Chapter 1860: Weathering with You (Part 1)
Chapter 1860 The Son of the Weather (Part 1)
Chapter 1858: Son of the Weather (Part 1)
After Long Qie surrendered Tuyin City, he immediately began to take inventory of the treasury. Compared with the surrender of more than a hundred soldiers and generals, he still valued the food, grass and supplies in the city more.
After counting, it was found that the grain and grass seized were 120,000 shi, which was enough for the Han army in Youbeiping for three months, but it was only enough for the Qin army for one month.
However, the Qin Army's maritime grain and grass has been opened up, and there will be stable transportation channels for grain and grass in the future, so these 120,000 stones of grain and grass can be regarded as a transition.
In addition to food and grass, they also seized 5,000 spears, 3,000 Han knives, 20 catapults, 1,000 crossbows, and 200,000 crossbow arrows...
The material storage in Tuyin City is not lacking. Obviously Liu Che also built this city as a military fortress, but he did not expect Cheng Bushi to be deceived out of the city by Zhuge Liang's little trick. All the materials were taken advantage of by the Qin army.
“General, the military advisor is here.”
“Oh? So fast?”
Long Qie looked surprised. He estimated that the rear army would not arrive for at least two days. After all, he was leading the light cavalry to take the lead, but he did not expect Zhuge Liang to arrive so soon.
“The military advisor did not come with a large army, but only five hundred personal guards.”
“That’s it, let’s go and meet the military advisor.”
At first, Long Qie was a little dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang. He felt that he was just a magic stick, playing tricks and pretending to be gods all day long, but now he admires Zhuge Liang very much.
When it comes to fighting and fighting hard battles, Longqie is not weaker than others, but when it comes to plotting against people, and it is still silent, a hundred Longqie can't compare to one Zhuge Liang.
Now Long Qie somewhat understands why among the millions of Qin troops, apart from Qin Hao and the two governors, the five military advisors have the highest status.
The minds of these literati are different from those of generals. How many more people can the generals kill? And a scholar can decide the life or death of thousands of people with just one word.
Long Qie opened the city gate and personally welcomed Zhuge Liang and his five hundred guards into the city, and then the two of them walked into the city gate side by side.
"General Longqe, Liang didn't lie to you, right?" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and asked with a smile.
“The military advisor has a brilliant plan, and the dragon is ashamed.”
Long Qie cupped his fists and bowed with an embarrassed look on his face, apologizing for his previous distrust of Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang asked: "Did the defenders in the city send a flying pigeon message to Cheng Bushi for help before surrendering?"
"this…"
Long Qie was stunned for a moment, and then replied truthfully: "I don't know, the general. The military advisor will wait a moment, and the general will send someone to investigate right now."
Soon, the guards sent by Long Qie to inquire about the surrender of troops returned and brought the news that Zhuge Liang wanted to know.
“My Lord, the defenders in the city who were unwilling to surrender really wanted to send a flying pigeon message to Cheng Bushi for help, but before they could send them out, they were stopped by the surrendering soldiers.”
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang didn't pay attention. He looked at the trembling leaders of the surrendering soldiers opposite and said softly: "Who among you has the highest rank?"
Several heads looked at each other, and finally a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance walked out and said in a trembling voice: "Master Qi, the younger one is the county magistrate of this county, Qiu Shun."
“What about the county magistrate?”
“Already died in the internal fighting.”
“That’s it.”
Zhuge Liang was a little disappointed. In his opinion, the county magistrate was a bit low-level and might not be able to support his next plan.
“Can you write a handwritten letter asking for help? Feige will send it to Cheng Bushi, telling him that Tuyin City is under siege and asking him to lead the army back to rescue him?”
Zhuge Liang's attitude was so polite that Qiu Shun was a little flattered, and he quickly said: "Young man, I'll just do it."
“Will Cheng Bushi believe your letter asking for help?”
"I think so. I have also ghostwritten for the county magistrate before."
"Okay, if this matter is settled, you will be the county magistrate from now on." Qiu Shun's eyes were full of surprise, and he kowtowed quickly: "Thank you for the promotion, sir. Thank you for the promotion."
Under Zhuge Liang's guidance, Qiu Shun wrote a letter asking for help. The letter stated that Tuyin City had been besieged by Qin's cavalry. Although the Qin army did not have siege equipment, they were already building ladders. The situation was now very critical.
Zhuge Liang nodded with satisfaction, and then personally released the flying pigeon to deliver the message.
When Long Qie saw this scene, he seemed to be hesitant to speak, but Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "General Long Qie, just ask whatever you want to ask."
“Military advisor, do you want to lure Cheng Bushi into the city and catch a turtle in an urn?”
Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head: "Cheng Bushi has already fallen into the trap once, how could he be easily deceived into entering the city? Besides, there are only 3,500 soldiers of our army in the city. Even if Cheng Bushi can be lured into the city, he will not be able to bite him. This old turtle."
"Our army still has 26,500 troops. If we call Tuyin City, we can definitely eat up Cheng Bushi in one fell swoop."
"The general is talking about the main force in the rear. They can't come."
“Can’t come? Why is that?”
“Liang has ordered Generals Yue Xi and Su Xian to lead an army of 10,000 each to block the road to Yuyang to prevent Cheng Bushi from escaping to Yuyang.”
Long Qie’s eyes suddenly widened: “So, there are only 3,500 soldiers in Tuyin City?”
“That’s right.”
“Then how can we withstand the counterattack of Cheng Bushi’s 18,000-strong army?”
Long Qie asked with an anxious look on his face. He didn't want the city in his hands to be taken back by the Han army again.
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan slightly and said with a smile: "General, don't be impatient. Liang has his own way to annihilate Cheng Bushi's entire army."
Hearing this, Long Qie suddenly felt that this scene was extremely familiar for some reason.
"Forget it, military advisor, you just have to know what's going on." Long Qiewei said.
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“Report to the general, there is a flying pigeon from Tuyin City passing the message.”
Cheng Bushi, who was still chasing the Liao army, frowned slightly after hearing the news. He had a vague premonition in his heart, but when he took it apart and took a look, he was shocked.
“Not good, I fell into Zhuge Villager’s plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.”
Cheng Bushi screamed in surprise, and then ordered with an anxious look: "Give us the order to stop the pursuit, change the rear team to the front team, and return to Tuyin City immediately."
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Seeing that the Han army stopped pursuing and retreated towards Tuyin City, Gongsun Xuanyuan knew that Zhuge Liang must have captured Tuyin City.
“My lord, Cheng Bushi has withdrawn, should we pursue him?”
Seeing the excitement of the generals, Gongsun Xuanyuan shook his head and said: "I won't pursue them."
“My lord, this opportunity is rare.”
"No, our army has been wasting in the mountains for several months, and its morale has dropped severely. Before its combat strength is restored, it is no longer suitable to fight hard battles, even in pursuit battles."
“Oh, what a pity.”
Gongsun Yu sighed lightly, such a good opportunity was missed in vain.
“Send the order and continue to advance towards Tuyin City, but be careful to go slowly, so as not to force Cheng Bushi to attack again.” Gongsun Xuanyuan ordered.
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An update is coming... Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, Liu Xiang is here, wishing all my friends a healthy Dragon Boat Festival!
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