Chapter 222: A Trick
Northeast of Wancheng, 100 miles away.
On that avenue, the iron horses were rolling, and the dust and fog covered the sky.
The 10,000 Xiliang iron horsemen led by Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were riding horses on the avenue and galloping wildly, heading straight for Wancheng.
At dusk, I faintly saw traces of the city outline in front of me, and it was Bowang County that was about to arrive.
After Bowang City, there will be no more cities in front of you, and Wancheng is in front of you.
Zhang Ji was running, but suddenly stopped.
"Brother Zhang, why did you stop?" Fan Chou also restrained the war horse, looking puzzled.
Zhang Ji pointed to the front and said, "Look, is that going to Bowang City?" ”
Fan Chou glanced forward and said with a smile: "It should be, but Bowang is not our target, let's go around the city and go straight to Wancheng." ”
Zhang Ji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly took out something in his arms, "I remember, before Jia Wenhe left, he gave me this bag, and told us to open this bag when we arrived in Bowang City and act according to the plan." ”
As he spoke, Zhang Ji opened the bag, took out the silk paper inside and unfolded it, Fan Chou stepped forward, and the two generals took a closer look together.
Suddenly, the two generals were shocked, and they glanced at each other in unison, with a look of amazement on their faces.
Closing the silk book, Zhang Ji couldn't help but admire: "I didn't expect that this Jia Xu's plan was so poisonous, he wanted Su Zhe's life, and he didn't give him any way to live." ”
"Yes, this Jia Xu is really a poisonous scorpion, why haven't I seen it for so long." Fan Chou was also amazed.
Zhang Ji took a light breath and said, "Let's stop talking nonsense, since this is the case, you and I will divide our troops, and you will lead the troops to continue south to Wancheng." ”
"Okay, don't leave it at that, after the victory, let's drink the celebration wine together."
Fan Chou laughed, turned his horse away, and continued to run south with five thousand Xiliang iron horses from his headquarters.
Zhang Ji turned his horse's head and turned to the northwest, ordering the whole army to turn around and change the route of the march.
"Uncle, didn't you say that we would attack Wancheng? Uncle, where is this going? Zhang Xiu asked puzzled.
Zhang Ji sneered: "Jia Xu has a secret plan, tell us to divide our troops in Bowang, Fan Chou to attack Wancheng, you and I will move westward to attack Su Zhe's grain camp in the south of Luyang, and burn his grain and grass with a fire." ”
Zhang Xiu's eyes changed, and he suddenly realized.
Previously, they thought that Jia Xu's plan was to let the Bai Bo army pretend to make a comeback and go south from Dagu Pass to attack Luyang to attract Su Zhe's attention.
And their 10,000 cavalry went east out of the Tiger Prison Pass, took advantage of Cao Cao's territory, bypassed Su Zhe's Luyang defense line from the side, went to attack Wancheng, and copied Su Zhe's lair.
Zhang Xiu never expected that Jia Xu's poisonous plan, seizing Wancheng was only one of the purposes, and the real purpose was to burn Su Zhe's grain and grass.
Of course, he knew that although they didn't have much grain and grass, there was not much more grain and grass than them in the corner of the two counties south of Nanyang and Xiangyang from Su Zhe.
The reason why Su Zhe dared to take Dong Huang as a coercion was nothing more than Jue, his own grain and grass was more than the grain and grass of their Xiliang army, and in the end, it would be their Xiliang army that ran out of food first.
But after this plan, Su Zhe's grain and grass were burned down, and he was about to completely fall into passivity, and in this war of attrition between the two sides competing for grain and grass, Su Zhe was going to collapse first.
At that time, Su Zhe ran out of food and the soldiers were scattered, even if he held Dong Huang as a hostage, he had to obediently sacrifice Dong Huang and the Son of Heaven together to beg Dong Zhuo's forgiveness.
In other words, Jia Xu's poisonous plan can make Su Zhe succumb without eliminating a single soldier.
"Wonderful! This strategy is really poisonous and wonderful, this Jia Wenhe is worthy of being one of the Nine Wonders, and he is worthy of being a poisonous scorpion. ”
Zhang Xiu, who suddenly realized it, became more and more excited the more she thought about it, and couldn't help clapping her hands and applauding.
Zhang Ji also sneered: "That Su Zhe is indeed a clever plan, but this time, I expect that no matter how powerful he is, he can't be regarded as Jia Wenhe. ”
"After this battle, I'm afraid he won't even have his life, and he won't be able to give it up at all, because Jiuqi only has Baqi left." Zhang Xiu's tone was a little sarcastic.
Zhang Ji's expression was shocked, and he couldn't help but show a little regret, and sighed: "It's not easy for this Su Zhe to get to such a point today with a humble family, and it's a pity that he died like this." ”
Zhang Xiu sighed: "This is also because he can't do anything, thinking that with Jiuqi's wisdom, he can ignore his background and dare to start a war with Liu Biao and Dong Taishi at the same time, and he will destroy himself, no one can blame." ”
Zhang Ji sighed a few more times, then put away his regretful emotions, raised his whip, and shouted: "Whether he is dead or alive does not matter whether our uncle and nephew are dead, this great achievement is in front of us, what are you waiting for, let's go!" ”
Zhang Ji rode out, and Zhang Xiu also held the spirit and followed out.
The 10,000 Xiliang iron riders all turned around, looked at the southwest of Luyang, and galloped away.
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Luyang City.
It was night, and the city of Luyang was quiet and peaceful, as if it had bid farewell to the shadow of war.
In the back hall of the county government, the candle flame swayed, and the wisps of wine fragrance wafted in the tranquility.
Under the candlelight, Su Zhe was drinking with Dong Yan.
After drinking a glass of wine, Su Zhe said with a smile: "Gan Ning's soldiers and horses have been dispatched, as expected, Dong Zhuo's strategy is equivalent to giving me a small victory, this is all the credit of you and your father, I will write it down." ”
A hint of joy flashed in Dong Yan's eyes, but she hurriedly said: "Su Che is serious, this is the duty of my father and Yan'er." ”
As she spoke, Dong Yan picked up the wine glass with her bare hand and said with a shallow smile: "Yan'er is here first, congratulations to Su Che for her victory." ”
Su Zhe smiled, raised his glass and drank it all.
Dong Yan also pursed her lips lightly, and slowly drank the wine, perhaps because she was not strong enough to drink, she only drank a few glasses and her face was dizzy, and a touch of wine red was very moving under the candlelight.
At this moment, the eyebrows on the moon, the light of the candle moon in the hall, reflect each other, drink with the beauty, and the atmosphere is quite ambiguous.
Su Zhe looked at the slightly drunk face, and couldn't help but feel a little fluttering in his heart, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.
"What are you looking at, what is my face?" Dong Yan gently stroked her face with her hands, and her watery eyes were a little shy.
"That's not true, it's just that I think you're good-looking, so I took a few more looks." Su Zhe is not hypocritical, does not pretend to be a decent gentleman, and admits frankly.
Dong Yan was stunned, she didn't expect Su Zhe to be so straightforward, so embarrassing, but because Su Zhe praised her beauty, she was secretly happy in her heart, and she lowered her eyebrows and smiled for a while, not knowing what to say.
Looking at her appearance, Su Zhe suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this atmosphere.
"By the way, can you find out, is it who is giving advice to Dong Zhuo, is it that Li Ru?" Su Zhe restrained his mood throbbing and changed the topic in time.
Dong Yan gathered her sideburns and hair, took a few breaths, forcibly suppressed the shyness in her heart, and quickly regained her composure.
She shook her head and said, "Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's mastermind before, but recently, these poisonous schemes were all given to Dong Zhuo by a person named Jia Xu. ”
Jia Xu!
Su Zhe's heart was shocked, and he suddenly came to his senses.
No wonder Dong Zhuo's sneak attack on Wancheng this time was carried out so secretly, if it weren't for Dong Cheng's secret line of ventilation, even he couldn't see through it.
It turned out that Dong Zhuo had changed the person behind him, from Li Ru to Jia Xu.
That is the famous Jia Xu, in history, in the name of "chaotic martial arts", there was a plan to make the disintegrating Xiliang Army counterattack Chang'an, so that Wang Yun, who succeeded in Zhu Dong, died and fell short.
In the Battle of Nanyang, Jia Xu used several strategies and repeatedly defeated Cao Cao, causing Cao Cao to be frightened and almost killed.
Such a top-notch strategist is comparable to Li Ru and his ilk.
Of course, Su Zhe knew about the existence of Jia Xu, but he could only judge based on the memory of history that Jia Xu should still be just a strategist in front of Niu Fu's account at the moment, and he had not been reused by Dong Zhuo, and he had not yet shown his ingenuity.
He obviously underestimated the impact of his appearance on the historical trajectory, and actually let Jia Xu appear in advance and was relied on by Dong Zhuo.
Su Zhe's heart was turbulent, but he remained silent on the surface.
Dong Yan continued: "It is said that this Jia Xu is the same as Su Cheqi, one of the nine wonders evaluated by the Military Divisional League, known as the 'poisonous scorpion', I heard that Cao Cao retired from the army before, it was he who gave Dong Zhuo a plan, sent people to infiltrate Xuzhou, and abandoned Tao Qian's subordinates to kill Cao Cao's father Cao Song, which led Cao Cao to anger Tao Qian and led a large army to attack Xuzhou. ”
I see......
Su Zhejian's eyebrows condensed slightly, thinking that it was no wonder that after he heard about Cao Song's murder that day, he felt that this matter was a little strange, and he was puzzled, and felt that with Li Ru's wisdom alone, he should not be able to think of such a poisonous plan.
It turned out that this poisonous plan was also conceived by Jia Xu.
The father of murder blames others, Jia Xu's strategy is really poisonous enough, and it really lives up to the name of "poisonous scorpion".
"Not good!" Su Zhebei patted the case and let out a low snort.
Dong Yan was startled and whispered, "What's wrong?" Did Su Cheqi think of anything? ”
Su Zhe's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I thought of this plan to sneak attack Wancheng, if it was Li Ru's strategy, it would naturally be higher than his resourcefulness, but if it was Jia Xu's strategy, it would be a bit simple compared to his strategy, I am afraid that it is not so simple." ”
"Su Cheqi is saying that Jia Xu's strategy is not just as simple as a sneak attack on Wancheng?" Dong Yan was smart and immediately comprehended a few points.
Su Zhe nodded, stood up, and paced in the hall.
Dong Yan also stood up, followed behind Su Zhe, and said with a blank expression: "But, what else can Jia Xu do with this strategy besides sneaking up on Wancheng?" He wouldn't want to sneak attack Lu Yang from behind, right? It's even more unfeasible, how can he succeed if we are so well guarded. ”
Luyang ......
Behind......
Su Zhe's heart was shocked, and he suddenly thought of something.
He suddenly stopped, closed his eyes, activated his brain waves, and connected to the weather satellite again.
"Ding-dong...... The system connection is successful, the identity is approved, and the command is issued. ”
"System, immediately scan me southwest of Luyang, within a radius of forty miles from Hengsha Juliang Camp, and any large-scale moving heat source must be transmitted to me."
"Ding-dong...... The satellite is activated and begins to emit quantum waves for scanning. ”
"Ding-dong...... Once the scan is complete, start transferring the data. ”
With a burst of brain swelling, Su Zhe saw that the thermal radiation map that appeared in his mind clearly marked that there were a large number of red light spots, arranged in a linear manner, and were extending in the direction of Hengsha Grain Camp.
This means that a troop of soldiers and horses is rushing towards his grain camp from the flanks and rear.
"It turns out that your real purpose is to burn my grain camp, Jia Xu, you are really poisonous!"