Han Xiang

Chapter 60 Qi County Breakthrough
Long Xiang shook his head and replied: "The last general can't tell, but he just feels something is wrong. Besides, the city of Qi County is not strong. If Cao Cao orders a strong attack"

"Strong attack is the best. We are not afraid of him if we defend the city. Cao Cao has been chasing us for more than ten days without any siege equipment. He will not attack the city in a short time. You are tired these days, go back and rest quickly. "

After Qiao Rui finished speaking, she closed her eyes and fell down on the bed.

Although the division plan was proposed by Long Xiang, it was Qiao Rui who fought for it from Zhang Xun in the end. If the Huainan Army had a major change, he would have no face to go back and report to Yuan Shu, so he was under too much psychological pressure during this period, and now he finally arrived. Destination, Qiao Rui just wants to sleep well.

"But."

Long Xiang still wanted to fight, but was stopped by Li Tun and reminded: "Long Quhou, the general is tired."

"it is good"

Cao Cao dispatched troops to drive them away in the past ten days, Long Xiang felt that the Huainan army was like a big fish biting the bait.

The big fish is dragged by the fisherman to run around, and when he is exhausted, the fisherman will pull it to the shore and catch it in a net.

The reason why Long Xiang offered advice repeatedly was that he didn't want to be a fish caught in the net. He had finally escaped from the siege before, and now he broke into another dangerous place due to fatigue.

Zhang Xun, an unranked miscellaneous fish, has no strength at all to compete with Cao Cao.

According to Long Xiang's two years of experience in the army, he found that Cao Cao's methods are also obviously better than Liu Bei's in fighting more with less.

Long Xiang was severely beaten by the society, and he also knows that hobbies can't challenge the profession, and the result can only be humiliation.

Taking the current occupation as an example, Long Xiang is definitely a competent Quhou with 400 people in battle, but if he wants to lead 4 people, accidents will happen.

The real ancient war is not a child's play, and it is very different from the fighting scenes depicted in film and television works.

The positions between the queues are dense and compact, and the attack and retreat will be carried out strictly in accordance with the orders. Unless the entire army formation collectively flees and disperses, individual soldiers will flee and move around, and they will be trampled into flesh by the comrades behind them.

Furthermore, the ancient military system was brutal and strict. In addition to obeying orders on the battlefield, each army and battalion also had warlords watching secretly. Once a defecting soldier was found, he could be killed directly without asking for instructions. Therefore, Long Xiang could not think of escaping. just run away.

If he didn't feel that the matter was urgent, Long Xiang, who was well versed in the way of the workplace, wouldn't bother Qiao Rui at this time, but it's a pity that the persuasion failed and he had to wait for orders.

After a good night's sleep, Qiao Rui remembered Long Xiang's words last night, so he walked around the four gates of Qi County in person.

As a result, the defenders of the four gates did their duty, but when he saw the familiar enemy appearing outside the city, he immediately became restless.

When we met at the government office in Qi County, Qiao Rui had a serious expression on his face.

"Cao Cao still didn't give up. He actually chased him all the way to Qi County. Now there are Cao soldiers on the southeast, north, south, and east. Should we take action?"

"Hmph, yesterday I have deployed the city defenses. If Bandit Cao wants to attack the city, he can do it himself. He is still here to play siege for me. We don't need to pay attention to it." Zhang Xun snorted proudly.

Qiao Rui frowned and asked, "If Bandit Cao doesn't retreat for a long time, wouldn't we be unable to move?"

Zhang Xun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "General Qiao, what's the matter with you? We are guarding the city now, and we have ready-made food. Cao soldiers are eating soil and drinking wind outside the city. They will stay as long as they like. When the food is exhausted, they will naturally retreat. If we don't retreat, we will kill the general, and maybe we can capture Bandit Cao alive."

"How much grain is there in Qi County?"

"When the director of the meeting comes and asks, you will know that even if it is less, it is more than Cao Cao. Let's rest at ease and don't worry."

"Ok."

Qi County was secretly occupied by Yuan Shu last year. Because it is located in a strategic buffer zone, the people in the county either moved north or fled south. The food left by the people was very limited. After checking and accounting by the county chief, it was found that it was only enough for the army for seven or eight days. expense.

After Zhang Xun understood the situation, although his face was still so calm, there was a trace of panic in his heart, but he was very good at comforting himself, saying that Cao Cao had no food, and he would definitely not be able to consume it.

However, Cao Cao is not a pedantic person. In addition to sending Xia Houyuan to adjust grain in advance, he also sent troops to the nearby Gu County to 'borrow grain', making preparations for a protracted war early in the morning.

Qi County was calm for five days, and Liu Bei also led his people from the northern part of Peiguo to reinforce, and Cao Cao arranged to guard outside the north gate of Qi County.

Liu Bei hated Yuan Shu deeply, and when he saw the Huainan army, he would definitely beat the dog in the water.

The house leak coincided with the continuous night rain, and on the second day after Liu Bei's reinforcements arrived, Cao Cao's food convoy outside the city also appeared in the sight of Qixian defenders, and immediately some people went to the city to persuade them to surrender.

At this time, not only the soldiers in the city panicked, but even the chief general Zhang Xun was too panicked to sit still.

Zhang Xun took the initiative to talk to Qiao Rui about the countermeasures: "The thief Cao is really insidious and cunning, we can't wait any longer."

"Don't panic, general. We still have the upper hand, but at night, we will go out all four doors in the dark. Just like last time, we will divide our troops and go south in multiple ways. There should be a chance to escape."

"Cao's thieves are surrounded by three and one is missing, and I don't know which side's defense is weaker," Zhang Xun said to himself.

Qiao Rui immediately thought of Long Xiang, and asked him for advice, so he said perfunctorily to Zhang Xun: "Let's go to reorganize the army first, and it won't be too late to subdivide it before departure."

"Alright." Zhang Xun nodded slightly.

Qiao Rui bid farewell to Zhang Xun and went straight to find Long Xiang, and straight to the point when they met.

"The food and grass in the city are almost exhausted. General Zhang and I decided to break out tonight, but we don't know what is going on outside Cao Cao's city. What do you think?"

After a few days of persuasion, Long Xiang finally waited for the news of the retreat. He said seriously: "The general should be well aware of the strategy of encircling three and missing one. It stands to reason that Ximen has the most ambushes, but we should go south in Huishouchun soon. Therefore, the Cao soldiers in the two southwestern gates are the most, the east gate is next, and the north gate is the least."

Qiao Rui was noncommittal, and then asked: "In your opinion, how do you go after leaving the city?"

"The final general thinks that there are two routes to choose from. The main force will go out from the two gates in the northeast. The first route will take a detour to the southeast Guyang, Mingxian, and Hongxian counties when leaving the east gate. The line, go out the north gate, go around the northwest and cross the water (now Woshui) and then go south."

Long Xiang said while pointing to the map in Li Tun's hand.

After hearing this, Qiao Rui frowned: "The second line seems to be going back? And the area southeast of Runan is deserted, and there are no supply towns along the way. Can the army return to Shouchun alive?"

"Although the condition of the second route is poor, it is definitely the weak point of Cao Jun's defense. Anyway, everyone has to divide into small groups to break through. It is good to have one more option. Of course, you can go around the west and go south without crossing the water. There is also a dragon Kang and Xiang counties can supply supplies, but there must be a lot of Cao troops along the way."

"If you go to the north gate to break through, will you choose to cross the river?"

"Will do."

"it is as expected."

Qiao Rui went back to discuss with Zhang Xun, and finally decided to open the four gates of Qi County at the same time.

The Southwest two roads sent death squads to break through the barrier, and once passed, they jumped out of the encirclement, which belonged to the two roads with the highest risk and the highest return.

Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui each divided their troops into half, and broke through from the two gates in the northeast. Zhang Xun, as the chief general, chose the east gate first, and left the north gate to the deputy general Qiao Rui.

Just as night fell, the four gates of Qi County opened at the same time, and countless torches rushed out of the city.

Long Xiang led the 160 people and rushed out of the north gate of Qixian County following the crowd.

All of a sudden there were killing sounds, and the sky was red with flames.

(End of this chapter)