Chapter 655: Entering Xuzhou
Qingzhou Qi State, here has become a battlefield before April, Jia Xu's Xu Huanglongxiang battalion and Tai Shi Ci's Beiping battalion and Yan Liang's Jizhou cavalry a total of 80,000 have confronted the Qingzhou battalion led by Cao Jun's general Ban for several months, the two sides have fought countless strategic battles but never happened, Yu Wen was entrusted by Cao Cao to only want to hold here without much progress, but it is also reasonable, but Liu Yijun has not done much in the case of a slight advantage in troops, but it is strange that Liu Yijun has not done much for several months, even if Yu Ban is a generalBut is the name of the poisoner vain?
According to Liu Yi's original idea, he spared no effort to contain Cao Cao's army, so Xu Huanglongxiang's battalion, which intended to march into Xuzhou that day, was transferred to participate in the battle of Qingzhou, and Jia Wenhe was sent here in the hope of making greater gains. But the change in Sizhou after that was unexpected, and then he personally led the army to join the Wuhuan Hun cavalry to fight in Sizhou to fight the coalition army, just to maintain the stability of Sizhou and not change the strategy formulated before.
But in the eyes of Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others, the lord personally led the army to Sizhou as the best countermeasure, in that situation, only Liu Yi's prestige can deter the enemy, but in the case of changes, the lord still wants to follow the previous strategy is a little too comprehensive, Sizhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou three at the same time will bring huge losses and burdens to Liu Yijun, Yangzhou two generals' Flying Tiger Army is still just a partial division, but once the war in Qingzhou starts, it will be a confrontation between heavy soldiers, This is not the best strategy for Liu Yijun, who has not recovered from the battle of Jizhou, and he has always had thoughts in Jia Xu's heart, if Liu Yijun successfully takes Xuzhou, the land of Qingzhou will be in the middle of the attack of Hebei and Xuzhou, and the strategic position is extremely forward, if Cao Mengde wants to protect this place, he must send heavy troops to defend it, and Liu Yijun, who occupies the geographical advantage at that time, will go all out to have a greater harvest!
However, the battle array is ever-changing, no one dares to guarantee that their ideas will be correct, this plan to contain Cao Jun was formulated by everyone before, so after the three of them discussed, they decided to follow this law for the time being, but they must be cautious when using troops, do not seek merit but seek no fault, and then make calculations about the changes in the battle of the main company state, of course, the idea of the three of them also immediately spread to Liu Yi, which has to be said to be the benefit of communication, they can make powerful adjustments to the established strategy at any time according to the changes in the battlefield situation, One step is one step at a time!
Of course, at the beginning of receiving the summons from the three military advisors, although Liu Yi accepted their views, he did not intend to change his mind, this is not to say that he can't listen to different opinions because of his increasing status and power, but in Liu Yi's heart, the threat of the Han and Zhang coalition forces is far less than Cao Cao, he would rather lose Sizhou than give him a huge blow when the enemy attacks Jingzhou, even if both are defeated, he will not hesitate to say that he will not hesitate to say that Han Sui, Zhang Lu and others will not do much even if they are temporarily benefited, from a strategic point of view, Both opinions have their own strengths and weaknesses, but there is one thing that both sides agree on, and that is that the use of forces must be concentrated!
After finally making Liu Yi inclined to the opinions of the three military divisions, the biggest reason is the change in the battle situation, one is that the outstanding performance of the general Zhang Wenyuan made the Sizhou Rebellion not reach the worst level imagined by Liu Yi, it should be said that it is still the most ideal situation, and the second is that the performance of Liu Biaojingzhou Army did disappoint him, which made the center of gravity of the entire battle gradually turn to Sizhou, and when Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia decided to send reinforcements to Sizhou, the annihilation of the Han and Zhang coalition forces became Liu Yi's strategic focus, And the two places in Jizhou and Qingzhou have naturally become subordinates to cooperate with this strategic goal, so it is common sense that Jia Xu has not made much progress in the past few months.
Although Jia Xu is strategically inclined to the decisive battle in Sizhou, but in Qingzhou he is still constantly looking for a gap in the formation of forbidden troops, if he is slightly careless by Jia Wenhe to seize the opportunity, the offensive of the poison will be like a mountain in an instant, it can be said that the confrontation between the two armies in Qingzhou looks calm, but in fact it is an undercurrent, and the two sides have not found each other's gap for several months. With similar troops, they naturally maintained their original posture!
Accustomed to watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is easy for people to have a misunderstanding, under the same military strength, a wise man like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu can easily win against a general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei without much effort, but in fact, it is a big mistake! Generals like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are extremely skilled in both arranging and fighting formations, and it is absolutely difficult to defeat them with the so-called strategy alone.
Even in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Dada still made some adjustments, like Zhang Wenyuan's mighty Xiaoyaojin, Guan Yunchang's release of water and flooding the Seventh Army are obvious examples, Sun Quan used the power of the whole country to attack Hefei, Cao Cao combined the number of generals to deal with Guan Yu, how can he not be elite? It is biased that there are no advisers in the book, and of course it may be that the author did it on purpose.
As the head of Cao Cao's five good generals, Yu Ban's ability to command the army is beyond doubt, and with the assistance of Liu Ye and others, even if Liu Yijun's lineup is not under him, how easy is it to win a big victory? With such a situation and the shift of Liu Yi's strategy, the situation of the Battle of Qingzhou must not make any accusations against Jia Xu, nor will it damage his reputation as a poisoner.
As long as the lord can annihilate the coalition army and Sizhou territory, their strategy will be successful, and in the end, the battle situation in Sizhou is as expected, although there are many coincidences, but the coalition army of more than 200,000 troops is wiped out is an ironclad fact.
Today in Liu Yijun's camp in the tent, Jia Xu is sitting with Xu Huang to talk, it should be said that one enemy three, because behind Gongming is still standing Liaodong battalion commander Tai Shici and Jizhou cavalry commander Yan Liang, this way of chess is quite prosperous in the late Han Dynasty, is regarded as one of the talents that a gentleman must have, not only Wenchen, but also among the generals There are not a few good people in this way, Xu Huang is one of the leaders, in their eyes, the biggest advantage of chess is that you can exercise calm and calm kung fu, and these are the indispensable qualities of generals in the war, Liu Yi is also quite recommending this, but unfortunately he is not Cai Yan's opponent at home, and the Chinese chess he is better at has not yet been perfected at this time.
"Komeito, here." Tai Shi Ci saw that Xu Huang had been silent for a long time, and he had never fallen, so he couldn't help but point out. "What's here, can't you see that the military advisor has a trick to take off his boots?" Yan Liang said lightly, that is, Liu Yi and Yan Wen have a lot of friendship in this life, and at this time, they are the master and slave to have a deep understanding of it, Yan Liang's chess strength can be similar to Xu Huang, and Wen Chou's is a good chime, and he can even compose music by himself, which is very different from the two heroes in the romance!
There is a chess proverb: "There is no regret in the beginning, a husband, a true gentleman who does not say anything when watching chess." This sentence has been in the late Han Dynasty, but it refers to the situation in which the chess strength of the two sides is similar, and the situation in front of them is not the case, listening to the help of the two, Jia Xu just smiled slightly and looked unfathomable, which made Xu Huang, who wanted to fall down, hesitate again, and the three of them have lost two games in a row under the joint efforts.
"Report! Military division, three generals, Beiping urgent book! "When they were hesitating, a herald came to relieve the siege for the three of them, and they had already received the news that the Son of Heaven had died of illness and the Lord was on the way back to Beijing, and they were eagerly waiting for the follow-up news, otherwise they would not have played a game to kill time, and no one would care about the chess game at this time.
"The Son of Heaven died, and before his death, he made the lord the king of Yan! Now the descendants of Fu exercise the power of the Son of Heaven, and the lord is assisted by the King of Yan and the emperor's uncle! Jia Xu took the letter and read it and immediately informed the three generals in front of him of the contents, although he had prepared before, but when everything became a reality, he couldn't help but be a little excited, this is a great benefit to the lord, not only the status of King Yan, but the biggest obstacle in his journey to the top has been removed, I think that when Jia Xu first saw Liu Yi and the two of them in Shangdang City, he had a heart-to-heart relationship with this matter, and Jia Xu was also really dead to the lord, and now it is getting closer and closer to this goal.
"The lord is the king of Yan and assists in state affairs? Tai ......" The excited expression of the three generals after observing the letter is even more above Jia Xu, Xu Huang blurted out, saying that he was forced to hold back only when he suddenly felt inappropriate, but that intention was already clearly revealed, Taishi Ci and Yan Liang were also the same as Xu Huang, and they also knew very well in their hearts what the content of this biography represented, and the lord he assisted was likely to ascend to the top of the throne, which was a gratifying thing for any general, that was a real work from the dragon, and it was something that many talents in the troubled times could not seek.
"The lord only told him about this matter, but he didn't say a word about the Qingzhou war, obviously he handed it over to us and others to judge themselves, what is the good plan for the three generals to do?" Jia Xu smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about Xu Huang's words, in his opinion, this was a matter of course, and immediately asked the three of them.
"On that day, we were quite puzzled by the military division's immobility, and the military division was convinced after a detailed explanation, and the war situation in Sizhou was as the military division said, and under the divine power of the lord became the top situation in the military division, after the coalition army was annihilated, Wen Yuan took advantage of the situation and went down to the tiger prison, and the west was worry-free, and now it is the matter of the lord's assistant to the king, which is extremely beneficial to the great cause of the lord, but it will take a while to show its effect, and now our army has suffered heavy losses due to the Sizhou war, and it is time to turn the offensive to defend, and wait and see the changes in the world and then seek to move." The three of them pondered when they heard this, after all, it was Komeito who spoke first, with the level of those present, they could get the detailed figures of the battle of Sizhou, although the lord used all the favorable forces almost to the limit, but it was impossible not to pay the price for the annihilation of more than 200,000 coalition troops, plus the burden of 100,000 soldiers and the destruction of Sizhou, it was obvious that now the Youzhou army was unable to afford a big war similar to Sizhou, and it was the best policy to wait for change.
"What General Xu said is reasonable, originally Yan was still a little resentful about the lack of achievements in this battle, but the words of the military advisor are enough to understand, the creation of Jizhou has not healed, and the loss of Sizhou is coming, and our army should really recuperate for a while." Yan Liang also spoke out at this time.
"What Cizhi sees is similar to that of the two generals." Tai Shici also agreed with the words of the two.
"What the three generals see is not bad, but it is not Jia's wish to turn from offensive to defensive, there is still a place where our army is bound to take it, and it happens to be the same thing when the edict of the Son of Heaven is proclaimed, when it can be more effective with half the effort, can the three generals know?" Jia Xu said.
"Xuzhou, there is an edict from the Son of Heaven, and it is even more justifiable, military advisor, Huang is willing to lead the troops to go!" After a while, the three generals said almost in unison, Xu Huang even more arrogantly asked for battle, this occupation of Xuzhou was his duty at the beginning of the Longxiang battalion, and now he will naturally not give in.
"Good! He ordered Gongming to lead the Longxiang camp to Xuzhou tonight, and he should quickly occupy Xiapi! Ziyi Shiping will continue to confront that Yu Wenze with me here, so as to help Gongming do his best! ”
"No!" When the three generals heard this, they all bowed down to receive the order!