Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"Don't worry, general."

Xun You shook his head and said, "According to what you just said, it's really impossible to judge the strength of the troops in Yinling City. However, it's very easy to know the strength of Dangtu's troops. It just takes some time."

Xu Huang cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Xun You didn't say it directly, but asked rhetorically, "How many days are the dry food that soldiers carry with them?"

Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, and replied: "For a marching army, three to five days' worth of food, if you hide and ambush, seven or eight days, or even longer is also acceptable."

Xun You nodded, and then followed Xu Huang's words: "Since the scouts found five thousand soldiers and horses in Dangtu before, it can be seen that if Dangtu and Maqiuju still have a large army, they can only hide in the mountains and forests. If you want to hide and don't want to be discovered by our scouts, you can only carry dry food with you, and you can only eat cold food. In this case, ten days of ambush is almost the limit. My lord can send more scouts in the direction of Dangtu, and then wait. Ten days, if there is no change in Dangtu within ten days, it means that there is no large army outside Dangtu City, and the strength of the troops is only [-] in the city, which can be positioned to attack the target. Be careful, and vice versa."

Li Yi pondered for a while, then shook his head and smiled, "It turns out that the method is so simple, I didn't expect it."

Xun You said modestly: "My lord has a lot to do every day, so naturally I don't have time to think about these small things."

Hearing this familiar flattery, Li Yi resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and asked the others: "What do you guys think?"

Everyone looked at each other, then Kuai Yue and Xu Huang said in unison: "I have no objection."

Li Yi nodded slightly, and said again: "Then the second point, it's easy to find out what's true about Dangtu, but how to prevent Yuan Shu's possible army from moving is more critical."

When Li Yi spoke, he couldn't help rubbing his chin and started thinking. Therefore, he didn't notice that Kuai Yue and Xun You looked at each other. After a short silent exchange, the two looked at Xu in tacit understanding. Huang and Huang Zhong, the two of them were a little strange at first, but as Kuai Yue kept hinting at Li Yi with his eyes, the two suddenly realized and understood Kuai Yue's thoughts.

"Cough cough."

Kuai Yue coughed lightly, and asked: "General Xu was the first to follow the lord, and he has made great contributions. This time he is the chief general in the army. After confirming the situation ahead, why not let General Xu frighten the enemy with three thousand soldiers and horses, and use Xu The general's prestige, thinking about it, no matter whether Chen Ji or Chen Lan is leading the army, they will definitely not dare to face the general's edge."

Although he knew in his heart that Kuai Yue was just using him as an introduction, Xu Huang still felt a little embarrassed when he heard Kuai Yue's words, and waved his hands again and again: "The military division loves you. Although Huang is not afraid of the generation of Chen Ji and Chen Lan, but I also have self-knowledge, if it is not for my lord to take care of me, in terms of reputation, I am actually not as good as the two of them, if I want to frighten each other, I am afraid it will not work."

Kuai Yue smiled and looked at Huang Zhong again. Before he could speak this time, Huang Zhong took the initiative to beg for forgiveness: "Huang is also a failure. Back then, Huang was a defeated general. If it wasn't for the lord, he would have been decapitated long ago. Those people won't take someone seriously."

"Oh, this is a bit difficult to handle."

Kuai Yue pretended to be embarrassed and sighed, then looked at Li Yi almost undisguised.

Not to mention Xu Huang and Huang Zhong now, even Cai Zhong and Pei Yuanshao, who were the most idiots present, could see what Kuai Yue was thinking. This was to let Li Yi lead his troops to fight against Yuan Shu's army.

They were surprised at first, and even angry. They felt that Kuai Yue was completely nonsense and asked Li Yi to do such a thing. Where is Li Yi's reputation? Now that Yuan Shu has to be three-pointed against Li Yi, then can his people not panic when they see Li Yi, and can they not suspect that Li Yi is cheating?

Li Yi was still waiting for everyone to express their opinions, but while waiting, he found that there was no sound around him. When he looked up, he saw everyone's eyes were on him.

Li Yi was a little uncomfortable being looked at by everyone, looked down at himself, and found that there was nothing wrong, but after a while, he thought of something, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Could it be that the military commander wants me to lead the army?"

Kuai Yue took a deep breath, then got up and said solemnly: "My lord, if there are heavy troops in the opponent's city, our army wants to make the opponent fearful and dare not go out to fight. Apart from overwhelming the opponent in terms of strength, the rest is for the lord to lead the troops himself. "

After what Kuai Yue said, although the others didn't stand up and seconded, but they looked at each of them, obviously they had the same meaning as Kuai Yue.

"Well"

Li Yi hummed lightly, and didn't give an answer immediately, because he never thought that he would be assigned to the battle.

All the way to today, although Li Yi still doesn't have the idea of ​​personally charging into the battle in his heart, but it is different from the initial fear of death, or to put it nicely, the mentality of a gentleman not standing under a dangerous wall. Most of it is just a matter of habit, and he also enjoys the feeling of being aloof and watching others fight for him.

Therefore, for Li Yi now, when it is really necessary, it is not impossible to let him go to the battlefield, unless he meets Guan Yu or a fierce man like Lu Bu who will fight him with his life. In other cases, Li Yi is really not afraid of anyone, after all Even if he can't fight, at worst he can still run, anyway, no one in the world can stop him.

However, although Li Yi is no longer worried about his own safety, he has to consider whether he can successfully complete the task.

Divide the troops into two groups, one with a superior force to attack the city, and the other with a small number of troops to keep Yuan Shu's army from moving. Although the latter does not look as good as the former, the responsibility on his body is greater than that of the former. former!

If the former cannot be defeated, it is a big deal to withdraw and prepare again.

But the latter can't afford to lose at all. Once an accident occurs, it may even cause the entire army to be defeated.

If Xu Huang or Huang Zhong took on such a task, and something happened, even if they lost, Li Yi could still blame them, saying that their level was not good, but if Li Yi led the troops by himself, it turned out to be a joke. Damn it, how can he explain it to everyone?

This is a blow to Li Yi's prestige!

Li Yi was very entangled in his heart. He didn't want to take on this responsibility by himself, but everyone looked at him with firm and confident eyes, as if as long as he was willing to step out, all problems would disappear.

Li Yi smiled wryly at this, secretly thinking that his xinxing was still lacking, or maybe it was because he had played too many tricks and tricks. When he was upright, others believed him, but he himself felt guilty.

Li Yi didn't want to be looked at by everyone's incomparably hot eyes, which were completely aimed at spiritual leaders, but he really didn't have the nerve to say no. In the end, Li Yi wrote it down to Kuai Yue in the small notebook in his heart. After a comparison, a very bright smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Okay, whether it's Chen Ji or Chen Lan, if you don't know what's going on at that time, let me teach him a lesson myself!"

"Master is mighty!"

Seeing that Li Yi agreed to do it himself, everyone was excited, and they all agreed to drink, and Kuai Yue, the leader of this strategy, even complimented: "My lord alone can be worth [-] elite soldiers. If you have my lord, you will be able to fight in this battle." Must win!"

Li Yi was amused by Kuai Yue's words, and couldn't help but said: "The military master doesn't want me to lead more troops, so just say it."

Kuai Yue laughed, his voice was hearty, and he didn't worry about being put on shoes afterwards because he arranged an errand for Li Yi.

After getting along for such a long time, Kuai Yue has figured out Li Yi. Although his lord seems to be a bit vengeful and narrow-minded, his methods are still very gentle, just a little bit of a bad taste. As long as you don't really violate his taboo, Actually it's all right.

Seeing the inexplicably boosted morale, Li Yi sighed in his heart, raised his hand and said, "Okay, although the general direction has been set, the details cannot be ignored. Just discuss it carefully."

"Here!"

Everyone responded again, and began to complete and perfect the current strategy, so soon, one order after another was transmitted from Li Yi's handsome tent to each camp, and then soldiers and horses started to move one after another

After the Japanese military meeting, the next day, Li Yi's camp changed.

Originally, Li Yi's camp was in the northeast of Zhongli County, but Li Yi asked someone to add a military camp outside the north gate of Zhongli, allowing the two camps to bear the power of horns, strengthen the defense and show more aggressive posture at the same time .

Naturally, these actions could not be concealed from Ji Ling. On the same day, Ji Ling sent a small number of cavalry out of the city to test. Ling Bian withdrew the cavalry back, as if ignoring Li Yi's actions, and continued to stand firm.

After Li Yi's camp was properly arranged, another day later, early in the morning, Cai Zhong led eight thousand troops and suddenly rushed towards Dangtu.

When Ji Ling discovered this change, the defenders of the city immediately became nervous, and the scouts sent from Dangtu and Yinling quickly passed the news to their own generals. Naturally, the defenders of the two places did not dare to neglect , especially Dangtu's Chen Ji and Ma Qiuju's Lei Bo, were extremely careful. Even though they estimated that Cai Zhong's soldiers would arrive the next morning at the earliest, they still ordered the entire army to stand on guard and wait for death. Get ready for Cai Zhong to steal the city at night.

However, what is surprising is that after Chen Ji and Lei Bo were nervous all night, it was fine if they didn't see Cai Zhong's soldiers and horses the next morning. Even at noon, there was still no ghost under the city wall. .

Just when the two were full of question marks, the news of the scouts finally arrived. It turned out that Cai Zhong and the 8000 troops did come to Dangtu at first, but they turned around and retreated when they walked halfway. It was late at that time, and the scouts couldn't see clearly the movements of Cai Zhong's soldiers and horses, so they delayed sending definite news to Chen Ji and the others until now.

Li Yi's first action ended anticlimactic like this, but whether it was Chen Ji and Lei Bo who were the parties involved, or Chen Lan who was watching in Yinling, they all had an inexplicable and not so good premonition in their hearts. .

Chapter 513

Chen Ji and Chen Lan's hunch was correct.

In the next few days, Li Yi's soldiers and horses did not stop for a moment. They moved almost every day, or sent three to five thousand troops, or seven or eight thousand troops. Today this general will lead the troops, and tomorrow they will be replaced by others. The other one is that sometimes troops are sent in the direction of Dangtu, sometimes they are directed at Yinling, and even a few times they send troops from both directions.

However, no matter which direction Li Yi sent his troops to, his troops would stop halfway without any damage, and after cooking, they would turn around and return to the camp when it was dark.

The actions of Li Yi's soldiers and horses confuse Yuan Shu's generals very much. Although on the surface, Li Yi's intention is likely to divide his troops to capture Dangtu or Yinling, but just like Li Yi, Kuai Yue and others Yuan Shu also deduced early in the morning that Li Yi might not attack Zhongli by force, but divide his troops to take Dangtu and Yinling. Therefore, after Li Yi's troops moved, Yinling and Dang Tu's defenders immediately stepped up their defenses according to the original plan, preparing for Li Yi's arrival.

But what is unexpected is that although Li Yi divided his troops, he didn't directly attack the city. He just went out for a walk every day, and then went back to sleep when it was dark. People couldn't guess what Li Yi was doing. .