Cao Fei, Zhang Shao, Tian Ju and others were summoned to Xin Er's tent.

Because Pan Kuan and others were expelled from the court, the current situation in Wangcheng Guyin is relatively stable, so Xin Er left the capital this time, leaving only Huang Rong and Yang Chao and Yang Fu brothers, Tang Ai, Zhang Gui, etc., and Yang Hezhi, who had just joined him, were brought into the army as a staff officer, and in order to show that he and Lu Shuang "abandon the previous suspicion and re-align the alliance", the right Sima Guo Daoqing of the governor's mansion also joined the army.

Tang Ai, Zhang Gui, Guo Daoqing, and Yang Hezhi also came one after another.

Sit down.

First of all, Zhang Gu will introduce the current comprehensive enemy situation.

Zhang Gui's legs and feet were inconvenient, and he limped to the painted map hanging on the tent wall, opened his eyes, found the location of Xiangwu County in Longxi County from the map, pointed at it with a straight whip, and said: "According to the investigation, there are about 5,000 Qin Lu who are now stationed in Xiangwu County, and their lord will be Lu Ming. ”

He turned his head to look at Cao Fei and the others, talked about Lu Ming's deeds, and said, "Lu Ming, this person, was not famous in Qin before, and his reuse by Qin has been in recent years. He was originally a subordinate of Pu Ying, but later Pu Ying rebelled, he gathered four or five henchmen, and in Pu Ying's palace, he was captured on the spot, so that he became famous in Qin and got Meng Lang's respect; According to rumors, he has a little slave named Qingque, somehow, it seems that he was taken by Pu Mao and became Pu Mao's male favorite, in short, this person is the upstart under the eyes of Qin. From the fact that he captured Pu Ying, it can be seen that this person is not only quite courageous, but also decisive, and should not be underestimated.

"The one who guarded Xiangwu with Lu Ming was a man named Ji He. Ji He is Meng Lang's subordinate. This person is deeply appreciated by Meng Lang, and he is resourceful, so Zhao Yanli failed to vote for me in the west before, that is, he was defeated by the joint efforts of this person and Lu Ming; General Cao and General Tian were blocked between the two mountains and were not allowed to help Longxi County, which was also obstructed by these people and Lu Ming. This person is not to be underestimated. ”

When it came to "General Cao and General Tian were blocked between the two mountains", Cao Fei's old face was red, and Tian Ju's face was as black as iron.

Regarding the expressions of these two people, Zhang Gui had one eye anyway, but he didn't see it, turned his face back, looked back on the map, and carried a straight whip, moved along Xiangwu County, moved about forty or fifty miles to the southwest, and stopped at Yanxian County.

He said to everyone: "Yan County is the old county of the Qin Dynasty of the previous generation, because of the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the local population decreased sharply, to the previous Dynasty Cheng Dynasty, this county was omitted, this dynasty followed the Cheng Dynasty, and also incorporated this county into Xiangwu County; However, although there is no county, the county seat of the county still exists. According to intelligence, the number of soldiers and horses of the existing Yao Tao Department and Xiangwu's Qin Lu is similar, and it is also about 5,000 people, stationed in this city. ”

After talking about the situation of the enemy army in Yan County, he turned to everyone again, introduced Yao Tao, and said, "The battle between Yao Guo and Qin is known. Yao Tao is the younger brother of Yao Guo. After Yao Guo's death, his subordinates supported Yao Tao to succeed Yao Guo and became their leader. It is worth noting that Yao Tao still has several brothers, but Yao Guo's tribes unanimously support Yao Tao, and his brothers have no objection to this, which shows that this person must be an extraordinary person, at least he can win the hearts of the people.

"Last year, a more important event occurred in Qin, that is, it was rumored that Yao Tao was going to defect to Wei, but Yao Tao did not defect, and his younger brother Yao Jin fled to Wei. Although judging from the later intelligence, Pu Mao still has a lot of trust in Yao Tao, but Yao Jin's defection will definitely have a great impact on Yao Tao. He will either be grateful for Pu Mao's magnanimity, or he may be dead set on Pu Mao; Either he may be overly hardworking, but inwardly he may be really worried. If the latter is the case, it may be able to be used by our army. ”

Zhang Gu paused, and then said, "When General Cao and General Tian were blocked between the two mountains, Yao Tao and his subordinates were also one of the Qin troops who blocked them. ”

Cao Fei's old face turned red again.

Tian Ju was furious, his face changed from black to black, he looked at Zhang Turtle angrily, and said in his heart: "Blind Turtle, is it deliberate?" ”

Zhang Gu really didn't mean it, he specially pointed out this article in order to arouse everyone's attention to Yao Tao.

After talking about Yao Tao, Zhang Gui turned to the map, and straightened the whip along Zhangxian County to the northwest, moving for forty or fifty miles, stopping at the north bank of the source of Weishui, which is Shouyang County. Shouyang County, Xiangwu County, and Xiangwu County just form a roughly equilateral triangle.

Zhang Gui said: "Shouyang County is the closest to our army. At present, in its city, the Qin captives stationed in the city have the largest number of soldiers and horses, about 10,000 people, and its lord will be Shi Shou, the former army general of the Qin Dynasty. Shi Shougang was appointed by Pu Qin as the Taishou of Longxi, and he was also the chief general of the Qin captives in the three cities. Shi Shou, there is no need to introduce him to Jun and others, this person is one of Pu Qin's famous generals, and his name is only second to Gou Xiong. This person has a grim personality, governs the army and purges, and has clashed with the Marquis of Koji several times before, and the two have won and lost each other. ”

After introducing the enemy situation in the three counties, Zhang Gui put down his whip, turned around, faced the people in the tent, and concluded, "This is the situation of the Qin and Capture units that our army is currently facing. According to this, the Qin captured the three cities and guarded both sides of the Weishui. Shouyang takes the lead, and Xiangwu and Yanxian are located around the rear of Shouyang; In addition, after the three counties, there is Tianshui County as the aid, and in the north of the three counties, there is Nan'an County as a barrier.

"If our army attacks Shouyang, then Yao Tao's troops will go out of Yan County, which can threaten the right flank of our army; Lü Ming's troops crossed Weishui from Xiangwu County on the south bank of Weishui, and went up along the water from Weibei, covering the left flank of our army. If our army gives up Shouyang and attacks Yan County, then the soldiers of Shishou will go out of Shouyang and can attack the rear of our army; Lu Ming's troops were out of force and could hit the flanks of our army.

"All in all, Qin Yu currently occupies a favorable position, and this battle is very difficult to fight."

Zhang Gui is in charge of Xin Er's intelligence system, so he knows the situation of Pu Qin generals and advisors such as Lu Ming, Yao Tao, Shi Shou, and Ji He very well. After he finished his overall statement and introduction, he bowed to Xin Er and retreated to his couch and sat down.

Xin Er knelt on the couch with his waist straight, put his hands on his knees, and looked around at Cao Fei, Tian Ju, Tang Ai, Yang Hezhi and others.

Although his mood was urgent, his expression was calm and calm.

He said: "The general hostility is what Chang Ling Shi said. I would like to add two more points.

"One is that now the entire territory of Wudu County has basically fallen, and Zhang Taishou and Li Liang have led less than 1,000 troops, and they are only trapped to defend Qiu Chishan. 127

"One is that Pu Badger Sun led more than 10,000 troops, and he has already reached the outside of Yinping County, perhaps at this time, he has launched a large-scale attack. When Meng Lang attacked my Longxi, Ran Seng Nu attacked Wudu County while sending people to infiltrate Yinping County and colluded with the local Qiang Hao rebellion.

"Gentlemen, don't say much about Wudu County, the situation in Yinping County is very dangerous now! Mingzong and Beigong Yue only had more than 3,000 soldiers in total, more than 10,000 Qin captives attacked outside, and thousands of rebels and disturbed inside, which can be described as internal and external troubles. Our army must not delay more in Wushi County, it is advisable to break through the defense line of Shi Shou, Lu Ming, Yao Tao and other Qin soldiers as soon as possible, and rush to the aid of Yinping County!

"What do you think about this, please speak freely!"

After Lu Ming and Yao Tao withdrew their troops on the same day, Tian Ju rejected Tang Ai's suggestion to rush to attack Longxi County in order to relieve the pressure on Wudu and Yinping, and hurriedly led his troops to meet the koji ball,—— which focused on the overall situation, not to the personal net worth and life, and never had the idea of retreating to Longzhou.

Not only because he was "ridiculed" by Zhang Gui twice just now, but also because he was fighting for himself, Tian Ju was the first to speak, he said: "I have a plan, but I can defeat Shishou and other Qin Yu and recover Longxi County!" ”

Xin Er asked, "What is your best plan?" ”

Tian Ju held his head high and said: "Qin Yu divided the three cities, and their intentions were met, and what they fought must be 'our army will attack one of them, then they will support the remaining two cities, so as to form a siege of our army', since this is the case, why don't our army besiege the city and send reinforcements?" Feint to attack Shouyang, set up an ambush in the road, wait for Yao Tao and Lu Ming to come to help, and defeat it! In this way, its combat power has been annihilated, and the three cities can easily be defeated! ”

These generals and military officials in the account, only Guo Daoqing and him are both former officials of Koji Shuang, the two are considered a party, Tian Judao gave up his opinion, first looked at Xin Er, saw Xin Er silent, turned his eyes Guo Daoqing, hoping to hear his voice "reasonable".

Guo Daoqing half-tilted his face, frowned, and his fingers subconsciously tapped on his legs, as if he was in a state of thought.

Tian Ju didn't wait for the three words he wanted to hear for a long time.

In the silence in the tent, Tian Ju finally couldn't help it, asked Guo Daoqing, and said, "Zishan, what do you think?" ”

Guo Daoqing came to his senses and said, "Qing Zhi's strategy is ......."

Halfway through his words, he paused.

Tian Ju asked, "What's there?" ”

"It's a bit hard to do."

Tian Ju was stunned and asked, "It's a little difficult?" Why? ”

Guo Daoqing said: "Our army has only more than 20,000 in total, and the Qin captives of Shouyang are about 10,000 people. If there are too many troops to siege the city, it will be difficult to set up an ambush. ”

Tian Ju said: "Our army can bluff, build more banners, and set up empty bases to confuse Qin Yu in Shouyang!" ”

Guo Daoqing said: "This is the plan of the general to attack Qiuzi. Changxian, I think that the current situation is different from the situation during the conquest and attack on Qiuzi, and it seems that it is not suitable for the present. In case this plan is seen through by Shi Shou, he leads his troops out of the city and attacks our ambush troops, and at that time, it will not be Qin Lu who will be defeated, but our army! ”

Tian Ju said angrily: "Then what do you think?" ”

Guo Daoqing just felt that Tian Ju's opinion was not good, but he himself had no "high opinion", but he was not embarrassed, and said: "This, this, I still have no idea for a while. ”

Speaking of which, Tianju's siege of the city to send reinforcements is indeed a way, and Xin Er has also thought about this strategy, but unlike Guo Daoqing's worries, Xin Er is worried that if Lu Ming and Yao Tao think that Shishou has 10,000 people, defending the city, it should be enough to block the offensive of the Dingxi army, and if they do not aid Shishou, then if this strategy is used, it can only be a waste of time to aid Kojiqiu.

Xin Er didn't want to directly reject Tian Ju's suggestion, and when he saw that his face was ugly, he smiled and said, "General Tian's strategy can't be said to be unusable." However, there is no need to rush to make a decision, let's discuss it again. Looking at Zhang Shao, Tang Ai, Zhang Gui, Yang Hezhi and others, he asked, "What is the plan of Qing and the others?" ”

Zhang Gui's talent is not in the military formation, and he has only thought of one next policy after all his efforts, that is, what Tian Ju Shicai said, and he has not been able to find the best strategy, so he has not spoken. Yang Hezhi was also thinking about it.

Xin Er saw Tang Ai holding a feather fan and sitting firmly on the couch, as if he was confident, so he asked him and said with a smile: "Qianli, you must have an idea, what is the plan?" Come on, don't sell it anymore. ”

Tang Ai has indeed taken countermeasures.

He said: "Ming Gong, what if we don't fight these three counties, or in other words, feint to attack these three counties? ”