Chapter 22: The Great War Is Imminent
Yan Liang is a well-known general in this era, and he is one of the best figures under Yuan Shao, and Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, saw that Yuan Shao began to play with him, and he was a little scared at that time, and immediately begged Cao Cao for mercy.
Cao Cao, who received Liu Yan's letter, knew that the real dry goods of this battle had come, and it was time for him to move, and the dilemma of the white horse should be solved! Because it's a question of which side morale will be on.
This time, the vast number of generals and ministers under Cao Cao gathered together, with serious faces, and Guan Yu, who was a partial general, was also invited by Cao Cao, after all, according to Cao Cao, they are all fighting for the Han Dynasty, and their banners are all the banners of the Han Dynasty, not the banners of their old Cao family, so Guan Yu has to come.
They all know that this time Yuan Shao can be described as menacing, and the strength of the people is definitely far more than Cao Cao's, although they have made complete preparations, but Yuan Shao is not a paper tiger.
Not only that, Liu Biao of Jingzhou was also involved in this matter, although Liu Biao did not personally send troops to help Yuan Shao, but he lobbied the generals of Yuzhou and Guanzhong with Yuan Shao, so that they could secretly prepare against Cao.
In this, most of the counties in Yuzhou responded to the call of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, and the generals of the counties in Guanzhong were generally on the sidelines, which was not a good thing for Cao Cao, if he could not give Yuan Shao's army a blow, those Guanzhong generals who were watching would definitely fall to Yuan Shao, once that situation occurred, Cao Cao would be really difficult, although he had the emperor in his hands, although only he could be called the master of the king.
"The siege of White Horse, Liu Yan has sent a letter, this battle, I have decided to send troops to relieve the siege, Yan Liang is a number of generals under Yuan Shao, defeated him, this battle can be expected!"
After finishing speaking, Cao Cao's eyes were wide glazed and he looked at these strategists in front of him.
He has already set the tone, and how to fight the rest of the battle is a matter of collective efforts.
After a short pause, a person stood out in front of Cao Cao, in his forties, with a white face and few beards, short and thin, but his face was slightly raised, and he looked like a child of a family.
"Gongda, what's the plan, let's talk about it!"
This person is Xun Yu, his well-known identity is Xun Yu's nephew, but he is also a figure who has proven himself under Cao Cao.
The reason why Cao Cao was able to flood Pi with almost bloodless water and capture Lu Bu alive before was a strategy offered by Xun You.
Because of this, he stood up confidently, and Cao Cao was slightly relieved.
"Sikong, Yuan Shao has a lot of soldiers, it is really unwise to go directly to Yan Liang, it is really unwise, and it is completely impossible to give full play to the characteristics of sufficient generals and few soldiers under the command, according to my opinion, just use the strategy of attacking the east and the west, disperse Yuan Shao's troops, first send a team of soldiers and horses to Yanjin, disguise the river crossing to attack Yuan Shao's rear, Yuan Shao will definitely divide his troops to the west, and then Sikong will send light cavalry to quickly attack the Yuan army attacking Baima, and if it is not prepared, it will definitely be able to repel Yan Liang!"
After a few words, a plan to solve the siege of the white horse has come out.
Cao Cao looked at the map hanging on the wall and pondered for a moment, nodded involuntarily, and then looked at Guo Jia and the others.
This kind of thing is not over with a pat on the brain, and there may always be something missing from a person's thoughts, but under normal circumstances, if anyone's strategy can get the approval of several other strategists, this strategy will be considered eight or nine.
Guo Jia is not a person who likes to hide clumsy, when he saw Cao Cao's little eyes, he had already begun to drift to him, and he was not ambiguous at that time, so he spoke directly.
"Gongda's plan not only combines the current position and number of our army and Yuan Shao's army, but also takes Yuan Shao's temperament into account, a clever plan! The minister thinks that Sikong can act directly according to the plan! ”
This is equivalent to a final word, after the other advisers heard it, they also nodded one after another, Xun You is really a person who has two hits, plus Guo Jia has topped him up for so much, this matter was decided almost within a few words.
Guan Yu looked at the generals, and his heart was still quite unpleasant.
The gap between Liu Bei and Cao Cao is too big, even if the military generals are not mentioned, but from the perspective of the strategists, Liu Bei is almost equal to zero.
Whenever he encountered a war, Liu Bei was worried and calculated with them how to use this limited number of soldiers and horses, and he had never been so calm and calm as Cao Cao.
At this point, Guan Yu actually began to calm down, he followed Cao Cao to fight such a big battle, which can be regarded as a kind of learning and experience, if he really has the opportunity to return to Liu Bei's side in the future, he will be done with all the skills he has learned during this time.
After the plan is decided, the next question is the selection of people.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xu Yu's strategy is good, but the real cavalry commander who was sent out to attack Yan Liang is the key to the key.
Yan Liang is a famous general in Hebei, and he has proved himself in many major battles, and it is definitely not something that Cao Cao can deal with with just two people, otherwise Liu Yan would not be able to cry for help, right?
Strategists can ask these advisers under his command, but Cao Cao will never fake his hands when it comes to selecting and employing people, just like he must keep Guan Yu by his side, those talents before, Cao Cao also did this, in terms of employing people, he has absolute self-confidence, and knows that he can put the right people in the right position.
"Just act according to this plan, tomorrow before dawn will send troops to feint, once Yuan Shao divides his troops to Yanjin, I will personally lead the army to relieve the siege of Baima, Xu Huang and I are in the Chinese army, Wen Yuan and Yun Chang are the vanguard, quickly engage Yan Liang, the sooner the enemy retreats, the better!"
Guan Yu was still studying here with the mentality of watching the excitement and playing soy sauce, and suddenly he became the vanguard of the attack on Yan Liang, which made him quite surprised, after all, he had not made any credit to Cao Cao, and he had to admire Cao Cao's courage to take the lead in such an important battle.
However, admiring Cao Cao and admiring Cao Cao, since Guan Yu is standing here, since he has sent his two sisters-in-law to the emperor's palace, he is ready to touch Yuan Shao.
Zhang Liao, who was named along with Guan Yu, was originally just Lu Bu's general, but after Lu Bu was killed, he was left behind by Cao Cao, and quickly integrated into Cao Cao's generals.
Guan Yu understood that in addition to valuing his and Zhang Liao's abilities, Cao Cao sent the two of them to be pioneers in this battle, and also had the intention of letting Zhang Liao win over himself again, after all, they were all from someone else's command, and there must be a common language.