When Yang Wu heard that Zhou Ben had arrived, he was overjoyed and welcomed him into the camp to discuss together.

During this time, the situation of the confrontation between the Wu and Liang armies remained unchanged, and it was still divided into two battlefields, Xuzhou and Suzhou, of which Zhou Ben was in charge of the Xuzhou battlefield, and Yang Wu was in charge of the Suzhou battlefield.

After Zhou Ben sat down, Yang Wu explained the situation to him, and expressed his worries, and then asked, "I don't know if the general has any good plans?" ”

Although Zhou Ben usually showed his bravery when he commanded the army, he occasionally had a glimmer of inspiration and came up with some clever moves, so Yang Wu looked at him with anticipation.

Zhou Ben pondered for a moment and replied: "The king, the minister also considered this issue before coming, Niu Cunjie is indeed quite strategic, flexible in the use of soldiers, but he is not steady, and he is a strong opponent. ”

Yang Wu bowed his head and listened quietly to what he continued.

"The minister thought that when the Liang army withdrew, an ambush would inevitably be set up!" Zhou Ben replied with great certainty.

"Huh?" Yang Wu's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhou Ben.

"As General Kang and General Zhu said, Niu Cunjie may also want to use the opportunity of this withdrawal to set up an ambush to defeat our army, but Niu Cunjie is not only good at using troops, but also has another characteristic, that is, he is steady, and he will not take risks casually until he has to."

"Therefore, although this man will set up an ambush to deal with the pursuit of our army, his first goal is to withdraw his army, and he will never pin his hope on defeating our army."

"It is precisely for this reason that our army must pursue the enemy and must not let them go easily."

Yang Wu nodded again and again when he heard this, and at the same time he was groaning in his heart.

"Although Kang Huaizhen and Zhu Jin have dealt with Niu Cunjie, they have not fought with Niu Cunjie for a long time, and their impression of them is also many years ago; Second, the two generals have not personally led the troops for many years, and they are only afraid that they will not have Zhou Benqiang in their grasp of the battle situation. ”

"In this way, Zhou Ben's judgment should be more accurate!"

Yang Wu groaned secretly in his heart, and the generals also thought about Zhou Ben's words in their hearts.

"General Zhou is so sure, and he clearly advocates pursuit, it seems that he should be somewhat sure."

"General Zhou is the king's father-in-law, and since he is so sure that he wants to pursue the enemy, I think the king will agree with his proposition. But how do you deal with the enemy's ambush when you pursue the enemy? ”

"If you are cautious along the way, you can also guard against enemy ambushes and not step into an ambush, but if you march so carefully, the speed of the march will be very slow, and then the Liang army will have already retreated to Bozhou, Songzhou and other places. Could it be that our army still wants to pursue it to Songzhou and other places? What's the difference between that and the Northern Expedition? ”

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The generals had different thoughts, but no one stood up to speak, but waited quietly.

Yang Wu asked directly: "General Zhou, since you advocate that you must pursue, and you think that the enemy army will inevitably have ambush soldiers, how do you plan to pursue the enemy army?" Do you want to do the same as Wang Maozhang at the beginning? ”

At the beginning, the Wu army divided its troops into two routes to attack Ma Yin, one was commanded by Li Chengsi to attack Tanzhou, and the other was commanded by Wang Maozhang to attack Yuezhou.

At the very beginning of the war, Li Chengsi launched a fierce attack on the side of Tanzhou, forcing the Chu army in Yuezhou to come back to help, while Wang Maozhang took the opportunity to pursue.

At that time, in order to get rid of the pursuit of the Wu army, the generals of the Chu army constantly set up ambushes, and they did successfully ambush the Wu army several times in a row and achieved certain victories.

After all, the main force of the Chu army can retreat boldly and quickly, while the Wu army will inevitably have no time to take precautions in order to catch up with the enemy's speed, so it will step into the ambush of the Chu army one after another.

However, Wang Maozhang was also a ruthless man, and he was not frightened by the ambush of the Chu army, let alone hesitated because of the ambush of the enemy army.

He commanded the Wu army to chase all the way, although he was ambushed many times and lost some soldiers, but in the end he succeeded in catching up with the main force of the Chu army and defeated the Chu army.

That battle fully reflected Wang Maozhang's bravery and violent style of using troops, although some soldiers were lost, but they were able to defeat the main force of the Chu army, and those losses were worth it.

However, this does not mean that the current situation can also be used in the same way as at the beginning, after all, the strength of the Liang army is much stronger than the original Chu army, and there are even elite cavalry peeping on the side.

If it is really ambushed by the enemy, and then counterattacked by the enemy's main force, the Wu army is really likely to be defeated.

I only heard Zhou Ben say unhurriedly: "General Wang's original method is certainly feasible, but the minister thinks it is still a bit risky. ”

"Therefore, the minister felt that our army should not pursue at first, or only pursue with a small number of troops, so as to confuse the enemy as much as possible, so that the enemy army thinks that our army has no intention of pursuing."

"Wait until the enemy is about to return to Dangshan or Xiayi, and then launch a surprise attack with cavalry. It's going to work wonders. ”

Zhou Ben stood up and talked eloquently in the tent, his voice was loud, and his face was full of confidence, which made people believe it when they saw it.

However, Zhu Siqing, who had been silent among the generals, frowned and hesitated: "That Niu Cunjie is not a fool, when he sees that our army is not pursuing, won't he find out that there is fraud in this?" At that time, even if our army launches a surprise attack with cavalry, I am afraid that it will be difficult to receive any effect, right? ”

Before Zhou Ben could speak, Guo Chongtao had already smiled and said: "General Zhu is too worried, the enemy army is trying to ambush our army, but why doesn't the enemy army need to be cautious and cautious to guard against our army's surprise attack?" ”

"Moreover, the enemy army and our army have been holding each other for more than half a year, and the soldiers must be homesick. At the beginning, under the constraints of Niu Cunjie and other generals, he may be able to be careful and vigilant, and set up ambushes to deal with the pursuit of our army, if he uses cavalry to raid at that time, he is afraid that it will be difficult to make it effective, and he may fall into the ambush of the enemy. ”

"However, when the enemy army is about to return to their territory, even if Niu Cunjie and other generals are still cautious, the defense of those soldiers will definitely decrease, and their ambush will be canceled, this is the opportunity for our army to surprise them!"

Guo Chongtao's face was full of excitement, and he was obviously secretly applauding Zhou Ben's proposition.

On the side, Zhu Jin added: "Not bad! No matter how cautious Niu Cunjie and other generals are, as long as his soldiers lose their guard, our army can still win. ”

"Moreover, once it is attacked by our army, because the enemy army is close to their own territory, everyone wants to go home at that time, but not many people are willing to stay and fight with our army."

Zhu Siqing pondered for a while, and then asked: "Then what if the enemy army is still heavily guarded, even on their own territory, and there is no chance of a surprise attack?" ”

A smile appeared on Zhou Ben's face and said, "If that's the case, then let the enemy go back." Anyway, our army successfully kept Xuzhou, and the purpose of this dispatch was achieved. As for the elimination of the Liang army, this should be the task of King Jin at present, right? ”

"Haha, yes, this should indeed be the task of King Jin, let's eliminate the Liang army now, we are completely helping King Jin. If we didn't help, then no wonder we! The generals immediately laughed understandingly.

Regarding the relationship between the three families of Wu, Liang and Jin, everyone knows in their hearts.

Compared with the Wu State in the south, the Liang State should be more wary of the Jin State.

After all, since ancient times, the world was unified from the north, and there was no dynasty that unified the world from the south, and everyone in the Liang dynasty would naturally be more wary of the Jin State in the north.

Second, and more importantly, the Liang State and the Jin State have been old enemies for many years, and the two families have been fighting for decades, and there is too much blood shed, and this kind of hatred cannot be solved in any way.

Although there are some grudges between Liang Jun and Wu State, they are not deep in comparison, and even the two families have secretly reached a reconciliation.

Although this reconciliation has not been carried out for a long time, it also reflects the relationship between the two countries, and there is still hope for peace talks.

As long as the people of Liang are not stupid, they should send people to negotiate peace after this war, even if they cannot reach a formal peace treaty, but they must reach a certain tacit understanding.

Otherwise, if it is really attacked by the north and south of Wu and Jin, I am afraid that even the Liang State in its heyday will not be able to hold on.

Zhu Youzhen and the others are not stupid, they will not fail to see the seriousness of this, and they should send people to negotiate peace at that time, at least they will not be stupid enough to take the initiative to provoke.

And the Wu side has no intention of immediately launching an army to the Northern Expedition for the time being, and when the time comes, the two families will remain peaceful, and the Wu army will be able to sit and watch the situation of the northern Jin and Liang hegemony changes.

As for the Liang army who returned north this time, then leave it to the Jin King Li Cunqiao to have a headache.

Of course, this is a situation where the raid did not work.

If there is really a chance to raid the Liang army, in order to teach the Liang army a lesson, further weaken the Liang army, and let Zhu Youzhen understand the situation more clearly in the future, Yang Wu will not be merciful.

Looking at the generals, and seeing that everyone basically agreed with Zhou Ben's suggestion, Yang Wu finally made up his mind and said: "Since this is the case, then this time the pursuit battle, first of all, General Kang Huaizhen will lead the troops to initiate, everything is based on the premise of preserving yourself, if you encounter an enemy ambush, withdraw immediately, and let General Zhou Ben answer you as the rear." ”

For a task like this, which is easy to be ambushed by the enemy, Yang Wu is naturally reluctant to let the Wu army forbid the army to do it, so he can only let the Xiaoyi army do it.

Kang Huaizhen and the other generals of the righteous army obviously had already realized this, so they didn't even have a little abnormality on their faces, so they directly took the order.

Yang Wu then looked at Hou Zan and other cavalry generals and said: "The key to this battle is the cavalry raid, although the speed of the cavalry is extremely fast, but to grasp the timing of the raid, you must try to avoid approaching the Liang army, this point needs to be grasped by the generals themselves, so I won't say much." ”

"The last will obey." Hou Zan hurriedly replied.

After deciding on the strategy of using troops, the next step is the time for specific implementation, but the premise of all this is that the Liang army acts according to their predictions, otherwise everything will be in vain.