Chapter 714: Spying on the Enemy
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Cao Cao's expedition was not arranged in the city, because the small Heyang could not arrange an army of more than a million no matter what. In addition, when Lu Peng retreated, a fire burned Heyang to the ground, and there was no half of the house, plus the people who were unwilling to leave were burned to death, so that Cao Cao always felt that there was a smell of dead people there, which made him have a headache when he smelled it.
Cao Cao's current line is large enough, squeezed enough to accommodate more than 100 people, so Cao Cao, who had just finished camping, held a pre-war meeting as soon as possible.
The prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, the head of the Cao Cao Group, sat on the top, and the civil and military forces were gathered together, but with such momentum, the atmosphere was dignified, because everyone knew that this time, they had already ignored their worries and launched a decisive battle against Lu Peng in advance.
Cao Cao coughed, involuntarily rubbed his temples on both sides with his hands, and then said in a low voice: "Now Lu Peng is opposite 160,000 horses, and we are known as millions, but don't be blindly arrogant about this, because everyone knows that Lu Peng's so-called 160,000 is genuine, so we are only twice as much as Lu Peng in terms of real strength comparison." However, the fighting quality of our army is definitely not comparable to that of Lu Peng, not to mention that Lu Peng occupies the dangerous terrain of Taihang Mountain, and they have an advantage in geographical advantages. Now let's all talk about it, how to fight the final battle? ”
Xun You stood up and said: "Prime Minister, although we have a million troops, we are stronger than Lu Peng in terms of troops, but this is also the fatal flaw of the million army, that is, it cannot last long, Mr. Jia Xu has worked hard to collect grain and grass for us for four months, but from the perspective of the entire war, this is just a drop in the bucket, so this war must be resolved quickly, and we must not fight a protracted war of attrition, otherwise we will definitely lose." ”
Cheng You's words hit the nail on the head, and it is also the key to this war, if he takes two years before and after this time like Yuan Shao's battle of Guandu, not to mention anything else, it will be a grain and grass, and his group will be completely dragged down financially.
"But now that Lu Peng is urgently building his fortress, if we use the method of strong attack, it can only increase casualties, and it will not have any effect at all. Therefore, please also ask Mr. Xun You to come up with a countermeasure. Chen Qun stood up and raised the difficulty.
Anyone will say that this difficult situation is obvious to all, there is no need to show it to show your height, the main thing is to find a way.
When Chen Qun asked him like this, Xun You was a little speechless, embarrassed and didn't know what to say. I can ask questions, but it doesn't mean that I will solve them, I put the problems out, I hope everyone will work together to come up with a solution to the problem, you come up and carry me like this, what do you mean?
But this is not the time to rush to white-face, you must come up with a humble attitude to solve the problem in person.
So the two sides began to quarrel in this hall, but no matter how they quarreled, the way was just a few old routines such as attacking the city and luring the enemy, there was nothing new at all, but it was always impossible to reach a unified opinion, Cao Cao listened to it more and more annoyed, and finally couldn't help it, knocked on the table, stopped everyone's quarrel, and looked at the first place on his left, which was where Jia Xu was standing, but now Jia Xu is not there.
Jia Xu did not attend such an important meeting because he had already asked Cao Cao for leave and was ready to take a boat on the Sand River to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the north.
Cao Cao certainly understood Jia Xu's leisure, so he happily gave it away, not only that, but also let his subordinate general Xu Chu personally accompany him.
Now that there is no Jia Xu, it is also a disguised opportunity to give those ministers a chance to express their opinions, which is actually a good thing.
Everyone is arguing in full swing. But no matter how much they quarreled, there was no novel way, and in the end Cao Cao had to order a temporary adjournment of the meeting, waiting for Jia Xu to come back, and everyone would discuss it again.
Under the protection of Dian Wei, Jia Xu sat in a flat-bottomed boat and went up the river along the Shahe River, which has abundant water, saying that he was traveling in the mountains and rivers, but in fact, he was going to check on Lu Peng's situation.
Jia Xu is like this, he is always not at ease about the situation of the enemy reported by the patrol post, in his opinion, others are lazy in doing things, they are dealing with themselves, and everything must be done by themselves to make the most correct judgment.
The reason why he dared to take a person, under the protection of Dian Wei, dared to approach Lu Peng's base camp to spy on the enemy was because in Jia Xu's opinion, he really wanted to bring a large group of people to come back and forth, but the goal was huge and the danger factor was higher.
If you come here so lightly, you will paralyze the enemy, and the safety factor will increase.
Jia Xu plays with human psychology, so his way of thinking and acting is still contrary to normal people's thinking, so his strategies are not only vicious, but also always unexpected, making people unguardable.
Walking up the river, carefully observing Lu Peng's Daying Pass, the more he looked, the more frightened Jia Xu became.
I saw that Lu Peng had built a towering pass in front of the towering and steep Wulongkou of Taihang Mountain, but this pass already had a kind of momentum of a tiger standing on the dragon plate, and then look at the dense catapults on the pass, think about an order, thousands of times roaring, such a scene, it is simply numb.
Then on the opposite side of the Sand River, a castle was built with a boulder, between the two castles, on the Sand River, across a huge wooden bridge, forming a link connecting the two castles, and naturally forming a water gate, so that themselves, the main force attacked the face, and the opposite side could be taken by surprise and attack their flanks or backs, and because of this huge wooden bridge, the army could also be stationed on it, so they guarded themselves, and with the advantage of numbers, they captured the Sand River and divided the two castles into two pieces.
Seeing such a design, Jia Xu really scratched his head, it seems that Lu Peng's subordinates have capable people, and this person's ability is definitely not below him.
In the face of such an iron bucket-like fortified city, in the face of the dense variety of defensive equipment on the city, as well as the high fighting spirit, although Jia Xu was shocked, but did not make him depressed, but aroused his high fighting spirit, as the so-called chess opponent, so that everyone can fight interestingly, whether it is defeat or victory, it will bring infinite pride.
Just when Jia Xu was swearing to make a decision with Lu Peng, he found that there were two generals not far from the opposite side who were running in this direction, and in front of the team was a young, enviable guy, with white helmets, white armor, white robes, and white horses. So Jia Xu carefully searched in his mind, among the enemy's generals, who is dressed like this?
(End of chapter)
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