Wei Yan thought for a long time and sighed: "Xu Huang is both wise and courageous, and extremely shrewd. Ordinary methods will definitely not work. Especially the use of deceiving the city in the past has not worked. In addition, direct attack on the city will not work, nor can Xu Huang lure the tiger away from the mountain.
We fell into the trap. As long as Xu Huang is still in Handan City, we will not be able to attack Handan. After all, our strength is too weak."
Lu Meng rolled his eyes, with a look of anticipation on his face, and said: "You can try to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
Chen Dao asked: "Little general, how can you make the tiger leave the mountain?"
Lu Meng sat up straight and said seriously: "Cao Cao has deployed three lines of defense in the north. One is Xu Huang in Handan, the other is Zhang Jaw in Feixiang County, and the third is Cao Hong stationed near the Zhang River. These three lines
We have an army to guard the safety of Yecheng, the capital of Wei State. What do you think if we abandon Handan and pretend to attack Cao Hong?"
Dianman shook his head and said: "Boss, Xu Huang must be defending Handan and will not care about Cao Hong's life or death. We divided our troops and pretended to attack Cao Hong, but it had no effect."
Lu Meng glared at Dianman and said, "How will you know if you don't try."
Noriman muttered and said, "It's no use even if I try!"
Lü Meng is the commander-in-chief of the Pioneer Army, but Lü Meng and Dianman have a very good relationship. It can be said that they wear the same pants, so Dianman speaks without any scruples. Lü Meng glanced at Dianman angrily, with a look of helplessness on his face.
His expression, but he couldn't stand your brother being held back in Handan City.
In Lu Meng's mind, he should decisively make the journey smooth, and finally reach Yecheng and march to the city. The army besieged Cao Cao in Yecheng and forced Cao Cao to surrender. That would be the most perfect thing.
Now being blocked by Xu Huang, Lu Meng felt a knot in his heart.
Wei Yan took the initiative and said: "General Lu, you lead some soldiers to hide outside Handan City. I will lead the rest of the soldiers to pretend to attack Cao Hong to test Xu Huang's reaction and see if Xu Huang will send troops."
Lu Meng nodded and agreed directly.
…
Handan City, the county seat.
In the study, Xu Huang sat cross-legged. He looked at Zhu Wu who was standing below to report the news, and asked in a deep voice: "Lü Meng led his troops to leave Handan and ran towards Cao Hong. Has this been confirmed?"
Zhu Wu reported: "General, the Shu army has left camp and left. The news is absolutely correct."
Xu Huang shook his head, with a sarcastic look on his face, and said: "Things are not that simple. Lu Meng is young, but he is extremely cunning. Lu Meng has a tough temperament and will not give up Handan easily."
Zhu Wu said: "General, did Lu Meng pretend to withdraw?"
Xu Huang said with a serious face: "You are right, Lu Meng just pretended to withdraw. He wanted to use the opportunity of attacking Cao Hong to force me to send troops, and then attack Handan. Unfortunately, Cao Hong and I have our own tasks, and my responsibility is only
They are stationed in Handan to block the Shu army going south. If they want to go, let them attack Cao Hong. Send an order to close the city gate tightly and not to send troops."
"promise!"
Zhu Wu responded with cupped fists, turned around and left.
…
Wei Yan led his soldiers to leave Handan and pretended to attack Cao Hong. However, after the army had walked halfway, the news came back that there was no movement at all in Xu Huang.
Obviously, Xu Huang made up his mind not to save Cao Hong.
In desperation, Wei Yan led his army back and joined Lü Meng's army. The army re-camped, but Wei Yan, Lü Meng and others looked solemn.
Chen Dao's eyes passed over Lu Meng's face, but he shook his head secretly in his heart.
Lu Meng had already gotten into trouble and became irrational.
Suddenly, Wei Yan's eyes lit up and he said: "General Lu, since we can't take Handan City, we might as well abandon Xu Huang and attack Cao Hong stationed in Zhanghe, or Zhang Jaw stationed in Feixiang County. Anyway, these two people
You can attack them all, and if you capture Zhang Jia or Cao Hong, you can go south, so why attack Xu Huang?"
Lu Meng said stubbornly: "No, just attack Handan."
Chen Dao said: "Little general, it's not your fault that we couldn't take Handan. Our soldiers have less than 10,000 elite soldiers, but Xu Huang is guarding a strong city with complete fortifications. Under such circumstances, there is no
It is normal to capture Handan. Besides, Xu Huang is not a weakling, but a wise and brave general under Cao Cao, so he is not easy to deal with."
Lu Meng sighed and said, "Everyone, is there really nothing we can do? Think again and think about ways to defeat the enemy!" When Chen arrived, Wei Yan and Dianman looked at each other, with helpless expressions on their faces.
"Report!!"
Just as the four of them were looking at each other in silence, the soldiers' voices suddenly sounded outside the tent.
"Come in!"
Lü Meng shouted feebly, and saw the tent door curtain rolled up, and a soldier hurriedly walked in. The soldier saluted Lü Meng and others, took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Lü Meng, and said: "General, this is
His Majesty just sent someone to send it for the general to read."
Lu Meng waved his hand for the soldiers to retreat and quickly read the contents of the letter.
Suddenly, Lu Meng withered down like a balloon that had been popped.
Dianman took the letter from Lu Meng and read it quickly. Unlike Lu Meng, Dianman had a look of surprise on his face and said happily: "Your Majesty asked us to temporarily stop attacking Handan. He led the army to quickly
Here we are. Hey, this is a good thing. As long as His Majesty comes with his army, it will be easy to destroy Handan."
"What a fart!"
Lu Meng's eyes widened and he said loudly: "We are the vanguard army, but we have not made any achievements. What's the good point?"
Chen Dao and Wei Yan thought about it and found that this seemed to be the case.
However, Handan City is a strong city, and it is really frustrating that it cannot be taken. But with Wang Can leading his army, at least there is hope of taking Handan.
…
Two days passed in a blink of an eye.
Huang Zhong, the commander-in-chief of the left army, and Zhao Yun, the commander-in-chief of the right army, each led an army of 50,000 to Handan, and an army of 100,000 was stationed outside the city. Wang Can also led the central army to arrive and joined Lu Meng's vanguard army.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Wang Can sat high above, and below were Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhao Yun and other civil servants and generals.
Lü Meng stood in the center of the tent, with Wei Yan, Dian Man and Chen Dao standing behind him. Lü Meng clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the last general led the vanguard to attack Handan, but was unable to attack Handan for a long time. Please punish me."
Wang Can waved his hand and said, "It's not your fault that you can't capture Handan, so don't worry about it."
Lu Meng silently retreated, and Dianman and others also returned to the queue.
Wang Can ordered: "The army will rest for a day and start attacking Handan tomorrow."
"promise!"
The generals responded in unison, with excited expressions on their faces. For the 10,000 vanguards led by Lu Meng, Handan was a strong city, but for the more than 100,000 troops under Wang Can, Handan was just a small county town.
After all, there are countless siege engines in the camp, so it is not difficult to attack Handan, and it is difficult for Xu Huang to defend it.
…
In Handan City, people are now in panic.
In the past, Xu Huang defeated Lu Meng's attack on the city, and the soldiers defending the city were still complacent. Even the people in the city thought Xu Huang was really powerful. However, Wang Can's more than 100,000 Shu troops came to the city, and a powerful force of deterrence suddenly broke out outside the city.
The soldiers who had to defend the city were out of breath, and the people felt that Handan could no longer be defended.
On the city tower, Zhu Wu stood next to Xu Huang and whispered: "General Xu, before I left, your Majesty gave an order. If Handan cannot be defended, General Xu please abandon Handan."
Xu Huang shook his head and said resolutely: "We will not retreat!"
The four words are sonorous and powerful, and have a ring to the earth.
After hearing this, Zhu Wu had a look of admiration on his face. However, Zhu Wu's brows could not hide his deep worry. Facing more than 100,000 Shu troops, no one could calm down.