The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

When they arrived at the village, the general manager of Zhuangzhong, who had come to join him, sent people to take Guan Yu's sergeants to the place where they rested for a while.

Guan Yu refused to go to the hall, but brought a group of officers and sergeants to the quarters that had been prepared for the sergeants. Instead, he cooks meals with the sergeants.

After dinner, Guan Yu ordered the sergeants to lie down in full armor, resting on their pillows for a while, and then questioned Zhuangzhong and Taoman.

"Que Sima said that there are various families in Xu County who have their hearts on General Jianwei, and they can gather more than 100 strong men. Do they know that I have gone outside the county?"

The manager of Zhuangzhong replied: "Yesterday evening, my master's order was sent to my Zhuangzhong. I immediately sent people into the city, I have contacted them all, and told them to prepare to receive Sima Gong."

After nightfall, the county gate of Xu County would definitely be closed, and there would be a curfew in the city, but this Zhuangzhong manager was able to send people into the city and contact each family in the city who had taken refuge in Xun Zhen. It can be seen that Que Xuan's power and influence here.

"Okay. You can send people now, enter the city immediately, and tell them that I will lead my troops to attack Xu at 3:00 this afternoon, and order them to respond at that time."

Manager Zhuangzhong, like the three water thieves leaders, was also shocked when he heard this, and said, "To attack the city at no time in the afternoon? ... Sima Gong, will it be too hasty? See, best to wait until tonight."

Guan Yu said: "You just listen to our military orders and send people into the city immediately."

Director Zhuangzhong wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Tao Man standing behind Guan Yu winking at them again and again, and seeing the three water pirate leaders beside Tao Man all with wry smiles, he knew something was wrong, so he didn't dare to say anything at the moment. The words of persuasion, Nuonuo should be, and then send people to the city to deliver the news.

A few hours before the afternoon, Guan Yu asked the officers and the three leaders of the water thieves to take a rest, while he ordered someone to fetch the map of Xu County and take a closer look.

Taking advantage of the time he was looking at the map, Chief Zhuang Zhong approached Taoman and said in a low voice, "Xu County is strong, the defenders are brave and brave, but why does Guan Sima insist on attacking the city in the afternoon and not even wait until night. Ken?"

Tao Man motioned him to follow him to the distance, and then replied: "You don't know, this Guan Sima's reputation is not great, but he is Liu Yongnu's subordinate."

"How do you say this? Who is Liu Yongnu? What if he is Liu Yongnu's subordinate?"

"Liu Yongnu has always had Xunhou Xin'ai, this time to attack Xu County, before I came, the master specially instructed me that no matter how urgent or slow, you must obey Guan Sima's orders in everything, so you just wanted to persuade Guan Sima to change the war period. I winked at you and told you not to say more."

"If Liu Yongnu wins Xunhou Xin'ai again, this battle is no child's play. If the battle is defeated, it will be disadvantageous to attack the city?"

"Who are you and me? They are just two lackeys under the master's family. The master has just joined the Marquis of Xun, and he has no foundation in the army of the Marquis of Xun. Even the master can't talk about this battle, let alone you and me? It's not something you and I can say, just follow orders."

"But if this battle is lost?"

"You haven't seen Xunhou's part. I followed the master when I was in Huailing yesterday. I was fortunate to see it. It was really a crowd of tigers, and the camp was full of bears. I have also seen the part of Zherong, how can I compare it? Get the brave and elite armor of theirs! Even if Guan Sima fails to attack Xu County this time, it is only a small loss for a while, and when General Xu leads his army north, Xu County will be decided in one fell swoop."

Although Tao Man, like the manor manager and the three water pirate leaders, had doubts about whether Guan Yu could capture Xu County, but unlike the manor manager and the three water pirate leaders, because he had seen Xun Zhen's troops, It is full of confidence that Xu County will be overcome sooner or later.

The manor manager still believed in Taoman's vision, and after listening to what he said, he put his worries aside for now.

Guan Yu looked at the map carefully.

This Xu county is surrounded by a wide lake for several miles to the west, and the north is Puyangpi, which is wider than the lake in the west. - Pi, meaning pond, Puyangpi is also a big pond called Puyang. It is said that it is a pond, considering its size, it is actually a lake, and it is a large lake, with water on both sides of the west and north, which is not conducive to fighting, and the only places to attack and enter the city are the east and south.

The two directions of east and south are carefully studied, and the south is the top.

The choice of the south was out of the need to "leave an unobstructed escape route for the defenders".

The so-called "three sieges are missing one", in siege warfare, as long as the attacking party has no intention of completely annihilating the defending army, it usually leaves a path for the defending army to escape, otherwise the defending army has no way to retreat, and may fight to the death, resulting in Siege is not easy, casualties are too high, or even failure.

For now, this is the main reason why it is better to attack from the south.

Although there is no water in the south of Xu County, there are lakes of Hongze Lake thirty or forty miles to the south. There are lakes blocking the road in front of the road, which is not conducive to the escape of the defenders in the city. Therefore, we cannot choose to attack and enter the city from the east. The only option is to attack from the south, leaving the east for the defenders to flee.

Guan Yu felt a pity in his heart as he looked at the picture, "Unfortunately, I have not many troops and horses with me this time. If I can have 2,000 soldiers in hand, I can attack the east of Xu County, and then ambushed in the south. , wipe out the defenders in the city!"

If he can have 2,000 well-trained elite soldiers in his hands, first of all, he does not have to consider whether it will be difficult to capture Xu County due to the deadly battle of the defenders, and secondly, he can also have sufficient troops to set up an ambush in the south. Come, just as he thought, he is very sure that he can wipe out all the defenders in Xu County.

But then again, perfect things are hard to come by, and even harder to come across on the battlefield. In terms of the current situation, either choose to completely wipe out the defenders in the city, but can quickly capture Xu County and continue to open the way for the main force to continue northward, or choose to wipe out the defenders in Xu County, but it will slow down the whole process. The current situation of the battle will even make the subsequent battle situation fall into a hard fight. Among the two, you can only choose one of the two, and choosing one of the two, it is more in line with the overall strategic interests to quickly take down Xu County.

After deciding on the direction of the attack, Guan Yu found a hut and rested inside.

After the person sent by the manor manager to contact in the city came back, he wrote back to the manor manager. When the manor manager and Tao Man went to look for Guan Yu to return to life, they heard Guan Yu snoring in the house.

The manor manager didn't see Guan Yu's comfortable demeanor when crossing the lake. He heard his snoring at this time, but he was surprised that he could still sleep peacefully because of the fierce battle. A bit of confidence.

The guards outside the house saw that it was a military report and went inside to wake Guan Yu.

Guan Yu summoned the manor manager and Taoman to meet inside, and then lay on the couch, listening to the manor manager's report, and hearing that all the families in the city who had taken refuge in Xun Zhen replied that they would be ready to respond before noon, and nodded~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ asked: "How is the situation in Xu County?"

"The villain also asked, and the person who answered said: The city is in a panic, there are many soldiers coming and going on the streets, counties and cities are closed, and many li are closed."

"Counties and cities are closed", which means that all the markets in the county are closed; "Zhuli", the alleys where the people of the county live, are also mostly closed.

"Since the county, city and Zhuli have been closed, the city gate must also be closed?"

"Exactly."

Hearing this, Guan Yu did not ask how the person who sent the news to the city entered the city, but because the manor manager could send people into the city after closing the city gate at night last night, then the person he sent today can naturally also into the city.

Guan Yu thought to himself: "But it's as I expected! Guo Zhongguo has just learned the news that Huailing is occupied by our army not long ago, and at a time of panic, it's easy to take Xu County this time!" He immediately told Tao Man said, "You can go and inform the strong men in the lake and tell them to arrive outside the village at noon." After that, he waved them away, turned over, and fell back to sleep.

The two of Taoman went out of the house, and Taoman went to interrogate him.