With the issuance of the order to go out, the entire Jibei County immediately turned into a huge military camp, waving flags, horns shaking the sky, groups of elite soldiers from all over Yanzhou gathered here, as well as a large number of grain and grass, ordnance, people, vehicles, mules and horses needed for the expedition, all of which were busy preparing and recruiting......

In order not to affect the spring ploughing, Cao Cao did not exhaust the Yanzhou soldiers and horses on this expedition, but only recruited the elite troops of each county, a total of 60,000 troops, and the rest of the large number of young and strong laborers still stayed to farm with peace of mind.

In the palace of the general of the expedition, Cao Cao was convening the last military meeting before the expedition to discuss the specific strategy and route of the expedition.

On one side, a military map drawn from the whole cowhide was hung in the middle of the lobby, and the target of this attack - the Xuzhou part was deliberately marked in red, which looked particularly eye-catching, and the venue was extremely quiet, from Cao Cao to generals at all levels were staring at this map, and at the same time repeatedly deducing various offensive plans in their hearts.

This expedition is not only as simple as avenging Cao Cao's father's death, but also the first large-scale expansion of their Yanzhou military group, which is a matter of life and death, so it can only succeed, not fail!

"Fengxiao, let's analyze the situation in Xuzhou for everyone!" Cao Cao raised his hand and invited Guo Jia out, all the strategists in the army have their own strengths, but in terms of military strategy planning, the 'ghost talent' Guo Jia can be called the first!

"No!" Guo Jia strode to the map, replaced him with his hand, and began to introduce the specific situation of Xuzhou.

"Everyone, please see, Xuzhou north of Qingzhou, south of Yangzhou, east of the sea, has a major role in connecting the north and south, since ancient times is the place where soldiers must fight, this place is densely populated, prosperous business, and the benefits of coastal fishing and salt, in terms of wealth far above my Yanzhou, if you can get in your hands, our strength can be greatly developed, to the north is enough to fight against Hebei Yuan Shao, to the south can slowly encroach on Huainan Yuan Shu, it can be said that there is a hundred benefits and no harm!

Look at the interior of Xuzhou again, divided into five counties, one country, a total of 62 counties, its core seat is in Xuzhou City, also known as Pengcheng in ancient times, it is the nest of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu when Chu and Han fought each other, the city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is sufficient money and food, and there are strong and warlike Danyang elite soldiers stationed, if you want to capture, I am afraid that it will take some effort to achieve!

Again, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, these two have always been friends with Tao Qian, our army went to Xuzhou, these two people will send troops to the rescue, then we will be in the belly and back of the enemy, a little careless, will suffer a big loss! ”

Guo Jia is not ashamed of the name of 'ghost talent', and in just one sentence, he made the situation in Xuzhou clear, and made a bold speculation on the comparison of forces between the enemy and us, as well as the situation that may be caused, and everyone nodded yes!

In fact, everyone also understands in their hearts that with Cao Jun's current strength to go to Xuzhou, it is like asking a kitten to catch a mouse that is bigger than himself, it is too difficult to swallow it in one bite, but Cao Cao's determination has been decided, and if he can't swallow it, he has to swallow it!

"Xiao Lang, what do you mean?" Cao Cao's eyes moved and looked at the side of the generals, if Guo Jia's military strategy analysis ability is the first among the strategists, then Xiao Yi is the best candidate to lead the troops to fight and fight among the generals.

Looking at the map, Xiao Yi has been planning in his heart for a long time, this time to attack Xuzhou, the five thousand Xuanjia Iron Cavalry of Shanyang County, and the three thousand digging army all went to the battle, not the most in terms of the number of troops, but definitely the most elite.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this expedition to our army has a total of 60,000 horses, if the whole line is attacked, the force will inevitably be too scattered, and the counties along the way will also drag down our marching speed, giving the enemy time to breathe and prepare for battle, and once the reinforcements from Yuzhou and Beihai arrive, we will be in the disadvantageous ......situation of being attacked by the enemy on our backs, so my opinion is that we should fight fast and slow, abandon all unnecessary baggage vehicles, advance lightly with the whole army, spare all the cities on the road, and approach the city of Xuzhou, and seal the throat with a sword!

As long as we break through Xuzhou City and capture Tao Qian's old man, then the rest of the counties can be decided, so that the lord's revenge can be avenged, and we can still get a complete Xuzhou! ”

"Hiss! ......" As soon as Xiao Yi's words were finished, an exclamation immediately sounded in the lobby, followed by the whispers of the generals, "It's too risky to rush forward with light troops, not even a baggage car, right?" ”

Yes, Xiao Yi's method is indeed the fastest and the least costly, but it is also the most dangerous.

Since ancient times, the army has advanced layer by layer, and the occupation of a place will consolidate a place, in order to facilitate the transportation of grain and grass, ordnance to supplement the combat needs of the army, if you bypass the city along the way, it is equivalent to cutting off your own backup, becoming a lone army, if you can seal the throat with an arrow, it will be just that, if you can't conquer it for a long time, you will fall into the enemy's heavy encirclement, and then the grain and grass will be cut off, and you can't advance or retreat, there is only a dead end!

"Huh! Xiao Lang is going to repeat the story of 'Sun Wu Pochu'! Cao Cao was well-read, and immediately thought of Xiao Yi's tactics with the battle column of the generation of soldier Sun Wu to break through the Chu State!

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Wu assisted Wu Wang Lu to attack the most powerful Chu State at that time, and he also attacked the strong with weakness, and the Chu State was already in strict formation, guarding the cities everywhere, just waiting for the Wu army to hit him headlong!

At that time, the large and small vassal states all thought that the Wu army would be defeated, how did he know that Sun Wu showed his hand at the critical moment, under his command, tens of thousands of Wu troops abandoned all their baggage and marched along the unfortified mountain road, running thousands of miles over a long distance, and unexpectedly appeared in front of the capital of Chu, killing the Chu people by surprise, at this time, although there were still a large number of soldiers and horses outside, but the capital was broken, the monarch was exiled, and the army was defeated without a fight under the chaos, just like a giant python that was cut off its head, without a headless command, No matter how strong you are, it won't help!

Sun Wu sat on the throne of the soldier saint with this classic 'Battle of Breaking Chu', which was respected by future generations, and now Xiao Yi wants to repeat the story of the year, can he succeed?

"Too dangerous, isn't it? This is jumping into the encirclement of others! ”

"Yes, if you don't bring weight, how can you solve the grain and grass of the army? If the attack is unfavorable, we won't even have a way out! ”

"Well, it's better to be on the safe side!"

Cao Yingzhong whispered for a long time, and almost everyone said that this tactic was too dangerous, and the probability of success was probably less than thirty percent, so it was better to be cautious!

Hearing all kinds of objections, Xiao Yi just sat there expressionlessly, his tactic is indeed very risky, but it is also the only feasible way at the moment, Yanzhou is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it may be invaded at any time, so they must take advantage of the enemy's failure to react, and fight quickly; Otherwise, if the army is fighting outside, and the hometown is copied again, it will be dangerous.

In addition, there is another reason why Xiao Yi hid in his heart and did not say it, this time he went out to take revenge, the anger of the Cao army was too heavy, especially the generals surnamed Cao, even their eyes were red, if the army pushed over a little bit, the people in the cities along the way were bound to suffer, and they couldn't do such a thing as slaughtering the city!

Xiao Yi is not opposed to attacking Xuzhou, if he wants to unify the world and end this situation of warlord separation, conquest is a necessary means, but he doesn't want to kill innocents indiscriminately, so try to retain some vitality for the people of the Han family!

There are thousands of people in the family, and there is only one person in charge, and after discussing for a long time, everyone's eyes finally turned to Cao Cao, waiting for him to make a final decision!

"Zixiu, how did you decide on this matter?" Brushing his beard, Cao Cao did not rush to make a decision, but turned to Cao Ang to ask questions.

"Back to my father, the child thinks it's better to be safe, it's too dangerous for a light army to advance!" Cao Ang has been listening quietly, Mrs. Ding teaches her son strictly, he has also been familiar with military books since he was a child, and then refers to the opinions of the generals, and finally thinks that it should be safer!

"Hmmm! Cao Pi, what about your decision? ”

"Back to my father, the child ......, the child thinks that he should listen to General Xiao's opinion and give it a go!" Cao Pi is twelve years old, and he doesn't know anything about war, the reason why he makes such a judgment is that he doesn't want to think the same as his eldest brother, and after this period of getting along, he is very confident in Xiao Yi, and even a little blindly obedient!

"Haha!" Cao Cao just smiled, and didn't comment on his sons' decision, no matter how much he said, it was just on paper, so let them go to the battlefield to exercise!

"Pass my general order, abandon all baggage vehicles, advance with light troops in the whole army, and go straight to Xuzhou!"

"Ahh …… Promise! ”