Chapter 905: Preemptive Strike

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other Yangzhou generals planned with Lujiang how to support Yanzhou and Cao Cao to fight against Liu Yi, the battle was the heaviest before the war, and the Yangzhou army was also trying to block the news of its army gathering under the arrangement of Kong Ming, Chen Deng and others! However, there are more than 100,000 people mobilized this time, even if they are divided into batches and times, there will eventually be clues to be found, although Tian'er can't be trusted, but they have always maintained a high level of vigilance for the Yangzhou army's movements, and Liu Yi has laid a shadow in the Yangzhou army back then, and he has never taken Liu Bei lightly!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan all had the posture of a hero, but at this time, the most important thing in Langsheng's eyes was Cao Liu Shuangxiong, and the little overlord Sun Bofu was of course also a hero, but compared with the first two after all, he was a little immature, Sun Zhongmou relied on his father and brother to keep the foundation and forge ahead, and he could also recruit talents for his own use, but the problem is that Sun Ce's power is not as strong as in another time and space, without this foundation, Langsheng will naturally be biased in the consideration of the overall strategy, and his primary enemy is Cao Cao at the moment. Liu Bei is also relatively well prepared.

Now Liu Yi and Liu Bei both have the name of the emperor's uncle of the Han Dynasty, and the two sides can be said to have coexisted in harmony in Xuzhou during the two-year strategy, maintaining an extremely stable situation, at least on the surface, they still maintained friendship after the battle of Yangzhou. Of course, Lang Sheng knew in his heart that such friendliness would never last long, once he tried to break the balance of today's Cao Cao, Liu Xuande would never sit idly by and watch himself defeat Cao Cao under the judgment of the situation. With this person's vision and ambition is difficult to change here, it is not advisable to use the strategy of differentiation to break the situation of the two joining forces, and the only thing that can be used is the psychology of gains and losses that may occur in the Yangzhou army in this battle.

Liu Bei Zhuge and a cadre of generals will understand what Shang did here, the timing of the troops, how to cooperate between Liu Cao will have a profound impact on the progress of the battle, Liu Xuande will not watch Cao Cao be defeated by Liu Yi, but he can't lose his strength too much in this battle, otherwise with Yan Di's recovery ability to far outperform the three southern heroes, the focus of the Yan army's attack is likely to fall on his head, how can a male lord like Liu Bei do something like himself?

Taking all factors into consideration, the possibility of the Yangzhou army joining the frontal battlefield is much smaller, just as the Cao army attacked Hanzhong to avoid the real and encircled Wei to save Zhao, Liu Xuande's soldiers should refer to the Xuzhou area, and the timing of its choice will be when the Yan army attacks Yanzhou and the Cao army are entangled together, Qingzhou fought Xu Huang's Long Xiang army and Ju Yi's fire army suffered heavy losses, which increased the possibility of the Yangzhou army using troops in Xuzhou. But in terms of the comparison of troops, even if Liu Bei's whole army is as good as the two armies of Longxiang and Agni and Gan Ning's Flying Tiger elite, it can be said that they are roughly evenly matched, but the power that Liu Xuande and Zhuge Kongming can produce has to be fully estimated!

Gao Shun's Liaodong Army, Tai Shici's Beiping Army and Gao Lan's Swift Wind Army, with Zhao Yun's Iron Cavalry Battalion, Liu Yi's troops in the direction of Yanzhou can reach more than 300,000, Cao's army has the forbidden Qingzhou Battalion, Lejin's Chen Liu's Battalion, in addition to Xiahou Yuan's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and a number of county soldiers, the preliminary estimate is no less than 200,000! The Yan army has the absolute upper hand in the comparison of troops, and also has a cavalry advantage, but don't forget that Yanzhou can be said to be the base camp that Cao Cao has painstakingly managed since the Yellow Turban started his army, whether it is the people's heart or the geographical advantage is in the hands of the other party, so this advantage is not too obvious, and Lang Sheng is also painstaking about how to reasonably allocate troops to get the maximum benefit!

Cao Cao can make up his mind to abandon Qingzhou and gather Cao's soldiers in one place to fortify Yanzhou to fight against the Yan army, but Liu Yi can no longer make too many trade-offs for the sake of strategic interests at will, if Hanzhong and Xuzhou are lost, the impact on the hearts of the Han people is something he must consider. It was more out of scruples that Zhang He's Tiger Guards joined the battlefield in Hanzhong rather than Yanzhou, and this is also where all powerful forces are easily constrained, so it can be seen that Fazheng's surprise attack on Hanzhong by Cao Cao played an extremely important role in this war.

It is undoubtedly the best strategy for large corps operations to concentrate forces to form a huge advantage in the local area and attack the opponent's living forces, and the strategy adopted by the side that won the decisive battle in the Huaihai decisive battle in the future is mostly like this, and every time in the key battles, it can form a situation of being outnumbered, so that the other side with superior equipment and firepower is exhausted! Of course, this war also has various factors such as popular aspirations and geographical advantages, but the concentrated use of troops is undoubtedly crucial, and it is even more obvious here in the era of cold weapons at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Let Gan Ning lead the army to abandon Xuzhou and join the Yanzhou battlefield, so that the local advantage of the Yan army will be further expanded, this strategy has appeared many times in Liu Yi's heart, and it is a good strategy from the perspective of the soldiers, with more than 100,000 elites, the Yan army can rely on its absolute advantage to strive to sweep the Yanzhou Cao army as soon as possible, and then turn around and deal with Liu Bei's Yangzhou people! But in the end, the reason why Langsheng gave up this strategy was that this move was very risky, once Yanzhou could not be attacked for a long time, and Xuzhou fell into the hands of the enemy, the impact on the morale of the army and the people's will would be incalculable.

In terms of general strategic thinking, Liu Yi and a good talent under the command of a cadre have reached a consensus, that is, to stabilize first, Gan Ning's department still has a great grasp of dealing with Liu Bei's army, and he will put on a stubborn posture to wait for the enemy to attack, as long as the Yan army can establish a huge advantage on the Yanzhou battlefield, I am afraid that Liu Bei will have to think about the way to retreat in advance! Compared with abandoning the concentration of troops here, the two can be said to have their own shortcomings and strengths, but it is obvious that the strategy of holding on is the most in line with Liu Yi's previous strategic concept, and the surprise attack on Hanzhong has caused subtle changes in the overall situation, but it is not enough to shake this fundamental principle of the Yan army, and the question now is how to take precautions against Yangzhou changes.

After the battle of Qingzhou, Zhao Yun and Jia Xu and Guo Jia led the army to rest in place and wait for the opportunity, while Liu Yi no longer sat in Yecheng but personally led the four battalions of Xiliang, Baima, Heavy Cavalry, and Bingzhou to press into the battle line of more than 200 miles on the border of Jizhou and Yanzhou. The cavalry rushed everywhere, and the foot soldiers followed and divided, giving full play to the Yan army's huge advantage in strength and mobility is the most fundamental strategy of the Yan army's battle, and the Cao army continued to implement the defensive strategy of taking Xiongcheng as the point and the fortress as the face, like a hedgehog shrunk into a ball and waited for the Yan army to launch an offensive.

Compared with the tension in Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, Xuzhou at this time did not have the slightest breath before the war, and even Liu Beijun, who occupied the southern part of Xuzhou such as Guangling, has begun to converge towards the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it seems that he wants to cross the river from here to Jianye, saying that the two Liu and the north share the land of Xuzhou, but both Liu Yi and Liu Bei know in their hearts that it is difficult to defend the place in Xunan for a long time, and the two of them will not tear their faces. It can be said that the three counties of Xu Nan can also be regarded as a kind of containment of Liu Bei by Liu Yi, and this action of the Yangzhou army at this time has already explained Liu Bei's attitude.

Cao Cao has the law and the law of filial piety for him to offer a surprise attack, Liu Xuande has Wolong for him to plan the law of joint efforts to resist Yan, these two people can be the best among the young generation of ministers, such talents are not lacking in the Yan land, and compared to the law is not far behind, this person is the same as Wolong out of the Lumen known as the phoenix Pang Shiyuan, it was when the Cao army raided Hanzhong Liu Yi ordered Zhao Yun to attack Qingzhou, he also had a new insight into the overall battle situation.

Since that day and Liu Yi in the city of Beiping for a while, there is a detailed observation of the Yan army and Yan Di affairs, and there are the same brother Xu Shu Xu Yuan Zhizhuyu in front, Pang Tong is also determined to serve Lang Sheng, after the battle of Jizhou and the Jianye water war in the Shiyuan with his good talent and ingenuity to win the great feats and establish the reputation of the first-class adviser in the Yan army, at this time he went to Xuzhou to drive in the year after Liu Yi became the king was added to hold Jinwu, ranked third, second only to Zhang Hu, Guo Jiajia, Jia Xu and others, is still above Xu Shu, which is already an extremely rare high position for a young man of twenty-three or four, which shows King Yan's appreciation for him!

In Liu Yi's heart, Feng Xiao Pang Tong and the ghost genius Guo Jia belong to the same type, they are both good at winning by surprise, and they like to make dangerous moves for the greatest strategic interests. With the growth of age and the continuous increase of the power of the lord, Guo Jia is becoming more and more mature and steady, and relatively speaking, Pang Tong will be more prominent in the strange way.

Of course, Shi Yuan, the overall strategy of King Yan based on stability, is in favor of the heart, and it is a matter of course to analyze it from the perspective of the overall situation, and it is also the law of the king, but it can be specific to the tactical details, especially after the unexpected change in the predicted situation, Pang Tong has his own understanding of the big battle in front of him! If at this time Cao Cao's army returned to the aid and the king of Yan in the land of Qingyan to start a decisive battle, he must still support the original strategy formulated by everyone, but the actual battle situation is not like this, Liu Bei's soldiers have shown a situation of imminent movement, out of the understanding of the same door, Pang Tong can almost be sure that Kong Ming and the Yangzhou army will join this battle, in this case, it is better to take the initiative to attack when the enemy comes, and it can also deter the enemy, the attack is the best defense, and the king of Yan has moved the world with the name of offensive since the day of the army, Nowadays, blindly giving up one's advantage for the sake of stability does not seem to be the best strategy for soldiers.

However, although I thought about it in my heart, after all, the weight of this battle was too heavy, and Pang Tong did not want to cause more burden to King Yan, who was focused on the battle situation, but after several careful considerations and repeated verification with Xu Shu, this idea was even more difficult to suppress and not vomit unpleasantly, and finally after expressing his heart with the second general, he received Gan Ning's strong support, and reported it to Liu Yi in detail! If the enemy does not move, I can move first, and the three armies of Flying Tiger, Dragon, and Agni Fire join forces to strike first, which is enough to deal with Liu Bei in Yangzhou!