"Leverage principle?" As smart as Dongfang Jing, his face was filled with thoughts after hearing Xu Mu's words.
"Small catapults are probably all like this." Xu Mu added hastily, fearing that his accompanying military advisor would fall into academic stubbornness.
Again, coming from across the river, such as large siege equipment, naturally cannot be carried. Even some simple siege engines need to be built far away from Cloud City and then pushed there with great efforts.
There is nothing we can do.
Zhang Shun defended Yuncheng firmly, and the city was already fortified and the country was clear.
"Zuo Shiren has not retreated. Logically speaking, Cangzhou should not dare to send too many reinforcements. Being attacked from both sides, Demon Empress Su may be in a hurry."
This secret alliance with Zuo Shiren cannot lead to a win-win situation. Not only Xu Mu understands this, but Zuo Shiren also understands this. Therefore, before this, both Xu Mu and Jia Zhou bluntly stated that this secret alliance was on the verge of collapse.
"Bo Lie, I want to lay out a plan to deceive soldiers near Yuncheng."
The suspicion strategy was designed to make Zhang Shun, who was firmly defending Yuncheng, misjudge the military strength of the Shuzhou army besieging the city.
"My lord, do you mean to call for reinforcements? But now, you and I have no way of knowing whether Cangzhou will send reinforcements. Even if they do, if they are a small group of reinforcements, they are not worth it."
"Zhang Shun's intention is nothing more than to defend Yuncheng, wait for reinforcements from Cangzhou, and then gather together to counterattack Shuzhou."
According to the previous plan, if the war in Cangzhou was stalemate, Zhang Shun might abandon Muyun State and return to Cangzhou to aid. But Zuo Shiren was too smart and did not say to retreat or continue to attack Cangzhou. He only retreated fifty miles and watched from the sidelines.
To be honest, Xu Mu often didn't want to attack the enemy city. One against ten may be an exaggeration, but with one hundred defenders, it is more than enough to block three hundred siege troops.
When he was in Wangzhou, Guancheng, Pass, he dared to lead the Qinglong Battalion of 2,000 to 3,000 men and defend for several hours. This was the case.
But sometimes, for example, Banan City, Yuncheng...such strategic city gates, if you don't attack and dare to take a detour and reach in, when you get behind, it will definitely be a head-to-tail attack.
"The site of Yuncheng is located near the two official roads in the north and south, which is a place with easy access in all directions. The Lord announced that he would besiege the city with suspicious soldiers. If we don't send people to fight, firstly, we can miss the sight of the defenders, and secondly, we can also attack the defenders. morale.”
"Bolie, who is the right person to send?"
"My lord, who else can... be the only one who can stand with a sword and a horse, General Tiger?"
…
Si Hu, who was mounted on his horse, dragged his giant ax and rode for a while, then suddenly turned back.
"Brother Mu, what you said is, if I can kill generals this round, make great achievements, and return to Chengdu, will you open a mutton soup restaurant for me?"
"Don't be greedy for merit and stay out of the range of the city's arrows. They can hear you if you have a loud voice."
"Can I scold his eight generations of ancestors?"
"Swear to death!"
Si Hu laughed, mounted a war horse, and ran towards Yuncheng ahead.
Xu Mu turned his head and looked around.
The method of fortifying the city and clearing the country left the area around Yuncheng bare. The strategy of spreading suspicion is somewhat difficult.
If you don't play well in this move, you might get laughed out of your head by Zhang Shun in the city, and then get a glimpse of your own strategy.
Although the method of increasing and reducing stoves can be used... he was terrible at it in Hezhou. Based on their understanding of him in Cangzhou, they will probably take strict precautions.
"Dou Tong." Xu Mu frowned and spoke.
Dou Tong came over in a hurry.
"Take some people and set up a large tent in the camp outside the due north gate. Within three days, you must dig a tunnel leading out."
Dou Tong was startled, "What do you mean, lord?"
"Every day at the ugly time, arrange for a general to lead five thousand soldiers and horses out of the tunnel and walk to the river bank. At dawn, they will then march along the official road into the camp."
"Remember, when you come back from the river bank, there is no need to go into the tunnel, and there is no need to be too ostentatious. Just let the defenders at the top of the city see clearly."
Dongfang Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"My lord, a clever plan. If we go back and forth for a few days, Yuncheng will definitely misjudge and think that we are reinforcements from Shuzhou and rush to support Muyunzhou in a large scale."
Xu Mu nodded, "The section of the river in front of Muyunzhou needs to be blocked for a period of time to prevent the news from leaking. Although this strategy can be used, it should not be used too many times. Just like Bo Lie said, it will stop in a few days."
There are not many troops in Shuzhou on the surface. If you add too many troops for no reason, Zhang Shun will definitely be suspicious.
If there was enough time, Xu Mu would even like to surround Yuncheng until the entire Yunzhou was out of food and asked to surrender. But under current circumstances, there are too many uncertain factors. For example, Su Yaohou's Cangzhou reinforcements, Zuo Shiren and Chen Bing's army outside Cangzhou.
"After suspecting the soldiers, I will lead an army of 20,000 people around to the east of Yuncheng. If reinforcements come from Cangzhou, they will be ambushed and killed."
"Lord, what if there are no reinforcements?"
Xu Mu did not hesitate, "If there are no reinforcements in Cangzhou, in ten days, I will take 20,000 horses and go around the south gate of Yuncheng. Bolie will make a feint attack in the direction of the north gate. Thinking that Shuzhou is due north The camp is constantly stationing troops, and with Zhang Shun's caution, he will definitely deploy a large army to guard the due north gate."
"In addition, there are still five thousand people on Xiaoman King's side. We can cooperate with Bo Lie and pretend to attack the west gate of Yuncheng."
In other words, Xu Mu's secret army of 20,000 was the main force in the siege. Almost everything he did before was to make Zhang Shun misjudge. Of course, there will be many defenders at the south gate, but relatively speaking, "the army constantly rushing to the north of Yuncheng" is the focus of Zhang Shun's defense.
As for the last east city gate, Xu Mu had no intention of besieging it. The art of war talks about siege. If Yuncheng is besieged to death, I am afraid that the defenders of Yuncheng will become mournful soldiers and have the will to die.
Yuncheng, as the old capital of Yuan An's small court, is not as good as the giant city of Changyang. But no matter what, it can be considered a big city. The north and south spanned more than ten miles, and the war was going on. Zhang Shun might not be able to allocate too many troops, so he rushed to the south gate immediately.
"Bo Lie, it is limited to ten days."
Dongfang raised his hands in respect and bowed his head to accept the order.
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In the past few days, Zhang Shun stood on top of the city and looked at the Shuzhou camp in front of him. He couldn't understand why the Shu people were so brave. They mobilized at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops from the direction of Shuzhou.
"Shuzhou's military strength is only 70,000 to 80,000, and civilian thieves have mobilized most of them. He will not be reconciled unless Yuncheng is captured."
Wei Diao, who was standing aside, also frowned.
"As a result, the war in Yuncheng will become even more tense. But why are there no reinforcements from Cangzhou yet?"
"Don't think about things you don't understand." Zhang Shun replied angrily. Deep down, he looked down upon the new leader of the Xia'er Army.
The new helmsman invited eight times for drinks in Cangzhou, but he didn't go once.
Just as he was about to step off the city wall, Zhang Shun raised his head for no apparent reason and glanced in the direction of Cangzhou.
"Pass my military order to transfer the Huozi Camp, Linzi Camp, and Quanzi Camp to the Zhengbei Gate to prevent the Shu people from attacking Yuncheng."
"If Xu Buyi is brave, please come and try my methods, Master Cangzhou!"
