The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 27
Xi Zhicai and Chen Qun were dealing with government affairs at the Runan prefect's mansion. Originally, Li Yuan asked Xi Zhicai to rest at home, but he couldn't be free, and Chen Qun was really busy, so he came out from home to help.

"My lord has been away for quite a while, I don't know how long it will take to come back." Chen Qun put down the bamboo slips in his hands, rubbed his eyes, he has been working for three hours in a row today, and he hasn't even had time to eat breakfast, if he didn't have the ambition I didn't even have time to sleep until I helped him.

"Don't worry, Changwen. My lord has great wisdom and strong martial arts skills. With the protection of Wang Wu and others, nothing will happen. I believe he will come back soon." Thinking of Li Yuan being so worried about his illness, Xi Zhicai felt A burst of warmth.

Chen Qun said worriedly: "Zhicai, I am more worried about your illness than my lord. Speaking of which, we have known each other for many years. I found that your illness seems to be getting more and more serious, and your cough is becoming more and more frequent. I remember that although you coughed from time to time in previous years, you never coughed up blood, and I am really worried that your disease will continue to worsen."

Xi Zhicai waved his hand, "No problem, it's just a minor illness, and it won't affect my handling of political affairs."

Chen Qun sighed helplessly, "Oh, you'd better drink less wine, the four of us love drinking the most are you and Feng Xiao, both of them are bad for Feng Xiao, if it wasn't for him to spoil you, I'm afraid you wouldn't drink too much." Drunk like hell."

Chen Qun would feel dumbfounded every time he thought of Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai drinking wine like water. Generally, those who drink so well are martial arts heroes. This is the first time he has seen scribes like them love drinking so much.

While talking, a soldier rushed in and said: "Chen Zhubo, the military advisor, Pingyu has an urgent report!"

"What's the urgent report, tell me quickly." Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up, as if he had already guessed what happened.

"Pingyu County discovered the remaining Yellow Turbans two days ago, and they are now besieging the city. Please send troops from Runan to rescue them quickly," said the soldier, clasping his fists.

"Pingyu County is so close to Runan, and it takes only an hour or two to ride a fast horse. Why did you report it now when you discovered it two days ago?" Xi Zhicai frowned slightly. Pingyu is very close to Runan. Reinforcements will arrive the same day.

"Reporting to the military division, because the remaining Yellow Turbans are really cunning, they ambushed a lot of soldiers and horses near Pingyu County. We sent several waves of people asking for help, but they stopped them. I came to Runan only after many breakthroughs."

Xi Zhicai thought about it, and then asked: "How many soldiers and horses does the Yellow Turban Remnant Party have?"

"The subordinates roughly estimate that there should be no fewer than 5000 people."

Xi Zhicai nodded, "Okay, go down and rest first, we will send troops to rescue immediately."

After the soldiers who had reported left, Chen Qun said, "Soldiers are precious, and we can't delay the military situation. Let Xu Zhu go to Pingyu County for rescue immediately."

"Don't worry about the long text, things are not as simple as you think." Xi Zhicai grabbed Chen Qun who was about to give an order.

"How can we not be in a hurry? The Yellow Turban Remnant Party has already attacked Pingyu County. Pingyu County is no better than Runan, and it is not as high and thick as Runan City. It cannot stop the offensive of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party. Didn't you hear that soldier said that there are five thousand Siege by soldiers and horses? Pingyu County will be captured if it is later, the lord entrusted Runan to us, if Pingyu is lost, we have no face to face him." Looking at the play with a calm face Zhicai, Chen Qun has the urge to tickle him...

"Changwen, if we really send troops to Pingyu County, we will fall into the trap."

"What? You got tricked?" Chen Qun looked at Xi Zhicai puzzled, "Why did you get tricked?"

Xi Zhicai explained: "I saw the man just now, he kept saying that he had broken through, although there was a lot of dust on his face and blood on his clothes, but his complexion was rosy, he was not tired at all, and he spoke very clearly without any trace of fatigue. Out of breath, not at all like he's been in a war, I'm pretty sure this guy is lying."

"Lying?" Chen Qun thought about it carefully, and recalled that the soldier's appearance just now was indeed as Xi Zhicai said, but at the same time he was worried, "Zhicai, what if you guessed wrong? Judging him by his appearance alone It’s too hasty to be fake.”

Xi Zhicai continued: "In addition to his appearance, what he said is also suspicious. First of all, he said that he found the Yellow Turban Remnant Party two days ago, but Pingyu is so close to Runan, and it may take an hour to report quickly. You can reach Runan without even needing it, so why did it take two days to come if you really asked for reinforcements, do the remnants of the Yellow Turbans have to wait for you for two days before attacking the city?"

"But he just said that there are more than 5000 members of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party, and they are still sending troops to ambush people calling for help, so it took only two days. I think this reason is acceptable." Although Chen Qun felt that Xi Zhicai said Reasonable, but there was nothing wrong with what the soldier said.

"If you think about it carefully, Captain Xu sends scouts every day to check for the traces of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party, but he has never found out that if they really have more than 5000 people, then the action of the army will definitely cause a lot of commotion. Pingyu is far away from Runan. So close, the scouts will definitely send back the news in a short time, but until this moment, the scouts sent by Captain Xu have not sent back any news, so it can be seen that what the soldier said was false, and I guess the Yellow Turban Remnants at most With just 2000 people, there are really more than 5000 soldiers and Ma Pingyu who have been captured long ago, how can they resist until now."

Xi Zhicai analyzed the situation clearly. After listening to it, Chen Qun felt that it was really the case. Li Yuan has always practiced the strategy of elite soldiers. Time to vigorously develop farming, so no more soldiers were recruited, so now Runan only has [-] soldiers, and Pingyu County can count as [-] soldiers. If the Yellow Turban Remnant Party really has [-] soldiers Pingyu County was flattened, how could it be possible to resist for two days and send people out to ask for help.

"Zhicai, what should we do? What is the plan of the remnant Yellow Turban Party?"

"As far as I can see, there are only two purposes of the Yellow Turban Remnant Clan. One is to encircle and attack Pingyu County, deliberately pretending to attack Pingyu County, and then ambush and kill the soldiers and horses who came to the rescue. But this possibility is very low. Once they Second, they are just yellow turban thieves, there is no need to fight us to the end, the most important thing for them is not the city but food and money, so they don't need to surround the spot to fight for aid." Xi Zhicai said confidently. .

"Then what's the other purpose?" Chen Qun, like a studious student, kept asking the teacher Xi Zhicai questions that he didn't understand.

Xi Zhicai said to himself: "Another purpose is to divert the tiger away from the mountain. From my point of view, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party may have some experts to help them. They haven't acted in the past six months, but the lord was dispatched just a few days after he left. It can be seen that he saw the right time. With the command of the lord, they have no confidence to win, but without the lord, they think they can act recklessly, so now they deliberately pretend to attack Pingyu to lure Runan to send troops, and then take the opportunity to attack Runan, even though the walls of Runan are high Thick, but there are not many troops, and Pingyu has to be rescued, so it is impossible to resist their offensive. If we really want to go to Pingyu County, Runan will definitely be finished."

"Fortunately, there is Zhicai here, otherwise Runan will be buried in my hands." After hearing this, Chen Qun was terrified. If Xi Zhicai did not come to deal with political affairs today, he would definitely send troops to rescue Pingyu County without hesitation. , but he still didn't quite understand, and asked, "Why did the Yellow Turban Remnants choose Runan instead of directly attacking Pingyu County? In my opinion, it should be easier to attack Pingyu County."

"Changwen, what you said is right, but it's just the season of grain harvesting. Because Runan has been vigorously developing farming, the harvest this year is very good. I think the Yellow Turban Remnant Party probably took a fancy to this and attacked Runan. "Xi Zhicai has never even met the remaining members of the Yellow Turban Party, but he has analyzed the situation clearly, and he is indeed a first-class counselor in the Three Kingdoms.

"Then what should we do next?"

"It's very simple. Since the Yellow Turban Remnant Party wants to divert the tiger away from the mountain, we should simply use the plan. They should lie in ambush nearby and wait for us to leave. I asked Captain Xu to take the soldiers and horses and pretend to go to Pingyu. I will definitely be able to lure the Yellow Turban Remnant Party out. The lieutenant will be able to annihilate them in one fell swoop if he returns to the carbine when he is halfway there."

Xi Zhicai spoke out the strategy in his mind, and Chen Qun admired it, and then the two told Xu Zhu of the plan and asked him to make arrangements.

(End of this chapter)