They all say I'm a puppet

It has been a few days since the army arrived in the southwest, but they have not moved for a long time. The city of Hanyang is dozens of miles away, and the defenders in the city are only tens of thousands. It is extremely difficult to take it down.Not only did Cang Lin find it difficult, even for Sun Qian and Wu Ying, two battle-tested veterans, it was a huge problem.There are only two ways to win a city that is firmly defended. One is to attack, which means a lot of sacrifices. The most important thing is that after such sacrifices, there is no guarantee of complete victory; Wan Dajun surrounded the city of Hanyang, cut off all connections between the city and the outside world, and cut off their food, grass and supplies until they could no longer hold on.

Calculating carefully, neither of these two methods is the best strategy, but I couldn't think of any other effective methods for a while. After trying to siege the city and met with fierce resistance, I finally had to choose the second best method of besieging the city.

And choosing the siege means one word, boil.

Those besieged in the city are suffering, and those outside the city are also suffering.Until any of the parties can no longer sustain the supply of food and grass, or which party finds a way to control the enemy, it will completely end the war.

Cang Lin lifted the curtain and saw Fu Yu standing in front of the map with his hands behind his back, his eyes locked on the map, obviously he had been standing here for a long time.Hearing a sound behind him, Fu Yu turned around and took the helmet he had just taken off from Cang Lin's hand: "How is it?"

Cang Lin casually wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head: "After Chen Yuan led the defenders into Hanyang City that day, he should have made preparations to defend to the death. After several days, there was no movement. Presumably there is enough food and grass in the city. , Chen Yuan thinks he can afford us."

Fu Yu responded, turned his head and looked at the map again, frowning slightly, looking thoughtful.Cang Lin took off the armor on his body, and stood behind Fu Yu: "When I went out, you were staring at this map here, it's been almost two hours now, and you don't rest?"

Fu Yu moved back and leaned himself on Cang Lin's shoulder accurately: "I was just thinking, if we can't take Hanyang City, why don't we lure them out of Hanyang City?" Click on a location, "Hechi Pass borders Xili Kingdom and has always been an important pass in the southwest. At the same time, its location is relatively far from other cities in the southwest, only closer to Hanyang City. If Hechi Pass is attacked, The only one that can help it is Hanyang City."

Cang Lin frowned slightly and stared at the locations on the map, with a serious expression on his face, his fingers slid across the places that Fuyu had just pointed at: "You mean, we give up Hanyang City , to attack Hechi Pass instead?"

Fu Yu shook his head lightly: "No, what I mean is that we use Hechi Pass to lure people out of Hanyang City."

Cang Lin turned his eyes from Fu Yu's face back to the map, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "But if the reinforcements from Hanyang City rush over, it is very likely that they will cooperate with the people in Hechi Pass, and the situation will be unfavorable to us."

"Then we won't let the reinforcements from Hanyang City arrive at Hechi Pass." Fu Yu curled his lips, his eyes seemed to be shining brightly.

Cang Lin met those eyes, and suddenly felt enlightened, stretched out his hand and pulled Fu Yu over, and pressed a kiss on his forehead: "I'm going to call the marching chief and some generals now to discuss the specific battle plan."

Fu Yu nodded: "I'm just an idea, but I've never been on the battlefield, and it's just an idea on paper. Whether it's feasible or not depends on Sun Qian and Wu Ying."

Cang Lin raised his hand and pinched Fu Yu's face, and pressed his forehead against him. There was no need to say a lot between them, Fu Yu raised the corner of his mouth: "Go, I just stared at the map too It's been a long time, I'm a little sleepy, take a nap."

Cang Lin kissed his lips, and said in an exceptionally gentle voice, "Okay."

Cang Lin watched Fu Yu lie down on the bed, fell asleep in a short while, stretched out his hand to tuck the corner of the quilt for him, stared at the light blue under his eyes for a while, finally stood up, He turned around and left his tent.

For the past few days, he has had no peace because of the war, and Fu Yu, like him, also has no peace, he is strong and strong, but Fu Yu has already been exhausted.He must win this first victory as soon as possible, even if it is for the pillow person who spends so much time thinking about him every day.

Cang Lin left the tent and went to Wu Ying's tent, as he expected, Sun Gan was also in the tent, the two of them were facing the map, looking worried.Seeing Cang Lin come in suddenly, she was also taken aback, Wu Ying got up first, and asked in surprise: "I heard that the marshal just went to patrol the front of the battle, and came here in such a hurry, but what happened?"

Cang Lin shook his head lightly, and went straight to the map: "I came to discuss the follow-up battle plan with the two generals. We have surrounded Hanyang City for a few days. Except for the first day when we attacked the city, we encountered After resisting, there was no movement in the city, as if they didn't care about our siege at all. Chen Yuan must have made sufficient preparations, if we stick to it, we may not take advantage of it."

Wu Ying nodded: "We think so too, so we have been discussing ways to attack the city. It's just that Hanyang City has always been a strong fortress in the northwest, and the city wall alone is a bit thicker than other cities. It is really difficult."

Cang Lin glanced at Wuying, reached out and clicked on the map: "If you can't conquer Hanyang City, then you don't want to. Our goal this time is the entire southwest, there is no need to spend all our energy on Hanyang."

"However, if we don't take Hanyang City and directly attack other places, we are very likely to be threatened by Hanyang City. At that time, we will go deep alone, too far away from Shu County, and we may be surrounded by the opponent." Wu Ying thought.

Cang Lintai understands Wu Ying's concerns, this is also his hidden worry for the past few days, Hanyang City is not necessary, but if Hanyang City is abandoned, the tens of thousands of people in Hanyang City may stab them in the back at any time.During this period of time, they have been focusing on the city. It was not until Fu Yu's words today that he changed his mind.As long as the tens of thousands of people in Hanyang City are removed, Hanyang City will naturally be destroyed.Since the city cannot be attacked, then lead people out of the city.

He raised his hand and tapped lightly on the map: "We sent a small group of people to pretend to attack Hechi Pass, spread the news to Hanyang City, and at the same time slowly reduced the defenders outside Hanyang City, making them think that we will The goal turned to Hechi Pass. According to Chen Yuan's personality, he would definitely seize this opportunity and get rid of us by cooperating with the inside and outside, lest we take Hechi Pass and cooperate with Xili Guoli and Waihe to pose a threat to him." Speaking of this, he After a pause, "This is a cliff, and it is also the only way to go from Hanyang City to Hechiguan. We will ambush the army here, relying on the advantages of the terrain, and settle the reinforcements on the spot. Then take advantage of the empty defenders of Hanyang City It will be easier to attack again."

The eyes of Wu Ying and Sun Qian followed Cang Lin all the time, looking in the direction of his fingers, their eyes slowly filled with surprise, Sun Qian couldn't help but said: "It's really a good idea to lure their people out of the city, when the time comes In short combat, there is no one we can't beat."

Wu Ying nodded, couldn't help but cast a glance at Cang Lin, and said in a low voice: "Siege the city on the surface, but in reality it is aid. Even Chen Yuan may not have expected it. The marshal is worthy of being His Majesty's son, to think of such a way."

Cang Lin curled his lips, but there was no smile on his lips, he just said: "I am young and inexperienced, this is just a thought, but in fact I am very worried. The two generals can agree, and my heart is much more at ease. .In this case, we might as well arrange it immediately and start preparing.”

"I don't need the marshal to bother with the preparations. I'll tell them to start making arrangements. Make sure Chen Yuan believes that it's because the marshal is young, inexperienced, and arrogant that he will provide them with such a rare opportunity. " A rare smile appeared on Wuying's lips, "It's just that it may temporarily damage the marshal's reputation."

Cang Lin also laughed: "I don't have any prestige, as long as I can win, what do those things matter?" He thought for a while, then squeezed his fingers, "Since you want to deceive Chen Yuan, you must It has reached the point of confusing the real, and I will go to the front of the battle in person later, if Chen Yuan can see me, he will naturally believe it."

Wu Ying and Sun Gan looked at each other, and said in surprise: "Marshal Chen Yuan had contact with this person before?"

Cang Lin smiled: "It happened in the old days, and the two generals must have heard that Chen Yuan's sister, the Empress Dowager Chen, died at the hands of my father. But it fell into the hands of Chen Yuan, and after being humiliated several times in his hands, it is not an exaggeration to tell him that it is a bloody feud."

Wu Ying nodded knowingly: "Since this is the case, then the marshal should really show up with Chen Yuan, an old friend."

Cang Lin smiled: "Then I'll go, and the rest will be left to the two generals." After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands towards the two of them, came out of the camp tent, and walked around to his main tent to look at it. At a glance, Fu Yu was still sleeping soundly on the couch. Fu Yu stretched out his hand to tuck the corner of the quilt for him. Feeling more at ease in her heart, she let out a long breath and said to the outside of the tent door: "Come here!" , Prepare the horse, I want to go to the front of the battle."