Chapter 339: Game of wits, Zhang Liang!

Chapter 339: Game of wits, Zhang Liang!

At this moment, Zhang Liang gave the order without hesitation: "Notify the east gate immediately, beat the war drums immediately, and make every effort to create a huge momentum of going out of the city to fight! The more exaggerated the movements and the louder the noise, the better!"

Hearing Zhang Liang's instructions, Erniu was stunned. He could understand Zhang Liang's plan of feinting, but he was confused and had no idea why he chose to feint at this moment. However, despite his doubts, Erniu knew that he had to follow Gao Yao's instructions and obey Zhang Liang's orders. So he did not dare to delay for a moment and quickly sent his men to the east gate to convey the message.

In fact, Zhang Liang made such an arrangement for a reason. This kind of action requires a sudden and unexpected action. According to the past performance of the enemy generals, if we only rely on the East Gate to show that we are going to send troops, it can indeed attract the attention of the enemy.

This will create more opportunities for Gao Yao to break out. And with the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's ability, once he senses that there is an army trying to break out, he will definitely strengthen the defense. However, at the moment, Gao Yao has successfully broken through nearly half of the siege. At this time, launching a feint attack again will become a contest and game of psychological quality between the two sides. Who can foresee the opportunity and seize the upper hand?

This is precisely the most core and crucial factor to ensure Gao Yao's successful breakthrough! At this moment, Gao Yao can only be regarded as half successful at best. Only when he truly and completely gets rid of the relentless pursuit of the huge imperial army can he be regarded as having truly achieved a successful breakthrough. At such a critical moment, a series of eye-catching movements were deliberately created at the East Gate, and the real intention was actually to disrupt the audience.

After all, if one wants to launch a pursuit operation against Gao Yao, one must mobilize at least 10,000 elite cavalry, or even more troops. At the same time, other troops must cooperate with each other and set up numerous obstacles and interceptions before there is a chance of achieving the goal.

However, at this moment, the East Gate made such a big commotion, which was tantamount to sending a clear signal to the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan: If you dare to rashly send troops to pursue Gao Yao, then I will not hesitate to send troops to attack your camp! On the surface, it seems that it is just a show at the East Gate, but in fact, no matter which other city gate is chosen to launch a surprise attack, it is a completely feasible strategic means.

At the same time, in the solemn and dignified central army tent of the imperial court, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was listening attentively to the battle reports submitted by the messengers one after another. As one piece of unfavorable news after another came into his ears, his originally relaxed brows gradually frowned, and his face began to become gloomy and solemn, no longer as calm and composed as before.

"Report!" With a quick and loud shout, a dusty and anxious messenger came rushing in like the wind. He knelt on one knee and reported to everyone with a fist: "General, the sound of war drums at the east gate of Xia County is deafening, and the gate is slowly opening!"

Hearing this, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, who had been sitting upright in the tent, stood up suddenly. His expression instantly became solemn, and his originally deep eyes now flashed with a hint of imperceptible worry.

Especially when he heard the news, he couldn't help but think to himself: "What is going on? According to the intelligence I have, Gao Yao should not be accompanied by wise men like Xiao He and Cao Shen at this time, and Han Xin is far away in Kuaiji. According to common sense, they should not act like this..." However, in just a moment, with his keen insight and rich combat experience, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had already seen through the enemy's true intentions.

"So that's how it is... This move of breaking through first and then feinting is really brilliant!" The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan murmured to himself, revealing a bit of admiration in his words. Indeed, this seemingly reversed strategy is actually one of the most effective means to contain the enemy. If he were in the same situation, he might have made the same choice. Unfortunately, at this moment, the party being contained is precisely himself.

After a brief thought, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan decisively issued an order: "Pass my order, order the troops chasing Gao Yao not to advance rashly, just follow closely behind, but chase for no more than five miles. If you find that the enemy has any signs of leaving the city to fight or fleeing, you must withdraw immediately and don't fight to the end!"

"Yes" With the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's order, the messenger immediately went down to inform,

The order issued by the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan seems ordinary, but in fact it hides a huge conspiracy. Although he knows that there is a fraud, for the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, pursuit is still a necessary choice, and he must launch a massive pursuit.

Since the other party's conspiracy has been seen through, why not go with the flow and take advantage of the situation. At this moment, the two sides are in a fierce game. The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's reason for doing so is obviously to give the Southern Border Army in the city an opportunity to lure them out of the city to attack his camp. Because he knows very well that once the Southern Border Army dares to step out of the city gate, it is equivalent to exposing more flaws to his own eyes, thus creating more opportunities for him to win.

In recent days, Xia County's defense supplies have been consumed at an alarming rate, and its reserves have been reduced to less than 30% compared to the initial level. Not only that, the imperial army has repeatedly successfully rushed up the city walls, making the city's defense system shaky. If the situation continues to develop like this, it may only take a day or two to break through Xia County.

Gao Yao might choose to break out of the city, which had already entered his thinking range. Not only that, even at night, which seemed to be a relatively safe and hidden time period, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan did not dare to take it lightly. For this reason, he specially dispatched a large number of scouts, who were deployed in various corners around Xia County, and maintained a high level of vigilance around the clock, closely monitoring any disturbances, in case Gao Yao and his subordinates suddenly launched a breakout operation in the dark and windy night.

What the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had not expected was that, although the city had been under siege for more than ten days, the Southern Border Army in the city still showed amazingly strong combat power. Faced with such tenacious resistance, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan could not help but feel deeply shocked.

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was a well-informed man. He had personally experienced the style of the founding armies of various dynasties in the long river of history, even those mighty armies in their heyday. Even with such experience, the elite troops of the Qin Empire were still able to stand out and become the well-deserved leaders among them. But what was even more unexpected was that the powerful strength shown by this southern border army far exceeded the original expectations and imagination of the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan.

Using modern methods to train ancient troops was something that the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan would not have thought of, and it could indeed have a very good effect. Generally speaking, it was simply a fantasy to achieve such a scale and degree in ancient society. The root cause behind it was obvious - the problem of food supply. Before this, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had made related attempts, and he was well aware of the hardships and difficulties involved.

Although it is not difficult to feed a few hundred people, when the number of people rises to tens of thousands, the amount of food consumed is astronomical, almost twice as much as before! This is because the consumption of human energy is directly proportional to the required supply. The greater the physical energy consumption, the higher the demand for food and other nutrients.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "quality is more important than quantity", which is true in certain situations. However, nothing is absolute. Most of the time, if you want to "conquer the enemy without fighting", you still need strong comprehensive strength, and the strength of the army is undoubtedly one of the most intuitive ways to show it. This is especially true on a battlefield filled with smoke.

When an elite force of 10,000 people faces an enemy force of 15,000, there may still be a chance of winning; but if in a head-on, tit-for-tat situation, if these 10,000 elite soldiers face an enemy force of 20,000, the 20,000 will still be the ones most likely to win in the end.

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had personally conducted the experiment, so he was fully confident of the truth of the matter, and it was by no means some unfounded rumor or conjecture. He had always been puzzled by how Gao Yao could support so many elites. After all, the unthinkable situation that Gao Yao had some special "plug-in" was simply unimaginable to the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's way of thinking and cognitive scope.

However, in addition to this puzzling mystery, there is another thing that makes the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan feel very difficult, that is, Gao Yao once again led the charge and showed amazing bravery again, successfully completing such an amazing feat as beheading the general and capturing the flag!

This made Yi Xiaochuan fall into deep confusion. If Gao Yao had survived the last battle with him, it would have been understandable, but Gao Yao was able to recover so quickly in such a short time, and even become stronger than before. This was really beyond Yi Xiaochuan's expectations. He racked his brains but couldn't figure out how Gao Yao could achieve such a rapid recovery. It was like an unsolvable mystery in front of him.

Coupled with Gao Yao's previous speculations about his situation, all of this made the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan suddenly feel that the whole thing was getting more and more wrong. However, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had no choice now. He had to fight this battle and kill Gao Yao. The more abnormal Gao Yao's behavior was, the more unstable he was for him and he had to get rid of him as soon as possible.