Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 629 Soldiers Guide Chang
"The lord sees clearly."

Guo Jia nodded: "The southern defense zone is strong, so it doesn't have to be purely defensive. If Cao Cao's troops show a flaw during the attack, they can seize the opportunity to counterattack; if the lord goes south, Cao Cao doesn't make any changes. , These 4 horses can also be converted into a reserve team, and quickly go to the Jingzhou front line to support by water."

Turning back to the present, Guo Jia stood on the edge of the map and said: "I think the overall layout is like this."

Wang Zheng nodded slightly, Guo Jia thought very well. With Cao Cao's current strength, he would come out in full force, probably no more than 6 or [-] people. As the defensive side, the Yangzhou Army already had a certain geographical advantage, and arranged for pawns in Xiacai Sticking to the city, Ping'a serves as the flank to respond, and Shouchun in the middle of the rear is the hub town, which can ensure stability on both land and water. In addition to the original garrison trilogy of the counties, the southern defense area has nearly [-] troops and horses for defense. , As long as the coach uses it properly, there will be no mistakes in defense and it can be resisted.

As for the candidate for the coach, even if Guo Jia didn't say it clearly, both of them knew very well that there was no second choice except Xu Fang.

This is not only a consideration of ability and character, but more importantly, it also requires status, qualifications, and the most critical issue of trust.

The defense has already been finalized. As for the offense, the attack on Jingzhou is already a battle of the level of destroying the country.

Three days later, the Overlord's Mansion finally drew up a battle strategy. Wang Zheng summoned the generals, and after discussing with them, they all agreed.

Although there were still three months before the start of the war, the whole of Yangzhou and even Xuzhou were mobilized quickly at this moment. After all, the military situation was on fire. If you start preparations one day earlier, when the war starts, you will be more sure of victory.

In addition, Wang Zheng also planned to take advantage of this period of time to take down a city in Yuzhang first, not only as a test for Liu Biao, but also to open another way to go south to Jingxiang.

This city is the prefecture of Yuzhang, Nanchang.

It is already the atrium on the moon.

In Gan Ning's mansion, the study room was still brightly lit by candles.

Gan Ning sat at the main seat, opposite to Tai Shici, the two of them stayed up all night and had a long discussion, the discussion was not about other things, but how to outwit Nanchang.

At the court meeting today, as soon as Wang Zheng proposed to take the Yuzhang, some of the newly attached generals rushed to accept the order.

This is not to say that capturing Yuzhang and defeating Hua Xin is a great contribution, but that the strategy of the Overlord's Mansion is very clear. In the future, when attacking Jingzhou, there will be two routes of attack, both land and water.

The Jiujiang side is dominated by waterways, and Zhou Yu is in command. It is estimated that the local generals in Yangzhou will be the main ones. In addition, other people are better at land warfare, so they did not want to go.

And the land attack will basically start from Yuzhang. Everyone knows that Wang Zheng will most likely want to conquer in person this time. Since he is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Wu Sheng will definitely rush to be the vanguard when the time comes. .

If we fight again at that time, we may not be able to win the fight, but if we first take down Yuzhang and make contributions, and then make preparations in advance, we may be able to be more confident then.

It was precisely because of this consideration that almost everyone came out to fight for it, not only Zhang Liao and Wei Yan, but even Huang Zhong jumped out.

Of course, it was unexpected, but in the end Gan Ning, who was recommended by Xu Fang, had the last laugh, and Tai Shici, who had just joined, was arranged as his lieutenant general.

The reason why Gan Ning was able to win the first prize was not only because he was recommended by Xu Fang, but because he was unwilling to conquer Jiangdong last time. To attack Yuzhang, so he made preparations in advance.

"Brother Ziyi, that's probably the case."

Although we met for a short time, Gan Ning spoke very politely when facing Tai Shici, and his face did not have the usual arrogance: "This general has successfully instigated several generals in Nanchang, and one of them is Zhou Bing. The captain, he was originally under Yuan Gong. Oh no, he served under the command of Yuan thief. After Shouchun was restored, he fled to Yuzhang. This person has a good relationship with this general, so he should be trustworthy."

"There are also two old ministers of Shouchun who are also former ministers of Dubo. Because they were all demoted officials, they were not reused. Most of the soldiers and horses they command now are from the previous episodes, about a thousand people. Although It’s not enough for civil strife, but it’s definitely enough to use it as an internal response to cooperate with our army to take the city.”

"If there is an internal response, it should not be difficult to take the city." Tai Shici nodded slightly and asked, "When did General Gan contact these people?"

"In January."

"It is now March, and the time is not too short."

After pondering for a moment, Tai Shi said kindly: "Although Hua Xin is a Confucian scholar, he is not a fool. Naturally, he is very clear. He is the prefect of Yuzhang, but instead he is relying on Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. My lord will definitely not sit idly by. Sooner or later he will send troops to crusade, and he will certainly Take good precautions, and you will be more vigilant about instigating rebellion and responding internally."

"Once the delay is too long, maybe he will see that Zhou Dory and the two dubs are wrong. I think we should move quickly."

"Not bad!"

Gan Ning said joyfully: "I think so too, it's a night full of dreams, tomorrow I'll go to Ba's Mansion to get the talisman order, wait for the troops to be gathered, how about we leave the city immediately?"

"it is good."

Tai Shici agreed very much, "In my opinion, although the lord said to allocate 5000 troops to the general, but since there are internal support, 3000 troops are actually enough, because in the battle to capture Nanchang, in my opinion, the key to this battle is only two words .”

Gan Ning asked, "Which two words?"

"One is 'quick' and the other is 'hidden'." Tai Shici said solemnly: "3000 troops, although the number is small, can speed up the march. Even if we calm down and be more cautious along the way, we can also avoid Yuzhang's sentry cavalry. , This is the speed of soldiers.”

"Surprise!"

When Gan Ning heard this, he slapped his thigh and said, "What brother Ziyi said is exactly what I want, I thought so too!"

"How can we show our ability if we need to use five thousand elites to clean up a mere scholar?"

"Just one more thing." Tai Shici said, "After taking Nanchang, how will Hua Xin deal with it?"

This is an understatement, but the words are full of pride and self-confidence. After all, they are not even going out at this time, but they seem to have Nanchang as their pocket.

But Gan Ning thought it was very pleasing to his ears. He laughed, but he didn't answer immediately. Thinking of his response when he asked Wang Zheng today, he couldn't help but feel moved. Putting down the lamp, he looked at Tai Shici with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Tai Shici pondered for a moment, and immediately asked: "Just take Nanchang and let Hua Xin go?"

Hearing this, the smile on Gan Ning's face froze for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he couldn't help but blurt out and ask, "How did you understand it so quickly?"

"The purpose of taking Nanchang is to capture Jingzhou in the future, and the same is true for releasing Huaxin."

Tai Shici said in a low voice, "The former is to gain the advantage of the land, but the latter, since Hua Xin has defected to Liu Biao, after being expelled from Nanchang by our army, he will definitely ask Liu Biao for help. How will Liu Biao react?"

"If you ignore it, you will not only lose people's hearts and reputation, but if you lose the Yuzhang, you will completely lose the opportunity to defend against the enemy outside the country, so Liu Biao must take action. In this way, the general will be famous when he goes south. .”

Why didn't I think of it at that time, Gan Ning sighed secretly, when he was feeling a bit depressed, Tai Shici asked again: "General Gan, I have one more thing to ask."

"Brother Ziyi, please tell me."

"Since it is a combination of inside and outside, after taking Nanchang, the Yuzhang army and our army should have few casualties. If the strategy is right, it is possible that the soldiers will not die."

Tai Shi said kindly: "Then what should we do with the prisoners of Yuzhang?"

Yuzhang is a prefecture, and there are at least 3000 defenders. Even if you take 1000 captives, it is not a small number. Tai Shici and Gan Ning have just made a decision. For the sake of speed and speed, they will only bring [-] troops this time. Mainly, even with the [-] men and horses on Zhou Dory's side, it is only the same as the number of captives, so it is indeed a problem
"After we capture Nanchang, we will also take down the counties in the north one by one. For the sake of stability, after taking down the city, naturally not even half of the original defenders can be left!"

Gan Ning snorted coldly and said: "All the captives who are willing to surrender will be sent to Shouchun, those who are not willing to surrender, hey." At this point, he raised his hand and slashed.

Tai Shici was silent for a moment, then asked in a deep voice: "Have you talked to the lord about this?"

Gan Ning knew that what he asked was actually another sentence, but he still nodded his head slightly, Tai Shici stopped talking, cupped his hands and said, "No!"

Three days later, Gan Ning and Tai Shici led the army out of the city.

All the way, the flags and drums were silenced, and the night was night, and the night was night. On March [-], the second year of Jian'an, we arrived outside Nanchang City and camped [-] miles away from the city.

Instructing his subordinates to remain the same as before, only to eat dry food and not to light a fire to make smoke, Gan Ning invited Tai Shici to come to the commander's tent to discuss the next siege.

Tai Shici said: "At present, it seems that the city is still not aware of it, and this is of great benefit to me. But before attacking the city, we must first find a way to connect with internal responses."

"As it should be."

Gan Ning immediately called his guards, "Take three or two people, remove armor, don't need weapons, disguise yourself as a villager, and find a way to sneak into Nanchang City, go find Zhou Dory and others, ask them, and see if they are ready. Are you done? Ask again and see when they can do it."

The guards agreed and went on their own.Tai Shici and Wang Xiong were waiting in the army.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that the guards turned back and entered the account to report: "Because I couldn't enter the city late last night, the city gate was opened today, so I went into the city and found Zhou Dory and others."

Gan Ning looked sideways and asked, "How did they say that?"

"General," the guard replied, "Zhou Bing said, if you want to cooperate with the inside and the outside, tomorrow night is the most suitable?"

"Why is it tomorrow night and not tonight?" Tai Shici on the side interjected and asked, "One more day will increase the possibility of being discovered by the defenders."

"Zhou Brem said that Hua Xin likes to talk about demeanor very much. Tomorrow happens to be the day when he invites relatives and friends to smell the fragrance and drink. I think he will sing all day long and stay up all night."

Hearing this, Tai Shici's eyes moved slightly, and he sighed secretly, because it was the same when Kong Rong was in Beihai.

Gan Ning asked, "Then when does he think it's appropriate to activate?"

"Zhou Dory thinks that our army can attack the city at noon."

"From where to attack the city?"

"The people guarding the city are all Hua Xin's direct descendants, and there are no Zhou Bing and other people. However, among the garrison guarding the east gate, a Dubo named Niu Wu has been secretly bought by Zhou Bing. It is said that our army will come to the city. When the time comes, he will open the door inside."

That is the main attack on the east gate, Gan Ning nodded slightly, and asked again: "How many troops and horses are there in the city, the specific station and deployment, can you ask Zhou Dory clearly?"

"There are [-] soldiers and horses in the city, [-] at each of the four city gates, and more than [-] troops in the northern battalion. In addition, there are hundreds of guards stationed beside Huaxin's mansion."

An arrogant person like Gan Ning can be his bodyguard, so he can do things. The bodyguard replied in an orderly manner: "Zhou Dory said that the troops stationed in the city are all Hua Xin's direct descendants, and in the camp north of the city Among them, most of them are miscellaneous. His more than 1000 people are also stationed in the north of the city. There are also the two Dubos who are also stationed in the north of the city. Therefore, the camp in the north of the city does not need our army to manage, and has its own Zhou bream Everyone is responsible. He promises that he will never let a single soldier out of the camp."

"The three of them only have 1000 troops," Gan Ning was a little suspicious, "Can they control the other [-] defenders?"

"If you think about it, you can't control it all. Once there is a riot, there will not be too many troops to support the city gate."

Tai Shici said: "The most fearful thing right now is that the Dubo cannot open the door as promised. Not only will we miss a good opportunity, but we will also be discovered by the defenders, and we will lose the chance of being caught by surprise."

"What's Ziyi's opinion?"

"There will always be our people in the city!"

Tai Shici said in a deep voice: "Since it is launched tomorrow night, there is still time. Why don't you send some troops in batches, all in ordinary attire, with hidden short blades, and pretend to be ordinary people's business travelers to sneak into the city. It doesn't take too many, more than 100 people." There are enough people, try to keep the city gates open, and at the same time set fires everywhere at night to create riots and reduce the defense of the city."

"Wonderful, if you have Ziyi's plan, great things will come true!"

Gan Ning clapped the case and ordered loudly: "Immediately select a hundred elites and infiltrate the city before tomorrow."

When the soldiers received the order to leave, Tai Shici pondered for a moment, and then said: "General, it is good that everything goes smoothly, but the soldiers are also deceitful. Although Hua Xin is a scholar, his reputation is not small. We must beware of this." People are also playing tricks."

Gan Ning was taken aback, "How to say?"

"If Hua Xin has discovered that Zhou Bream has different intentions and has been prepared for it, how should we deal with it?" Tai Shici pondered: "Or if the defenders have actually discovered us, but pretended not to know?"

"The former is fine. Nanchang is not a fortified city. It doesn't matter if you spend a little effort at most. But if the latter is tricky, and the enemy pretends not to know, then they have set up an ambush in the city and deliberately lured us into the city."

"What Ziyi said is true."

Gan Ning, who had been through battles for a long time, naturally knew that Tai Shici's concerns were not impossible. He frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "I have a plan. Even if it is the latter, our army will be able to take the city smoothly!"

(End of this chapter)