Chapter 476

Li Yan thought about it all night.

the second day.

"General Zhang, the last general thought hard all night yesterday, he was really ashamed, and today he came here to plead guilty to General Zhang."

Seeing Li Yan with his head down, he opened his jaw and smiled slightly, and stepped forward to help Li Yan: "Knowing mistakes can be corrected, there is nothing good about it, let's get upright."

Li Yan stood up and stood aside.

And Zhang Jaw pointed to the map of Runan County hanging on the wall, and said without hesitation: "I will take the light soldiers straight to Shangcai City. I think Shouchun has already got the news. I am afraid that Yuan Jun, who is coming to help at this moment, is already on the way. gone."

Fazheng nodded approvingly: "What the general said is right. Runan County is the foundation of Yuan Shu's lair. Yuan Shu will definitely send troops to rescue."

Zhang Ja and Fazheng discussed the military situation but did not shy away from Li Yan and Liu Fu. This made them feel trusted, and their goodwill increased instantly.

"Our army only has thousands of soldiers and horses. It is not easy to deal with Yuan Jun." Zhang Jai frowned.

Fa Zheng smiled slightly: "There is a plan here, but I need brother Zheng Fang's help."

Li Yan was taken aback, and pointed to himself: "Someone?"

"That's right." Fazheng smiled slightly: "Yuan Jun learned that the news that our army surrounded Shangcai should have just reached Shouchun, and the news that Shangcai was captured has not yet spread."

Fazheng cupped his hands and said, "General, please seal the gates on all sides immediately to prevent the news from spreading."

Zhang Jaw instantly understood: "I see, what do you mean to create a false appearance and lure the enemy into being fooled?"

Fazheng nodded with a smile, and asked Li Yan, "I just don't know what brother Zhengfang thinks?"

Li Yan was stunned and realized that this was an opportunity given to him by Fazheng and Zhang Jaw, a vote of honor!

Li Yan cupped his hands without hesitation and said: "The final general is willing to cooperate with General Zhang to create false appearances and defeat the invading enemy."

Seeing Li Yan quickly straightened his mind, he opened his jaw and nodded with a smile.

According to Fa Zheng's suggestion, Zhang Jai immediately redeployed inside and outside the city, re-planted the Yuan character flag on the head of Shangcai City, and Zhang Jai's camp outside the city stood still, looking solemn.

In order to deal with the "big army" with jaws open, Shangcai City naturally had its gates closed on all sides, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will. And this news soon reached Qiao Rui's ears through the army scouts.

The news that Zhang Jai led troops to invade Runan County and Sun Ce led troops to attack Lujiang County reached Shouchun City almost at the same time. Fortunately, Yan Xiang argued hard, so Yuan Shu ordered Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang County, to abandon the southern first-line city and shrink his troops to stick to it. In the north of Lujiang County, a large army was sent to rescue Runan County.

Originally, the number one general Ji Ling was the first thing Yuan Shu thought of, but recently Liu Ye, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and others attacked fiercely from all directions, so Yuan Shu was quite frightened and ordered Ji Ling to protect him, so it was Qiao Rui who was sent to rescue Runan County , led an army of fifteen thousand.

"The gate of Shangcai City was closed, and it was not captured by Zhang Jaw?" Qiao Rui asked.

"Exactly, General."

"Strange, strange." Qiao Rui looked puzzled, "Since Zhang Jai leads an army of tens of thousands, not to mention a small city of Shangcai, even if it is more than enough to conquer the entire Runan County, why does he stay put?"

After finishing speaking, Qiao Rui looked at the deputy general Chen Ji: "General Chen, do you think there is something strange about this matter?"

Chen Ji also looked puzzled, but suddenly Chen Ji's eyes lit up: "I know!"

"Oh?" Qiao Rui asked impatiently, "What did General Chen see?"

Chen Ji smiled slightly, and said confidently, "Zhang Jaw is waiting for us!"

"Waiting for us?"

"That's right." Chen Ji analyzed: "General Qiao, think about it, if you attack Runan quickly with Zhang Jai's army, you may even take down Pingyu City, but now Zhang Jai is lingering under Shangcai City. There are only eight or nine hundred people in Shangcai City, why didn't Zhang Jaw take it directly?"

"The answer is obvious, that is, Zhang Jai is waiting for us!" Chen Ji affirmed: "Zhang Jai deliberately surrounded Shangcai City but did not attack it. He wanted to attract our army to come and then start a decisive battle with our army."

Qiao Rui suddenly took a deep breath: "If that's the case, it's best to be careful."

Chen Ji smiled: "It's okay, this is also an opportunity for us to wait. Since Zhang Jai did not capture Shangcai City, we can send people to shoot letters into the city at night, and when our army and Zhang Jai's army start a decisive battle, Shangcai City What if the defenders suddenly rushed out?"

Qiao Rui's eyes lit up, and he hammered the desk table: "Okay! Let's do it like this."

Under Chen Ji's plan, Qiao Rui quickly marched in the direction of Shangcai, and arrived outside Shangcai city two days later.

The rising red sun slowly jumped above the horizon, bursting out with thousands of red lights.

Outside the city of Shangcai, an army set up a clear formation with two general flags in the formation, which were the characters "Qiao" and "Chen" respectively, and it was the 15,000 troops led by Qiao Rui.

Under Qiao Rui's order, the 15,000 troops set up a formation, staring at the Zhangja battalion on the opposite side.

"Have you notified the city?" Qiao Rui asked.

"En." Chen Ji nodded affirmatively: "Chengzhong County Lieutenant Li Yan has already replied, and will lead five hundred guards to fight from behind Zhang Jaw. At that time, I will cooperate with the inside and outside to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

"Okay!" Qiao Rui seemed to have taken a reassurance: "Order the drummers in the army to beat the drums and sound the horn, and invite Zhang Jaw to fight!"

Boom boom boom!

Whoooo!

The rumble of war drums and the sound of horns in Qiao Rui's 15,000-strong army suddenly sounded, as if a giant was beating his chest and shouting, inviting another giant to come out and fight with him.

Hearing the sound of the trumpets of the Qiaorui Army, the drums of the Zhangja Battalion also sounded, echoing the sound of the enemy's drums.

As the sound of drums and trumpets echoed over the field, the gate of the camp opened immediately, and three thousand soldiers and horses came out of the camp immediately, with a flag with the word "Zhang" in the middle, and it was Zhang Jai who led the army in person.

Seeing that the enemy army was only 3,000 troops, Qiao Rui frowned: "This jaw is too crazy, could it be enough to defeat our army with only 3,000 troops?"

Chen Ji sneered and said: "This jaw is very famous under Liu Ye, I'm afraid he looked down on us and ordered the army to besiege from all directions. If we can capture Zhang Jaw, wouldn't we show our face?"

Qiao Rui nodded, and there was a fiery look in his eyes: Yes, if he can capture and kill Zhang Jaw, wouldn't he become famous in one battle?

Han Xin was also not well-known at the beginning, but he showed his extraordinary talent in the first battle. He Mingxiu plank road secretly crossed Chencang, defeated Xiang Yu's Sanqin King in the first battle, and regained Guanzhong.

If he could defeat Zhang Jaw, he, Qiao Rui, would also be famous all over the world.

"Army attack!"

With the long sword out of its sheath, the army gallops like a river.