Cui Zishu was stunned for a moment when he heard Wei Chi's question, then came back to his senses and quickly replied: "Prime Minister, naturally retreat to Shaoling, and Yecheng are each other's horns, attacking and defending. ”

"Horns for each other..."

"Yes, Prime Minister, this is a strategy to retreat..."

Cui Zishu began to tell him and several major generals about their plans, Wei Chi lay on the couch, closed his eyes and listened quietly, he still had a high fever, but the stakes were very high, and he forced his illness to listen to Cui Zishu's explanation.

What Cui Zishu said at this time is a response to the changes in the battle situation, the Son of Heaven drove the expedition in person, and it was the prime minister who actually made the decision, but more than 100,000 troops besieged the hanging gourd for several months, and at this time there were the defeat of Guangling and the defeat of Chai Village, which had a great impact on morale.

Now that the enemy reinforcements have defeated their superior cavalry, even if the generals are optimistic, the ordinary soldiers must be muttering in their hearts, and the main force of the officers and troops besieging the hanging gourd is now a little embarrassed.

The siege of the city requires a large number of troops, and now the official army is like a big snake, swallowing the prey in its mouth but unable to swallow it, and there are two dogs next to it, and if you are not careful, you will be attacked by the other party inside and outside, resulting in a big defeat.

The field combat capability of the enemy army (Hulin Army) was reflected through the Battle of Chai Village, and it must not be taken lightly, so Cui Zishu and others decided to retreat and withdraw the official army to Shaoling, north of the Hanging Gourd, to attract the enemy to a decisive battle.

"You... Just said that the Hulin Army's field combat ability is not weak, and said that it would lead the other party to attack and fight a decisive battle in Shaoling, isn't this a contradiction? ”

"Prime Minister, the two armies are fighting, open a dignified array to shake, the brave can not advance, the cowardly can not retreat, the Tiger Forest Army can fight again, and it has to attack with other friendly forces, at that time the two armies will face each other, as long as our army crushes the enemy's flank, then the defeat will be like a mountain, and he Tiger Forest Army can fight again, and he will not be able to return to the sky."

Speaking of this, Cui Zishu solemnly said: "The garrison of the hanging gourd relied on the fortified city to destroy the morale of the officers and soldiers, so that the superiority of the officers and troops could not be reflected, so the lower officials and several generals thought that it was better to retreat as advance." ”

"Do you say a decisive battle will be a decisive battle? Yu Wenwen is not a fool. ”

"Prime Minister, Yuwenwen may have fled to Guangcheng, or he may still be hanging, but in any case, as long as the main force of the official army is near Yuzhou, it is impossible for Yuwenwen to use troops elsewhere."

"If he joins forces with Chen Jun, how should he deal with it?"

"Prime Minister, the officials are bold, and I also ask the Prime Minister to give an order to withdraw all the officials and troops of Huainan to Huaibei."

Hearing this, Wei Chi opened his eyes and stared at Cui Zishu, who waited for the other party to speak with a calm face.

Cui Zishu's meaning, Wei Chi can figure it out, this is indeed a strategy of retreating as advance, that is, it is used on the side of Yuwen's side and also on Chen Guo's side.

The official army withdrew from Huainan and shrank its forces to defend Huaibei, so that they could take out their hands to quell the rebellion provoked by the Qingzhou demon monk Liu Yuan, or they could also have a decisive battle with Yuwen Wen with superior forces in Shaoling, the battlefield chosen by their own side.

Yu Wenwen himself may not be willing to do this, but the next development of the situation is not up to the other party's "Xu Tuzhi".

The Yuwen clan occupies the Ba, Xiang, Jiangzhou and Lingbiao prefectures and counties of Chen State, regardless of Lingbiao, Jiangzhou is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which seriously threatens the safety of Jiankang downstream, and Chen Guo obtains Huainan and establishes the northern barrier of Jiankang, so next, it will inevitably turn its attention to the west that is, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Chen Guo will inevitably ask the Yuwen clan to return Jiangzhou, will the Yuwen clan return it honestly?

No, the two sides will definitely break up because of this, and the alliance that was put together temporarily will collapse in an instant.

Cui Zishu talked about the situation in the late Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Cao Cao led a large army to the south, pacified Jingzhou, the imperial uncle Liu Bei and the Eastern Wu Sun Quan alliance against Cao, after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's threat plummeted, and the Sun and Liu families immediately fell into discord.

As a result, the Eastern Wu general Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes, and took advantage of Liu Bei's general Guan Yu's Northern Expedition to attack Jingzhou Jiangling, resulting in Guan Yu's defeat and capture, and Liu Bei's rise momentum was interrupted.

Cui Zishu's so-called 'retreat as advance' strategy is to use his own temporary concession to intensify the contradiction between Chen Guo and Yuwen, and at the same time to draw troops to quell the Qingzhou rebellion, stabilize Pengcheng, and stabilize Huaibei.

Huaibei is in hand, and when Huainan is taken in the future, with the combat effectiveness of Chen Jun, it is not difficult for the officers and soldiers to drink the Yangtze River.

And if the Yuwen clan does not return Jiangzhou and Lingbiao, it is impossible for Chen Guo to really rest assured, and sooner or later a war will break out between the two sides.

Therefore, if the Yuwen clan did not want to withdraw from Yuzhou, they had to rush to repel the main force of the official army besieging the Hanging Gourd before breaking with the Chen State, gain a firm foothold in Yuzhou, and threaten all parts of Huainan from the upper reaches of Huaishui to blackmail the Chen State.

Therefore, if Yuwen Wen has already fled from the Hanging Gourd, and hears that the army besieging the Hanging Gourd is retreating, he will inevitably be inclined to attack.

With the might of the great victory of Chai Village, it is not a matter of course to converge the main force of the Shannan army and the defenders of the hanging gourd to pursue the main force of the enemy army that retreated to defend Shaoling and was demoralized?

"I see..."

Wei Chi closed his eyes and groaned, although he had a splitting headache, his thinking was quite clear, and he did not have the initial anger at the beginning of Cui Zishu and the others' self-initiated arrangement of the withdrawal of the army.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and said, "However, the other party may not take the bait. ”

"Prime Minister, as long as Ye Cheng is in hand and blocks Ye Wandao, the soldiers and horses in the south of Yuwen Mountain can only take Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain Road out of Yuzhou, so that Luozhou only needs to send a small number of soldiers and horses to guard the Three Crow Road of Funiu Mountain to ensure that the south is worry-free, and the main force can be arranged on the west side to resist the enemy coming from Guanzhong in the west."

"The imperial court first stabilized Huaibei, defeated the invading enemy, and it was not difficult to choose an opportunity to attack again in the future."

Cui Zishu's strategy is to seek stability first, which sounds good, but Wei Chi doesn't think so, because any strategy that seems perfect is not effective for all enemies, and this varies from person to person.

Wei Chi will never tolerate Yu Wenwen, a mad dog.

He carefully laid out a preemptive strike at the most favorable time to quickly destroy the Yuwen clan, but the good situation was shattered by Yuwen Wen, who would have thought that the five armies attacking the five passes of Dabie Mountain at the same time would be wiped out in a short period of time, giving Yuwen Wen a chance?

And Yuwen Wen guarded the hanging gourd, and he had been guarding it for several months under the siege of more than 100,000 troops, such a strong enemy with both offense and defense, Wei Chi no longer dared to take it lightly, no matter whether the other party was in the hanging gourd or not, he had to take the hanging gourd down.

Seeing that Wei Chi insisted on encircling the Hanging Gourd, Cui Zishu was a little anxious, the official army wanted to trap the Hanging Gourd defenders and defeat the attacking enemy at the same time, so acting was no different from eating a bowl of raw rice.

If it was before, he didn't think that he couldn't eat raw rice, but after the defeat of Shibamura, he didn't dare to be optimistic, once the main force of the official army had an accident in the hanging gourd, the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse, and there would be no return.

"Prime Minister, if our army wants to divide its troops to meet the invading enemy while surrounding the hanging gourd, the advantage of troops cannot be reflected, and the enemy army is in high morale at the time of the great victory in Chai Village, I am afraid that this is not a good opportunity to besiege the city and send reinforcements."

Wei Chi didn't think so: "Our army built a long encirclement, dug a long trench, has trapped the defenders of the hanging gourd to death, they want to attack inside and outside, it is not so easy, if the world is a game of chess, the hanging gourd is a life and death disaster, and the widow will never give up!" ”

"Prime Minister!"

"Okay, the widow's decision will not be changed, retreat is advance, it can be considered in Huainan, but not in Xuanguo, needless to say."

"Prime Minister! The safety of the prime minister is also a matter of life and death related to success or failure, and the officials are brave, and they also ask the prime minister to move to Shaoling and recuperate in the city..."

Cui Zishu was afraid that the lieutenant would not be able to recuperate well in this camp, and then the wind and cold would worsen and cause tuberculosis, so everything would be over, and Wei Chi understood the other party's kindness, but this was not a reason for him to change his set goals.

Instead of retreating to Shaoling to wait for the rabbit, it is better to still besiege the city in the hanging gourd to send reinforcements.

At this time, there were only two people in the tent, he and Cui Zishu, so it didn't matter if some words were said in front of his henchmen.

"If... The destiny of heaven is in the widow, and the widow will not die because of the cold! Even if you eat a bowl of raw rice outside this hanging gourd city, you will definitely be able to eat it! ”

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