Chapter 181 Surprise attack on Kuangting, Guan Yu's explanation of Chen Dao

Author: Shenwen Benshen

Chapter 181 Surprise attack on Kuangting, Guan Yu's explanation of Chen Dao

"Second brother, Yuan Shu has divided his troops."

"Let me go and surprise Kuang Ting!"

Jiyang City is more than a hundred miles away from Fengqiu City.

Under the cover of Zhang Miao, Guan Yu secretly led his infantry and cavalry to Jiyang City to seek fighter opportunities.

Guan Yu did not agree immediately, but looked at Zhang Hong and Chen Deng.

When it comes to combat, Guan Yu believes in Zhang Fei's bravery.

But before the battle, Guan Yu had to confirm Yuan Shu's intention of sending generals to garrison Kuangting at this time.

"Yuan Shu stayed in Fengqiu City for a long time and never had any intention of attacking the city. It can be concluded that Yuan Shu does not care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool."

"Yuan Shu is waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the opposition forces in Yanzhou."

"But obviously, Yuan Shu overestimated Liu Dai's courage!"

"Yuan Shu's grain, grass, soldiers and horses are all in Fengqiu City. If Liu Dai raises his troops to attack, Yuan Shu will take advantage of the city's convenient location. But Liu Dai is not stationing troops in Fan County now, and Yuan Shu's plan to lure the snake out of its hole will be difficult to work."

"At this time, it is obviously impossible to raise troops to attack Liu Dai who is entrenched in Fan County."

"So I infer that Yuan Shu sent his generals to garrison Kuangting for Liu Dai's sake."

"He wants Liu Dai to understand that this trip north is not only to attack Yuan Shao, but also to capture Yanzhou!"

"If my calculation is correct, Yuan Shu should have sent a large number of spies to Jiyin County to confuse Liu Dai."

Tian Yu, who is in charge of intelligence spying, said: "It is indeed as Mr. Yuanlong guessed, there are a large number of spies operating between Jiyin County and Kuangting."

Zhang Hong said: "But if Liu Dai chooses to stick to Fan County, it is impossible for him to raise troops to seal Qiucheng because of Yuan Shu's temptation."

"Knowing that Liu Dai could not leave Fan County, but still using this method to lure the enemy, Yuan Shu must be waiting for the outcome of the war in Dongjun."

Chen Deng said: "The purpose of our journey north is to prevent Yuan Shu from benefiting."

"Liu Xiang is a soldier who lures the enemy, and his combat effectiveness is relatively weak. If he can capture Liu Xiang alive, he can also obtain information about Fengqiu City."

"But in order to avoid accidents, it would be too much to ask Yide alone to do it."

Zhang Fei said anxiously: "I can capture Liu Xiang alive by myself, you can't rob him!"

Guan Yu said calmly: "Since one person is responsible for the victory, then the whole army will come together."

"Leaking out one or two of Yuan Shu's soldiers may lead Yuan Shu out of Fengqiu City."

"Fighting outside the city is much easier than attacking Fengqiu City."

Chen Deng and Zhang Hong both admired him.

Seeing that Guan Yu had made a decision, Zhang Fei had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​a surprise attack alone: ​​"Since the whole army is here, I want to lead the army. Second brother, you can't refuse anymore."

Guan Yu nodded and issued the order: "Zhang Fei obeys the order."

Zhang Fei's eyes were filled with joy, and he cupped his hands forward and said, "Here he is!"

Guan Yu took out the token and said: "I will give you a thousand soldiers and horses, take three days of dry food, and take a detour to the north of Kuangting. Three days later at night, when the sky lantern appears, fight out from the north immediately."

Zhang Fei was overjoyed and stepped forward to receive the military order: "I got the order."

Guan Yu took out another token and said: "Taishici listens to the order."

"exist!"

"Give you a thousand soldiers and horses, along with three days of dry food, and take a detour to the west of Kuangting. Three days later at night, when the sky lanterns appear, we will immediately fight out from the west."

"It's an order."

"Qu Yi listens to orders."

"exist!"

"I'll give you a thousand soldiers and horses, along with three days of dry food, and take a detour to the east of Kuangting. Three days later at night, when the sky lanterns appear, we will immediately fight out from the east."

"It's an order."

"The rest of the people will follow Guan to march south of Kuangting."

"Pay attention to the silence of the flags and drums, and try not to expose your whereabouts. If your whereabouts are exposed, immediately send a message with a prayer lantern. If the ministries see the signal, they no longer need to hide their whereabouts and go directly to Kuangting."

After issuing the military order, Guan Yu carefully explained the possible accidents and countermeasures during the surprise attack. He talked for half an hour to ensure that Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, Qu Yi and other generals understood it, and then let the generals understand.

Each one will prepare.

"General Guan's dispatching skills have improved again." Zhang Hong secretly marveled.

While Guan Yu was secretly dispatching his troops, General Liu Xiang of Yuan Shu in Kuangting was drinking and having fun in the camp.

There were also dancers and singers singing and dancing in the handsome tent with frightened faces.

What kind of handsome men and what kind of generals are there?

Yuan Shu himself enjoyed all kinds of things in Fengqiu City, and the generals under his command naturally followed his example.

Are there no female dependents in the army?

That's for restraining others. What does it have to do with Liu Xiang?

"Jump, keep dancing."

"If you dance well, you will be rewarded!"

Liu Xiang drank from a jade vessel while shouting at the newly plundered dancers and singers.

"General Liu, the general has ordered me to be cautious while waiting in Kuangting and beware of Cao Cao going south." Chen, the deputy general, saw Liu Xiang singing and dancing in the commander's tent and reminded him dutifully.

Liu Xiang waved his hand and said impatiently: "You are the deputy general. You can just handle this kind of thing. I have to ask for instructions and report everything. What do I want you to do as a deputy general?"

"But -" Chen Dao wanted to persuade her again, but Liu Xiang had already hugged a dancing girl with a frightened look on her face and started pecking at her.

Chen Dao had no choice but to arrange the troops and horses to patrol the night.

But if the general is like this, how can the soldiers and horses under his command strictly abide by military discipline?

Although Chen Dao arranged for soldiers and horses to patrol the night, he could not stop these soldiers and horses from being lazy in twos and threes.

Many generals complained in front of Liu Xiang, saying that Chen Dao liked to use military law to scare people when nothing happened.

This made Chen Dao even more depressed.

Night three.

Chen Dao personally led his soldiers on patrol at night.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted in his ears: "General, look at what that is?"

When Chen Dao heard the words, he looked up and saw praying lanterns floating in the sky one after another.

"That's a lantern?"

Since the emergence of Caihou paper, lanterns have become popular in the Han Dynasty.

But what puzzled Chen Dao was how could the lantern fly in the sky?

"This lantern is flying in the sky, can it be seen in Fengqiu City?" A soldier suddenly said.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.

Chen Dao suddenly felt a shiver in his heart: "If the lantern is flying in the sky, if it is used to send signals in secret, doesn't it mean that an enemy will take the opportunity to rob the camp?"

When he thought of this, Chen Dao felt awe in his heart and ordered urgently: "Send my military order, and the scouts will immediately leave the camp from the fourth gate and patrol within thirty miles!"

But the bodyguard did not move: "General, the captain of the scout camp will not listen to us."

Only then did Chen remember that early this morning, he had had a quarrel with the captain of the scout camp. The reason was that the captain of the scout camp suspected Chen Dao of being nosy, and Liu Xiang told Chen Dao to ask for more instructions in the future.

"If you don't succeed enough, you will fail more than you should. Wake up our brothers, and I will go find General Liu." Chen Dao felt angry and strode to the commander's tent.

But Liu Xiang, who was awakened, scolded Chen Dao vigorously: "You can disturb me if there are some lanterns flying in the sky. Cao A'hao can't even defeat the Black Mountain bandits, so how can he have time to rob the camp?"

"We are sending spies to Jiyin County every day. If Liu Dai comes, he will definitely be discovered."

"Why would I use a fool like you as my lieutenant?"

"Get out of here!"

Cursing Liu Xiang got into bed.

Chen Dao clenched his fists and had no choice but to return to his headquarters.

Without Liu Xiang's general order, he, the deputy general, could not mobilize the scout battalion.

"General, is it just a coincidence? Maybe it's just a rich young man from a certain family who is playing with some strange objects?"

"Yes, I saw a wooden bird flying last time! Wooden birds can fly, so it's not surprising that lanterns can fly."

"Isn't it strange? Have you ever seen a lantern fly?"
To be continued...