Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 506 Outsmarting Maicheng
After listening to Guan Yu's words, Liao Li said with a smile: "Mr. Qin has long been dissatisfied with Wu Jun's arrogance. He heard such words from Mr. Qin when he was sent to Chang'an last time. It is really not giving Duke Qin any face to send troops to conquer our army without permission. Besides, Duke Qin inherited the entire Jingzhou at the beginning, and now that Sun Quan has occupied Jiangling for so long, he has not expressed it at all. Duke Qin has long been secretly I am annoyed, but I endured it in order to accumulate strength before. Now, after several years of development, it is estimated that Duke Qin already has enough strength. The machine is going to full-scale war against Sun Quan."

"This, this, is this true? If this is the case, it would be great." Guan Yu was overjoyed when he heard Liao Lizhi's words, and said excitedly.

Liao Li quickly flashed an elusive smile, and then said to Guan Yu: "So, we must be prepared in advance. Once Qin Gong's army goes to war against Sun Quan, we must fully cooperate with him and defeat Zhou Yu's army first. Relieve the crisis on our army’s eastern front, and then find ways to regain the lost ground.”

"Hehe, it goes without saying," Guan Yu nodded with a smile when he heard the words, and then said: "As long as Zhou Yu can retreat, our people will immediately launch a counterattack and form a pincer attack with Qin Gong's army. However, Qin Gong really Will you send troops? When will you send troops?"

Guan Yu still couldn't believe it, and asked again.

Liao Li asked Guan Yu to be calm and not to be impatient, and told him to do his best to defend Jiangzhou, and told Guan Yu: "With Duke Qin's character, he will often send troops to fight when Zhou Yu's morale is low. After a month, Duke Qin will send troops."

Although Guan Yu was very anxious, he could only wait patiently. He led his troops to defend the city and fight tenaciously. hands.

More than four months have passed in a blink of an eye, seeing more and more casualties on his own side, and less and less food and grass in the warehouse, probably only enough for one month's expenses. Under this situation, Guan Yu's mood is getting worse He became more and more anxious, asking Liao Li about Liu He's dispatch of troops almost every day.

"It's been four months, why hasn't Duke Qin sent troops yet?"

"If we don't send troops, our army will run out of food and grass."

"I have pinned all my hopes on Duke Qin. If he doesn't send troops, we will have no hope. At that time, I can only lead the army to break through. I really don't want to take that step."

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Now Guan Yu is like a child who is thinking about new year's money. He has to talk about it every day, which makes Liao Li feel a little annoyed. However, Liao Li naturally will not show this kind of emotion and always comfort him patiently. Watch Guan Yu, let Guan Yu calm down...

At this time, Zhang Xiu, the governor of Jingzhou appointed by Liu He, was suddenly ordered to lead an army of [-] troops to attack Jiangling where Cheng Pu was stationed. Zhang Xiu was ready to send troops at any time before. After getting the order, he did not dare to be negligent, and immediately ordered the soldiers and horses, with Li Yan as the vanguard (because Liu Biao was dead, Li Yan had already resumed his original name at this time), Li Tong and Xian Yufu were the lieutenants, leading an army of [-] to go first. He led an army of [-] troops, as well as generals Wenpin, Yu Jin, Pang De, Ma Dai, military advisor Liu Ye, and others to march slowly, and asked Li Yan's army to come to the dense forest in the northern suburbs of Jiangling within five days to lurk and wait. The arrival of the main force, and keep it secret, absolutely must not let the opponent find the trace, and at the same time send a lot of scouts to keep in touch with the main force at any time.

After Li Yan's vanguard army set off, Zhang Xiu immediately ordered the main force under his command to go out immediately, and must join Li Yan's vanguard army within three days after Li Yan's army arrived, that is, within eight days. If there is a mistake, anyone who delays will be subject to military law.

Let's say that after Li Yan got the order, he immediately led his army to set off, and along the way, he opened roads in the mountains and built bridges in the water, advancing at an astonishing speed. In just three days, he came to Dangyang Changban, which is far away from Dangyang. Yangcheng is tens of miles away, and Cheng Pu's five thousand border guards are stationed in Dangyang.

Although the number is not large, these troops are on alert. Beacon towers have been built along the road from here to Jiangling. Once they are attacked, the news will spread to Jiangling immediately. Cheng Pu will make a decision in a short time. Prepare, and immediately ask for help from Wuling on the other side of the river. In this case, there is almost no possibility of attacking Jiangling.

After some discussions, Li Yan, Li Tong, and Xian Yufu decided to adopt a detour strategy, and led the army to take a detour first, and came to Maicheng, a small city in the south of Dangyang, and used tricks to take Maicheng and destroy the beacon tower here. , and then attack Dangyang City from behind. In this case, Dangyang will become an isolated city. Even if the beacon fire is set off, it will be useless, because Maicheng, where the next beacon tower is located, is already under his control.

After making a decision, Li Tong led [-] cavalry to Maicheng at night, claiming to be ordered by Cheng Pu to change defenses. Chen Peng, the guard on the top of the city, was very surprised when he heard the words, and asked quickly: "What is this?" Why is the defense changed so quickly once? According to the regulations, shouldn't the defense be changed after three months?"

Li Tong said loudly: "The Governor of Zhou decided to concentrate all his efforts on attacking Jiangzhou, so he wanted to mobilize elites from Nanjun. So General Cheng sent us new soldiers to garrison here, and at the same time invited the brothers in the city to go to Jiangzhou. Haha, This time, brothers have made great achievements in battle, but don’t forget us new recruits.”

When Chen Peng heard this, he no longer had any doubts in his heart. He ordered people to open the city gate, and personally led a team to welcome the recruits in. However, he did not expect that the city gate was wide open. He was attacked by the general opposite just as soon as he arrived at the city gate. In one round, he was captured alive by the opponent.

"Here, this general, do you have any misunderstanding? I'm my own." Although Chen Peng was the guard in the city, his original identity was just an ordinary bandit leader. It was okay to fight against the wind, but now that he was suddenly captured and his life was threatened, he was already frightened and did not dare to resist at all.

"Old General Cheng received news that you were planning to defect to Qin Gong's camp, so he sent this general to investigate the matter. How did you collude with Qin Gong? If you are recruited from the truth, perhaps Old General Cheng will consider sparing your life. If so, If you don't hide anything, don't blame me for not recognizing anyone with the knife." Li Tong tightened the knife in his hand and said coldly to Chen Peng.

(End of this chapter)