The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

As Xun You said, after listening to Xi Zhicai's strategy, Prefect Wen really hesitated, and the person who finally persuaded him was not Xun Zhen, nor Xun You and Xi Zhicai, but Guo Tu.

The Guo family belonged to the Yangzhai clan, and Guo Tu himself was quite talented, and he was more able to figure out what he wanted. Therefore, whether it was the former Prefect Yin Xiu or the current Prefect Wen, he was very fond of him and was very trustworthy. Prefect Wen specially summoned him from the city to ask his opinion.

To Xun Zhen's surprise, Guo Tu agreed.

He said: "The officials were ordered by the Ming government to supervise the defense of the western city wall, and also felt that the retreat of the thieves was in the past two days. At this time, it is the time when my generation shares the worries for the king and takes fame in the battlefield. Even if the Ming Palace is not called, the subordinates are preparing to come to see the Ming Palace, please send troops to break the thieves!"

"So, Qing also agrees with Xi Zhong's plan?"

"There are many thieves and I am few. If you want to win, you must have a strange strategy. What Xi Zhong said is exactly what the subordinates thought."

"There are so many thieves and I am few, and if you want to win, you must do something special." On this point, Guo Tu and Xi Zhicai agree.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Although Guo Gong is small in temperament and too selfish, he is not an upright minister in terms of fictitious matters, but he still has vision, insight, and courage. I can leave my name in the history books in the future.”

Guo Tu had conflicts with Xun Zhen and Zhong Yao, but in the face of common dangers, he could temporarily put aside the quarrel and stand together with Xun Zhen and Zhong Yao to communicate with each other. Based on this alone, although he is too selfish, he is also better than those mediocre people who only know how to fight infighting.

When Xun Zhen and the others came, Prefect Wen was sleeping. He thought that something had happened at the head of the city, so he got up in a hurry, his hair was not tied up, and his white hair was fluffy. He scratched his head for a while, and finally made a difficult decision: "Okay, since the rules also say so, then act accordingly!"

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With the consent of Prefect Wen, Xun Zhen, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others immediately returned to the city head.

Zhong Yao recruited more than 1,000 people in total. Because the east city wall is the main direction of the Yellow Turban army, most of the more than 1,000 civilians are in the east city wall. After Xun Zhen returned to the city, he immediately had the people wake up.

Logically speaking, digging tunnels is a very skillful thing.

First of all, it is necessary to determine the direction of tunnel excavation and the depth of the tunnel; secondly, to know how to efficiently transport soil out; thirdly, and most importantly, to ensure safety, and not to collapse suddenly while digging.

In order to do this, you must have a professional.

However, for the current city, there is no need for such trouble, because the tunnel they intend to dig is very short. They start digging from the inside of the city wall. They only need to pass through the city wall and open the hole to the outside of the city wall.

This strategy was conceived by Xi Zhicai, Xun Zhen entrusted him with the task of excavation, and asked Feng Gong and Gao Su to cooperate.

For so many days, every time the Yellow Turbans attacked the city, Xi Zhicai watched the battle at the front of the city, and when the Yellow Turbans were lined up, they usually knew where there were more people and where there were fewer people. Last night, he carefully observed it all night, and he knew the terrain outside the city like the back of his hand. He had already selected three locations that were most suitable for digging tunnels.

After receiving Xun Zhen's order, he divided hundreds of civilians into three teams, Feng Gong, Gao Su and himself each led a team and started work at the same time.

At this time, the sky was already bright.

The watchtower of the Yellow Turbans was built in a hurry, not high enough, and was far from the city. From the watchtower, at most, the city could be seen, but the activities on the inner side of the city wall could not be seen. Therefore, even though the sky was clear, Xun Zhen, Xi Zhicai and others were not afraid that Bo Cai would discover their actions.

Xi Zhicai, Feng Gong, and Gao Su led hundreds of people to dig earth in full swing under the city. Xun Zhen, Wen Pin, Xun You, Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin, Cheng Yan, Xiao Ren, Liu Deng and others stood on the city, facing the morning breeze and overlooking the camp of the Yellow Turbans by the bright sky.

Xun Zhenyao pointed to the two watchtowers of the Yellow Turban Army several miles ahead, and said to Wenpin, Xu Zhong and others: "Zhongye, Junqing, if you have the opportunity to march and fight in the future, you must remember: the watchtower must be built enough. It is tall. Those who look at the tower are also the tower that overlooks. Sun Tzu said: 'Know yourself and the enemy, and you will not suffer in a hundred battles.' , For example, right now, we are digging tunnels in the city, but we don’t know it outside the city, what’s the point of building a watchtower?”

Wen Pin, Xu Zhong and others nodded yes.

During these few days of defending the city, Xun Zhen learned a lot. He had only read some military books before, and had no actual combat experience. After defending the city this time, it was fortunate that his opponent was Bo Cai, who was also inexperienced, so he had the opportunity to apply what he had learned before.

Wenpin, Xu Zhong and others also learned a lot. They learned from Xun Zhen, for example, "to fight is to fight for the initiative on the battlefield", whoever can gain the initiative will occupy the initiative of the battlefield, and can advance or retreat, attack and defend; another example is the harassment of the enemy at night In times of war, you can take the initiative to attack the enemy, and at the same time divide your soldiers into two shifts and take turns to replace them; another example is when you are in combat, you can’t cast all your troops, and you must leave a reserve team to deal with emergencies; For example, in times of crisis, the Lord will dare to attack and take the lead in taking the lead. After the war, he will comfort the soldiers, share weal and woe with them, and so on.

Cheng Yan asked angrily: "If you want to see the reality of the city clearly, the watchtower needs to be at least several feet high. Such a high height requires not only wood, but also craftsmen. How to do?"

As the defender of the city, before the enemy came, experienced generals often cut down the trees outside the city. First, to prevent the enemy from collecting materials on the spot, and second, to avoid the trees blocking the view of the city.

Xun Zhen had read the chapters of "Mozi", the city guards.

Mozi was a master of defense and was good at defending cities. Mohist disciples often helped some small countries fight against the invasion of big countries.

"City Guarding Chapters" is written to teach people the art of defending the city. There are 20 chapters in total, ranging from "preparing the city gate" to "preparing the high place" to "preparing ladders", "preparing acupoints", etc. Twelve siege methods, and detailed descriptions of military law, selection of generals, and tactics, as well as how to arrange personnel and materials in the city during wartime, and even how to control the people in the city to prevent chaos in the city, etc. The description is flawless. It can be said that even a person who does not understand the art of war at all, as long as he has some intelligence, he can ensure that the city will not be lost if he defends the city according to the chapters on defending the city. Of course, the prerequisite is: the enemy is not a famous general.

In the chapters of the city defense, it is mentioned that before the enemy comes, the trees outside the city shall be cut down.

After Xun Zhen was ordered to defend the city, he sent people out of the city to cut down trees according to the words in the chapter. It is a pity that the time is too short, and only the trees near the city have been cut down, but the trees in the distance have not been cut down.

Xun Zhen looked back at Cheng Yan, who was standing behind her, and was very satisfied that he could ask this question.

The Yellow Turbans have risen, and the world will be in chaos. Whether it is to save his life in a chaotic world, or to gain fame on the battlefield, Cheng Yan and Xu Zhong will all be his confidants. Of course, he hopes that they can grow up faster, not to say that they are independent, but at least they can be used as big ones. Therefore, he is not afraid that they will have many problems, just that they will not have any problems.

He replied, "You can build a mountain from the earth."

"Building soil into a mountain?"

"Soil is everywhere. There is no wood, so you can dig the soil. Build a mound of earth, which is high in the city. This method is most suitable especially when the city is besieged for a long time."

Wen Pin asked, "Why?"

Xun Zhen recounted what he saw from the art of war, saying: "If you have a large army outside the city, not only will you attack the city, but the city may also take the initiative to attack you. Therefore, when attacking the city, you can't just think about attacking the city. , also think about defending, to set up the camp well, and be sure to dig trenches outside the camp to prevent the enemy from raiding. The soil from the trenches is just used to build mounds. This is killing two birds with one stone."

"You can't just think about attacking, you should also think about defending, . . . to prevent the enemy from raiding."

In these days of defending the city, Xun Zhen led a team out of the city to raid the Yellow Turbans twice, both of which achieved great results. Wen Pin, Xu Zhong, and Cheng Yan were deeply impressed by this. Hearing Xun Zhen's remarks at this time, they all agreed, and Wen Pin said, "So it is!"

"Besides that, there are several advantages to building mounds."

"Oh? What good?"

"First of all, the mound is not like a watchtower, and it is not easy to be destroyed~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Second, after the mound is built, you can send squatters and archers to ascend the mound, commandingly, shoot arrows into the city, and cooperate with the foot soldiers to attack. , and if the city is strong to the south, and at the same time our army has a large number of soldiers, we can also slowly extend the mound to the bottom of the city, so that the soldiers can directly attack the city through the mound."

Unexpectedly, there is so much attention to building a mound, and Wen Pin, Cheng Yan, and Xu Zhong admired it extremely.

Cheng Yan said: "Fortunately, it was the Shuzi Bo Cai who attacked the city, not Xun Jun! Otherwise, Yang Zhai would have been captured long ago."

Xun Zhen laughed and said, "I see these from the art of war, and I'm just talking about soldiers on paper." He patted Zhong Yao and Xun You, who were standing beside him, and pointed to Xi Zhicai, who was digging tunnels in the city. He pointed and continued, "If you want to defeat the enemy and win, you still need Yuanchang, Gongda, and Zhicai!"

Xun You had been observing the camp of the Yellow Turbans when he suddenly said, "Zhenzhi, the bandits are about to gather together to attack."

Outside the city, dozens of cavalrymen rushed out from Pocai's central army camp, all carrying small flags, and dashed into the camps of the former army. Wherever they passed, the Yellow Turban soldiers who had been lying on the ground resting in various places stood up one after another, and after a while, dozens of smoke from the whole camp rose.

Judging from the experience of defending the city in the past few days, after they have eaten breakfast, they will launch a new offensive.

Xun Zhen, Xun You, and Zhong Yao looked at each other, and the three nodded at the same time.

"It's now?"

"It's now."

Xun Zhen took out the "Book of Descending" written in the Prefect's Mansion from his bosom, handed it to Zhong Yao, and said, "Yuanchang, you must be careful when you go deep into the thief's cave!"

According to Xi Zhicai's plan, "scam surrender" first, then "attack", and the "sham surrender" should be vented before the Yellow Turbans launch the "last" offensive, so now is the time for "scam surrender".