Chapter 597: Luring the Enemy Deeper
Zhang Yun was originally Cai Mao's subordinate, so Cai Mao's words were directed towards Zhang Yun everywhere, and the news he got from the mouths of those Xuzhou soldiers was indeed showing Cai Mao's Huainan army of Yuan Yao, who was both defeated and licking his wounds with Cao Cao. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
If he doesn't send troops to take advantage of the danger now, then when the beast of the Huainan Army is resurrected, what will he do in Jingzhou to fight? Although it is said that Jingzhou can be safe and sound with the Yangtze River, the north bank of the Yangtze River does not want to do anything.
If it weren't for Zhuge Liang reminding Liu Bei on the side, even Liu Bei himself would be moved.
Because of these kinds of signs, Yuan Yao is really not good on the surface.
They each went back to the camp, and Zhang Yun was left behind by Cai Mao in Cai Mao's camp.
Cai Mao was also a little relieved, he was afraid that the news brought by Zhang Yun was fake and was used to disgust Liu Bei.
So Cai Mao asked carefully.
"Big brother, can you still believe me, this is indeed from the mouths of those Xuzhou routs!" Zhang Yun had some complaints, because his eldest brother didn't believe him.
"Second brother, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't believe you, it's really that this time it's a union of the three families, although my Jingzhou army is regarded as the leader of the alliance because of its strongest strength, but once our army has a loss, it will be the biggest loss, plus this Liu Bei Zhuge Liang The two children have always wanted to fight for power, you have also seen that this battle can only be won and not defeated!" Cai Mao said to Zhang Yun over there.
Let's not talk about this Liu Bei, this Zhuge Liang actually won Nanyang as soon as he debuted, which is not a small credit.
In addition, the Zhuge family is not like Liu Bei, Liu Bei and Cai Mao can not care, because Liu Bei is a rootless peace, he has no reliance on Jingzhou Zhongzhong at all, and he can't integrate into the scholars in Jingzhou.
No matter how big Liu Bei's military exploits are, it will not have the slightest impact on Cai Mao, but Zhuge Liang is different.
He is from Lumen Academy, and the dean of Lumen Academy is Pang Degong, and Pang Degong even has to give three points to Liu Biao, the lord of Jingzhou.
This Zhuge Liang is still a disciple of Mr. Shuijing, and the most important thing is that Zhuge Liang is still a member of the Zhuge family.
The Zhuge family also has a lot of power in Jingzhou.
is really counted, and Liu Biao is related.
Such a person can shake Cai Mao's foundation. Especially now that Liu Qi, the eldest prince of Jingzhou, and Zhuge Liang are eyebrows, there will be problems with his position as the governor of Jingzhou.
"Big brother, this is simple, isn't the eldest brother afraid that he is not sure? We can let Liu Bei and Liu Da'er take his soldiers and horses as the vanguard! Zhang Yun treacherously said to Cai Mao, "If there is an ambush ahead, the first unlucky one is Liu Da'er's soldiers and horses, with Liu Da'er's soldiers and horses leading the front, our army can also have enough time to retreat!" ”
"Good! That's it! Cai Mao immediately made a decision.
After Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei returned to the camp, Zhuge Liang's first reaction was to tell Liu Bei not to be a bird, because Zhuge Liang's intuition told him that this was not a good thing.
Before Liu Bei could answer, a military order came from there for Liu Bei to march with his 10,000 troops first, and then the main force followed.
Liu Bei is really dumbfounded now, this is obviously a pit ahead, you Cai Mao is stupid to jump, you just go, but don't drag me!
Liu Bei respected the order with a bitter face, Liu Bei is also smart, there are really policies and countermeasures, Cai Mao clearly asked Liu Bei to go to the bottom, so Liu Bei simply grinded the foreign work.
In one day's work, I traveled a hundred and ten miles.
This really made Yuan Yao dumbfounded, and Yuan Yao had the idea that Liu Bei had already debunked his plan.
Fortunately, Cao Cao took the initiative to send a message over there, that is, Cai Mao actually contacted him, and Cao Cao took the initiative to teach Yuan Yao the letter Cai Mao wrote to him.
"What are you doing for me? I believe in Prime Minister Cao Cheng very much, you just ask Prime Minister Cao Cheng to reply to Cai Mao! Yuan Yao said very casually, and pushed out the letter again.
Cao Cao over there got Yuan Yao's reply and his face was expressionless.
"This Yuan Yao child doesn't look so hateful!" Xu Chu's injuries on the side had slowly improved under the treatment of the medical hall sent by Yuan Yao, and he couldn't help but say a word more when he heard Yuan Yao's reply.
"Huh!" Cao Cao sneered and didn't say anything more, the letter on it was given to him by Cai Mao, and it wasn't like this when he came. He Cao Cao hadn't opened it.
Cao Cao didn't say much, and directly picked up the pen to show the appearance of a trapped prince dying to save face and suffering crimes.
"Come on, send this letter to our General Yuan Yao!" Cao Cao waved his hand and said.
The letter was quickly delivered to Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Cao Cao's letter, this Cao Cao is really good at acting.
"Lord, Cao Cao also asked me to come and ask you, what can I do to let them leave!"
"Wait one more day, after tomorrow, Cao Cao will leave without hindrance!"
Yuan Yao's original intention was to wait for Liu Biao's three coalition forces to arrive outside Xudu City together, so that Yuan Yao would be able to catch them all, and it was not impossible to turn his face with Cao Cao at that time, Liu Biao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei's three coalition forces were all killed, why did he Yuan Yao have to take care of Zhili, as long as the Zhong family is not stupid, they will definitely not open Tongguan, but looking at Liu Bei's actions, he is suspicious.
If he didn't come forward for a long time, Yuan Yao had no way to take Liu Bei.
What Yuan Yao fears the most is the pair of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.
"Lord, if you leave, there will really be no place for our army in Yanzhou!" Both East and West sound very lofty, but these Yanzhou's civil and military ways, these things and two are already dilapidated, otherwise how could Cao Cao choose Yanzhou as the new capital?
The current Luoyang is a little better, and Chang'an is even more than one in ten.
Going to Zhili and developing in Yanzhou are fundamentally different things.
And the most important thing is that there are still 200,000 Xiliang troops outside Tongguan, and the civil and military forces of Yanzhou are big when they think about it.
How many more are they doing now?
Less than 5,000 soldiers.
This is still Yuan Yao'er to save face and leave it to Cao Cao, and let Cao Cao replenish the soldiers, otherwise Cao Cao would have more than 1,000 people.
"I don't want to leave either!" Cao Cao looked at Xu Ducheng over there with reluctance, this is his Cao Cao's foundation, even if Lu Bu blew up his Cao Cao's chrysanthemum, he Cao Cao didn't lose Xu Ducheng.
But now? It's really embarrassing.
"Lord, it's time for us, let's unite with that Liu Bei and Liu Biao! Let's go back to Dong Zhuo, the princes of the Eighteenth Road, I don't believe that there is no terrain like Tiger Pass, and he Yuan Yao'er can block hundreds of thousands of troops? ”
"The Eighteenth Road Princes will meet Dong Zhuo?" Cao Cao smiled bitterly, he was young and frivolous back then, or he did a thankless thing in order to boost his reputation, if he did it again, Yuan Yao would indeed be defeated like Dong Zhuo, but Cao Cao also assured that Liu Bei over there would eat himself to the point that he would not even have ashes left.
Of course, Cao Cao would not say such words, "Don't have such thoughts anymore, Yuan Yao'er is not Dong Zhuo, and I am not Cao Cao back then!" ”
Yuan Yaoxiao'er is not a fool, I believe that the several cavalry teams that were transferred out before are probably rushing towards Xudu quickly, and it can even be said that they have arrived in Xudu, but Yuan Yaoxiaoer didn't let Cao Cao know.
But what Cao Cao knew was that once he still had unrealistic ideas, he really couldn't go back to Zhili.
"Back to Zhili, the lord still has the time to make a comeback! If you stay in this Yanzhou! If you want the fisherman to profit, you will either be annihilated by Yuan Yao'er or eaten alive by Liu Bei and Liu Da'er! Guo Jia also said to Cao Cao.
Liu Bei is a very demagogic person.
"Although there are 200,000 soldiers and horses in Xiliang! But as long as it is not put into Guanzhong, there is no need to worry at all, plus that Xiliang Ma Teng, but it is easy to break it, and even the lord can take the opportunity to recruit Xiliang soldiers and horses to fight and raise the war! Xun Yu also has this plan.
Cao Cao nodded, Ma Teng said the truth, he Cao Cao really didn't pay attention to it.
The only ones who can make him jealous are Yuan Yao, Xiao'er and Liu Bei, Liu Da'er.
Yuan Shao has so many soldiers and horses, if it weren't for Yuan Yao'er to intervene in it, he would have beaten Yuan Shao to the point where he didn't want it.
This is enough to see that a large number of troops must also have an IQ to follow, and people with a serious lack of IQ can only deliver food to others.
Thinking that there were still 200,000 food deliveries outside Tongguan, one by one Yanzhou civil and military rubbed shoulders.
We can't get this Yuan Yao'er, your sister's Xiliang turtle won't kill you.
"Without further ado, let's hurry up and go to Zhili!" The Yanzhou civil and military forces over there jumped up anxiously, for fear that there would be a dynamic in Zhili.
On the second day, Cao Cao left Xudu with soldiers and horses under the escort of Yuan Yaojun, of course, he did not go to the front line of Liu Biao's coalition army, and now he ran over and could only be swallowed, and even the scum was not left to be swallowed.
There are less than 5,000 soldiers and horses under his hands, half of them are wounded, and half of them are recruits, but they have 100,000 grains and grass and 40 bed crossbows.
Yuan Yao even planned to send off this old opponent, but unfortunately, when he thought of Cao Ang Cao's eldest son, Yuan Yao had a feeling that he was a Chihuahua, so our General Yuan Yao still decisively chose not to see Lao Cao.
On the other side, even if Liu Bei grinds foreign workers again, he will slowly wipe it over.
Yuan Yao immediately prepared to order the main force to go forward to encircle and swallow the main vanguard of Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan.
But Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe over there proposed: "My lord, do you want to swallow this vanguard army alone, or do you want to let the Sun-Liu coalition army return defeated?" ”
"What do you mean?" Yuan Yao looked at Jia Xu over there and asked.
"Although the main army of Lord Cai Mao is close behind the vanguard army, there is still a distance, if our army annexes this vanguard army, then this time is enough for Cai Mao's army to retreat to Runan!"
"What do you mean?"
"Give up the vanguard army, on the contrary, our army must show its decline in the face of the vanguard!" Jia Xu said to Yuan Yao.
"Fraud?" Yuan Yao frowned and asked, "Can this work?" Will it be seen? ”
"Lord Zhuge Liang may indeed see it, but Cai Mao is not necessarily! On the contrary, Cai Mao may enter the army at a high speed! Jia Xu said to Yuan Yao when he learned the distance between Cai Mao's main force and the vanguard army.
Cai Mao seems to be testing Yuan Yao's Huainan Army, but in fact, he also treats the vanguard army as cannon fodder.
This approach shows that the coalition forces are detached from morality, and since this Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's adviser, he will naturally not be allowed by Cai Mao.
Swallowing Liu Bei's army, or severely inflicting a blow on Sun Liu's allied army, this is a question.
If he swallowed Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, Liu Bei might be hit hard, but Cai Mao's main force would have to run away.
But if you don't swallow Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, Liu Da'er, this-stirring stick, is a headache.
"Lord, when Liu Bei left the Central Plains and crossed the river, he counted the number of riders!" Sun Qian, who was on the side, reminded Yuan Yao.
This Liu Bei is really like a Xiaoqiang who can't be killed, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the rebellion of the rebellion army was defeated, he Liu Bei survived, Dong Zhuo of the Eighteenth Road Princes Association He Liu Bei survived again, was attacked by Cao Cao and seized the foundation by Lu Bu, he Liu Bei still made a comeback.
Later, he was driven from Xuzhou to Yuzhou, and then from Yuzhou to Jingzhou, empty, and even pulled out a team of 10,000 soldiers and horses.
originally planned to let him and Sun Biyan tear up, but he didn't expect these three to unite.
"The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and Yuan Yao is not sure that he will be able to kill Liu Bei with one blow, so it is better to let Liu Bei go first and kill the main force of the Sun-Liu coalition army.
"Okay, pass the order, let's lose first!" Yuan Yao is going to hit the Sun-Liu coalition army hard.
He just won Cao Cao, he needs to digest Yanzhou, and spring ploughing is coming soon, Yuan Yao doesn't want to be restrained by this Sun Liu coalition army.
Seeing that the city of Xudu over there was getting closer and closer, Liu Bei's calves and stomach began to tremble, he only had 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he begged his grandfather to worship his grandmother to get it, he didn't want to lose it like this.
But Cai Mao behind him is not easy to mess with, if he disobeys Cai Mao's order, this will offend the Jingzhou army.
He Liu Bei was attacked on both sides.
Now that Cai Mao's ultimatum has come down, either Liu Bei will honestly attack Xu Du, or the art of war will be dealt with.
"Sir, save me!" Liu Bei had no choice but to look at Zhuge Liang over there.
Zhuge Liang didn't have any good ideas to teach Liu Bei in the past two days, who let them have a pig teammate, this pig teammate is still very righteous.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang could only ask Liu Bei to be careful and guarded, and there was no other way.
Because what Zhuge Liang is best at is to strike backwards.
Zhuge Liang looked at the news sent by the scout in front of him, and when he arrived here, he was almost within fifty miles of Xu Capital City, but he still didn't encounter the slightest trace of the enemy.
This can only explain two problems, one of which is that it is possible that Yuan Yao'er and Cao Cao were really disabled, and now they are both defeated and have no skills.
This possibility is very low, very low, according to Zhuge Liang's thinking about Yuan Yao'er, Yuan Yao'er is unlikely to lose, even if he loses, Yuan Yao'er has enough background to bear it.
Then it can only be the second problem, that is, Yuan Yao'er is luring the enemy deeper!
"Lord, in the past few days, have you ever found Yuan Yao'er's scout soldiers and horses?" Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei on the side.
"Yes!"
"Is it that Yuan Yao'er's scouts come very often?" Zhuge Liang continued to ask.
Liu Bei nodded, it was really the case, Yuan Yao Xiao'er's soldiers and horses really came one after another, if it weren't for him Liu Bei didn't have a good horse in his hands, he would have been killed a long time ago.
"Lord, immediately send troops to Xu Du!" Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei over there.
"Bingfa Xudu?" Liu Bei was dumbfounded, this shows that Cai Mao wants to use herself as cannon fodder, attacking Xu Du at this time? Don't go up and be wiped out by Yuan Yao'er, he Liu Bei finally managed to make up an army of 10,000.
"My lord, please rest assured, our army will win this battle!" Zhuge Liang is very confident.
Looking at Zhuge Liang's confident eyes, coupled with Zhuge Liang's reputation and Zhang Xiu's previous record, there is also the fact that he Liu Bei really has no idea, this Zhuge Liang is his first strategist.
So Liu Bei immediately gritted his teeth and clapped the board, listened to Zhuge Liang's words, and immediately sent troops to Xu Du.
Liu Bei, don't really say it, this delegation of power is really possible, even Yuan Yao doesn't dare to say that he obeys the words of his advisors.
This Zhuge Liang probably fell in love with Liu Bei's point, so he stayed by Liu Bei's side to assist Liu Bei.
"Don't you want to know why I say that our army will win?" Liu Bei's complete decentralization caused Zhuge Liang to be very embarrassed.
"You don't need to know, you just need to think it's right, then I, Liu Bei's army, starting from my Liu Bei, everyone will obey what you say!" Liu Bei said solemnly to Zhuge Liang over there.
"Lord!" Zhuge Liang said that it was fake if he was not moved, Liu Bei could treat him with such treatment, and he would also repay Liu Bei.
"Lord, the reason why I say that our army will win when we march is because this battle is Yuan Yao'er's strategy to lure the enemy!" Zhuge Liang on the side still explained to Liu Bei, because Liu Bei gave him power, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side were suspicious of Zhuge Liang.
After all, these two people are not as crazy about Zhuge Liang as Liu Bei.
"A strategy to lure the enemy?" Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's words, although Liu Bei's military was in a mess, it didn't mean that this Liu Bei was a fool, so Liu Bei quickly reacted.
"What does Kong Ming mean that this is simply a trap? ~" Liu Bei was startled and immediately jumped up, "It's not good, hurry back and tell General Cai Mao that this is a trap!" Liu Bei's first reaction was to ask Cai Mao to retreat quickly.
"Lord, do you think Cai Mao and Zhang Yun will listen to us?" Zhuge Liang grabbed Liu Bei over there.
"Yes, big brother, this Cai Mao and Zhang Yun don't take us seriously at all, and now they want to treat us as cannon fodder, and we will kill him!" Zhang Fei's loud voice spoke directly.
"But this is a personal grudge, we can't abolish our personal interests because of public affairs!" Liu Bei is counting on the fact that this time the three coalition forces can break Yuan Yao and then kill Cao Cao, so that the entire Central Plains will be in chaos, and he Liu Bei will have a chance in this chaos.
"The lord this is no longer a personal grudge, if the lord really goes to persuade Cai Mao Zhang Yun, this Cai Mao Zhang Yun doesn't listen to it, if he really withdraws the army, the lord, there is no one left in our army of 10,000 troops!" Zhuge Liang shook his head at Liu Bei over there and said.
"Ahhh Liu Bei was dumbfounded.
"Strategist? You mean, if Yuan Yao'er found out that we had broken Yuan Yao'er's plan, he would jump over the wall and cut us down? "Guan Yu knows too much about military affairs than his two brothers, otherwise he would not be in Jingzhou in the future.
As soon as he heard Zhuge Liang say this, Liu Beiyan died down, and the dead Taoist friends are not dead and poor.
"In this battle, in order to attract our army to go deeper, Yuan Yao'er will inevitably open the door and deliberately defeat a body, as long as our army seizes the opportunity to win, it will retreat immediately! Exit the battle directly, otherwise it will be really difficult to come out. Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei over there.