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    ———————————— As torches were suddenly lit outside the city, torches were also lit on the city tower.  △Not only that, when the torch was lit, the beacon pile that had been prepared was also lit.  The beacon smoke shot straight into the sky, and the rumble of war drums sounded from the tower.  Suddenly, the people in the city woke up from their sleep, and in the blink of an eye, the scene of thousands of lights once again appeared.  Unfortunately, the defenders on the tower had no intention of looking far away, let alone enjoying the beautiful scenery.  "Finally showed up!" On the west gate tower, when the shouts of killing rang out from the city, Lei Bo stopped paying attention to the fighting in the city and walked to the parapet, looking down at the siege army outside the city.  Coincidentally, in front of the lobby of the Sheriff's Mansion a few miles away from the west gate, someone was saying the same thing as Lei Bo: "Here he is indeed! He rushed out of the city almost at the same time as me. If the sentries hadn't been alert, they would have discovered this in advance.  These are sneaky thieves, I'm afraid I will meet them face to face and be harmed by them." The person who spoke was Shi Sima Yi, the commander of Kong Ming's army.  The story started in Wancheng. After he and Kong Ming led the army to Wancheng that day, they went out of the city with Kong Ming that afternoon to check the terrain, and found some clues around the abandoned camp of the Jingzhou Army.  However, he and Kong Ming kept it secret and returned to the city pretending to have gained nothing. That night, Sima Yi was ordered to lead a thousand-man cavalry team and traveled all night to Yangdi. The departure time was a full day later than Xu Shu's army, but unexpectedly, they were about to arrive in Yangdi.  At the west gate of Zhai City, they accidentally discovered the whereabouts of the Jingzhou Army.  If the sentry cavalry had not reported back in time, Sima Yi almost led a thousand cavalry to meet the Jingzhou army head-on; if this was the case, Sima Yi and his party would have been in disaster.  It is very likely that this Jingzhou army will be annihilated outside the city in advance.  It was precisely because he had detected the whereabouts of the Jingzhou Army in advance that Sima Yi made a prompt decision.  He led his personal guards around the west gate and made a circle outside the north gate and east gate.  Finally, we entered the city through the south gate when it got dark.  It was this discovery that allowed Yangzhai City to learn in advance about the Jingzhou Army’s plan to attack the city at night, and quickly made arrangements before the Jingzhou Army attacked the city gate at night.  This was the direct reason why Lei Bo appeared on the west gate tower. Along with him, there were two thousand defenders supporting the west gate.  However, these two thousand people did not appear on the streets. Instead, they went up to the city from the south and north towers, followed the female wall back to both sides of the west gate tower, and then hid their whereabouts and did not show up for the time being until the city gate was in danger or Jingzhou  The moment the army attacked the city, he suddenly appeared.  Give the Jingzhou Army a fatal blow.  At this moment, as the sound of "dong dong" war drums came from the direction of the west gate, the four people Sima Yi, Chang Lin, Ji Ling and Guan Yu who stayed behind in the county changed their faces when they heard the sound.  But after Sima Yi finished speaking, he gently stroked a small beard under his chin with a solemn expression, his eyes were deep and dark, with a thoughtful expression.  Guan Yu, who followed him to Yangzhai City, had no smile on his face. His eyes were half-open and half-closed, and his red and phoenix eyes narrowed into a thin line under his thick tiger eyebrows.  A sharp cold light flashed in the narrow gap.  Anyone who knows him well knows that this is a sign that Guan Yu is about to go on a killing spree.  It's just that his current embarrassing situation determines that he will not take the initiative to fight, even if Yangdi City is in danger, even if the city gate is breached by the Jingzhou Army.  Guan Yu would not take the initiative to lead troops into battle, because his mission on this trip was to protect the safety of Sima Yi and Chang Lin, the governor of Yingchuan County. It was not his mission to lead troops to defend the city or go out to fight.  At this point.  Guan Yu had a high level of consciousness and always adhered to one principle.  This means not seeking merit, but seeking no faults.  Anyway, he never expected to make achievements under Li Li.  As long as the status quo can be maintained, I will be content.  Compared with Guan Yu, Ji Ling standing next to him looked very anxious. It would be no exaggeration to say that he was anxious.  With many years of experience on the battlefield and his excellent ear, he could roughly judge the number of soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Army from the shouts of death, the sound of horse hooves and screams coming from the west gate.  A total of 25,000 cavalry, this is the approximate number that Ji Ling came up with through the sound.  And this number means that the siege troops and horses are six times more than the defenders. The three thousand defenders on the west gate tower alone will not be able to hold the city gate, and the Jingzhou army will break through the city gate in less than half an hour.  The war was so critical. How could Ji Ling not be anxious, how could he not be anxious, and how could he sit in the governor's mansion peacefully?  Just when Ji Ling was about to ask Ying to go out to fight and lead the army to reinforce Ximen, he saw the prefect Chang Lin saying calmly: "In the past few days, Sima Chief Shi Pixing and Dai Yue have led their troops to come to the rescue. Chang will definitely keep this deep friendship in mind.  However, the current war situation is urgent, and Chang and General Ji Ling do not know much about the situation of the Jingzhou Army. Therefore, if Chang Shi is willing, I would like to hand over all the troops and horses in the city to Chang Shi's command, including all the officials in the city.  Everyone, including Chang Lin, will obey Chang Shi's orders." At this point, he paused and looked back at Ji Ling and asked, "Does General Ji Ling have any objections?"  Shi, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, was ordered to come to Yingchuan this time and was supposed to be in charge of all the troops in the city.?I object and completely agree with the Sheriff's proposal.  It's just that Ximen is in danger at the moment. The Jingzhou army is six times larger than mine. I wonder if Chang Shi has a good strategy to defeat the enemy?  " Before he finished speaking, Ji Ling looked at Sima Yi with stern eyes to see how he would answer and how he would retreat from the enemy. "Obviously, Ji Ling didn't care about military power at this time. The troops and horses can be commanded by anyone, but whoever wants to be in charge of the troops and horses can do it.  We must come up with practical strategies to defend against the enemy. It would be best if we can repel the enemy. No matter what, we must ensure that the city gate is not breached and the county city does not fall. This is a necessary condition for Sima Yi to take over the military power.  If you don't have the ability, quit as soon as possible. Just like Ji Ling, he has self-awareness. He thinks he is not sure of guarding the west city gate, so he happily hands over his military power. Don't occupy the latrine without shit, mislead others and yourself, but still  Hundreds of thousands of people in the city suffered. How could Sima Yi not hear the hidden meaning of Ji Ling's words? His face changed slightly, his eyes rolled, he bowed his hands to Chang Lin, and then looked at Ji Ling.  , chuckled and said: "Thanks to the appreciation of the prefect, General Ji Ling is so understanding of the righteousness that he actually handed over the entire city's more than 20,000 troops and horses to my full command. I can't refuse such a generous gesture.  In this case, Sima Yi is not talented, so he is disrespectful.  " As he spoke, the smile on Sima Yi's face quietly faded, and he turned to a serious expression: "The west gate is the main attack direction of the Jingzhou Army. There are more than 20,000 attacking troops outside the city. At this time, they have crossed the moat.  Directly attack the city gates and towers; in addition, the thieves were well prepared and had sent hundreds of elite soldiers in disguise to sneak into the city during the day and join forces with the army outside the city to capture the city gates.  Therefore, unless we send half of the troops in the city to defend the west gate, the three thousand defenders alone will not be able to defend the west gate, and they will be defeated by the Jingzhou army sooner or later.  However, we must not only guard the west gate tonight, but also dispatch troops and horses to strengthen the defense of the north gate and east gate.  This is because this lone army from Jingzhou went north not to capture Yingchuan, but to join Cao Ren's army here to complete the alliance previously reached between the two countries.  According to reliable information, two days ago, when Wei General Guo Jia led his army to cross the Yellow River north to Hanoi County, Cao Ren, who was stationed in Zhongmou County, had already led his army south. The purpose was to come to Yangzhai to contact the Jingzhou army and fulfill his duties.  Covenant.  It should be noted that the purpose of Cao Ren's army coming to Yingchuan was not only to hand over with the Jingzhou army, but also for the strategic purpose of capturing Yingchuan or Runan and opening up the southern passage between Yanzhou and Jingzhou.  Therefore, compared to the Jingzhou Army outside the west gate, the upcoming Cao Ren army poses a greater threat to Yangzhai City.  " Having said this, Sima Yi paused and said in a deep voice: "In view of this, what we have to do now is not to increase the number of troops to defend the west gate, but to mobilize troops and horses to strengthen the defense of the north gate and east gate.  In addition to the 3,000 soldiers stationed at the west gate, we currently have 22,000 defenders and 1,000 cavalry brought by me, as well as 10,000 young men recruited by the prefect overnight, for a total of 33,000.  People, this is all the manpower we have.  In my opinion, only a thousand soldiers are left to garrison the south gate. General Chen Lan leads 5,000 garrison troops and 5,000 young men to garrison the east gate. General Ji Ling leads 10,000 garrison troops and 5,000 young men to garrison the north gate.  Two thousand men and horses were left to garrison; the remaining eight thousand soldiers, led by General Guan Yu, went to ambush on both sides of Ximen Main Street, and waited until the Jingzhou army broke through the city gate to give it a head-on blow.  At that time, if General Guan Yu can defeat the Jingzhou Army, it will be the best. If he cannot defeat the Jingzhou Army, his food and grass must be burned, forcing him to be unable to fulfill his alliance with Cao's army.  If we can do this, even if Yangdi City falls, our merits will still outweigh our faults, and we will be honored even if we are defeated.  What do you think of this arrangement?  " Chang Lin asked curiously: "Now the Jingzhou Army and the Northern Wei Cao Army have joined forces to attack our Western Jin Dynasty. Even if they cannot complete the alliance, I am afraid it will not have much impact on the alliance between the two countries?  " Sima Yi nodded and said: "What the governor said is true. Even if the covenant is not fulfilled, the Northern Wei and Southern Han will still jointly attack until we defeat the Western Jin Dynasty.  However, if the covenant is not fulfilled, it means that there is no direct interest relationship between the two countries, and there will inevitably be mutual dissatisfaction and wariness between the two countries. Even if they join forces to send troops to become our enemy in the Western Jin Dynasty, they will deliberately conserve their strength and will not use all their strength to fight against the Western Jin Dynasty.  I, the Western Jin Dynasty, will fight to the end.  This is exactly what we want to see. It is extremely beneficial to our army. As long as we use it properly, we can defeat them one by one and win the entire battle.  If this battle is won, the strength of the Northern Wei and Southern Han will be greatly damaged, while our Western Jin Dynasty will become stronger with each war, laying a solid foundation for future unification of the world.  Having said this, do you three still have any questions?  " Ji Ling asked in response: "There are only a thousand defenders at the South Gate. If there is a sneak attack, wouldn't it mean giving up the South Gate?  Once the south gate is broken, Yangdi City will surely fall. By then, won’t we become turtles in a urn and the whole army will be wiped out?  ” ——————To be continued————————————————(To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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