Chapter 79: Yuan Shang's hole cards
Wang Yu is not worried at all, he can say a few words here casually, and Shi Lian and they can immediately comprehend it. Sometimes it's one thing to know, and it's another thing to be able to do it.
For example, everyone knows that you have to recite military regulations to serve as a military marquis, and as a result, many people have been brushed off at this joint, and it is useless to have military merits. If you can't even memorize military regulations, can you still count on the art of war? Who would rest assured that five hundred, or even more, would be handed over to a guy who can't even memorize military regulations?!
At the level of the corps commander, there are more things to know. This not only requires erudition and memorization, but talent is also very important, the most important of which is the latter, Xu Shu, Zhou Yu and Lu Meng may be able to become the commander of the legion, but Guan Yu, Lu Bu and Huang Zhong may not be able to become the commander of the legion, let alone Shi Jian and Chen Dao.
Wang Yuhui values Lu Meng so much, and it is also because of this that a good seedling of a legion commander is not good for him to grow crooked!
As for Shi Jian and Chen Zhi, if they can grow into the commander of the legion, then even if it is an unexpected joy, even if they can't grow up, Wang Yu's words can benefit them a lot, and if they can digest and absorb it well, then at least they can become a famous general!
In the next two days, Lu Meng continued to observe and found that Wang Yu's control over the entire army had indeed reached a very high level. When to rest, when to speed up the march, and even when to take the first step, when to send scouts to conduct long-distance reconnaissance, these are all famous, and they cannot be learned in books and schools.
Lu Meng was like a sponge, frantically absorbing this knowledge, and if he didn't understand something, he asked Zhou Yu for advice, and the latter also further reviewed the previous knowledge in the process of answering.
"After I go back, I will arrange for him to study for another year or two, and it is estimated that he can defend one side." Wang Yu looked at Lu Meng's appearance and nodded, but compared to Lu Meng, Zhou Yu was afraid that he would grow up earlier. When I go back this time, I also plan to recommend Zhou Yu as the general of the expedition to the west.
Pound's talent is good, but in the end he is only at the level of a famous general, and he is still a little short of being a legion commander.
At the same time, in Chenliu County, Yuan Shang had a headache. Lu Bu was eyeing Weishi County, and although he had made further moves, it involved more than seventy percent of his troops. As a result, at this time, news came from behind, and the royal department quickly swept through all the counties of Yanzhou, especially the 10,000 people in the royal headquarters, and they had already killed Chenliu County.
"Third son, more than 30 people have been frostbitten today, and if we continue, we are afraid that we will not have any troops to deploy!" Feng Ji stepped forward to persuade him, his heart was also bitter, who would have thought that Li Ming and the imperial court would be so unconventional.
In these years, the soldiers exercised little, malnutrition led to weakness, and if they were in the tent, they were fine, but they were exposed to cold wind, frost and snow for a long time, and the situation of frostbite and freezing to death increased. There is no need to fight with Lu Bu, only need to confront for a while, once the fuel is burned, then at least more than ninety percent of the soldiers will be frozen to death.
"Don't talk about this, even if you tell me? Lu Bujun and Wang Yujun, why didn't a few people freeze to death? Yuan Shang was immediately depressed, if there was really a way to solve it, he wouldn't be depressed here.
What he couldn't figure out even more was why the imperial army and Li Mingjun could ignore this basic common sense of war and launch an attack in winter. You must know that at this time of battle, not only will the soldiers freeze to death and frostbite, but the weapons will also become brittle, and the durability of the bow and crossbow will also be reduced.
"Now there has been an urgent report from the counties, the imperial army Jizhou is eyeing the tiger, and Li Ming is also attacking Yanzhou and Qingzhou with all his might, not to mention that the one called Gan Ning has attacked Dongjun in an all-round way. Just said that Guan Yu and Huang Zhong also swept all the way. Seeing that Wang Yu was about to hit Chenliu County from behind us, and Lu Bu was also eyeing over there. The subordinates don't know how to deal with the eldest prince's side, only that if we don't make a good decision, then the situation will be very bad. If the third prince falls into their hands, the lord is afraid that he will be very sad. Feng Ji hurriedly said.
"And what do you want me to do?" Yuan Shang also felt irritable when he heard this, and he wanted to scold people, but he knew that he couldn't scold, so he could only ask.
"The top priority at the moment should be to preserve the combat strength and ensure that Jizhou is free of Yu. As for Yanzhou and Qingzhou, the meaning of the subordinates is really impossible, so it is better to give up directly......" Feng Ji persuaded in a low voice.
"Wouldn't my father be very disappointed in me if I went back like this?" Of course Yuan Shang knows this truth, but he knows better that if he withdraws directly without fighting, it is estimated that he will also fall out of favor in the future.
He is a child born to a concubine, and to put it bluntly, he is a concubine. Just because he studied hard since he was a child, Wen Taowu was proficient in everything, and at the age of ten, he condensed his innate Qi, and the key was to know how to please Yuan Shao. is to stand out among the three sons, plus Yuan Shao is also a concubine, so he is naturally blue-eyed to Yuan Shang. He even planned to abolish the heir for a while, but it was only because of the dissuasion of the ministers that he had to give up this idea.
As long as the matter of abolishing the heir is not really settled, then if he falls out of favor, then maybe it will be over.
"You can't do nothing, didn't the lord send two clan elders over? There is no need for anything, just need to do a good job in the royal position, let them reduce some soldiers, and everyone can get by. Otherwise, if the stalemate continues, all our soldiers and soldiers will freeze to death, even if the third prince goes back, I am afraid that the lord will still be blamed. Feng Ji persuaded.
"Okay!" When Yuan Shang heard this, he thought about it for a while, and decided to invite the two old men out.
At the same time, the large army quickly began to assemble, began to pack up a large amount of supplies, and marched out of the city to the north.
What Yuan Shang didn't know was that not far from Chenliu County, Wang Yu had already begun to move towards Xiaohuang County with a large army, and in terms of marching speed, if nothing else, he could reach Xiaohuang County in the afternoon.
"Why don't you go directly to Chenliu County?" When Wang Yu ordered the white cloak to be lowered, Lu Meng found Zhou Yu and asked.
"We analysed the situation...... That's it, it is very likely that Yuan Shang will retreat north, and the first stop will inevitably pass by Xiao Huang, and the purpose of our coming here is to take the opportunity to ambush and capture it. Tai Shici's side has already captured Yuan Tan, if we can capture Yuan Shang, then it will be possible to make a forced landing on Yuan Shao! In addition, if General Xu Huang works harder, maybe even Yuan Xi can be captured! Zhou Yu explained with a smile.
Yuan Shao's three sons were all captured, and unless Yuan Shao planned to cut off his children and grandchildren, he would have to weigh it. When Lu Meng heard this, he immediately understood, and he stopped talking nonsense, and immediately arranged for his soldiers to start preparing for an ambush.
In the evening, Yuan Shang did not wait, but two travelers came in the wind and snow. The two men, a man and a woman, both wearing thickened fur coats, walked slowly in the cold wind, and it was the patrol soldiers on the periphery who spotted them.
"Who!?" The soldiers shouted, but after all, they saw the army behind them, so they hadn't sounded the gong to warn.
"You really know how to find a place, the old decay has been around for a long time, and I can't find you at all in Waihuang, I wonder if you will come here, sure enough!" The old man looked at the camp and said in a somewhat annoyed tone.
Immediately took out a piece of jade talisman and hit it directly, the jade talisman was triggered instantly, quickly absorbing the water vapor between heaven and earth, turning into a water dragon, and rushing directly towards the camp. It's freezing this day, if it is poured by it, it is estimated that a group of people will really freeze to death, and the water dragon, which was originally not powerful, suddenly became effective in this weather.