"PS: There is a bit of a delay at home today, so I can only have time to code a chapter."

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After a cheerful laugh, Xue Ao began to talk about his battle strategy.

His entire combat strategy can be roughly divided into three steps, that is, luring the enemy deep in the future, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack in the depths of winter, and encircling and suppressing the pursuit in the spring.

The so-called lure the enemy years ago, that is, to indulge the three rebels of Jiangxia, Yuzhang and Jiangdong to continue to penetrate deep into Liang County, let them join their divisions, and let them capture Xianping, during the period, the county towns on the way to the rebels' attack, such as Kaifeng County and Xiaohuang County, all gave up, and let the rebels come to Liangcheng.

Xue Ao estimated that the rebels' attack speed would only advance to Liangcheng at most, but it was absolutely impossible to pose a threat to Liangcheng and the 100,000 troops currently assembled in the Liangcheng area.

After hearing this, Zhao Yu was quite surprised.

After all, in his opinion, with the image of the 'fierce man' shown by Xue Ao, at this time, he should be desperate to let all the soldiers and horses kill to Xianping to confront the rebels, how can he sit in Liangcheng?

Of course, this is just a joke, and from a rational point of view, Xue Ao's judgment is undoubtedly correct.

You must know that it is the end of October, and the weather is rapidly turning cold, and at this moment, calling all the armies to rush to Xianping, which is seventy or eighty miles away from Liangcheng, is tantamount to giving up the advantage of 'waiting for work with ease' - you rushed to Xianping, and you want to set up camp first, right? You need to stock up on firewood, right? Zhao Yu and Li Meng have already done these winter preparations once, is it possible that they have to do it again?

Don't forget, the rebels on the opposite side have already built a camp in the area of Xianping County, and the other party can completely wait for work in turn - Chen Miao, the commander of the Jiangxia rebels, is not a fool, and will definitely send people to harass and sabotage the Jin army's establishment of camps, forcing the Jin army to retreat, how can the Jin army easily build a camp?

Therefore, Xianping County must give up, this county seat seventy or eighty miles away from Liangcheng is still too far away after all, so that the 100,000 Jin army whip is beyond the reach.

However, what surprised Zhao Yu even more was that after Xue Ao gave up Xianping, he was actually ready to give up Kaifeng and Xiaohuang County.

The old name of Kaifeng is Kaifeng, it is built by Zheng Bing, the general of Zheng Guo in ancient times, which means 'opening up the frontier', to wait until the time of the Han Kingdom, in order to avoid Emperor Jing and change its name to Kaifeng, it is located in the position of Liangcheng to the west of the inevitable west, about 40 miles away from Liangcheng.

Xiaohuang County is located in the southeast of Liangcheng, about 30 miles away from Liangcheng.

With the current weather that is about to enter winter, the distance between the two counties must be awkward - you say that you must not be able to hold it, but not necessarily; But you said that you must be able to hold it, unless another army is stationed, otherwise in the cold and freezing conditions, Liang Cheng is really not sure.

After all, with heavy snow closing the roads and freezing weather, an army can barely go into battle after a thirty-mile march.

In view of this, Xue Ao also decisively gave up Kaifeng and Xiaohuang County.

That...... What about the military and civilians in Kaifeng and Xiaohuang counties? What about the families and rich families in the city who will be slaughtered by the rebels as long as the city is broken?

Zhao Yu looked at Xue Ao, Tong Yan, and Li Meng quietly, but saw that none of the three raised relevant questions.

Because everyone understands that it is impossible for them to notify Kaifeng and Xiaohuang Counties in advance, otherwise once the news leaks, there will inevitably be a large number of refugees fleeing to Liangcheng, and whether Liangcheng accepts these refugees or not, this will cause a huge burden to Liangcheng.

"This is probably Ci Bu's soldiers......

Seeing Xue Ao's solemn expression and indifferent tone explaining his strategy, Zhao Yu thought secretly in his heart.

Indulge the rebels approaching Liangcheng in order to lure the enemy deeper, since there is a lure to the enemy, then there must be a means of countermeasures, and Xue Ao's countermeasure is to wait for the rebels to approach Liangcheng, at the right time to surprise Kaifeng and Xiaohuang, while recapturing these two county seats, the rebels who claim to be 300,000 are locked in the zigzag pockets of Liangcheng, Kaifeng, and Xiaohuang counties.

At this time, the two Jin armies stationed in Kaifeng and Xiaohuang can cut off the rebels' grain routes, as long as they can do this, even if the rebels' strength is indeed as high as 300,000, they are doomed to defeat, and in time, the 100,000 Jin army can launch Xue Ao's third step of operation, that is, encirclement and pursuit.

"Do you have anything to add?"

After talking about all the strategies, Xue Ao asked Zhao Yu, Tong Yan, and Li Meng for their opinions.

Hearing this, Tong Yan immediately stroked his palm and said, "Wonderful! ”

Immediately, he began to praise Xue Ao.

However, Xue Ao didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, making Tong Yan bored again.

"What about you?"

Xue Ao set his eyes on Zhao Yu and Li Meng, and said meaningfully: "What Xue wants to hear is not a compliment, but a practical suggestion. ”

"This ......" Li Meng thought about it for a while, suddenly looked at Zhao Yu slyly, and said with a smile: "With Captain Zhou here, how dare I give any opinion?" Let's listen to Captain Zhou's opinion first. ”

"Hmm."

Xue Ao nodded, and also looked at Zhao Yu with interest.

Being stared at by three pairs of eyes, Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although he knew that Li Meng had no malicious intentions, he didn't really want to make any suggestions if he could, but this was not the case, he had to say something to suggest for construction, otherwise, it might cause Xue Ao's displeasure - he had clearly repelled the rebels in Kunyang and Xuchang several times before, but now he didn't have the slightest suggestion? Do you have any prejudices against me Xue Ao?

In order to better hide his identity, Zhao Yu naturally hopes to have a good relationship with Xue Ao, a general of the chariot and cavalry, regardless of whether he can use this friendship in the future.

But how do you give your opinion to win the general's favor?

Zhao Yu pondered carefully, and then hugged his fists and said: "In this case, dare to say a few words." …… General Xue's strategy, well, how to say it, is decent......"

"......" Li Meng changed color slightly, and looked at Zhao Yu in dismay.

However, before he could open his mouth, Zhao Yu himself had already made a remedy: "Of course, I know that this is due to the current time that is not conducive to our side, otherwise, with General Xue's bravery and strategy, how can he have no choice but to give up the three counties of Xianping, Kaifeng, and Xiaohuang?" ”

Hearing this, the look on Li Meng's face became even more stunned, and he said bluntly: This kid is really good at talking.

From the side, Tong Yan also looked at Zhao Yu again with a look of surprise.

As the party concerned, Xue Ao looked at Zhao Yu with interest and asked with a smile: "So, what does Zhou Duwei suggest?" ”

Zhao Yu clenched his fists and said, "Don't dare to say suggestions." …… As the lowly official said, in the current weather, this strategy can only be adopted for the time being, and the lowly official has the courage to make up for some omissions in the general's strategy......"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the location of Kaifeng and Xiaohuang counties on the map, and said: "The most critical point in General Xue's strategy, and the biggest flaw, is that the rebels will press too closely on Liang County, or even the soldiers will come to the city, so what if the rebels are stationed in Kaifeng and Xiaohuang counties?" "Yue e-book

He looked up at Xue Ao, clenched his fists and said, "Please forgive the general." …… Although he has not fought with the rebels of Yuzhang and Jiangdong, he has dealt with Chen Miao, Xiang Xuan, and Zhou Gong, Chen Miao, who is better than Guan Shuo, and is cautious and steady, and will never be greedy for merit...... Under the arrival of the soldiers, pressing too the girder did help to improve the morale of the rebels, but the rebels also had to pay a corresponding price, not to mention anything else, just the matter of setting up camp, he knew that we would not let him succeed easily. Didn't the general give up rushing to the aid of Xianping precisely because it was difficult to quickly set up camp in the local area? ”

After saying that, he hugged his fist towards Xue Ao again, lowered his posture and said: "This is a humble and foolish opinion, if there is anything offensive to the general, please also ask the general Haihan." ”

"Hahaha."

Xue Ao smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

He really didn't care, after all, the combat strategy he proposed was just a rough strategy he had preliminarily formulated, and even he knew that there must be flaws in it, so he had to discuss it with Li Meng and this Captain Zhou.

Now, this Zhou Duwei did make a suggestion, and he made it clear in one sentence, and it was too late for him to praise it.

It seems that this kind of person who dares to make a 'decent' evaluation of his suggestions is not overly praised, and seeks truth from facts, in Xue Ao's opinion, that is a truly qualified general with troops, and it is completely different from a guy who is used to flattering and flattering next to him.

"This week, the tiger is worthy of defeating the anti-thief Guan Shuo in Kunyang......

Secretly praising in his heart, Xue Ao asked Zhao Yu with joy when he saw Hunting Heart: "So, what does Zhou Duwei have any suggestions for this?" ”

"I did......

Zhao Yu secretly smiled bitterly, because he had already guessed that Xue Ao would ask such a question.

But what advice did he have?

Even if he really had a suggestion, he couldn't just tell Xue Ao like that.

Although in this battle, he felt more and more that the righteous teacher won less and lost more, but deep in his heart, he still hoped that the righteous teacher could take the advantage.

"Hmm......"

He pretended to groan, but in fact racked his brains to think of a way to deal with Xue Ao.

Suddenly, his heart moved slightly, and he came up with a plan.

He clenched his fists and said to Xue Ao: "General, according to his humble opinion, if he wants to let the rebels fall into the scheme, then the only way is to 'show the enemy weak'......"

"What kind of weakness?"

"Let the rebels see that we are in a hurry...... Zhao Yu did not sell Guanzi, and immediately explained: "It just so happens that the general only arrived in Liangcheng yesterday, so we might as well kill Xianping immediately......"

"You mean......" Xue Ao touched the short beard on his chin thoughtfully, looking at his expression, he should have guessed a few points.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded and continued: "This time we go to Xianping, our side will definitely return in vain, because the rebels will definitely not let us build a camp in the local area and confront it, but this time we will return in vain, but it may make the rebels misjudge our rash advance." …… According to my understanding of Chen Miao, we have sold such a big flaw, he will definitely not let it go, if my guess is correct, he will definitely send an army to bite us tightly and force our army to retreat to Liangcheng all the way. …… In this way, although our soldiers ran in vain and consumed their energy in vain, Chen Miao must have thought of this, and this might become more radical and try to establish a camp in Liangcheng in order to persecute Liangcheng. ”

"Hmm."

Xue Ao nodded contemplatively, and praised with a smile: "Wonderful! …… That's the trick! ”

After that, he ignored Tong Yan's somewhat embarrassed look, and said: "Just take Zhou Duwei's method, Li Meng, you and me, and Zhou Duwei, the three of us will lead the army to Xianping." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Yu and Li Meng immediately responded with fists.

At this time, Xue Ao instructed Tong Yan again: "As for Tong Duwei, he is still in charge of Liangcheng......"

Just when Zhao Yu secretly thought that he had timed, he heard Xue Ao tell Tong Yan again: "In addition, Tong Duwei should be careful about the direction of the county. …… Although the two rebels of Yuzhang and Jiangdong had converged with Chen Miao's Jiangxia rebels, the Jiangdong rebels did not necessarily reserve an army in Kaoxian in order to contain Liangcheng at some time. …… This time, I went to Xianping with Zhou Duwei and Li Duwei, and most of them will be in a stalemate with those rebels for a few days, or even more than ten days, during which if it snows heavily, I am afraid that we will not be able to return to Liangcheng in the short term. ”

Tong Yan immediately straightened his expression, clasped his fists and said, "Understood, please rest assured General Xue!" ”

『……』

Zhao Yu, who saw this scene from the side, was slightly stiff under the mask.

Yes, he proposed to Xue Ao the deeper meaning of 'showing weakness to the enemy', which was to evacuate the garrison of Liangcheng, so that Jiangdong Yishi could sneak attack Liangcheng from Kao County - after all, Kao County is just east of Liangcheng, although it is separated by nearly a hundred miles, but if Liangcheng neglects to take precautions, Jiangdong Yishi may not have no chance at all.

However, Xue Ao, who seemed to be a reckless man, saw at a glance that his strategy of luring the enemy would cause weakness to Liang Cheng, and immediately reminded Tong Yan, so that the opportunity that Zhao Yu secretly created for Jiangdong Yishi came to naught.

What's more, Xue Ao also took into account the possibility of heavy snowfall, reminded Tong Yan that their three armies might not be able to withdraw to Liangcheng in the short term, and told Tong Yan to increase control over the south to prevent the rebels from bypassing the rear of their three armies and taking the opportunity to separate their three armies from Liangcheng.

It is no exaggeration to say that the real flaws that Zhao Yu deliberately left for the rebels were blocked by Xue Ao in two sentences.

This made Zhao Yu only smile bitterly, and at the same time sighed in his heart: This is the Five Tigers of Chenmen, which is simply impeccable.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Xue Ao has not doubted him for the time being, and even was deceived by his words of 'pretending to lure the enemy and the real enemy', and he appreciated him more and more, and finally returned a little.

And this also reminded Zhao Yu: you must not underestimate Xue Ao's overall situation and strategy, and try not to try to deceive this cavalry general in terms of strategy, otherwise, this Xue Ao will become suspicious of him sooner or later.

In view of the fact that there are only five or six days left before the end of October, and a heavy snowfall may fall at any time, Xue Ao decided to immediately implement Zhao Yu's plan to lure the enemy.

He ordered the Henan army, which had the largest number of troops, to leave 10,000 people to guard the camp, and the rest of the Henan army and the Yingchuan army immediately rushed to Xianping County.

Even he himself led 5,000 cavalry under his command and another 5,000 horseback foot soldiers to Xianping, posing as if he wanted to defend Xianping and fight the rebels in Xianping.

The march of as many as 60,000 troops naturally could not hide from the ears and eyes of the rebels, and the rebels scattered in the area of Liangcheng immediately sent the news to Xianping in advance, to the rebels' camp, and handed over to the Jiangxia rebels' Qu Shuai Chen Miao.

I have to say that Zhao Yu's trick of 'fake luring the enemy and real capital enemy' not only deceived Xue Ao, but even Chen Miao on the opposite side was confused: this is about to enter winter, and the 60,000 Jin troops are not good to stay in Liangcheng for the winter.

Isn't this giving up the opportunity to his righteous teacher in vain?

"Something isn't right......

Chen Miao instinctively felt that this matter was a little weird.