"General Yu, General Xia Hou asks you to go up to the city wall immediately!”
The bodyguard's words woke Yu Jin, who had always been vigilant during the war, up from his light sleep.
"Has the enemy attacked the city?" He quickly put on his armor and listened carefully to the movements outside. There didn't seem to be any sounds of siege! He couldn't help but look at the bodyguard who had woken him up with a puzzled expression.
"The enemy did not attack the city, but dug a tunnel outside the city. General Xia Hou, please go up to the city wall and take a look!”
Yu Jin was a little puzzled. Digging a tunnel? Didn't they agree long ago that the other party would dig a tunnel with strong bows and catapults?
Why did Xiahou Yuan call me over? Despite his doubts, Yu Jin still decided to go and see for himself.
When he reached the city gate tower, he looked at the winding tunnels that the Yuan army had dug in the distance outside the city with the help of the faint light of dawn. Yu Jin finally understood why Xiahou Yuan had called him here.
He couldn't help but mock himself." It seems like we've missed something!”
Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly." It's worse. I just came from the west of the city. Guess what I saw?”
"Just say it! I think I can handle it!"
"There are more enemy troops filling up the water channel between the moat and Yu River! It was probably Zhang Xun's main force that had been transferred over overnight!”
"Doesn't that mean we can join Gan Ning's navy and attack them from both sides?”
"The other party has set up a camp near us. It's obvious that they're guarding against our surprise attack! Gan Ning's probably doing the same!"
"What?" Such terrible news left Yu Jin in a daze. After a while, he looked up at the sky and sighed." It seems that we are in big trouble!”
Yu Jin was indeed an outstanding general. He thought of a way to deal with it after a moment.
"Men, immediately gather quilts from every household in the city. After wetting them, hang them on the city walls!”
" Since Cheng Pu has split up the catapults, then we'll slowly exhaust our energy. Although the blanket can only slightly reduce the impact of the boulders on the city wall, with your scattered catapults, I'll see how long you'll be able to bombard it!
Xiahou Yuan shook his head." Brother Wenze, we can only temporarily protect the city wall. The enemy's forces are much stronger than ours. Once the enemy has dug a tunnel under the city wall, they will use catapults to suppress our long-range attacks on the city wall. If they use ladders to attack, we will be in a fierce battle. The Lord has always asked us to minimize casualties.”
Yu Jin sighed and said somewhat helplessly," That's because the lord is kind and sympathizes with the soldiers! However, how could there not be casualties in a war?”
"But our responsibility is to share the lord's worries. We should try our best to think of a way.”
Yu Jin fell silent upon hearing this. He stared blankly at the enemy troops in front of him. After a long while, he suddenly asked Xiahou Yuan," What do you think Cheng Pu and Zhang Xun would think if the drums suddenly sounded in the day and all the lights suddenly went out at night on the side of the city gate tower facing Cheng Pu?”
Xiahou Yuan thought for a moment and replied," Cheng Pu will definitely think that we are going out of the city to fight. He will immediately stop digging and wait in formation. Zhang Xun would definitely pay attention to the situation at all times. If our army really left the city and was held back by Cheng Pu, he definitely wouldn't mind giving them another blow.”
"What if we do this every day?”
Xiahou Yuan paused for a moment and shook his head." It's useless. I'm afraid Cheng Pu will realize it in a few tries. There are so many traps in front of the city that it's impossible for him to deploy a large army. After that, he will only send a few soldiers to keep an eye on us and continue to dig his pits. Zhang Xun will only continue to fill his ditches.”
Yu Jin suddenly smiled." That's good. I have a way to teach them a lesson."”
Xiahou Yuan was puzzled." You're not planning to launch a sneak attack with only a few troops, are you? Cheng Pu's camp wasn't that easy to steal.”
Yu Jin shook his head." I didn't say I was going to attack Cheng Pu's camp.”
Seeing that the other party was keeping him in suspense, Xiahou Yuan could not help but ask anxiously," Tell me, what do you want?”
Yu Jin put on an unfathomable face." Hehe, you'll know in a few days.”
.....
In the past few days, the Xinye City Tower had been beating drums every two hours during the day and turning off the lights every half an hour at night, making Cheng Pu's troops restless.
After running out to get into formation and waiting for half a day, the opposite city gate was not even opened. They had just returned to the camp to rest, and immediately received orders to gather in formation, making everyone extremely tired and mentally weak.
Zhangxun's troops were also confused by the messenger. They were just about to attack when they disbanded and returned to camp. After coming back, he laid down and ordered them to gather and prepare to attack.
After a few times, the soldiers were filled with complaints. Zhang Xun had no choice but to order Cheng Pu to be severely reprimanded, ordering him to come back for help after fighting the enemy.
Cheng Pu crumpled Xu Rong's letter of reprimand into a ball and threw it aside. He asked Huang Gai in the tent expressionlessly," Gongfu, what do you think about the enemy's actions?”
Huang Gai answered without thinking," The prelude to the attack on the camp. Back then, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban bandits like this!”
A cold smile flashed across Cheng Pu's lips." Yeah, does Yu Jin think we're a mob like the Yellow Turban bandits? I'll make sure they never return!"
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