According to Cao Jun's custom, the green flag on the sand table represents the naval unit. The green flag in the lake is a bit abrupt but reasonable. You can't put the small flag representing the cavalry.
The Diyan Lake navy appeared in the early stages of the war, but Cao Guo never encountered it again. Almost all generals forgot about the existence of the navy.
"Do you think the enemy will dispatch the navy?" Xu Dao believed that Zhu Ke had the ability to mobilize the Qi navy in Diyan Lake.
In fact, the entire Diyan Lake is occupied by the Qi State. There are no enemies of the Qi State on the lake. It can only be used to deal with the occasional magical beasts. The naval force establishment is dispensable.
"Diyan Lake is equivalent to two counties, and the naval force is at least half of the state navy, with a total strength of no less than tens of thousands. Our army will eventually advance to the front line of Sanshui City, and a full force of about 50,000 people will surround one of the cities. If we attack
The city was suddenly attacked by tens of thousands of naval troops, and the consequences were disastrous." Ding Kui was playing chess on the side and conducting deductions with several staff officers.
Now he doesn't have to explain to Xu Dao where his ideas come from.
That day, Ao Yu flew invisibly to Diyan Lake, jumped into the lake to look for monsters for snacks, and at the same time followed Ding Kui's instructions to observe the conditions of the lake hundreds of miles away, and found that a large number of warships were docked at the dock dozens of miles away to the north.
The key was that a forbidden magician was guarding the dock. Ding Kui repeatedly emphasized that he could not be discovered, and Ao Yu did not dare to approach. Later, he discovered the dock where the warships were docked in another direction.
According to his incomplete statistics, there are hundreds of large and small warships, with at least two forbidden magicians, and their combat power is enough to threaten Cao's army in Duanshui County.
The result of the war chess deduction was that Cao's army was defeated. Ding Kui grabbed a handful of chess pieces representing the Qi army, scattered them on the chessboard, and said: "When Zhu Ke leads the main force of the Qi army to attack, it is a question of how many of our troops can survive.
There is no time to consider whether Duanshui County can be defended."
Xu Dao tried his own deduction and concluded that Cao Jun was defeated.
"Hey, then should we attack Sanshui City?" He increasingly believed that the enemy might send out naval troops.
"First capture Huining City and Tianhe City. I believe the Qi Army will evacuate soon. In order to prevent the enemy from becoming suspicious of us, we will start attacking the city before dawn." Ding Kui decided to cater to the Qi Army's plan.
Bi Qiao and other four sixth-level masters stopped leaving the city, and guarded Huining City and Tianhe City in pairs. Then they allocated their manpower according to the changes of Ding Kui and others, and put on a defensive posture.
Ding Kui was not polite and ordered the sixth-level combatants to snipe and kill the defending officers instead. He did not seek to conquer the city, but only wanted to weaken the Qi army.
The defenders felt very uncomfortable at this time. No matter how well prepared they were, they could not stop the sniping attacks by the level 6 masters on the opposite side. The battle lasted for a day and they could no longer hold on. They evacuated Huining City and Tianhe City under the cover of darkness that night.
Only five days after the war started, Ding Kui led his troops to recover six cities, opened up the situation in Duanshui County, and was about to recover the entire Duanshui County.
"The 1st Division, 8th Division and 32nd Division respectively raided the villages and towns south of Sanshui City and must return to the military camp at night." Ding Kui did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.
Su Fan and Liang Chong led a group of staff to Huining City and moved the entire headquarters over. "No fight?" Su Fan exclaimed, and Xu Dao deduced it according to Ding Kui's idea.
"Leave Sanshui City and not attack for the time being. We need to rearrange the defensive forces of Duanshui County." Liang Chong immediately understood Ding Kui's idea.
"Well, in the past few days during the siege of the city, most of the Qi troops retreated on their own initiative, with a loss of about 30,000 troops. There are still 70,000 defenders on the front line of Sanshui City.
There must be enemy ships on Diyan Lake. The 70,000 Qi troops can defend the city or move elsewhere, always maintaining a threat to us.
Suppose we capture Sanshui City, how many troops should be left to defend it? Twenty thousand or thirty thousand? The enemy can transport a hundred thousand troops from the lake at any time.
Don't expect the base camp to send troops to reinforce us. To be honest, I was fooled by Zhu Ke this time. The main force of the coalition forces is attacking the Qi Army's defense line and they cannot send troops to reinforce us.
The Qi army's blind defense can save troops and give Zhu Ke enough men and horses to ambush our army and eliminate our army's effective strength in constant mobile warfare."
Ding Kui was very honest and admitted that he fell into the trap. His actions of deceiving the enemy in turn tied his own hands and feet. He did not occupy Duanshui County and at the same time lost an army of his own country.
The people present were silent after hearing this. They were deeply shocked. After working hard for so many days, they ended up falling into the enemy's trap. It was difficult to accept but could not refute Ding Kui's analysis.
"Don't be discouraged, everyone!" Ding Kui noticed everyone's emotions, "The enemy's garrison plus water force is only about 100,000, and including Zhu Ke's main force, it is only about 300,000.
It’s not a big problem for the base camp to support 20,000 to 30,000 people, plus our troops are no less than 200,000, so it should be enough to defend the existing city.”
"That's right! Since you can see through the enemy's tricks, you will definitely be able to lead us to defeat the enemy." Su Fan was the first to react.
"Ding Ji." Ding Kui glanced outside the door.
"exist!"
"Lead people to surround this place. No one can enter or leave without my military order."
"yes!"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, puzzled by Ding Kui's order.
"Zhu Ke seems to be able to control our actions. I have reason to suspect that someone here is secretly colluding with the enemy. Of course, I hope this suspicion is wrong, but from now on, no one is allowed to leave this courtyard except those who carry out orders."
Ding Kui's eyes scanned the people present one by one.
"Master Ding, here are all the senior generals and staff of the First and Fourth Legions. I can guarantee that they will not betray Cao Guo and have no possibility of colluding with the enemy." Su Fan walked out and faced Ding Kui calmly.
Xu Dao also came out and stood next to Su Fan. He said nothing but his attitude was obviously in support of Su Fan.
"You can call me paranoid, but remember one thing, I have to be responsible for you, because I am the highest commander here. The battle is not over yet, everyone still needs to work together to fight against the Qi army. You can't put down the work at hand, just eat and live."
It’s just in this courtyard, no one wants to torture or question you. In order to win this battle, I have wronged everyone for a few days. I apologize to everyone in advance. I’m sorry!”
Ding Kui took a few steps back and bowed to everyone.
"Well, someone has to go out, my subordinates don't have to leave, Xu Shuai wants to command the battle." Su Fan didn't mind staying in the yard.
These days, he rarely leaves the county headquarters.
"How could I doubt you two? It's just that Su Shuai may have to bear a heavier responsibility, and you have to complete the collection and transmission of military information." Ding Kui could not doubt everyone.
Transmitting military information is a matter for the staff. You need to leave the yard, go to the eagle shed, and go to the magic guild. If there is a traitor, it is the most difficult to prevent.
"Follow your orders! I will never cheat on others." Su Fan couldn't say much since he was trusted.
"Shuai Xu needs to lead troops. He cannot stay here. He just cannot reveal the action plan in advance outside." Ding Kui had other requirements for Xu Dao.
"Follow your orders! If there is any leakage of military aircraft, only military law will be followed!"
"Okay!" Ding Kui clapped his hands, "Don't be too nervous, everyone. Just keep doing what you have to do. The confidentiality measures are just stricter. If you have any requirements for food and accommodation, you can make them. I will satisfy all the requirements. Now we will start to group into groups to deduce the next step. war."
Ding Kui, Liang Chong, Su Fan and Xu Dao automatically form a group.
"I will lead a group of soldiers and horses to pretend to attack Shuikou City, Xu Shuai will lead a group to pretend to attack Shuigucheng, and Shuidi City will be left alone to delay the Qi army's counterattack as much as possible." Ding Kui proposed a plan.
"What if the enemy abandons the city and flees?" Xu Dao boldly hypothesized.
Liang Chong suggested: "Small troops enter the city to destroy it, while the main force stays outside the city."
"This does not tell the enemy that we have seen through their plot. We should enter the city with the main force and guard the retreat with some elite troops." Su Fan had a different opinion.
"Abandoning the city and fleeing, oh my, I really haven't thought about it." Ding Kui stared at the map for a while, "Shuigu City is really possible, this way..." He said a way.
Su Fan, Xu Dao and Liang Chong listened, nodded and cheered quietly.
Huining City, Cao Jun's headquarters, was lit with lights all night, and only Xu Dao left in a hurry the next morning.
The 1st, 8th and 32nd Divisions of Cao's army successfully attacked Sanshui City, but retreated in the evening, leaving only a small group of scouts in the vicinity.
The next morning, the three divisions ran to Sanshui City to wave flags and shout, but they showed no intention of setting up camp and retreated in the evening.
On the third day, Qi's army couldn't help but go out of the city to stop Cao's army. The two armies faced each other on the outskirts of the city. They fought for a whole morning, and Cao's army retreated.
On the fourth day, the Qi army sent out cavalry to attack Cao Jun. Ding Kui led five sixth-level masters to suddenly attack Shuikou City and cooperated with Cao Jun to attack the Qi army. Xu Dao led an army of 30,000 to set up an ambush in the southern suburbs of Shuigu City and surrounded Qi who was leaving the city. However, Shuidi City did not wait for Cao Jun to arrive, and Qi Jun attacked and fell into the air.
On that day, the Qi army in Shuikou City and Shuigu City were defeated, leaving thousands of troops behind and retreated to the city. Ding Kui and Xu Dao led their troops to build a stronghold outside the city.
On the tenth day after the war started, our own army organized a counterattack to recapture the city that had been lost due to the defeat, and found that the main force of the Qi Army led by Zhu Ke was missing.
He Lianyu ordered the other two armies to suspend their offensive and retreat ten miles.
Ding Kui came to Shuigucheng alone and entered Cao's army camp in full view of everyone.
Xu Daoqing retreated and asked, "What are your orders, sir?"
"That's almost it. If the Qi army wants to abandon the city and flee in these two days, I'm afraid they will hesitate, so I'm here to give them some stimulation."
Ding Kui did not sit on the main seat given by Xu Dao, but just found a chair and sat down.
Xu Dao ran to sit opposite Ding Kui and said, "Isn't it exciting enough for you to come alone?"
"Hahaha, the imaginary is real and the real is imaginary. Don't you know that I like to carry out sneak attacks? Let them see one person just to let them guess everything. If I bring five people over in a big way, they will guess that I am cheating. ."
"Then, do you want to step up the offensive?"
Ding Kui looked outside the tent and said, "Send a magician to fly to Diyan Lake to show my caution. No! I'll go there myself." He immediately changed his mind.
Bi Qiao quickly rushed to Shuigucheng and watched Ding Kui fly back to Cao Jun's camp from the direction of Diyan Lake.