Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 189 Countermeasures?Clean up the troops!
"The situation in the city is very small?!"

Hearing the news, Yu Jin almost fell off his horse.

There are [-] defenders in Xuzhou City!
What kind of army can attack Xuzhou to a dangerous point?

It's not because of lack of restraint, it's because the news reported by this messenger is too shocking.

From Yu Jin's point of view, Che Zhou and Dong Heng joined forces to defend the city, relying on [-] defenders.

No matter how unbearable it is, it won't be so dangerous to be beaten by the opponent.

Unless... Yuan Shao came to attack with a large army and brought all kinds of siege equipment.

But Yuan Shao is now in a stalemate with the Prime Minister at the Yellow River Ferry, and because of the severe drought in the Central Plains.

No matter what, it is impossible to attack with large soldiers now.

Shaking his head, Yu Jin tried his best to gather his mind, and said to the messenger who was still panting:
"Don't worry, speak slowly, and tell me all the news you know!"

……

Not to mention Yu Jin's ignorance, but the city wall of Xuzhou is another scene.

The defenders of Cao Ying were specially guarded separately, and the nearly [-] surrendered troops were divided into fifteen square formations.

In front of each phalanx, there are a hundred young soldiers guarding them, with alloy steel knives in their hands.

With the previous record of breaking the Xuzhou Army, these young soldiers are full of ambition at this moment, even if they are guarding ten times their own soldiers, they are not worried.

In contrast, the attitudes of the Xuzhou soldiers were different.

Although there are juvenile soldiers in custody, the number of hundreds of people is too small, and they still can't be stopped if they want to whisper to each other.

Gao Lan saw that something was wrong in the surrender camp, and wanted to stop it, but before he could act, Yuan Tan stopped him.

"Brother Gao, don't worry, just let them talk about it."

"But……"

Gao Lan was still a little worried.

The sentry cavalry sent out of the city before had brought back news that Yu Jin returned to his division not only with [-] cavalry, but also recruited [-] Xiangyong from the Xuzhou nobles.

The princes from all walks of life have similar local conditions.

Whether it is Gao Lan or Yuan Tan, they are quite clear about the true combat effectiveness of the so-called rural bravery in the mouths of the local wealthy families.

But after hearing the news, the major general did not show the slightest worry.

Regarding this situation, Che Zhou thought with all his heart that the major general he had newly recruited had probably already prepared some tricks.

Maybe it's just that when Jin leads troops to attack the city, a new wave of Yuan Shao's army will descend from the sky and enter the battlefield, and will defeat Jin in one fell swoop.

That's why Yuan Tan showed such a calm attitude now.

But this is purely Che Zhou's misunderstanding caused by Yuan Tan's bravery when he attacked the city and the success of his surprise attack on Xuzhou.

Instead, Gao Lan, who had followed Yuan Tan for a long time, found out.

The major general of his family definitely didn't have any sufficient preparations to be so calm in the face of danger.

He's just pure...reckless.

Of course, to put it mildly, it can also be said that Yuan Tan has full confidence in his own strength.

Gao Lan and Che Zhou had their own thoughts, but Cao Ying's soldiers did not stop their discussions when they saw the general.

With the mental power of these surrendered soldiers, they didn't care to think about whether there was any trick in it, but they just felt that Yuan Tan was a little weird.

But they are more willing to discuss some gossip at this moment.

After all, their current identities and situations are a bit embarrassing,

Since the Warring States period, to be more precise, since Bai Qi killed 40 surrendered troops from Zhao State after the First World War in Changping.

The hearts of those soldiers who surrendered on the battlefield were shrouded in a perennial shadow.

I was afraid that the generals who accepted his surrender would drag him down and behead him if he spoke up.

There are precedents for even directly murdering surrendered soldiers.

Not to mention, the current situation in Xuzhou City not only did not ease the embarrassing opportunity to surrender because of their army's surrender.

On the contrary, it increased the embarrassment to some extent.

Because... right now in Xuzhou City, the comparison between the numbers of regular troops and surrendered troops is really huge.

In all fairness, if they were to switch to Yuan Tan's seat, they would naturally not be at ease with them.

Therefore, although Yuan Tan generously delegated power to the Jiangbing Battalion, it was handed over to Che Zhou, who is familiar with the Xuzhou defenders.

The tight pressure in their hearts has not yet relaxed, and they must be relieved through chatting.

For the surrendered soldiers, the most discussed one is undoubtedly the enemies that Xuzhou may face next.

"Have you heard? General Yu Jin has returned with reinforcements!"

A surrendered soldier whispered to his companion beside him.

The companion said disdainfully: "General Yu Jin only brought three thousand cavalry when he left the city, so what if he comes back?"

The surrendered soldier said with a mysterious face:

"You don't know, I just overheard the conversation of Yuan Shaojun in front of me. General Yu Jin brought not only 3000 men with him this time, but also recruited thousands of soldiers from the local area. Adding up the front and back, it is estimated that there will be tens of thousands of soldiers. The horse is gone!"

"What? Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?"

Hearing the news, Xuzhou Jiangbing was taken aback for a moment, and didn't bother to ask why the well-informed "companion" beside him seemed so unfamiliar.

Hastily asked:

"Is this news true or false?"

"of course it's true!"

The strange Xuzhou "surrender" replied firmly.

Then he whispered: "I'm only telling you this news, don't talk nonsense..."

The surrendered soldier rolled his eyes and nodded vigorously.

After a stick of incense...

In the battalion of Xuzhou's surrendered soldiers, rumors have begun to spread indiscriminately.

"Have you heard that General Yu Jin conscripted [-] soldiers and horses from the local area, and they were all cavalry!"

"How did I hear that General Yu Jin asked for help from the prime minister, and the prime minister sent [-] troops to join forces with General Yu Jin!"

"I heard that General Yu Jin brought an army of [-] to attack Xuzhou City!"

While the soldiers in Xuzhou were talking about it, no one noticed that in the formation of the soldiers, some of them first delivered the news.

The seemingly unfamiliar "companion" took advantage of the commotion and slipped out of the army formation, and changed back into the armor of a young soldier after a while.

Cautiously walked to Yuan Tan's side.

"Major General, according to your instructions, the news has been delivered."

A young soldier handed over a list and handed it to Yuan Tan respectfully.

"This is the order of the major general. Those who we have found out in the drop-off formation are those who are prestigious and have active minds."

Yuan Tan took the list, glanced at it, nodded slightly, patted the shoulders of several young soldiers, and said with a smile:

"You are doing well, go down and rest."

Gao Lan, who knew nothing about Yuan Tan's arrangement, looked at the list in Yuan Tan's hand suspiciously, and asked strangely:

"Major General, this list, and those soldiers just now are..."

Yuan Tan chuckled, handed the list to Gao Lan, and said with a smile:

"Brother Gao put away this list first, and after I break the ban, I will ask Brother Gao to arrest people one by one according to this list."

(End of this chapter)