The news of the appearance of the Shu army outside Wufang City reached Zhang Xun's ears on the same day, he thought that with the topography of Wufang, he could block the Shu army for ten days and a half months no matter what, so he was not worried when he got the news, and began to reorganize the soldiers and horses in a hurry, preparing to rescue Wufang.

According to Zhang Xun's idea is to use Wu Fang to drag the Shu army, he led the main force to cross the river in the rear of the Shu army, cut off the supply line of the Shu army, and blocked the Shu army in the triangle of Wu Fang, and then ordered Wu Fang's Le to cooperate with him, to the Shu army to a front and back attack, because there are large armies squeezing on the west and east sides, and the north and south are facing water, the desperate Shu army will inevitably be defeated, as long as the main force of the Shu army is eliminated, there is no three or four years of effort, Shu can not ease this breath at all, with these three or four years, the rule of Chengguo must have been deep-rooted, At that time, the situation of Shu attacking and defending will probably be reversed. Who knew that he was slowly reorganizing his troops and horses, and he suddenly received the news that Haoyang was broken by the Shu army......

"Le is this waste, and he lost the important land of Wu Fang so quickly? And Han Kang, what does he eat, how can he say that he also has 5,000 men and horses in his hands, and he will let thousands of cavalry from the Shu Military Region rush into the city? Such a person who neglects his duties and eats a vegetarian meal in the corpse position should really be cut with a thousand knives......" Zhang Xun scolded Le and Han Kang in the mansion.

Strategist Che Rui said: "It is reported that Wu Fang did not lose ......"

"Didn't lose it? How did the Shu army come over? Zhang Xun said annoyedly.

"The Shu army found that Wu Fang was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they did not choose to attack ......" Although he was interrupted, Che Rui was not angry, he calmly told Zhang Xun what he had learned: "It's just that about 10,000 troops were divided to besiege Wu Fang, and the main force bypassed Wu Fang and captured Maoyang." Han Kang, the defender of Haoyang, did not expect the Shu army to have this move, and was suddenly killed by the cavalry of the Shu army under the city and rushed into the city, thus losing Haoyang! ”

"Ten thousand? Le also has 10,000 people in his hands, with one around one? The Shu army is not afraid of breaking through and giving their main force a punch from behind? ”

Che Rui shook his head secretly, Zhang Xun had lost the most basic calmness because of the news of the loss of Haoyang, and he couldn't even do the most basic things without being surprised, was Zhang Xun really enough to defeat the Shu army? But as a strategist, he still has to do his duty: "The general has forgotten the terrain of Wufang?" It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but in the same way, the Shu army only needs to cut off the only land passage in the west, and take advantage of the terrain of Wufang surrounded by water on three sides, which is equivalent to besieging Wufang on all sides. ”

"Despicable villain, who doesn't even have the courage to storm a battle, what kind of soldier is he?" Zhang Xun couldn't help but scold.

Che Rui secretly wondered: "Unless the brain is burned out, who will easily gnaw on the hard bone of Wu Fang?" Even if it is captured, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and after the capture, you will have to send troops to garrison it, right? In this way, the consumption of troops is probably far more than 10,000 troops, in this case, isn't it very cost-effective to keep this 10,000 soldiers who should have been consumed in Wu Fang to monitor Le? This did not cause any losses to the Shu army, and as long as the victory or defeat was decided in Pingyu, Wufang was a lonely city, and the problem of its ownership would naturally be solved. ”

Zhang Xun looked at Che Rui and said with a little eagerness: "Now that the Shu army has gone down to Liyang, what should I do?" ”

"There are less than 80,000 soldiers in the hands of the general, but the Shu army has an army of 140,000, even if Wu Fang contains 10,000 and Haoyang contains another 10,000, the strength of the army will also reach 120,000, the disparity between the forces of the two sides, I am afraid that the outcome of the head-on battle will not be good, for the sake of today's plan, I am afraid that I can only stick to the peace, and at the same time report to Your Majesty urgently, and ask Your Majesty to send troops to rescue!"

Zhang Xun sighed: "The Lu Su Department of the Shu Army has invaded the Lujiang River and threatened Shouchun, I'm afraid Your Majesty has no way to divide troops to rescue us, not to mention, Huainan doesn't have many soldiers and horses at this time!" Although recruits are being recruited, even if the recruitment is completed, how much combat power can the recruits who are pulled into the battlefield have? Zhang Xun didn't know the news that Hefei had been captured by the Shu army, otherwise he would have been even more depressed.

"Alas, a large number of strong men in Yuzhang and Huainan have been conscripted into the army, which has greatly affected farming, and a large number of people have died of hunger since last year, and I am afraid that this year will ...... Seeing the autumn harvest season, but looking at the abandoned fields...... "Che Rui is Zhang Xun's confidant, and he has no scruples when he speaks, he will say whatever he thinks, if this word reaches Yuan Shu's ears, he can't eat and walk around!"

Zhang Xun knew that Yuan Shu was actually forced to do so, so he refuted Yuan Shu: "Your Majesty is looking around at strong enemies on all sides, and if you don't vigorously recruit troops, you can only be defeated......

"It's just drinking to quench your thirst......"

"Okay, don't say this kind of thing anymore, otherwise you and I won't be able to get along, let's think about how to face the current crisis!"

Che Rui looked at the map, in fact, he didn't need to look at it, he was already familiar with the terrain near Pingyu, and he habitually glanced at it, but he just wanted his words to be more convincing: "The terrain in Pingyu is flat, there is no danger to rely on, and the Shu army has a large number of cavalry, once our army and the Shu army encounter on the plain, the outcome is self-evident...... Now our army can only resist the Shu army for a while with hidden water! ”

"And then?"

"And then?" Che Rui glanced at Zhang Xun with a hint of confusion and said, "Our army has almost no chance of winning this battle, what else is there?" ”

"I still have 80,000 troops in Pingyu, and there are 20,000 soldiers in various parts of Runan, and the gap between 100,000 soldiers and the Shu army is not big, why are you so pessimistic?"

"The general knows, one out of every three soldiers in our army is a civilian who has just taken up arms, a large number of recruits have sharply reduced the combat power of our army, and the first field regiment of the Shu army first leveled Dong Zhuo, and then fought Yuan Shao, which can be described as the elite of a hundred battles, although the second field regiment has not fought much, but they are all elite soldiers who have been trained for several years. And the Shu army has the logistical support of Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Guanzhong, whether it is grain and grass or equipment, it is almost inexhaustible and inexhaustible, on the other hand, our army, although the grain and grass are enough to support for several months, but the supply of soldiers has been cut off, and every soldier lost in battle will have less combat power, as long as a few hard battles are consumed, our army has no other way out except failure? ”

"You mean that the failure of the country is a foregone conclusion?"

Che Rui smiled with a little helplessness: "Maybe there is still a glimmer of life, but Your Majesty will definitely not agree!" ”

Zhang Xun hurriedly said: "Oh, let's hear it, if it is feasible, I will fight for my own life, and I will advise Your Majesty!" ”

"It's useless, it's useless to persuade anyone!" Che Rui shook his head repeatedly.

"How do you know if you don't tell me?"

Che Rui glanced at Zhang Xun and said, "Okay, since the general must ask, then I will say that the only way is for His Majesty the Emperor to go to the emperor and ask Emperor Jianxing for guilt and courtiers!" ”

"What?" Zhang Xun looked at Che Rui with a shocked face.

Che Rui smiled faintly: "I said, Your Majesty will not agree!" ”

"Submit to Emperor Jianxing? Isn't that just a vassal to Yuan Benchu? Zhang Xun asked again and again, with the bad relationship between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, I am afraid that the arrogant Yuan Shu would rather die than bow to this "minion"! What's more, let him go to the emperor by himself? It's better to just kill him!

"Yes......" Since he had already said it, Che Rui simply said his thoughts one by one: "Your Majesty has blatantly proclaimed himself emperor, and has lost the righteousness and support of the people...... Now for every soldier recruited, Chengguo will waste a hundred acres of fields; Every penny collected, the burden of the people will be heavier, and the main force of farming is filled into the army, which greatly reduces the income of the people, in this case, they also have to bear heavy taxes, and the final result is that the people in the country are not able to make a living, and the outcome can be imagined! Now facing the onslaught of more than hundreds of thousands of troops on the west and south roads of the Shu army, Chengguo is no longer able to parry, if you don't make a decision in a hurry, once Cao Cao and Liu Zhang echo in Yanzhou, lead the troops from Yanzhou and Xuzhou into the territory of Chengguo, what will Your Majesty take to resist? The reason why Cao Cao has not launched an attack on our army is precisely because he is worried about Yuan Benchu, and only before Cao Cao and Yuan Junchu reach some kind of agreement, our army takes the initiative to declare itself to Yuan Benchu, and our army can survive in death. Although His Majesty and Yuan Benchu have always been discordant, but the two of them are brothers after all, whether blood is thicker than water, or for the sake of Yuan's awe-inspiring dignity, as long as His Majesty is willing to bow his head, Yuan Benchu will not fail to save him. Once Yuan Benchu sent troops to rescue, Cao Cao would not dare to act rashly, and then our army combined with Yuan Benchu's soldiers and horses to potentially drive the Shu army out of the territory of Chengguo! ”

"Alas......" Zhang Xun sighed, Che Rui's words were very reasonable, but don't say whether Yuan Shu is willing to listen or not, I'm afraid that no one even dares to mention it in front of Yuan Shu! Because he dared to say these words in front of Yuan Shu, I'm afraid this person won't have to speak in the future!

Che Rui said: "Now there is only the use of hidden water to block the Shu army for a while, using this time not only to strengthen the city defense of Pingyu, once the hidden water can not resist, then the whole army will withdraw to Pingyu, use Pingyu to continue to resist, I hope there will be a miracle!" ”

"That's all I have to do for now!"