Among the several people in the hall, including Xu Chu, the one who has the most say in the Yingchuan Yellow Turban is actually Zhang Feng. Because he has personally experienced several attacks on Yanling County by the Yellow Turbans.

"County Jun, according to Feng, the matter of spring ploughing is still good for the time being." Based on past experience, Zhang Feng said, "Shrink the defense line and abandon the west and north of the city, the odds of victory should be greater." ”

Xu Chu didn't understand, so Zhang Feng explained: "The yellow turban is not about production, it is a living by looting, so all you want is food, you just need to let it loot the west and north of the city, and the thieves will retreat by themselves." ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest were shocked, isn't this conniving at the thieves? But when I think about it, it makes sense. The Yellow Turban's weapons are backward, they are not good at attacking fortifications, and the strategy of abandoning the car to protect the commander is quite effective. That is, to give up the west and north of the city, two places where civilians are populated, and to keep the east and south of the city two large and powerful gathering places. First, the defensive line was narrowed, so that the disadvantage of the originally overstretched troops was slightly improved, and second, the thieves saw that the southeast and southeast of the city were difficult to overcome, and they would definitely turn to attack other places.

Although this law violates the principles and morality of heaven, it is difficult to find a better emergency plan based on the analysis of the situation that Yanling County was not treated by the county in the past.

However, this method is very different from Xu Chu's original intention after all, because guarding the entire territory of Yanling is of great significance to him. From a macro point of view, this will make Xu Chu famous, and his reputation among the scholars and the court will be greatly enhanced; Proceeding from practical interests, Xu Chu could rely on this achievement to gain a higher status in the future coalition forces.

There are also Xun Yu and Guo Jia, if Xu Chu listens to Zhang Feng's method, even if he keeps half of Yan Ling, these two must have lowered their evaluation of him by a few grades, and they are not interested in joining Xu Chu's camp.

Therefore, Xu Chu vetoed Zhang Feng's suggestion and said to Pang Zhan: "Zhonghe, the weight of spring ploughing is no less than that of fighting thieves, you have to keep in mind." ”

Zhang Feng's eyelids drooped, and he wanted not to talk too much about military affairs. Xu Chu didn't want him to feel despised and said: "Deran is always load-bearing, but Xu is young and vigorous and unwilling to give up, so he insists on keeping the entire territory of Yanling." ”

Zhang Feng opened his mouth and said: "The county monarch's will has been decided, and I will be the only monarch and the horse." ”

Xu Shu smiled and poured a bowl of water, he supported Xu Chu in his heart, but he didn't want Zhang Feng to feel isolated because of this, so he said: "Lord, Deran's words are very old-fashioned, depending on the bottom, if the initial battle is not effective, you can narrow the defense line according to Deran's strategy." ”

Zhang Feng looked at Xu Shu gratefully, feeling much better.

Once the general policy has been set, the next step is to refine it. Xu Chu asked Pang Zhan not to participate in the military affairs and concentrate on supervising spring ploughing; He also entrusted the matter of requisitioning the people to Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng's face was embarrassed, and he said: "The people want spring ploughing, where can the people be transferred?" ”

Xu Chu replied: "Borrow." ”

Zhang Fengran was surprised, and Xu Chu stared at the pot of the big family again.

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that there are not many people willing to cooperate."

Xu Chu sneered: "If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached." The role of the people is very large, and at that time, they will either strengthen the fortifications, or transport military rations, or serve as a reserve army, and they will have to do so. Those people are unwilling to help the government fight the thieves, do they want to keep and fund the yellow turban thieves? Let the thief Cao Chenyi go with you, if there is still no cooperation, report the list to the county, and the county will personally lead the soldiers to follow the story of Han Zong. ”

Zhang Feng swallowed his saliva, Xu Chu was murderous, as his father said, he was a fierce star. If the Zhang family didn't help him at the beginning, would he have concocted the same way to deal with the Zhang family?

Xu Chu didn't know what Zhang Feng was thinking, and after arranging his duties with Pang Zhan, he said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi and I walked around Yanling, without actually inspecting it, and it is difficult to decide on the specific strategy against the enemy." ”

Xu Shu thought so, and suddenly remembered something, "Now that the time is very high, the lord wants to inspect the surrounding areas of the county, and he needs to bring his own soldiers to protect him." ”

"Isn't Chen Yi going to do things with Deran? I don't have to, is Yuan Zhi still afraid that I will be killed by an assassin's sneak attack? Xu Chu was full of confidence, but he forgot that a few years later, Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, died at the hands of assassins.

Xu Shu was categorical and said: "Open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, so the guards must be brought." ”

"Hiss~" Xu Chu didn't expect Xu Shu to be stubborn, "Then you can pick a few people." ”

Xu Shu and Zhang Feng looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths were hooked in an imperceptible arc.

Xu Chu saw that the two of them seemed to be smiling, and said secretly: What are they hiding from me?

Don't think about it, it's all about getting down to business. Since Xu Chu came to this world, he has been like a clockwork alarm clock, several times busier than the days when he went to work during the day and watched live games on the computer at night. But in the same way, he now has a sense of identity satisfaction that he has never felt before.

Pain and joy.

Xu Shu selected five heavily armed guards, led by Cao Shi, a thief promoted by Zhang Fenggang.

As soon as Xu Chu saw the appearance of the new thief Cao Shi, he was immediately dumbfounded - isn't this the 'tomboy' who learned from him that day?

Zhang Ying was also stunned, and even forgot the etiquette of meeting Shangguan. This Xu Chu is the guy who said that day that he was bitter about his miserable marriage? Damn it, you call me ugly......

"Uh-huh! Thief Cao Shi Zhang Ying, why didn't he salute when he saw the county gentleman? Xu Shu didn't know the allusions between the two, thinking that Zhang Ying was stunned when she saw her future husband. The lord's appearance doesn't seem to be outstanding, right?

recalled that when Zhang Feng secretly called him and begged him to help tell this big lie, he was also very shocked. However, after seeing Zhang Ying again, he felt that this woman was very smart, and she had been learning swordsmanship with a famous teacher since she was a child, and it was not an exaggeration to have such a bold idea, so he sold her favor to Zhang Feng.

"It was you, I never thought it would be." Xu Chu smiled awkwardly.

"I didn't expect that my brother would be the parent official of this county." Zhang Ying's face was as cold as frost.

Xu Chu thought that he was angry that he was hiding his identity that day, so he didn't pay attention to it anymore. It's just that this kind of thing of a woman pretending to be a man can hide it from Zhang Feng and Xu Shu, hey, this look is too bad.

If you don't expose it, you should just have fun, and you should be happy in the bitterness.

Although the thief Cao and the thief Cao Shi are in charge of the thieves' guards, they are actually civilian. It's just that Xu Chu is doing martial arts, and in the name of this, he has one more personal soldier of his own. Seeing this 'Zhang Ying' riding on a horse with armor and a knife, he was heroic, quite a bit of the meaning of 'Mulan' in the Han Dynasty, and Xu Chu was also a little admired.

Who says women are inferior to men?

On this day, I hurried and hurried, and only walked to two places in the north and west of the city. Xu Shu thought about it a little and deduced: "Lord, most of the thieves will arrange the main force in the north of the city. ”

The terrain in the north of the city is open, and no fortifications have been built in the past, so it is indeed the first choice for the main attack.

"What is the opinion of the thief Cao Shi?" Xu Chu asked suddenly.

Zhang Ying quietly pursed her lips and replied: "What the master book says is very true, but it is also necessary to prevent thieves from doing the opposite. Adults may be able to place the same troops in the west and north of the city to support each other in case of accidents. ”

Xu Chu shook his head, he remembered what Jia Xu had said to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu (Note 1), and said: "The battlefield is changeable, and there is no perfect strategy. If you are too conservative, you may lose your chances of victory. I see that an ambush is set up in the north of the city, Yuan Zhi, do you know if there is a suitable place for an ambush within ten miles of the north of the city? ”

Xu Shu said that he didn't know, so he could ask the local people.

Zhang Ying didn't look over, and slandered in her heart: Do you fight like this, the chief bookkeeper Xu Shu actually didn't refute...... After hesitating for a moment, he finally said: "My lord, is this too risky, once it fails, Yan Ling may not be able to hold it at all." ”

Xu Shu defended Xu Chu and said: "Zhang ...... Rest assured, with the courage of an adult, even if the ambush is discovered in advance, he can escape with his soldiers. ”

What the?! He still wants to lead his own troops to ambush? Zhang Ying was dumbfounded, shook her head and said secretly: Courage is brave, and it is the courage of a horseman.

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Note 1: During the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao couldn't hold each other, and asked Jia Xu, Jia Xu said something to Cao Cao, which means that Ming Gong is stronger than Yuan Shao in four aspects: wisdom, bravery, employment, and decision, why can't you win now, is because you always want to be foolproof, as long as you make up your mind, not afraid of the head and tail, and concentrate your forces to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, a battle can determine the world. Cao Cao adopted Jia Xu's words, and after a surprise attack on Wuchao, he concentrated his forces to attack and defeated Yuan Shao.