. "Brother, think about why the Hu people abandoned the city?" Ding Yizhi asked

Although Zhang Chi felt a little puzzled about this, he could not think of the reason.

Seeing Zhang Chi shook his head, Ding Yizhi asked and answered, and said, "There is only one possibility, that is, the Hu people deliberately wanted to lure us into the city."

Ding Yizhi's guess is not completely unreasonable. If this is the case, it is no wonder Ding Yizhi said that there were traitors in the army, otherwise how did the Hu people know the route of their army's northern expedition?

There are six counties in Qinzhou. If the Hu people deliberately lured Zhang Chi into the city this time, it would be obvious that the Hu people would have known for a long time that Zhang Chi's goal this time was Lueyang.

But Zhang Chi thought about it and felt something was wrong, and asked, "If the Hu people had known the movements of our army, why didn't they stick to Lueyang to fight our army? You should know that if you have a city in your hands, you will gain the advantage of the territory. Why should you abandon the city and leave and give us the advantage of the city to us?"

Zhang Chi said it right. In the ancient era of cold weapons combat, the siege side often had to pay ten times or even more than the defender side. At this price, how could the Hu people change the relationship between the offensive and the defender side? No wonder Zhang Chi was puzzled.

"What my brother said is right. Having a city in hand is like gaining a good place. But brother might as well think about it from another perspective. If the Hu people defend the city, it is not easy for us to conquer Lueyang, but it is also not easy for the Hu people to wipe out our army."

After hearing what Ding Yizhi said, Zhang Chi felt a little reminiscent: "Are you saying that the Hu people had already set up an ambush near Lueyang, and then used Lueyang City as bait to lure me into the city, and then encircle me after I enter the city?"

Ding Yizhi nodded seriously and said, "The Hu people must have tried to wipe out our army in this way!"

Zhang Chi was shocked when he heard this, but he still had a question in his heart: "We have the advantage of defending the city, how could the Hu people have so many troops to attack the city?"

The Hu people's army was defeated in the first round of 300,000. Zhang Chi couldn't think of it. How could Yao Shuode gather the army again in such a short time?

Ding Yizhi said: "Maybe the Hu people's troops are not enough to attack the city, but the Hu people did not intend to come to attack the city."

Zhang Chi's idea just now was still very clear, but he was a little confused by Ding Yizhi's words.

"The Hu people wanted to siege but not attack, trapping our army to death," Ding Yizhi said softly: "This is also the reason why I said there must be traitors in my army, because the Hu people designed this way, they must know that our army's biggest weakness - insufficient food and grass."

Zhang Chi suddenly realized that if the Hu people were indeed such a plan, then food and grass were the top priority in all aspects!

The food and grass in the back of my side have not been delayed, and the food and grass in Lueyang City have also been transported out. Now, after hearing Ding Yizhi's detailed explanation, it is indeed very conspicuous.

If the Hu people had prepared for a long time and if both sides continued to waste like this, Zhang Chi's army would be in chaos within a few days.

"Ordinary people don't know the fact that our army's food and grass are ineffective, so this traitor is likely to be among the brothers." The reason why Ding Yizhi wanted to speak when there were too many people at the beginning, but now, only when he and Zhang Chi said this was because of this consideration.

Now Zhang Chi has completely believed Ding Yizhi's speculation, and I'm afraid that this is the case. But who is the traitor? Zhang Chi has started to think about it.

There are only a few people around him:

Daoxuan, Santong? These two people have followed him all the way from Huainan and were sympathetic to his brothers. It is impossible for these two people to collude with the Hu people;

Du Ximing, Qin Bo? Du Ximing was met in the Wang family's horse team, but he was Miss Wang's confidant. Since Miss Wang's death, he has ordered him to follow him without any disagreement. What's more, although Zhang Chi is the nominal commander of the three armies, Du Ximing and Qin Bo are responsible for the dispatch of troops. If they collude with the Hu people, they would not have used such tactful means;

Hanxiang? She is not a Han Chinese, but she has a relationship with Santong and follows her vows from Kuaiji. If she is a traitor, Zhang Chi will not believe it.

Dark Blade? This is even more impossible. Dark Blade is cold and upright and has always hated Hu people to the core. How could he collude with Hu people?

Zhao Qian and Zhang Chi pondered for a moment, but to be honest, although Zhao Qian was indeed infected with the charity of the official market in Shu, after all, he was a famous general, and his minimum position was still very firm. Zhang Chi thought about it carefully and finally ruled out him.

Sun Rubai? He was originally a garrison of Pingwu. Zeng was trapped in the whole city and his food, grass and water sources were cut off by the Hu people. How could he collude with the Hu people at this time?

But if everyone is not like him, who will be a traitor? Zhang Chi has no idea either.

Ding Yizhi expected that it was all right. As expected, until it was getting late, the Hu people did not come to attack the city. They just stood at the top of the city and could still see the sand and dust in the distance under the sunset.

The scout who explored the way had also returned to report that Lueyang City was adjacent to the Qinling Mountains in the north, and there was no way out. Moreover, it was also continuous high mountains in the southwest, echoing the Qinling Mountains in the north, just like two parallel lines, with only the south being directly connected to Liangzhou Pass, but at this time, it had long been cut off by the Hu army.

The situation is not optimistic.

Santong shouted and said, "It's been a day, why haven't the Hu people come to attack the city yet? At worst, we can rush out, it's not the same!"

But the problems are often different and so simple. Qin Bo said: "This time the Hu people must have a lot of troops. Even if we cannot come to attack the city, if we want to cut off our retreat, our army will never be able to rush over. Besides, the Hu people have set up ambush. The situation is that the Hu people are in the dark, and we are in the bright. If we are in the city, there are still walls to guard, but if we leave the city..."

"What should I do? I can't rush out, but if I keep guarding the city, I will use up all the food and grass in less than a few days. Wouldn't everyone starve to death in the city?"

In fact, Santong is right. If you hide in the city like this, in a few days, you will inevitably starve to death if you use up all your food and grass.

Everyone was in a downturn, and at this moment, Zhang Chi suddenly had an idea and smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm actually prepared."

When everyone saw Zhang Chi say this, their eyes lit up. Santong was the most anxious and asked quickly: "Brother Zhang, what are your tricks?"

"The trick is not enough, it's just to guard the city for three or five months."

Santong was extremely depressed when she heard this. "I thought you had some clever plan. What I said was a foolish saying. Our army has no food and grass, so how can we defend it? Not to mention three to five months, it may be difficult for seven to eight days."

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Who said our army had no food and grass? That was just a false news I released. Now the Hu people are indeed trapped and sent a large army to siege the city. If this is consumed, the Hu people will definitely cost much greater than ours. Besides, the Hu people have limited troops. This time, the army will surround Lueyang, and Qinzhou will inevitably be empty. When we defend for a while, when the Hu people are trapped and horses are exhausted, we can build enough strength and fight out of the siege and attack Qinzhou directly."

When Santong heard this, her eyes immediately lit up and she shouted, "It turns out that this is a plan designed by Brother Zhang. It is indeed wonderful. Even I am in the dark."

"If you can't even hide it, how can you hide it from the Hu people's suspicion?" Zhang Chi said with a smile: "I ordered the three armies not to panic. The army's food and grass are enough for more than hundreds of days to eat. What we need to do now is to take strict precautions, but don't let the Hu people come to attack the city at night."

When everyone heard that this was just Zhang Chi's plan, they were very at ease. The generals withdrew and arranged for the city defense matters.

Although Zhang Chi said this, how could he have any food and grass? The reason why he said this was that first was to stabilize the morale of the army, and second was that he had just thought of a clever plan.

Zhang Chi said that he could hide it from everyone, but he could not hide it from Du Ximing. In fact, he was all dispatched by him. How could he not know whether there was food or grass in the army? So he did not leave with everyone. After everyone dispersed, he returned.

"Young Master," Du Ximing asked: "The food and grass in the city is in urgent need. Is there any clever plan for the reason why the young master said this?"

Zhang Chi still believed Du Ximing unconditionally, because if Du Ximing colluded with the Hu people, he would not have to worry about how to escape from danger now. I believe he had already been called the prisoner of the Hu people.

Because Zhang Chi told Du Ximing the conclusion he and Ding Yizhi discussed.

In fact, Du Ximing had long felt something was strange, but everyone around him was like brothers. Du Ximing didn't believe that anyone among these people would collude with the Hu people.

"The traitor must be in the army, but it may not be our own brothers. There are many people in the army, and maybe someone can find out the truth about the army's food and grass. It's better to set up a plan to make the traitor appear in his own true form." Zhang Chi said.

After all, Zhang Chi was a later generation and often read some historical books, so he now remembered a strategy written in the book called "singing and measuring sand".

This strategy was originally used by his general Tan Daoji, who was under his command after Liu Yu became emperor, when he was in the northern expedition. However, now Liu Yu is still only a lower-level general in the Northern Army, and Tan Daoji is just a pawn of Liu Yu. This strategy was shamelessly stolen by Zhang Chi.

The so-called "singing chips to measure sand", chips refer to the utensils used when measuring rice. Put the sand in a rice bag, then cover it with a thin layer of white rice, and then pretend to measure the rice in public and report the number loudly. This will stabilize the morale of the army and falsely tell the traitor that the food and grass in our army will be enough to eat for more than hundreds of days.

In this way, the traitor must release the news for the Hu people to know, and it will be easy to catch the traitor.

Not only that, the Hu army deployed a siege, and the consumption of food and grass must be greater than that of our army. It was originally expected that our army would have no food, so it would not attack. But if it was prolonged, it would be the Hu people who could not bear it first.

If the traitor leaked the news of sufficient food and supplies in the city to the Hu people, the Hu people would inevitably change their strategy of siegeing but not attacking. Once this happens, if they want to open the gap, they will have more opportunities.

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