In this intriguing and deceiving strategic battle, Zhang Jin said that and Zhang Xuan both set up chess games. Zhang Jin said that the burning camp was used as bait to lead the Sui army north. He led 15,000 troops to ambush on both sides of the official road, waiting patiently for the Sui army to enter the ambushes.

Zhang Jin said that he was not worried that the Sui army would not be deceived. Even if the Sui army found an ambush ahead and turned around and retreated south, it would be intercepted by the three thousand troops he sent.

In the game of chess set up by Zhang Jin, the key is to cut off the three thousand troops in the back. As long as these three thousand troops are in place, the Sui army will not be able to escape.

At the same time, Zhang Jin said that he also saw through Zhang Xuan's weakness, that is, Zhang Xuan would not sit idly by and go north from Qinghe County, and he would definitely find a way to hold him back.

However, Yang Ji used fake surrender to lure Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Jin said he didn't care. He knew that regardless of Yang Ji's plan, the Sui army would definitely send troops.

Compared with Zhang Jincheng's strategy, Zhang Xuan's strategy is much more precise. It can be said that Zhang Xuan was walking a tightrope, and he also grasped Zhang Jincheng's weakness, that is, food is insufficient. As long as he destroys Zhang Jincheng's food and supplies, Zhang Jincheng will be out of the blue.

In Zhang Xuan's chess game, his main force is Xu and bait, while Pei Xingyan's thousand troops are the actual attack, which is the ultimate goal of Zhang Xuan's chess game.

In the two chess game, the scouts battle between the two armies is the key to determining the outcome of the two chess game, especially the accuracy and timeliness of intelligence have a crucial impact on the final outcome of the war. Zhang ︽t Jin said that he did not realize this and was a little slower and was seized by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Jin said he was still waiting for the news that he went south to the army. As long as the three thousand troops were deployed in place, he would immediately send troops to the Sui army.

In the night, an uneasy feeling spread quietly in Zhang Jincheng's heart. He felt something was wrong. Zhang Xuan walked too slowly. It was not like he was rushing to rob on the fire. Could it be that he had other intentions?

Zhang Jincheng suddenly became a little irritable. He could not wait any longer and he could not lose this opportunity.

"The whole army attacked!"

Zhang Jin said that he issued an order to attack. The drum sounded, and the 15,000 soldiers who were ambushing on both sides of the official road came out. He began to kill the Sui army seven or eight miles south.

But at this moment, someone suddenly shouted behind him: "King, look!"

Zhang Jinsheng suddenly turned around and saw the fire in the woods in the northwest corner of the camp soaring into the sky, and the flames rose, as if igniting the entire forest.

Zhang Jincheng's eyes became wider and wider. He screamed, and his heart was so shocked that his heart and gallbladder were broken. He suddenly realized that his food and supplies were ignited.

"Go back to put out the fire!"

At this moment, the Sui army was no longer important. What was important was his food and his baggage. Zhang Jin said that he would take the lead, and 15,000 bandits ran to the north in a hurry.

But it was too late. When Zhang Jincheng ran to the woods, he saw that the entire woods were trapped in a raging fire and the entire woods were swallowed up. They could not rush in to rescue the food.

Zhang Jinsheng stared blankly at the fire demon, and he felt a sweet throat, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted and fell off his horse.

"Big King! King!" All the generals were in chaos,

Zhang Jin said that the crisis he was facing was imminent, and he had no food in his hand. Hundreds of mules and horses were gone. Of course, he still had more than a hundred war horses, but once he killed the war horses for food, the morale of the army would be completely shaken.

If you don’t kill the horses, you can only rob. However, there is no family within a radius of 100 miles. The nearest Zaoqiang County is also two hundred miles away, and it will take at least two days to arrive. But even if you arrive at Zaoqiang County, how can hundreds of families in the county raise an army of 20,000?

In fact, Zhang Jin said he had no choice but to attack Wucheng County again. There were 100,000 stones of grain in Wucheng County forty miles away. As long as he could capture Wucheng County, his crisis would be resolved.

At dawn, the hungry and cold thieves appeared outside Wucheng County again.

At this time, the morale of the bandit army had been shaken. Almost all the soldiers knew that they had no food. Countless soldiers began to flee in the dark. When the bandits arrived in Wucheng County, there were only more than 13,000 people left in the army, and the morale was very sluggish.

"I simply tell you that our food has been cut off. Some soldiers may still have some dry food, but I don't even have a bucket of wheat in my hand."

Zhang Jinsheng stood on a big rock, stared at all the generals fiercely, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Either eat the corpses all over the ground, or capture Wucheng County for me, there is no third way to go!"

"Master, what should I do if there is no siege ladder?" A general asked tremblingly.

"If there is no siege ladder, cut down trees for me! I must build siege ladders for me within an hour. I will conquer Wucheng County before noon today. If I can't capture it, no one will live."

Zhang Jin said he had also taken the initiative. He ordered all war horses except himself and the mounts of the main generals to slaughter them, and ordered general Wei Yong to lead 5,000 people to cut wood and build siege ladders in the forest.

At this time, the battlefield outside the Nancheng had been cleaned up, and tens of thousands of thieves' corpses were burned and buried by the Sui army. Only the blood on the ground could prove that there had been a fierce battle here.

In the forest, five thousand soldiers and soldiers cut down trees in groups in dingdong. The soldiers were so hungry that they were dizzy and weak, and soldiers kept taking the opportunity to escape into the forest.

"Barewell, don't be lazy!"

General Wei Yong rode a horse to patrol the forest, constantly whipping the soldiers with his whip, "Cut down the trees quickly, if you can't complete the mission within an hour, no one can survive!"

The soldiers dared not speak out, and many people secretly spitted heavily at his back with a heavy "pah!"

At this time, a personal soldier came to report, "General, have captured more than a dozen deserters!"

"Okay! Let me gather everyone together, I want to kill one to warn you!"

On an open space in the forest, more than a dozen deserters were arrested and prepared to take action. Wei Yong ordered all soldiers to come and watch. He wanted to kill the chicken and scare the monkey and let all soldiers know the consequences of being deserters.

More than a dozen deserters were kneeling on the ground with their hands tied back. Wei Yong stood on a tree stump, pointed at the deserter and shouted to thousands of soldiers: "Everyone's eyes are wider, and if they dare to escape, they will end up!"

All the soldiers stared at the scene in front of them with anger. Many people clenched their fists tightly, and the atmosphere of anger began to spread rapidly.

Shang Yong also felt the soldiers' dissatisfaction. He became more angry and shouted loudly: "Behead me!"

The sword was cut off, and more than a dozen heads fell to the ground. At this moment, someone shouted, "Fight with him!"

Thousands of soldiers rushed towards Wei Yong with a roar. Wei Yong turned around and ran away in fear, but he had nowhere to escape. He was surrounded by angry soldiers. In an instant, the soldiers killed him and dozens of Wei Yong's personal soldiers were also killed.

"I won't work hard for Demon King Zhang, let's go!"

The soldiers shouted loudly, took off their armor and ran into the woods. In just a moment, the five thousand soldiers involved in the logging escaped cleanly.

.........

The cold wind whistled from the northern forest, rolling up a piece of snow foam, and the sky turned into fog. In the cold wind, more than 8,000 bandit soldiers were trembling with coldness, waiting tired and hungry for the order to attack the city.

They stared at the tall city walls two miles away, and the dense Sui soldiers on the city walls. Catastrophes stood on the city walls like giants, oppressing heavily in their hearts.

They were still waiting for the siege ladder to come, but they didn't know that there had been a mutiny in the forest, General Wei Yong was killed by random swords, and thousands of bandits had all fled.

At this time, a slight riot occurred in the northeast corner. Dozens of soldiers fought for a few pieces of dry food. A few screams came from faintly, and the two soldiers lay in a pool of blood.

The bandits had long been commonplace with this kind of internal struggle for interests, and everyone was numb, but another news began to spread rapidly among the soldiers, "The five thousand soldiers who went to the forest to log had all fled." This news made everyone's hearts start to be confused.

This is also the thing Zhang Jin said that he was most afraid of. He already knew something happened in the forest, but he ordered the blockade of news and did not allow anyone to leak it. However, there was no airtight wall in the world, and this matter spread rapidly among the soldiers.

"King, it may be too late to build the siege ladder. Let's attack with the siege ram first!" A confidant general suggested to Zhang Jin urgently.

Zhang Jinsheng looked back at hundreds of thick trees. These were giant trees that had just been dragged from the forest. Dozens of them were particularly thick and had a conical head, which was just enough to be used as a siege hammer.

More importantly, Zhang Jin said that he knew that the situation was critical and that the morale of the army would collapse if he didn't go out. He had to go out immediately and use bloody war to boost morale. He immediately ordered: "The first battalion and the second battalion attack, who dared not to attack, and kill immediately!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The war drum sounded outside the city, and four thousand soldiers of the thief were driven away by the swords and axes, holding twenty giant trees and shouting and yelling towards the city wall.

Siege Ram is also a siege weapon, but it is the least efficient, least powerful and most vulnerable to attacks of all siege methods.

Although there have been countless battles in history that siege rams have been used to knock down the city walls, the siege rams are often a giant controlled by thousands of people. Each attack has a force of ten thousand pounds, and it is definitely not comparable to a few trees.

At the same time, Zhang Jinsheng ordered his soldiers to rush to build a city ladder to prepare for the second wave of attack.

On the top of the city, Zhang Xuan snorted coldly. Since the other party was about to seek self-destruction, he had no choice. Zhang Xuan turned around and shouted sternly: "Prepare for the catapult!"

‘Cry!’ Hundreds of catapults slowly opened the poles, and a cold huge rock aimed at the rushing thieves soldiers...
Chapter completed!