The book is picked up again.

"Brother Meng De, didn't you subdue all the more than 300,000 troops of the family two years ago?

Supposedly, plus your original 340,000 horses, how can you have 780,000 people, why are there only 500,000 left? ”

"Hey! Don't mention it! Cao Cao shook his head with a gloomy face, and said with a wry smile: "Originally, I thought that I could take advantage of it, but after subduing the family's army, I found that they were not an army at all, they could only be regarded as a group of rabble!"

Even if Wen Ze continued to train them for another three or five months, they were still very unsuccessful!

Don't say it's comparable to ordinary soldiers, even auxiliary soldiers are not as good as them!

Therefore, my brother can only endure the pain and eliminate those who are not qualified.

But after the elimination, Brother Wei found that only 30,000 or 40,000 people were qualified, which was really disappointing for Brother Wei! ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao's face was full of bitterness, he thought he had taken a big advantage, but he didn't expect that after he ate this army in one bite, it was as uncomfortable as eating a mouthful of!

It's like when a person eats a very delicious dish, but when you take a bite, your mouth is full of chaff, which is really uncomfortable!

"......" After Li Zhi heard this, he didn't know what to say.

He knew that there were actually elite ones in the family.

But the elites in the family were either defeated and killed by him in the Battle of Luoyang, or they were selected by him to become his soldiers.

And the rest of the soldiers he selected were, of course, a rabble.

It is not easy for Cao Cao to pick out thirty or forty thousand people from this group of rabble!

Since the matter was a foregone conclusion, there was nothing to regret, so Li Zhi immediately skipped the matter, took out a map of the world from his cuffs, and looked at it carefully.

When everyone saw Li Zhi take out the map, they knew that he had already prepared, so they also gathered around him curiously.

Everyone now regards Li Zhi as the backbone, because only Li Zhi has fought a million-scale battle.

Although Cao Cao and Li Zhi also fought against the Yellow Turban at the beginning, the reason why the Yellow Turban Battle was won was all because of Li Zhi, so everyone subconsciously ignored Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't care either, because he didn't care about these things at all at this time!

As long as he can win, even if he hands over all the military power to Li Zhi, Cao Cao is willing!

"......" After looking at it for a while, Li Zhi pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, if the enemy really wants to attack, it will inevitably attack in all directions, so I can't wait for each other!"

First was Gongsun Chan in the northeast, followed by Zhang Yan in the east, then Dong Zhuo in the northwest, and finally the remaining southern princes. ”

After saying this, he pointed to Youzhou in the north and said: "First of all, I will wait for Youzhou in the northeast, Gongsun Zan has 100,000 troops in his hands, including 50,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry.

It's hard for us to resist them, but it's not impossible.

As long as we set up many obstacles on the border, trapping horses, thistles, digging and scattering without dying, it will inevitably seriously slow down his marching speed.

Then he sent 50,000 troops to guard the border cities and not to fight.

Gongsun Chan only has 50,000 infantry in his hands, and everything else is cavalry, and it is very difficult to attack the city, so 50,000 people are enough to keep him out of the country! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Yanzhou in the east and said: "The second is Yanzhou, Zhang Yan of Yanzhou is completely besieged by us and others, although it looks dangerous, but in other words, it can also be said that he can attack everywhere!"

Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou are all within his range of attack!

If he is willing to take a little risk, he can attack even Sizhou!

If I only think about defense, then I have to send more than 400,000 troops to be planted in the four states to defend!

Therefore, to deal with Zhang Yan, we can't sit still, we can only take the initiative!

According to Ben Hou, if we want to deal with Zhang Yan, we must select a fierce general who can fight well, and then let him lead an army of 100,000 to attack Yanzhou directly!

Yanzhou is Zhang Yan's base camp, and it is impossible for him to abandon Yanzhou, so he must fight!

And once the war starts, whoever wins, it will buy us enough time! ”

After talking about Zhang Yan, he pointed to Liangzhou in the northwest and said: "Let's talk about Dong Zhuo, if Dong Zhuo wants to attack us, there is only one way to go, and that is to attack Chang'an directly!"

However, Chang'an is a heroic city, and 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses can block the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops.

Moreover, most of the soldiers and horses in Dong Zhuo's hands were cavalry, and it was very difficult for him to break through Chang'an!

Therefore, as long as 70,000 or 80,000 troops are deployed here in Chang'an, and then a good general can be stationed to block the enemy. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the "strategy of surprise attack on Meridian Valley" proposed by Wei Yan to Zhuge Liang in the original history, and hurriedly reminded: "Of course, when the general defending the city guards Chang'an, he must pay attention to the direction of Yizhou!"

Although the road from Yizhou to Chang'an is rugged and difficult, it is not impassable.

Once the enemy in the direction of Yizhou suddenly attacks, Chang'an will be attacked on both sides, and one is not good, there is a possibility of missing, so you must pay attention to this! ”

Seeing that everyone nodded solemnly and wrote down the matter, Li Zhi pointed to Sizhou, where Luoyang was located, and said with a frown: "This is the key point!"

Because Sizhou and Jingzhou are connected, and Jingzhou borders Yizhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou.

In other words, it is very likely that these four princes will join forces and attack Luoyang!

And once Luoyang falls, Sizhou will soon be swept away by the enemy!

If I lose Sizhou, then Yongzhou, where Chang'an is located, will be wrapped in the enemy, and under the front and back attacks, it won't be long before Chang'an will be breached!

And once we lose Sizhou and Yongzhou, then the princes in the south will be able to join forces with Dong Zhuo in the northwest!

At that time, we will be completely besieged by the enemy in the center, and we can be called enemies on all sides! ”

After saying this, he let out a long sigh, rubbed his temples and said: "If Benhou is an enemy, he will inevitably let Sun Cebing divide into two routes, one to attack Xuzhou and the other to Yuzhou.

Then let Zhang Yan also divide his troops into two routes, and also attack Xuzhou and Yuzhou.

Both states are flat land, and there are no male cities, so it is difficult to hold on!

If we want to defend these two places, we must send a large number of troops to garrison them.

And in this case, we won't be able to send too many troops to garrison Luoyang!

At that time, the enemy can gather the strength of Jing, Yi, and Jiaozhou to attack Luoyang at the same time, and break through Luoyang with the fastest speed.

So ......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at everyone with a solemn face, and said seriously: "So the battle of Luoyang is the most critical battle!"

If we win, we will be able to open the situation immediately, and if we lose, we will ......"

When it came to "defeated", Li Zhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Defeated, I'll wait for the enemy to slowly trap to death." ”

"......" After Li Zhi finished speaking, the entire hall was silent.

Everyone stared at the map in front of Li Zhi, their faces full of solemnity.

Judging from the staggered situation on the map, Li Zhi must have made a lot of effort, and it is precisely because of this that everyone believes in Li Zhi's judgment very much.

Just when everyone was silent, Cao Cao propped his hands on the table, stared at the map and said, "It takes 50,000 horses to fight against Gongsun Zan and others, 70,000 horses to fight against Dong Zhuo and others, and 100,000 troops to fight against Zhang Yan and others."

In addition to these 220,000 people, we still have 280,000 people left, and these 280,000 people have also divided 60,000 people to block Gongsun Ce!

In other words, we only have 220,000 people stationed in Luoyang, while the enemy has 450,000 people, and the difference in numbers is indeed huge. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's words changed, "But we are on the defensive, and with Xiongcheng as a support, we may not be invincible!" ”

"Brother Meng De thinks things too simply" After Li Zhi smiled bitterly, he pointed to Yangzhou and said: "On the surface, it seems that Sun Ce is indeed feintting, but in fact, we can't be negligent!"

Because Yangzhou and Jingzhou border, that is to say, although it seems that Sun Ce only has 60,000 soldiers and horses, as long as I don't arrange heavy troops in Xuzhou and Xuzhou directions, then these two states will instantly become the main direction of attack!

When the time comes, how can the two states, which only have only 60,000 soldiers and horses, withstand the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops?

Therefore, among the two states of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, we must arrange more than 60,000 soldiers and horses respectively to prevent accidents!

In other words, we don't have 220,000 people guarding Luoyang at all, only 160,000!

And the enemy has at least more than 400,000 people, and it is too difficult to win with it!

Even if you keep it, I'm afraid it's hard to keep it......"

"Triple the enemy......" After Cao Cao listened to Li Zhi's analysis, he gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and stared at the map deadly, his forehead covered with sweat.

After some analysis, he found that what Li Zhi said was right!

If there are too few men and horses arranged in Yuzhou and Xuzhou, then there is no need for the enemies in Yizhou and Jingzhou to continue to attack Luoyang, and they can directly attack Yuzhou and Xuzhou from Yangzhou!

And once these two states are lost, then the princes of the south can join forces with Zhang Yan in the east!

When the time comes, their situation will not be much better than losing Sizhou and Yongzhou!

"......" But after thinking of this, Cao Cao was silent.

This is not the situation he wants!

So he continued to stare at the map, trying to find a way to win.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he hurriedly pointed to Youzhou and asked Li Zhi: "Brother Xingzhi, why do we have to put the main battlefield in Luoyang?"

Isn't it okay to put it in Youzhou?

We can deploy defensive troops in other states and counties bordering the enemy, and then attack Youzhou and Yanzhou, which do not border with other princes!

As long as these two states are defeated, even if we lose some states and counties, our overall strength will not drop too much! ”