When he got up early today, Cao Cao began to constantly mobilize the army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 At present, Cao Cao's army has a total of 130,000, including 30,000 elite tiger and leopard cavalry, 50,000 ordinary cavalry, 10,000 elite heavy infantry and 40,000 Yangzhou army infantry in Yangzhou. As a veteran of the battlefield, Cao Cao has always been the best at using the strategy of driving away the wolf and the tiger, and he used the original 60,000 Yangzhou troops with Liu Bei before, and now the attack is still the remaining 40,000 Yangzhou troops as the vanguard. He was not afraid that the Yangzhou army would run away or rebel, because he arranged 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun as a supervising team behind the 40,000 Yangzhou army. At this moment, the 40,000 Yangzhou troops had no way to retreat, so they had to rush up.

Cao Ren led 50,000 ordinary cavalry as the main force on both sides to prepare for the most powerful attack at any time, Yu Ban took the 10,000 elite heavy infantry as the rear army to be responsible for the logistics part, and finally Cao Cao led the generals and 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry to sit in the Chinese army. Such a battle formation, which can be attacked, retreated, and defended, has a feeling that people can't swallow whether they are marching or camping.

Liu Bei and Cui Zhouping watched the battle formation under the city from the city tower, and couldn't help but sigh, Cao Cao is worthy of being resourceful, and his subordinates are also capable. To be able to make such a decisive decision and not to fall under such a position is really worthy of a generation of heroes. This battle was Liu Bei's most critical battle, but he gambled everything he had now, and directly transferred 50,000 elites from the more than 70,000 people available under his hands. Now everything can only be trusted Cui Zhouping's ability, of course, he has already arranged Chen Dao for the other 20,000 troops, as long as the decisive battle here fails, Guan and Zhang will definitely be able to ensure that he leaves safely, and Chen Zhi is Liu Bei's last retreat. If he loses the bet, he Liu Bei is just a loser, and there are still 20,000 troops, and he can also rely on Xu Yuanzhi's other strategy to retreat, fleeing to Jiaozhou and leaving the Central Plains.

So for this battle, Liu Bei also had a feeling of openness in his heart, looked at Cui Zhouping who was calm and breezy on the side, and asked with a forced smile: "The military is confident and calm, so there must be a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Haha, all this still can't be hidden from the lord. Yes, Zhou Ping does have a slight subplan, I don't know what the lord thinks of the 40,000 foot soldiers at the head of the row? Cui Zhouping said with a mysterious smile.

Liu Bei looked at Cui Zhouping's words and looked down at the city, shook his head and said, "It's scattered, like a farmer of the people." ”

"The lord can hear that when Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu, he took the opportunity to gather Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of troops for reorganization." Cui Zhouping touched his beard and looked at the city and said.

Liu Bei suddenly thought of something when he heard this, and asked with a smile: "Could it be that the military advisor wants to rebel?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cui Zhouping.

"More than that, more than that. This is only the first step, it only plays a role in disturbing the morale of the military, and the key is the second and third steps. Cui Zhouping said to Liu Bei with a confident face.

Liu Bei saw Cui Zhouping's eyes and immediately understood what it meant, and hurriedly retreated from the guards on both sides, humbly asking for advice. The two chatted carefully, and finally Liu Bei made a deep compliment to Cui Zhouping. Cui Zhouping also accepted it calmly, and this scene was seen by the spies placed by Cao Cao next to Liu Bei, and soon Cao Cao also got the news. Cao Cao, who is known for his suspicion, stroked his beard, looked at the people under his command, and chanted: "Military Cui Zhouping, Cui Zhouping." ”

For a long time, no one responded, and it happened that Guo Jia had arrived outside. Cao Cao hurriedly summoned him, these days, Xi Zhicai was terminally ill, Cao Cao arranged for someone to send him back to Gunzhou to recuperate, and he had no choice but to recall Guo Jia, who was guarding in Xuzhou.

"The lord has been doing well recently, but Guo Jia thinks about it very much." I saw Guo Jia walking in with a smile.

Cao Cao went up directly to a bear hug, "Haha, Fengxiao, the good wine has been prepared, just wait for Fengxiao." ”

"Or the lord knows my heart well, but it's important, I just heard the lord talking from outside the tent, Cui Zhoupinghu?" Guo Jia smiled and said.

"Could it be that Feng Xiao knows the origin of this person?" Cao Cao said with some surprise.

"Cui Jun, the word Zhouping, Boling Anping. The son of Taiwei Cui Liezi Wei Kao, and the younger brother of Yilang Cui Junzi Yuanping. Jun Shao befriended heroes, had a name, and successively served as the general of the tiger and the Taishou of the West River. Its talent can't learn from me, and its wisdom is better than that of demons. Guo Fengxiao said word by word.

Such a high evaluation directly made Cao Cao a little pressured, and Cao Cao couldn't help asking: "How is it compared to filial piety?" “

Guo Jia smiled and then shook his head again and said, "I haven't fought before, but I guess it's not inferior to me." “

"Then if Feng Xiao is sure of the game with him?" Cao Cao asked with some reluctance.

"There is no if, if I play against this person, to be honest, I am not sure of winning, but it's a pity that Brother Zhicai is not here, otherwise the two of us may join forces to take down this person?" Guo Jia said with a look of pity.

This is a word that stirs up a thousand waves, and even Cao Cao doesn't believe that this is from the mouth of the unruly and arrogant Guo Fengxiao. In fact, Cao Cao is also very conceited, the more difficult it is, the more interested he is in challenges. In the past, he was more jealous of a few people in his heart, Lu Bu was defeated, Liu Biao died, Sun Jian went, Yuan Benchu was old, Yuan Shu ran away, and the whole world could be in his eyes without Liu Yan and Liu Xuewu, father and son, as well as the damn big-eared thief Liu Bei.

After this encounter, Cao Cao prepared more carefully, and did not attack the city directly, but listened to Guo Jia's strategy, and the lurking dead soldiers were ready to seize the door at a critical moment and win the battle. Perhaps the more nervous and cautious he is, the more negligent he is, that is, Liu Qi who is eyeing him from the side. On the surface, Liu Qi is waiting for the city to wait for his work. In fact, it is a bright plank road, and a dark Chen Cang. This shows the ability of Fengzhi Pang Tong, and 20,000 elite sailors lurk in the reeds of Taihu Lake east of Yangzhou. There are still 30,000 infantry making a fuss on the surface, and Pang Tong is ready to use this Yangzhou waterway to detour to cut off Cao Cao's back road to cut off Cao's grain and grass materials, and echo each other with Cui Zhouping on Liu Bei's side, so as to form an encirclement of Cao's army.

As soon as the morning dawned, Cao Cao's army began to attack Liu Bei's city. Liu Bei, on the other hand, gave up after a little resistance in Cui Zhouping's strategy and retreated to the next city. lost four cities to Cao Cao in succession, but it made the atmosphere on Cao Cao's side weird. The generals are happy and lively, but the ministers are dark and bleak. Cao Cao himself also saw that something was wrong, so he had to ask Guo Jia.

I saw Guo Jia holding the wine jug, shook his head and said: "Today's plan, stop not attacking, send a general to guard this place, and the army will return to Sili, Yangzhou will be divided into three points, this is the best policy." Defeat your opponent without knowing what your opponent's plan is, which is the best strategy. Standing still, not moving forward or retreating, step by step, lasting and down, this is the next policy. “

After Cao Cao heard this, he felt that now only the best policy is more secure, but it is a pity that the originally good Yangzhou is in front of him, and it can really be said that it can be obtained. It's a pity, unwilling.