Yuan Shao divided his troops and sent Lu Yi and Xun Yan to the south, which once again amazed the military strategists. I have to say that this is a very subtle tactic, which not only cuts off Sun Jian's retreat, has the effect of blocking reinforcements, but also has the effect of attacking him and forcing Sun Ce to reinforce, giving full play to the superiority of troops and fighting for the initiative.

However, with the experience of the previous time, the strategists were not so flustered, and while admiring the ingenuity of the plan, they quickly entered the role and began to analyze the possibility of success. After a lively discussion, a somewhat sad result was finally reached.

This trick can be surprising, but it is difficult to win.

There are two main reasons for this:

First, the soldiers of Junyi City had enough food and sufficient reserves for a year, which were prepared before the epidemic. After the epidemic, considering that Sun Ce's ability to act was weakened, he might not be able to rescue, and the information from all sides also showed that Yuan Shao was more likely to take Junyi, so he squeezed out some grain from between his teeth and sent it to Junyi, and it was not a problem to support Junyi's current grain storage until the end of the year. With food in his hands, he didn't panic in his heart, and whether the back road was cut off or not didn't have much impact on Junyi. Unless Sun Ce's main force was defeated by Yuan Shao and Junyi City was an isolated city, Junyi would not show signs of unstable military morale.

First, it is still late winter and early spring, and there are at least two months left until the winter wheat harvest. Even if Lu Yi and Xun Yan rushed to Xu County, it would be useless, unless they planned to feed the horses with wheat seedlings. There are 30,000 Tuntian soldiers in Xu County, and they live in Xu County, Changshe, Yanling and other surrounding counties.

If you can't win quickly, you won't have many options left, either you will destroy the wheat field and harm others and yourself; Either besiege the city, wait for the wheat to ripen, and use the wheat from the tuntian as a supply for the army. Before the wheat was ripe, they either brought grain from Junyi or collected it on the spot. Yingchuan has recovered well in recent years, as long as they are willing to tear off the skin and loot, they can still collect some food. It's just that in this way, Yuan Shao's reputation in Yingchuan will also be stinky, and the people of Yingchuan will further fall to Sun Ce.

Considering that Xun Yan is from Yingchuan, this possibility should not be large. After all, Ru Ying is one, and Ru Ying is the foundation of Yuan Shao. Unless he was mad and decided to break with the Ruying, he would not make such a choice. Pai Xunyan and Lu Yi should have this consideration. Of course, anything can happen on the battlefield, Lu Yi is really in a hurry, and Xun Yan may not be able to stop it, so there is still a military strategy that suggests that Sun Ce attack as soon as possible to avoid Yingchuan from suffering.

The surrounding counties of Xu County are the places with the most talents, and several of the military plots present come from these three counties, including Guo Jia himself.

Guo Jia and Sun Ce stood behind the crowd, listened to the gossip of the military strategists, looked at each other and smiled, turned around and went upstairs. Since the military planners are not in chaos, there is no need for them to appear to preside over the overall situation, and it is beneficial for the military planners to experience more on their own. The two of them went to the second floor and sat down, tea was already prepared on the table under the corridor, the cups and plates were neatly arranged, meticulous, and even the distance from the cup to the edge of the case seemed to be measured with a ruler.

Sun Ce saw it in his eyes and laughed secretly. Zhuge Liang is cautious by nature, he has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Pang Tong is not the same type, with them need to have a different approach.

"It seems that the killing order has worked." Guo Jia took a seat and took a sip of the teacup.

"Just because of Xun Yan?"

"Well, of course, Ren Xunyan is not only for this purpose, the Ruying family wants to master the military power, this is a good opportunity. With Lu Yi, the No. 1 general in Hebei, Xun Yan can learn a lot of practical experience. If he wins, he can share the credit, and if he loses, he will bear the responsibility, the risk is small, the profit is large, and he basically makes a steady profit without losing money. ”

"Scholars calculate. Guess whose idea it was? ”

"No matter whose idea it is, there must be the shadow of my uncle behind it." Guo Jia sighed with emotion and turned the teacup in his hand. "In fact, it doesn't matter who it is, this is the common wish of the Ruyingshi people. Yingchuan is a narrow and crowded area, and it is a place of a hundred battles, which has been the case since the Warring States period, in order to survive and reproduce, you have to hold a group, and it is difficult to succeed by one person. Just like the Yingyin Xun clan, if it wasn't for Chen Zhonggong of Xu County, how could it be today? General, Ling Zun worships the general of the chariot cavalry, you have also been sealed Hou, worship the general of Zhenbei, and ask for Yuan's name, and soon more scholars will come to vote, you have to be psychologically prepared. ”

Sun Ce sipped his tea and bowed slightly. It's rare for Guo Jia to speak so implicitly, but he still understands Guo Jia's thoughts. The imperial court's preference for Zhou Yu and the Jingzhou family made him feel pressure. Zhang Hong also sealed the township, but Xun You didn't mention it, and the edict clearly suppressed the meaning of the Yingchuan people.

"You write a letter to Chen Changwen to see if he is interested in becoming a professional. Yang Xiu went to Yuzhang, and there was a lack of a person in charge of housekeeping around me. ”

"General, Chen Changwen is indeed a talent, but he is Xun Wenruo's son-in-law."

"It's okay, I dare to use Xun You, but I don't dare to use Chen Qun?" Sun Ce smiled. "Where did Xun Chen go? If you can reach him, I'd like to meet him. ”

Guo Jia smiled. "Okay, I'll find a way to contact him."

"Fengxiao, the world is very big." Sun Ce raised the teacup and gestured to Guo Jia with deep consciousness. "It's bigger than you think, it's enough for me to dance."

Guo Jia was a little embarrassed and raised the teacup with both hands.

Everyone is a smart person, and when it comes to this, they all know each other's intentions, and there is no need to say anything more, so they tacitly changed the topic. Guo Jia said: "General, judging from this edict, the influence of the party members in the court is not small, and the Son of Heaven is constrained by it, and it is difficult to truly ally with the general. Only by defeating Yuan Shao can the Son of Heaven truly suppress the party. Yuan Shao came to the north, the advantage is a quick victory, not conducive to long-lasting, he is likely to mobilize the party forces in the court, forcing the Son of Heaven to send troops to Nanyang, whether Xu Shu can hold the military pass, is very important. ”

"You mean Huangfu Song, right?"

"That's right. Although the Huangfu family in the north is a general, but has always admired the party, Huangfu Song pacified the yellow scarf, but because of the eunuch framed, he was dismissed and cut the household, and later it was the party people who helped him, and he was able to make a comeback. Although he was not on the party roster, he regarded himself as a party member, and now he taught the Son of Heaven military science, and had the opportunity to speak to the Son of Heaven. ”

Sun Ce groaned, pondering repeatedly. He believed Guo Jia's judgment, but he felt that Xu Shu was enough to hold the Wuguan, and there seemed to be no need to increase troops. Huang Zhong had already led his troops to Luyang, and the mobile forces available in Nanyang were limited, and there were not many adjustable troops. Moreover, with Han Sui, Ma Teng and others dragging their feet, Huangfu Song alone will not play a role.

"Contact Huang Yi, Han Sui and Ma Teng are in the Ming Dynasty, Huangfu Song should not trust them, and it is more likely that Lu Bu will ride in charge."

"Whoa." Guo Jia said again: "Yuan Shao's division of troops to the south is a good opportunity, we can't let him besiege the city so simply, we should induce him to take the initiative to attack the city and kill a large number of people." ”

Sun Ce's eyebrows raised slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved. "It makes sense, Yuan Shao calls himself a general of the chariot cavalry, and his father is also a chariot general now, so let the two of them fight each other and see who can have the last laugh." He chuckled again: "Since the imperial court intends to provoke trouble, we can't let them down too much." ”