Zhang Ren couldn't help but be curious: "Since we want to stick to the city, why do we have to flee later and give up the city to Liu Bei." ”Zhao Yu immediately replied: "Liu Beijun came to Yizhou this time with a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses, plus the 4,000 soldiers allocated to him by Yizhou Mu before, plus the young warriors captured in the city, according to the calculation of 1,000 people, it is 20,000 horses.20,000 horses captured our two cities, plus the cities in their hands, a total of three cities, each city guarded at least more than 2,000 people, and only 14,000 men remained. ”"And if you want to defend Liu Bei's 14,000 men, our army only needs 10,000 people as the defending side.This time, I came to Hanzhong with 20,000 elites, which is more than enough to deal with Liu Beijun, but there is just a little.We defend, Liu Bei attacked, if the siege was not broken, would Liu Bei be so stupid as to fight to the last soldier Even if Liu Beijun can't beat us, as long as we go out of the city to fight back, he will run away, and wait until the next time there is a chance to continue to march, so when will we and Liu Beijun fight. ”After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he couldn't help but look at everyone and found that no one dared to speak.After Zhao Yu glanced at everyone, he immediately said: "But if you want to use my strategy, you must do three things. ”"Which three points" Huang Quan hurriedly asked when he heard this.Zhao Yu continued: "First, when our army is defending against Liu Bei's army to attack Yucheng, we must appear busy and orderly, panic and chaos are for Liu Bei to see, and orderly is our own control.Second, when the soldiers and horses of the two sides were fighting, Lord Huang Quan should order the sergeants to change all the young men in every household in the city into the clothes of our soldiers, and wait for the retreat order to retreat with the army. ”Huang Quan's side couldn't help but speak: "Wait a minute, what you are talking about is asking the young strong men of every household in the city to change into the uniforms of our soldiers every year and retreat with the army, so what about the others, our sergeants, since we want to retreat, why do we have to take those people as a burden." ”"This general doesn't need to be in a hurry, wait until I'm done."
Zhao Yu smiled at the other party after speaking, but saw that the other party didn't pay attention to him at all, so he simply turned his face to the side.Seeing this, Zhao Yu didn't care, and continued: "Judging from the several cities that Liu Bei conquered in Yizhou, the first thing Liu Bei did to appease the people every time he captured a city.Therefore, when our army retreated, there was no danger for the young strong men of each family to change into our military uniforms and escape, anyway, Liu Bei would not raise troops to pursue, and our soldiers would change into the clothes of the people and hide in every household. ”Huang Quan hurriedly said: "Why is this, if Liu Bei finds the soldiers hiding in the city, they will definitely die." ”Zhao Yu explained: "This, Lord Huang Quan has misunderstood.Let the soldiers of our army change into the clothes of the common people and hide in every house, and we need to try our best to hide our identities and not expose our whereabouts and targets.At that time, even if Liu Beijun inquired, there would be nothing unusual when he saw the elderly, wives and children in every family, as long as our sergeants did not make mistakes, everything would be safe and hidden. ”Huang Quan couldn't help but ask: "Then let the soldiers disguise themselves as the people, and the people disguise themselves as us to escape, but where is the key to victory or defeat." ”Zhao Yu immediately said: "The key to victory or defeat lies in these hidden soldiers. ”After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he ignored everyone's surprise and continued: "Every year, every household has a kitchen knife, or a bow and arrow for hunting and a fork for raising the field.When Liu Bei led the army into the city, everyone was not allowed to talk nonsense, but just pretended to be afraid of the people in order to protect themselves.After Liu Bei pacified everyone, he hid in every house and waited for the sentry order.A large number of hay stacks were being prepared, placed on the roofs of each house, and flammable oil tanks were placed on the side of each street. ”After Zhao Yu finished speaking, Zhang Ren couldn't help but wonder and said: "General Zhao wants our soldiers to ambush in the city, and after the enemy army enters the city, he is waiting for an opportunity to ignite a fire to create chaos, and then the army outside the city will launch a full-scale attack, waiting for an opportunity to break through the city, and catch Liu Beijun in an urn." ”I saw Zhao Yu smile slightly and said, "That's exactly what I mean." ”Hearing this, Huang Quan couldn't help but say: "The plan is a good strategy, but if you use this strategy, I am afraid that most of the houses in the city will be burned down, and the people will be homeless." ”Zhao Yu said bluntly: "Having said that, the house can be built if it is gone, but if Liu Bei's army is allowed to break through the city gate and enter the city, I am afraid that you will all be reduced to prisoners or killed in battle, so you will be satisfied" "What General Zhao said is that if the house is gone, we can help the people rebuild, if the city is lost, I am afraid that the people will become prisoners under others." ”Huang Quan said that is, he immediately ordered everyone under his command: "Pass on our military order, call the strong men of every household in the city to evacuate, and arrange some soldiers who are good at reaching out to each household separately, be sure to make it clear to the people, you can't leak the news, as long as you can successfully lure the enemy into the city, when our army is besieging, take the opportunity to kill and disperse the city gate guards, and open the city gate to be annihilated in one fell swoop." ”Huang Quan's voice lagged behind, and the general beside him couldn't help but say: "If you can really annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop, even if you destroy the house, it is definitely cost-effective to exchange this loss for the enemy's army." ”Immediately, Zhao Yu continued: "General Yang, this time to break the enemy requires careful preparation, so the last general asked the general to give me a soldier and horse, and lurk in the city with my brothers, waiting for the opportunity to ambush Liu Bei's army. ”I heard Yang Bai immediately nod and said, "Well, okay."
Since General Zhao has a second heart, then General Ben will allocate you 1,000 elite soldiers to be dispatched by you, and if you succeed in breaking the enemy this time, General Ben will personally ask the lord for credit for you. ”After Yang Bai's order, Zhao Yu turned to Huang Quan and said, "Lord Huang Quan, there is another request from the general. ”After hearing this, Huang Quan hurriedly said, "If General Zhao has any requirements, you might as well say it directly." ”Zhao Yu suddenly said: "Today, lurking in the city of Luocheng waiting for an opportunity to ambush the enemy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat the army of Liu Bei with the strength of the last general's army, so the last general implores Lord Huang Quan to send a team of Yizhou soldiers and horses to fight with the last general, after all, the last general is only an outsider, and it is easy to cause panic in the homes of the people of the city."
It is better for the last general to sneak into the cellar, and the people from the Yizhou headquarters to sneak into the people's homes. ”Huang Quan couldn't help but nodded in agreement: "Well, what you said is not unreasonable, then General Zhao will randomly select my Yizhou general to lurk in the city with you." ”"Well, then the general will choose General Zhang Ren to fight hand in hand with me."
After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Huang Quan and Zhang Ren to speak, and immediately said to Zhang Ren: "General Zhang, this is the first time that you and I have joined forces to fight, and I hope we will cooperate happily." ”After hearing this, Zhang Ren hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Well, Zhang Ren is also looking forward to cooperating with General Zhao, I hope we can win this time and defeat Liu Bei's army in one fell swoop." ”Afterwards, Zhang Ren began to take two personal generals and more than 1,000 soldiers to gather the strong young men from every household in the city, put on military uniforms, and all the sergeants on his side changed into the clothes of the people.In addition, a large amount of hay was prepared to lay on the top of the house for camouflage, and a lot of oil tanks were stored in it.And Zhao Yu had privately found Yang Bai and said before lurking: "General, this time that Ma Chao will come to meet soon, and he needs to arrange for a general to go out of the city to connect with him."
Ordered him to stand quietly outside the city gate, and when our army was engaged in battle with Liu Bei's army, he would drag the main force of Liu Bei's army to buy time and reduce pressure for our army. ”Yang Bai couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Well, what you said makes sense, it's just that who to send, as far as my subordinate generals have all had a holiday with Ma Chao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade him to send troops to attack Liu Beijun." ”Zhao Yu immediately clenched his fists and said: "General rest assured, this will be handed over to the last general, and the last general will have his own way." ”"That's fine, and I'll leave it to you.You do something, General Ben rest assured, as long as I can take the opportunity to eliminate the rebels of Ma Chao, I will take a credit to you, hahaha" After Yang Bai finished speaking, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.Afterwards, Zhao Yu handed over the matter to Pang De, and with Pang De's status and relationship in the Ma family's mansion back then, it was not difficult to move Ma Chao to do it together.It's just that this time Zhao Yu didn't really want Ma Chao to send him to death to attract Liu Bei's main force, but to let Ma Chao be his own surprise soldier to open a retreat route with him.When Pound learned about it, he immediately volunteered to take on this task.Pang De is not an ordinary brave general, of course he understands what Zhao Yu means, only to see Pang De arch his hand and say: "Lord, please rest assured, Pang De will definitely be ready to respond with Ma Chao and Ma Dai, and as long as the lord and you are caught at that time, we will leave Yizhou together." ”Zhao Yu patted his shoulder lightly, nodded and said, "Well, everything will be left to you, if there is no assistance from Ma Chao's troops, I'm afraid we will be a little passive at that time." ”The next day, Liu Bei personally led an army of 10,000 people to attack the city.Standing on the tower of the city gate, Zhao Yu could clearly see Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Chen Zhi and other generals beside Liu Bei, and the one who was close to Liu Bei was the strange-looking Pang Tong, and there was an unfamiliar strategist next to Pang Tong, but Zhao Yu did not know his identity.Later, under Zhang Ren's notification, I learned that this person's name was Fa Zheng and Fa Xiaozhi.In the next siege battle, hesitating Liu Bei's personal supervision, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses rushed to the city wall of the city without hesitation, all kinds of siege equipment were used, and the two sides fought for a stalemate, and the fight was extremely hot.Liu Beijun launched two rounds of attacks in a row and failed to break through the city gate, but it brought a lot of damage to the city gate and the city wall, and even the casualties of the soldiers defending the city were almost equal to the number of their own injuries
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