Chapter 274: The Xiongnu Feign an Attack on Lin City

"We don't need to know his appearance. As long as the one who finally makes a move is definitely the Xiongnu army, it is also where the Chanyu is!" Jiang Jinshi was confident about this.

Judging from the current situation of the Xiongnu, the Chanyu must only make a move when he is certain. Because if the Xiongnu experience another defeat, these tribal leaders may not necessarily believe in the Chanyu!

"Although we don't know the Xiongnu's main direction of attack for the time being, why not think about it from another angle? If the twenty thousand Xiongnu cavalry outside Frost City launch a massive attack, what will we do?" Jiang Jinshi suddenly asked the three of them.

Han Xiao responded almost without thinking, "Of course, send troops to support Frost City!"

"Exactly!" Jiang Jinshi added: "Twenty thousand people wanting to take Frost City is definitely not enough, but if they launch an attack without fear of death, everyone will subconsciously think that is where the Xiongnu army is.

After all...

With such a big move of using twenty thousand lives as bait, no one dares to easily question it, and we don't dare to gamble on whether the Xiongnu have come out in full force!"

"So can I think that the Xiongnu's purpose is actually to make us go to support Frost City, reducing the garrison in Lin City!" Jiang Jinshi finally boldly said his guess.

The Chanyu just didn't expect that the tribal leaders outside Frost City didn't want to let the soldiers under their command suffer unnecessary losses, and only feigned an attack before retreating.

"Then is their final goal really Lin City?"

Jiang Jinshi shook his head. "I don't know! But we will know by tonight at the latest!"

According to the other side's layout, if the Ming Army really went to support Frost City, then by the time the reinforcements arrived at Frost City, it would be tonight, which was also the time when Lin City's garrison was most empty.

"Pass the order down, prepare the rolling logs and thunder stones, light the fire to burn the golden juice and hot oil, and also prepare cold water!"

"Yes!"

"Send a fast horse to pass the order, be sure to let Yin City also get this news!"

Not knowing yet whether the Xiongnu's target was Lin City or Yin City, Jiang Jinshi only had this plan, to deal with the changing situation with the unchanging.

Although the Xiongnu cavalry were fierce, attacking the city was not their strength. Even if the other side came out in full force, the Ming Army wouldn't be defeated quickly, and it was no problem to hold on until reinforcements arrived.

He turned to look at the Beijiang map: "Also, pass the order to Frost City to guard strictly and not go out, and double the patrols at night! Send three teams of scouts deep into the northern snowfield, each team separated by five li, searching in a fan shape. I want to know the true movement of the Xiongnu main force!"

Han Xiao and Jiang Jinshi both took orders and left. Jiang Jinshi stood alone in front of the sand table and pondered. The Ming Army was mostly infantry. As long as they weren't lured out of the city and fought according to the city, he couldn't find any reason why the Ming Army would lose.

On the snowfield, messages were constantly being sent back to the Chanyu's Golden Tent.

"Chanyu, the Lin City Ming Army hasn't moved."

The Right Worthy King bowed and reported, "The Frost City garrison closed the city gates tightly, and the sons fought for a while before retreating."

"Jiang Jinshi!" The Chanyu read this name. "The other side saw through that this was a feigned attack."

The Left Worthy King frowned: "Then is the plan to raid Lin City at night still executed?"

"Of course!" The Chanyu stood up and walked to the sheepskin map in the tent. "Since the other side guessed that I wouldn't attack Frost City by force, then he should have guessed that the next target is Lin City."

He drew his finger across the map. "So we want to make him think that he guessed right."

The Left Worthy King didn't understand: "What does the Chanyu mean?"

"Increase the night raid unit to Lin City to twenty thousand, the momentum must be large, but the attack must be false."

The Chanyu's eyes flashed with calculation. "Let the Ming Army 'see through' this second layer of tricks, put all their attention on Lin City's defense, and when he thinks he sees through everything..."

His finger pressed heavily on Yin City on the far east side. "The third knife will fall."

The Left Worthy King couldn't help but ask: "If the Yin City garrison still doesn't mobilize, wouldn't we be busy for nothing?"

"He thinks my cavalry is not good at attacking cities, so he will definitely think my final goal is still to lure him out of the city for a field battle, so maybe he will remain unmoved! This is why I set up camp outside the city!"

The two thousand cavalry outside Frost City, after setting up camp, could start clearing the Ming Army scouts around, and then it wouldn't be strange to have ten thousand fewer people under the cover of night.

And Lin City was planned in the same way, using the fewest people to contain the other side, secretly integrating the army to break Yin City in one fell swoop.

By the time the Ming Army reacted and wanted to support, everything would be too late.

Midnight was approaching, and on the snowfield outside the north gate of Lin City, twenty thousand Xiongnu cavalry had arrived.

The Left Worthy King looked at the sparse torches on the city wall in the distance, feeling uneasy. The Chanyu's order was to feign an attack, but to attack as if it were real, this measure was too difficult to grasp.

Outside Frost City, the Right Worthy King was leading the troops, and he didn't know how he was doing it. To perform as if it were real and try to minimize the losses of the sons, he felt great pressure.

"Left Worthy King, the time has come." The centurion whispered.

The Left Worthy King gritted his teeth: "Blow the horn, attack!"

The horn sounded, and twenty thousand cavalry suddenly accelerated, rushing toward Lin City.

When they were two hundred paces from the city wall, the city wall lit up, and arrows fell like rain.

"Sure enough, they are prepared!" The Left Worthy King felt a chill in his heart, but had to continue the charge.

Scaling ladders were set up on the city wall, and the bloody climbing battle began.

"Follow the steps, don't mess anything up! Throw the rolling logs!"

Jiang Jinshi stood on the city wall to command, his expression calm.

Han Xiao looked at the endless Xiongnu cavalry and said anxiously: "General, the Xiongnu's offensive is not weak!"

"No matter." Jiang Jinshi's gaze swept across the darkness outside the city. "See if there are follow-up troops."

The battle lasted for half an hour, and the Xiongnu had suffered hundreds of casualties. Jiang Jinshi also saw the clues; the other side seemed to intentionally slow down the attack rhythm.

Logically speaking, since they started attacking the city, they should naturally charge regardless of everything, and climb the city wall in the shortest time.

Unless...

This was another feigned attack!!

A sharp light flashed in Jiang Jinshi's eyes. "This is still a feigned attack, the real killing move is elsewhere."

"General, how can you tell?" Han Xiao didn't understand. Twenty thousand people were so mighty, and they were constantly attacking, how could it be a feigned attack?

"Verify it and you'll know!" Jiang Jinshi didn't respond directly, but instead ordered the soldiers, "Pretend to be defeated here and open a gap, let the Xiongnu come up!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Jinshi stood on one side holding a long halberd, avoiding losing control of the development of things, and Jiang Jinshi and Han Xiao were the same.

Soon, this gap was let up by dozens of Xiongnu, but strangely, the Xiongnu main force outside the city didn't take advantage of the situation to attack, but hesitated instead.

"Sure enough." Jiang Jinshi whispered, "Pass the order, counterattack."

The Ming Army suddenly erupted with amazing combat power.

The city wall gap that was originally "showing signs of defeat" immediately stabilized, and the Xiongnu who climbed the city wall were divided and surrounded and annihilated.

Two thousand archers who had been prepared long ago quickly climbed the city wall, and fire oil arrows fell into the Xiongnu rear like they didn't cost money.

The Left Worthy King was shocked, not willing to lose too many men: "Retreat!" ===== CHAPTER 275 =====