Chapter 204 High School Captain, what should we do
"Ziyi, when you were in Danyang before, Zu Lang listened to your order. Although he was defeated by Sun Ce and surrendered, but the situation is like this now, maybe you can persuade him to surrender and let him open the city gate and seize it.
Spring Valley.”
Zhou Ping explained to Tai Shici.
Taishi Ci replied: "Sir, Zulang is a very loyal person. Since he surrendered to Sun Ce, it is unlikely that he will surrender to us again."
"Don't worry, Ziyi. Although I don't know Zulang, he and I are both from Danyang, so I can give him some advice," Cao Cheng said.
"If Zulang is unwilling to surrender, you can kill him and collect his troops. You are all Danyang soldiers. When the time comes, you can pretend to be Zulang's soldiers and horses. Just say that you were ambushed and broke out. You don't know your ancestors."
Lang is missing. Jiang Qin is eager for help. I think he will believe it. As soon as the city gate opens, you rush into the city and soldiers and horses will come to help."
"No." Taishi Ci and Cao Cheng responded in unison.
Liu Bei asked Taishi Ci and Cao Cheng to each take two thousand men, all of whom were Danyang soldiers. Each of them only brought three days of rations. They crossed the river at night and transferred to a small boat ten miles north of Spring Valley City to disembark.
According to reports from the scouts, Zu Lang's troops are still more than fifty miles away from Spring Valley. They are marching quickly and should be able to arrive tomorrow.
After landing, Taishi Ci and Cao divided their forces into an ambush nearly twenty miles away from Spring Valley. It was already dawn.
Cao Cheng led his troops to ambush on both sides of the road, while Tai Shi Ci laid an ambush three miles ahead. They waited for Zu Lang's troops to arrive. Cao Cheng let Zu Lang go first, and then they fought out from behind after Tai Shi Ci's ambush troops appeared.
Having been attacked before and after, perhaps Zulang can be persuaded to surrender.
If he does not surrender, he will be attacked from both sides and his army will be defeated.
Although he asked Taishi Ci and Cao Cheng to lead troops to ambush Zulang, Zhou Ping still persuaded Liu Bei to let Gao Shun cross the river to pretend to attack the city.
This will put more pressure on Jiang Qin, make him hungry for reinforcements, and make it easier for him to trust Zu Lang and those Danyang soldiers.
At the same time, it also made Jiang Qin think that Liu Bei had no good strategy at present and could only attack hard.
Gao Shun led his troops across the river. After yesterday's attack on Taishi Ci, Gao Shun knew that it would be difficult to attack the city with force. Although he would attack the city today, he should focus on protection.
The most important thing is to protect yourself and preserve your strength when attacking a city.
So he asked Liu Bei for many shields. Except for the crossbowmen, almost everyone had one shield. There were even people who were specialized in holding shields, holding two shields, one to protect themselves and one to protect the crossbowmen.
Jiang Qin stayed up all night and patrolled the city several times at night, fearing that enemy soldiers would attack at night.
Many soldiers and civilians who defended the city had also stayed up all night. At this time, their eyes were red and swollen, and they were looking at the enemy soldiers who were gathering outside the city to attack the city.
However, the enemy soldiers outside the city are a little different today. They have too many shields.
"Hahaha..." Jiang Qin laughed loudly, "Have you seen that almost every enemy soldier is holding a shield? Why is this? It means they are afraid of us. As long as we work together, we can defend Spring Valley."
The military lord next to him quickly responded: "Exactly, how on earth are they going to attack the city with so many shields?"
"No matter how they attack, as long as they come within range, we will shoot them. If they are lucky enough to reach the foot of the city wall, we will smash them. Even if the city wall is torn down, we will smash them all to death."
After listening to Jiang Qin's words, the already exhausted soldiers and people perked up slightly and glared at the enemy soldiers outside the city.
"I have good news for you. The reinforcements sent by General Sun will arrive at Spring Valley today. Once they arrive, you can go and have a rest. Therefore, we must resist today."
Jiang Qin's words cheered up the soldiers and the people again. They just wanted to have a good sleep now.
As long as they stick to today, they can go home and sleep peacefully tonight.
Outside the city, Gao Shun gathered troops and horses and said to the soldiers: "Today we are going to use the strategy of weakening the enemy. Don't attack hard. We rush over, lure the enemy soldiers to attack, and then we retreat. Repeat this to let the enemy attack."
The enemy soldiers are tired. When the enemy soldiers think that we will not really attack the city, it may be the time when we really attack. Therefore, you can retreat today. It would be better if you can counterattack on the city and shoot the enemy soldiers on the city.
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These soldiers have always heard Gao Shun say that they should go forward bravely and cannot retreat even if they die, but now they hear him say that they can retreat today, which is really uncharacteristic.
"Dong dong dong dong dong..."
The war drums beat, and Gao Shun gave the order to attack the city. The soldiers held up their shields, and the crossbowmen held up their arrows, and rushed down the city. The soldiers carrying the ladder to climb the city followed unhurriedly.
"Jiang Sima, the enemy troops have begun to attack the city!" the military leader shouted urgently.
Of course Jiang Qin saw it and was a little confused about the enemy soldiers outside the city using shields to attack the city.
But doubts turned out to be doubts. When the enemy soldiers rushed within the shooting range, they immediately ordered a volley of bows and crossbows.
However, what he didn't expect was that after his men shot two rounds of arrows, the enemy soldiers attacking the city began to retreat. The enemy soldiers carrying the ladder to the city did not even get within the range of the crossbows.
Two rounds of volleys of arrows only wounded a dozen enemy soldiers, and several of his own were hit by arrows.
"Jiang Sima, how come the enemy troops withdrew? Aren't they going to attack the city?" The military leader was really puzzled.
Jiang Qin didn't understand either, but no one could explain it to him, so he could only figure it out on his own.
"Perhaps Liu Bei is using some trick to tell everyone not to panic and wait until the enemy soldiers arrive before shooting."
After a while, the enemy's war drums outside the city sounded "dong dong dong dong dong" again, and the enemy soldiers once again rushed towards us with their shields raised.
Jiang Qin looked carefully and saw that the shield soldiers and crossbow soldiers were rushing at the front, and the soldiers carrying the ladder to the city were only following from a distance, and they did not look like they were attacking the city at all.
Sure enough, the scene just now happened again. The enemy soldiers had already begun to retreat before they reached the foot of the city wall. Just like the previous time, the enemy soldiers suffered very few casualties.
"I know what Liu Bei's trick is. They are using this to tire out the enemy. They want to make us tired and relaxed, and then attack with all our strength. Hmph, this must be Zhou Wen'an's plan. Unfortunately, it can't be deceived.
I'm giving the order to wait until the enemy soldiers get closer next time before shooting."
Not long after, the enemy soldiers outside the city came to attack the city again. Just like the previous two times, the people carrying the ladder to climb the city followed behind and were not in a hurry to rush forward. Jiang Qin knew that this time they were still feinting.
"Don't shoot yet, wait for my military order before shooting."
Jiang Qin ordered the soldiers.
The soldiers outside the city rushed forward, but this time it was different from what they expected. Why didn't the enemy soldiers on the city shoot arrows when they were already within shooting range?
This puts them in a dilemma. If they advance forward, they will be slow to retreat, and they will suffer more casualties. If they don't advance, do they have to retreat before the enemy soldiers fight?
Gao Shun also saw this scene and was stunned for a moment, wondering why the enemy soldiers on the city didn't shoot.
