Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 655
First, Wang Zheng wanted to besiege the city to fight for aid, then Zhang Xian's falsehood was real, and the Jingyang two armies clashed in advance. The current result is that the Tianjun slightly won a round, but they did not gain much advantage. After Jianchang, Liling, and southern Hunan, as long as Linxiang is not lost, it will not be considered as the real opening of Changsha, which stood before Nanjun.

However, Zhang Xian, who had been caught in a trap, chose not to hold on, and Wenpin led a large number of reinforcements to Hanshou. After both the enemy and ourselves had wise generals sitting in town, and after it seemed that resourcefulness could not play a decisive role, what is available now is against the Yangzhou army. On the one hand, the only way to win the city is by force.

Therefore, Xu Fang and Zhou Tai made the decision to lure the enemy out of the city, urge the enemy to fight in the field, and take the opportunity to overcome the city before all the enemy's reinforcements arrive and are ready.

However, given Linxiang's special geographical situation, intersected with the Tianhe River, if you want to lure the enemy out of the city for field battles, you must first choose a good battlefield. After discussing with the generals, especially after listening to Huang Zhong, a native of Jingzhou, After the analysis, Xu Fang decided to choose the south of the city as the battlefield.

It is not good to put it in the north of the city, because it is adjacent to the Xiangshui River, and the place is too narrow, which is not conducive to the turning point of the major trilogy, and the east of the city is not suitable, because it happens to face the direction of Yuzhang County, that is, it is not far from Jianchang. Far.

Now that Jianchang has fallen into the hands of the Heavenly Army, placing it in this direction will make Zhang Xian subconsciously raise his vigilance, and he will be less likely to rush out of the city and put himself in a situation where he is attacked from the front and rear. As for the west of the city, it is also impossible. The problem is that it is very close to Hanchang, which is regarded as the enemy's rear, which is not good for the heavenly army.

So only the south of the city is left.

First of all, there is a large area of ​​open ground, which is enough for both sides to form a field battle. Secondly, if Zhang Xian goes out of the city, the cavalry will definitely go first, and the terrain in the south of the city is also conducive to cavalry activities. A little bit to draw them out of town.

Thirdly, the south of the city is the camp of Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai. In comparison, the number of troops here is much smaller than that of Xu Fang and Wei Yan. In addition, the camp is divided into two parts. It's not small, but in comparison, as long as the trick is used properly, it is most likely to lure Zhang Xian.

Although the military report had already been published, it was impossible to get Wang Zheng's reply immediately, and Xu Fang couldn't wait any longer, so he had to make a guarantee that if Wang Zheng was held accountable in the future, he would fully bear it.

That being the case, Huang Zhong and other generals had no objection, and they themselves felt that such a delay would actually be detrimental to their own side, so they began to implement the deployment to lure Zhang Xian according to Xu Fang's plan.

Xu Fang's strategy is actually simple to say, it is to turn the camp south of the city where Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai are located into a bait.

So how can we turn the main camp into a delicious bait?
How could Zhang Xian be able to ignore the threat of the Wanyangzhou army on the other side of the river, and dare to attack?

Throughout the ages, although there have been many routines to lure the enemy, the essence is basically based on the same principle, which is to show the enemy weakness.

If an army wants to show weakness, the most common and easiest way is to "fake defeat". Although it is easy to use, it has great hidden dangers. Turning a false defeat into a real defeat will directly lead to the collapse of the army and chaos in the formation, etc. Problem, so under normal circumstances, the strategy of feigning defeat will use a small number of soldiers and horses to do the vanguard feigning defeat.

Fake defeats always occur when the two armies are fighting in the field. Now it is a tough battle, and the Heavenly Army is still attacking the city. Naturally, feigning defeat is useless, so Xu Fang thought of a strategy with the same effect, which is "self-disruption" position".

Self-disturbance is to let Huang Zhongbu pretend to have a camp roar!

The so-called camp roar, that is, bombing camps, is not common in the era of cold weapons, but it is not uncommon.

Not to mention, after Dong Zhuo was killed by Wang Yunji, his son-in-law Niu Fu, together with Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others, led the Xiliang army to Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo.At that time, Niu Fu was the vanguard of the Xiliang Army. He fought Li Su first, won the first battle, and defeated Li Su. Lu Bu immediately led his troops to help, and Niu Fu was in Shan County. whistling.

Seeing that the battle was imminent, but there was a mutiny on his side, Niu Fu was panicked, how could he fight?Immediately, he abandoned the army at night and fled, and was finally killed by the deputy general Hu Chi'er, who dedicated his head to Lu Bu.

This is why in ancient times, when marching in battle, soldiers were required to "walk with a piece of paper", because three people became tigers, and the more rumors spread, the more outrageous they became, and it was easy to cause the army's morale to fluctuate. If one was not careful, a little movement in the middle of the night, It may cause a camp roar.As for Ying Xiao, eight out of ten times it was difficult to hold down, and he would lose without a fight.

Xu Fang's plan is to deliberately pretend to be a battalion whistle, lure Zhang Xian out of the city to attack, and then decide the winner in a field battle.If this strategy is successful, the Linxiang Army will lose three games in a row, and will lose their main force. Under such circumstances, morale will plummet, and the city will be changed.

Of course, this is based on one condition first, that is, Xu Fang knows that Huang Zhong, like him, is a person who is "absolutely loyal" to the king's government, and his headquarters must also obey orders and have strict military discipline. There is no doubt that the "elite" can only ensure that "fraudulent chaos" will not easily become a real self-disruptive position.

Seeing that the generals nodded one after another, Xu Fang immediately began to assign tasks, and Wei Yan was the first to order.

"Captain Wei."

"The end is here!"

"You don't need your troops to lure the enemy out of the city for a field battle this time. After Zhang Xian leaves the city, you only need to keep an eye on the base camp and send a force to the west of Linxiang City, in case Hanshou's Wenpin army finds out that something is wrong. Just come to help"

"Promise!" Wei Yan said in a deep voice: "The last general will accept the order!"

"Captain Zhou."

"The end is here!"

Staring at Zhou Tai, Xu Fang said solemnly: "For the sake of safety, you should select the elite of the headquarters and send them here, and I will arrange another group of troops to follow General Huang Zhong back to the east camp. As for your group of troops, and Lay down outside the north gate of the city, wait for the battle to start, and see if there is an opportunity to enter and seize the city. If there is a chance, you can take the city yourself. If you don’t have the opportunity, it’s okay, you can cut off the Jingzhou army’s rear route out of the city instead.”

"promise!"

"Captain Hu"

After giving instructions to the others, Xu Fangfang said to Huang Zhong: "General Huang, both your troops and ours are the main force this time. Before bombing the camp and night terrors, I would have brought a thousand elites to cross the river at night and lay in ambush for you. To the southwest of the barracks, when Zhang Xian comes out of the city to attack, after he enters the barracks, I will surround him."

"The general understands." Huang Zhong nodded knowingly: "General Xu, don't worry, I will also send elites to bury in the northwest, and I will definitely not let go of the enemy's soldiers!"

"It's so good." Xu Fang knew Huang Zhongzhi's ability well, and the company didn't even mention how to "operate the roar" and how to make it more realistic. Instead, it was on Zhang Xian's countermeasures from the very beginning, " When it is time, you and I will work together, you stay in the camp and I stay outside the camp, and the inside and the outside work together. This battle will surely be won. Now there is only one thing to worry about."

Speaking of this, he paused, and said in a more emphatic tone: "That means that Hanshou is a little too close to Linxiang, less than a hundred miles away, presumably there will be a war together, Wenpin's reinforcements will arrive at any time, although there is Wei Yan Xiaowei from the middle Blocking, in order to be safe, we must win quickly!"

"General Xu, relax." Huang Zhong smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said confidently: "If Zhang Xian is tricked into the camp, he will never leave the camp in the end!"

"No, no, General Huang misunderstood me." Xu Fang laughed, "I mean, after Zhang Xian enters the camp, General Huang doesn't need to fight, as long as Zhang Xian is defeated, he will be driven to the west immediately. .”

"Just a little fight? To the west?" Huang Zhong was slightly taken aback, looking at Xu Fang with a meaningful smile, his heart couldn't help but move, "The west is the Xiangshui River, what does General Xu think?"

"General Huang really knows how to fight!"

Xu Fang laughed and said: "The west and south sides of General Huang's camp are surrounded by the Xiangshui River. It is now the end of April, and the summer water is rising. Wouldn't it be a pity if we don't use it for my own use?"

Hearing this, not only Huang Zhong suddenly realized, but Wei Yan who was on the side pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, the river is deep now, and the battle was at night. It is expected that the Jingzhou army will be here. Under the ambush, it will definitely be difficult to distinguish the way, so the two generals only need to urge them to go west, and the river will kill the enemy for me, and even wipe them out!"

"Xu Fang is very fortunate to be able to get Wei Xiaowei's words."

Xu Fang smiled slightly, got up with his sword, looked around, and said loudly: "If Zhang Xian can get out of the city, he must do his best. If he can wipe out this trilogy, Linxiang will be in my pocket, and I can get it at my fingertips!"

The generals looked over after hearing the words, and saw that he was dressed in feathers, crowns and brocade armor. He looked handsome and confident at first, but he had a calm demeanor, like Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi, and an idea popped up in his mind almost by coincidence.
True Confucianism will also.

Although Xu Fang's status is high and his reputation is great, since Wang Zheng won Xuzhou, he often took on the important task of sitting in Pengcheng. In fact, there are not many opportunities to perform on the front line. As far as Tai and the others were concerned, they didn't really know him too well, so naturally they couldn't even talk about convincing them.

So this time when attacking Jingzhou, Xu Fang also took the initiative to ask for a battle, just to show his face on the front line again!

Whether it can completely convince these arrogant soldiers who have joined the Heavenly Army, and whether it can occupy a high position in the future Wangzheng Group, and at the same time, it will not make people think that "virtue is unworthy" depends on this time. The outcome of the Battle of Changsha!
For ambushes in the camp, it is most suitable to use the five-element intricate formation.Divide the army into twenty teams.The sixteen teams are arranged outside, and they are located in all directions; the four teams are placed inside to correspond to the four corners.As long as the four corners of the camp are not chaotic, even if the enemy is having a good time in the camp, they can advance and retreat well, and can attack and defend.Enough to defeat the enemy.

It's just that before setting up the formation, Xu Fang has to do one thing well.

It is Huang Zhong's responsibility to act like it or not, but Xu Fang, the master planner, you have to arrange the reason for "Ying Xiao" first, right?

The "battle roar" for no reason is obviously unreasonable. During this period of time, the Yangzhou army has won several battles in a row and counted cities in a row.

So you have to find a reason.

This is the easiest for Xu Fang. You must know that at the beginning of Wang Zheng's incident, there were not many people around him who could read and write, let alone advisers. At that time, Xu Fang was actually the one who accompanied Wang Zheng to discuss matters. up.

How to rebel, how to pretend to be gods and ghosts, is too easy for a yellow-turban bandit like him who is educated and "family-educated", and he is very familiar with it.

Xu Fangdang even ordered people to find a cow, took out dyes, dyed it into a "green cow", and then released it far outside the camp and placed it on a clear high place.

Scalper cattle are common to see, but blue cattle are very rare, let alone when the two armies confront each other, a rare green cattle suddenly appeared, which created a suitable soil for the spread of rumors, and at the same time gave Huang Zhong's camp "Night Terrors" creates the right guise.

In the afternoon of that day, a green bull appeared outside Huangzhong's camp, but it was seen wandering around, slowly puffing, and made a half-circle outside the camp. direction.

Huang Zhong's main camp is not far from Linxiang, only a dozen miles away. Although the cattle did not move fast, they appeared under the city of Linxiang only in the evening. People have already avoided in advance.

And this scene naturally attracted the attention of the guards on the city, "Why is there a cow?"

"Still blue?"

"It seems to be coming from the direction of the bandit camp."

Qingniu is amazing enough, if it came out of the camp of the bandit army, it deserves more attention.

The guards looked at each other, and someone said, "This must be reported to Du Bo immediately."

But Du Bo, who was on duty that day, did not dare to be negligent when he learned about this matter, so he even went down from the city, rushed to the county mansion, and reported to the prefect Zhang Xian to know.

"A green bull came out of the bandit camp?"

Zhang Xian was also very surprised when he heard the news, and immediately went to the top of the city to watch from a distance.

The twilight of this matter fell and enveloped the four fields.In order to prevent Yang and Zou's army from setting fire to the city and building a ladder, and to broaden the view, the trees and even the shrubs outside the city were cut down long ago. On the open field, a lone green cow stood out very conspicuously.

"Is this the green bull?" Zhang Xian looked suspiciously, and asked, "Did it come from the bandit camp?"

"Exactly."

"But it's also weird!"

Although he found it strange, Zhang Xian didn't understand what kind of tricks the Yangzhou army was playing. He couldn't help but frown and fell into deep thought. Fan Ling suggested that it's better to go out of the city and catch the green bull. Zhang Xian shook his head. , "Xu Fang is a trick of the bandit army to lure the enemy, and wants to gain the gate of my city."

After watching for a while, and because the cow was out of range, no one was shot to kill it. After a while, seeing the blue cow staggeringly disappearing out of sight, Zhang Xian still stretched his neck and looked around. Go down to the top of the city.

"No matter what, there must be a demon if something goes wrong." He said to Fan Ling beside him, "The bandit army may make some moves tonight, so you should work harder, lead the elite to guard the city, hold the torch high, but if there is something strange, come here immediately Report me!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)