The more soldiers and horses, the more difficult it is to act, after the battle of Yuzhou opened, Zhang Liao seized the disadvantage of Yuan Shu, and went deep behind the enemy to attack Shouchun, Yuan Shu's more than 100,000 troops were transferred to run on the road, plus a rainstorm wound salt, Yuan Shu's 100,000 army was basically scattered, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Yang Han, Jiang Qi fought several battles very easily, only at the beginning Zang Ba directly faced the onslaught of Yuan Shu's main army in Yingchuan and Chen Guo, and fought the hardest, and the loss was the greatest.

In this battle, Zhang Liao gave Zang Ba enough trust, if Zang Ba couldn't stop Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses would attack Luoyang, and the situation would become unpredictable.

It can be said that this is the most dangerous part, being alone is not only an opportunity for the growth of the general, but also a severe test, and Zang Ba showed that he did not live up to Zhang Liao's trust with the resounding results, which made Zhang Liao very happy, and another general under him has grown up.

Compared with Gao Shun's rigor, Dian Wei's fierceness, Zhang He's change, Xu Rong's ruthlessness, Zhang Yan's lightness, Zang Ba can be described as both wise and brave, quite Zhang Liao's style.

In history, Zang Ba took advantage of the Central Plains War to entrench Qing and Xu, controlling one side, with great power, and was considered a prince, although he was loyal and brave, but with Cao Cao's suspicious character, he was naturally reused but fearful. Now that Zhang Liao has been involved in Qing and Xu early, Zang Ba has lost the opportunity for development, and he has been incorporated by Zhang Liao early, and he is very relieved to use it.

And Zang Ba is even more grateful to Zhang Liao, when a few of them defected to Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao never despised their origins, so that he was in charge of heavy troops, guarding the capital division of the important land, what a trust and reuse!

But just a month ago, Chang Xuan, who stayed in Xuzhou in Taishan Kouzhong, betrayed the alliance and rebelled in Langya in the East China Sea, putting several brothers in Beijing in danger, which made Zang Ba shocked and angry, and was even more ashamed, and asked Zhang Liao to resign from the military and military power. Zhang Liao not only did not ask, rejected his resignation, but also entrusted him with a heavy responsibility in the battle of Yuzhou, and it was the most important link, Zang Ba was grateful and swore to die to repay, so he beat Yuan Shu in Yingchuan like thunder.

At this time, I saw Zhang Liao in the big tent, Zang Ba was very respectful, not only grateful, but also respectful, in his heart, Zhang Liao's bearing and mind were very accessible, and what he did was far beyond his age, almost a natural sage.

It is not easy for a proud person to be convinced, but once he is convinced, he is loyal all his life, sworn to defend to the death, and will never betray.

Zhang Liao was slightly aware of what Zang Ba was thinking, he didn't expect that it was because of Chang Xuan's betrayal that Zang Ba had the greatest recognition, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, lost the east corner of the harvest of mulberry elm, compared to Zang Ba's loyalty, Chang Xuan's betrayal is really nothing, not to mention that Chang Feng himself is a capricious villain, not enough to care.

Immediately, he carefully inquired about the casualties of Yingchuan and Chen Guo's battles, and encouraged Zang Ba to personally send him out of the middle tent and let him rest well.

Outside the middle tent, watching Zang Ba bow down and leave, Zhang Liao turned his head to look at Xu Chu who was guarding in front of the tent, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Zhongkang, go and rest, you don't have to stay here all the time, just let the soldiers take turns in front of the tent." ”

"My lord, I won't be tired in the end." Xu Chu hurriedly bowed and clenched his fists, grinned, and said: "This small city of Ruyin is dilapidated, if the lord makes the last general take five hundred people to ascend first, it will not take half an hour to attack the city, cut off the head of Yuan Shu's dog, and dedicate it to the tent, the lord does not have to camp here, and return to Luoyang as soon as possible to sit in charge of the overall situation." ”

It was rare for Xu Chu to say that he was in charge of the overall situation, and Zhang Liao couldn't help laughing: "Zhongkang is also worried about Yanghu? ”

Xu Chu was a little surprised: "The last general sighed when he saw the lord sigh and worry about the sun, so he was willing to share the worries of the lord." ”

"Zhongkang has a heart, but the problems that can be solved by force are not problems, and what cannot be solved by force is trouble." Zhang Liao shook his head, sighed angrily, and said: "Ruyin City is not in a hurry, if you attack it, you will be taught to be the first, remember not to be brutal, you must guard against flowing arrows, and safety first." ”

Feeling Zhang Liao's care, Xu Chu was grateful in his heart, and said generously and forcefully: "The lord knows the grace of the encounter, the meaning of care, and the end will be grateful, and he will be grateful, and he will die to repay the service!" ”

Zhang Liao saw that he was just a casual word, and this honest man looked so excited, he couldn't help but helplessly, and waved his hand: "Go and rest first, don't doze off and nap during the siege, and lose the face of the general." ”

Let's make your own account.

Xu Chu grinned, and there were some doubts in his heart, isn't it the speed of the soldiers? Why not siege the city now? When is the time for the siege?

Just saw Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai coming from afar, Xu Chu's eyes couldn't help but light up, he knew that Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai were both smart and resourceful, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the two of them to ask about the doubts in their hearts.

Zhuge Liang was carrying a teapot in his hand, and he was a little out of shape at this time, so he saluted Xu Chu and smiled apologetically: "General Xu, let the senior brother explain, Liang will go to see the master first." ”

Xu Chu didn't mind who answered, he just needed the answer, watching Zhuge Liang enter the account, and looked at Guo Huai with a blank look.

Guo Huai saluted Xu Chu and explained with a smile: "This is the lord's plan to surround the point and send reinforcements. ”

Xu Chu was a little puzzled: "Didn't you encircle the point in Shouchun before?" ”

"Yes, but in Shouchun before, it was around Shouchun to fight Yuan Shu, and now in Ruyin, it is around Yuan Shu to fight Shouchun." Guo Huai explained, with a look of respect in his eyes.

During this trip to Yuzhou, he learned a lot from Zhuge Liang and deeply realized the essence of the master's sentence "What you get on paper is shallow".

The two of them participated in the whole battle, and really saw Zhang Liao's strategy, not the kind of technical tactics such as fire attack and water attack, but the planning and layout before the battle and the control of the entire battle situation.

Strategies such as water and fire attacks often rely on the geographical environment, and whether they can succeed depends on the wisdom of the opponent, but the layout before the battle and the control of the entire battle situation are different, which is the true way of a general.

Zhang Liao's two encirclement points to send reinforcements are a perfect interpretation of this, first of all, the first encirclement point reinforcements, Yuan Shu has strong troops, and most of them are pressed on the front line, forcing Luoyang, Zhang Liaoruo fought with Yuan Shu in Yingchuan, and Yuan Shu's madness is probably a tragic battle, so Zhang Liaoming repaired the plank road to secretly Chen Cang, sent the elite sneaked to Yuan Hou, and directly attacked his Jingshi Shouchun.

For Yuan Shu, Shouchun must not be saved, otherwise a son of heaven who has lost the Beijing division will inevitably become a laughing stock for all generations, Zhang Liao's move can be described as the rescue of the enemy, and it is easy to transfer Yuan Shu's more than 100,000 troops back to aid Shouchun, and wait for work, which also completely disrupted Yuan Shu's battlefield layout, at the same time, it is the reverse layout, set up a camp outside Shouchun City, but secretly shook a shot, sneaked in the rain, retreated for dozens of miles, avoided the edge of Ji Ling and Liu Xun's reinforcements, played a time difference, but skillfully trapped Yuan Shu in Ruyin.

Now Yuan Shu is already a turtle in the urn, unable to struggle, and then it is the second encirclement to send reinforcements, trapping Yuan Shu here, asking him to send messengers for help, and then attacking Ji Ling, Liu Xun and Shou Chun's reinforcements. For them, Yuan Shu, the Son of Heaven, is also the target that has to be saved, this is still the enemy must be saved, although the enemy has Shouchun Jiancheng, but has to travel dozens of miles to fight, this is the control of the situation.

With these two encirclement points and reinforcements, Zhang Liao easily controlled the war in Yuzhou.

And this seemingly simple two encirclement points to help, in fact, contains a lot of planning, layout and considerations, the most important of which is the in-depth use of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent.

Confidant is Zhang Liao knows the advantages and abilities of his own soldiers, dares to fight more with less, dares to travel dozens of miles at night in the rain, and gives full play to his own advantages, playing the time difference, which is beyond Yuan Shu's expectations, for Yuan Shu is like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

Knowing the other is that Zhang Liao knows the advantages and disadvantages of Yuan Shu, and turns Yuan Shu's advantages into disadvantages, and the disadvantages into maximum constraints.

Yuan Shu's advantage is that the army is abundant, Zhang Liao avoided the edge, and mobilized Yuan Shu through encirclement and reinforcement, and transformed Yuan Shu's military advantage into a mobile disadvantage, and the army of more than 100,000 people was extremely difficult to march, and it was easy to break up, and the numerical advantage at this time was a disadvantage.

The disadvantage of Yuan Shu is that the soldiers and horses are uneven, the military spirit is not strong, and it is easy to be chaotic once it encounters setbacks, so Zhang Liao let Yang Han and Jiang Qi harass it repeatedly, and the people of Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are panicked, so that a rainstorm from the sky is scattered, and it will definitely not be like this in ordinary times.

These layouts and plans were carried out quietly, including many generals under Zhang Liao, who didn't think about it so much, but they just felt that it was very easy to fight with Zhang Liao, and the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed without much fighting, they were like picking up cheap, and ordinary soldiers couldn't feel it.

Guo Huai also discussed with Zhuge Liang privately for a long time, only to feel the layout and detailed operation, this is a kind of planning from outside the battle situation or strategic height, in their opinion, this is the good war nameless, or the good attacker moves above the nine heavens, and the attack has been completed if you can't see how to move.

Coupled with some Zhang Liao's style of agitated subplans, it is harmless, but it makes Yuan Shu vomit blood in the city, while Zhang Liao easily drinks tea in the tent, this is ability, this is the gap.

Zhang Liao's realm and layout ability are undoubtedly much higher than back then.