in the air. Some hit the city gate, some were thrown into the city, and some fell to the top of the city. superior.
At first, the Jin army subconsciously dodged, and many soldiers scurried away with their heads in their hands. Even Zhou Kai couldn't help but bend down, and Puyang County Sheriff even screamed in surprise.
But soon, everyone in the Jin army reacted, and then they were all dumbfounded.
"This, this, this, what's going on?" Puyang County Sheriff said, and couldn't help but pick up the nearby bamboo slips and unfold them to read.
The same goes for Zhou Kai, who picked it up out of curiosity.
The bamboo slips clearly explain that Puyang is an isolated city, reinforcements will never arrive, and food and grass are cut off. Even if the Qin army does not attack, you will be trapped to death.
Let me make it clear that as long as you are willing to surrender, no one will die in Puyang, and as long as you are a general of the Jin army, you will have high officials and generous salaries!
At this time, not only Zhou Kai was watching, but also some generals from other city defenses gathered together in twos and threes, pointing at the bamboo slips and whispering about something.
After reading the bamboo slips, Zhou Kai's face suddenly became gloomy.
He knew in his heart that the King of Qin was trying to undermine the morale of his Jin army.
But there was nothing he could do!
There are so many bamboo slips. You don't need to think about it to know that this matter will soon spread throughout the army and even the whole city. By then, the whole Jin army will be desperate.
What's more important is whether some mid-level and low-level generals will want to surrender in order to survive and for the sake of high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
In this desperate situation, the probability of this happening is extremely high.
Thinking of this, Zhou Kai held the bamboo slip in his hand and looked at the Puyang County Sheriff subconsciously.
At this time, the latter was still looking at the bamboo slips carefully. When he noticed Zhou Kai's gaze, he first felt nervous, and then said with a dry smile:
"General Zhou, look... what are you looking at me doing..."
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