"The people in the Zhongmu area have begun to settle in Yusheng as early as last year, and now it is almost an empty city except for the soldiers who defend the city." In the Xingyang Bureau, Xun You analyzed the pros and cons of giving up Zhongmu, Zhongmu is a node on the periphery of the defense system arranged by Yu Sheng, but the terrain near Zhongmu is not suitable for combat, at least in terms of topography, it is not conducive to Chen Mo, so when choosing Guandu as the battlefield, Zhongmu is destined to be abandoned.

Prior to this, although the Zhongmu defenders did not have 5,000, but there were more than 3,000, with the decision to take Guandu as the main battlefield, the Zhongmu defenders were transferred back one after another, but the loss of Zhongmu in this battle still made Yu Sheng a little distressed.

"In a war, casualties are inevitable, at least Zhongmu bought us enough time." Chen Mo patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder, although the loss was not too much, and when it came to attrition, although Cao Jun won the city, the price paid was no less than that of the soldiers killed in the battle of Zhongmu.

Pang De on the side looked at Xun You and arched his hand: "Sir, what if Cao Jun chooses to attack in other directions instead of choosing Guandu?" ”

The battlefield is indeed ready, but how to get Cao Jun to fight them at the decisive location they choose according to their hearts is a problem, and it is very important to grasp the rhythm of the war, and Cao Cao cannot let them control the rhythm.

"No matter where you want to attack, Guandu can't be bypassed, if the Cao army dares to bypass Guandu, our army can take advantage of the situation, recapture Zhongmu, cut off the supply of the Cao army, as long as they want to fight this battle, they can only come to Guandu." Xun You smiled and said, Guandu is a good place, if Cao Jun doesn't take Zhongmu, there are indeed many ways to go, but as long as Cao Jun takes Zhongmu, Guandu can't avoid it.

Of course, going to Zhongmu is also the best choice for Cao Jun, if you give up Zhongmu, you can only go to the Meishan area, where the terrain is even more unfavorable to Cao Jun.

The generals suddenly realized that Yu Sheng's defense line was operating too well, especially after Chen Mo's main army arrived, even if the Cao army was unwilling, only this line could develop, if the troops were moved to the Meishan line, Chen Mo could instantly cut off their back road or even take Suiyang directly.

"Now that the troops and horses of all departments have gathered in the area of Guandu, according to the location set before, I am afraid that Cao's army will arrive soon." Chen Mo looked at the generals and smiled: "It's time for me to set off, Yu Sheng." ”

This battle will be a decisive battle, Chen Mo will personally preside over it, he will look at Yu Sheng, this battle may not be powerful, but the general who reassures him the most.

"The last general!" Yu Sheng took a step forward and saluted Chen Mo.

"You continue to stay in Xingyang and arrange baggage and grain." Chen Mo looked at Yu Sheng, although he was not charging into battle, but Yu Sheng controlled the lifeblood of the army in front, this kind of thing, only Yu Sheng could do it, Chen Mo could rest assured.

"The last general commands!" Yu Sheng bowed down to receive the order.

"The rest of the generals will go to Guandu with me." Chen Mo continued.

"Whoa!"

The generals agreed, and immediately ordered their troops and horses on the hour, and went to Guandu to prepare for a decisive battle with Cao's army.

……

Chen Mo was actively planning the battle of Guandu on this side, and on the other side, in Zhongmu City, everyone was also discussing this matter.

"Awesome!" Looking at the map, Cheng Yu sighed and said: "This Zhongmu is not broken, I haven't seen anything yet, but now that Zhongmu is broken, there is only one road left for our army." ”

"Zhongde, what does this mean?" Xiahoudun frowned and said, there is only one left.

"Although our army has broken Zhongmu now, but it has also fallen into Chen Mo's calculations, next, if you want to continue to advance westward, you need to break through the Guandu camp in the north first, if you don't break this camp, it will be like a sharp sword has been hanging over our heads, if you can't break it, our army will not be able to send troops, when Feng Xiao designed to seize Guandu first, I'm afraid that's why?" Cheng Yu turned his head and looked at Guo Jia, at that time Guo Jia spent a lot of effort to seize Guandu, Cheng Yu didn't understand it at the time, but now, as soon as Zhongmu was broken, Cheng Yu looked at the map again, and understood Guo Jia's intentions at that time.

It's a head start!

It's a pity that they couldn't grab Guandu in the end, so they have become very passive now, and they can only continue to follow the path given by Chen Mo, as for how this road is, there is no need to say more, if it is easy to walk, Chen Mo will not be so calculated.

"It's just a matter of Guandu, when the Japanese division failed to break through, it was because the lone army went deep, and now that Zhongmu has been down, is it difficult to break through the Guandu camp?" Xiahoudun said with a smile, he didn't understand what the two of them were making a fuss about.

"It's late~" Guo Jia sighed, feeling a little cold, took out a jade bottle from his arms, poured some powder, and drank the wine, his expression eased a little.

Cao Cao didn't speak, but Xiahou Yuan on the side was a little anxious: "Why is it late?" What do you mean, sir? ”

"If my expectations are correct, at this time, Guandu, I'm afraid there are already a large number of garrisons, and if you want to break through Guandu at this time, you will have to fight a decisive battle with Chen Mo." Guo Jia craned his neck and sighed.

Yes?

Xiahoudun frowned, this was a clueless statement, so he didn't know how to take it, but there was one thing he understood, Guandu is probably already the enemy's world now, but this kind of thing, how did the other party know? The scouts sent out to spy on the information don't seem to have sent the news back yet.

Just when Xiahou was puzzled, he saw a dusty scout come to the door, bow down and say, "Lord, there is an urgent military situation from the front line. ”

"Enter!" Cao Cao, who had not spoken, raised his head and looked in the direction of the scout.

"Whoa!" The scout walked in quickly and handed a roll of bamboo slips to Xu Chu on the side, who handed it to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao read the information, he handed the information to Xu Chu with a wry smile and let everyone circulate it: "Before, I was still interested in luck, but now it seems that I have been caught in the words of filial piety." ”

Everyone has seen the bamboo slips, and they all looked at Guo Jia with a look of amazement, in the area of Guandu, a large number of Guanzhong troops have gathered, and a huge camp has been established.

Guandu is only fifty miles away, which means that the Guanzhong army has been preparing for this battle for a long time.

Xiahoudun looked at the map, and also understood why Guo Jia said that they only had one way, Guandu gathered heavy troops, if they should not fight, but choose to take Xingyang or other places directly, Guandu can send troops at any time to cut off their back road.

"The military advisor is really a god and a man!" Xiahoudun said with admiration.

"This is not the time to admire." Guo Jia sighed and said: "Even if you can see it, we can only follow the path given by Chen Mo, whether you can see it or not, there is no point." ”

In this confrontation between the two sides, Chen Mo can be said to have taken advantage of it, as long as they want to attack, they can only follow the path given to them by Chen Mo and fight Chen Mo, but even if they win, Chen Mo can still retreat to Luoyang, and what they can get is only these cities east of Chenggao, and they can't hurt Chen Mo at all.

If they can come according to their own plans, the decisive battle should be in Chenggao, as long as they win, they can take Luoyang by the way, but Chen Mo sent troops in advance, which is equivalent to making himself invincible first, and if he wins, he will be able to seize the land of Yan and Henan, and if he loses, he will only lose more than a dozen cities, and the overall situation has not changed.

It's a pity that in a war of this level, both sides are making efforts, especially the other party's calculations don't have to be bad on their own side, so it is naturally impossible to follow Guo Jia's best idea.

"So how do you fight now?" Xiahoudun asked: "Please also ask the military advisor for advice." ”

"I don't dare to give advice, now we can only go to Guandu to fight with him according to Chen Mo's thoughts." Guo Jia shook his head and said: "But it's not all without a chance of winning, our army is no less advantageous than Chen Mo, and ......"

Guo Jia looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You can send someone to secretly explore the location of Chen Motun's grain, if you can cut off the enemy's grain route, our army will win!" ”

If it is successful, it can directly determine the outcome of a war, just like the battle between Chen Mo and Yuan Shao, that is, after Yuan Shao's grain and grass were burned, Chen Mo forced Yuan Shao to fight a decisive battle with him, so that the Yuan family was defeated and Chen Cao shared the Central Plains.

Now it's the same, if they can cut off Chen Mo's grain route, they don't have to fight a decisive battle with Chen Mo, they only need to drag, they can make Chen Mo defeat himself without a fight, even if the rear can reraise grain and grass, Cao Jun can also move the decisive battle to Chenggao, this is Guo Jia's original calculation, with Chenggao as the decisive battle, as long as he wins, he can attack Luoyang in one fell swoop, like a dagger piercing Chen Mo's henchmen, even if he can't kill Chen Mo directly, it can make Chen Mo unable to take care of the southeast, and then plan Jizhou and Youzhou to reverse the situation between the two sides now.

But the problem is that they all know that this is a poisonous plan, no one will not take precautions, Chen Mo is even more of a soldier, how can they easily find Chen Mo's place to store grain, and it is impossible for Chen Mo to just watch them rob the grain, Cao Cao also has to take care of the logistics grain and grass not to be cut off by Chen Mo.

I'm afraid that it will be difficult to work in the grain robbery plan, but you must also try.

Cao Cao knocked on the table and looked at the crowd: "The generals will go to reorganize the army, and tomorrow morning, send troops to cross!" ”

"Whoa!" When the generals heard this, they hurriedly took orders to retire.

In the government office, only Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu were left, and Xu Chu consciously walked outside the door to guard to prevent anyone from coming.

After everyone left, Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and Cheng Yu and said, "Fengxiao, Zhongde, what do you think are the chances of winning this Guandu campaign?" ”

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and after hesitating for a moment, Cheng Yu said: "Lord, since Chen Mo has chosen the battlefield, he must be confident, and the chances of our army winning this battle are probably not high." ”

Cao Cao nodded, Chen Mo's temperament he naturally knew, if he was not a little sure, how could he choose the battlefield here, and looked at Guo Jiadao: "In this way, you can only go off the rails?" ”

"Not bad." Guo Jia was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "It's just that Jia is worried that Chen Mo is prepared." ”

"I'm going to have to try it after all." Cao Cao sighed and said.