Chapter 7: Scouts
"This is the general direction, it is the strategy, but", Liu Tong said as he spoke, and after a pause, he continued, "But why not fight quickly, we don't want to waste money and food, so tactically, we have to make full use of Ji Ling Not long after they surrendered, the two sides have not yet been integrated, nor have they been properly deployed, and even they don't trust each other very much, so they can capture Ruyin as soon as possible." As soon as we captured Ruyin, we cut off the connection between Shouchun and Runan, and Runan was left alone, and there was an attack by Liu Biao's general Huang Zu in the southwest, and we attacked Runan to the west and Shouchun to the east. ”
As soon as Liu Tong said this, he only heard a few snaps of the case, and Wu Qiu Jian slapped the case and shouted: "Tong'er is so strategic!" As soon as Wu Qiujian's voice fell, Zhao Yun, Liu Qiao, Zang Ba and others applauded.
Xian Yufu nodded and motioned for Liu Tong to sit down. After Liu Tong sat down, Xian Yufu bowed his hand to Xun You and said: "Gongzi's words are very meritorious, I don't know what Brother Gongda thinks?" Xian Yufu had already seen that Xun Yu had a strategy in his chest, and he was just taking the school Liu Tong just now.
Xun You put away the eyes that narrowed slightly just now, and said, "Handsome, the words of the son are quite reasonable!" The war is indeed fought with strength, and now compared with Jiangdong, our financial resources are several times that of it, and it is indeed them who cannot afford to fight a big and long time. But we don't consume for the sake of consumption, and our strength makes our army more likely to quickly defeat Sun Quan and seize the whole of Yuzhou. ”
Xun Yu nodded at Liu Tong and continued: "Gongzi's suggestion to attack Ruyin first is quite strategic, and Sun Quan's loss of Ruyin is equivalent to the loss of Runan. But what we should pay attention to is that if we only care about capturing Ruyin, after Runan lacks supplies, it may be captured by Huang Zu, and Runan may also surrender to Huang Zu. ”
When Liu Tong heard this, he said in his heart, why didn't I think of this, Jiang is still old and spicy!
At this time, Xun Yu continued: "In order to prevent the emergence of such a situation, before we capture Ruyin, we should send a large general to command the troops to the east of Runan, first, to cut off the connection between Runan and Ruyin, to prevent reinforcements from Runan when our army attacks Ruyin; The second is to let this army form a three-legged stand with the Huang Zujun Army and the Runan Army to contain each other. Let neither side act rashly and form a stalemate. The stalemate is beneficial to our army, and once our army captures Ruyin, the stalemate situation is broken in an instant, and it is easy to capture Runan. ”
"As for Liu Biao, not only should we not let General Tian Yu and them go south to threaten him, but we should send an envoy to Jingzhou to express goodwill to Liu. Liu Biao guarded the people, the dry bones in the mound, our army is in northern Henan, he still has the courage to send Huang Zu to capture Yiyang, our army has now gone south, after capturing Ruyin, it is estimated that he will not dare to attack Runan again, but will meet and collect.
Liu Biao, Huang Zu and Sun Ce, Sun Quan have a grudge against their father, Sun Ce has been attacking Liu Biao during his lifetime, Liu Biao is strategically speaking, it is our ally, if Liu Biao collects troops, it is not good for our army, Liu Biao can not only contain a large number of Sun Quan's troops for us, but also threaten Jiangdong, so that Sun Quan does not dare to deal with us with all his strength. Once we form an alliance with Liu Biao, Huang Zu will attack Runan with all his might, and we can capture Ruyin, Shouchun and Huainan, and completely drive Sun Quan out of Jiangbei. Compared with Sun Quan, we prefer to let Liu Biao occupy Runan and Yiyang. ”
When Pan Feng heard this, he couldn't help but say: "In this way, wouldn't it cheapen Liu Biao and let him get Yiyang and Runan for nothing?" ”
The more Chen Gong listened to Xun You's words, the more he admired, and it was no wonder that Xun You's status in the Northern Governor's Mansion was so respected, and he could be highly valued by Liu Kuan. Chen Gong heard Pan Feng's question, got up and said, "This is Gongda's clever calculation!" ”
Everyone looked at Chen Gong one after another, especially the generals from the north, many of them saw Chen Gong for the first time, and I heard that they were also members of the Military Aircraft Department, and they all wanted to hear Chen Gong's "high opinion".
Chen Gong bowed his hand to Xun You and said, "Gongda is so calculating!" Liu Biao captured Runan and Yiyang, Sun Quan and Liu Biao will not share the sky, and the hatred is even greater than in the past. When their two armies are at war, they will be wounded. For our army, it is good for itself, our army will have to fight hard to capture Yiyang and Runan, so why care who to take it from, after they are consumed, it will be easier to attack. Our army is now attacking Runan, and we have to guard against Liu Biao, so we will not have this concern in the future.
In the coming day, Sun Quan will be driven out of Jiangbei, and we will only have to face Liu Biao's family in Jiangbei. Through this war, Liu Biao will ask Sun Quan for help in the future, but he will not be able to get it. Therefore, it is the best policy to encourage Liu Biao to capture Runan, as long as our army sends troops between Runan and Runan and Ruyin, we can defend against Runan Sun Quan's army and Huang Zu's army, so that our army can smoothly capture Ruyin. This is still secondary, and more importantly, Yan Guogong's strategy is to seize Yuzhou and then take the north of Jingzhou. After this battle completely separated Liu Biao and Sun Quan, it is of great significance to the future capture of Jingzhou North!"
When Xun You heard this, he kept nodding his head. Xian Yufu got up, and everyone suddenly fell silent. Xian Yufu paced in the big tent, returned to the handsome position after a while, took out a silk silk from his arms, handed it to Wuqiu Jian, turned to face everyone and said: "Before leaving, the Duke of Yan Guo personally wrote the warrant, so that I can be unified when I meet the general, and I can use it when I meet the official, just like the Duke of Yan Guo is here!" ”
Wu Qiu Jian had already read the warrant, nodded and handed it to Xun You. Xian Yufu continued: "Gongtai Gong can go to the Luoyang Military Aircraft Department, and ask Lord Tian Feng to arrange an envoy to Jingzhou, and let Xu Huang transfer 10,000 troops to leave Wancheng and go to Chang'an to assist Xuanwei Hou to guard against Liangzhou. Ling Zhao was recruited as the main general, and Zhao Yun was the deputy general, and led the people of the headquarters to Runan, and stationed troops in a suitable place dozens of miles east of Runan, and it was necessary to keep in mind the strategic purpose of our army. Zang Ba led his headquarters to Shouchun to meet Zhang Liao and other generals, listened to Zhang Liao's dispatch, and told General Zhang Liao not to rush to engage the enemy, as long as Shouchun was besieged, and at the same time to prevent Jiangdong from increasing troops, and after our army captured Ruyin, we will encircle Shouchun again and completely drive Sun Quan out of Jiangbei! ”
Everyone called "No". Xian Yufu continued to order: "Liu Qiao's cavalry is divided into two, Liu Qiao led 15,000 cavalry to go first, cruising in the southwest periphery of Ruyin, Liu Tong led the other half of 15,000 to set off tomorrow morning and cruising in the southeast periphery of Ruyin, Sun Quan knows that our army will go south, and will definitely increase troops in Ruyin, and will also transport grain and grass and baggage to supply Ruyin, everyone has heard of Gongzi's guerrilla warfare tactics, you two will carry out guerrilla warfare for me, with the speed and speed of cavalry, constantly harass them, waiting for opportunities to rob and burn their grain, grass, and baggage, Eliminate their scouts and strike their reinforcements! ”
Liu Tong heard that Xian Yufu let him lead the troops, or cavalry, and almost jumped up with joy, eager to rush up and hug Xian Yufu and kiss him.
Liu Tong hurriedly said, "No! "Liu Tong has actually been a little disheartened recently, Liu Kuan should have received his letter asking for war a long time ago, Liu Kuan not only did not let himself lead the army, but he didn't even have a reply!
Liu Tong thought to himself that Xian Yufu's arrangement might be what Liu Kuan meant, but the two of them have nothing to say, Dad is suppressing me? Grind me? Whatever, Xian Yufu let himself lead the troops, just let me be a scout, find out the news, and harass the enemy, I am also willing, I am the best at these, well, everyone will call me Scout Liu Tong in the future. Liu Tong was happy when he thought of this, and laughed alone.
When Liu Tong finished laughing, he found that Wu Qiujian and Zhao Yun were standing in front of him, looking at him strangely, and everyone else walked out of the big tent one after another, it turned out that the military meeting was over. Liu Tong walked between the two, turned around, put one hand around the neck of one person, and walked out, "Roast sweet potatoes!" Wu Qiu Jian and Zhao Yun also laughed.
After Liu Tong got out of the big tent, he called the Lou Ban who was waiting outside the tent to get some sweet potatoes and charcoal, and then the four of them rode out of the camp and came to a hill next to Tianzhu Peak. Because Zhao Yun asked about Liu Tong's experience some time ago, Liu Tong told them about his previous experience in Jingzhou and Jiangdong while eating sweet potatoes.
Liu Tong deliberately talked about his experience of fighting with people with guns several times, and reiterated his awareness that "when the gun is used, it hates less". Zhao Yun pulled Liu Tong aside to learn marksmanship.
Wu Qiu Jian knew that Zhao Yun was a martial idiot, and when he saw that the two of them were practicing their guns endlessly, they went down the mountain alone. After all, he is also a commander-in-chief, and the barracks are busy.