Liu Cheng brought along three thousand valiant archers, Guan Zhang, Liang Hongyu, and Chu Yue and left Zhuo County.
Gao Zhi would stay in Zhuo County and continue to speed up farming and insect control.
On the other hand, he could be considered to be using the power of the county magistrate to develop Zhuo County.
In fact, ever since the county magistrate was killed by Liu Cheng and Liu Cheng defeated the Yellow Turban Army twice, the people of Zhuo County had basically regarded Liu Cheng as the master of Zhuo County.
As for whether he was the county magistrate or not, and whether there was a letter of appointment.
Liu Cheng did not care, and the people did not care either.
Since Liu Cheng had left, Gao Zhi naturally stationed himself at the rear to help manage the situation.
Because everyone was riding warhorses, Liu Cheng's troops were very fast.
Liu Cheng deliberately slowed down the daily marching time so that the soldiers could have a better rest and be in a better state to face situations that could happen at any time.
However, the entire army took less than seven days to arrive near Dingzhou.
At this moment, Chu Yan had not launched an attack on Dingzhou.
Chu Yan's 100,000 troops only had 2,000 cavalrymen. The rest were all infantry. The speed of the army was naturally less than one-tenth of Liu Cheng's. They had set off from a shorter route, but they had only arrived a day earlier than Liu Cheng.
With the investigation of the intelligence personnel, Liu Cheng basically had a grasp of the whereabouts of Chu Yan's army at all times.
At this moment, Chu Yan's army had set up camp in the northeast of Dingzhou, twenty miles away. They were currently perfecting the camp and setting up camp. The two most important things were to start the stove and dig the latrines.
As for Liu Cheng's army, they set up camp about ten miles north of Chuyan.
"Report, the Chu Yan army in the south is cutting down a large number of trees. They should be making siege weapons.”
"This Chu Yan really dares to attack the city?"
Liu Cheng pondered for a moment before looking at everyone.
Guan Yu thought for a moment and said,"Big brother, I think we should think of a countermeasure earlier." Chu Yan's army has been active in Dingzhou for a long time. I think the situation in Dingzhou must not be good. It was likely that as long as the siege weapons were ready, Dingzhou would not be able to defend for even a day.”
"Big brother, give me a thousand valiant archers, and I promise I'll get that bastard's head back for you!"”
“...”
Liu Cheng ignored Zhang Fei. It wasn't that he didn't believe him at all, but what was the point of killing Zhang Yan?
When the time came, one thousand valiant archers would be gone, and the remaining tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers would be leaderless. Wouldn't they all become bandits? There would be more trouble then.
Zhang Fei was still too young and not mature enough.
"Husband, why don't we wait and wait for Chu Yan to attack the city before we send out our troops?" At that time, he would attack them from the front and back with the city guarding army, catching them off guard.”
Liu Cheng shook his head. At this stage, there was no Prefecture Overseer who could station troops privately. Instead, the Prefecture Governor himself did not have military power.
It was the same for each county. Although Dingzhou had a large population, it would be good if there were a thousand soldiers guarding it.
Although it was extremely difficult to attack a city, if he were to charge out from the rear, he would be able to catch Chu Yan off guard. However, once Chu Yan reacted and immediately attacked him, that would not be good.
Liu Cheng also did not know who the general guarding Zhongshan was. When the Yellow Turban Army surrounded him, it was highly likely that the general would not come out of the city to support him. In that case, he would be in an extremely passive position.
Liu Cheng looked at Liang Hongyu again.
"Although everyone's suggestions seem good, they all have their drawbacks," Liang Hongyu smiled and said. Husband, I have a plan that can guarantee your safety.”
......
An hour later, Liu Cheng's army began to move.
Two thousand soldiers began to dig a hole five miles to the south, while the remaining one thousand soldiers began to cut down trees on a large scale.
Even Liu Cheng picked up his tools and started digging.
At the same time, Chu Yan's army's siege weapons were being manufactured in full swing. They had no idea that a group of powerful people were plotting against them.
Chu Yan's military camp, big tent.
"Damn it, this is too boring. How long will it take for the engineering device to be completed?”
"General, it will take at least a day.”
"One day to build engineering tools, one day to recuperate, and then send troops. What do you do in these two days?”
The captain quickly said,""General, not far from Dingzhou, there is a true Dingzhou County. It is said that the resources there are quite abundant. Why don't I bring some people to rob Zhending County now? Bring a few women to General."
"Oh?"
Chu Yan's interest was piqued when she heard the word 'woman'.
"Then tell me, how long will it take for this trip?”
"If it's all cavalrymen, it'll probably take a day and a night to go back and forth." If they brought infantrymen, it would probably take two days and two nights.”
"Are there any guards there?"
"I'm not too sure, but even if there are guards, I estimate that there are only five hundred of them.”
"If that's the case, you can go now." Chu Yan nodded. Bring a thousand cavalrymen and a thousand infantry. Hurry up and go. The earlier you go, the earlier you return."
"Uh... If we bring infantrymen, I'm afraid..."
"Are you f * cking stupid?" Can't you ride two people on one horse? Can't a cavalryman bring an infantryman?”
"This! General, you are indeed talented in both literature and martial arts. I am truly impressed…"
"Get lost! Hurry up and go!"
The captain nodded and quickly ordered 1,000 cavalrymen and 1,000 infantrymen to set off.
In less than 20 minutes, Liu Cheng received the news.
"Send troops to Zhending County?"
"Are you sure there are only 2,000 people?" Liu Cheng stroked his chin and asked.”
"That's right, a thousand cavalrymen and a thousand infantrymen, two on a horse.”
"Is that so…"
Liu Cheng suddenly laughed.
"Order 500 valiant archers to follow me to Zhending County. Who knows, there might be additional gains this time!”
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