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Chapter 731 Yingchuan
"Anton General Sima Tai and Xuchang Ling Wang Shen strictly guarded the city, with solid walls and clear fields, our army has no gaps to take advantage of." Zhou Zhi looked worried.

Sima Tai is the second son of Sima Kui, the fourth younger brother of Sima Yi. He is honest in nature, not close to women, not fun, and humble, but he has no outstanding achievements in politics.

In Sima's family, he can be regarded as a figure that can be obtained.

At least he is much better than Sima Yi, Sima Xun, and Sima Lun.

Sima Jun supervised the town of Huaibei, and Sima Tai was appointed General Anton to guard Xuchang, a key place in the Central Plains.

As for Wang Chen, after betraying Cao Mao, he was originally reused as the governor of Yangzhou, but he performed poorly in the Battle of Huainan, was defeated by Zhonghui, and was demoted to Xuchang Ling.

"How much food and grass are there?" Du Yu asked.

Zhang Yan, the chief bookkeeper, said: "There is only food for six days..."

The situation is already very dangerous.

Sima Tai and Wang Chen are ordinary people, defending the fortified city, they can't get out of the way, but they are also impeccable.

The Qin army's food was originally enough, but it was a bit stretched to help the people all the way.

There was ripe grain in the field, but Du Yu ordered not to harvest it.

"Six days is enough!" Du Yu said calmly.

Zhou Zhi swallowed his saliva, "Commander, Xuchang is a strong city, I'm afraid for six days..."

"There is a saying in the art of war, if you go where you don't go, you will save what you attack! With Xuchang's strength, a hundred thousand troops can't take it down, but this is Yingchuan. Will the gentry in Xuchang sit back and watch the manor be destroyed?" Du Yu laughed.

In the 17th year of Qin Shihuang, Nei Shiteng attacked Han, won Han Wang'an, took all the land, took the land as a county, and named it Yingchuan.

Under the jurisdiction of Xuxian, Yangzhai, Changshe, Yanling, Xiangcheng and other counties.

Since its establishment, it has been the most prosperous place except Gyeonggi.

Wei Wu moved the capital to Xuchang, which also made the Yingchuan gentry a force that cannot be ignored since the Han and Wei dynasties.

If Du Yu copied their hometown, one can imagine the shock it would cause.

Zhou Zhi frowned and said: "Every family of the Yingchuan gentry has a strong city, Wubao, trilogy, and youth, and it may be difficult to win."

Du Yu laughed loudly, "General Zhou will be the general of the country in the future, so he can't just care about military affairs."

Zhou Zhi was stunned, Du Yu was also a teacher, friend and elder brother in his mind.

This point made him suddenly fall into deep thought.

Daqin didn't establish a country, so it's enough to be able to kill people by rushing and beating.

But now it is not what it used to be, and the most military exploits are generals of tigers and county marquises of the founding of the country. If you want to go further, you need extremely high political awareness, and it is not enough to be able to kill people.

This is one of the underlying rules in any era.

"Pass down the order, make a big fanfare, and release the news that our army is running out of food, and we will plunder Yingchuan, and then order the soldiers to build trebuchets." Du Yu waved his hand.

"You can't be the governor. Since the enemy knows that we are running out of food, if they come to rob the camp, wouldn't they be messing with themselves?" Zhang Yan said in surprise.

Some people's qualifications can only go so far.

Du Yu's gentle and steady eyes turned to Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi has always been courageous and resourceful, bold and careful, and what was missing was the advice of an expert, "The general understands that if Wang Chen and Sima Tai dare to come to rob the camp, they will hit the plan of the governor, and our army will wait for work at ease. The enemy army can seize Xuchang by taking advantage of the victory! If the enemy does not come, our army will plunder Yingchuan in a fair manner!"

The Qin army is famous for being good at looting.

Yang Zheng actually made his fortune by plundering.

Qiang, Di, and Jin under his command are even better players, and they will never be soft-hearted when they grab things.

Du Yu nodded, "You're half right. One year ago, I talked with His Majesty about the general situation of the world. His Majesty said that war is the continuation of politics, and politics can also be a means of war. It is related to their own interests. The Yingchuan gentry will follow suit." Is the Sima family united?"

Sima Yi took advantage of the influence of the Yingchuan gentry, took Luoshui as an oath, and stole the power of Cao Wei.

Sima Shi also reused the Yingchuan gentry.

But when it came to Sima Zhao, Sima Yan and his son, the situation gradually changed.

A large number of scholars from Hebei and Shandong began to be used to balance the Yingchuan scholars.

Langya Wang, Taishan Yang, Bingzhou Wang, Fanyang Lu, Qinghe Cui and so on.

After Chen Tai, Zhong Yu and others passed away one after another, Zhong Hui caused chaos, and only the Xun family was left to support the facade of the Yingchuan gentry.

Sima Yan even used celebrities such as Shi Jian and He Zeng, as well as Zhang Hua and others from a poor family, which further weakened the influence of the Yingchuan gentry in the Luoyang court.

Why can't Zhong Hui calm down?

Part of the reason is that Zhong Hui does have some skills. On the other hand, the Yingchuan gentry does not want Zhong Hui to be destroyed.

Zhou Zhi, who was born in a common family, was naturally hard to understand the way of doing this.

But with Du Yu's instructions, Zhou Zhi soon understood.

The gentry have always put their family first and then the country, giving priority to the interests of the family.

"So the governor is knocking the mountain to shake the tiger?" Zhou Zhi clasped his hands.

"That's right, whether Xuchang can be won or not depends on whether the Yingchuan gentry cooperate or not!" Du Yu marched all the way, Qiu did not mind, just showing to the Yingchuan gentry that he is a person who abides by the rules and is also a person who can talk.

The Qin army stationed under the city of Xuchang spread rumors with great fanfare.

With the cooperation of the staff, within two days, the news spread throughout Yingchuan.

Wang Shen was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan, and Sima Tai was from the Sima family, so of course he would not risk his life for the Yingchuan gentry, let alone Du Yu's far-reaching plans.

Still unable to shrink back.

The bandits and refugees on the nearby mountains also joined the Qin army, waving their flags and shouting, agitating their momentum.

The Qin army may not be able to capture Xuchang, but it is easy to wipe out a few powerful manors. The powerful gentry can hide in the Wubao, but they can't hide their food that is about to mature, right?

Soon, more and more mysterious people came from all over Yingchuan.

Du Yu interviewed and talked secretly one by one, but no one knew what was discussed.

Zhou Zhi is not qualified to attend this occasion.

In the next few days, cart after cart of grain and grass were pushed into the camp of the Qin army, making Zhang Yan's jaw drop in shock...

Not only food, but also weapons, pigs and sheep.

Du Yu greeted the soldiers, "Soldiers who travel thousands of miles, if they don't have the merits of size, what face do they have to return to Guanzhong?"

Sparks suddenly appeared in the eyes of General Qiang Dizhen.

The desire for military merit has already penetrated into the bone marrow.

To be able to become the Chinese army, of course, is a warrior of all ethnic groups, extremely belligerent.

"Xuchang is right in front of you, do you guys mean it?" Du Yu said every word very gently, but every word went into their hearts.

"May I follow the governor to attack this city!"

"Okay, after breaking the city, restrain the soldiers and not kill unarmed civilians recklessly, especially those with yellow silk tied on the door lintel! You must remember, otherwise don't blame the ruthless military law!" Du Yu said with a rare murderous look.

"only!"

The war drums rumbled, and more than a dozen trebuchets were pushed to the bottom of the city.

Compared with the vast city of Xuchang, these dozens of catapults look really thin.

Even the [-] Qin army seemed extremely thin.

Zhou Zhi looked at Xu Chang, but there was no doubt in his heart, he laughed and said to the armored soldiers beside him: "This city will be destroyed today, everyone can take the merits of being the first to ascend!"

After all, carry the sword and shield and lead the soldiers to rush to the forefront...

(End of this chapter)