Chapter 678: Planning for Zhongmu
As Cao Cao expected, Wu Shun led his troops to Changshe and took them down without any effort.
At this moment, the cavalry were using war horses to transport the earth bags outside the city. When siege, this earth slope helped a lot. Now that the Changshe is in his hands, the earth slope naturally does not need it.
"Lord, Zhongmu is currently led by Cao Ren, a famous general of the Cao army. With some private soldiers, there are about 40,000 people."
Xu Shudao.
"Did Yuan Zhi have a wonderful plan to break the city and teach me?"
Wu Shun did not retract his gaze. He kept looking into the distance. Xu Shu couldn't guess what he was thinking.
"Cao Ren used extraordinary troops, and he led the elite Cao army. Zhongmu wanted to capture it, but other methods were useless, so he could only attack him with force."
In fact, the Wuling Army wanted to expand its territory and almost every city had to attack once.
In the outside world, Wuling Army and Wu Shun have a bad reputation. People who are underinformed are very afraid of their arrival.
It is almost impossible to find the enemy who opens the city to surrender. Because the powerful and powerful are the gentry, they can surrender to anyone, but they are unwilling to surrender to Wu Shun.
"How can the little Zhongmu stop our Wuling Army? After Wen Changzi Long and others pacify the area near Changshe, they will return to Xingyang and formulate a strong attack plan."
After capturing Zhongmu, the Wuling Army directly threatened Xudu. That is the capital of the Han Dynasty now, which represents the majesty of the court and is also the power center of Cao Cao's power. Xudu, Cao Cao will not give up easily!
"The lord is wise!"
Seeing that Wu Shun was calculating in his heart, Xu Shu stopped talking.
As a strategist, just check for the missing and fill in the gaps. Of course, lords like Wu Shun sometimes make people feel very worry-free.
Just like now, the next plan has been planned.
Of course, when Wu Shun became the boss, officials such as Xu Shu would become a little tired.
In half a month, the Changshe area was completely occupied by the Wuling Army, and officials had been dispatched from Yizhou College. As long as the personnel were in place, these places would implement Yizhou's policies.
The cavalry soldiers of the Wuling Army followed Wu Shun and made several great contributions. After the reward, Wu Shun brought the cavalry of the Xiliang Army and the Qilin Cavalry quickly returned to Xingyang.
Changshe is temporarily guarded by Wei Yan, the Qinglong Cavalry. 50,000 people are here, and Cao Cao dares not attack easily!
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Outside Zhongmu City, Dongfang Qiang, Zhang Xiong, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao and others stood together, enjoying the "meteor shower" during the day.
"Brother Unbeaten, your fire bullet is not powerful enough. It took so many days to break through a city wall."
Zhang Xiong smashed his mouth and expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Suzaku Legion.
"Second General, no matter how powerful the fire bomb is, it is just a stone. When it hits a hard object, it will still break..."
Dongfang Qiang explained.
He said he could not do it when Zhang Xiong asked the Vermilion Bird Legion to destroy Zhongmu City.
"Oh, when will it take to attack? Just let the soldiers bombard every day. Could it be that Cao Ren can still come out to surrender?"
Zhang Xiong complained again.
He wanted to attack the city very early, but Dongfang Qiang stopped him considering that Zhongmu had 40,000 defenders and Cao Ren was defending him.
"The lord had already broken through the Changshe half a month ago, and it's time to come back now. How to attack Zhongmu depends on how the lord arranges it."
Fazheng spoke at this time.
As one of the three major military advisors of the Wuling Army, few people would refute his words.
Everyone here wants to seize Zhongmu before Wu Shun returns, but if you attack strongly, you will definitely seriously damage your troops and lose your generals.
"Brother is coming back?"
Speaking of Wu Shun, Zhang Xiong became energetic in an instant. He believed that as long as Wu Shun commanded the Wuling Army, it would be a small matter to defeat Zhongmu.
"It should be coming soon." Fazheng replied.
"Everyone, the fire bomb has been consumed today, please withdraw your troops." Dongfang Qiang said.
"General Dongfang made the decision!"
Everyone said together.
Dongfang Qiang has strong command ability and is the actual commander here. Although Wu Shun said that Zhang Xiong was the main one, Dongfang Qiang is there, and Zhang Xiong is used to letting him command.
"Send an order to withdraw troops!"
No one had any objection, Dongfangqiang directly ordered.
As the sound of gold sounded, the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Legion began to pack up their equipment, and the infantry of the White Tiger Legion and the Kirin Legion cheered up and prepared to protect the Vermilion Bird Legion.
"Report~ The lord has returned to Xingyang. Let the generals rush back quickly and discuss the way to break the city."
Just as the Wuling Army retreated, a commemorative commander rushed over.
"The lord actually arrived in Xingyang and sent an order! Go back to Xingyang!"
Dongfangqiang immediately changed the order.
I was going back to Daying just now, but now I am going back to Xingyang.
"Haha, my brother is back. Cao Ren's good days are over."
Zhang Xiong was so happy that he almost danced. When the generals learned about Wu Shun's return, they were also happy and very happy.
The day after Zhang Xiong and his friends returned to Xingyang, Wu Shun summoned everyone to discuss the strategy of siege.
Now the situation in the whole world is like this:
In the Central Plains, the alliance formed by Wu Shun and Sun Ce and the alliance formed by Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Liu Bei are fighting each other. The two sides are divided into two battlefields and are invincible.
In the north, the three brothers of the Yuan family began to fight for power after Yuan Shao was seriously ill. Yuan Shao's advisers have also begun to take sides. Although the north is quite peaceful, there is still a turbulent tide.
Now, it is the critical period to defeat Cao Cao and master the trend of the world. Wu Shun's idea was to try to exchange for more territory (benefits).
"Lord, Cao Ren uses troops like a god and has 40,000 defenders. If our army attacks for a strong force, the soldiers will inevitably be killed in large numbers."
Xu Shudao.
Because the Wuling Army's policies were not friendly to the gentry, the Wuling Army had to pay more to attack cities and capture villages.
"A strong city, is there any way to make it mess up from inside?"
Everyone had no good idea for a moment, and Wu Shun murmured to himself.
"Let a city become chaotic from the inside?" Everyone was thinking about the meaning of this sentence.
Suddenly, Xu Shu and Fa Zheng flashed a serious flash of light, as if they both thought of the key points.
"Xiaozhi, please!"
Xu Shu made a gesture of invitation and signaled to Fa Zheng. He had already made great contributions with Wu Shun, so he simply gave it to Fa Zheng this time.
"Thank you Yuanzhi."
After Fa Zheng thanked him, he cleared his throat and said, "Lord, generals. Zhongmu's city is strong and there are many defenders. It is not advisable to attack. Just now, the lord said something, which made me suddenly enlightened."
"Is there a way?" Wu Shun asked.
"I have a way to go back to the lord." Fa Zhengdao.
"Speak quickly."
Everyone urged. If there is a way to not talk quickly, why would you be so anxious?
"Don't be anxious for everyone! If you want the loss to make the enemy mess up from the inside, what method do you use?"
Fazheng asked the way.
"Rebel?"
Zhang Xiong replied.
"Hahahaha...I understand. Black Guard!"
Wu Shun suddenly laughed.
When he said the three words "Black Guard", everyone suddenly realized.
Yes, this situation is exactly what the Black Guards do. What are the specialties of rebellion, poisoning, assassination, and Black Guards are all experts.
Since Jia Xu joined Yizhou, he liberated Wang Yue. With the joint efforts of the two of them, the Black Guard became a poisonous snake in the secret.
Chapter completed!