I'm a bully in troubled times

"Is this the main reason why you dare to besiege the city without worry?" Qi Ranming asked.

"Yeah." Jiang Yu said, "If you count the days, the people I sent will soon arrive in Chu."

Qi Ranming: "Then why didn't you tell them?"

Jiang Yu: "Soldiers who fall into death can often explode with greater combat effectiveness."

You are right, Qi Ranming also has to say that Jiang Yu's arrangements are very thorough.

But the strength and speed of the Qi army's dispatch this time exceeded Jiang Yu's expectations.

Braving the heavy rain, Nangong Chuo used 3000 soldiers and horses, and divided them into four teams. The first team had [-] people. They were stationed outside the four city gates in the east, west, south, north, and south of De County. The Yan army had no chance to supply or request reinforcements.

After enclosing De County, large troops from Qi State arrived one after another and set up camp outside the city with the remaining Laiyang Army.

"How many people are there in the Qi army?" Since the siege, the atmosphere in the city has become increasingly tense. They have cut off the supply of food and grass, and there is only this in the city. It is very disadvantageous to fight a protracted war.

"Returning to the general, there are 3000 people outside each of the four city gates, a total of 8000. There are also 3000 people from the Qi army outside the city, and about 3000 people from the remaining troops of the Laiyang army fled back, a total of [-] people." Weber Yong said.

Ning Jian said, "Not only. Nangong Chuo brought 3 people this time. The 3 people are [-] from Dengzhou in the east and [-] from Qingzhou in the west."

"But the recent Laiyang Army came here in a hurry last time with a mere 8000 soldiers. No matter how you say it, there will be no soldiers left. It's just because Huo Xian died in battle, and the Laiyang Army has no leader. It still needs to be rectified. When the rectification is over, the Laiyang Army must not be underestimated. watch for."

Jiang Yu made some calculations: "That is to say, there are still at least 4 Laiyang troops yet to arrive? In other words, there are at least [-] Qi troops."

"Yes." Ning Jian said.

"What about our army?" Jiang Yu asked.

Dong Ying stood up and said, "Our army now has more than 350 soldiers, and the original [-] chariots. We fought with the Laiyang army a few days ago and captured about [-] chariots. We now have [-] chariots."

"This is a plain, one chariot can defend about 80 infantrymen, and four hundred chariots are enough." Jiang Yu said, "Where are the horses?"

"The war horses of De County, Yongjing, and Cangcheng are all for my use. There are five thousand horses, which are very sufficient, but..."

"Just what?" Jiang Yu asked.

Dong Ying hesitated and said, "The role of cavalry in attacking and defending the city may be limited."

It is true that cavalry warfare is not suitable for narrow waters and marshes, and is not conducive to siege of cities and fortresses.But cavalry also has the advantage of cavalry.

"You don't need to worry about this." Jiang Yu said, "The most important thing is, how long can our food and grass last?"

Dong Ying replied, "One and a half months at most."

"enough."

"General, those prisoners..."

"Send them to work as coolies, and help us build a defensive army." With so many prisoners, it was impossible to kill them all, let alone send them back, so we had to keep them as coolies, otherwise it would be a waste of food.

To Jiang Yu's surprise, Nangong Chuo was not in a hurry to attack the city, nor did he take any other measures, but wasted his time surrounding the city.Consumption will have an impact on the morale of the Qi army, but the greater impact is undoubtedly the Yan army who is short of food and grass.

Just a day or two passed, and reinforcements from the Qi army arrived one after another.Through the watchtower on the city tower, Jiang Yu estimated that the Qi army had a total of about 5 people.All the generals in the city were a little anxious, for fear that the Qi army would surround them to death like this, it would be too ugly.But Jiang Yu has always been very calm, and everyone is a little confused.

After surrounding like this for more than ten days, the atmosphere in the city was already very tense, and all the soldiers were sullen, as if they were going to die tomorrow.In this case, Jiang Yu also had to take some measures.

Jiang Yu ordered the city defenders to show a little bit of weakness to the Qi army, and not to defend so tightly.Originally, he was better than anyone else, but he didn't believe that the Qi army, which had the upper hand, could still hold its breath and not attack after seeing the opening.

Even if Nangong Chuo could hold his breath, the others could not.

Sure enough, one night not long after Jiang Yu gave the order, the sentry found that the Qi army's garrison was full of smoke and dust.

"How many people did the Qi army dispatch this time?" Jiang Yu stood on the observation deck and looked into the distance.

"About 1 people."

"Ten thousand?" Jiang Yu frowned slightly, and casually said to the left and right, "Order martial law for the entire army."

"Yes!"

"Isn't 5 a little too little?" Qi Ranming answered, "There are [-] people, but the first night attack was only sent [-]. It doesn't look like a serious attack, but a test. "

"Nangong Chuo is really cautious." Jiang Yu said, "Our troops are only one-fifth of theirs, and he is still so cautious."

Qi Ranming: "Speaking of military strength, Jiang Gu is not at ease. If he asks Nangong Chuo to bring [-] troops, he won't be afraid that Nangong Chuo will turn against him directly?"

Jiang Yu: "[-] against [-], the Marquis of Qi wants to win the battle beautifully, to let the world see the strength of Qi State, and to tell the world that even if he is young, Qi State cannot be provoked by just anyone. Yes."

"How far is Qi Jun?"

"It's less than one mile back to the general."

"The whole army is ready for battle."

As the Qi army gradually approached the city gate in the night, the black army could not be seen at a glance. First of all, it put a lot of pressure on the Yan army psychologically.

On the city tower, the strong crossbowman was ready, Jiang Yu raised his hand, and when he gave an order, thousands of arrows were fired, and the Qi army could not break through the city easily.

However, unexpectedly, the Qi army only walked to the gate of the city, walked around, dropped bricks, and left without intending to attack the city at all.

Wei Boyong cursed puzzledly: "What kind of moth is this Qi army doing? They came all the way here and left without being beaten?"

Liu Wu was more direct and impulsive, asking: "General, are we going to chase? They are facing our army with their backs, and they are unprepared. The Qi army will not guess that we have the courage to leave the city. The brothers have been besieged for many days. , just took this opportunity to beat him up."

Jiang Yu didn't speak.

Dong Ying replaced Jiang Yu and said, "What if the Qi army sets up an ambush outside and we are surrounded as soon as we go out? How will you explain it? You are really stupid as a pig."

Liu Wu smiled sarcastically: "It's the villain who is stupid."

Wei Boyong said: "The general feels that the Qi army is luring our army out of the city in order to encircle and annihilate our army?"

Dong Ying patted Wei Boyong on the shoulder: "You're not hopelessly stupid."

Wei Boyong slapped Dong Ying's hand away, and looked expressionlessly at Qi Jun who left leisurely.

"Since the Qi army is gone, we don't have to be so close to the enemy, let the soldiers rest, it's late at night." Liu Wudao.

Ning Jian glanced at Liu Wu: "Aren't you afraid that the Qi army will kill the carbine again?"

Liu Wu choked for a moment, and finally stopped showing off his IQ.

However, Yan Jun stayed overnight, and Qi Jun never came back.In the early morning of the next day, Dong Ying rubbed his tired eyes, looked at Jiang Yu, and sighed.The Qi army is trying to use tactics to drag down the Yan army and make the Yan army tired of vigilance. When the Qi army really comes to attack the city, the Yan army will be in a mess.

This is the reason, but when the Qi army comes the next night, you still have to be on guard.

After two or three days like this, Yan Jun was full of anger in his heart, wishing that Qi Jun would come to his door and have a good fight with them, even if he lost, it would be better than hanging around like this.

While comforting the army, Jiang Yu secretly speculated when Nangong Chuo planned to attack.

It wasn't too late for this day, maybe Qi Jun couldn't hold back anymore.

"Archers in place!"

"The cannon stone is in place!"

When the Qi army approached the city, Jiang Yu ordered the archers to take the lead in attacking the Qi army's forward.With a strong crossbow and elites, under this attack, the Qi army's spirit was killed first.

When Qi Jun climbed up the tower with a ladder, he threw huge boulders down, one after another, rumbling down a large group of people.The tower was so high that it fell like this, and the Qi army was beaten to death.

In addition, Jiang Yu also ordered people to put oil on the arrows and light them to shoot at the chariots of the Qi army.The chariot is made of wood, and if there are too many rockets, it can always be ignited.

Jiang Yu personally commanded this battle from the city, and the generals followed his orders directly, so they fought all night, but the Qi army was unable to please.

At dawn, the Qi army was exhausted and decided to retreat.

Seeing the Qi army withdrawing and retreating, Wei Boyong was a little anxious. He was always belligerent, and immediately pleaded with Jiang Yu: "General, we can't just let the Qi army retreat like this. Their troops are scattered now, and it's a good time to fight back!"

Even Ning Jian said: "The general agrees with General Wei. The Qi army attacked the city overnight and returned without success. We have not pursued so many times before. This time the Qi army may not have expected us to pursue it." .”

Dong Ying has always been conservative: "If the Qi army lays an ambush outside the city..."

"So what about setting up an ambush? Are we going to stick to the city and not go out to fight because of fear? If we just keep defending, what chance is there for us to win?" Wei Boyong said, staring at him.

Ning Jian said: "Just stick to it, and one day I will run out of ammunition and food."

After the three of them finished expressing their opinions, they looked at Jiang Yu in unison, waiting for Jiang Yu's decision.

Jiang Yu was a little undecided. In his opinion, the Qi army probably set up an ambush outside. If he went out like this, wouldn't he fall into the Qi army's trap?But Wei Boyong was right, after all, he couldn't keep defending.

After hesitating, Jiang Yu glanced at Qi Ranming.

Qi Ranming pondered for a while, and said: "Perhaps now is the time to fight back as you said. Besides, the soldiers of the three armies want to come and hope to fight in a dignified way."

Facing the eyes of the four, Jiang Yu quickly made a decision, hesitation was not his style.

"Ning Jian, with you as the leader, lead the vanguard army of [-], with [-] chariots as the main force, and the left and right flanks are covered by Qingqi, led by Wei Youjun and Qi Cheyou respectively, and immediately go out of the city to pursue the Qi army!"

Jiang Yu paused after finishing speaking, and looked at Qi Ranming.

Qi Ranming lowered his eyes and said, "I'm fine."

Jiang Yu smiled slightly, but in a blink of an eye he stopped smiling, and said solemnly: "There is likely to be an ambush on this trip, divide the three of you into three teams, and catch up with the Qi army as soon as possible. If you still can't catch up in front of Guogong Mountain, Immediately retreat, no more pursuit! Do you understand?"

Guogong Mountain looks like a mountain by its name, but it is actually just a small hillside, and it is one of the few hillsides in a hundred miles.It is easy for the Qi army to set up an ambush there.

The purpose of dividing the vanguard army into three teams is also to prevent possible ambush by the Qi army, so as not to be annihilated by the Qi army in one fell swoop.

"The last general takes orders!" Wei Boyong and Ning Jian shouted in unison.

Qi Ranming touched the bone flute at his waist, took it off, handed it to Jiang Yu, and said, "This flute is precious, you hold it for me, and give it to me when I come back, so as not to break it when I do it."