It is true that the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang cursed each other for usurping power and seizing the throne, but Guo Yuan's victory in Sili still greatly boosted the morale of Yuan Tan's faction. And at the same time that Yuan Shang ordered the soldiers and horses to drive the expedition in person, Liu Xun, the Taishou of Julu, was not willing to be lonely, and led 5,000 troops south to join Jiang Yiqu's troops in the northwest of Liyang City, with the intention of fighting with the Qi army. Compared with the arduous siege warfare, Cai Ji, who has an advantage in troops, is naturally more willing to annihilate the enemy's living forces by means of field warfare.

Early in the morning of this day, Zhao Yun and Jia Xu escorted Cai Ji on horseback through a mulberry forest and climbed all the way up a hill along the slope. Although the scout had already made a detailed report before, the young Qi Hou still wanted to see the situation of the enemy army with his own eyes. Because for Cai Ji, who is bent on learning the art of war, every battle is a rare learning opportunity.

"Lord, it's too close."

Zhao Yun warned Cai Ji, who wanted to move on. The latter immediately pulled the reins of his horse and turned to look at the Yuan army that was arrayed above the field. After observing for a while, Cai Ji used Professor Jia Xu's method to estimate the number of enemy troops, "about 10,000 people." ”

"Roughly so." Jia Xu twisted his beard and affirmed Cai Ji's learning achievements, and then raised his hand to point to him, "The two wings are the heroic and powerful troops brought by Liu Xun, mainly cavalry, and the flag color is chaotic. The middle road is the Jiang Yi Qu Department, with about 6,000 foot riders. Look, that's Jiang Yiqu's handsome banner. ”

"Oh? Jiang Yiqu is also in the formation? Cai Ji turned his head and asked. The reason why she asked such a question was because Jiang Yiqu's soldiers and horses had brought a lot of trouble to the Qi army during these days. It must be known that since Yuan Tan fled into Liyang, Liyang Yuan's army was divided into two armies. One was led by Yuan Tan and Guo Tu to guard Liyang City; One was personally commanded by Jiang Yiqu to attack on the periphery of Liyang. Due to the rising groundwater level in Liyang, Tuduqi was unable to dig tunnels, and Cai Ji temporarily suspended the siege of Liyang City, and instead recruited An Haoqiang on the spot, reclaimed the fields, and digested and consolidated the Yiganhe Shuo County that he had occupied before. However, during this period, the Qi army was constantly harassed by Jiang Yiqu's troops. Although the Qi army was under the leadership of Koji Yan, it was encircled and suppressed several times. But how can Jiang Yiqu be as slippery as a loach, and he can retreat every time. Seeing Jiang Yiqu's style of returning the favor to the other in his own way, Cai Ji naturally hoped to completely solve this trouble through a decisive battle.

At this moment, in the face of Cai Ji's inquiry, Jia Xu replied cautiously, "The real is false, and the virtual is real." Yuan Jun is weaker than our division, but he shows that he is strong, which is not in line with common sense. ”

"Mr. Wenhe has a point." Cai Ji nodded in agreement with Jia Xu's analysis. Indeed, the military is a field full of fraud. Many things can't just be taken at face value. It's like Cao Cao retreating from Chaoge, seemingly shrinking the front. In fact, it is leading Yuan Shang into a trap. So even if you see Jiang Yiqu's handsome banner with your own eyes at this moment, it doesn't mean that Jiang Yiqu himself is in the array. But what is certain is that the Battle of Qingshui has knocked out Yuan Shang's arrogance, and I believe that it will not be long before Zhong Miao will also clean up the smooth sailing Guo Yuan. Whether it was Yuan Shang's faction or Yuan Tan's faction, the high morale could not last long. It is not surprising that Yuan Tan and Jiang Yiqu want to fight with themselves as much as possible. The question is how this decisive battle will begin. Thinking of this, Cai Ji turned his horse's head and instructed Zhao Yun, "Send scouts to inspect the surroundings, and report anything unusual." ”

"Whoa."

Zhao Yun clenched his fists and took orders, and turned around to escort Cai Ji and Jia Xu back to the Qi army camp outside Liyang City. At present, the Qi army has gathered 40,000 soldiers and horses outside Liyang City. The meeting between Liu Xun and Jiang Yiqu ignited a vigorous fighting spirit in the Qi camp. When Cai Ji galloped across the camp on his horse, the surrounding soldiers let out bursts of cheers. Cai Ji loved these masculine cheers. So the next moment, she grabbed the horse with her heels and waved to the soldiers under her command. In exchange for a more enthusiastic response.

"Lord! Lord! ”

"Qi Hou! Qi Hou! ”

"The military heart is available." Jia Xu followed behind Cai Ji and said with heartfelt emotion.

Cai Ji listened, raised his chin and let his hair flow in the wind, revealing a proud smile, "Of course." This is the foundation of solitary victory. ”

After six years of operation, Cai Ji finally got the sincere support of the soldiers under his account, and he no longer had to use the martial arts of Tai Shici and others to control the army as before. This support is not simply based on Cai Ji's noble status. It comes from her painstaking governance of Qingdao and Xu over the years. It is precisely because Cai Ji let the people under his rule live in peace and contentment in the troubled times. Only these Qing and Xu disciples in front of them will follow her loyally. With the will of the people, there is the heart of the army. As long as the soldiers still love themselves, and the people under their rule still love themselves, then Cai Ji is not afraid of any tricks of the enemy.

In this way, Cai Ji galloped all the way to his Chinese army tent amid the cheers of Qing and Xu Zidi. Cao Pi, who had been waiting here for a long time, quickly stepped forward to hold Cai Ji's war horse and reported to him, "Qi Hou, there is an envoy who asks to see him." ”

"Where?" Cai Ji, who turned over and dismounted, asked casually. It seems that the effect of visiting Cui's mansion is gradually emerging, and during this time, many people from Qinghe, Pingyuan, Wei County, and even Bohai counties have come to surrender. Although these tyrant clans are not prominent. But after all, it was a good start for Cai Ji to digest Heshuo.

"The giant deer is strong." Cao Pi replied.

This answer obviously surprised Cai Ji. saw her stop abruptly and turn around to exchange glances with Jia Xu. He immediately ordered, "Bring it in." ”

Not long after, an envoy claiming to be sent by Julu Haoqiang was brought to Cai Ji. Facing Cai Ji who was sitting upright in the hall. This middle-aged man with three-foot long hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes bowed down and saluted with a humble attitude, "The giant deer man Chai Zhen has seen Qi Hou. ”

Cai Ji asked directly unceremoniously, "I don't know what Chai Langjun is doing when he comes to Qiying?" ”

Chai Zhen fell to his knees and kowtowed to Cai Ji with a thud, "Chai Zhen is ordered by the patriarch of the Julu Chai clan to surrender to Qi Hou. ”

Cai Ji turned his head sideways and thought for a moment and asked, "Julu Chai's Clan?" But Chai Ling, who led a thousand troops to rebel against Yuan Tan? ”

"Chai Ling is the head of the Chai family. Just because the clansmen were coerced by Liu Xun, they were not allowed to be coerced by the rebels to go south. Please forgive the Hou of Qi and spare the old and young of the Chai family. After saying that, Chai Zhen kowtowed heavily to Cai Ji again.

"Oh? Are you not afraid that your clansmen will be implicated now? Cai Ji asked rhetorically with interest. The biggest problem of the local tyrant clan is that everything is in the interests of their own family. Therefore, Cai Ji did not believe that the local tyrants of Julu would disregard the life and death of their family members for the sake of the country's righteousness.

Chai Zhen licked his face and replied, "As long as we help the Marquis of Qi to destroy Yuan Tan and rebel against the party, the Chai clan does not need to fear Yuan Thief's revenge." ”

After listening to Chai Zhen's explanation, Cai Ji smiled noncommittally. continued to interrogate, "Then how does the Chai clan plan to surrender to Lonely?" ”

"Back to the Marquis of Qi, the Chai family is willing to accept the king's master, and the inside and outside should work together to destroy the rebels in one fell swoop." When Chai Zhen said this, he suddenly paused, revealing a look of wanting to say something.

"All the gentlemen here are lonely henchmen, but Chai Langjun said it is okay." Cai Ji waved his hand and motioned for Chai Zhen to continue.

When Chai Zhen heard Cai Ji say this, he quickly licked his dry lips and said, "Hou Qi." Jiang Yiqu wanted to use Liu Xun's position to bait Wang Shi to send troops to confront him, and he personally led his troops to meet Yuan Tan out of the city. ”

After listening to the fierce information provided by Chai Zhen, Cai Jidai raised her eyebrows and asked, "Yuan Tan wants to go out of the city?" ”

"Although I don't know why Yuan Tan abandoned the city and fled. But Jiang Yiqu was not in the camp at the moment. Chai Zhen shrunk his neck and replied.

Chai Zhen's intelligence was like a pebble stirring up layers of waves in the military tent. Everyone obviously didn't expect Yuan Tan to have the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing. However, considering that Yuan Tan stayed alone in Liyang for several days, with neither backup nor alliance, it is not surprising that he would have the idea of escaping. But seeing Cai Ji at this time, he smiled and said to Chai Zhen, "Good, please tell General Chai Langjun for Gu, if you can kill Yuan Tan this time." The lone Ding Shangju court table Chai General is Julu County Cheng. ”

Chai Zhen got Cai Ji's promise, so he was naturally happy and smiled, and repeatedly expressed his loyalty to Cai Ji. Cai Ji appeased him more and promised him kindness. However, after Chai Zhen left. The girl in the hall restrained her smile, looked around at the civil and military, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think of this matter?" ”

"Congratulations to my lord, on the eve of the great war." Gao Shun took the lead in saying hello to Cai Ji. In his opinion, Cai Ji not only has great righteousness, but also has an advantage in military strength. It's not surprising that there will be strong players at this time.

And after Gao Shun. Zhao Yun also followed to ask Cai Ji for battle. "Lord, Yun Yuan led the troops to intercept and kill Jiang Yiqu, so that Yuan Tan could not escape."

Hearing that a cadre of generals took Chai Zhen's words seriously, Cai Ji did not express his position, but turned his head to Cao Pi who was sitting next to him with great interest and asked, "What does Zihuan think?" ”

Cao Pi didn't expect Cai Ji to ask him a question. After all, at this time, Cai Ji, who is the master, should ask the mastermind Jia Xu for advice. However, seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Cao Pi had no choice but to reply with a hard head, "Pi thought this matter was a little strange. ”

Cai Ji changed his sitting posture after hearing this. Zhi Zhi asked after him, "How can you see it?" ”

Cao Pi hesitated. Said the thought in his heart, "It's too good for Chai to surrender to sincerity. ”

Sleepy someone sent a pillow. A good thing, of course. But sometimes there are poisonous needles hidden in the pillows that are sent by others. Cao Pi's words are undoubtedly reminding everyone that Chai Zhen may have come to add icing on the cake, or he may have come to make a poisonous scheme. Sure enough, as soon as Cao Pi's voice fell, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and others, who were still in high spirits to join forces with the Chai family, all lowered their heads and pondered. Xin Bi directly echoed and said, "Lord, Pi Gongzi's words are indeed reasonable. Chai's words cannot be fully believed, and it is necessary to guard against fraud. ”

Jia Xu sat on the side and listened quietly to everyone's opinions on what Chai Zhen said, but he did not propose to Cai Ji like Xin Bina. What Gao Shun said may be true, and what Cao Pi said is also reasonable. But no matter what kind of analysis and what kind of proposal your subordinates propose, in the end, it is up to the Lord to make a decision, and the most difficult thing is to make a decision. The reason why Yuan Shao was criticized for being too resourceful and less decisive was not that he thought too much and did too little, but that he was unable to make the right decision in the face of the different opinions of many strategists, so that he missed the opportunity in hesitation. Can Cai Ji make the right decision? Or do you need to push yourself again to have the confidence to make a decision?

Thinking of this, Jia Xu turned his searching eyes to Cai Ji, but found that the latter was also looking at him, but there was no intention of asking for help in his eyes. Jia Xu knew that Cai Ji had made up his mind. So the next moment the older counsellor cast an encouraging glance at the young Lord.

Following Jia Xu's encouragement, Cai Ji turned around and happily ordered a cadre of civil and military personnel, "High Envoy Jun, you will lead 10,000 troops to continue to besiege Liyang. Three days later, the rest of the gentlemen went with Gu to conquer Jiang Yiqu and Liu Xunbu. ”

In the eyes of everyone, Cai Ji is clearly ignoring Chai Zhen's revelations by deploying troops like this. Although Xin Bi was cautious just now, he didn't want Yuan Tan, who had been driven to a dead end, to escape. So he hurriedly reminded Cai Ji again, "Lord, if Yuan Tan really wants to abandon the city and flee, 10,000 horses are afraid that it will be ......."

Without waiting for Xin Bi to finish speaking, Gao Shun waved his palm and interrupted directly, "There is Shun, Jiang Yiqu doesn't want to rescue Yuan Tan from Liyang." ”

Seeing Gao Shun's statement like this, Cai Ji couldn't help but smile slightly, stretched out three fingers and shook it and said, "The art of war is cloudy, and the three are missing one, and the high envoy Junda can flash a way out for Yuan Tan." ”

In fact, the art of war in this era does not have the saying that "three are missing one", but "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has the saying that "the siege of the division must be que, and the poor will not chase". This means not pushing the enemy too far, but preventing them from counterattacking. When besieging the enemy, you can deliberately give way to life, let the opponent run out of the encirclement, and then fight while running, so as to annihilate the enemy army with small losses. If Yuan Tan really wanted to escape from Liyang City, maybe he really gave the Qi army a chance to annihilate him. Therefore, as soon as Cai Ji's words came out, Xin Bi and Gao Shun immediately clenched their fists in understanding, "The Lord is wise." ”

After explaining the group of Gao Shun and Xin Bi, Cai Ji turned his head to Cao Pi and ordered, "Zihuan, go and summon Gongzi Gongzi." ”

"Whoa." Cao Pi got up and took the order.

Seeing him walk out of the big tent, Jia Xu couldn't help but ask Cai Ji playfully, "The Lord wants to use koji performance?" ”

Originally, after leading the troops from the Koji Drill and joining the Qi army, he has never been able to get the opportunity to participate in the main attack. Even in the operation to clean up Jiang Yiqu's troops, Lu Yan and his subordinates only acted as scouts. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Cai Ji is deliberately suppressing Koji's performance. Although Koji himself was dissatisfied in his heart, considering that Cai Ji and him had the grace to save his life, he endured it again and again, allowing the hatred and war spirit to accumulate more and more. Jia Xu, as the mastermind of the Qi army, knew that Cai Ji had always had high hopes for Koji Yan. Otherwise, Duan Emei and others would not have been sent to rescue Lu Yan. So as soon as he heard that Cai Ji was going to summon Koji to enter the account, Jia Xu knew that Cai Ji was going to move seriously this time.

Sure enough, Cai Ji at this moment immediately nodded happily and said, "Koji Yan is bent on avenging his father." Lone gave him a chance. ”

Small Theatre Hours:

Side dishes wipe sweat: Mr. Wenhe's examination school is really round after round~~~~

Jia Xu twisted his beard: Old man, this is the unity of teaching and doing. The Lord still needs more experience.

Xiaocai: When will Lone graduate?

Jia Xu: It's still far away, how far is it?

Side Dishes: Has there been progress?

Jia Xu: It's a little bit done.

Side Treat: Keep up the good work! Marching to the Commander-in-Chief 60~~~

The content of the National Day suspension will be slowly added. Thank you for your understanding. It is said that taking buns to relatives on vacation is more tiring than going to work. The elderly can't code words at home. In addition, the face of the puppet steamed bun has developed in the direction of buckwheat steamed buns~~~ This is not scientific~~~ (to be continued)