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Chapter 288
There were only a few hundred enemy soldiers inside the city gate. They were shocked when they saw the iron cavalry rushing towards them. Then they heard Feng Yao shouting. Most of the enemy soldiers immediately threw away their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. Only a few less than a dozen wanted to escape. .

"Kill them!" Feng Yao shouted, the iron cavalry rushed over, beheading those enemy soldiers who wanted to escape with a few strokes.

"Wen Chang, control the city gate and its vicinity, and meet the army's advance!" Feng Yao gave the order.

Wei Yan rushed up to the city gate tower and replaced the flag. After a while, both the tiger guards and the bear guards rushed into the city and took control of the four city gates and the county government separately.

Laiwu City was easily conquered. Feng Yaojun had no casualties, and more than two armies had to surrender. Only a few enemy soldiers escaped on horseback from other city gates in advance after hearing the news, and went to Caoying to report.

After checking the treasury, a total of [-] shi of grain was obtained, which was enough for Feng Yao's army for more than a month, and there was no need to transfer grain from Fenggao!
Feng Yao was overjoyed, and ordered one of his subordinates to return to Fenggao, and informed Jian Yong and Zhao Wang that they didn't need to transport food, and only needed to send another [-] soldiers across the mountain in light clothes to defend this important strategic stronghold in Laiwu.

Afterwards, Feng Yao summoned the generals to discuss military matters.

Wei Yan said excitedly: "My lord, according to the information, Cao Jun's heavy troops are all in Linzi, the governor of Qi State, and Guangxian County next to the Yishan Mountains. At this time, Jinan State and Pingyuan County behind Cao Cao are empty of troops. Unprepared, our army suddenly arrives, and we will be able to take it easily!"

"That's exactly what I mean, but at present we only have a few thousand troops. Laiwu is the most important stronghold for our army to attack Qingzhou. It is less than a hundred miles away from Linzi City, which is heavily defended by Cao Cao. If Cao Cao leads an army to take the opportunity to attack, I am afraid that Laiwu will No guarantee!" Feng Yao said.

"My lord, if you wait for the army from the rear to cross the mountain, it will take at least two days. If you have two days, Cao Cao will definitely take precautions in advance, and you will miss this opportunity! Please think twice, my lord!" Wei Yan said.

Feng Yao nodded, what Wei Yan said was not unreasonable, if he waited for two days, although the strength of the troops increased, Cao Cao would be ready to take precautions. Now, before Cao Cao knows that he has captured Laiwu, he will kill him in one fell swoop. , At least two cities can be captured within two days.

But Laiwu City must not be lost. Once lost, it will be useless even if the other two cities are occupied, and it will be completely isolated!
What should I do?
"My lord, I have a plan. I can not lose Laiwu City, but at the same time I can seize the opportunity to raid Jinan Kingdom!" Xu Shu was thinking, suddenly his eyes flashed, and he said loudly.

"Please speak!" Feng Yao said.

"Twenty miles from here to the north, there are several mountains, and the Zishui River passes through the valleys of these mountains! This is also the junction of Taishan County and Qingzhou!"

"Cao Cao will not be able to attack until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest! Moreover, his subordinates concluded that Cao Cao will not use the troops from Guang County, but will divide his troops from Linzi to attack!" Xu Shu said.

"The subordinates think what the military adviser said is very true!" Wei Yan agreed with his hand.

Zang Ba's current main battle location with Cao Cao is Guangxian County on the north side of Yishan Mountain, and if he wants to attack Laiwu from Guangxian County, he needs to climb over continuous mountains if he does not take a detour.

From Linzi to Laiwu, although there are scattered mountain peaks, large and small, in general, vehicles and boats can still pass, and the distance is not far, only less than eighty miles away.

Feng Yao's eyes were bright, he looked directly at Xu Shu, and motioned for Xu Shu to continue talking.

"My lord, we can mobilize the county soldiers and the strong men in the city to go to the canyon and block the Zishui River by relying on the mountain peaks. If Cao Cao sends troops to come, they will definitely come along the Zishui River, and wait for the enemy soldiers to attack. At that time, our army shot them with arrows from the mountains, and the enemy deceived us that we have few soldiers, so we must attack with all our strength, and when the enemy is close, we will suddenly open up the Zishui River and flood it with Zishui!" Xu Shu said.

"If the enemy doesn't fall for the trick, but instead takes a detour, or attacks the mountain to kill my archers, how can we resist the enemy?"

"It's okay, you can attack with rolling stones first, and then cooperate with bows and arrows. Even if the enemy wants to detour temporarily, it can at least hold the enemy for a day or longer. With this time, our reinforcements have already arrived in Laiwu City. Withdraw our troops and return to the defense! Cao Cao is in a hurry and it will be difficult to break through Laiwu, but our army can take advantage of the situation and attack Jinan, and cut off Cao Cao's food road by taking advantage of Jishui! Cao's soldiers must be panicked!"

"Hmm! This is a good plan!" Feng Yao nodded, and then said with a dignified expression, "All generals obey orders!"

"Yes! My lord!" The generals cheered up and responded in unison.

"Wei Yan! Che Zhou! Xu Ding! You lead a hundred cavalry, a thousand tiger guards, a thousand bear guards, a thousand miscellaneous servants, and a thousand county soldiers! Lead the troops to attack Jinan to the west!! The army prepares food After that, send troops immediately without any mistakes!" Feng Yao ordered.

Wei Yan and other three generals attended immediately, received the order on their knees, and left without hesitation!

Feng Yao left a thousand bear guards behind for Xu Shu to lead personally, and said: "Yuan Zhi, Laiwu City is protected by you and these thousand bear guards!"

Xu Shu looked solemn, and bowed: "My lord, please don't worry, unless I die, the enemy will never take this city from me! It's just that my lord leads the troops personally, so you must be careful. Hundreds of people from Henan and Xuzhou All the people are counting on the lord!!"

Feng Yao nodded, took out all the money from the city's treasury, and recruited strong men in the city with a lot of money. The people learned that they came to vote and blocked the streets. In less than an hour, nearly two thousand strong men had been recruited, and the county soldiers in the city were all used up. Promise to all soldiers and strong men: "If Laiwu City can be defended, all the money will be used for rewards!"

The city is full of jubilation, morale is boosted, and everyone dies!

Feng Yao immediately ordered Xu Chu and Zhang Da to lead two thousand tiger guards and half of the county soldiers to start from the right side of Zishui.

The remaining 4000 followers, Xiongwei, county soldiers, and strong men, totaling about [-] people, were led by Feng Yaoqin from the left side of Zishui.

It is estimated that each of them will be stationed on the mountain [-] miles away, cut down trees, move stones and soil, and throw them into the Zishui River.

Although it is spring now, there is not much rain, and the water level in the Zishui is not high. Before it gets dark, the Zishui will be blocked. In some low-lying places, the water overflows and flows around the foot of the mountain to both sides. However, this does not hinder the entry and exit of the army, on the contrary, it can better block the enemy soldiers from penetrating into the back of the mountain from other directions!

The two armies of Xu Chu and Feng Yao could see each other from the top of the mountain across the water, but they could not hear their voices when they were far away.

"This is still not enough! The defensive force on our side is only [-] elite. If Cao Cao sends troops to attack, they must be generals, and the strength will never be less than [-]! And our arrows are only a few thousand. Shoot and shoot! We have to set up more traps at the foot of the mountain!" Feng Yao said.

At night, the mountains on both sides rose to the starting point and lit a stove. After the two armies had dinner, they set up a large number of traps at the foot of the mountain overnight with torches, and moved all the nearby stones that could be collected to the top of the mountain!Cut down all the trees on the mountain road where the enemy can come up, make rolling logs, and carry them to the top of the mountain.

After midnight, Feng Yao finally finished all the work, congratulated each other with Yang Wu, Dai Ling, etc., and waited for the enemy to attack, and killed the enemy in a hurry!
At this time, there was a commotion in the camp of the strong men who accompanied the army. Feng Yao looked at it anxiously. It turned out that a strong man accidentally ignited the weeds on the ground and almost burned the camp. The county soldier in charge of supervision was furious. , wanting to punish the strong man, which caused dissatisfaction among the strong men.

(End of this chapter)