Chapter 40: Planning
After finishing speaking, he first looked at Xun You, no way, Xu Yu and Lu Bu are both military generals, they can only fight and kill, and using their brains is never in their consideration, and among them, only Xun You can play a role in making suggestions.
When Xun You saw Huangfu Song's gaze looking at him, he knew that he had to come up with a solution. Xun You was about to open his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a herald who came in from outside. After the herald entered the big tent, he knelt down facing Huangfu Song, handed the letter in his hand to Huangfu Song, and said: General, there is a flying pigeon from His Royal Highness the Prince. After saying that, he withdrew from the big tent again.
Huangfu Song watched the herald walk out, and then picked up the letter in his hand and read it. After reading it, he laughed, handed the letter to Xun Yu on the side, and said: His Royal Highness the Prince's idea coincides with the old man's idea. It's supposed to be like this, kill all the thieves cleanly, and deal with these things when you return to Beijing.
Xun You took the letter handed over by Huangfu Song, and after reading it, he silently passed the letter to Xu Zhen, although he wondered in his heart why Liu Xie would give such an order, but the plan can never catch up with the rapid change, since Liu Xie issued such an order, the original plan made in the capital is naturally not counted. Since Liu Xie asked to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible, Xun Yu thought about it. It turned out that Xun You was still preparing to follow the plan and stay in Yingchuan for a few days, but now that Liu Xie has such an order, then he has to show his real skills.
As for Xu Zhen and Lu Bu after reading it, they didn't have any ideas, the only thing they were happy about was that they would soon have the opportunity to show their skills on the battlefield. Xu Yang and Lu Bu glanced at each other, snorted coldly, and prepared to compete on the battlefield.
Xun You didn't have time to pay attention to Xu Zhen and Lu Bu, who were hostile to each other, he turned his head to look at Huangfu Song and said directly: General, please move.
Huangfu Song listened to Xun You's words, but he was very cooperative and followed Xun You to another big tent. Xu Zhen and Lu Bu in the back saw this, and they all went up.
Xun You took the three of them all the way to the big tent next to him, and when he walked to the front of the big tent, Xun You stood aside and let Huangfu Song walk in first. Waiting for Huangfu Song to enter, Xun Yu followed Huang Fu Song's footsteps and entered the big tent.
Huangfu Song, who had just entered the big tent, was shocked by what was in front of him, looked at Xun Yu behind him, and asked directly: Sir, what is this? Xun You smiled slightly, stepped forward, stood in front of the sand table, and introduced the situation to Huangfu Song.
This is when he was in the capital, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found something, called the sand table, this thing can truly reflect the mountains and rivers of a place, including the direction of the river, and even the trail that no one knows, can be marked here, here, the general can also more clearly and intuitively observe the situation of the entire battlefield, so that you can adjust the corresponding strategy in time.
Listening to Xun You's introduction, combined with what he saw in front of him, Huangfu Song just liked the thing in front of him at a glance. In the depths of his heart, he had a trace of admiration for Liu Xie.
Huangfu Song turned his head, looked at Xun Yu and said directly: Sir, there is such a good thing, you should have told me earlier. Do I still have to look at the blurry map?
When Xun You heard this, he also smiled and said: I have just made this sand table, didn't I let the general come right away?
As for whether it was just done, only Xun Yu himself knew the answer, and he was not ready to talk about this problem to Huangfu Song.
Huangfu Song walked in front of the sand table, pointed to the various things in the sand table, looked at Xun You and asked: What do these things represent?
Xun You looked at Huangfu Song and introduced: This, he pointed to the building that looks like the city in the sand table and said, this represents the place where we are, the city is divided into three levels according to size, there are county seats, county towns and continent cities. General, you see, the different sizes of the cities on this represent the size of each city in reality, these soldiers in armor in the city represent the soldiers in the city, a puppet soldier represents the actual 1,000 people, as for these people who look like people, it represents the people in the city, this puppet represents 5,000 people, as for these, general, you should know, right? As he spoke, he pointed to the sand and dirt in the sand table.
As for these Huangfu Song, he can understand, looking at the sand table in front of him, Huangfu Song immediately looked at Xun You with great interest and said: Sir, then you are now our position and the position of the Yellow Turban Army are marked, I will take a look at it specifically and see how to fight.
Hearing this, Xun You nodded, and then marked the enemy and us with different flags on the sand table, looked at Huangfu Song and introduced: General, during this time, we have also investigated the situation of the Yellow Turban Army, and the new Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou is 10,000 soldiers led by Zhang Liang, and is now stationed in Xingyang.
Xingyang is a political important place, Xingyang has a chasm in the east to connect the Huai River and Surabaya, the north is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north of the Pi Mountain, the south is adjacent to the Suohe River and the Song Mountain, and the west passes through the Tiger Prison Pass to connect Luoyang and Chang'an, the terrain is dangerous, and the transportation is convenient.
The defenders originally stationed in Xingyang surrendered directly without firing a shot after the arrival of the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Liang, this piece of feng shui treasure, the place where the soldiers must fight fell into the hands of Zhang Liang, and now Zhang Liang relies on the place of Xingyang, plus the officials and troops who originally surrendered, there are more than 30,000 people in their hands, and the strength is still increasing, every day passes, Zhang Liang's strength will increase by one point, we need to drive Zhang Liang out of this place as soon as possible.
As soon as Huangfu Song heard that Zhang Liang had only made such a big move in just a few days, he also felt that Zhang Liang had to be driven away from this place as soon as possible.
Looking at Xun You, he proposed: Can we get out of their grain route and think of a way to destroy their grain route, if they have no food in their hands, will they just withdraw from this place, retreat to the north, and shorten the distance with Jizhou as much as possible?
Xun You looked at Huangfu Song and said with a wry smile: General, this is the second situation I want to tell you, after Zhang Liang occupied Xingyang, he sent troops to slaughter the big families in the city, and after leaving enough military rations, he distributed the excess grain to the people in the city.
When Huangfu Song heard Xun You's words, he scolded very much, what is this called? The people of the Han Dynasty supported the rebels, but they were hostile to the real officials and soldiers.
Xun You also smiled bitterly when he heard this, and shook his head, not knowing what to say.
Huangfu Song looked at Xun You and said: Since it is not possible to intercept the grain, we can only think of other ways.
"Hey", is it possible for us to defeat Zhang Liang on the frontal battlefield, and send someone to burn Zhang Liang's grain and grass, at this time, what will Zhang Liang do if he has no grain and grass, Huangfu Song looked at Xun You and asked.
Xun You's eyes lit up and said: At this time, Zhang Liang only had one way to go, and that was to send troops to rob the people in Xingyang City of food. At that time,
At this time, the people will hate Zhang Liang to death, after all, it was Zhang Liang who gave them hope and took away this hope. Huangfu Song continued Xun You's words and said.
After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed. How did a rough plan come down?