In the next two days, the Chinese army was like bulldozers. Once the strongholds or county governments were cleared, nearly half of the food reserves were taken away by him, leaving a small number of soldiers to protect him. Once the battle was won, he would take away all the food. Before the troops moved, the food and grass would go first. This shows the importance of food and grass.

On this day, just as dusk was coming, a spy rewarded him: "Report! Twenty miles ahead to the outside of Changshan County."

"Okay, send a few people to disguise themselves into the city to find out the news, and the others will go ten miles and then set up camp!"

The weather today is not good, and dark clouds occupy the entire sky. As the sky gradually gets darker, the vision will become worse and worse. It is not suitable for siege at this time. Therefore, Qing Cang chose to rest before siege and ask someone to go to investigate the specific situation. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy, and winning every battle.

That night, the Chinese army tent was brightly lit, and the battalion commanders and Staff Wu and others stood in two rows. Qing Cang was in the center of the crowd. In front of him was a sand table, and a small city above was made of the city of Changshan County. It was divided into four gates, and the city wall was filled with sentry towers. What made Qing Cang happy was that there was no urn city in this city, so the difficulty of attack was considered medium.

He walked to the sand table and pointed to the city under the fire, with several arrow towers above it.

"The center of Changshan County is the city. As long as you occupy this city, it is equivalent to controlling the entire Changshan County. The area of ​​this city is not small, with a length of twenty miles and a wall of ten meters high. It has four gates respectively. Usually only the east gate and the west gate will open. There are exactly 3,200 defenders, all of which are gangsters. They call themselves the Black Mountain Army. This is a three-no matter area. The bandits have gradually replaced the court and become the administrators of this city. What do you think?"

Historically, the leader of the Heishan Army was named Zhang Yan. He surrendered to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu, was appointed General Pingbei, and was granted the title of Marquis of Anguoting.

This was the early days of the establishment of the Heishan Army. Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang and Hanoi were all in power, and they were unified by Zhang Yan in the later period. Qingcang was the best time to attack the city. Before they could grow up, they would be strangled in the cradle.

Having said that, Qing Cang's introduction made everyone fall into deep thought. Everyone looked at the sand table and thought for a long time, not knowing where to start.

Seeing that everyone had no direction, Qing Cang started to discuss it.

"Then let's talk about which city gate is the most suitable for attacking."

The one who has the most experience in siege is Zou Wei, who made a judgment without consideration.

"We will hit the east gate or the west gate, because those two doors are open." His reason is very simple, which door will hit which door will open.

Xu Xun raised a key question.

"There is a problem. The closest thing to us is the South Gate along the way. If we go around the East Gate or the West Gate, if the enemy comes out of the South Gate and attack suddenly, how can we break it?"

Not opening does not mean not guarding. Once such a huge team passes through the South Gate, they will be discovered. They carry a large number of siege weapons. These weapons move very slowly, and it is really not guaranteed that the enemy will rush out of the South Gate and directly intercept the Chinese Legion.

Wu Chaojing also put forward his own opinions. "I agree with Xu Xun's opinion. If we bypass the South Gate, we will still be alarmed. We will beat them by surprise."

Cao Chen also spoke. "Maybe we can go further?"

He thought it was very simple. Since we were afraid of being attacked, we took a detour to beat them.

Wu Chaojing believed, "No, our food is not very large, that will only consume food and the physical strength of the soldiers. If they cannot fight with the best spirit, this battle will probably be very difficult."

This is not good, and that is not good, so Cao Chen simply didn't want to ask questions directly.

"Which gate does Staff Wu think it is appropriate to attack from?"

Wu Chaojing expressed his thoughts. "Just hit the South Gate, why? First, the South Gate is not open normally, which means that the troops here must be weaker than other places. Of course, their reconnaissance power is relatively weak. Maybe we can give them a surprise; second, the other gates are too far away, which is not suitable. It will only consume our physical strength and food. Third, ditches were dug at the east and west gates, and our rushing cart could not pass."

He was very clear. After saying this, everyone nodded, and they all felt it made sense.

Looking at the city on the sand table, two deep ditches were indeed dug. They didn't realize that there were two large ditches here.

Qing Cang added, but he said, "Fourth..."

People looked at him in surprise and thought there was still a fourth place? Then it means that this South Gate is bound to be hit! There are so many reasons together, and the reasons are very sufficient.

Cao Chen stared at the boss with two eyes. "There is a fourth... Will there be another fifth? I really don't understand you scholars! At the same time, I admire you scholars who can think broadly."

Qing Cang smiled slightly. "Fourth, we came all the way, and all the armed forces were almost cleaned up by us, and only the South Gate was suitable. If it were other gates, there would be no troops raiding from behind us. It was like a fight between two people, leaving their backs to the enemy is stupid."

To sum up four points, only the winning rate of the South Gate is the largest.

"I really admire the commander for always adding something."

Wu Chaojing's words come from the heart, and anyone with a discerning eye can see them.

Qing Cang smiled and said, "I'm just summarizing your discussion. Well, we will attack the South Gate tomorrow morning. We have to defeat the city as soon as possible! After a long time, it will be very unfavorable to us. There are probably some cities near Changshan that are about to move."

Sun Liao couldn't speak at all just now, but he only got a chance. He stepped forward and said, "Commander, I'm willing to take the lead!"

Qing Cang refused. If Zhang Liao was asked to come forward to take the lead, he would probably be shot to death on the road before he could reach the city.

"No, you can't take the lead, this header needs a crossbow to attack."

He already had his own considerations, how to arrange the array, and the order, and so on.

Zhang Liao was a little frustrated, but his military orders were as good as a mountain, but he refused to follow.

"However, you can call the battle. If the Black Mountain Army is willing to fight with you, you can take the lead! But you can't get too close, put life safety first. Everyone in our army is very important!"

Qing Cang changed his tone, and Zhang Liao immediately turned his worries into joy, and quickly saluted the military.

"Yes, Commander."

They discussed some small details, and he didn't say until after nine o'clock in the evening:

"Okay! Everyone go back and rest first, and we will launch an attack tomorrow and tomorrow as soon as possible."

"yes!"

Everyone left the account room and went to their respective residences.
Chapter completed!