Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 198
The moon rises on Dongshan Mountain, and a piece of cold pale moonlight shines on the top of Shangcai City, melted by the burning torches.

The torches are surrounded by a square, and they are all inserted on the four walls of the city one by one.Next to the torches were the logistics soldiers who fortified the city. They kept strengthening the city wall while talking in low voices.

And the city gate under the city wall was also ablaze, brighter than above the city wall.At the four city gates, there is a fire dragon extending into the distance. It is soldiers who go out of the city to move stones, trees, etc.

When defending the city, stones can be smashed hard at the enemy who is attacking the city; trees can boil golden juice and pour it on the enemy on the ladder
Golden juice is boiled excrement.

In addition to the bustling city gate, the inside of the city is also bustling.Zhang Rong separated from Xiahoulan and Gao Meng. Gao Meng and Xiahoulan organized the work at the city gate, while Zhang Rong organized the work in the city.

The things in the city are nothing more than preparing food and grass, and preparing for long-term defense of the city.In addition, craftsmen should be urged to speed up the manufacture of weapons, especially arrows, which are indispensable weapons for defending the city.

After a busy day, the three of them finally withdrew and decided to continue tomorrow.

They discussed in the yamen for a while, and then they were going to go back to rest.But at this moment, the guard reported that the little official from the recruiting hall asked to see him.

This little official is He Wen, a member of the He family, an old scholar who has no other skills but to be cautious and conscientious in his work, so that it is not easy for talents to slip away. Then Li Zheng was recruited by the Recruitment Hall, and this is what Liu Yu asked him to temporarily The reason for managing the recruitment hall.

"He Lao, what's the matter?" Looking at the respectful He Wen, Zhang Rong asked warmly.

He Wen is timid, otherwise Liu Yu wouldn't be so scared last time.It was the same this time, facing the three of Zhang Rong, he said respectfully: "Wen has seen Zhang Eng, General Gao, and General Xiahou."

It was also thanks to his prudence, otherwise he would not have come to the Yamen this time, and Xia Houlan and the others would have missed a very important letter.

After seeing the ceremony, He Wen continued to say respectfully: "Zhang Zong, the person my lord told me to pay attention to last time came to the recruiting hall again this morning. And he asked me to hand over this letter to the city guard of Shangcai General."

"Who the hell is he? How could he know about Shang Cai?" Xia Houlan heard what He Wen said, and noticed that the person who handed it over was not Liu Yu, and knew in her heart that the other party should know that Liu Yu was not in the city.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but his face changed, and he shouted sharply.

He Wen immediately turned pale, and replied tremblingly: "General Xiahou, I don't know that person, and he didn't tell me his name when I talked with him. I originally planned to keep him, but he wrote the letter and said he wanted to go to the toilet, and then People disappear."

"Okay, leave the letter here, go down." Zhang Rong and Xia Houlan looked at each other, took the letter from He Wen, and said in a deep voice.

He Wen didn't dare to stay longer, and immediately bowed and retreated.At this time, Xia Houlan said quickly: "Ziyao, open it and have a look."

Hearing this, Zhang Rong immediately opened the letter, at first he read ten lines at a glance, and finally read it carefully from beginning to end.After reading it, he was shocked first, and then ecstatic.

Seeing his strange expression, Xia Houlan and Gao Meng quickly asked in unison: "Quickly, what is written on it?"

"Look for yourselves, haha, Shang Cai is saved." Zhang Rong handed the letter to Xia Houlan, and then laughed heartily.

Hearing Zhang Rong's words, Xia Houlan and Gao Meng hurriedly got together, looked at ten lines at a glance, and then...they also looked at it again from beginning to end.

"Ziyao, who is this person?" Xia Houlan swallowed her saliva and said in shock, "If he follows his plan, he might be able to repel Ji Ling."

"Not necessarily, the letter said that the enemy can be wiped out but not retreated." Gao Meng is no longer the reckless man of the past, but he also thought about it and said, "This person is really not simple, he actually came up with a plan to attack halfway. Ziyao, I heard the young master mentioned this person, but I don't know who he is, do you know?"

"Young master said that this man has great talent, but he doesn't know his name. If you say whether we should act according to his plan, you may be afraid that he is Ji Ling's man and deliberately lures us out of the city." Zhang Rong He is also not the former buddy, and he learned a lot from Du Ji, so he said worriedly at this time.

As soon as Zhang Rong said this, Xia Houlan and Gao Meng fell into deep thought.After a while, Xia Houlan said: "This person said that he discovered Ji Ling's surprise attack on Shangcai through various signs. He also said that he might not be able to protect Shangcai if he insisted on sticking to it. Only by giving Ji Ling a disarm can it be possible to defend Shangcai.

After that, he gave his own strategy, saying that Ji Ling made a surprise attack, and because of Ge Pei's incident, he would be very cautious when setting up camp.But he marched all the way in a hurry, and he certainly would not have thought that the enemy would ambush him halfway.

It is a good plan, especially in a spacious place, to ambush Ji Ling while he is marching.None of us would have thought of this kind of strategy that violated the law of war, and Ji Ling certainly wouldn't have thought of it, either. "

"Yes, a plan is a good plan, the key is whether it is credible. If it is Ji Ling's plan, then once we leave the city, Shangcai will fall. In this case, it is better to stick to the city and wait for rescue." Seeing Xia Houlan's intention, Zhang Rong immediately retorted.

Zhang Rong is conservative, while Xia Houlan and Gao Meng are radical.Hearing Zhang Rong's words, Xia Houlan immediately said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, if you stick to your defense, you will only die. The soldiers will gradually lose morale; the people will gradually panic and even surrender to the enemy; and Ji Ling's follow-up troops will gradually come. .At that time, we had only one dead end.

In addition, I don't believe that there are such people under Yuan Shu's subordinates. They have anticipated the current situation and started planning early.So I want to fight, Cun Yong, what do you think? "

"Young Master said that he has vaguely guessed who that person is, and also said that if there is such a person, Runan will be safe. Since Young Master admires that person so much, we might as well give it a go, rather than sit and wait for death." Gao Meng After pondering for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said.

Seeing that the two of them insisted on this, Zhang Rong couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said: "Forget it, since you are determined to go, you should each lead two thousand soldiers and horses. Let me guard the city with the remaining four thousand, just in case, otherwise we will not be able to follow Son, tell me."

"Okay, that's it. It's decided. Cunyong and I will organize the army now and set off tomorrow morning to ambush Ji Ling at noon." Xia Houlan looked at Gao Meng again, said in a deep voice, and then went down with Gao Meng The whole army.

In the early morning of the second day, after bidding farewell to Zhang Rong, the two of them led [-] soldiers and horses and set off quietly in the dark.

"I hope you can succeed, otherwise Shangcai will be in danger!" Zhang Rong watched them walk away, sighed, then regained his composure, and went back to the city to continue with yesterday's work.

And Xia Houlan and Gao Meng led [-] soldiers and horses, galloping all the way, and finally rushed to an open plain area one morning.It is better to say it is a swamp than a plain. The avenue in the middle is spacious and flat, but on both sides of the avenue are reeds one after another.This swamp is not long, but very wide, probably not attracting Ji Ling's attention, so after discussing with Gao Meng, Xia Houlan decided to ambush here.

Departed very early, arrived in the morning a few days later, and did not ambush until noon.Then there was a long wait, a motionless wait, waiting for the arrival of Ji Ling's army.

In the icy swamp, the soldiers were lying on thin wooden boards, their faces were smeared with mud, and they held bows and arrows in their hands.They have been lying on the ground for almost an hour, but their eyes are still sharp.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, Xia Houlan's eyes lit up, and she looked cautiously into the distance.

Ji Ling, are you here?

(End of this chapter)