After Guo Jia made up his mind, he said, "Set up a suspicious army here to contain the royal gate." The whole army went to Xuzhou to meet Yuan Xi's main force. ”

"What you told me to withdraw"

Cao Cao was very puzzled and said, "We came to Cage City to solve the problem of open jaws." Now that Zhang Jaw has fled to the south, he is being chased by my tiger and leopard cavalry, and the royal gate has also been forced up the mountain, facing a desperate situation. Victory is imminent, how can we retreat"

Guo Jiadao: "The prime minister also said just now that the back mountain is not easy to attack. If we attack with all our might, of course we can win, but the casualties are not small. If you surround the back mountain, wait for them to run out of food, it will not last for more than two months. The prime minister really plans to spend two months here, and two months is enough for Yuan Xi to wipe out hundreds of thousands of our troops. The Xuzhou battlefield, the Jingzhou battlefield, the Chang'an battlefield, and the Guandu battlefield, they are all eager for reinforcements. ”

Cheng Yu said, "Feng Xiao is right, we can't waste time here. ”

Regarding the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou, the news that Cao Cao got only stayed at Yuan Xi's attack on Rencheng.

He didn't know that Yuan Xi faked defeat in Rencheng, attracted 140,000 troops of Xu, Yan, and Qing, and assembled in Rencheng, and was about to start a desperate struggle. This struggle will determine the ownership of the Central Plains.

After Cao Cao weighed the pros and cons, he nodded and said, "Okay, let Lu Yu lead 5,000 foot soldiers, 3,000 light cavalry, and 2,000 chariots to arrange suspicious soldiers in Cage City to contain the royal gate." We withdrew to Xuzhou this evening. In addition, Cao Chun was ordered again, regardless of whether or not he annihilated Zhangjaw's department, he must assemble in Rencheng within 20 days. ”

"Yes."

Cheng Yu arched his hand.

Night.

Cao's army quietly withdrew from the cage city and headed for Xuzhou.

Wangmen's troops were able to breathe and establish a solid defensive line in the mountains behind the cage city. And in the south, Zhang Jaw also occupied a city and confronted Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry.

Cao Chun is not good at attacking cities, so there is no way to open his jaw for the time being.

Ren Cheng.

Forty miles to the north.

Yuan Xi's troops were already backed by the river and were ready for a big battle.

Cao's army, which had arrived from Xu and Yanzhou, and Yuan Tan's 50,000 army, were surrounding from three directions, trying to trap Yuan Xi on the riverbank. A realistic version of the backwater battle is already on the verge of breaking out.

"Lord, lord."

Wen Chou ran over with a grin, "The enemy's troops are all surrounded, and the closest to us is still five miles, and they are ready to attack." ”

"The arrow shoots the first bird, let's kill this army first." Li Dian said.

"I've been crazy for a long time, my lord, let me go to war this time." Wen Chou said.

"What's the hurry" Yuan Xi pointed to the map on the side with his sword and said, "Put the enemy in first, come to us, and then annihilate it." Our ultimate goal is not to destroy only some of them, but to wipe them all out."

"It's a tall order."

"The enemy has 140,000 troops into battle, and our strength is less than one-third of theirs, and if you want to eat them, you have to use your brains."

Li Dian asked, "Does the lord have a plan to face the battle?"

"Absolutely. See the river? Yuan Xi pointed to the map and said, "This river is our chance of victory, an excellent ambush place." I am going to mobilize 5,000 elites and lay in ambush on both sides of the riverbank. On either side were rolling heights, overgrown with weeds, suitable for housing a large number of archers, and after engaging the enemy, we retreated here and ambushed him. ”

"Retreat into the river," he asked.

Yuan Xi said: "That's right. I have already sent people to check, and most of the river is less than a meter deep, and there is no problem for our troops to retreat into the river. ”

"The last general still doesn't understand the lord's intentions." Yu Gu frowned and said, "Let's retreat into the river, how can we fight?"

"Stupid"

Yuan Xi's hand drew on the map, "Look at where we are, in addition to the two sides of the riverbank, is there a more suitable place for ambushes, and the enemy never imagined that there would be ambushes on the riverbank." When we were really in a desperate situation, we retreated into the river, and the enemy rushed at us, so we could fight him back. It's called the Jedi Strikes Back. Often, this is the beginning of victory. Also, my behemoth can hide and use it in desperate situations to give enemies a thunderous blow. Knock them back. ”

This is the first time I have heard of this kind of tactic.

Before the battle began, I knew that I was going to be in a desperate situation

"What I just said, do you understand," Yuan Xi asked, raising his head.

"I still don't understand, are we going to cheat again and lead the enemy to the river" Li Dian, who has already been defeated once, really doesn't want to cheat again, which will mean that more comrades-in-arms will die.

"Did I say that you will be defeated" Yuan Xi said, "This battle is related to our life and death, and every soldier must fight with his life." If anyone takes a step back, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless. ”

Li Dian arched his hand and said, "The last general understands." When it is really a desperate situation, the ambushes on both sides of the river bank have become the bargaining chips for our counterattack, and he will definitely help us turn defeat into victory under a blow. ”

"Yes."

Yuan Xi said, "When a soldier is in a desperate situation, he can often exert several times his combat power. Don't spread the word about this, let alone let the soldiers who go into battle know about it. Once we retreat into the river and are in a desperate situation, and the ambush soldiers suddenly come out, the morale of our whole army will be high, and one will be ten, and the peace will not be invincible."

"Solid."

"Yes."

Yuan Xi ordered, "You go and set up an ambush immediately, I expect the enemy to arrive within an hour, before that, you have to be prepared." This ambush is led by you. ”

"Yes."

Solid left.

"How many of your wolf cavalry are left, that captain named Kuili, how is his injury, is he still alive" Yuan Xi asked Li Dian.

"That old boy's life is really big, and after being bandaged by the military doctor, he is fine. The wolf cavalry suffered a small half of the casualties, and there were more than 2,300 people, who could participate in the battle. This time I fought with the Cao army, and my wolf cavalry army had to be the vanguard."

"Okay, I agree with you to be the pioneer." Yuan Xi said, "The enemy has arrived, you go and prepare now." After half a pillar of incense, he detoured behind the enemy and attacked them, surrounded them, echoed with our troops, and annihilated the invading enemy. ”

"Yes."

Li Dian had long been holding back his strength, and he couldn't be excited at this time.

Seeing that the enemy forces were approaching, all armies were making preparations.

Yuan Xi was not idle, hiding the giant beasts in a valley on both sides of the riverbank, and went around to investigate the enemy's situation.

After probing.

Yuan Xi found that the enemy's vanguard turned out to be Yuan Tan's tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops. They surrounded them from the northeast, and they were quite fast, and they were almost to the river.

A mile or two further on, we arrived at the position where Li Dian was.