Chapter 164 Gamble
"Well……"
Liandao, Liu Yi's army camp, looked at Han Xuan's head on the table, Liu Yi was speechless for a moment, Han Xuan could not escape death in the end. Interestingly, in the Romance of the Romance, it seems that Han Xuan died at the hands of Wei Yan, now...
Looking at Huang Zhong with a expressionless face, Liu Yi smiled bitterly: "My name is Wei Yan to hide in Guiyang to block Guiyang's troops. The death of Han Fujun should be considered an accident. I hope the general will not hold a grudge against Wen Chang."
Originally, when he said he would release Han Xuan three times, and from the bottom of his heart, Liu Yi never thought of killing Han Xuan. After all, there was such a person who could still hold a high position in the enemy's military camp. In Liu Yi's opinion, this was a good thing. He wished that the enemy camp would be of this level, so he could unify the world without Zhuge Liang.
But now, Han Xuan died at Wei Yan's hands, which made Liu Yi feel like he was slapped in the face. He really wanted to let Han Xuan go, but now it seems that it is not easy for such a person to live in this chaotic world. He was ambushed casually.
Huang Zhong didn't care much and shook his head and said, "In the past, Changsha had already fulfilled his grace of knowing his past. Now that he is dead in the chaos, the gentleman is not going back on his word. General Wei killed him, so he is his master. Why do Zhong blame him? Mr. Don't worry about it?"
If you want to talk about how deep Huang Zhong has about Han Xuan, it must be a lie. Just look at Han Xuan's attitude towards Huang Zhong. It's good that it is useful. When it is useless or not to his heart, he will scold him. Huang Zhong has no tendency to be abused. How could he have about how deep it is? But Huang Zhong also has his own bottom line in his heart. Han Xuan used him when he was at the most miserable time. This was a kind of kindness that must be repaid, so he exchanged himself for Han Xuan's life in Linxiang that day.
But in Huang Zhong's opinion, this is enough to repay Han Xuan's favor. After that, the two of them had no human entanglement. Now that Han Xuan wants to attack Changsha, wouldn't Liu Yi's people resist? So, for Han Xuan's head is now on Liu Yi's table. In addition to sighing and sewing Han Xuan's entire body, Huang Zhong could not blame Liu Yi or Wei Yan for this, and each of them is his own master. Life and death are based on their own ability, and they are not capable of being killed on the battlefield. That is an ordinary thing.
"Yes." Liu Yi glanced at Han Xuan's head and asked someone to pack it for Liu Bei. He was a show of his merits for Wei Yan. He knocked on the table with his fingers and handed another bamboo slip to Huang Zhong and said, "This is a solution offered by Wen Zhang. What do you think?"
In addition to the good news, Wei Yan also sent another bamboo slip, which was Wei Yan's plan. After Guiyang was defeated, even if he was unwilling to surrender, he would not dare to send troops without authorization. Wei Yan hoped that he could lead his troops and take advantage of the emptiness behind Lingling to attack Liu Du's nest and cut off the opponent's food and grass. Then the 20,000 troops would be defeated without fighting.
"This method is too dangerous!" Huang Zhong frowned and looked at Liu Yi and said, "The plan of General Wei is that Zhao Fan will not move. Once Zhao Fan moves troops, there will be no one to guard Changsha. Isn't that dangerous?"
Liu Yi's current food and supplies are basically maintained by Changsha. Wuling is captured quickly, but accordingly, his control is not as reliable as Changsha. The new prefect is still sorting out government affairs and winning over friendships with wealthy families in various places. It is impossible for Liu Yi to be too helpful in the short term.
Therefore, Changsha is considered to be Liu Yi's rear. Although Han Xuan is not very capable, he has a wide network of contacts and has a strong general like Huang Zhong under his command. He has a good control over Changsha. The food and grass stored in the treasury are enough for Liu Yi to spend a lot of time. This is also the fundamental reason why Liu Yi dares to fight a war of attrition with Liu Du. If there is anything wrong in Changsha, Liu Yi can only retreat to defend Wuling.
Wei Yan's plan was a big gamble. Although in Huang Zhong's opinion, even if the prefect of Guiyang was defeated, even if Wei Yan left, he might not have the courage to attack Changsha, but this kind of thing was not afraid of ten thousand, but was afraid of one, so Huang Zhong thought it would be better to be safer.
Liu Yi nodded without saying a word. He didn't know what kind of person Zhao Fan was. What impressed Liu Yi the most in the Romance was that Zhao Fan presented his sister-in-law to Zhao Yun. He heard that he was a great beauty, but Zhao Yun did not accept it. With these things, Zhao Fan's image, personality and mind could not be three-dimensional at all, and he was not able to make a rash judgment. However, from the current situation, if he was in a different place, Liu Yi would not attack rashly when he had already lost a lot of his own troops. This is a dangerous situation... worth taking.
Although Liu Yi was always seeking stability in his work before, it was because his own safety was threatened. If Mocheng was broken, Liu Yi's efforts would be wasted. If Changsha did not adopt a step-by-step strategy and went deep into the army alone, if he was defeated, his own safety would also be threatened.
But it is different now. Even if you really lose Changsha, Liu Yi will not be threatened too much. As for the interests... He is a craftsman, not a person like Zhuge Liang. Is it normal to miscalculate? Liu Bei will lose it. At worst, he can fight back. According to the latest information, Liu Bei has already taken Jiangling. With this place and Wuling in hand, Liu Yi doesn't have to worry about the problem of being cut off. Therefore, the current situation allows him to make mistakes and let him take a gamble.
If you win, you can end this war as soon as possible, continue your farming career, and return to Mocheng to live a leisurely life. If you lose, then start over and win over the two counties of Lingling and Wuling, and retake Changsha is not difficult.
After understanding this, Liu Yi smiled and shook his head, first wrote a reply to Wei Yan, and then to Mi Zhu, asking him to prepare for retreat. If Guiyang troops attack, he could defend, and if he could not defend, he would abandon the city directly. After he captured Lingling, he would come back to settle the score with Zhao Fan.
On the other side, Liu Xian’s camp.
Xing Daorong walked in a little anxiously and said to Liu Xian: "General, Liu Yi stayed at the camp all day long, and refused to come out no matter how he shouted and scolded. Should we continue to waste time with him like this?"
Even if they are not good at using their brains, they know that if they are fighting for one more day, the consumption of food and grass is not a small amount. Those thieves are not in a hurry. After all, the food and grass were sent by the prefect's mansion, but they can't do it. If they continue to consume this, they will definitely be the ones who can't hold on first.
"I'll order the generals of all armies to obey my orders from tomorrow to send troops to attack Liu Yi's camp." Liu Xian was also a little anxious at this time. He knew the seriousness of the problem better than Xing Daorong. It was just that those sect thieves were not easy to command. Most of the generals sent by the sect thieves were lip service. Otherwise, they would have started attacking long ago, so why wait until now?
"Here!" Xing Daorong looked excited, and he turned around and went to pass the order.
Although he was reluctant, he came to support him after all. Now that he was going to fight, it was difficult to continue fighting. The next morning, a group of thieves commanders gathered with their own troops and set up a formation under Liu Xian's command.
It took a morning to coordinate these troops and horses to line up the array. Not to mention that Liu Xian was not satisfied, Liu Yi, who was observing the enemy army formation on the bracket, was almost asleep.
"Guan Ping!" Seeing that the opponent's formation was almost complete, Liu Yi said to Guan Ping on the side.
"The last one will be here!" Guan Ping took a step forward and said loudly.
"You lead a team of men and wait for the opponent to start attacking later. You come out from the north gate and disturb the enemy's rear. Remember, you can go after a fight. Don't bother with each other, go around and come back!" Liu Yi rubbed his face, made himself look more energetic, and said to Guan Ping.
Liu Xian used the method of surrounding three ques and one, surrounded by three sides, leaving one side to relieve the morale of the enemy. It was originally a very good military tactic, but just looking at the opponent's military formation, Liu Yi felt that the opponent might want to make the defenders fall asleep in this way and win without fighting.
Of course, this is a joke. Seeing that the other party finally set up a formation and began to rush forward, Liu Yi signaled Guan Ping to harass him, and he and Huang Zhong commanded the war. Huang Zhong said he would fight as much as he should. Liu Yi never pretended to understand.
Although the array was not good, it was not a joke to start a war after all. The 20,000 troops were besieged from three sides, and there was still pressure. However, Huang Zhong, a veteran with rich combat experience, was in charge and commanded the entire camp in an orderly manner. Liu Yi only needed to issue orders according to Huang Zhong's suggestion and kept the camp guarding without leaking water.
Under Huang Zhong's guidance, Liu Yi gradually saw some tricks. These soldiers and horses seemed to be a whole, but in fact they were more than a dozen or twenty small groups fighting each other, and their frequencies were not uniform, so Huang Zhong was quite relaxed to defend.
A quarter of an hour later, Guan Ping led a team of troops to attack and rushed out for a while in the rear. Then, when the enemy reacted, he quickly withdrew from the battle group and went to another side to kill.
The already chaotic formation was disturbed by Guan Ping, and there were signs of collapse. Liu Xian sent people to kill dozens of soldiers who wanted to escape to stop the collapse. At the same time, Xing Daorong was sent to intercept Guan Ping.
"It's you again!" Xing Daorong saw Guan Ping's fighting spirit. The last time the two sides fought, they made Xing Daorong remember Guan Ping. Seeing him goodbye at this moment, he cheered up and came to fight Guan Ping with his own battle axe.
Guan Ping had a task and didn't want to get entangled with Xing Daorong, but Xing Daorong recognized Guan Ping and rushed towards Guan Ping with his men. Guan Ping had no choice but to fight with Xing Daorong with his men.
The two men fought together, and Xing Daorong even came to Guan Ping directly. The battle was difficult to solve. The two fought for 180 rounds this time, but they still had no choice but to win or lose. However, Guan Ping's troops had a slight advantage. After all, Liu Yi's military camp had various bonuses. After training these days, not only the orders were enforced, but they were well-trained. After a while of fighting, they suppressed the county soldiers brought by Xing Daorong.
On the bracket, Liu Yi saw that Guan Ping was entangled and ordered to Liu Feng: "Take another 500 people out of the camp, harass the enemy's back, join Guan Ping, and fight back together!"
"Here!" Liu Feng agreed and ordered five hundred troops to fight out.
Chapter completed!