In the blink of an eye, it was August 30th, and Liu Jian and Niu Fu fought three wars relying on Yanjin County.
During this period, the soldiers commanded by Niu Fu attacked extremely fiercely, showing the bravery of the Liangzhou generals. He even personally went to the front of the battle to take command and boost the morale of the soldiers of the three armies.
However, Niu Fu still did not have the courage to be the leader, but to be able to advance first with a sword and not be afraid of arrows. Otherwise, according to the morale and combat power of the Xiliang army, if he took the lead in commanding the charge at the city gate, he might really be able to defeat Yanjin.
The county might even be defeated.
Today is the third time that Niu Fu ordered soldiers to attack the county town.
However, after fighting for half an hour, the Xiliang soldiers slowly retreated towards the west like a receding tide, leaving behind a pile of corpses.
To be honest, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army were very good at fighting, and their attack caused a lot of losses to the Jizhou army and horses.
Zhang He and Gao Lan were responsible for commanding the soldiers to guard the city.
This time the city defense was firmly defended, and the two of them had been commanding the troops. When the Xiliang army was attacking the city, many temporary situations occurred, which tested the general's ability to adapt to the situation.
Although there were indeed several critical situations during the defense, Zhang He was always able to turn danger into safety at critical moments and make relatively correct decisions.
Although this battle was difficult, it did improve Zhang He and Gao Lan's ability to use troops and increase their battlefield experience.
A general who does not experience emergency situations will never become a good general. Empty theories are just words on paper.
However, this kind of exercise is also very taxing for the generals, both mentally and physically.
The process of growing up is always accompanied by various hardships, which is an inevitable process for the birth of a famous general.
Watching the Xiliang army gradually retreating away, Gao Lan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"It's so suspenseful, it's so suspenseful."
Gao Lan murmured while squatting on the top of the city.
He rubbed the fingers of his right hand vigorously with his left hand.
The fingers of his right hand had deep gashes scratched by the bow string, and blood was flowing from the fingers to the palm of his hand.
As one of the main generals who defended the city, and also a warrior who was good at bow and arrow, Gao Lan drew the three-stone bow on the top of the city no less than dozens of times today.
He had lost all his strength, and even his fingers were cut.
Zhang He was also very tired, and his whole body felt indescribably sore.
His throat was also hoarse from commanding the soldiers.
But at this moment, he did not squat on the ground like Gao Lan, but held on to the city wall's crenellations to support himself.
At least in front of the soldiers of the three armies, he still needs to show the dignity of a strong man.
After Gao Lan squatted on the ground for a while, he suddenly came to his senses.
He forced himself to stand up, maintaining the same standing posture as Zhang He.
It was at this time that Liu Jian led Zhao Yun to the top of the city.
Liu Jian was quite pleased to see Zhang He still commanding his soldiers in an orderly manner, carrying wounded soldiers, and cleaning the battlefield at the top of the city.
This is the posture of a famous general.
Ordinary soldiers can take turns on duty when patrolling the city on weekdays, but Zhang He and Gao Lan personally took charge of the city defense command.
The two of them rarely even visit each other for work, and the two of them may only rest for one to two hours a day at most.
Therefore, mentally, their pressure is much greater than that of ordinary soldiers.
Liu Jian walked up to Zhang He and Gao Lan, and the two of them hurriedly saluted.
"The two of you have been working hard for days and taking charge of city defense matters. You have really achieved great results for your hard work."
"Now that the Xiliang army has withdrawn, you two should go back and rest quickly. Zilong will be responsible for commanding and dispatching the battlefield at the top of the city."
Zhang He cupped his hands and said: "We have been greatly favored by your envoy by eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. How dare we not spare no effort to repay him when trouble comes? Now that the enemy has temporarily retreated, but we don't know when he will come back, we still have to do it."
It is the best thing to be careful, and do not leave the front line to repay the envoy."
Gao Lan also said hurriedly: "We will try our best to protect the city in order to repay the envoy's kindness."
Although he was very pleased with their actions, Liu Jian still showed a stern expression.
"I have the final say on this matter, so don't refuse! If you want to protect the city well, you still need to take care of yourself, and remember not to be stubborn."
After saying that, Liu Jian turned to look at Zhao Yun and ordered: "Zilong, I will temporarily entrust you with the city defense. You can temporarily take over the command of Zhang and Gao."
Zhao Yun said "promise" loudly.
"You two, I will leave this place to Yun for the time being. You two have a good rest for a day. Don't worry, Yun will return a complete Yanjin County to these two Sima one day."
Liu Jian and Zhao Yun had both achieved this, so Zhang He and Gao Lan couldn't help but appreciate it.
The two of them were ordered to go to rest, and Zhao Yun took care of the city defense.
Liu Jian, on the other hand, returned to the city and came to the county office of Yanjin County.
Among the county subordinates, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Yan Liang, Ju Shou and Shen Pei were waiting for Liu Jian.
When he saw Liu Jian returning from his tour of the city, Zhang Fei hurriedly stepped forward.
"Brother, why don't you let me and my fourth brother participate in the defense of the city?"
Liu Jian patted Zhang Fei's generous arm and comforted him: "I am still of great use to the two brothers, so don't worry."
After saying that, Liu Jian looked at Shen Pei.
"Zhengnan, how is Jia Xu's current situation?"
When the judge saw that Liu Jian did not ask anyone else, but only asked Jia Xu, he was very confused.
However, he still replied respectfully: "Jia Xu followed Niu Fu's order and retreated a hundred miles."
"Jia Xu led his troops and retreated hundreds of miles?"
When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately became energetic.
Then I saw him starting to walk back and forth in the hall, making plans in his mind.
"Since Jia Xu has left Niu Fu's camp, it means that Niu Fu is going to take serious action against us next."
Everyone present, including Ju Shou, was confused by Liu Jian's words.
Why does Jia Xu's leaving Niu Fu's camp prove that Niu Fu is going to take action?
No matter how you think about it, this logic doesn't make sense.
In fact, if Liu Jian were to think about this from their perspective, he would also find it difficult to understand.
No way, who made Liu Jian a time traveler?
Compared with ancient people, in addition to having the ability of a prophet, the most important thing for a time traveler is that he has a certain understanding of historical figures.
Just like a little-known figure like Jia Xu in the eyes of everyone, Liu Jian knew his life history.
Of course, history is written by people. Some places may have been artificially tampered with and are inconsistent with the original history.
However, the basic records of many incidents involving the parties involved are still very similar.
Looking at Jia Xu's life experience, we can basically evaluate him in four words: "Good at protecting himself."
Although Liu Jian didn't know what kind of agreement Jia Xu had reached with Niu Fu, he knew that since Jia Xu had left Niu Fu's military camp at this moment, it meant that Niu Fu must have made large-scale military operations.
"Don't worry about how I judged that Niu Fu was going to take military action based on Jia Xu's withdrawal. I just want to ask you. If you were in Niu Fu's position, what strategy should you use to defeat the enemy next?"
Speaking of this, Liu Jian first looked at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment and said: "If I were Niu Fu, I would stop the troops temporarily and wait until Dong Zhuo has achieved results in the south, then we will join forces and capture Yanjin."
Liu Jian was very satisfied with Zhang Fei's answer.
This is the behavior of a qualified general.
On the contrary, it was Niu Fu's fierce attacks in recent days that made Liu Jian feel that this person was very incompetent.
"Yide has been trained through experience, and you really have the style of a famous general. You have been on the battlefield for many years, and the battles are really not in vain."
Zhang Fei was very happy to be praised by Liu Jian, with a somewhat proud look on his face.
"but……"
Liu Jian shook his head and said: "However, Niu Fu will never use this kind of tactics. He must be holding back his energy and trying to win by clever means."
Zhang Fei said: "Brother, why are you so sure?"
Jushou on the side spoke slowly: "Yide, Niu Fu has not been afraid of losing troops and generals in the past few days, and has been attacking us by force. Perhaps he is deliberately showing an image of a reckless man to deceive us."
Zhang Fei said curiously: "We have met Niu Fu before, and he is indeed a reckless man."
Jushou smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
In fact, he also thought so in his heart. Even Jushou had an inherent understanding of Liangzhou people like Niu Fu.
That is because the people of Liangzhou are poor in academics and do not know how to use strategies.
It was just that Liu Jian, through the presence of Jia Xu from Liangzhou, insisted that Niu Fu had a conspiracy, and Ju Shu could not refute it at this moment.
Liu Jian looked at Jushou: "Gong Yu, if you are Niu Fu, what strategy should you use at this moment?"
Jushou sighed secretly in his heart.
If he can think of things himself, will Niu Fu also think of them?
"No food."
After Jushou thought carefully, he suddenly said this.
"How to break it?"
Ju Shu said: "First of all, we must first judge the location of our army's food routes and transit points based on the relationship between our army and the Kwantung armies, as well as our army's actions in stationing troops in Yanjin..."
"It's just that it's easy to say it, but if it's not easy to figure out the key, can Niu Fu figure it out?"
Liu Jian said: "Don't worry about whether Niu Fu can figure it out. If you were Niu Fu, what would be the next step?"
Jushou thought for a moment and said, "Let the soldiers dress up as merchants from Bingzhou or Guanzhong and attack Liyang Ferry to cut off our army's food supply!"