When Han You arrived at Yizhou with a force of more than 10,000 men, he was stunned.
Xiang Lun, who returned to Laizhou one day in advance, was even more confused than he was. He led his guards, auxiliary soldiers, and civilians to stand on the top of the city with over a thousand people, as if facing a formidable enemy.
What Han You was most worried about finally happened. Zhou Xiao led four thousand elite troops to attack the city, just half a day ago.
In the end, who would have thought that Zhou Xiao and the four thousand elites ran away within two hours of fighting.
More than a thousand regular troops, not counting regular troops, will defend the city, and four thousand cavalry will defend the city. If we can defend it, we can absolutely defend it.
The problem is that Xiang Lun didn't know that someone would attack the city, the city gates were not closed, and he was not prepared at all. In this case, more than 4,000 cavalry led by Zhou Xiao rushed directly into the city without any effort.
There was not much concept of "street fighting" in ancient wars. Once the enemy invaded the city, the defenders would most likely give up.
As a result, Zhou Xiao didn't do this. He seemed to have deliberately given Xiang Lun some time to prepare. Then he shot hundreds of arrows, said a few greetings to Xiang Lun's family and his ancestors, and left.
Xiang Lun ran down to explain the situation and shared the information with Han You. Everyone was confused.
"Is he putting these chicken feathers there for fun or making trouble?"
Han You, who was already exhausted from the torment, yelled out of control.
"General Han, the top priority is to quickly gather troops in our Qiongzhou. We must not lose anything in Qiongzhou."
Xiang Lun said anxiously: "The elite cavalry of the anti-thief are not ordinary people. This week Xiao's training is really extraordinary. His command is like an arm and his fingers. He can advance and retreat in a measured way. His archery skills are even more astonishing. The rain of arrows can last three times with four breaths." Shooting is much better than the Confederate cavalry..."
"broken."
Master Duan, who was riding on the horse, slapped his thigh: "Zhi County!"
"I…"
Han You secretly swore in his heart that he would catch Zhou Xiao, tie him to a tree and beat him three times a day for ten days before having the bastard escorted back to the capital.
Lu Baichuan, who was also frustrated, quickly turned around and shouted: "General Fu, quickly send two thousand troops to the city to be on guard. The others will go to Zhi County. I'm afraid Zhi County will suffer losses!"
Han You closed his eyes in pain, took three deep breaths, and then turned around without saying a word. He was tired, destroy it, he couldn't afford it anymore.
Duan Qianfeng smiled bitterly: "If it is true as Xiang Lun said, then Zhou Xiao has more than four thousand light cavalry under his command, and they are well-trained in riding and archery skills. They are amazing. Just..."
Lao Duan pointed at the team behind them who were as tired as dead dogs. It was self-evident.
Not to mention that most of the rear was composed of infantry, even if there were horses, it was useless. After driving for so long, they were all as tired as dead dogs. It was difficult to fight and continue to move forward, even the soldiers of Zhechong Mansion.
Han You: "What should we do? Zhi County doesn't care?"
Duan Qianfeng didn't say a word, with a thoughtful look on his face: "I'm waiting for work."
"Why wait for work in leisure?"
"There weren't that many cavalry in Yizhou originally. Before Zhou Xiao's rebellion, he hid the rebel troops in the mountains and forests along the way. It can be said that he was waiting for work. When you arrived at Zhi County with your troops and horses, you were exhausted and had no fighting spirit. You definitely couldn't defeat him. of."
After a pause, Duan Qianfeng sighed: "Zhi County, don't go there."
"That's a granary. Do you really don't want it anymore?"
"If you cut it off, it will be cut off." Duan Qianfeng said sternly: "If you go, it will just add a touch of blood to the long swords in the hands of those rebels. I hope that Zhou Xiao will not touch the people rashly like he did before."
A group of friends started scolding again. They thought they had been thoroughly played in Yizhou, but it turned out that was just the beginning.
Lao Duan was not trying to embolden other people's ambitions to undermine his own prestige, he was just calmly analyzing the situation.
There are only two ways to choose from now. The first way is to rush over and then be slaughtered, just to give away the heads.
The second road, the three southern roads, Minghuai Road, Mingyuan Road, and Shangyang Road. Now Shangyang Road has no troops to deploy. If we deploy more troops, more state capitals and important towns will have empty defenses. Once they are taken advantage of, The consequences would be disastrous, so we could only mobilize troops from the other two channels, but it would take a lot of time. Even if they were transferred to Zhi County, the second crop of day lilies would have been planted.
Therefore, no matter which path is chosen, everyone can only watch helplessly and be played by Zhou Xiao.
Duan Qianfeng looked at Han You, whose teeth were chattering: "Let the army stay outside the city to rest."
Having said this, Duan Qianfeng shook his head: "It seems that it's time for me to take action."
Han You opened his mouth, but was stunned to hold back the curse words.
Then what have you been doing before, sitting next to me and watching the fun?
Duan Qianfeng took the map from Wang Hai, dismounted, and walked toward the city while looking at the map. No one knew what he was going to do.
Han You was really exhausted physically and mentally from the torment. He looked at his friends who were also extremely haggard and waved his hands: "I won't go to Zhi County. I hope Zhou Xiao won't be mad at the people. Just give him those grains... those grains. "
The friends looked discouraged. Even though they had long knives in their hands, they could not see the enemy. Even if they saw the enemy, they would be slaughtered by others. This made a group of arrogant people feel happy and cheery.
Just when Han You was about to ask Xiang Lun what was going on in the city, Duan Qianfeng turned around and said, "Han You, come here."
Han You thought Duan Qianfeng had thought of a way to break the situation, so he took three steps at a time and ran over.
"Uncle Duan, Uncle Duan, have you thought of a solution?"
Duan Qianfeng handed the map to Han You and said as if he wanted to teach others: "I'm going to test you. Xiao Xiao has made such a big fuss this week, and the whole city can't be conquered, but..."
"Uncle, please stop making trouble, can you? When did you come and test me? Tell me directly!"
Duan Qianfeng was both angry and funny: "Since you are still a famous general, I ask you whether Shangyang Road in the south is still peaceful now."
"Of course I'm settled."
Han You didn't know why: "Although that bastard sent people to rob a lot of food, he didn't hurt the people, and he didn't capture a single city. At most, he burned some houses and made the people homeless, and he didn't fall into war."
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, very wrong, Shangyang Road has become chaotic, like a war."
Han You looked disappointed and suggested: "Uncle Duan, why don't I send someone to send you back to Beijing to continue being a teacher? By the way, stop teaching the art of war and teach the Four Books and Five Classics. Why do you act like an expert? , it’s still messy, I think your mind is already messed up.”
"Stupid, beyond stupid. You and your troops bite Zhou Xiao like a mad dog. You know that there is no chaos. The so-called chaos is just an appearance, but how do the people in each city think, speak, and speak? According to legend?"
Han You's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean..."
"The people thought that there was chaos. Shangyang Dao was already caught in the flames of war. The rumors spread, and the thousands of rebel troops would be spread into tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands."
"I understand, Zhou Xiao did it on purpose to make the people think that there was a big fuss and that the entire Shangyang Road was in chaos."
Han You suddenly realized: "When the people are in chaos, the people's hearts will be in chaos. When the people's hearts are in chaos, he can take advantage of the chaos to make trouble!"
"I'll think about it again." Duan Qianfeng shook his head and continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back.
Just as Han You was about to complain, Duan Qianfeng, who had taken three steps away, suddenly turned around and said, "That's it."
"Sir, please finish it in one breath. Thank you, really."
"He does not want to let the people know that there is chaos, but he wants to let the people know that there is chaos outside the customs!"
"Outside the pass..." Han You was shocked: "Zhou Tianfeng?!"
"good."
"Then I will immediately use the military talisman to mobilize troops from the other two routes and rush to Nanguan."
"Where does the food and grass come from?"
“Congzhi County…”
Halfway through, Han You continued to curse: "Zhou Xiao, I'm such a ****, you ****, I'm a ****, you ****!"
"It was easy to release a few messengers to inform Zhou Tianfeng, but Zhou Xiao did not do so, but instead created a situation of chaos in the pass. This means that Zhou Tianfeng did not trust Zhou Xiao and would only act after hearing about the chaos in the pass. It should be in harmony with its inside and outside."
Duan Qianfeng turned around and continued walking forward, saying to himself: "But why did he touch the aristocratic family in the south? Why, why, why is this?"
Han You sighed, turned around and whistled, and two soldiers ran over.
"Go, follow that old man and report to me every quarter of an hour. Whatever he said or did, even if he was talking to himself in the latrine, write everything down and report it to me."
The two miscellaneous soldiers looked at each other, while Han You rubbed his eyebrows and left. He felt that he should recharge his batteries and make money. He knew how to mess with people. He was good at it. He only knew nothing about military formations and strategies. Now he was being played with Like a third grandson.
