As the saying goes, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs." Yuchi Youqi often heard people say this. Since ancient times, no one can be defeated, so it is normal for generals to suffer an occasional defeat.

This sentence is easy to say, but only after you have experienced it can you know how heavy a few words are.

Yuchi Youqi suffered several major defeats in a row, and all of them were very miserable. He felt that this was a great shame. His backbone seemed to have been broken, and he couldn't straighten his back in front of everyone, and he also became suspicious of his ability.

The first major defeat was when the army was at the city of Jiankang and was about to destroy the Chen State. As a result, the official army defeated the Chen army and lost its troops. Although Yuchi Youqi was in charge of Guangling, Jiangbei at that time, and did not bear direct responsibility, he could not conquer Jiankang, which made him lose face.

The second big defeat was when Chen's army attacked Guangling and succeeded. The situation in Huainan changed. Yuchi Youqi fled in a hurry and felt that he had no shame to see anyone.

The third big defeat was when he lost in a decisive battle with Yuwen Wen, and he lost all his money, and Huaibei was later lost.

In just one year, three consecutive defeats, Yuchi Youqi's confidence fell to the bottom. If it weren't for his brother Yuchi Dun's strong support, he really wanted to never lead troops to fight again.

My brother said, knowing shame is almost brave. Since you have lost consecutive battles, you will be defeated continuously. As long as you are not dead and you still have a breath, then stand up and continue fighting.

The words of the elder brother made Yuchi Youqi muster up the courage to face reality. However, the elder brother was killed and the situation was in danger. As a man of the Yuchi family, he must not be afraid of his hands and must stand up and shoulder the responsibility.

Therefore, when the mother wanted to take the initiative and send an envoy to seize the military power of Yuchi Shun, Yuchi Youqi felt it was inappropriate and disobeyed his orders. At the same time, he wrote a letter to persuade his mother to rest assured. Then he rushed to Xuchang immediately and entered the camp alone to meet his half-brother Yuchi Shun.

For Yuchi Youqi, his sister-in-law and nephew were kidnapped in Yecheng and his whereabouts were unknown. This is definitely not a sign of Yuchi Shun's resignation to Yuwen's family, but his son-in-law Yuwen Wen wanted to use this to force his father-in-law to go desperate and then be forced to surrender.

He did not think that Yuchi Shun would abandon his family, so he had to make a decision immediately. So the two brothers had a long talk and then made a plan to make a plan.

Since Yuwen Wen was planning to Yuchi Shun, they set up a trap to attract the opponent to attack.

They knew that Yuwen Wen was suspicious and would not be fooled easily, but it was precisely because this person was suspicious that he could use it to mislead the other party's judgment. After some discussion, Yuchi Youqi and Yuchi Shun performed a play first.

Then Yuchi Shun "fled in a hurry" and fled to Fugou City. He sent someone to "break through" Yuwen Wen for help, causing the other party to send troops.

So, after Yuwen Wen learned the news, he would go to Fugou to save his father-in-law Chi Shun without any preparation?

No, but the other party will definitely not ignore it.

At this time, for Yuwen Wen, whether to send troops to support the ditch is a dilemma.

Then, taking Yanling between Xuchang and Fugou is a best of both worlds for Yuwen Wen. It not only resolves the possible siege of Fugou, but also threatens Xuchang with Yanling, laying the foundation for the final victory of the decisive battle.

This is what Yuchi Youqi and Yuchi Shun figured out. Yuwen Wen should have made such a decision, so Yuchi Youqi used Fugou where his brother was as a counterfeit bait and Yanling as the real bait to lure the opponent into attacking with all his strength.

Now, the other party is indeed here!

The carefully arranged trap finally came to the prey. Yuchi Youqi was very excited. Looking at the eastern night sky that seemed to be beginning to turn white, he made up his mind: Yuwen Wen! I must beat you to the point of falling flowers this time!

Just as he was thinking, suddenly the general exclaimed: "Signal!"

When Yuchi Youqi heard this, he picked up the thousand-mile mirror and looked at Yanling. He saw a string of lanterns hanging on the top of the city. This was a signal he and the general agreed in advance, indicating that the enemy was about to attack the city.

Seeing the signal appear, Yuchi Youqi felt his heart beating quickly, and he could even hear the "thump, plop" sound. He calmed down and ordered in a low voice: "Hurry, let the soldiers get up, eat some dry food to cushion your stomach!"

"Also, send a signal now!"

The messenger took the order and ran to another mound along the northwest end of the woods. There were soldiers holding trimicular mirrors, sending signals to the "observation points" in a specific direction through the downlights on the shelf.

Observation points with several miles distances between each other will pass the commands issued by Yuchi Youqi to the end point in a relay manner.

One time, Yuchi Youqi saw his nephew playing the Qianli Mile Mile and was inspired to come up with a new way of conveying information, which could quickly pass simple messages dozens of miles away without moving at night.

In the woods, a large number of soldiers were woken up one after another. Before they could come back to their senses, they heard movements in the north of the forest.

A lot of noise.

The sound of drums, horns, and shouts were taken from Yanling to the woods by the north wind. The soldiers took out dry food in a daze, listening to the movements in the north while eating. After a while, the soldiers on the edge of the woods also saw a fire on the top of Yanling city.

At this time, Yanling was bathed in the fire, like fat meat floating in boiling water. Although it was not dawn yet, in this situation, fools could see that Yanling was attacked and the invading enemy was striving to attack the city.

Listening to the movement, everyone felt that the enemy troops who were attacking overnight were not determined, so they attacked with all their might from the beginning, and they wanted to take Yanling at dawn, which caught them off guard.

The enemy arrived as scheduled, and it was worth it to be a waste of everyone lurking in the woods and sleeping in the open. The soldiers were excited and worried that the Yanling defenders could not withstand the opponent's fierce attack and were attacked by the opponent before they could rush to reinforce.

Yuchi Youqi, who had been paying attention to the movements of Yanling, had sweat beads of his forehead at this time. Yanling was very disturbing and seemed to be in danger, but he had to wait for the signal to wait until the best time.

He looked at the head of Yanling city (south side) through a thousand-mile mirror and saw a second string of lanterns hanging on the head of the city, which means that the enemy has attacked the city, but has only attacked from a single direction and has not yet siege the city.

In this case, the "temporary time" is not yet enough, and Yuchi Youqi will have to wait until the time is ripe before issuing key orders.

Time passed, and the movements in Yanling became louder and louder, and the fire was shattered. From a distance, it seemed that the entire city was burning. Yuchi Youqi looked at this scene and felt that his heart was about to burn.

"Signal, signal, remember to send a signal..."

He murmured, the small beads of sweat on his forehead became bigger and bigger, gathering together and slid down his cheeks. The generals next to him also looked nervously at the direction of Yanling.

I don’t know how long it took, Yuchi Youqi’s body stiffened because he saw a string of lanterns hanging from the top of Yanling city, connecting the two strings of lanterns before, and a total of three strings of lanterns hung.
Chapter completed!