Faced with Jiang Pengji's threat, Huang Song made up his mind to reorganize his forces. The first to be targeted was the Yuans.
Half of the generals under Huang Song's command came from the Yuan clan.
In order to curb the negative influence, he also put in a lot of effort. Yuan Xin, the informant, was taught a lesson.
Yuan Xin was locked up in the small dark room for a while, and finally became obedient. Even if he still didn't like Nie Xun, he didn't continue to snitch on him.
The expedition this time was related to Huang Song's life. Yuan Xin, the old die-hard fan, apologized to Nie Xun with a thorn branch on his back so that he could go to the frontlines to continue fighting for his lord. After successfully "reconciling" with Nie Xun, Yuan Xin was once again used by Huang Song to be in charge of the Cangzhou battlefield.
Feng Jin's previous analysis was not wrong. Huang Song's main target was not Cangzhou. This was considered a peripheral battlefront.
Yuan Xin was unhappy that it wasn't the main battlefield.
He had already swallowed his pride and apologized to Nie Xun. The two of them had also successfully "reconciled". Why did the Lord no longer trust him?
Instead of putting him in charge of the main battlefield, he was transferred to the periphery?
Nie Xun knew what he was thinking, but he didn't know what to say.
That's right, Huang Song's maneuvering was extremely flashy. He let Nie Xun be Yuan Xin's strategist, and the two of them became partners.
It wasn't that Huang Song did it on purpose. It was just that Nie Xun understood Cangzhou well enough and had a gentle temperament.
Therefore, not only did Nie Xun have to deal with the official documents in the military and train his soldiers, he also had to appease the emotions of his old, die-hard fans.
With his silver tongue, he successfully twisted the truth and made Yuan Xin think that Huang Song still valued Yuan Xin as much as before.
What should he say?
Although Cangzhou was of little value, it was of little value that attracted Jiang Pengji's main force.
If he could exert pressure on her to misdeploy her troops, wouldn't that be a greater contribution than fighting on the battlefield?
Nie Xun's words were reasonable and he had even drawn a beautiful blueprint for him. No matter how much Yuan Xin hated him, he was moved.
"Does the military advisor have a brilliant plan?" Yuan Xin quickly asked Nie Xun for advice.
"What is fake is real, and what is real is fake." Nie Xun said, "The essence of the art of war lies in the word 'craftiness'."
In other words, not only were there hot-blooded killings on the battlefield, but there were also treacherous contests that were not inferior to those in the imperial court.
Even if he had the strength of a thousand catties, if he didn't have a plan to go along with it, he would just be a brute.
Nie Xun saw the impatience in Yuan Xin's eyes, so he straightforwardly told him his plan.
Huang Song had only given Yuan Xin 45,000 soldiers and horses. Although these 45,000 soldiers and horses had all been trained, they were still far from being elites.
Using these forty-five thousand men and horses to fight the enemy head-on was no different from sending one's head a thousand miles away. The gift was light, but the sentiment was heavy.
To the outside world, Nie Xun raised the banner of one hundred and fifty thousand elites.
Inside the camp, Nie Xun ordered his troops to split into two groups. One group would cross the river while the other group would wait in the camp. After crossing the river, the first wave of troops marched to the east and set up camp. They would sneak back late at night when the water was foggy. The second wave of troops would cross the river the next day.
By going back and forth like this, they could naturally create the illusion that a large army was pressing down on the border.
According to Nie Xun's judgment, there weren't many soldiers in Cangzhou. Eighty thousand soldiers was enough to put a great deal of pressure on them.
As long as they could not withstand the psychological pressure, they would write letters to Jiang Pengji for reinforcements and make her make the wrong order to deploy troops. Their mission in the Cangzhou battlefield would be considered completed. It would be best if they could take down Wanzhou, but at the very least, they would take down Hu County.
If they took down the former, Jiang Pengji's forces would be cut off, and Huang Song would be able to defeat them one by one.
If they took down the latter, they would have sufficient provisions and could continue sailing for another one or two years.
Unfortunately, Nie Xun's plan was good enough, but his teammates dragged him down at the critical moment.
Between eighty thousand and one hundred thousand, naturally, one hundred thousand was more powerful.
Nie Xun was not a military advisor, so his authority in the army was less than Yuan Xin's. Yuan Xin could accept his opinion or not.
Therefore, Yuan Xin drew a snake with feet and added a stroke.
This addition did not waver Feng Jin's determination. Instead, it made him even more certain of his judgment.
Because it was too fake!
Nie Xun knew that Yuan Xin had taken matters into his own hands. He was so angry that his face turned green.
Fortunately, there was no movement from Yuan Xin's side. Yuan Xin should not have done anything bad, so he reluctantly suppressed his anger.
Yuan Xin did not feel that there was anything wrong. Instead, he asked Nie Xun happily.
"Military advisor, do you have another brilliant plan?"
Nie Xun wore a wooden expression. "Send scouts to scout out the various places and pretend that we're splitting up. Then, we'll heavily attack one place …"
Since they had created the illusion of one hundred thousand soldiers, they naturally had to show the confidence of one hundred thousand soldiers.
Otherwise, how could they continue acting?
Yuan Xin was puzzled. "How are we going to split up?"
They did not have enough soldiers. Wasn't splitting up courting death?
Nie Xun said, "Just use the same trick!"
To the outside world, they said they were splitting up tens of thousands of soldiers, but in reality, there were only one or two thousand. The rest of the soldiers would concentrate on attacking one place.
As long as the enemy mistakenly thought that they still had such a fierce fighting force after splitting up, coupled with the previous misdirection, they would naturally set up a false impression in their hearts that the enemy really had one hundred thousand soldiers! Fifty thousand in the open, and fifty thousand in the dark preparing to cause trouble.
Because there was a lag in the transmission of information on the battlefield, it was not difficult to deceive the enemy.
Yuan Xin stopped talking.
He still did not like Nie Xun, but he had to admit that scholars were really evil at heart!
If he were Nie Xun's opponent, he would have long believed that the enemy had one hundred thousand soldiers.
The horn of war had not sounded yet, but he had already lost his momentum.
Nie Xun's mechanics were indeed very flashy, but his opponent was no ordinary person either.
He rarely moved on the battlefield, but it did not mean that he was weaker than others.
Meng Hun was once a military officer under the Meng family. He was very familiar with the terrain of Cangzhou. When the scouts continuously sent back news, he guessed where the enemy planned to attack. He discussed with Feng Jin and Dian Yan for a long time, and finally decided on a preliminary battle plan.
Close the door and beat the dogs!
According to Feng Jin's previous suggestion, they would first let the enemy's forces penetrate deep into Cangzhou, and show weakness to the enemy. When they became arrogant and complacent, they would then send out troops to intercept and kill them.
The ordinary people had already evacuated in advance to avoid the disaster. Even if they gave up one or two cities, the loss would not be great.
Feng Jin played along, and Yuan Xin and the rest met with very little resistance. They were not as fragile as paper, but they could not last more than a day.
With such a fierce attack and chasing after the enemy, Yuan Xin took down two cities in a row. He was so happy that he could see his teeth but not his eyes. He also found Nie Xun much more pleasing to the eye.
"Military counselor really has good foresight. They are really afraid." Yuan Xin held the bronze wine goblet and drank a mouthful contentedly. The wine flowed from the corner of his mouth and slid down his neck. "Looking at the situation, the rumor that the traitor Liu is seriously ill is probably true … hehe, we can take Cangzhou in less than half a month. By now, the letter requesting for reinforcements should have reached Traitor Liu's side, right? It would be best if he dies of anger. That would be great! "
Nie Xun frowned and looked at Yuan Xin. Alcohol was forbidden in the army, but this person liked to drink. He drank a little every once in a while. He was really not afraid of causing trouble!
But the lord Huang Song was not here, so no one could control Yuan Xin.
"Liu Xi is seriously ill … that is unexpected …" Nie Xun secretly shook his head.
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