After Xiang Lun returned the military talisman to Han You, he ran away and went back to Qiongzhou to take charge of logistics.
Han You, who was sitting in the big tent, had a molar pain in his back teeth. The situation was more serious than he thought.
The oil on Xiang Lun's feet was not because he was afraid of not being able to win. He could win this kind of siege no matter how hard he fought, as long as he was trapped to death.
But the problem now is not how to capture Yizhou, but how to resettle these people.
The officers and soldiers must take care of the people, manage their food and drink, and maintain order.
There were originally few officers and soldiers, and they were distributed in different locations. The longer the delay, the more problems there would be.
Once Zhou Xiao in Yizhou City prepares for a surprise attack, the trouble will affect the people behind him.
If it affects the people, even if it turns out to be a great victory and Zhou Xiao is captured alive, the general who leads the army will still be held accountable. If it is Han You, he will be held accountable. If it is someone else who leads the army, he will be punished.
Zhou Xiao didn't even show his face now, and drove the people out lightly. In this matter, not to mention Han You, even veterans such as Fu Yuxiang and Xiang Lun were paralyzed.
The current situation is like that of a little boy in America with two pastors lying next to him. They can't care about the front but the back. No matter what, it doesn't work.
"If we fight, Zhou Xiao will most likely make a surprise attack. If we make a surprise attack, it will easily affect the people. If we don't fight, if it continues, there will be more variables."
Han You, who was pacing back and forth, felt his molar hurt more and more: "I brought you out to collect the news, and now each of you is silent. Is there nothing you can do?"
Zhao Xiong stood in the corner and suggested with a look of gloating: "Just drive the people away."
"Zhao Laoer, do you really think I'm stupid?"
Han You, who was full of evil fire, shouted: "The people will not leave. If they are driven away by force, there will definitely be conflicts. The conflicts will hurt the people, but the bastards from Yizhou City will see them and come out to make a surprise attack." , will you take responsibility if something goes wrong?"
"Indecisiveness leads to disaster."
The critical moment had to be Brother Hai who had read books: "Master, since you have commanded the army, you should not look forward or backward. People say that there are less than a thousand guards in the city of Yizhou, and the thieves leader Zhou Xiao secretly attracted them. Some sergeants are only four to five thousand people. Our troops are insufficient, so Zhou Xiao is not the same."
"You mean, attack the four city gates together?"
"Fake attack, depending on our strength, it will be difficult to capture not only four city gates, but even one city gate."
Wang Hai put the map on the ground and unfolded it: "Attack the four gates. Zhou Xiao is not sure which gate you want to attack, young master. He will definitely disperse his few troops among the four gates. When he arrives, he will know the actual situation in Yizhou City." ”
Everyone exchanged glances and nodded in agreement. They didn't know what was going on in the city. Let's take a tentative shot first and then see.
This is also a helpless point. Logically speaking, the people who were kicked out knew the situation in Yizhou. When asked, some said it was thousands, some said tens of thousands, some said they had seen it with their own eyes, and some said they had personally seen it. What I heard sounded more true than the last, just like watching the excitement.
A few thousand is possible, but tens of thousands is ridiculous.
It's not that the common people set off smoke bombs, it's just what they heard and heard. It's impossible for Zhou Xiao to pull out thousands or tens of thousands of people and put them together, and then let the white people count them one by one.
"Hurry up."
Han You once again threw the weapon talisman to Fu Yuxiang: "Pick a door, pick a person, pick a time to swing to death, the faster the better."
"The general will obey the order."
Fu Yuxiang knelt down on one knee, bowed, and then led the people to survey the terrain area.
In fact, it is true that it is impossible to break the situation. No, as long as Han You takes out the second military talisman and assembles an entire Zhechongfu, Bingbeifu, and garrison guard army, it is not a big problem to have 70,000 to 80,000 people in fifteen days. .
The problem is that it's really not that big of a deal. It's too much work and money, too much fuss, and it's not embarrassing enough. It seems like Zhou Xiao has tens of thousands of people under his command. If in the end it is found that there are only three or four thousand people in Yizhou City, Han You will be nagged for the rest of his life.
Whether it was a mule or a horse, whether it was a mule or a horse, whether it was long or short, how could you tell if you didn't do it for a while? As for the people's problem, Han You left it to Pei Qi to take charge, and mobilized auxiliary troops to "guard" the people of Yizhou on the periphery.
As the moon fell, Han You also took advantage of the moonlight to lead the three brothers of the Sha family to approach the north gate of Yizhou City.
No one dared to light a torch for fear of being shot to death.
There were torches on the North City Gate. After Han You approached on horseback, he began to greet Zhou Xiao's family, even the eighth child.
The city wall, newly fortified.
Kerosene barrel, newly built.
The city gate is newly replaced.
"Are all the officials in the Southland fools? They are all newly built. It will take at least two months to build these things. Isn't this a clear preparation for rebellion, and the court doesn't even know it?"
Han You cursed a lot, and the three killing brothers didn't know how to explain it.
It's probably not the people from Nandi who helped Yizhou hide it. This place is close to the border, and any city close to the border will have its walls reinforced at every turn. Who would have thought that a son would rebel against me.
Squinting his eyes, Han You tried his best to look into the distance.
The city was crowded with people, and torches danced in the wind. There were at least three to four hundred people on one wall alone.
He had never eaten pork but he and a female netizen who weighed 200 kilograms ran past each other. Han You became more and more impatient as he watched.
There are many parapets, crenels, towers, turrets, and urns, and even a moat. If you want to attack by force, you will lose many men.
The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard, and Fu Yuxiang rushed over with a few miscellaneous soldiers.
"Master, how about attacking the West City at dawn?"
"I don't understand, it's up to you."
Han You didn't understand and didn't care, but Fu Yuxiang couldn't help but say it.
"At the end of the day, General Lu led a feign attack on the west gate, while General Lu led a thousand men pretending to be ordinary people and filled the moat outside the east gate with sand to prevent surprise attacks from the south. Three thousand cavalry were waiting."
Han You's eyes lit up. Professionals are professionals. The west city gate was a feint attack to cover the flat moat at the east city gate. The wonderful thing was that these troops were wearing civilian clothes. If Zhou Xiao's men attacked the civilians, After he was killed, the people's morale was greatly lost, so he treated him in his own way.
Fu Yuxiang also kept a careful eye, fearing that Zhou Xiao would jump over the wall and escape, so he let the most elite 3,000 cavalry guard the south side. There were not many cavalry, and they did not engage in annihilation warfare. They just engaged in guerrilla warfare to bite the enemy and disperse them. enemy.
As for the east side, there are a large number of auxiliary soldiers, not to mention nearly 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, even 10,000 pigs are enough to kill for a while.
"Okay, it's settled." Han You laughed loudly: "If we fight, you still have to look after me, Brother Xiang, hahaha."
Han You, who rarely showed a smile, got on his horse and returned to the tent, waiting patiently for the ambush fish elephant to test Zhou Xiao's depth and strength.
Time passed minute by minute, and dawn, that is, Mao hour, arrived.
In later film and television works, fights between ancient armies always took place at night. It is not nonsense, but it is also divided into dynasties, and it is related to the ancient people's physical constitution and nutritional intake. Many ancient people suffered from night blindness, and there were many during the Republic of China.
Night blindness, as the name suggests, means you look like a blind person at night. It is mainly due to the lack of vitamin A. If you want to absorb vitamin A, you can only eat fruits, vegetables and animal offal, and eating meat alone is useless.
As for lighting torches, there are tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people working on it. If you want to light up the entire battlefield, at least tens of thousands of torches will be used. With so much kerosene, how about pouring it directly on the enemy?
Therefore, Fu Yuxiang set the time at dawn. He would not be able to command a group of blind people in the middle of the night.
Seeing that the time was up, Han You's right eyelid suddenly started to twitch wildly. He didn't know whether it was because he didn't have enough rest or something.
Hurrying out of the big tent, Han You got on his horse, with only Wang Hai and a few miscellaneous soldiers beside him. Jiang Zhui and Lu Baichuan were taken away by Fu Yuxiang, and even Zhou Tong and Feng Bai were in charge of many people.
