The Three Kingdoms' Need for a Master

Chapter 297 Night Attack
Qin Fan gave the order, and his heartstrings tensed slightly.

"Kill it."

A fierce fight unfolded, and Qin Fan held up a shield and walked back and forth on the city wall to boost morale.He was thinking about leading a group of troops to rush out and let Liu Yao's army see his weapons.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yao's soldiers and horses, which were originally aggressive, retreated like a tide, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

The originally noisy battlefield suddenly became strangely quiet.

Xu Chu excitedly ran over, "My lord, have you seen that, I know this kid Li Man, he is vulnerable. He never dared to fight us with real swords and guns. In my opinion, let's go straight out. Kill him No piece of armor will be left behind!"

"Not urgent."

As soon as Qin Fan finished speaking, he saw a young general running over with a group of soldiers.

"The last general, Xu Sheng, has met the lord."

"No." Qin Fan looked at him with a smile.

Xu Sheng, who was guarding the south city, ran here suddenly, there must be something wrong.

Xu Sheng is very handsome, he is a pretty boy, but if you look at him like this during a war, you will suffer a big loss.

"My lord, the enemy army fought and retreated like this, it should be withdrawing."

"Withdrawal?" Qin Fan's heart moved, "How can you see that?"

Xu Chu scratched his head, "Yeah, why do you want to withdraw the troops again?"

Xu Sheng said embarrassingly: "I know Li Man. Although he doesn't have the ability to lead troops to fight, he is absolutely top-notch. This time he should change his defense, otherwise he wouldn't take the initiative to attack us on such a large scale."

He pointed to Liu Jun who was retreating in an orderly manner in the distance below the city, "My lord, you can see that they retreated in a very orderly manner. In addition, they retreated after a short fight. It should be a feint attack with the intention of retreating."

"You mean Zhou Yu is coming soon?"

"The spies are here to report that Zhou Yu's army will arrive tomorrow morning at the latest."

Xu Sheng was a little excited and said, "That means Zhou Yu and Liu Yao's troops will never cooperate to attack us together."

Xu Chu was confused, and wondered, "General Xu, why can't I understand?"

Xu Sheng smiled wryly and said: "My point is very simple, we can't take the initiative to chase them, letting them go is the best choice."

Xu Chu said with a sullen face, "My lord said the same thing. It seems that there is no need to fight."

Xu Sheng was excited, he didn't expect Qin Fan to have the same idea as himself.

As soon as he had this idea, he heard Qin Fan say: "I said not to chase now, but to prepare for a sneak attack at night."

"Lord."

Xu Sheng was in a hurry.

Qin Fan smiled and said: "I know what you mean, don't worry, I just give them a blow at night, and I don't really want to fight with them."

Xu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief, if he faced Zhou Yu and Liu Yao at the same time, he would not have to defend this small town.

As night fell, Xi Zhicai walked into Qin Fan's room.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

"sit."

Qin Fan handed him a glass of water, "Zhicai, Liu Yao's army may withdraw tomorrow morning, and change defense with Zhou Yu, do you have any opinion?"

Xi Zhicai took a sip of tea, "Recently, I got to know both Liu Yao and Sun Ce. Earlier, Sun Ce had some feuds with him."

Qin Fan Weizheng, "When is the holiday?"

Xi Zhicai had a strange expression on his face, "My lord doesn't know about this?"

Qin Fan suddenly understood that there must have been festivals and even fights when Sun Ce first arrived some years ago.It's just that Qin Fan's memory stayed in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and he thought the two didn't fight.

"I remembered," Qin Fan slapped his head, "Then what should we do?"

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly, "They have a feud, so they wouldn't be able to get together. Now we want to instigate Liu Yao's rebellion, and it's unlikely."

Qin Fan nodded silently.

"Of course this is all speculation." Xi Zhicai said, "Based on what I know about Zhou Yu, he may be able to do anything."

"What does Zhicai mean?"

"If Zhou Yu persuades Liu Yao, it is also possible. Then we may be in absolute danger."

Xi Zhicai pointed to the map in front of Qin Fan and said, "My lord, look, our Shanling City is not difficult to conquer if we put our minds to it."

"Zhou Yu has been unable to take this city for a long time. I think it is because he needs enough reasons. Second, he may plan bigger things."

Qin Fan stared at the map, and suddenly said: "Their power is a little far away from ours, even if they take down the mountain ling, I'm afraid."

Xi Zhicai clapped his palms and said, "That's exactly what I intend, so I conclude that this is the main reason why Zhou Yu didn't take down Shanling for so long."

Qin Fan frowned and said, "Then what should we do now?"

"Cutting off all possibilities, we can't let Zhou Yu and Liu Yao's armies join together." Xi Zhicai said with a firm face, "Zhou Yu cannot be judged by common sense. Maybe he will do the opposite of what we think."

Qin Fan asked tentatively, "Attack Liu Yao at night?"

Xi Zhicai clenched his fist and stretched forward, "Shoot him away."

Xi Zhicai's thinking coincides with Qin Fan's attention, but Qin Fan doesn't have Xi Zhicai to think too much.

The meaning of Xi Zhicai is actually very simple, Zhou Yu and Liu Yao should not cooperate to attack them together.

But this possibility exists, especially in the case of Zhou Yu.

Therefore, Xi Zhicai's idea was to drive Liu Yao away, and even let Liu Yao suffer a moderate defeat.

Drive them in the direction of their lair, and prevent Zhou Yu from having the chance to switch defenses with him.

In this way, the two diverge, and there are even fewer opportunities for cooperation.

Although this is only a small possibility, Xi Zhicai still wants to eliminate this possibility.

"After losing the battle, Liu Yao wanted to preserve his strength, so it was even more difficult to cooperate with Zhou Yu, and their cooperative relationship was actually broken."

Xi Zhicai stood up and said, "So, everything depends on tonight."

Qin Fan asked: "How many soldiers and horses do I have?"

"two thousand."

Qin Fan frowned, "That's the way, two thousand is two thousand. I'll leave the city to Zhicai."

Calling Dian Wei, Qin Fan led two thousand people and quietly left the city in the dark.

Qin Fan originally only planned to take 500 people out of the city, but if he had the energy to drive away the enemy, [-] people was obviously not enough.

Even so, two thousand is still too little.

You must know that there are [-] soldiers and horses in Li Man's barracks, which is called [-].

"Dianwei," Qin Fan whispered: "I order you to take 500 people and go to the southeast to ambush. Remember that when you arrive, put as many torches as possible. Light the torch."

"My lord, what does this mean?" Dian Wei was a little confused.

"Do as I say." Qin Fan frowned, called a young general beside him, and explained to him again what he had said to Dian Wei.

"Okay, let's go."

After Dian Wei left, Qin Fan gave some more instructions, and soon there were only a hundred or so people around.

A hundred or so people looked at Qin Fan nervously.

(End of this chapter)