The two of them fell silent. Liu Bei quietly waited for the two of them to answer this question.
Guan Ping was the first to answer," If the enemy cavalry comes out, the formation will shrink. The vanguard will defend, and the archers at the back will shoot their bows with all their might to weaken the enemy cavalry. After a wave of cavalry charge, they will no longer be a threat. Then, the enemy infantry will be defeated."”
"It's normal. If we want to win, it depends on whether our soldiers dare to fight to the death.”Liu Bei commented.
Guan Ping lowered his head and said nothing. Liu Bei's current army was weaker than Cao Cao's army. The main reason was that they did not have any cavalry, and there were at least 3,000 cavalry in the city.
If the 3,000 cavalrymen charged out at the same time, Liu Bei's 4,000-man formation might very well be scattered in one wave and then turn into a massacre.
Liu Bei looked at Deng Ai, who stammered,""Cavalry, move out. Infantry, retreat. Archers, shoot from behind.”
Liu Bei shook his head." If our army can fight while retreating, and still have the ability to shoot down enemy cavalry with archers, then according to Guan Ping, our soldiers are enough to fight cavalry with infantry."”
Deng Ai also dropped her head in shame.
The catapults were still moving forward, but there were no cavalrymen in the city to destroy the catapults.
Liu Bei said to the two of them,"It's normal that you can't tell me why."
Guan Ping, you follow Commander Yun and like to attack. This is because Commander Yun's troops are all elites. In the ten months in Juebei Dao, you have continuously attacked Cao Cao's army and often won.
The bravery of the soldiers, coupled with the presence of Yun Chang, boosted their morale, so they were invincible.
Therefore, in your heart, you also feel that attacking is the most effective method of war.”
"And Deng Ai, you haven't really participated in any wars, have you? For a person who had never experienced war, it was normal for him to not be able to defeat the enemy just by relying on what he had learned from the military books.”
"From ancient times until now, there has never been an existence who has never experienced war and has been able to defeat enemies without fail.”
With Liu Bei's consolation, the two of them were not as depressed as before. Guan Ping asked,"Uncle, what would Cao Ren do in such a situation?”
"I don't know how to do anything." Liu Chan replied casually.
Liu Bei looked down at Liu Chan and agreed,""Cao Ren really doesn't know how to do anything.”
"Why?" Guan Ping asked in surprise. We're attacking the city, and Cao Ren is just going to let us attack him?”
Liu Chan explained," Our attacks are not a threat to Cao Ren at all. They will only kill a few unlucky people. This will only disgust Cao Ren. Although Cao Ren will be extremely angry, he is a veteran on the battlefield. He will not send his soldiers out of the city to fight us just because we used such a method.
If they sent out the cavalry, the casualties would be even greater, and Cao Ren would feel that the losses outweighed the gains.
So Cao Ren won't do anything but curse us in the city.”
Guan Ping and Deng Ai were enlightened. Liu Chan continued,""Otherwise, we wouldn't have only brought 4,000 people to form a formation outside the city.
Moreover, with 4,000 people here, Cao Ren might think that we're trying to trick him and use disgusting methods to provoke him into leaving the city for a decisive battle. If he thinks so, he won't send anyone out of the city.”
" But we are creating a plague…" Deng Ai said.
Liu Chan smiled." Cao Ren will know that leaving these corpses in the city will cause diseases and that they will be buried. However, there are nearly 20,000 people in the city, and there are countless injured people. The hygiene conditions are extremely poor. The corpses and feces we threw into the city are only a fuse, making it very likely that a plague will occur in the city.”
"What is a fuse?" Guan Ping asked.
"A fire spark."
Cao Ren was extremely angry. He was covered in feces and rushed down the city with the protection of his guards. On the way down from the city gate tower, Cao Ren was almost hit several times, but he was lucky enough to avoid it. However, he was inevitably splashed with some disgusting liquid.
After returning to his residence, Cao Ren asked the soldiers to pour some cold water from the well. After pouring several buckets of water on himself, he felt that his body was not as smelly anymore.
Niu Jin came in a hurry. Cao Ren looked at the dirty things on Niu Jin's body and hurriedly said,""Stand aside and stay away from me."
"Get some water and wash it for me too." Niu Jin said to the soldier beside him.
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Cao Ren took a few steps back. He didn't want to be splashed by the water on Niu Jin.
Niu Jin was furious." General, let me lead 3,000 cavalry out of the city. I'm sure we can defeat the big-eared bandits."”
A bucket of cold water was poured on Niu Jin's head, but it did not extinguish his anger.
Cao Ren calmed down after being splashed with a few buckets of cold water."No need. The big-eared thief is trying to trick us again. He used such a method to lure us out of the city. There must be an ambush.”
"Ambush? We can see that there is no ambush outside Jiangling City.”
Cao Ren thought,'Then why did Liu Bei only bring 4,000 men to battle? Why did the Thunderbolt Chariots not throw stones, but rather throw such disgusting things?”
"Could it be that Liu Bei also has cavalry?" Niu Jin thought. He wants to lure our cavalry out and swallow our 3,000 cavalry?”
The more the two thought about it, the more likely it was. Thus, Niu Jin also gave up on the idea of leaving the city to fight.
A doofus that can be helped up…
The bombardment lasted for an hour before it ended. The main reason was that there was nothing left to throw into the city.
After Liu Bei's army retreated, the defenders in the city heaved a sigh of relief. Under Cao Ren's orders, they began to clean up the corpses and feces.
Under the scorching weather, some of the corpses had been exposed to the sun for an hour, emitting a strong stench that made it difficult for strangers to approach.
The Cao soldiers were in a tough situation. They covered their noses and threw the corpses down the city wall. They were too lazy to wash their hands that were stained with the corpses. When it was time to eat, they grabbed a pancake and put it into their mouths.
Wash your hands before eating? There was no such thing!
Of course, in Liu Bei's military camp outside the city, if anyone dared to not wash their hands before eating and was checked by the law enforcement soldiers standing in front of the big rice bucket, not only would they not be able to get food, but they would also be beaten with a military rod and starved for two days.
Liu Chan was holding a wooden plate with both hands. This was dinner for Zhang Yan.
Next to Liu Bei's camp, a new camp was set up. It was not big and could accommodate about a thousand people.
The security was tight. There were sixteen soldiers standing guard at the door. They were fiendish and looked like they didn't want anyone to enter.
Since Liu Chan had come, he naturally didn't stop Zhang Yan for questioning. Zhang Yan stood outside and boiled the medicine. Liu Chan walked over and placed the wooden tray on the chopping board that was covered with medicinal herbs. Zhang Yan turned her head and reminded,"Junior Brother, be careful. Don't mess it up.”
"Oh," Liu Chan said,"Senior Sister, eat something."”
Zhang Yan put down the fan in her hand and walked over to sit on the small bench that Liu Chan had asked the carpenter to build. She pulled the rice in her bowl and said to Liu Chan,"Junior brother, you shouldn't come here.”
"An outbreak of illness?" Liu Chan asked in surprise.”
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