The remaining captains all had the same idea and unanimously agreed with Huang Yi's judgment that it was better to attack Xinye than to encircle him.
"Then let's do this, surround them, and send out scouts to explore the surroundings. Be sure to keep track of the enemy's movements at all times. Once you find the enemy's troops, report back immediately."
Since everyone agreed with Huang Yi's words and surrounded them without attacking, Huang Kui had nothing to say and directly agreed to do as they said. After giving the instructions, he stood up and left. However, when he left, his strong waist was a little slight.
bend.
The soldiers cheered when Huang Kui's order was given. Although Xinye City was not big, it could not be captured at all. If we continued to attack, many more people might die.
The fighting in Xinye City has just stopped. Both sides are restraining themselves. Huang Kui wants to be unable to attack, while Tian Yu is focused on defending Xinye.
"Sir, the guards are here."
"Please come here quickly."
When he heard that the guardsmen were back, Zhong Yao immediately became excited. There should be something going on in Xinye City.
"Sir, the guard Zhou Hong is here to greet you."
Scout Zhou Hong directly cupped his fists and saluted Zhong Yao.
"Get up, is there something wrong with Xinye?"
Zhong Yao glanced at Zhou Hong, a flash of light flashing in his eyes.
"Sir, there is indeed a problem in Xinye. About 50,000 soldiers and horses were found under the city. General Dian Wei was originally planning to set up camp overnight, but considering that even if the attack is now carried out, it will only be defeated but not destroyed, he asked me to report to you."
Zhou Hong was very clever and directly told all the news there.
"Instruct the entire army to travel day and night and arrive at Xinye before tomorrow night."
Sure enough, as he thought, an enemy appeared in Xinye. Fortunately, Dian Wei did not act rashly. Otherwise, if he really stepped on the enemy camp, he would have alerted the enemy and turned this group of thieves into rogues. It would be difficult to annihilate them all.
Difficult.
"promise."
With Zhong Yao's order, the 50,000-strong army suddenly accelerated and began to rush towards Xinye day and night.
"Lord Zhou Wei, the enemy has rested for two days since the last time they attacked the city. What do they want to do?
Didn't he run away?"
The captain looked into the distance. If the enemy kept attacking, he wasn't afraid, but now it was so cold and motionless, it made him a little confused.
"Don't worry, they will never run away now, because there is no news from Xiangyang yet. They must surround Xinye and cut off His Majesty's food and grass.
I guess what they mean now is that they know that it will be difficult to capture Xinye, and they don’t want to waste troops and horses, so they adopt a siege instead of attack. As long as our food and grass can’t get out of Xinye, their mission will be completed.”
Tian Yu glanced at the sky. If he were Huang Kui now, he would definitely not be obsessed with capturing Xinye. As long as he could surround it, he could cut off Yuan Shu's food and grass. Moreover, there are pros and cons after capturing Xinye.
The advantage is that the city has food, grass and weapons, and is protected by city walls, which also gives them a place to rest.
The disadvantage is that the walls of Xinye City are short. If they really occupy this place and are surrounded by Yuan Shu's reinforcements, it will be difficult to resist them.
Instead of taking risks and conquering new territories, it is better to besiege them on the spot, as long as the mission can be completed.
"Sir, do we really not need to send people to break out and report the news to His Majesty?"
Tian Yu was right, and the captain had nothing to say, but he still suggested that Tian Yu send someone to ask for a letter.
"No, I said last time that Xinye City cannot ask for help from His Majesty. Anyone who dares to make such a suggestion will be dealt with according to military law."
Tian Yu glanced at the captain, then waved his sleeves and left the city wall.
Huang Kui's scouts were wandering around, but Dian Wei didn't hesitate when he found out. He led the guards back and retreated temporarily to avoid the danger. Finally, as Zhong Yao said, after two days of rapid march, they were united with Dian Wei's troops.
"Sir, you just want Dian Wei to wait."
Dian Wei was relieved when he saw Zhong Yao finally arrived. After all, he had been suffering from waiting for the past two days, and the detection distance of Scout Huang Kui was getting farther and farther. He was afraid that if he kept waiting any longer, he would really have to wait.
Take action against his scouts.
"General Dian Wei, as the saying goes, you won't be late for a good meal. I came a little late, but now that I'm here, none of Huang Kui's troops can escape."
Zhong Yao glanced at Dian Wei and knew that he must be impatient, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was Yuan Shu's elite guard, and he was a cavalry manoeuvre, so he was naturally much faster than himself.
"Huang Kui's people may have noticed it now. The scouts have spread out fifty miles."
Dian Wei directly told the current situation and all the news about Huang Kui's military expedition.
"It doesn't matter, he must not have found any trace of you, otherwise he would have run away long ago. The reason why he sent out scouts may be because he felt that time was almost up, and he was afraid that we would send troops, so he sent out scouts to investigate."
Regarding Dian Wei's worries, Zhong Yao shook his head. If Huang Kui really found his troops now, they would definitely not surround Xinye City properly, because as long as their own troops were divided, their mission would be completed and they could withdraw.
"Then what do we do now?
If we attack the camp at night, we might as well put out our horses and horses and fight them directly."
Now that Zhong Yao is here, and their troops and horses are no less than the other's, he is no longer afraid whether they attack the camp at night or engage in battle with their horses and horses.
"It is certainly good to attack the camp at night, but the moon is dark and the wind is high. If the enemy runs, it will be difficult for us to surround and annihilate them.
I suggest that we start a battle with Huang Kui directly during the day tomorrow. In this case, Tian Yu in the city will definitely come out of the city when he sees the situation and attack Huang Kui's army with us."
Zhong Yao glanced at Dian Wei and knew that he must want to attack the enemy's camp at night. In this way, he could capture the enemy with minimal losses. However, this also had disadvantages, that is, he would not be able to accomplish his task in one battle and annihilate Huang Kui.
Send troops and horses.
"Well, you think more, so let's do it. We will have a decisive battle with Huang Kui tomorrow."
Dian Wei nodded, Zhong Yao was right, let's fight to the death.
"There must be a plan for setting up horses and horses. In this way, the 50,000 troops are divided into two groups. Here, the general will lead 20,000 people to attack frontally with the guards. I will lead 30,000 people to set up defenses in the south of Xinye and surround them."
Now that Dian Wei has said so, Zhong Yao is relieved. As long as Dian Wei can obey orders, he is sure to take down the opponent.
"Okay, sir, be careful."
The next day, all the troops were mobilized. The guards were responsible for strangling Huang Kui's scouts at the front line. Twenty thousand soldiers and horses followed behind, and they attacked Huang Kui's troops. Zhong Yao led an army of thirty thousand south to block Huang Kui's troops.
the way.
The guards marched smoothly, and Huang Kui's side did not find Dian Wei's troops until they were five miles away.
"It's five miles away, Yuan Qi, you immediately send someone to Xinye City to inform Lieutenant Tian Yuzhou and ask him to go out of the city to sneak attack the enemy's rear team and surround Huang Kui's troops with us."
We have reached a distance of five miles, and it is time to inform Tian Yu to send troops with him to attack Huang Kui.
"promise."
Yuan Qi nodded and directly sent his cavalry to leave the military formation and run towards Xinye City.
"Here comes someone."
Huang Kui suddenly shouted outside the tent.
"General."
The guards directly saluted Huang Kui with clasped fists.
"Immediately summon the captains of all departments to come over and respond."
Huang Kui didn't know what was going on, so he directly called all the military captains to assemble.
Although the captains from each department were a little dizzy, they quickly gathered in front of Huang Kui.
"General."
"General."
"What's wrong?"
A group of captains all saluted Huang Kui.
"Where's the scout? Is the scout back?"
Huang Kui glanced at everyone and directly asked about the scouts' movements.
"You haven't come back yet, what's wrong?"
Huang Yi, who was in charge of the scouts, was also stunned. He had never cared about the scouts in the past two days, and there were no problems when the scouts returned.
"I suddenly feel a little palpitated. Something may have happened. Let the scouts investigate as soon as possible. Don't let the enemy steal the chicken."
Huang Kui directly told his situation. This was not the first time he had felt like this. The last time was two days ago, but he didn't find anything abnormal. This time he suddenly had heart palpitations. He felt that there must be something wrong.
"I'll send someone out immediately to investigate the news."
Although what Huang Kui said makes no sense at all, he is a general. Since others have proposed it, he must implement it immediately.
"Well, the sooner the better. In addition, instruct the soldiers to assemble immediately and prepare for battle if there is an emergency."
Huang Kui nodded, and then ordered the soldiers to assemble and prepare for battle at any time.
The guard cavalry bypassed Huang Kui's camp and came directly to Xinye City.
"who."
When the soldiers on the city wall saw the cavalry below the city, they bent their bows and prepared arrows, ready to attack at any time.
"I am a cavalryman of the Guards. There is an urgent military situation. Let me go up quickly."
The cavalryman glanced at the soldiers on the city wall and directly revealed his identity.
"Guard Cavalry?
Plant the spider plants, and inform Mr. Tian Yu that there is an urgent military situation."
Hearing that the opponent was a guard cavalry, the team leader in charge of the city wall directly ordered the release of spider plants, escorted the opponent up the city wall, and reported to Tian Yu at the same time.
Soon the spider plant was lowered from the city wall and pulled the guards to the top of the city wall.
"Where is Lieutenant Tian Yuzhou?
I have an urgent military intelligence report."
After the guardsmen climbed onto the city wall, they directly shouted to meet Tian Yu.
"Wait a moment, I have sent someone to look for Mr. Zhou Wei."
"I can't wait any longer. I immediately ordered the soldiers to assemble. General Dian Wei and Zhong Yaozhou Mu have arrived five miles away from Huang Kui's troops and are ready to attack. Hurry, hurry, hurry."
The Guard soldiers directly told the news that Zhong Yao was going to fight the opponent, and at the same time asked the Xinye soldiers to prepare for the attack.
"Okay, I will immediately order the troops to assemble."
Hearing the words of the guard scouts, the captains on the city wall immediately became excited. They had been suppressed by the enemy for so many days, and now it was finally time to fight back.
While the captain was organizing his troops, Tian Yu finally came to the city wall.
"Guard soldier Feng Hua pays homage to Mr. Zhou Wei."
When Feng Hua saw Tian Yu, he directly cupped his fists and saluted him.
"Tell me, what's going on now."
Tian Yu also heard about the situation below the city, but he still wanted to know the specific situation.
"General Dian Wei and Zhong Yao Zhoumu are ready to go to war. They sent me over to convey the order to Lord Zhouwei, asking the Xinye soldiers to join us in flanking the enemy."
Feng Hua did not hesitate and directly told the situation of the meeting.
"Haha, we're finally here. How are the soldiers gathering?"
Now Tian Yu couldn't hold it any longer. He had been waiting for this day, but now it was better and he finally came.
"Lord Huizhou Lieutenant, we will be able to assemble them within a quarter of an hour."
The captain directly clasped his fists at Tian Yu and told him about the gathering of soldiers.
"Okay, as soon as we are assembled, we will leave the city and surround Huang Kui with Zhong Yao Zhou Mu and General Dian Wei."
Even if Huang Kui's side sent out more scouts, they still fell silent and did not bring back any news at all.
"Something's wrong, something's wrong. It's been a long time since the scouts came back."
Huang Kui waited and waited, but there was no news at all.
"Maybe we can just wait."
Huang Yi also frowned, something was indeed wrong with this situation.
