Chapter 1003: Another Plan

Lu Ling was also very happy. His first suggestion had been successful. The two brothers, both civil and military, were finally able to gain a foothold in the Eastern Expedition Army without relying on their father's influence. He nodded in response to Wang Ran and said: "General Don’t worry! My father once said that the young masters from the Wang, Meng, Su, and She families are all talented and will achieve success given time!”

Lu Ling's words made Wang Ran very happy, and both of them remembered that Lu Zhi had just passed away, so they felt a little uninterested. So Wang Ran was too embarrassed to mention these anymore, and turned to Lu Ling and said: "Let's go and meet some of the little heroes!

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ran had already dismounted and walked towards the young generals. Lu Ling looked at Wang Ran's back, got off his horse and followed closely, but secretly sighed in his heart: I don't know how the people in the world view us now. The two Lu brothers may be regarded as father and son by others! None of the two sons of the great Confucian scholar Cheng Shucheng could inherit his father's legacy.

In a moment, Dianman and three young generals had arrived in front of the two of them. Dianman and Huangfuli both had red faces and were full of loyalty, but Zaoping behind them had a sad face.

Wang Ran and Lu Ling didn't understand why. It was just that Dianman and the others had gained something, but Zaoping had gained nothing. In fact, it was not that they had gained nothing, but Zaoping was not good at killing on the battlefield, so he could not gain anything at all. Compared with the two of them, the young man's mind will definitely feel uncomfortable.

"Report to the general that General Dianman has captured the enemy's general Jia Kui. I am here to report back to the general!"

"Report to the general that the last general Huangfuli captured the enemy's general Jia Kui's flag. I came here to report back to the general!"

"Okay, very good. You two have made great gains in the first battle. I believe the general will be very happy!" Wang Ran was so happy that the two young generals helped him up and said;

Then he looked at Zaoping, who looked disappointed behind them, and said: "You don't have to be disappointed. A ruler is long and an inch is short. Fighting on the battlefield is not your specialty. There is no need to compete with the two of them for the length of time." "

Wang Ran's words made Zaoping's face look much better. Yes, he was a scribe. Fighting on the battlefield was indeed not his strong point. After thinking about this, Zaoping had no idea of ​​competing with his two partners. After thanking Wang Ran with fists, he walked to Lu Ling's side.

Seeing this, Wang Ran and Lu Ling looked at each other and smiled. They stopped saying anything in this regard. Instead, they turned to a general who was responsible for tallying the results of the battle and said: "Have the results of the battle been calculated? What are the casualties of our army? Cao Cao Has the situation in the army been calculated? "

"Reporting back to General, the statistical results have come out. Our army suffered 2,365 casualties, including 684 killed in battle, 587 seriously injured, and 1,094 slightly injured. Cao Cao's army had a total of 22,000 troops and 5,000 civilians. Our army killed 3,218 people, wounded 4,536 people, and captured 19,246 people. "

"The casualties of our army were mainly concentrated in the battle between the infantry and Jia Kui's Liang Kingdom Army. The cavalry had almost no casualties. In addition to the harvest of personnel, our army also captured 2,500 Cao Cao's army baggage vehicles, including 50,000 shi of grain. , about 20,000 pieces of weapons and equipment, and some other supplies.”

His words made Wang Ran and everyone stunned. Jia Kui was sending troops to support Qiao County, why did he bring so many supplies?

Lu Ling thought for a while and explained to everyone with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, Jia Kui ran to the Qiao County city to show his face, and then found a place to wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements."

When Wang Ran heard this, he also wanted to understand what was going on, and laughed dumbly: "It seems that Qiao County and Cao Hong forced him to send troops to rescue him."

Everyone laughed. When everyone was done laughing, Wang Ran stretched out his hand to stop everyone's laughter and continued to ask the general: "How is the situation of General Cao's army?"

"Jia Kui, the prime minister of the Liang State, was captured, Ding Kui, the commander-in-chief of the Pei State Army, died in the rebellion. Jia Gong, the commander-in-chief of the Liang State Army, was killed by General Guan in the first round of battle; the three counties of Yan County, Gushu County and Yu County The county captain died in the rebellion, and the Ningling, Meng, and Suiyang deputy captains were captured.

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"Wait a minute," the general wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Lu Ling. He turned to look at Wang Ran and said, "General, I have a plan. It may be possible to capture Suiyang City easily and build another building for the general." achievement!"

As soon as Lu Ling finished speaking, not only Wang Ran, but also several young generals around him raised their ears and listened carefully, for fear that they would miss something.

"Oh," Wang Ran was also excited and said, "Sir, please speak!"

Lu Zhi looked at the general again and asked, "How many soldiers of Sergeant Cao escaped?"

The general was stunned, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty and said: "I dare not hide it. Cao's army escaped in total, about a hundred people, because..."

Lu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Get up. I don't mean to blame you. Some of the tens of thousands of soldiers will always escape. This is normal."

After speaking, he looked at Wang Ran and said: "General, what I mean is that since more than a hundred people have escaped, it is certain that some of these people will run back to Suiyang. As expected, No later than tomorrow morning, Suiyang will receive news of the defeat of Jia Kui's army. According to the prisoners' confession, there are currently only two thousand county soldiers in Suiyang city for defense, and the leading generals are Liang Guowei and Liang Guochang Shi. Also in the city.”

"So I think we can persuade hundreds of prisoners to surrender, plus more than a thousand people from the war barracks, and rush to Suiyang Fake City overnight. More than a thousand war barracks, carrying weapons, plus hundreds of surrender Pawn, you should have a relatively high degree of confidence in taking the city."

Lu Ling's words made everyone's eyes brighten. With a force of 20,000 to 30,000 people, it is normal for thousands of people to flee. Indeed, as Lu Ling said, if hundreds of prisoners can be surrendered, they can go to the deceitful city. If so, there shouldn't be many problems.

Thinking of this, Wang Ran said: "Okay, I'll leave the matter of recruiting and surrendering the prisoners to you sir. I will arrange the soldiers right away."

Lu Ling readily accepted the order and went to the place where the prisoners were held under the escort of his own soldiers. Soon he rushed to the location of the Chinese army with hundreds of surrendered prisoners. In order to defraud the city, Lu Ling surrendered prisoners from various cities. There were all soldiers, and some were soldiers from the Pei Army. What made Lu Ling extremely happy was that Qian Feng, the deputy captain of Liang State, was also persuaded to surrender by him. With this person, Lu Ling's plan to deceive the city was The likelihood of success is greater.

When Lu Ling rushed to the central army with the surrendered soldiers of Cao's army, Wang Ran's troops were also selected. In addition to his own more than a hundred soldiers, there were also Guan Hai and his more than a hundred soldiers. The others are ordinary soldiers in the war barracks,