Chapter 379: Jizhou Raiders

Liu Yi's three brothers and several military advisors discussed the strategy of the battle of Jizhou in the state capital, and after analyzing the current situation of the Yuan army in detail, Xi Zhicai proposed to attack the strongest point on the defense line of the Yuan army, and Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan led 50,000 elite soldiers to defend the Xiongcheng Nanpi, the three of them were silent for a while when they heard the words, thinking about the benefits and disadvantages in their hearts, and after a while, Zhao Yun spoke first:

"Yun saw the shallow, since it is not as careful as the three military divisions, but the first attack on Nanpi, Yun still thinks otherwise, Nanpi is an important town in Jizhou, the population is second only to Yecheng, the benefits of the armor are still to pass, when he and the eldest brother returned from Xuzhou in Jizhou and Yuan Shao had a battle, its corporal combat strength is stronger than our army is not afraid to let more, plus there is a strong city in hand, our army forced attack will lose heavily, if it is not possible to attack for a long time, Yuan army comes to help from all sides, what should the military division do?"

"The three generals don't have to be too humble, the husband and the fighter are nothing more than to attack the short with a long blow, take advantage of the situation, and adapt to the situation, the lord must go south if he wants to achieve a great cause, and it is imperative to fight with Yuan Shao! Zhicai, may I ask the third general, what are the advantages and disadvantages of our army compared with Yuan's original Jizhou? Xi Zhicai smiled slightly, and did not answer Zhao Yun's question, but asked rhetorically, seeing that he admired Zilong's words very much.

"In terms of battle formations alone, the strength of our army lies in the refinement of the soldiers, the strength of the soldiers, and the strength of the cavalry is far superior, coupled with the reputation of the eldest brother in a hundred battles, and Jizhou has always been rich, Yuan Benchu IV and the third prince are famous, here he and Han Fu have been operating for many years and are quite popular, plus there is a strong city in hand, the combat power of the soldiers is only slightly inferior to our army, and it is indeed a strong opponent of the big brother." Zhao Yun said slowly.

"What the general said is true, but there are still two omissions, if the lord is out of Jizhou, Cao Mengde will not sit idly by, once this is the case, our army will be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, this is one of them; Although Yuan Benchu was the third prince of the fourth world, he could not escape the name of rebellion this time, and the lord could accept the fact of obedience and rebellion, and the second was also. ”

"In the name of rebellion, what the drama master said is not a jade seal? But if our army uses this as an excuse, what if Yuan Shao really sends the jade seal to the Son of Heaven and our army? Gan Ning was also seriously thinking about the words of the two on the side, and only then did he ask, the three brothers have been familiar with military books and war strategies since the day of the cavalry, plus the baptism of hundreds of battles large and small, today's Gan Xingba's vision is definitely better than in the original history, otherwise the last time Liaodong was stabilized, how could Liu Yi let him lead the army alone after destroying Goguryeo?

"Hehe, the two generals' concerns are also reasonable, although the jade seal is good, but it can't be compared with the foundation, but there is no word for the crime that you want to add, when our army wants to raise troops, you can send an edict from the Son of Heaven to Yuan Shao to Beiping, if he doesn't come, why should he need the jade seal, just one disobeying the king's order is enough for the lord to send troops." Guo Jia said with a smile, at this time, there are a lot of private attackers among the princes, and there may not be any reason, but the battle between Liu Yi and Yuan Shao is not trivial, and Liu Yijun has the Son of Heaven behind him, and it is more important for them to be famous, otherwise the prestige of the imperial court will be damaged.

"The third brother said that the reputation of the Yuan family is outside, and the protégés and former officials are all over the world, even if there are many people in the court who open their eyes for him, according to Guo Junshi's words, Yuan Shao will not dare to come in the majority, but what if he dares to come? With the reputation of the eldest brother, can he still be killed? Wouldn't this be a disappointment? Gan Ning said again, this sounds like a bit strong, but the affairs of the soldier are unpredictable, and all possibilities must be thought of!

Hearing Gan Ning's words, Liu Yi was also interested for a while, Guo Jiazhi's argument was solid, but if Yuan Benchu really came, it would be quite troublesome, such a thing also happened in later generations, the strong party must be the leader of the weak side did not dare to come, and the hype did enough to do enough articles, but the other party just had the bearing to enter the tiger's den, and the result was that the strong party stole chickens and rice, and its reputation was greatly damaged.

"If he is willing to come, I can't ask for it, the second general should not forget that Dong Guozhan is still under house arrest, although this matter was not publicized at the time, but in the hands of Wenhe, it is ironclad evidence, plus there is also the matter of Kong Wenju, I am afraid that the two will not be able to kill him, and he will never want to return to Jizhou, if Shao goes, the remaining three sons are all busy people, what else is Jizhou afraid of? Jia is eager for him to come, so that it will save our army a lot of trouble. Guo Jia's explanation was extremely detailed.

"The military advisor is high, and I would rather admire." Gan Ning arched his hand, and Liu Yi on the side also sighed in his heart, no wonder he did not kill Dong Cheng at the intercedence of General Huangfu that day, Jia Xu did not have any unsafe attitude, this is in no way consistent with his means of cutting grass and eradicating the roots, now it seems that he has long thought of today, the vision of these top strategists is really not comparable to his own little more predictability.

"The three generals just said that our army has an advantage, but there are many wise and resourceful people under Yuan Shao's account, how can they not know the reason? This time, his long snake formation is to make it difficult for our army to give full play to its strengths, and to use the fortified city as a basis supplemented by guerrilla methods, which can make our army's elite iron cavalry powerful and difficult! If the whole line is pressed, the strength of our army is also insufficient, as if it is to break its point, so that the whole line is shaken, Nanpi is located in the extreme east of Jizhou, near the sea, if our army attacks, it is the Yuan army including Xiahou Yuan to get here It will take a lot of time, and once he comes to help, he can intercept it everywhere with the maneuver of the iron battalion of the three generals, if he can let his main force come to the end, our army can even give up the decisive battle with its main force, I don't know what the three generals want? "Since finding out the situation of Yuan Jun, the three of them, including Zhang Hu, have had many discussions, not that they don't want to report to Liu Yi, but according to the style of acting for a long time, such a big battle must have a proper strategy to report to the lord.

"The military adviser is thoughtful, Yun can let General Zhongfu's White Horse Battalion monitor Qinghe, General Fan's Bingzhou Battalion keeps an eye on Liyang, and Yun personally leads the Iron Cavalry Battalion to watch the movement of Hengxia Hou Miaocai, but a hundred miles south of Nanpi is the Bohai Sea, which is where the foundation of the Yuan family is located, and there must be heavy troops stationed, if Yuan Shao comes to help in person, it is necessary to guard against it." Zhao Yunde Xi Zhicai explained, after pondering for a while, he already had his own general strategy, Yuan Shao wanted to restrain the advantage of Youzhou's troops to the greatest extent, and he could use the ability of Xi Zhicai and others, how could he let him succeed so easily?

"Okay, the third brother can have such an arrangement, which shows his ability, but Yi wants to know how the military division will fight with Nanpi, and what Guo Zilong said in the end is also very reasonable, the advantage of cavalry lies in mobility, and it must not be alone in the depths, even so, this road of the Bohai Sea Yuan army is it." It was only at this time that Liu Yi spoke, the military strategy shown by his two brothers had satisfied him in his heart, and the hard work after the righteousness was not in vain, and it was not only their martial arts that would impress future generations in this life, but in the end, he also glanced at Gan Ning intentionally or unintentionally, and only then did he look at Xi Zhicai.

"Nanpi City is high and deep, the soldiers are excellent, I can concentrate on the Gongming Longxiang Battalion, the Tiger Guard Battalion of Jun Yi and the Liaodong Battalion of Jingfang to attack it together, Ziyi's Beiping Battalion and Xuanwu, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird three battalions for the whole army to reserve, with four to attack one, if Yuan Tan is based on the city to defend to the death, with our army's ability to attack, this place can be captured within three months! This person is Yuan Shao's eldest son, he will definitely come to help from all sides when the situation is critical, if this is the case, it will be a chaotic battle, and it is the director of our army, and there is still a strange soldier at the second general, and he is the last killer of our army at a critical time! Therefore, if Yuan's army comes to talk to our army, whatever is the best policy, if he does not move, then our army can only attack Nanpi. Xi Zhicai said that these soldiers have been discussed countless times by several people, but in the end, he is still a little helpless, not forced and no one wants to attack Jiancheng.

"Zhicai doesn't need to worry too much, I think Yuan Benchu was reluctant to give him the eldest son, and the strategy of several is a complete law, Xingba, how the battle of Jizhou is up to you." The battle between the two armies is fundamentally based on strength, and the clever plan can play a great role, but it also depends on the environment, and the people who watched the drama Zhicai and others are also exhausted, but some things are not human, and attacking the city is the lowest method, but he Liu Yi wants to forge ahead, which is the only way, so he smiled indifferently, and said to Gan Ning, there is half a year from this battle, and today is only a preliminary strategic concept, and there are many improvisations behind.

"Big brother military advisor rest assured, Ning will definitely establish miraculous feats when the time comes!" Gan Ning said arrogantly, with the current situation, only his Flying Tiger Army could bypass Yuan's defense line, if he could do this, he would be able to shock his rear, and there would be many more fighters on the front line, which he had to do.