Dusk, Shouchun City.

In the past few days, under the onslaught of thunderbolts and crossbows, the defenders of Shouchun City suffered heavy losses and lost morale, pulled up the drawbridge, and closed the city gates. If it weren't for the tall and strong Shouchun City Gate and the wide and deep moat, Shouchun City would have been broken by Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses.

However, Yuan Shu's defenders were also quite ruthless, and later, the soldiers did not dare to go to the city easily, so they drove the people to the city, carrying rolling stones and wood, setting up oil pots, and making a defensive posture.

The weather in July is very hot, and this year is the fourth year in a row that there has been a major drought, and apart from the rain at the beginning of spring, there has been very little rain so far in April.

In the large camp outside the city, the soldiers were all hot and sweaty, and took turns to bathe in the Huai River.

On the high ground, Zhang Liao looked at the sky, then looked at the Huai River not far away, and said to Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai beside him: "It's going to rain." ”

Without waiting for the two disciples to ask, he continued: "For the general does not know the time and place, he is a mediocre talent, if he wants to know the time and place, he must investigate the abnormality in the subtleties, and there must be signs before the storm, the clouds in the sky, the birds and dragonflies on the river, and the insects and ants on the ground can all indicate ......."

Zhang Liao was talking to the two disciples about how to look at the weather and some common sense of marching, when suddenly a personal guard hurriedly came: "General, there is an urgent military situation!" ”

"Get up." Zhang Liao took the letter from the guard's hand, swept his eyes, couldn't help but change his complexion slightly, and glanced at the east.

Zhuge Liang's expression moved, and he asked, "Master, could it be that Jiangdong and Xuzhou have changed?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded and sighed: "Chen Yu instigated Shanyue to make chaos in Jiangdong, and Sun Bofu barely crossed the river, or he could contain Liu Xun in Lujiang, but the situation is worrying, and Xuzhou ......?"

Zhang Liao's voice paused: "Lu Fengxian's generals are in turmoil, and he has returned to the army to quell the chaos." ”

In the same situation, Lu Bu and Sun Ce's different choices made Zhang Liaoxin sigh, and it can be seen from this point that Lu Bu's pattern and life are much worse than Sun Ce's, this is still in the case of a closer relationship between Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, no wonder in history Lu Bu finally ended up betraying his relatives and leaving his family.

Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "The affairs of Xuzhou and Jiangdong must be the Yin of the Jianghuai family, adding fuel to the fire, and covering the affairs of the imperial examination." ”

Zhang Liao nodded and sneered: "The imperial examination has risen, it is the trend of the times, they jumped out and just cleaned up." ”

Guo Huai said: "Master, Xuzhou and Jiangdong have changed, and Luoyang is afraid of being uneasy, and the disciples think that Luoyang is the first, if there is a change in Luoyang, they should return to Luoyang first to stabilize the overall situation." ”

Zhang Liao didn't speak, but looked at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang said without hesitation: "Break Yuan's technique first!" ”

Two disciples, Guo Huai is steady, Zhuge Liang is resourceful, Guo Huai also knows that Zhuge Liang's strategy is stronger than him, and he can't help but look at Zhuge Liang in confusion, I don't know why he wants to break Yuan Shu first, in his opinion, the matter of Luoyang is more important.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Zhang Liao and said without hesitation: "The matter of Luoyang, the master must have expected it and made arrangements. ”

After listening to Zhuge Liang's reminder, Guo Huai suddenly realized that with his master's strategy, how could he be uneasy about the matter of Luoyang before he set out on the expedition.

Zhang Liao did not respond, his face was as usual.

He has been low-key for the past two years, but low-key is not weak, if someone really sees him as a weak chicken, then they are wrong, Zhang Baohu's reputation in Kanto can stop crying at night. He didn't even have the idea that the king would call the ministers to die, and the ministers had to die, which really annoyed him, and he dared to break the sky without hesitation.

Of course, even if the best plan is, there will inevitably be accidents, not to mention a complicated place like Luoyang, but Zhang Liao left Xun Yu and Li Ru in Luoyang before the expedition, one is positive and one is strange, enough to deal with it, he is far away from Luoyang at this time, and naturally thinks about the battlefield first, and after glancing at the two disciples, he asked again: "How to break Yuan's technique?" But do you want to break Shouchun first? ”

Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai shook their heads in unison, and Zhuge Liang said: "Shouchun is just a dead city, and now Yuan Shu is outside, you should capture Yuan Shu first, and then Shouchun is easy to break." ”

Guo Huai said with a worried face: "It's just that now Xuzhou and Jiangdong are changing, General Sun may not be able to contain Lujiang Liu Xun, General Lu is even more retreating to Xiapi, General Chen Liucao is not reliable, once Sun Cao also has a problem, Yuan Shu can concentrate troops and horses to fight with our army, this battle is difficult, kill 10,000 enemies, lose 3,000, is a victory, will also suffer heavy losses." ”

Zhuge Liang also nodded: "Although my soldiers and horses are strong, but Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are too numerous, Yuan Shu should have rushed back to Shouchun in a day, but at this time, the weather will change, and the rainstorm can delay Yuan Shu for a day or two, so I can take the opportunity to transfer the Runan Yellow Turban to fight and attack Yuan Shu." ”

I don't want Zhang Liao to shake his head slowly, and his eyes became sharp: "Runan Yellow Turban should be used, but you can't rely on it, the most effective means to fight a war is a lightning raid, and attack it unprepared,"

Zhuge Liang was stunned, and then his eyes lit up: "Don't you have to go back to the army......"

"Not bad!" Zhang Liao looked at the clouds that gradually gathered in the sky, smelled the smell of earth, and his voice became powerful: "It's getting late, let the soldiers prepare dry food for three days, do a good job of camouflage, and quickly return to the army to the north at night, and attack Yuan Shu with Yang Han and Jiang Qi!" ”

Guo Huai thought for a moment, and his face suddenly showed respect.

Now that Xuzhou and Jiangdong have changed, it is difficult to say whether Liu Xun can be contained, but Ji Ling has lost his containment, but whether it is Liu Xun or Ji Ling, they have come to their senses, and the first time must be to rescue Shouchun, and Zhang Liao suddenly chose to return to the army to the north at this time, which is really a clever move!

This move first exempted them from the threat of soldiers and horses from Ji Ling and Liu Xun, and avoided the crisis of a decisive battle with all the soldiers and horses of Yuan Shu in Shouchun a few days later, and at the same time, they joined forces with Yang Han and Jiang Qi to concentrate the elite forces in Yuzhou and make every effort to stop the defenseless Yuan Shu!

I'm afraid no one would have imagined that Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses, who had been storming Shouchun for days and beating Shouchun to the ground, would suddenly give up Shouchun completely, and instead go to a decisive battle with Yuan Shu's main force, and Yuan Shu, who was eager to save Shouchun, couldn't imagine that this was a surprise.

Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai were amazed in their hearts, in fact, although the two of them were young, they were both proficient in strategy, but whether it was the resourceful Zhuge Liang or the steady Guo Huai, they both had the character factor of seeking stability and prudence when thinking about problems, so they would not think of this strategy.

And Zhang Liao's seemingly stable character, but there is a fierce and adventurous side, which is fully reflected in whether he saw Chang Feng alone in the East China Sea in history, broke 100,000 grandchildren in Xiaoyaojin for 800 days, or raided Yuan Shao in Hanoi and raided the sour jujube camp since he started.

This is not only the personality that determines the way of thinking, but there are many first-class strategists, but everyone has different plans and choices, which is why they have different plans.

The plan of the Hui army to raid Yuan Shu has been decided, and the rest is to disguise it first, with the help of the camp outside the city, leaving some soldiers to beat drums and raise cooking smoke, so that Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses in the city will not expect that there is already an empty camp outside the city, let alone remind Yuan Shu.

Thundered!

Thunder was already ringing in the sky.

But at this moment, another shadow hurriedly reported: "General Yu, Chen Liu has sent news that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are moving towards Luoyang!" ”

Zhang Liao's face changed slightly, and he muttered: "Where is the wind and rain coming......