Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 598

But Gu Jian proposed a plan with Jiang Qi and Wei Yan, Wei Yan asked: "How about the plan?" Gu Jian said slowly.After hearing this, all the generals applauded.

It turns out that Gu Jian's strategy can be summed up in one word: "earn."

Earn money instantly!
When subdivided, it is divided into two steps. The first step is to use pawns.

Just now Wei Yan and Jiang Qi both encircled and suppressed Cheng Pu's army, and then chased and defeated the soldiers. In addition to killing most of them, there were hundreds of prisoners who were not dealt with. Three or 400 people were selected from the generals' headquarters, and they were engulfed in Cheng Pu's army. With the armor of Cheng Pu's army, he thought that the vanguard would go to Qu'a first.

Now just after Shenshi, the sky is already very dark, and it would be best to wait until Qu'a city is under the city, or if they can use this to open the city gate.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you can’t. After all, it’s not an easy thing to pretend to be a defeated soldier to open the city gate since ancient times. Especially at night, the side that guards the city will often have regulations, and after a certain hour, the whole city will be under martial law.

Under such circumstances, not to mention opening the city gate, walking around the city is not enough. Pretending to be a defeated soldier can coax the enemy to open the city gate, but it is too light.

But then again, is it possible for Gu Jian's strategy to come true?

Still there.

Firstly, it is because everyone in the world knows that these few days are the time for Wang Zheng's big wedding. This point is extremely critical, and it may make Cheng Pufang's vigilance greatly reduced. He really thinks that the enemy who attacked Dantu and even defeated the army is a group A vicious bandit.

Second, the party pretending to be the defeated soldier has already figured out the enemy's password, defenders, internal reality, etc. very clearly. It would be great if the enemy's surrendering general took the lead.

Of course, there are loopholes in this. For example, if it is really a bandit, how vicious would it be? How many troops would it take to defeat the Dantus so easily to defeat the army trained by Sun Ce himself?
Therefore, the most important point whether this strategy can work or not depends on how good Qu'a's guard is. If he is a foolish person, he will immediately respond positively when he sees someone coming to make money. It would be best to give up the city to the opponent very cooperatively.

In comparison, instead of earning a city, it is really better to find an internal response in the opponent's city, which may be more appropriate.

Therefore, Gu Jian's strategy has a second step.

If General Qu’a refuses to open the gate, the Xuzhou cavalry who are chasing after him will enter the field. Anyway, among the troops sent to open the gate, there are indeed one or two hundred soldiers from Cheng Pu’s army, so they will make mistakes. , Waiting and watching, kill them all!

Seeing their comrades being killed by the enemy, what kind of reaction will the soldiers of Cheng Pujun make?

In Gu Jian's mind, there are no more than two kinds of reactions, one is to directly rush forward with blood, maybe they will open the city gate and rush out to rescue. Grab the city gate.

Either Cheng Pu's army has strict military discipline, and they will stick to the general order no matter how angry they are, and then they will watch the soldiers being killed. In this way, their morale will also be dealt a serious blow.

Before the war started, Xuzhou's momentum had the upper hand.It will definitely help the subsequent siege battle.

"What a plan to kill two birds with one stone!" Wei Yan looked at Jiang Qi and said, "What does General Jiang think?"

"feasible."

Jiang Qi thought for a while, nodded his head in approval, and the generals held a temporary pre-war military meeting, explaining their respective tasks in a few words.

Dang even followed the ancient sword's plan, drove the captives out of the city, took all their weapons, and selected three or four hundred elites, all with their swords out of their sheaths, and their swords and spears.The two teams are in one place.Then he found a Dubo who was willing to take the lead from the surrendered army, and when he got to the city, he called the door.

Wei Yan's cavalry had the most cavalry, so they marched for half an hour to choose a place in Qu'a, and lay in ambush by the city gate.

Jiang Qi led the headquarters and followed the "defeated soldiers".His task is to slaughter all Cheng Pujun's soldiers if he can't make money to open the city gate, and because Gu Jian was damaged a lot, he was arranged to follow the good generals, temporarily serving as a reserve team, responsible for responding Two generals Jiang Qi and Wei Yan.

After the preparations were complete, Wei Yan's troops had advanced for half an hour, and the "defeated pawns", Jiang Qi, and the ancient sword armies set out later. When they arrived at the city of Qu'a, it was nearly Xu time, and the night was dark. , but it is also a few steps away from each other, and it is difficult to distinguish the faces carefully.

Looking up at the sky, I saw very thick clouds.Head down the road, only feel that the stars and the moon have no light.

The city of Qu'a is very large, probably because of the martial law, there are not many candles in the city.It's just that along the surrounding city walls, there is a row of torches burning and lanterns shining high. Unfortunately, the night is too dark, but they can't illuminate too far.

Gu Jian stopped marching far away, looked for a place, and lay down in ambush.Through the dense forests and undulating hills, squint your eyes and watch carefully.Seeing the "defeated soldiers" in front running around, rushing past several groups of Cheng Pujun's patrol posts, they swarmed outside Qu'a gate like a swarm.

The sound of shouting and shouting passed through the night, far away.

"General Jiang." Gu Jian leaned close to Jiang Qi and whispered, "Success or failure depends on this."

"I think Captain Gu's plan is promising."

Jiang Qi laughed and said: "I just interrogated the captives. I have learned that the guard in this city is named Quan Rou. He was originally a Shangshulang Youcheng who was promoted by Xiaolian during the reign of Emperor Ling. After entering Wu, I just defected, hey, how can a mere scholar here know about military affairs?"

"If it's an ordinary scholar, why would Cheng Pu let him guard Qu'a?"

Gu Jian didn't agree with it, and said in a deep voice: "General Jiang said so, but I think this plan will be difficult to succeed."

"But it doesn't matter. This plan is divided into two steps. I didn't expect much from the first step, but the key lies in the second step!"

Having said that, Gu Jian glanced at Jiang Qi, murderous intent flashed across his eyes, he looked at the distant city, and said murderously: "This time, the brothers under my command suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Dantu, this second step Being able to implement it smoothly can be regarded as slightly reducing the hatred in my heart!"

"Haha." Jiang Qi didn't realize it, and said with a smile: "This time, with the help of my Jizhou tiger, I will surely win a battle, just like Gu Xiaowei wished."

Because of the darkness, Gu Jian and the others couldn't see the movements of the "defeated pawns" in front of them very clearly. They were only vaguely visible. They could only see the head of Qu'a city, with soldiers running back and forth holding torches. First they shot down the target arrows. In this way, the actions of the defeated soldiers are restrained, and if they go forward, as long as they cross the arrow field, they will be shot to death.

After a while, a man dressed as a general appeared, poked his head out of the city, and seemed to ask something.Then, the man left.Not long after, another general appeared.Because of his bright armor, even though he was far away, he could see the reflected light from his body.

Gu Jian said: "Looking at his armor, he must be a general." Looking at Jiang Qi, the two said in unison, "It must be that Quanrou!"

The general at the head of the city questioned him in detail, and he asked for a quarter of an hour. Most of the "defeated soldiers" were genuine Cheng Pujun. Gu Jian was not worried that Quan Rou would see his flaws, but as time went by, he began to feel something was wrong.

"General Jiang, something is wrong." He said solemnly.

"How to say?" Jiang Qi asked in amazement.

"It's normal for scholars to be thoughtful, but they shouldn't be so cautious!" Gu Jian said in a deep voice, "Such inquiries seem to be procrastinating!"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Qi was stunned for a moment, before realizing: "Does Quanrou want to wait until dawn before letting the 'defeated pawns' enter the city?"

"No, it's after dawn. Take a good look at the situation below the city, whether there is any suspiciousness in the defeated soldiers, and whether there is any suspiciousness in the vicinity!"

When it was dawn, they could see clearly from far and near, not to mention that the Wei Yan tribe ambushing under the city was difficult to hide, but Gu Jian and Jiang Qi might also be able to see the clues. Jiang Qi frowned: "In your opinion?"

Gu Jian pondered for a while, then made a decision in his heart, and immediately said: "Since the enemy has not caught the trick, it is better to skip the first step and directly take the second step!"

"General, please unfurl the flag and dispatch the whole army at once to cover up the 'surrender' first!"

"This"

Jiang Qi was a little hesitant. He was ordered to come to help Wang Zheng. Before leaving, Yuan Tan told him repeatedly that he must pay attention to preserving his strength, and don't really take too many soldiers for a Jade Seal of Chuanguo. That's why he very much agreed with Gu Jian's "" If the second step is taken now, even if Pujun's morale is shaken, wouldn't he have to fight a tough battle next?

However, Gu Jian's analysis made sense. After thinking for a while, Jiang Qi still agreed, and immediately passed the order down.

The night was silent and the air stagnant.Thousands of cavalry pawns turned on their horses cautiously and lightly, or drew their sabers, or prepared their bows and arrows.The soldiers all looked at the elders, and all the elders looked at the Dubo, but the sights of the Dubos, without exception, were all focused on the general who was holding the banner beside Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi stared at the top of the wall, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, and put the other hand on the shoulder of the general in charge of the flag. He opened his lips lightly, and the word "departure" seemed to be ready to say at any time.

At this moment when the three armies are silent and the distance is quiet, there are several clear and crisp birdsong, reaching the ears.He turned his head to look, and saw a group of night birds flying towards their destination in the far night sky.Under the clouds, the bird flew very fast, Gu Jian's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out: "Not good!"

"What's wrong?"

Before the words fell, the group of night birds had passed over the head where Gu Jian and the others were ambush, and they suddenly screamed and flew in all directions. Jiang Qi just reacted, but Gu Jian was already looking at the city in the distance. In the middle, the guard who seemed to be Quan Rou also seemed to hear the sound of the bird singing, and made a movement of raising his head.

"Don't delay, launch it immediately!" Gu Jian didn't care about anything any more, directly passed Jiang Qi, and sternly shouted at the flag officer beside him.

The flag general was startled, and instinctively raised the flag, Gu Jian jumped onto the horse, drew the sword, turned his head, and shouted: "Brothers in Jizhou, go!"

The army of thousands of cavalry moved after hearing the order, galloped with their horses, and jumped out of the ground.It was like a gust of wind, and like a thunder that shook the sky, shouting and shouting.In an instant, countless people lit torches; in an instant, a stream of boiling iron was set off.Everyone followed the ancient sword, and rushed towards Qu'a with dust.

Amidst the shouts of killing, they suddenly saw the enemy attack, everyone on the top of the city turned pale, the generals were panicked, the soldiers ran away, almost in a mess, but fortunately the leading general who led the army remained calm, he repeatedly scolded and repeatedly ordered .Cheng Pujun barely settled down.

The guard stretched out his hand to call, and called dozens of soldiers with loud voices. He ordered a few words, and the soldiers shouted in unison: "Who is here, why did you attack my city?"

At this time, Gu Jian had rushed to the city, but he didn't answer, but lined up two or three miles away in an orderly manner.After setting up the formation, Jiang Qi and the infantry of the brigade also followed. After the two sides converged, they called out two more centurions and continued to gallop forward.
Then, holding the bow and arrows, without bringing any personal soldiers, he just went out with Jiang Qi on horseback, lightly riding out of the battle, and came out of the "archery target" that Cheng Pujun had shot before.

"It doesn't matter who I am," Gu Jian asked loudly, "Dare to ask the city, but Quan Rou?"

The head of the city replied: "It is this general."

"That's good." Gu Jian let out a long laugh. Since the other party hadn't guessed their identities, he naturally continued with the situation and said in a quack tone: "I have heard the name of the general for a long time. Our brothers came to the treasure land for the first time, but There is a great gift to offer."

"He Li?"

Gu Jian pointed to the side, and suddenly shouted: "Kill!"

With an order, the Jizhou army rushed up like wolves and tigers, and immediately massacred the defeated soldiers. Not only that, every time they killed a person, they also shouted loudly: "Behead a certain person in the Wu army, what is his surname, what is his name, Military job is."

On the one hand, it was to announce the identities of these soldiers, and on the other hand, it was Hong Guoguo's provocation, but no one could stand the bloody ones, Cheng Pujun was furious, and several people immediately asked Quan Rou to come out of the city for rescue .

Quan Rou's brows were furrowed more and more. He could understand why the enemy's motive for killing was so obvious, but he also became more and more suspicious. If they were bandits, they naturally wanted to rob money and food, so why did they kill them?

If it wasn't bandits, where did they come from?It can only be the Xuzhou Army across the river.

Although it is difficult to understand how the Xuzhou army would suddenly mobilize troops on the day of Wang Zheng's great joy, the more Quan Rou thinks about it, the more likely it is.

And if it was the Xuzhou army, then it is absolutely impossible that there are only one or two thousand people outside the city at this time. In Quanrou's mind, there must be another ambush in the dark. Once the city gate is opened, Qu'a is very likely to fall!
But if you don't let the soldiers out of the city to rescue, wouldn't it be the same as watching hundreds of unarmed Pao Ze being massacred
In fact, this affects not only the morale of the soldiers, but even his prestige as the chief general will be greatly affected!
Thinking of this, Quan Rou's expression was so gloomy that it was about to drip.

　PS: There are basically no original characters in the book at this stage, and some names are just not familiar to people.

　　Jiang Qi, Yuan Shao's general, was killed by Zhang Liao while rescuing Wuchao.

　　Quan Rou's son is more famous, Quan Cong, the second husband of Sun Quan's daughter Sun Luban.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)