Chapter 852: Yuan Shao attacks Xuanyuan

"The leader of this alliance believes that the troops should be divided into three routes, respectively from the east, southeast, south, and three directions to march to Luoyang."

As soon as Qin Haobing's proposal to divide into three ways was spoken, the scene instantly became extremely silent, and everyone couldn't help but show a contemplative look.

Just when most of them were thinking about it, Liu Xiu was the first to figure out the connection, and stood up and said: "Alliance leader, although our army destroyed the 50,000 cavalry of the Liang army in this battle, the remaining strength of the Liang army is still abundant. ”

Qin Hao also showed a surprised look, he didn't expect that the first person to stand up and question himself would be Liu Xiu, it seems that the previous suppression of him was not enough, just forget the pain when the scar is healed.

As soon as Liu Xiu's words came out, some of the princes also nodded subconsciously, after all, the division of troops into three routes did cause the troops to be scattered.

However, these princes did not refute directly, but out of trust in Qin Hao, they quietly waited for Qin Hao's words.

Liu Xiu also knew that Qin Hao's prestige was extremely high, and it could be seen that none of the princes stood up, and he was secretly frightened in his heart and weighed at the same time, would Qin Hao target himself here because of this?

Li Shimin's fire attack failed due to heavy rain, and although Liu Xiu, who was in the sea of fire, was intact, he still thought that Qin Hao was deliberately calculating himself, otherwise why would he let himself be a bait instead of others?

After the fire, Liu Xiu's headquarters suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and Qin Hao also compensated Liu Xiu for the corresponding horse equipment, but Liu Xiu, who already had a mustard in his heart, would not be grateful to Qin Hao for this, but redoubled his care to prevent being calculated by Qin Hao again.

Liu Xiu was not a passive beater, and knew that Qin Hao must have follow-up methods, and in order to protect himself, he had to take action, otherwise he would be sold by Qin Hao and have to count the money for him.

The only way Liu Xiu could think of to protect himself was to suppress Qin Hao's prestige as much as possible, as long as Qin Hao's words were not a word in the coalition army, then the predicament he faced would be much better, and this must also be supported by other princes.

And the reason why Liu Xiu questioned Qin Hao just now was also deliberately tempting, but he didn't expect that so many princes agreed, but no one dared to stand up.

"Is Qin Hao's prestige already so high? It seems that if Qin Hao doesn't make a big mistake, it will already hit his prestige a lot, and if he continues like this, I'm afraid I will really die without a place to bury. ”

Liu Xiu's expression was indifferent, and he was actually very frightened in his heart, and at this time, Qin Hao also glanced at him meaningfully, which also made Liu Xiu's heart even more panicked.

Qin Hao didn't directly refute Liu Xiu, but Zhi walked to a simple large map and said with a light smile: "Of course, the leader of this alliance knows that the division of troops will cause the dispersion of troops, but you must know that the Liang army still has 250,000 troops, do we want to fight a war of attrition with the Liang army at the Tiger Prison Pass?"

Ladies and gentlemen, with the annihilation of Li Shimin's 50,000 iron cavalry and the transfer of 10,000 iron cavalry from Luoyang to Tiger Prison, although there are only 50,000 troops in the Tiger Prison Pass on the Eastern Front, there are still 80,000 troops led by Yang Jian in Luoyang.

There are only four routes to march into Luoyang, north, east, southeast, and south, and Xiang Yu invaded Sizhou from Mengjin in the north, so this time Li Shimin learned a lesson, and specially arranged 50,000 troops in Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, and sent the general Yang Lin to strictly defend it.

In addition, the three passes of Xuanyuan, Guangcheng and Yique in the southeast and south were also guarded by Yu Wenhua, Han Baohu and Yang Su respectively.

If our army only takes the front line of the Tiger Prison, this is equivalent to stumbling in the Tiger Prison and the Liang Army, and once the Tiger Prison Pass is insufficient, Yang Jian of Luoyang will definitely send reinforcements.

If Luoyang's troops are not enough, the remaining four levels will definitely be divided into troops to support, and if it is really fought like this, this battle will become a meaningless war of attrition. ”

At this time, Qin Hao deliberately stopped, and after looking around at the major princes, he found that most of them were contemplating, after all, what he said was not wrong at all, if it really became a war of attrition, it would still be their troops that would be consumed.

Soon the princes figured out the key point, and Yuan Shao sighed and said in a deep voice: "What the alliance leader said is reasonable, it can't be a war of attrition, otherwise the casualties will be too great." ”

Yuan Shu retorted: "But if the troops are divided into three routes, our coalition army will attack the three Xiongguan, so won't the casualties be greater?" ”

Although Yuan Shu has done a lot of stupid things before, but this speech has been recognized by many people, in their opinion, only attacking one Tiger Prison Pass, it is certainly not as big as the casualties of attacking three Xiong Pass, but fighting and settling accounts are different, and it is not calculated like this at all.

"Highway is a bad word."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a fine light, and he explained with a smile: "Even if our army is divided into three routes, it does not mean that it must attack the three passes, but the division of troops can drag more soldiers and horses of the Liang army, thereby reducing the pressure on the side of Tiger Pass." ”

As soon as Cao Cao's words were outstanding, the princes suddenly realized.

Yes, as long as the coalition troops and horses swing to other checkpoints, the Liang army stationed there will naturally not dare to move lightly, and then the coalition army will only need to face the Liang army of Fu Hujiao and Luoyang.

Seeing that the princes were really guided by themselves, Qin Hao continued while smiling secretly in his heart: "What Cao Yanzhou said is exactly what the leader of this alliance thinks, not to mention attacking a tiger prison pass, the army of more than 500,000 people will not be able to use it at all, it is better to divide the troops to deter the Liang army in the rest of the places, so as to reduce the casualties and consumption to the greatest extent." ”

This time, the princes finally reacted.

Yes, the Tiger Prison is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass, it is already the limit that it can accommodate 10,000 people to attack every time, and the 500,000 army cannot be used at all, and except for a small number of attacking troops, the vast majority of the rest of the soldiers can't be idle, right? That's why the division of troops can make a big deal out of interests.

As soon as he thought of this, all the princes thought in their hearts that Qin Hao was sincerely thinking about the coalition army, and the method he came up with was really the most beneficial to the coalition army.

If Qin Hao knew what the princes thought, he would definitely laugh, where did he think about the princes, he just wanted to borrow the hands of the princes to win the Luoyang Eight Passes for himself.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is imperative to divide the troops, but there is still anyone who opposes it?"

"I'm willing to listen to the alliance leader."

"Okay."

Qin Hao nodded with satisfaction, then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said with a light smile: "Now I order Yuan Shao to be the main general of the southeast road, Yuan Shu is the deputy general, lead the army of 100,000, take the southeast line, and attack Xuanyuan Pass." ”

Yuan Shao obviously didn't expect that Qin Hao would make him one of the main generals of the three roads, but this did not hinder the joy in his heart, and he immediately stood up and responded loudly: "Thank you for the trust of the alliance master." ”