As a famous scholar in Yingchuan, Xun Yan is not unfamiliar with Chunyu Chong and Linying City. Novels. Chunyu Chong is a somewhat pedantic scholar. It is difficult to abide by the teachings of saints, implement benevolent government, and educate. It is difficult to persuade him to surrender, but it is easy to defeat him. Linying City is an ordinary county town with no strategic position, and there is no city defense at all. In terms of defensive effectiveness, the city wall may not be as useful as the Yingshui outside the city.

It was precisely because he knew that Linying had no danger to defend that Xun Yan took this opportunity and planned to conquer Linying as his first battle. He was self-aware and no matter how good his knowledge was, he could not defeat an arrow. He might be an excellent strategist, but he was not an experienced general. Without going through a few real wars, no matter how many military tactics he had read, it would be useless.

Yingyang was in Xiangcheng, and behind it was Yingyin. Sun Ce arranged a heavy army and sent Lu Su to defend the city. Xun Yan heard Xun Chen say that Lu Su's name was Lu Su before Liu He was transferred from Xuzhou. Of course, such an opponent had to be handed over to the general, and he could just choose Dong Xi. Dong Xi is said to be very brave, but he did not have the experience of being alone. He was a rough and brave man.

What happens if a brave and brave man encounters a pedantic scholar? Xun Yan saw a lot of such things, so no matter how he thought about it, he did not expect Chunyu Chong to assist Dong Xi to repair the city wall. Considering that Dong Xi is from Jiangdong and is brave and good at fighting, he has been planning how to prevent Dong Xi from kicking the camp, so he walked very carefully. Along the way, Dong Xi did not come to kick the camp. He was a little glad that he was cautious and did not give Dong Xi a chance. Now he realized that Dong Xi had no time to kick the camp at all, and he had been strengthening the city defense.

Xun Yan felt humiliated, and for the first time he experienced the torture of calculating between the enemy and us on the battlefield. It is not the same as taking the life and death of more than 10,000 soldiers on the shoulders of one person.

Facing the Linying City on the other side of the Ying River and the scouts surveillance along the river outside the city, Xun Yan was very troubled. There were only two roads in front of him: either bypass Linying and attack Xu County; or attack Linying. These two roads were not easy to walk, and bypassing Linying was equivalent to exposing his back to the enemy. Attacking Linying, his troops were far from enough.

Even if Linying has not been repaired, it is not easy to attack a city defended by more than 10,000 people with more than 4,000 people. If we consider that Dong Xi is all elite and he is only a few of the newly gathered troops, the gap in combat power between the two sides is not as obvious as the gap in military strength, and he will have no confidence in attacking.

It would have been a few days earlier. Xun Yan regretted it. The fighter shots were like inspiration and were fleeting. They were really happy in those days in Mupi, but now they have to pay the price for it.

But then again, who would have thought that Dong Xi would not attack and defend the city wholeheartedly?

Xun Yan thought about it and ordered people to set up camp in the west of Yingshui River, and at the same time sent the news to Yidaying.

Yingyang, west of Yingshui.

Yile held his mount, put on a pergola in his hand, and looked at Yingyang City in the distance.

When he led his troops to Yingyang, Lu Su had been in Yingyang for half a month. He had done everything he could and had to do, and was waiting for Yi to attack. Yi sent people to challenge him, but Lu Su ignored him. The challenged warriors were rowing a boat and crossing the Yingshui River. They almost touched the wall. Lu Su didn't respond, and he didn't even shoot an arrow. It was obvious that he didn't want to pay attention to you. If you have the ability, you can try to attack the city.

Yi was surprised. He heard that Lu Su was very young, a raider, and had good martial arts skills. He once defeated Liu He's battle formation in Pugupi. He thought Lu Su would be more impulsive. Seeing this scene, he realized that Lu Su was more tolerant than he thought.

No wonder Sun Ce asked Lu Su to defend Yingyang City, which is a very difficult opponent.

Yi didn't dare to attack the city easily. Even if he won, he would win miserably. He could not afford such a huge loss. These men and horses were the foundation of his career. He could only win, not lose, and not lose too much.

Yi waved his hand and ordered the challenge to come back. Since he could not anger Lu Su, it would be useless to shout again, and he wasted his energy.

After receiving the order, the challenged warrior cursed and returned to Yingshui, boarded the boat, picked up the slurry, and prepared to return to the west coast. At this time, a sudden shout came from the city that had been quiet.

"Hey!"

The warrior turned his head and saw a man standing at the top of the city wall, holding a bow in his left hand and a feather arrow in his right hand. He stood on the battlement with a big flag behind him, rushing. Looking at the armor on his body, he should be a general with a high status, at least a general of the Central Army. Looking at the big flag behind him, this person is likely to be the guardian Lu Su.

Realizing this, the warrior quickly put down his oars and raised his big shield. He heard that Lu Su was driving a hard bow and did not dare to be careless. He just came to the city to challenge him, but he deliberately did not raise his shield to show contempt. In a hurry, he forgot to hide himself and instinctively hid himself tightly.

Lu Su at the top of the city laughed disdainfully, put on an arrow, raised his bow, and shot the arrow.

The bowstring shook, with a "swoosh", the feather arrow flew over fifty steps in an instant, hitting the shield with one arrow. "!" The raw cowhide covered on the shield cracked, and the wooden shield exploded a big hole, and the wood chips flew into the warrior's face, but he didn't have time to exhale the pain, and the sharp arrow shot his eyes until the shaft.

The Warriors turned over and fell into the water, causing a splash of water.

The soldiers on the city wall burst into laughter, and then they started to curse, and their dirty words kept coming.

The soldiers who were waiting for the response on the west bank of Yingshui were stunned. For a moment, they realized, turned around and ran away, in a panic, and their arrogance just now disappeared.

The laughter on the top of the city wall was louder.

Yi put down his hand and his face turned pale. "It's outrageous. These Kanto rats are really hateful."

In anger, Yi cursed in Liangzhou dialect. When he spoke, he found that the officials beside him looked at each other in a hurry. Then he realized that he was cursing inappropriately. He was embarrassed and a knight rushed to him and sent Xun Yan's news. Hearing Xun Yan's name, Yi's eyes twitched unconsciously, reached out to take the military newspaper, checked the integrity, and shook his hand away. After reading it, his anger gradually dissipated, but his eyes became more serious.

It was not surprising at all that Xun Yan was frustrated. He agreed that Xun Yan would take a single piece and hand over all the gathered Yingchuan family corpses to Xun Yan, just because he knew that things would not go as smooth as Xun Yan imagined. These scholars may be knowledgeable and well-versed in ancient and modern times, but being able to be aware of military tactics and being able to lead troops are two different things. Knowing that it is easy, but the way of doing things in the world has never been as simple as written in books.

But he realized that he had made a mistake. Sun Ce did not want to fight him at all. Sun Ce wanted to block him west of the Yingshui River and buy time for the harvest of military farms in the Xu County area. Yingchuan has lost a lot of population in recent years and taxes have been sharply reduced. The only thing that can really produce a large amount of grain is the military farms in the Xu County area. As long as the military farms are maintained, Sun Ce's harvest will be more than the sum of other places in Yingchuan.

Unless he can let go and take away all the food from the people's homes. But in that case, the people of Yingchuan would hate him to death and not have to deal with him, Guo Tu and others around Yuan Shao would be incompatible with him.

After thinking about it, Yi had only one way: summon Huang Wan to help.
Chapter completed!