Guan Yu and Huang Zhong watched Jiqiu City under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers.

Liu Lan did not implement the strategy of clearing the wilderness in Xuzhou, but it does not mean that Wen Chou will not, that is, the trees around Qiucheng have been cut down, as the saying goes, ten years of trees, in the early years, when Guan Yu followed Liu Lan to Luoyang, he heard Liu Lan say that the firewood needed by the people of Luoyang should be cut down by him first, and this situation has lasted for hundreds of years.

And now there is a similar situation outside the city, in fact, such a move will only cause inconvenience to the people, it has nothing to do with them, but Wen Chou will not allow such a thing to happen, he did not hesitate to order all the trees outside the city to be cut down, not only afraid that Guan Yu would make siege equipment, but more importantly, the main reason is also to make the wood to defend the city.

Although I came to observe the situation of Jiqiu, I looked at the abrupt stumps, how many sassholes can be made, and at this moment, suddenly a soldier shouted: "General, look." ”

Following the direction in which the soldiers spoke, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong both saw that the city of Jiqiu opened, and then tens of thousands of horses poured out, and they began to camp outside the city, without a camp fence, as if they were randomly set up during the march, only using some wooden carts to stab or even reject the horses Even if it was a fortification, after these things were done, they began to build camp tents.

"What does Wen Chou want to do when he sets up a camp like this? Lure me into attacking? Huang Zhong said beside Guan Yu.

"Since Wen Chou is strong and clear, he has made up his mind to defend Jiqiu, but now that he has made such a play, it seems that he deliberately sold a flaw to us and lured me to attack, will there be any conspiracy in this?" Guan Hai has a different opinion, over the years, he has changed from a member of the Yellow Turban to a general who can really lead the troops by Guan Yu's side, for which Guan Yu has recommended Liu Lan several times, but his personal will is strong, and he is only willing to stay by Guan Yu's side and exist as his subordinate officer, so Liu Lan is not easy to force, otherwise, with Guan Hai's ability, let alone just being Guan Yu's captain, even if he is given thousands or even tens of thousands of people, there is no problem in letting him be alone.

Liu Lan did not force Guan Hai, he has been a subordinate official in Guan Yu's general's mansion, and this kind of subordinate official is the same as the main book, they do not receive Yulu from Xuzhou controlled by Liu Lan, but only from Guan Yu's personal hands.

And this kind of situation, in fact, is not strange in the Han Dynasty, just like the officials of the Han court such as the Three Princes and Jiuqing, such as Liu Lan, the generals who conquered the west, they all eat Han Lu, that is to say, they will receive the imperial court's Yulu and five baht every month, and officials like the Sangong generals or even Liu Lan, when they reach a certain identity and status, they can open the mansion, and Guan Yu, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong, to put it bluntly, are all subordinate officials in General Liu Lan's mansion, and the distribution of Yulu is issued by Liu Lan personally, which is related to Danyang Taishou Sun Shao, There is an essential difference between Xuzhou Thorn Shi Chen Deng and Qingzhou Thorn Shi Zang Ba.

But now that the world is in turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, within Liu Lan's control, even including himself, in fact, he will not get a grain of Lu rice from the Han family, to put it bluntly, Liu Lan pays it himself, so Guan Yu is a subordinate official, and the leader of the army also has the qualification to open the government under Liu Lan's acquiescence, it seems that Pei Yuanshao is his main book, Zhou Cangnai is a long history, and Guan Hai is the general of the mountain, although it is the title of the miscellaneous general, but because Guan Yu is the chief official of the mountain camp, he, the general of the mountain, has more power than many powerful generals.

The Setshan Battalion is the largest unit under Liu Lan's account, although it has been split by Liu Lan several times, but now there are still nearly 50,000 people, such a force, let alone under Liu Lan's account, even if you look at the world, there may not be many people who can compare with it.

This is also the reason why Guan Hai can interject casually like Huang Zhong at this time, not that there are no rules, but that Guan Yu attaches more importance to him, and does not treat him as a member of his own generals at all, just like his ability, in fact, being an official in his own mansion is wronged him, and he has the ability to enter Liu Lan's general's mansion, I dare not say that I am on an equal footing with him, but how can I be the same as Huang Zhong and these people, but he doesn't care about his personal future and honor, and the other two Pei Yuanshao Zhou Cang stayed, This made Guan Yu feel from the bottom of his heart that he owed something to the three of them, but it was precisely for this reason that he would not consider other people's suggestions, but when the three of them put them forward, he would think about them seriously.

"Let's take a look."

Guan Yu's answer was very concise, just three words, but how to find Huang Zhong, who had little intersection with Guan Yu, would definitely not be able to react directly like Guan Hai, and this was not Guan Hai's advantage, or the advantage of a few of them, for so many years, some words could not be said too much, and they could understand it in a few words, and even with a look, they knew what they should do.

Guan Hai turned around and left, Huang Zhong faintly sensed what might happen, the meaning of this probe was not to send scouts to probe, but more likely to attack the meaning of the probe, sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, Guan Hai launched an attack on the enemy camp outside the city of Qiu, the battle lasted for half an hour, after paying some casualties, the Jizhou army in the city of Qiu suddenly killed, fortunately, Guan Hai has been on guard, and at the moment when the city gate was opened, he retreated and returned.

"Sure enough." When Guan Yu came out of the Jizhou army in the city, he glanced at Huang Zhong, who nodded and whispered to him: "Each other is a horn, it seems that Wen Chou is going to defend the hill." “

"In this way, this battle will be more and more unfavorable for us!"

Wen Chou and Yan Liang, Guan Yu and they all intersected, and even had a good relationship for a while, especially this Wen Chou, but the impression he left on himself was more like Zhang Fei, but what he didn't expect was that Wen Chou now seemed to have completely become another person, becoming shrewd and even a little cunning.

Guan Yu would definitely not think about such a change, it was as if Zhang Fei suddenly became like Chen Deng, how could this kind of situation happen, so he became a little anxious at the moment, and even felt that it was difficult to defeat Wen Chou in the front.

"My lord." Just as the two were talking in a low voice, Guan Hai came to Guan Yu's side.

"How?"

"Although the enemy's camp did not set up a barracket fence, it laid a lot of traps and traps, and our army suffered some small losses as a result, but these fortifications were hastily built, but it should be judged that they were attracting us to attack.

"Not bad." In fact, in the battle just now, even if Guan Hai didn't say it, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong also saw it, and the current situation made him extremely passive, the main attack on one side, the other side would rush to help, and it would become a flanking attack, and if the troops were divided, the situation would not change either, and Wen Chou gave him a problem.

"If you join us in a feint, will you be able to break the enemy's horns?" Guan Hai suggested.

Guan Yu bowed his forehead and said, "It's possible." "This can be regarded as an attempt, a choice, and the outcome is not to be said for the time being, it is better than doing nothing, and it is not known whether it will succeed." He looked at Huang Zhong to hear his advice, and Huang Zhong thought for a moment and said, "I think it's best to retreat to the camp now." ”

His sentence is not as simple as it sounds, or this is a very ordinary sentence, but it woke up Guan Yu, the truth is true and false, the retreat is for a better attack, and if you want to gain something, attacking now is not the best choice.

At this moment, a bold plan appeared in Guan Yu's heart, that is, to feint and attack the enemy camp outside Jiqiu City once a day, and if he attacked for five or six days, he would inevitably confuse the enemy army, and if he attacked again at that time, even if he was recognized, he would definitely make Wen Chou pay the price.

"Retreat."

"No."

Guan Yu used retreat instead of returning, the choice of this word was based on his consideration, and retreating without defeat could be regarded as revealing the true thoughts in his heart like the two of them.

The Xuzhou army withdrew like this, and in a skirmish, both sides paid the price of only a few hundred casualties, and there were almost no losses, let alone a heavy price, but Wen Chou's mind became heavy, he returned to the house, and after thinking about it for a long time, he fell asleep and slept from the twilight of the next morning.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Wen Chou was woken up by the sound of battle outside the city, stunned for a moment, before reacting, hurriedly put on his armor and ran to the city tower, when he appeared on the city tower, the defenders in the city had also been assembled, and they went out of the city, but as yesterday, the enemy army came violently, and then retreated after the city gate was opened.

Guan Yu: What is this doing?

The orderly retreat shows that they have already guessed that there will be troops in the city after yesterday's attack, and when they come back today, nine times out of ten, they are testing, and they may even be calculating the speed and time of sending troops in the city, and the purpose of all this is ......

Wen Chou thought of several possibilities. Test whether the city will always send troops to confuse the city defenders, or set up an ambush to ambush the city defenders after determining that the city defenders will support them.

"Tomorrow, if the enemy army comes to attack the city again, don't go out of the city from the south and make a detour to the east gate." Wen Chou said to the defenders that among these answers, he was most worried about being ambushed, and what he was most afraid of was that all this was Guan Yu's trick to lure the troops, and he would continue to attack like this until the defenders and guards in the city began to be careless, and launched a fierce attack.

He has encountered this situation too many times, virtual and real, real and virtual, Guan Yu may be playing this trick, Wen Chou looked at the direction of the retreat of the Xuzhou army, in a small sand dune not far away, he vaguely felt that the black spots that appeared where should be human figures, and among these figures, it is likely that Guan Yu himself.

Wen Chou's feeling is not wrong at all, it is true that Guan Yu, who is on the sand dunes at this moment, is looking at Jiqiu City, and his eyes are also looking coldly at the top of Jiqiu City, if it is not too far away, maybe the two of them have found that both sides are staring at each other at this moment.

And today's Guan Hai's performance is a little too deliberate, sometimes luring the enemy requires a little acting ability, there is no talent to perform, the acting is not very similar, but will be seen by the enemy flaws, just like today Guan Hai's retreat is stable, at first glance, he has been prepared, which will definitely make Wen Chou suspicious, but his plan is to make him doubt, the more doubtful the better, so that he can succeed in the near future.

Guan Yu used retreat instead of returning, the choice of this word was based on his consideration, and retreating without defeat could be regarded as revealing the true thoughts in his heart like the two of them.

The Xuzhou army withdrew like this, and in a skirmish, both sides paid the price of only a few hundred casualties, and there were almost no losses, let alone a heavy price, but Wen Chou's mind became heavy, he returned to the house, and after thinking about it for a long time, he fell asleep and slept from the twilight of the next morning.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Wen Chou was woken up by the sound of battle outside the city, stunned for a moment, before reacting, hurriedly put on his armor and ran to the city tower, when he appeared on the city tower, the defenders in the city had also been assembled, and they went out of the city, but as yesterday, the enemy army came violently, and then retreated after the city gate was opened.

Guan Yu: What is this doing?

The orderly retreat shows that they have already guessed that there will be troops in the city after yesterday's attack, and when they come back today, nine times out of ten, they are testing, and they may even be calculating the speed and time of sending troops in the city, and the purpose of all this is ......

Wen Chou thought of several possibilities. Test whether the city will always send troops to confuse the city defenders, or set up an ambush to ambush the city defenders after determining that the city defenders will support them.

"Tomorrow, if the enemy army comes to attack the city again, don't go out of the city from the south and make a detour to the east gate." Wen Chou said to the defenders that among these answers, he was most worried about being ambushed, and what he was most afraid of was that all this was Guan Yu's trick to lure the troops, and he would continue to attack like this until the defenders and guards in the city began to be careless, and launched a fierce attack.

He has encountered this situation too many times, virtual and real, real and virtual, Guan Yu may be playing this trick, Wen Chou looked at the direction of the retreat of the Xuzhou army, in a small sand dune not far away, he vaguely felt that the black spots that appeared where should be human figures, and among these figures, it is likely that Guan Yu himself.

Wen Chou's feeling is not wrong at all, it is true that Guan Yu, who is on the sand dunes at this moment, is looking at Jiqiu City, and his eyes are also looking coldly at the top of Jiqiu City, if it is not too far away, maybe the two of them have found that both sides are staring at each other at this moment.

And today's Guan Hai's performance is a little too deliberate, sometimes luring the enemy requires a little acting ability, there is no talent to perform, the acting is not very similar, but will be seen by the enemy flaws, just like today Guan Hai's retreat is stable, at first glance, he has been prepared, which will definitely make Wen Chou suspicious, but his plan is to make him doubt, the more doubtful the better, so that he can succeed in the near future.