Chapter 154: The Mastermind's Fight

If you are unwise, the three armies will be suspicious, and if you are unclear, the three armies will fall into a big way. ---------- The Art of War

It is said that the victorious general Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong, the white dragon horse under the crotch, the hundred bird guns in the palm, rushed back and forth in the trap camp, Fu Tong, Liu Xian, Liu Min, Liu Yong four masters, led the most elite Qinglong Army under the command of Chen Long, 40,000 troops to fight together, under the command of Guo Jia, Zhou Budo, Xu Shu, Pan Jun The four major military divisions, finally defeated the world-famous trap camp, Gao Shun saw that the general trend had gone, and he drew out his waist knife to cut himself, thanks to the pro-soldiers who held on to it, and persuaded him to spare.

Gao Shun looked blankly at the corpses and bones all over the ground, unable to believe that the trapped camp he had trained thousands of times was in ashes. Zhao Yun knew that Gao Shun was self-disciplined and rigorous, and respected Gao Shun as a good general, so he asked him to return the horse to Gao Shun and gave him the last bet. Gao Shun had already heard that Chen Long loved the people like a son in Lingling, and his momentum was rising, and he was a little moved, coupled with his unintentional love for war, his martial arts were less than fifty percent, and he was soon defeated by Zhao Yun's quick spear piercing his hair bun.

Zhou Budo laughed and pointed out that Zilong was the first fierce general of the Qinglong Army and a victorious general. Gao Shun dismounted, knelt on the ground and asked: "Gao Shun is willing to gamble and lose." Please be kind to Zilong to the surrendered troops. Zhao Yun was overjoyed, ordered someone to clean up the battlefield, and led Gao Shun to collect and surrender troops. Seeing that Gao Shun had surrendered, all the soldiers gave up resistance, only the cavalry under Hua Xiong, most of them refused to surrender, and abandoned their horses one after another, and fled across the mountains without mentioning.

In this battle, Zhao Yun won a complete victory, won countless horses and baggage, killed thousands of enemies, surrendered tens of thousands of troops, and surrendered to Gaoshun, showing the demeanor of a famous general. The victorious army did not stop, and after converging with Gan Ning and Huang Gai, they reached the flank of the Huangfu Song camp along the outskirts of several roads.

Gao Shun's defeated troops fled back, and they had informed Li Dao and others of the news of the attack and defeat of the trapped camp, and Li Dao and others were shocked and quickly adjusted their defenses, and the whereabouts of Zhao Yun's strange army had also been exposed.

Li Dao and Guo Yan were both experienced generals, and they immediately reassessed the situation on the battlefield. According to the description of the defeated soldiers, it is not very certain whether Gao Shun was captured or surrendered, looking at the extent of the defeat of the trapped camp, it is estimated that the enemy's strength is about 50,000, plus Huangfu Song's 50,000 army, the enemy faced by his more than 40,000 army suddenly increased to 100,000.

Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji are all Dong Zhuo's generals, each with more than 10,000 elites, but they are not subordinate to each other. At this time, in the face of Huangfu Song and Zhao Yun's heavy troops, whether to attack or defend, there was a dispute at the time. Fortunately, the think tank Jia Xu was present, and after some analysis, he suppressed the anger of the generals.

Jia Xu said: "Gao Shun's defeat lies in not knowing that there is a strange army ambushed behind him. This soldier came from the Meridian Valley, and there was a white horse general, I am afraid that he was of the same origin as the defenders in the city, quite like the Zhao Yun army horse under Chen Long. It seems that Chen Longzhi is not small, and he actually dispatched the Lingling military horses out of the nest. This analysis hit the nail on the head all of a sudden, and I guessed the matter well, and I had to admire Jia Wen and this wise head.

Li Dao, Guo Yan and the others had always known that Jia Xu was a think tank that Taishi relied on, and asked respectfully: "Military Master, I didn't expect Chen Long to transfer soldiers and horses from Lingling. Now that the opponent's lineup is at its peak, how should we advance and retreat? ”

Jia Xu twisted his beard and said calmly: "Generals, I expect that the road to Xiliang will no longer be open. Regardless of the difficulty of Chang'an City, just Chen Long's main force is outside Chang'an City, and it is difficult for us to say that we will win, not to mention Huangfu Song's troops. ”

"In Xiliang, I heard that Ma Teng sent troops, and Han Sui rebelled anyway, killing our Qiang allies Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou. Han Sui has been canonized by the abolished emperor of Chang'an, and Xiliang is no longer a place where we can go back. ”

Therefore, I think that attacking Chang'an and advancing west at any cost will only cost the army and lose the generals, which is not done by the wise. Now the rest of the offensive and defensive, the most should preserve the strength, here the battalion set up a virtual man, the main force retreated to Tongguan to guard, control the Fengling ferry, can advance or retreat, the best policy. ”

Li Dao, Guo Yan and other four generals thought so, and at the moment the main force all retreated into Tongguan, leaving only thousands of men and horses to stay in the camp and confront Zhao Yun and Huangfu Song's camp.

After Zhao Yun exterminated the fallen camp, around Chang'an, the pressure suddenly disappeared invisibly, and the materials in Chang'an City were continuously sent out of the city and into the army of Huangfu Song and Zhao Yun, which greatly boosted morale for a while. Huang Gai and Zhao Yun, the commanders of the two legions, finally converged, without Chen Long's order, the two did not dare to exchange commanders privately, and the first legion was still led by Zhao Yun.

Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to encourage Emperor Fu Song and Zhao Yun to save the driver, and each was crowned a marquis. Inside and outside the city, connected together, the combined forces of Zhao Yun and Huangfu Song have a huge geographical advantage and people. On this day, the scouts suddenly came to report that Li Dao, Guo Yan and other large battalions of men and horses retreated into Tongguan to defend them. Zhao Yun immediately invited the three major military divisions, plus Huang Gai, Gan Ning, and Xun You, to report on the enemy's movements and study the next move.

After listening to the report, Xu Shu frowned and said: "Our army has the advantage of strength and is about to fight a decisive battle with him." The Xiliang soldiers have always been arrogant, and this enemy suddenly retreated, which was quite strange. ”

Zhou Budo and Guo Jia nodded in agreement, and Guo Jia said: "Among the three armies of the enemy, there must be a mastermind. If we attack Tongguan with all our strength today, the enemy's main force is still there, and our side will lose our troops. But if they don't attack, they can't contain their 40,000 troops. The enemy can return to Luoyang at any time, take Dong Zhuo north to cross the Yellow River and flee into Bingzhou, and even enter Luoyang City, which is not good for the lord. ”

Zhou Budo has the fastest brain, and he has been thinking about the geography of Tongguan for a long time. After listening to Guo Jia's words, he said with a smile: "There are 50,000 people in Huangfu Song, which is enough to contain the enemy army." If you want to isolate the enemy army and besiege Tongguan, you must take the Fengling Ferry, so that the enemy cannot easily return to Luoyang. ”

Guo Jia also smiled: "What do you mean, but let Zilong's soldiers and horses disappear from the enemy's field of vision again and become a surprise soldier?" Xu Shu also smiled: "; You two, Hugh is going to be dumb. Let's talk about the plan to control the waterways of the Yellow River, maybe we can cooperate with the lord's actions in Luoyang and catch Dong Zhuo in the urn. Only Xun You kept laughing and silent, and finally said: "Chang'an still has to be controlled in my hands, at least leave me 20,000 people to guard the city, after all, I still have to control the Han Shaodi in the hands of the lord." On Huangfu Song's side, although it is currently an alliance army, it involves the ownership of the imperial power of Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty, but he has to guard against it. ”

Although Zhao Yun was brave and strategic, he also felt a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of these heads, and looked at the three military advisors with admiration. Zhou Budo is the most familiar with geography, and took the lead in saying: "Brother Yuanzhi, one word is mysterious. Now in the north of Luoyang, there is an activity of Yuan Shu's army, and I heard that it is confronting Zhang Liao's defenders. ”

"To the east of the Tiger Prison Pass, the 100,000 troops of the Dong Alliance also fought to the death with Lu Bu and Xu Rong. Huangfu Song's soldiers just blocked the west of Luoyang, and now it can be said that there is a lack of one of the three encirclements, Dong Zhuo asked Li Dao and others to defend Tongguan, occupy the Yellow River crossing, and can cross the Yellow River north at any time and enter the original Lu Bu's territory to escape, so there is no worries. What our Qinglong Army has to do is how to lead the troops to bypass Tongguan again, enter Bingzhou, and become a strange army ambushed on Dong Zhuo's escape route, if possible, occupy the ferry, control the Yellow River, and cut off the connection between Tongguan and Luoyang, and become two isolated cities. ”

Huang Gai patted his thigh and said, "This plan is wonderful." How to act, please make it clear to the military advisor, this time, I must lead the troops to fight, and don't let me defend the city again! ”

When Gan Ning heard this, you all went to war, did you leave me to defend the city, and pretended to be in tears and said: "General Zilong, I am willing to be your subordinate deputy general, please take me with you to go on the expedition!" ”