Just when Jizhou was preparing to fight, the person Yan Liang and they were looking forward to, Xue Yun, finally returned.

Yan Liang talked about the situation of the Yellow Turban Army in general, and then talked about the methods discussed by several of his people.

Yan Liang analyzed it, through their development during this period of time, the number of the whole army is currently around 130,000, which is not much different from the Yellow Turban Army.

And their armament was no worse than Zhang Liang's army.

But what worries them is the quality of the soldiers, of their 130,000 people, only about 80,000 can be called elite troops, and the rest are recruits who have only been recruited this month.

Although some of them have experienced the Battle of Youzhou, after all, they lack experience, and there is still a big gap compared to the real elite troops.

Although they also have the support of young men from all over the city, they have replenished a large number of soldiers.

But because of the suddenness of the incident, Yan Liang and the others didn't have so many armor weapons at all.

Therefore, the vast majority of these people are, like the situation in Youzhou, relying on full of enthusiasm, but they have not experienced formal training and have low combat ability.

Therefore, Yan Liang would not let them directly confront Zhang Liang's elite troops, but only let them be responsible for collecting boulders and wood, and let them take on the task of slingers.

And he gathered together all the oil and spirits of the city.

He planned to continue to stage a scene of Anhua City burning the enemy army.

After Xue Yun listened, he said, "These methods of yours are all good, but this time we are at a disadvantage, and we can't set up a position with them as usual, and charge head-on." ”

After listening to Xue Yun's words, Xu You said, "The lord wants to ambush Zhang Liang on the way to the march? Before they reach Jizhou, first lose some of them? ”

Xue Yun nodded and said, "Zhang Liang is not Zhao Dong, he won't delay time with us." For him, the battle with us is a decisive battle, that is, the first and final battle. He will destroy us as soon as possible, and then let the world know how powerful their Yellow Turban Army is. ”

"Since the Yellow Turbans intend to fight a quick victory, then we will waste time with them. As soon as the time is extended, Zhang Liang will be in a hurry. That's when our chance comes. Tian Feng said.

"Also..."

Xu Shu opened his mouth and said, "Zhang Liang's expedition this time, the march is hundreds of miles, and there will definitely be problems with the supply of grain and grass. And if he wants to end the battle quickly, he will definitely not have much food and grass with him. As long as we cut off the supply of food and grass to the Yellow Turban Army at that time, then his 150,000 army will only fight us hungry. ”

After Xue Yun listened to the thoughts and suggestions of his strategists, he summarized them.

He said, "Combined with what you just said, we will send two armies of soldiers and horses, one of which will ambush Zhang Liang on the way to come here, and raid him at the right time; The other, rounding the rear of the Yellow Turban Army, was not to raid from behind, but to cut off his food supply. At that time, their morale will be greatly disturbed, and we will take this opportunity to launch a general attack. ”

After listening to Xue Yun's words, everyone nodded, and then everyone chose a valley as the ambush location, which was the only way to Jizhou.

If you choose to take a detour, you will have to walk for three or four more days.

Xue Yun sent a thousand crossbowmen and five thousand people of Jizhou to that valley under the leadership of a general.

These people are specially throwing stones at the camp of the Yellow Turban Army.

Moreover, Xue Yun's troops are limited, if all the troops sent out are his own army, then in the final decisive battle, his own influence will be extremely unfavorable.

In addition, the task of attacking the Yellow Turban Army's food route, Xue Yun asked five thousand recruits and a newly recruited general to complete it.

Because the logistics unit of the Yellow Turban Army cannot be so strong as the human army, there is no need to send veterans under his command to complete the task.

After everything was ready, Yan Liang suddenly asked, "Lord, are you still catching birds?" ”

Xue Yun was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and only understood after half a sound.

It turned out that Yan Liang still remembered the battle of Anhua City, when he asked the hundreds of birds to burn the Yellow Turban Army's food and grass.

I have to say that it was the most crucial move to decide whether the war was won or lost.

But it doesn't work at the moment, because this kind of plan can only be used once, and Zhang Liang must be prepared to prevent fire attacks when he comes this time.

Just when Xue Yun was about to tell Yan Liang that this strategy could no longer be used, Xu You opened his mouth to explain.

"General Yan, Zhang Liang already knows about this plan, he must be on guard. Moreover, we must also be prepared to prevent Zhang Rang from using this trick! ”

In the way of the other, give back to the other.

This method can be used by Xue Yun, then he Zhang Liang can also use it.

As soon as Xue Yun heard this, he asked people to put all the grain in the city in the granary.

The door of the granary was made of iron, and the walls were made of stone, and there were no windows, so it was not afraid of birds.

And he commanded the people who had not yet left, that they should store up water to prevent fires in the city.

Then Xue Yun received information from the scout, saying that Zhang Liang's army still had more than 200 miles to go from here, and it was expected to arrive at noon tomorrow.

After Xue Yun listened, he knew that they had one day to prepare.

Although everything is ready, just wait for the Yellow Turban Army to come.

But Xue Yun still felt uneasy in his heart, but he just couldn't tell what it was?

Xu Shu saw Xue Yun's expression and said loudly, "Is there anything else the lord is worried about?" ”

Xue Yun frowned, shook his head after half a sound, and said, "I don't know, there is nothing wrong with our arrangement, but I am inexplicably a little worried, but I can't say it." ”

After listening to it, everyone thought about the plan just now, and they all thought that there was nothing wrong, and they didn't know what the lord was worried about?

"My lord, the plan we just made is foolproof, and we don't need to worry about anything at all."

Xu You said on the side, let Yuan Shao not worry, it may just be groundless.

"We? Yes, that's us! Xue Yun shouted.

Xu You's words can be described as waking up the dreamer with a word.

Everyone didn't know why their lord had such a big reaction?

Xue Yun said, "Yes, who said that the Yellow Turban Army only attacked us, as well as Yanzhou and Youzhou. ”

"But Cao Cao of Yanzhou has already returned, and the Yellow Turban Army is not superior in numbers, so it can't get any bargains." Tian Feng analyzed.

Xu Shu nodded, and then said, "Yes, although Youzhou is outnumbered, but since that Yuan Shu has served as the pastor of Youzhou, he must definitely send troops to help Youzhou, should... ”

Xu Shu suddenly stopped when he said this, because he thought of a very terrible thing.

Not only him, but also Xu You, Tian Feng and others were shocked.

"The Yellow Turban Army will take advantage of Yuan Shu's rush to the aid of Youzhou to capture all parts of his Huainan. After all, compared to Yuan Shu's territory, Youzhou is insignificant," Xu You said.

Xue Yun hurriedly said, "Hurry up and inform Yuan Shu of this news, let him be careful." ”