403. Chapter 403: The Wind Rises
"Rush! Hurry up! ”
Yuan Shu saw that there was no one at the east gate of Xiangcheng, so he completely believed Yan Xiang's guess and knew that he had fallen into the plan of the defenders of Xiangcheng to divert the tiger from the mountain.
He didn't want to watch the tens of thousands of defenders of Xiangcheng break through so easily, so he immediately shouted loudly, urging the corporal to speed up the march.
I have to say that rushing directly to the west gate through the city will definitely save a lot of distance. Under the urging of the generals under Yuan Shu's command, the army galloped rapidly, getting closer and closer to the West Gate.
Suddenly, the soldiers in front stopped their progress, causing a commotion.
Yuan Shu asked loudly, "Who told you to stop?" March fast! ”
A cavalryman came to Yuan Shu and reported: "Your Majesty, the street leading to the West Gate in front has been completely blocked. If you want to clear the obstacles, it will take at least an hour. ”
"What did you say?"
When Yuan Shu heard this, he was furious. He originally thought that if he directly broke through the east gate of Xiangcheng, he would be able to take a shortcut to the west gate.
However, seeing that he was about to cross the entire Xiangcheng, the route of the army's advance was completely blocked, which couldn't help but make Yuan Shu extremely angry.
The cavalryman who came to report the news recounted the situation in front of him again, and Yuan Shu immediately pulled out his long knife, slashed the man to death, and scolded loudly: "Waste, it's all waste!" ”
He scolded loudly and put Sen Han's gaze on Yan Xiang over and over again.
Feeling the anger in Yuan Shu's heart, Yan Xiang was also terrified. Even in the cold winter, his face was covered with beads of sweat.
These few times, Yuan Shu can be said to be obedient to Yan Xiangyan. However, after a few times, Chen Xu was a chess player.
"Humph!"
Yuan Shu snorted angrily, no longer looked at Yan Xiang, but calmed his heart, and secretly thought: "The sound of Ximen shouting and killing is getting weaker and weaker, and it won't be long before Chen Xujun will break through the Ximen camp and break out from here." ”
"Now, it's obviously too late to hunt them down. In this case, it is better to occupy Xiangcheng first. ”
Xiangcheng is located in the middle of Yingchuan County, with convenient transportation, abundant products and sufficient water. It is not only a traffic artery, but also an important city in the northwest of Yuzhou, and its strategic location is extremely important.
Yuan Shu occupied Xiangcheng, basically completely recovered Yingchuan County, and also opened the door to enter the army.
It can be said that Yuan Shu, who recovered Yingchuan County, can attack Sili when he advances, and he can close the city to defend Yuzhou when he retreats. At this time, he occupied a lot of initiative.
What's more, although Wen Zhao and the others broke through. However, he was first besieged in the city, and then defeated Xiangcheng, but Yuan Shu's prestige was boosted.
In the battle of Xiangcheng, although Yuan Shu did not inflict heavy losses on Wen Zhao's army, he also gained a lot through this battle.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu felt a little better in his heart. Then, he suddenly remembered that he had been fooled by the Qian family, and his face suddenly turned red.
He yelled and said, "Chen Lan led people to clear the obstacles on the streets in the city; Lei Bo led his troops to take over the entire Xiangcheng and maintain law and order; Zhang Xun and Ji Ling followed me to the Qian family's mansion, and I want to destroy the nine clans of the Qian family! ”
The sky at the end of the Han Dynasty was full of stars without a trace of pollution.
Although they did not carry torches, they were able to march rapidly at night.
This biao is Chen Xu and others who broke through from the west gate of Xiangcheng. And the leader of the generals is Wen Zhao, who was unconscious after being hit by an arrow.
said that Wen Zhao was shot in the chest by Ji Ling with an arrow at that time. Fortunately, he was wearing iron armor on the outside and red dragon inner armor on the inside.
Although Ji Ling's strength was extraordinary, after the arrows he shot penetrated Wen Zhao's outer iron armor, there was no way to shoot through the red dragon's inner armor.
At that time, Wen Zhao saw Zhao Yun and others coming, and his heart moved.
He remembered that in history, first Chen Gong designed to earn Cao Cao to enter Puyang, and later Cao Cao deceived Lu Bu to break the plot. pretended to be unconscious, and then asked Zhao Yun and others to rush into the camp to rescue Lu Bu.
After being sent back to the city by Jiang Wu, Jia Xu and Tian Feng came to meet Wen Zhao, and when they saw that Wen Zhao was not really seriously injured, they were relieved.
Subsequently, Wen Zhao combined the deeds of Tian Feng and Cao Cao in history. wanted to pretend to be injured and unconscious, and then let the big families in the city pretend to surrender to Yuan Shu, so that he could enter the city, so as to defeat Yuan's army.
After knowing what Wen Zhao was thinking, Jia Xu and Tian Feng were both surprised.
After thinking for a long time, Jia Xu said: "Lord, the Yuan army has an army of 300,000. Even though many soldiers and horses were lost during this time, there were still more than 250,000. ”
"Although the lord's plan is wonderful, it can once again frustrate Yuan Jun's spirit. However, it is impossible to make it hurt. ”
"Now that there is a shortage of food in the city, even if we can defeat some of Yuan's army, our situation is still not good."
Jia Xu's worries are not unreasonable, as he said, Yuan's army is overwhelming, even if it loses 350,000 horses, it will not hurt its muscles and bones.
On the contrary, there is not much grain and grass in Xiangcheng. If you don't break through quickly, you will definitely be trapped in the city.
For the current Chen Xujun, the primary purpose should be to break out of the encirclement. Therefore, Jia Xucai did not agree with Wen Zhao's strategy.
Wen Zhao frowned and said to Jia Xu: "Since that's the case, then I don't have to continue to pretend to be dizzy." ”
But he didn't want to, Jia Xu suddenly laughed twice and said, "The lord should continue to pretend to be dizzy." ”
Wen Zhao's plan opened Jia Xu's train of thought, and he immediately offered a plan: "The lord's plan is no problem at all, we can let people surrender by deception, so that Yuan Shu can gather the soldiers and horses at a city gate." ”
"Then, we will take advantage of the night to raid the rest of the empty camp and break through."
Tian Feng also stroked his palms and laughed, and said, "That's right! ”
Subsequently, Jia Xu discussed with Tian Feng in detail and carefully scrutinized the details. I have to say that Jia Xu's grasp of people's hearts is unmatched.
In order to convince Yuan Shu that the Qian family was really descending, he deliberately asked the head of the Qian family to write the letter full of flaws and turn it upside down.
As Jia Xu expected, after Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang saw this letter, they did not doubt whether the Qian family had surrendered fraudulently.
Yuan Shu's command was not without talents, and Jia Xu believed that they were likely to offer Yuan Shu a plan to directly break through the east gate and lead troops from Xiangcheng to support the west gate.
Considering that it would take some time to break through a Ximen camp of Yuan's army. In order to leave more time for himself, Jia Xu asked people to block the streets near the west gate in the city.
At that time, even if Yuan Shu wanted to go out of the city from other city gates, and then go around to the west gate, it was too late.
It can be said that Jia Xu and Tian Feng's plans are interlocking. It was precisely because of the extraordinary resourcefulness of the two that Chen Xujun broke through from the siege of 300,000 Yuan troops at a slight cost.
At this time, the head of the Qian family, who was coerced by Wen Zhao, also took the whole family with the old and the young, and evacuated Xiangcheng with Wen Zhao.
He knew that if he didn't evacuate now, when Yuan Shu occupied Xiangcheng, their family would definitely be wiped out.
And Yuan Shu was in Xiangxiang City, but he was destined to have no way to find the Qian family.
There are two flowers, one on each branch.
said that Cheng Yu, Li Ru, and Chen Jing, who stayed in Pusaka, were a little panicked when they learned that Wen Zhao was besieged by an army of 300,000 and that grain and grass could not be transported in.
Wen Zhaonai is the core of the entire Chen group, if he has an accident, then this seemingly powerful group will fall apart in an instant.
Although he has two sons, these two are still too young to support this huge family business in the troubled times.
Although Chen Jing and Chen Hu are Wen Zhao's brothers, the advantages and disadvantages of the two are also very obvious.
If Chen Xu is there, there will be no problem with letting them assist Wen Zhao. Once Wen Zhao is gone, with the talents and prestige of the two, there is no way to stabilize the situation.
Even the existence of Chen Gong, a resourceful man, could not change the outcome of the collapse of the Chen Group.
It can be said that Wen Zhao is the backbone of the entire Chen Group. The three of them were afraid that Wen Zhao would be lost, so they hurriedly summoned the civil and military forces who stayed in Pusaka to come to discuss the matter.
Chen Jing frowned, and said to everyone: "The lord is now besieging Xiangcheng, and there is no support for grain, grass, and logistics. If we can't send troops to rescue us quickly, I'm afraid that the lord and they won't be able to support it for a long time. ”
"All of you present are the Lord's henchmen, and this time I summoned you here to discuss the matter of sending troops to rescue the Lord."
Gan Ning trained the navy on Fenshui, so he did not follow Wen Zhao on the expedition.
When he heard Chen Jing's words, he immediately got up and said, "The lord is not ashamed that I was born a thief, and treats me very seriously. Now that the lord is besieged in Xiangcheng, a certain wish is the vanguard and leads the troops to kill and rush to Xiangcheng to rescue the lord. ”
"We are willing to be the vanguard and kill the lord of Xiangcheng to rescue!"
Fan Chou, Yang Feng, Gong Du, Li Meng, Yang Ding and others also all got up to fight.
When Cheng Yu saw the generals, he did not panic because of Wen Zhao's siege, but asked for battle one by one, and his heart was suddenly relieved.
He stood up and said, "I already know the intentions of the generals. As I waited, I was ready to mobilize troops, horses, food and grass to rescue the lord. ”
Cheng Yu is the one who has followed Wen Zhao the longest among all the strategists, and he is deeply trusted by Wen Zhao. Even if Chen Jing is a brother of the Wenzhao clan, he must be respected.
After the discussion of Cheng Yu, Li Ru, Sima Lang, Zhang Yu and others, this time in the name of the general Chen Xu, the grain and grass were requisitioned from the people.
Chen Xu had a lot of soldiers and horses, but because there was not much grain and grass in the territory, he could not support the consumption of the army at all. Therefore, he only led 40,000 soldiers and horses to the battle.
This time, in order to rescue Wen Zhao, Cheng Yu and others didn't care about whether there was enough surplus food in the homes of the people in the country.
In this expedition, Chen Jing was the commander, Li Ru was the military advisor, Gan Ning was the vanguard, Fan Chou and Li Meng were the deputy generals, and 20,000 troops were sent to Xiangcheng.
In the selection of the coach, several scribes in Pusaka had a tacit understanding, and chose Chen Jing, a person with no ability to command the army, as the head coach.
Now that Wen Zhao is besieged, it is difficult to guarantee that the rest of the generals will not have two hearts. At this time, the military power should be in the hands of the Chen family.
In addition, Cheng Yu wrote to Chen Gong and Wang Yan, and asked them to go south directly from Bingzhou and quickly go to rescue Wen Zhao. He also sent people to Liangzhou to recall Zhang Liao, who was in charge of the wolf.
The entire state and Guanzhong have become turbulent because of the siege of Wenzhao.